King of succubus

Just like last time, Alvine was dazzled by the blinding glow, and the next moment, he found himself in a similar cube but was ethereal blue.

"Well, as you can see, they are artifacts created by Rayja. For a simple explanation, unlike elixirs, primordial weapons and artifacts are endowed with spirit souls; In normal times, they choose their masters. But don't worry about this detail; if you like something, I'll help you with my energy to submit it, at least, as long as the latter reacts to your magical energy at the start," She explains, standing back while crossing her hands under her cup H breasts.

Alvine was perplexed to see the room containing only three artifacts, including a scarlet cape, a bracelet, and a small black jewel. But knowing the scarcity of these people's works, he could guess how lucky Linn was to obtain three artifacts of primordial rank.

But the most important thing was that this woman had more than what she showed him. The proof was that there were more than a hundred luminous bubbles that were cubes like this floating in her dimensional storage! Even if he knew that not all luminous bubbles necessarily contain primordial items, he was sure that it must have at least five that contain such items.

'This is the first time I feel like I'm facing a king, no, a Babylonian queen. Are all the others as rich as she is? Probably not.' He said to himself while looking around him.

"Since I have not yet established spiritual links with these artifacts, I cannot say what they can do. But I still have an idea of their usefulness. The cape can absorb and return all fifty percent of any primordial attack, but the user will suffer zero percent damage and returns all of any divine attack and below!" Linn's voice resonates behind Alvine, making him dizzy for a while.

"What? Any attack?" He asks again.

"Yes, any attack, whether physical or spiritual. That is the value of a treasure of primordial rank. And the most interesting thing is that it can also help the user to naturally collect divine energy without the slightest effort from his host." Linn continued, seeing Alvine's eyes.

For some reason, she is proud to see Alvine's eyes shine with envy finally.

"As for this bracelet, it can accelerate the speed of cultivation of a mage." She explained briefly.

"..."

But by noticing Alvine's silence, she deepens her explanations. "According to Rayja, it allows a beginner mage to become a holy rank mage in just two years. And allows an emperor mage to reach the divine rank in less than a hundred years! But the most impressive thing is that it also erases all impurities in its host's body and protects him from spiritual attacks from any high-level divine magus, and offers a fifty percent chance for its host not to be affected by the concept of primordial mages."

"Incredible!! It's a loss of seeing such a blacksmith evaporating into the universe without leaving a trace!"

"Hihi~, for the first time, we agree on one thing. In short, what do you choose?" She asked when she saw Alvine's excitement increase to the point of behaving like a kid who receives her Christmas gift for the first time.

"Hmm... but what about this black jewel the size of a chia seed?"

"...Oh, that~? Forget it; it will be of no use to you." She answered without looking twice at the little black jewel barely visible.

"Hm? You won't be able to know what interests me or not; at least tell me what it's for." Alvine insisted with a mocking smile.

"Sigh, very good. But first of all, even I don't know who created it, so I can't say with certainty if it contains a pure or demonic spirit." She shrugged her shoulders as she spoke these words.

"Don't look at me like that; the reason why this jewel is here is that it had captivated my attention after having it appraised with Rayja. According to Rayja, before his disappearance, he told me that it might contain all the affinities and that it was only waiting for its host to transmit them. Unlike other artifacts, it is probably not an artifact of primordial rank since I had picked it up from nowhere during my walks in space."

"!!" Alvine instantly appeared in front of the jewel, which was in a kind of showcase, like a museum object. But he did not try to touch it; since he knew that thousands of space blades that were sharper than any celestial weapon protected the jewel!

"Don't excite you too much; it was only his hypothesis; nothing is certain. Apart from that, this artifact has almost no value. Since it contains only affinities and not laws."

But unlike her, Alvine had no intention of abandoning the jewel. Magical energy? He probably had more than what an intermediate divine mage had in his possession or more than that of high-level divine mages! Spiritual or physical protection? His shadow affinity was the most effective, even against primordial beings. He had this certainty after Serena attempted to break his shadow shield.

But among the things he sincerely envied was the time affinity. Dalvine may have said that he could use all the affinities he wanted through a thorough understanding of shadow affinity, but to do so, he also needs to know what the basics of said affinity are!

He is skilled with spatial affinity because the earth had a little more advanced understanding and theories about the universe than about time. Time is elusive yet present throughout the universe and in each of the things that exist; its influence is everywhere. What made it one of the rare affinities was that it was one of the most challenging things to understand. It influences every living and non-living being, leading them to their old age. Simply understanding a tiny part of this affinity would mean breaking one of the universe's fundamental laws.

It was a more significant dilemma for him. But Linn's explanations convinced him that this pearl would help him cross this cape and, maybe, break one of these fucking universe laws. Like Ferda, for example, which tends to go back in time to shoot down enemies stronger than her in the present! Or to lend the power of her future 'self' to boost her powers drastically!

Of course, to do such things with this affinity, it was imperative to reach the primary rank. But Alvine didn't care about this 'insignificant' detail.

The possibilities will be endless simply by acquiring this affinity. But unfortunately for him, Linn broke his dreams into a thousand pieces with her following words...

