Karim's past (a)

Karim threw the magic contract back to Elliot, and his actions earned him a threatening glare from the person sitting opposite him.

Elliot's demeanor changed entirely. He was like an enraged king of the jungle.

Karim felt that Elliot would pounce on him if he didn't provide him a reasonable explanation for his previous actions.

"You see, I have a good reason for returning it to you," Karim said in a soothing voice. "You probably don't know, but magic contracts are outdated as they only work on people up to a certain level."

Since he didn't even know such common knowledge, Karim believed that Elliot came from a low-level civilization.

"And you're above that certain level?" Elliot asked as his expression eased and calmness returned to the tense environment.

Karim was no longer under threat of facing his newly learned demonic-ranked technique that could easily break everything, living or not, into pieces!

Karim sure was lucky!