Video Games, consoles, manga, hentai doujinshi…" As I said each word, the guy stilled for a moment and then jumped at the hole directly.
"I agree. Tell me what you want? I can even trade a goddess, an expert magician and a crusader."
"I have no interest in the Loli Explosion Magician, the Masochistic Crusader and the Useless Goddess… but maybe you could give me something else."
The guy's mouth opened. "You really know things."
I shrugged.
"So, what will it be?"
He quickly laid out everything he had in front of me.
Coins, potions, adventurer card and a lot of random stuff.
The thing which caught my eye was a sword.
"That's…"
"Ohh, nice eye you have there Ace. This is the fabled Cursed Sword Gram. It can cut through anything."
"Nintendo and one game." I offered, stopping him from advertising.
"What! You are robbing me."
"It's not like you or anyone else other than Mitsurugi can use it there. Even if I trade it, it's more than likely to be useless." I shrugged, making him blanche.
"Three games with a Nintendo and a Gameboy." He quickly bargained.
"Three games with a Nintendo and a Gameboy and know what, I will even throw in a magical charger which can charge the consoles with Magic but you will have to make Aqua do something for me?"
"Aqua?"
"Yup. I need her to cast a purification magic on something."
"...just that much?"
"Yup."
"You are not tricking me, are you?"
"Do you have anything to lose? If you want, I can give you half the payment upfront."
"Really? Then deal." he gave me a thumbs up.
"Alright." I brought out a gameboy and two games from my trunk and threw it at him while taking Gram.
I always kept a stock of games and stuff to trade with the Kid Emperor but he's in his serious mode right now so…
"I will get that useless Goddess in five minutes." He said as he ran out.
"Oh and if she tries to attack or purify me… I am not ever trading anything with you ever." I warned him first.
I didn't want to test the might of a Goddess' purification on my body.
The guy gave me a thumbs up and ran away while I closed the portal.
I looked at the sword in my hand and passed my Demonic Power through it.
A smile appeared on my face.
It worked.
Devils could use such equipment innately in this world.
My guess is that Mitsurugi was blessed with the ability to wield the sword which no one in the world possessed, kinda like how some humans have a certain amount of Holy Sword factor.
But it didn't matter to me.
I finally had a decent sword.
Before I could explore the sword anymore, I felt the summoning once more so I opened the portal again.
It was Kazuma again but this time beside him was a blue haired girl looking at everything in surprise.
"Let's complete the second part of the Deal." Kazuma jumped before I could say anything.
"Kazuma, wait… he's a demon." Aqua pointed out towards me, making him stop… but not for long.
"Alright, did you get the charger and the rest of the games?"
I gave the guy a thumbs up and showed him the stuff. "But the purification first." I replied, bringing out the Demon's Extract and keeping it on the ground and moving a distance away from the jar.
"Aqua… if you want me to repay your debt, use purification on the jar." The guy turned towards the Goddess in a cold tone.
"K-kazuma… you can't be serious."
"Alright, you are living in the streets then. Bye. Good to know you."
"W-wait. I will do it." She turned towards the hole and used purification on the Jar.
I had to jump away from the place and immediately erect a wall between me and the jar to get hurt and even then I still felt all the hair on the back of my neck stand up from the power.
A roar erupted from the jar as a shadow of a demonic being escaped from the jar and was erased under the attack of the light.
Damn…
I was still looking at the jar in awe when I heard the voice.
"There, done."
….
The Goddess was pouting and turned away from the Hole and the boy beside her looked at me.
I threw the rest of the stuff through the hole and he caught it.
"Nice doing business with you. By the way, if you don't mind, I would like to trade more stuff from you later on if you want. For example some of the High End products from Wiz's shop. I can pay for the stuff and extra games as your commission… but be warned." I warned looking at the look on his face. "I can read minds so if you try to cheat me… I will curse you so that your dick shrivels up into a dry husk." The scheming look on his face disappeared as his face became pale. He saluted.
"Got it. Sayonara."
I didn't say anything either and hurriedly closed the hole.
