As Darius and Ahri were walking, they saw many people walking happily everywhere. Despite their helplessness in their first missions, they felt like they had the upper hand once they got some gear for their next world.
Darius was no different, he felt like he had a better advantage with this Energy Sword in his hands. Honestly, he would have opted for a Star Wars lightsaber rather than this Halo Energy Sword, but beggars couldn't be choosers.
"The Marvel store should be around this corner, we saw it earlier when we first arrived here." Ahri was eager to raise her strength. They might not even be able to afford anything in the Marvel store, who knows? Soon, the store came into view; the sign had a red circle with white letters in the middle that said, Marvel.
"Looks like we're here, let's see what we can get from this place," Darius said with a smile. Ahri nodded and both of them walked into the store. Strangely, the store was devoid of any customers; there was no one here to buy anything!
"Oh, more travelers, what can I get for the two of you?" As soon as they walked in, they were greeted by a woman with blonde hair and yellow eyes. The woman was about 2.1 meters, she was quite tall if Darius had to say so himself. He looked at her, then he saw a man sitting behind the counter behind her looking their way.
"Ah, My name is Darius and this is Ahri. We are here to, of course, check out the product you have on sale." Darius introduced himself right away, he didn't want to sound disrespectful in the face of this strong entity.
"Hehe, I already know who you are, Mr. BrightBurn and Ms. Nozomi. In my universe they call me Infinity and that is my brother over there, they call him Eternity. You can call me Cindy and you call him Cyrus, we will go by these names." Cindy introduced and said.
Darius shook, she called herself Infinity and her brother was Eternity! Darius remembered what that old man said earlier; that the entities in these shops were no joke!
Darius remembered who Infinity and Eternity were, they were cosmic entities from the Marvel universe and they were here of all places selling things!
Darius took a deep breath and calmed down. Ahri didn't know who these people were because she had only watched the Marvel movies and these types of people never appeared.
"Hehe, Calm down Mr. Brightburn, I know you've figured out who we are, but we're only here to help you by selling things to you and give you some advice if possible," Cindy said calmly with a smile.
"Uh, okay! We just want to know what you're selling, can you show us something?" He was wiping the sweat off his forehead, in the face of this superior being he was very nervous; they were just too strong!
"Yeah, we want some abilities if possible, if not, we'll probably have to settle for weapons." Ahri felt like she was a little too broke at the moment, so she had this feeling that she wouldn't be able to afford anything.
"Hmm, I understand. We sell bloodlines, Abilities, and much more, come over here and I'll give you a list of somethings." Cindy guided them both over and they saw many pills with different colors behind glass.
As they were walking over they saw Thanos's armor set, thor's armor set, and iron man armor set. They also spotted both thor's hammers, Mjolnir and Strombreak sitting on display! They stopped at an area where there were pills on display as mentioned not too long ago; they had different colors to them and sizes, some even had a glowing light and other strange effects exuding from them.
"These pills will give you the powers from the corresponded person from marvel, check out the prices," Cindy said.
Darius and Ahri looked and saw the list.
Wolverine's Abilities: 2,500,000 Survival Points + B Grade Token)
Spiderman's Abilities: 2,000,000 Survival Points + C Grade Token)
Hulk's Abilities (Rage): 2,500,000 Survival Points + B Grade Token)
Jean Gray Abilities: 1,000,000 Survival Points + D Grade Token x2)
Ice Man Abilities: 1,600,000 Survival Points + A Grade Token)
Magnetto Abilities: 1,600,000 Survival Points + B Grade Token)
Captain Marvel's Ability Set/The Creed: 2,500,000 Survival Points + A Grade Token)
Storm Abilities: 3,600,000 Survival Points + C Grade Token)
Scarlett Witch Abilities: ???
This list seemed to go on and on, there were at least 50 pages to this list, they even saw Zeus's Abilities which had question marks behind it, they couldn't see the cost!
"Shit!" Darius was speechless, he couldn't afford any of these Abilities. Ahri looked heatedly at the Captain Marvel Power set, it was no telling what she was thinking. There was even a Black Widow combat training pill that someone could take and they would instantly learn her fighting style.
