Chapter 598: Makays view of trascending realms (1/2)
”If that's really the case, then I should be safe to assume…”
This was nothing more but a slight trick of mine that had the chance of working only because the two of us both were from the earth, and knew about that part of the past about each other. It was thanks to this sense of connection that Makay most likely had to me, that putting him on the spot by not finishing my answer properly had a chance to result in him speaking about what he thought I would be asking right now!
”That you have a shot at returning to earth while ascending from this world? And why do you think everyone ascends? Only a selected few are actually interested in becoming the fuel for the so-called God's meatgrinder in the upper world. Most of us actually just want to have a shot at returning to our home.”
This by itself was already a huge reveal for me, but it was at the same time something that I could guess. The influence that the system of the transmigrators could wield over its users was limited. In my case, the lack of the so-called ”decorations” prevented Bonger from ever trying to push me in certain directions, making him feel more like a partner than just a tool. But that wasn't the case for anyone who had the properly working system from the beginning.
If what Bonger told me about those ”decorations” was true, then most of the transmigrators didn't really have any choice in terms of what kind of cultivation technique they did practice or what was their aim from the very beginning.
At this point, I had to silently congratulate the god that came up with the idea of the system for doing so. With how freedom-fixated most of the people from the earth were, by naming all sorts of forced tasks and activities as quest, this god actually managed to push the line where people would realise what was actually going on nearly too close to the ascension for most of them to do so!
”Tell me, what was your mission here?”
At this point, I had no doubts about it. Makay no longer attempted to pretend like he was weaker than most of the people around him. His entire power that I had a glance off before was now released in the open, free for anyone to adore. But there wasn't even a single hint of hostility in him, as if there was some kind of rule that prevented the system possessors from going at each other's throats!
”My mission? Ah, so you realised.”
Smiling lightly under his nose, Makay only shook his head for a moment before raising his stare to the blue sky.
”You see, at first I was sent here in order to prepare the grounds for my lord's ascension. Ah, to prevent misunderstandings, a lord is just a title given to someone who is closer to ascension, so that people under him would get the chance to observe this event in order to possibly learn how to break out from the pull of the heavens.”