Tricking The Tower

Ed approached the Lich who seemed like he would disappear at any moment. Contrary to what Ed thought, the attacks from Raikou and the other did quite the damage to him. Before he reached the Lich, he started a conversation with his system.

'If I perform a soul contract, will I be able to take him out of the tower?' Ed told the system as he was looking at the Lich. He wasn't planning to do anything before confirming all the possibilities.

[Even if you use a soul contract, it would be impossible to leave the tower. Monsters from this tower are bound it to it, and can't leave] The system told Ed that such a possibility wasn't valid. Ed, however, didn't lose hope. He was familiar with the system and he knew there was he could do.

'But?' Ed asked the system. His eyes always glued to the Lich.

[If he makes a connection with me things will be different!] Ed could imagine the system with a smug smile on his face. Of course, his system would be able to challenge the world's logic. It was a fantasy system after all!

'How can he connect to you?' Ed asked the system since he would have to explain to the Elder Lich.

[You can do the same thing as the soul contact and I will take care of it from there]. Hearing the system, Ed didn't delay anymore and stood directly in front of the Lich.

"I will only ask one thing. Will you trust me with your life? Your freedom?" Ed spoke without any hesitation. It was a summary of what the relationship between them would be. One of trust.

"I never had a life nor a freedom in this tower. I have no qualms about anything you would do." After getting the confirmation, Ed placed his hand on top of the dying Lich. Similar to what happened with Raikou, a blinding light surrounded Ed and the Lich. After it receded, Ed was the only one who was standing there.

"So what happened?" Without panicking, he asked the system.

[I transformed the Lich into a card. I couldn't simply take him away from the tower, so I severed his connection to it. However, as monsters are closely tied to this tower I had no choice but to turn him into a card. Otherwise, he would simply disappear]. Ed checked his Inventory, and indeed the Elder Lich's card was there. Immediately, he crushed it and a perfect looking Elder Lich stood in front of him. Performing a soul contract would usually heal both parties from most of their damage.

"Welcome to the party!" Ed spoke to the Elder Lich while smiling.

"I feel light." The Lich could only say that while looking at his hands. It looked as if a giant boulder was lifted off of him.

"Since I named all of my monsters, would you like me to do the same?" Ed didn't want to keep calling someone who had become his companion by his race name.

"You're my master now. I can only follow your commands." The Lich spoke as if he was a knight rather than an undead.

"Alright, then you will be called-". Before Ed could finish speaking, the teleportation light surrounded all of them.

"I felt something different, so it was the delayed teleportation". Ed thought loudly while looking at the new floor. He was in the middle of a jungle. One that seemed to be spread over thousands of meters.

'Why did the teleportation take so long?' Ed asked his system.

[The tower finally registered that the Lich was 'defeated'. Just according to the plan] Now Ed imagined the system with an evil smile.

'What plan?' Ed was curious about what the system did.

[I don't know if the tower is manmade or not, but in case it is whoever owned the Lich wouldn't like it if we took him. In order to avoid us being detected, I made it seem like an error in the tower. Think of it as if a virus hit a computer (tower) and deleted some stuff. After disappearing no one will be able to detect the virus.] Ed could only feel pride. His system was so useful, it was unbelievable.

"Well then. We might have been delayed but once again, your name will be Siegfried. A hero who defeated a Legendary dragon, bathed in its blood and ate its heart to gain immortality." Ed knew that Liches usually yearned for immortality, so he chose this name specifically.

"A hero, huh. Hahahaha, to think one day I would be compared to a hero. Thank you for the wonderful name master!" The Lich, no Siegfried seemed genuinely happy about his new name. Ed smiled while looking at this scene, and activated his EMS. He opened up a portal dimension and got everyone to go inside.

"This is?" Siegfried seemed surprised by Ed's ocular skill.

"It's an ability to create a special dimension. One where I could control however I want." Ed explained to him a little more about his power. After finishing, he started cooking something to eat. He wanted to eat and rest.

"There is no need. I can sustain myself without eating anything." Sieg was surprised to see Ed giving him his own share. Undead didn't need to eat anything. As long as they had QI they would be able to stay alive. If they run out of QI, they could absorb it from the surroundings.

"Suika, Gobuta, Goburou, and Garu all don't need to eat but they still do. You can think of it as my selfishness." Seeing that Ed wasn't backing down, Sieg accepted reluctantly. At the same time, he felt warmth in the heart that never beat since the start of its existence. No one had treated an undead the same way Ed did. This was proof that Ed truly didn't care about a person's race, appearance or their past doings. As long as they were his comrades, he would do anything to protect them.

"By the way master. After the contract I found myself in a while dimension, what was that about?" Ed stared at him in confusion for a while before he understood. He was talking about his card form. 'So they stay in a white dimension.' Ed thought while looking at Suika and the others. Since they couldn't talk, he never knew how their card forms operated. 'I guess it was the right decision to have them out of their forms as much as possible.' Ed thought to himself.

"You can think of it as another one of my powers." Ed didn't explain to him about the system. But one day he will.

After eating, Ed created a couple of beds for everyone and slept. Tomorrow, another hunting trip would begin.