Izen understood that Rem made more sense. Since Gabriel was so determined to enter, they could only stop him by force which meant establishing a bad relationship with the Holy Church of Light which was already known to be arrogant.
However.still, deep inside, he had a feeling that he couldn't allow Gabriel to enter the first floor of the Tower. It was a very strong feeling as well.
He chased after Gabriel inside the Tower of Challenges.
Gabriel seemed completely ignorant to the others. It was as if he wasn't in any hurry. He was just observing the surroundings like it was his first time here.
"This place is so beautiful. Nothing less expected from an ancient structure!" He exclaimed, ensuring that everyone heard it.
"Holy Lord, as I said before, you can't enter!" Izen appeared before Gabriel. Without the crystal, Gabriel couldn't enter in any case, so he didn't worry. He just had to send Gabriel back first.
"Why can't I enter?" Gabriel asked, turning around.
Izen couldn't see Gabriel's face, but he expected Gabriel to be angry. He didn't realize that in reality, Gabriel was quite calm. It was as if he had already expected all this.
"Because these are the rules established by the Academy! Only members of the Academy can enter! Brothers and sisters of members can't enter. Otherwise, we'd have to allow millions of family members of our students inside as well. I hope you can understand."
Even though they had come to this point, Izen tried to reject Gabriel with logic to keep some decency.
"Is that so?" Gabriel muttered, letting out a sigh. "I'm that case..."
He turned around and started leaving. The others sighed in relief. However, their expressions became still as they saw Gabriel stop right before the exit.
"Before I leave, I do have one question to ask!" Gabriel turned around.
Suddenly, the entire atmosphere became heavy! All the students who were already inside the Tower felt as if they were suffocating. They all dropped to their knees. Even though the students were strong, they were nothing before a powerhouse like Izen, Gabriel and the other Holy Lords!
Even the Head Teachers felt pressure as heavy as a mountain in their shoulders.
"What question?" Izen asked, standing still. It was as if he was the only person here who wasn't affected in the slightest by Gabriel's aura.
"My question is simple." Gabriel stated, sounding calm initially. However, the question that followed stunned even Izen.
"What gave you the right to decide the rules?!" Gabriel's cold voice echoed in the entire hall.
Gabriel didn't use any spell. He didn't do anything out of the ordinary and just asked a question. However, there was just something about his sentence that gave Izen a bad feeling.
"What are you trying to imply?" Izen grimaced. "This Tower was established by the Academy founders. Who will have the right to decide on the rulers but the Academy? These rules were decided by the Academy!"
"My little Izen, you might be able to fool your little students and your subordinates, but do you think you can fool the entire world?" Gabriel asked. With slow steady steps, he reached closer to Izen.
"Our Church has existed since before your founders were even born," Gabriel stated. "As much as I respect the two founders, do you think I won't know the truth about this Tower? This Tower existed in this place before your founders came to this area! If anything, this tower was the reason your Academy was established here in the first place!"
"Even though this Tower doesn't belong to you, we didn't trouble you in the past and let you do as you please! But did you really think you could pretend to own this place before me? Did you think you could show off your measly rules before me?!"
The more Gabriel spoke, the louder his voice became until his words were like thunder, striking at the hearts of everyone present here!
Out of everyone, only Izen knew the truth about the Tower of Challenges which was passed down from one generation of Dean to the other. He was shocked to find out that Gabriel already knew about that truth as well! That meant the Church knew for a long time as well!
"I don't care what you do with the things you create," Gabriel said firmly. "However, if you try to show off your rules for the things that don't even belong to you, what's stopping you from one day saying that the sun and the moon were created by you people?"
"What's stopping you from making rules about how much water we could drink, saying you created water?!"
Gabriel went to the Teacher who was tasked with giving the entrance crystals to the students. Izen and the others didn't even move as they were still in a daze about what Gabriel spoke. Gabriel wasn't even looking at them yet they felt the pressure.
"Just because we are lazy enough to not bother you all, don't think you can take a mile instead of an inch!" he spoke. "And if you're still unconvinced, I dare you to stop me! I swear to Heaven that the next moment, I'll wipe your entire Academy!"
Gabriel's words sent a chill down everyone's spine. Even the Head Teachers felt concerned. It didn't look as if Gabriel was joking.
They had Izen who was said to be strong enough to a Holy Lord. However, the Holy Lord of Light was said to be a special existence! Even they weren't sure just what he was capable of!
Just as they expect, Gabriel really wasn't joking. The Academy was established by Novius and Cylix. If possible, he didn't want to destroy it! However, Novius and Cylix already told him that they were done with the Academy after the wrong path the Academy selected! If anything, they gave Gabriel the permission to do as he pleased with the Academy!
Since Hantie already had the permission from the two founders to do as he pleased, why was there a need to be concerned.
He hadn't mastered a lot of his spells but he understood them enough to be able to fight Izen!
Since Gabriel already fought with Izen once before, he understood the things that he needed to be careful about. The first thing was the Robe of Izen which nullified all magical attacks. Because of that, he had already been training with the Sword of Ulien to improve his battle skills.
Another thing which Izen had was his ability to create clones that could use his powers. Gabriel also had the same skill now that he was the Holy Lord of Light! He wasn't scared!
"Holy Lord, you should watch what you say. If we really fought, I might just accidentally kill you!" Izen's cold voice came in response.
Gabriel glanced back, looking straight back at Izen. "Try it. And I promise your head won't remain on your shoulders…"
