The passage of time was strange for the pair of sleepers, sometimes accelerating, sometimes the opposite, but always moving forward thanks to the navigation sense of the barrier.
*BAM*
Suddenly a strong impact occurs, shaking the barrier.
"Hmm? Five more minutes, Mom," the dragon says with closed eyes.
"Don't disturb your king during his sleep," the rooster mumbles in his dream.
*PLOP* *THUD*
Suddenly a strange sound occurs, and the duo feels a strong impact. The barrier finally reaches the end of the tube and falls freely to another place.
"AHHHH!" The moment Gold saw they were falling, he widened his eyes and started screaming.
"Shut up, chicken!" Draco finally decides to open his eyes reluctantly upon hearing the irritating scream.
Seeing the scenery, Draconius finally realizes what happened. Lazily, he summons the control panel of the barrier and makes it stop falling.
Shaking his head to dispel sleepiness, Draconius finally takes a good look at the landscape.
"We finally arrived at the location of our future bank!"
The scenery impressed Gold.
It was an endless barren land of reddish rocky soil, with a strange colored smoke covering the entire surface of the place, reaching up to 1 meter in height. The sky was purple, with no sun, no moon, and no stars, only this predominant color. Looking up, it's possible to see the space filled with infinite tubes dumping a strange mix of gases, predominantly blue, purple, and silver.
"What the hell is this place?" Gold is curious for a moment, but as he stares at the strange gases, he shivers, feeling a deep fear. In a few seconds, his vision blurs, and panic sets in, but suddenly Draconius steps in front of him.
"Don't look for too long, not even you, a system spirit, should be here. The gases are pure divine energy condensed from the laws that govern the infinite universes and their various worlds. You'll go crazy or even die if you continue." The dragon warns him with a serious look on his face.
*Plop*
Gold quickly nods while laying a golden egg. Seeing that the chicken understood, Draconius carefully maneuvers the barrier to land.
"Get on my shoulder; you don't want to touch this gas." Draco orders, and the rooster quickly climbs up.
Pressing a button, the barrier quickly shrinks and disappears. Leaving the duo on solid ground, the place they were in was entirely flat, ideal for constructions.
"It seems harmless. Who would've thought it has the energy to explode worlds playfully?" Draconius speaks, kicking the gases with his feet. The chicken holds onto the dragon's neck as if his life depends on it.
When Draconius was about to open his mouth to conclude the mission, a notification appears in front of him.
[First mission completed!]
[The beginning of a supreme legend!]
[How can the greatest banker in the multiverse not have a bank? This is unacceptable!] [Objective: secure the ideal location to establish a multiversal bank]
[Completion level]: EX+
[CALCULATING EXTRA REWARDS...]
"Completion level?" With a huge smile on his face, he turns to Gold, giving him an inquisitive look.
"The typical universal classification: F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, EX. In ascending order, it goes like that. Below B, you get reduced rewards, and above that grade, the rewards increase." Gold explains, gesturing the size of the rewards with his wings.
"But this place must be really good... for that level of classification. I don't know how this broken system will reward." The rooster tilts his head in doubt.
"Aren't you the system spirit?"
"I am, but I'm not the system itself. The system is the operational and entirely rational part, whereas I am the emotional part that can interfere if I judge that the system is failing or malfunctioning. But currently, my main function is to assist you." Gold looks hurt while stating his function.
"I understand." The dragon nods in agreement, suddenly a notification sound catches his attention.
*Ding!*
[COMMENCING REWARD....]
[FIRST REWARD: ENHANCED ACCESS TO PRIMARY FACILITIES]
At the same time these notifications appear, the gases, stationary at a meter above the ground, start to stir in front of them.
A small black hole appears, sucking all the gas within a one-kilometer square area without affecting the duo, and remains suspended in the air.
A transparent barrier, 500 meters high, emerges, covering the area and preventing the entry of divine energy gases.
"It's coming." Feeling the space ripple, the dragon speaks, while Gold nods excitedly.
