Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

Chapter 767: The ones who hide from the world

[Eon's POV: ]

"You might not believe it right now since you don't really know just how special your current position is, but I assure you have all the rights in this world to know what we just said.

Besides, you would have found out about all this eventually anyway."

Wali was pretty nonchalant about this entire revelation even though there was a twisted explanation on both our faces.

Rein didn't hear some of the things she just said once again but she knew it was something too absurd from our behaviours.

"Obtaining divinity is pretty tricky in this day and age, that's why being born with it is considered something very special.

You have two sisters, both special and lucky enough to be one of those beings."

She took another sip after dropping that new bomb.

"What do you mean 'both' sisters?! Anna is just-"

"Oh no, of course not darling. The crystal eyes are and have always been a sign of those who possess a dormant divine power.

The reason the real Rakshasas are always after those with the crystal eyes is mainly because of their dormant, unclaimed divine power."

Both of us are going to remember this afternoon for the rest of our lives.

There's no way either of us could possibly forget all the new things we have heard just now.

Not when Anna was brought up in this conversation.

"Well, common people aren't allowed to know much about crystal eyes so, I'll stop there for now and move on to the one you people call the Black Angel."

She had finished her teacup so her partner, Albert, poured her another cup and nodded while looking at us afterwards.

"He is one of us-"

"What?!"

What the hell?!

What is this new shit now?!

"He's pretty new so he doesn't know much either. But, he did not mean to harm any of your people from the start… probably."

I wanted to scream once again and ask what the hell that 'probably' at the end meant, but I didn't have to do that.

-Dhum!

Wali just punched him in the gut as soon as he had said that part and looked him in the eye as if saying He did not have to say that much truth.

"Ahem. Anyway, let's just say that person had his own motives to act like that and that he was only after an item unrelated to your auction house itself."

After seeing that vision a moment ago, I had no doubt the two of them were something unfathomable.

Something perhaps even beyond the level of the headmaster.

They possessed divinity of their own and while one was a creature even greater than what we had seen a while ago, the other was a being that propagated the dance form of sword arts.

'They were special beings that wanted something from us.'

There was a reason we were here right now, in this specific place, before both of them, in this state.

"That person won't be hindering you anymore but if, by any twist of fate you cross paths with them, please don't resent them for doing what they did.

There was something they had to do, something they had to obtain that they had been chasing for decades.

And they failed to obtain it, that much I'll tell you for certain as well.

They did not get what they were after, so, ultimately, all their plans had completely failed."

"That's soul soothing, at least."

I don't think I'll be able to forgive that bastard for what it did. It might have been a small attempt at something from his part, but for the rest of the employees in the Hiraani, it was a day comparable to a nightmare.

'We had never been hit that hard.'

We managed to capture the rest of the world renowned thief bastards and even made some good deals with those bastards, but…

'The way that Black Angel had single handedly destroyed the entire ecosystem of Hiraani was not something many of us could just recover from anytime soon.'

It had left a deep wound on us.

A wound that would take a long time to completely recover.

'And still, the scar it would leave behind would stay there permanently.'

Some of us would learn from it and make ourselves into a better version of ourselves, while for some of us, it would haunt us as a nightmare.

It was a trauma, and that one bastard was the one that caused it all.

"Eon…"

"It's alright. It's past us now so let's move on."

A lot of damage was done to us, but it wasn't irrecoverable.

We were broken once, and we Will become better—stronger, after all of this is healed.

"There are a number of people working with us towards a common goal, and I know you two will soon become eligible to join us as well.

That's why… we wanted to meet you before you are at that stage."

Albert spoke up once again but this time, there was determination in his eyes.

And, Wali had a similar expression.

"We want both of you to join us then.

You might not understand what we mean right now but soon, when you reach that point, you will know things that are beyond the knowledge of the common people of this world.

It will be difficult to trust us for many reasons, I can understand that. It's natural.

