"Kill Hao Ren. But why?" Alexander asked very surprised. He knew that the devil wanted his soul, but for what reason?
"The souls of those MC's tend to be very tasty for us demons. The stronger the will they have, the better it is. In fact, count yourself lucky that I didn't try to trick you to eat your tasty and delicious soul." The devil said as he slurped his tongue, as if he was looking at a very tasty dish.
"In fact, you just made a deal with the devil. If you cannot bring me the soul of Hao Ren, and you die before that happens, I will eat your soul."
"Oh god no!" Alexander said as a tremendous amount of fear showed on his face. If his soul were to be eaten, then that will be the end of him.
"It's not so bad, it's easy. Kill the MC, move on if you want, then I won't eat your soul, simple." Devil said as if it were easy.
"But this is a world where cultivators exist. Such as those soul cultivators and dragon cultivators. I can't fight against them!" Alexander tried to find a good excuse to abandon this mission.
"Pfft! I know that. That is why I will give you a power that only I can achieve." The devil once again snapped his fingers.
Then, a blue box appeared in front of Alex.
{You have received a special power from the king of the underworld: The soul system}
{You have currently one random system draw 1x}
{Would you like to draw it now?}
{Yes} {No}
"Wh-what is this?" Alexander asked the demon king beside him. He knew that this is a blue box, so he wasn't that surprised, but he didn't know what that system draw is.
"Once you tap on the blue box, you will receive a random shopping system. I am sure you are quite familiar with the shop system, but I am gonna explain it anyway.
You can unlock the powers of the one Piece anime, Naruto, TODAG, and so one. Of course, it's by luck. Once you receive it, you cannot unlock another system shop until you have completed the mission I have given you." The demon king said casually.
Alexander's fear seemed to dissipate as the demon king give him that small tutorial.
He slowly tapped the blue box with the word {Yes} in it.
{Draw… 1.0% 27.1% 66.6% 100.0%}
{Congrats. You have unlocked the 'Seven deadly sins' shop.}
"How lucky." The devil couldn't help praise Alex for his luck. As you may already know, that the seven deadly sins is his favourite manga.
'Yeah right, this is way too coincidental.' Alex thought to himself.
"Click on the system shop." The demon king commanded Alex to press a button.
Alex didn't disobey the demon king, and pressed a blue button that was floating on his vision.
*tap*
{Seven deadly sins shop}
{Fountain of youth} [250,000 spirit points]
[Full counter (Melodias)} [50,000 sp]
[Full counter (Estarossa)} [50,000 sp]
[Snatch] [10,000 sp]
[Sunshine] [300,000 sp]
[Creation] [25,000 sp]
[Disaster] [30,000 sp] (note: compatible with spirit spear chastiefol.)
[Fairy wings] [500 Sp] (Note: Only able to buy once you have bought [Spirit spear Chastiefol} and {Disaster} let's be honest, those wings look pretty awesome in the second season.
[Invasion] [175,000 sp]
{Infinity} [299,990 SP]
There were others categories in this shop, such as [sacred treasures] [Ten Commandments] [Grace] [Other]
Alexander is a big fan of Escanor. And let's be honest here, anyone who has read the manga or saw the anime, wants to be like Escanor in his day version.
#NoHomo
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Just kidding #AllTheHomo
"You currently have no SP. So I will give you some" The devil said as he stretched his pointer finger up.
"Really?!" He was about to pick sunshine, until the demon king stopped him.
"However, you will only receive 100,000 SP." He said with a smile. It's clear that he had gotten Alexander's hope high, only to let him down.
"Nooo! That's ⅓ of what I need to get sunshine." Alexander cried as he thought he could get that awesome power.
"Well imma go now. If you fail you know what will happen to you." He said, but Alexander stopped him.
"Yes, I can also get my harem!" Alexander said with a smile, he shouldn't have said that as the devil had him by the throat, literally.
He raised him up high until his feet were dangling in the air.
"Listen up here you bastard. The last few guys I sent. spend their whole time on their harem, so much that they forgot their side of the deal. If you dare waste my time, then I will count this as a failure of our deal. So be careful when I say this, if you don't complete your side of the deal in a good pace, I will eat your soul. Do you hear me?!" He said very angrily:
Alexander could only nod slightly.
The demon king let him go. Alexander gasped for air as if there was no tomorrow.
