58 Chapter 55 - Dragon

Elroad - City of Casinos

According to a legend, a hero or prince once earned so much money that he decided to make a country. Still to this day, the money he has earn support's the country's economy. Nowadays, it has become a tourist attraction where the prime minister Ragcraft saved the country from it's financial crisis.

Hearing rumors inside a bar, apparently, it seems the entire country respects the prime minister more than the royalty since the prince and nobles are playboys.

I was pleasantly surprised this world had casinos and gambling. It's probably the Japanese's fault they brought their customs here. Either ways, I tried gambling for the first time, in which I failed.

"System, how much money do I have?"

[11,341,452,635 Eris remaining]

Increasing luck points was expensive. I did have the necessary money, but all it would upgrade luck by was by a measly 110 points, far lower than Kazuma's. And since I valued money way too much, I decided in winning through strategy instead of luck.

"Emotion Manipulation - Obedience," I chanted to any boasting gambler.

They all fell under my control and started going on a gambling spree. I profited immensely, since I couldn't receive any repercussions. Even if a poor guys lost, he'd simply obey and give me everything until he was broke.

"System, how much money now?"

[14,567,853,400 Eris remaining]

Elroad was simply a place where I thrived. Using my abilities and magic, I could gain so much from living herem

[Gold Achieves ??? = ??? of Gold] - Leveled up!

[Gold Achieves ??? = ??? of Gold]

– [Lv.1] Trade (Buy, Sell)

– [Lv.2] Purchase (Luck, Talent, Appearance, Charm, Health, Skill, Knowledge,

Information, Ability, Life) -This adds on to the the ability trade basically. So he can buy things that aren't solid items.

– [Lv.3] Finance (Exchange, Savings, Checking, Checks, Loan, Vault, Stocks,

etc.)

– [Lv.4] Service (Delivery, Business Trip, Vacation, Lodge, Entertainment,

Sports, Medicine, Transportation, etc.)

Honestly, the level up was unnecessary, but I took it either way.

"How can I meet Ragcraft..." I said.

A week has passed since I've arrived at Elroad. I tried to meet him somehow and tell him I was the new Demon General, but I couldn't contact him. When I first did, I remembered the guards who took me in for custody.

- Flashback -

"So you're saying you're acquainted with the prime minister?" they asked suspicious.

"Yes," I answered honestly.

They were using a lie detector against me. Whenever guilt or evil intent was there, it would ring automatically.

'System, can you make a lie detector for my magic?' I thought.

[Emotion Magic has evolved!]

- [Lie Detector] - Reveals the Truths

"It's that simple?" I said.

"What did you say?" the guards asked.

"It's nothing, I was just talking to myself."

In the end, the guards couldn't find anything suspicious from me and I was let go. Since my goal was discovering Ragcraft and help him in his schemes, I used magic on the guards.

"Emotion Manipulation - Obedience"

The guards eyes became dull and they fell on their knees.

"What do you need, master?"

"Tell me where's the prime minister," I questioned.

"We don't know... for the last two weeks, he went away for a conference or meeting with someone..." they said soulless.

"Fine."

I released my magic on them and went away from jail. Since all I could do was to gather more money, I decided to fight against monsters. The strongest monster available was apparently this Gold Dragon that lived in a mountain mine close to the city. Wanting some materials and some more money, I've felt I've become quite a greedy and avaricious one.

"System, I want to buy a powerful katana."

[Honjo Muramasa: Cursed Demon Blade - 30 million Eris]

[Masamune Blade - 25 million Eris]

[Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi: Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven - 150 million Eris]

[Tsubokiri no Tsurugi - 10 million Eris]

[Toyako Bokutō - 15 million Eris]

.....

"System... Is that a Gintama reference?" I asked speechless

I just wanted a simple sword, but now it became a matter of preference. I didn't know why, but I kept on having a feeling I shouldn't have a custom sword.

"Let's just improve stats, talents, or weapons when I actually need to..."

I was going to a hotel to sleep, but not before I stole some money from random passerby.

*****

Next day, I hiked up the mountains in search for the dragon. I didn't have a good idea in where he lived in, so I was searching for clues.

"Yeah... this won't work...System, buy fireworks," I said tired.

[Fireworks Bought!]

Lighting it up with a lighter I bought, it went "Fweeuhh" and flew to the sky. Today, the residents of Elroad saw beautiful fireworks that said "Happy Birthday." I looked up and said.

