The First Store System

Chapter 1105: A New Customer?

”You need to pay 100 supreme, 111 higher... Sacred stones,” Aakesh stated the price after all other steps were complete.

Xi Lu nodded and then got the sum deducted from his Supreme Store Card.

After the payment was complete, Xi Lu asked about Panagea, and finding there were empty spots, he left for the portal room after paying 1425 lesser Sacred stones.

***

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Aakesh was relaxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the store. He opened his eyes, turned around, and looked in that direction. An unfamiliar face greeted his sight.

The man was looking around in surprise and then at the store. The man could feel the environment to be elementally poor, but the building in front of him gave a different feeling.

Nicron was an early Lesser God that had recently passed the True God level and stepped into a new level.

Nicron belonged to the race, Gerastan, a non-demon race found in the Hell cluster of the Multiverse.

Hell and Heaven were a group of universes that were spread across the Multiverse and followed a different set of rules than the dimension. Hell was an area that favored elements on the dark side, while heaven favored elements on the light side.

The Hell was very far from planet Curiel, so someone of Nicronʼs cultivation should have never been here, but during a battle, a sudden elemental storm erupted, rupturing the barrier of space.

The rupturing was so powerful that it even broke the rules of the Multiverse and threw many beings out of hell in the dimension where their cluster was located.

Nicron was only one of the countless creatures thrown out, and as his luck would have it, he found himself in Thorr City near the store.

Even though Nicron was a non-demon, none in the crowd felt anything negative about him, even in their minds. The amount of dark energy around him was crazy, and like many of the royal Demon groups, the people instead feared him.

***

Nicron stepped into the store, and his eyes fell on the blue-skinned man seated on the chair. His eyes then fell on Katrina, sleeping on a chair.

His eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he found it hard to stand straight.

Katrina had an irritated face as she opened her eyes. Since she had come here, she had felt stares toward her, but this time, it was too intense for her to forgive its owner.

Katrina looked at Nicron, and Nicron immediately kneeled on the ground.

Nicron didnʼt know who Katrina was, but he recognized her race, Kindeva. The Kindevas were one of the ruling races of the entire Hell cluster, so every being living in hell recognized the race.

Hell and Heaven operated on their own rules because they were created by two Devas, so Anubis, who created Hell, was the de facto ruler of Hell, while Zeus, who created Heaven, was the ruler of Heaven.

But since these two were Devas and had no interest in ruling over creatures of lower dimensions, other races were put in charge of hell and heaven.

Kindeva was one of the seven races put in charge of hell, so their status there was extraordinary.

She raised her eyes in surprise when she saw the reaction from the man. She then looked at Aakesh, waiting for him to explain what was going on.

”You didnʼt even try to learn about your race?” Aakesh couldnʼt help but ask, not expecting Katrina to even try to learn about Kindevas.

”I am not a Kindeva; I am someone created by ʼHimʼ,” Katrina replied. A solemn and respectful expression appeared on her face when she mentioned Vritrasura.

She was not like Autumn, who wanted to learn about or cared about her race.

Aakesh didnʼt ask any further questions and told Katrina about Kindevaʼs status in hell. It was easy for Aakesh to sense his new customer was from hell, as his aura was similar to that of beings from hell.

”Interesting, so you are telling me that my race, Kindeva, is one of the seven ruling races of Hell, and our word is infallible?” A smile spread across Katrinaʼs face.

”Yes.”

”Then, I am going to Hell after this,” Katrina commented, devising plans for what she could do when inside hell.

Nircon, unaware of who his presence had unleashed on hell, kept on kneeling, waiting for Katrina to ask him to stand up.

***

”Hello, store owner!” Nicron greeted Aakesh after getting permission to talk from Katrina.

”> The more Katrina saw Nicron, the more excited she became about Hell. Katrina lived in chaos, and now that it was visible, she wanted it to be as bigger as possible.

***

”... these are the store products,” Aakesh concluded the introduction of all five store products.

”Store owner, I want to enter Panagea,” Nicron requested, similar to many other customersʼ reactions after learning about the storeʼs products.

”You will need to wait for one hour,” Aakesh answered since all three thousand portals were filled at that moment.

Since there were different stay hours, there were no longer any groups of customers in Panagea. Some stayed for two store hours, while some stayed for three store hours, and some stayed for more.

Nicron became disappointed after hearing Aakesh, but since he needed to only wait for an hour, he calmed down. Anyway, he was going to be far from Hell for a long time, or so Nicron thought.

Suddenly, he felt a suction force pulling him out of nowhere. The force was almost negligible, but Nicron could feel it.

Even Aakesh felt the same, and he didnʼt have to ask the system about it.

As the elemental storm ruptured the space and rules of Hell, it threw many inhabitants randomly across the three dimensions. But after all, Hell and Heaven were creations of the mighty Devas.

The rules had begun to restore themselves, and now it was summoning all its inhabitants to restore the balance.

Nicron also understood this. His face fell as he really wanted to enter Panagea, but at the same time, he couldnʼt refuse the summoning.

There was a reason that not many beings from hell were seen outside their cluster when the outside world was so vast. The dimensionʼs rules rejected them since the law engraved in their bones was made by an opposing force.

Nicron was only an early Lesser God, and there was no way he could fight against the dimensionʼs rules. The lowest cultivation level he needed for that was Sacred King. There was also an item to stop the dimension from rejecting him, but unfortunately, Nicron didnʼt own that item.

Nicrom suddenly grew horrified as he felt the suction force lessen. He looked up and met the eyes of the store owner.

”How can this be?” Nicron exclaimed, his jaw almost dropping to the ground.

”If you donʼt have the item to stop the rejection, I suggest you leave the store,” Aakesh didnʼt care about Nicronʼs reaction and made a suggestion.

The system was removing the summoning force, and once it was completely removed, Nicron would have to travel to Hell on his own. Until that time, he would need to face the worldʼs rejection.

Inside the store, the worldʼs rules wouldnʼt act against him, but neither the system nor Aakesh had any interest in allowing Nicron to stay in the store under their protection.

***

”Thank you, store owner!” Nicron thanked Aakesh since he had decided to leave the store and return to hell.

”Your Majesty, this servant bids you farewell!” Nicron then knelt toward Katrina.

After Katrina told him to leave, Nicron stood, turned around, and left the store.

Katrina couldnʼt help but smile once again, thinking of ways to make the lives of Hellʼs inhabitants chaotic.

***

After Nicron left the store, the force that was on the verge of disappearance returned with a bang, and immediately, a white light covered Nicron.

When the light left, Nicron also left the Sacred dimension with it.

When Nicronʼs vision became clear, he found himself back in Hell, but he was in a different location.

His face grew pale from fright as he was in a burn zone. Nicron had a painful expression as his skin was scalded and slowly melting in front of his eyes.

The area was open without any hint of vegetation, and Nicron could see very far. Several miles from him, there was a throne made of skeletons in the middle of nowhere. On it, there was a creature sitting with its eyes closed.

”Royal Infernal!” Nicron commented with a gloomy expression.

He couldnʼt help but think about what had happened to him in less than an hour. He had just learned about the store and its products and was filled with hope for the future; now he stood face to face with death.

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A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!

It has been a long time since the book received more than 200 power stones, so I will release one bonus chapter tomorrow.

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