Ezequiel could not help but frown as he heard Venganza's words. It was not the Revenge Thearch that bothered him, but the fact that this one was right. His daughter had a near-infinite potential, but while there was a ferocious battle drive in her heart, she lacked the composure of a true warrior.
The Emptiness Thearch would have wanted to give her proper training as he did with Noah, but he could not. It was not that his heart was not strong enough to put his daughter through bloody training, but doing that would incite the wrath of the only person he did not dare to anger.
"Ahh, that unruly girl sure is lucky to have you as a mother." Ezequiel sighed as he uttered those words softly and turned toward a group made of powerful Primordials. At the center was a woman with nine silver stars bathed in gold around her head, cheering passionately.
Numir treated Ezequiel like a divine being, loving and worshiping him, but there was one thing that she adored even more, and that was the fruit of their love, her only daughter, Athea Invictus.
When the mighty Emptiness Thearch proposed giving his daughter proper training to fix her wild nature, Numir went berserker. Even the mighty Ezequiel, the man that knew no rival, had to compromise in the face of his furious wife.
Some of the Sacred Kings turned toward Ezequiel since they all knew about the difficulty this one had with his daughter's training, but when they saw the black-and-white lightning in his eyes, they all looked away.
"Ahm, Athea is undoubtedly impressive, but the brats from the Depravita Sacred Mountain are not any worse, don't you think so, brother?" Codicia attempted to change the subject to alleviate the tension, but a strange expression appeared on his face as he turned to the one he was talking to.
The other Sacred Kings also turned toward the last Depravita in the thrones, the Sacred King of the mightiest Sacred Mountain, and could not help but shake their heads.
The Depravita Sacred King was a gorgeous man with a golden crown over his head and a yellow robe made of an extremely mighty Eternal Flame. He mastered the Depravita Inheritance, the power to break the confines of Concepts and create reality out of pure thoughts.
Orgullo stared at the Sundered Agony World with a peaceful expression, but all the Sacred Kings knew this one was not paying attention. He was sleeping.
That easy-going attitude exasperated the other Sacred Kings, but there was nothing they could say to the man since he was, by far, the strongest of the Nine Sacred Kings!
Actually, according to the analysis the other Sacred Kings made when they faced threats together on the Emptiness, Orgullo's domain over his Eternal Flame already allowed him to rise to the Fourth Realm following the Concept Path.
Although the Depravita of Pride did not say it, many guessed he wanted to rise to the Fourth Realm after unlocking his Truth, simultaneously breaking through in both paths as the Samsara Thearch did.
That path showed not only the Depravita Sacred King's extreme arrogance, but there was also an objective component to his decision.
After Ezequiel and Venganza broke through the Fourth Realm, they found it very difficult to raise the Path of Concept and Path of Laws to the next level.
It was hard to tell whether their lack of domain over those fields prevented them from advancing or that rising to the Fourth Realm in a sole path generated a handicap since that cultivation stage was still a mystery, even for the Emptiness Thearch and Revenge Thearch.
The only one that could give them a proper answer was the Samsara Thearch since his cultivation domain surpassed that of everybody. He had mighty Omnipotence, which allowed him to obtain the answer to any question he might have.
"Hmph." A sneer echoed among the thrones, waking up Orgullo.
The Depravita of Pride frowned, but when he turned to the origin of the sneer and saw the annoyed look in the Revenge Thearch, he only shrugged his shoulders and showed an awkward smile. Even if he was the Depravita Sacred King, Orgullo knew that the mightiest warrior of the Depravita Race would always be the Depravita of Revenge.
Orgullo could become a mighty Thearch using the extremely powerful Concept of Pride. Still, even then, the Depravita of Revenge would be stronger due to his Samsara of Sin and Man and the ability to fuse with other Depravitas flawlessly.
"You should be paying attention. That man is also taking this trial, and it would be a grave sin if we fail to develop his full potential."
"Hahaha, Leader, you worry too much. He is actually quite annoying to train.
No matter what type of training I gave him, he was always pushing himself even harder. I could do little other than watch over him."
The exchange between Revenge Thearch and the Depravita Sacred King surprised the other Sacred Kings. For Venganza and Orgullo to care so much about a young Depravita, he must be beyond special.
All of them were curious, but the duo did not exchange more words.
The Sacred Kings and even Ezequiel used their souls to focus on all the Depravitas inside the Sundered Agony World, and one rose among the others.
He had not moved a single muscle since the moment he entered the world, which is why the Sacred Kings and Ezequiel overlooked him, but now that they focused on him, they could see he was indeed special.
A large cloak was covering his figure, and it seemed to be made of a unique material since not even Ezequiel's soul force could pierce through it. There was nothing wrong with the man wanting to cover his appearance, so they just watched him.
Lightning fell from the sky, and giant waves rose from the ocean, but unlike everybody else in the world, the man stood steady, allowing those destructive powers to clash against his body!
