Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

then--

A powerful existence attached itself to the fifth-order metal prepared by Yu Man. It was instantly occupied by the other party, and even half an inch of crystal was distorted by it... Finally, it took shape.

Made of magic, materials, and wishes.

A dark shadow, at Yu Man's invitation, arrived in the old world after a long absence.

"The agreement... is established." The shadow said slowly and dully.

And from a non-existent mouth, endless evil is spewed out.

It’s like when you can’t sleep in the middle of the night and struggle to open your eyes, an inexplicable black shadow appears by the window on the seventh floor.

It’s like I still can’t sleep the next day, so I quietly come to the bed and look down at your dark shadow.

It is tall, ethereal, and featureless, perhaps human-shaped.

You can see the distortion of reality in its figure.

You can see it wants to do something to you - you don't understand... or maybe it just wants to watch you.

Watching you endlessly.

Now, it arrived in front of Yu Man, dyeing everything around it black and distorting it.

"You..." Its voice was extremely dull, like an endless night, "You... aren't afraid."

"I summoned you, why should you be afraid?"

"...Summoning... This word—it seems... this is a new era." The shadowy figure showed emotion for the first time, perhaps sadness or something else entirely. "We call it a covenant."

"is it?"

The summoning was successful, and Yu Man became even calmer than before.

With his extremely rich PVE experience, Yu Man has seen this kind of thing before.

Reflections of the Old World - There is a special type of copy that is very difficult to deal with.

Such shadowy figures are common elite monsters in the reflection of the old world and are difficult to deal with.

"I never thought this profession was related to you... the reflection of the Old World, the oldest source of all evil in the world... you are the root of the word 'evil' in the Old World language."

The shadowy figure remained silent.

Some emotional fluctuations once again surged through its body.

"The agreement you made with me was... to help me solve my doubts, right? But you seem to... know everything." It was lost and perplexed.

"Ah, sorry, sorry. As long as we can communicate, that's good. Thank you for coming as agreed. Is there any price I need to pay?"

"Sufficient sacrifices have been made," the shadowy figure denied. "Once the agreement is fulfilled, I will return to the desolate land."

Yu Man breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if it caused trouble, it would have to be dealt with. Surprisingly, it was quite reasonable, which was convenient.

But I never thought that players would be able to deal with these monsters that symbolize evil...

"Second question - to what extent can I control you?"

"Drive? No, it's just an agreement. Everything depends on the sacrifice... and your wishes - the way you made the agreement... isn't quite right either."

The black shadow figure is the beginner tutorial for this profession, and is answering Yu Man's questions.

No, maybe it really is a tutorial for beginners... This kind of evil profession is quite considerate of the players, haha.

"—We were born from the desires of mankind."

Yu Man pinched an ice chair and listened attentively.

Although scripts that reflect the old world can be encountered occasionally, each one is the toughest of the tough.

There are very few stories to be told about them, and they are always accompanied by a lot of obscurity and riddles.

Even Yu Man didn't come up with many useful plot clues.

Now to hear their stories—she feels fulfilled.

"On the oldest continent, the oldest humans were ignorant of everything. They did not understand the difference between night and day, and instinctively feared the night...So we were born there, with the black and death they feared as our roots."

"I see." Humans' innate magic power and strong emotional fluctuations... gave rise to this.

"Humanity's earliest wizards dealt with us... Because humans are thirsty for knowledge, they want to understand even fear."

"Wait—then you... no, the series I'm exposed to now... isn't it... the earliest, most ancient profession?"

"From our perspective—yes." The shadowy figure confirmed slowly.

Yu Man marveled softly that these things, which were even older than the mythological era, were being described so simply by the person involved.

"Humans at the time had no written language, no language... only actions, expressions... and the tools they were beginning to use. Knots, used to record various simple matters... became the earliest medium of communication, and so—"

"I see... So, just like a swordsman uses a sword and a mage uses a staff—the main hand of this class... is the knot."

"Wizards, representing their thirst for knowledge, began to make promises with us using knots, offering death and sacrifice in exchange for our power."

The shadowy figure paused, still speaking slowly—

"So, too, can you. Just as you still exist... we, the shadows of humanity, also still exist."

"Besides me... is there anyone else who has touched this... power that made a promise with you?" Yu Man continued to ask. This is a very important question, which means whether there are other people with the same position in the world.

"Even if all time were erased from our world, I could still answer... It hasn't been a long time."

The shadowy figure seemed to be an old man, thinking slowly.

"Some time ago, a magician related to a council member... attempted to explore... but met with great misfortune."

