Chapter 277: Eager

Chapter 277: Eager



Until now, Sylas still didn't feel like Alex had lied. But that didn't make him feel at ease. "What is the relationship between those hidden families, Legacy, and the government?" "Which government?"

Sylas took a breath when he heard this. As expected, it was easy for him to think of the "government" as a monolith when he was here, but there were still several countries in the world.

The world seemed together, sharing the same language, being of one race, having similar enough cultures... but if they were truly together what was the point in separating themselves into countries in the first place? Wouldn't it have made more sense to just make the entirety of Earth a single nation?

Now, Alex had pretty much confirmed that.

From now on, it seemed he had to think of the "government" as the Terranova Government, because the United Coalition of Terranova was the only government he had interacted with until now. Who knew if they had the same goals as the other governments or not?

"All of them."

"Well, you could say that the reason the governments feign civility on the surface is because they fear the influence of Legacy which exists everywhere. As for the families, they are... unique wildcards. They have histories far shorter than Legacy, but they also represent the inevitability of every Summoning-that being heroes who rise up as wild cards, kinda like you, Psycho Syl.

"The ancestors of those families were all elites of the last Summoning that managed to break free of the hold of the governments and Legacy, at least in part. Though, if I'm going to be honest, my analysis is that they just managed to reach a threshold of strength where it was no longer worthwhile for the big wigs to take action as the losses would outweigh the gains.

"I guess right now there's a delicate balance. Everyone got screwed over with the sudden change to the Trial length so now they're just hurrying to scrounge for resources and putting more effort into scouting out the Aether Plane as there hadn't been enough time to do so."

Sylas understood a lot, especially from the last leg of Alex's words.

If the Trial hadn't ended early, these powerful organizations would have definitely mapped out the entire Aether Plane. When the Trial came to an end, not only would they have far more powerful warriors, but they would immediately be able to target the most valuable regions of the Aether Plane and likely use the abilities of a City Lord to open up worlds directly to those locations.

But to his surprise, this time, Alex burst into a fit of laughter. It wasn't until he caught a particularly strong whiff of the foul stench in the cave that he began coughing instead.

"Damn, that shit's disgusting. We really should leave. I'm dying here."

"Answer the question."

"Fine, fine." Alex held up his hands. "I was only laughing because your question is meaningless now. You were out so you probably don't know but... hiding your name is definitely not a luxury you have anymore."

Sylas frowned, not understanding what that meant. But soon, Alex squeezed out the information through a fit of laughter.

After learning what happened when he was out, Sylas fell into silence. This... really was a problem. But it seemed that it was one that he couldn't get out of regardless of what he did, so there was no point in worrying about it any longer.

Alex watched Sylas' expression and seemed to find it only natural that he didn't react much to this information. Most others would shit their pants when they found out that the entire world was looking for them, but Sylas didn't seem to give a damn.

It was as though his reaction would be much the same regardless of what challenge he faced.

After he had gotten over his fear of facing death...

There truly wasn't anything left that could move him from his baseline so easily.

Sylas looked up and met Alex's gaze once more. This time, he couldn't refrain from asking the question. Alex's actions were too peculiar. This would be his last question.

"Why are you so eager to give me the answers I want?"