“So, uh…are you going to explain to me what’s happening here or…?” Aiden asked right away as he whispered into Jake’s ears.

He didn’t want others to hear him asking questions since that would make him look like he was totally ignorant about most things.

“What do you want to know exactly?” Jake smiled as he looked back at him.

“Well, the first question would be…who are you? And why does everyone in this world look scared of us?”

Jake took his time as he pointed toward a seat not too far away from them. He knew that meeting a God would take some time, so he decided to sit down next to Aiden. He would be explaining everything that had just happened to him.

After all, it was extremely confusing for someone who had no knowledge of how the Lumithars, as a society, worked.

“First off, everyone who lives in this world comes from another world from the universe. The Lumithars are simply a group made of the elites of all the worlds that exist, and with all the power they gathered, they managed to create this place.

However, that doesn’t stop there. Once they created this world, they needed to find other worlds that could make them grow, and that’s when they created the famous system, which everyone has access to on Nova.”

Aiden nodded a few times, making sure to take all the information in.

‘So…basically, they were extremely powerful, but they wanted to find others like them, and that’s how they created this world.’

“What about that mark on their forehead? Why do they all have that?”

Jake smiled. He was somewhat proud that Aiden had noticed that since…quite frankly, it was a detail that would most of the time be glanced over.

“Those with those purple marks were born in this world, which means that they are the son of extremely powerful beings that were basically granted power from when they were born. However, that’s it. They never worked for their power like us, and that’s where we come into play.

You see…we don’t have a mark, right?”

Aiden nodded as he frowned.

“Those who don’t have marks are those who managed to ascend to this world without being affiliated with the Lumithars in the first place. Basically, they are those who managed to reach this place from their own power. Obviously, the system comes into play. But the system…well, that’s special; I’m sure one of the Gods will explain it better than I can.”

“Alright, so basically, people like us are respected because we worked for our strength?” Aiden asked as he wasn’t sure if he was grasping everything right now.

“Well, not exactly. It’s part of it, but not totally. Most of them respect us because we are much more powerful than any of them. It’s like anything in the world. The weak respects the strong.”

“So, we’re stronger than the Lumithars?” Aiden asked, still missing a few details about the situation.

“Well, not all of them. The Gods that I previously, and a few others high-placed people are…let’s say. Maybe ten times as strong as me, and that’s low-balling it.”

‘Ten times?!’ Aiden thought as he couldn’t believe it.

He had seen firsthand just how strong Jake was. So, for them to be ten times stronger than us. It had to mean something, right?

‘To think that I signed a deal with them about not wanting to harm them? Can I even harm them in the future? Am I bound to be their slave and listen to their every order?’

Aiden’s mind was drifting from the discussion as he could remember wanting to be free. But now he realized that it would be a much bigger task than he had initially thought.

“Who are those Gods exactly?” Aiden finally asked, as he couldn’t wait any longer.

He knew that there were five, and they were extremely powerful, but that was about it.

“Well, there are five of them, like I just said, and they are…the founding members of the Lumithars and this world. Basically, they are the strongest people in the entirety of the universe.”

“A-And I’m going to be meeting one of them?!” Aiden exclaimed, his voice rising.

“Haha! Don’t worry, most of them are nice. Well, most…some have quite big egos. So, let’s hope we get a nice one this time.”

“You already met all of them?”

The more Aiden learned about Jake, the more impressed he was with the connections that this man had. For him, to know personally all of the Gods meant that he was deeply valued in those beings’ eyes.

“Uh…are they humans?”

“I don’t think so…well, we can never know since most of them can change their appearance as they wish.”

Jake was getting somewhat tired of answering all of Aiden’s questions, so he said, “You got one more question, then you’ll have to ask the God we will be meeting. I taught you the basics so you won’t appear too much like an ignorant person.”

Aiden opened his mouth but quickly closed it as he actually wanted to be careful about his last question. After all, there was no telling if the God would actually be nice and answer some of his questions.

But as far as he could tell, this trip to this world was the greatest thing that happened in Aiden’s new life. He had learned so much, and the more he learned, the more he realized just how weak the four founding families really are.

He knows that he’s weaker than them right now. But if he had trained for years, the founding families would have been trying their best to survive under his reign.

‘Last question…should I ask for more information about the system? No…that’s not a good idea. Maybe I could ask for some tips for training…no. Maybe I can ask about that?’

Aiden had an idea as he raised his head, looking at Jake dead in the eyes.

“The portal that leads us here. How did you get it, and how did you ascend to this world?”

Jake laughed a little when he heard him. “I’m not that good at math, but isn’t that two questions?”

Aiden just smiled, unsure if Jake would be answering to both, and news flash…he didn’t.

“You’ll have to pick one of them. I don’t mind answering either one.”

Aiden thought for a bit, and the choice was extremely easy. One of those questions was much more important than the other.

“The last one, how did you ascend to the Lumithars’s world.”

“Hm, smart. Well, actually, while it might seem like this big thing about gaining so much power, you can break through the limits of this world. It actually isn’t that incredible.

You get an invite from the system once you manage to unlock all of your body’s potential and also get strong enough. Actually…that’s a bit of a lie. Well, you’ll see if you ever get an invite to get here. Don’t worry, I don’t think it’s anything bad. Uh…might depend on the person.”

Aiden listened to Jake and was even more confused than before. He had just half-answered him, hiding some details from him.

“So, how do you come here?”

“Oh, you get an invite, and you decide whether to accept or refuse the offer given to you.”

“That’s it?”

“Yeah. That’s it. There’s nothing more to it.”

“Why would you even refuse the offer?”

Jake smirked. “Well, that’s something for you to find out. I told you, the offer can be a good thing or something bad depending on your view of things. I personally couldn’t care less, so I accepted their request since I wanted to get stronger at all costs. Oh, sorry, I started rambling about myself.”

“Ah, that’s fine, you can continue. It was…uh, interesting.”

Jake just closed his mouth and patiently waited in silence. He had revealed so much information that there was no point in telling Aiden anything else. He had to take the rest of that information. If he said anything else, he would probably go into one ear and out of the other.

They were now both in complete silence as Aiden was going over everything that he had learned about in this short yet concise discussion between the two of them.

‘So, purple marked means that they come from this world. The five Gods are so powerful that I won’t be able to beat them in literal years, and the system will contact me to ascend to this world once I get strong enough.’

Aiden went over it once more, and he was pretty sure that he hadn’t missed anything.

“Hey,” Aiden said. “Any idea of how long we’ll have to wait?”

Jake just shrugged.

Why would he know?

They just had to wait for Scarlet to be coming with good news. After all, meeting that God would be the best thing that had happened to them in a while.

And speaking about her…she showed up a few minutes later, panting because of how much she had just run.

Her gigantic melons were going up and down as she kept breathing in and out.

She looked up and spotted them sitting not too far away.

“One of the Gods is ready to…receive you,” Scarlet said as she was completely out of breath.

“Uh…which one is it?” Jake asked as he stood up with Aiden.

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“It’s Ariel.”

Jake frowned. ‘Why is she the one meeting us? She always refused to meet me whenever I asked… Is it because of him? Is he even more special than I thought?’

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