[World selected: My Hero Academia.]
Looking at the end result and just who was actually chosen as a world, I sigh internally. The world of MHA is a big one for sure, but I can only do trades with those I know off. I can't just pop into the world and think 'president of Australia' or something and get to talk with the guy.
It is similar to the rules of the Death Note, I need a name and a face to get to go meet the person for a trade and, amongst the characters I know off in MHA, most would NEVER trade away their quirks.
It is too integral a part of their society, regardless of how the quirk works or what it does. It is honestly idiotic, but that is how things are there. The only person I can think off that would accept the idea of selling quirks to me like that would be-
"... Guess the league of villains will be getting some extra push." I said derisively to myself.
Honestly, All For One would not hesitate to sell me quirks and if he can give me something like a sun light producing quirk I can trade it with the Demon Slayers in Kimetsu no Yaiba world.
I know that some of them dying would make me stronger… but they are genuinely good people and if I can see just one more Hashira live through that fight then all the better. If this means I need to make a deal with the devil along the way so be it.
Besides, it is not like their society would not collapse into itself anyway even if I did not help the villains or the heroes. It is simply far too putrid inside for it to sustain itself by this point, the League of Villains and MLA are right on that front even if not on the methods.
Maybe I can see if I can buy the quirks of that anti-All Might Nomu or a teleportation based quirk? It would sure be useful to have some of those.
First things first, I must check out when in the timeline there I connected to. Depending on the answer what I would be doing changes considerably even if trading with the villains mostly seems almost inevitable.
A yawn escapes my lips by accident. I am a bit tired after everything today, but I need to get stronger as fast as possible. I may have sold off the bodies of all exorcists as well as their belongings to Carol, as are my rights as the winner to do as I please with the spoils of war, but I cannot be sure no one would be able to figure out what I did.
I know I could have tried to talk with the devils before, but how could I risk my family's life like that? And yet now? Now I am as good as if I was on a clock to get strong enough to at least try to negotiate.
Quirks are great for sure, but mastering them and more would take some time. Better if I travel to Konosuba instead.
There are some ways out of the top of my head I can get good results there in a very short order.
They would be somewhat aggressive negotiations, but it should work.
"Open chat function, world of Konosuba, target [Guild Receptionist]."
With that I felt myself vanish and at the same time not. My body became basically spiritual but, as long as no attack was launched at me, I would be not much different from a normal person.
Looking around I realize I am in the beginner adventurer city of Axel, to be more exact this is the adventurer's guild building and I look around to notice no one has found my sudden presence weird.
"Hello, are you interested in joining our guild?" The receptionist said and, oh my god those cannot be from a human.
Seriously, those look like they can make Akeno's bazookas look somewhat normal by comparison. Does this woman have something like a 'steel back' skill or something?
Shaking my head of such thoughts I explain.
"Yes, but I have gone through some problems on the road here. Thanks to that I am penniless at the moment, however I have some items to sell or trade and I'd be willing to exchange one as the entrance fee." I tell the receptionist who looks troubled before she looks me over and says.
"I thought the security around town was better. I suppose I should notify the guild master to send more checks for any remnants of the devil general Beldia's army." She says tiredly before she smiles at me and says. "Show to this onee-san what you have and if it is good enough I will accept and explain things to the guild master later."
I smile at the comprehensive woman, marking on my mind that this must be shortly after Beldia's attack on Axel but before the attack of the Destroyer.
Interesting. I wonder if I can try and get that thing's command instructions and ownership rights from that dead mad scientist. The thing may be mostly inconvenient and all that, but it cannot be denied it is a good war weapon and I am sure I can make some use out of it somewhere.
Thoughts of such are left behind for now as instead I extend my hand. Temporary as my possession of Blade Blacksmith may be, it is still simple to produce a demon sword by using just a tiny bit of my vitality as fuel.
