Capítulo 25: Important People
Rocky woke up with the most severe headache, feeling dizzy and disoriented.
He found himself in a premium medical room with some very recognisable figures sitting around him.
Across his bed, near the edge of the room where the window was, sat guildmaster Karna hunching over his knees.
To his right was Amelia, dressed as impeccably as ever and to his left was a figure one seldom ever saw outside the tower in the form of the Vice guild master of the True Elites Guild and yet another one of Earth's top 3 talents, Neatwit.
All of them were seated on the left side to his bed, however, there was an equally impressive line-up to his right as well.
On the other edge of the room, sitting in a large luxurious chair was Mr.Cole Davis, the pope of the church of Gemini and the religious leader of Earth.
He wore loose drapes that had the symbol of Gemini printed all over it again and again, as anyone could spot from a million miles away that he was a religious individual.
Beside him was the Leader of the Climber Association, Mr. Cody North, dressed impeccably in a tidy suit and between himself and the pope, there was palpable tension in the air.
*Cough*
Rocky coughed involuntarily, alerting everyone that he had woken up as immediately all eyes turned to him.
"Inform the healers, the boy has woken up" Neatwit said authoritatively, but he then took a glance across the room and realized that none of the individuals present inside were small fries that he could order around.
To save face for the vice guildmaster, Amelia got up and went out to inform the healers that Rocky had woken up as Neatwit's face flushed slightly red for having made such a silly mistake.
" Bless Gemini! The champion has awoken!
Your eminence, your lowly servant Cole is extremely pleased to meet you" The pope said, as he got up from his chair and kowtowed on the ground below, scaring the living crap out of Rocky, who did not expect such treatment at all.
" Have some semblance of pride in yourself Cole, you're a floor 54 climber yourself.
Yet you bow to a boy who has not even ascended to the first floor?
Shame-" The leader of the climber's association Cody said, as he criticized Cole for his behavior.
" Forgive his insolence, great Gemini, this man doesn't know how to differentiate apples from oranges.
He's a fool" The pope said, as he looked towards the heavens and prayed for the gods to forgive Cody.
" What's going on?" Rocky enquired as Karna got up from the lounge he was sitting on and walked calmly towards Rocky with a phone in hand.
" What happened is this mark showed up on your back while you were awakening" Karna said, as he showed Rocky a picture of the tattoo that mystically appeared on his back, jolting some memories.
Rocky remembered being in the test hall and having suffered a blackout due to intense pain on his back as he felt like it had caught on fire.
" Right…. My talent assessment-" Rocky murmured as Cody was the first one to respond.
"Your talent evaluation came back as a very high 'S', you're one in a billion, kid" Cody said, as immediately Cole argued against it.
" BLASPHEMY! YOU SHALL NOT LIE TO THE CHAMPION!
By the grace of Gemini, you great champion, have been blessed by SSS talent!
The talent to become a True God!
Don't listen to any of these liars" Cole shouted vehemently as Cody slapped his own face.
" How hard is it for you to understand you religious zealot, that if his talent is made public, not just Earthlings but the UNIVERSE will be after his life!
He will die you idiot-" Cody cursed, as Cole stood up and bashed his forehead against that of Cody and got into his face.
" The champion of Gemini cannot be targeted by anyone!
Lord Shakuni weaves his fate.
No-one, not even you, can interfere with his mandate" Cole said passionately, as the environment within the room became incredibly tense once more.
*THUD*
Thankfully, Amelia came back with the healers at the right time, as the presence of unqualified personnel prompted both Cody and Cole to back off, as they maintained the semblance of decency in front of outsiders.
"Are you okay? Do you feel any pain?" The chief healer asked Rocky, as he checked his arm for pulse, while his assistants cast a lesser heal spell on Rocky's body.
" I'm fine, just a small headache" Rocky said honestly, as the doctor nodded and checked his vitals.
" He looks to be fine, should recover his strength in a day or two. No signs of mana poisoning or his mana pathways being injured.
No internal bleeding or trauma.
He's fine" The chief healer affirmed as Karna thanked him and walked him out the door.
