Chapter 66 - The Last of the Big Four (2/2)

Krune immediately shook his head.

”No way, I hate attention, I don't want to have a lot of people following my tail everywhere I go.”

Bary shook his head.

”That's why I came here, I'm not doing it to give you more attention, on the opposite, I want to do it to bring everyone's attention away from your Rainbow Core.”

Krune might have low EQ, but his IQ is definitely different, he immediately understood the crux of the issue.

”I see, you want to use me as a genius so that everyone will pay attention to me, that way people will think that my combat prowess is probably because of the full support of the mercenary guild behind me, no one would suspect that I could possibly have a Rainbow Core.”

Bary was happy that he understood so fast.

”It's good that you understand, I will be honest, with your talent, the Makui planet can only do so much for you, the same goes for our mercenary guild, if you try to keep yourself hidden all the time, it will start to make things difficult on our side to help you, but you can still stay away from the holophotes, you don't need to go and give interviews or anything like that, our guild will take care of all those things, people just need to know that we have a genius called Krune that we are putting a lot of effort on, as for everything else, you can keep doing whatever you have been doing so far.”

Krune gave a sigh of relief, at least this time they came to ask his opinion and gave him a proper explanation, he especially liked the part where he doesn't really need to appear himself and can keep his own plans without being bothered.

Shinja heard all of that and couldn't help but comment.

”I think the guild head is correct, Krune.”

”The further you go, the more you will have to show your power, if you don't, people will sit on your head, this is a very good deal in my opinion.”

Yusa and Ao also nodded, they know little about the intricacies between the powers of the world, but if Shinja says that this is a good thing, they will trust her, besides, what guild head Bary said so far made a lot of sense.

Noticing that his friends also agreed to the idea, Krune decided to accept that, he looked at Bary and asked.

”I don't like the idea of gathering attention but I have to admit that everyone's words make sense, so, guild head Bary, what do you want in exchange for all that help?”

Krune knows that there is no free lunch in this world, there is definitely something more behind it, Bary looked at him and gave an approving nod.

”There is indeed a thing I would like you to do for us, or to be more specific, for our Makui Planet cultivators.”

Krune was surprised, something for the cultivators of the entire planet?

”You know the Martial Gathering that will happen after the Mercenary Selection, but do you know who organizes it?”

Krune pondered a bit, he had read about the Martial Gathering after he came to know that he was going to teach the Yule Continent top contestants for the Mercenary Selection.

”From what I know, this is done by the biggest powers in the world, several sects, clans, and organizations take part in it.”

Bary Kasfiu shook his head.

”That is what we tell to the public, the truth is much deeper than that.”

This time even Mile and Lu Ganan attention was picked, even they didn't know about it.

”To be honest, this isn't any super-secret, anyone with the right amount of power would find out sooner or later, it's just an unspoken rule to not comment about that, the power behind it isn't something that anyone in the Makui Planet can afford to offend after all.”

Krune suddenly remembered which power controlled the North East side of the western protectorate where the Makui Planet is localized.

”Could it have something to do with the Divine Path Sect?”

The Divine Path Sect was the last of the Big Four, and also the one who controlled the North East side of the Western Protectorate, the Makui Planet just so happens to be part of the North East side, so they are under the jurisdiction of the Divine Path Sect.

”Correct, to protect their territory, the Divine Path Sect needs a constant flow of new cultivators to join their ranks, but only the real geniuses can enter, that's the use of the Martial Gathering, to filter Makui Planet's good seeds and send them over to try the Divine Path Sect's entrance exam, unfortunately, there are thousands if not tens of thousands of planets in the North East side alone, maybe even more, because of that our Makui Planet haven't had one of our cultivators joining the Divine Path Sect in over a millennia.”

Krune then said.

”And you think that thanks to my Rainbow Core and also my ability to control some of the Tribulation Lightning power I will have a bigger chance than the others to pass the Divine Path Sect entrance exam.”

Bary nodded his head, Krune already had an idea but he decided to ask anyway.

”And how sending your geniuses away can help the Makui Planet?”

Bary understood Krune's meaning.

”That is very simple, the Divine Path Sect only accept geniuses, but those geniuses that can stand up to the sect standard requirement are few and far between, so any planet that gives birth to such geniuses will receive great help from the Divine Path Sect, it will be both in the form of rare cultivation resources as well as cultivation techniques and skills, for a planet like ours, such help will improve the cultivation world several times, and as the guild that discovered that genius, our mercenary guild will receive even more resources.”

”But that isn't all, it's not only us who will benefit from it, you too will get a lot from the Divine Path Sect, recourses, techniques, pills and other things that our Makui Planet would never be able to provide to you.”

Krune pondered a bit, it was exactly what he thought.

'I was already expecting that sooner or later I would have to stop hiding my powers, I just didn't think that it would be so soon, I wanted to at least be a Divine Soul cultivator before that, but it seems like I can't delay it anymore. Why is it so hard to keep a low profile?'

'Oh well, forget it, I will need to make a name for myself if I want to keep that married promise anyway, but that is considering that she still remembers it, which I find hard to believe, but it also doesn't matter, simply keeping that promise isn't my only objective anymore, maybe, just maybe, I can get enough power to help the wisps situation, after seeing how serious Lakin was about keeping them safe, how can I, his master, stay put and only watch?'

Krune took a deep breath and a look of determination appeared in his eyes.

”Very well, I accept your idea, tell me more about this Divine Sect entrance exam.”