Sky stepped into the sunrise town with a smile. But this smile was not warm, it was a smile that was neither friendly nor provoking. It was a simple smile that would keep others at bay.
Sky's real smile was only reserved for his lovers and his friends, strangers did not have qualifications to earn his real smile.
As he entered the town, he gave some energy stones to a random monster and learnt the way to the town master's mansion.
Unlike the lower floors, where it was a dog eat dog world, the tenth floor was relatively safer. Instead of fighting against themselves, the monsters fought against the demons that would invade the planes.
So, unless the demons invaded, the floor was usually peaceful. This led to the development of occupations. On his way to the town's mansion, Sky saw numerous shops selling all kinds of materials.
There were shops that sold weaponry, shops that sold treasures, shops that sold demon hearts.
The shops that sold demons heart interested Sky a lot. He wanted to see what kind of blood essence a demon would have.
So, he stopped on his way and entered the 'Demon's body parts' shop. It was rather a simple name that conveyed what the shop sold exactly.
A young girl was currently sitting behind the desk, immersed in a book. Sky saw a book for the first time in his life and was intrigued.
"What are you doing?" He asked, having no idea of what a book was.
The young girl behind the desk was startled. There were no customers usually, so it shocked her when she saw a eighteen year old human suddenly appearing and asking her a question.
Sky was just thirteen years old, but he was nearing six feet height and the constant battling had left a bit of maturity on his face. This was the reason that the young girl thought he was eighteen.
"This, this is called a book. It's a rare item as we monsters only care about strength. Literature is just dust to monsters." Regaining her manners, the young girl answered Sky with a smile.
"You seem to be interested in literature though." Sky looked at the book she was holding as he spoke. She was so into the book a while ago that she had not noticed his presence when he had entered the shop.
If it was the lower floors, being this distracted could have immediately lead to one's death. This just showed how safe the tenth floor was, when they are not being invaded by the demons.
"Well, I am just a weak monster. I can't gain much strength even if I battle daily. So I was just immersed in small things that I can do." She replied honestly.
Sky nodded. From what he had observed, she was just a level five monster. This was one of the weakest level in the tenth floor.
"I would like to see a demon's heart." He got to the main point.
The young lady nodded and led Sky to the inner part of the shop where the best of their shop were stored. She then took out a dried out heart of a level six demon.
Sky took it into his arms and observed it carefully. It looked no different from his own heart.
"How do the demons look?" He asked.
"They usually look the same as humans, the only difference being that they have three eyes instead of two." The young girl found it strange that Sky was asking the most basic of questions. Everyone on the tenth floor knew how the demons looked.
"Do you have a heart that is fresh?" Sky wanted to to know how a demon's blood essence compared to monsters, so he wanted a heart that still contained blood essence.
But his expectations were destroyed. The young lady mentioned that the shop did not have a fresh heart. If he wanted a fresh heart, then he would have to come back when the demons invaded.
Sky shook his head, if the demons invaded, he would directly harvest their hearts, there was no need to come back to this shop.
He left the shop disappointed. He saw more shops as he reached the town Master's mansion, but none of them earned his interest. So he walked straight into the mansion.
Feeling the strong aura that is emitted from his body, the gate guards did not dare stop him from entering.
He walked in and started strolling around. The town Master's mansion was huge and had a pretty garden inside. Sky enjoyed his stroll as he admired the beautiful garden.
After a few minutes of strolling around, Sky found himself before a monster who had a smile upon his face. "May I know your name sir." The monster asked Sky politely.
"Sky. And you are..?" Sky did not reject the humbleness and spoke in a flat tone, neither overbearing nor flattering.
"I am Richard. The Town Master's son. A half blood Vampire." The monster introduced himself.
"Ah! A half blood. It's been ages since I heard that term." Sky continued the conversation.
The half blooded vampire chuckled, "Well, you will be hearing it frequently in the future. Unlike the lower floors, where half bloods are the enemies of both sides of parents, here, on tenth floor, which has a kingdom system where all the monsters live together, half bloods are very common."
Sky nodded. "Well, I actually wanted to meet your dad to ask a few questions and earn some information. It seems there is no need anymore." Sky had learned how important information was, this was the main reason for his visit to the town Master's mansion.
The half blooded vampire chuckled once again. People like Sky, who were direct were very easy to talk to. "What does Mr Sky need? If it is within my capabilities, I would be sure to fulfill it."
"I need the information about Demons and the unintelligent monsters species. Their races, structures, habits, nests, everything...everything you know about them." Sky answered straightforwardly.
The half blooded vampire thought for some time seriously and finally nodded his head. "There is no problem in giving you all the information, after all, the demons and the unintelligent species are the enemies of all monsters, but.... are you able to pay the price."
Sky smiled and waved his hand, a mountain of energy stones rolled out his left hand. Seeing this many energy stones, the half blooded vampire's spine hardened and his body stiffened.
He put on a stiff smile and awkwardly said, "this is too much. You must have killed a lot of 'monsters' to gain this much."
"Many 'colonies'." Sky corrected. All these stones came from the colonies he destroyed in the last three years.
"You are from the lower floors." The half blooded vampire had his doubts before, but when Sky mentioned colonies, he confirmed it.
Sky understood that he had said more than what was needed. No matter how much he tried, he just could not help showing off. This can be said to be his innate weakness.
Fortunately, the half blooded vampire did not continue this topic. "How do you plan to receive the information?" The half blooded Vampire asked, changing the topic back to the main point.
Sky took out a pearl that he had got from plundering the colonies he destroyed and gave it to the half blood. "This thing can record your voice for a specific time, store the information in it."
The half blooded vampire looked at this pearl with interest, but Sky shook his head. This pearl might be amazing to record voices, but the voices only stayed for day before dissipating from it.
So it's actual practicability was low.
The half blooded vampire went into his father's chambers to look into the information Sky needed. All the important information regarding the demons and the unintelligent species was stored in his dad's room.
He returned after two hours and gave back the pearl to Sky reluctantly. He really liked the pearl now. Sky shook his head and took out another pearl and gave it to the half blood. Sometimes he got to be 'magnanimous' and reward people.
"That would be ten drops of level five God's blood." He said handing over the pearl. Well he tried to be 'Magnanimous'.
The half blooded vampire jumped in shock. Blood of level five God was incomparable. In fact, Sky's huge mountain of energy stones would not even compare to half a drop of level five God's blood.
Sky shook his head seeing the expression on the half vampire's face.
[ Too poor. Hump! This is the reason you should be born with a handsome face.]
Even though this thought had no relation to Sky's wealth, he just wanted to mention he was handsome.
He gave the pearl that recorded the information to Artha. In future he would just ask Artha if he wanted to know anything.
Seeing that his purpose had been fulfilled, Sky left the mansion. He was just joking when he demanded payment for the pearl. He left it as a goodwill for future cooperation.
His new destination was the closest nest of a unintelligent monster species.
Sky needed to build a new body to Mey's soul. But he had no idea of how to create bodies. So Sky has come to a conclusion.
The unintelligent species cultivated their 'body' even after level nine. They are also said to be stronger than the Gods of similar levels.
He wanted to observe how the unintelligent species cultivated their bodies. He would use this reference to create a perfect body for Mey.
Another reason was that, his level had stopped increasing from absorbing monster's blood essence. So he wanted to see wether the Demon's blood essence and the unintelligent species's blood essence have any affect on increasing his level.