Chương 19: Rewards
"Here are the rewards you have earned! "
Drax said as he began unlocking the restrictions on the Agni-Astra bracelet on Max's hand causing a searing pain to spread throughout Max's body as if there was lava flowing inside his body instead of blood.
The Agni Astra shined a bright orange color that looked exactly like the color of the naked sun right before sunset, and it emanated a sharp heat that began melting through Max's wrist bones, the divine metal of the weapon replacing the bone of Max's arm.
Max was experiencing a world of pain that he had never felt before throughout this process and would have passed out several times by now if it was not for Drax forcibly holding him conscious.
Max whined and screamed under the pain, but kept himself from mentally falling apart, withstanding the pain with a strong will.
After what seemed like an eternity of brutal torture Max felt the burning sensation subside as he saw his natural skin heal all around the metallic skeletal arm that he now had, converting it into a normal-looking arm within a few seconds.
The fusion was complete and Max got a system notification to notify him of his new weapon.
[ System Notification ] - Congratulations you have successfully gained the recognition of the entity ' Drax ' and unsealed the powers of this portion of the Agni-Astra.
Rewards -
(1/3) [ Agni Astra ] ( Semi-Divine ) ( Bound ) - A fragment of the divine weapon Agni-Astra wielded by the god of fire himself before his death many eons ago.
Features -
•Has the spell ( Fireball ), ( Fireblast ), ( Inferno ), ( Fire Wall ) stored permanently inside the weapon to be used without taxing user mana.
[ Note - Limit Of Usage/ Day ]
Fireball - 1000
Fireblast - 10
FireWall - 10
Inferno - 3.
The power level of spells ( Beginner) ( can improve with time and mastery of spells )
•×1000% boost to any fire mana-based attacks.
•reduces complexity to learn all fire spells by 90%.
•you are now immune to all fire-based attacks up to 3 tiers above your current tier strength.
[ System Remark ] - Truly a windfall for an ant like you!
Max was stunned silent from reading the features of the Agni-Astra.
It was a Semi-Divine grade weapon even when it was only a third of the total weapon with unbelievable passives in store such as using basic fire spells without taxing mana and providing a complete fire immunity to any spells up to 3 tiers stronger than his current strength level!
This was better than he could have imagined in his wildest dreams, as finally with this weapon he could use spells for the first time in two lifetimes.
Drax said " I have embedded the weapon deep inside your own skin with an ancient technique that will hide its existence from most inspection spells.
To any outsider, it would look like it is you wielding the fire spells, as you would be considered a mage-type player specializing in fire magic.
When you try to summon a spell stored inside the Agni-Astra it would manifest from your right palm as if it is you who actually cast it even though it should be impossible for a manaless trash like you.
This will help you create a false Identity in the wider universe and save you from the humiliation that you faced in your past life.
If you could even use the slightest sliver of mana, even the most basic organically casted fireball could turn into a tier3 spell blazing fireball with Agni-Astra multiplying its power a thousand times.
Alas, it's not something you can manage with the collapsed state of your mana veins.
I have done the best I can for you boy,
I have hidden the weapon to save you from the eyes of envy.
I've made you capable of casting fire spells so that you are not mocked by the world as a manaless trash.
I've given you immunity from all fire-based magic for three tiers above your pitiful strength.
These tools are enough to give you a headstart in your journey. Now how you use these gifts is up to you. "
Drax spoke proudly as Max was visibly moved to tears when he heard the A.I. speak in his mind.
Tears of joy streamed down his cheeks as he used a fireball spell to torch the bouquet of flowers inside Sophie's trash can.
For most players, this was nothing much, however for Max to be able to cast a single spell made all the difference in the world.
The joy he found from this small act numbed his mind to a degree where he started laughing like a madman.
Profusely thanking grandpa Drax in his mind, Max repeatedly swore to not let him down and work hard to someday become an individual capable of completing grandpa Drax's mission.
Under Drax's direction, Max burnt the body of his dead girlfriend to ashes leaving behind no trace of the crime he committed inside her house today, except for leaving a charred floor.
Today Max had taken a big leap in his journey to change his fate, having integrated with a weapon that was literally a tool for the gods.
Although he could only express a small portion of its true strength, for a manaless trash, even the illusion of being able to use mana was enough to burn an undying, unquenchable flame in his heart.
On this happy occasion, Max clutched his green pendant, wondering if Hazriel was watching him grow.
Chương 20: Christian Grey
Drax analyzed Max's personality and memories in depth and understood one thing about the kid, which was that he lacked focus and commitment to a single project.
Drax often found Max starting a project, mapping every step of the project out, yet never following the plan through to completion because there was always some disturbance mid-way.
