CHAPTER 758: Threats And Promises

The seventeen flying swords swirling around Rose suddenly stopped moving. The swords, overflowing with bone-chilling aura, were all pointing straight at her. Rose felt numb from head to toe. Her mind was in a big mess.

Han Shuo, with the Demonslayer Edge in his hand and a callous expression on his face, slowly walked towards Rose. With his eyes fixed on Rose, Han Shuo asked in a calm voice, "Why should I trust you?"

Han Shuo's Fifth Corps was currently short of manpower and he did not have an assistant of Highgod strength. An expert of Rose's class would be highly sought after by any powerhouse. Currently, Han Shuo was the only expert of Highgod strength in the House of Han. If Rose were to surrender and serve him, the strength of his House of Han would increase tremendously.

It was true that he had a feud with Rose, but when Han Shuo thought about it carefully, he realised that Rose had done no harm to the people around him. He had won every conflict they had.

Faced with the seventeen flying swords spewing cold aura, and under Han Shuo's menacing gaze, Rose looked rather anxious. She hastily replied, "There's not much animosity between us - nothing irreconcilable. There is no need to kill over a little friction on a low level material plane!"

"I ask, why should I trust you to be my servant and serve me sincerely?" asked Han Shuo in a cold voice. He raised the Demonslayer Edge and pointed it at Rose as if to say that he would slaughter her if he didn't hear what he wanted to hear.

Rose knew that she had to give Han Shuo a satisfactory answer or she would surely die!

Flashes of light came from her eyes as she quickly turned in her mind to find an answer. After a moment's hesitation, she replied, "I will give my oath in the name of the Darkness Overlord!"

"I don't believe in oaths!" Han Shuo shouted coldly. "Give me something more concrete!"

Rose wore an astringent expression on her beautiful human face. She said disappointedly, "Do you have a better idea?"

Han Shuo was silent for a moment before he replied, "Open your soul. Let us make a master-slave contract!"

Rose was shocked. For the master-slave contract to be formed, one party must completely surrender their soul to the other party. However, once the master-slave contract was complete, the master could end the slave's life with a single blow. Once bound by the contract, there would be no trick for Rose to play.

"You will either die or give up your divine soul and enter into a master-slave contract with me!" Han Shuo knew that Rose was not sincere in her surrender. He made an impatient face. The Demonslayer Edge in his hand and the flying swords began to glisten brightly as they gradually moved towards Rose.

As the swords drew closer to Rose, the fear on her face became more pronounced. Rose even felt as if the space around her had frozen. The seventeen flying swords were releasing some kind of bizarre energy that was slowly cutting off her escape route.

A Highgod usually had his own unique method of escape in an emergency. Of course, it would come at a price. Using the lifeline might severely injure their body, or perhaps consume an outstanding, invaluable Highgod weapon. Han Shuo believed that Rose also had an emergency escape method.

The fact that Rose was so reluctant to use the escape method could only mean that using it would cause her tremendous damage. As Han Shuo approached step by step, he secretly controlled the seventeen flying swords to release the trapped energy. The area surrounded by the seventeen flying swords was filled with chaotic energy, cutting Rose off from any possibility of escape.

As Rose felt the bizarre fluctuation of the space around her, she felt as if she had hoisted her own petard. Her plan had been to pretend to surrender and find a way to escape. However, she had not anticipated that Han Shuo would be so treacherous as to remove any hope of escape.

"Rose, don't waste any more time. Whatever tricks you had up your sleeve, they are all useless now!" Han Shuo's cold and indifferent voice sounded, "While you were hesitating and trying to buy time, I have cut off all your means of escape. Now you have only two choices: You can perish, or you can surrender your soul to me and accept a master-slave contract!"

Rose listened to Han Shuo's words with tearless sadness. Her mind was thrown into a great panic when she felt the chilling killing intent coming from Han Shuo.

