“Don’t be this shameless!” he roared but I could already tell, he wouldn’t say no. or he couldn’t.

“Either this or you go on your own way now,” I shrugged.

“Humph, as if you can hold a jumper like me with that contract of yours.”

His tone looked slightly arrogant but that wasn’t the point. I hurriedly took out the contract again and added a condition while speaking out loud:

“The jumper can’t jump except after quest hundred.”

“What the f*ck… the quests will go on for a hundred?!!”

I could see the corner of his eyes twitching and that looked, strangely, funny.

“It goes way beyond that,” I extended my contract to him, “sign or not?”

“This isn’t a game!”

“Sign or not?”

Under my watchful gazes, he held the contract and reread it. I knew he was just buying time to find a loophole here or there. But according to my vast knowledge, he wouldn’t find anything.

“Taking all my inventory and items… That’s not right,” he returned the contract again while adding in defiance, “I can give you five percent as maximum.”

“All or none,” I shrugged, “your inventory is useless to you anyway. Why care about the items you carry around? I bet you only care about those useless high grade weapons of yours. Rest assured, I won’t covet them.”

For now! I added this sentence in my mind. Of course to crush the incoming challenge I didn’t need to use his precious gears. But who knew? Time might come when I’d want to use his things.

Why risk things then and I held him by the throat?

After a few minutes of arguing, we finally settled on fifty-fifty of any upcoming loot. As for the inventory, I didn’t budge an inch towards it. And I kept myself the right to select my percent of the loot first.

Who knew what this jumper was able to do. He was, after all, one of those heaven defying existences in the entire apocalypse.

“Here,” after we signed the contract, he gave me the reel that started everything. At this moment the visible part of his face told me how regretful he was.

I came asking for this in peace, and now I took it for free and on top of it I got him as a bonus.

“Now tell me what I wanted to hear,” he said in a roaring noise while keeping the reel off my hands like he was playing with me. “I’ll give it to you once the contract affirms the truth of your words.”

“Tsk, no trust between us at all, tsk.”

“Who can trust a treacherous person like you? Huh?”

I could only smile in slight embarrassment. I slightly went overboard this time but the gains were really worth it.

“Your friend isn’t from this world,” I slowly said before adding, “he is from the angel world.”

“Angel?” I could see his shock obviously even with his scarf, “those angels?”

He pointed at the sky as a referral to the angels supervising over us.

“No, those are fallen angels, not the real ones,” I shook my head before adding, “I don’t know all the specifics. However I know this: their world is in turmoil right now. They are going to lose it and your friend might have died on his way to run from that fate.”

“If so…” he went into silence, “then it’s best to wait for him at the place we met before.”

“I’m afraid that won’t do,” I shook my head before adding in seriousness, “you took away his ability to jump. He can’t escape from the present calamity. If my thoughts are right, he would die before he could reach here.”

“This…”

“Don’t be this unsettled,” I moved up and took the reel from his hands, “I was planning to go and rescue them myself. And with you by my side, the odds are higher for sure.”

“You… save them?” He said it like he didn’t believe me.

“Just believe me on this one,” I patted him on the shoulder and felt his immense strength at once, “if you don’t, then ask yourself this… How come I know about them and you don’t?”

I left my words back to meddle with him. After all, I said them with sincerity and honesty. I didn’t lie, and now I had to totally focus on the mission on hand.

[Celebrity endorsement agreement reel: dark gold grade item. Only for one use. Allows the owner to establish himself as a celebrity. A brand with the name you select will be initiated. All the rights will be maintained for your benefit]

Well, the description surely fell short at the true power of this reel. It was like a small horn made entirely out of pure gold. “Dark gold grade… That should be one of the highest reels of this caliber,” I muttered while realizing that this jumper really gave me something good this time.

“Let’s use it then,” without any hesitation I placed a drop of blood over it. The next moment the reel shone brighter in gold light, like it was turning into a little star.

“Tsk,” I could hear the displeased reaction from the jumper next to me. That fool, he was like most of us when humans got this reel.

It really had a weird usage plus a short description. Even when some asked the angels about this, the angels didn’t give any further explanation.

However, according to the old man… If I did things right… Then this would turn into a heaven blessing instead.

The shining reel didn’t last more than ten seconds before it broke free from my hands. It flew around me for thrice before it went directly inside my body and vanished.

A faint layer of golden color appeared over my skin for one moment before it vanished and things returned all normal again.

[Congratulations! You created your own brand! You are now a celebrity]

[You have to select a name for your brand]

[Celebrity exclusive market is now opened for you]

I didn’t think much about a name. After all, why select another name than mine? “Hye,” I said out loud.

[Brand named ‘Hye’ is now initiated]

[You can start operating your brand from the brand special administrative interface]

I hurriedly opened the interface. Back when the old man said all those things inside his left message in the beads, he described the interface and the market.

If he was wrong… well, at least I got that arrogant jumper to stick by my side. But if he was right, then I was at a life changing moment here, even far more important than having the jumper!

