Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis had totally forgotten about his birthday. After all, birthdays kind of lost their meaning.

However, one million years was still a long time, and Gravis needed some time to process that.

Gravis was a million years old now.

After a moment of shock, Gravis recovered and thanked everyone for coming.

Then, all of them had a small get-together, which reminded Gravis of the time he had left for the middle world. Back then, they had also held a small party for Gravis.

Gravis still remembered the present his father had given him. It had been a black scale, and Gravis had had no idea from whom this scale came.

Now, Gravis knew.

It had been a scale from the Black Magnate.

Stella wasn't here right now since she was busy comprehending more Laws. Additionally, Gravis also hadn't been there for Stella's millionth birthday.

It wasn't really an important event, and everyone knew that, which was why the party had only been very small and short. It basically only acted as a small get-together and reunion.

Gravis didn't speak much with Mortis, the Black Magnate, his father, or his mother since he was in regular contact with them.

However, Orpheus was someone Gravis hadn't met in a while, and he asked him how he was doing. After all, Gravis hadn't seen Orpheus in Manuel's faction.

"Oh, I'm just comprehending Laws," Orpheus said with a smile. "The Ancestor of the Eternal Fire Sect offered me the position of Sect Master, but I declined. I don't want to be bound by a lot of responsibility."

This took Gravis by surprise. "Wait, what? The Ancestor asked you to be the Sect Master of the Eternal Fire Sect?" Gravis asked.

Orpheus nodded with a smile. "Yes, apparently, there had been some kind of competition I didn't know about. However, that explanation cleared a lot of my doubts."

Gravis lifted an eyebrow.

them were slandering me. Others were trying to put the blame on me for something I didn't do. Some people tried to convince me that there were hidden spies in the Eternal Fire

to go against you?" Gravis asked with a dangerous glint

only laughed. "I like that you're trying to help me, but you're still a bit

continued looking into Orpheus'

wasn't taking this situation as

or did you forget that? All these political schemes are unimportant, and I let them do and say

me now, but who cares? I'm still a member of their Sect, and if they try to throw me out of

way, that's eventually something that

of the Eternal

Orpheus answered with a smirk, "but they tried

"What happened?" Gravis asked.

He said that infighting was great for

me, which would have resulted in the Eternal Fire Sect becoming much weaker. They can deal with losing thousands

that bad if it involves a significant increase of

Eternal Fire Sect would drop significantly, which meant that this was a stupid

of Sect

a strange

of Sect Master, he would have gained an incredible amount of resources to further his own

have also gained quite

was a trade everyone was

Except Orpheus.

have declined?' Gravis

Silence.

have put a proxy in my place. In short,

have probably used Manuel as

who's the current Sect

unofficially?" Orpheus asked with

"Both," Gravis answered.

current Sect Master. Unofficially," Orpheus said before making a short pause,

from curiosity into a deadpan