Clyde didn't know the answer to that question for sure. He was only here because Maethion said he had to retrieve some important information.
"Yes." Even though he didn't know, Clyde was sure that Olaflyn knew what they would have to take from him if Maethion sent them.
"Forgive my earlier arrogance," Olaflyn said. "I hate it when someone bothers me."
"It's alright. We understand," Clyde replied. He was telling the truth. Clyde really doesn't like it when someone enters his private area and disturbs his time.
Clyde thought that he and the sage might have a lot more in common than he thought.
However, even though Clyde said that what Olaflyn did was not wrong, the five other people who came with him didn't feel the same way.
Albert and Wiley shot sharp glances at Clyde who was going around saying that. Without asking their opinion.
Yet for them, they know that there is no room for them to express their opinion. So they can only accept Clyde's answer on their behalf.
But Olaflyn noticed that there were different looks on the faces of the five of them, he could also feel the uncomfortable turmoil of emotions between them.
However, Olaflyn chose not to mention it.
"One moment." Olaflyn stood up from his chair and went to another part of the room. After a while, he returned with a thick black-covered book.
Olaflyn placed the book on the table and pushed it toward Clyde.
"I recorded everything I found during my research in this book," said Olaflyn. "This is a lot of hard work. After several hundred years, I have just found a few bright spots."
"Several hundred years?" Wiley blurted out with a look of disbelief at Olaflyn.
"Yes." Olaflyn nodded. "That's why I said it was a result of a lot of hard work."
Clyde was not as surprised as the others because he knew Maethion's acquaintances would have to be at least this old.
The sage even has the power to create his dimension without a system and is Maethion's teacher. So knowing his efforts and his age, Clyde was not surprised.
Clyde took the book and opened it. The book was written in a language he could not read.
"You still have your system, right?" said Olaflyn.
"Yeah," answered Clyde.
Olaflyn snorted and grinned. "That's why you won't be able to read what I'm writing."
Clyde looked up in surprise. Not only him, but his five companions also stared at Olaflyn with a look of confusion and shock.
"We can't read it with the system?" Leon asked curiously.
"No. Never. Hahaha!"
They suddenly saw a sight they thought they would see before.
Olaflyn suddenly let out a laugh like she was satisfied that she had pulled a prank on them.
"That thing called 'system' is a disgrace. With that thing in existence, many beings feel that there is no point in training as hard as they can until they die," Olaflyn said.
"You just need to add numbers and suddenly you have power. You don't need to train or do anything else.
As long as you kill lots of creatures, you will be able to get stronger. And in the end, you just become someone who is power hungry and doesn't value that power."
Upon hearing Olaflyn's words, Clyde's jaw suddenly tightened. Especially because he felt he was being teased for not being able to read the sage's writing.
Clyde felt something hit him in the gut after hearing the man's words.
However, Clyde couldn't get too angry because it was true. He did get his power without really putting in much effort.
Leon, Albert, Wiley, Rosie, and Lola wanted to issue a retort. But they took back the words that were about to come out because what Olaflyn said was true.
"I don't know why you guys still have that power of the system. Maybe it's because Maethion was too busy and couldn't get this information himself so he ordered you to.
But if you didn't use that power of the system, you wouldn't be strong enough to come here."
Olaflyn's words made them all reflexively look at him. From their eyes, the sage knew that what he said was true. He smirked.
"And somehow, he was able to convince a bunch of people in the Senior Council to let you guys have that power."
What he said next made Leon, Albert, Rosie, Wiley, and Lola flinch with something.
They looked at each other in confusion then both turned to Clyde.
"Is that true, Clyde?" he asked.
Clyde sighed and nodded. "That's right. If it wasn't for him, your power of system would have been lost by the order of Senior Council."
The five people immediately fell silent at the shocking fact.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Rosie asked.
"Sorry. It will only discourage you and we don't need that on this expedition," Clyde replied, looking at her and all of them.
Clyde just said sorry. They didn't expect to hear that from him. They thought he was just someone cold and heartless.
The five friends think that there is still a side to Clyde that they don't know about.
"It doesn't matter now. I don't really care that much about that power of the system. Except about the group that created it," Olaflyn said.
Clyde's ears perked up when he heard that. He looked up and saw the sage. "Do you know anything about them?"
"Not really. I know a few things. But nothing is clear and certain," Olaflyn answered. "Now, I'm going to read you some things from my notes. But only a small part because I can't possibly translate everything for you."
Olaflyn began telling them all the things she had written down in the thick book. Clyde and the others paid full attention to the sage's explanation driven by their passionate curiosity.
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Clyde sat on a hillside looking up at the western sky where the sun would soon set.
He had finished hearing Olaflyn's explanation of the location of the so-called The Nexus of Creation and he was still trying to process everything.
The Nexus of Creation is a place where everything is created. It was there that the multi-verses and Celestials were first created.
However, that was all that could be known from that place until now before Olaflyn finished his research.
He said that the location of that place is behind the dimensions of all universes and The All Territory is located. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Clyde and the others couldn't understand that at all.
If that place was unreachable by anyone, then how could Olaflyn get any records about it?
When Clyde asked about that the sage didn't want to answer for some reason. And Clyde knew better than to force the sage to answer so he just let his curiosity go.
Right now it doesn't matter. What Clyde was thinking right now was, if he could find The Nexus of Creation, he would automatically be able to find the origins of all Celestials and gain power equal to the power to create them.
However, it all still seems like something too far away for now. He had to be patient and take the process slowly.
Now all he has to do first is get his revenge. After that find the origin of his power of system.
Who ordered those members of the Order of Mindweaver? And why did they choose him to get that system? Was it just because he was doing a survey at that time?
Clyde felt he should at least get some answers about it all. Because all of that can be said to be his origin in this crazy story.
"What are you doing?"
A familiar voice suddenly came from behind him. Clyde turned his head and found Lola walking towards him and sitting next to him.
"Nothing," answered Clyde.
"You know this whole thing still feels like a dream to me," Lola said.
Clyde didn't say anything and just waited for her to continue.
"I thought I would just live a normal life until I die. Who would have thought that the Selection Stage would suddenly come that day?" Lola continued. "I would have died if Albert had not saved me."
Clyde chose to remain silent and listen. He didn't care much about Lola's story. But he knew that interrupting her now would only make their relationship worse.
Then came a sigh from Lola. "What will happen in the future? I'm afraid to imagine."
"Me too," said Clyde.
"A strong person like you can feel afraid?" she asked.
"I am not as strong as you think. This power has only been given to me for granted. I did not get this from hard training."
Lola felt that she understood a bit about Clyde. He turns out to be just an ordinary human who has his own fears.
"Hey," Clyde said. "I guess I should apologize for what I said earlier."
Lola blinked and stared at Clyde silently.
"I feel that we don't have much time. But it turns out that, in this place, we don't have to worry about anything."
"Don't worry about it. We understand," Lola said with a smile.
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