Rise Of The Cosmic Emperor

by Stayrr

There are three realms in the multi verse; The Cosmic, the Mortal and the Nether realm. Hal grew up in the mortal realm with no idea whatsoever of who his parents were. His love for relics, adventure and the occasional danger would aid him in finding a genie's lamp. Rubbing a genie's lamp should grant three wishes, but Hal is struck by lightening instead and eventually arrives in

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"No deal"

"No deal?" The assassin said with an incredulous tone

"I know who sent you so your deal is quite unappealing" Hal shrugged

"I am giving you the option to save yourself" The assassin said while thinking 'I have to distract him and end it with one strike'

"Did you really think I was begging for mercy?"

"You weren't?" Hal asked confused

"Of course I wasn't. I respect strength and you have it so I proposed a proposition so as to spare your life" the assassin said

"Well, you phrased it terribly" Hal told him

"Really?"

"Yes, really. You asked me to let you go"

"Oh, I must have been confused, however in any case..." The assassin suddenly leapt towards snarling savagely "Enough chit chat, I should compete my mission now"

"Finally, he gets it" Hal snorted as the hit almost landed on his chest and he sidestepped, grabbing the assassin's arm and pulling it out of it's socket

"Arrrgh" he yelled leaping backwards, his right arm dangling useless by his side

-puchi-

He spat out blood gritted his teeth before mumbling," I have no choice, I have to use it" and beginning to harness the abysmal amount of cosmic energy in his body, the strain his body was put through was physically killing him but he pressed on and smiled grotesquely at hal

"This will put me out of commission for the rest of my life probably, but I will accept it gladly. This is no longer just a job. It's personal"

1st grade skill; Raging blades!!

A circle of white energy was formed and out of it came five revolving blades of energy that encircled Hal. The. energy the blades were emitting were violent and unstable. Skills were not to be used at the energy sensing realm, even though the theory could be understood it should never be practiced or else, no matter if it was successful of not it would drain the body totally of energy, receding the body's strength by a couple of levels. A grade 2 skill will instantly cause death while for a grade one, the higher the stage the more likely the chances of survival.

Even as he smiled at Hal's envisioned outcome, the assassin was aware that even if he survived he might never recover his previous cultivation base, however at least he would still be alive and when there was life there was...

BAM!!

Hal punched his head and it burst.

"What was he dazing around for? He didn't even notice when I was right in front of him, are all those at the eight stage this dumb, who uses a skill they have no control over"

The instant he noticed how unstable the skill was, all he had to do was look for the weak points in the skill with astral perception and escape the encirclement but the assassin was just dazing off probably thinking that he had the battle won and With his death the blades dispersed.

Hal made sure all of the assassins were dead and stored their bodies inside his inventory, after which he cleaned up the scene and made sure to leave no evidence before leaving and as he did, the astral energy dome faded behind him.

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Meanwhile, the mastermind of the whole attack stood with his back straight and a smile of pride on his face. He had done what his father would not dare to do. So what if 'Master' Swanson suspected him, there would be no evidence. And besides how difficult could it be to kill someone so weak.

That being said, he still wished he had managed to obtain the secret to his brother's sudden ability to cultivate before he ordered his assassination.

Although the black vine gang were one of the weakest in salmon city, they should be strong enough to take care of a 3rd stage cultivator right?

"Young master Rad, your mother wishes to speak to you"

"On my way".He couldn't wait to share the good news

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'Fucking bastard' Hal swore angrily

'Are you sure it's him?' Grimiore asked

'Well of course it's him. Who else would hire a local gang?. I am sure Gregory has much better ways to seek my life. This has Rad written all over it'

Just as the 'assassins' had noticed his overly enthusiastic outburst of strength, he had noticed their lack of finesse. They were brash fellows who did not have the skills of precision required of an assassin and as such he had long come to the conclusion that they done this for the money, their actions were more focused towards the intimidation of the small man.

'Now enough talking, are you sure you can track the Salmon?'

'Yes, As long as we get close to it I am sure I can lock unto it's position'

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Boom!!

An explosion expelled a figure who struggled to keep his balance

-puchi-

The figure spat out blood as it stared at cat-like demon beast in front of him standing at 3 feet of height on all fours, with fiery red fur and crimson eyes the cat appraised the figure like a jewel as it slinked towards him while licking it's lips.

"What the hell is this?" Hal yelled with blood trailing down the side of his lips.

He had only been in the forest for an hour trying to get close enough for grimiore to lock in on the location of the salmon's lair but so far he had been attacked by beast after beast not to mention the times he had been outnumbered and had no choice but to retreat.

"Stop licking your lips. You perverted cat. My looks are not for you"

The cat blinked and then it's fur began to glow, a sure sign of another explosion

Hal couldn't help but comment to grimiore about just how unfair this was, it wasn't enough for demon beasts to be more capable physically, some of them also had to be naturally intuned with elements to boost their attack.

Hal leapt out of the way of the blast but was still caught in the blast area of effect. He cursed violently, the beast was only equivalent to a sixth stage cultivator but it's talent being in tuned with the fire element was making things difficult. Not to mention Hal barely rested after his last attack, but he would be damned if he let a stupid and possibly perverted cat get the best of him.

The cat leapt forward claws out to tear Hal into pieces, it's success with long distance attacks convincing it of it's superior ability; Big mistake.

Hal had been waiting for such close distance opportunity since the battle began so he made short work of itvand ended the beast's life.

'If I have to do this again, I might go crazy'

'Then you better start moving because you will soon have company if you don't' Grimiore informed him

'You know, I can't help but think that the only thing you are good for is delivering bad news'

As they bantered back and forth telepathically Hal left before he became swarmed with demon beasts once again.

A sound of struggle nearby garnered his curiosity and following the sound he found a few injured mercenaries fighting to escape an entrapment of four demon beasts. It was easy to guess what had happened as they had obviously come to the forest to hunt and ended up having the tables turned on them. What really drew Hal's attention was the only female in their midst, she had a beautiful face, long black hair tied into a ponytail, her chest was not very big but her ass was perky and her legs were long, she was wearing tight fitting clothes common among mercenaries, of all of them, she looked to be the least injured.

