Chapter 178: Strength

Ishiki looked at the person sitting right in front of him and he felt very distant all of a sudden.

Kenji had received so much vital information and he had gained only questions.

He sighed and sat back down asked in a grim tone. “You mentioned there were two Orbs?”

“According to the journal, yes. The Emperor had one. The other… was always with the Dragon.” Kenji shrugged helplessly. “there is no mention of where the one the old Emperor had, is.”

“Go ahead…” Ishiki nodded for Kenji to continue.

But before he could speak, Ishiki opened his mouth and started again. “Wait a minute… I have a question. Can anyone with the Orb become the Emperor?”

Kenji looked at him for a long moment and then shrugged. “I don’t know much. But as far as I think that shouldn’t be the case. There should be something other than just the Orbs.”

Having heard this answer, Ishiki nodded without pressing the matter further. This detail didn’t matter much to start with… they just needed to kill the dragon and go back to earth.

“There was another event…” Kenji started speaking and suddenly stopped, his eyes narrowing. “… It is a very strange event. It is a mess to be honest. I could not make heads or tails of it. It is related to the Demigod of -”

Suddenly the person sitting in front of Ishiki disappeared into thin air as if it had never been present there.

Ishiki was stunned for a moment before he collected his thoughts and calmed down. He sat there alone in the glow of the candle, the yellow-orange light illuminated his face and projected deep shadows behind that blended into darkness.

’*So a clone made up of air… so that’s how he managed to trick Ghost Blade. Impressive… and he has a skill related to air? Or maybe clones? ’

This simple fact rose many questions. Why was Kenji trying to hide his skills all this time? Maybe it was related to his corruption or he had some similar protocol as Ishiki.

’Leaving that… he did tell me a few important things. It is a catastrophe… if the dragon knows that he can bring back the dead to life. It would be over for us. Why would the Angel, which I know was the son of the God… kill his own father and even the Emperor.’

’There is a simple answer to that obviously… the god was corrupted and hence was about to loose control. So to save everyone the supposed Angel of Charity killed his own father. This makes complete sense. But I dare believe that the truth is so simple.’

As he contemplated further on the matter… he caught on to something. If the Journal was so detailed to give all this information. Then shouldn’t it also have the reason to this question as well?

’Also there is this serious one… If the Emperor was long dead. Then whom did the High priest of the cathedral in Secondary Ring meet? And why was the skeleton still alive? Is it something related to the Orb. And another major question… why was the dragon imprisoned in the Secondary Ring? Is there something even more dangerous beneath the Cathedral in the Inner Ring.’

Ishiki’s body involuntarily shuddered at the thought.

But at the end all that could only be revealed by going to the cathedral and reading some documents there. Maybe the High Priest of the Inner Ring kept such diaries as well.

And Ishiki dared not go there without preparations. He remembered that he had come home to check on his progress.

After taking a few shallow breaths… Ishiki summoned the system window and saw as the platinum hued window materialized into reality in front of his eyes.

========= Player : ????? ========

Name : Ishiki

Age : 18

Title : [Memory Reaper]

Rank – [Mythical]

Exclusive Skill – [Soul Archive]

Skill Description – [Allows the bearer to chain the very consciousness of the Slain in an eternal collection. The new master can reap the memories within.]

Exclusive Corruption – [Phantom Voice]

Corruption Description – [Listen closely When the Reaper speaks, You may hear the whisper Of everyone they’ve reaped.]

Synth Reactor Tier – Innate

Level – 17/50

Data Fragments – 1,370/8,500

Basic Abilities :

Strength : 29/100

Agility : 29/100

Endurance : 29/100

Charisma : 27/100

Protocols : [Recursive Anomaly (Unknown)], [Curse of the Forgotten (Exclusive)]

Attribute : [Half Royalty (Epic)], [Minor Regeneration (Epic)]

Skill Cards : [Ghost Blade (Epic)]

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{Vestiges}

{Relics}

{Shop}

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Ishiki calmly read the whole interface without showing much emotions. He was now at level 17.

His basic ability stats had reached at 29… Except his charisma.

’I feel a lot stronger than I have ever felt in my life. The me of now would not be afraid to punch at a wall… it would be like punching a hard cardboard. I should easily be able to lift a car.’

While he thought about how powerful he had become, Ishiki couldn’t help but think of how everything on earth would be different from how it used to be.

It was no secret that If a player reached level 50 alone… they would have enough power to wreck havoc. So normal humans who were not selected by the Neural Matrix system will have no choice but to live under them.

’That is to say that the system won’t just select everybody that survived the fall and force them into this hell. If such a situation arises where every other human has super power… Earth would as well just blast on its own.’

While it would maintain a balance amongst people… it would also create problems.

Considering the nature of humans… there was no way that such a society would thrive. Well, Earth was doomed either way… even if everyone had powers and even if they didn’t, the end result would still be the same.

Inhumane power in hands of Humans is never a good thing.

Ishiki let out a tired sigh and focused back onto the system screen. He remembered that he received a new vestige after he killed the High priest in the Cathedral, of the Secondary Ring.

Ishiki focused on the Vestige option and a new screen manifested over the main window.

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