With a single message, all of Sam's friends arrived.
Sam looked at the contract and his smile only grew wider.
"I am agreeing to a dueling contract on your behalf. Go ahead and fight."
They all just nodded without much change in their expressions. Sam looked at Watcher and said.
"So, shall we decide on the wager right away?"
"Sure. I will go first." Watcher nodded and prepared himself. He thought Sam would interrupt him, but Sam was just waiting for him to speak.
"For each duel we win, We need you to surrender a snake. That's six snakes. For the remaining, I need you to surrender the blueprints of all the machines, mechanisms and defenses you set up for the Hastin village."
"You really expect me to give all that up?"
"Except for the bone snake, the remaining things that I am asking for, are just knowledge. Your personal knowledge. It is well within the rules to ask for it."
"If you say so. Then can I give you my terms now, right?"
"Yes."
"I need territory."
