Izumi didn't want to linger in the IS world for long, so he immediately returned to his world.
He started to analyze some flaws of his IS. His IS is indeed capable of moving faster and stronger than the third-generation IS. But Theomars still lacked flexibility. Looked like Izumi still needed to tone it again. Another thing, it was better if he installed some ranged weapons.
— — — —
The next day, Izumi got a notification from his phone.
[Initializing the seventh mission ★4
Available quests:
First: Join the Elite Guard of the Demon Lord.
Second: Foil the plan of former Demon Lord, Avoros within the Cruel members.
Third: Kill and take the body of the Homunculus.
Fourth: Kill the former Demon Lord, Avoros.
Fifth: Invite 1 new member.
Restriction: Ninjutsu, Devil Fruit, Stand, Summoned Creature, and any technology with combat capabilities will be sealed.
Participant: One.
Bonus Item: Transmigration Card.
Reward: The participant will get 6000 Shop Coins and a Legendary Chest.
The mission can be started anytime within the next 2 hours and a random participant will be transported automatically if it exceeds the time limit.
The time in each member's world will stop when the mission starts and will resume automatically after the mission is completed]
When Izumi saw the mission displayed, he was surprised that many abilities were sealed. Even IS was also sealed. Come to think about it, this restriction shows that a chat group member is required to practice the power that wasn't sealed. Like Izumi himself, maybe he could focus more on training his Haki and martial arts.
Furthermore, Izumi felt no stranger to Cruel or the demon king Avoros. After Izumi browsed on the internet, the mission turned out to be a world where the main character got Isekai-ed in the world of swords and magic. There was the Human race, Demon race, Fairy race, and Beast race. Named from Humas, Evila, Pheom, and Gabranth respectively.
"So, this world, huh? I read this novel six years before I died and was reincarnated into this world. No wonder I only have a slight impression of the names mentioned earlier."
What Izumi couldn't understand was the Transmigration Card. He didn't know what it meant. That card was an object capable of sending one person to another world, but who was it for? The main character? But, Izumi already planned to invite Okamura Hiiro, the main character, to the chat group because his Word Magic was so versatile. When he thought about it. Perhaps, the card would be used by someone who wanted to follow Hiiro or someone who didn't want to live in that world called Edea.
Izumi opened the Chat Group, and it seemed everyone was debating who would go. This mission could be considered a very dangerous one too. So some of them are reluctant to take on the mission.
Izumi: You all read the mission right?
Kuroneko: Yeah. It seemed dangerous. I'll pass.
Tabane-chan: Even an IS got sealed. How to clear that mission?
Izumi: Martial arts are not restricted, you know.
Kazuma: Wait, can you tell me first how this mission is even ★4? I don't get it. Where is the hard part?
Everyone also wondered why this mission look simple, but it rated with ★4. There must be something off.
Izumi: Where you need to eliminate the former Demon Lord, including erasing his soul. And that Demon Lord has the power to negate any magic. Are any of you able to do that?
When looking at the information, Avoros seemed able to revive himself after some time. He could even negate magic with his Mystic Eyes, similar to Izumi's new skill. Not just that, he could also use those eyes to analyze the effects of any magic sent at him. Moreover, he could use necromancy, the magic that controlled the dead.
Izumi told all the information he got because time was running out, Izumi could only get information about the quests listed in the mission. Izumi also said that this mission could take up to a year.
Izumi: So, does anyone want to go? Rory, wanna try?
Rory: I can't. I don't have any soul technique.
Izumi: Sigh. Even though I hope Rory, who is the most powerful here, takes the mission. But it seems she can't do it. Actually, you guys can buy internal skills in the Dimensional Shop that can help you train attacks that affect the soul.
Straw Hat: Oh mission! Can I go?
Kuroneko: You stupid, your strength will be sealed, you can't use that rubber body of yours!
Izumi: Yeah, Luffy is out of the question.
Warrod: Even if I buy internal skills or martial arts, I still won't be able to fight Avoros if the description is like what you said before. Even my strongest weapon, green magic, would be useless in front of Avoros.
Kakashi: Ughhh, I just spent my coins to buy something.
Rory: I happen to be the same as Kakashi. My coins ran out.
Izumi: Did you guys spend all the coins on your honeymoon? You both run out of coins at the same time. Sus…
Kuroneko: Sus…
Tabane: Sus…
Kazuma: Sus…
Rory: Hehe.
Kakashi: Hey, it's a misunderstanding. It's not what all you guys think.
Rory: You don't need to deny that, Kakashi! Let their imagination go wild.
Izumi: Never mind. In that case, I'll just take the mission.
After discussing it for a while, Izumi ended up being the one who took the mission. Well, it doesn't matter if he's the one taking on the mission or not. He had plenty of time to awaken the other Haki before Whitebeard's great war at Marineford. However, he could spend more time awakening Kenbunshoku and Haoshoku Haki if he took the mission.
Fortunately, though, Izumi still had more than 100k shop coins after saving for 2 months. Izumi immediately spent 90k shop coins to buy the Transcendence, a gold rank internal skill that was suitable for a hidden weapon, sword, and fist martial arts, so his martial art could be strengthened with his spirit or willpower. He also bought the Stormy Skies, a jade rank internal skill suitable for staff, sword, and fist martial arts. And with this, he could use a soul attack alongside his martial art.
Well, Izumi should master those internal skills first up to Echelon level 3 at a bare minimum.
Based on the information Izumi knew, the mission this time will take place in a world called Edea, a world where the main character, Okamura Hiiro, the one who was accidentally summoned along with four heroes. It was a good thing that Hiiro was smart enough to get away from the castle and didn't want to participate in the struggle between races.
Meanwhile, the four heroes were so stupid to think of that world as an RPG game. If they had been thrown into a forest filled with monsters from the start, it would have been even better to improve their survival instincts. If they lived in the palace all the time, it would only make them softer because they weren't taught how to survive in a world full of people of every race killing each other. Well, it couldn't be helped. They were still kids after all.
Also, apart from wanting to find Hiiro to get to know him first, Izumi also had to come up with a plan to join Cruel, the Demon King's elite guard. Izumi had actually thought of a plan, but it depended on whether he could meet Hiiro or not. He also had to come up with a backup plan in case he didn't run into Hiiro.
Izumi immediately prepared the items he needed, and he also brought the Kimono that he had just bought a few days ago. That kimono is a cosplay model of the character's skin in the game. Because the pattern was good, Izumi immediately bought it. At this time, Izumi changed into the adventurer outfit bought from the Konosuba world.
After everything was prepared, Izumi disappeared into thin air.