Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 108. Interesting Information.

Cinderielle and Verdantia waited in the room for a few minutes. In the meantime, Cinderielle asked Verdantia. "Is it really okay to ask right away? They have information about Tiantian."

Verdantia looked at Cinderielle and sighed. "There are plenty of ways for them to listen to us while we are inside the building. Try not to say any details, okay? Believe it or not, the way these information places gather most of the information is by people self-revealing their intentions when they think nobody is listening."

Cinderielle frowned. "That's quite... low."

Verdantia shrugged. "Anyone that comes here probably has intentions of learning secret information about someone or something. Them learning about that is also quite low, so getting information on them is not that morally wrong."

Cinderielle was stumped. What Verdantia said was the truth. Since they were here, investigating the movement and location of a few people and sects, it was "fair" if someone collected information about them.

Verdantia then proceeded to answer her question. "It is okay to ask in these places. Will our intentions be revealed? They will. However, it's not like the other person has anything to do with us. Moreover, Eldric is not a fan of places like these because of what you just said. Instead, he likes to use people to do his bidding by abusing his family's power."

Cinderielle frowned. "But Theodore is his lackey when he is from the Ironheart family. Isn't Ironheart quite a popular and strong family?"

Verdantia nodded. "They are. Theodore's grandfather is a really powerful general of a renowned power. However, Eldric's Stormrider family are suppliers of a mount called <Stormbird>. They are an E Rank creature, which is quite insane for a tamed monster. Even if taken from when they are an egg, E- Rank and above creatures have a natural resisting instinct, making them almost impossible to tame."

Verdantia leaned on the armrest and continued. "<Stormbird> is not only an E Rank monster that can become E+ if the talent is good enough but also intelligent enough to become a good war mount. Plus, they have ranged attacks. Even if they are not that effective, if the numbers are enough, they can do quite a lot of damage. Eldric's family has a famous <Storm Power Company> with around 150 riders. The average level of the monsters and riders is 18 or so. It's quite powerful."

Cinderielle nodded, thoughtful. "Level 18? Why does it sound low?"

Verdantia laughed. "Well, our World's average level is not that high, at around 9 or so."

Cinderielle snorted. "I am speaking about people of power, not counting civilians and such."

Verdantia pondered. "Hmm. That's difficult to answer. The numbers vary quite a lot depending on what source or power you look at. However, the average level of any renowned power hovers between Level 15 to Level 24."

Cinderielle was surprised. "Such a big difference?"

Verdantia smiled. "There are plenty of high levels. It's just that, in comparison, the Levels 25 and above are very rare. Level 25 is when the second Energy Cycle occurs. People who reach this level become much stronger. However, Energy Cycles are challenging to complete. Hence, not many manage to do it, getting stuck at levels before that, even when they have enough experience. Moreover, there is a very important detail I missed."

Cinderielle looked at her, and Verdantia commented. "Experience is a very limited resource. Killing other creatures is never effective in the long run. Eventually, you become too strong to gain experience from killing. And you need to be careful because if you kill creatures that are too weak, you will lose experience."

Cinderielle nodded with a thoughtful expression. "I see. Is this information for the entire world?"

Verdantia laughed. "How could that be? This is for those we have information on. Ceperet is quite extensive, Cinderielle. Who knows if there are monstrous entities roaming around?"