Done with it

"And as to prove my theory on Asgardian, Muspelic and Jotunic weaponry..."

"He wins OK?! That's exactly what I did! I don't deserve to brag on the blood of Freya running through my veins!" Cried the stout dwarf while his brother threw him on his shoulder and carried him through a portal.

"And with that, challenger Aki wins the day again. As Game master, I hereby prohibit you from participating in any other planned events and raise your previous rewards by fifty percent. Any objections?" Announced the game master, the hall, errupting with cheers. Seeing that Aki had a raised hand, he signaled for him to ask.

"Just to confirm, but that includes 'all' my rewards, right? Like the one from just now." He asked.

"No, only the ones won by the events, but yes, the one from this one will also be worth as three times the original prize." Imediatly catching up to the word play, the game master dismissed him and everyone else.

Shrugging at his failed attempt, Aki directed himself towards his alliance mates.

"Yo, you two finished your trials already?" He non-chalantly asked.

"Why do you suddenly seem a lot less punchable?" Asked Julius while raising a brown.

"I was ussing magic. This way i get the equivalent of nineteen and a half victories instead of thirteen, all because of the loving audience and their complains." He smirked, not betraying the fact that this way those people were also less likely to actually use what he said and did, simply remenbering him as an insufferable twat.

"I take back what i said." The man imediatly corrected himself.

"A great plan, but if so, than why didn't you wait for the next day or the day after that?" Asked the girl by their side.

"It's not like i can just win whenever i want to, nor was it garanteed that the game master would offer me such benefits if the was a lesser amount of time in the event. I'm off to see the energy trials if you don't need me, gotta beat all 18 of them." He warned, both earthlings looking at each other and nodding, Julius taking the lead

"Actually, the both of us would like to discuss strategy."

"Sure, let's get in an hiperbolic chamber then, you pay for your own energy though." He shrugged and a door appeared by his side. "Twenty four hours inside, seventy four minutes outside, a marvelous invention with incredible privacy from anything but the peeper looking at the 'cameras'" He pointed out with a smile. "How do you wish to begin your sinning?"

"I've always been a firm believer of the Holy scripture of 'whatever my mom says', and she was a very strict lady, so I've begun long ago." Shrugged Julius, summoning a tankgard of beer.

"I'm more interested in fine tuning the search and teleportation between the planets. I can't just throw political contracts all around, but I do have plenty of influence, so any suggestions for a document would be appreciated." Saki pointed out, a holographic keyboard appearing in front of her.

"I'm gunning for a federation and republic or just straight out go full empire. Course, it could be a transitory thing since centralization of power is important and the in this case the labels matter, but it isn't like there will be an easy way to make people want to be under whoever wins. More importantly, we should probably sign some soul binding contract stating we're not killing each other by inaction or action." Aki pointed out and the man drinking from a mug as big as his face produced a ball of fire that turned into a ominous piece of paper. Quickly scanning it head to toe, it was obvious the contract stated exactly what he'd just mentioned.

"It's just between you two though. If we're all alive when things settle down, i'm doing just that too. I don't need no divine authority or shit." Exclaimed the man being ussed as a board for Aki's signature.

"More than fine with that. I never finished 'A practical guide to evil', but hell if i'd ever be a noble ass. Still got an iron fist and indenture system all planed out though." Aki clearly stated. "Same." Saki pitched in.

"If you even give a shit about other people than you're already better than eighty percent of the governament of all my planet." Julius noded.

*****

And so, Aki started completing the elemental trials related to his affinities. Which were supprisingly easy most of the time.

"So you mean you meditated on a star, consumed two whole realms worth of energy, became the core of a mountain and a tree, dispersed into energy and being trice, swan on time, void and arcane?" The stupefied man felt like hitting the guy in front of him until his limbs broke. What absolute secrets? This was clearly impossible without a direct...

"He is not lying. He did all of that, neither dying or buying affinity stones before or durring the process. Since you have bought the rights to knowing it, you can also access a reproduction of the trials at any terminal available." Confirmed the bar-bot.

"I am naked at least half the time for obvious reasons, but it is exactly what you asked for. You even signed a soul contract, so there's no refund. Really, what did you expect, for me to just go there and press a button or bribe a guy?" Aki snickered, the tenth chosen to buy his recordings acted just like the others.

If only they were more acomodating like him, them maybe he'd not sell something like that, but even if they gleamed something from the buttefluff of pure madness and murder he did, then they'd be mentally scared for life, grunting him an advantage on the psicological side and maybe even a backdoor to their minds and spirits. If they went too far than he'd be able to do just that anyway, so it's a win-win scenario.

How did he win with them being irritated and possibly holding a grudge? They already do, just that these guys literraly paid to do just that. It was the last day of the event, and while other's could stay, he couldn't.

