Chapter 163 - Episode 163: Pursuivant, Apostles, And Disciple.

Obrellian is staring at Aldran and raises her eyebrows.

"Aldran, I think they are here because of something else, and we should guide them first rather than celebrate for their achievement. You can play with them later on."

Aldran looks at Obrellian while clicking his tongue and groaning in annoyance.

"Fine! We can party later."

Aldran crosses his arms while staring at us. We can tell that he's judging us from our appearance and equipment. He nods and then clears his throat.

"The reason why Betelgeuse summoned you all here is that we will tell you some important things that every one of you needs to know about being a hero. You don't have to worry about it will be a burden or something like that. Being a hero is like living the dream. You can do anything you want in Orion and nobody would dare to stop you. Well, of course, the other heroes can."

Loslathan is glaring at Aldran.

"Can you stop saying nonsense and just cut the chase? I thought you are the one who wants to have fun rather than wasting time talking about nonsense."

Aldran stops talking and looks at Loslathan. He's squinting his eyes.

"Can I at least tell them the fun things of being a hero?"

The rest of them are just scoffing and shaking their heads. Aldran sighs and then looks at us.

"Alright, I guess I can talk about it more after I tell you what you need to know."

Aldra raises his finger.

"First, being a hero that also means you need to have followers. Because a hero without them is useless. Having followers increase your strength, ability, and skill. The more followers you have, the stronger you will be."

A notification appears in front of each one of us.

[Congratulations! Exclusive Passive Skill [Master of the Pursuivant] has been learned.]

[Master of the Pursuivant: Every 1000 players that follow you or admit you as their hero, will increase 0.01% of your base main status. The more followers you have, the more percentage will be given to you. Those who choose to follow you will receive a passive skill [Pursuivant]]

[Pursuivant (Not yet to be implemented in the system): A skill that allows the other players to be under your wings. Players are allowed to choose a hero as their influence. Increase 1% of their base main status permanently as long as they have this skill. The longer they are loyal to you the stronger the effect. every year of in-game time, the main status is increase by 1% (Max is 10%). ]

We are looking at each other and nods with understanding. Aldran then claps his hands.

"It seems that you all have understood the meaning of followers. Next, of course, there are other things that you can gain from being a hero. As a hero, you also need a right-hand man that will help you in battle. We called them Apostles. You are all allowed to choose 12 other people to be your right-hand man. It is the same as before, the more Apostles you have will affect your strength, ability, and skill."

Another screen appears in front of us.

[Congratulations! Exclusive Passive Skill [Master of the Apostle] has been learned.]

[Master of the Apostle: Every 1 player that has been chosen as your Apostle will increase your base main status by 2.5%. The Apostle that has been chosen will receive a passive skill [Apostle].]

[Apostle: A skill that allows the players that have been chosen by the hero to be their right-hand man. Increase 10% of their main status based on the hero's base main status permanently as long as they have this skill. The longer they are loyal to you the stronger the effect.]

Ivonna looks at me and opens her mouth. She raises her eyebrows with disbelief. Ivonna then leans toward me and whispers.

"If I can be your apostle, I would..."

I scoff and raise my eyebrows while smiling.

Aldran then crosses his arms while nodding with understanding.

"You are all really a fast learner. I'm so proud of you all."

Aldran then leans on his throne.

"There is another one. Although you are all have become a hero, you are not the same as us who are in front and behind you. To put it simply, you are all just junior heroes and you still need to find a mentor. You can only choose 1 mentor and you can choose between all of those heroes behind you. The 6 of us are not interested in mentoring you all. You will be a disciple of one of the heroes in here and gain strength, ability, and skill."

A screen appears in front of us again.

[Congratulations! Exclusive Passive Skill [Disciple of Hero] has been learned.]

[Disciple of Hero (Not yet to be implemented in the system): You are allowed to choose between 100.000 Heroes who are chosen by the Betelgeuse. You will need to be tested by the Hero that you chose and everything depends on your ability, skill, and understanding. If they agreed on taking you as their disciple, this skill will be active immediately. You will learn the Special, Exclusive, Limited Skills of the Hero you chose. (You cannot change your mentor after you are accepted as their Disciple!)]

Aldran claps his hands.

"Alright! That is it! You all will be leaving this place now! To find a mentor, you all must first find your way back to this place. That is the first test for all of you!"

The six of them are standing up and pressing their hands together. Kingstar and everyone is getting teleported back to the Orion I guess, but then I realize that I'm the only one left in here. Aldran and the others are confused to see me is still standing in front of them. But then a woman comes out from the back of the giant tree.

"Why are you all so surprised? I requested Betelgeuse myself to let him stay a bit longer."

Ezira is walking toward them from behind and stands on top of Aldran's throne. The 6 of them are looking at Ezra with confusion.

Ezira smiles and then lands in front of me.

"Hello, Trevor. We meet again."

Eveth is furrowing her forehead while staring at Ezira.

"Ezira, what is the meaning of this?"

Ezira walks around and looks at Eveth while pointing her thumb at me.

"I want him to be my disciple..."

The 6 of them are surprised and then stand up and walk toward Ezira. Aldran raises his hand.

"Whoa whoa whoa... hold on a second. I think you are not the only one who wants him."

I'm furrowing my forehead because I'm confused that they all did say they didn't want to take us as their disciple, but now they're wanting me to be theirs? I'm really confused right now.

Eveth and the rest of them are nodding in agreement. Ezira smirks and looks at all of them with disbelief.

"Wait. I thought I heard it clearly that you all did not want to take them to be your disciple, and now you are all saying the opposite?"

The 7 of them are arguing at each other and giving their own reasoning as to why they want me to be their disciple. Aldran's reason is that he admired my courage, bravery, and power. Vezolan's reason is that I'm wearing his gauntlets right now and he thought that I'm a fan of his works. Artas is the same as Aldran and says that she would be a perfect mentor for me and so on.

The 7 of them are still arguing until Ezira raises her hands.

"Alright, this is going to take forever. Why don't we let Trevor decide for himself who he wants to be with? That sounds fair enough, correct?"

Aldran and the others are looking at each other and sigh. The 7 of them are facing me while staring at me so seriously. Ezira then opens her arms to represent all the 6 legendary heroes behind her.

"So, Trevor. Which one of us that might suit you as your mentor? Your decision will affect you forever."

I'm looking at them and pretend to think as hard as I can, but I already know who I want to choose. Ezira is the best compared to all of them because I know everything about her and there are so many things that I want to learn from her. I have been waiting for this day to come to meet her in person. She will bring me to a place that I couldn't reach before, and I can achieve more than before.

I look at them and nod.

"I will choose Ezira because she's the one that I think the fittest to be my mentor and I believe she can give me what I need."

Ezira is smirking and looking at me happily while the rest of them are putting their hands on their faces with disappointment.

Ezira walks toward me and puts her hands on my shoulders.

"You are special, Trevor. You will bring everything down with me as your mentor. There is nothing that can stop you now."

I nod and a screen appears in front of me.

[Congratulations! Ezira "The Empress of Orion" Alexus has accepted you as her Disciple]