chapter 35: info dump

" Well, you are fourth "

" And who's the third? "

Looking at Luke weirdly, she responded " I'm almost not surprised that you don't know... It's your very own teammate, Ozz Maktan Lewardin. Not only is he quite smart for someone of his species, he even has a 50% resistance to all elements in addition to his immunity towards his own elements. "

This declaration greatly flabbergasted Luke. The Ozz he knew, even though impressive in his own way, was nowhere close to that broken of a character. Tilting his head he asked " You talked about elements, he has two? "

" Yeah... as his teammate, I'm surprised you still don't know. Anyway, his main one is poison and his minor one is darkness. " She then laughingly added " Contrary to you, he has a very good combination. His species' innate corroding properties are so strengthened that his elements are actually equal to the high-grade ones. "

" There is actually a distinction between one's own elements? "

" Yeah, for those who have two elements, it depends on your awakened ability. Whether or not it relies more heavily on one of your elements determines your main or your minor one. For you, it should be darkness, making your mix even more wasteful. "

' So my main element is space, as expected. Maybe letting them think that it's darkness is good. '

" And what about the potential rankings, where do you find it? "

" It's not something that you can find, it's the overseer who makes them, in accordance with all the information he has on everyone. For Ozz, Lion and me, he had both information from our respective backgrounds and from what he saw up until now.

Don't think that because he oversees soldiers he has a low status. His lord seventh title comes from his status in the whole universe. The only reason why he even deigned to show up was because of us three. If you ask how I came to know this, it's because my clan head is one of his subordinates. "

With a pensive look, Luke stared at the blue star then at the floating platform. " How strong is he to have that high of a status? And what does he expect from us? "

After thinking a bit, she answered " He is one of the only 22 tier 9 existences in the whole universe. As for what he expects from us, he basically wants us to be his subordinates. "

Frowning, Luke didn't seem to understand something " If they are 22, how and why would the others just look as he reaps all the talents of the universe? If my memory doesn't fail me, the ECG reunites the elites from the whole universe. And more than anything else, there is Lion."

With a funny face, Lion replied this time " Well, let's just say that he was lucky. How can I put it… right! Planets are integrated every ten years and it's at those times that people from originally integrated planets can also participate in the battlefields.

Each time, it's one of the lords who gets all talents of what we came to call the realm phases. This time, it was lord seventh's turn. And I said he was lucky because both of our clan heads (Andrea), ancestors (me) or parents (Ozz) are his subordinates, so they chose to wait for his turn to make us participate. "

Still frowning, Luke said " Okay, I can understand that but why don't any of the others say something about it? "

Smiling brightly, Andrea patted his head and stated " That's because they don't care that much. I mean, even though there may exist grudges, not only do WE all have a common enemy, for the lords, even tier 8 are not so meaningful. The hundred strongest tier 8 might be able to fight a single tier 9, but only the weaker ones.

For the truly strong like Lord seventh, it does not matter that much whose subordinate a tier 8 is. They can order them all the same. Furthermore, if they dictate that it doesn't matter, then no fool will go out of his way to contradict them. It's just that they have more qualified subordinates and that's it. Moreover, there were only three cases of subordinate tier 8 becoming tier 9. This earned their original superiors powerful allies/subordinates. "

Nodding, Luke then brought another subject he was pondering about. " I understand. I have to ask you something else. Does everyone begin as a tier 1? "

" No, do you really think the universe is this unfair? Do you imagine the poor tier 8 whose child is like everyone else? That's just impossible. After someone ascends to tier 7 and onwards, all his descendants will be tier 3.

As tier 4 is special, only descendants from tier 9 begin at either tier 4,5 or 6. As for Ozz, Lion and me, we all chose to go into a disgression process so that our potential can really bloom. " Then, with a mischievous smile, she continued " Fun fact, I'm 63 years old, Lion is 51 and Ozz is 3. So, in the end, you're ranked below a kid. Shame on you. "

Bursting into laughter, Lion patted Luke's head and asked " So, how does it feel to be so mediocre that even kids are better than you? By the way, how old are you? "

Glaring at Lion, he shot back " I'm 22, so, how does it feel to have been beaten up by someone who could be your grandson? "

" ... Seems like people on your planet are not accustomed to living long. With my age, I could only be your big brother at most. I have three big sisters. They are all more than a thousand years older than me. " Shaking his head and patting Luke's, Lion added " Poor kid, your ignorance made you fail your joke, go back and ponder on this lesson, you need it. "

Speechless, Luke was forcibly teleported back to his monolith where his teammates were still discussing.