God's Slave: Reincarnated Into an Academy of Heavenly Descendants

Chapter 157: Celestial Ones Dilemma

[Of course, it's the Celestial Heirs.]

[The one who is most dangerous to a lion is none other than its own cubs.]

[Who are the Celestial Ones?]

[ They are all Celestial Heirs who have reached an entirely new level of cultivation, so much so that they termed themselves Celestial Ones.]

[And the only one capable of being a Celestial One is who?] The system asked, and Nolan's eyes brightened.

"A Celestial Heir!"

[Exactly! Only Celestial Heirs can grow to the stage of the Celestial Ones. And so the one who the Celestial Ones must be most conscious of is none other than their own self.]

[They had to make sure no anomaly exists and that the growth of any Celestial Heir is as normal and follows the path which they want and which they have created]

[And majority of the time, Nolan, that path is the path that will give higher power to the Celestial Ones themselves.]

[Your God King path is a path that goes against every single rule in existence!]

[Right now, the radar of the Celestial Ones isn't on you yet, but eventually, as you grow stronger, it will turn to you, and then you will have two choices!] The system said to him as Nolan's eyes furrowed.

[Firstly, you become a pawn of the Celestial Ones.]

[If you agree to be their pawn, then they won't be scared of your potential.]

[You will only be like a dog, getting stronger and stronger and gaining more muscles.]

[In the end, your power will make them feel more protected and they won't mind, and that is the only condition where you'll be allowed to grow as much as you want.]

[But in the end, what would you be?]

"A pawn..." Nolan whispered.

[Exactly, you will be nothing more than a pawn.]

[No matter how much you're loved, there will always be the chance of you getting eliminated one day.]

[Once you exceed your usefulness, or once the Celestial Ones begin to feel threatened.]

[This is usually the most common end for the majority of powerful prodigies, and it's not surprising]

[A dog that keeps getting bigger and bigger, no matter how much and how good he protects his masters.]

[Eventually, if its master begins feeling fearful of its increasing might, there will be a doubt in his mind of whether the dog will be the end of it one day, and once that thought appears, what happens?]

[It gets eliminated instantly!]

[So being a pawn for the Celestial Ones is only a temporary solution.]

[Unless you truly stop growing your strength in order to make them feel safe about you.

[Still, it's a viable path for some protection. A cowardic one!]

[The second way is the way of the God King system.]

[This way you keep growing stronger and stronger, aiming for the peak of the God King system's capability.]

[This path goes against the path of not only the Celestial Ones but even the nightmarish creatures and the titans themselves!]

[In the end, you will become this realm's common enemy.]

[The Celestial Ones will hunt you down because you go against their created and establish plans.]

[The Titans will feel fear, knowing well you're a 'Celestial Heir' and naturally their enemy, so they too will do anything to stop your growth.]

[The Nightmare creatures are invaders of this realm, and knowing well you're a child of this plane of existence, they too will do anything to end you so you won't become a major blockade on their plan to dominate this plane]

[In the end, all you will have is enemies, left and right, willing to give their lives to end yours!]

The system's truth slammed into Nolan's heart, sinking it deeper into his stomach.

[But actually, Nolan, there's a bright side to this...]

The system suddenly called out as Nolan's eyes flashed.

"Oh yeah? And what is that?"

[You possess Anti-Aether, don't you?] The system asked, and Nolan nodded with furrowed eyebrows.

[Good! That means you're already a natural enemy of the Celestial Ones, the Nightmare Creatures, and the Titans!]

"Huh?"

[None of them will allow you to leave once they see you possess Anti-Aether anyway.]

[So right now, even if you don't have the God King system, you're already a natural enemy to everyone. You don't need to get too afraid and regretful of the system.]

[You already screwed yourself when you went to Atlantis and took that energy away from that girl. Hehe.] The system said, as Nolan's expression dropped straight to zero.

And ctually, the system was somehow right.

If anyone except for the Atlanteans knew he had Anti-Aether, they would immediately try to end him!

That makes him already a natural enemy to everyone in the first place.

"Somehow I feel like someone is trying to shift the blame away to something else." Nolan retorted with narrowed eyes.

[Shifting or not, I only speak the truth.]

[Still, all this is nothing but a gossip for the future. Who knows what may happen?]

[I'm just saying it so tomorrow, when you're running and hiding away from everything in this plane of existence, you wouldn't point your fingers at me and say why didn't I inform you earlier...] The system finally gave the reason why it had decided to open up to Nolan about the real workings of the world.

In truth, the system had been nothing but afraid.

A day would come when Nolan would stick out his blaming finger on it, and hold it responsible for all of his woes and ruined life.

Toavoid such a thing, the system had decided to come as clean as possible and as early as required.

"Tch," Nolan clicked his tongue in irritation as he slammed back on his bed, his eyes furrowed.

"Right now, I'm still only a Celestial Heir at the heavenly disciple stage. No one worthy has their eyes on me yet, so I'm pretty okay now."

"All I need to do is make sure I never place myself in a situation where I will need to reveal the Anti-Aether, and just make my moves low-key, being no different from an ordinary student."

"If I do this, and don't attract too much gaze on myself, I'll get all I want one day, and find my freedom..." Nolan mused to himself, and slowly, he closed his eyes forcefully, sending himself into a slumber to forget the memories.