"You, how did you-"
"It is a 'cheat' of mine. I can produce demonic and holy swords as long as I can think of them and have a clear image of them." I explain as I trade away that short sword (more like a dagger really) to the stunned woman.
After a few moments she examines the sword and raises her voice.
"This is far too much. It has anti-regen and anti-undead attributes, something like that can make a world of difference on the right hands. It is far more valuable than just the price to join the guild." She says and I shake my head.
"Don't worry. If you feel it is too much you can just allow me to do some small trades sometimes within the bar. Nothing too rowdy or troublesome, I assure you, just trades regarding my blades with the adventurers around." I explained and she looked troubled before saying.
"I am sorry, I need to go talk with the guild master before deciding on this." She says before she gives a polite bow and leaves.
It takes about ten minutes before the woman returns with a fat little man who looked me up and down before speaking.
"I can't have you selling those here since it would make the place too rowdy, but there is a magic weapons shop down the street. Convince the woman there to let you sell your stuff there and I will talk with the adventurers around to go to you. Also, here is the change for the dagger." The guild master said simply and directly.
Honestly, it felt almost mechanical but I appreciate the extra bluntness. No need for flowery words when the subject was simple and direct anyway.
"Thank you, I will do just that after I get my guild card." I told the man who nodded before turning to the receptionist.
"Luna, you know as well as I do that sometimes we get weirdos with unique abilities from out of nowhere, try and keep more composure later when the next one arrives."
… Oh, right, this is where all the transmigrators the Gods keep throwing into this world arrive first. With how many they must have shown up over the years and the 'cheats' they carry, it is not weird that the guild leader would not react much even with the power of this sacred gear in front of him.
"I understand, guild master. I promise not to interrupt you next time you are reading porn."
"It is not porn! It's art!" The man shouts before running away to the leers of the women adventurers around.
… Good guy.
"Now, you've said you want to become adventurers, so I assume you have some idea of what's involved." The woman started. "Just in case, please allow me to explain. First of all, adventurers are those who fight the monsters—that is, creatures who do harm to people—outside town. However, they are also jacks-of-all-trades. Adventurer is simply a generic term for those who have accepted this life as their vocation. Each one also has an occupation."
I know, this occupation and the guild card is what I want right now.
The receptionist set a card in front of me. It was about the size of a driver's license, to think something this small can be so useful.
"You see the line marked level? As you know, every creature in this world has a soul within it. Whenever we eat or kill or otherwise end the life of another living thing, we absorb some portion of its memories. The memories we absorb are widely known as experience points. Typically, you can't see them. However…" She pointed to another part of the card. "…this section will show an adventurer how many experience points he or she has gained. The corresponding level will be shown, too. So the card's a guidepost to an adventurer's strength and also indicates how many monsters he or she has defeated. Any living thing, once it gains enough experience, will suddenly and dramatically grow in its abilities. People often describe this as reaching a new plateau or, in a word, leveling up… At any rate, when your level goes up, you gain points, which you can spend on new skills as well as a variety of other benefits. So make sure to work hard and raise your level."
I nod my head at her explanation. Does this mean I already have levels though? I did kill many stray devils and those guys in the church earlier tonight, so maybe?
"Now please fill out this form. Please give your height, weight, age, and distinctive physical features."
This really is very formal huh. Well, I guess it is for the best from the country's perspective so whatever.
I began to write on the form she handed me. Height, one meter and eighty four centimeters. Weight, one hundred nine kilos. Hair, brown and eyes green. Sixteen years old and, just to be cheeky, thirty four centimeters long dick (funnily enough there was a section in the formulary that said 'dick size' and it was optional, this world is pretty insane I suppose).
"All right, thank you. Now, please touch this card. This will show your stats so you can pick a class that matches your abilities. Based on that class, you may also be able to learn specialized skills at higher levels, so consider that well when deciding on your occupation." She explained, pushing the card over to me.
Touching it I felt it connecting inside me. It was like some force hitting inside my body and I felt a bit uncomfortable experiencing it before I saw my hand change.
