Chapter 617: Hermes’s Talent |
About the Matter of Me Becoming a Witch and Doing Daily Quests
“Ah?”
Hearing the words of Godwalker Hermes, Janna couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows.
“You want to modify the contract terms?”
“Yes～”
After receiving Hermes’s confirmation once again, Janna’s expression gradually shifted from surprise to seriousness.
“Are you sure? Once the contract is changed, it cannot be altered again.”
“I～am～sure～”
Although Janna had cooperated with Godwalker Hermes for a long time, the two were not bound by a contract, but rather maintained a mutually selective employment relationship.
However, once the two parties signed a contract, the relationship between Hermes and Janna would become bound, and he would no longer be able to work for multiple parties as before.
“To be honest, I don’t think this mistake had much to do with you. The reason you forgot the task was most likely due to the influence of the Bloodred Archduke, so I don’t think you need to blame yourself… Of course, if punishment for breach of contract is a rule of the Spirit Realm, I can cooperate with some punishment that won’t affect you personally. There’s no need to bind yourself to me through a contract.”
“Please～let～me～forever～be～your～messenger～”
It was as if Janna’s long explanation had no effect at all. Godwalker Hermes still insisted on his decision to form a deep contract with her.
Seeing this, Janna only thought for a moment before decisively agreeing.
After all, this contract modification mainly restricted Hermes himself and had almost no impact on Janna.
After completing the contract binding, Janna would not only gain a messenger who would never betray her, but if she were ruthless enough, she wouldn’t even need to pay any compensation.
“In that case, let’s re-sign the contract…”
“It～has～already～been～completed～”
“Completed?”
“Yes～”
Hearing Hermes’s words, Janna was momentarily stunned. She then closed her eyes and sank her consciousness into the depths of her Sea of Soul, onto the Witch Tree.
Sure enough, she discovered that on one of the branches of the Witch Tree, there was indeed an ink-black contract medium.
“This is…”
As Janna’s consciousness touched the black contract medium, a description of Hermes’s talent abilities immediately appeared in her mind.
【1、Spirit Traverse：
① Consciousness can transform into a spiritual body and travel across multiple planes using Spirit Realm coordinates, without consuming Soul Power；② While in spiritual form, one will be classified as a Spirit Realm lifeform and will not be rejected by the will of the Spirit Realm plane；③ While in spiritual form, part of the host’s abilities from the Material Plane can be retained。
2、Ultra-Long-Distance Spatial Movement
Using mature grain as a “beacon” and “channel,” it is possible to perform ultra-long-distance spatial jumps（capable of carrying items up to approximately one cubic meter in volume）】
“Spirit Traverse? He actually also has the A-rank wizard talent 【Spirit Traverse】?”
Looking at the ability description on the contract medium, Janna—who previously knew almost nothing about Godwalker Hermes aside from his scarecrow-like appearance and excellent delivery ability—felt extremely shocked.
“Not only that, he can even perform ultra-long-distance spatial movement without relying on any teleportation array, and he can even carry up to one cubic meter of items…”
Upon reading the second ability, her shock quickly turned into delight.
Although 【Ultra-Long-Distance Spatial Movement】 still required “grain” to establish coordinates, the ability to carry one cubic meter of items greatly increased its practicality.
“But it’s strange… how did Mr. Hermes manage to directly change the contract into an 【Equal Contract】?”
While she was delighted by Hermes’s powerful talents, she also instinctively felt a trace of vigilance toward his ability to directly modify contracts.
After all, from a certain perspective, although she had cooperated with Hermes for a long time, she never felt that their relationship had grown particularly deep.
If it weren’t for the fact that turning their agreement into a deeply bound form posed no disadvantage to her, she wouldn’t have actively agreed to change their previous mode of cooperation.
However, the premise of “no disadvantage” required that Janna retain full control over the decision—not that the other party could bypass her and directly alter the contract…
Withdrawing her consciousness from the Sea of Soul, Janna looked at the harmless-looking Godwalker Hermes before her. She didn’t deliberately adopt a serious tone and instead asked casually:
“Mr. Hermes, I’m really curious—how did you manage to directly modify the contract? Normally, wouldn’t we need to complete the modification under the witness of the 【Lord of the Spirit Realm】?”
As she spoke, Janna, who possessed 【Authority of Emotion】, secretly began observing Hermes’s emotional fluctuations.
“Oth～ers～need～to～ I～do～not～”
“You don’t?”
Seeing that Hermes did not directly answer, Janna continued while monitoring his emotions:
“Why don’t you need to? You’re not the 【Lord of the Spirit Realm】 who controls the 【Law of Contracts】… wait, could it be that you’ve already mastered the 【Law of Contracts】?”
“No～ I～just～can～mod～ify～the～contract～in～advance～with～your～consent～”
Since Hermes still showed no intention of answering directly, Janna did not press further. Instead, she changed her approach and asked:
“So your ability can only be used with my consent, right?”
“Correct～”
From Hermes’s response, Janna did not sense any abnormalities in his emotional fluctuations.
“In that case, I look forward to a pleasant cooperation in the future.”
With that, Janna smiled and extended her hand. Seeing this, Godwalker Hermes used his stick-like “left hand” to lightly touch hers.
“Please～let～me～forever～be～your～messenger～”
After repeating this sentence once more, Godwalker Hermes—having completed the contract modification—did not linger. He turned around and leaped directly into the void, disappearing without a trace.