I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 137 : Guardian Sol’s ability

The time when his Sovereign's Cloak had consumed energy of Consciousness in the beginning might really be to mitigate the attempt at teleporting him straight to the abyss as well as defending against its side effects.

Of course, he wasn't completely sure.

Could that person blatantly tamper with the Mystical Artifact in front of Guardian Sol and Co-founder Morris to send him into the abyss?

Or even if that person was Co-founder Morris himself, could he do it in front of Guardian Sol?

The only possibility of that happening was if Guardian Sol and Co-founder Morris were both against him. But the possibility of that happening was too low.

Because at that point, they could just secretly move against him and dump him into the abyss.

Guardian Sol must be the reason Co-founder Morris was keeping himself in check.

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Or both of them must be the reason that the unknown third person was keeping themselves in check.

No matter what, if the Mystical Artifact Shifting Threshold had intended to drop him in the abyss, or if it hadn't, his appearance near the Terramorph Ravagers were purely coincidental.

Eryndor reckoned that whoever was targeting him must have influenced several such beasts throughout the secret realm.

No matter where he landed, he was bound to come across them at some point in the tournament.

The second point of suspicion was the group of students chasing him.

Naturally, it became possible due to his own mistake.

He had been updating his location and the map of the secret realm, anyone who could hack into their phones would be able to know his location.

As for if his Sovereign's Cloak could block location sensing attempts done on his phone's GPS, he wasn't sure if his ability worked in that direction.

Even if they couldn't hack into his own phone, they were surely capable of intruding on other teammate's devices.

The only point of doubt remaining in this speculation was Edward.

Taking the best case situation and assuming that the Sovereign's Cloak could block location sensing attempts of his phone's GPS, after he stopped updating his location during the chase after the fight with Torrifa, they must have known his location by guessing that he would run towards his teammates for support.

So if the group knew the location of his teammates, and also knew that Edward, a peak level two student, was nearby, why did they still attack?

There was only one explanation.

The data of this tournament wasn't spread casually among the members of the Human Federation.

It was very likely that whoever was targeting him didn't have the data that his team consisted of a peak level two student.

They also didn't have any data about his own strength. Of course, Eryndor never let anyone know about that, so that issue had nothing to do with the information gap.

Eryndor remembered that on the day Sander arrived with Guardian Sol and Co-founder Morris in two, the students had already gathered into a large crowd with minimal space between each other.

It wouldn't have been possible to tell who was in his team. Even on the spaceship, Guardian Sol and Co-founder Morris were allocated different rooms, arriving only in the beginning and in the end.

Even if they had paid attention, the space inside the spaceship was congested with several people standing around Eryndor.

It also wasn't as if Eryndor and Edward were familiar with each other. They hadn't interacted on the spaceship at all, nor when they were in the line to go through the Shifting Threshold.

So just purely based on observation, no one should've known that Edward was in his team as all the students were in extreme close proximity the entire time.

So it's a gap in information relating to the tournament?

After a bit of hesitation, Eryndor sent a message to Sander. He was one of the only high ranking contacts he had.

"Do you know the people who have information about this tournament?"

He waited for a minute before his reply arrived.

"Only Guardian Sol has it.

"That Morris fellow wanted it but Guardian Sol is extremely strict about rules, so he didn't share it even though Morris might be one of his closest friends.

"I mean, this kind of information isn't really anything valuable. It is often shared among the top brass of the Human Federation.

"But it just happened to be Sol fellow this time. He is one of the rigid ones, so he wouldn't overlook the rule of not sharing information even to the high ranking members of the Federation.

Eryndor raised his eyebrow when he read that.

So it is true that only Guardian Sol has it? So maybe it can be ruled out that he isn't targeting me.

I am getting more and more sure that it might be Co-founder Morris who is after me.

His act of wanting information on the tournament is suspicious after all.

He offhandedly reapplied to Sander.

