Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

Chapter 644  A Generous Master

Dorian stepped out of the Milky Pond, a wicked smile reaching his usual cold exterior.

'Well now, isn't this a surprise.' The bony finger, he could tell it mutated several levels higher again. These days, he has been visiting the underworld more than he anticipates, keeping tabs on the war down there. His visits to the underworld were usually short, as well as the time between his visits, due to the Bony Finger's abilities. Typically, he was like a spectator down there, not being able to move anything belonging to the Abyss in its plain. But now, he felt he should be able to cause some chaos of his own down there. Well, he'll have to wait on that thought for now. [Host, congratulations on Defeating the Horseman of Conquest.] Hmmm… Dorian smirked, slowly running his hands through his short damp hair. Of course, for the remaining Horsemen, he didn't bother taking them on. He allowed the academy disciples to handle it. It would also be a test of their current abilities

And wouldn't you know it, they handled it as though squashing flies. Perhaps one would forget that with all the items given by the system, everyone's strength has grown far higher than what he expected. Butler Sheng, Haru, Bewoh Raulin, Chan-ki, and Zhulyn especially, were quite impressive. Give them another month or so, and they would be able to take on several top Demon Commanders directly underneath the Princes. Its like they had a cheat that allowed them to grow in such a short span of time. Know that on many planets and world's, exorcists cultivate for tens and thousands of years to reach their level. Yet, they accomplished this in 2 years… 2 whole years. Truthfully, this was also because all of them had incredibly genius innate talents. How to say this? It's almost as though the Heavens knew the plans the underworld had, making arrangements long ago to secretly bless so many people at once with genius configurations. Let's put it like this. Even if others in many worlds have the liberty of using everything the system has to offer, they still won't grow this fast.

Perhaps in 50~200 years, they'll reach these heights. But for the people who seemed to be 'conveniently' placed around him, they all had strange blessings and luck. Even their innate talents that looked to be ordinary at first glance, had special markings, as if they were chosen warriors to fight for just this purpose and moment alone. That's the true reason why they could grow so fast. Like the system had said, even though its resources will still stay for the next hundreds and hundreds of years before slowly fading away, no one in this world will ever have such strange blessings that boost their capabilities so fast. Should humanity win the war, they'll notice that the next batch of people selected to join the academy will start growing at the standard rate they should be growing at. Sure, they might still grow faster thanks to the Academy's space still insanely blessed by the heavens, but it would still take them hundreds of heads to achieve what Butler Sheng and the others achieved. .

Hearing that Butler Sheng alone defeated the Horseman of Conquest as easy as washing a big, Dorian chuckled. It almost seemed like to the academy folks, Horseman matters were annoying. They were here preparing for the end of the world in a few months, and there these Horsemen were popping out and pulling them away from bigger duties. Butler Sheng handled the matter in 7 minutes and vanished from the scene, but not without framing the Horseman of Famine again. The poor Horseman of Famine had now become the most hated being to these underworld creatures. Word on the street is that there's even a bounty on the Horseman's head. The bounty is a promise of 50,000 human souls. This much soul count was nothing to big demons who have been roaming the planets for millennia, gathering tens and even hundreds of thousands of souls in their bodies. But weaker creatures need these souls to power up too. —What a tempting bounty. Several creatures have kept a lookout for the Horseman of Famine. However, no matter how hard they tried, they still couldn't sniff out the horseman's location. They also didn't think it had anything to do with humans.

For millenniums, humans have remained clueless. So is it now that they would suddenly become awakened? Don't be silly. Dorian was amused by how the humans in this world loved playing cat and mouse games. They were quite an interesting bunch. 'Alright, I'm in a good mood. What gifts do you have this time?' Ah– The system was shocked. Its host was speaking more than usual. From its experience with its host, it was best to not waste this opportunity… of course, it also had to secretly run back to its master and report the situation with the Host's mutated Bony finger. Its master should want to know, right?

[Master in the Heavenly Realm]: Not Really.

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[Host, host, there are a lot more rewards this time!]

Of course there is, Dorian thought.

