Episode 15
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"No."
"Uh..."
Freddy, who heard Isabella's words, quickly shook his head.
There were more important things to do.
The next abyss it was time to enter would open in less than 48 hours and there were a few things to do before entering.
Isabella, who had suggested the proposal, opened her eyes wide.
Literally, a man was turning her down.
It wasn't that she really didn't want to go, however, there were things Freddy had to do.
It was then that Freddy spoke up.
"I have important business to attend to and I'm running a little late at the moment."
"I understand."
"But perhaps another time."
Isabella looked at Freddy, but it ended there.
He looked up at the sky and then smiled for a moment before walking away.
Isabella, who watched him walk away without another word, whispered:
"I wanted to know more about you, about how you're so good with a sword."
Because in theory, her plan to spend more time with Freddy was to learn more about his sword skills.
Isabella was known to be the best.
However, someone suddenly appeared and easily defeated her in several and dozens of fights.
Not a single victory.
Isabella, who had tested Freddy's skills purely with the sword, felt that he was a huge wall, skills that were too much for someone like him.
Even as a newly awakened man.
He found out because he looked at his level.
Observation was a skill that allows you to see some characteristics of people's system.
It's like spying on someone while they bathe.
He got it once Isabella woke up.
It was quite a useful skill.
Why?
Because in a fight, knowing someone's level and assessing their stats and class are essential before you start.
Only then can you know if you have a chance of winning.
"Freddy Verdance..."
He thought about it for a moment.
He really was the next patriarch.
However, this raised a question.
Why was a Verdance here?
Although that family has incredibly strong awakenings, they don't come to the abyss management department because their influence is so strong that no one says anything about their actions.
If they enter an abyss without a license, the agents won't say anything.
The fear of that family is greater than it appears at first glance.
In the past, it was a family that came out of nowhere, but became so strong in such a short time that all the awakened feared their future descendants.
Then, he recognized it.
"The Verdance family, those rumors were not false."
It is said that there are currently so strong high-level young members.
So, it was true.
Because with Freddy's figure, those rumors were real.
There was no doubt.
The Verdance are literally strong.
But there was a suspicion apart from that.
Because Isabella didn't know Freddy.
He fought against all the sword masters, yet there were never any rumors about a Verdance with incredibly high sword skills, even superior to Isabella's.
"You mean, actually, his specialty is not the sword."
Crazy.
It was simply absurd.
If sword really isn't his specialty, then he's a true monster.
Perhaps the next tenth monarch.
Isabella burst out laughing at the idea.
However, there was no denying it.
Although the Verdances had strong limbs, Freddy was different from them.
A monster who mastered the sword at a higher level than Isabella, and there were even suspicions that his specialty was not the sword.
Magic.
Would magic be his specialty?
But she never sensed a strong magical power in Freddy, so she dismissed the idea.
Isabella shrank back and her head exploded in thought.
"He's someone mysterious."
So she decided to research everything about him and who he really was.
A Verdance... She would find out if he was from that family or not, and why his sword skills were at an unimaginable level.
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The next creative abyss Freddy was to go to would appear on Everest in less than 48 hours.
However, he didn't head there to camp because he had something else to do.
Exactly, someone he had to find.
For that he had to enter the abyss.
It was not a creative abyss, but literally the entire abyss.
The land of monarchs and a myriad of incredibly powerful creatures and beings.
However, he was used to seeing that and it would not frighten him.
It was better to avoid unwanted places in the abyss.
Freddy knew exactly hundreds of places to avoid the gazes of creators and the monster races that were scattered all over the abyss.
A sky as black as ash, and plains and mountains as if everything had been set on fire.
He was still not used to the appearance of the abyss.
It was an infinitely large place.
He didn't know if there really was an end to this place.
The magical power emanating from the abyss was unbearable; he almost fainted, but he resisted as long as possible and entered a cave.
"Less than 48 hours left, I need to find him as fast as possible."
That guy should be close to where Freddy was.
Freddy was looking for a demon.
This demon wasn't a normal one.
He was a demonic trader.
Although the abyss seemed to be a place full of monsters and death, in reality it is like the earth.
There are cities and everything you can imagine.
All this by the nine races.
The nine races are part of the Monarch race.
These nine races have two cities each, divided all over the world of the abyss.
Of course, these races respect the territories where the creative abysses exist.
Because each creative abyss is a land with an owner, who would be the "Creators" of Abyss.
Although the nine races avoid them, it does not mean that they are afraid of the creators, because the nine races are incredibly strong.
Not even a level 99 can defeat a single member of the nine races.
They were so strong and superior to level 99 humans.
In the past a raid was conducted to take down one of the nine races, however, everything failed and the earth was close to being overrun by one of the nine races.
Arhat, however, moved at the time and prevented the invasion.
Freddy wondered why, but before he died and returned, he knew the answer.
"There it is."
At the same time, Freddy looked at a wooden shack about five meters square, with some glass windows reinforced with magic power.
If you live in the abyss, you must protect the house with magic power to avoid the waves of magic power from the monarchs.
Although it sounds absurd, Arhat's magic power reaches the whole abyss.
They were called magic waves.
Because they can even be seen.
Huge lightning bolts running in the black sky of the abyss were visible all over the place.
Freddy walked towards the house and knocked on the door.
"Fuck, now who the hell is it!"
A raspy, hoarse voice sounded.
It was the voice of a demon.
Although the beings of the abyss were the enemies of humans, the "Merchants" were an exception.
For these are neutral and do not kill for fun.
As their title indicates, they are merchants who sell all kinds of things that are hard to find and obtain in the creative abysses or elsewhere in the abyss.
That is why merchants were important and were not considered enemies.
Although if you owe a debt, they will kill you without hesitation. If you accept their salvation when you meet them and they offer you something in exchange for living, it will be a trap and they will steal people's body parts.
They were not 100% reliable, but their items were so good that they did not try to kill them every time they appeared.
Muffled sound!
The door slowly opened.
At that moment, Freddy looked into emerald green eyes and two horns on the demon's head. It was wearing casual clothes.
Actually, it was a leather outfit.
Although merchants are strong, they weren't that strong, and they usually wore gear to protect themselves from anyone who wanted to kill them for something.
The demon looked at Freddy, frowned and spoke.
"A human? Why is a human around?"
"I came to buy just one thing."
Actually, no.
What he wanted was to get a contract with this demon.
There was something Freddy came to this demon for.
Because in the past, he became someone important among the merchants and sold incredible items.
However, he was currently a low level demon, less than level 20. Despite that, he had rare items and such good items at a rather low price compared to other merchants.
That was why Freddy was going to force him to sign a contract.
Because he was weak right now, but in the future he would be a high level demon, higher than 99, and even a higher ranked merchant with all the such good stuff.
The demon, seeing Freddy's smile, frowned even more.
"I don't have anything right now, you idiot."
"Oh, is that so?"
"Of course, I sold everything yesterday and at the moment I haven't received any more items from the merchants' association."
Bullshit.
Actually, this guy always has items all the time.
However, Freddy knew him for something else.
This merchant demon was reluctant to sell items to humans.
Although he sold items to others, it was different with humans.
For some reason, he disliked selling items to humans.
It was true that very few had to pay the merchants. However, the humans who could pay bought not-so-good things, from which the merchants did not make as much.
Still, most of them sold to humans. However, this demon was different.
He was hard to convince to buy items from him, but Freddy had something else in mind.
"Ah, I don't have much time, so I'll do it the hard way."
"What the fuck...?"
The demonic merchant groaned in pain.
Blood spurted from her mouth as she watched Freddy's fist drive into her abdomen.