Chapter 159 A Blast from the Pas
"This is not good at all…" Alex thought to himself as he looked at the Pantheon, staring down at him and Professor Frances.
All of them did not look happy, and it was quite obvious to them why.
"…" Alex could only frown, as the appearance of the strongest superhumans was Alex"s great misfortune.
The only thing that was lucky in this situation was the fact that Professor Eldritch and her Companions were unable to escape now.
With the intimidation by the Pantheon, Professor Eldritch was forced to stay here. That makes the appearance of the Pantheon somewhat bearable.
But even with that, Alex was still worried, as he knew that a three-way battle could start any moment now!
"Why did you just come now? I have been waiting for you earlier!" The one who said these words was Nomad, who was still paralyzed on the ground. Spit flew out of his mouth as he started scolding his teammates.
"Because of you delaying, my power was stolen by this Eldritch guy! F**k!" Nomad said, with anger quite evident in his tone. "F**k, f**k, f**k! Make sure that you kill his tentacle guy and that mad scientist into oblivion!"
"Your power… was stolen?" Instead of looking angry, the first response that Myth gave was a confused question. "Your power is gone now?"
"h.e.l.l yes it is!" Nomad replied as he gritted his teeth. "Myth, why are you still asking me these questions? Just finish off all of them!"
"B-" But before Myth could give her reply, Alina interrupted their conversation with a statement of her own.
"It"s useless to fight us now. We already know the Truth about the Legacy of Tartaros." Alina replied as she let out a sigh. "Your attempts to stop us from discovering the Truth has failed, and I think you deserve to fail this badly."
"Don"t listen to Khora"s c.r.a.p!" Nomad cut in as he attempted to bite Alina. "So what if they know? Just kill them all! That will ensure us that the secret will stay intact! Well, do not kill Andrew Collins. We still need him after all…"
"If you want to fight, then we will fight." Alina replied much to the surprise of Alex. "But before we all fight, please enlighten us first regarding the Truth that I discovered. Even if I already knew it, I still need to know why… your team did those things in the past,"
"…."
I know that its rude for me to ask you of this, but since we are about to fight, then isn"t it better for all of us to know about everything already?" Alina said as she tilted her head. "Maybe you will be so benevolent to allow this to happen…"
"F**k! Don"t listen to this b**ch!" Nomad said as his lips began to draw blood. "Just strike them all now!"
"…"
Alex looked up after hearing what Nomad said, and to his dismay, he saw that all of the Pantheon members were gearing up to fight already.
Electricity and millions of gravity waves were surrounding Tetra, Myth was starting to transform, Machi and Miden were now wearing combat suits, and Plague"s whole body was letting out an eerie green glow.
But before these people could start their attacks, a melodious voice effectively stopped the escalation.
"Let"s hear out Khora"s request. With my limited future sight, I can see that talking to Khora before we fight them will give us the best results." Foresight said as she gave her teammates an imploring look. "I know that you all badly wanted to fight them now, but please follow what I said. I a.s.sure you that it will be all worth it in the end, even for Nomad himself."
The silence that followed after Foresight"s proclamation was painful even for Alex.
"That"s it, I had enough!" Myth roared in anger as she continued on transforming. "You want to tell them the whole truth about the Legacy even after all that they had done? Wow, can you hear what you are saying right now? Foresight, even if I know that your future sight is strong, there is no way that I will not attack our enemies now! Well, if you don"t want to fight, then I will be the one to fight!"
Myth was about to make her move, but she was stopped by the collective stares from her other teammates.
"I know that this is hard for you, but let"s listen to Foresight now, ok?" Tetra said as he placed his hands on Myth"s shoulders. "You know how trustworthy Foresight is, and on how each of her moves were all for the betterment of us. So please, let"s do what Foresight says. Besides, even if we talk to the Travelers and Alchemists now, that will also be moot since we will all take them down later…"
"…Fine! But I will be watching for any dirty tricks around!" Myth finally said as she let out a groan. Her eyes roved all over Alex and the others, as if she was giving them a warning.
"There you have it. We will talk to you for a few minutes." Tetra said with his eyes focused on Alex. "Ask away everything that you want now. Once we were done talking, we will commence on fighting you all."
"Thank you for your consideration." Alina fluently replied as she stood beside Alex. Alex looked at his front, and he saw the Professor looking like she wants to join in the talk too.
"…"
Alex felt slightly lost right now, as he was a little confused by the events that just transpired.
The Pantheon arrived, but they delayed their fight for a few minutes because they wanted to talk to them first?
That… is quite perplexing, even for someone like Alex.
Really, just because Foresight told her teammates to talk to Alex before fighting them, the Pantheon members will actually follow it? Now this is just blind faith at its peak level.
"…"
While Alex was looking confused, Alina had a serious look in her face, and now that Alex could see it, Alina seemed to be looking intently at Tetra.
"Since we are about to talk about the Legacy of Tartaros, I think I should tell Alex and Queen Mother about the things that I know about the Legacy first." Alina said as her gaze went on Alex and Queen Mother.
Alina did not wait for any reply from the Pantheon as she took a deep breath.
Alex gulped his throat audibly as he waited for Alina to talk.
Alina"s eyes narrowed in concentration as she started spilling out the info that Alex had been wanting to know.
"Andrew Collins… was a Superhuman before, and he was in all terms, a Builder." Alina muttered as she her body started to tremble. "His power was focused on anything related to Software. Anything under Software, like programming, coding, operating systems, and many more were the focus of his power."
Alina then gave the still captured Andrew Collins a glance as she continued talking.
"Andrew Collins gained his Builder Power 17 years ago, just a year after the Superpowers started sprouting. At that time, the Pantheon was just newly established. But even if they were new, the Pantheon at that time was already powerful. And one of their members at that time was Andrew Collins himself."
"!!!"
Needless to say, Alex was surprised with what he heard.
Andrew Collins was actually a Superhuman and a member of the Pantheon? But from the looks of it, it seems like Andrew Collins could not remember himself being a Superhuman at all.
Oh right, Andrew Collins actually had his memories wiped away by the Pantheon already. Could those memories be related to Andrew Collins" interactions with the Pantheon members?
"At first, the Pantheon was quite happy with Andrew Collins, as his Software skills were of great help in terms of information gathering and creation of computer programs tailored to help out the Pantheon." Alina said as she suddenly clenched her fists. "But all of that changed when Andrew Collins started a secret project."
And there it is. This is the moment of truth, and Alex knew that he must listen well.
"With his power, Andrew Collins started creating a new world… made up entirely by data." Alina said as her body started to tremble more. "With his skills, the world that he created was basically a very powerful simulation of a new world… That world of his was so realistic, that all of the humans that appeared inside that simulated world were comparable to any organic humans!"
"!!!" By this point, Alex already realized what Alina was talking about, and it was enough to make him stunned.
"And to make that simulated world more ridiculous, Andrew Collins decided to tweak it a little, giving its inhabitants a unique ability that they can use there…" Alina said as she tried to calm her tremblings down. "That unique ability allowed them to perform powerful feats that can be compared to the superpowers here in this world..."
After he saw Alina"s attempts to calm herself down, Alex could only look down as he knew what Alina will say next.
"That ability was called Esper Ability, and that simulated world was named by Andrew Collins as the Esper World!" Alina almost shouted out as she said this sentence, with her emotions almost spilling through her words. "The Esper World is the Legacy of Tartaros, and that is the secret being kept by the Pantheon this whole time!"