56 Chapter 53 - Gold and Wolbach

*IMPORTANT*

From now on, the LN doesn't cover much about the demon territory.

You know what that means?

WN parts are entering and my own.

yay...

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- Up in Heaven -

"I'm no longer connected to Zhong Yuan!" screamed Yuna in panic.

Yuna was rolling on the hill with Eris next to her.

"It's fine... there has to be a reason. Either a powerful wizard or demon removed it, but I'm sure he will last," comforted Eris.

"I only met him once after a long time and he's gonna disappear-!" panicked Yuna even more.

Eris could only smile wryly at this.

*****

Touma was near the demon territory. Deciding it wasn't safe to be near human society where Gods could reside, he decided to blend in with the demons.

Touma left a most of his money to Kazuma and his party, and the only new source of money he earned was looting the dungeon. He used to Keele's treasures to earn some bucks.

[Gold Achieves ??? = ??? of Gold]

[Money - 1,450,742 Eris]

'Keele was rich...' I thought.

I was finally coming close to the capital of Belzerg, which was right next to the demon territory. Coming out of the forest, there was a huge city and a castle inside.

"The King's Castle..."

I entered the gate by paying a fine and showing my adventurer job. Like Axel, there were a ton of stalls, stores, and people just walking around.

"Look mom! It's a pretty girl!" shouted a passerby boy.

"Shh-! Doesn't say that out loud," commented her mom.

The first thing I heard when I arrived annoyed me, but it did make sense. I didn't cut my hair for a long time and I was getting tired of it affecting my fights. I didn't know and care if barber stores existed so I just tied my hair with a pony tail I bought.

My plan of getting stronger for now was to defeat more demons and monsters attacking the city. I enlisted myself as an adventurer and found a inn I could stay in.

[True Name: Zhong Yuan] - *Sealed* 500 SP

[Name: Satou Touma]

[SAO World Tab]

[Fate/Stay Night World Tab] - *Sealed* 80 SP

[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood World Tab] - Complete Data *Sealed* 120 SP

[Konosuba World Tab:

Level 34

Job Inheritor

Strength 63

Health 126

Magic Power 971

Dexterity 76

Agility 93

Luck 0]

[SP: 5]

[Emotion Magic]

[Gold Achieves ??? = ??? of Gold] - Lv.3

[Self Afflict - 67%]

I didn't have much to check in my status so I check out my ability.

[Gold Achieves ??? = ??? of Gold] - Lv.3

- [Lv.1] Trade (Buy, Sell)

- [Lv.2] Purchase (Luck, Talent, Appearance, Charm, Health, Skill, Knowledge,

Information, Ability, Life)

- [Lv.3] Finance (Exchange, Savings, Checking, Checks, Loan, Vault, Stocks,

etc.)

[Money - 1,450,242 Eris]

'Quite the broken ability...'

I was wondering if I could purchase some Luck so I clicked on it.

[You need one hundred million Eris to increase this stat by one]

"Tch, it's not even following the original book, how about talent?"

[You need ten million Eris to increase this stat by one]

All the stats were expensive. According to the system, I needed at least 100 thousand Eris to upgrade one stat by one.

"Jesus... Why is everything so expensive."

The only thing I found valuable were the skills, information, and abilities.

"Hold on... Can I unseal my abilities through this?"

I checked if this was the case.

[True Name: Zhong Yuan] - *Sealed* 500 SP - 100,000,000,000,000,000 Eris

[Fate/Stay Night World Tab] - *Sealed* 80 SP - 16,000,000,000,000,000 Eris

[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood World Tab] - Complete Data *Sealed* 120 SP - 24,000,000,000,000,000

I found it funny, how can any countries pool in this much money? Even all the money in the modern world didn't have this much. (It's pretty cool. Apparently, it's around $36 trillion)

It's amazing what my past self achieved, but I didn't find something I wanted, so I decided on buying some abilities and information.

I searched up in the task bar, "Who and where are the Demon Generals."

[400,000 Eris deducted]

[1,050,242 Eris remaining]

[Wiz - Axel]

[Vanir - Dungeon / Hell]

[Beldia - Axel

[Sylvia - Crimson Magic Clan Village]

[Wolbach - Axel / Demon Camp

[Hans - Alcanretia]

[Celestina - Demon King's Castle]

[Duke - Demon King's Castle]

"... There were three in Axel..." I sighed.

I wanted to meet the demon king, but I missed my chance by talking to Wiz. The closest one to the capital currently Wolbach, which the army fights against a lot. Wanting to know a bit more, I decided to look for some more information.

"Who's the Music God?

[10,000 Eris deducted]

[1,040,242 Eris remaining]

[A minor god whose religion is spread everywhere. It is well known, but not fervently worshiped. She is the last god who rose from the primordial era.]

'Primordial era?'

"What's the primordial era?"

[You do not have enough credits - 100,000,000,000 Eris]

I was suddenly piqued. Was there something regarding this world that costed that much? I was getting quite tired so I decided to sleep first and think about it later.

