"Emmm... what you said reminded me of the Xenocrites in a dungeon from another world. Don't tell me something like that will appear in Aincrad."
Take out the 'don't tell me.' This is definitely going to happen.
"..." Chen Luo began to hesitate over whether he should continue developing Aincrad.
But you really don't need to worry too much about it.
"Fine... I was already annoyed enough. Now I'm even more annoyed."
Oh? What's bothering you? Tell me about it.
"...It's like this. I've been planning to enter the Dimensional Sea lately, and I realized that Paradise Gold Coins, as Soul Crystals, combined with the delivery service that comes with the Domination Ability, might provoke a lot of organizations in the Dimensional Sea. I'm a little worried that my teacher, the Puppeteer, might not be able to protect me, considering other factions might also have Transcendents backing them."
Wait, what did you say? Say that again? I don't think I heard you clearly.
"I said I'm worried my teacher can't protect me," Chen Luo repeated.
You still need to worry that your background isn't powerful enough?
Good grief.
One father who had transcended through alchemy and was the best money-maker in the entire Dimensional Sea.
One Mom infamous for being utterly insane, ruthless enough to kill herself, the only person in the entire Dimensional Sea who had dared to reincarnate and successfully transcend a second time—while also bringing her husband along to transcend.
Even if almost no one actually knew about those two connections, his teacher was no pushover either.
You don't need to worry about that. Your teacher, the Puppeteer, may not be the strongest among the Transcendents, but she is one of the Transcendents whom no one dares provoke.
"How so?"
*Back then, after plotting for a long