novelzi Chapter 483 Joining the Team
Chapter 483 Joining the Team
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'Fight me! Me not puny!'
'You, puny one!'
'I, big boss of Abyssal Death Valley!'
'I has lots of slaves!'
'They kill you, puny one!'
'Fight me! I stronger than you!'
'Fight me in Abyssal Death Valley!'
'Abyssal Death Valley, my home!'
'Want to go back! To Abyssal Death Valley!'
'Fight me, puny one! So I can return home!'
'Home to Abyssal Death Valley!'
Abyssal Death Valley this, Abyssal Death Valley that...
Anyone would be annoyed listening to it because it sounds like a broken record. It's like a child throwing tantrums. Nobody would've minded it if it was cute, but it's far from it.
It's this reason why Cedric scared it away. Now, the 'Test Subject' was frightened out of its wits, refusing to show its face and hiding in the depths of the waters it's trapped in.
As for how Cedric, a human creature that is for sure way weaker than the 'Test Subject,' managed to scare it off? He doesn't know how he did it himself. He'd tell you that he just thought of the most horrifying sound he could make using the tune of the void's language and does it just like that. Everything else was taken care of by the mystical divine ability that is the 'All Speak.'.
His mention of the Abyssal Death Valley provoked a strong reaction from Chief Blackwood, though. He went from coaxing him into joining the Occut Decoding Team to being all demanding without any room for refusal.
From the sharp change in his attitude, Cedric immediately understood that the Abyssal Death Valley holds a deep importance in their research.
He then elbowed his master, signaling that he needed his help to deal with this.
Blackwood snorted mirthlessly under his visor and calmly took over the process. Of course, the poor attempts of his apprentice trying to guilt-trip Cedric into joining the team didn't escape his eyes and ears. Blackwood also knew that Cedric was playing along with the bit, but his agreement to join the team was genuine.
But even if it wasn't, he wouldn't be able to escape anyhow. Blackwood himself would use his connections to make this guy stay here because they seriously need him more than any other.
It hasn't even been a day since Cedric came here, yet he already solved one of the mysteries that's been plaguing them for years. He even displayed his unbelievable skill at using 'All Speak,' which is unmistakably way more advanced than all of theirs combined, even though Cedric himself was mostly just following his instincts to use it.
With him in the team, they would make great strides in their work. Blackwood could already see this happening. Therefore, there's no way he could've let Cedric escape his grasp.
His place was here, with the team. And he will undoubtedly shed some light on deeper mysteries of the Void. Enjoy more content from empire
He made Cedric's membership official with a few taps on his tablet. He even materialized an ID and special pass to this lab just for him, right then and there.
Of course, this comes with a few additional privileges, such as a new and better home, one that had access to training environments that could accelerate Cedric's cultivation, and free of charge too. It also comes with an exemption for the mandatory Void Walk missions, which means that there's one less factor barring his way to promotion.
It also included access to more advanced resources offered by the camp. Of course, they can't be given for free, but knowing that he could save up to some was already way better than not knowing they're available.
There's also access to more advanced training materials and guides. Materials that could make it easier for him to break through to the Transitional Realm. Strength is, after all, the most important thing, wherever one goes.
And last but not least, Cedric was also given some level of diplomatic immunity.
Because while none of what he did was a big deal to him, it's different for the Occult Decoding Team. He's not even an official member yet, but he has already contributed greatly to their progress, saving them a few more years of arguments, debates, and contradictions by merely utilizing his innate gifts. He will undoubtedly contribute more to them once he begins his work as an official member, so this little bit of privilege was nothing at all.
Actually, Blackwood himself feels that it's still insufficient. Unfortunately, this was as far as he could go. Any more and it would be an abuse of his authority.
Just from these alone, one could already tell how much he valued Cedric.
As for Cedric himself, well, there wasn't really some grand or exaggerated reason why he joined the team. He wasn't compelled to agree or anything. Their attempts at coaxing him would've never worked since, frankly, they're bad at it.
Cedric joined simply because he was invested already. That's all.
From the moment he agreed to their invitation and saw the environment of the place, he had already decided that he would join.
It would be a waste of his divine gifts if he didn't.