I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 141: Kaylor Byrd

Eryndor carefully went through the names which had popped up in Ronin’s contact list again. There was only one which was familiar to him.

Kaylor Byrd.

Sitting comfortably on the flying snake, he went into deep thought as he recollected information related to the man.

He first came across the name Kaylor Byrd in Liliana’s contacts when he was investigating her.

Now he was also seen in Ronin’s contact list, that too, in one of his recent communication chats.

He is supposed to be a Mage of the Human Federation, and his spell model was said to be in the shape of a Pi symbol.

That was all the information Syndra had on him when she checked her family’s database.

He put his hand under his chin, and tried to find the reason behind Kaylor’s presence.

Oh wait.

He immediately stumbled upon a similarity which was very likely the reason for team Ronin’s presence in the secret realm amidst the tournament and Kaylor Byrd being in one of his recent chats.

The team Lockheim was tasked with a mission which involved an eldritch entity.

Kaylor Byrd was in Liliana’s contacts.

According to his previous guesses, Daoisto was a clone or an avatar of the eldritch entity present in the abyss.

Now, Ronin was here with his team Yetoren which were supposedly scanning for an anomaly.

Kaylor Byrd was in Ronin’s contacts as well.

Similarity? Both involved eldritch entities.

It was very likely that the anomaly they were looking for was an eldritch entity’s clone or something along the lines of an individual being influenced or possessed by an eldritch entity.

Is Kaylor some high ranking member which is responsible for eldritch entities?

Eryndor shrugged. Their card said that they were hired by the intelligence department of the Human Federation.

Did Kaylor Byrd hold some position in the intelligence department? Or was it simply a cover and anything related to eldritch entities was done separately from the intelligence department?

He shook his head.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with me.

Out of caution, he took out his phone and contacted Sander. He couldn’t put his mind at ease unless he determined they were truly not enemies.

"Hey, sorry to disturb you once again. But we recently encountered some people who called themselves team Yetoren. They scanned us for possible anomaly infection.

"Is it common for outsiders to be in the secret realm alongside students during this tournament?"

Seeing that there was no reply even after a few minutes, he kept it back in his pocket and told Valentina to minimize the snake.

There was no threat now, so no need to needlessly consume energy.

Valentina had two snakes at the peak of the Latent realm. One contracted and one uncontracted. He didn’t know if she would still choose to contract the black snake at level two though.

Beast Tamers could only contract one beast per level. Of course, Eryndor knew that it wasn’t an ironclad law.

The term ’nothing is impossible in this era’ wasn’t coined baselessly. There have been similar incidents of even rules of a power system being broken.

There must exist some supreme practice technique or some treasure for Beast Tamers which would allow for more beasts to be contracted but he didn’t have any idea about those.

As the realms increased, it became more and more difficult for Beast Tamers to contract beasts above their stages.

For example, Valentina was able to contract a peak Latent realm beast while she herself was at stage one of Beast Seeker realm.

Once she broke through to level two Tamer realm, it would be difficult for her to contract a peak Stable realm beast while being at stage one. Maybe she would need to be at stage two or three.

This gap would only need to be minimized the further one’s realm increased.

Back to the previous topic, Eryndor knew that Valentina could completely choose to contract a stronger beast rather than a peak Latent realm.

But there was this thing about potential.

She could wait and practice till stage two or three, then rely on luck to find a beast at peak Stable realm beast to contract.

Or…she could contract her black snake and hope that its potential was enough that it would be a peak Stable realm beast immediately after breaking through from peak Latent realm.

The beasts of Beast Tamers didn’t go through stages. After breaking through, their power for the next realm was decided based on their potential, and only through treasures could their power be upgraded.

For example, if Valentina’s black snake had a high enough potential, once it broke through from Latent realm to Stable realm, it would directly have a power of peak Stable realm.

In this case, it would be profitable for Valentina to contract it before it broke through.

But if it ended up at stage six or seven? Or lower? That would be disadvantageous since Valentina would have to use expensive treasures to increase its power.

