The First Store System

“Click!”

Looking at the people on the ground with a surprised face, Hartol’s eyes fell on Aakesh. At that moment, a sudden click happened in his mind. It wanted him to rush toward Aakesh and grab him.

His golden pupils started turning red as the urge got stronger. But before it could cross his limit, the switch suddenly turned off, and the feeling completely disappeared.

If Hartol had a mirror in his hand at that moment, he would’ve seen a grin spread across his face as he looked at the store owner.

***

“Why’s he looking at you with such greed?” Oxen asked Aakesh.

While they were in the meeting, a feeling of discomfort had suddenly risen in their hearts, and it was the reason behind them appearing here.

After the tribulation ended, the feeling also disappeared. None of the eleven Void beasts could understand what was going on, as since they have appeared here, there have been many successful ascendances, but none had made them feel such dread.

For a moment, they believed that maybe the feeling was due to Hartol’s strong talent, but when they looked at Hartol, they found that he had an average talent.

The situation here was inconceivable to them. Since Aakesh was the first incomprehensible situation the Void beasts had come across, they believed that only Aakesh could give them answers.

They became sure of it when Hartol had a violent reaction after seeing Aakesh after his successful tribulation.

***

After asking the question, Oxen silently and intently looked toward Aakesh, hoping to get a straight answer.

The next moment, Oxen’s hopes came crashing down as even Aakesh wasn’t sure about the reason for his sudden violent reaction.

“Hey, system, do you think that the organization behind the intrusions is also responsible for this?” Aakesh asked the system in his head.

He believed the organization was responsible for this in his mind, as only that organization had an issue with the store.

Aakesh then got ready to fight, as he wasn’t sure about the purpose of doing such things to Hartol.

***

In the air,

The grin on Hartol’s face suddenly froze as suddenly a repulsive force attacked him, warning him to leave the Primal dimension.

Hartol’s eyes then fell on his nephew and his attendants. He wanted to say something to them, but before he could do so, the intensity of the repulsive force increased.

“Young master, I’ll wait for you in the Sacred dimension,” He telepathically messaged Votayl, and the next moment, the repulsive force threw him out of the Primal dimension.

***

“Bye, uncle,” Votayl called out Hartol. Instead of using his name, he used the familial term.

He only got silence as the response since Hartol had already left and ascended to the Sacred dimension.

***

Somewhere in the Multiverse,

“Why did you do it?” A figure seated on a throne in the dark asked.

“Just to let him remember about us,” A reply came in response from the empty space. The voice contained a hint of playful tone in it.

“You don’t need to lie to me,” The figure replied, while a screen showed the scene of a sudden attraction force appearing and helping the cultivator from dying.

“She won’t be happy with you,” The figure further added.

“I know. I don’t care,” A voice echoed in response.

The figure on the throne could only shake his head, hearing the nonchalant tone of his friend.

“You’re not allowed to do these things anymore. If you do, it would be you explaining to her from the next time,” The figure’s tone turned stern as he warned the owner of the voice.

“Fine, it would be the last time. I won’t mess with the boy any further,” The voice echoed in response. Even someone of his caliber felt fear thinking about explaining things to her.

‘I’ll mess with him when he ascends,’ At the same time, the owner of the voice added in his thoughts.

The figure on the throne could only shake his head as to how he could not know what his friend was thinking.

His eyes turned playful as he focused on the blurred Aakesh on the screen.

“I hope you won’t disappoint us,” The figure mumbled, waiting for Aakesh to ascend.

Then darkness fell on the area as both the figure seated on the throne and the voice’s owner closed their eyes and fell silent.

***

“Hey, system, you never told me about the result of that outside interference,” Aakesh curiously asked the system in his head.

It has been around half an hour since the Primal tribulation ended and Hartol’s ascension.

Aakesh had some questions and answers about the sudden situation in his mind. He discussed it with the system. In the end, he found a lot more.

For a few of his questions, he got no answer as the system refused to discuss those things, especially the question about why the Multiverse did not intervene when someone interfered in the tribulation.

[Host, the issue has been resolved. The creator of the interference has been recognized and dealt with.]

The next moment, a screen appeared in front of Aakesh, showing the last moments of the being that had interfered with the system.

Aakesh recognized the race of the creature, and since it was an exclusive species to the Sacred dimension, he didn’t have to think much about the unfamiliar area where the creature was.

“Hey, system, if you can kill someone from the Sacred dimension so easily, you must also be able to find out about the organization,” Aakesh expressionlessly asked the system.

[Host, you don’t have enough permission authority to know the answer to this question.]

The system dashed Aakesh’s hopes and bluntly refused, citing his low punishment authority.

After that, no matter what questions Aakesh attempted to ask, the system didn’t give a response. In the end, Aakesh had no choice but to stop.

***

Time flew by.

The six hours of the second group of customers in Panagea were over, so the system started forcing them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.

“Shake!”

Suddenly, the area around the store started shaking. The store’s building stayed still, having no effects whatsoever, but the place around it wasn’t such.

Earthquakes started occurring, mountains got crushed, and tides in oceans began rising.

Fortunately for the Kingdoms, the situation only continued for three seconds.