Chapter 257 256: Humble and Arrogant Paragons
After Corey checked the changes on his status screen, Corey readied himself to absorb the finger, and use it to reach his actual limit.
He inhaled and exhaled multiple times with his eyes closed. Some seconds later, he opened his eyes, and just as he was about to bring out the finger, Nina's voice boomed in his mind.
[Stop!]
Corey shook, and with a baffled expression, he said:
"What's wrong?"
Nina rarely took the initiative to speak, and for her to speak, especially with such a large tone, surprised and baffled Corey.
[Don't absorb the finger here. The energy that's radiated by the finger would attract a lot of powerful people.]
[Absorb it in an evolution center.]
Despite Nina speaking so calmly, she was raging internally at the costly and ignorant mistake Corey almost made.
One of the reasons why Corey did not think about absorbing the finger in an evolution center was because he didn't know how beneficial the finger to certain individuals.
The reason Rosa, Fatty Black Bonez, and Divine could not sense the energy of the finger was because the energy was… different.
The energy in the finger was beyond the senses of mortals. Even Corey who was a demi-paragon could not perceive the energy of the finger.
He had to use his Eyes of Omniscience to see the energy of the finger, and even with that, he still did not notice the uniqueness of the energy of the finger.
Only tier 5s, and tier 6s could perceive the energy of the finger. Rare and exceptional tier 4s could, but no mortal could not.
Even an actual Paragon who was a mortal would struggle to perceive the energy. Only the exceptional mortal Paragons could perceive the unique energy of the finger.
Assuming Corey had brought out the finger, the hidden tier 6s, and tier 5s would have come knocking on his door.
As for what would happen to Corey at the end of the day, it was not difficult to guess.
Nina had a reason for warning Corey about the consequences of absorbing the finger carelessly.
She didn't really care about Corey's life or death situation even if he was a Paragon.
If not because she was ordered by her Queen Mother to accompany Corey, she would have never agreed to follow Corey who was not worthy of her.
Sure, Corey had a talent that had the potential to grant Corey omniscience when he reached a certain realm, but it was nothing in her eyes.
And, there was no guarantee that Corey would even reach such heights even if he had the potential of a Paragon.
There was a saying that was given to every Paragon by the Paragon Ancestor.
"Just because you're a Paragon does not mean you have the right to be arrogant."
"Only your accomplishments can give you the right to be arrogant."
"A Paragon without heaven shaking, hell freezing, and soul shaking accomplishments does not have the right to be arrogant."
"An arrogant Paragon without such accomplishments is not a Paragon but a fool."
Some might think that such words were unimportant or nonsensical because a Paragon had every right to be arrogant.
Just the immense potential a Paragon had was more than enough qualifications to make a Paragon immensely arrogant.
As long as a Paragon worked hard, the Paragon would be able to defeat every being that was in the same tier as them.
They would even be able to defeat those above their tiers.
Something few could rarely accomplish.
If this was not enough reason for Paragons to be arrogant, then what was?
It was not wrong for the minds of fools, mortals, weaklings, and the ignorant to have such thoughts.
But, the question is…
What accomplishments must a Paragon have or make before he or she was considered to have the right to be arrogant?
What accomplishments were heaven shaking, hell freezing, and soul shaking?
And how difficult must these accomplishments be to accomplish?
Corey did not know, but most Paragons were humble.
Of course they wouldn't place their heads beneath the feet of others.
But, most Paragons understood that being arrogant just because of ones talent and potential was rubbish and nonsense.
A Paragon should only be arrogant because of their accomplishments.
Would a Paragon's potential protect them when facing another Paragon with immense accomplishments.
An arrogant Paragon without accomplishments was disdained by other Paragons, and this treatment was surprisingly more painful, and heart wrenching than one could imagine.
An example of a humble Paragon was the old man that gave Corey the poison infinity crystal.
Most beings at the old man's level and state of existence would deem it beneath themselves to converse with a human mortal that was tier 0.
Some beings might have even killed Corey for tainting the sanctity of their surroundings with his weakness.
An example would be the seven Divines who acted like gods as they judged The Clown.
Due to this strange personality of Paragons, there was a saying amongst those that knew of the existence of Paragons and Supremes.
Thou should fear an arrogant Paragon rather than an arrogant god.
It was because of this reason that Nina did not really care about the life and death of Corey.
Until he proved to her that he was capable of becoming an arrogant Paragon, she would not care about his life and death.
But for now, Nina was curious about the finger.
She had a guess of the origins of the finger, and if she was correct. Helping Corey absorb the finger would help her, the Queen Mother, and the Paragon Ancestor with the origins of the finger.
She wanted to study the finger, and for her to study it better, she needed Corey to consume the finger.
When Corey heard Nina's words, he frowned slightly with the gears in his mind moving at a fast speed.
He looked at his fists, and he clenched his fists slightly.
He opened his mouth to speak, but just as his lips parted open, his eyes changed.
His Eyes of Dreams and Nightmares changed to his Tri-Pupil Eyes.
The sole golden triangle in Corey's eyes glowed, and Corey's entire body froze by an unseen force.
lightsΝοvel.cοm Two seconds later, Corey's frozen expression returned back to normal, and his Tri-Pupil Eyes changed back to his Eyes of Dreams and Nightmares.
Despite Corey's body returning back to normal, Corey had an extremely pale face with sweat oozing out of every pores in his body.
His eyes contained fear, shock, and bafflement. His breathing was also without rhythm, making it seem like Corey had just ran a marathon
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