She was unwilling to be anyone's slave. She knew that once the master-slave contract was formed, she would lose her freedom for the rest of her life and be reduced to a tool of Han Shuo's. But if she did not surrender, she would lose her life altogether. Rose was torn between the equally difficult choices she was given.

Han Shuo, staring coldly at Rose, slowly moved the Demonslayer Edge towards Rose in a threatening manner as he shouted, "Do you really want to die?"

This shout of his was extremely deafening. Han Shuo had actually used Demonic Siren, a unique demonic technique. His voice, which carried a miraculous energy that could hypnotise a person, pierced Rose's mind and soul.

Had it been used at any other time, the Demonic Siren would have had no effect on Rose. However, as Rose was in a confused and agitated state at the time, the Demonic Siren worked like a charm.

The indecisive Rose was immediately affected by the Demonic Siren's hypnotic power. She immediately screamed, "I surrender!"

With these words, Rose surrendered her divine soul and handed over all control to Han Shuo. Han Shuo's consciousness entered her soul without the slightest resistance, binding them in the most unjust contract in the world.

Dazzling dark radiance flashed in Rose's eyes as the two stared into each other's eyes. A moment later, the process was complete. An imprint was formed in Rose's divine soul. It was linked to Han Shuo's consciousness. Han Shuo now had the ability to end her life with a single thought.

"I, I... " Rose sensed that something was wrong as soon as the master-slave contract was formed. She looked at Han Shuo with a frightened face and screamed, "What, what have you done to me?"

Han Shuo shrugged his shoulders. With a broad smile on his face, he replied, "Making a master-slave contract with you, of course!" He withdrew the Demonslayer Edge and the seventeen flying swords to show that he was no longer hostile towards Rose.

"Ahhhhh!!!" Rose screamed in pain. Her sharp claws began to flap violently. It seemed like she was having trouble accepting the fact.

Han Shuo watched as the deranged Rose chopped down all the tall trees in the mountain range with her wild claws. Sand and rocks were sent flying. A large area was leveled and deforested.

All the while, Han Shuo had just watched with a smile on his face. Once the master-slave contract was formed, there was nothing Rose could do to undo it. From now on, she will be a loyal servant of the House of Han. It would be a wonder if Han Shuo wasn't happy to have a Highgod's servant.

After going mad for a while, Rose gradually calmed down. Under Han Shuo's smiling gaze, her huge spider body gradually shrank, while her sharp claws slowly disappeared inside her body. However, her head and face remained the same.

A moment later, Spider Goddess Rose had transformed into a young woman with a pair of long and slender legs. Her monstrous spider body had been transformed into a curvaceous female human body, which combined with her beautiful face and exotic, seductive aura made her incredibly attractive.

She wore a dark, skin-tight dress with mysterious patterns that accentuated the flawless curves of her body. As if she was not striking enough, she had a head full of long, white hair that had the sheen of spider silk.

Han Shuo struggled to reconcile the beauty standing proudly before him with the giant human-faced spider he had just seen.

"What, what have you done to me?" Rose asked as she glared at Han Shuo resentfully. Her eyes were still as cold and cold as before.

"Er... I bound you under a master-slave contract," Han Shuo was in a daze. After quickly shaking his head to wake himself up, he remarked, "Wow, I almost didn't recognise you after you transformed into your human form!"

"No, before the master-slave contract was formed!" Rose looked at Han Shuo with resentful eyes and said in a cold voice, "You must have done something to me! Otherwise, there's no way I would accept a master-slave contract so easily. I have a strong feeling that something is wrong after the contract is signed!

Highgods were Highgods after all. Even in a state of anxiousness, their minds would remain extremely vigilant. If her mind hadn't been in that mindless state, the demonic siren wouldn't have worked on Rose. Once she came to her senses, she immediately realised that something was wrong. She might have sensed that Han Shuo had played some dirty tricks on her.

"First of all, call me Master!" Han Shuo reminded her coldly. He added, "Now that the master-slave contract has been formed, you're my slave and I'm your master. So you better start addressing me properly!"

