Chapter 76 (1/2)

Pravos nodded to herself. Her newest user was doing his job quite nicely. Unlike Rachel, Lance didn’t question her words; instead, he faithfully carried out his mission. Seven months had passed, and he had already captured nine bandit leaders, one away from the designated goal of ten. If it weren’t for the fact he enslaved the people he captured, he would be the perfect user. It was a good thing all the bandits he was dealing with were bad people and deserved to be captured in the first place. Although the punishment was a bit too harsh for her taste, justice was still justice. It wasn’t perfect, but it was still better than zero justice being applied at all. If only she had been richer back in the day. All the lower dimensions would be just and fair. A sigh escaped from Pravos’ lips, and she shook her head.

“What’s wrong?” Karta asked, her ears perking up. After walking around in the dark all the time, she had gained the ability of echolocation. Pravos thought it was odd, but considering the dog’s facial structure resembled a bat’s, she didn’t think too much about it afterwards.

“Nothing,” Pravos said. “I was just thinking about money.”

“You do that too?” Karta asked, her eyes widening. Was this bitch trying to encroach on her domain as the god of the marketplace? Her eyes narrowed, and she peeled back her lips, baring her teeth. “You better stop.”

Pravos blinked hard. She wasn’t allowed to think about money? What kind of unreasonable demand was that? She scratched her head before focusing back on her display. There was a cable coming out of Vremya’s bellybutton, and it split into three different wires, each connecting to a different personal computer. Pravos touched the cable coming out of her computer and sent her divine sense into it. Her divine sense traveled up the cable; when it reached the fork, it traveled towards Vremya’s computer. Instead of a screen of systems, she found him looking at a screen full of rivers instead. Without warning, her divine sense was knocked away, and Vremya let out a harrumph. “Did you need more money? What are you peeking at my screen for?”

“N-no,” Pravos said and shook her head. “Sorry!” It felt like she had seen something that she shouldn’t have. What was she doing in a house full of aggressive weirdos? She glanced out the window, or what she thought was the window, and only saw darkness. Right, she was here because she was trapped.

Karta licked her lips and glanced in Vremya’s direction. “Since you’re letting Pravos spread her domain in your bellybutton, shouldn’t you let me do the same? I helped you out, didn’t I?”

Vremya glanced at Karta. “Fine,” he said. “But you can’t reward your users with anything material, only cultivation techniques and knowledge.”

Karta’s eyes lit up. “Great!”

***

Emily furrowed her brow, staring at the floating text in her vision.

[Karta’s Market System successfully installed.]

[Main Mission: Dominate the World Through Money!]

[There is more than one way to rule the world. Other than absolute power, another method is absolute wealth! Gain control of the world’s marketplace by making sure very commodity flows through your hands before being passed to another.]

[Rewards: None. Failure to complete the assigned missions shall result in death.]

Emily read the last line over and over again. She had to become the ruler of the world’s marketplace or else she’d die? What the hell? Did someone place a curse on her?