877 His Rival?

Alex raised his eyebrows and stared at this proud man suddenly kneeling in front of him. Lin Xingzhi asked him to not say anything because she would handle everything, but it turned out it was for this.

'He is Song Tao, the patriarch of the main Blackwade Clan. He is Rank 2 God, known as Metal God. His eyes for minerals might be the best for all the Gods we have discovered. You have the gist of the relationship between him and your past self, so I think I don't need to explain it again, right?'

Alex glanced at Lin Xingzhi as he listened to her thought transmission. Watching a Rank 2 God that could be the leader of a big influence kneeling like this gave complicated feelings to his heart.

"I am his reincarnation, but I am not him." Alex shook his head. "So, you don't need to call me like that again."

"No can do, this is a matter of principle." Song Tao's face was firm.

Alex thought for a moment and realized it must be because of this principle, the Blackwade Clan issued the Supreme VIP Card. So, Alex needed to find a way to resolve this situation without hurting his pride. "I understand, but I would like you to stop kneeling now. As you know, I don't have the memory of my past life and have no intention to get it, so I don't know the full extent of our relationship in the past…"

"It is nothing for me, Sire. My feelings for you remain the same no matter what." Song Tao raised his head and clasped his hands.

"Besides, I am still a Rank 10 God, you know. Who knows how long it will take to reach Rank 1 God." Alex sighed.

"That's why I want to repay you Sire, I can help you until you reach your peak again. This time, this Song Tao is not useless anymore and can certainly help you." Song Tao smiled.

Alex scratched the back of his head. He never thought that Song Tao had this deep loyalty. "I understand. But can you treat me as a reincarnator instead of him?"

Song Tao furrowed his eyebrows and glanced at Lin Xingzhi who nodded her head. "If that is what you want, I can try, Sire… I mean… ehm, how should I call you?"

"Just call me with my name."

"…" Song Tao tilted his head and called him. "Sir Alex. That is the best I can do. Sir in my world is considered below Sire. I am afraid I can't call you without any honorifics."

Alex closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. "Alright. Since that is the case, I won't say anything more. However, I would like you to drop that honorific when we are talking with someone else."

Song Tao instantly recognized his aim and assured him. "I understand. Your identity is a sensitive case, so I will refrain myself when that time comes."

"Thank you."

"No, no. It is my pleasure."

"Since the deal has been made, I think there is nothing to say anymore, right?"

Alex furrowed his eyebrows and glanced at Lin Xingzhi.

"His name is Kubard, A rank 1 God known as Palm God. You can say that he was your rival and friend at the same time. He always compared himself with you and acted passive-aggressive, but if there were an enemy you needed to fight, he would fight together with you. Well, your cultivation had surpassed him for a big time in the past, so he couldn't help you exterminating that beast."

"Why is it a bad thing if I meet him right now?"

"Considering your strength, he will surely ask you to marry his daughter."

"…"

"And I am sure you can't escape from him because he will pester you to death."

"…"

"Even if I fight him, he is shameless enough to move all the planets under his command to capture you and have you marry her. And—"

"Stop, stop!" Alex raised his hand. "In other words, he is a pain in the ass, right?"

"Yes. In fact, he has been searching for your reincarnation this whole time."

"For what? You asked him?"

"No. He wants to make you his son-in-law before your memory awakens. At that time, he will have the last laugh… Or that's the situation if you are captured by him. He wants to win against you even if it's a very shameless thing to do." Lin Xingzhi shook her head.

"And if we are fighting against him and all the planets under him, it will bring all the attention from nearby worlds, so they will immediately recognize me," Alex muttered with a low voice and sighed.

"Yeah. That's why I would like you to run away from him first until you have reached Rank 5 God, if not Rank 4. At the very least, you will have the right to reject him along with all the excuses possible. And I am sure I can solve everything without causing a ruckus." Lin Xingzhi nodded.

"And this is related to the second thing I want to talk about." Song Tao stopped them. "It seems he has some suspicions with how you act recently, Lady Lin Xingzhi."

"I have heard the report. That's why I am going to lay low by visiting some worlds with Alex… And if possible, not a Divine World, so he can't enter that world."

"But can you enter an Upper World?"

"I have my way. If I remain in Eulja after doing all these things, I will just get his attention. I am sure that he has already suspected that I have found Alex's reincarnation, so I want you to direct him to somewhere far away. And with the missing me, he won't know and believe you." Lin Xingzhi smirked.

