Endless Journey: Infinite Realms Chapter 305 3 + 2 = 5!!!

Chapter 305 3 + 2 = 5!!!

A few seconds passed by with Alex staying silent, as he seemed to ignore Asteria's teasings.
Asteria, who realized that Alex will not budge anymore, let out an irritated sigh as she crossed her arms.
"Fine hooman. If you don't want to answer, then I shall proceed with the deal already!"
Asteria then quickly approached Alex, touching the symbol on his forehead as she started the contract.
But before Asteria could fully initiate the deal, she suddenly tilted her head, as if she remembered something.
She let go of her touch from the symbol, as she looked at Alex while saying,
"Oi hooman. Let me remind you something first."
"Is that reminder related to the Major Powers that I am about to buy?" Alex asked warily as he saw the gloomy look on ALIna's face. "Is there something wrong about them?"
"Well, kind of." Asteria replied as she crossed her arms once more.
"Kind of?"
"Hooman, do you realize the fact that you are about to add two Major Powers to your body?" Asteria said as she glared at Alex. "Do you realize that?"
"Asteria, I perfectly knew about that fact." Alex replied as he shrugged his shoulders. "Since I already have a lot of lifespan left, I figured that maybe I can buy them already…"
"Then hooman, you must also know that you could be in danger once you integrate that 2 Major Powers in your body." Asteria said as she gave Alex a shrewd look.
"Wait… what do you mean by that? I will be in danger?" Alex said as he gave Asteria an inquisitive gaze. "How could I be in danger?"
"…."
In response to Alex's query, Asteria let out a sigh as she placed her hand on her forehead.
After shaking her head for a few seconds, Asteria looked back at Alex as she said,
"Hooman, even if you can buy numerous abilities, it doesn't mean that you can just combine them." Asteria said as she raised her fingers. "There are some abilities that will work well together, while there are some abilities that will not work."
Before Alex could retort, Asteria cut him off as she continued talking.
"Take your Abyss Magic and Esper Ability as an example. Even if they were of different types, they actually worked well together. You were lucky that it happened. However, you cannot say the same thing once you add more abilities…."
"Asteria, calm down. I know all about that already." Alex said as he shook his head.
"Wait hooman.. .so you know about the danger of mixing new powers with your current powers, and yet you still plan to go on with it?"
"Of course I know about that. Who do you think I am?" Alex retorted as he shook his head.
"But-"
"At the very moment that I combined obtained my Abyss Magic, I already realized the risk of making different Major Powers co-exist inside my body." Alex said as this time he was the one who interrupted Asteria. "I know that there is a chance that something bad might happen if I add more Major Powers... I know that I could even die! But do you think I will be scared by that?"
"…"
"If my powers will not mesh well together in the future, then I will just force them to work together!" Alex declared as his eyes began to smolder. "So what if there is a chance my powers will go berserk? I don't care about that. If they go berserk, then I will just forcefully calm them down!"
Alex then stopped talking after this, although he still continued on giving Asteria a challenging gaze. "How about that? Do you still doubt my conviction now?"
"Hmph hooman, you really are impressive." Asteria said as she shook her head. "Well then, since you want to increase your Major Powers from 2 to 4, then I shall grant your wish! However, you should not be blaming me if you experience hellish pain later!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know all about that already." Alex replied as he scratched the back of his head. "However, you got something wrong Asteria."
"And where did I get wrong hooman?"
"My Major Powers will not increase from 2 to 4." Alex said as his body began to glow. "The truth is, my Major Powers will increase from 3 to 5!"
"What? 3 to 5? But isn't your Major Powers only Abyss Magic and Esper Ability? How could that even be 3?" Asteria blurted out as she glared at Alex. "Where is your third power?"
"Ha? Did you forget the fact that I consumed 50% of Emperor Litch's soul?" Alex replied as he gave Asteria a withering look. "From that 50%, I got all of his available memories and a specific power of his."
"Wait a second hooman. Even if you got a power from Emperor LItch, won't it be just a Minor Power, since you got it through an Abyss Magic?" Asteria queried as she pointed out this discrepancy. "In that case, how can that power be your Major Power?"
"Hmph, you underestimate the power of cloning." Alex replied as he crossed his arms.
"The power… of cloning?"
"Since I am a perfect clone of Emperor Litch, my body can be said to be exactly like his. That means that any power that he had will just be a perfect match to my body. And that was what happened earlier. The power that I devoured from him perfectly melded with my body without the assistance of my Abyss Magic, which makes this power mine and mine alone! That, Asteria, is my third Major Power!"
"…Well, I think this just makes your predicament today even worse." Asteria managed to say as she seemed to be hiding a scowl from her face. "Since you actually have 3 Major Powers, the chance of something wrong happening while you are integrating with the Immortal Cultivation Method and the Superhero Cultivation Method will be exponentially higher. Even with that kind of risk, are you still willing to do this, hooman?"
"When I did I even say that I will stop? Just do it already!" Alex said as he crossed his arms. "I don't like any delays already. We still have a lot to do for today!"
"…Fine, fine fine. Here we go then." Asteria said wearily as she touched the symbol on Alex's forehead.
Asteria then closed her eyes as the symbol glowed.
Silence followed as Alex and his allies waited for the transaction to be finished.
"…."
Minutes later, and Asteria was still closing her eyes while the symbol was still glowing.
At this point, Alex started to get impatient.
But before he could inwardly complain to himself, Asteria suddenly opened her eyes as the symbol's glow disappeared.
"Finally, now I can-"
"I have bought all the Items that you want hooman." Asteria said, interrupting Alex again. "Now that I bought them all, it's your time to endure it."
"Endure what?"
"The pain."
"!!!"
Pain then assaulted Alex's body at that moment, making him stiffen from shock.
"Argh! It hurts!"
Before Alex could make sense of what was happening to him, his vision turned dark as his consciousness left him.