The First Store System

Bella cautiously looked at her surroundings, and only after finding no one did she heave a sigh of relief and then slightly pushed the wooden door.

Aakesh, who just stood a few meters away from him, had an expressionless face as he watched Bella pushing the door and then entering the space inside it.

As Bella entered, the door automatically started closing. Aakesh had no interest in going inside the space. He decided to watch the event through a screen.

Aakesh was going to activate the screen, but his right foot suddenly made movement on its own and took a step forward. Aakesh’s eyes turned cold as he knew it was the Anarchic Parasite doing.

“Don’t you want me to leave you? I can sense the medicine I want from space. If you help me get it, I would not only leave your body but also help you,” The parasite could sense the atmosphere around Aakesh suddenly changing as it forcefully made Aakesh take a step forward. So far from meeting Aakesh, the parasite had understood that Aakesh was an egoistic being. If it attempted to force him, he would rather fight with an undefeatable opponent than accept the humiliation.

Not wanting to make the issue big, the parasite decided to tell Aakesh the truth. If Aakesh accepted, they would both be happy. If Aakesh disagreed, then the parasite would have no choice but to force Aakesh to do things despite him not wanting to do it.

As for Aakesh’s fight back, the parasite didn’t care. It only cared for the being that gave it the sensation of danger from Aakesh’s soul, and even that didn’t matter for now since it was injured and wanted to recover.

As soon as the parasite’s voice rang inside Aakesh’s head, not long after, out of nowhere, a blue screen containing content in golden fonts appeared in front of him.

[Adventurer, you have fallen into trouble due to your actions!

But now, that troubling situation had given rise to a fortunate event for you.

During your travel, you came across the terrifying Anarchic Parasite and became its host. Due to your unusual background, the parasite failed to take control of your soul, so now the parasite can only control your body and slightly influence you but can not make decisions on its own.

The parasite is fearful of your unusual background, but at the same time, it has now sensed the medicine that could help it recover from beyond the door, so now it wants to make a deal with you.

Accept the parasite’s offer, and it will help you gain a valuable item!

Refuse it and become the source of the parasite’s food, despite it being fearful of your unusual background!]

[Do you want to accept the quest:

Yes: Tap to Select,

No: Tap to Select.]

Aakesh looked at the blue screen in surprise since it was a quest screen that had gotten automatically generated after the parasite’s offer.

Aakesh couldn’t help but focus on the ‘terrifying’ since it was the first time he had come across such distinction from the Panagea’s system for any creature.

“What’s your actual level?” Aakesh couldn’t help but suddenly ask the parasite residing in his body.

“Do you feel fearful?” The parasite smugly replied as it could also see the quest screen and its content.

“My actual power level is Level 938, while currently, it is Level 629,” The parasite didn’t let Aakesh wait and added further, telling its level to Aakesh.

Even Aakesh, who stayed in control of his expression, couldn’t help but have a jaw-dropping moment after hearing what the parasite said.

“Level 938,” Aakesh couldn’t help but repeat as a creature of this level held the same power as the top creatures of the third dimension in the Multiverse. How could Aakesh not feel wondrous, knowing that a creature of such strength was attempting to control him?

“What would a creature of your strength find here that could help you heal?” Aakesh then asked the parasite since finding a Level 400+ item was almost impossible here, let alone a medicine that could help a Level 900+ creature gain its level back from Level 629.

“If you want to know, you must accept my offer,” The parasite’s response rang inside Aakesh’s head.

After hearing the parasite’s response, Aakesh, without waiting for even a second, tapped yes on the screen. The next moment, the blue screen disappeared from his sight.

It may look like Aakesh had made a rushed decision, but no, he felt that knowing the reason alone for the parasite healing from Level 629 to Level 938 was worth more than any reward for the quest.

“Hehe, you aren’t an idiot, adventurer,” The parasite couldn’t help but laughingly speak after knowing that Aakesh had accepted its offer.

“What is the reason?” Aakesh ignored the parasite’s words and came straight to his purpose.

“Have you heard the story of the ten Emperors? How they were the supreme authorities and how they created a creature mightier than themselves?” The parasite’s voice rang in Aakesh’s head the next moment. This time, its tone was different and contained a graveness not heard before in its voice.

Aakesh didn’t speak anything in response but only nodded and gestured for the parasite to continue. He could sense where the parasite was going with this, but he decided to listen to everything before coming to his conclusion.

“They created a seal using their hearts to seal the creature that they created, and as a result, they died. But before dying, instead of transferring their legacies to their descendants, they created a legacy ruin, each where it held their cultivation arts and the only ten Chaos-grade weapons in existence.”

“This door is one of the entrances into one such ruin of the Emperor. I don’t know who the Emperor is, or does it really go toward the actual ruin, or if it’s just one of the many ruins the Emperors jokingly had set before that tragic war,” The parasite concluded.

Aakesh had expected to hear it after the parasite introduced the name of the ten Emperors. However, he still couldn’t help but get surprised, hearing that the space beyond the door was related to one of the ten Emperors, even if it didn’t turn out to be a legacy ruin in the future.