Arriving at Asura Kingdom.

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Before leaving the Winchester store I made sure that each woman reached 100% concentration. including my mother-in-law and hers two daughters, as well as my entire family including my sisters and aunts...

When I left the Winchester store only the female employees waved me off with a bright smile on their face and even the most sentimental female employees were in tears.

This is due to our promise to meet again within Tartaros.

That is the main reason why they began to seriously meditate and manage to raise their dominant source in order to enter Tartaros without problems.

I completely ruled out going back to my shop with the slaves and went straight to the Dwarf blacksmith's shop.

The people that surrounded the Dwarf's shop had left, that made it easier for me to enter and I only found a Dwarf at the counter serving customers. ⁓"Hello "⁓ greeting upon arrival in front of the counter.

⁓ "That he offers himself to you." ⁓ The Dwarf asks me.

⁓"I'm here for a couple of rifles and some ammunition"⁓ I reply.

The Dwarf nods and walks away from the counter for a moment. It takes several minutes and when he returns he brings with him a pair of black .50 caliber rifles. he puts them on the counter and next to the rifles a couple of magazines. ⁓ "The Blacksmith has taken a special break, but I leave his request." ⁓ The Dwarf points at him and I go over to check the two Rifles next to the ammunition.

While I'm checking it, the Dwarf gives me a quick description: .⁓"the weapon weighs 4 kilograms, it measures 1.5 meters and each projectile fired has a muzzle velocity of 854 m/s. It fires 70 bullets per minute with a scope 2,500 meters under normal conditions.

⁓"This improved rifle can multiply its strength X 2 with a span of 3 seconds per shot."⁓ having said that. the Dwarf takes out a pair of rings and hands them to me saying ⁓"in the green ring are the ammunition for the pistols he asked to make and in the red ring are the ammunition for the rifles.."⁓ by holding the rings, I immediately check the contents.

Inside each ring came several hundred thousand boxes of ammunition. These ammunitions are of different types. from explosive, expansive, perforating and elemental: fire, wind, water, earth, etc.. etc.

When I finished checking the ammunition, I looked at the Dwarf and asked. ⁓"How much is it for everything,"⁓ the Dwarf gave me an awkward face and says in an embarrassed way. ⁓ "The Master Blacksmith requested 5 crystals of supreme quality and two cases of wine." ⁓ I nodded and immediately took out the five crystals along with two boxes with 12 bottles of wine per case. being a total of 24 bottles and I put them on the counter.

The first thing the Dwarf checks are the wine bottles and I even look at them against the light. to see the density of the wine in each bottle..

When he finished reviewing the last bottle, the Dwarf nods and comments. ⁓ "The wine is fine" ⁓ Saying this, the Dwarf immediately puts the two boxes away and then checks the mana crystals.

The Dwarf gave me a strange look before putting the five crystals inside a safe behind the counter and says. ⁓ "Thank you, it was a pleasure doing business with you."⁓ When the Dwarf said this, I automatically thought that our business was over and I say thank you...with a smile.

I turn around and leave the store.

I wanted to take a last look at my store before leaving, but this was impossible for me because of the large number of people who are lined up in front of the booths waiting for their turn to exchange their fruits.

Before leaving the Winchester shop I had left instructions to my assistants what to do and to tell the slaves when the sweets ran out.

I just limited myself to looking at the store from a distance for several minutes until I felt observed. at which point I just turned around and walked towards the nearest store and started to buy some products, gradually moving away from the place....

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Two subjects dressed in green robes that cover their faces were hiding between a couple of stores two blocks from the store, looking at Steve standing looking towards the store, one of the subjects this caught his attention.

⁓ "What do you have?" ⁓ Asks one of the subjects to his partner who was somewhat distracted.

⁓ "Nothing" ⁓ answers the second guy, after he watches Steve walk off to buy a couple of pieces of fruit.

Subject follows his partner's gaze and finds Steve shopping. ⁓ "Hey, Runni look at that guy" ⁓ the guy named Runni takes a closer look at Steve and narrows his eyes at him. ⁓ "I think we've got a big shot Tod" ⁓ the guy named Runni replies to his partner.

