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."

last job is the job of an

was listening at the side, but when he heard Aion shouting and felt the gold

gestured with his head that Gravis should follow 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

do

branch manager decides it," Aion pointed at himself and smiled.

guessed as much. Aion had already shown his incredible power in front of Gravis, and Gravis guessed that there was probably

they continued walking. "How come you came to find me and not someone else? Isn't that the job

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 know, there are four

on the way home didn't take much time." Aion smiled and looked at the ceiling. "I

in the end, it had benefitted Gravis. If Heaven hadn't sent Aion to kill him, then Gravis wouldn't have gotten into the 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, he would have survived the encounter by

be under Heaven's guidance," said Gravis with a smile. 'Yeah,

nodded. They had been walking for a while and had also climbed multiple stairs. Yet, Gravis had not seen another person, except Cerb, so far. The Heaven Sect seemed luxurious but very empty. "How many

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 something. "We should get back to

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 experience otherwise. On top of that, with the Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique, you can also increase your Realm like that. Though remember, the criminals put up a fight and can

me? But haven't they been branded as

person to die.

nodded. "That makes sense," he

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 in the middle of the corridor opened. "You first need to learn