Landlord World - Start with SSS talent-Chapter 241: Lucky Zeka??

"An equal contract?" Zeka and Violette both looked confused when they heard the term.

"Yes," Noan said with a smile. "Unlike a slave contract, an equal contract is a higher-level agreement used to bind a cooperative relationship between two parties."

"Of course, this contract is only valid for the period agreed upon by both sides."

Zeka and Violette exchanged glances. Then Zeka looked at Noan and asked, "How can I trust you? What if you trick me into signing a slave contract instead?"

Noan chuckled. "You can read the contents of the contract before agreeing. Naturally, you don't really have a choice."

"Either sign the equal contract,"

"Or this group will consist of just me and Violette."

Violette heard this but felt nothing inside.

After all, Zeka was someone completely insignificant and meaningless to her.

Even without him tagging along, everything would still be fine. Zeka was just a mediocre Lord.

Though he held the title of a Rank D Lord, his only troops were Pixies, whose combat power was pitifully low—only able to provide minor beneficial effects to allies.

However, even those beneficial effects were limited in number and short in duration.

That made Zeka one of the most useless Lords among the Rank D class.

He might even be weaker than some Rank E or F Lords.

Therefore, with or without Zeka, it made no difference to her.

Zeka glanced at Violette's indifferent face and felt an even deeper ache in his chest.

'Is she treating me this way just because I'm useless?' Zeka wondered silently.

'No, surely she doesn't look down on me. She must just want to complete the mission quickly and leave this place—so she's listening to that bastard's orders.'

'Yes, that's it. Violette isn't the type of foolish woman like that. She is my Goddess—the most pure and sacred woman I've ever known.'

Seeing Zeka fall into hesitation, Noan's heart filled with contempt.

At that moment, it seemed he had found a way to deal with these so-called "Fate Holders."

There was no need to confront them directly—just target the women beside them.

These "Fate Holders" were just like main characters in a novel.

Even if they possessed unbelievable luck, their hearts and minds were completely absorbed by the women around them.

If he could seize this weakness, Noan would be able to control the actions of the 'Fate Holders.'

Take Zeka, for example—from the moment they met, Noan had only seen his eyes fixated on Violette, completely oblivious to everything else around him.

If Zeka did happen to notice someone else, it was either a beautiful woman or someone trying to approach Violette.

However, now that Violette had chosen to follow Noan, he was confident that Zeka would definitely agree to the equal contract he had just proposed.

"Fine!" Zeka gritted his teeth. "I... I accept, but I want to read the contract first."

"Of course," Noan replied, extending his hand as if drawing something in the air.

A magic circle appeared, and from within that circle, a parchment scroll emerged and floated in front of Zeka.

Naturally, Noan couldn't use that kind of magic—the one casting it was actually Vylyss, hiding in the shadows.

Zeka and Violette were both startled to see Noan using magic.

But it was only a slight surprise. After all, once a Lord reached Level 4, they could choose a Class, and naturally, the Mage class was among the combat-related options.

Zeka's heart burned with jealousy so intense he wanted to tear Noan into a hundred pieces.

He was only a Level 2 Lord, while Noan was already Level 4. Even worse, Violette looked at Noan with admiration and trust—that was what truly stung.

Zeka tried to stay calm, read through the entire scroll, and finding nothing unusual, shot Noan a glance.

Then he pressed his hand onto the scroll.

The scroll glowed with a mysterious pink light and vanished. Zeka could feel a strange link forming inside his body, binding him and preventing him from breaking the contract.

"Great! Let's go," Noan said with a smile as he took out the ice orb. "This ice orb is a type of teleportation magic. It can transport us to a strange room."

"Next, if anyone finds any clues, we must share them so we can complete the mission together, alright?"

"Of course," Violette replied with a nod.

Zeka nodded too, but stayed silent, deeply irritated by how Noan was acting like the team leader.

'Damn it! If I find any clues, I'm not sharing them with you,' he thought to himself.

Of course, he wouldn't share with Noan—but he could still share them with Violette.

After all, his ultimate goal was still the Goddess of his heart, Violette.

"Alright, are you both ready?" Noan asked with a smile.

Violette and Zeka nodded, then, Noan crushed the ice ball.

At the same time, he had Vylyss cast a teleportation spell, helping him and the others transport to the place he had prepared in advance.

After all, Noan's energy was limited—he couldn't bring along both of them and teleport such a long distance by himself.

Zeka and Violette saw the ice orb being crushed, then witnessed the space around them immediately shift, which made them believe Noan's words even more.

They would never believe that Noan himself could possess spatial magic, as that type of magic was extremely high-ranked—at least Rank S.

Moreover, the energy required to use spatial magic was immense.

Even though they didn't possess that kind of spatial talent, they had studied it back at the Lord Academy.

So they were convinced that the ice orb truly was a teleportation spell.

Within seconds, they appeared inside an old, dusty room.

At that moment, both Zeka and Violette received a notification from the System.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have completed the first mission: Arrive at the 'Black Snow' Fortress. Next mission: Search for the 'Ice Core' within 24 hours.]

Now, Zeka and Violette completely believed everything Noan had said.

Noan didn't say anything more. He simply clapped his hands and said, "You've probably seen the system notification, right? Now, what we need to find is the 'Ice Core.'"

"The ice orb from earlier brought us to this room, which means the clue to the 'Ice Core' is definitely somewhere here."

"Let's split up and search. If anyone finds anything, speak up and share it with the rest of us."

Hearing Noan's words, both Zeka and Violette nodded. Noan said no more, immediately opened the door, walked into the hallway, and then entered another room, pretending to search.

Zeka and Violette looked at each other, then also began searching around.

Cough! Cough! Cough!

Violette kept coughing because of the dust, and when Zeka saw this, his heart ached. He immediately spoke up:

"Violette, go outside. I'll handle the searching. There's so much dust in here—it's bad for your breathing."

Violette put on an innocent face and said, "Ah! Good, then if you find anything, be sure to tell me."

"Of course. You and I will always be on the same side," Zeka replied with a smile.

His words were also a reminder to Violette that he was the only one she could truly trust—the only one always by her side.

And Noan? Hah!

Of course Violette understood the implication behind Zeka's words—but… she honestly didn't care.

As long as she could complete the mission and leave this place, that was enough. Whoever helped her complete the mission didn't really matter.

Violette pushed the door open and left, leaving Zeka alone in the room.

He began searching everywhere. Though the room was fairly small, it was filled with various items and even had two large bookshelves.

Zeka looked around. Although the place seemed to have been abandoned long ago, there were no spiderwebs, no signs of roaches or rats.

Only dust.

Zeka searched the bookshelves, and it didn't take long before he noticed a strange book.

He reached out and grabbed it. It was quite a thick book, with symbols on the cover he had never seen before.

His instincts urged him to open the book—and naturally, he trusted his instincts.

Zeka opened the book, and after flipping a few pages, he discovered a key carefully hidden inside.

"This is…"