Dragon Sage Thesis

CHAPTER 49

CHAPTER 49

"I will never be your successor."

That was my immediate reply to the masked Dragon Sage. I clenched my fists and glared at him with courage. It should be obvious that it will be my answer since he has done so many horrible things to me and my friends.

"I know. I understand that I just slaughtered your subjects mercilessly. But think about it: if you finish the ultimate Dragon Sage thesis, you can do whatever you want. You can revive deceased loved ones and make them immortal. You can make people obey you. You can sit back and relax in your room and live a bountiful and carefree life."

"Even if I accept your offer, I will not live to see the end of that Dragon Sage thesis." I smiled devilishly. "I discovered that I have less than three months to live, in all possible timelines. I, Ulysses Corasell, has no future. You can make me a puppet and do what you want with your bullshit thesis, but I will never finish it."

Rex Nullius frowned. "Timeline Prediction. It's quite a peculiar position we got ourselves in."

"See? Even if you win against me, you can never finish that thesis about playing God. So, give it up." I shrugged and laughed.

Slowly, Rex Nullius raised his right arm and snapped his fingers. Another static blocked my senses for a split second, and everything went back to normal.

"There. I have forged a reality where you get to survive in the future. You are welcome." Rex Nullius smiled.

"Don't tell me that you-!" I was taken aback. I made a few steps to the rear and channeled mana into my brain. "Timeline Prediction Activate."

My brain immediately turned into a supercomputer that gave me a pseudo-secondary persona.

[Timeline Prediction Activated]

"Compute for my chances of survival for the next three months."

[Analyzing...]

[Analysis Complete]

[Number of Timelines Scanned: 342,218]

[Timelines where Ulysses Corasell survives for the next three months: 1]

[Ulysses Corasell has one possible future. Chances of survival are 100%]

[The future is not intact]

I looked at Rex Nullius with a mix of horror and amazement. He just gave me hope that nobody has ever given me. I can't believe that a bad guy like him will have the means to save me from my doomed future.

However...

If it means that I will help him become the Ultimate God, then my survival is just a way for him to get what he wants. He just wanted me to survive so that I can become his successor. His ulterior motives are oozing out of his smiling lips.

I clenched my fists and gritted. But Rex Nullius just made a philosophical lecture.

"Ulysses Corasell, you must know that the concept of good and evil is just a human construct. You know it very well, being the mastermind of the villainess Deva who is responsible for taking the lives of corrupt nobles and innocent civilians. You may think that you're doing good deeds, but you're evil to the eyes of the Novum Metropolis. That goes the same for me. You may see me as evil for massacring your friends, but I am also the good person who will save you from your inevitable doom."

"What are you trying to say?" I exclaimed.

Rex Nullius turned away and started to walk towards the endless horizon.

"I don't care if you see me as an evil person, as long as you succeed in my thesis. Once you completed the Deus Ultimum, you will see that I'm doing this for the greater good."