"If you want another person in your life, then that is fine too. However, there are certain requirements she must meet.
She must be a demon and beautiful.
No loli.
Must be a strong fighter.
Must not be stupid or mentally challenged.
And that is my requirements. Good day." He said as he disappeared out of thin air.
Alexander could not help but think that even the devil hates harems. I mean it makes sense, a harem can take away a lot of your time.
[100,000 sp] has been sent to you. Use it well.
Alexander ignored the pain in his throat, and was prepared to open the system shop once again.
There are indeed a lot of options, but he must use his points wisely.
"Wait! How can I receive more SP points?" Alexander said.
"Offer powerful souls to me, and I will judge them based on their will, and purity. Children and weak souls amount to nothing, just to let you know. And another way is to complete missions that I give you." He said telepathically on Alex's mind.
Alexander pondered for a bit, and he faced a bit of a difficult situation.
From what he remembered, Hao Ren will become very powerful, that even the cultivators in the same realm as him won't stand a chance.
Not only that, but he has an OP granny on his side, as well as several other powerhouses as well, such as the east dragon ocean, Zhen congming, and so on.
Alexander is just a normal person with a system, so he cannot face him yet. Unless, if he were to change the history of this story.
"Demon king, in exactly what timeline am I in?"
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"Two weeks before the start of the story." Demon king responded casually.
'Two weeks? Hm. So Hao Ren still needs to meet Zhao Yanzi, before his life becomes that of a cultivator.' Alexander thought.
Now that Alexander looks around, he couldn't help but notice the expensive stuff again. Now for the real question, where is he located?
Alexander doesn't remember anything from the novel describing a room like this.
Alexander took a look outside from his window, and he couldn't help but gasp in surprise.
The outside was beautiful. The ground was covered in white fluffy clouds, with flowers of all kinds sprouting. Several people chatting and playing, while others practiced several cultivation techniques.
"Where the hell am I?"
"This might be weird coming from me, but you are in 8th heaven."
"8th heaven… hmmmm." Alexander went into a deep thought.
The novel mentioned a lot about things above 5th heaven, such as the higher you go, the better the place is.
Of course, since he never finished reading the novel, he is only able to rely on his limited amount of knowledge. As far as he knew, 8th heaven is a very strong place, but it cannot be compared to 9th heaven.
First heaven is where Hao Ren and the dragon cultivators are. He needs to go there. But since he is two weeks early before the story starts, he should take it easy before he makes any big life changes.
"Open up all the system options from the shop." Alexander said. Hopefully this shop system is activated by voice command.
{Seven deadly sins shop}
{Fountain of youth} [250,000 spirit points]
[Full counter (Melodias)} [50,000 sp]
[Full counter (Estarossa)} [50,000 sp]
[Snatch] [10,000 sp]
[Sunshine] [300,000 sp]
[Creation] [25,000 sp]
[Disaster] [30,000 sp] (note: compatible with [spirit spear chastiefol])
[Fairy wings] [500 Sp] let's be honest, those wings look pretty cool in the second season.
[Invasion] [175,000 sp] (note: compatible with [twin bow Herritt])
[Infinity] [299,990]
((Sacred treasures))
[Divine axe Rhitta] [275,000 SP] description: Named after a young maiden loved by the sun. The giant axe is a one-handed weapon, wielded by the lion's sin of pride, Escanor.
It can store large amounts of heat in it, as well as release it upon will. It is one of the strongest weapons on the anime, but it requires a lot of arm strength to wield this monster.
Not even galand, a demon with a power level of 30,000 could lift it.
[Chastiefol] [60,000 SP] description: wielded by the king of the fairies, Harlequin. This spear is stronger than steel, and has the ability to regenerate itself after being destroyed.
Although it is very powerful, a person that does not possess the power [Disaster] cannot wield it on command.
After unlocking [Disaster] you can pick from the shop which forms you would like to add to your spear.
Such as [increase] [Sunflower] and so on. You can even add the abilities of the other fairy king, Gloxinia, into your chastiefol.
[Lostvayne] [45,000 SP} description: It is a short blade given to the dragon's sin of wrath, Meliodas.
It allows the user to have physical clones of itself, by saying the words "sacred treasure activate." each clone's strength is divided in half of the users power.
