I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 166: Few dots connecting from months ago

It was Lucian.

Or you could say, Caulin, the current name which he went by.

The cyborg genius Caulin, one of the biggest betrayers of humanity.

Did he contact Paulina because I used her to expose his plan while acting as 'Singularity'?

Paulina had a clueless expression on her face, but it seemed she had the same idea as him.

"Don't look at me like that, I have no idea why he contacted me.

"It is probably related to the incident in Polinek city where you had me speak a bunch of words to him.

"Just read the chats, he is looking for you. I am just confused, why not contact you directly?"

Eryndor shrugged with a similarly confused expression.

Actually, I know. It's pretty obvious.

He thinks Paulina is a middle man for 'Singularity'. None of them know that 'Singularity' is me.

Refocusing his attention back on the chat screen, he read through the messages.

Caulin: "I want you to notify the person who sent you last time that I have some interesting information.

"Hint: I got it from the Cyborg Outer domain and is related to the Trenek secret realm.

"If they want the information, I want to know about their title. Reply only if they agree to the deal."

What? Information related to the Trenek secret realm? Isn't that the name of this secret realm?

I am not surprised that he has information about this secret realm, but to say that he got it from the Cyborg Outer Domain? Now that changes things.

As he was about to continue thinking, Paulina piped up from the side seeing that he finished reading.

"Well, he is talking about the Trenek secret realm. This seems to be related to this place. Is something wrong?"

Eryndor had been thinking all along that it was just him alone being targeted. But now? He wasn't so sure.

He shook his head at her.

"I am not sure either, I'll have to contact that person. I'm taking your phone, I'll be back in a while."

Saying so, he didn't wait for her to reply before shooting off in the distance.

Naturally, there was no such person he needed to contact, but he still had to keep up the appearances that 'singularity' was another person he was working under.

He couldn't reply to Caulin himself, at least in front of her.

He used his extended vision to make sure he was far enough and looked at the chats before falling in thought.

He got information about this secret realm from a Cyborg Outer Domain?

Last time I guessed that he might have an information based Mystical Artifact.

Is that how he got this information as well? Does it also have a function of letting him know the source of the information? Sounds very powerful.

Or is it some connection he has in the Cyborg Outer Domain?

Eryndor kept this thought aside and focused on another point which was so concerning.

He asked for my title?

Does he have an information based Mystical Artifact or not?

He hadn't told Paulina about his title, and by extension, Caulin didn't know either.

It was his way of checking if Caulin had an information based Mystical Artifact.

Judging from how he wanted to know his title though, there were three possibilities.

He reigned in his impulse to know about my title.

or

He doesn't have an information based Mystical Artifact.

Or

He does have the Mystical Artifact and also wants to know about my title, but there must be a price for it which he isn't keen on paying.

Eryndor knew that many Mystical Artifacts had side effects or a price to pay to use them.

He clearly wants to know about my title, so the first option can be cancelled.

As for the second, a lot of points in his scheme of betrayal would be difficult to carry out if he didn't have an information based Mystical Artifact.

Either that, or he must have other incredible connections for information, which I don't think is possible since that would mean more people knowing about his plans. He obviously wouldn't want that.

Not to mention that he knew Calix's innate ability which only Hellen knew about. Even Calix's own sister only knew about the surface level information about his ability, not even in depth specifics.

At this point let's just assume that he does indeed have a Mystical Artifact for collecting information.

So is it the last point?

Eryndor narrowed his eyes at that. He had a feeling that the title he had picked was too unusual.

He hadn't missed Hellen's and Ken's reaction when he spoke out his title for the first time. They had missed it despite him being extremely clear with his wording.

A price to pay for all information huh.

Could it be that because of the nature of my title, the price for knowing it is high enough that he would rather ask me directly?

It was a very plausible conclusion.

But there was a point.

He wouldn't know that I am in the Trenek secret realm. So why would he randomly want to give me this information?

Eryndor thought back to his interaction with Caulin using his identity of 'singularity'.

Wait, I asked last time if he was on humanity's side. When he gave a positive answer, I didn't expose him despite knowing his entire scheme.

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So, according to him, I am on the side of humanity.

So he's giving me this information knowing it could influence humanity?

An information related to Trenek secret realm which concerned humanity enough for Caulin to contact me?

Eryndor took a deep breath as he came to this conclusion.

Just what is happening here?

He forced himself to calm down and thought back his previous knowledge on Caulin.

If there is a high price to know the information related to my title, can I assume that the price increases with the rarity of the information or it increases with the level of life form concerned in the information asked?

If it is the second point…

He just connected a few dots from Caulin's scheme of betrayal which he had overlooked months ago.