Darius finally understood why no one was in this store, no one could afford anything from here right now!
Cindy smiled knowingly and said. "It's understandable, you will gain all of their abilities from the pills, you can even have multiple Abilities if you want. I understand that you noobies can't afford anything now but it's always good to show you, so you can work hard for it." Darius understood, It seemed like he won't be getting any powers for a while.
"There are Bloodlines from other stores in this area, like that DCU store and the Mythical Creatures store, which is someways away from here."
"The Bloodlines at that Mythical Creatures store sells things like the Dragons, Balrogs, Werewolves, Vampires, and more Bloodlines. But, I'm sure you wouldn't be able to afford a Bloodline from there either. I recommend you buy some top-quality weapons for the time being, no offense!" Cindy almost burst into laughter seeing Darius's expression but held it in.
"I understand. I'll buy some weapons for now, then we'll get some bloodlines or abilities later." Darius sighed and looked at Ahri who was silent, she nodded as to understand. Ahri knew she was poor, so she wasn't surprised or feeling down. The pursuit of power was never easy, they'll just have to complete some worlds and get more Survival Points.
"Okay, we'll be back once we have enough, I'll catch you later Ms. Cindy." Ahri bowed and walked away with Darius. Before they could leave, Cindy told them one last thing, she said that 1 Survival point equaled 100 Dollars currency in their world, so they could exchange for money later.
They were finally out of the store and thought about how they would be able to gear up.
"Hmm, where should we get some advanced weapons from?" Darius thought of Fortnite because he just saw someone walking around in a banana suit, like who would waste their money on that!?
"Let's go to the Call of Duty store for advanced weapons." Darius thought about the wonder weapons from the game and couldn't help but think how advanced they were. He could buy grenades and much more from the store, so there was no loss for him and her.
"Yeah, I've played Call of Duty Zombies, I want that Winter's Howl, no, I want to special bows from the game series!" Ahri, just thinking about the special weapons, spoke up right away. She was quite skilled with the bow, so if she were to get any of those bows from Black Ops 3, she would become a serious threat!
"Okay, let's get something from there, then go boost our Attribute stats." They would have to hold out on bloodlines and powers for the time being and get better weapons for their next mission.
Suddenly, Darius and Ahri saw a crowd of people in the area, they were surrounding a man who was speaking loudly and giving people some sort of special card.
"These cards are free, one per person, only those from The Boundaries Beyond can read these cards!" The man spoke as he gave them out; the man had keen senses so he knew who had one already and who needed one.
Darius and Ahri struggled to make it through the crowd but still managed to get through the crowd to grab one each. After they got their cards, they both got out immediately.
Ahri looked at the card, it had the title The Boundaries Beyond on it written in Blue letters. The Card had a QR code on it, which you would have to scan with your phone or put over your phone screen to Download the special app.
"Wow, you know things are serious when they even have an app!" Darius's eyes grew wide, does this mean he could order things from the app? He didn't have his phone with him as of now, but he could read the words on the cards which told them the app features.
From what they could see, you could start a chatroom on the app, you could start a guild, sect, or whatever organization from the app. Unfortunately for most, that probably won't happen for some time until people could buy territory here. With the Survival Points money exchange, getting rich wasn't much of a problem.
When people were summoned for their missions, they would randomly be grouped with people. However, if you were here, then you could bring a group. The group arrangements, for now, were random unless you were in a group chat or friends with someone, then you could bring them.
Sadly, they could only have up to 3 people in their chatroom. After all, everyone was still in their trial period and there would surely be some new people coming soon.
After looking and understanding it, Darius and Ahri put both of their cards into their pockets. They continued to the Call of Duty store to purchase some weapons. While they were walking, they saw another man giving out a free item.
The item he was giving out was a space bag, the items they seemed to be giving out were items everyone needed and they gave such things out for free. Ahri took a space bag but Darius didn't take one, he already had a space ring which had more space in it than the space bag despite it being low grade.
