275 The champions story II (1/2)

They could not understand how someone so young, who should barely be able to understand the world, was able to survive in such a treacherous and hostile environment.

Ezequiel gave the duo a moment to understand his words before continuing with the story.

”As you may know, after each mission, the members of the Death Army have a three months rest period before they are summoned again. Unlike the rest of his comrades, who would only participate in missions when they were forced, Gwyn Xinter hardly rested for a week before volunteering himself to duty, specifically to tasks involving World Wars.

Many mocked the boy and thought he was one of those hot-blooded youths who liked to show off, but they could not be more wrong. Even though he was extremely young, his scheming mind was not inferior to those who had lived hundreds of years.

While it was true that the mortality rate of the missions that involved Eye Masters and Eye Lords was the same, the amount that returned alive of the last group would usually not reach the two digits while those of the first could be counted in the dozens.

That was because the number of Eye Masters that were sent in each mission reached the tens of thousands with ease. In such a great number, it was easier for a genius like Gwyn to dodge the real threats and find a path to survival.

As for not training during the rest period and maintaining his power at Rank 1 for several decades, that was not possible, especially for someone with an Emperor bloodline.

The Death Army granted excellent training facilities to its members. There was an unspoken rule in the army that those who did not focus on increasing their power would be marked. The fate of those individuals was certain death.

Gwyn was not the only one who noticed the advantage that Eye Masters had in the army. However, he was the only one with the courage among the Rank 1 life forms to take that opportunity.

There was one more reason why he preferred missions in which there were many Eye Masters. The number of people from whom he could steal inside the army was greater. I don't have an exact figure, but the number of soldiers of the Death Army that died in his hands was above one thousand.

Before his eighth birthday arrived, Gwyn Xinter fulfilled his one-hundredth mission and became the youngest Captain of the Death Army in the history of the Eye Dynasty.

Unfortunately for them, Gwyn was not interested in forming part of their clans. He no longer needed their protection and could obtain resources with his own hands. He formed his own clan named the Ghost Eye Clan and picked soldiers from the Death Army, with whom he had developed a relationship, to form part of it. ” Ezequiel made a pause here, and you could see in his eyes that he was truly impressed with the determination of the five years old boy in the story.

”In our meeting, he got a Path Technique from my Master, similar to the one you have, but unlike you two, he bought it. Before that day, his goal was to achieve revenge on the Blood Eye Clan, but he obtained a piece of information that changed everything.

When he returned to the Eye Dynasty, he once again started to take missions of the Death Army. Most Captains would usually handle the recruits or lead the army from a safe location in World Wars, but Gwyn took a more direct role in the missions, fighting in the front lines.

The dangers he had to face as an Eye Lord were much greater. In every battle, he was forced to break his limits and urge out every ounce of potential inside him. Thanks to his title, he obtained the same resources that we gave to you two.

When he became an Eye King, Gwyn had already touched the part of the Path Technique that transformed his body, meant for Soul Forging existences. The only reason he could not advance more was due to the need to awake his True Soul to start the next level of that technique.

If I compared that level to your techniques, it would be like completing the second level and starting to grasp the third.”

When Sigrid and Aren heard that, their eyes widened. The pride they had for finishing the first level of their Path Technique disappeared. Merely entering the second level before reaching Peak of Rank 3 was not something the duo thought possible.