But, as you grow and learn more about yourself, we know Eon will learn more about us and what we do, and Miss Reinelle will understand why and what exactly we do in this world."

Master warned me they would try to recruit us, and even though she asked me to join them… I couldn't bring myself to just accept their proposal.

"You both are primordial beings, the Black Angel isn't as old as you from what I understand, but if even someone like him who seemed to have had a deep grasp on divinity has joined you 'recently', just… how high are your standards exactly?"

Even after having that great of a knowledge about everything in this world, even after having some of the best information networks out there, not even mom had known about a person like her.

'There was practically no knowledge about her, or about this creature beside her that was too big to have hidden away from the eyes of this world.'

Even the Black Angel person…

'There was no factual information available about that person even to this day.'

I fought him myself, but since he was wearing that strange mask that I don't remember anymore, I knew nothing about his physical characteristics.

The magic or technique or power that he was using was vividly present in my memory, but aside from the dagger-like weapon, I know nothing about him.

'There were only stories about him in this world…'

And just like him, there were also only stories about the propagators of the holy arts that existed in this world.

Myths with no clear origin.

"Ah… well, there isn't any specific criteria that I know about since the ones that can join us are picked by someone else, but we at least know one has to be good at hiding their identity from the world if they want to join us.

That much is at least needed to work on their own.

We usually hide from the world, the sharp eyes present all over the world might get a hint of our activities and get in trouble if they make some mistake."

"So, hiding identities… is important?"

They hide from the world.

Do things that are dangerous enough to get others in trouble just by knowing of their existence.

Getting involved with them would ultimately mean dipping our toes into a muddy river…

'But, we have no choice from what I see here.'

We have already crossed paths and our fates have intertwined with this meeting.

Rein had awakened a new power just from a word from him, so there was no telling just how much we can gain from them.

And, they were being comparable to the gods, the higher beings that people of this world worship… there's no telling just how much they could be helpful to us.

Or what would happen if we reject their offer.

"Hiding from the world while being on missions is certainly important.

At the very least, you will have to know how to hide your divinity.

If They know of your existence, they will approach you as well and you might not be able to get out of the trouble on your own."

She placed two coin sized white tokens before the two of us that seemed to be a condensed materialised form of a higher order energy.

"Getting noticed by Them will bring you more trouble than you will be able to deal with.

And, if they know of your specialness, you will have to face beings that would be after not only you, but also every person in your family… especially your little sister Anastasia."

"What?"

Anna can get in trouble just by someone knowing about my possession of divinity?

'What kind of things do these people deal with?'

It's not limited to demons and evil of nature that are trying to destroy what exists here. I'm certain of that fact.

'They are godly beings that were able to destroy an entire planet with their powers back when they had first met.'

A long time must have passed since then, so they had gotten much stronger than what we can imagine from their simple forms before us.

"If it concerns Anna's safety, there's no way I could possibly reject this."

"Ummm… I knew he was going to say that."

The threats they dealt with must be something that exists beyond the bounds of this world and this realm.

'It's definitely on a level unfathomable to us.'

We knew little about these people sitting before us. We practically don't know what they even do.

"You won't regret accepting us."

"I know that already… what concerns me though, are your opponents."

It's only evening so we have plenty of time, hopefully.

There were many things she had to tell me and many things that I had to know about them.

I don't know when we will meet after this meeting or if we will ever meet anytime soon either.

'Divinity isn't something I'm obtaining anytime soon.'

It would take a few years for my physical body to adapt to the new awakened senses and become powerful enough to even handle the divine power.

I know now just how powerful this force is so… what exactly could be the reason that would even give difficulties to a power like them?

"You will find out one day… about Them, and about us as well."

These two were characters that I had never imagined I would meet, not like the way this entire meeting was happening.

This felt too normal for a meeting with extraterrestrial level beings.

And… I for sure don't like the way they were so chill about all this.