Aranea Syphon Part 1

[Location: W.E.B.'s Base Tower, 11th Floor]

"(It seems, I have a visitor.)" Said a woman in her mind, as she with her spider-like feature, as she had her spider legs aid her up.

"(Fancy meeting you here, Lady Aranea Syphon)" Her visitor, the Black Merchant shows himself floating in her balcony outside.

As Black Merchant shows himself, Aranea Syphon's Arachon Soldiers, who were actually guarding in her room, from crooks to elites, immediately prepared themselves, preparing their abilities as well as their weapons.

"(I'm flattered you had given me this kind of welcome.)" Black Merchant sees the Arachons' reactions, he felt flattered and honoured over it.

"(Don't mind them...)" Aranea smirks, using her [Influence Extension] to 'influence' those soldiers to stand down and kneel on the ground, circling around her.

"(They're just stocks for my power anyways.)"

"(Those who could tamper with minds like us, could just easily access another's powers with ease, especially if we happened to have the same compatibility, right?)" Aranea asks Black Merchant.

"(Well, that's no secret to me...)"

"(As a fellow 'telepath-like', if I want to access others' abilities, I should make sure my very vessel is capable of performing such feat, despite all of us generated the same kind of energy to draw our abilities.)"

"(Speaking of vessel..., it seems your body is quite fit for the task, milady.)" Black Merchant tries to raise Syphon's ego by mentioning his beautifully mutated humanoid spider hybrid body.

" Oh, you liked it. " Syphon finally speaks with her mouth while flicking her hair, feeling flattered as Black Merchant mentions the beautifulness of her body.

" You know, a lady needs so much effort to attain greater beauty. "

" Something that men like you wouldn't understand. "

" For all you think is all just power, money, and lusts, you- "

" Oh, my goodness, really!? " Black Merchant interrupts, slapping his head with his hand.

" Of all the years I lived, never thought I see this again in this mortal realm... "

" And that term is 'W*ke', usually happened and generated with females like you who had some deep disgust with men, f*king unbelievable sickness from female, usually happens because of... " 

" 'Trauma'...? " Black Merchant says while dodging the blasts Syphon released from one of her spider legs, blasts that hits the balcony glass door behind him.

" Mechanic Enhancements... " Black Merchant replied after dodging it.

" Lemme guess, Prof. Vile had something to do with it. " Black Merchant grins, while Aranea shoots him more which he dodges.

" Guess I hit the nerve... " Black Merchant grins after dodging.

" It seems I get why you're with W.E.B. and being a villain you are right now. "

" I just said it and immediately received a quick confirmation. "

" Guess I didn't have to make you tell your origin story anymore, I could immediately guess the whole plot in seconds. " Black Merchant's finger made a flick pose, he flicks his finger, flicking some invisible thing that immediately made Aranea flee from her current position.

* Wall destroyed. *

An invisible force, bullet, or even blasts destroyed it. Casted by Black Merchant the moment he flicks his finger in the middle of the air he's in.

"(What did you do?)" Aranea asks while using her [Influence Extension], raising her soldiers once more as she now realized her new opponent is not at the level she originally thought before.

* Arachon Soldiers attack. *

" Let's go, use as many soldiers as you wish. "

" For I'll make sure you get flicked so hard like a f*king bug you are! " Black Merchant smiled as they all attack him, quickly preparing his flicking pose again.

...

...

(Many years ago.)

[Location: Somewhere in Izuno Province.]

" Step right up, step right up! "

" Today is a special day, huge discount for my products, products that you will never see in Hellios since I'm an independent seller, not some lackey from Hellios Capitalist Syndicate! "

Black Merchant, being a merchant he is, travels in the places on the Floating Lands of the whole Hellios, especially Izuno Province, the Province he believed to always defy the rule of Hellios' heroes.

" Hello there, dear customer, fancy meeting you, how can I help!? " Black Merchant greets a customer who decides to physically enter the store he had in Izuno, usually they brought things online to save their time.

" So, this is the 'Black Merch Shop'*, the Shop that sells things that can't be found in Hellios Capital? " Said the customer a teenager boy customer who happened to go by.

" Of course, dear customer! "

" The 'Black Merch' will always give you things unlike no other, whether you buy it online or onsite, the qualities are all guaranteed to satisfy! "

" You can find many things here, even things that the Hellios Capital will never let the people of your Province to have. "

" Like 'advanced mech and weapons'..., the one used to get rid of the 'Vandal Monsters'. " Black Merchant tells as the boy listens and immediately gets interested about it.

" Weapons! For Vandals!!!?? " The boy shout it with joy.

" How much is it!? " The boy asks while Black Merchant just show him the price placed in front of his weapons.

" Oh my, I can use Izuno's Digichips* too!? " The boy asks, immediately asking the Black Merchant if the saber he sees in front of him, the one they're looking now, can be bought.

" Yes, this can be bought. "

" The [Plasma Saber Slayer 9.000], this one laser sword can flash a powerful disintegrating blade made from plasma. "

" Unlike those on Hellios, in that place, the disintegrating feature of their plasma blade had been degraded and weakened due to their rules, rendering the users weak against the swarming terror of Vandal Monsters. "

" I made a great risk to sell this one baby, the real laser sword that even those without power can cut those with power with ease. "

" Darn, even those who came before you never believed that this baby here is a real disintegrating laser sword they were searching for. "

" Not to mention, I already offered them to try it, but they simply refuse. " Black Merchant explains it.

" May I try it? " The boy asks Black Merchant which made Black Merchant takes some hold over himself as the laser sword is going to bought.

" You..., you want to buy it? " Black Merchant forgets that despite his excitement of the plasma laser sword there is going to bought, the thing is, the one who bought it is a teenager who is definitely below seventeen years old.

" Umm..., dear customer. "

" Before we go to the next phase, mind I ask you your purpose on using this thing for? " Black Merchant asks the teenage boy customer as he immediately replied to Black Merchant with the reply he never expects.

" Oh my..., that... " Black Merchant murmurs while trying to assess the whole thing.

" I'm buying, here my Digichips! " The customer gives Black Merchant his Digichips in the table, with the quantity that is even over the initial price glued on top of the weapon itself, immediately taking the Plasma Sword as he leaves Black Merchant with his new revenue.

" Well, I know I'm an independent merchant and I should've cared less on what my merch is used for by the customers..., but- " Black Merchant looks at his leaving customer far away, leaving him as Black Merchant thinks on what to do with it in his place.

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Extra:

* 'Black Merch Shop'.

The name of Black Merchant's shop. The shop that sells everything out of ordinary.

* Izuno's Digichips.

A futuristic physical payment made by the Izuno Province, part of their defiance over Hellios' economic policies that gives them disadvantage over Hellios' Money Rate the province had over other provinces.

The Izuno Digichips works like a thin USB that contains a certain amount of Digital Credit Money, their values however can be defined by what color of Chips they were in.

White Color Digichips: Contains 100 Hellios Credits.

Yellow Color Digichips: Contains 500 Hellios Credits.

Blue Color Digichips: Contains 1.000 Hellios Credits.

Purple Color Digichips: Contains 5.000 Hellios Credits.

Red Color Digichips: Contains 10.000 Hellios Credits which is the highest value that could be contained in the Digichips produced by Izuno.

The Digichips here are the reason the Izuno Province as well as their defiant allies can survive economically despite their constant depreciation made by the Capital. The depreciation and apreciation values are at stake in these times, so no one knows for certain how high and low the Digichips' value could be at against the Capitals' kind of physical credit transactions (Metachips).