Yu Man quickly remembered that the blood gloves he was wearing were made by an apprentice of a council member.

According to the werewolf, it was dug out together with the rope...

It seems that the strange relic obtained by the Chamber of Commerce is the magical heritage of this apprentice.

The most valuable of them is undoubtedly this rope.

"Then, what kind of bad luck will it bring?"

"They do not allow us to exist... and... our gods, our world tree to exist. Therefore, these mysteries can only be kept in secret places, far away from the eyes and ears of all creatures..."

Will it attract the "Three Secrets"?

Speaking of which, that evil force tore apart the achievements and squeezed into Yu Man's system, corroding it like a foreign object.

It seems that within the reflection of the old world, there does exist a power on the same level as the "Three Secrets"...

Perhaps it poses a threat to them to a certain extent, so they do not allow it to exist - but it still exists.

"What can I do with you?" Yu Man confirmed again.

"Everything—as I said before, as long as there are sacrifices and wishes, then the agreement will be established. We are merely reflections cast into this world, and you don't have to worry about us dying."

Everything... that is indeed very feasible, but I'm afraid it would be difficult to drive this power openly... let's do it secretly.

This saves me a lot of trouble. I don’t have to think about what to do as a secondary profession. The only hidden profession in the world is right here. Why not take it?

There was only one thing that Yu Man was not very satisfied with.

Its profession is called [Horror], which does not conform to the aesthetic of modern magicians.

Since it claims to be able to do everything, then——

"I am the only one in the world who can choose this profession - but if I abandon it, it will sink forever."

Yu Man said to the dark figure in front of him and the eyes that must exist behind him.

"Use this as a threat, but also as a sacrifice. Grant me a wish—will you please change the name of this profession?"

A silent, evil atmosphere invaded Yu Man's vision.

But soon, it dissipated helplessly.

It rewrote the name of the profession, erasing the original word and leaving a blank line.

Yu Manle was overjoyed, but she wasn't mocking him, she was just happy to get what she wanted. Like him, she also accepted the agreement.

Taking out a quill, she wrote a word in Old World language in the blank space.

"Promise Keeper."

Although it was just one word, she truly rewrote the system.

And - his future path.

……

ps

(It has improved a lot, and the update will definitely be normal later)

137. Everything within reach is available

After about an hour of questioning, Yu Man finally had some idea.

This profession called [Terror]... no, now called [Promise Keeper], is much more complicated than Yu Man had imagined.

"Then—Promise Keeper, you have already gained a profound understanding... and I am no longer able to answer your questions... It is time to return... The agreement is fulfilled."

"Hey, okay."

This little black shadow summoned by Yu Man has been exhausted because he has stayed in the world for too long.

If it was just a consumption of magic power, it would be fine, but it had been dragged along by Yu Man and asked all sorts of questions, and now both its mouth and brain were completely exhausted.

It finally found its freedom, fading away from the light of the magic lamp little by little—

Finally, there was no trace.

The Promise Keeper - to put it simply, it is a spirit summoning profession.

These guys, called reflections of the old world, are generally summoned in the form of spirits.

The ghosts in the concept of human folklore and the common monsters in various civilizations actually all originate from fundamental fears.

Therefore, this is a rather insidious and cunning profession, hiding in the shadows like a rat and plotting dirty tricks...

Yu Man quite likes it.

Perhaps it was because she had been playing the poison mage for three years, and because she had always challenged the whole world alone, she felt that this profession was very good.

Her current expertise is very low, and she can only summon three low-level reflections of the Old World at the same time.

These reflections of the old world are fully functional. As long as a wish is made and the appropriate sacrifices are made, they will be summoned as needed.

such as--

"shape--"

Yu Man used the magic book to sculpt a sword and shield warrior out of ice and placed it in the middle of the ice house.

Logically speaking, it cannot move because the ice magician does not have the ability to give life to ice and snow.

However, if she has this need, and makes such a wish and offers such a sacrifice—

"Respond to my call and fulfill our promise."

A fifth-order material that has been transformed into a medium, a wish for the birth of a skilled warrior.

Also, a casually woven knot.

Soon—a black mist rose from the darkness, dripping drowsily from the ceiling.

Then it eroded into the ice sculpture, and before you knew it - it had arrived.

“…Ka-ka—”

The ice sculpture moved.

Every time it moves, a lot of ice chips fall off, but it still moves.

Her expertise was too low, and her weapon was actually just an entry-level junk. Even if she offered a fifth-level sacrifice, she could only summon a third-level, low-level reflection of the old world.

But it is enough to make the wish come true.