Chapter 93: New Disciples

Chapter 93: New Disciples

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(Bing Xue’s POV)

With the revelation of the King’s father being an actual god, a few things made sense inside of my mind. The constant need to conquer other worlds was one of them. and I imagine he’s not the only one who has been going around conquering worlds either.

Not only was he conquering, but he was also enslaving every inhabitant of the worlds he conquered, while even forcing their queens and goddesses to marry him. He seemed like quite the devious character, someone who clearly didn’t think the same as his son, who was right in front of me.

“Do you agree with the ways of your father?” I asked King Caesar. “Do you think he’s justified for his actions, young King?”

“That’s...” King Caesar remained in silence for a few seconds before answering my words. “Of course not; I’ve always thought of my father as nothing but a monster. From the moment I was born, he never showed me a shred of love or anything at all! He abandoned his humanity in exchange for the power of becoming a god, and the only thing he’s obsessed with is expanding his domain endlessly.”

“He was probably always this way, but perhaps there’s also another reason why he is the way he is,” Seth commented. “The Divinity that Gods obtain often affects their minds. If a God obtains a War Divinity, they will always desire war. This also even affects Gods who once were mortals, not just the Gods that were already born as Divine Entities.”

“I suppose that makes sense; I don’t know exactly what Divinities that man has, but most likely something related to War and Conquest,” said Caesar. “But even then, I believe he was still wicked from the beginning.”

“Indeed, however, Divinities sometimes change a person even more,” said Seth. “I know that... from experience.”

Experience? What did he mean by that?

Did he have a friend who became a God, or was he a God in his previous life?

I’ll have to ask him some questions later on, for sure.

“I see how it is.” I nodded. “Does that mean that... Caesar, Elphiette, Cecil, are you willing to betray the Emperor?”

“Betray him?!” Elphiette wondered. “I-I mean... We’ve thought about something like that, but not now; we are weak, too weak.”

“I have, but it is nothing but a distant dream, something I had thought I could accomplish after becoming incommensurably strong,” the king sighed. “Not something I can do now.”

“Hmm, well, what if I told you that with my training, we could accelerate that process to just a couple of months? Would you go out of your way to help me kill him?"

At that moment, they fell into silence.

I knew this was too blunt, but I wanted to ask them this right away.

This way, with my perception, I can easily tell if they’re telling the truth or not.

And based on that, I can also gauge if they’re trustworthy enough to tell them about the future, where North America is almost completely destroyed.

And where their entire family dies, a future Seth told me about, which I later saw through his own, blurry memories.

A future event that must be stopped at all costs.

“I would,” the king said first.

“Dear?! B-But...” Elphiette panicked. “But you don’t know if that’s true; what if...”

“Elphiette, Bing Xue could have killed me; she could have killed everyone if she wanted,” sighed the king. “Yet she chose not to. She offered us food; she welcomed us to her home. She offered us strength; do you think I would take this opportunity? I want to trust her; she’s different. She’s not like everyone else. She’s not like my father or my siblings. She feels much higher, like someone who has truly become a master. Someone, I think we should... try to gain their trust.”

“A-Are you sure?” Elphiette sighed. “Okay, if... if you insist. But once we’re done with this, that girl will have an earful from me!”

“I might also join that,” the King said. “Now, Bing Xue, let’s get done with this.”

“Alright.”

I quickly activated the technique, summoning a golden tablet from my Inner Realm, it was a small formation I had created for these things.

It was imbued with several hundred ingredients, synthesized, and beautifully, perfectly merged together into an Immortal Formation.

It was specifically made to create several different effects and Techniques.

And the Technique I was using it for was Soul Oath.

The process was quick; I first wrote the Oath and its rules on the table with one finger and Photon Essence.

Then, once it was done, the technique was activated, and I chose who to place the Oath into.

It included myself, the King, the Queen, Seth, Yanisse, and my mother.

We all agreed on not talking about this to outsiders unless I had permitted them.

It would work very simply: the Oath activates, shutting down any means of communication whenever they’re about to do it.

It works every time, and it will only activate once they give up. Communicating this indirectly will also trigger the Oath.

I might sound a bit paranoid for wanting this much security, but you never know.

“It’s done.”

The threads of light connecting each other slowly dissipated, becoming invisible.

Once this was done, I quickly explained to them what Seth was.

“He comes from the future?!” The King’s reaction was more shocking than I expected.

“Unbelievable,” the Queen said, covering her mouth.

“Yes, look, we don’t have much time to talk,” said Seth. “So I’ll go directly to the point: in about a year from now, a calamity will befall your kingdom. Gates from Floor 80 will open, and Divine Beasts will destroy everything. All of you will die too, unable to fight back against such powerful beings.”

“F-Floor 80?!” muttered the king. “That’s...! Such a high floor coming down to this pitiful planet?! But why?”

“Like hell, I know, I wasn’t even able to do a single thing other than run back then,” said Seth. “But I bet it has to do with your family and your father... He ended pissing off the real threat in the tower; this is just my theory, but I believe the Pantheon of Floor 80 wanted him and all his children dead.”

This revelation shook the King and the Queen more than we expected.

Especially because they seemed to know who these gods were.

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