Greg didn’t say anything to them. He only laughed, but even this was grating on the ears. It caused many people to speak out in complaint about him.
Loki shook his head when he saw this and said, "It seems that whatever this guy does will come out as irritating."
After that, many people still questioned Loki’s decision to follow Greg, and Greg made promises about how this was a good thing and how he would make sure that no one would regret following him.
Loki kept speaking up for Greg, but he didn’t believe a single promise that Greg made. This was because he didn’t trust Greg at all. He has had enough experiences with Greg to know that Greg can be more dangerous as an ally than an enemy.
Despite knowing this, he still has his mind set on going with Greg to attack the nearest fortress city because he is confident of handling Greg. Instead of counting on Greg, he is counting on his own power.
As he looked at his stats through the Power Identification Ability, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "And what a reliable power it is.
Age: 24 Years and 10 Months /77 Years 9 Months.
Race: Human
Energy Quantity: 176,128 + 176,128 + 176,128 + 176,128 + 22,016 = 726,528 >> 184,320 + 184,320 + 184,320 + 184,320 + 184,320 = 921,600
Energy Density: (12)(12)(12)(12)(9) >> (12)(12)(12)(12)(12)
Energy Rank: 3.
Energy Threads: 86 + 86 + 86 + 86 + 86 = 430 >> 90 + 90 + 90 + 90 + 90 = 450
Body: 0.6 >> 4
Soul: 1.5 >> 3.0
Mind: 1.5 >> 3.0
Will: 5(60%)
Skill: 211% >> 250%.
CORE METAC:
1. Fenrir (Divine): Power Identification. Tracking. Seal. Devouring. Siphon. Shifting Armor (Life Ability).
2. Rewind. Sword Heart. Telepathy. Telekinesis. Reversal.
Since the near-death experience with the colossal hand from the sky, he has aged by an extra four months. But this time has not been wasted.
In these four months, he has acquired a lot of important information. But far more than that, he has also grown immensely powerful.
The sight of his power made him start listing his source of confidence on his fingers as he said, "First, there is the Level 4 body. Secondly, there is the assistance of the Reversal Metac. Thirdly, there is the amplification of the Sword Heart Metac."
"There is also Shifting Armor Life Ability, its passive physical defenses, and its active energy shield. With this much defense, I will have enough time to use the Siphon Ability."
Then he said with smugness, "And if all of these don’t work, I can just fly away. Let’s see how troublesome Greg can be now."
These are his sources of confidence, and why no one can convince him not to believe anything Greg says. This much confidence made him remember what Greg had said when they first met about how danger was also an opportunity.
As he thought of this, he smiled and said, "He was right. When strength is enough, danger becomes an opportunity."
Then he stopped smiling, and his eyes glinted sharply as he said, "Since my strength is enough, bring on the danger."
With his mind made up, he stood up from the mat he was sitting on and went outside. He went straight to the city gates, where Greg was already waiting for the people who would go on the mission.
As soon as he arrived, Greg came up to him and said with a smile, "Isn’t this the man of the hour? Isn’t this the one-eyed man among the group of blind people?"
His words made Loki’s eye twitch before saying, "Let me guess. You’re the only one with two functional eyes."
To which Greg nodded and said as a matter of fact, "Of course I am. After all, I came up with the idea. You only decided to follow my lead."
"As good an idea as it was to follow my lead, your intelligence can’t compare to mine since I came up with the idea. If your singular good idea to follow a great leader, such as I am, makes you the leader of blind people, then it is only right that I should be the visually acute person who will lead one-eyed people like you."
Loki could only shake his head and say, "It is a good thing for you that I am not your superior. If I were you and you spoke to me like this, you would be dead."
But Greg shook his head and said, "You’re doing it again. You’re underestimating my intelligence."
"If you think that I would speak like this to you if you were a strong rank 4 cultivator, you are terribly wrong. I only speak to you and your ilk like this because you’re all weak and can’t do anything to me."
He finished defending himself by shaking his head and saying, "I may be rude, but I am not stupid or suicidal."
This time, Loki nodded in agreement and said, "That may be right."
He agreed with Greg because he remembered how Greg hadn’t tried to try any of his nonsense on Amelia. He had always treated Amelia with respect and fear despite being pompous to everyone else. This proves beyond a doubt that he wasn’t suicidal.
Greg didn’t know that this was the reason why Loki agreed with him. He didn’t even consider why Loki agreed with him. Something like that was accepted as the normal thing to do.
So when Loki agreed with him, he smiled and said, "Finally, someone who can see that I am intelligent. I have been surrounded by fools too blind to see my greatness for so long."
His words immediately made the people around them become angry. Only the old timers, who were used to Greg, didn’t feel much after he said this.
The newcomers didn’t do well with this criticism of their intelligence. They glared at Greg, but he ignored them and continued insulting people with every word that came out of his mouth.