-Somewhere within the depths of Ancient city-
Two figures walk down a narrow Hall extending far into the distance. The walls carried thousands of prison cells, giving a eerie prison like vibes.
Conrad was the one in front, leading the way for Asta, the second figure. The two had came here on Conrad's advice and It has been over 10 hours since Asta woke up but his mind was still very shaken.
Fortunately he hadn't needed to meet Princia thanks to Conrad grounding her with the excuse of morality. But In the meantime, everyone else had been exploring the city, mapping every part of it.
The city was a fullyou armored castle, even having it's own bathing hot spring, a kilometre wide training field and a full library that Asta couldn't even see the end of despite running through it for 10 minutes.
However the place he was going down to was unknown to him, the only reason Asta even agreed to come was because Conrad said there was something important on the other end.
"Are you sure there is something there? This looks like a waste of time." Asta asked doubtfully.
Despite being questioned, Conrad's stoic face didn't waver a bit. " There is, or rather Someone is."
"Someone? But this is a thousand year old city! How can there be anyone here except a rotting skeleton?"
However Conrad didn't bother explaining since it will be too tedious to fill Asta on the details with words alone. However just to assure him, he said a single sentence, " The only thing I can say is, You know them quite well and have met them before."
"Huh?"
First it was something, then it was someone and now "them", the constantly changing remarks were already causing Asta a headache so he gave up on questioning any further.
The two soon reached the end of the hall, finding themselves in massive dome shaped chamber with a cavern below.
The ground beneath was a literally pit whose end nobody could see, however the thousands of glowing blue pipes that coiled up through the walls gave a brand new meaning to it's depths.
The flooring ahead was glass, a single layered glass that looked too weak to hold up even a person but the moment Asta stepped on it, it grew wider by itself, proportional to his weight.
"Woah! This looks amazing!" Asta couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"I know, right!? I spent quite some time on this!"
Another voice came from the front, startling Asta as the voice wasn't Conrad's.
The enthusiasm matched his own, but Asta felt like he heard the same voice a long time ago. He immediately looked up, finding himself looking at a floating Gem with carves Mana stone paths.
"A gem?"
However the gem pulsed red from the remark, a holographic figure jumping out it before grabbing Asta's collar
" A gem!!? How could refer to my best creation yet as just a gem??! " The figure said with a fuming tone.
But Asta couldn't hear a single word he said, his focus entirely stuck on the figure's face as he gasped. "First wizard king?"
"Hmmph, At least you have the memory to remember me... Also it's not just me. Isn't that right, Licht? "
Another figure floated out of the gem, His face filled with exhaustion as he looked over with a annoyed expression. "Can you shut up, Lemiel? I am trying to sleep over here."
However Lemiel didn't care, instead he rested his elbow on the shocked Asta's shoulder while laughing, "You don't see our buddy over here?"
"Oh, it's the Devil brat... Do me a favor and bring that noisy guy away from me, I haven't had a hour of sleep for days."
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Asta slow turns to Conrad, "I am dreaming right?"
"No..., " Conrad relpied calmly, " *points at Lemiel* he will explain the details... *yawn * "
Before he knew it, Asta was dragged to the gem in the center by Lemiel who kept asking him question regarding the outside.
However the moment they reached it, Asta felt his consciousness travel from his body into the gem where he was greeted with a blue sky and a wide bouncy cloud like platform where he could see two other people looking at him from the distance.
"Is he the one? The new Angel? " One of them, a grey haired old man asked Lemiel.
"Looks a little too... Short. But I will allow it because of those muscles. " Commented a witch like women with two shark jaw marks on her cheeks.
Asta was confused, his brain already on the verge of deep frying from all the information he intook in the past 10 hours.
Honestly speaking, Asta wanted to rest a little but he couldn't just asked ask them to stop thanks to his nature.
However there was one hope Asta had and he turned to Lemiel, making a begging face. However the simple-minded wizard king mistook it as a gesture to do introductions.
" Oh! my bad! That's 2nd and 3rd wizard kings. Corin Jynx and Aselia Carlen. Apparently they were the only ones not sleeping so I invited them here."
"They are wizard kings too!? At this rate, Everyone single wizard king will be here! "
"Oh! " Lemiel breathes in relief, "I guess you already knew. *sticks tongue out apologetically * the rest were busy sleeping so they couldn't come here."
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Dun Dun Dunnnnn.
The situation was official out of Asta's comprehension, leaving him with a foaming mouth as he collapsed on his butt but couldn't faint even if he wanted to.
The wizard kings saw his expression, Each going forward as a imaginary table popped out from beneath alongside a chair that lifted Asta up.
The next second they were all sitting across each other, a bunch of mugs with perfectly boiled milk coffee now appearing before them which they all (including Asta) drank.
"So, Asta... Have you any thoughts on what to do next? " Lemiel asked Asta with a smile.
But Asta was puzzled, "eh? What do you mean?"