There doesn't seem to be a limit to how many clones you can make. But the more clones you summon, the weaker they will be.
[War hammer Gideon] {30,000 SP} description: do not buy this hammer, because it is so huge you won't be able to handle it.
[Twin bow Herritt] {50,000 SP} description; wielded by gowther sin of lust.
[Twin bow Herritt] is a pair of luminous, purple bows that appear on users will. Unlike most bows, the user does not need to use both hands to fire the arrow, but are instead magically drawn, allowing them to be fired in tandem.
(Note: Compatible with [Invasion])
[Holy staff courechouse] {1000 SP} description: not much is known about this staff, other than the fact that is was wielded by Ban, fox's sin of greed.
Other than it being a staff, not much is known about it. But in this shop, it is a completely normal staff.
[Morning star Aldan] {90,000 SP} description: much of its abilities has yet to be displayed, but it was wielded by Merlin, the pig's sin of gluttony.
This little orb's potential is very high, but you will need to figure out it's magical abilities on your own.
{The Ten Commandments]
[Purity] [25,000] whoever has impure thoughts on the users presence, shall have control of their actions with a single command.
[Love] [280,000 SP] whoever holds hatred within the user's presence, shall find themselves unable to fight or use a single ounce of strength.
[Truth] [50,000 SP] Whoever lies within your presence, shall have their body turn to stone.
[Pacifism] [100,000 SP] whoever shall kill within your presence, shall have their life force sucked by the commandment.
[Faith] [25,000 SP] whoever show's faithlessness within your presence, their eyes shall be set ablaze.
[Piety] [180,000 SP] anyone who turns their back to the wielder, shall be forced to serve him.
"I know that it is originally whoever shall then their back on you shall serve the demon king. But I don't want useless humans serving me, so I will give them to you." Demon king said.
{Selflessness] [150,000 SP] anybody who holds desire for anybody shall have their memories, emotions and sense of self removed.
[Reticence] [25,000 SP] anybody who expresses hidden emotions shall have their voice blocked.
[Patience} [80,000 SP] anybody who makes a move rashly, without thinking straight, shall be fully paralyzed for a whole day.
[Repose] [60,000] Anybody who has died within the users presence, shall rise up to fight for the Demon King.
((Grace))
{Sunshine} {300,000}
{Tornado} {150,000}
{Flash} {145,000}
{Ocean} {125,000}
"Well damn! All of these Graces are so expensive!" Alexander couldn't help but complain.
There were other stuff as well, such as {Ark} {Thunderbolt} (Wall) and other stuff that were less than 100,000 worth of SP.
As much as he loves most of these abilities, he just can't seem to decide which ones to buy. He only has 100,000 SP, but it still isn't enough. The only way to earn more SP is to either offer souls to the devil, or do missions for him.
"I do not usually help people like this, but since I want those souls badly and fast, I will tell you what to buy. Buy the {Truth} commandment, {Thunderbolt} {Snatch} and the {Holy Staff Courechouse} that should cost you about 75,000 SP."
"The reason why you should buy these, its because you are on a tight budget, so you cannot buy strong abilities like {Sunshine} But combine {Snatch} and {Holy Staff Courechouse} and you can steal the hearts of people, and kill them instantly.
I want you to also buy {Thunderbolt} because you are weak right now, but this should give you a minimum boost of power, and any type of power right now is useful to you right now. And lastly, the reason why you should buy the {truth commandment} Is because with each commandment that you buy, you can also utilize the powers of the demon king from the seven deadly sins world.
The more commandments you control, the stronger you will become. But do not buy too many commandments, as you cannot protect yourself from your own commandment. And lastly, with the powers of the commandment, you are also able to take the souls of cultivators out of their bodies, which then you can offer me their souls. Buy whatever you want, but you must buy a commandment to offer me souls, and then you can earn more SP for your shop." the demon king said as his voice faded away.
Alex went into deep thought again. If he were to indeed buy what the devil told him to, then he would be left with 25,000 Sp, and he would become very powerful.
So Alexander opened up the system shop again, and bought what the devil told him to. His SP fell down from 100,000 to 25,000.
A staff appeared in his arms. It was the same that Ban used in the anime, before it was taken away. Then several pieces of information flooded through his head, it was painful like a huge headache, but several seconds later it subsided.