Uptil now, Rocky had no idea as to where exactly he was or what was going on, however, whatever it was seemed to be very serious as the most important people on Earth had gathered around him to discuss it.
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Capítulo 26: The Divide
The reason behind the divide between the pope and the leader of the climbers association was because they were divided on a fundamental issue regarding Rocky.
To Cody, the most sensible choice seemed to be that the information around Rocky be restricted and the hype around him be killed.
The leaked video of Rocky was making rounds on the internet and by this point almost every man, woman and child on Earth had seen or heard about his branding as the champion although it had not even been a full 16 hours since the incident first took place.
Cody wanted to take him off the limelight as much as possible and hide information even from himself, to keep him safe.
Being the leader of the climber's association, he saw Rocky as an asset of Earth first and a champion of Gemini later.
His plan was to only reveal Rocky to be a S ranked talent to the universe, allow him to go into the tower and grow without the universal attention being centered on him and use him as an Earth's asset as and when needed.
He wanted to bury Rocky in university debt and force him to fight for Earth where he could be protected until he was sufficiently mature and ready
Cody knew that Rocky's presence could be a big morale boost for Earth's forces, especially during the year of death and Cody wished to control his image in a way that benefited everyone.
On the other hand, Cole, the pope, was having none of Cody's ideas.
He would not even listen to the reason behind the proposal of controlling the champions life as he boldly declared that
"His life is in the hands of Gemini, not trash like you-"
When it came to funding his education, Cole declared that he would bankrupt the Church rather than see the champion drown in petty debt and threatened to mobilize all religious men and Guildmasters against the association, should Cody try to enforce his judgment on Rocky.
It was a particularly difficult spot for Cody as well, as he could not deny the threat and Influence that Cole commanded.
Currently, Earth was more or less united under one law and the balance of power was even.
However, there was no denying that the Church of Gemini was THE biggest player with there being millions of religious fanatics who would not hesitate a second to lay their lives for Gemini.
For Cody to reign in Rocky, the support of the Church was crucial, however, Cole simply refused to take part in it.
The negotiations between the two broke down so spectacularly that Karna had to be brought in to mediate between the two, however since both Cody and Cole were incredibly strong climbers themselves, Karna had to bring Neatwit with him to keep matters calm.
Finally, out of the five people in the room, Amelia was the only one who had tagged along because she was genuinely worried for Rocky's health, as her presence in the room ensured that the other powerful climbers did not expose their aura.
That was how Rocky woke up to the tense atmosphere while being surrounded by some of the most important people on Earth, however, he did not understand the nuances and power struggles going on behind his back.
'SSS talent? Huh' Rocky thought to himself as he felt quite proud to be evaluated so highly.
He walked in with 0 expectations and underwent a groundbreaking event that would most likely go into the history books, however, just because Rocky had a SSS talent did not give him the assurance that he would become a god, as he knew all too well that only a few of those who possessed talent ever lived up to their potential.
Not letting his evaluation get to his head, Rocky remained calm and unfazed as he focused on the situation at hand.
"Rocky….. did you receive some revelation of any sort while undergoing the branding?" Cole asked politely with the expression of a devout as Rocky felt confused on how to reply to him.
He had not received any revelations while being branded, however, just looking into the hopeful eyes of the pope, Rocky could not bring himself to say 'No' as he made up a very slight lie.
"I don't remember, but I think I met someone who looked like Lord Shakuni from the books. In a white space" Rocky said as Cole began to burst out tears of joy as he banged his head on the wall in joy.
" He saw the lord!
He saw the lord!" he kept repeating while banging his head as at this point Rocky felt genuinely worried about the mental sanity of this man.
" This is an absolute disgrace, it's like he's possessed.
Karna talk some sense into him, I can't even get through his thick skull.
He's the leader of a religious organization and one of Earth's strongest climbers, yet he's behaving like those conmen who beg on the streets in the name of god" Cody complained as even Karna felt powerless in this situation.
Religion and faith was a topic where logic and rules did not apply.
There was no reasoning with a man who had surrendered himself to God as then he was not afraid of anyone and not bound to anything anymore.
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