The guy named Tod nods and makes a couple of signals and then another couple of guys walk up. ⁓ "What do you have for us" ⁓ asks one of the guys with a smile on his face.

⁓ "Look at that boy" ⁓ Tod says to the newcomers, pointing at Steve. The two newly arrived homeless men look at Steve for a moment and screw up his face saying. ⁓"what's up with that poor boy."⁓

⁓ "Yes, Tod I think you're getting old, that guy's clothes will have lice or bedbugs at best. "⁓ comments the fourth guy who just arrived..

⁓ "Now, look at his right hand," ⁓ Tod comments with a bright smile on his lips. the three thieves look at Steve's hand and one of them comments. ⁓ "He's got a couple of ringsTod.?" ⁓

⁓ "Wait, wait, and just keeps looking." ⁓ Tod responds to his companions. when Steve stores the newly bought things in his ring, the three thieves are surprised, but before they go on a rampage. Tod stops them and adds. ⁓"don't move."⁓ the three thieves look at Tod doubtfully and he says. ⁓ "something is wrong with that boy, it's strange that no one has stolen it yet.. "⁓

⁓"Are you stupid Tod, it's obvious that no one has noticed his wealth." ⁓ Runni comments with a smile, getting ready to act fixing his robe and gloves, looking at his two companions ⁓"come on guys it's time to get rich." ⁓ the two thieves in front of Runni nod and start walking towards Steve.

the only one that stays in place is Tod trying to make a bit of memory, this is due to the appearance of the rings on Steve's hand..

Tod looked at his three companions following Steve and turned around to go with his leader to tell what he had seen so far...

Ronni watched Tod turn and walk away towards his base. Watching Runni stop one moment and sneer, one of his partner asks. ⁓ "what's up Runni don't tell me you chickened out. "⁓

Runni smiles with another grimace and answers: ⁓ "Not at all Feka, just that stupid Tod will tell the boss." ⁓ The guy named Feka smiles and nudged his partner. ⁓"tell him Juy"⁓ the third guy named Juy nods and begins to tell Runni the plan to get the best profit without sharing anything with others...

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This time without panicking, Steve walked calmly towards Mephisto's shop because the looks he felt on his back were very different from the previous ones...

Even Steve compared them to three-year-olds in front of the looks from professionals...

Since these new subjects do not represent any type of threat unlike the first glances that were stuck into his skin and check every last detail of any type of movement that he made ...

The only thing that Steve did was that when he felt those looks approaching, he quickly entered the nearest store, when he finished with his purchase, Steve left through another door of the store and continued on his way...

In this way, he passed through the two different areas until he reached Mephisto's store. Upon entering the store and before greeting, the old Mephisto nods and greets. ⁓ "What brings you back to my shop..."⁓ the old man frowns and looks towards the street where the three thieves were...

Steve noticed the old man's look and shook his head a couple of times saying. ⁓ "Nothing to worry about, they're just a couple of thieves and very bad by the way." ⁓ The old man just rolls his eyes after remembering Steve's panicked face the last time he entered the store..

⁓ "You made a decision "⁓ The old Mephisto asks with doubts. Steve sighs and nods silently affirming in response..

⁓ "Excellent boy." ⁓ Mephisto answers and starts looking in one of the shelves behind him, minutes later he pulls out a letter and explains. ⁓ "this is an invitation that was given to me years ago when I reached the Rank of magician and it is given to us to send a disciple, I never had the need to send one"⁓

⁓"What's the deal. old man?" Steve asks.

The old man smiles with Steve's attitude and nods saying. ⁓ "Sure, sure, this won't be free, I just need a favor from you." ⁓ Steve nods and the old man begins to explain what he should do after learning how to use some magic.

After hearing the old man's request Steve replies: ⁓ "Sure, old man." ⁓ the old Mephisto hands over the letter and comments. ⁓ "now go to one of the white doors and good luck boy." ⁓ after grabbing the letter Steve pulls out a bottle of wine and hands it to the old man.

Mephisto receives the bottle of wine with a smile and waits until Steve leaves the store, to put the bottle away without giving the wine a second look...

Leaving the store Steve first looks towards the white doors and realized that the site was far away and calmly takes the C8 Corvette out of storage leaving the three thieves who look with the open mouth.

