Reyansh was mentally preparing himself for the talk with Sandra and her mentioned gift. Though she hadn’t shown any kind of hostility, she wasn’t exactly known to him either.

He had no problems in using something if it helps him in his journey. However, at the same time he didn’t want to be blind-sided or fall into trap because he was too focused on the prize.

So when the subscription notification of The Stellar Emperor appeared, his mind raced to the possibilities. But the next moment, when message from Emperor appeared, he faltered.

He was barely addressing him on the stream and now the Emperor had messaged him personally. He first dragged himself to his bed and sat down at the edge.

After taking a deep breath, mentally readying himself to talk with million-year-old entity.

"H-Hello, Stellar Emperor, thank you for subscribing to my channel." He replied as his lips quivered, while he awaited the Dragon’s response, withholding his breath.

[The Stellar Emperor: I was intrigued by the Divine rank version of my skill you showed. Though it wasn’t as powerful it was supposed to be, probably due to your physical and core limitations.]

’Why was I even expecting that he won’t mention this? He is the freaking Dragon, when Sandra is this perceptive. I can’t even fathom the limits of his mind.’ He almost smacked himself for thinking, the Emperor won’t talk about it.

’There is no point in playing smart with such entity. As they say, Honesty is the best policy.’ He decided.

"You are spot on, Sir Emperor. Though I apologize if I offended your highness by doing that without your permission," He accepted.

[The Stellar Emperor: No need to be so formal, Stellar Emperor is fine. As for permission, you don’t need it. It was well within your right to use your ability to the fullest in any fight, never apologize for that.]

[The Stellar Emperor: Had my daughter mentioned anything?]

’Daughter, huh? I had guessed there was some relation. So, she is a princess. Did she knew her father will talk to me? She should have warned me, at least,’ he wondered as the revelation of Emperor’s daughter brought a bit of clarity to him.

"Thank you for your words, Stellar Emperor, I will keep it in mind. She had only mentioned of a reward, I don’t know about anything else," He responded.

[The Stellar Emperor: Okay, before I get to that matter, Do you have any other mask? Or other ways to hide your identity?]

"No, Stellar Emperor, this is the only one I have," he answered as his brows raised. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

’Why is he interested in the mask?’ he wondered.

[The Stellar Emperor: Your mask is okay for normal viewers. However, since your stream is visible to all dimensions, your mask can’t shield you from my scrutiny or beings of my level.]

His mind started ringing, reading the reply. He never thought of this type situations. This mask worked great, the recent clerk incident was an example. But for entity like him, the mask couldn’t hold a candle.

’Shit, I guess that cat is out of the bag. I hadn’t thought of such entity appearing on my stream this early, a mistake on my part.’ He understood the meaning behind the Dragon’s words.

[The Stellar Emperor: You don’t have to worry about your identity, I respect your intent. However, not everyone will be the same. That’s what I wanted to talk about.]

Reyansh exhaled in relief reading the Dragon’s words, though he remained vigilant and focused on his words.

[The Stellar Emperor: I don’t know if you know how rare and attracting your ability is, maybe you know. I haven’t seen such an ability in my long life and believe me I have lived a long life.]

’Yeah, I know exactly how old you are,’ he remarked though internally he agreed with the Dragon’s words.

[The Stellar Emperor: So, if others come after you for your ability, you are too weak to defend yourself yet, at the moment.]

[The Stellar Emperor: I don’t want to stretch our talk much, I will only tell you this much. In this existence, either you are the Hunter or a Prey.]

[The Stellar Emperor: So become strong enough that you don’t become a Prey. Until then, I have something for you that will help with your Identity.]

The Dragon’s words only reaffirmed Reyansh’s beliefs. This only fueled his hunger for his goal of becoming the Undefeatable Hunter. However, the word about help also intrigued him.

’Is he going to give me skill or something?’ he wondered.

[The Stellar Emperor is using his authority....] ×2

Out of nowhere, Reyansh’s mind felt a presence that stunned him where he was sitting.

For a moment, his mind was in front of a humongous dragon, whose entire body wasn’t visible to him. Only his kilometres long star-studded wing span and a mouth that dwarfed the sun was in vision.

The feeling of being small, weak and insignificant filled his mind for a moment. The place was filled with bright golden light mimicking the scene when he was using the Stellar Oblivion Claw but on a much grander scale.

This image only flashed in his mind for a fleeting moment which was enough for Reyansh to glue him to his bed.

The only response of his consciousness to this overwhelming sensation was, ’I have to become stronger, so stronger that I overwhelm this bright shine from my sheer strength.’

[The Stellar Emperor has gifted you a Legendary rank mask.]

[Perk 1 is being applied]×2

[You have gained a Mythical rank Mask, StarWalker’s Veil.]

The notification panel brought back the Reyansh’s attention to the front. But his body still remembered that feeling, as his fists remained clutched to the bed.

[The Stellar Emperor: Grow stronger, StarWalker and don’t let my daughter’s trust in you, be in vain.]

[The Stellar Emperor has ended the chat.]

"I will Sir, I will reach a level that one day I won’t just endure that light but stand above it." Reyansh stated his thoughts, though he knew the chat has ended. But this was more for himself than anyone else.