An armored gauntlet surged on my arm. It covered just a small area and my fingers were left out of it too, it was a pristine white all over too, is this something like an Albion version of Twice Critical?
Neet.
I noticed the receptionist staring for a moment before she calmed down and no longer seemed to care. I guess her boss's reprimand calmed her down.
Still, it is weird that the thing was able to be formed so easily just by touching the card. Maybe it is due to the card scanning my 'soul' and it was enough of a jolt to wake it up.
Well, whatever.
With the process done the receptionist took the card over and said.
"…All right, thank you. Mr.… Hyoudo Ace, is that right? Let's see… Strength, Vitality, Agility…all extremely high, your agility in special is particularly high. Many very high level adventurers are slower than this. Your Intelligence is a bit above average and your magic is a bit below average. As for luck, it seems slightly below average. With these stats, you should specialize more on the warrior or assassin path I'd say. Now for the classes you have available… what? How can you have so many?"
At her words the rest of the guild took notice and many seemed to have gotten a tad closer to hear.
"Martial artist, magic swordsman, demon slayer, samurai, teacher, alchemist, battle alchemist, mercenary, temptor, demonic merchant, slaver, swordmaster, hero, assassin, swordsmith, Holy swordsmith, Demonic swordsmith, dark priest, archbishop, genocyder, mage, archmage, crusader, poisoneer, heavenly dragon. What even is the heavenly dragon profession? There are so many options here, I don't even recognize most of them."
Hearing all those options I curse a bit inside since the experience and such I received from the demon slayers and my being the complete owner of Asia and those two fallen angels and autoscorrers, their suitable classes must have shown up here. As for the heavenly dragon one and poisoneer, pretty sure that comes from Albion considering this gear must have been made with some of his flesh or at least some of the power.
"Do you have some way for me to check the descriptions of what each of these classes can grant me? I would prefer not to select things blindly." I requested the woman who nodded her head.
"Sure, we have something like this. But it will cost you some money."
"How much?" I question and she thinks for a bit before saying.
"About half of what you received as change."
I did not hesitate in paying her that much. She nodded her head and left to get some weird machine. Putting my card in it we waited for a bit before a paper came out of it and she gave it to me and… I can't read it.
No, that is fine. I just use some of the remaining change to buy the information present in this piece of paper. I pretend to read as I do so and, by the end, I sigh as I think of what I got.
There are many useful ones here, but in the end I need to chose one and while most would pick Adventurer from it's abilities to learn any skill they see-
"Give me the Hero profession then." I asked her who nodded. Moments later applause started ringing all around. Not that I care since I intend to be ripping off most of them soon enough anyway.
The Hero profession not only gives incredible stat boosts it can learn most class exclusive skills like the Adventurer class, with a 30% higher cost compared to if I actually had the class. That is much better than an adventurer who needs to pay 300% more for the same skills. The only advantage adventurer class has over Hero class is that they can learn the monster's exclusive skills.
Not that it matters to me since I can just buy those skills from the said monsters if I want them.
Add in that this was the class with the highest overall boost in stats by leveling up and picking it was a no brainer.
"Excellent, now you will be able to see your skill points and your level and stats. Your viable skills to learn will be available and, if you want to buy one of them you just need to swipe your finger over them and have the necessary points for them." Luna says and I thank her as I pocket the adventurer card.
I will need to study this carefully before selecting the best one.
Next, I leave the place and go to the magic shop of Wiz. Honestly, it was pretty easy to find it out considering the smell around being a tad similar to decay.
A lich owns this place, after all.
Soon I entered the shop to see Wiz at the counter.
"Good morning, are you interested in anything?" The lich general of the demon king's army says and I can only stare at her face and then her body.
What is wrong with this world? Some of the women here somehow manage to be even more beautiful than those in DxD, and that was supposed to be an echi world.
Shaking my head of such useless thoughts, I concentrate on the woman before me as I speak.