Hal would have left -after all while she was quite breathtaking, it was not to the point that he could not resist-, however he had already come to the conclusion that there was something fishy about the demon beasts today so maybe watching the action instead of being part of it would offer him some insights.

"You need to escape my lady, we will cover you" said the man at forefront whispered to the young lady but hal heard it perfectly

"I won't leave you here, I made the decision to come here. This is my fault" The lady said in a beautiful and firm voice

"No it is not, if you don't leave and you're killed, our families won't survive your mother's wrath" the man persisted

"I chose this forest because i did not think it would be hard for us to handle, obviously I was wrong, someone or something has instigated this beasts. No I will not leave Jon, unless everyone leaves here together"

"But there is so much more at stake than your life" Jon said and pointed at one of the demon beasts which looked like an hare but had the quills of a porcupine and it was over four feet tall.

"That is the virile Hare, every single one of it's quills is coated with an aphrodisiac. It's effect is such that it would take make us lose our sense of reasoning it uses it to keep it's victims occupied so it can pick them off and we don't have the antidote"

"You mean..." The lady turned pale

"Yes" Jon nodded gravely

The lady backpedaled

"Besides, once you escape we can focus on taking the initiative" the instant he said so the beasts began to close in

The lady gritted her teeth and escaped but not before she was struck with a quill.

As soon as she was gone the deadlock ended and the men fully revealed their cultivation base so as to fight at full strength.

'Wow, they're all at the cosmic pearl realm, and from the feel of it they seem to be at the peak stage. Okay that settles it they can not possibly be from Salmon city or else they would be very well known, and I don't think they are really mercenaries' then the demon beasts let their cultivation base out to show they were up to the task

'I have locked unto the location of the salmon's lair' Grimiore informed Hal

'Good, cause I now have to help someone, out of the goodness of my heart'

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The demon beasts were outnumbered five to four but their physical made up for any differences in strength.

Jon stretched forth his hand and after performing certain hand signs , a revolving sphere of white energy appeared

2nd grade skill; Binding sphere!

The skill was for a split second hold that that made the movement of the virile hare freeze and Jon dashed forward to put an end to the quill shooter, however frozen as he was the hare was not defenseless, a wall of earth rose to block Jon's path.

The earth element was what the hare was most in tune with and the more walls Jon knocked down the more the hare erected.

Ordinarily, demon beasts were incapable of using skills, their elemental attunement was a way for nature to make it up to them so to speak.

The only problem was nature went too far. The instant a demon beast is born either it is born as a demon beast or it evolved from a wild beast there was an eighty percent chance it would be elementally attuned.

It did not matter what realm they were in and this gave them an advantage against energy sensing realm cultivators who could not use skills without ruining themselves. That was why no one goes after beast at their level when hunting and try to make sure they are at least a level above their prey.

While Jon faced off against the virile hare his compadres were not idle; two were facing off against the silverback scaled tiger whose physical abilities surpassed that of the hare. Another one faced the scarlet wolf, which was in tune with the fire element and the last of them was locked in combat with a lizard that kept shooting acidic slime at him.

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Hal caught up to the lady in a short while as she had long stopped running and was instead leaning against a tree panting and breathing heavily, her face was flushed and her area was constantly dripping.

The lady felt unfortunate because she was now naked from the waist down and knuckles deep but it did not matter what she did, she could not be relieved and as such her self control was long gone when a blue eyed man arrived where she was. In her condition she normally couldn't care less what he looked like but this man's appearance compelled her to stop and look.

He was beyond gorgeous, his disheveled hair did nothing to limit his looks and when it came to his physique, she found it moderate and muscular, a scent she later discovered was his sweat ( AN: Hal's pheromones are still reined in) completely Captured her nasal cavity at which point she lost any semblance of self-control as she wrapped her arms tight about his neck and pulled him into a deep kiss.

Hal was anything but complaining, after all he had gone after her to help her. He made short work of her upper tight fitting clothes while she tore his to shreds and pushed him unto the ground. She wasted no time grabbing her price and lowering herself on it disregarding the fact that her slit was still sealed tight and aphrodisiac or not, losing her virginity, especially in such brute fashion would be painful. Lucky for her, Hal's bloodline had gotten stronger to the point that every part of his body had become pleasure inducing so her pain was immediately turned into pleasure

"Hnnnnghhh" She moaned loudly without care for their location, at the moment they could be swarmed by demon beasts for all she cared

She rode him, constantly moaning and using up the aphrodisiac that raked her body, she lowered her face and took Hal's face in her and stared into his eyes before planting a kiss on his lips then straightened up and moaned

"Ohhh, yes. yes yes, right there"

Smack*Smack*Smack*

Her words were occasionally reduced to groans and pants but some times she found herself quite articulate

"That's it, I want more" she would say before lowering herself harder on lower body

Hal for his part was a little surprised by her pro activeness and blamed it on the aphrodisiac, as his organ was squeezed between walls of velvet measure Hal was vaguely aware of his bloodline absorbing the aphrodisiac and getting stronger.

He released his pheromones and was surprised to realize he could use it to create a dome of influence, an area of effect or it could even be called a domain, inside it, his lust skyrocketed and so did that of the lady he was sleeping with, the outside however was influenced by his {Fear} ability causing every beast that were attracted by the noise to face nightmares that sent them running.

And that was good because Hal was not planning to stop anytime soon.

"OHH Ohh Annnngh" The lady moaned loudly once again as she squirted all over Hal's abdomen.

A little of her senses had returned but she simply smiled and continued riding him with her ass rising and falling. Hal simply put his hands behind his head enjoying the pleasure immensely but not feeling obligated to get involved. Yet

He would let her trick herself into believing this to be 'true' pleasure before opening her eyes to the the true feeling of sensational pleasure.

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The lady's self pleasuring session eventually ended when the aphrodisiac was completely used up.

At least she thought it was used up, the truth was that Hal had absorbed most of it or else it would not have left after about twenty minutes.

