"The path that leads to the Unknown, huh?" Cyrus's eyes shone in a peculiar glint as he processed what just system declared.
In a sense, he could relate to the system's way of nurturing a successor, and if he didn't have the memories of his previous life as a god, he might've never even doubted it.
But the thing was, he once stood at the absolute pinnacle of the universe, and he knew there was no such path as unknown. However, whenever he thinks about sudden rebirth, he finds his beliefs crumbling.
"Although your explanation is not satisfactory, I'm someone who is flexible. If this path really exists, then I'll tread to it, but if at any step I find this path leads to my certain doom, then I don't need to tell you what I'm capable of.
"You are miraculous, and even I never heard of something like you existing, but you also should know what kind of trial I had gone through to become a God.
"Since I was the one who chose to cultivate you first, then you should leave the choice to me. You just do as you are supposed to do. Just show me the way and then wave how I pave it." Cyrus arrogantly declared.
"[This is what the system wants as well.]" The system statically replied.
"Heh, then correct your ways." Cyrus sneered as he already got the answer he was looking for about the lust sword mission.
'Since it's a one-time thing and limited to the bronze rank dimension, I should consider my options in which kind of bronze dimension I would sow the seed.' His eyes went sharp, "Tell me what will happen once I sow the seed in this dimension? According to your own words, a dimension is formed between two words by annexing their spaces.
"But this dimension only had a gate outside, no trace of space being absent around it. What is going on?
"Lastly, will my dimension appear between two worlds? If it does, then which world will it appear in?"
"[I can't answer your first question. As for your second question, only growth-type dimensions will appear in physical form outside the world, which shows their area of diameter.]
"[A dimension without grow type ability will only appear for a small period of time until it fully formed before it vanishes upon its fully formed, leaving behind a gate on both sides.]
"[The answer to your last question is the same. You need to explore it yourself. The system can only tell you that the sooner you open your dimension, the better, and this place is optimal for it!]"
Cyrus frowned as two of his questions still got unanswered, and they only created more confusion. At the same time, the second question was not as helpful as he was hoping it to be.
However, he suddenly thought of something when he focused on the second question, "Wait… you say the growth type dimension have physical forms which showed the area of they had annexed… the three unknown rank dimensions which covered the three continents of the Regal Word, could they be the growth type dimensions?"
System replied with two words, "[It's possible.]"
Cyrus felt his heart race as he was most likely right about his guess since, according to Hilda, those dimensions didn't have any gates, and all of them existed in a misty-like state, and anyone who entered within the mist never came back.
Suddenly another terrifying possibility surfaced in his mind, "Can a growth-type dimension annex an entire world?!"
"[As long as its growth type grade allows it and clear the prerequisites to annex the entire world, its certainty can!]"
Cyrus felt a chill in his spine as he suddenly felt like a strange crisis gripping his heart because this affirmation opened gates to various possibilities which he didn't even think about.
"Then what kind of being would be present in such dimensions?" He asked almost instantly since it directly affected him.
"[User will have to find out yourself.]"
Then Cyrus tried asking many more questions, but all of them resulted in the same answer by the system that he needed to find them himself, which made him flustered.
But he didn't blow his top since now it was clear that as long as he reached a conclusion himself, the system would answer his question clearly. This also aligns with previous system statements and Cyrus's own guess about the system restrictions because of his own current power.
"This place is optimal for it…"
Then Cyrus focused on this last part and felt there was something the system was hinting at since the previous punishment involved him sowing the seed in one day, or the quest would've been voided.
'Could it be there's something about this place that made the system insist on sowing the seed here, or I'm just thinking too much…' The more he thought, the more he felt something was missing.
As for asking the system again, it had clearly just drawn the line about not telling him anything related to the seed.
But that sense of strange crisis suddenly remained since he found the terrifying truth about what a growth-type dimension is capable of.
However, it also opened terrifying possibilities about his own dimension, which had an infinite growth rate. He didn't dare to imagine what this could possibly mean, but just the slight idea made his skin crawl.
He started to reform his entire plan since he couldn't ignore system words anymore, nor could he wait any longer to plant the dimension seed if it meant he was just wasting precious time.
'My initial plan was to annex the entire Albert city into my dimension once Eve walked up and made all those guys a part of my dimension by overpowering them and establishing my cult in this world.
'The dimension is like a secret realm, so I thought there won't be a better place than this to place the foundation of my cult.
'The Holy Spa Pagoda was supposed to be the heart zone, and all those upper echelon members of the ten clans drawn into the Albert City by my unusual ability to make people breakthrough were going to be my pawns in the ten clans…'
Cyrus couldn't help but think about his perfect plan of taking over Albert City and then slowly working his way to take over the ten clans and this entire world.
However, now it seemed he was too foolish to ignore the dimensions. They seemed to be the real problem if he wanted to take control of this world and grow beyond it.
'Alright, since my dimension can grow infinitely, I'll take over Albert City since it's the closest to this dimension anymore. Now I need to find the dimension heart zone and sow the seed within.
'By how Magic Union handle things, this dimension is most likely under their control as well, and they would've put high security around the heart zone. I just need to find it…' His eyes shone sharply before he looked at his current state and smiled wryly, 'I need to recover first, and by staying here, it won't happen anytime soon…'
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While Cyrus was changing his plan about Albert City, the news about his special ability to increase someone's rank had already fallen into the hand of a hunchbacked old man clad in green, and he wore a white mask with a golden beam scale imprint on it.
"Are you telling the absolute truth?" He huskily asked a middle-aged fat man in front of him.
This fatty was none other than the fat guy present in the group of three businessmen who had been snapped out by Cyrus this morning.
"Y-yes! Absolutely my lord. How can I dare to lie to the Oath Keeper Clan? The moment I experienced that man's strange ability and then found out about his ability to raise someone's rank, I ran here as fast as I could, just to it to your Excellency!" He fawningly stated while he was sweating profusely.
It all happened when after getting kicked out by Cyrus, the fatty lost all his nerves and hid in this home for an hour while also ordering his men to keep an eye on that shop secretly just in case Boss Lust decided to come after him so he could run away in time.
However, he was greeted with unexpected news about the rank increase of the two iron ladies.
As an old schemer, he instantly knew just how big this news was and what kind of benefits I could bring if he brought it to someone with a terrifying background. And he just happened to know where to find these figures, and they happened to be close by.
So, he ran in the direction of the forsaken land as fast as he could, as his life depended on it, and approached one of the top ten overseer clans.
Since he knew this news's worth, he decided to go big and try his luck, and it paid out since the clan he tried was…
The Oath Keeper Clan, ranked 2nd among the ten overseer clans!