Chapter 746

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The simple man in orange robes, sitting in Valor City where he has lived all his life—fighting monsters and humans to support his followers and continue the teachings of his predecessors—looks at the private message he's received with wide-open eyes.

This is because when he opens the private messaging chat, an automatic visual feed is shared, and Alveron, the millennia-old monster ruling over hundreds of worlds, doesn't hold back.

He allows Monk to see the enormity of his empire, and this instantly brings legitimacy to his urgent message.

Monk deletes all of his messages sent into the system and even contacts other commanders and members of the Crimson Army to try and make sure they're gone.

The generals seem to be busy, as they have all begun closed-door divine fragment cultivation, but this message influx alerts Bri that something interesting is happening.

The yellow slug watches as all the public messages disappear, and once they're all gone, it hears a human's voice reply through the instant link of the system.

"Please do enlighten me. What do you know of the Originators...? And why do you say that this knowledge is dangerous?"

As soon as these words leave his lips, a reply seems to come back within fractions of a second with a speed that cannot even be fully appreciated in monk's mind.

"My intention is to safely tell you everything you need to know and become a great ally. So, I will start with the most simple underlying secret. These ruins and artifacts are not naturally occurring, and in the grand scheme of things, they are not even rare. Though, to the worlds that still have not been tainted by the demons, there is a reason they do not know of the Originators. For if they did, their planets would not last long... That makes my curiosity grow as to how a 3rd Class World managed to ward off an invasion. Please do, answer me this and I'd be happy to tell you more."

Silently, a ping goes off on Bri's system as Monk was instructed to inform her about any sensitive information being traded, and from this statement alone, he's aware whatever this being is on the other side of the system is very serious.

Seconds later, a request pops up on both Alveron's and monk's systems requesting to add a new member to their call.

The yellow slug vibrates in his vast ocean with excitement, as seeing the favored system user from earlier take interest is the best response to its message it could have gotten.

The craftswoman joins and makes herself heard instantly.

"Proceed. There are already millions of users in the system spreading the story. Confirming it with a future trade ally is the least we can provide in exchange for more information on this topic."

Bri looks at the slug, unable to read its emotions based on appearance alone; but her memory of this being in the trade meeting hours ago is clear in her mind, and it cannot be solely a coincidence it has made contact like this now.

Monk lets out a relieved sigh, thankful that he hasn't run into another dead end. Then, he begins telling an abridged version of the failed invasion from his point of view outside the tower in the Dark Continent just a few days prior.

The yellow slug floats on its back, gazing up at three bright suns in the sky while visualizing Monk's retelling of humans facing off against a 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Class Demon along with an army of over a hundred red-cored knights and a dozen commanders—without a single casualty to the human troops.

Monk's retelling of the trials within the tower is very similar to some of the message boards and posts the slug read over the last few hours. It corrects the inconsistencies, exaggerations, and twisted retellings that make this Flame Emperor seem like a god who obliterated the demonic forces and freed this world with a snap of his finger.

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