"..."
Jake didn't know how to respond to this. Four bodyguards of Oracle Guardian standard? It sounded too good to be true.
However, even though the taciturn alien standing in front of him was being evasive, he could still sense the hidden intentions motivating this honorable treatment.
"Just to be sure, it's not because I was promoted to Oracle Knight, right?" Jake sneered coldly.
The Oracle Guardian remained stoic, his unwavering gaze fixed on Jake, and replied with a composed tone, "I'm afraid not. This edict doesn't stem directly from Oros, but from the all-seeing Oracle System itself. And rest assured, you're not the only one being subjected to such an intimate level of scrutiny."
It was pointed out to me in a comment in yesterday's chapter that Jake participated in his Fourth Ordeal by entering through the Red Cube on his own Floating Island. So there should have been at least one reaction from him about that.
I edited the previous chapter slightly to create continuity with this one and keep it consistent.