Chapter 1277: Offer

The battle soon ended.

All this while, Sam only acted as support, but he is also the one without a scratch. The three ghosts were also without much damage, because of Sam’s excellent control, but they are a bit exhausted.

At least, they got the egg. The first ghost went to check the egg and after confirming the bloodline purity by the patterns on the egg, he shook his head.

"Not that high. We can auction it off in the town."

The other two ghosts looked at Sam in askance.

"I don’t have any problem if you don’t have any."

"Okay, then. Let’s go back."

With that, the four of them went back to the town after another two days of the journey. As soon as they arrived at the town, the first ghost said.

"There is an inn called the Ghost Shack. We will meet you there in the afternoon. We will arrange for the auction house. We will just finish this off today as soon as possible."

"No problem."

Sam left the trio and went back to the inn he was staying in. After he left, the three ghosts started walking towards the Ghost Shack.

"First Brother, don’t you think this guy is too weird? I can’t put my finger on it, but he is giving me chills for some reason."

Second Ghost asked the First Ghost.

"Of course, he is weird. He kept up with our pace throughout the whole journey, he didn’t once flinch or falter for many dangers we have encountered. He even came out of the wyvern cave without a scratch. If he is normal, I wouldn’t know what weird is."

"Do you think, he is stronger than us?"Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

"I think he is. We should be careful when dealing with this guy. Why would someone hide their true strength to come to this god-forsaken place and do these missions? I heard he even participated in the expeditions of the Government group and the Second Group."

The third Ghost spoke all of a sudden.

"We will know what his goal is tomorrow. If he just takes his share and leaves, we wouldn’t have any problem with him. So, we don’t have to worry too much. Just be careful around him and make sure to avoid all the friction and conflict if anything happens."

They agreed on that and went to rest in the Ghost Shack. After an hour or so, the two of them went to the biggest auction house in town with the egg.

Even though there is barely a few hours before noon, the news of the Undying Wyvern Egg has spread like a wildfire.

There are many people gathered at the auction house within an hour.

Sam arrived at the ghost shack by noon. Third Ghost is there waiting for him.

"The other two are at the auction house. Let’s go."

Your necromancy could use a bit of help, but not by much. Your soul skills are spot-on which is also one of the things I am looking for.

Anyone of you will suffice to be my assistant, I would take all three of you if you guys agree.

Think it through and make a decision. But before that, you should also know what I am about to offer.

Sam took out a booklet he prepared and gave it to them.

"I am sorry, there is only one, you should make do with it."

The first ghost went through the booklet and was stunned. He passed it to the second and third while he stared at Sam.

"This is the first chapter of a curse guide. There is no exaggeration if I say that it is the best curse guide in the whole universe. It is created by someone whose power is something you cannot even fathom.

So, make sure you think properly before you decide on this. If you come with me, I will give the rest of the guide and personally teach you all about the curses there is to know.

In exchange, you will be working for me as I asked. I will leave you guys to it.

Let us meet here in the same place at the same time."

With that Sam left. The trio was stumped, they didn’t even know that they would ever be in such a situation.

They were independent all their lives and they were supposed to stay that way in their estimations for a long time. But now they got the offer to learn something great, but in exchange, it would compromise their freedom a lot.

They went back to their residence to discuss and think about this.

The next day, Sam arrived early and waited for the trio. After an hour, they came and sat down.

"You guys are late."

"Sorry, we lost track of time while arguing." Third Ghost said with a huff.

First Ghost took a deep breath and said.

"We considered your offer a lot and in fact, it is way too tempting for us to give it up. The curse guide’s first chapter in itself has a lot to offer for us and we are really keen on learning the rest of it. But it would be a bit difficult for us to come with you.

We have certain targets to fulfill here."

Sam just waited in silence for them to continue.

"There is a sentient Undead creature in the valley behind the central mountain. The most dangerous place in the whole Dark Range, we want to capture it. We were working on this for a long time. We were just middle stage Pre-transcendent cultivators when we came here and we started expediting ourselves since then.

We just put in too much effort to come out of it now."

"Unless?" Sam asked with a smile. He knew how these conversations go. All this build-up is just a way of the other party asking for something in return.