Chapter 9: A Bold Hypothesis

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Do you guys think that his bloodline could have been suppressed before? Maybe he only managed to break free of the suppression and awaken after he reached a certain age?”

Audrey raised a bold hypothesis.

Regarding this question, Fubuki was the most qualified one to answer it. She was well-versed in a wide range of topics and was familiar with the various tropes from web novels. She had previously felt that Robert was a loser, so she somewhat agreed with Audrey.

“I have read in some novels where the loser main characters have their powerful talents sealed away or hidden for some reason. Once they reached a trigger, they will slowly recover their strength. This hypothesis is also quite possible. As expected, Robert has quite a big secret.”

“Hey, how about we go check it out ourselves?” Mulan was raring to go. Her curiosity taking hold of her rationality.

Just as she finished speaking, she was immediately reprimanded by Audrey.

“We can’t do that. If we did, the price we’d have to pay will be beyond our imagination. Also, don’t forget that we still have the important duty to taking care of the world.”

Robert did not hear these words. Audrey and the others had their own unique means of communicating with each other through their consciousnesses.

Robert just heard a brief period of silence on the other end of the phone. He guessed that they must have been fooled by the excuse that he had made up.

Just as he was about to relax…

Audrey spoke to him once more.

“Junior brother, your senior sister Kael has already gone to look for you. Tell us your location so that Kael can protect you.”

Robert was honestly terrified of physically meeting with them right now. Thus, he hurriedly said, “Senior sister, I’m actually very safe now. There’s really no need to come all the way here to protect me. Furthermore, I only have the strength of a bronze-level awakener. I’ll feel extremely pressured if I were to stand beside you guys. I’ll have to trouble you to tell senior sister Kael that she really doesn’t need to come.”

Robert felt that it was not safe for him to stay here for long. With the powers of these big shots, it would only take them a few minutes to find him. So, he said to the other end of the phone, “Ack, you’re cutting out! I’ll hang up first.”

After hanging up the phone, Robert was finally relieved. Chatting with those big shots felt like being situated on top of a cutting board.

He decided that from now on, he would not contact them again until his strength had improved enough to contend with Audrey and the others.

“He actually hung up on me!”

Audrey pouted her small red lips, looking like a little girl who had been bullied.

Mulan put on a sad and sad look.

“Sigh, young kids nowadays aren’t cute at all. They don’t know anything about respecting their elders.”

Fubuki returned to her chair and opened the book once again. She flipped through a page and looked at Audrey.

“Sister Audrey, can your divination still not tell you where Robert is?”

Audrey shook her head, her voice was filled with helplessness as she said, “I’ve tried divining many times, but I can’t even divine Robert’s exact location. I’m the strongest diviner in the supernatural world. Such a situation rarely happens. There must really be something on Robert interfering with my divination.”

To be able to interfere with Audrey’s divination meant that the other party was at the same level as her. Only existences of the same level could interfere with each other. Of course, if someone were to pay a terrible price, this fundamental logic would be broken. However, in the supernatural world, very few people would be willing to do such a thing.

Mulan came to a sudden realization. She took her right hand away from the mouse and clicked her tongue. “Then, is it possible that Robert has a holy relic of the same level as sister Audrey?”

Fubuki closed the book and nodded.

“Something at the level of a pseudo-God? If I’m correct, Robert must be the current master of the Divine Sword in the Stone. As for how he managed to conceal his aura or how he suddenly awakened his bloodline, it seems to be related to that secret of his.”

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

At this moment, Audrey’s phone suddenly rang. She saw that it was Kael calling.

After picking up the call, she heard the sound of whirling wind from Kael’s end. Clearly, she was rushing to the holy city as fast as she could.

“Sister Audrey, I just sensed the battle intent of the holy relics from ancient Egypt and Atlantis. After that, the aura of various holy relics erupted from all over the world. I think it might be because our church’s Divine Sword in the Stone has awakened. I wonder who the new master will be?

“Either way, I’ll still be going over to protect Robert.”

In the room, Audrey, Mulan, and Fubuki understood why she was so happy. The previous masters of the Divine Sword in the Stone were all candidates to be the next pope. A pope that wielded a holy relic was unimaginably more powerful than a pope without one. If a pope with a holy relic were to ascend to the throne, they would usher a new golden age for the church!

Kael had once been a pope, though that was a long time ago. At that time, she had almost become the master of the Divine Sword in the Stone. Unfortunately, all the divine artifacts had entered eternal slumber in her era. As a result, the supernatural world had entered a new era where individual power was everything. Various divine artifacts and holy relics had awakened since then, but the Divine Sword in the Stone of the church was the last to awaken. 

Although the church’s influence spread throughout the world, they were still an underwhelming force without their holy relic.

Now that the Divine Sword in the Stone had finally awakened, one could imagine Kael’s mood.

Just as Kael was immersed in joy…

Audrey told her about the previous conversation with Robert and their speculations.

Kael let out a cry of surprise!

“What? Robert is the current master of the Divine Sword in the Stone?!”

Robert had tried to pull out the Sword in the Stone over the past few years. Due to that, Kael had always thought that Robert had a weird obsession with the Divine Sword in the Stone.

As it turned out, Robert was actually quite the player!

He had actually managed to conquer the Divine Sword in the Stone out of the blue!

“Kael, you’d better hurry. The cultists are obviously targeting the church this time. The longer Robert stays in the holy city the more danger he will feel.”

“I’m about to reach the holy city. Don’t worry. Since Robert is the master of the Divine Sword in the Stone, he is also the future pope of the church. I won’t let anything dangerous happen to him.”

With that, Kael got excited.

The Sword in the Stone had finally awakened. The church was on its way to a new age of prosperity!”

However, she also had the same thoughts as Audrey and the others.

Robert was indeed not as useless as he looked.

On the contrary, he was much stronger than most people!

The fact that he could obtain the recognition of the Divine Sword in the Stone itself was proof of his strength.

However, the biggest issue right now was still with the Divine Sword in the Stone. Despite having gone through several generations of masters, no one had ever been able to unleash the true power of the legendary sword. After all, the Divine Sword in the Stone was an enigma.

He did not know what type of bloodline Robert had awakened.

How did he manage to obtain the recognition of the Divine Sword in the Stone?

At this moment, Kael saw the outline of a brilliant city in front of her. Kael suddenly remembered something and immediately notified the church that the Divine Sword in the Stone had awakened.