Something he'd not forgotten all this time was that he was the weakest being present with exectiom of the recently hatched pets; His soul could be as strong as it wished, he'd still become a ghost at worst and a dark terror at best if he wanted to be kept around for so long in a place as 'complex' as this.

Obviously, the damage to his body would become apparent much earlier than the one to his soul, as would the more serious consequences, so there was nothing to be done there besides getting stronger and finding another place with similar time facilities. He'd raised and gained affinities, reached the peak of mortal realm, further refinement of his earlier foundation still pending, gained new equipment for both combat and crafting, amassed materials and resources that rivaled the weaker chosen, prepared for future grownth, entered an alliance, got laid and planted some seeds of discord.

It was time to go. There's only so much one farmer can harvest, but he must always prepare to better his harvest on the next sesson while there was still time, book of Black Star 'treating your leeks right'.

*****

"Welcome back, how was the meeting with the dick heads? Also, if you're already over the requirements, just advance already, i also want to get power, so stop hovering on top of the knight rank!" Complained Minty, laying lazily on the couch, finaly not bearing her notebook, but wearing an eyemask and a pajamas instead.

"I'll pounce on you, fat ass." Aki coldly said.

"Yeah, even you tiny dick would do for this lady who has been without, oof! Fuck face." She complained, but knowing he'd obviously be tired was one thing, that he imediatly feel asleep while hugging her waist and stradling her legs was still another level even for her. She blushed a bit but desided to ignore it and slept.

Some hours later.

"Did you know you're getting kind of pudgy?" Aki asked with a serious face while facing the now unmasked face of the woman he'd huged to sleep, the small slope between their faces not interupting him.

"Get off." She icily said.

"But it's so comfortable and warm!" He pouted, which no, actually wasn't cute at all.

"I will pee on you" She threathed with much the same tone as before.

"I'm not really into that." He nodded in understanding and got up. While potato-sack carrying her. And cackling at her protests. It was as funny as he thought it'd be and he was definetly telling Persephone about it later.

Instead of going out and looking for something to do, Aki instead decided to train his newly acquired movement techniques.

He had the composite technique planed to the name! Granted it was the first thing he'd thought about, but that has nothing to...

"Aki, i heard the screams and assumed you were back, we've got the pope here for you!" Announced Melissa, barely bating an eye to the dark saiyan mode Aki seemed to try to enter before she appeared.

Sighing in disappointment, he followed her. Despite his loath for christ and his other two thirds, the old man was more than good enough company.

*****

"Yo, it's been almost a month." Said the pale man staring at the document at hands.

"Any specific reason i'm in chains?" Aki asked his patron, not really bottered by the restrains. They even smelled of flowers.

"That's on me, actually." Said a feminine voice from behind him, the pale hands and slightly diferent tone making it obvious it wasn't any goddess he'd know personally yet. The mirt in the voice made him sure it was most certainly not the goddess of magic. "No real reason for them though, besides putting something a bit more fragrant in the office."

"Macária? I imagine you're here because of the things i got." He guessed, having long looked into the children of the underworld monarcs. Turning his neck back, Aki saw what miss Pea would look like with her husband's slick black hair and dead pale skin. Minus the boobs.

"My sister got the assets. Anyway, yes, that would be me, Goddess of madness and ghosts, maker of the armaments of madness and ghosts. Uninspired name, yes. It was actually supposed to make me a friend, but didn't work so well with all..." She nodded, completly following the conversation and leaving the obvious problem in the air. Only someone that already ussed the things would know how mind numbing and spiked it really was.

Hint, the spikes weren't just outside.

"Nah, it just makes it a bit easier to push me towards the breaking point without fealling all that shitty. I do sympathise with the wolverine now though." He pointed out, already standing. The chains were, for no reason, elastic, so they basically held no restraining capability when used with a chair.

"I just thought that since you're already dealing with Minty so well..." Hades momentarily looked up from his work to shrugh.

"So i wouldn't mind taking those away and helping find a new reward for your achievement. A date is out of question though." She grinned, her father looking between them.

"The though only crossed my mind for a second." Aki admitted. "I will keep the armaments though, they have great bonuses that synergize with my fighting style. Don't really want to find out how you made it so the thing could raise pain by percentage, but it is impressive all the same." Looking up to see the distorted smilling face on the now pitch black skin with white spots, Aki didn't really flinch as much as started making out patterns on her skin.

"You really don't care!" She exclaimed with the same glee, the depths of her black sclera and cat like irises actually quite charming. "They are indeed the only good thing i got from father here." She nodded with a giggle.

"Hey!" He complained.

"Sush, you know it's true."

"Wait, did my boss just introduce me to a sociopath with a strange part that would normally make having a relationship extremely dificult thanks to their madness? Isn't that just some kind of harem protagonist plot?" Aki wondered out loud, making the girl in front of him laugh with her hair with said boss frowning.