The lady looked embarrassed because in her mind she had practically raped this man.

If Hal could hear her thoughts he wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Here he was proud of taking advantage of the situation and she was worried that she had 'raped' him.

Her embarrassment would not last long however as Hal would further induce his pheromones into the domain and wash away all her inhibitions allowing her to relax.

"I was drugged" she said softly on top of him

"Are you all right now?" Hal asked

"Yes. But..."

"What?"

"I want to do it again and then I'll leave" she said looking into his eyes

Hals reply was to seize her lips and turn them over so he was on top

"Now it's my turn" he whispered

His fingers to stroke her naked breast turning them into erogenous zones but he stayed away from the nipple somehow knowing it was her sweet spot.

"Ohhh" she moaned enraptured by the tease

He sealed her mouth with kisses as he continued to stroke and she continued to moan into his mouth when his right thumb and index finger pinched her breasts she had to control herself to stop herself from Cumming right then.

Hal touched her body like he was appraising a prized jewel. His kisses treating her to such pleasure and then she tensed up

"Relax" Hal whispered to her and just like magic she did.

Surrendering her self to pleasure from a man whose name she did not know

Hal lowered his hard organ to her entrance and slowly pushed in.

It remained as tight as it had been before but wanted more than that he wanted to mold that area into his shape

"Oh Oh Ohhh yes" she moaned and wrapped her hand behind his back

Hal continued to stoke himself into her back and forth. The lady's moan continued to invmcrease in crescendo as she yelled in her head

'What is pleasure? THIS is pleasure!!'

She squeezed her walls tighter around Hal that he had no choice but to unload inside her, it was his first since they began and it was a lot

The lady felt the warm spunk filling her up inside and came, her juices flowing, panting heavily but Hal was not don't so he turned her over with her back to him feeling that perky butt on his crotch, raised one if her legs and entered into her deeply.

The position should have embarrassed her greatly after all she was showing all of her glory to the world but instead her mind was muddled by the heightened pleasure

"Ohh, I want more. Don't stop" she constantly moaned

"I don't intend to" Hal whispered into her ears pounding away and showing her new heights of pleasure

"Ohhh, ohhh ohhhhhh" she came again and this time Hal Came along with her after which she fell asleep from exhaustion.

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Jon and the others had successfully fended off the the demon beasts and decided to search for their miss, the moans they were hearing were unsettling, and as neither of them were interested in walking in on lovers crazy enough to have sex in a forest crawling with demon beasts they decided to go to the opposite direction of theme moans.

(AN They had no idea the lady had been hit with a quill)

"Sir Jon, I suggest we split up. Cover more grounds. It won't be hard to find her" One of the others said

"Good idea, Aldo" Jon agreed before they all seperated to find the miss and leave this beast infested forest.

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Meanwhile Hal lay on the grassy earth with the lady lying on his chest. He had taken a lot of essence from her and he had given in return however he had no interest in refining the essence just yet.

The lady stirred in his arms and then opened her eyes

"That was...incredible"she said

"It sure was" Hal agreed

"Soooo..."

"What's your name?" They both asked at the same time

The lady sounded timid almost guilty while Hal asked with genuine curiosity.

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"My name is Hal" he told her

"My name is Valerie" She told him as she sat up and began to put on her clothes

Hal dispersed of the pheromone dome and watched her showing no inclination of wanting to put something on

"Thank you for helping me but..." She paused, took a deep breath and said "you should forget about me"

Hal chuckled at how serious she looked "If so then why tell me your name"

"It would have been rude not to. And don't search for me after today. It should be as though we had never met"

Hal smiled "Are you sure about that?"

Valerie allowed a sigh "I have a fiancé and if his or my family knows about this, you could lose your life"

"Is that so" Hal sighed

Valerie nodded

"Well then we have a problem. I want you for myself and I don't give a damn about your fiance"

Valerie became outraged, who did he think he was? Even daring to covet her, he really did not know what was good for him.

She stood up in a huff and made to walk away, Hal pointed towards the east

"You'll find them faster if you go that way. Do remember though that from now on you're my woman"

Hal could not explain it. He had never been possessive, on the contrary, he had never been interested in making a woman his. If they wanted to leave, they could. Eventually another will come by, but ever since his bloodline had awakened he felt an urge to have any woman he wanted for himself and only himself.

'Mine mine mine' kept ringing in his head

Valerie thought she noticed a darkness in his blue hues but it passed so quickly that she decided it was a trick of the light. She took one last look at the man she would never be able to forget before running towards the direction he had pointed out.

When she was gone, Hal withdrew fresh clothes from his inventory and put it on.

'You should have tried to find out where she was from? How could you possibly find her now?' Grimiore asked

'I'll find her. She now carries my scent. As long as I am close enough, I will find her' Hal replied

'What's the range'

'Same city'

Hal was able to understand things pertaining to his bloodline instinctively. His 'scent' would cling to every woman he had sex with but was only perceivable by him. Right now he could sense that Melinda was in salmon city.

"That was fun. But it is time to continue the hunt"

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The closer Hal got to the lair the more demon beasts he faced or escaped from and the more it proved his suspicions.

Somehow the salmon had become able to control the demon beasts. He had discovered from grimiore that it was not natural for an astral beast to control demon beasts. It should not even be possible and the fact that it was happening now did not put Hal at ease.

He had to resort to a lot of trickery and used up most of his prepared runes to make it through. None of the beasts were as strong as the four that had fought Jon and the other 'mercenaries' but they were still a problem. And then he found it. The Salmon's lair.

"You did what?" Lillian asked her son.

"You heard me mother. I had to do something" Rad held his ground

"Your father was going to take care of it"

"Well now he doesn't need to anymore. He should be thanking me. And i planned i planned it well, making use of a local gang that would do anything for money, made sure to promise them payment after the job was done and, I also made sure they were stronger than him, he couldn't possibly survive.

"As for Master Swanson, he would never really know who is responsible. Suspicions don't mean anything. Father was just being paranoid"

Listening to him Lillian felt he did seem to have thought things through and she so desperately hoped things worked out accordingly or it could affect her husband's chance of becoming mayor.