"That works I guess..."

After the show in the morning, a gold-colored dragon appeared.

Dragons were known to be bad eaters and I even thought what they ate was their resulted color. If it settled down in this gold mine, it probably was drawn to its gold. Not only did I get the highest selling dragon, but living in this gold mine made me feel rich. The only thing making me feel nervous was their high intelligence and magic.

"Dragon! I challenge you to a fight to the death!" I yelled and charged.

Seeing this, the dragon let out a light chuckle and tried to swipe me away. He thought that a weak creature will perish to it's physical might, but I just jumped over it. I started getting close, so the dragon became wary.

"Emotion Release: Maximum Pain!" I chanted.

My biggest trump card was this. A week's worth of people's joy and regret in gambling.

On my fist, a rainbow glow was emitted and I punched at it. Since Force meant Mass times Acceleration, I was wondering what my combined stats will deal.

The dragon cried in pain as he felt the various emotions of losing all your money felt. My hand has luckily gone through his scales, but it didn't reach it's vitals since my strength and lengths wasn't the strongest.

The dragon flied up and charged up his fire breathe in which I immediately concealed myself. He dragon finished up his attack, but not being able to find me, he just attacked a random place.

I was currently hiding under a boulder in order to prepare for another attack.

"System! Increase my attack!"

[Attack Stat - 100 thousand Eris]

"Spend a billion Eris on it!"

[Strength and Agility has been upgraded evenly by 10 Thousand Points]

[Status Update]

[True Name: Zhong Yuan] - *Sealed* 500 SP

[Name: Satou Touma]

[SAO World Tab]

[Fate/Stay Night World Tab] - *Sealed* 80 SP

[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood World Tab] - Complete Data *Sealed* 120 SP

[Konosuba World Tab:

Level 38

Job Inheritor

Strength 5,069

Health 129

Magic Power 993

Dexterity 80

Agility 5,104

Luck 0]

[SP: 12]

[Emotion Magic]

[Gold Achieves ??? = ??? of Gold] - Lv.4

[Self Afflict - 67%]

My stats changed drastically. Isn't this broken? Well, other heroes also had cheats so I guess this doesn't matter. And ever since I broke past level 35, I've started earning 2 SP per level.

"Thank you money," I prayed.

Returning to the battle, the dragon was searching for me by slashing anything suspicious. He was pissed at the fact that someone like me broke his defense easily.

"System, upgrade my dodging talent to the max."

[Understood, deducted 5 billion Eris]

[Money remaining - [8,567,848,400 Eris remaining]

I jumped up and started running back to the dragon. I could feel particles on my skin as I ran as fast as possible. Thankfully, my vitality could match against the extreme pressure, making me not burst.

*ROARS*

The dragon prepare another fire breathe to breath upon me. My instincts shouted wildly, saying this was stronger than his previous attacks, but I still rushed. The joy of fighting overruled my instincts.

His fire breathe this time contained magic and he fired it upon me. I could feel the temperature in the air rise up, but I had a counter against it.

"Water wins against fire, isn't this basic knowledge?" I smiled to the dragon.

Purchasing ocean water, I brought out water from the inventory. The ocean water flew in immense quantities and started fighting against the fire breathe. Luckily, I won since I had more than him. The dragon started preparing more magic fire attacks, but I quickly rushed in.

*ROAR*

"Shut up, won't ya?"

I punched the gut of the dragon once more, breaking his scales once more. This time, the high amounts of pressure made him bleed out. I opened up my inventory and brought out a huge block of concrete, instantly making him start dying. If there was a small area and something large was brought out inside of it, wouldn't the container break?

Like a water bottle which overfilled, the dragon's flesh and blood spluttered everywhere.

"No need for even Self Afflict, huh?"

Putting the dragon's corpse inside my inventory, I looked around to collect the gold. I sold the dragon using my ability and instantly recovered everything I lost, gaining a bit more than I thought.

[Money Remaining - 23,987,343,200 Eris]

It was quite the sum of money, but not enough to unseal my abilities.

*THUMP*

I look behind to see a boy adorned with rich clothing on his butt with guards surrounding him.

"Boy down to prince Revi!" a guard shouted.

'I wonder how much his clothing will sell for...' I wondered.

I started walking to them.

"Don't come close!" the guards pointed their spears at me.

"Is that how you treat a Dragon Slayer?" I asked.

Ever since, rumors popped out that a hero was born in the neighboring country of Elroad.