117: Chapter 117 Fraudulent Contract

"You want me to help you escape from the Elf Kingdom?"

"Yes."

"What is this..." Hearing that the Elf King actually wanted to escape from his own kingdom, Fu Hao was stunned.

Realizing the need for further explanation, Yongyuan continued, "My rebirth as an Elf was about a year ago, and you are the only player I have met so far. During my time in the Elf Kingdom, I have indeed become incredibly powerful, but being trapped here, what use is strength? I just want to return to a place with other players as soon as possible."

"Even as the Elf King, you cannot leave the Elf Kingdom at will?"

"Yes. Although I am called the Elf King, the 'King' of the Elf Kingdom is closer to the concept of a commander, and the iron rule of 'must not leave the Elf Kingdom' applies equally to the Elf King. Before the Human-Demon War, leaving the Elf Kingdom was a serious crime, but it was still possible. However, during the war, the Elf King at the time, dissatisfied with the departure of the elves, exhausted his power to set up a barrier, stipulating that elves who had signed contracts with elements could not leave this place—since that Human-Demon War, no elf has been able to leave here."

After listening to the explanation, Fu Hao roughly deduced the situation: Just as he had reached where he was today by obtaining infinite gold through his 'gambling' account, Yongyuan had also seized the hidden item 'Elf Rebirth' that changed her gaming life, climbing all the way to her current position. But the difference was that, unlike the free Fu Hao, her fate was restricted here.

Although Fu Hao could meet other players, he could not acknowledge the members of the Wind Guild, and could not even reveal his identity after meeting them, so he fully understood Yongyuan's desire to escape. But he still had a question: "Have you never thought about streaming?"

The hidden item Yongyuan obtained was top-tier. Even with a restricted growth environment, simply showcasing the Elf Kingdom where players could not set foot, along with the elves whose beauty far exceeded human NPCs, becoming a popular streamer would be no difficult task.

Becoming a streamer would at least allow for indirect communication with players. If she could garner envious gazes, she might be able to view her current situation more positively—after all, even if one were trapped on a desert island like Robinson Crusoe, as long as there was a channel for indirect communication, one would not necessarily fall into decades of pain and despair.

"...Too busy, I haven't thought about it."

"Ah..." Fu Hao then remembered that she used to be a "resident villain" in the community. Perhaps in a parallel world, Yongyuan was enjoying streaming, but in this world, she had fallen in love with Leonhardt at first sight, treating villainous behavior as a life pleasure, and now seemed tired of it—especially after being forced to change her name, having to endure mockery every time she appeared in the community; anyone would get tired of that.

"...Anyway, I understand your request."

"If possible, I hope you can take me to the Endel Kingdom you established."

"Because of Leonhardt?"

"Yes, I believe you have a way to let me see him." Light flickered in Yongyuan's eyes.

Setting aside the fact that she was a fanatical fan of Leonhardt, now was indeed the best time to meet Leonhardt—his whereabouts would most likely remain in Fu Hao's Endel Kingdom in the short term.

Although Leonhardt had lost to Fu Hao in the duel, his popularity had not diminished in the slightest; on the contrary, he had become even more popular due to his performance in the battle. According to community news, players were already heading to the Endel Kingdom to see him.

Of course, even if one knew Leonhardt's location, it might not be possible to meet him smoothly, but with Fu Hao's help, it would be different. Fu Hao, who had signed a deep contract with Leonhardt's master, Loki, could see Loki and his disciple Leonhardt at any time.

"It seems that being number one in the combat power ranking has become even harder." Looking at the "Leonhardt fan" in front of him, Fu Hao sighed to himself.

If she registered for the combat power ranking now, reaching the top would be inevitable. But she might have no interest in the ranking, or might be unable to register due to some restriction—however, if she chose to support Leonhardt, the situation would be different.

Judging by her status and strength, the items she possessed were definitely not to be underestimated, and unlike Fu Hao, she might be able to freely hand over these "cheat-level" items to other players.

Just imagine, if Fu Hao had not appeared in the Elf Kingdom, even if someone had visited with the forest necklace, it would have been impossible to help her escape—precisely because of this, she was trapped by the dual restrictions of "unable to leave the Elf Kingdom" and "unable to trade with players," and the current situation was the product of "unconventional events" superimposed.