And as soon as I did it, I heard several knocks on the door and it dawned on me.
Everyone must have felt that purification magic.
….
Fuck!
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It took me hours to explain to them that I had tried one of the purification rituals from a book and messed up with the ingredients and that resulted in the explosion of purification energy.
They obviously didn't buy it but didn't bother me.
It wasn't unheard of for Magicians to do experiments and mess up often.
The catch was that I was called by Mephisto to his office.
"So… care to tell me what you did?"
"I was experimenting with a variation of the ritual circle from a book Shuri-san gave me and messed up in the quantities of the materials and design leading to the… mishap."
….
"That… mishap… could have seriously wounded or downright killed an Ultimate Class Devil." he deadpanned.
"... I am sorry. I will keep it in mind."
"Sigh… you just need to wait a bit and I will arrange for the Purification of that blood. He offered. This way you are just risking yourself."
"I… am sorry. But I don't have much time. I needed to get it done soon. Also, the purification is complete. You don't have to look for anyone."
This surprised him.
"You did it?"
"Kinda… yes. On the other hand, can you arrange a place for me to do one last experiment. It would be for the best if it has nothing in the surroundings for a few ten kilometres."
"Were you not listening to me? Why are you risking yourself so much? Just what is it that you want to chase so desperately that you would push yourself to this extent?"
….
I recalled everything I had done and faced since I could remember in this world.
Why did I do everything?
Why was I even doing anything at all?
My current level of power and position was enough for me to live the rest of my extremely long life in luxury.
So why?
And I remembered.
"Because I do not wish to be mediocre. I refuse to be weak. I refuse to be ignored, tossed aside by anyone at their will. I don't want to be at anyone's mercy. But I was not born with everything… so I will work hard, I will break every bone in my body and rebuild it again if that's what it takes to get to that level."
The man looked at me.
"Who are you?" he asked.
I looked back at him. "Arrange a place for me. I will tell you my identity."
"Done. Let's go now."
He got up and took me by hand, directly teleporting away from the place.
The next time I could see around was the Underworld.
"This is my territory. You can do whatever you want here. No one will disturb you. Now, tell me, who are you?"
I looked around and indeed the whole place was empty desert wherever the eye could see.
Very well then.
I turned back to face the devil and let my disguise fall.
"My name is Acelin Abaddon, the outcast son of Bedeze Abbadon and Melisha Belphagor."
I replied and turned back leaving the stunned devil as I walked into a distance and brought out the Demon's Extract from my trunk.
I poured a single cup aside for future experiments.
It was said that even a single cup was enough but according to what I remembered from Esdeath's words back in the manga… it gave more power the more one could drink and resist its power.
And since that was the case, I lifted the entire jar and placed my lips on the corner and began drinking.
- Mephisto -
He looked at the boy from a distance, still recovering from the shock of his identity.
Acelin Abaddon.
Now, wasn't that name a famous one… and not in the right kind of way.
Yes.
Everything made sense now.
Why he was so cautious.
Why he never trusted anyone.
Why a fourteen year old would be experienced at hunting in the Pits.
Why a kid so young would have such an outlook on life.
Seriously, those two fools, they couldn't even recognise such a gem.
At this moment, he saw the boy bringing out the jar… and drink it.
In the very next moment, he fell to his knees and let out a loud cry of anguish.
Mephisto was about to ask what was wrong with him but before he could say anything to the boy, he felt a surge in Demonic Power coming from the boy and quickly erected a barrier.
A wave of power passed over him in all directions and wherever it went, it left behind a world of white.
This power… it was approaching the levels of an Ultimate Class being.
Just… what in the world was this?
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Author's Note:
Well, a few things happened in this chapter.
Ace's boosted luck dragged him into another messy situation.
He got a contract with the Advocate of True Gender Equality and made a cool trade.
We will hopefully see more of him later on.
The Empire is being cleaned.
And finally, Ace is now a bit strong.
I will be having him open up some more portals to different worlds in the next chapter as he establishes a strong base and prepares for the Recommendation Gam