"While you were fighting Legris, we asked the townspeople a few questions, but since the Elder is the most knowledgeable, we focused our queries on him."
I was seated at this point, having all thirteen of my friends all in a circle that I was a part of.
The townspeople were a short distance away, and while I was a bit skeptical about taking down the barrier, Kuzon told me it was inconsequential anyway.
Even though the entire town was destroyed, I was glad to hear that nearly all of the townspeople were accounted for.
"What did you learn?" I asked calmly.
Judging from how Kuzon phrased the importance of the intel, it seemed like learning about it would be very instrumental in apprehending our target.
"First of all, it seems only four people in the entire town died. And those four are closely related to the reason I suspect Legris attacked this place." Kuzon responded.
"Who are they?"
"The Hero and his family."
Hearing that made me furrow my brows a little. It wasn't like I hadn't heard of the term 'Hero', but it felt sort of odd in this setting.
'Legris was after this world's Hero?' That felt too ambiguous.
Fortunately, Kuzon had more information to share with me about the Hero that Legris fought before we arrived here.
"Apparently there was a war here some decades ago, and a Hero surfaced fifteen years ago, and while he had a team, he defeated the most Demons and almost singlehandedly saved the world."
In essence, the Hero was an extremely powerful individual.
"That still sounds vague." I purported.
"I thought so too, but it seems the people of this world really held the guy in high regards. They call him the 'World's Chosen One' or 'Blessed by the Heavens'. He seems special, and the fact that he was only fifteen years old when he ended the war proves he was special."
As Kuzon explained, he raised his brow as if trying to tell me something amidst the explanation.
"Well, I was also fifteen years when I ended a war, and… ahh… I see what you're getting at."
If I was to assume that the Demon Incursion in this world was the same as in our world, then it would take an extraordinary person to almost singlehandedly eradicate every Demon in the world.
Even I required tons of help in ending the war.
"That means he was special beyond just being a genius, right?" I narrowed my gaze on Kuzon, and he nodded.
"Precisely! Apparently he grew up in this town full of mostly inept people, and his parents were not even talented in the slightest."
"Are his parents in the town?" I asked.
"No. Apparently, they became travelers and began to explore the world now that it's at peace."
"Ah, I see. Go on then."
"The point is… there should be no way that someone as special as this Zephyr guy would arise from this place and possess so much power. If we take his titles into account, and Legris' interest in him as well, it's clear there's something unique about him."
I suddenly remembered the energy fragment Legris was wielding when we met, and it all began to make sense to me.
'So that's it, huh? He was after a person here… the Hero.'
He told us he had gotten what he wanted, which was the Energy Fragment, but where did he get it from? It most likely belonged to the Hero of this world.
'Was that his Energy Core? That powerful thing?'
I tried my best not to be too surprised, considering the feats I had just heard about him.
"What do you think, Jared? I feel like the Hero was a Singularity of some sorts. You know, like you or Neron."
After the entire ordeal with the Nether Cult, and my friends finding out about my reincarnation, I finally explained things in further detail to them.
How I was labeled a Singularity and nearly killed even as a child.
Out of everyone, Kuzon was the only one who seemed to have already known this prior to the big reveal. Apparently, Aether told him all about me before his big fight with the Nether.
"Your theory makes sense." I murmured.
After all, the signs of being a Singularity were present in this Hero that I heard. Based on how he lived, he fit te bill perfectly.
However… the way he died disproved it just the same.
"How old was he when he died?"
"Apparently, tomorrow would mark his 30th birthday." Upon hearing that, I felt a little pain in my chest.
Legris chose the worst time to end this man's life… not that any sooner or later would have been better too.
In any case, Kuzon's words response further strenghtened my dissenting suspicion.
"There's no way an adult Singularity would lose to Legris. If he stopped a war when he was fifteen, then I can track his growth reasonably. Even if it's an era of peace, I doubt a Singularity would lose so much power that he would die at the hands of Legris."
There was the possibility that Legris used underhanded means to win, or perhaps he was far stronger than he was letting on in my fight against him.
Even if I granted all of those, however, there was still a major problem with Kuzon's theory.
"Singularities exist to face threats that will end the Aether Tree. Threats like the Nether. There's usually only one Singularity."
There was Merlin. After him came Neron, and after Neron was me.
I was only meant to be a replacement Singularity anyway, and the perks I got for being one was incomparably abyssmal to the earlier two.
"If he was a Singularity, he would have done something to stop the Nether. We could have combined our powers in the Nether Wars. Aether would have perhaps mentioned him too."
However, none of those happened.
"I see. So he's most likely not a Singularity. But how else can you explain his absurd level of power?"
After hearing Kuzon's question, I reflected on all he had told me, and there was only one viable option that gnawed at me.
It was the only reasonable answer at this point.
"A Constellation Host. The Hero was most likely a Constellation Host."
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[A/N]
The group is getting closer to the truth.
However, will they arrive at the answers quickly enough… or will it be too late at that point?
Let us see, shall we?
