Chapter 130: Person From the Past (2/2)

”Surprisingly, she was the first person to survive an execution mission in over ten years,” Aion remarked with a bit of praise. ”You know how powerful our Heavenly Pressure is, so you should also know how impressive it is for her to actually kill the executioner.”

Gravis could only nod in confirmation. The Heavenly Pressure of a Heavenborn on the sixth level should be about as intense as Gravis' Will-Aura if he didn't compress it. That was an impressive advantage since an enemy only one level higher than the user could only release about 50% of their strength under it.

Aion walked away from his desk again and looked outside the window, with his arms behind his back. ”According to the rules, we pardoned her crime since she had survived the mission. There had to be a reason for her to survive, and Heaven wanted her to remain alive. She wouldn't have survived otherwise.”

Aion turned around and smirked at Gravis. ”And now I know why she had been spared. Heaven kept her alive just for you! Everything became clear to me when I saw what she was doing in recent weeks. You should also know the reason since you have read the dossier.” Aion pointed at the paper in Gravis' hand.

Gravis furrowed his brows and nodded. How couldn't he understand? Yet, he was still incredibly confused about Wendy's actions. In Gravis' mind, those actions made no sense. What reason could she possibly have to do this?

The dossier reported that starting about three weeks ago, Wendy started running around all the towns, cities, and Elemental Guilds. That in itself was no problem, but wherever she went, she would loudly denounce Gravis. She would call him a coward, a filthy traitor, a weakling, a teacher-killer, and many similar things.

Talking bad about a member of the Heaven Sect wouldn't be persecuted, but it was different when it was done in this grand style. Her voice would echo throughout the entire towns and cities, and she would even pay people from other guilds to shout such statements in their respective guilds.

'Is it because of Gorn? Did they have some kind of special relationship? But I haven't heard anything about that!' Gravis thought. 'She also didn't seem stupid, and I could also feel that she was different from all the other Proxy-Guild Masters. She felt like she was actually leading them. She should know that I would be sent on a mission to…'

Gravis' eyes widened. 'So that's her plan! For some reason, she wants to kill me! That's also why she only denounced me and said nothing about the other Heavenborn. She explicitly wanted to kill me.' Gravis' eyes narrowed. 'Now, that's interesting!'

”Catch!” Gravis heard a shout from Aion and saw a sack flying towards him, which he quickly caught. Gravis looked inside and saw a lot of Energy Stones. ”She is still in the seventh level of Energy Gathering, but it's possible that she already made a breakthrough into the eighth,” Aion explained.

”The rules must be followed!” he said with a severe tone that didn't allow for counterarguments. ”You should be close to the fifth level of Magic Gathering now. Use some stones and make a breakthrough into the fifth level. Also,” Aion said as he threw over a jade token.

Gravis looked at the jade token and realized that this token would activate the same Formation Array that the Lightning Guild tried to use against him on the tree. This Formation Array was worth 5,000 Mission Points!

”After you make the breakthrough, you will go to the Wind Guild and fulfill your mission. If you realize that she has reached the eighth level, you will use this Formation Array to fall back. Then, you will use the remaining stones to make another breakthrough. After that, you will kill her, but you are not allowed to use the Formation Array to help you win!” Aion explained.

”You are also not allowed to use the stones nor the Formation Array if she has not broken through yet! We will check what really happened, and I expect those things back from you in the case that she didn't break through!” Aion said in seriousness.

Gravis looked at the Jade Token and the Formation Array and nodded at Aion. After that, he left Aion's office and went back to his room to reach the fifth level of Energy Gathering.

While cultivating, Gravis narrowed his eyes and thought about Wendy.

”I wonder what this is all about.”