Chapter 439 ?New Contract

Chapter 439 New Contract

The atmosphere in the ant cave was a bit anxious, but Benjamin and Franklin behaved very naturally. They completely ignored the army of ants surrounding them, and instead were doing their own work.

Earlier, while Mike was talking to the queen, they had already pulled in the young man and verified the identity of the man in the trench coat who was hanging upside down - the patriarch of the Avery family!

After confirming the identity of the target, Franklin and Benjamin stripped each other cleanly.

The Clan Leader Avery, who was covered in clitoris, had obviously never suffered such humiliation. He struggled to cover his vital parts with his hands, and at the same time glared at Er Wu with a pair of bloodshot eyes.

"I remember you, you are old Jerry's son! You traitor! Merlin will punish you!"

"Shut up, you old guy! I am not your subordinate now. My leader now is... these adults in front of you!"

Facing the curse from his clan leader, the second-fifth boy reacted very excitedly. He waved his wand suddenly, and then a long golden whip composed of magic power stretched out from the tip of the wand and whipped him hard. There was a bloody whip mark on the fat white body of Chief Free.

Chief Avery howled miserably, and then cursed even more harshly. Of course, the second-fifth boy was beaten even harder when he heard this.

He seemed to want to use this method to prove his loyalty, but unfortunately, no one present took him seriously. After all, he couldn't even name the master he was loyal to.

Franklin and Benjamin ignored him. They were rummaging through the clothes taken off the Avery patriarch.

The Avery patriarch was obviously a man who loved money. Franklin and Benjamin searched his coat pockets and found an unmarked stretch pocket full of gold galleons, as well as an ancient galleon with the emblem of the Avery family tattooed on it. Lingge Treasury Key.

But these are secondary. The real gain for the two of them was a pendant box and a piece of old parchment!

Looking at the pendant engraved with Slytherin's symbol and the parchment filled with ancient Latin in his hand, Benjamin's breath became thicker!

"Mike, we seem to have found it!"

Franklin's excited and trembling voice drew Mike's attention back. He turned his head and glanced at the pendant box quickly, and the corners of his mouth also raised.

With a weird smile at the queen ant in front of him, Mike put down his wand and slowly turned around, exposing his entire back to the other party.

This seems to be an extremely wise behavior, after all, the queen ant is still his enemy at this stage.

But Mike didn't care.

You must know that you are the opponent's lair. Perhaps for other races, this means a perfect home field advantage, but for ants, the inside of the lair is exactly the place where they are least willing to fight.

After all, the queen ant is everything to their population. If something unexpected happens to the queen during the battle, then their population will be declared extinct.

What's more, Mike knew very well that with his own strength and knowledge of the fire spell, these ants were simply vulnerable to him, and no matter how many there were, it was useless.

And the fact was just as he expected, after Mike put down the wand, the queen ant obviously relaxed a lot.

But faced with this excellent opportunity for a sneak attack, she didn't react at all, she just looked at Mike quietly.

Mike looked at his main target this time, Chief Avery.

At this moment, he was struggling and crying under the whip of the second-in-command, and when he noticed Mike's gaze, the second-in-command stopped in a hurry and stood aside with a flattering look on his face.

"First meeting, Chief Avery, I am Townley, Mike Townley. You can call me Mr. Townley." Mike looked at the other party with a smile, "I will ask you a few questions next, but I guess You won’t answer truthfully, so…”

As he spoke, Mike glanced at Benjamin beside him.

The latter immediately understood, took out a bottle of magic potion and poured it directly into the mouth of Chief Avery.

This is Veritaserum. It is different from the variant of anesthetics in the Muggle world. Its potion version is much more powerful and can make people talk about almost anything. However, as a side effect, people who take it will directly become Be wise.

Because its effect is too powerful, the Ministry of Magic has strictly blocked the sale and manufacture of this potion. Only a few potion masters in Europe have mastered the method of making Veritaserum, and the one Benjamin is taking out now is theirs. The only one I have now!

Chief Avery was obviously knowledgeable. Not long after he was given the Veritaserum, he realized what he had drunk. He hurriedly reached out and dug his throat, trying to spit out the potion again.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Chief Avery stopped after a few clicks. His originally ferocious expression quickly turned calm and gentle, and then quickly turned dull.

He didn't take out the hand that was in his mouth, but instead of picking at his throat, he sucked his hand hard like a baby sucking a pacifier.

The scene of a middle-aged man eating his hand made Mike feel a little disgusted. He shook his head impatiently and asked quickly:

"Where's Chris?"

"I have no idea."

Listening to the other party's pale and hollow voice and looking at the wise expression on his face, Mike was a little dull.

But he soon reacted.

It was me who was stupid. The other person should only answer questions passively now. I should have asked more detailed questions.

"Why did you and Chris all disappear at the same time?"

"Chris came to us and told us a lot of things, including Dumbledore's preparations and the news of Voldemort's imminent return. He told us that the country and even Europe would be plunged into war in the future, and we'd better follow him Hiding them all, and waiting until the end of the war to choose the dominant side to be loyal to. In this way, we can preserve our family strength to the maximum extent and obtain future protection. We believed in him, so we hid."

"The hiding places of each family are separate and confidential, so you don't know where other families are hiding, right?"

"Yes."

Nodding, Mike took the pendant box from Franklin's hand, raised it in front of the Avery patriarch, shook it a few times and said:

"Where did this come from?"

As soon as he said this, Chief Avery's expression suddenly became ferocious. He stared at the pendant viciously, as if he wanted to tear it into pieces.

