CHAPTER 119: A TREACHEROUS PRODIGY

’It will be a waste to not take the SSS-rank Ancient Space Dragon as my subordinate, as it’s far too valuable to keep on sleeping in this soon-to-be infected Monster World.’

’While there’s too much risk in confronting those Demon Kings now, it doesn’t matter, as I have enough abilities and power to escape from them. No matter how powerful those Demon Kings are, it’s not to the point that the gap between us is that big, as my stats are already at the peak of an SS-rank Awakener.’

’In fact, my stats might even be superior to some Demon Kings, as I doubt they’ll have average stats of SSS-grade, just that their specialized stat attributes would undoubtedly be at SSS-grade.’

After weighing his chances against those Demon Kings, Ainsworth realized, ’If I combine Ultimate Freedom, Freedom of Movement, and Unremarkable Presence, I’ll be able to hide in another space and completely conceal my presence.’

’That way, I can approach them too close without them noticing my presence, as I won’t be in the physical dimension they are in, and my presence has also been concealed. The only weakness is that they’ll be able to detect my presence if I show killing intent or even just the intent to attack.’

’But with my self-control, it’s easy to just act as a spectator so that I won’t be caught.’

While Ainsworth was formulating his plan, he soon heard a notification sound in his mind.

-Ding!

[Loading choices...]

-Ding!

[(1) Mediate the conflict between the SSS-rank Awakener, SSS-rank Ancient Space Dragon, and Demon Kings

(Reward: God-Level Mediator)]

[(2) Sneak within the perception range of the SSS-rank Awakener, SSS-rank Ancient Space Dragon, and Demon Kings without getting caught. Afterwards, defeat or seriously injure any one of them.

(Reward: God-Level Assassin)]

[(3) Show off your XXX+ Grade Charm as you perform an enticing and breathtaking dance that captivates your audiences. By doing so, you should stall as long as possible until reinforcements arrive.

(Reward: God-Level Dancer)]

[(4) Betray the human race by besieging the SSS-rank Awakener as you assist both the Demon Kings and SSS-rank Ancient Space Dragon

(Reward: God-Level Traitor)]

[(5) Choose none of the given options and choose your own path.

(Reward: None)]

Faced with the familiar time stop and notification sound, Ainsworth was already used to it, so his attention was focused on evaluating the four options given to him by the system.

As for why four and not five? The last option was merely there to ensure he could choose not to perform any of the choices, but the lack of rewards made it not a valid choice.

Anyway, he knew that the system wouldn’t treat him that badly, so unless he had no choice, he’d likely not even choose the last option, as the lack of rewards was really discouraging.

’Among the four options, the first choice is undoubtedly the most difficult to achieve. Of course, that’s assuming I were to mediate before getting the God-Level Mediator talent.’

’However, the choice system allows receiving the choice reward before the choice option has even been completed. But even then, I’m not that optimistic about mediating the conflicts between the three worlds, especially when the Awakeners and earthlings are extremely hostile to the monster race and demon race, and rightfully so.’

’Moreover, God-Level Mediator talent doesn’t really suit my playstyle as I prefer to fight it out and defeat the opponent rather than mediate a conflict. As someone who yearns for freedom, I prefer the world to be more chaotic, as only when there is chaos would there be opportunity.’

After dismissing Choice 1, Ainsworth looked at the rest of the options, ’In terms of difficulty of achieving the choice option, Choice 4 seems to be the easiest. After all, to complete it, I merely have to besiege an SSS-rank Awakener.’

’Compared to the other choices that require me to seriously injure or defeat an SSS-rank existence or dance until I can stall for time, just merely betraying humanity and besieging an SSS-rank Awakener is far easier.’

’Just that, such an option would have long-lasting consequences. If I betray humanity, it won’t do me good, as a late prodigy had fallen to the demon side before but ended up dead. He was besieged by SSS-rank Awakeners, and even with two Demon Kings protecting the treacherous prodigy, he still died.’

’And that was when that treacherous prodigy still hadn’t grown up but was merely an A-rank Awakener. To have four SSS-rank Awakeners besiege him before he even grew up, his death truly wasn’t an injustice.’

Ainsworth had to admit that the cohesion of the human race was quite good. Even prideful and high-standing SSS-rank Awakeners agreed to team up just to nip a treacherous prodigy in the bud before it grew up to be a threat in the future.

After all, that prodigy was indeed very talented, with even an SSS-rank Class and high potential to become an SSS-rank Awakener and even become an X-rank Awakener. Otherwise, four SSS-rank Awakeners wouldn’t have been dispatched just to eliminate him.

Just that, Ainsworth couldn’t understand why that treacherous prodigy was so infatuated with a demon princess.

’Looking back, that incident looks like something that came out of a novel storyline. That treacherous prodigy had fallen in love with a demon princess who was even the daughter of a Demon King.’

’One of the two Demon Kings who had failed to protect him was his father-in-law. Becoming humanity’s greatest traitor and a Demon King’s son-in-law is certainly novel protagonist material. However, the premise of that is being alive.’

Ainsworth had a strong memory of that event because it had only been three years ago. Furthermore, his previous self had paid attention to that event due to the treacherous prodigy causing a global commotion before.

That treacherous prodigy, Gabriel Cross, had a powerful SSS-rank Archangel class, and he was even the Top 1 student of Astralis Academy.

Astralis Academy is a famous international school that could be ranked globally within the top three best Awakener schools. The other three were none other than Edenbridge High and Valebreak Citadel.