Unlike the way it was done on earth, The Mayor title in in the Haron Continent was always held by the strongest family in the city, the reason for this was none other than the fact that that the position gave a certain level of authority and control over law enforcement and as such it was very coveted. A weak family would be unable to keep such power.

For a few centuries the Edgar family had held that title and ruled salmon city according to the rules of the Barony they fell under, and the rules of the Barony were the rules of the county it fell under and the rules of the county were the rules of the Duchy and the rules of the Duchy were the rules of the crown.

The crown however had no interest in preserving mayoral lines and keeping it in a particular family, heck it was barely interested in the barony being kept in a single family and as such the mayoral title was up for grabs. The mayor of salmon city, Hector Edgar was nearing the end of his lifespan and if he failed to advance to the next realm, war would break out to determine who would hold the authority of salmon city.

"Don't worry mother, everything will be alright, and even if they fail, there will be no evidence implicating me" Rad assured her

A beautiful curvy maid walked in and served them tea. The instant Rad saw her his heart rate picked up. The maid served the tea and backed out of the room

"Excuse me mother, I'll be right back"

Rad left the room and caught up with the maid

"Rita, I need to speak with you" and so Rad pours out his heart to the maid. He was hoping his honesty and forthright nature would earn him favors. He had long decided to seek her heart the right way and besides how could she say no to a great family heir.

Rita listened with rapt attention and when he was done she opened her mouth to reply but was interrupted by Rad who said

"Think about it. As soon as Father is mayor I would love to say to the world how much I love you" He placed a gold ring with the Payne family crest in her hands before closing her fingers around it

"consider this as a betrothal gift" he told her before returning into the room

However as soon as he was turned Rita squeezed the ring tightly and sneered.

If only Rad knew how this moment set up the domino effect that would eventually bring about his doom.

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Edge of Tretch Forest

A middle aged man stood at the edge staring into the forest with a look of subtle concentration. The man was focused on staring at the forest and only looked away when another figure arrived standing on a cyan colored disk hovering in the air.

The new arrival was obviously female and was dressed in a red fancy gown that while intricate still clung to her curved body with a split on one side to show off her leg. The neckline was only a little plunged and just enough to tease a beholder with the generous cleavage of her large breasts.

Her neck was fair and so was every part of her body that was visible. Only her green eyes were visible as she had a red veil covering the lower part of her face. Her black hair was sleek and shiny and draped to the top of her shapely butt.

Needless to say, even with part of her face covered, the woman was breathtaking and would incur lust in any man. However the middle aged man had nothing but respect in his eyes for that red garbed lady

"Your highness" He bowed towards her

The lady however simply chuckled and shushed him "shh, someone could be listening in. You'll cause a commotion" Even her voice seemed aimed at inciting nefarious thoughts. Even though it was not her intention It had a subtle seductive slur to it.

"My apologies" The man bowed again

The lady waved it off "So, this is it. And you're sure there's an astral beast in this forest"

"I am quite certain. The information was received from a trusted source, also no one in this city should be able to defeat it. Absorbing the astral energy could really help further refine your astral sense"

The mm was once again concentrating on the forest. The lady looked concerned

"Don't strain yourself too much" DM she told him

"It's alright, my lady. Manipulating demon beasts of this level is not really difficult. I have made sure to attack everyone who comes into this forest. There will be no witnesses"

"Any casualties" she asked

"Only the necessary ones. However I do not believe anyone has been killed or fatally injured so far. Although there is a particularly persistent one that has escaped the senses of the beasts"

"Very well then let's get this over with" she said and began to fly towards the forest when...

BOOM!!

...a loud rumbling was emitted from the forest in the direction they had marked as where the salmon lair was.

"Damn it, it's that persistent fellow" The middle aged man was incensed.

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30 minutes earlier

Hal had found the salmon lair. The lair was a hill cave with it's entrance protects by green astral energy. Hal walked towards it and was surprised to find no runes, he was able to use astral sense to create an opening that he goes through to arrive at the interior.

The moment he was inside he could feel the presccence of the entity, the floor was littered with gold coins but the amount was abysmal and disappointing.

"Ah, I see you made it here" A voice said from the shadows, it sounded male and youthful

"Why? Because of all the demon beasts you have stationed outside?" Hal retorted

"Why would I do that? I dislike those primitive fellows who are simply satisfied with their inferior state" The voice replied in kind

"Oh I don't know" Hal said sarcastically " To protect yourself"

"Protect myself? If I am not brilliant enough to protect myself and must depend on stupid beasts for survival, I would much rather destroy myself" And then the voice paused

"I thought you were the one making the demon beasts act strangely. I mean stranger than usual. They were actually cooperating.

"Even those four lords joined the fray all in an attempt to keep people out of this forest. Someone wanted me for themselves"

'Ah ha, so we finally solved the mystery of the strange behavior of the demon beasts' Hal said to grimiore

'Yes, there seems to be another player. Good thing you made haste or they could have gotten here be for you'

"Just take the gold, it should be enough to prove your hunt" The voice said

"And is this all of your wealth? Hal asked

The voice chuckled "I would be a fool if I kept my fortune littered across the floor. If I ever have to flee how would I take it with me. No I keep it safe at all times"

"And why would you even amass wealth. You cannot make use of it can you?" From the sharp intake of breath Hal knew he had touched a nerve

When the voice spoke next it was with a voice of barely suppressed ire

"Typical of humans. Believing they are the only ones who should hold the power of currency and all beast should not have access to shiny things. So we like Gold, so what?. I want to have it, who are you to ask me what I intend to do with MY WEALTH" the voice snarled and the one who owned the voice floated out of the shadows and Hal's was surprised by it's appearance

The creature was a salmon without a doubt, and it was completely composed of astral energy. It was also about eight inches long and 3 inches tall. Somehow the fish face looked incensed. Hanging from it's sides were two spartial pouches held there by astral energy.

Hal knew they must have been acquired recently, the salmon obviously occasionally left it's lair scouring for ways to easily move it's wealth.

