Chapter 458 First Soul in the City- Success!
The young lady had guards, meaning she was an important figure. Arthur could tell that just by looking, especially after she said that sentence in an arrogant tone.
"I'm here, miss. How can I help you today?" Arthur said as he returned from the basement and stopped behind the counter.
"Are you the owner, old man?"
It was funny to see the girl speaking with him like that, as he could turn her into a meat pulp with just a thought, "correct, I am. What do you need, miss?"
The two guards with her kept staring at Arthur, trying to see his level, and they relaxed afterward.
"A weak old man," they thought.
Perhaps due to Arthur being too weak, the guards did not see a reason to stay inside the store, "we will wait outside for you, miss," they said, leaving the liquor store afterward.
The girl did mind that, as she could also see Arthur was weak, even weaker than her, a seventh circle mage and a genius in the magic school.
"I'm looking for the best liquor you have, and I don't care if it is expensive," she said.
Arthur slowly went down, trying to reach something behind his counter. All of his movements were slow, trying to fit the identity of an older man to its fullest.
"Here, miss. This is the best liquor I have! Only 80 gold coins!"
That money was not low for a liquor bottle, yet the girl paid Arthur without saying a word, and then she moved toward the liquor store door. Arthur quickly scanned her body, and he could tell she had some problems in her veins that were affecting her mana flow.
"Should I tell her? No, not now. What would I gain with this? It could even bring me problems," Arthur thought, so he let her leave and said nothing.
"Miss, everything alright? The man tried something?" one of the guards asked when she left the store.
For some reason, the girl felt strange, as if someone had seen through her just now.
"Could it be the older man? No, that's impossible?"
"No, Lenroy. He tried nothing. Now let's return home!"
The days went the same way, but Arthur had to start doing his movements! His identity was Nefion, the liquor store owner, an average mage who was too old for anything, yet that changed with the passage of days.
Arthur spread rumors around the city about someone who could get anything one wanted. At first, no one believed it, but when the first client came to the liquor store and left it with what he wanted the most, the word spread quickly.
A fat man entered the store and waited near the counter until Arthur showed up, "how can I help you?" he said.
The man looked at him and hesitated momentarily before saying, "I want the special one."
That was the code Arthur created for them to ask for his other services, basically making them sell their souls for things in exchange.
Arthur looked at the man and said, "follow me."
They went toward the basement, where Arthur pulled a few crates, showing a secret tunnel leading to a room with plenty of magical formations to make it invisible to curious eyes, just like his store was.
"Before we start this, there are a few things I need to tell you. First, after you get what you want, you must get other clients to me, but only those you trust! Everything that happens here must remain a secret, like a secret organization. Understood?"
The man only noticed the altar behind Arthur, which looked much like a demonic cult, yet the man was not scared! He knew only demons or gods could give things to people, and there was no way it was a god.
"Of course. Now, I-" the man hesitated again and was a little shy to ask it, but then he said, "can you make me muscular and increase the size of my penis?"
That was the last night Arthur imagined someone would ask, at least in a magical world like the one they were in. If it were Earth, that would not be out of the question.
"Are you sure you want this?" Arthur said.
He wanted to make sure, as the satisfaction of his clients meant more clients, and more clients meant power to fight against those who were after him.
"I am sure of it!? Can you do it?"
"Sure. How muscular do you want, and how bigger?"
The man explained exactly what he wanted, and after that, the two shook hands, and Arthur's demonic spell activated, making the man's soul go directly at him as he absorbed it.
Then, with just a thought, the man before him changed entirely, shifting from a fat man to a muscular one that looked like a bodybuilder, and something happened down there as his pants were no longer holding his friend.
"I-It worked!? I cannot believe it!"
The man was jumping with happiness!? He wanted to believe it would work, but only stupid people would blindly believe in such a thing!? Many people had heard the rumors, yet no one went there to check it, and after one day, everyone forgot about it!
Only he had the guts to go there and try. Perhaps he was brave or desperate to escape his current situation. Either way, the man went there and became Arthur's first client!
"Remember what I told you. Bring someone you trust, and this person will not share this! We must keep our cult a secret. Remember, if you disobey me, a demon, you will die horribly."
Arthur said in a creepy tone that made the man, jumping with happiness, remember that he got what he wanted through not-so-good means.
Even if he wanted to share what happened down there, it was impossible because Arthur had full control over his soul, and he had to listen to his every command.
"Now let's get ourselves a stream of souls and become so powerful. Those after me will be running for their lives, afraid of the Demon God Arthur!"
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