A master-slave contract not only allows the master to kill the slave at will, it also forms a bizarre bond between the two parties. Rose stared at Han Shuo in a hurt manner, and Han Shuo stared back at her with cold eyes. With Han Shuo now her master, Rose soon admitted defeat. Although reluctantly, she finally called out "Master" in a low voice.

"Good!" Han Shuo nodded and said, "A slave should not question his master. Let's go, we're leaving Demon Mountain. As of today, Rose, you are no longer a Spider Goddess, but a humble servant of my House of Han. You should forget your original identity as soon as possible.

Rose stared at Han Shuo with her bright, cold eyes while her sexy, full lips pursed slightly. It seemed that she had not come to terms with her new identity. As someone who was arrogant by nature, she instinctively loathed her new lowly title.

Throughout the endless years she had lived, she had been proud and great. Even when she had faced gods stronger than herself, she had never suffered such humiliation. But now she was being cast from her high throne and made the slave of a puny god from a low level material plane that she had previously considered insignificant. She couldn't feel more morose when she thought about it.

Han Shuo had clearly observed the emotions on Rose's face. He knew that it was impossible to get the Highgod to serve him sincerely in such a short time. But fortunately for Han Shuo, the master-slave contract had been made and Han Shuo had plenty of time. Therefore, he did not care too much.

"Right, I'm very curious about your escape technique. If I do not imprison the space, how will you escape?" Han Shuo turned to Rose, who was following closely behind him, and asked as they made their way to Fort Lasberg.

Rose suddenly seemed rather shy. She avoided Han Shuo's eyes and asked in a low voice, "Can I not answer that?"

"Nope!" Han Shuo replied.

She glared at Han Shuo angrily before explaining, "I can use my hair to escape. But if I do, my divine energy will decrease and all my hair will fall out. I will become bald!"

"Are you more afraid of losing your divine energy or your hair?"

"My hair, of course!" replied Rose immediately. She looked at Han Shuo coldly and added, "If it wasn't for the fact that I will look ugly without hair, how would I be restrained by you and be reduced to this state!"

Indeed, women will always be women. Even alien females are bound by the same, universal tendencies. thought Han Shuo as he shook his head. He was left between laughter and tears. It turned out that Rose was afraid of losing her hair that she spent too much time hesitation and lost the chance of escaping. How baffling!

However, it was worth noting that other than her pair of slender and long legs, her snowy-white long hair was most pleasant to the eyes. Her smooth and lustrous white hair combined with her coquettish face and beautiful legs made her look incredibly seductive.

"Where are you bringing me?" asked Rose as she followed behind Han Shuo.

"Fort Lasberg," replied Han Shuo calmly.

"Can I not go?" Rose hesitated and said in a low voice, "I don't like places with lots of people."

"You must come with me," Han Shuo said with a faint smile, "Preferences can be changed. From now on you must try to get used to it. Just follow me, do what I ask and don't give me any nonsense. If I'm satisfied with your performance, I'll cancel our master-slave contract after a hundred years."

Rose had been wearing a reluctant and unwilling face all along. But when she heard that Han Shuo was going to cancel the contract after a hundred years, her eyes lit up. In a somewhat excited tone, she asked, "Is this for real? You are going to nullify our master-slave relationship after a hundred years?"

For gods like Rose, a hundred years was a very short time. She became excited when she heard that regaining freedom was not far away.

Han Shuo nodded and said with a smile, "That depends on your performance. If your performance in the next hundred years is to my satisfaction, I will certainly honour the promise."

"All right then, I will follow you to places with many people. I just hope that you will honour your words!" Rose agreed without further ado.

"Good, that's the spirit. Don't worry, I will set you free after a hundred years!" Han Shuo assured solemnly. Although a hundred years was a short time for Rose, it was long enough for Han Shuo to achieve many things. Besides, Rose might decide to stay in the House of Han after regaining her freedom.