He looked at a fancy flower pot, on the side of his bed. He reached out his arm to the pot.
"Snatch." Alexander said. But nothing happened. This time however, he activated his {Snatch} ability on his staff, and aimed it directly towards the flower pot.
This time he was successful, as the flower pot that was several meters away from him appeared in his hand.
"Neat!" Alexander couldn't help but say this. It might not be a flashy ability, but it did look cool to Alex, who has never ever seen a magic ability in real life.
Then activating his {Thunderbolt} ability, his staff was covered in lightning and so was his entire body. He found it pretty easy to use, as he ran in it at a very fast speed, and use it as an offensive ability and defensive as well.
Then lastly, he activated his demonic power from the commandment of {truth}
"Now I cannot tell a lie, or I will be turned to stone. It sucks but it is totally worth it." Alexander activated his demonic powers, and saw the results, and he was very satisfied.
This is a demonic power that even Meliodas uses, which proves just how powerful this ability is.
"Alex! What is that power that I sense?"
That voice came from the other side of the door. It was a male voice.
Alex did not recognize the voice, until a bunch of memories started flooding into his head. These foreign memories were from the person of this body.
Now that he realizes, he looked at a mirror and did not see himself, but saw another figure instead.
That figure looked like a handsome young man. Although his other self was not bad looking, but it could not be compared to this other face.
The reflection in the mirror showed a man with short-white hair, blue eyes, a face as smooth as a newborn's skin, and a somewhat muscular body. He looked like a young lively teenager from one of those animes.
"What the?" He said unconsciously, as he looked at himself in the mirror. He's not gay, but man does he look good.
"Alex!" The voice and the banging got louder by the minute.
Alex searched for his memory and knew that the man on the other side, was none other than his cousin, Ajax. And coincidentally, this body is also named Alex.
(Nah that's just lazy writing on my part)
"I'm good here, just admiring myself in the mirror." Alex said the truth. After all, if he told a lie, that would be the end of him, and his soul would be fed to the devil.
"Admiring yourself-... what are you a woman? Open up the door already." Ajax said louder.
"Okay okay fine. Don't get your panties in a twist." Alex said as he opened the door.
Ajax was his cousin, but even so, this body found him annoying and quite hard to deal with.
Even if they share the same blood, Ajax would do whatever he could to put Alex in trouble. And once Ajax felt that power, he couldn't help but wonder what was going on, even though it was none of his goddamn business.
Ajax was considered to be very strong in eight heaven. It is also said that he has the highest chance of going up to ninth heaven, to become a soldier or even a general up there.
Alex is not as strong as Ajax, but for a very good reason. Not because he was trash or anything, but because his cultivation was stolen by Ajax.
If Alex were not a family member of eight haven, he would have been kicked out of eight heaven a long time ago.
Ajax threatened Alex to kill him if he dares to reveal what happened. Of course, Alex complied. He has nothing, while his cousin has everything, money, connections, power.
Alex opened the door, which then Ajax entered the room rudely without permission.
"What the hell was that? That awesome power!" Ajax said very rudely, searching for traces of that power,
By a strange coincidence, he was around the building Alex was in, and sensed that power coming from this room. Although it only lasted for a few seconds, he could tell that the power was very strong.
If he could have it, his chances of becoming a general of a sect in the ninth heaven would rise.
"That awesome power? Oh it's mine." Alex responded truthfully.
"Yours? Hahaha! That's funny. If someone without meridians in his body is able to cultivate again, then everybody on first heaven would become a master. Now tell me the truth, who was here before you?" Ajax said I'm a deeper voice. He obviously did not believe in Alex, but he doesn't know that Alex cannot tell a lie.
He believes that someone else was here, but left before he could meet them.
"But I'm telling the truth, I do have powers."
"Stop lying to me or I'll throw you down to the first heaven." Ajax threatened him.
There is no surprise that there is a grudge between dragon and human cultivators. Human cultivators stayed above 6th heaven, while dragons stayed on the lower heavens.
If dragon cultivators were to hear that there is a human cultivator down on 1st heaven, they would kill him. Unless if that human cultivators were someone that is a master, like a Qian master or a soul formation cultivator, then they would not dare provoke those guys.
"Is that a promise?" Alex said. If Ajax could do a wonderful job of bringing him to 1st heaven, then that would be great for him.