"Well, you can simply marry his daughter. From what I have heard, she is a talented girl and a beauty. Her strength has reached Rank 3 God as of now, and people say she has the highest chance to succeed his position in the future." Song Tao tried to give a suggestion before finding Alex glaring at him. He sighed. "It's not possible, isn't it?"

Alex nodded.

"No one can predict the future. We still have an empty room back home, and if pushes come to shove, I will just fight it out with him." Lin Xingzhi smirked. "Say, Husband… What do you think about a new sister?"

"…" Alex rolled his eyes away.

She chuckled, knowing his characters. At the same time, Song Tao also realized the similarity between the current Alex and the past him.

"For now, I will do everything I can while waiting for the storm to go away." Alex shrugged.

"I understand. I shall help you and release some rumors about it. When he realizes it, he will surely come to me, so I will say you are far away from here. To avoid his attention, Lady Lin Xingzhi has gone to your side instead of bringing you here because he knows what will happen.

"And if he knows about your weapons, I will simply say that it is the lady's work. She wants to give him a present when he reaches God Stage, thus I will hand it to Eulja if he is persistent. That way, he shouldn't have any reason to not believe me."

Lin Xingzhi and Alex exchanged looks and nodded. "Sounds good."

"I will be relying on you, ehm…"

"Please call me Song Tao, Sir. If you add an honorific on mine, I shall call you Sire again or maybe other things…"

"I will be relying on you, Song Tao." He repeated himself, using his name directly.

"Yes. Please leave it to me." Song Tao nodded.

"Since we have resolved everything, I think we should leave now." Lin Xingzhi let out a sigh. "As much as I want to let him see your world, I shouldn't do things that can give away any information."

"Now that you mention it, looking at his strength, he is still a new God Rank Expert, huh…"

"Yeah. I haven't even brought him to see all the places in Eulja because I don't want the Spirits to realize it for now."

"I know how complicated it is if my identity is discovered, so I don't really mind." Alex smiled, assuring her.

"Do you want me to send a few humans to be his bodyguards? This way, the others won't be able to find anything."

"I think it will be fine. As long as our Spirits don't really use all their power, they won't be discovered. After all, our Martial Arts are not really different from those of general Martial Arts. They won't realize it."

"Alright." Song Tao nodded before glancing at Alex. "If you don't mind, you can look at the monitor placed in every highest building in all continents. We have gotten the highest resolution camera to do this, and I believe Eulja has them too, right?"

"Yeah. It's in the Light Ruler, though. Considering he is the one maintaining the defense of the planet."

Song Tao obviously knew this Light Ruler and knew why Lin Xingzhi hadn't let Alex visit him for the time being. "Then, I think this is my time to shine."

He went back to his table and opened the drawer, finding a piece of crystal. He put the pink crystal on the table and activated it.

"Is this… Memory Crystal?"

"Yes. As you might already know, we and technologies can co-exist. All the images captured here come from the cameras, but we have incorporated the system itself with a Memory Crystal, allowing us to have only one thing that can pollute the Spiritual Energy. As you know, computers can pollute them as well.

"Even if it's small, we have been using too many, so we don't want to ruin this world. Our scientist made an innovation. By connecting a Memory Crystal to the system, we can watch over the cameras as well from here." Song Tao explained.

"I see." Alex nodded and finally took a look at the screen projected by the crystal while thinking, 'As expected, after leaving the world and seeing the broader universe, those things in science fiction do exist. Although they need to incorporate them so as to not ruin the Spiritual Energy, it is still amazing.'

He watched the screen with great interest.

The screen started changing, from the mountains to settlements. Alex kept looking at this until he found something that intrigued him. "What is this?"

He pointed at the blue gate that looked like the portal to another world like those in Musee World that was connected to Stina's World and the lower world where Mithra lived.

"This is a Gate to travel between worlds. You have seen it as well, right?" Lin Xingzhi was the one explaining things to him. "Most Divine Worlds don't have monsters on their planet, so they usually travel between worlds if they want to kill monsters.

"At the same time, some are actually making an influence in that world and establishing themselves with the locals.

"This way, they can get hidden talent, money, and so on. We have it as well, but a bit farther from the castle."

"Is there any place I can go with my current strength?"

"There are two other Divine Worlds we have connected to. The first world is our Vassal while the second one is a world filled with monsters."

"I see. I might go there when the time comes since I am curious."

"Sure. I can guide you to the portal at that time." Lin Xingzhi nodded before rising from the chair. "Do you want to see more?"

Alex looked at the screen and shook his head. He didn't find anything that amused him other than the portal, so he also rose from the chair.

"I will go back now… Thank you."

"Yes, Sir. Have a nice trip." Song Tao nodded and clasped his hands.