Hal was convinced that there must be a reason for the eccentric nature of astral beast in amassing wealth like humans. Could it be that developing astral sense and harnessing astral energy made them gain human like qualities?. That would explain their ability to talk early and their enhanced reasoning abilities.

Or maybe developing astral sense just made them the way they should have been originally as astral beast always claim.

Hal withdrew attack runes instantly and prepared to go on the offensive when an arrow of congealed astral energy was formed right in front of the salmon and it sped towards him at blinding speed.

Hal's instincts were on hyperdrive as he managed to dodge the arrow.

Astral beasts usually couldn't draw runes but they were able to use astral energy to attack or defend. The attack usually would not be affiliated with any element but was potent all the same.

Humans could use astral energy this way too but as their bodies do not hold astral energy and is not composed of it like astral beasts the strain would be too high causing a lot of pain but very little gain.

"You have made me angry, and now i want you DEAD" salmon said before creating a barrage of astral arrows which he unleashed on Hal like it was judgment day!.

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The arrows surrounded Hal in the blink of an eye all trailed on him like missiles. Hal wept the only way he could. Up.

Boom!!

The arrows would hit and cancel each other out. The force would allow Hal's ascent to rise higher, he flipped in mid-air and landed with a flourish before tossing the attack runes at salmon.

The attack runes exploded into flames and and lightening that blasted at salmon. However salmon would remain unaffected by the barrage, and instead absorbed the astral energy imbued in the runes

"That all you got?" It said in a jeering voice

'Great, he can absorb my attacks' That renders my planned offense useless' Hal grumbled

To grimiore he asked 'Any ideas'

'Figure it out yourself or flee' Grimiore told him

'Grr. Useless as always'

Salmon then created two fists of astral energy that launched themselves at Hal and forced him to go in the defensive at least until he drew a rune on one of the arms and caused it to implode. Before the astral energy could disperse, hal absorb it with his astral sense but instead of refining it he kept it in his body for an attack he had begun to plan.

Unfortunately, Astral energy and cosmic energy usually couldn't stay in the same body, at least it should have been impossible for Hal to do so

"Hahahaha, you're just going to kill yourself" salmon laughed

Hal knew it was not being arrogant by laughing it was simply rightfully confident. It's astral sense purity was higher than even Master Swanson's as such it's astral energy attacks were much purer as well.

Hal could tell that while it's attacks so far had seemed irrational and expensive the salmon could afford it. It did not take a dent out of the astral energy it's body was composed of as such Hal had only one chance to win and that was to weaken it with astral energy of similar purity as it's own.

Salmon saw Hal's art of storing astral energy inside his body as stupidity and a suicide attempt. What it did not account for was the Grimoire Hal had in his mind space keeping the balance between the two energies and keeping them from mixing and causing damage to his body.

It was at moments like this when grimiore was useful that almost caused Hal to forget now unhelpful he usually was.

Almost

Salmon kept sending astral fists at Hal and he continued to cause them to implode and siphon their energies

"Enough of this" Salmon snarled and a broadsword thickly composed of astral energy was formed and directed at Hal who leapt backwards to avoid a swing of the great weapon but he was unable to totally escape the sword's length and it passed clean through his chest...

Shink*

...leaving it unharmed, however Hal's body was wracked with pain as the wound had not been external but internal, bypassing his skin to attack his bones directly

"Arrrrrrhhgghh" Hal yelled as his vision got blurry

Salmon sighed, he had wanted the fun to last a little longer but this seemed to be the limit it was inevitable when fighting against someone so weak

Hal on the other hand felt his split chest bones began to piece each other together and healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He had awakened the healing factor of his bloodline and just in time too because the sword was getting ready for another strike.

Hal raised his head suddenly and grabbed the astral broadsword with both hands, both hands held imploding runes

Boom!!

The broadsword imploded and the resultant force shredded Hal's upper clothes and lacerated his body but he ignore it (it was already healing anyway) and absorbed the energy finally reaching his cap of astral energy he could hold in his body which he released so that it took the form of the first weapon that popped in his head; A Trident.

The Trident was mostly colored green but still a little flecked with blue astral energy making the three pronged spear looked beautiful and deadly.

Whoosh

Was the sound the astral spear made as it flew towards Salmon who tried to protect itself.

Ordinarily A person's or beast's astral energy will cause them no harm but Hal had rectified that by adding a signature of his own astral energy which now made it just as deadly to salmon as it was to Hal.

All of Salmon's defense proved useless as the trident pinned salmon in mid-air and Knowing the hold would not last long, Hal got to work using the trident as a conduit to refine the salmon by corrupting it with his own astral energy in small doses.

It was long and tedious work that strained Hal's mental faculties, he persevered until the energy became too much and he had to release the excess violent energy

BOOM!!!

The entire cave like lair exploded and rained down rubble of rocks which buried Hal beneath them.

Hal managed to claw himself out of the rubble, bleeding from several parts of his body, and also sporting a few broken ribs. As he clawed himself out he couldn't help but reminisce about how he had almost being caught in the same situation back on earth and how if he had not been able to escape that cave early and was buried in the rubble like he was in this cave, he would have died instead of breaking a few bones.

A light in the distance caught his eye but it had faded when he turned his attention towards it, when he brought his eyes down he came face to face with the veiled beauty in a red dress whose afterimage had just faded in the sky.

Even before he saw her, he had smelled the scent wafting from her, it smelled like roses but at least ten times purer and enticing, the part of the face he could see had perfectly slanted eyebrows and almond shaped green eyes needless to says she was breathtaking.

"How dare you ogle her" a growling voice sounded behind him and released a pressure that treathened to suffocate him but if Hal was affected it didn't show on his face.

"If she didn't want me to ogle her then why did she push her face so close" Hal said calmly

"Y-you..." The man seemed to be choking

The lady however simply raised her eyebrows

"Do you know what you just did?" She asked in a calm tone of voice

"I wasn't ogling you. I was admiring you" Hal told her as he stood up and wiped the blood that covered his face

The man was so angry he wanted to choke the smug bastard. How could anyone be so shameless, since when did admiring looks hold lustful intent

"Of course you were not ogling me" The lady nodded

While the man's jaw dropped. He knew she was not naive she was aware of the look the smug bastard had given her so why was she condoning it? She should be beating him up right now, right?

