Gensokyo's Dimensional Black Shop

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Chapter 124 Medivh's Extravagant Spending

When Byakuya carried Flandre back to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, it seemed that Yukari Yakumo and Remilia had reached some kind of agreement. Although the specifics were unknown, judging from their expressions...

Is this the standard ending for an elderly woman who bullies an innocent young girl? (laughs)

Remilia angrily took Flandre from Byakuya's hands, then immediately ushered Byakuya, Yukari Yakumo, Reimu and Marisa, who had come to resolve the incident, out of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and slammed the door shut with a loud bang.

"It seems your conversation didn't go very smoothly?"

"Wrong!" Yakumo Yukari made a no gesture: "If we're just talking from our perspective, then this conversation with that girl went incredibly smoothly."

"emmmmm..."

You shameless bastard, you actually bullied a child?!

"Hehe, it's getting late. After we get back to your shop, we still need to deliver the fragrant sauce back to the Sunflower Field. So... do you have any ideas about letting us stay at your shop for the night?"

"It's getting late, you should go home soon, otherwise your family will worry." Bai Ye seriously rejected Yakumo Yukari's suggestion.

Just kidding, if I let you two stay, I'd be ruining my own life.

"Brother Baiye~"

"Ok?"

"You're so naughty~"

"..."

Bai Ye felt that if he rubbed his arms right now, he could definitely rub off a thick layer of goosebumps.

Back at the Dimensional Shop, to their surprise, Kazami Yuuka did not agree to Yakumo Yukari's suggestion to take her back to the sunflower field. Instead, she took her parasol and went to the sunflower shop across the street, and soon after, the lights in the sunflower shop went out.

Although night vision becomes more of a basic skill once one's strength reaches a certain level, Bai Ye felt that the disappearance of the light was Kazami Yuuka conveying the message that she had gone to sleep, warning people or other creatures outside not to do anything reckless.

That being said, given Kazami Yuuka's intimidating presence, no one should be tempting to do something reckless at this time... The sheer amount of intimidation Kazami Yuuka possesses is evident from the fact that the entire street is now deserted except for the Dimensional Shop and the Sunflower Shop.

After seeing off Yi Zi and Yi You, Bai Ye was still unable to get the rest he wanted.

It was almost the same time he reached the door and was about to close it, or rather, it was only a tiny bit longer than the time it took him to close the door...

"Huh, is Manager Bai planning to close down?"

"I was about to close up shop." Bai Ye turned around and sighed helplessly. "Let's talk about your business first. Did you come here to listen to a couple of bedtime stories because you couldn't sleep at night?"

"...Manager, you're so funny." Medivh smiled awkwardly.

"So what are you still standing there for... Tell me, what's going on?" Bai Ye sat down on the sofa, looking at Medivh, the World Guardian, who had finally stopped insisting on "not being used to sitting."

Medivh looked sad: "I don't think I can hold on much longer."

"Ok?"

"I can feel that as time goes by, the evil soul inside me is becoming more and more corrupted. It could be tomorrow, or it could be the next second, and I will be completely corrupted by it. Even if this body can still move, it will definitely no longer be me."

"and then?"

“Then…” Medivh took a deep breath, as if he had made an extremely important decision: “I want to make a deal with you, Manager.”

"Tell me about it." Bai Ye's face finally showed interest.

Since he has already decided that the end of his life will be in the next two days, and he can still come here to find me so calmly, Medivh must have thought carefully about the details of this deal.

From Medivh's hesitant demeanor even when he was right in front of him, Bai Ye sensed a "big deal" brewing.

"Although it is still nothing to my senses, my intuition tells me that you, shopkeeper, are definitely an extraordinary powerhouse." After organizing his thoughts, Medivh said in a deep voice, "So I want to exchange a promise from you, shopkeeper, for the magic tower Karazhan, which ranks among the top in the entire continent of Azeroth, and the magic books in Karazhan that my friend Llane Wrynn spent a lot of effort collecting."

“…Tell me the details first.” Bai Ye placed his hands, fingers interlaced, on his thighs.

Just how brutal is the magic tower Karazhan? Medivh alone stood in stark contrast to Dalaran, creating a north-south divide. As for the spellbooks inside, with the tireless help of Medivh's friend, King Llane, it's safe to say that their number exceeds a million.

If Bai Ye could acquire this magic tower, he estimated that the Dimensional Shop would have the blue-bar mage branch. Even if he didn't max it out, reaching the minimum level wouldn't be a problem.

