Although Pan Long had played Cultist Simulator years ago, far too much time had passed. He still remembered plenty of game guides, but the details he had barely paid attention to back then were completely gone from his memory.
For instance, he remembered that Longevity was not particularly rare in the game's world. Late in the game, players seeking treasures or texts would find themselves fighting Longevity Bearers at adventure sites. In a second playthrough and the later DLCs, such encounters were more common still.
Longevity Bearers were not that extraordinary in this world. Named Ones, and beyond them the Hours, were the truly formidable figures.
But honestly, even the Hours were not all that impressive. The story had never mentioned an Hour moving mountains and overturning seas, or stealing the heavens and swapping out the sun. It had, however, mentioned an Invisible Arts practitioner—whether a Longevity Bearer, a Named One, or something else was unclear—killing an Hour and taking their divine seat.
Looked at that way, this world's "gods" did not command much awe.
Come to think of it, in one of this world's Multiple Histories, a group of Longevity Bearers seemed to have reached a compromise with the gods and helped Britain become the dominant power in the world...
Hmm... Seen that way, the Longevity Bearers of this world seemed pretty capable. It was the Named Ones and Hours who...
His imagination was running wild when he abruptly came to his senses—he was not even a Longevity Bearer yet. What was the point of thinking so far ahead?
Putting those jumbled thoughts aside, he smiled and asked, "I think I understand what the Skin-Shedding Club is now. I'll be careful from here on and avoid practitioners I don't know. Aside from that club, where dragons and snakes mingle,