*BOOM*
With a roar, a blue energy ball emerges from the black hole and starts expanding wildly, filling the entire space.
Taking the form of a mysterious construction, the energy suddenly disappears, revealing the future multiversal bank.
It was a gigantic Greek-style palace made of mysterious white marble, elevated on a hill.
There was a structure made of rustic bricks covering the hill, with stairs leading to the palace and forming several floors with open-air gardens and squares.
The palace had a large roof painted with magnificent scenes of various races negotiating, supported by several columns surrounding the internal structure.
In the four directions, there were four centralized circles made of violet metal, seemingly waiting for the logo of the grand establishment that will be inaugurated.
Each column was carved with golden inscriptions of an unknown language, giving a headache to anyone who looked at it for too long.
At the front, behind six columns, an arched entrance without gates stands right in the middle, welcoming visitors and showing that it doesn't need doors to be safe from invaders.
From the columns to the entrance, there were two rows of statues of animals, two tigers, two lions, two dragons, two phoenixes, and two griffins.
"Wow!" Only this came out of Draconius' mouth as he observed this construction.
Of course, it didn't come close to his parents' house, but he had been wandering in the void of the multiverse for so long that this was the first construction he had seen in billions of years.
"Is all this ours?" Draconius asks, feeling the excitement of finally having something to call his own.
"Yes. I swear that, according to the records, it was just a normal corporate building before. It must be the completion grade." Gold is also wide-eyed and scratches his head in doubt. He descends from Draco's shoulder to take a look around.
"Yes, it says here that it's enhanced." The dragon agrees and points his claw at the notification.
[SAY THE NAME OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMAGINE THE BRAND LOGO]
Then this message appears in front of the duo.
"Hmm... any cool ideas?" Draco in doubt asks the rooster.
"Cosmic Empire?" Gold gets excited and makes a suggestion.
"No, 'empire' sounds too aggressive. We're doing business, not conquering regions." Draconius immediately rejects.
With their hands on their chins, the pair thinks for a while and discusses the name.
"This one's good, not very creative, but it sounds cool." The rooster nods, satisfied.
"Alright." Saying this, the dragon closes his eyes.
[ARE YOU SURE YOU WILL CHOOSE THIS NAME AND LOGO TO REPRESENT THE BANK?]
Opening his eyes, Draconius affirms, "Yes!"
[CONGRATULATIONS! THE PRIMORDIAL COSMIC BANK HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED]
*zoom* *POW*
Suddenly, with this notification, a sharp noise is heard by the duo who then looks up and sees colorful fireworks rising and exploding in celebration.
The four violet circles are finally filled with an image.
Two dragons fly around the image, one black and one white, in the middle, there are chibi version of the duo, one dragon and one rooster, standing with hands on their waists, striking a cool pose.
"Looks cool, Hahaha!" The duo gets excited and starts laughing with happiness.
[DISPENSING SECOND REWARD: BANKER'S ATTIRE]
"Oops!" With this exclamation, an exquisite set appears, covering Draconius, consisting of a white shirt embroidered with golden details, a black suit, a purple tie, and a top hat covering the smaller horns.
Giving a formidable appearance to the dragon, who already looked mystical, he now appeared as a mystical business dragon.
"I want one too!" Seeing this, the rooster shouts with an excited face.
[THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE BANKER]
"Worthless guy." Gold says disdainfully.
"As the system says, there can only be one banker. Hehehe!" Draco displays an arrogant look to Gold while posing with his new clothes.
"You piece of shit brother, you trash..." Before Gold could continue with his insult, another notification appears.
[DISTRIBUTING REWARD FOR SHOOTING CHAOTIC MONSTERS: MAID COSTUME]
Suddenly, Gold starts to glow.
"NOOOOO!!!" Putting his wings on his head, he screams in despair.
A rooster dressed in a classic pink maid outfit suddenly appears in front of Draco.
"HAHAHAHA!" The dragon bursts into laughter.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" The rooster screams, tearing feathers from his head in hatred.