Trading With Another World

Marathon Race?

Benzir had returned with his entourage to the city of Xyras leaving behind the seven hundred sacks of rice that Alex had bought in the village of Rod.

Thanks to Alex's request, Owen did not sell the remaining fifty sacks of rice in the warehouse so Alex had just obtained a new stock of seven hundred and fifty sacks.

Fortunately, the inventory space has increased so Alex can keep it all inside.

Another advantage of inventory after being upgraded is that Alex can still store an object in a box measuring 1000 m³ even if the box already contains it before.

Of course, the condition is that the object inserted must still fit if it is in the space in the box.

Because of that advantage Alex only uses two inventory box slots to store all the rice he just got.

Somewhere ten kilometers from Rod village.

"What happened in that place! In fact they had saved two nearby villages." A black-robed figure bellowed furiously and kicked a woman kneeling in front of him.

"Pardon me sir. I didn't expect the person we met before to be a great alchemist." Tio trembled withstanding the pain from that figure's kick.

"You fool! Why is such important information you just told me. The grand master's plan must not be too late, bring some damned creatures to Rod's village and annihilate the entire village. The alchemist should not be allowed to live longer and interfere with the grand master's plans further."

"Good sir."

In front of Tio, dozens of cursed creatures appear who are actually former human victims of the curse of the disease created by the Blood Star Church.

One week after someone died from the plague, the corpse would turn black and be resurrected into a cursed creature that could be controlled by the black figure before Tio using some means.

Tio left behind a black-robed figure by carrying dozens of cursed creatures towards the direction of Rod village.

"Anya Racers!"

"Yes, deacon." The blue-robed woman appeared before the black figure on her knees.

"I want you to observe the boy from Rod's village. Make sure he does a good job!"

"Good master deacon."

"Next he will be under you if he carries out his duties well. If anything bad happens, get rid of him to erase our tracks. Go!"

The blue-robed lady disappeared leaving a black figure alone in the middle of the forest. The figure then knelt down and prayed to the creature he worshipped.

"Oh great Lord Jack, I will offer you the blood of a despicable man to wash away this filthy world. Give your blessings so that the work we are doing can run smoothly."

The figure knelt down and prayed for five minutes before disappearing from the place.

The morning before the marathon, Alex was gathering with his five friends to prepare before the race began.

"How many numbers?" Vincent asked Alex as they were having breakfast.

"One hundred twenty-four."

"Isn't the number of participants the same? Does that mean you're the last number?" John asked while chewing the food in his mouth.

"Looks like that as a hint that you're going to be Alex's last, hahahaha." Vincent answered Jhon with a laugh.

"Oh, this is just a number as our marker. Besides isn't Alex even better than the rest of us at running?" Wika disagrees with Vincent.

"All of you calm down! We're eating right now." Melvis scolded them for always talking and joking as the six gathered together to eat.

"Yes, yes, the chairman." Vincent answered with a smile.

As they were having breakfast, Alex suddenly stood up from the seat and showed a surprised and worried face.

"What's up Alex." Vincent asked beside him.

"I-I have to go. Sorry guys, I don't think I'll be able to run the race."

Melvis and the others are confused to hear Alex's senseless remarks. Isn't the race about to start in two hours?

What was the important thing that made him leave the race later? Did all the training he had done mean nothing?

"He-hey Alex where are you going?" Vincent stood up and shouted to Alex who was already running towards the outside of the restaurant.

"I'm sorry everyone." Alex had no intention of explaining what he was going to do.

This marathon race is also important for Alex to earn a lot of money. He has even improved his constitution and vitality in order to increase his chances of winning the race.

But the lives of the citizens in Rod village were more important to him. They have shown a high concern for Alex even if Alex is a guest in the village.

As a man who has lost his family since the events of one year ago, Alex feels again the feeling of having a place to return thanks to the kindness that the villagers of Rod showed him.

Alex is looking for a dark location that is not covered by cctv monitoring in Lynden city.

Finding the right place, Alex directs his consciousness to the maximum to make sure no one is paying attention to him.

After all felt safe, Alex opened the system and then pressed <> and immediately moved to his clone in the village of Rod which was in chaos.

Magic planet.

Alex's clone walked towards his room after finishing dinner.

"Ohhhhh!!"

Just lying on the bed, Alex heard the cries of many residents and also the sounds of unrest that occurred around the village hall.

