Supreme Harem God System - Chapter 2288: You think too highly of yourself.

Chapter 2288: You think too highly of yourself.

“It was left in front of my World a few hours ago, I could not trace it back.”

Orravyn spoke as he gently touched the crystal and activated it. The crystal glowed and a screen appeared in the air.

“How primitive.”

Ul’Thakar snorted in disdain.

No one else reacted to those words; their focus was on the screen and there—

He appeared.

The man who once stared at them with an arrogance they had never seen or experienced before.

A face so full of pure ego, arrogance, and superiority that for a moment, even the Infinities were taken aback.

And that face—

It hadn’t changed one bit.

Even now, when he was seeing them directly.

And of course, the Infinities did not like that one bit, especially someone as arrogant as Ul’Thakar; he felt that he was looking at a mirror and he hated that feeling.

“It is always amusing to see how arrogant one can be when they hide behind a screen.”

Unable to hold back, he commented. Then his crimson eyes glowed strongly as he grinned—

“And satisfying when the same arrogance disappears when they are standing face to face.”

A provocation.

A direct provocation, and right now, none of the other Infinities stopped Ul’Thakar. They waited. They wanted to see how the Fifth Infinity would react.

For a moment, the room was silent again.

And the Fifth Infinity, his blood-red eyes fell on Darkness and without a single change in his expression—

“A pack of four wolves and a dragon—

Who do you think has the right to look more arrogant?”

Azriel Ruinous opened his mouth and in an instant—

The room chilled.

This time, even the other Infinities reacted. They had been silent, yes, but this did not mean they had no ego of their own.

These were Infinities; their egos were the strongest the Universe had to offer.

In an instant, Orravyn moved, trying to sense Azriel’s location, and after about a second, he grinned—

“Difficult to answer that question when the ’dragon’ is the one hiding.”

The rest of the Infinities smiled disdainfully as well, as if they didn’t even like the fact that they had to spend their time on this man.

Azriel, on the other hand, looked at Orravyn and—

“Do mortals know where their God actually is?”

He asked.

Orravyn frowned, but before he could say anything, Azriel’s blood-red eyes glowed—a shade deeper than Ul’Thakar’s—and—

“Think of it in the same way.

The Gods do not consider mortals worthy enough to appear in front of them.

You show yourself when you converse at the same level—

Not when you are answering a prayer.”

Azriel answered in that same arrogant tone and once again, a deathly cold silence fell in the room.

The Infinities reacted to those words.

Their egos were wounded—not just Orravyn’s or Ul’Thakar’s, all four of them were the same. After all, they knew that Azriel wasn’t just saying those words to the two; he was talking to them all.

“Answering a prayer…?”

Seraphielle muttered in a somewhat lost, shocked voice. Never in her life did she imagine someone saying those words to her.

“Is that not what it was?

A few years ago I heard a cry for help, something like how you lot couldn’t deal with an enemy and needed help.

I answered.

Like a God does.”

“Five years later?”

Ul’Thakar grinned, wanting to imply how big of a coward Azriel was for showing up five years later, but—

“Since when do Gods answer prayers the moment it’s requested? Gods move when they feel convenient. I had things to do before, so I figured you would be able to hold on till then.”

Azriel paused, then he looked at Seraphielle and—

“But I did not think I would be wrong.”

He commented, and Seraphielle—

She felt her mouth twitching. She closed her eyes, a sign that she no longer wanted to talk about this matter.

But did Azriel care?

He didn’t give a rat’s ass.

“To lose… three hundred, was it?

Three hundred worlds to a single enemy and not causing any harm to the enemy at all. If it were me, I would have killed myself out of embarrassment by now.”

He continued to speak.

“But then again, I suppose you did hold off for five years.

You didn’t die. I congratulate you for that.

I believe with the way things stand, that alone is an achie—”

“That is enough.”

Before Azriel could complete, Seraphielle spoke up. Her aura flared—enough for many beings in the Universe to feel it, especially the Light Borns.

Light Borns, still far away from the meeting room, frowned.