"I am talking about your ownership of this city of course."
"Ownership?" Asta repeated out of confusion, "What do you mean by ownership?"
"Oh... It looks like Conrad didn't tell you. You see. this city now belongs to you. "
Lemiel's words were the final Nail in the coffin. Immediately Sending Asta's head straight to the abyss of emptiness only for him to be whipped back out it by a slap from the darkness.
Meanwhile the Wizard kings saw his condition and finally understood the situation.
Aselia was the first to react. She stood up and guided Lemiel away despite him whining like a kid. On the other hand, Corin conjured a book while glaring into Asta's clueless face and sighed.
"Listen kid, I am gonna explain in detail only once. So listen quietly." Corin said as he began flipping the pages. " The angel who was the creator of this place had offered every decreased Wizard king and Strong person in the four kingdoms a chance to stay alive after death.
Corin takes a breath and continues, "Me included, there are 23 wizard kings who help maintain the different functions of this city as managers and protector. There are also many others exceptional strong wizards like former kings or captains rank wizards ."
A hologram appears behind Corin, showing a simple chart that looked like a family tree.
"This is the current hierarchy, The annoying morom Lemiel is the head administrator despite only joining a few weeks ago for some reason, I am in charge of alchemy facilities, Alesia controls the transportation system and others have their own work as well. But you... You as the person who defeated the one at the top of hierarchy, the owner, making you the new owner."
Asta finally understood something, "I see... But does that mean i will also become a hologram? "
Corin shook his head, "Not at all. It is more like the city will follow your commands since you can control the engine sustaining us. I can sense it within you, the angelic bloodline that has authority over it. "
"Angelic bloodline...?*Asta summons the system* system! "
However another shock came as the system panel didn't appear alone, it was followed by a small winged tiny spirit similar to Yuno's spirit bell but a male which wore a oversized grey cloak.
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Asta turns to Corin, " Is this tiny kid included in the administrators?"
[!!!, Insults towards the system will not be tolerated!]
"Okay! Fine... Geez, you could have told me that calmly. " Asta apologizes, putting his hand over his head as he tried to laugh out of the situation.
However Corin had a different reaction compared to Asta.
"So you had a spirit familiar.* Notes down his observation* Judging by the colour and size, it's a new born with influence over a conceptual magic instead of elemental one." Corin said as he observed the spirit.
"You can see it?" Asta asked in shock only to receive a nod from Corin. "I see... By the way system, why did you appear with a body this time? "
[The current location is similar to false world. Allowing the system to enter as a familiar with permission unlike the real world]
"Hmm I see. Anyway, "Asta shifts his focus, " Can you bring out the trait panel?"
[Traits: Devil hybrid, Angelic blood, Battle Fanatic, expert magic swordsman, Devilish regeneration.]
"I see two new traits... Give me a summary."
[Angelic blood(Unawakened) : The golden blood of angels flow in host's body thanks to absorbing a angel's heart.]
[Effects: mind corruption from devils can be removed with infusion of host's magic. The host can use faith to use turn his magic into Holy magic. ]
[Awakening conditions: 20 days transformation process( 13 days and 4 hours left) ]
[Expert swordsman: because of great understanding of swords and swordmanship, Host will have a easier time learning other swordsman techniques.]
[Effect: sword techniques learning speed +100%]
[Note: Growth type trait, high synergy with battle fanatic but fusion not recommended.]
"Oi oi oi, this is a lot! I can understand the angelic blood trait forming but what about the other trait!? " Asta questioned out of curiosity.
[The trait was given by the contractor as reward for slaying the Angel of foresight, Osersia in a satisfying battle. ]
[There are also manyrewarsds left to be collected]
Sigh
Having finally understood the gist of the things, Asta felt his head spinning much less and headache from the surprises was mostly gone. He stopped thinking for a second, taking a deep breath of relief before opening his eyes again.
Meanwhile Corin was also done with his work and called out to Asta, "Asta, right? Give me your hand for a second."
"Eh. Sure, here."
The moment Asta's hand touched Corin's. A mark resembling a four feather wings connected to a dot, formed on his palm.
Corin nodded at the successful procedure and took a small mental rest before turning Asta for the last time.
"That's the formalities done. You can communicate or summon a illusion of Lemiel with that. Ask him if you need anything."
" I will. "
"Then you can leave."
The next instant, Asta was standing outside, standing upright while looking at the giant gem.
He looked around for a second, confirming he was back and turned out with smile.
However his joyful expression was broken as he saw Conrad just standing there alongside a fat man who Conrad held with a rope.
The fat man was the king of clover kingdom, however he was bound by the rope, had a cloth stuffed in his mouth alongside a bunch of shackles around his hand and feet while wearing only a underwear.
Noticing Asta looking at him, the stoic Conrad made a nervous face for the first time. Looks like the psychopath Wizard king had a lot of explaining to do and Asta wasn't gonna leave until he does.