"Oh? They are good friends?"

Sander: "At least I think so.

"That Morris fellow was quite persistent to be Sol's good friend when he came out of the secret realm.

"Several people who knew about this thought Morris had a problem with his sexual orientation after returning from the secret realm.

"Or maybe his counseling didn't go as smoothly haha."

Oh?

Eryndor's guess gained greater certainty after reading Sander's reply.

Co-founder Morris chased after Guardian Sol immediately after leaving the secret realm? So much that other people doubted his sexual orientation?

I can't imagine how Guardian Sol must've felt.

Was Co-founder Morries doing all of this to get information about the tournament from Guardian Sol?

Eryndor thought for a moment then discarded this guess when he remembered a piece of information.

During Sander's speech on the platform, he had mentioned that Co-founder Morris was the one who pushed for Guardian Sol to become the highest authority of this tournament.

If he had this much authority to declare someone as the one to lead the tournament, surely he had enough to even declare himself as the one who'll preside over the tournament?

Then why did he push forward Guardian Sol's name?

He thought for some time before asking Sander once again.

"I've thought of this theoretical situation.

"Say, if Co-founder Morris had presided over this tournament, could he have enough authority to pull Guardian Sol into the secret realm?"

There was a brief silence over Sander's side before he began typing.

A reply soon arrived.

"I don't think so. No matter how lax the information sharing rules of the tournament are, the Federation won't allow outsiders once the lead authority is decided.

"It's only because Morris is a Co-founder and that he returned from the secret realm after several years that the Federation decided to humor his request of tagging along with Guardian Sol."

Eryndor's eyes narrowed as soon as he finished reading.

Oh? Hmmm…

He faintly understood the implications behind Co-founder Morris' actions but wasn't completely sure.

Does he have some thoughts regarding Guardian Sol as well?

Is Co-founder Morris targeting Guardian Sol alongside me?

Why?

Eryndor realized he was still lacking information.

Leaning back on his rock, his mind drifted through various memories, trying to come up with something when some instances resurfaced in his mind.

Isn't this situation familiar?

Just like during the mission of Shx'Trelith, I kept wondering what was Calix's role.

Turns out it was his ability that was important.

Now I am wondering why Co-founder Morris has his eye on Guardian Sol, could it have something to do with his ability?

Eryndor continued going along this line of thought.

But what use would Guardian Sol's ability be?

Is it to catch me?

When all his plans fail he will use Guardian Sol's ability to catch me?

So wait, he isn't targeting Guardian Sol as well, but only me. That person just happened to be another one back up plan to catch me?

Yes, it might definitely be something along the lines. But Sander just mentioned that Guardian Sol was a rigid fellow, the one who followed rules.

Even if his ability was useful, would he use it on a student like him?

No use thinking, let me just ask senior Sander about the ability first.

He quickly typed in his question.

Sander: "Good fellow, so many questions, rather personal too, are you up to something once again?

"You don't need to answer me. Just know that you can call on my help if you are in a precarious situation.

"And no, our chats won't be hacked. I am now a high ranking member as well, we have certain such privileges.

"As for your question about Guardian Sol's ability. It is a rather major influence as to why he is called a 'Guardian' rather than 'Commander'.

"It is 'Fortify'. Yes, it is only registered with this simple title.

"He can fortify anything, with living beings obviously consuming considerably more energy of Consciousness.

"Anything within his range, he can fortify without any contact needed, making it incredibly suited to defense.

"The base he guards is one of the extremely few whose walls have never been breached."

Eryndor thanked Sander for the information and fell deep into thought.

Huh? Fortify? Defense type ability? What use would it be in catching me?

Eryndor was truly confused. This wasn't going like he had thought.

Just when he was about to descend further into his thoughts, Valentina called out to him.

"I've recovered considerable energy of Consciousness, maybe I can completely regress that paper I left midway."

Oh yes, maybe I'll get some clues from that.