God's Incarnation

Episode 18 - Guild Master and The Master

The Guild Master was having a difficult time digesting the new information he now has. Despite knowing that the possessor of the Platinum Essence appearing, he has no idea who that person was. He looked back at the video and once again confirmed that the silhouette's race was indeed Human. He watched the footage many time over trying to see if he could figure out something. He did this for almost three hours and he could not find anything. He was so focused that he even forgot to punish his idiotic secretary. He gave up in the end and tried to watch the one who was breaking through. He noticed that the figure was somewhat familiar to him. He kept wondering if he had met the person before. It was just that familiar to him. He racked his memories and still couldn't do it. He looked at his contacts, photos, anything that could give him a hint to him. Then he received a phone call from the Cultivation Guild - Student Branch. He was so stressed from the footage that he just answered the phone without any formalities.

Master: Yeah?

Caller: Wow, you sure sound stressed. Anything happened?

After the Master heard the caller's voice, his eyes widened so much that it made it look like it was gonna pop out from its eye sockets. He stood up and said loudly.

Master: Holy Mackerel! It's you?!

Caller: Huh? What me?

Master: Wait. This is not the right place to talk. Come to my office immediately. (Hangs up the phone) Guard!

Guard: (rushes in) Yes, sir!

Master: Call my secretary, I want her in my office in five minutes.

Guard: Understood! (salutes and goes to call the secretary)

Five Minutes Lateur.

Secretary: You called for me sir?

Master: Yes. I finally figured out who was the one who broke through. Now, cancel all my appointments for today, that person is coming here.

Secretary: As expected of the Guild Master. You're truly my idol! I'm so happy I'm working for you. I-

Master: Just do it already! That person may arrive any minute now.

Secretary: My apologies! I'll go ahead and cancel them all then. Do you need me to prepare coffee or tea?

Master: Prepare us some blue tea. And tell anyone who comes to look for me that I'm busy at the moment, unless it's really really important. Don't let anybody disturb us. Understood?

Secretary: Yes, sir! Understood!

A Few Moments Lateur.

Guard Outside: Oh, hello sir! Good to see you again! (opens the door)

Person: Oh, long time no see! Looks like you got stronger again. Ascending to the Violet Essence at that age. I really didn't misjudge you. You really do have potential. Keep up the good work!

Guard: Thank you sir! I'll try my best!

Person: Very good! Now, I have to go. The Guild Master called for me and must be waiting upstairs.

Guard: Oh, sorry for taking your time sir. Please go ahead . (bows while making the gesture that means please go ahead and enter)

Person: Thank you. I'll be going on ahead then. (enters)

Front Desk: Hello, sir! Nice to see you again. May I ask what brings you here today? (smiles brightly)

Person: Oh? He hasn't told you yet? Seems the bastard is getting sloppy all over the years.

Front Desk: Bastard?

Person: Oh, I mean the Guild Master.

Front Desk: Wait, what?! I even said bastard, what if he heard me? I'm going to get fired. (getting nervous)

Person: Don't worry about that. He's not even here. Well, can I go ahead and go to his office now?

Front Desk: (takes a deep breathe of relief) It's okay, sir. Go ahead. Have a nice day! (smiles again and bows)

Person: Thank you. (goes towards the elevator)

A Few Seconds Lateur.

Person: (knocks the door of the master's office)

Master: Who's there?

Person: An i***t.

Master: An i***t, who?

Person: An i***t who answered my knock with a knock knock joke without letting me in. (-_-')

Master: Wait, what?! (hurries to open the door) Where are the guards?

Person: Beats me, i***t.

Master: You do know that I'm your superior, right?

Person: And I also know that I don't know what you know about what I don't know because you called me here suddenly without letting me know the reason! (-_-') You may be my superior. But I'm still your master. So will you let me in or not, sir?

Master: (sigh) Fine. Come on in. I guess my secretary was the one who took the guards away when I said that I don't want anybody to disturb us. That girl really takes everything too literally. (offers a sit) Please, make yourself comfortable, Master.

Person: Good for you to still remember the word. Hehehehe. So why did you call me?

Master: (shows the footage) This is you, isn't it?

Person: How and where did you get that footage? (releases some murderous aura)

Master: Relax, Master Lucius. Some weather experts caught your anomaly on their satellite and provided me with this. The video was even cut half way because of this person.

Mr. Lucius: (sigh of relief) Good thing his face wasn't caught on cam then.

Master: Why?

Mr. Lucius: Because the world isn't ready for him yet. You know what I mean, right? Especially the top secret prophecy?

Master: Yes, master. But what do you mean by not ready yet? It's because of what the prophecy said that we need to contact this person as soon as possible to make countermeasures for the upcoming tragedy, right?

Mr. Lucius: No. Not yet. He contacted me and not you for a reason. I'll be the one to handle this burden until he's ready to tell the world about his existence. Besides, he did help me break through my bottleneck that I was stuck at for years.

Master: You have a point. So, what do we do for now?

Mr. Lucius: For starters, you can release the footage and about me, if you want. But edit the person out of the footage and destroy the original. Also do the same for the weather experts' side. No trace of the original footage must exist. We don't know if that organization will notice this if we release the footage as is. But let's just play it safe for now.

Master: Understood. Can I ask another question?

Mr. Lucius: Go ahead.

Master: What did his aura felt like?

Mr. Lucius: Well, that person did say that he'll leave it up to my imagination so I'll put it in simpler terms. As you already know this person is the possessor of the Platinum Essence in the legends. We two are still the one who knows this information that the Platinum Essence is actually real. So the whole world still thinks that the Platinum Essence is still a legend. But if I were to compare the feeling I felt from the Senior who has successfully ascended to the Gold Essence, I'd say that even if he has unlimited lives, his chances of winning is none.

Master: He's that powerful? How can you say that, master?

Mr. Lucius: (shows his missing finger) You see this?

Master: Did he do this to you?

Mr. Lucius: Yep. And this was only a flick of him. I used all my power to defend my finger but it still got destroyed with no traces left. He was able to heal me instantly, and can instantaneously travel anywhere around the world. Even that Senior with the Gold Essence can't do that. In the end, it just means that our creator was just that powerful. So you better not make him your enough and let me have the responsibility for now. I don't want to upset.

Master: I understand. Oh, right. I prepared your favorite blue tea. Want to have some?

Mr. Lucius: Hahaha! Looks like you still know your master, brat. Yes please.

Master: Understood. Please wait here for a little while. I'll call my secretary to bring it over. (heads to another room to call his secretary)

Mr. Lucius. No biggie. Take your time. (after the Guild Master closed the door) Yampin Yiminy! That scared the hell out of me. And I was even born in hell! Looks like I'll have to notify him about this. But he did notice this because he was the one who cut the video off halfway. I guess I'll just talk to him about this for now.

Episode End.