Not to mention its potential was already in decline. In the next breakthrough to level three Active realm, it might even end up at stage three or four.

Treasures which replenished the potential of a beast were far more rare and expensive than ones which simply increased their stage. It was doubtful if the Human Federation even had one in their treasury.

As Eryndor thought about random things while walking with his team, Sander finally replied to him.

"You mentioned team Yetoren right? They are one of the top teams who are specialized in dealing with anomalies.

"But the secret realm was scanned completely before letting students inside. There should be no such anomaly which would warrant the presence of a top team to deal with it.

"Hmm….

"You mentioned they scanned you? Which meant they interacted with a student? That’s even more of a rule-breaking action.

"Only Guardian Sol can act on students.

"There is a Mystical Artifact as a last backup which protects students from unintended entities. Like beasts or anomalies which weren’t in the scope of the tournament and somehow escaped the cleansing.

"There must be some extremely mind boggling anomaly out there in the secret realm which allowed them to enter it, when even high ranking members of the Human Federation can’t.

"But then again, who could give such permission? Even Morris, who is one of the Co-founders can’t act on students when the tournament is ongoing, even if it is a simple action such as scanning.

"Dr. Kirchoff? Maybe. Do you want me to ask him? Do you feel something weird is going on?"

By now even Sander could feel that something was off.

Eryndor narrowed his eyes as he read through the message.

On top of the elimination mechanism there was another one which protected students from out of scope entities?

Is that why Morris used beasts and students to target me, and not some hidden beasts, if any existed at all that is? In that way the artifact wouldn’t have been able to protect me since the attackers aren’t out of scope entities?

Damn.

Eryndor hesitated slightly, concerned if he should tell Sander about Kaylor Byrd.

Fuck it, he probably already guessed that I have unusual abilities apart from Passive Regeneration. He shouldn’t question me about the name.

He quickly typed in a message.

"Their leader had Kaylor Byrd in his recent contacts."

He didn’t mention all the other names since Kaylor was the one which was most likely to have anything to do with all of this.

Sander’s reply was quick to arrive this time.

"Kaylor? Now that complicates things. Even I don’t have much information on him despite being in continuous contact with Dr. Kirchoff.

"Kaylor is the head of the intelligence department as far as I know about his position in the Human Federation. Don’t spread it outside.

"Unlike other department heads, his authority is above Co-founders but below Dr. Kirchoff. So it might be possible that he could allow for a team to enter the secret realm and allow contact with students.

"I can’t say for sure though. Because it’s extremely rare for Kaylor to act personally, as far as I know. You could have seen a fake name in the contacts for all I know.

"You can contact me if something’s wrong."

Sander had a good impression of this young lad who saved his sister and exhibited such monstrous talent. He was willing to divulge information entirely because of that reason.

He was even ready to take action because, one, he liked fighting, and two, it was always profitable to sell favors to geniuses.

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Eryndor only sent a simple acknowledgement, and didn’t send any more messages.

So Kaylor has that high authority huh? He isn’t even listed publicly in any of the website or information packages.

But that’s a given I guess since he is the head of the intelligence department.

But then, this team is most likely genuine huh. They are really here for an anomaly, which is most likely this eldritch entity of the abyss?

He was more willing to believe that Kaylor Byrd in Ronin’s contacts was a true one. Since why would anyone go to such lengths of having a fake contact to make their act more believable?

Eryndor suddenly furrowed his brows midway.

Wait.

He had previously guessed that Daoisto might be an avatar, because:

One - if the real body had descended, Co-founder Morris would’ve definitely not made it out alive, and —

Second - the Human Federation would’ve sensed it even if the secret realm was sealed.

Now though? The Human Federation indeed knew of the existence of the eldritch entity. But Morris was alive and kicking.

Did the real body indeed not descend but the Human Federation found out through some other means?

Or

Did the real body descend and Co-founder Morris was not the original Co-founder Morris anymore?