Asura Conqueror

Marcus placed the spell 'Emotion Manipulation' in a bottle with the help of Eva and her alchemy skills. Marcus wanted to make these just in case he runs out of mana, he also thought that this would be helpful when there are a lot of enemies in the field he wants to hit.

He can't always waste his chaos mana on spells like 'Emotion Manipulation' in a battle. His chaos mana was very limited at the moment. Dishing out a few dozen chaos spells was enough to greatly deplete his tank.

"I call it 'emotion in a bottle'. Patent pending." Marcus spoke as Kin's laughter grew louder. 

Vid's eyes widened. Aside from this, he didn't know how to react. His legs slowly moved towards the table. He never took his eyes off Kin. 

He arrived in front of the table. His breathing erratic as he checked Kin's pulse. As he placed his fingers on Kin's wrist, he could already see his nephew sweating profusely.

"Wha-wha-what the hell did you do to me? Hahaha!" Kin loudly spoke. He couldn't control what he's feeling right now, he also has no idea why he felt the urge to laugh. But, a large part of himself knew that it was done by the vermilion-haired teen. 

"How is this possible?" Vid turned to Marcus. His eyes filled with disbelief. He was certain that Kin was normal only a few minutes ago. His nephew wasn't relaxed but it wasn't as bad as this.

"I'll make this quick, as I still need to spend some time with my wives. Vid, one of the leaders of the Strongwald family," Marcus smiled as he looked at the round man. 

"What is your dream? Your goal? What makes you want to get up every morning and do what you do?"

He asked. Marcus wanted to start roping Vid into his team 

Vid furrowed his brows, he didn't understand why the heir of the Asura company would ask him such a question.

Nevertheless, Vid answered. "I want to learn the truth about the human race, us, and every other species that lived on the planet Earth. Until now, the two theories Darwinism and Lamarckism are still in the fray, battling it out. No one has ever found our real origins."

Marcus quietly listened. He didn't interrupt even though he thought what Vid was talking about was boring.

The round man continued. "That is only the first tier goal. Next, I want to see if a person could stop feeling pain, greed, and such things. It was said that there was magic in the olden times helping warriors become numb when going into battle, however, it was never really proven, as magic at that time was only a myth to all of us humans."

Marcus nodded, still not saying anything.

"I also want to create a monster, similar to that of the Octopi. Creatures that could destroy any country. Don't get me wrong, I have no ambition in taking over anything, I just want to see my creations in action." Vid spoke.

Marcus, however, heard it. "I can help you achieve all of those."

Silence followed as Vid stared at Marcus. In all his life he had never seen a teen so confident and daring. Coming to his lab acting all high and mighty.

He then noticed something. "You know about Octopi?"

Marcus nodded. "I can help you achieve your current goals and more. Don't you want to see your creations conquer not only the mortal realm but the higher realms as well?"

Vid had a puzzled expression on his face. "Higher realm? You mean the first-rate countries?"

He didn't envy the lifestyle of those who live in the first-rate countries, what he did envy is their knowledge. It was said that if you have a high rank in the human council, high-level books will be available for reading at any time.

Marcus chuckled. He shook his head. "Your current goals are very small. You should think bigger."

"Just say what you want to say." Vid already had an idea where this conversation is going, and it would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted.

"Join me," Marcus released an aura of a prince, an asura prince. This was his chance of roping in someone who can work in the chamber and build an army for him.

"How can you help me?" Vid asked.

"Resources, aren't those the most important thing for a person like you," Marcus said.

"I already have resources here, what makes you think I still need to 'join you'?" Vid was enticed, but he wasn't dumb. He wouldn't just jump into a boat if he thinks it isn't worth it.

Nexus who never spoke until now, laughed. "You are comparing our resources with the ones you humans use? Are you stupid?"

Vid immediately assumed a fighting stance after hearing Nexus speak.

"Aliens?" Vid spoke as he raised his arms, readying a spell. 

"Would you fucking calm down!" Nexus raised his voice. "What is it with you humans and your aliens bullshit. They, or we, are just other races."

Vid shifted his eyes to Marcus and Nexus. He then lowered his hand and canceled the spell. "I don't discriminate against aliens. I just know that they can be quite violent at times which is why I immediately put up my guard."

He was an outcast of society and a scientist, he is open to talking with aliens.

"Good, that makes things a lot easier." Marcus sighed. "What Nexus said was true. Your trash, I mean your resources couldn't compare to ours. Why do you think the drinks we create are tastier?"

"Also," Marcus released his aura. He revealed his true cultivation.

Vid's eyes widened. "Command--Commander Stage expert."

He couldn't believe what he's seeing right now. His heart raced as he thought of the resources this boy might have used to reach this stage.

Marcus retracted his aura. "Join me, and achieve your goals."

Vid composed himself. "What makes you sure that I won't tell the Strongwald's about this?"

"You have no familial feelings towards them, they might be your blood, but have you ever seen them as your family," Marcus asked. In his past life, he had already dealt with multiple cases similar to these.

Vid chuckled. "You're right, blood isn't always thick as people deem it to be."

"Great," Marcus grinned. "Now let me ask you, what are the Strongwald family planning?"

"Not so fast," Vin raised his hand. "I need to make sure that everything you said is real, that you can really help me."

Marcus nodded "I have already shown you one of the things you will be using in the near future." 

He then took out a few tubes from his pocket dimension and threw it towards Vid.

"Experiment on those. You will see how powerful our resources are." Marcus didn't mind giving a few of his 'emotion in a bottle', as he could still make more of them.

Vid received it. "I'm quite sure that you know about us and Octopi having an alliance."

Marcus nodded. He already heard this from the Preparation Stage expert who was in the chamber inside the Stone of Destruction.

Nexus just stayed quiet on the side, listening.

Vid continued. "Octopi will take over Estra. They will send their main forces here and maybe one or two of their leaders, I am not sure, as I hardly ever join meetings. Once their main forces start attacking, we will act as the hero. 

However, Octopi won't be targeting us Strongwald members. They will be targeting the other families. Once the other families start to weaken, that is when the Stronwald and Octopi 'fight'. The Octopi retreat and we will be crowned as the heroes, while weakening the other families in the process."

Vid finished. He told Marcus and Nexus the truth as if he wasn't selling his family out.

Marcus laughed. He didn't laugh at Vid's betrayal, but he laughed at how the plan of the Strongwald would fail even if he didn't intervene. 

In the past two months, Marcus continued to pump potions and pills to the three families under his employ. Of course, for the Flavus family, the members were carefully chosen, as they are known to split into two factions.

He gave them potions and pills to make their Commanders and Preparation Stage experts stronger. Tons of their Commanders brokethrough. As for the Preparation Stage, only a few of them did since only higher members of the families were chosen for this.

"That was some useful information. Join meetings , and let us keep in touch." Marcus and Vid exchanged numbers.

"If you need more of those tubes, just call." Marcus walked towards Nexus. He turned to Vid, slightly nodded, and left together with Nexus as he opened a portal.

Vid stood there dumbfounded. The tubes in his hands had a paper somewhat pasted on them.

'Joy'

'Sadness'

'Excitement'

'Rage;

Vid shook his head. He checked each one of the tubes with a smile plastered on his face, as he walked closer to Kin.