With time no longer on their side, it was only right for the Heavens to give them more lavish gifts. If he didn't know better, he would think the Heavens were afraid of their failure. Speaking of the Almighty, where exactly is that bastard? How can you just decide to go on Hiatus just like that? Sure enough, all bosses were the same… not including him, of course. From the gifts, the first things that caught his eyes were the reward of 200 Pegasus's. One must know that Pegasus' from north, were beings with strange Divine strengths. 3 adult Pegasus's could take out Underworld Commander. They were a rare breed of Heavenly creatures only bestowed 5 at a time to each planet. How to say it? There can never be more than 5 Pegasus at a time on one planet. Because of their sheer strength and nobility, the heavens limited their growth in the mortal world. They are the only creatures that can actually exist in both the heavenly and human plains. There were probably thousands and thousands of them in the heavenly world. However, all Pegasus's must eventually go down to these human worlds and later return to the heavenly realm upon death. It was like a ritual of some sorts. One cannot emphasize how rare and unique it was to see more than 5 Pegasus's existing at once… And now, you give them 200? Know that while in the mortal plain, they can also give birth to other Pegasus's. It's just that their birthrate in the mortal plain was fairly low. In the Mortal plain, adult Pegasus's can survive for 500 years before dying. But Baby Pegasus' will grow till 1300 years… And so on, and so forth. With their low birthrates, maybe only 50 offspring will result from mating. Following that, perhaps only 10… and so on, until 5. 5 are always there no matter what, in each world. 'How generous.' [Exactly right, host. My master is–] Oops… the system froze, knowing it shouldn't have said that. The Pegasus' were gifts from its master. In its master's words, he was sleeping one day, and their running about was constantly waking him up. –Noisy. (!_!): [Pegasus]

That's how all 200 found themselves here. The system felt a little sympathetic towards these Pegasus who were bundled up and thrown here. In its master's words, since they have nothing better to do than to keep waking him up, it's best they go down and gain experience in the mortal plain. With a snap of his master's fingers, they appeared in its space, waiting to be freed when certain missions were completed. To be honest, the system felt that most rewards only came because they were annoying to look at by its master. Dorian chuckled, now having a slight fondness for the little thing's Master. Anyone who values calmness and whiteness was definitely a person worth knowing. [Host, are you impressed? Are you amazed?]

'... Noisy.' [...(-_-)] Nôv(el)B\\jnn

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Dorian browed through the rewards, nothing yet another expansion of the space, and purple qi circulating in the air. Boom! Boom! He gets bored and loses them too. Sometimes, they fall down to the mortal world, and someone worthy enough wears them. Many more around the academy broke through again, but thought nothing of it. Oops…. It seems the Grandmaster has boosted the formation's strength around the academy, making the qi purer again. Those who originally planned to head out, now sat cross legged, focusing on stabilizing their current strengths after breaking through. New weapons also appeared , coupled with another chance at a hidden trail in another smaller hidden world within the sect. Last time the hidden trail behind, several people found items belonging to the Gods in the heavenly Realm. Take for example, Hermes, God of speed and Travel. Do you know how many Talarias/winged sandals were made for him by a Good called Hephaestus. Hermes has worn over 5000 pairs. He gets bored and loses them too. Sometimes, they fall down to the mortal world, and someone worthy enough wears them. Only Exorcists can actually use dropped items left by the Gods and those in the Heavenly Realm.

–And during the trial, do you know who got his Talaria? –Ghu Sota! Well, at least he could run away from Old lady Ghu's deadly shoe attacks now, right?

Wrong! He was still getting hit by her boomerang slippers no matter how hard he tried.

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After leaving the Milky pool, Dorian appeared in his chambers, within the sect. As he walked in, several people bowed humbly, including President Ghant who now became an academy member. And if one looked closely, they would see that vice presidents and presidents, including top officials from all over the world were now Gathered. "We now have 2 months left. Protocol C has long been underway, but now, it's time we, the Exorcists, take actions of our own." Hiss~ Everyone sucked in their breaths. This was the longest they've seen the Grandmaster talk. [The system]: Should this be your focus now?