The old man hears a noise outside the store, but ignores it and with his hand, raises an anti-sound shield in the shape of a bubble that immediately surrounds him to continue reading him...

Steve took 30 minutes to arrive in front of the white doors under the watchful eye of a hundred people who watch the Corvette C8 disappear as if it had never existed and all those people were left with their mouths open..

After putting the car away, Steve lined up in front of the door and after several minutes of receiving stares. Steve arrived in front of a platform with a large desk where a man in a white tunic with two gold stripes on the sleeves was sitting.

the lord gave him a quick look from head to toe and asked lazily. ⁓"name"⁓

⁓ "Steve Walton" ⁓ he answers.

The man writes down the name in a kind of book and seconds later adds.. ⁓ "Ok Steve, they'll take you right away to take an entrance test to Tartaros. "⁓ Steve takes out the brooch that Mephisto gave him and shows it to the man.

The gentleman on the dais narrows his eyes at the brooch and nods. ⁓ "Well, that saves a lot of trouble. Steve, you have something else you should show.." ⁓

At the end of the question, Steve shows the letter and the man nods, writes down some things in the book and points to the door on the side saying."Have a safe trip....."⁓

Steve nods and looks up at the white frame of de Door.

Begins to walk with slow steps. Upon arriving in front of the door he lets out a sigh, closes his eyes tightly and jumps into the golden screen inside the door..

Behind the dais with dark letters appears the information: [ Steve Walton, Asura Kingdom Magic Academy. Range: None ]

When Steve's information comes out, several people write down his data and begin to look for some more information regarding the brat.

Several hours later, the three thieves arrived near the doors panting with exhaustion and after asking several questions they felt like crying because they must return immediately to their leader to report their discovery...

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While Steve had his eyes closed inside his head, he received several consecutive announcements...

[ You have entered the world of Tartaros ]

[ The system will restart its operations and due to the Mana in your body your stats will be updated and simplified for better understanding ]

Seconds after the prompt, Steve received his status.

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Name: Steve Walton.

Range: None

Mana: ?????

Strength: [+20 ] Iron: Ⅰ

Skill: [ 0 ]

Passive Skill: [ Active ] ( Capture Essence ) ( cum x 2 )

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Observations: Strength will be equivalent to the strength of an adult. = +10

[ Iron. [Ⅰ] This will be equal to the Strength of two adults. = +20

[ Iron: Ⅱ ] This will be equal to the Strength of four adults. = +40

[ Iron: Ⅲ ] This will be equal to the Strength of six adults. = +60

[ Iron: Ⅳ ] This will be equal to the Strength of eight adults. = +80

[ Iron: Ⅴ ] This will be equal to the Strength of ten adults. = +100

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Before finishing reading the system notices, Steve's reading was interrupted by several laughs around him, he immediately opened his eyes and checked his surroundings.

Steve is in the middle of a square under a white portal, this portal is made of the same material as the doors in the Lobby. In the surroundings of the portal, people were waiting for the arrival of the new visitors.

People in this place are dressed in different tanned leather armor and in their hands different weapons, mostly swords, shields, bows, daggers and spears.

⁓ "Young man this way please" ⁓ shouts a soldier dressed in plate armor resembling Roman armor. in his left hand a long shield and a sword hanging of his waist.

Steve reacts to the soldier's call and after moving several meters away, a buzzing noise starts coming from the portal where seconds later a flash completely illuminates the square and another person appears in the same place where Steve was standing.

The face of the newcomer under the portal, was of absolute panic unleashing laughter from everyone, Steve looked at the boy's face and smiled in the same way who all, before following the soldier...

The soldier in the same way called the other newly arrived boy. ⁓ "boy, boy this way please" ⁓ the young man nods and walks towards the soldier...

the boy along with Steve, were sent in front of a desk on the side of the square, in that place there was another soldier making a name record and in turn delivering a necklace with a small metal plate where the name of the similar person was written to military identification tags.

⁓ "Put the necklace around your neck. "⁓ orders the soldier and adds. ⁓"Don't stray from the plaza."⁓ After the warning the soldier begins to search the next visitors behind Steve and the boy's back.

