"I am the Dream Archon Chen Meng."
Guizhong and Morax looked over the young man before them. They saw a youth with black hair and pale purple eyes, dressed in black attire. (Height roughly that of Zhongli.)
"And what is your divine name?"
Guizhong, standing beside Morax, asked curiously.
After all, Archons refer to themselves by their divine names, and it seemed she had heard the Dream Archon name somewhere before.
Morax stared at Chen Meng. "Dream Archon" put him on alert.
The name "Chen Meng" didn't sound like a divine name—it sounded like a mortal name.
Chen Meng was momentarily stunned.
Divine name… Right. Why don't I have a divine name?
At that moment, the system timely answered.
"Because your Authority is incomplete, the host does not know their divine name."
Chen Meng fell into contemplation.
Morax and Guizhong looked at him, unsure what he intended. Chen Meng slowly turned to face Morax and Guizhong and asked,
"What is the divine name?" his face full of confusion.
('This should let me bluff through, right?')
Guizhong also looked at Morax in puzzlement; after all, even she had never heard of an Archon who didn't know their own divine name, especially one newly born. Could something have gone wrong in the birth process?
Morax stroked his chin with one hand, looking at Chen Meng, and spoke slowly.
"Would you allow me to examine your Authority?"
Morax was curious whether Chen Meng really was that Archon.
"Of course," Chen Meng answered without hesitation. This stranger was the man who gave the strongest sense of security, so Chen Meng chose to trust him and walked from the cave entrance to stand before Morax and Guizhong.
"I don't know how you intend to inspect it," Chen Meng said, watching Morax.
Morax extended his right hand and slowly opened it. A small golden light orb appeared in his palm, emanating a heavy aura that made people feel deeply reassured.
"You can try to, like me, concentrate a bit of your Authority's power into your hand."
"Oh, I'll try." Chen Meng imitated Morax's action, extending his right hand and opening it. A pale purple mist slowly appeared in his palm, growing into a pale purple light orb.
Guizhong looked at the orb; she sensed a dreamlike aura emanating from it, but it seemed incomplete.
Morax glanced at the orb, then casually dispersed it, then stared at Chen Meng.
"Your Authority appears incomplete. And really, you don't recognize me?"
Chen Meng felt a surge of pressure come at him. He felt sweat covering his body.
"I… really don't recognize you." Chen Meng said, breathing heavily.
"That's fine, Morax. After all, he is just a newly born Archon." Guizhong said after observing Chen Meng. Morax also retracted his power—he thought Chen Meng certainly looked like a newly born Archon whose Authority was incomplete. Plus, "she" was dead—if she resurrected, they could just kill her again.
"Sorry, your power felt familiar." Morax apologized.
Chen Meng felt the pressure on him slowly vanish and exhaled in relief.
Guizhong approached Chen Meng's side.
"Chen Meng, you're freshly born, and your Authority's power is incomplete. Why not join us?"
Guizhong hoped to bring Chen Meng into the fold; that would make four Archons in the Guili Assembly. Although Chen Meng's power wasn't whole, from that little light orb alone his aura was not insignificant.
Chen Meng thought for a moment and replied, "Okay, but I don't know if that person agrees?"
Guizhong followed his gaze to Morax.
Morax thought, then looked at Chen Meng.
"Okay, as long as you don't do anything inappropriate."
Morax felt that bringing Chen Meng into the Guili Assembly would help him observe him—and if Chen Meng truly was a new Archon, that would add strength to Guili.
"Then come with me, Chen Meng. I'll take you to the Guili Assembly."
With that, Guizhong grabbed Chen Meng and teleported toward the Guili Assembly. Morax glanced back at the cave and also teleported in same direction.
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Guili Assembly
Morax, Guizhong, and Chen Meng sat at a stone table. Morax held a teacup and drank tea; Guizhong was studying new mechanism techniques; Chen Meng sat stiffly on a stone bench, zoning out. Marchosius was busy in the kitchen preparing a welcome meal for Chen Meng.
'System, how do I get more lottery draws—by doing tasks?'
"No. This system has no task module. Host only needs to complete achievements to obtain lottery draw counts."
'I see. System, have I already completed any achievements?'
"Yes. Because you just fused and then immediately met Morax and Guizhong, this system did not issue rewards at that time. It now detects you are in a safe state, so it begins issuing."
"Congratulations host on achieving: 'Did I transmigrate?', 'Fusion Sublimation', 'Best Knife in the Village', 'New Map' achievements. Rewards: Lottery Ticket ×2, Cooking skill, Weapon Mastery."
"Dinner is ready!" Marchosius brought dishes from the kitchen.
Morax and Guizhong moved to the table and sat. Chen Meng came back to his senses and walked toward the table.
"It smells amazing! As expected of Marchosius." Guizhong marveled at the sumptuous spread.
"Chen Meng, come sit." Guizhong waved him over.
"Hehe, go ahead first. Ping'er and the others probably won't be back for a while."
Marchosius sat in the seat next to Chen Meng.
"Hello, I am the God of Stove, Marchosius." Marchosius introduced himself.
"Hello, I am the Dream Archon Chen Meng." Chen Meng replied.
Marchosius looked at Chen Meng in surprise, then glanced questioningly at Morax and Guizhong.
Morax continued to eat calmly without acknowledging Marchosius. Guizhong also ignored Marchosius.
Marchosius, seeing their reactions and feeling a bit puzzled, still didn't ask anything. He just invited Chen Meng to eat.
After all, Morax was the one who brought Chen Meng back—so there was no need to worry too much.
"Morax, Guizhong, Marchosius, I'm back! Hey, I'm hungry and you're eating without me."
A group walked toward them. A girl at the head hurried up to them and looked at Chen Meng.
"Are you the new Archon? Hello, my name is…"