Chapter 123: Cosmic Progenitor

Life was full of surprises, and fate worked as a writer arranging that scenario with intricate red threads.

They wrote a story, directing things toward what they wanted, and in the end, showing just how powerful their authority was over the entire story in this world.

Julian had been through many extremely shocking things in his life. Especially, lately.

Starting from being transported to another world, being misunderstood by so many things, and finally being involved in something clearly not matching his own capability.

Strangely, fate always seemed to guide him toward something unknown.

When Julian understood one thing, fate would give him ten other things he had to understand again.

And that was exactly why Julian now wondered what else fate actually wanted from him.

“…You want me to adjust my hand?”

“Yes.”

Julian carefully shifted his wrist slightly, adjusting it to fit the small figure held in his embrace.

It was a little girl with curved horns on her head, curled up so comfortably, enjoying the warmth Julian was offering.

While blinking a few times looking at the girl, Julian let out a sigh and looked around.

‘What exactly is happening right now?’

Around him, Julian found himself standing on a fairly high platform. This seemed to be a place for sermons or something similar, while in front of him there were so many figures kneeling and looking at him with complicated and hard-to-understand expressions.

They wondered what Julian was doing here, while Julian also wondered why he was here.

Of course, both sides understood well that this situation was caused by one figure whose thoughts they couldn’t understand.

It was done by that little girl.

Ignore her appearance and you’ll die.

Because secretly, that girl apparently had very powerful Mana. Slowly but surely, it was starting to recover on its own, heading toward its peak glory.

‘For now she’s at Rank-B, but what she has clearly exceeds what’s at Rank-B.’

Julian didn’t know what situation he was involved in now, but thanks to Fearless’s effect, Julian was lucky he didn’t start feeling afraid and was able to maximize his own thinking.

At this point, his mind just kept sensing danger screaming from the surrounding environment, and the steps he took were something he needed to survive.

Julian couldn’t just flee carelessly, he needed to understand his surroundings and what would actually become an enemy here.

And to do that, first he needed to do something about this terrifying Alien girl in his embrace.

“It’s you.”

Julian turned slightly, he shifted his gaze from the little girl and looked at a man in a dark priest’s uniform across from him.

Seeing how the man looked at him with a grim gaze, full of emotion, Julian started feeling increasingly uncomfortable.

‘Have we ever met? Of course not. So, why is he looking at me as though I’ve bothered them or something?’

That hostile gaze didn’t come only from that man, but everyone below this platform, all of them looked at Julian carefully and with hostility.

“Sorry, but I don’t think I know you.”

“Heh…! Of course. Besides, this is the first time we’ve met.”

“Then, what do you mean by that?” Julian furrowed his brow, puzzled.

The man instead looked at him with increasing hostility.

Hadn’t they never met before?

What was the problem here?

However…

“You’re the one who foiled the Breach’s appearance at Canelo Academy, and also the one who killed that Liquid-type Invader.”

“…..”

“You ruined something we built with great difficul—”

“—Quiet.”

The air froze.

The man, he spoke with full of anger, even starting to shout as he said something that seemed to be a serious problem.

But, at that very moment, the girl opened her eyes. Her lazy gaze seemed able to look at anyone in that room without needing to turn her head, then came her calm and undisturbed voice.

“Could you shut your mouth?”

The air froze as the man began flooding with cold sweat, his face turning grim as he realized he had made a mistake.

Then, with full of fear, he lowered his head with great difficulty.

“M-my apologies, Most Sacred One.”

In an instant, the surrounding environment became so silent, leaving Julian back in a silence that gave him time to think.

No, Julian didn’t need to think, he had found out where he was. Right, not a definite place… but…

Julian knew, he was at the enemy’s base.

This was the gathering place of the Church of Ascension.

‘Ha…haha… Is this some kind of joke? I’m really here? At the base of a cult that’s being hunted so intensely?’

Julian felt that this situation was so ridiculous he wanted to laugh. The alarm screaming in his head, that this place was dangerous, was now getting even worse.

Julian was still at Rank-D and here, there were so many of them, there was even a Rank-B Alien who was still continuously developing and that man earlier, who spoke with Julian, was also at Rank-B.

