“Knowledge is a powerful burden.” The demon bellowed, as the contract dissolved. The fourth pact was completed, and the room grew dark - leaving the hero in inky blackness.

Suddenly an orange light was forced into the chamber through three great windows… that were not there before. The demon was gone, and in his place there were bookshelves, as well countless stacks of books and papers littering the floor - a library. He looked up toward the window, where he caught sight of shadows and heard them whispering, chittering beyond his view.

He felt a sharp pain in his head as the chittering grew louder, and the shadows drew closer.

A golden glow suffused him as he nearly fell on a stack of papers. At his touch they flew into the air - seemingly growing larger… in fact the stack of books seemed larger - everything did. Realization dawned on him - he was shrinking. As he lost inches in seconds, that sharp pain in his head grew deeper until his mind opened.

His eyes began to glow as the knowledge of countless ages swarmed into his head, languages, stories, lore, magic all sorts of knowledge filled his warped mind. He knew he was becoming a demonic imp, and as that sharp pain finally opened into a third eye, he devoured all the knowledge in the library, all to better serve his new master.

The fourth soul danced with the others in the demon’s phylactery, the imp was taking to his new role happily. He would learn almost everything - by the power of the contract there were some things that the demon ensured his newest servant would never know.

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Devillish Contract Auction won by Saigir
Digital
2019
~Age