"But as I have already told you, this black jewel would not be useful to you since it is incomplete." She added, seeing Alvine decisive.

"Hm?" He frowned at Linn.

"Sigh, I'm not telling you that out of charity, but because I don't want you to come and complain again by saying that I exchanged with you a useless object. According to Rayja, this pearl is the jewel of a ring. But without the ring, it is useless; no matter what you try to do, the spirit of this artifact will never awaken; even I am powerless in the face of this dilemma. I had already asked Rayja to fix it, But even he was powerless in the face of this mystery." She explained by seeing Alvine's wary eyes.

"Even a primordial blacksmith was unable to repair it?!"

"Yes, even he was unable to repair it. As long as you don't find the ring, this jewel is nothing more than a worthless stone."

"...Sigh; in this case, I choose the scarlet cape." Alvine abandoned any idea of acquisition after hearing Linn's words. The glimmer of hope that pushed him to acquire this black jewel was in the hope that one day he could meet Rayja, the most excellent blacksmith of all time. But if even he could not repair this ring, what is the point of appropriating this jewel?

Instead of this jewel that will only be an unimportant decorative object, the cape would greatly help him against his divine enemies and even against the primordial beings who will try to attack him; since the cape can also cancel fifty percent of the attacks of the primordials! Even if he was disappointed with the jewel, the cape was an invaluable artifact.

"Very well, now, let's go back to the living room; after listening to my request and helping me, this cape will come back to you right without fail. But keep one thing in mind, to be able to exploit the powers of artifacts, elixirs fully, and primordial weapons, you must be at least a divine magus at the top, like little Sebass! So don't come and complain afterward." She added.

"I know. Don't worry about that." Alvine already knew this detail since he already had Kimiko in his possession.

With these last words, the two appeared in the living room at the speed of a beating of eyelashes.

"Well, now, tell me what you expect from me," Alvine asks immediately after taking a seat.

Linn, for her part, took a sip in her whisky and then scraped her throat before talking. "What I want is to tell me how you can help me become...

"Stop! I forgot a detail; firstly, these rumors saying that I can help people like you reach an intermediate level are not justified. If I knew such methods, do you think Sabrina and Sylvia would still be primordial beginner mages?" Alvine stopped her by guessing what she wanted to ask him.

"..." Linn remained silent for a moment while caressing her chin like a wise woman who was thinking.

"But I guess you were already expecting this answer from me, am I wrong? In short, instead of looping aimlessly, tell me what you want instead." Alvine continued seeing that she was not disappointed with her answer.

"Well, you're right. It just was to confirm my doubts." As she said these words, she snapped her fingers, and two people silhouette manifested themselves behind her.

Assiaphir and Sylvia.

"I want, is to know the method that allowed you to help these two people. One had wounds that could only heal by a primordial elixir (which no longer existed since millennia). In contrast, the other has become the first primordial mage in the universe since the disappearance of the supreme goddess. My question is simple: How have you accomplished such exploits that are not even achievable by us?!" She went straight to the point.

Alvine did not wonder how she could know this detail since he was sure Linn was together with Ferda and the other two.

But what surprised him was the way Linn had formulated her request. "And if I told you that it was only by pure chance that Assaphir reached the primordial rank, would you believe me?"

"You already know the answer, don't you?"

"...Sigh, very well, I’ll share my memories of this event with you, and you will decide what you intend to do next with this information. What do you think?" Alvine proposed this solution.

She slightly raised her eyebrows when she heard Alvine’s plan, but she nodded a second after.

"But before that, I'd like to show you something. Of course, it has nothing to do with our deal, but I would like you to take a look at it to see if you can open it or not."

"Hm? What thing? Why not?" She said in a calm tone.

"Good; in this case, maybe you can do something to allow me to take it in my space bag? Since I've been with you, I can't access my spatial affinity. Don't worry; I don't intend to take advantage of this opportunity to escape."

Upon hearing Alvine's request, her expression froze momentarily. Alvine may guess that she was reluctant to take this risk, but he had to convince her; since it was not the only thing he wanted to check, but also the ring he had found with the Kimiko sword in Brisht tower during his entrance test.

"I want you to inspect this box because it was created with the same material as your storage room door. But Sylvia could not open it, so I hope you will have a chance to open it. And according to Sabrina's explanation, the box I had probably contained a pill made by Linddra; it was also then that Sabrina told me about these two people (Rayja and Linddra). But if you don't believe me, then drop it." He gave this explanation in a disappointed tone.

"No, show me this box! You're not strong enough to teleport to such a distance." She finally gave in following the explanations given by Alvine.

But she had underestimated Alvine by thinking that he could not teleport to near Sabrina. Darka was always in Sabrina's shadow, and Alvine could easily seize this chance to escape. Not to mention joining Sabrina, he will even be able to take refuge directly in the shadow dimension; apart from Dalvine and his shadow soldiers, no one else will be able to access this dimension!

As a result, a mocking smile emerged stealthily on the corners of Alvine's lips when he saw Linn snap his fingers and lift the obstruction that blocked his spatial powers.