"Hello, my name is Ace and I came over to propose a deal. I can produce holy and demonic based swords, I would like you to help me sell them here if possible."
"Oh, those are very rare. Are you sure you want to sell them here, there are other places that would buy them for a very nice price too." She says and I shake my head at that.
"No, I would rather the person doing so being you. I swear they are of very high quality and will sell well, I even let you decide on the price as long as the person buying them agrees that, with the money, they are willing to sell two of their skill points whenever they buy one. Five if they want a custom made Holy sword. If you agree I will let some of my subordinates stay here to sell those to customers and you can keep 70% of the money obtained. Sounds good?"
Wiz's eyes were spinning a bit at my words, so I waited a bit as she was trying to process what I said.
It seems she finally reached a decision and-
"Sorry, I only want a small cut of the money. I only made this shop because it is my dream and to help young adventurers have a way to thrive in the world, if you really can do as you said then I do not need so much money. But I still want to see the quality of the blades." She explains and I nod my head at that one.
Internally though, I admit I am impressed. She really is far too kind of a soul for this world. Hells, if I am not wrong, even her becoming a lich was only because she got too exhausted fighting demons to save her friends and, even after that, she still fought for her friends. As to why she became a demon general, it was to compensate the demon king for the damage on his castle she caused while fighting.
I can't help but smile at her as I produce a demonic sword with the image of it being anti-purification in mind. It is not a large blade, nor is it particularly strong, but this should at least make sure that she doesn't end up being 'accidentally' purified by Aqua in her pathetic rants.
She takes the blade and, after a short while, her eyes widen and before she can give the blade back I say.
"Keep it, consider it a gift. Do you accept my deal now?"
The woman looked troubled but then she nodded her head.
"Yes, I accept it."
With that I smile as I bring over who will be taking care of things in this front.
Plans changed and, considering the situation, I decided to bring Kalawarner and MIttelt over to do this.
With the two being my 'possessions' I can naturally consider their actions as extensions of myself, so completing my deal here for me is not an issue.
"Help Wiz with the shop and sell the holy as well as the demonic swords." I tell the two, transferring over the Blade Blacksmith to Mittelt so she can take care of that. "Make sure to go join the adventurer guild and go train and gain some levels. You both are here to help Wiz in taking care of things around as part of my deal with her, but this does not mean you should not try and use what time you have available to improve too. If I do not see a clear improvement on you both I will remove all your powers and talents before I throw you out."
The two shivered a bit before nodding their heads.
Seeing that the two understood this I smiled and left the place.
This should take care of these two and they should be able to grow well in this world. It is not hard to grow in levels here and, considering I am an adventurer and can take jobs here in exchange for money, the two two can do the same and take some quests when the store is not open.
With this I should get some constant flux of skill points from this place.
Now, it is late and I really need some rest. I will just check my adventurer card back home and get some sleep before the craziness of that world tries to catch up to me.
AN:
I am trying to have him start to pick up the pace by using the Konosuba system for help. Directly buying skill points like this will be interesting for sure and the amount of things he will get is quite scary.
Heck, I was even thinking on the MC helping the Hashiras in Demon Slayer to go join and buy their adventurer cards too. The stronger they become, the faster they will hunt down the Upper Moons and Michael Jackson, those who die in the process transfer all their skills and fighting experience to Ace and those who live through it, but don't want to join Ace, would send him all their skills and such too.
This is a useful investment for Ace in all aspects.
Also, any suggestion for Ace's skills from the Hero class (it is an available class for anyone from another world that goes to Konosuba and has positive enough Karma, Kazuma almost managed it but taking a Goddess and dragging her down with him made his karma lower enough to where it failed).
Any suggestion for trades that can actually be done. Do note that it must be a trade that can actually, logically happen even with how much important people in this world put on quirks. Most would never possibly accept trading away their quirks, but if you guy have some ideas then I am all ears.