"What the hell are you doing, brother?" Yellow and Blue called out simultaneously.
But Smiley didn't reply and kept on sobbing while kneeling to Alon.
Alon stood in place with his jaw wide open at this development.
"How am I Gluttony?" Alon asked, somehow Smiley's evaluation of him poked him the wrong way.
Smiley did not reply to Alon and looked at the sky instead.
After about two minutes passed, he lowered his head and looked at Alon.
*Click*
Smiley's hand reached behind his head and unclipped the mask.
"Brother!" Blue called out, startled by Smiley's action.
Smiley paid no heed to Blue's reaction and grabbed his mask, pulling it down.
The first thing that came in view was a horn at the center of his forehead.
Slowly two beautifully arched eyebrows were revealed standing proudly over a pair of shiny black eyes.
Finally, the full face was revealed.
The beauty standards of this world were way over the top.
"So, who are you?" Alon asked after the face had been completely revealed.
He had gotten used to seeing beautiful men in this world, and he was done being insecure, so he got straight to the point.
The three masked fellows flinched at Alon's question.
"You don't know?" Blue asked in a dumbfounded manner.
Alon simply shook his head.
Even Smiley couldn't hide his disappointed expression at Alon's ignorance.
"We are Devils." Smiley introduced his race and paused for Alon to fill the blanks.
But there was only silence.
No understanding was present in their conversation.
"Will you stop taking such long pauses?" Alon complained.
Smiley's expression was as calm as ever, but a vein was popping from his forehead, threatening to explode.
"We are the exiles of the Demon World," Smiley explained.
"So what do you mean by calling me Gluttony?" Alon inquired.
"There was a very wise prophet in our race back when we lived in the Demon world. She prophesied back when we were being exiled that there would be a chance for us to redeem our honor as the residents of the Demon world only if we get support from Gluttony." Smiley elaborated further.
"This is not the Demon World?" Alon called out in surprise at the information revealed by smiley.
One more vein popped on Smiley's forehead, but his expression remained as calm as ever.
"This is merely a small Island if you compare it to the Demon World." Blue relieved Smiley of some 'Alon pressure'.
"Then where is the Northern Continent?" Alon asked another question.
They were getting farther and farther away from their topic.
"Northern continent is where the Duke of the Northern Darkness rules. one of the strongest existences of the Demon World." Smiley forced a smile and let out.
"What is his cultivation realm?" Alon asked.
Alon thought that the peak of this world would not be that farther from him, but a much larger world was just revealed to him.
"They are existences with power over Dao, what is cultivation to them?" Smiley said as respect dripped from his words.
"You were saying something about Gluttony, right? Continue." Alon finally came back to the topic of their importance.
"Yes, you are the 'Gluttony' from the prophecy, I'm sorry for not realizing it sooner, and I apologize if we offended you in some way. Please forgive us." Smiley said sincerely as his head touched the ground.
"Hey, stop going in circles. I'm asking how you are sure that I'm that 'Gluttony'." Alon asked irritated by Smiley's looped way of talking.
"The one who feeds on Karma, who consumes what it lacks, that is Gluttony."
"From what I've heard, you did not have any grudge against the Lester House, but you intervened in their conflict and sowed the seed of karma with them, and now you feed on the fruit of that seed," Smiley explained his analysis
Alon made a confused expression.
"Was that all to your deduction?"
"No, there's more. I know you consumed the Law of force from Yellow and learned it. From the way you initially reacted to Yellow's attack, I think you are proficient in the Law of Wind and could have dodged it if you so wanted-"
"He locked on me with that overwhelming attack so I couldn't have escaped without a risk." Alon put forth his point interjecting Smiley's deduction.
"But right after that, you began using the Law of Force and that too with great proficiency."
"I was hiding my Law to take him by surprise," Alon explained.
"But you just simply displayed the Law without any element of surprise. My deduction can only be wrong if you were simply a masochist" Smiley raised an eyebrow and asked.
Alon flinched at Smiley's statement.
Smiley did not wait for Alon to recover from his attack and pulled out a crystal from his ring and activated it.
"What are you doing?" Alon shouted as he put on a defensive stance.
"The Priestess wishes to talk with you, my Lord. Forgive me for my impudence."
Just as Smiley's voice faded, the crystal shone brightly, blindingly.
Though Alon was quite strong now, he still had to close his eyes.
A few seconds later the brightness subsided and a figure completely clad in white was revealed.
She had black hair, and her eyes were covered by a black cloth.
"I apologize for calling upon you in such a way. My greetings Lord Gluttony," The Priestess said in a melodious voice as she gracefully bowed showing respect, she had just now verified Alon's identity.
"You can ask the Masks to bring you here whenever you are done with your tasks, they will be subordinated to you from now on. I hope you visit as soon as you can, the Lord is anticipating your arrival." The priestess finished with a smile as her beautiful figure began to fade.
Alon was mesmerized by such a beautiful sight.
"Master"
"What!?" Alon called out, startled by the humane voice.
"When do you wish to head to meet the Lord?" Smiley asked with the utmost respect.
Before he might have had doubts about Alon's identity as Gluttony, but after the Priestess' verification, there was no room for doubts.
By now the other two had also pulled down their masks and were kneeling to Alon.
To Alon's surprise Blue was a woman, that too quite a beautiful one.
But she was still some way from Smiley's beauty.
'She must have used voice alteration to sound like a man.' Alon thought to himself.
"I still have some issues to take care of here; I will head back with you as soon as I'm done with it," Alon answered as he sighed accepting his fate.
"Yes my Lord."