Into The Portal: Monster Invasion

Miles was waiting in the forest where he met with Prince Dark before. He was sure the fool would come back because Prince Dark’s wristwatch was still in his possession. Even though Prince thought he had tricked Miles, in fact, Miles was already expecting it, so how could he let that fool trick him?

“What did you do to my wristwatch?” Prince Dark came out of nowhere with bloodshot eyes. He looked at Miles with a killing intent.

“You really thought you could swindle me with the source-switch trick?” Miles asked with a condescending tone.

Wristwatches were not just companions to hunters but also a guide, charger, and many more things. But unfortunately, as the hunter progressed, its hardware would start to fall short.

To cope, the common practice hunters use is by upgrading the wristwatch or creating a new one. Most Grace-Rank hunters would choose to upgrade until they enter F-Circle and get a higher tier material to create the ideal wristwatch for their long term use, but some scions can also create something new thanks to people supporting them.

Of course, Prince Dark was no different. He purchased an empty wristwatch and let his AI upload itself to it. He lended Miles the one with the source code.

When he gave his wristwatch, Miles understood his intentions right away. Passing the AI to the new wristwatch wasn’t that easy. There was a procedure to be followed. Like how Coin took over the identity of another AI, two wrist watches had to be in close distance. But in Prince Dark’s case, the new wristwatch was just an empty vessel, so no take over occurred.

As long as Prince Dark let his wristwatch upload its source code to a new one, it would be over. When he threw the orb to Miles, he was aiming to do that.

To give an analogy, source codes were like human souls. If a soul could leave one body and take over another, two bodies would be inhibited by the soul, but only one would have the control.

In AIs’ cases, AI could control the two wristwatches, but only the one with the source code would be the ‘real body’.

When Prince Dark threw the wristwatch, he was expecting Miles to probe into it, thus he left the source code in that wristwatch. He already allowed his AI to control the new body anyway, and as long as he wanted to, the AI would pass its source code over to the next one anytime. The one Miles had would be an empty vessel as soon as he was done with Miles.

However, what he didn’t know was Miles had taken precautions.

As Prince Dark turned on his AI, a bloodthirst oozed out from him “WHAT! DID! YOU! DO! TO! MY! WRISTWATCH!” His goofy persona disappeared.

Miles didn’t take a step back and looked at the other party. He had blocked the AI’s source code in Prince Dark’s wristwatch in case of a double cross so the latter wouldn’t be able to run away.

“I can return it to you, but you broke our deal. How will you compensate for it?” Miles asked carefreely.

“Just give it back and I will pay you.” Prince Dark said and reached his hand.

“As if I am stupid like you are. As soon as I give the wristwatch back, you will bolt away in less than a second.” Miles said with a smirk.

Prince Dark sighed and could only give in. “What do you want?” he asked. He had no choice but to succumb.

“Monster Artifact you took from the vampire.” Miles said and reached his hand.

“I don’t have it, promise.” Prince Dark said and took out his pockets to show how empty they were. “That blood witch was so strong, and I didn’t dare to fight against her. You are lucky though. The only reason why she didn’t follow you was the blood in the vampire's body. She sucked it and absorbed every drop. But I suggest you do not stick around. Who can guess what that crazy lady would do next.” he added.

“What was the tool? I didn’t see the vampire using one.” Miles asked. He asked the question to test the waters because he didn’t see if the vampire was using anything, but Prince Dark’s answer proved that there was a tool.

“You are going to regret missing that. The shining red eyes of the monster were some kind of lens. They can give you heat vision and many more. Crazy witch woman didn’t really explain.” Prince Dark said excitedly, “Name something else, and I will bring it to you.”

Miles thought after a while “Second Body Strengthening Serum.” he said.

“What? That deadly medicine? What are you going to do with it? Not that you can use it.” Prince Dark scoffed.

“It is none of your business, just do it.” Miles answered and turned back. “I will wait here in three days, and you have to bring the serum. If I don’t see you by then, say goodbye to your AI.”

“Wait, wait. I can’t get a serum without my AI, and can’t leave it with you. Isn’t it just a Million UD? Here, take this and we are even.” Prince reached out his hand. A coin was on his palm. It was silver in color with crimson gold writings. “1 Starved Child”

“Are you fucking kidding with me?” Miles slapped Prince Dark’s hand, and the coin flew away.

Prince Dark panicked and ran after it.

“What did you do that for?” Prince Dark came back holding the coin affectionately. “Do you know how much this coin is worth?”

“I am not a criminal, nor do I have any connection to the underground. On top of that, Starve Cleric hates my guts. If I were to take that coin there, they would kill me before I could say a word.” Miles calmly explained. How could this man orchestrate evil plans with his mind?

“Right, I forgot you are wanted in the dark side. Sorry, not sorry.” Prince Dark said, scratching the back of his head. “How about these, I will wire a million UD to your account right now?”

“It is a hassle to buy the serum, so I will take 100k extra for that.” Miles said and threw the orb back. “Before you bolt away let me remind you. I have done something to your orb, and if I don’t cancel it in 2 minutes, it will die forever. Don’t blame me later.”

Prince Dark caught the orb and was about to run away, but stopped in his tracks. He wasn’t sure if Miles really did anything or just simply threatened him, but he couldn’t risk it.

Like a good boy, he opened his bank system and made an anonymous transfer. Two individuals could do an anonymous transfer, but strongholds and some other government facilities didn’t do that. That is why Miles worked so hard to get another ID. Also, because they were in Portal World and there were no communication tools, money wouldn’t be wired until the receiving side returned to Earth. But after the deal was made, it couldn’t be taken back to prevent people from scamming others. So, as soon as Miles returned to Earth, money would be transferred to his account.

After getting the money, Miles asked Coin to remove the restrictions on Prince’s AI and left without saying a word to fool.