Soon, they were right before the Call of duty store, he could even see the Wheel Of Fate since it was so close to this store. Once he walked in, Darius and Ahri spotted several people buying weapons.
There wasn't much on this floor but many more on the higher floors. Each floor represented a Cod Series. This floor was for Cod World at war, the first one. Darius saw some people buying an Mp-40 and the STG from World at war.
Ahri approached the counter and asked the man behind it. "Me and my friend are looking for the wonder weapons, we would like to make a purchase on those." Ahri was brief and smooth with her words.
The man looked up and Darius was stunned again, it was Takeo Masaki from Zombies!
"Ah, someone who's Japanese, I didn't expect to see my people around here." Takeo smiled and continued "The wonder weapons are at the top floor, they are under that Dempsey watch, he'll sell them to you." Takeo gave a simple answer and pointed them to the stairs.
"Oh, okay, thank you so much for your help." Ahri bowed, which really pleased Takeo. Darius and Ahri immediately proceeded to the top floor, and they saw many people as the number of them increased. They passed the Modern Warfare 3 floor and saw the juggernaut suit from the game, it was really bulky and came with a light machine gun if you purchased it.
After about 10 minutes of going up several floors, both Ahri and Darius made it to the floor Takeo was talking about. The floor had many weapons, Darius even saw that you could buy perks which surprised him a lot. He was especially eyeballing the Dead Silence Perk, which would be very helpful if he bought it.
At that moment, a voice spoke up.
"More poor noobs joined the group, why do you guys even come here if you're so poor?" The man who spoke was a Caucasian man with a drill sergeant like attitude, it was Tank Dempsey.
"What do you new maggots want from this floor?" Dempsey said in a commanding tone.
Darius was stunned for a second but spoke soon after "What we want is to buy some wonder weapons!" Darius said strongly.
"Haha, you want to buy some wonder weapons? Trust me, you don't have enough, but you can try your fortune at the Mystery Box like everyone else." Dempsey pointed toward the corner of the room which showed a brown box with a question mark on it that lit up gold.
"You only get one free try and the rest you'll have to pay for a spin. Who knows, you might get a wonder weapon, though the chances are way too slim." Dempsey paused and grinned, "Let's make a bet, If you can get a wonder weapon, I'll give you both a free suit and perk, but if you can't, you'll pay me 15,000 Sp each. What do you say to that?"
Dempsey had gotten a few people with this trick already to the point where most of them owed him money!
Darius's mouth twitched hearing Dempsey's words, just as he was about to decline, Ahri spoke up.
"Deal! Let's do it, make sure you give us the free items, and you can't go back on your words!" Ahri didn't like this type of personality, he was obviously trying to take their money, so she challenged him.
Darius wanted to say something to Ahri but her face was so determined that he remained silent, after all, she barely spoke at all.
"Not bad! We have a strong-willed one over here, Nikolai, come check her out!" At that moment, a man with a vodka bottle in his hand came out of the back. His nose was red, he was obviously drinking a lot before this.
"Hmm, that's always how it seems, they're usually losers in the end but this one seems different from the rest, let's give it a shot." Nikolai paused and looked at Darius and Ahri with his drowsy eyes and said.
"Tell you what, I'll give you a discount card for one of these random shops around here if you do get a wonder weapon." The scent of vodka wafted from Nikolai's breath which caused Darius and Ahri to cover their noses.
"Ugh, Mister Nikolai, could you please brush your teeth, that vodka smell is horrible!" Ahri didn't care, his breath was just too bad.
"Haha, looks like you're really bad with the ladies!" Dempsey mocked and laughed
"Ha, my 3rd wife was just like this, always complaining about my vodka." Nikolai didn't seem to care and continued "You, the African man, you try first, then the Chinese girl can go next." Nikolai swallowed another mouth full of vodka and said.
Darius wanted to correct him but decided to not waste his time. However, Ahri was different. "I am not Chinese, I am Japanese!" Ahri was somewhat offended by what he said and roared.
"Oh, sorry, you're like Takeo. Ah, he is so boring, I mean, who doesn't like vodka, jeez!" Darius ignored him and began to walk towards the Mystery Box.