However, as a businessman, Bai Ye also knows that returns and risks are directly proportional.

The more valuable the items Medivh presents, the more difficult it is for this old man, who has been tormented by Saddam Hussein his entire life, to fulfill his dying wish.

“When I was being manipulated by that demon, I did things that I wouldn’t even dare to think about normally. Now it’s too late to turn back.” Under Bai Ye’s gaze, Medivh sighed helplessly: “The war between humans and orcs is inevitable. I have witnessed how much fighting power orcs can unleash under the pressure of survival. At least the Stormwind Kingdom is no match for them now. Therefore, I hope that if that day ever comes, you can help me keep the bloodline of the Wrynn family from being cut off.”

“I need to go and take a look at Karazhan, which you mentioned,” Bai Ye said after squinting his eyes and thinking for a while.

Although Bai Ye, a former idle traveler, knew that King Varian had several decades left to live, the other side was, after all, a real world, and no one dared to say that everything would go according to plan... Anyone who thought that way was probably already overgrown with weeds.

Should we accept this order or wait until we conduct an on-site inspection before deciding?

"Thank you." Seeing Bai Ye's cautious attitude towards this matter, rather than just casually agreeing to fool him, Medivh's face showed a relieved smile.

Chapter 125 Don't think I won't cheat you just because you're Boss Sa.

Together with Medivh, Bai Ye passed through the portal and found himself in a building filled with books of all colors.

He went to the window and opened it to see that it was a tall tower, and he was probably at the top of the tower.

"This is Karazhan, the most perfect building in the world in my mind," Medivh said to Bai Ye with a hint of pride.

"It's really good."

Although he didn't understand the magic system of Azeroth, power and beauty were two very intuitive criteria for judgment—this magic tower, which looked quite comfortable to Bai Ye, also made him feel the powerful force contained in the runes carved on the tower.

Bai Ye felt that if this magic tower were operated by someone who truly "understood" it, even he would need to put in a lot of effort to dismantle it.

For example, there's this Medivh in front of me who claims he won't live much longer.

"While I still have some time to control my body, shall we take a look at these magic books in the tower?" Medivh suggested, seeing that Bai Ye seemed quite interested in the magic books on the shelf.

“No need for that.” Bai Ye shook his head. “As a reward for maintaining the bloodline of a family, even if it’s just this magic tower, I don’t think I’ll lose out.”

“Then our deal…” Medivh’s eyes lit up. 750 seemed to lack confidence that he could hold out for a while longer and couldn’t wait to make a contract with White Night.

“This really can’t be rushed.” Bai Ye shook his head again: “I need to confirm first that the person you asked me to protect is indeed the son of a mortal friend you mentioned, and not some humanoid troublemaker. As for this deal with you, we’ll talk about it after I’ve investigated further.”

After saying that, without waiting for Medivh to say anything more, Bai Ye flew out of the window.

After confirming that the magic circles inside and outside Karazhan, which even the Sun King wouldn't force his way through, were still active, Medivh looked in the direction White Night had left and tilted his head in a strange way.

"He is indeed a strange and powerful person..."

"I just don't know his specific stance."

"Azeroth... it really has suffered a lot..."

Sargeras, who watched all this in silence, said, "..."

You spendthrift, do you know how valuable the things you gave away were?

……

After leaving Karazhan, Bai Ye looked around and suddenly his lips twitched.

If I were to reveal that I don't know the way and have to go back to Medivh for a map at this point, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Hmm... let's look around first.

If I remember correctly, Stormwind is located northwest of Karazhan.

After quickly determining his direction, Bai Ye flew straight northwest. Passing through a vast forest and avoiding several human settlements, a towering city appeared before him.

Stormwind!

"Oh, right." Seeing the three large characters above the city gate, Bai Ye descended from the sky, straightened his clothes, and walked through the gate.

Regarding these "mages" who can fly high and low, the city guards said that anyone who can land at the gate is a good person, but if they encounter someone who can fly straight over... there's really nothing they can do except notify the mage corps inside the city!

As he entered Stormwind City under the watchful eyes of the city's guards, Bai Ye turned and went straight into a roadside tavern. Listening to the mercenaries' discussions and comparing them with the information in his mind, he finally threw down a few gold coins he had "borrowed" from the thieves and sneaked into the palace under the cover of night.

In the palace belonging to the king, Bai Ye saw King Ryan, who should not have many days left to live, just as he had expected. At that time, King Ryan was discussing with several ministers the strange events that had recently occurred in the country.

