Celestial Bloodline

After Kyle entered the portal, he arrived inside another room. It was completely white with a single chair and a table present in the middle. 

Kyle looked in front of him and saw an empty bookshelf. Many strange-looking books were scattered around on the ground.

-'Kyle there's someone else present inside the room.'

"Huh?"

Kyle exclaimed softly after hearing Bia's voice and hurriedly turned around.

An illusionary figure of a man who seemed to be in his mid-thirties was standing behind him. The illusionary figure was continuously flipping the pages of a black-colored book. His hair was completely black and his eyes were grey.

The man noticed Kyle's gaze and looked back at him with a raised brow.

While Kyle was staring at the man, Alec and Jian also appeared inside the white room.

They also looked at the room before their gaze landed on the illusionary black-haired man.

The man closed the book he was reading and looked at the new arrivals.

"You are already done?"

The man spoke and a deep voice resounded inside the room. The trio looked at the man's illusionary body with curiosity and shock.

"Is it a ghost?"

Jian mumbled under his breath nervously and looked at Kyle and Alec.

The man seemed to have heard Jian's remarks as he gazed at him with a profound gaze.

"Not bad. The kids this time indeed have a lot of potential."

The man's gaze swept around the trio's bodies before landing on Bia.

When the man gazed at the trio and Bia, they suddenly felt the man found out all their secrets but before they could do something the feeling disappeared like it was never present.

The man waved his hand and some more chairs appeared around the table present in the center of the room.

"Kids I believe you are tired after fighting and running around the Tower floors."

"Now there's only a week's worth of time left before the Tower closed again. How about having some tea with me?"

Some round tea cups appeared on the table and the man approached a chair before gesturing for the trio to sit beside him.

Kyle and the others looked at each other. They were hesitant but they felt like the illusionary man in front of them wasn't someone they could offend. That's why they quietly approached the table before sitting on the empty chairs. 

With a serious expression, they looked at the black-haired man sitting in front of them. Even Bia was looking at the man with vigilant eyes.

There were a lot of questions inside their minds but no one said anything.

The black-haired man picked up a tea cup and sipped the tea present inside before looking at Alec. No, more specifically he was gazing at something present around Alec's body.

"So how's my old friend doing?"

Alec looked back at the man with confusion. Seeing his confused expression, the black-haired man gazed at Alec with his deep eyes.

"Did it just give you the ##t# without telling about anything else?"

"Is something going to happen? Why is it interfering?"

The man spoke. After his true body left, he wasn't able to gaze at the future. On the contrary, the 'friend' he was talking about was a lot more powerful than him. That's why if his friend was meddling with the mortals something was definitely wrong.

Alec looked back at the man with shock. He was so shocked that he stood up. His hands were slightly trembling as he gazed at the man.

"How did you...?"

A small voice escaped his mouth before he gazed at Kyle and Jian who were wearing confused expressions.

'I am not allowed to tell anyone about the system! Also, who is the friend he is talking about?'

He screamed inwardly while looking at the man with a sweaty forehead. The man seemed to have guessed what Alec was thinking as he shook his head.

"Don't worry. They can't hear us."

Alec heard the man's words and immediately gazed at Kyle and Jian. They were indeed wearing confused expressions! He sighed with relief before sitting down. 

Alec was hesitant but he also wanted to know about the strange system that's why he looked at the man seriously.

"I don't know anything. ##t# just appeared out of nowhere and showed me some visions."

"Also, who are you? How did you know about it."

The man didn't say anything for a while and became engrossed in his thoughts. The man was powerful enough to detect if Alec was lying or not and just now he didn't detect any lie when Alec spoke.

'It's seemed he really doesn't know anything.'

Not getting any reply from the black-haired man. Alec became a little agitated. After thinking for a while, he used the system appraisal skill on the black-haired man.

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'Name: James'

'Race: Human'

'Rank: (Divine)'

'Age: 2699'

'A small part of a soul the original body left behind.'

'???'

-Error! 

Trying to find the cause! Loading...

No more information provided.

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Alec's eyes narrowed. The information was vague but the man sitting in front of him was 2699 years old!

How was this possible? Even the people who reached the (SSS)-Rank could only live for 300 to 400 years!

Also, wasn't the highest known rank (SSS+)-Rank? Why the hell is the man rank showing Divine?

In an instant, hundreds of questions appeared inside his head but he didn't say anything.

Suddenly the man gazed at Alec with cold eyes. He was distracted for a while and Alec probed his body without his permission. A bone-chilling voice came out from his mouth.

"Kid it's better if some things stay hidden."

After the man spoke, the appraisal screen present in front of Alec shattered into pieces.

Alec gasped as a sharp pain appeared inside his head for a second but it didn't affect him that much.

Kyle and Jian looked at Alec's pained expression and panicked.

Was the black-haired man attacking Alec?

"What are you doing?"

Kyle shouted and stood up. Jian also stood up and looked at the man seriously.

Even if they were weak it doesn't mean the black-haired man can do whatever he wants!

The black-haired man gazed at Kyle and sighed.

"Don't worry I didn't do anything."

While looking at Kyle, the man wanted to speak more but suddenly he lost interest after sensing the thing present within Kyle's body.

He knew the other party would die within a few years.

"What a pity. You could have reached a place that even I can't imagine."

The man shook his head and stood up. He picked up a book from the ground before floating toward a corner.

"You three can rest here or read the books present inside the room until the Tower sends you out."

After leaving the dumbfounded trio around the table, the black-haired man completely ignored them and became engrossed in a book. He wanted to know why his 'friend' was interfering with the mortals that's why he called the kids here but he didn't gain any information.

On the other hand, Kyle gazed at the man with narrowed eyes.

'What does he mean by it's a pity'?'

He questioned inwardly before looking at Alec. He clearly saw the black-haired man was talking to Alec but for some reason, he wasn't able to understand anything.

At the same time, Bia who was sitting on top of Kyle's head quietly thought inwardly.

-'What is a System?'

-'Why was the man using such a strange language?'

She wanted to tell Kyle but refrained from speaking because she had a nagging feeling that if she talked with Kyle the black-haired man would hear her voice.

Even though no one else except Kyle could hear Bia's voice she didn't want to take any risk and just quietly closed her eyes.

-'I will tell him after we leave the Tower.'

Meanwhile, Jian, Alec, and Kyle looked at each other. After sitting on the chairs for an hour they also picked up some books from the ground.

Kyle looked at the book he picked up but when he opened the book he wasn't able to understand a single word.

"Is it ancient language?"

He mumbled with a frown and looked at Alec and Jian. Their expressions showed they were also not able to understand anything.

'Just how are we going to spend a whole week in this strange room? Also, for some reason, the black-haired man is kinda creepy.'

Kyle thought inwardly and wanted to throw away the book he picked up but after gazing at the black-haired man who was floating just a few meters away he placed the book on the ground carefully.

He nodded and looked at Alec and Jian. They were trying their best to understand the context written inside the book.

After gazing at the duo, Kyle yawned and walked back to the table and chairs.

He was tired and wanted to rest. Anyway, it's not like in this room he was able to do anything else.