The First Store System

Aakesh thanked Clamont for teleporting him to the edge of his domain. Aakesh’s eyes then fell on the territory in front of him, and all the information he had learned from the rulers and Clamont appeared in his mind.

As Aakesh went closer to the central territory of the ruler, the strength of the rulers increased.

The next territory ruler had the same level of strength as Clamont, or he would’ve already conquered it.

“Be careful,” Clamont gently looked at his daughter, Clara, and told her.

“I will,” Clara responded. Her voice contained a mixture of excitement and sadness.

Sad for leaving from here without even knowing whether she would be able to return or not, and excited for going on an adventure.

“Please protect her,” Clamont then looked at Aakesh and requested him.

Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then took a step forward into the new territory.

Clara turned her head around and glanced toward the territory. She could see her mother and siblings looking at her with concerned faces.

Clara then took a deep breath and took a step forward, disappearing from her father’s domain, and entered into a new adventure, following the footsteps of Aakesh.

***

Time flew by.

It has been around thirty-seven years since Aakesh and Clara started traveling together.

As time passed, his fame didn’t see a reduction, but it only saw growth, making Aakesh’s journey even more difficult.

In these past years, Aakesh had killed thousands of rulers and had to walk on foot in even more territories to cross them. If not for Clara being there to carry him and fly, the same journey would have taken at least a century.

During the entire journey, Aakesh stayed silent, and only Clara chatted, familiarizing herself with Aakesh.

Even though she was weak when compared to Aakesh, she still was talented and helped Aakesh blackmail the rulers to force them to fight him.

Aakesh had appeared at the edge of another territory in his journey. This particular domain took him around a month, even with the help of Clara, as it was the largest territory he had come across until now.

“5 more territories to go,” Aakesh muttered and took a step forward while Clara followed him. They weren’t flying as the transition to a new territory affected the flying creature.

Clara almost got seriously injured at one instance when she and Aakesh both directly flew into the new territory. The pressure that attacked her was too much to take for her and threw her down.

Aakesh had only taken a step forward when he sensed a slight land tremble.

He didn’t have to find the source of the sudden situation as not long after, Aakesh saw a creature coming toward him.

“Oh, Clamont’s daughter,” An unfamiliar voice rang in the area as a creature appeared in front of him.

Aakesh recognized the creature from his knowledge of the races and the information he had gotten from rulers he had killed and Clamont, who willingly told him these things.

The creature belonged to a race called Meshoptan, a race exclusive to the Sacred dimension.

Meshoptan was one of the weaker races when compared with the entirety of the Sacred dimension. It wasn’t due to their weak strength but due to their numbers. Their numbers didn’t cross a triple-digit in the entire dimension, making Meshoptan one of the rare species of creatures.

Meshoptan had a humanoid body structure. They were also creatures without any hair on any part of their bodies.

Even though they had humanoid structures, they didn’t have human appearances. Their faces were long like horses but with sharp teeth and the strong jaws of a tiger. Two curved horns adorned their heads, emerging right above their eyes that contained black sclera and silver pupils.

Meshoptan had two hands, but with each being distinct from the other. One was the tiger-claw, while the other was horse-hoof. As for legs, Meshoptan had horse legs. Since there wasn’t even a hint of hair on Meshoptan’s body, it gave him a weird ugly appearance.

“Are you his eldest child?” The Meshoptan asked since he recognized Clara as Clamont’s daughter.

Clara only nodded since she learned to stay silent from Aakesh during these years.

The Meshoptan nodded, and then his eyes fell on Aakesh.

“Eh!” The Meshoptan exclaimed in surprise as he couldn’t see through the blue-skinned man. He only saw a blurred dot when he attempted to check his cultivation using his sense.

“So, you are the famous ‘Conqueror of Territories’,” The Meshoptan then masked his surprise and asked the question.

Aakesh expressionlessly nodded as he had gotten accustomed to hearing this title from all the rulers he had come across.

“Your goal is to reach master?” The Meshoptan then asked another question.

Aakesh expressionlessly nodded since he guessed the master to be none other than the ruler of the central area.

“I am the fifth servant of my master, so your journey comes to an end here,” The aura around the Meshoptan turned chilly as he told Aakesh.

“Since your conquering spree has impressed master, I would give you a chance to turn around and leave.”

“You only have three seconds to think,” The voice of the Meshoptan’s turned cold as he warned Aakesh. He also told Aakesh that the ruler of the central area had been watching everything he had been doing for the past few decades and was impressed with him.

Aakesh had no reaction to the change in the aura and voice of the Meshoptan, but Clara felt shudders down her spine as cold seeped inside her bones since the Meshoptan was stronger than her father.

Aakesh waved her hands, and the cold seeping inside Clara’s bones vanished, giving relief to her. Clara thanked Aakesh and moved away from him since she already knew what answer Aakesh was going to give.

“Fine. Since this is your answer, don’t blame me for being cruel to you,” The Meshoptan coldly commented, seeing no response from Aakesh despite the deadline of three seconds getting over.

The thing Aakesh worried about before entering here was the ruler not fighting with him and traveling on Clara’s for another few months, so when the ruler himself wanted to fight and solve his worries, how could Aakesh not be satisfied with the situation?

The Meshoptan was a loyal servant of his master, so he made his move straight away after the deadline of three seconds got over.