"I wasn't talking about that, I was talking about this" she waved towards the cave debris before pointing her right index finger towards Hal and a rune that he recognized as the binding rune (it was after all the same ruin he had added to the Trident to allow it it pin Salmon in mid-air) materialized in front of it instantly. It slammed into him binding his hands and forcing him to his knees

"I was talking about the astral beast you just defeated" she whispered but he could hear clearly and wondered if he had not just stepped into a hornet's nest by coming after The Salmon.

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The rune that bound Hal's hands were of a rank two quality but could most possibly hold it's own against an average rank three rune. This lady was obviously a rune-master at a much higher rank than Master Swanson.

'Yo Hal. Remember the level of strength that can affect astral beast in terms of cosmic energy' Grimiore piped

'Yes I do' Hal replied dreading what was coming next

'These two are well past it' Grimiore said confirming Hal's suspicions

On the Haron continent, trying to judge a person's age by looks was useless. The only reason anyone grows old physically is when they are nearing the end of their lifespan, or were nearing it before they broke through to the next realm.

The middle aged man was most probably over 500 years old, same could be said about the lady and were definitely still in their prime. Even with the abysmal strength in salmon city, only the young generation look their age, people like Gregory Payne, Ford Horst and even Melinda were above the age they portrayed physically but all that for another time.

Tanya Haron studied the man she had bound with an astral rune everything about him seemed out of place in a small city such as this.

She once again stretched forth her right index finger and a rose colored rune (this time meaning search) materialized before her finger and then slammed against Hal's head.

At first Hal panicked but grimiore soothed his worries, informing him that search as she might she would not be able to detect it's existence.

Tanya scanned his mind discovering an astral sense of such purity that it should not be in this region, she sighed and with a flick of her wrist released him. Hal rose back to his feet but did not leave. She obviously had no intention of killing him and he doubted he could outrun her

"I actually don't really care much about that astral beast, there are other ways to refine astral sense" she said to the middle aged man and he inclined his head in a subtle bow

Tanya then turned towards Hal "I bound you so you won't run and so I could search your mind space. How did you know how to refine an astral beast?"

Hal saw no point in playing dumb, he did not believe she so valued whatever information he might give. she simply seemed curious

"I heard about it, it seemed more of an urban legend than truth but I decided to try" Hal said without missing a beat

"So you risked your life without knowing proper procedure" She sounded a little shocked

"That's right" he lied through his teeth

She moved closer to him their faces barely an inch apart

"Do you consider yourself a daredevil"

Hal clenched his hands in a bit to control the urge to tear away her flimsy looking veil and capture her lips

'Calm down Hal' he told himself 'all in good time'

"I prefer risk-taking genius but yours seem shorter so let's go with that" He said calmly with a shit eating grin on his face

Tanya's eyes narrowed but Hal could tell she was smiling. With a flick of her wrist she withdrew a Jade seal with the words, Royal Academy impressed on it and handed it to him.

"What is this?" Hal asked turning it over, of course he knew suspected what it was for, however asking for confirmation couldn't hurt.

"Show some respect peasant. You should at least show some respect to the lady" The middle aged man growled

Hal blinked "Oh I almost forgot you were here"

The man was incensed and so the suffocating pressure was seeping out once again but a look from the red garbed lady caused him to instantly rein it in.

"That token will allow you to participate in the Royal academy selection in Six months" she told him

"There's no need, I don't want to join the academy" Hal said intending to return the token back to her

In all honesty, Hal did not see the point in joining any sect (whatever it was called, the academy was still a sect) as long as he had currency, he could possibly have anything he wanted. A sect or 'academy' would simply tie him to their beliefs and rules.

There was nothing better than an independent man.

The middle aged man's anger was getting riled up once again seeing Hal reject such gesture of good will.

Tanya on the other hand nodded in understanding

"Hold on to it, the selection is in six months, hopefully you will have found someone to explain the advantages before then" She told him before her cyan colored disk rose into the air and flew away

"I hope to see you again" Her voice reached him before she vanished into distance

The middle aged man took one last look at Hal before sprouting white and yellow colored wings and followed after her.

"Well that was quite an eye opener" Hal mumbled

'You made the right decision by not joining that academy. With me in your corner you don't need them' grimiore said

'Actually, I'm starting to consider joining' Hal told him while he retrieved two spatial pouches from his inventory

'Why?' Grimiore was shocked

'Why do I do anything" Hal sighed excessively

'For a woman?' Grimiore was incredulous

'Ding Ding Ding Ding, Bingo!'

Hal opened one of the pouches and looked inside with astral perception and stopped dead, rushing to open the other and checking inside again and stopping dead once again in shock. He completely disregarded the fact that he was possibly revealing himself to a demon beast ambush and yelled

"FUCK ME, I AM RICH!!!"

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Meanwhile the middle aged man caught up with Tanya who flew ahead of him

"My lady, why would give him a token and a jade token no less" The middle aged man was indignant, he knew just how special and dangerous the jade token was

"Why do I do anything? Because I like him and because he has promise. He might be a liar but he is obviously talented and gutsy I need someone like that in my corner. 5th Elder"

"Sigh. Very well, I just hope you haven't put your trust in someone undeserving" The 5th Elder said before falling silent.

"Besides, that way this trip was not a total waste. At the very least I got a talented potential protégé"

At time they heard an echo of 'fuck me, I am rich'

"A stupid protégé" The 5th Elder reasoned

"Actually I find him quite charming and intelligent. I honestly can't wait for his arrival at the royal academy" Tanya giggled

An hour later Hal was out of Tretch forest and was now close to Salmon city. After discovering just how much wealth he had been able to acquire from salmon, he had found a stream to wash himself after which he changed his clothes.

While the journey into the forest had not taken the few days he had anticipated it was still well past midnight when he returned to salmon city (Although, they should probably change the name now).