"No, don't touch my mother!"

Not far from Alex's current position, Gustaf was blocking the black creature that wanted to attack both parents behind him.

Gustaf's mother is seen to have a bloody hole in the abdomen. He was sobbing while hugging the corpse of Gustaf's father who no longer resembled a human due to the attack of a cursed creature that had a strong physique.

"Run Gustaf!" Alex screams as the damned creature lunges forward towards them.

Bukk!!!

Gustaf crashed a few meters near Alex due to the impact of a powerful blow from the creature.

"Come boy!" Gustaf's mother said with a resigned smile after seeing the horrible death of her husband.

"No mahuu!"

Alex runs towards Gustaf who looks like he wants to save his mother from death. He pushed him to the ground and slapped Gustaf's cheek hard.

"What are you doing? Do you want to die in vain?" Jerk Alex.

"But my mother and father..."

"Shut up for a minute and tell me what just happened!" Alex orders to calm Gustaf's chaotic mind after seeing the deaths of his parents.

Behind the cursed creature that was beating the bodies of the two Gustafs, appeared a similar creature from inside the house of one of the residents by breaking through the walls of the house made of wooden boards.

'f##k, what are they? They seem to be very strong.' Alex cursed in his heart.

Alex pulls the gun out of the inventory. Looking at the riots that occurred, there was no need to care if one saw the ability of his own.

The creature that appeared from inside the house turned its head towards Alex and Gustaf and ran towards them.

"Dead you ba####an!" Shouted Alex pulling the trigger of the gun in hand.

Dorr!!!

The creature fell dragged several meters due to the impact of being hit by a shot from Alex who hit the head when running towards them.

"It didn't kill him right away?" Alex is worried to see the creature he shot looks like he wants to get back on his feet with difficulty.

Unlike ordinary humans, the cursed creature has such a strong physique that a single shot from Alex's gun does not directly kill the creature.

Alex didn't want to waste the remaining fourteen bullets inside the gun.

He ran towards the damned creature and stomped on the body of the creature firmly to prevent it from standing up again.

Alex bent his body and then swung a blow to the head that had previously been injured by being hit by a gunshot.

Thanks to the physique growing stronger following his increased vitality value, Alex's current punch exceeded the punch strength of the world boxing champion.

Accompanied by anger, Alex smashes the skull after a dozen blows so that the creature's black blood splashes onto Alex's clothes and face full of anger.

Seeing his friend being finished off by Alex, the cursed creature who was beating the corpse of Gustaf's parents screamed while running towards Alex.

Alex breathes unnoticed after killing one cursed creature.

Not because he was tired, but this was the first time he did something so sadistic that it made him a little shocked and dizzy when he smelled fishy blood splashing all over the body.

Bam!! Bukk!!! Buk!!! Buk!!!

Alex was bounced a few meters from the cursed creature's blow.

"I didn't realize it!" In a lying position, Alex turns his head towards the cursed creature that lunged.

Directing the gun at the head of the cursed creature, Alex pulls the trigger and pulls out a precise shot at the head.

Just like before, Alex's shot injures the head of the cursed creature and leaves him dying. But the creature did not die immediately and even seemed to want to stand up and attack Alex again.

"There's no need to save bullets in these circumstances." Because his body was hard to move, Alex fired one more shot.

Dorr!!! The second bullet hit the head of the creature struggling to get up.

"Is that an attack artifact?" The voice of a woman known to Alex was heard from the location he was in before being hit by a second creature he killed.

"Ti-Tio, what are you doing?" Beside Tio, Gustaf asked with suffocating breath as his body and neck were being held by the three damned beings.

"What did I do? Didn't you just see her? I can control this creature at will. I even ordered them to destroy this village, hihihihi."

Tio laughed like a madman unlike Gustaf's reflection of Tio that he had liked all along.

"Why did you do that? Both my parents died because of them!" Gustaf's eyes turned red in light of the deaths of his parents.

"Hmm? Wh why? The village is too backward. I want to bury and make this village a fertilizer so that I can grow and soar."

Tio then continued to give orders to the creature who was holding Gustaf. "No need to waste a lot of time. Break his neck immediately and then..."

Bang out!! Bang out!! Bang out!!

Next to Alex's clone lying down, Alex's main body appears and picks up the gun from the clone's hand and fires one shot each to the three creatures holding Gustaf.