"Ggrrr, are you mocking me?" Ajax responded angrily. He usually lets his anger get the best of him.
"No, why would I? What if I really wanted to go first heaven?" He asked.
His cousin is close breaking through Qian level. Once he passes his heavenly tribulation, he will become a soul formation cultivator.
(I know that human cultivators use a different name for their cultivation levels, but I'm gonna stick to KAN LI ZHEN GEN DUI XUN KUN QIAN, because I am sure that most of us are familiar with these names, and are easier to comprehend.)
"Then I will gladly sent your corpse down to first heaven if that is what you wish." He said as he pulled out a spear, that was made out of gold with complicated runes inscribed in them. This was his natal dharma treasure.
"What will Evangeline think about this, when she knows that you killed me?" Alex said with a smirk.
Ajax stopped in his steps, as his face got redder and darker. Evangeline is the woman he loves, because she is beautiful, smart, strong, the perfect woman. But as it turns out, she likes Alex more than him. That is why Ajax hijacked Akex's power, because he blamed Alex for that.
"You win this round. However, I will get that power, and Evangeline will like me." Ajax left with an angry expression. He was smart enough to know if he killed Alex, Evangeline will never love him.
"Soon I will kill you for what you have done to me." Alex said to him.
Ajax stopped then turned his head around, unsure what he heard just down.
"Was that a threat you loser?" Ajax responded harshly.
"No. It's a promise." Alex just responds back like a total badass.
"Heh! I would like to see you try." Ajax responded with a smirk. He found it funny that the weakest man on eighth heaven, would kill the strongest man on 8th heaven.
"Oh would you? Well that is gonna be easy."
"What did you say?" Ajax responded very angrily. If he meant that it was easy to kill him, then that means that he is weak. And he doesn't like it when people call him weak, especially coming from Alex.
"It is very simple. Just a touch from my finger, and your body will be left without a soul."
"A touch… You are an even bigger fool than I thought you were. If you can kill me with just a touch, then I will kneel before you." Ajax said arrogantly.
"Fool. How can you kneel before me if you're dead. All that will be left is your corpse."
"Okay, take your shot. However, if you cannot kill me, you will have to tell me about that power." Ajax said.
"Good. I am Alexander Anderson of the truth, I do not go back on my word or my body will be turned to stone." Alexander said.
Alex walked slowly to Ajax, and touched his chest with his hand.
Several seconds later, nothing happened.
"See! I told you, that your words are nothing but trash- blegh!" As he was about to mock Alex, he found his soul exiting from his mouth.
This is one of the powers of the demon clan from the seven deadly sins. They have to power to extract the soul of a person. If Ajax was a soul formation cultivator, then there would have been a high chance that Alex's plan backfired. Since human soul formation cultivators are adept in soul abilities, it might be a disaster for Alex.
He was kinda worried since his cousin is a high Qian cultivator, but it still pales in comparison to a soul formation cultivator.
Alex gently holds the little white orb, that is the soul of his cousin. The soul felt smooth and round, and didn't weight a bit. It looked nice, but it was still the soul of his cousin.
"Hey, how much for this soul?" Alex asked the demon king.
"Hmm! About 50 SP points." Demon king responded. He did not even give a glance to the soul in Alex's hand.
"Why is it so cheap?" Alex responded. He was sure that a Qian cultivators soul would have been worth thousands, but it's worth is only 50 SP.
"This soul does not know the meaning of will, and hard work. It is filled with nothing but hatred and greed. Only a pure soul, who is kind, knows the meaning of hard work, and has a strong will, is worth hundreds of thousands of SP."
"Oh… dammit!" Alex said in annoyance. He risked his own life to get this soul for more SP, but got almost nothing.
"If you eat it, your powers will rise up. I suggest eating eat, since this soul is worth almost nothing." the demon king responded as if he knew what Alex was thinking.
"Eat a soul… that sounds disturbing." Alex is still a human/demon. He did not know what to think about eating a human soul. From what he knows, if he eats it, Ajax will never reincarnate ever again.
"Oh well, he deserves it." Alex put the soul in his mouth, and slowly ate it. The sensation was smooth, and it melted in his mouth. It did not have a good taste, but it still felt good to eat, like eating cotton candy or something like that, only duller.
(This chapter was getting too long. So I will stop it right here.)