This was a huge problem that Drax needed to fix, as he had the tough job of keeping Max focused on the job at hand.
Currently, the goal that Max had was to enroll in the academy, and to enroll in the academy he needed to raise money for which he needed to offload the items in his inventory.
Being away from civilization for all these years, the only understanding of modern trade that Drax had was from Max's memories, but even then he understood that Max's strategy of selling goods under anonymity was completely bogus because he couldn't unload a payload this big in a tier 0 environment without getting the attention of major parties.
This is why, after deeply analyzing every single corner of Max's memory, Drax found the solution to this problem in a contact that Max had but never utilized properly.
Currently on Earth, while Max's big brother Rudra was the political and military superpower, the Grey international group was the economic powerhouse.
The Grey international group was the one to have invested in Rudra's guild when he was a newbie gamer and over the years the partnership between the founder Ethan Grey and Rudra had developed from business partners to that of a deep brotherhood.
Not only was Ethan Grey the most successful businessman on Earth, but he was also married to a Russian mafia lord wife and their son, who was Max's age, was a very promising merchant in the universal market as per Max's past life memories.
In this life, with Sigma having just started he was yet to make it big, and this was exactly the opportunity that Drax felt should be grasped by Max to form a lifelong partnership/bond.
Christian Grey, the son of Ethan Grey, was a childhood friend of Max and despite having his contact information, Max had always been too proud to ask for his help in the past life.
Drax intended for Max to give his goods to Christian Grey and form a partnership early on, even if it cost him a 10% commission because it was the best way for Max to offload his goods without attracting trouble.
Not only was Christian Grey well connected in the business world through his father, but he was also very powerful through the thugs under his mother.
He was the ultimate merchant and exactly the kind of person who could arrange the sum of money that Max needed for his goals.
One good quality that Max had was that he was open to suggestions and advices and he gave the wise word of grandpa Drax the respect that it deserved, although he was reluctant to give up even 10% of his money to an outsider, after a lot of consideration and sound discussion with grandpa Drax he decided to give the meeting a shot, but he wisely chose not to meet Christian under his real identity but use an alias instead.
Max used an anonymous messaging service to drop Christian Grey a message to meet him inside BlackLake City at a designated restaurant for the deal of a lifetime. Where he waited for him wearing the den of thieves mask while hiding his identity.
Max had no idea whether or not Christian Grey would show up for the meeting and whether or not he would take him seriously, but when he showed up right on time for the meeting Max was relieved.
The location that Max chose for the meeting was a cramped Chinese-style restaurant serving white octopus meat seasoned in the blood of goblins.
It was a disgustingly smelly dish, however with an incredible taste that had many fans across the universe.
Christian Grey had an intimidating aura around him, as he was well-built and had that killer look in his eyes.
From his demeanor it was clear that he was pissed to be called in this manner to this meeting, however, he was maintaining decorum just till understanding the other party's offer.
Christian seated across Max and stared straight into his eyes, as if he was not bothered by Max's mask at all, a failed inspection spell following as the mask blocked attempts to read Max's identity.
" Who gave you my thief number? I don't recall having any connections to your den of thieves organization….. My number is one of the most protected assets. If you tell me who leaked it to you, I will pay you 10 gold coins here today and let you go. If you don't tell me, then you better pray your proposal is good, because otherwise, you die ". Christian said in a cold tone
Max did not pay any heed to his opponent's words, thinking it was empty intimidation tactics, being in the safe zone right now nobody had the guts to have him outright killed.
However, Max's line of thinking was wrong, as when Max did not reply for 15 seconds or so, Christian snapped his fingers twice and the entire restaurant of seemingly normal customers and even the shop owner stood up and drew weapons towards Max.
Christian said " I bought this place today morning itself, it cost me a fortune but I did it. All these men here also work for me, I hired them as mercenaries and they have been sitting here pretending to be customers, waiting for you since morning.
Don't take me lightly thief, I'm not the average guy, and I'm not someone you can mess with".
Max was now impressed with Christian Grey, he had never seen this ruthless side of his childhood friend and it was truly worthy of being the son of a mafia lord. But Max was also the brother of Rudra Rajput himself and was not to be intimidated by such petty tactics.
Lifting the bottom of his mask up, Max took a sip of the octopus curry and said in a calm voice " Can you sell dark gold and epic-rated items in bulk? "
Christian was shocked when he heard the question, up till this moment he was clawing his way hard inside BlackLake City, however, he had not even gotten a whiff of silver-rated items, much less dark gold or epic-rated ones.
His attitude taking a full 180, he asked in a shocked voice " Sorry what? ".
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/// A/N - Two news for today. Check author notes for details. ///
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For now, the major target is to reach 20 patreon subscribers for a mass release of 5 chapters.
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