When he got into the mansion, He went into his room and found Melinda asleep on it or at least he thought she was. when he laid on the bed behind her however she turned around hugged him tight and kissed him. It looked like he won't be getting some rest after all.

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After a glance at Melinda's satisfied face, Hal entered into his mind space which now twinkled with brighter starlight to come come in contact with the grimiore. He was incensed that he had to pay a fee to be privy to it's content, even though he had gotten a small fortune (200000 gold coins) from salmon he had no intention of squandering it. After a fee of 100 gold coins, an holographic interface appeared so he could now gain access to the Grimiore's contents.

The first thing he checked was information on his bloodline and the answer he got...

Bloodline: ???? {? Means redacted) To speak of it would bring chaos and incur divine punishment

"What the fuck. Grimiore explain yourself" Hal was irate

"Well it is like I suspected. For some reason I couldn't understand your bloodline. I could not even tell you what it was. Well now I understand why. Whatever your bloodline is you will have to discover yourself

"Also you will do well to be careful in flaunting it, if it is so terrible to be redacted from the Primordial Cosmic Grimiore then you can be sure you will most likely face persecution for it"

Hal gritted his teeth and was about to lash out when he realized he would eventually understand everything. It was only about patience so he took a deep breath. It would do him no good to to lose his calm now so he switched to other important matters.

He redeemed the Primordial Cosmic Art: cosmic pearl realm manual and the information flowed into his head.

"I want a cultivation technique for Melinda, what do you suggest" He asked grimiore

"I once told you, all those techniques were worthless and now I have proof of their worthlessness, all the impressive cultivation techniques in here are ungraded but will constantly outpace even so called purple grade techniques as long as they are upgraded after every major realm"

"Okay, that's nice to hear, now where's the 'but'"

"What do you mean by 'but'" Grimiore asked

"You know, this cultivation technique is great but..." Hal trailed off

"Why does there have to be a 'but'?" Grimiore asked

"A technique such as this is bound to have a 'but', or else it would probably by unreliable. Even the primordial Cosmic Art has a 'but'" Hal reasoned

What Hal believed to be a 'but' for the Primordial Cosmic Art was simply how much importance it placed on quality as opposed to quantity, something even he knew should be considered a plus.

"Well it does not have a 'but'. However you can only redeem one per use"

"So essentially,I will have to pay for the technique before it can be handed to anyone"

"Exactly"

'This is fraud' Hal yelled inwardly

"So how are this ungraded techniques compared to the Primordial Cosmic Art?"

"They are weaker but can't be compared to any other" Grimoire replied promptly

"Are there any graded techniques?"

"Numerous"

"What about skills?"

"Countless"

Hal nodded. He had a plan for those.

"What if I redeem the technique for someone and they happen to teach someone else"

"Believe me, That's not possible. It is an exclusive technique"

'Exclusive my ass, you just want to keep raking in gold' Hal thought

Of course Hal could also see an advantage in this it would help keep the technique with those he could trust and avoid leakage.

He redeemed the technique for Melinda and was about to turn away when he noticed something

Upset Victory package: Acquired Equipoise ability

Hal was about to read the description when his astral perception picked up an intruder headed into the mansion.

He withdrew himself from his mind space and moved to intercept the intruder who was presently moving around on the outside.

The intruder was moving across the courtyard when Hal arrived before them and caused them to stop. The intruder happened to be a young lady that looked to be in her twenties but Hal recognized her, she was Rita. The very same one Rad had gone head over heels for. Usually Rita would have either an awe stricken face or a submissive one but the look she had now was simply of mild respect and a little shock at meeting Hal before she got inside. It was quite out of character of her.

"Young master" She bowed

"Hello Rita. What may I ask, are you doing here so late? Did Rad send you here?" He asked her

"I am here on my own accord. I know Rad Payne tried to have you assassinated" She told him

"Are you here to show concern"

"Yes, young master"

"Why?"

"My mistress tasked me with your protection" This time she looked genuinely awed

"Mistress? You mean Lillian?"

"Pfft, what right could she or her husband have to have me call them master?" Rita chuckled cutely

Hal raised an eyebrow "Okay then who is your mistress"

Rita paused as though wondering if it was wise to answer before sighing

"It's Your mother"

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Payne estate, Gregory's study

Gregory Payne was burning the midnight oil. The news of Rad ordering the assasination of the witch's spawn, he had been far from being disappointed. That was his plan as well. He had actually planned to attack both Master Swanson and the bastard simultaneously, making sure there would be no retribution.

Rad's plan had been well thought out and guaranteed that should Hal (ugh, he hated to even think that name) survive. which was going to be a tough task to accomplish. There would be nothing except suspicions tying the Payne family to the murder.

Gregory sighed. It was time to begin to arm his men, the strength of the Family head was of little consequence if there was no one to defend the home base.

Hector Edgar was the strongest threat to the Ambition of anyone trying to become mayor as he was indisputably the strongest strongest individual in salmon city at the moment so the best way to chip at the strength of the House Edgar was to go after the 'little people' who made up their home base force.

knock*knock*knock

"Come in" Gregory called and the door opened and a black robed man walked into the study

"Patriarch, I have news. A few hours earlier he returned to the mansion and we have cause to believe he came from Tretch forest"

Gregory nodded knowing fully well who the 'he' referred to and the fact that he had gone to stretch forest was suspected already

"And why are you only reporting it now?" The news should have been reported with haste

"Well...I was following your second order"

"And..."

"Nothing, we found nothing. Although we couldn't search thoroughly for fear of being discovered"

"Sigh. I wasn't really expecting you to. Stop watching him for now, Lillian claims it's turning into an obsession. So we'll be focusing on making me mayor from now on. When I'm mayor I want to see how he survives" Gregory chattered with a craze look on his face that made the informant wonder what could make a father hate his son so much.

...

Meanwhile...

Hal was still reeling from the 'it's your mother' Comment. Sure, ever since he took over this body, he never believed Lillian to be his mother, they had nothing in common. The news however did not garner any change in him because whoever his 'mother' was, she had left him with a father like Gregory Payne and until he he could judge her reasons he could not decide what to think. Yet.