[Brand interface:

Name: Hye

Grade: Dark gold

Level: zero

Subsidiary channel: None

Brand privilege: None

Brand store: Empty

Special achievement: Zero]

Well, the old man was right! I hurriedly closed this interface for now and hurriedly opened the market brand interface.

There I found fewer items being sold, mostly lying in white and copper grades. I moved my eyes around and found what I was looking for. Without hesitation I bought them for ten million coins.

[Brand subsidiary channel right: copper grade item. Allows a celebrity to create a channel attached under his name. Cost: one million coins]

[Universal broadcast: copper grade. Allows a celebrity to make a universal announcement. Number of announcements available to use: three times. Cost: two million coins]

[Channel expansion reel: silver grade item. Allows the celebrity with a channel to expand the number of his subscribers to over five thousand participants. Price: five million coins]

These were three of the most basic items I needed, plus another one.

[Channel privacy rights: white grade. Allows the celebrity to make his channel private over the eyes of anyone else who isn’t subscribed to the channel. Cost: two million coins]

Without the last item, everything would be useless. I held the items in my hand while feeling my heart trembling a little.

This… this wasn’t a step of making me a clown like that simple minded jumper thought. This was the real step for me to become a hegemon in this new world!

Watch me motherf*ckers! I would rise, rise all the way up, even higher than those who established kingdoms and become a mighty being even gods themselves fear!

“Are you done, clown?” the slightly annoyed voice of the jumper came but I didn’t answer him. I still lacked something but couldn’t find it yet.

The market didn’t have it. When I searched for it, only one message came to my sight.

[Only limited to those with channels]

That was expected. Alright, time to create my own channel.

[Congratulations! You created your first subsidiary channel]

[Please select a name for the channel]

I paused at this time. Selecting a name for the channel was far more important than the name of my brand. Of course the name should be alluring, attracting attention to my channel. But which name should I choose?

Heaven defying? Anti-gods? I thought and the more I thought, the more helpless I became!

“What are you muddling about?” The jumper seemed to even notice my puzzlement. He came in front of me and could clearly see my face.

“I want a big name, a name that would attract many,” I slowly said and I could see him rolling up his eyes.

“Alright, didn’t know this thing was this meaningful to you. What about breaking fate? Or perhaps fate breaker is better.”

“Fate breaker… nice name,” I didn’t find it bad so I said it out loud: “Fate Breaker”

[Fate Breaker channel has been created. Please add a description to your channel for others to see]

I didn’t think much this time. I knew I could change the description later on but not the name of the channel itself.

“A human is leading a group of highly talented people, including a jumper and a succubus to defy fate. Come and watch us break the fate of our world.”

I casually said what I had in mind, but the eyes of the jumper in front of me slightly changed. “What?” I couldn’t help but ask while using the other items I bought.

“You have a succube following you? Where is she?” he turned around like he was doubting his eyes.

“She isn’t here yet,” I simply said, “she will be here later when the worlds merge.”

“How come…” he wanted to ask but saw me working with my items so he stopped. Finally little peace here.

[Your ‘Fate Breaker’ channel is now private. Only your subscribers will be able to view it]

[You channel is expanded. Now the channel can hold up to five thousand subscribers]

I kept the universal broadcast for now and opened the market again. This time the amount of items being sold increased by visible rate.

At first there were only three lists of items. Now there were over ten!

“Oh, this one is useful,” I found a nice item there and instantly bought it. “Give me twenty million coins now, no… make them fifty.”

I extended my hand without moving my eyes away from the interface.

“Who do you think I am? Your bank or something?” the jumper complained yet he extended his hand and touched mine. The coins were transferred and now I could purchase what I needed.

[Channel promo reel: silver grade. You can record up to five videos of your performance, including yourself advertising for the channel. The promos will be spread all over the universe for anyone interested to see. Cost: five million coins]

[Channel special commenting feature: white grade. It allows your subscribers to comment on your current performance. The messages can be displayed for you to read and interact with your viewers. Cost: one million coins]

[Channel special liking feature: white grade. It allows your subscribers to like your current performance. The like messages can be displayed for you to read and interact with your viewers. Cost: one million coins]

[Channel special share feature: white grade. It allows your subscribers to share your current channel. The sharing messages can be displayed for you to read and interact with your viewers. Cost: one million coins]

[Channel special segmenting feature: white grade. Allows you to separate your past performances into separate videos for anyone wanting to come later and check them. Cost: One million coins]

[Channel special donation feature: white grade. Allows your subscribers to give you coins and even items in exchange for their support for your channel and your current and past performances. Cost: five million coins]

[Channel special sponsorship feature: White grade. Allows your subscribers to become your channel sponsors. Sponsor names will be available at your channel feed when anyone sees them. Also it allows them to write a few words to advertise for their own benefits. Cost: Ten million coins]

I looked up at all these features and felt more confident. I determined the current value of the sponsorship to become ten million coins per week. That might seem a lot, but in fact that was quite cheap.

Later on I’d rather raise it and make its duration per day!

“Now only one thing remained,” I searched finally for my most important item before finding it.