*****

Next day, I packed up everything into my inventory and headed out to the Demon Camp. It was quite the scene to see how this world's no man's land looked like, since it was literally a dirt terrain with rubble and craters everywhere.

I searched up a bit more regarding this Wolbach, and apparently she was a Goddess before. It was shocking, but with her, I could kill two birds with one stone by learning more about this world's status and the primordial era.

In my adventure, I just kept cutting down undeads and demons who wanted a challenge against me. There were a plethora of them, so I decided to use magic instead.

"Emotion Manipulation - Friendly!"

Somehow, different from this world, my magic's chant was really short. It also didn't waste much mana and it was extremely versatile, making me traverse easily through the battlefield. The demons and undead also gave me free equipment, which I just tossed in my ??? of Gold, earning me a few bucks.

'If I do this constantly, wouldn't I get rich?' I thought.

Keeping this in the back of my head, I finally found a camp where demons resided.

'Please... Science God-sama! Raise probability to 100%' I prayed in my heart.

"Emotion Enhance! Emotion Manipulation - Sleep!"

Instantly, every demon who didn't have high magic-resistance fell down. The other demons tracked where the magic came from and noticed me.

"Emotion Change - Cruelty," I chanted to myself.

I started charging in and so did they in response, but I zoomed right past them. They were wondering why I charged in and avoided confrontation until they saw me kill one of their comrades.

A demon yelled, "Stop him! He's going to kill the weak ones first!"

The demons couldn't catch up to my agility. Their efforts were rendered useless and saw blood splutter from when I sliced or stabbed the sleeping victims' vitals.

"He's a demon!"

"Hiiik-! Run!"

At this point, every inch of my body was covered in blood. I couldn't help it, they rushed and pressured me to kill them quickly. I wiped some blood off my face and started threatening the demons.

"Oi! Where's your general Wolbach?" I demanded.

Even though I needed her knowledge, I didn't care about her minions and her alone. They could die in a ditch all alone even if I cared.

"She's in another camp-!" spoke a demon.

"Where's the camp? If you tell me, I'll spare you," I glanced the crowd of demons.

"I-If we work together!-"

"Don't bother... I was just weeding out the easier targets. You hold no chance against me," I interrupted his brave speech.

"Don't trust this human!-"

What he received was something going through his forehead. It was a crude Kunai, but it still did it's job.

"Who's next?" I asked.

Wanting to earn some emotions, I casted Emotion Storage to absorb their feelings of hopelessness and fear.

Sadly, the demons were still loyal to their race. Not wanting to betray their own leader and dying in vain, I gladly took it upon myself to massacre them. I didn't want to let one single one out, but some escaped due to the their number's sacrifice.

"Tch-! I didn't get them all..." I wiped some sweat and blood of my face.

Suddenly, I could feel my buff ending and I had a urge to vomit.

'Hold it in... Hold it in...' I kept thinking to myself.

I couldn't handle it. This was the first time I used the magic upon myself and I could see it's benefits. It increased my will, concentration, and power temporarily, but the drawbacks came soon after it ended.

Experiencing some soup escaping my mouth, I drank some water from my inventory.

"Shit... That felt evil and cruel..." words escaped my mouth.

While tending myself, a gentle looking woman teleported in front of myself. She had red hair, long ears, yellow eyes, and of course horns growing out of her head.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"... Are you the one who wiped out this camp?" she asked confused.

"Yeah?" I answered.

She looked at me suspiciously and didn't know what to do.

"Are you the Demon General Wolbach?" I asked.

"Yes, that would be me."

"Emotion Change - Psychopath!"

I rushed at her immediately, throwing daggers at her feet to pin her down. She was shook unexpectedly and regained her thoughts. She jumped back to avoid the daggers, but when she looked back, she could see only a monster inside human skin.

"Bottomless Swamp!" she casted.

The ground under me started changing so I also backed up.

"You do have some capabilities then... Hey, what do you say and join the demon camp?" she asked.

"Eh? I can read your emotions and I'm pretty sure you just called me monster though," I stared at her intensely.

"Can you... like... not stare that intensely? It's giving me goosebumps," said Wolbach.

"Not until the buff ends... Tell me your terms and services..." I stared as if I were seeing prey.

"Okay... You just have to maintain the barrier and help out the demons occasionally. If you do this, we'll give you riches, resources, and power from the demons... is that fine?" she said nervously.

If I were to be commented on, they would say I looked like Betelgeuse with better skin care.

"How much money..." I asked.

"Um... how much do you need?"

"100 hundred quadrillion Eris."

"No... that's impossible..." she denied my request. "Ask something else."

"How much money can you give? And also, how much information?"

"We can give you at most 10 billion, but what do you mean by information?" she tilted her head.

"I want know... about the primordial era..." I said and I returned back to normal.

Wolbach looked surprised and gave her honest description.

"I was pretty late on that you see?... You should ask the other Demon General Vanir or the Demon King. They participated in it and were a huge part of it."

"Then that's settled. Count me in!" I said back cheerfully.

Wolbach was thinking deep inside her head, 'It's going to be fine... right?'