Lightning Is the Only Way

Cerb turned to Gravis with wide eyes. "You can do that?" he asked in disbelief.

Gravis simply nodded. He was not surprised that Aion knew about his battle strength. Aion had already proven how good the information network of the Heaven Sect was. Gravis could also infer that Aion didn't fully grasp his battle strength yet, or else he would know that Gravis had already killed someone at the seventh level of Energy Gathering.

Gravis never had a comparison in the Energy Gathering Realm. He didn't know if there were other people in the Energy Gathering Realm who could jump ranks to fight stronger people. Apparently, that was pretty rare. Gravis guessed that all Heavenborn could probably jump one rank due to their Heavenly Pressure. Though, jumping two ranks seemed to be rare.

"Gravis," said Aion, as Gravis turned to him. "We have three regular jobs that we have to do. The first one," said Aion as he pointed at Cerb with his thumb. "Is exchanging gold for Magic-Stones. Our headquarter in the Core-Continent doesn't need gold, but Magic-Stones are useful. Cerb is our only person right now whose job it is to exchange gold for Magic-Stones."

Cerb was proud that he was the sole person responsible for that. "Though he is not particularly good at it," Aion shot him down, and Cerb didn't seem as happy anymore.

"What about the other two jobs?" Gravis asked.

"Another job is the scouting of new Heavenborn," Aion continued. "New Heavenborn don't know that they are Heavenborn and also don't know about our guild. Most of the time, Heaven tells our High Priest about a new Heavenborn that is ready to join us, though not always. You were one of those exceptions. Heaven has not told us about you, previously."

Gravis nodded. Why would Heaven tell them about him being a Heavenborn, when he clearly wasn't. Gravis was happy that Heaven seemed to be sloppy at times. If he were the only "Heavenborn" that had not been announced previously, it would have been way harder for Gravis to worm his way into the Heaven Sect.

"So, those scouts get sent to the locations to retrieve our junior brothers and sisters?" asked Gravis.

Aion nodded. "Exactly. We are responsible for the south and the east of the Middle and Outer-Continent," Aion explained. "As you already know, the distances are far, and it takes a long time to go to their locations, find them, and bring them back. We have two sisters who are responsible for scouting, and they are very rarely here."

the job of an

door. Cerb was listening at the side, but when he

and also went out of the door. They walked down a hallway, and Aion continued his explanation. "We need to gather fighting experience, and we also need to do our jobs, which is to hunt the people who go against Heaven. An executioner's job is to hunt those criminals

looked at him. "How do we judge someone to be

manager decides it," Aion pointed at himself and smiled. "I am the branch manager of this area of the Heaven Sect, by the

had already shown his incredible power in front of Gravis, and Gravis guessed that

come you came to find me and not someone else? Isn't that

"Funnily enough, I heard about you in the guild meeting of the Middle-Continent. Every four years, the Elemental Guilds in the Middle-Continent gather and let their juniors battle for glory and money, of course, that excludes us. The Guild Master of the Lightning Guild in the south told me about you. By the way, if you didn't

name in the dossiers about new Heavenborn, so I grew interested and suspicious. Going to that Proxy-Lightning Guild on the way home didn't take much time." Aion smiled and

Heaven Sect that easily. If Heaven hadn't sent Aion to Gravis, Aion might not have defended Gravis from the expert of the Lightning Guild. Aion might have decided that if Heaven wanted Gravis to live,

guidance," said Gravis with a

had not seen another person, except Cerb, so far. The Heaven Sect seemed luxurious but very empty.

the branch manager. One disciple is responsible for the exchanges. Two disciples are responsible for scouting, and seven disciples, including you, are responsible for executions." Aion looked like he remembered

as an executioner is to kill criminals one level higher than you, but in your case, it is two levels higher. The reason for that is that you can't get any meaningful combat

furrowed his brows. "They can redeem themselves by killing me? But haven't they been branded

smiled. "If the criminal manages to win against a Heavenborn, someone who has the highest karmic luck and Heavenly Pressure, then Heaven obviously doesn't want that person to die. We can't read the thoughts of Heaven, so we can

nodded. "That makes sense,"

were missing someone to hunt the criminals at the sixth level of Magic Gathering, so you came at the perfect time. But before you can begin," suddenly, the door at the end of the corridor and another one