Death... and me

Chapter 3939: Theories

’Since that thing came after us, doesn’t that mean our real strength has been found?’ Kentucky started.

Roan thought that too. However, he couldn’t see how that was possible. ’That’s hard to say. Think about it. If our real strength was found, then why would the enemy send that thing after us? It was better to simply gather the Space-Time and Divinity Realm experts of the continent to make sure we couldn’t escape.’

Rean understood. ’Right. Regardless of how you look at it, we are all in the Space-Time Realm. Anyone would think a Divinity Realm alone would be more than enough to capture us. It would be even easier if you just wanted to kill us. After all, it is always easier to kill. Yet, that energy thing was what appeared, and many died in the process. It definitely wanted to kill us at all costs, but it was very dumb. Something doesn’t look right.’

’Exactly,’ Roan agreed. ’Another point is that it completely ignored all other threats. It only cared about the four of us. It acted as if Foliana, Zangeshu, and Tanxan didn’t even exist. If someone was out there, trying to capture or kill us, shouldn’t they have waited for a much better opportunity? It looked like an extremely idiotic attempt in my eyes.’

’So,’ Foliana got confused. ’If that thing wasn’t sent by anyone, then what was it?’

’I guess the first thing we can confirm is that it went after Master and the others because of their highest level of Golden Radiance, no?’ Zangeshu gave his opinion. Rean, Roan, Kentucky, and Celis were the only ones to get the Level Five potential Measurement, the Celestial Ascendance.

’That thing had that weird golden energy and those Celestial Laws. The Judgemental Eye, which tested us, also had the same kind of Golden Light,’ Celis commented. ’Are we truly sure it wasn’t someone from the Divine Military Academy who sent it after us?’

’You mean, a payback because we cracked the Judgemental Eye?’ Rean asked.

Roan thought about the potential measurement test, and the golden energy that had entered their bodies back then indeed felt similar. It’s just that as soon as their potentials were checked, the golden light energy disappeared... or so Roan thought back then.

’Sister Orb, check me. That thing found Kentucky from further away than his Divine Sense. It also noticed when I appeared. Rean and Celis were the same thing. The moment they arrived on this continent with their Spatial Gates, the Golden Sphere split its attack power to attack them as well. It knew where we were.’

[Okay. It might be one of those energies that the system has no information about, so I might have indeed missed it.]

Sister Orb spent a few seconds checking Roan’s entire body, but in the end, she couldn’t find anything. [This isn’t working. I need a better example of that energy that entered your bodies back then. Roan, can you go check the Judgemental Eye up close? I will be able to make a better analysis then.]

Roan couldn’t do that now, though. ’I came out of the Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm by Kentucky’s side. That means the exit I left back in the academy is now gone. I will need Rean, Kentucky, or Celis to go back and enter my room so I can come out again. Otherwise, it will look way too suspicious if I suddenly arrive from outside since no records of me coming out existed.’

’That’s fine,’ Celis commented. ’I was sent to the Demon Beasts’ Territories in the Sombel Country. There is a mine there with fragments of a meteor that fell who knows how many years ago. My group just got the samples needed to complete our mission, and we are making our way back to the Divine Military Academy right now. I just told them I went to another tunnel to check if I could find some more. That’s when I left to help you guys before I went back.’

’That’s good,’ Roan said. ’But keep your eyes open when you get back to the academy. At the moment, we aren’t sure if the experts there are watching us or not.’

’They definitely are,’ Foliana mentioned. ’They will always be looking at all of us closely while we are there. We are all Golden Prospects, after all.’

’True...’ Even Roan wouldn’t be able to differentiate. How could he tell they are being watched because they are the young geniuses or because they dealt with the Golden Sphere? That’s not possible. ’Anyway, keep your eyes open in case you see the Red Color of Killing Intent. Well... quite a few of those elders and teachers in the academy still would rather have us dead, Golden Sphere Monster or not, so you likely will see the red color regardless.’

’Alright, that’s enough,’ Celis didn’t see a point in continuing to think about that. ’I’m going back and I will pay attention if someone tries to attack me while in there. That’s all.’

[Good. Let’s wait for Celis to go back and then have Roan come out and get close to the Judgemental Eye. We can continue our conversation after I do a thorough check.]

Everyone nodded, and they waited.

Even though Celis was going back, it still took him a few hours before they got to teleport back. He came down from the teleport formation, reported the result of his mission together with his companions, and only then went to pay Roan a visit. Of course, Roan wasn’t really there, but Roan managed to come out of the Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm by his side.

After that, the two went their separate ways. There wasn’t anything wrong with Celis paying Roan a visit since they came from the same country, so no one paid attention to it.

The Judgemental Eye was located below the Floating Island, and it was truly an enormous artifact. Thanks to that, Roan was able to come out and take a look at it. Truth be told, that artifact always caught a lot of attention, so the students often came out to look at it, especially the new ones, and Roan was just one more of them. They just weren’t allowed to get too close, touch, or attempt to do anything to it. The Divinity Realm Experts who protect the academy were always watching.

[This is close enough. Give me a few minutes.]