prynovel Chapter 291 291: A teeny, tiny request
Chapter 291 291: A teeny, tiny request
Malrik took a deep breath and nodded. "Don't worry, I don't play around with my life."
Saying that, he took a step forward and started walking toward the altar.
Seeing this, Rahu quietly followed behind him, his eyes never once leaving the altar between the pillars.
A second later, Malrik finally arrived in front of the altar. In the center of it…there was a small stele.
It was glowing with immense strength. Malrik took a deep breath when he saw this. Looking at Rahu one last time…Malrik sat down in front of the stele.
"@!#@@!$$%@"
He began muttering some strange incantations. Seeing this, Rahu waved his hand.
Millions or even billions of times, the space around him overlapped and swallowed him whole.
The dimensions twisted thousands of times…until his figure was visible again. Rahu's eyes shone playfully as he observed the surroundings.
"Heh, let's see if this ability is able to trick a…god."
He was visible…only in his own eyes. No other creature in the entire mortal realm could see, feel, sense, or even trace him!
"!@#$%^&*"
Malrik continued to chant for the next entire hour…before the sky started rumbling. Malrik's face turned red, with thick veins popping all over his body.
Malrik's voice grew hoarse as the stele suddenly glowed bright! It was…responding. Its glow deepened into a blinding light for a second before returning to normal. Ancient runes surfaced on the stele before flickering out of existence.
Suddenly, Malrik spat a mouthful of fresh blood onto the stele, causing the glow to intensify brighter than ever.
"Mhm, not bad. Not bad at all, he is competent."
Rahu nodded when he saw this.
"House Ravana sure had connections with the Celestial Expanse…I guess this saves a lot of time for me."
Rahu smirked. Indeed, just as he said, the House Ravan had connections to the Celestial Expanse.
Although lately he had just been having sex and sleeping with women all over the continent, he had been thinking about his future plans, too. After all, his project was as important as the pleasure he was getting from sleeping with wives and daughters.
His gaze fell on the blood that fell on the stele. It was absorbed in an instant, not leaving a single drop behind.
In the next second, under his amused eyes, an ancient voice echoed throughout the small realm beneath House Ravana.
"Mortals…how dare you disturb this immanence?"
The words rang deep inside Malrik…shaking his entire existence.
He hurriedly went on his knees and smashed his head to the ground.
"O almighty, forgive this foolish one."
He kowtowed a few times…sweat dripping down his cheeks. Just the mere voice of that being made the laws of this place go haywire.
"Cut those useless pleasantries…you do know the price of summoning me, right? Now, according to the contract, if you don't provide me with something worthwhile…I will send my army to conquer your world under my Lord's name."
The voice spoke. Malrik gritted his teeth, but he didn't speak. Instead, he just raised his hand…a multicolored orb materialized in his palms.
"My Lord, I present you…"
…
In the faraway universe, the Celestial Expanse.
Inside one of the demonic planes, one of the largest realms was ruled by the right hand of one of the Supreme Demons of the Demonic Planes.
The demons…they were one of the strongest races to exist in the cruel Celestial Expanse. Their overwhelming might and aggressiveness sealed their spot as one of the top ten strongest races.
There were twelve Supreme Demons…each ruling entire planes! Under the planes, there were thousands of other realms, each ruled by its subordinates depending on its strength and skills.
Inside one of the strongest realms of one of the Supreme Demons…
Aghal…the right-hand man of the Supreme Demon Ravana.
"Hmph, even these lowly mortals can contact me directly! Only if Lord God hadn't made such a contract…I would have already crushed these impudent souls. But…it is what it is. Since he dared call me, he must have something valuable."
Aghal shook his head in disdain. If Rahu were to see him, he would be surprised to see…Aghal had ten different heads!
"Whatever, we have secured that world in which those dogs were fighting for their lives. I have some free time."
Behind him, a small screen materialized. From within, a low, submissive voice echoed.
"My Lord, I present to you…this discovery. This…this is called a Dimensional Core. We found this in one of the ancient rui—"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?"
Before the voice could continue, Aghal's voice thundered.
…
"U-Um, Rahu, will this really work?"
A pale-faced Malrik asked…to no one in particular. More than his pale face, there was a confused expression on his face.
"Do as I say, and don't ask too many questions."
Hearing the cold voice in his mind, Malrik hurriedly shut his mouth and cursed inwardly.
"Bastard!! What do you mean, don't ask too many questions? It's my life that's in danger here!"
But despite those words, Malrik turned toward the glowing stele.
"M-My Lord, is this thing of valu—"
"Give it to me...now!!"
"…Huh?"
Malrik was surprised when he heard that desperate roar…a god was desperate?
Rahu chuckled from behind when he saw this.
"As I predicted, the bait was indeed top-notch. Now…it just depends on that guy's desperation."
From behind the screen, Aghal couldn't believe what he was seeing! His eyes were green with greed.
"H-How!? Isn't that the fabled…Dimensional Core from the legends? The aura is unmistakable! That thing…it truly exists!"
His heart hammered intensely in his chest. In the next moment, a thick demonic aura spread from his body…spreading millions and millions of miles!
He checked every single corner of his realm…afraid that some other forces might have seen it. But to his immense relief…there was no one.
Turning toward the screen, he once again shouted.
"Mortals! What are you waiting for!? Give me that thing, it's of no use to you!"
He once again spoke…the desperation in his voice couldn't be clearer.
"Ahem…my lord, I will, of course, give this to your greatness. In return, I just have a teeny, tiny request, which I'm sure is a trivial task for you."
Aghal was stunned when he heard that. "The…guts of these mortals are truly good."
He couldn't help but mutter…to bargain with a being at his level? But soon, he shrugged it off. The thing in front of him was far too precious for his ego and pride to blind him.
"Ask quickly."
"Nothing…just the body of a being of your level."
"!!!"