Bzzz! Bzzz!
"Good morning, your Excellency the Hermit!" Like usual, the Star's cheerful voice was the first sound that graced the gathering.
Unlike previous tis though, her voice was much more enthusiastic this ti. After everything that happened in the planet, and the incredible role that their gathering played in it, the Star felt proud.
Since 3 years ago when she just ca into contact with the Hermit, her life had changed a lot. Not only did she grow, she already experienced a lot of things that shaped her into a competent Elentalist.
The World's exploits under the blessings of the Hermit in the war of the Hellfire Mountains was so incredible that he already beca a benchmark in the gathering, every other mber looked up to him.
They all hoped to replicate his efforts one day.
Everyone else wanted to beco like him.
"Good morning, your Excellency the Hermit!"
The Magician and the Justice paid their respects, following shortly was the World and the Emperor also expressing their respects to the leader of the gathering. They didn't start imdiately though.
Unlike previous gatherings, they already noticed the newcor.
Unlike before, apart from the Hermit, there were now 6 mbers in the gathering. Everyone of them was curious about this newcor, most especially when he just ca after what happened in the Hellfire Mountains.
John felt it instantly as all the attention in this strange shady gathering turned in his direction, this pirate hacker instantly turned tense.
His self-preservation instincts kicked in instantly though, taking a cue from the other mbers, he spoke for the first ti.
"Good morning, Oh Great One, thy servant is at thy service!"
"…"
"…"
"….."
Legolas' lips twitched furiously at this greeting but fortunately, the gray world obstructed him enough for the mbers to not detect it.
He was not the only one who was taken aback, the others were also flabbergasted as they directed a keener look at the newcor.
John was almost pissing himself. 'Where did I go wrong?'
'I made sure to put myself down as much as possible while exalting him!'
'Damn, is this a parallel world?'
'Does up an down here?'
'Does humble an pride here?!' Crazy theories filled his head.
'Damn, there's not even a single glance of a computer around for to put my life on the line and try hacking to get myself out of this situation'.
'I'm screwed!'
'Definitely! I'm going to die!'
While all these went through the mind of this eccentric Superhuman, the Hermit was calm as he finally spoke for the first ti.
He was precise. "We have a new mber in our gathering".
"Wow! Congratulations!" The Star was excited, it's been a fairly long ti since the gathering welcod any new mbers and she was hyped.
Another reason for her hype was that she could already feel the different aura that the newcor exuded, it was unlike anything that she had experienced before now. The other mbers also welcod him.
"…" John was flabbergasted.
'Are you for real right now?!'
'He promised to save my life, not make a mber of so shady organization!' His eyes widened in horror. 'Is this…, the illuminati?!'
Despite his thoughts, John was a veteran at playing it safe. He forced a smile and a friendly deanor towards the others and accepted their congratulations.
"Introduce yourself". The Hermit's voice reverberated like it was an order.
John instantly straightened himself up.
The other mbers were surprised, this was a first of its kind, the Hermit had never asked any newcor to introduce himself before. This increased their curiosity even more about the real identity of this newcor.
John's brain worked at the speed of a computer, then he ca to his conclusions. 'This is definitely a test, a test to see my integrity'.
'I definitely can't lie or I may die!'
He smiled. "My na is John Gates".
"…oops!" This was the silent reaction from every other mber.
Never had they been asked to give their real nas, but since the Hermit did not object, they kept quiet and allowed this newcor to babble on.
"I am a Grade D Superhuman, a patriotic pirate of the Tokic Belt!"
"A legitimate citizen of Konot IV".
"Lastly, I am an extrely competent Virtual chanic with years of experience under my belt". Instantly, John already freed up and entered advertisent mood to sell his specialties.
Since his boss was already captured, who knew if he could strike big from this shady gathering and attract the attention of one if they were shady pirates?
"A Virtual chanic?!" The Emperor was the one who voiced his shock this ti, his eyes widened in shock.
Noticing the sudden strange atmosphere, John fidgeted a bit but he soon laughed it away. "Yeah, Virtual chanic…, you know, the hack and hijack kind, not the pew pew ch combatant type, haha…"
Nobody laughed, they only exhibited shock.
By now, John was already going tense again. 'Ok now, what the hell is happening? The f*ck reason are they reacting like this?!'
Unknown to him, the others already ca to a frightening realization. Virtual chanic, Konot IV, though they were not familiar with them, since their ancestors were Space humans, a lot of myths about space had circulated here.
All of them were shocked. 'Is he from Space?!'
The Emperor's gaze turned even more fanatic as he turned to face the Hermit. 'He has recovered even more! He has risen!'
The Hermit no longer kept the newcor guessing, on his consent, the World took over and narrated the circumstances to John, including everything that he needed to know about the gray world gathering.
By the ti he was done, John was even more shocked.
'The f*ck!'
He soon cald down though. 'Nice, interesting…'
His brain was already gearing into overdrive as many interesting thoughts filled his head. With the introduction phase done, the gray world gathering finally started in earnest and like expected, John dominated.
All the other mbers were too interested in him for it to develop in another way, they mostly revealed information that the Hermit already knew about the war while John revealed so much interesting new information to them.
John was also shocked by their information. 'The Nakish Navy?!'
'Damn, their planet must be stacked to attract them!' He was drooling.
'Maybe I can even take advantage of them!' He was ecstatic at the thought.
With everyone so curious in knowing more about him and his knowledge, the gathering was longer than usual even as John discovered his uniqueness.
When this phase of the gathering ca to an end and the transaction session began, like expected, John dominated again and like he already planned, he set out to scam these backwater planet bumpkins.
"I have high quality data chips for sale here going for 19 Universal Credits each, hehe…" He smiled. "As mbers, I can give you guys for a premium discount prize of 15 Credits".
Bzzz!
Only John felt it, the Hermit's overwhelmingly powerful aura!
"…!!!" Alarm hit this chanic, sweat trickled down his face.
This was when he rembered that he and the other mbers were not the only ones here. 'Damn, how could I forget?!'
'Stupid John, you want to kill yourself?!' He felt like bonking his head.
'How dare you try to scam them when he is watching?!' He felt like a fool.
The gathering progressed fast after that as John was much more sincere, the only shortcoming was, none of the other mbers knew what was called Universal Credits, John was left scratching his head awkwardly.
The transaction phase didn't co to a total halt because of that though, when he heard of Arcanite tal, he finally knew what attracted the Naks.
"I need Arcanite!" It was like he was suddenly possessed.
"No matter how small, I will pay generously for it!"
After the transaction phase finally ca to an end, the Hermit took centerstage of the gathering again as he addressed all the mbers, especially the newcor, telling him the privileges that he could now enjoy.
After lecturing John enough, the Hermit finally broke the news that every mber of the gathering now had access to much more benefits before.
Like now, it was not just their consciousness that was in the gathering, he succeeded in directly dragging their bodies in here.
This could be a last-gasp escape asure when cornered in battle.
Of course, everything had a price.
"You will know the price after the debt is owed". The Hermit was as mysterious and aloof as ever.
The gray world gathering finally ca to an end.
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