American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 186 Honest Business Practices

For every kowtow, he was slapped. After kowtowing dozens of times, Beno's forehead was bleeding and his face was swollen, looking like a pig's head.

"How about it, is it okay now!" Beno looked at Xiao Xian, his eyes filled with hatred and anger that were almost tangible. If he were to find a chance to untie the ropes binding his feet, he would not only kill Xiao Xian, but also Erica and everyone in Xiao Xian's family!

"Okay, you're qualified to participate in the game now." As if he understood what Beno was thinking, Xiao Xian got up and took a knife to cut the ropes binding Beno's feet.

"You bastard! Pfft!" The moment the rope was untied, Beno immediately lunged at Xiao Xian, only to be kicked against the wall by Xiao Xian and then slid to the ground like a dead dog.

"You seem to be mentally challenged. Do you really think you can beat me?" Xiao Xian walked over and stepped on Beno's head, feeling the fear emanating from Beno.

"I'm sorry, I'll never do it again~" Beno said weakly. Xiao Xian's kick just now almost killed him.

"It's okay, I'm not one to hold grudges," Xiao Xian shrugged, then pointed to Teddy, who was tied up in the corner, and said, "Erica said you only did it nine times. I don't believe it, but let's just leave it at that. If you can do it nine times before Erica brings your daughter here, then you've succeeded in the game. If you fail, your soul belongs to me."

"Nine times~ cough cough~ how is this possible!" Beno exclaimed excitedly. Putting aside whether he could handle it or not, even a dog couldn't handle it!

"You can give up, I won't stop you. Oh, by the way, if you fail the challenge, I'll have your daughter kill you later. This is retribution for letting Erica do it back then. The evil power generated by being stabbed by your closest person is quite considerable." Xiao Xian said, waving his hand to cast a spell on the dog.

"I gave the dog a buff, so it can last nine times now. So it's not impossible, you decide for yourself," Xiao Xian said with a smile. Of course, there was no need to mention that it could last two hours on the last try, as that would easily affect Beno's mood for the game. It would be better to wait until he found out himself that the sense of despair would be even stronger.

"This is a contract. Whether you sign it or not is up to you. I operate with integrity; I don't engage in forced sales." Xiao Xian took out a piece of white paper from the table next to him, waved it, and the contract text appeared on the paper. Xiao Xian handed the contract to Beno.

"If you agree, drip your blood on it."

Beno took the contract with his left hand and looked at the words on it. He realized that he couldn't even understand the punctuation. But at this moment, Beno knew that he had no choice.

Just then, Benoit's right hand fingers were cut off. He broke the scab on the wound and dripped the blood onto the contract.

"Very good." Watching Beno drip his blood onto the contract, Xiao smiled with satisfaction, put the contract away, and said, "Then let the game begin. Hurry up, time is running out!"

The first time, the second time, the third time... On the sixth time, Benoit broke down.

"I can't take it anymore~ I've changed my mind, I'm giving up the game. You can take my daughter's soul if you want, but you can't take mine."

"A contract means that once it's signed, you can't go back. Breaking a contract comes at a price." Xiao Xian flicked the paper on which Beno had signed the contract, making a crisp sound.

"Think carefully about your daughter. You don't want me to take her soul away, do you? Fatherly love and all that, you should think about it again."

"I don't care~ I want to break the contract!" Beno cried, clutching his buttocks. He had wanted to commit suicide after being tortured by Xiao Xian for two hours. The thought of being dragged to hell by Xiao Xian and tortured by him forever terrified him.

He had thought his daughter was very important just now, but now that he thought about it carefully, he realized that he himself was more important. Beno rubbed his backside and thought to himself, "Anyway, my daughter isn't close to me, and I didn't raise her. I've come for her six times, so I've fulfilled my responsibilities as a father and made up for the mistake of abandoning her and her mother when I was a child."

"Mortals, indeed, the souls of ordinary people are not very good." Xiao Xian sighed upon hearing this. If Beno were truly willing to give everything for his daughter, Xiao Xian might be able to spare his soul and sell it to powerful figures in the higher planes like the Vishanti. The main reason is that such a soul is not very compatible with Hell. Of course, all the power and emotions of depravity, fear, etc., generated in this process would belong to Xiao Xian.

Xiao Xian originally planned to wait until Beno could not finish after 9 attempts, then give him an overtime round, repeatedly giving him hope and taking it away, in order to collect negative emotions and the power of fear.

If Benoit could truly go that far for his daughter, the emotional energy generated along the way, and the ultimate value, would be far more valuable than his current, albeit brief, efforts. Their spiritual values ​​are worlds apart.

"Since that's the case, then you can break the contract. You're the one who wanted to break the contract, I didn't force you." Xiao Xian threw the contract at Beno and said, "Tear up the contract, that's considered breaking the contract."

"What are the consequences of breaking the contract?" Beno asked Xiao Xian as he took the contract.

"I'm not customer service for online shopping, I don't need to answer your questions. You'll find out naturally after you break the contract." Xiao Xian sat in his chair, propping his head up with one hand, looking down at Beno. "Whether you break the contract or not is your decision. If you do, you won't be able to save your daughter."

"Whatever, even if I don't break the contract, you'll still take my soul!" Holding the contract, Beno gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and tore the contract into pieces.

"Now can you tell me what the price is?" Beno threw the scraps of paper on the ground and said coldly.

"Idiot~" Xiao Xian looked at Beno and said, "The price of breaking the contract is your body, luck, soul and everything else. If I hadn't broken the contract, I would have had to wait until you died to get ownership of your soul. Now everything you have is mine."

"Hehe~" Beno was about to curse when he heard this, but he found that he seemed to have lost control of his body. No matter how hard he tried, he could not even finish a single word.

"This world actually has quite a few open permissions~ It even supports such a contract of servitude. This kind of world is unlikely to be a world without magic. It seems that the rumors about this body's family are probably true."

Xiao Xian casually waved his finger, and Beno walked back and forth in front of Xiao Xian like a puppet. The only drawback was that the movements were slightly stiff, and Beno's eyes were obviously filled with extreme fear.

"Hmm, let's leave them both here." With Beno kneeling in front of him, Xiao Xian snapped his fingers and returned to the body selection screen. Using magic to select a body was much more convenient and comfortable than stabbing himself with a knife.

(End of this chapter)