Chapter 178 - The Hero Of The Past

Seria could hardly believe what Rex said, no matter who it was, they would never believe such a thing.

Of course, he mentioned the time-reversing magic that shocked her the most.

"You are able to reverse the time?", her expression was indeed noteworthy!

It was as if she had believed it for a moment and had shown an exaggerated response.

"Well, I sure can, but the cost for that is way too great...", was what Rex said.

It was as if he didn't want to keep any secret with himself and wanted to tell her everything. Of course, everything except the fact that he had isekaid to this place!

"This is ridiculous..."

"There is no such magic in this world..."

"And if there was, then wouldn't the ancient hero have shown it to us?", she asked.

According to the people of this world, there was no magic that the Hero couldn't have used. He was the source of all legendary and modern magic.

He was a genius, he was the one who invented much new magic and if he couldn't use the time-reversal magic, then how could just a small kid use it?

That was what she kept thinking when he mentioned that she to her which she could hardly believe.

"I'm telling the truth...", Rex tried his best.

He had no idea why he was doing that, but whatever the case might be from now on, the fact that he told her and revealed would not change.

She kept questioning him and he kept answering but despite that, she wasn't getting satisfied.

"So you are telling me that..."

"You have sealed your powers..."

"And that's why you don't have an aura?"

"Then why don't you unseal them? I too want to see how strong your aura is...", she said this casually as if she knew that he was lying from the start.

"..."

Rex was now really desperate to release all the seals. He wanted to show his powers to her, but he knew about the consequences.

If he were to do that, then the barrier that had been erected by Seria would be shattered in no time.

Of course, his mom and dad and everyone else in the near proximity would get to know about him and would question him about tons of things.

Seeing his powers, many might consider him to be a devil's apostle because he has a demon King's Crest which was considered to be evil by many, especially the church!

"Tell me, do you have any proof that whatever you said was the truth?", she asked.

"..."

Rex was speechless or perhaps he had been thinking about a proof that he could provide without causing much trouble.

"Come on!"

"If you weren't lying then you should have no problem in showing me something that could let me believe whatever you said...", she asked arrogantly and confidentially thinking that he could r provide any such proofs.

"..."

After thinking for a while, Rex indeed found a way to show her the proof of his powers.

"Since you wanted proof..."

"Here..."

"You are the only person to whom I ever showed to...", he said in a low voice.

"Eh?", when she heard him building up the topic as if a climactic scene was going to come, she couldn't help but admire him.

Of course, it was a good talent that would let him talk and persuade people.

But oh well, her view on him remained the same.

"Sigh, then why don't you take a look at this?", Rex lifted his right and moved forward as if he was flashing or showing something to her.

Indeed, something did pop up in the mid-air, of course, it was his stats.

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Name: Rex Suoll

Level: Infinite

HP: Infinite

MP: Infinite

Money: Infinite

Race: Human

"Wha-", she was speechless.

She could see his entire stats, well of course, the stats were so insane that she could read no further than money.

"Your level..."

"And your stats..."

"What's wrong with them?", she asked while pointing them out with her index finger of the right hand.

"...", Rex didn't open his mouth and just smiled a bit.

Seria looked at him smiling and then looked back at the screen that displayed his stats.

*gulp*

'So whatever he told was the truth?', she asked herself.

Needless to say, she realized how wrong and disrespectful she was.

Indeed, after seeing his stats, she almost lost her mind while thinking of a way to get out of the situation or prevent him from smashing or getting angry.

*gulp*

She swallowed a large amount of dry saliva and said, "S-sir Rex..."

"I'm so sorry..."

"I didn't mean to be rude to you...", was what she said after actually trash-talking him for so long and not believing a single word of his!

'What's with her?'

'Why did she become polite all of a sudden?', Rex asked himself.

Well, he had no idea that levels were the main thing that mattered in the world.

He had been living in the world for so long, but no one bothered to enlighten him. Of course, his masters did tell about that, but he didn't remember that because he thought that it was some random chatter or some nonsense!

Basically, the higher the level, the stronger the person is considered.

The difference in level isn't much at the initial stages, at least until level eighty, but after that, the difference even in a single level would make a major change or may determine the outcome of the fight!

And since Rex's Level was displayed as Infinite, the difference could never be measured.

Rex had no idea as to why he trusted her so much and told her about himself, but the bottom line was she realized how wrong she was and how arrogantly she had been speaking.

'Even the Gods wouldn't have an 'Infinite' in their status...'

'They also have limited power...', Seria said to herself.

'He...'

'He literally has Infinite in everything, even in case of money?'

'Does that mean Emilia knew about him?'

Her questions didn't end and she kept on asking herself, needless to say, she never got an answer for any of them.

"So, now do you believe me?", Rex asked.

"Yes! I believe you!", she replied with haste.

Now that he had shown her his status, she had no choice other than to believe him.

But for an instance, she doubted him even after he showed her his status.

'Is this some sort of illusion?'

'Maybe others would fall to it easily but since I have these eyes...'

'Obviously, I won't fall for it...', was what she had said to herself.

But even after using her eyes, she couldn't detect a change in the stats.

Well, the eyes measured another thing, and that was magic. It could detect if magic was being used or had been used.

However, on seeing his stats, she couldn't find anything and thankfully she found out the real him.

"But don't tell anyone about my secret...", was what Rex said.

"Y-yes...", she nodded her head.

She now realized how strong he was but she still didn't have any idea about him being the same hero who had once saved their world, in the game that is.

Well, she didn't know about that, at least not until she asked him about his identity.

"Sir..."

"May I know..."

"Who you are?"

"Surely a normal human wouldn't have such powers..."

"Are you the divine God, the creator of all?", she asked.

Indeed, thinking that made sense, after all, such power could be associated with the one who created the entire universe and everything.

Unfortunately, she was wrong, even the so-called creator had a limit to his powers however Rex did not.

"Hmm..."

"I am not the Creator and I am not some God...", he replied almost immediately.

But Seria wasn't ready to accept him as a human because it just didn't make sense.

Well, she finally understood after the next statement that he said.

"I am the hero from the past...", was what he said.

"Eh...?"

The moment he mentioned that, for some reason, her mind went blank:

It was as if she didn't understand what he meant.

"Pardon...?", it was as if she failed to hear him correctly.

However, in reality, she did hear him but her mind automatically rejected or failed to accept that for a moment.

Was being a hero much rarer than being the creator?

Well, for her, it might have been the case because when the creator himself couldn't do anything long ago, it was the hero who had saved all.

"Sigh..."

"Hear me out..."

"I'll say this one last time..."

"I am..."

"The Hero from the past!"

"..."

To be continued...