Chapter 121 New hurdles...

Chapter 121 New hurdles...

"Then what is the usual method to select the children eligible to attend the 'Meeting of Gods', moreover what's the point of bringing children to a meeting of such strong people?" (Jin)

Jin looked at Neo in confusion.

He has known about the existence of the 'Meeting of Gods' ever since he was an S-ranker, but aside from the SS-rankers, no one knows, how these meetings work and what happens during these meetings. (The children who attend that meeting are asked to stay quiet and not tell about it to others either.)

At Jin's question, Neo smiled and replied in a calm voice:

"You see, many races attend the 'Meeting of Gods' all of them are part of the alliance and thus it's against the rules for SS-rankers to fight each other and show off their strength in front of the world." (Neo)

"Thus, the most talented children of each race take part in a small tournament and demonstrate the dignity of their race, moreover the winners can get great rewards, so it's beneficial for the children too..." (Neo)

"Moreover, these are the children who end up becoming the new SS-rankers in the future, it's always a good thing to give them extra exposure and get them to know the world better..." (Neo)

Neo glanced at Raji who was sitting with a cold look on her face and said:

"Last time, our little innocent Raji was one of the children selected to go to the 'Meeting of Gods' and now she is an SS-ranker, time sure moves fast..." (Neo)

"Tch, it was a horrible experience, Mr. Ashtel got into a fight with the Elf king and we were nearly disqualified... such carelessness...tch!" (Raji)

"Cough! Cough!" (Ashtel)

While Raji threw allegations at Ashtel he simply avoided them by not saying anything and sitting there like a statue. He seemed to be busy feeling the wind breeze... in a closed room.

Jin tilted his head in confusion and glanced at Neo.

"Are we not on good terms with the current Elf king?" (Jin)

"Cough! You will know when you go there.... Ashtel and that guy go way back... it's a wide topic so let's not talk about that right now... cough!" (Neo)

This was the first time Jin saw Neo hesitating to tell something, it seemed that even a shameless guy like Neo sometimes felt awkward to tell some things.

"Ahem! So What I was saying is... taking the most talented children of the current younger generation with you and showing them off is a way of getting an upper hand on the other races..." (Neo)

"It's like we are showing the world that we have many such talented kids, who will support the future of our race and it would be a bad decision to think of invading or forcing us on international matters... it's a way of keeping the enemy's prying eyes away..." (Neo)

"People focus more on a race's potential, it's important to show that the future of humanity is not in decline. Any race that doesn't have talented kids to show off is either in decline or they are weak, that's the way of the world..." (Neo)

Neo glanced at the scenery outside and said with complicated emotions.

"It is said that the alliance was created to wipe out the whole demon race from existence and during the 'golden generation' this feat was nearly achieved..." (Neo)

"...but no one knows what happened all of a sudden and the leader of the Alliance and the most strongest person of that time, King Allen Von Reinhart disappeared due to mysterious reasons and the war ended..." (Neo)

"For the past thousand years there's been no full-scale war against the demons and the peace has been maintained, but this peace has caused many changes..." (Neo)

"...the purpose of the?'Meeting of Gods' was originally to discuss counter-measures against demons, but now it's just a place to show off to each other..." (Neo) Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

Neo shook his head in regret, he has been guarding the human race for nearly a hundred years now, he has seen many ups and downs, the other three SS-rankers are like children in front of him, even though Ashtel is the strongest among the four of them, Neo is the most knowledgeable among them.

(Nicolas ascended to the SS rank after two years of Neo's ascendance.)

(Eventually, Nicolas chose to sacrifice himself, to finally put an end to this long war and decided to leave all the burden of humankind to Neo.)

(He trusted Neo and put the heavy burden of guarding the safety of humanity on Neo's shoulders. Neo is still guarding humanity because of the promise he made to Nicolas.)

(Nowadays, Neo's summoned beasts have spread to each border of the human race and monitor the neighboring nations for potential threats. Neo's main body mostly only appears, when a new SS-rank dungeon gate has opened in the human empire.)

(Past lore ends)

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Academy, Boy's dormitory, Rio's Room.

Unaware of the oncoming dangers and events, Rio stood near the window and sipped his tea in peace.

'The stealing session was a great success once again it seems, I should do it every once in a while, to increase my arsenal...' (Rio)

While thinking about that, Rio glanced at the black-colored ring on his index finger, and he smiled in satisfaction. (He is smiling in his mind, his facial muscles don't move so often.... He thinks he is smiling but he isn't.)

'Well, it was surprisingly much easier to obtain this artifact, than I expected it to be...' (Rio)

After Rio defeated Aidel a portal opened and Rio entered it to exit the place. He got teleported back to the same place, he used that scroll on. After confirming his gains, Rio simply flew back on his sword and boarded a flying bus to ride it home.

He did all the things in just one day. The 'favor of Nicolas' still had some time left before it expired.

(If you are thinking what its use was? Then let me tell you that, only the one who has the 'Favor of Nicolas' can use that scroll, if Rio didn't have it, then that scroll would not have worked. It's just that simple.)

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Author's Notes.

Yo! Your beloved author is here! It's the 13th day of the continuous upload session. Let's go!... Have you noticed that the SS-rankers are slowly entering the stage now?... the plot and world-building are expanding slowly, be sure to keep track of it all, otherwise you might miss some hidden details...

Question of the day.

Would you be able to keep your promise, if your homie ended up leaving like Nicolas?

1. Yes (Anything for the brotherhood.)

2. I have no homies or friends. (That's some high level of depression...)

3. Other (Tell me in the comments.)

By the way, don't forget to use those power stones and also leave a review if you like the story. Comment your opinion about the chapter. Your support is my motivation.