There was no one much higher, but… their numbers had already become a terrifying problem.

One wrong step, and Julian might get killed.

But at least, Julian was safe for now.

‘I don’t know the reason.’

The girl had no intention of killing him for an unknown reason, and Julian considered that the only thing that could be his path to safety.

Especially when…

Julian’s gaze looked at the girl, his dark eyes showing the reflection of a translucent blue screen appearing before him.

[Disciples Insight]

Name: [Felicya Luphas]

Rank: [B] — [38.97%]

Talent: [Cosmic Progenitor] — [SSS]

Potential: [Cosmic Progenitor] — [SSS]

Skills:

? [Eternal Embryo] — [SS] — [0.01%]

? [Cosmic Rupture] — [S] — [6.70%]

? [Absolute Sanctuary] — [A] — [17.88%]

? [Primordial Pressure] — [S] — [34.12%]

? [Spatial Passage] — [B] — [11.40%]

? [Worldbinding] — [A] — [10.17%] 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

Condition: ALL SKILLS AND RANK CONDITION SEALED.

Suitable as Disciple: NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. VERY, VERY NOT RECOMMENDED.

What exactly was the identity of the tiny creature currently hugging him so tightly right now?

***

The Central Region, in Canelo.

The students were personally sent back and were in a state of very high alert. The professors made sure the students stayed safe, while even people from the Elite region, influential figures, started becoming busy with the unknown threat.

Something that suddenly appeared, creating a very tense situation, especially when it involved the disappearance of someone considered a very powerful figure.

Of course, because they believed Julian was a very, very powerful person, they had no doubt that Julian might come back somehow.

The problem only lay in, what exactly was that thing that suddenly appeared without warning. A danger they couldn’t predict, making it a major disaster worth paying attention to.

And, after Julian disappeared, two days had passed since that day.

No sign that Julian would return, triggering so much commotion.

“He must be dead! I already knew, he must be dead! Wasn’t his power maybe just a lie!? Now that man’s gotten what he deserved!”

The Mivelo family considered that one of their advantages. Because, with Julian not returning, that was the same as saying the threat looming over them had now vanished.

As for the other problem?

That would soon be handled, they had seven legends with a clear track record. Not some fraud with an unknown origin.

Even quite a few agreed with the argument put forward by the Mivelo family.

Even though at first they’d felt intimidated by whatever Julian did, now they started feeling that there really was something wrong about it.

Especially when, according to reports, whatever had kidnapped Julian apparently wasn’t at the same level as the legends.

They only said that creature had extraordinary power, a terrifying atmosphere, but its Rank was below the legends.

That was what formed the reason why they started feeling doubtful.

Only a few people like Lurker decided to keep believing Julian was still alive, wearing a grim expression and praying that everything would still be okay.

Meanwhile, behind all that, it wasn’t just humanity that was extremely busy.

“Search! Find Master, no matter how.”

Ilunia was in a condition Wilson couldn’t understand. The blind girl who was always calm, full of authority, now looked very panicked, as though her world were collapsing.

The girl had been biting her nails in panic, even forcing herself to sleep every few minutes just to try to find a prophecy.

But, the result was nil.

In front of her, Ilunia exerted everything she had. Whether it was the Aliens now under her power or even Ariel himself, whom she forced to expand his information network across every registered invaded territory.

However, no matter how hard she tried, there seemed to be something blocking her from reaching her Master’s position.

Even though those Aliens, Aclyris and their kind, were universe explorers capable of exploring every corner of the world. They were extremely fast at finding information or anything similar, yet even they still hadn’t found any results over these two days.

With chaotic and ragged breathing, Ilunia looked up at the night sky. Her entire gaze was dark, but as though she could see the stars, Wilson, who was beside her, could feel something starting to change.

It was a change coming from the atmosphere, something originating from an extremely strong killing intent.

Ilunia had never killed that many Aliens, nor had she ever killed a human, but just for this one thing, Wilson understood.

‘This girl… she’ll kill anything if it concerns the person she worships.’

That realization made him feel even more horrified by that fanaticism itself.