Chapter 2137 Moving Plans
The young man hand long dark hair tied up into a large bun on his head. He had a full beard. If not for the smooth skin without any sight of ageing or wrinkles, no one would believe that he is a young man. The took in his hand is just a metallic stick with a handle and a sharp tip.
He navigated that sharp tip through the inscription arrays as it glowed.
At the same time his eyes are glowing as he focused on it.
The only thing that wasn"t glowing is the puppet. However in his vision, the puppet had the brightest glow. The intricate web of inscribed formations made by Sam are all visible to him. However he couldn"t identify their nodes directly and he certainly cannot see what is beyond those inscriptions.
The young man is not disappointed though. After trying to bypa.s.s one of the junctions Sam laid down, he deactivated his eye technique and stored the puppet away.
He laid down on the rock and looked at the clear blue sky.
*SIGH*
He sighed heavily and closed his eyes.
Another failure. However, he is still not dejected. He still believed that he can bypa.s.s it.
"Until tomorrow."
He muttered and started taking a nap.
Back in the Olympian region.
The intervention of Icarus did trigger the reaction Sam expected. The deans, particularly the Dean of the Zeus Academy is ready to take some serious measures to prevent something like this from happening.
One of the actions was pushing his research teams to speed up the cracking of the puppets. He needs to find out the secrets behind the hub, before he decides to take any actions.
At the same time, many people were dispatched from the Zeus Academy to start an investigation to find out who is behind the hub. The real ident.i.ty of joker and how they came cross Icarus.
Of course, similar things happened in other academies.
While things are like this, Icarus took the opportunity to create more drama for the Zeus Academy. One of the measures was to spread the news of the puppets that fought Raios. The news spread like wildfire with the hub"s amplification.
At the same time, there are several witnesses who claimed that they saw the red spheres appearing in thin air, in the sky above the city before the fight happened.
So, the Dean has to send someone else to investigate it.
However, no matter how much they tried they don"t have any results. After all, for all they knew the spheres appeared out of nowhere, fight happened and the puppets disappeared.
They don"t have a clue.
For that reason, the focus was placed on Raios once again.
Dean called him to the office.
"So, what was the pocket dimension like?"
Dean asked.
Raios gulped nervously and answered.
"It was like any other pocket dimension. The only difference was the compet.i.tion format and the prize distribution. The difficulty is quite high."
"Is that so? Then how come you won?"
The Dean didn"t have any filter. Raios was dumbfounded. Frozen on the spot. The Dean"s gaze urged him to respond. Raios calmed himself down with deep breaths and spoke.
"I don"t know, Sir. But I want to attribute most of my victory to my luck. I managed to take advantage of the several loopholes within the formations. If one looked deeply enough, they don"t even have to brute force through those formations.
I just lucked out in finding those holes and escaping the formations one by one."
"Do you really want me to believe that? Or do you really believe that you are so lucky to the point the heaven"s chosen that are all over the place in this city and the realm are not as lucky as you."
If Sam saw this, he would for sure be surprised a bit. Dean of Zeus Academy is actually a bit odd for an Olympian follower in a general sense. He always took the welfare of his students into his own hands. Once in a while he obviously succ.u.mbs to the pressure of the community.
However, he was always responsible and he never with his own words put down a student.
But this day, he did exactly that.
Since the start, he repeatedly dismissed any of Raios" ability and constantly humiliated him with his words. Even when Raios swallowed his pride and agreed that this might have been a luck factor, the Dean didn"t leave him be.
He even found a way to take the dignity away from that.
It is f.u.c.ked up.
"I don"t know, sir. From what I heard, all the heaven"s chosen you spoke of walked in the same path together and they encountered each other in the early rounds. They were focused on their own d.i.c.k measuring contests instead of victory in the pocket dimension.
That is why, they damaged each other and dragged each other down.
My victory might seem like a small thing to you and the Zeus Academy, however only I knew that I almost died in everyone round except for the first. I always had to push myself harder to get past it and reach the next round.
I still believe that luck played a huge factor. And I also believe, I wasn"t the only lucky one. The rest, including the heaven"s chosen might have being blessed the same opportunities. However, I might be the only one that managed to use that luck for my own development."
Dean stayed silent for a moment and took a huge gulp of the wine.
After that, he looked the crystal gla.s.s that showed a faint reflection of his own.
"So, what about the puppet? Can I see it?"
Raios nodded and waved his hand. The puppet appeared from the ring that was bound to him.
Dean stood up and examined the puppet. He placed his arm and injected his energy to examine it. However…
"ARGH.."
Raios felt a sharp pain in his head, disturbing the Dean"s vision.
Dean frowned. He knew what the sign for that is. When someone had a soul bound artefact of a weapon that has a spirit of its own, the owner must give the permission if someone wants to check it out.
Owner should allow the consciousness of the puppet spirit to stop resisting. Or the soul of the person will also face pain due to resistance.
That was what Raios felt at that moment.
The Dean needs Raios" permission to take a look at the puppet. Of course, he has another way. But that would destroy Raios" soul and might even trap that soul deep into the spirit of the puppet. His soul would just merge with the spirit and his body would soon die, without proper treatment.
Dean sked Raios" permission and examined the puppet. Through his vision all he could see was the intricate mechanisms that made up the whole puppet. He hasn"t seen such novel usage of metal before.
The intricate and delicate mechanisms made him feel like a child witnessing something new for the first time.
But of course, he understood little of it.
Only with his high level senses, he understood a bit about the location of the power source and also the output of that power source.
But that is all.
The rest, he could sense but couldn"t understand.
But he did notice one mechanism and upon some further prodding, he managed to understand what it is.
It is the fusion between the puppet and the cultivator.
"What exactly did the three puppets say to you after you were attacked?"
"They talked something about finding me, the person who bound to the puppet, they also talked about how they need to eliminate me and bring the puppet back somewhere.
However, I managed to win.
I wouldn"t even call it a win. I basically triggered their code for retreat. That is all."
"When you fused with the puppet, did you get anything out of it? Anything at all, that we could use to track down the people behind it?"
At that moment, Raios started scratching his head.
For one moment he felt like he knew the answer to the question, but it isn"t coming to his tongue. He just couldn"t figure out how to say it loud.
Seeing his struggle, the Dean decided to let him go.
"Alright. Go back for now. But collaborate with the puppet branch. I need to understand how these things work."
"Okay Sir."
"Right now, there is only four days for the next pocket dimension. Make sure that you can prove that your first victory is not a complete fluke."
Raios left after that.
Dean turned around to slump in his chair. But at this moment, as a.s.sistant barged in and said.
"S…Sir."
"What happened?"
"Your hearing has been moved up. We need to get there this afternoon."
"Moved up? Why?"
"I don"t know, Sir. All I can telling you is that you need to be there and it could have been a consequence of your latest reactions."