Chapter 136: The Cunning of the Demon
After a brief silence.
Silas immediately pounced on Colby and pinned the latter to the ground.
Zar and Bent also joined in.
The three looked serious, firmly controlling Colby's body.
This old man had just escaped from the demon, and at this moment he got a mouthful of dirt.
Every academy student has an obligation to punish cultists, especially when the latter is a guy trying to launch a sacrificial ritual!
"Heretic! Which demon do you serve!"
"Explain the 'Sacrificial Ritual' clearly!"
"I will definitely arrest you back to the Church!"
The three spoke one after another, their emotions getting more and more agitated.
"Hey, can you be quieter? Mr. Colby doesn't even have a chance to speak." William covered his ears.
Under his persuasion, the three priests got off the old man.
"Cough cough... thank you."
Colby wiped the dirt from his mouth, feeling as if his bones were about to fall apart.
However, after suffering this torture, his emotions also stabilized.
"Mr. Colby, you should know that only we can help you now." William arranged a circle of holy artifacts around the other party and said.
"Help... hehe."
Colby also noticed William's move and understood that he couldn't escape.
"After hearing my confession, you will be even more desperate. That's fine too..."
This old man showed a look of recollection and narrated a man's journey of depravity.
"I used to be a real estate investor. After the war, people were eager to own their own homes. Plus, banks were willing to provide loans to the poor, so I made a lot of money during that time...
One day, I received a call from a bank salesman who sold me something called 'Mortgage-Backed Securities'...
High returns, continuously rising housing prices, picking up money every day when waking up, so I borrowed a huge sum of money, deciding to bet big..."
Speaking of this, Colby covered his face tightly, seeming very regretful.
"Those bank guys were scammers; those securities were worthless. In the end, I went bankrupt and couldn't repay the debt at all. Those guys actually threatened my wife and daughter...
One day, I heard an ancient legend that as long as you sign a contract with a demon, you can realize your wish. I really couldn't hold on anymore..."
Following the trail of the legend, Colby really found a demon.
The other party provided a contract. As long as Colby provided a soul, he could obtain a large fortune.
The faces of his wife and daughter flashed through his mind.
But in the end, Colby chose conscience and signed his own name on the contract.
After this, he indeed obtained an "impossible" job opportunity, and his income increased greatly.
But it was still far from a "large fortune."
Colby originally thought such opportunities would flow continuously.
But until several months passed, he was still receiving a "decent" income.
But... isn't this work?! It's completely different from the wealth he wanted!
At the same time, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the hospital.
The moment he saw the test report, Colby collapsed.
He decided that the demon had deceived him, so he looked for the other party again.
But this time Colby did not get a response.
In anger, he made a decision.
After returning home, Colby disregarded opposition and resolutely divorced his wife.
He found a friend, used connections to run away with all the wealth, left his daughter to his wife, and publicly declared refusal to pay the remaining debts.
Everyone thought Colby was an out-and-out beast.
But only his wife understood that her husband secretly put all the property under his daughter's name.
This was Colby's revenge against the demon.
The other party did not fulfill the promise, so Colby naturally would not hand over his soul.
He planned to save enough wealth for his family, and then refuse to take medicine to worsen his condition and end his life.
But things were not that simple.
"That guy... it... it..."
Colby finally cried out.
"It actually gave Lorena's remaining life to me..."
Facing human tricks, the demon also played along and teased the other party.
Colby survived the terminal illness, but his wife left forever.
The demon even left words—if Colby did not fulfill the agreement, his daughter Elena would also follow in her footsteps.
Under the double torture of disease and spirit, this old man finally collapsed.
Demons never give charity; they only make deals.
In order to free himself, he signed another contract with the demon.
"It told me that as long as the sacrificial ritual is completed, it would give up my and Elena's souls..."
For this reason, Colby followed the demon's guidance and sold that farmland to the designated sacrificer.
But he obviously overestimated the demon's character.
No.
This old salesman laughably thought that demons would possess something like "character."
He was deceived again.
The contract never stated "complete only one sacrificial ritual."
In fact, unless that demon descended to the human world, the sacrificial ritual would never end.
At the same time, before signing the contract, the demon asked Colby to take a cup of soil from the entrance of the town.
He thought it was just some ritual implement.
But in fact, everyone in the town had stepped on the soil at the entrance, so there was some connection between there and the people in the town.
And Colby, a human, handed the soil to the demon.
It also meant that the souls of everyone in the town were connected with Colby.
The demon thus had the "authority" to withdraw their lifespan.
Since then, Colby has completely become a slave to the demon.
In order to protect his daughter and other people in the town, he sacrificed innocent souls to the demon time and time again.
"Demons never give charity; they only make deals." Colby mentioned this saying again. "There should be another sentence after this."
He raised his tear-stained face and looked at everyone in front of him: "Never make a deal with a demon."
After listening to this old man's story, everyone present fell into a rare silence.
A moment later, William couldn't help but complain:
"Even demons know that after owing debts, you should repay them through your own labor, instead of fantasizing about sudden wealth."
Then he spoke again: "You mentioned just now that the ritual requires 'designated' people?"
Colby nodded weakly: "It must be a complete family, and before each ritual begins, they will be given a chance to escape."
"That contract to purchase the farm at a premium?" William raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, I don't understand why the True Lord wants to do this."
Colby took a deep breath.
"Every time I hope those people can accept, but they always reject me for reasons like 'self-esteem', 'hope for life', and Mr. Roy was the same."
Seeing everyone lost in thought, Colby stood up.
"Now you understand, the ritual has begun, the death of the Solomon family is inevitable, I must let the ritual continue."
But the academy trio stepped forward to stop him.
"Mr. Colby, you should know that you alone cannot destroy the barrier outside the farmland."
William rubbed his chin and said.
"I... I have no choice." Colby's eyes flickered.
Of course he understood, but this was just an attitude.
Only when the True Lord sends down compassion can he get a chance to correct.
For this reason, Colby must show enough sincerity.
"You mentioned that everyone in the town has some connection with you."
William stared straight at this old man.
"Then have you ever thought about whose turn it will be once your blood runs dry?"
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