Fu Hao once considered whether he should leave her here, but soon changed his mind: even if the difficulty of being number one in the combat power ranking increased, he could just break through; besides, he still had room to grow.

And after confirming Yongyuan's existence, he realized that there might be other similar "unconventional existences"—if that were true, the top priority was not to worry about the ranking, but to find ways to become stronger.

"The +10 teleportation gem can come in handy." To be honest, the +10 teleportation gem was almost useless to Fu Hao except as a "smokescreen." Although its enhancement effect was top-tier among non-equipment items, the problem was that the effect was completely focused on "reducing consumption."

For Fu Hao, who had hoarded a pile of teleportation gems, consuming a few thousand gems was just a small matter, so he had always been dissatisfied with the attributes of the +10 gem.

But now, using it to transfer players was simply a miracle cure—previous experiments on Chaos and Wind Guild members showed that the "carry allies during Teleportation" attribute of the +10 gem was equally effective for team members, and with this, he could easily help Yongyuan escape from the Elf Kingdom trapped by the barrier.

"I agree, but I have one more condition." Helping Yongyuan escape from the Elf Kingdom was easy, but letting a fanatical fan of Leonhardt meet him was a burden for Fu Hao.

In addition, assisting the Elf King to escape might restrict his activities in the Elf Kingdom, so he had to first ensure the core goal of this trip—"I need a large amount of Mythical Rank element stones."

Fu Hao was a little nervous, fearing that she would suddenly pull out a bunch of Mythical Rank element stones from her backpack—after all, he could not trade with players. Fortunately, she did not do so.

"You know about the existence of Mythical Rank element stones, but you don't know how to obtain them?"

"Hmm?"

Yongyuan smiled and continued: "Mythical Rank element stones can only be created by the King of Elements. As long as you successfully complete a contract with the King of Elements, you will naturally be able to obtain the element stones; conversely, if you cannot sign a contract, you will absolutely not be able to obtain them."

In the end, the fact that the Elf King was Yongyuan became a stroke of luck for Fu Hao—if it were any other player or NPC, let alone the King of Elements, he probably wouldn't even be able to get the target Mythical Rank element stones.

Just as Yongyuan was glad that it was Fu Hao who came with the forest necklace, Fu Hao was also glad that the Elf King was her.

Seeing Fu Hao show a satisfied expression, the two shook hands to confirm that the verbal contract was established. "Then I'll leave it to you." "Likewise."

The moment the contract was established, Yongyuan immediately started the King of Elements summoning procedure—she had long been impatient to set foot in the human realm and see Leonhardt.

Thanks to her quick actions, before the Elf Elders could gather upon hearing the news of the forest necklace, she used her Elf King authority to collect the summoning items and successfully started the ritual.

The summoning ritual proceeded normally, and Fu Hao and Yongyuan soon saw the King of Elements. "This is the King of Elements?" Even without wearing the forest necklace, Fu Hao could see the appearance of the King of Elements.

Judging by the aura surrounding it, it was undoubtedly the King of Elements, but its appearance was vastly different from what he had imagined. "Why is it a tree? And it's so small." "Shh, don't you want to sign the contract?" Yongyuan reminded him, and he immediately shut his mouth, but muttered to himself in his heart: "It looks quite docile, it shouldn't attack its master after being summoned like Little Gold, right?"

Fu Hao's worry about the King of Elements attacking was not groundless—the so-called "contract transfer" was essentially a fraud against the King of Elements.

He was wondering how to transfer the contract of a King of Elements-level Summoned Beast, and Yongyuan's strategy was: using her identity as the Elf King to hide her aura, and using Fu Hao's aura to disguise him as the Elf King, thereby deceiving the King of Elements.

This was a fraud that utilized the rule that "once a contract is reached, it cannot be dissolved"—after all, players could be Resurrected after death, and with the help of the summoning system, this was indeed an ingenious method.

With the cooperation of Yongyuan's strategy and the effect of Fu Hao's +10 mysterious-type item, this fraudulent contract proceeded exceptionally smoothly.

[ "World Tree" wishes to sign a contract with you. Do you want to proceed with the contract? After the contract is reached, the World Tree will become your Summoned Beast. ]