The First Store System

The battle ended after years of struggle, with only three people standing at the end.

The commander of both sides had died in the battle, so only the side with the highest number of survivors was going to win.

All three survivors belonged to Elena’s camp. Out of the three, one was peak Level 11, who was seriously injured but still out of the life-threatening situation.

The peak Level 11 was the reason behind two more people surviving as he had used his body as a shield to save them in case the result came to the number of survivors.

In the hall, Elena had a crying face as she couldn’t stay calm when she found the result of her hard work over these years.

Since she was also an adventurer, she knew the value of territory in Panagea.

The next moment, a white light covered the three participants in their halls.

Before the participant could understand what was happening, they found themselves back on the platform inside the store.

“Congratulations on winning the territory,” Elasha congratulated Elena as they finally came out of the world after centuries.

Eros also congratulated Elena. Both he and Elasha were disappointed to lose after coming so close to the reward. But since it wasn’t the first time they had lost and wasn’t going to be the last, they didn’t lose hope.

Elena nervously and excitedly thanked them. Even though she had won the territory in Panagea after conquering all four worlds and then winning the war of the worlds, in reality, she was nothing in front of Elasha and Eros.

Elasha and Eros could sense the nervousness in Elena’s voice, so they didn’t speak anymore and moved away. Even though Elena’s cultivation level was way lower than theirs, they treated her as an equal. Now that she had won territory in Panagea, her wealth and power were going to see an explosive rise.

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“Elena has won the event after conquering all the four worlds, and then she successfully defeated the two participants in the war of the worlds.”

“Here, take it,” Aakesh announced Elena as the winner and then called her. He had a card in his hands.

The majority of the participants and many attendees were familiar with the card since they had been seeing this continuously for the past decades.

It was Elena’s first time participating in the event, but she had once attended it, so she was also aware of what the card implied.

Her face turned red, and her breathing got rough as she couldn’t move her eyes away from the card in Aakesh’s hands.

“Store owner is calling you,” A participant standing close to Elena whispered in her ears, waking her from her trance.

Elena couldn’t help but smile awkwardly. The next moment, she took a deep breath and approached Aakesh with hurried steps.

“Do you know how to activate the card?” Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he handed the card to Elena.

Elena tensely nodded and thanked Aakesh for the card.

Aakesh had no expression on his face as he only nodded in response.

Since the contest was over, it was time for the participants to return to their seats. Aakesh was going to move them away when he stopped in his actions as Elena had something to say.

“Store owner, I want to sell this card,” Elena suddenly spoke. It was like an explosion in the ears of attendees and other participants.

“It’s yours. You don’t need to ask me before selling it,” Aakesh expressionlessly responded.

With the exception of a few rewards that needed to be bonded by blood in Aakesh’s presence due to their strong spirits, Aakesh did not care what the winners did with their prizes. His ownership over the item was over the moment he handed it to the winner.

“Do you have a buyer in your mind, or do you wish an auction to sell it for the most price?” Aakesh asked.

“Store owner, I want to auction it,” Elena answered after staying silent for a while.

She had won the territory in Panagea after a lot of struggle, and its value was even more valuable than becoming a peak-level Immortal, but Elena still wanted to sell it.

Elena knew her limits. She had no background. Elena knew that after she activated the card, the territory in Panagea would be set to her name, and no one would be able to snatch it from her till the protection period of one year ended.

Elena was worried for her parents, as any strong power could kidnap them and use her territory as their playground. The store was famous for its indifference toward the result of what its rewards caused.

At the same time, her level was very low to gain something significant from Panagea. She could also take the way of Maria, the winner of the third-ranked territory in Panagea, but Elena decided against it. Maria lived next to the store, so any attack on her was bound to do some damage to the store, resulting in the store owner personally taking action.

Elena didn’t want to do it, but after thinking of the consequences the territory was going to cause for her and her family over the next year, she decided with a heavy heart to go ahead and auction the reward.

Aakesh nodded expressionlessly after hearing Elena’s response.

The next moment, he waved his hands. The card disappeared from Elena’s hands and appeared in the air, floating without any support.

At the same time, all the participants except for Elena disappeared from the platform and appeared on their respective chairs.

Aakesh then looked at Elena since he wasn’t going to become an auctioneer.

Since Elena wanted to sell it, it was entirely up to her. Aakesh was only going to provide her with the platform.

Elena understood what Aakesh meant, so she turned around, facing the crowd seated on their respective chairs.

As soon as Elena turned around, the people from strong powers turned solemn. Even they knew the value of the territory in Panagea and could only imagine what it was going to cost them.

Many of the people in the crowd wanted to contact their superiors, but the communication outside the store was blocked even for the card owners during the event.

Aakesh sat on his chair when suddenly the system asked something.