Shadow of the Abyss

Chapter 239: System Store

Whatever manner of excitement Vaiga or Hilda shared towards their home world had all but curled beneath his iron command. They thought it stupid, foolhardy even, yet as they appeared off the coast of Mount Fuji, each of them was overcome by a strange sensation coiling around the nape of their neck as some intangible countdown began to run.

Hilda was furious beyond words, raising her palm high at the sight of the military arm gunman outside the rift. Several Drones poised for action pointed their Railguns toward the duo, measuring the microexpressions.

One wrong move, and they would fire without regard for intention.

It had taken over an hour for their identities to be confirmed before being shipped off in a star cruiser to the nearest military base to be debriefed. The same could not have been said for Cedric, who'd whisked through the army before they had proper time to call in reinforcements.

From King to Queen, stretching all the way into Genesis, many joined the live debriefing of all that occurred in Yarwin. Neither Vaiga nor Hilda saw the need to mask the events involving Altair.

If the Gods knew, why not their acolytes and allies?

For nearly seven hours, they carried on addressing the festival before the question was asked.

"And what skill, mind you, did Altair Blackwood obtain from the Festival of Chaos?"

***

"According to Ava, the Eternal Garden are both operating at thirty-five percent efficiency," Aurora remarked. "As reported five years ago. 98% of all agriculture has perished. But we've managed to store all their seeds. I've selected a few possible seeds and their effects once they blossomed. But I thought that perhaps you might have a particular interest in one or two I've not listed."

Altair stared at the data pad Aurora offered to him, raising a brow toward the plants that had already been planted: "The Tree of Rebirth, the Pale Tree, and Soul Blossom.'

Name: Soul Blossom

Status: Ready For Harvesting

Effect: Creates a protective membrane around the Soul Flame, with the added benefit of strengthening and refining the souls of Infringement Gods.

Note: Highly Recommended For Mortal Consumption.

"Infringement Gods? Is that perhaps one of the rankings of the Gods of an old Era? How curious.' The Prince wondered, narrowing his eyes. And he said, "It says we can harvest six pedals. I see. Pocket five, and sell one on the System Store.

Have the system store analyze it and sell it at five times its worth... no, Make it ten times."

Aurora seemed taken aback. "Ten times? That's quite a markup."

"It's business. We diluted a single drop of the Caelum Spring a billion times merely to use it to water our plants. Our Springs were made from the wings of an Angel. Whatever the price is... it seems fair."

"As you command."

"As for the rest... what you have written is fine for now. Also, find a person with a high level of skill when it comes to alchemy. We lost our best alchemist. We should find a stand-in until she returns."

Aurora did not disagree. She smiled, running a few more talking points before she was off.

Altair sighed, yawning upon his bed, as Talia ran her fingers over his muscles around the spine. He glanced back at her, sinking further into his pillow. "You got me drooling. You're kind of good at this."

"Oh?" Talia giggled and smacked his ass. "Of course! I'm Master's slave! Hehe, Masters got all the cake."

However, that was not to say there weren't any illegal substances all around the System Store that any of the Prime Worlds struggled to regulate.

[DING]

[Welcome to the System Interstellar Store]

[Current Balance: 1,303,122 Sols]

Authority: Level Two

Quickly sending a message to Aurura to inquire if his current balance was his spending money or funds to be invested, Altair was all smiles, feeling a great sense of accomplishment. When he learned this had been the money, Aurora had invested before the events of Yarwin. He beamed, nearly jumping for joy before he remembered this was barely enough to stay within Genesis for about a Month.

"I'm both poor and rich... Screw this standard of living." He lulled out, falling onto the bed beside Talia.

The little shadow smacked her lips, mumbling, "Noo~ Master... Talia can't eat anymore! Desert!"

"What are you dreaming about?" He asked, booping her on the nose. He chuckled, returning to the system store. He grinned, "Now let's see..."

[Category: Sorceries]

[Sub Category: Darkness]

[Teir 1]

[Shadowscape -1500 Sols ]

[Shadow Prison - 1500 Sols]

[Negative Field - 10,500 Sols]

[Black Fire - 9500 Sols]

[Dark Light - 4500 Sols]

[Shadow of Hecatoncheires - 40,000 Sols]

...

Browsing through the hundreds of dark spells, Altair was blown away by the various innovations that darkness could hold. Especially finding Negative Field spell that inverted space, making up down, and left-right, to the user's sense of direction.

"Fascinating!" he raved. Reviewing more and more spells, Altair had found he could even purchase cultivation if he so pleased. However, the price was heavily absurd.

"So Tier One sorceries include all spells in the mortal realm. Then Tier Two would be the realm after that. Transcendent. And I possess... enough authority to purchase such spells. Oh, I'm going to abuse the shit out of this. I wonder if I can purchase a pimpmobile?

How would that even look? I feel silly even asking that." he snickered to himself, continuing on through the endless list of spells, weapons, armor, martial Arts, and more.

Altair didn't even notice that the sun had risen, approaching the time limit of twenty-four hours he'd given Vaiga and Hilda, until Talia awoke to remind him.

He hopped up with a bloodthirsty smile. "Shall we see if I'll have to burn Japan to the ground? I already slightly destroyed Mount Fuji."