Infinite Realm

"Please...enough." The demon weakly begged.

While it truly didn't want to admit defeat, the broadsword of light that Sato had used to inflict injuries on the demon had crumbled its will. The injuries it had received would require it a few dozens of years to heal and it wouldn't be able to store energy as quickly as it did before. This in turn would extend its sentence in this void prison and this was something the demon didn't want to see happen. Because of this, even if it were just for a moment, it decided to lower its head in front of Sato.

"Good." Sato withdrew the gigantic sword and dispersed it into particles.

The system notification had already alerted him that the mission was completed with even the demon begging him to stop. Attacking further was pointless unless Sato had a sadistic taste in torturing non-humans.

With the concession from the demon's side, a dark gloomy light appeared on Sato's arm for a while before disappearing. In its place was a black tattoo that took the form of a sword. A closer look at the tattoo and Sato discovered that it looked a lot similar to the black sword that he was after.

Before he could ask the demon about it or even question it in its identity, Sato disappeared from the dimension with a flash.

In the outside world, Worrus and Saimon had been following Sato's actions with their senses. When Sato had brought up the idea of striking a deal with the demon, they were both shocked and couldn't react in time. Saimon didn't understand why Sato would do such and began worrying for him whereas Worrus had frowned at his actions and was about to make a move. If Sato had actually gone through with that plot and struck a deal with the demon, not only would he have failed the mission but Worrus would have killed him instantly. It could be said that when Sato was acting out his plan, he was unwittingly walking on a thin wire.

Luckily, just before he got close enough to the demon, Sato had abruptly attacked before Worrus made his move. If he had gotten within 10 metres of it, there would have no longer been a Sato in the sword's inner dimension.

"Such a crafty fellow. Not only did he discern the scheme of the asura but he also discovered the fundamentals of the seal." Saimon sighed. Sato had surprised him multiple times already but he still couldn't help but be amazed each time.

"Hmm." Worrus nodded. "Even I never saw that coming."

The seal within the sword that held the soul of an asura was created by the Caventry and since one could enter it, the Caventry had to give themselves some perks to help them subdue the asura within. One of the advantages they had was the ability to conjure up any weapon from their imagination, though with certain limits.

As a recently admitted member of the Caventry, Sato also possessed the right to use this ability but Worrus was never expecting him to figure it out so quickly.

"He's out already."

Just as Worrus had finished speaking, Sato's body suddenly shook for a second as his eyes regained their clarity. His right hand, still on the black sword's hilt.

At the same time, a system notification rang out in his head.

[[ System notification :

Demonic sword [Drakken] has accepted you as its master.

]]

With a solemn expression on his face, Sato drew the sword out of the podium and lifted it heroically.

[[ System notification :

Player has leveled up.

Rewarding 5 Main attribute points. ]]

'I levelled up again? Guess this must be the result of the Experience reward of the mission.'

"Congratulations on successfully wielding [Drakken]." Worrus' voice sounded out from behind. It was at that point that Sato remembered where he was and immediately ended his dashing pose.

'I got lost in the moment...'

Worrus smiled at him and didn't seem bothered about Sato's actions since he couldn't read Sato's thoughts.

"With the Drakken in your hands, you will be pretty much unmatched among opponents at your level." Worrus stated.

"Come with me."

Before Sato could even check out the new sword, Worrus teleported him away. This time around, they had appeared at the place where it all began, the location Sato experienced the Entry Trials. However, they weren't at the plains where Sato was before but had appeared within a pagoda.

"Is it ready?" Worrus asked.

"Yes, my lord." A voice replied to him. Following quickly was the figure of a little 'boy' with silver skin tone, different from Saimon's copper-colored skin.

Sato lifted an eyebrow at the figure's appearance and arrival as he never expected to see one more living being apart from himself, his crew, and Worrus and Saimon here. While he had suspected that there would be other NPCs apart from the two he had met thus far, Sato presumed that they were in a form of stasis so they wouldn't be making an appearance any time soon. However, with the arrival of this fellow, his first speculation was confirmed. As for whether the others remained in deep sleep or not, he couldn't confirm that.

"Young lord." The young boy greeted with glistening eyes.

Unlike Saimon, the little boy didn't look like an old fellow but instead, a very young man or even a teenager. From his appearance alone, Sato guessed that he was between 14 to 16, as the young man lacked any signs of facial hair. His eyes even possessed a hint of innocence and curiosity, showing that this person must have not had much experience with the outside world. He had chubby cheeks that made him look adorable. When paired with his height, the kid was a lovable fella to the ladies.

"This is Meson. Saimon would be a lot busy in the time to come so Meson would be in charge of showing you around the place and helping you with whatever trouble you face." Worrus introduced the new face.

"Don't be fooled by his appearance. He's a special breed and is at least 3 centuries old. Rather than a kid, you could say he's a dwarf."

"Hello...Meson." Sato didn't know how exactly to address him as while the dwarf was older than he was, he looked like a teenager.

"He, he, hello." Meson stuttered awkwardly that it made him look even cuter.

[[ System notification :

Meson's respect for you has increased.

Meson's admiration for you has increased.

]]

'Hayami would like him if she were here.' Sato recalled his little sister's love for adorable creatures and individuals.

"Hand it over to him, Meson." Worrus said.

"Ah, right, yes. Here, young lord. Take it." Meson withdrew a special small box from his space ring and gave it to Sato.

'Hmm?'

Sato placed his new sword in his space ring and received the box from Meson. Opening it, he saw a golden key lying within.

[[ System notification :

You have received 1 [Void Opening Key].

]]

"Void opening key?" Sato couldn't help but ask.

Worrus nodded as he explained.

"With this key, you no longer need to come to Black Grill's cave before you can enter the hall. So long as you are within the region of Stonecreek Forest, you can open up a void door and teleport over. The range is quite small because the Hall [1] has been in a dormant mode for a while now. Once it's restored to full power, more of its functions would be unveiled, the range could even extend to cover the entirety of this kingdom."

As he heard those words, Sato couldn't help but feel astonished. He never expected the little key before him to possess such capabilities. This was equivalent to a transportation tool and when the Hall restores itself to full operation, the range of the teleportation would cover the whole kingdom. This was a kingdom and not a city. By conservative estimates alone, an average kingdom in IR was similar to Canada in landmass.

'With this key, turning the Hall into our base of operation becomes easier..' Sato's eyes flashed with ideas.