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Chapter 2 - Bargain

Several soldiers holding guns appeared in the hallway from both sides and started pointing their guns at him, shouting.

"Tsk!"

He clicked his tongue and decided to test the full force of his energy.

He raised both of his arms, as if he was surrendering, but two energy balls appeared on his palms.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Boom! Boom!

He threw those balls towards the soldiers. They used their shields to block the energy balls, but they exploded upon contact.

Those soldiers didn't even have their clothes.

'Wow! My energy is quite destructive. I didn't think I made it so destructive, right?'

He thought to himself and realized the reason behind such power.

While he no longer could manipulate reality, when he turned himself into a Dimensional Lord, he gave himself the powers of a Dimensional Lord.

Except for the knowledge and experience of magic, he was a full-fledged dimensional lord.

This was the true horror of his ability.

From a normal mutant with no firepower to one of the strongest beings in the universe. With nothing but thought.

But after killing them, he was a bit confused.

"So, what should I do?"

Then, his instincts as a Dimensional Lord triggered. He released a purple energy and pulled back several souls that were leaving those dead bodies.

'I almost forgot about these.'

'I am now a Dimensional Lord. I can put these souls into my universe. Though these souls can't help me do much, I have another way to use them.'

He thought to himself. He clapped his hands together, and a large amount of purple energy surged from his body, creating a portal next to him.

He swept his hand and threw those souls into the portal.

"Haa! Haa! This is not a weakness I anticipated."

After creating a portal, he couldn't help but get heavily tired. Then, he quickly summoned a bit more energy and reenergized himself.

"Damn! I shouldn't have created a clone with a normal human body. At least, I should've created an athletic body."

Although he felt bad about having weak physical strength, he wasn't worried. By connecting himself with the purple energy, he could basically do anything.

He could even give himself superhuman strength and durability as long as his energy wasn't exhausted.

But summoning a large amount of energy from another dimension would cause even more energy.

He decided he could look for those mutants that have gone through different experiments.

Although he wouldn't be able to turn them back to normal, he could do something else.

But just as he was leaving, a man appeared in front of him.

Unlike before, this man had a strange look on his face.

Oh yeah, his skin was red as if painted, and his eyes had two black circles around them.

"Who are you?"

The moment he arrived, he stared at the clone and asked.

"Who are you to ask that?" The clone retorted.

The man grinned, showing a bloodthirsty look as he said.

"I am the chief security head here. I guess I have to put you down for good."

He clenched his fist and dashed forward.

His speed was certainly amazing. Seeing this, the clone activated his purple energy and opened his palm.

Suddenly, the man found himself stuck. His body was no longer under his control.

'Hmm! Telekinesis seems quite easy. I wonder to what extent I can use with minimum energy waste.'

He lifted his index and middle finger, and the man was slammed against the ceiling.

Then, he moved those fingers to the side, and the man was slammed against the wall.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The clone continued slamming his body against the walls until he was finally half-dead.

This time, however, he didn't feel weak. Because the purple energy never left his body, he didn't feel weak.

Instead, he walked towards the man and placed his hand on his head. A stream of purple energy flowed into the man's head as he closed his mind.

As a Dimensional Lord, he also had mind-reading ability. But he was just a clone, a normal human clone.

Reading someone's memory could be devastating for his brain unless he uses his purple energy to reinforce his brain.

Instead of doing that, he simply extracted the memories into his purple energy and transferred them to the real body.

Unlike his clone, the real body wouldn't face any problem reading the memories of others.

After the real body processed the information, the clone also received the important information.

'Good! Then, I can send him there.'

He took a deep breath and released a large amount of purple energy, once again creating a portal next to him.

Then, he threw the body into the portal.

When the half-dead man appeared in his universe, the real body, which looked almost no different than his clone, appeared in front of him.

He placed his palm in front of him, and the red energy started flowing out of his body.

After enough red energy flowed out, the real body simply turned the body into ash and kept his soul in his dimension.

Then, he started converting the red energy into a small red pill.

After a few minutes, this pill suddenly appeared in front of the clone.

"Whoa! If this doesn't give me what I need, that would be a waste of all that energy."

He muttered and took the pill, covering himself with the purple energy.

Suddenly, his body started mutilating, but the purple energy kept him alive.

Five seconds later, the process ended, and the purple energy rejuvenated him into a normal person.

Except he was no longer normal.

He put away his purple energy and stepped forward. In an instant, his body appeared tens of meters away.

'Wow! This is amazing.'

Just when he thought about that, a golden ring appeared in front of him, followed by a figure, covered in a yellow hood.

"Hello, Adam! It took a while to find you."

The clone, whose name should be Adam Grant, stared at the Ancient One in utter confusion.

He created this normal body so that he wouldn't draw the attention of this woman.

So, why was she still here?

Looking at his bewildered experience, the Ancient One chuckled and said.

"A birth of a new dimension. It can send shockwaves throughout the universe."

"Of course, since your dimension was born out of you, nobody would be able to trace your energy signature."

"Unfortunately, you have tried to use your powers multiple times. So, the Great One, Eternity, remembered your energy signature."

"And after you turn yourself into a Dimensional Lord, I also sensed a dimensional energy breaking into Earth."

"But you are quite crafty. Your dimensional energy was born out of your energy, so I couldn't sense it, nor could I sense a powerful being on earth."

"So, I had to talk to the Great One, just to get your energy signature and trace you here."

Hearing that, Adam opened his mouth and asked.

"Why tell me this? You won't try to kill me, will you? I am telling you. This is just a clone of mine."

Ancient One shook her head and said.

"As I said before, you create your own energy. And while you are quite new to this, as long as you are given enough time, you will be able to create energy with a completely different energy signature."

"Then, neither Eternity nor I will be able to sense your presence in this universe. So, killing your clone would only put us at a blind spot."

"But that being said, you have become a Dimensional Lord, and you can't exert most of your strength in this universe or on Earth."

"So, I have come with a proposition."

Adam was genuinely surprised by this. He never expected the Ancient One to strike a bargain with him.

Then he thought about her act of using Dormammu's Dark Energy to block Dormammu. This immediately frightened him.

But out of fear and respect, Adam replied.

"I'm all ears."

Ancient One was amused by his reaction. She couldn't read his energy signature or his mind.

But because he was a normal human being, she could read his facial muscles. This gave her quite a different impression of him.

And considering how he was a human and a mutant before this, she didn't consider him a major threat.

"On our Earth, souls after death are often claimed by different beings. The problem isn't about the souls but the ones targeting those souls."

"Their goal is often to destroy Earth or claim Earth under their control. This has caused a lot of problems for me and Kama Taj."

"I will give you the authority to directly connect Earth to your dimension, allowing you to pull all dead souls into your dimension, and most of your strength."

"But in return, you will not cause harm or destruction on Earth to claim those souls, and you will help Earth defend against those beings."

"You will also not favor mutants over humans or any other race. What do you think?"

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