5 Asking a sage for ‘help’

Odin left his house to get food he had waited till 8 PM but no one had entered the store so Odin left as he was hungry.

As he walked on the sidewalk many advertisements could be seen about martial arts dojos.

While this world was like our earth there was a huge difference and that was martial arts. These people loved fighting and had established a system of ranking while martial artists weren't that strong they couldn't rip tanks in half or the like but there did exist people that matched that description called sages.

After the grand master realm there existed people that could absorb the energy of the world to surpass the limits of humans. These descriptions matched those of fantasy cultivators but the sages weren't as strong as thought.

While sages were stronger than normal humans they still had limits. They could lift on average 1.5 tons run at a constant 50 mph and leap 20 feet in the air but they still could not dodge a bullet. All it took was one precise shot and down they went of course this still tempted most people as who wouldn't wanna be that fast even the fame and wealth gained were immeasurable.

Still, those 'sages' said that there were many realms above them and at the top one could even become a demi-God or even God himself. Of course, whether that was true or not was unknown but the existence of the sages gave hope to many.

Odin attended a dojo as mandatory by the government but did not try as he saw it as useless. It took people decades to reach that level and all it took was a bullet to knock them down so why waste time on it instead of living?

While he didn't like martial arts he still studies them as most people knew martial arts and if he was ever mugged he could at least escape if he knew the weakness of his opponent.

Odin was considered a savant anything he put his effort into he could master but if it didn't interest him then he wouldn't even bother. Many times he had revealed a flaw in a teacher's teachings yet when it came to him doing it he wouldn't bother.

He had knowledge but did not utilize it this had made many teachers disappointed as he was a promising star yet did nothing with his gift.

He entered the restaurant and ordered his food he looked over his phone and noticed that one of those sages had arrived in his town. Apparently, he was trying to find his future heir to his martial arts.

'I kinda wanna try my ability and see if I can smack his bald head?' Odin thought as he saw the shining bald head the old sage had.

With that thought, Odin opened up his search engine and found out where the old man was residing. The hotel was only ten minutes away from him so Odin returned home and got into his car and drive to the hotel.

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Entering the hotel Odin went up the stairs and took the elevator to the top floor. He made in all the way up to the 100th floor and easily walked past the confused bodyguards.

Odin had his ability active all the time it was like holding his breath except he didn't feel like he was holding it. He waited for a man to open the door and quickly rushed in before anyone realized it.

Odin's heart was beating quickly but he was not nervous he was excited. Odin made his way to the main room of the sage and entered the old man was not there so he waited.

After half an hour, the old man finally arrived the man sat on the bed and started to meditate. This was something the sages did so they could absorb the spirit energy or qi as they called it. Odin got up and walked up to the old man and slapped his head hard.

The loud smack seemed much louder than it was in the quiet room. The old man's eyes snapped wide open and he looked around but saw no one.

Odin held in a laugh and then thought of something.

"Do not be afraid child I am the supreme sword of heaven you can not see me as I do not have a physical form but I require your assistance!" Odin said in a grand tone.

The old man already wide eyes widened even further he got up and kowtow to Odin's voice which seemed to come from everywhere at once as he had used telepathy.

"Oh mighty venerable this mortal answers your call!" the man said aloud.

Odin wanted to laugh but he suppressed it to his best ability.

"Child long ago I fought in a grand war in heaven yet I fell after fighting an immeasurable horde of demons I left my soul here in the mortal world in hopes of finding a way to revive myself."

"Over the thousands of years, I have only made small progress but I have found a way to regain my power and that is through what you call money if you were to give me that item I can restore my power, and of course, I shall compensate you I may be a soul but I have knowledge and some spirit power left" Odin had decided to rob the old man of some money after all they earned tens of thousands what was a bit of money to them.

"Lord venerable how much will you need?" the old man believed Odin.

"Ten thousand will do." Odin said.

"I shall bring it right away please wait venerable lord!" the old man jumped up and ran at the speed of light out of the room.

'Im really scamming an old man I'm like those Nigerian scammers expect I'm the mighty sword of heaven or whatnot.' Odin thought as he chuckled

After a few minutes, the man returned with a stack of hundred-dollar bills.

"Please take this offering my lord!" the old man placed the stack on the bed and knelt down.

Odin grabbed the money and to the old man it just disappeared as if it was never there. The old man felt another smack on his head and then the voice sounded again.

"I have used my power to lose the burden on you when you reach the peak of this realm you shall feel it's much easier to breakthrough now I must return and start my healing I hope to see you in the grand heaven child." Odin said as he left the bedroom and quickly made his way out of the hotel.

'Dumbass fell for it how does he not realize it was a scam?' Odin said as he got into his car a drove away.

Odin converted the money into system points and had an extra 2000 points. Odin kept laughing at the event that he had to stop so he wouldn't crash. He made his way home and laid on his bed looking at the system menu.

He soon fell asleep as he thought about the next sage he was going to ask for 'help'