Chapter 688 An Interesting Talk



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"Nah I'm not helping you. Hellberos, you promised to behave but you've been acting like a stupid idiot all the time, you're too unhinged sometimes." Albert sighed. "You deserve it, buddy. It's either this or you die. What do you prefer?"

"N-None!" Hellberos complained. "L-Let me go- UAAARGH!"

As I started modifying the Holy Sealing Chains of Spiritual Light, I added the [Silence] spell, which pretty much makes Hellberos mute every time he's about to say something really gross or off-putting, it doesn't activate against enemies though, so he can insult them all he wants, but he better be polite with people from now on.

Additionally, I changed the arrangements with the help of the Great Spirit of Harvest and made it so the chains don't emit so much light so Albert's hands, which are half-demon, don't burn as hard.

Lastly, I told Albert to go to my bathroom and take a bath on my sap, as I filled it with that. As he took the bath, he sent me the money, 150 million USD, just like that!

Uwaah! I could buy a bigger house with this, I could buy so much with this, actually! Maybe I should start doing some investments too?

Or just save it for special Earth-only items I can buy in here… Oh well, I'll see about that.

"Phew, that felt so good. My skin's smooth and the chains no longer burn me." He said. "How did it even work?"

"My Sap created a permanent veil around your body that gives you a good resistance against light and life attributes." I smiled. "It doesn't take away your weaknesses completely, but it helps."

"It sure does! This would cost billions, are you sure I shouldn't pay you more?" He wondered.

"Nah, you're Rose's friend, and she has done a lot for us." I smiled. "I hope we can get along from now on, Albert!"

"Sure! Then I'll get going for now, I'm sure I'm bothering you guys and-"

"Where do you think you're going?"

Suddenly, Rose appeared from within his shadows!

"Rose?!" Mark and I cried.

"Ah, hi. I just got here." She sighed, yawning.

"Oh, it's the Vampire girl!" Elena was excited.

Rose raised an eyebrow as she looked at my daughter, and then at me.

"Hm? Your daughter? Hey, what's going on?"

"Ah… well."

We told her that she became "one of us", she took it easier than I imagined. Also the reason Albert was trying to run away was because he didn't wanted to meet Rose and see her grow angrier the more she learned of how badly he acted when he arrived here.

Which she did.

"You did what?! You fucking idiot! They're our friends! How come you can act this dumb?!" Rose was a really cute and beautiful girl, but right now her face twisted, making her look like some half-bat monstrosity.

"S-Sorry…" Albert sighed, bearing with her bloodlust.

"Ugh, my soul hurts all over, what the- Hmm?! Agh, I can't swear now?!" Hellberos cried. "You da- Hmm?! NNGH? Eek!"

The Demon manifested as some sort of wolf-like red energy beast, but he couldn't swear no matter how much he tried.

"Hehehe, feeling better now?" Rose laughed. "Nicely done, Elayne! This bastard deserved this change. He's too cocky."

"My lifeblood… Taken away from me…" Hellberos looked genuinely depressed.

"Swearing is your lifeblood, seriously?" Rose crossed her arms. "A-Anyways, glad you resolved his problem! With this Albert's performance will improve much better."I think you should take a look at

"Yeah, I'm really thankful, and sorry for acting a bit… terrible at the beginning." Albert lowered his head. "Mark, too, I'm sorry. Stop staring me like that, dude."

"Hmph, well, if you're sorry, then it's alright." Mark crossed his big arms. "Just don't you dare act like a punk again in front of us."

"Well, I also have this gift too, something that Hellberos made. They usually sell for a really high price in the auctions." Albert said, suddenly materializing something out of some sort of dimensional bag he was carrying.

The thing he brought out resembled a ruby-colored rock, semi-transparent, and emanating a strong demonic energy from within. My Spiritual Eyes fused with the Voice of the World, showed me the item's description, barely.

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[High Quality Demonic Crystal (A+ Grade)]

The crystallization of high concentrations of Demonic Energy expelled by the Soul of a Mid-Ranking Demon from Hell, Hellberos.

It contains dangerous quantities of demonic energy, but it could be made into powerful Demonic Equipment.

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A Demonic Crystal? Wow, this is the first time I ever see something like this. The Demons of BNLO are surely different than Hellberos, I don't remember ever hearing or reading about Demonic Energy, which is what Albert manipulates.

"T-This is… Are you sure?" I wondered.

"Yeah, take it." Albert nodded. "It could become a really strong weapon or something else, I've heard from Rose that you can craft items."

"I can! Well, thanks a lot, Albert!" I gladly took the stone, storing it inside my Inventory.

"My stone!" Hellberos complained. "Hey, weren't we going to make a cool weapon with that, Albert?! You betrayed our promise!"

"You are nobody to say that when you literally sold me off to some demon king from another world or whatever, dude." Sighed Albert. "Just shut up."

"Uuuggh…" Hellberos groaned, incapable of insulting him verbally now.

"Anyways, before you guys leave, I was wondering something. Could you explain us more what's this Hell and Heaven thing? Does it really exists?" I wondered. "Despite being from a rather religious family I was always Atheist so… I never really believed any of those things."

"Well, in the sense of how religion portrays those places… No they don't really exist that way." Rose said. "Not even us are too knowledgeable of how they exist or how they interact with our World."

"Yeah, Hellberos lost most of his memories when he was sealed in the Grimoire. And because I am an orphan, there's no other family members to ever tell me what's up with him." Albert shrugged.

"But we do know that the Vatican prays to a "God" one that does not act like the Bible one, but that exists, somewhere. It is more like a cosmic horror than the good ol' bearded guy." Laughed Rose. "A manifestation of human's beliefs and their concentrated magical powers over thousands of years. There are several ways in how magical or mythical beings are born, magical mutations, external forces, or through our collective consciousness, which spontaneously can create them."

"I-Insane…" Elena was surprised. "Should we become religious now? Will God punish me if I'm gay or something?"

"Sigh, of course not, THAT type of god never existed, that's just manipulation from religion and stuff." Rose sighed. "Hell is some sort of pseudo dimension or something, the same for heaven. They cannot exist without Earth fueling them with collective magical energy and also souls. But we do know that souls never stay there forever, they eventually… well, this is a big secret, but they reincarnate."

"T-The cycle of reincarnation is a thing?" Mark gasped.

"Yep." Said Albert. "Sort of… We only deal with monsters, not with this type of investigation, that's something other organizations do, larger, and much more secretive ones. Some involving several countries working together. The Union of Magical and Supernatural Researchers of Europe is one of the big shots, followed by the China one."

To think this world became even bigger than I could had ever expected.

But God being a cosmic horror-type of entity is sending me shivers down my spine.

Is this the thing the Great Spirit referred to back then?!

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