465 Bonding? (1/2)

”Her name is Celestine Agnes, the youngest amongst the current War Gods of our sect.”

Raven was briefly startled, he didn't expect that Henry would follow him here. Well, he could tell that this was a clone of his but still, he wasn't expecting him to appear here.

”Senior Brother! I wasn't expecting you…”

”Don't sweat it, this is just a clone of mine. My real body's with the rest.” Henry smiled at him and continued, ”More importantly, I wasn't expecting you to come here. In fact, those who board this ship rarely visits this place.”

”Oh, that.” Raven sighed and said: ”I figured that I should take advantage of my time here. After all, I don't know when I'll be able to board this ship again.”

”Is that so?” Henry chuckled and said: ”Don't worry, if you perform good enough, you'll get to board this ship as many times as you want. Hell, you can even buy one so long as you have enough Merit Points.”

Raven similarly chuckled and said: ”That'll be tough. The price tag is already enough to make me feel discouraged.”

Henry merely smiled and looked at the light screen in front of them. He then said: ”This event was pretty recent. Just some odd years ago. Someone caused devastating damages on the Agnes Clan.”

Raven listened as Henry recounted the details of the event.

”Had it been a fair fight, Celestine wouldn't have reacted this way. Unfortunately, the enemy of her clan used underhanded tactics and it was proven as well as witnessed by many people. Due to that, they managed to royally piss her off.”

”While Celestine is the youngest amongst us, she's the one that has the shortest patience. As soon as she got wind of the news, she asked for permission to cleanse a certain planet's filth. After the Elders deliberated the situation, she was permitted and the result was…well, you're watching it.”

Raven's interest was piqued as he asked: ”Did she destroy the entire planet?”

”If she wanted to, she could've. After all, she got clearance to do so. With the backing of our sect, even if she did. No one would question it nor condemn her for it. Sure, she might receive some of the people's ire but that's all there is to it. No one would really dare to confront her about it.”

”In the end, she didn't.” Henry added, ”She just wiped out everything that has connection with the enemy of her clan, including the ones that fled to another location. After that, she came back to the sect and remained there since a War God's position requires her to do many chores.”

Raven let out a breath, hearing all of that coming straight from Henry's mouth made him think about many things:

'Such is the power of a strong background.' Raven sighed inwardly, being more convinced that his decision to join the sect was correct.

”How many War Gods do we have Senior Brother?” Raven asked curiously.

”Including me, we have eleven.” Henry replied, ”Nine are currently within the sect while the other three are out on a mission. It'll probably take them decades to come back, but it also depends.”

”Then…” Raven hesitated for a bit before eventually asking: ”What are the requirements to be a War God?”

Henry looked at him in a surprised manner, and seeing Raven's earnest expression caused him to roar in laughter as he said:

”Good! That's a good attitude to have!” Henry patted Raven's back multiple times, ”However, you don't have the necessary qualifications to know that yet. Your first step, is to become an Inner Disciple. When we arrive at the sect, you will know how to become one.”

”Understood.” Raven wasn't too disappointed by Henry's reply, after all he wasn't expecting him to answer his question anyway. Still, he provided him with clues which will eventually lead towards that step. That's plenty enough.

”Oh, another thing Senior Brother…” Raven said, Henry looked at him so he asked: ”How come we encountered Space Beasts on out way? Aren't we following a specialized route? If we are, then something like that shouldn't have happened. Did the protective array suffered some damages?”

Henry was genuinely surprised this time as he said: ”Oh, to think that you're aware of the Specialized Routes. It seems that you've done some extensive research huh?”

Raven merely nodded his head and waited for Henry to continue.