From Suikoden to the Multiverse

I smile a little at the man in front of me as I put a handful of money on the inn. He nods and says.

"Name?"

"Elliot."

"And you want to join the Sacred Games."

"Yup"

He looks at my mage robe and staff before saying.

"You know that this is a close combat tournament, right? You cannot use magic at all."

"I know, and I still want to join."

He shrugs and says.

"Your funeral."

He uses magic to carve my name into an iron plate. After a few seconds, he gives me the plate and says,

"Here. You need to go to Sol-Falena three days before the preliminaries start. It starts in a week. Give this to any guard you see, and they will take you to the arena."

"A week, gotcha."

I am lucky to have a lot of money because of the perks from the CYOA and the money from the company. I have one million and ten thousand dollars in my inventory. I can exchange them for the local currency, Potch. The exchange rate is one hundred to one. That means one hundred Potch equals one dollar.

That means I have more than one hundred million Potch in my inventory. I am not the richest person in this country, but I am among the top twenty at the very least.

I shake my head and walk to the local inn. I want to relax first, and this place is known to have the best hot springs in the entire country.

"Welcome!"

I smile at the woman who greets me as I enter the inn. I look at her and say.

"I want your VIP service."

"VIP room and service, yes? That will be ten thousand Potch per night. You will have access to a private bath, private dining room, and personal massage once per day. You will also get a meal three times a day. Breakfast starts at six and ends at ten. Lunch starts at twelve and ends at two. Dinner starts at six and ends at eight. How many days do you want to stay, sir?"

I take out two ten thousand bills and say.

"Two days."

She nods and says.

"Your name, sir?"

"Elliot."

She takes out a key and says.

"This is your key. Your room is on the third floor, the first room after the stairs. Do you bring anything with you? We can take them to your room."

I smile at her and say.

"Nope. This is all I have. Anyway, I will go to my room now to change clothes and immediately take a bath if you don't mind."

"Of course, sir. We have a private room prepared already. Please let us know before you enter."

I nod and walk to my room. I know that I can create my own hot spring in my pocket dimension, but when you are in Rome, be Romans. When you are in other countries, enjoy what they offer. I take out more casual clothes from my inventory. I chose a perk that gave me a bag full of things to survive, like a dagger, a handgun loaded with ammo, and two pairs of clothes.

I take out the pair of clothes and put them on. While in here, I sit on the bed and take a deep breath. It is time to test my cultivation technique. The CYOA is kind enough to give me the basics, but I need to learn a better cultivation technique or eat a lot of elixir and pills to reach a higher stage. However, this technique is good enough for now.

I can feel qi in my body burst and flow through my body. This body is a perfect vessel for cultivation because I chose this power. I ensure my breathing is stable and circulate my qi through my meridian. There are nine stages in this version of cultivation. I am now at the Qi Condensation stage; there are nine layers that I need to complete before entering the next stage.

After circulating qi from the world inside my body, I can feel my meridian get bigger and a boost of power happening in my body. I can feel a crack in my body, and when I open my eyes, my old skin sheds, and a new me appears out of it, just like a butterfly coming out from its cocoon.

I smile a little and get off my bed.

I can feel my body getting stronger just from entering the first layer of the Qi Condensation stage.

Let's continue when I am in the hot spring. With this new sense, I can feel there is a lot of Qi in the hot spring. I go to the first floor, and the owner greets me with her usual smile.

"Coming here for your bath, sir?"

"Yup."

"We are also preparing food. When you are out, lunch will be served."

"Great! What is it?"

"We will serve you meat skewers, pork sausage, lamb and vegetable stew, and freshly baked bread."

It is meat-heavy, but I don't mind.

"That is perfect. I will have those when I am done."

"Of course, sir. Here is your key to the private hot spring. You have the first room. Please enjoy the hot spring."

"I will."

I take the key and enter the back room, where I enter the first room.

"Woah."

I say that as I see the scenery in front of me. In the distance is a massive mountain; I can see that scenery while I soak my body. I put away my clothes, clean my body, and enter the hot spring.

I release a content sigh and enter a meditative state in no time. Just like before, I cultivate and make sure to circulate the energy inside my body so the qi in my soul and body condense. To reach the second layer, I need to circulate my qi faster and purge the impurities in my body.

I am lucky that my body lacks any impurities, and I easily break through the second layer of the Qi Condensation stage. I continue my cultivation; this time, my qi forms a small puddle in my soul realm. This will be the start of my Qi Core to reach the last layer of Qi Condensation.

I enter the third layer when I feel my body get stronger once again. I open my eyes and smile a little. I lean over and decide to enjoy the hot spring. I can continue to cultivate later. The third layer of Qi Condensation is good enough for now.