The young man in the black robe stood by the sidelines, watching in disbelief as he saw Bern get defeated and knocked unconscious.
"There's no chance Bern can be beaten like this, especially by someone in a remote area like here, unless..." muttered the young man in the black robe to himself.
"Hey, what's the deal? Are you going to keep your word?" Elio yelled somewhat loudly at the young man in the black robe. "Do I gotta fight you too?"
"He beat Bern, so his skill must not be underestimated," the young man in the black robe pondered. "I should calm him down first."
"Well, well, what an interesting person." Said the young man in a black robe, looking impressed with Elio's achievement as he clapped his hands.
"You defeated Bern, not bad," said the young man in a black robe. He walked toward Elio and stopped a few meters away while maintaining distance.
"Well, what else can I do." The young man in the black robe sighed slightly. "I never thought Bern would lose in a place like this. What has happened has already happened."
"Bern and I are from a cult called Black Stain." The young man in a black robe explained. "And the two of us are on a mission from the cult."
"A cult? And on a mission?" Elio looked a bit surprised to hear this.
He didn't expect something like a cult to exist in this world as well.
"I guess I shouldn't be too surprised about the existence of a cult, should I? After all, I have just been reborn in another world by a god," Elio muttered, hesitantly sighing.
"Whoops... as for more details about our mission, it's still a secret to outsiders like you." The young man in the black robe immediately raised his hand in a gesture that seemed to stop his word.
"But it would be different if..." The young man in a black robe suddenly paused his speech.
Slowly, he walked back closer to Elio.
He halted a meter ahead of Elio.
"What if you joined our cult?" said the young man in the black robe, speaking gently to Elio.
"Excuse me? What are you talking about?" Elio sounded taken aback.
"Didn't you intend to kill me from the beginning?" asked Elio after noticing the young man in the black robe's behavior that seemed strange and suddenly changed drastically. "Why are you suddenly inviting me to join your cult?"
"Please calm down for a moment," the young man dressed in black robes replied as he tried to calm Elio down.
"In the beginning, it was my intention, and it was also for several reasons. However, I have changed my mind after witnessing your skills."
"You have the potential, as you defeated Bern to the point where he was helpless and unconscious. Do you have any doubts about your potential?"
Elio frowned as he responded to the young man in black robes.
"Right... enough potential to serve our master, the Evil God." The young man in the black robe expressed his feelings passionately with bulging eyes and seemed to be doing a pose similar to the "praise the sun" pose.
"What? An Evil God?" Elio was surprised and let out a small gasp.
"Another thing involving a god, huh?" Elio said in his heart. "I think the cult he refers to is some kind of Spirit, Ghost, or something else."
"And, of course, the most important thing here is, what is Evil God?" Elio seemed rather curious about this thing called Evil God. "Does such a god really exist?"
"You know, humans are weak creatures, right?"
"Also a greedy, covetous, and selfish creature."
"They do everything they can to achieve their goals. Even by using violence."
"And violence is said by many to be the source of evil." The young man in black robes explained.
"In that case, what is evil?" the young man in the black robe asked Elio.
"Ehh... I guess it's a deviant act, maybe?" Elio replied somewhat hesitantly, even though he actually looked a bit indifferent.
After Elio responded, the young man in the black robe briefly paused before explaining.
"Throughout history, evil has been a constant presence. However, the definition of evil can vary based on different perspectives. In general, evil is characterized as the opposite of good. Moreover, evil can also be interpreted as a manifestation of the immoral human nature, where conflict and torment are considered to be the underlying causes of evil."
"In other words, evil is humankind itself, and the human being himself is evil."
"Ughh, I think there's something wrong with this guy's brain," Elio said, looking at the young man in black robes in his heart, feeling sorry for him.
"Oh right, I think I'll try to check the system if there is additional new information."
Elio opened his system while the young man in the black robe still explained. He tried to check if he had any new information recorded by his system.
When Elio's system was displayed in front of him, his system displayed a message. Elio only realized that there was a message notification from his system because he had been listening to the young man in the black robe explanation. Although he did not really care about most of the contents of the talk.
Elio got a notification that he had defeated a cultist and got a 10 point system reward. After that, another notification from the system suddenly appeared, which was that Elio had triggered a new Epic Mission.
[Host, congratulations, you have triggered an Epic Mission]
[Eliminate Black Stain Cult]
[Note: The Black Stain Cult is a secretive group of people who worship the Evil God. They do many things beyond common sense to dedicate to the resurrection of the Evil God. To them, the Evil God is the only true god. It will lead the world to a new path].
[Reward: 50000 system points]
"Huh, fifty thousand points?" Elio was very surprised to see the total amount of rewards from the system for this epic mission. This was the first time he had seen such a large total reward, even reaching more than tens of thousands of points.
"Hey, system, is the total reward for this epic mission really that much?"
[Yes]
"Hhmm... even the Lizhi Village epic mission is only 500 points.." Elio seemed to be thinking about something. "The epic mission reward this time amounts to a hundred times more than the Lizhi Village epic mission reward, which means that the difficulty level is around the same level, I think."
"With my current level, I thought..." Elio muttered in his heart silently for a moment.
"Well, I guess I put aside this epic mission first. For now, there are more important things." Elio looked determined.
"I know what I have to do for now," Elio looked at the young man in black robes in front of him.