Chapter 435: A Proper Clue

Perseus POV

"Ellis, just a word of advice before you go." Perseus said as he stopped me, "It's about your 11-star theory thing."

No one from my world, even the goddesses can help me with that issue, even Lilith doesn't necessarily believe in it as she's the goddess of magic, and the star system isn't something she's too knowledgeable about as she doesn't possess it

She can advise on everything up to the 10th star and how to go a bit over it like the demon lord, but not the 11th as it has never existed...so I thought to ask the next best person I know when it comes to magic.

And the guy in question is someone who's the son of a god, a descendant of a goddess of magic, and the student of a war god.

"Ever thought about becoming a celestial?" he asked, "Do they exist in your world? Beings closest to a god while being just as powerful and sometimes more powerful?"

"I don't think we do. Maybe the demon lord is it, but then his power is like one for all and stuff like that, passed down from one generation to another for centuries, I don't get the time for that."

"Then your powers." he suggested, "They're confirmed to be weakened, right? So assuming you can awaken the powers to the same level as when they were at their prime, or at least close to it, you should possess powers similar to a celestial, then again, your body will self-destruct within like a week if you can't handle it."

"Then I rather not pursue it."

"The fuck?" he exclaimed, "You're gonna hype it up and not do anything to achieve it? Are you sure you're not the side character or a guy fated to end up as the teacher FOR the protagonist?"

"Fine, what do I do then?"

"The powers got a consciousness, right?" He asked to which I nodded, "Awaken them and make them sentient, they should know how to power themselves up, all you gotta do is make a vessel, fight them, and make em your bitch."

"What? How does that work? And how do I win against a thing with the power of a god?"

"Make the vessel weak, duh." he responded as if it were obvious, "Make them durable and fragile, like 1 hp kind of fragile."

"That makes no sense."

"Yeah, so, fight them, and scare them, make them your bitch, the powers will then yield to you and try to assimilate with you without killing you, should power you enough past the 10th and enter another realm entirely, the 11th star might be your world's equivalent of a celestial. It's like Lia being a Nereid while also not being the same type of Nereid in the Greek stories."

"She's a nereid? How the fuck did you manage that?!"

"I don't question how you sleep with your girlfriend's mother, so stay in your lane, if you need help, you can meet her mother, she's a seer."

"What is this world?!"

"Well, it is what it is when you're reincarnated into a world of clichés."

*****

Yeah, fuck him and his world, everything is too complicated. But I at least got a good clue on how to reach this 11th-star thing, the problem is...it's becoming this celestial thingie, the closest thing to that are the roses...but they don't necessarily...well...what could go wrong, every success starts with a failure, right?

Trevor failed, the heroes failed, and it's my job as the protagonist to succeed.

However...this more unorthodox method may work, Trevor has never done this before, no one did...this is fun, if I succeed, I'll be super overpowered, heck, I'll be good enough to take on the heroes and the demon lord at the same time.

I will make them my bitch, I'll pounce on em and I'll pound them so hard-

|Pause.|

I hate you.

*****

I got home and teleported to find my parents and console them about the death of my grandparents, especially mom Rylee as she was holding it in all of this time, having me, the guy who usually doesn't engage in physical contact with them, hugging them, were able to help them release a couple of tears.

Rosa was super apologetic and crying as well, apologizing about how she couldn't stop them and not being there fast enough...she has nothing to apologize for as it wasn't her fault...

I then sent Ruka to warn the chief to pull our soldiers back a bit as the invasion of gods Is about to happen, a battle in which even the strongest watchers will die as no one can stand a chance against the gods. And...this is a chance to go after Isfrid as well...

I also told Lilith and Sawn about this celestial plan and how it can be useful for me, Dawn said that it is possible to awaken the powers and make them sentient has happened before. Even though she will assign a team to help with these vessels and awaken the powers...

"Anna's going to be the head of the operation." she said while wincing, "You might...need to go on a date with her as an incentive."

"Not happening."

"She's done a lot to help you, she's not even trying to become your mistress. You even saw her naked, give her a reward for helping you already, like...kiss her or something."

"Don't do this, you're convincing me to cheat on you, do you know how stupid that sounds? And kiss her, that's not going to be enough."

"Well, she's a leader and she's knowledgable, like it or not, you're going to reward her one way or another."

"...Fine! I'll talk about how I'll go about the reward with the others, just...get it started, the war will start soon, and I'm going to need this project to succeed if I want it to end the way I want it."