"Okay. Who is she?" He asked

"I can't say"

"Oh, why not?" he asked with his eyebrows were

"I don't really know who she is" Rita sighed exasperated

'Now this is intriguing' Hal thought

After his prompting, Rita launched into a story of how she had been saved and given new life with only one thing asked in return. That she, Rita, infiltrate the Payne family and protect her saviour's son in secret and so she began working on the Payne estate 5 years ago with apparently an abysmal cultivation base

"What about when I was sold" Hal asked

"well, your life was not in danger per se so I was not supposed to interfere if not I would have done so whenever you were mistreated and blown my cover" Rita explained

'If only she knew Hal really died in slavery, and I took over his body' Hal thought

"So are you really only here to show concern" Hal asked as he led the way into the mansion and stopping to sit in the lounge

"No I want to help you destroy the Payne family. I'm sure you are planning it and I want to offer my assistance" She said with a smile on her face

Hal seemed to be considering it as he closed his eyes and took deep breaths

"No" He opened his eyes suddenly

The smile fell of Rita's face

"Frankly, I don't trust you and I won't accept any help from you until I can"

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"The fact of the matter is that you are loyal to someone else already, and no matter how some people try to make it seem, you cannot serve two masters" Hal explained

"But I don't serve the Paynes, I serve your mother" Rita retorted

"A mother I have never met and who may not share my similar interest with me" Hal said calmly

Rita gritted her teeth "What do you want then?"

Hal smiled at her, 'she would be perfect for a test run' he thought

"Don't resist" he told her and then released his pheromones to swarm her.

As his bloodline got stronger, Hal began to understand why the pheromone attack on Melinda had 'failed'. One of the reasons was that it had been incidental, the bloodline had simply acted on it's own and as such it was not truly binding in fact had they not eventually spent time together, Melinda would eventually no longer feel tied to his ambition or cause, whatever they may be.

The second reason was that it had been an incomplete ritual. It should have been consensual and it should have involved Hal sharing his blood with the other party. That would ensure what could be better referred to as a blood contract. Where strength and loyalty are payment.

Swarming with pheromones was simply to help Rita calm down and had no real use in ensuring the contract. Rita did visually calm down

"What do you want to do?" she asked as she knelt down before him and closed her eyes

Hal smirked "Trust me"

And in a few seconds he performed the necessary procedures to prepare the contract which to his surprise (This was his first time actually doing this) turned into a black and blue scroll rolled open with the terms of agreement written in blood (his blood). The contract oozed nefarious energies and made Rita feel like she was selling her soul to the devil. If only she knew how close to the truth she was.

Hal on the other hand was stunned by the level of control he had over this contract, he could change the terms whenever he pleased and could administer boons through it as well. Rita signed it with her blood and he felt her relinquish control over her soul to him as a blood seal left the contract to merge with her.

The scroll rolled up after this and sank into Hal's right palm.

"It is done. Welcome to my fold, Rita" he said with his arms stretched in a welcome-like fashion

Rita felt the connection between them, a connection that now transcends distance. Her every thought open to her master. And yet...

"You will be the same, I have no interest in making you a mindless drone, so your character will remain the same"

"What are you really?" She asked faintly

"I'm still figuring it out"

'I am hoping the stronger my bloodline gets the more I will understand but so far it only makes me more frustrated' Hal mused

That was his only way of understanding his bloodline since it was redacted from a powerful artifact like the Primordial Cosmic Grimiore.

So he smiled down at her "well I understand my 'brother' gave you a ring"

Rita snorted "like he could ever woo me"

Rita was actually not being arrogant, she was stronger than Melinda as she was at the peak stage of cosmic pearl realm and although hal did not know how strong Gregory was he believed Rita could hold her own. Rita couldn't help but look down on Rad because of his inferior cultivation base. Not to mention that working for them for 5 years had made her detest the Paynes.

She withdrew a ring which she handed to him. Hal studied it and the Payne crest on it before nodding

"It just so happens that there was something missing in terms of my next plan and this will do nicely" The ring vanished into his inventory causing Rita's eyes to widen as she could see no ring on her master's finger

"How..." She began but Hal interrupted

"All in good time" he said "instead let us celebrate your inclusion to my cause. Whatever it may be"

Rita moved closer and grabbed the helm of his pants and pulled it down to reveal the meat stick that rose proudly. "Why is it so big" she mumbled before licking it from the bottom to the tip.

When she reached the ridge before the bulbous head Hal groaned and she picked up on the fact that it was a sensitive zone and focused her attention on that spot only occasionally touring the other areas with her lascivious tongue.

Hal had decided to let her go her own pace, while it was clear that she had no experience she was quick to pick up signs that pinpointed pleasure zones.

slurp*slurp*slurp*

She worshipped the organ and then opened her mouth wide and engulfed it in, her shapely butt raised high, her eyes narrowed as she sucked always

gag*

"Impressive" Hal commented

Eventually, she had to let up and take a breather and then went back to work. When his precum secreted and she licked it up her sore and worked up mouth returned to prime conditions, however she hardly noticed instead she was desperate for more of that sweet nectar.

slurp*slurp*slurp*

"So eager. one would think you've been thirsty for days" Hal chuckled before he groaned as she deep throated him once again

"Well, here is what you wanted so badly" and he shot ropes after ropes of cum down her throat

Rita was stunned by the sheer volume of it. She might have been a virgin but she could estimate that it would be too much for a normal man.

Hal shot the last of his semen and Rita retreated only to find the organ as angry looking as ever, she could feel her self soaked down there as she stared at the weapon in lustful hunger but Hal shook his head

"Not today, It's nearly daytime, you should return to the Payne estate now and play your part"

Rita sobered up and stood up feeling full and feeling the burst of energy the semen contained.

Hal came up with his scheme to begin the decimation of the Payne family and gave her instructions on what to do at which point he would be carrying out his part of the plan,

He could feel her yearning for him as she left the mansion but all in good time, as a great respecter of first times he would love to make her's special.

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