Obviously the pair of young people ignore the soldier's words, but these two young people have different reactions.

Steve immediately puts the necklace around his neck, the other boy puts the necklace in his pocket and leaves the square...

Steve does a quick reconnaissance of the type of place he is within the plaza, finding several important locations that caught his eye.

It is in a circular square of 500 meters, the floor made of brick, the portal is right in the middle of the square and in the surroundings there are innumerable arms shops, mostly they sell equipment for warriors and these weapons range from swords, armor, shields, bows and daggers.

Then there are the potion shops, clothing shops, and shops where they sell the cores of beasts.

There are also temples of various styles, inns, bars, and houses. Most of them are made of wood with gabled roofs of straw or some material such as wood or stone, with a typical house style of the Middle Ages...

by the infinity of houses around Steve began to make various deductions until he looked up.

Several kilometers away was a Wall, that due to its distance and size, was the largest wall that he had seen so far...

After the initial shock Steve began to check his surroundings, how people transport, they use horses and horse-drawn carriages.

The streets are made of bricks or rocks and are very wide. In its main streets, three to four carriages can easily enter together, but the situation changes a bit in alternative streets, because they are smaller. similar to the avenues and streets of the city, but with the obvious difference of pavement and stones...

People in this location wear low quality Victorian clothing with only one color. Most of these people dress in opaque and worn colors that are not very conspicuous. These people are easily identifiable compared to those people who wear more luxurious clothes.

It was an unmistakable difference in population.

Everyone who arrives at the square is directed towards a four-story building very similar to a city hall with several windows, but with a single wooden entrance...

The entrance is a gate with two doors made of a set of robust planks 3 to 3.5 meters high and 2 meters wide for each door...

On each side of the entrance is guarded by a knight, these knights are dressed from head to toe in plate armor made of metal. the knights in their hands hold a Templar sword placed upside down, in front of their legs and on their sleeves his Rank.. [ Bronze Ⅰ ]

Above the entrance, a sign that says in large letters "Hunters Association" the young man who was behind Steve, walks faster and goes ahead to enter the building...

Steve stops in front of the entrance and begins to look around for some more information, noticing a map next to the entrance with large black letters...

The map says: Kingdom of Asura, Capital: Indra, locality: Kama.

Steve memorizes his location and walks away from the building, going in front of some carriages on the side of the building. He looks at the coachman and says: ⁓ "take me to the Magic Academy" ⁓ the driver's face changes radically and he shouts with emotion ⁓ "right away sir " ⁓ Steve gets into the brown carriage drawn by four horses...

Before leaving Kama, Steve saw the young man leaving the "Hunters Association" with a smile on his lips looking at the badge in his hand. The driver of the carriage interrupts the thought by asking: ⁓ "Sir, do you have escorts or do you want to hire one at the exit of the town.? "⁓

Steve shakes his head, as he clutches his head. ⁓"no, no, I have my own bodyguards. "⁓

Steve comments with regret and after his words, as if by magic his head stopped buzzing after the innumerable requests of the beasts inside the storage space...

On the outskirts of the town of Kama, several groups of warriors approached the carriage where Steve is traveling. shouting his price to serve as an escort....

⁓"Sir, sir 100 DC coins. "⁓

⁓"Sir, 500 DC coins for a group of 4 "⁓

⁓"Sir escort. for 1000 DC coins. "⁓

Strangely, the carriage did not stop and continued advancing along the cobbled street for a certain distance after leaving the town, the driver began to worry and fearfully asked. ⁓ "sir, sir, where is your escort." ⁓ Steve sticks a hand out the window of the carriage and by magic four Golden Gorillas, each twenty feet tall, appear behind the carriage...

The carriage driver turns pale with fright upon hearing the thunderous cry of the Golden Gorillas.

After several minutes the driver was speechless as he watched how each one of those beasts took their positions covering the four sides of the carriage without scaring the horses any more...

⁓"Going on" ⁓ says Steve. to which the driver nods fearfully quickly...

With a flick of the reins, the carriage begins to move forward leaving a panicked population behind after the sudden appearance of Four Beasts. The panic in the population is because each Beast has enough strength to fight head-on against a squad of Golden Knights. Range: Ⅴ.

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