Devils were the masters of the Hell of Baator, the lower space of the outer plane. They were evil creatures from the outer plane that were known for their ruthlessness and strict hierarchy.
In the magic information that Feng Chou had obtained, there was some simple planar knowledge that was similar to popular science.
The existence of this world was very complicated. Other than the main material plane, which was the plane that Feng Chou was currently in, there were many other planes that existed in parallel.
According to the form of existence of the other planes and their relationship with the main material plane, the mages divided the planes into two types: the outer plane and the inner plane.
The inner plane included the four major elemental planes, the positive energy plane, the negative energy plane, and many intermediate planes, such as the magma plane between the fire and earth elemental planes, the swamp plane between the water and earth elemental planes, and so on.
According to the mages' theory, the inner plane belonged to the material plane. The structure and existence of the main material world was supported by the inner plane.
According to the information in the broken arcane tower, there was more than one main material plane in this world. The Arcane Empire alone had discovered as many as six main material planes.
If the inner plane was the material plane, then the outer plane was the spiritual plane.
The upper plane was born in response to the beautiful and kind wishes of many life forms, the lower plane was born in response to the desires and evil of people, the chaotic plane was born in response to chaos, and the orderly plane was born in response to the expectations of order.
The Hell of Baator was a spiritual plane that was orderly and evil.
The creatures of this plane were evil and cunning, but had an almost pathological pursuit of order and hierarchy.
Therefore, although the creatures of this plane were evil and cunning, they had an extreme spirit of contract. Not only did they rigidly abide by the contract, but they also hated those who violated the contract.
In hell, some powerful beings were very willing to be the impartial party of the contract. They would stubbornly uphold the contract.
Once both parties violated the contract, these powerful beings in hell would use the power of the contract to reap the soul of the violator.
If anyone thought that a demon that abided by the contract could be cheated, then they would definitely regret being born in this world.
Devils, who spent their entire lives studying contracts and were extremely cunning, loved to leave all kinds of hidden loopholes in the contracts. Using these loopholes, they could cheat anyone who thought they were clever and lose even their soul.
What Count Patrick was talking about was this kind of contract made by a Senior Demon.
There was no doubt that signing this kind of contract required a certain amount of risk, because the demons were known as impartial and impartial. Once someone violated the contract, no matter what the reason was, the demons would not hesitate to harvest the soul of the violator through the soul connection between the contract and the soul of the violator.
Seeing Feng Chou's hesitation, Count Patrick further explained, "The Tailun Secret Spell Society is a secret magic exchange organization formed by the non-academy mages in Tailun City. You know that noble mages like you and me, who have a family inheritance of magic, but incomplete inheritance, very few of us are willing to enter a magic academy, because it means that we have to give up on our freedom and even our family's independence... because it means that we have to give up our freedom and even our family independence.
"However, as you know, for those who have come into contact with magic, unless their abilities are limited, many people are unable to resist the wonderful temptation of the secrets of the entire world gradually unfolding in front of them. These people, these noble mages like you and me, when they reached the end of the magical knowledge that their families have grasped, they would be like you and me, unable to resist the urge to pursue more knowledge. In Tailun, these people finally came together and formed the Tailun Secret Spell Society."
"The Tailun Secret Spell Society is actually a secret trading organization. The members secretly exchange the knowledge of the secret spells that they each possess. To join the Tailun Secret Spell Society, on the one hand, you need to be an official member to act as a guide, and on the other hand, you need to sign a confidentiality contract made by a high-level demon."
At this point, Count Patrick took out a thick roll of paper tied with a blue ribbon and handed it to Feng Chou. He said, "This is the content of the confidentiality contract. If you do not intend to reveal the secrets of the society, then this contract will not harm you in any way."
Feng Chou took the roll of paper and undid the ribbon, unfolding the contract.
The content of the contract was very simple. It was a confidentiality agreement. Qiankun Pagoda's analysis also told him that this clean contract did not have any hidden loopholes or backdoors.
After reading the contract, Feng Chou asked in confusion, "Why me, Your Excellency?"
Count Patrick said, "Because you are a powerful mage. You are already a 10th-level mage, aren't you?
At the same time, you are also a wealthy merchant and a powerful noble. You have the ability to purchase expensive magic materials from the Secret Spell Society, and this is exactly what we are looking forward to. "
Feng Chou looked at the contract again. He seemed to have finally been 'convinced'. He took a deep breath and said, "I am willing to join!"
Count Patrick smiled in satisfaction and said, "In that case, please follow me. I will take you to sign the contract. After the contract is signed, you can go to my arcane library and choose the arcane materials you need."
Feng Chou's face showed some excitement and anxiety. He followed Count Patrick and left the living room.
When Count Patrick appeared in the corridor, everyone's eyes focused on him. As he walked, he couldn't help but smile and nod to the guests in the corridor.
Passing through the crowd, Count Patrick brought Feng Chou to a corridor on the left side of the hall. He pushed open a door in the middle of the corridor. Behind the door was a stairwell.
The two went down the stairs to the first floor. After passing through a short corridor, they walked out of the main building of the villa.
They followed a stone path around the main building and came to the garden behind the building.
Following a path with magic street lamps, the two passed through the garden and a small forest. They arrived in front of a circular tower.
This was a circular tower that was three stories tall. The diameter of the bottom of the tower was more than twenty meters. The diameter of each floor was slightly smaller.
In front of the door at the bottom of the tower stood two black statues. They were clearly two iron golems.
Count Patrick pointed at the tower and said, "This is my magic lab. The third floor of the lab is my library. This magic lab uses the same space-folding technology as the Mage Tower. The space inside is much larger than it looks from the outside."
Patrick led Feng Chou past the two three-meter-tall iron golems and into the hall on the first floor of the tower.
This hall looked similar to the hall on the first floor of the broken arcane tower, but it was much smaller and had fewer rooms.
Patrick opened a secret lock on a room on the left and led Feng Chou in. He pointed at the teleportation circle in the center of the room and said, "Let's go to the underground sealed room, summon the devil, and sign the contract."
Hearing Patrick's words, Feng Chou was immediately sure that this vampire marquis was going to make a move on him!
The Tarun Secret Spell Society and the devil's contract that he mentioned before were probably all just to trick him into going to the sealed room.