“Is that… a signal?”

He wondered in his head, but he shook his head.

Lady Seraphielle had already explained what the signal would be; she wouldn’t change it at the last moment.

This must be something else.

Someone…

Someone must have angered her, enough to make her react in this manner.

Who was it…?

Lord Light wondered in his head and instantly started suspecting Ul’Thakar.

…

Back in the Infinities’ Meeting Room, Seraphielle glared at Azriel—a look that would make most beings in the Universe flinch, cower, and shake in fear.

But Azriel stood still, as if he felt nothing.

And that only annoyed Seraphielle even further.

“You were the one who protected the Anomaly back then.”

She began to speak; her tone had lost the gentle touch she usually had.

“You knew him before we did, you nurtured him.

Are we right to believe that he is with you?”

“He is not.”

Azriel shook his head.

“And we should believe you, why?”

Seraphielle narrowed her eyes and at that question—

Azriel directly looked into her eyes and—

“What gave you the idea that I care?

Believe whatever you want.

I am not the one standing with no information regarding the enemy.

You called me, not the other way around. Keep that in your mind.”

Again.

Silence.

The Infinities did not know how to proceed from here. It was clear that both sides had strong egos, and if none of them gave in, even a little—

This conversation wouldn’t go anywhere.

The fact that this man is probably the only being who can tell them about the Anomaly wasn’t false either. Whatever it may be, the Fifth Infinity was their only connection to the Anomaly.

If they wanted to find anything about the Anomaly—which they did, because whether they believed it or not, the Anomaly was, at some level, a threat—had he been targeting any one of them like he was targeting Light,

They too wouldn’t know what to do.

Plus, the fear that the Anomaly might disappear and return to his own Universe wasn’t without grounds either—

The Infinities wanted to avoid that.

So they needed the Fifth Infinity.

And considering all that, Equarios, who had been silent all this while, spoke up, trying to act as a bridge.

“We have no information about the enemy. Does that mean you do?”

He asked.

And when he spoke, he made sure his tone didn’t sound like he was looking down on the Fifth Infinity. It was easy to sense that was the core of the conflict; he wanted to avoid that.

Azriel sensed his intentions and—

“I have met him before, yes.”

Azriel nodded.

“At that time, I did not know what he was or what he was capable of.”

“So he fooled you.”

Ul’Thakar pointed almost instantly.

Azriel looked at him and—

“I didn’t care enough to notice.”

“That’s a convenient excuse.”

Ul’Thakar laughed, and Azriel, who was turning his gaze back to Equarios to have a conversation, turned back to him and—

“If I cared about every single being I encounter, I would care too much.

Don’t think you are any different.

If you are lying to me or trying to fool me, you can—since I wouldn’t bother noticing. It is the same sense of insignificance you feel when you deal with those below you.

Whatever plans or schemes you might have, you do not have the capability to hurt or even affect me,

So why would I bother?

I have better things to invest my time in.”

Another wave of silence spread, and this one was far more tense than the others. It was the first time any being had talked to the Four Supremes with such tone and arrogance. Maybe it was a habit or whatever, but even they themselves did not use that tone when they talked to each other.

So this was…

This was clearly out of the line, for every one of them.

“You think too highly of yourself.”

Ul’Thakar spoke, and now there was no hint of amusement in his voice.

“Come here, let’s see if your limbs can back up your mouth.”

He challenged directly, and before Azriel could say anything—

“You know what, fuck it, I already know what you are going to say.

So tell me where you are and I’ll come to you, alone.”

Ul’Thakar stood up, and as he did, the entire room they were in turned… darker.

The other Infinities’ faces turned stiff; they could see it as well. Ul’Thakar was serious. He was annoyed to the point where things might go south, and while the entire interaction would benefit them and they wanted it to continue—

They also knew the Fifth Infinity was a new player—

They did not wish to pursue anything without any plans, so—

“That is enough.”

Equarios spoke up, stopping Ul’Thakar.

“We still need information about the Anomaly.

Don’t act rashly.”