It wasn't appropriate for Bai Ye to show himself in the current situation, so he simply went to the back garden to meet Varian, who was still a mischievous child. When he returned, the ministers had already left, so Bai Ye casually put on a straw hat and appeared in front of the king.

"You are……"

"King Ryan?"

"You are……"

"You don't need to know who I am. I'm just here on someone's behalf to check on the bloodline of the current generation of the Wrynn family. I'm pleased to see that you still have the air of a king."

King Ryan: "..."

Can you let me finish what I have to say?!

"The aura of darkness has appeared, and this continent is about to face the greatest war in a thousand years. As the king of the kingdom at the forefront, are you truly prepared?"

"Who are you? What do you mean by these words?"

"Who I am...you'll find out sometime in the future."

Bai Ye vaguely remembered that Varian's father died somewhat unjustly. After thinking for a moment, he left Varian with a few disposable protective items, then lightly flew out of the window, summoned the Sun Chariot, flicked the reins, and left Ryan with a lone and proud back view—it's so exciting to show off and run away!

If he had some kind of ultimate bragging system right now, the "Bragging Value +999" notifications would probably be flooding the screen.

Back in Karazhan, Medivh's expression had become somewhat distorted, or more accurately, it was switching back and forth between chaos and normalcy.

Upon seeing the appearance of the White Night, the entire magic tower instantly emitted a dazzling light, shining upon Medivh.

"what's the result?"

"It's alright, not much different from what I expected, so I'll take the order."

"Thank you." Medivh forced a smile. "If it had been any later, I'm not even sure if I would still be myself."

"...I can see it."

With both parties agreeing, the transaction was completed under the witness of the Dimensional Shop.

Almost the instant the contract was formed, Medivh's aura changed drastically, and the CEO he had just temporarily suppressed completely seized control of the body.

Looking at the contract floating in the air and feeling the power it brought that even his own body couldn't resist, Sargeras felt that he might have to cut down a planet to vent his anger.

"I will need this identity and this magic tower for my next actions."

Bai Ye instantly understood what President Sa meant: "Ten million. I won't take it away until you've squeezed all the value out of Medivh's identity."

"...Deal!" Mr. Sa replied instantly.

After Bai Ye left with ten million, Sargeras suddenly realized something—the contract stated that after Medivh's death, the magic tower and the books inside would belong to Bai Ye, but although he had taken over this body, Medivh's soul was merely locked away in a dark room...

"Damn this unscrupulous businessman!" Boss Sa grabbed the teacup in his hand and smashed it.

……

Chapter 126 I Have a Promise with Medivh

Taking advantage of the moment when President Sa was still not quite thinking things through, Bai Ye, who had just received ten million for free, was in a very good mood and even hummed a little tune when he returned to the Dimensional Shop.

"Looks like... Master, you're in a good mood?" After staying up all night, Jeanne Alter tilted her head cutely at Byakuya's behavior.

"Of course I'm happy to have received ten million for free."

Although it's not a big deal for Jeanne Alter, as a Heroic Spirit, to stay up all night once or twice, now that she's back, Byakuya naturally tells her to go and rest first, and he'll take over.

While the fighting raged between Karazhan and Stormwind, it was already dawn outside.

"Mohong, long time no see. What have you been up to lately?" Baiye greeted the figure walking past the door with a smile.

Fujiwara no Mokou turned her head and glanced at him sideways: "Disgusting!"

white night:"……"

Holy crap, what's going on? It seems that apart from Yukari Yakumo, whose attitude is unclear, all the few people he knows in Gensokyo are acting strangely.

……

For the next period of time, out of "concern" for the spellbooks in Karazhan, Bai Ye devoted a lot of his energy to World of Warcraft. To put it simply, he would go around Karazhan from time to time to see how many more days Sargeras, who had taken over Medivh's body, had to live.

The Dark Portal was already fully secured. This gate, connecting the two worlds, sent orcs from Draenor to Azeroth in droves to fight against the armies of Stormwind.

Compared to the orcs who fight for survival every moment, even with the baptism of the war when the orcs first arrived two years ago, the soldiers of Stormwind Kingdom were still too comfortable. Not to mention that the orcs, who had been baptized by fel energy, were far superior to human soldiers in terms of physical fitness.

On this day, Bai Ye, who was so bored with the wait that he wanted to flip the table, finally met the group he had been waiting for—a young man in a mage's robe, a burly orc girl, and a bearded man in light armor.

"Khadera, Lothar, and that orc that Sargeras took a liking to?"