The First Store System

Chapter 837: Garos and Aakesh(2)

“What do you want in compensation?” Garos asked, his aura entirely different from earlier.

“One-fourth of your total wealth,” Aakesh remained expressionless as before.

Garos, who was ready to make his offer, couldn’t help but take a deep breath after hearing Aakesh. He didn’t expect Aakesh to demand this much.

The wealth of a Divine Lord was nothing to scoff at. Even asking a Divine Lord cultivator for money was ridiculous, but the amount asked for was even more ridiculous.

“What if I gave you an even better thing?” Garos asked suddenly.

Aakesh didn’t say anything in response but only looked at Garos, waiting for his response.

“Store owner, I have an offer for you! Would you like to listen?” Garos replied, his aura remaining the same.

Garos didn’t want to slight Aakesh by revealing the offer without first getting his opinion.

Aakesh remained the same as before, expressionlessly looking at Garos. Garos received his response.

He suddenly knelt down, his face touching the hard floor. His voice was as determined as before, and then he stated his offer.

“Store owner, I am ready to work for you. In place of it, I only want one thing.”

Aakesh finally understood why he had gotten a bad feeling from this man bowing and crying. It would be a lie if he said that he had expected it.

The reaction from Garos was totally unexpected, so much so that he didn’t speak right away.

Garos, kneeling on the ground, had his back wet with sweat. The longer Aakesh stayed silent, the more pressure he felt. Since he had already made his offer, there was no going back.

Not going back wasn’t a concern for Garos, but the thought that Aakesh might not be interested in his offer frightened Garos more. But since he had already made the offer, he continued handling the pressure and didn’t move his body at all.

Aakesh seemed uninterested, as Garos had feared, when he suddenly asked the system to make the man stand.

Suddenly, an invisible energy acted on Garos. No matter what Garos tried, his body operated on its own, and he stood up. He willed himself to kneel again, but his body refused to act.

Garos’s face turned pale as he felt himself similar to a bug in the presence of that invisible energy. As the fear of the energy took over his heart, the aura of determination he had been putting out around himself broke down.

“I have no interest in taking anyone under my wing. Aakesh’s words remained direct as he spoke, and they were followed by the phrase “at least not you.”

Garos’s body trembled as he heard Aakesh’s voice in his ears. Even though there was no emotion in Aakesh’s voice, Garos had the illusion of hearing disdain in the store owner’s tone.

“Why?” Garos’s voice had turned hoarse as he struggled to look into Aakesh’s eyes and asked. There, he saw nothing but the usual indifference toward him.

At that time, Garos didn’t even need to hear the response, and a helpless smile spread across his face.

When he saw the worst possible outcome standing in front of him, a tear formed in the corner of his right eye. He felt a pain similar to what he would feel every time he would look at his dying wife.

The non-demon had refused to take him even before hearing his request. He also couldn’t kill the non-demon. Only the invisible energy was enough to make him freeze; how would he even kill the non-demon in the presence of the owner of the energy?

At that moment, Garos didn’t even know what he was going to do next. The voice of the store owner rang in his ears again.

“I already told you what I want in compensation.”

Aakesh closed his mouth after the sentence. He didn’t even threaten Garos with the consequences if he failed to offer it.

When Aakesh had asked for one-fourth of Garos’ total wealth, he didn’t expect that he would offer him what he said. He expected Garos to either try to bargain or charge out of the store. But Aakesh mostly believed that bargaining would be the most probable outcome, but the scene developed outside of Aakesh’s expectations.

Why would he even need a worker in the first place? The system was already there for him. Only an idiot would consider someone like Garos when the system was on the other side. And from what Garos said, Aakesh became sure that Garos had something that wasn’t possible to deal with at his level.

Firstly, Aakesh did not need a servant. Even if he somehow miraculously decided to go with the offer, he would get a Divine Lord while paying for something that forced the Divine Lord to sell itself. Even an ordinary person would be able to tell that the deal would most probably result in a loss.

“What if I don’t give you what you want?” Garos seemed to reach his lowest point as his eyes turned red, and he coldly asked Aakesh.

Aakesh seemed unaffected by Garos’ reaction. He was in the store, where even a titled god would die if they dared to attack Aakesh, let alone a Divine Lord cultivator.

“It’s up to you. I had already made my point clear when I told Ricky,” Aakesh responded.

Garos remembered what he had heard from the general. If he didn’t pay the compensation, he should count his days.

Remembering the point, Garos began to laugh out loud. The laughter was more of a vent for Garos, as it was mixed with several emotions like helplessness, mockery, hatred, and anger.

“All right, go ahead. I am here, kill me!” Garos yelled out, and he fixed his gaze on Aakesh and stopped laughing.

Garos didn’t even wait for Aakesh to respond as he began rambling about his life.

The story was brutal and tragic, but not for Garos. The number of people he had killed in his life was enough for a large city’s population.

His story began with his birth about how his mother had died at the hands of his father. His father then married one of the female Thorrons he had once liked. Garos didn’t like the situation. Since he couldn’t kill his father, he killed the girl, who was his stepmother at the time.