Mike looked at Benjamin expressionlessly. This would not happen to people who took Veritaserum.

But Benjamin was also confused. After all, he didn't have a very deep understanding of the super banned drug Zhenzhen, and he had no idea why this happened.

Fortunately, Chief Avery's abnormality only lasted for a short moment. He soon returned to his original stupid appearance and continued to answer in that pale and hollow voice:

"Chris gave it to me."

"Do you know what this is? Why did he give this to you?"

"This is Slytherin's pendant. I asked someone to authenticate it. It is genuine. Chris wants to use this to thank me for supporting his plan. This is a gift. I like it very much."

"But now it seems," Mike said with a sarcastic smile, "it seems like it's just a trap, a trap that will leave you dead without a burial place."

"Yes, that's right."

"Then the next question." Mike took out the piece of parchment, "What is this."

"A contract used by the Everly family to control ants."

Mike smiled, glanced at the somewhat uneasy queen ant and said slowly:

"Teach me how to sign this special contract."

As soon as these words came out, the queen ant suddenly made a squeaking sound, from which Mike could hear the reluctance, and the surrounding ants also rioted when they heard the sound.

But the next moment they all went silent, because a string of black flames exuding a dangerous aura suddenly appeared in Mike's palm!

The ants quickly retreated, and when Mike saw this, he snorted coldly and crushed the flames in his palm.

At this time, after a short silence, Chief Avery finally spoke.

"I can't. The method of making this ancient contract has been lost."

Hearing this, Mike and the others, as well as the queen ant beside them, were all stunned. They never expected that such an important contract curse would be lost to the Everly family!

A burst of laughter sounded from Mike's heart. This was the voice of the Queen Ant. At this moment, Mike could feel endless happiness from her laughter.

But her laughter did not last long, because Mike lowered his head and thought for a moment before continuing to say to the Avery patriarch:

"So, can the power enjoyed in this contract be transferred from you to me through an unbreakable oath?"

"Can."

Hearing this, Mike laughed, but the laughter of the queen ant beside him stopped abruptly.

She actually didn't understand what Mike meant by an unbreakable vow, but that didn't stop her from feeling a little uneasy.

The next thing was very simple. Under the influence of Veritaserum, Chief Avery was in a state of confusion. Mike effortlessly made him swear the oath to transfer the validity of the contract, and then he Benjamin on the side casts the Unbreakable Vow.

As a golden chain appeared from the hands held by Mike and Chief Avery and slowly spread to their bodies, the oath was officially established. Mike didn't feel anything, but the queen ant was different.

Her contract with the Everly family is actually very simple, that is, she must obey all the orders of the Everly family and cannot harm any member of the Everly family, otherwise she will suffer severe pain equivalent to the Cruciatus Curse. torture.

But now, she can clearly feel that the restrictions on her in that contract have been transferred from the Avery family to Mike. This was really unacceptable to her.

As Mike said before, the reason why she provided so much help to Mike was because she wanted to use Mike's help to get rid of the Avery family so that she could regain her freedom.

But now, although the Everly family has been wiped out, his freedom is once again in the hands of the man in front of him!

So what if you just don’t accept it?

What Mike did on the fifth floor just now was seen by the queen ant through the other ants. A man who has mastered that kind of terrifying curse may be able to wipe out his entire group alone!

As a result, the queen ant trembled and slowly lowered her head towards Mike.

Following her actions, hundreds of ants in the entire rock cave also knelt down and presented the most noble gift to Mike.

Of course, this kind of sublimity is only for humans.

Just from the stiff and twisted movements of the ants when they kneel down, it can be seen that they themselves do not understand what kneeling down means. This is just a force taught to them by the Everly family in order to satisfy their own vanity. Just an action.

Shaking his head, Mike looked at the ant queen and asked expressionlessly:

"Your name is Lilith, right?"

"Yes, my master."

"There is no need to salute when you see someone from now on."

"Um...what?"

There was a strong sense of surprise and confusion in Lilith's words.

Unlike her children, Lilith, who is extremely intelligent, knows the true meaning of the action of kneeling down. In her opinion, wizards are just such a group of ferocious and cruel guys who enjoy great achievements.

How could such a creature take the initiative to give up this opportunity to be worshiped?

"I will tell you the order directly, and you can execute it." Mike continued to order, "In addition, your future work remains unchanged. It is still harvesting the mushrooms in the secret area. I can give you more power, and even allow you to Be independent and self-governing in this secret territory. My only request is that your production must be doubled, do you understand?"

The queen ant was even more confused now. The pair of tentacles on her head kept shaking and said:

"But……"

"It's nothing. After a while, I will send someone to take over the work here with you. If you can't complete my request, let alone the power I gave you, I will even take away your life!"

After saying that, Mike never looked at the frightened ant queen behind him, and walked directly out of the cave with Benjamin and others.

Just as he had thought before, he could not guarantee whether there would be other entrances or other door keys controlled by the enemy in this secret realm. After all, the Avery family had ruled this place for countless years, so maybe they would. What will be left behind?

In this case, it is impossible for Mike to invest a lot of resources in construction. The risk is too great.

So the best way to deal with it at this stage is to drain the resources in this secret area in the shortest possible time. In this case, Mike is also willing to give these ants some better treatment. After all, Mike is not the Everly family, he I still understand very well that if you want a horse to run, you have to give it grass to eat.

As for where these ants will go after this secret realm is developed.

It depends on their performance then.

If they behave well, Mike doesn't mind taking them to the overworld!