Chapter 12: Don't mix up debt and treat!

According to the "Lore of the 7th Realm" written by a very wise sage named G.O. Dawnfall, below the 7th is a plane called the 1st hell. This plane of existence is the gate of a humongous "detention hall" (as Sage Dawnfall views it) called the 9 Hells.

At first, when the Ancient Origin Creator made the Myriad Worlds, the 9 Hells was called the 9 Vacant Planes. It was supposed to be a sandbox world where the creatures of the 7 realms, having the same character as the Creator would create their own world as mini creators thus mirroring the Almighty. Unfortunately, all of that changed since the fall of the created.

It started within the 7th realm and influenced the other realms to do the same thus creating a relationship barrier between the created and the Creator. A rebellion was a crime punishable by death. But due to the intervention of the "Amiable-looking Man" of the 9th heaven, the rebels and their minions were sent to the 9th hell as punishment until they are pardoned.

Those who are slowly paying their dues move up to another hell until they reach the first hell. In this plane, they are now pardoned and allowed to return to the Stream of Souls.

The 9th hell contains the most wicked, most intelligent and strongest of all creatures. While the 1st resides the repenters.

Ragnakars are minions of those that live in the 3rd hell. Their owners are weak, but the Ragnakars make up for this deficiency.

But the owners of the Ragnakars suddenly disappeared. And holes that connect to the 7 Realms suddenly appeared. Fortunately, the connection to the 7 realms was weak thus powerful Ragnakars cannot enter as the holes would collapse randomly.

Alas! A 3rd degree Ragnakar successfully entered the Mortal Realm and caused havoc. It was no other than the Great Demon God Malibourne who created havoc within the 7th realm.

Fortunately, Malibourne's darkness has not prevailed and was vanquished by the Seven Swords Alliance through the intervention of the "amiable-looking man'.

Malibourne, as a 3rd degree Ragnakar was supposed to be only a little more powerful than the 2nd degree Ragnakars. It took the Seven Swords Alliance many lives just to vanquish the powerful Ragnakar. So a 2nd degree would take at least 500 battalions of heavy-armed soldiers to defeat it.

'But this crazy man...' Alice sighed. 'Killed a 2nd Degree Ragnakar in 1 hit...'

'Nom nom nom nom nom' "More of this cola please!!" Gin happily shouted. "This is new to me! So much better than that stinky bitter beer! Hahaha... Whoever invented this is a genius!"

Currently, Alice and Gin are inside "Tiny Pony Tavern" a famous Adventurer's Guild establishment, while Lyle was tasked to send a report using the guild's message crystal.

This establishment was originally made with the intent of providing members of the adventurer's guild a resting place when traveling between national borders. But later on, because of its safe environment and accessibility to trading routes, it became a bustling rich trading node called the Tal Road.

After gaining his freedom back, Gin's first priority was to eat. And based on his present appearance, with hundreds of used plates that piled like a mountain, he was certainly famished.

"Hey! Leave some for me!" Alice contested with some of the meat dishes but after a few bites, she stopped eating and just watched wide-eyed at Gin's monstrous appetite. "Wow, it looks like you haven't eaten for years!" she joked.

"Nah ah! It's been years!" Gin rebutted.

"Hahahaha! Who would believe a crazy old man like you?" Alice laughed at Gin's claim.

"Hahahaha!" Gin also laughed. 'I'm telling the truth and you won't believe me... oh well time for more food!'

“By the way… where do you come from old man?” Alice asked.

Gin looked at Alice like she was some retard. “What with this old man thing? Well anyway, I was trapped there for a very long time!”

“Really? In that ruins? How many days have you been there?” Alice continued to inquire.

“Days? What days? I’ve been there for years!”

“Really? How did you survive? Where did you get food?” Alice was starting to get amused by his story.

Gin stopped eating and felt emotional “Ah! That would be a long story to tell. But to make the long story short, I licked the rocks for energy” after saying the short version of his sad experience, he went back and munched some dumplings.

After many servings, Lyle arrived. As he neared the tavern, he was wondering why people are crowding at the establishment's window. After asking the crowd, he almost collapsed. Gin's eating emptied the food storages and the bill cost was 987 Silver and 90 copper Tals.

"Alice! What humongous bill is this?" Lyle was gobsmacked.

"He... he... he ate all of it..." obviously, Alice was in a state of shock as she stuttered. "Damn you crazy man! You ate all of my savings for this month!" She roared.

"Wow! Only 988 silver coins for that? This tavern sure is cheap." the Gin happily patted his belly.

988 silver tals is cheap? Cheap your sister! 1 Gold Tal is the annual income of a local noble family. If you eat like this, you’d probably dry out all the Noble families within a year!

Alice and Lyle didn't whether to laugh or cry. "What's with your expressions? Don't tell me there's more food after this little snack?"

".... Argh!! This is bill is coming from my 10 gold tal debt!" Alice furiously roared.

"What? Why? Don't mix up debt and treat! One must pay his debts and treat people food to gain good karma" Gin pouted like a child.

"..." karma your sister!

Meanwhile, back at the Sleeping Vine Forest

'blub blub blub' The pond near the cherry tree bubbled as a blue burly young man emerged from the waters.

2 hours earlier, after the defeat of the two 2nd degree Ragnakars, Gin and the Spirit Bull had their little reunion.

“Who are you? Where’s little blue?” Gin asked the spirit bull.

“MASTER. ME. LIL. BLUE. 260th. ANCESTOR. TASK. WAIT. RETURN. MASTER.”

“Oh… that means… It’s been a lot of years then. Where are the other generations of the spirit bulls?”

“MASTER. OLD. BLUES. ON. FIFTH. REALM.”

“I see… Since you’re a descendant of little blue, I’ll call you Little Blue! It's nice to meet you.” Gin grinned as he patted the bull's head.

"IT. GOOD. TO. SEE. YOU. MASTER." the Spirit Bull bowed.

"Well right now I don't need a mount so... if you want to follow me like little blue ‘the first’, use the technique I taught your race before, and transform into a humanoid."

"YES. MASTER!" the Spirit bull was happy to work for the master his ancestors told him about.

After 2 hours under the pond, using the transformation art, the spirit bull emerged from the waters looking like a young burly man in his mid 20's.

"Now... time to help master search for the mistress! To a great adventure!" the blue burly man exclaimed.