As Gray spoke, the three youths wanted to spit in his face. It was really annoying that he acted as if what he did was so normal.
Ursula smacked Gray on the head and he went flying into the wall. There weren't many scars on his face, but the ones that were there were healing quickly.
"Watch your language!!! Don't talk as if this is normal!!! Don't offend the great powers out there by doing something like that. Although we are all united under the path of light to protect us from the hunters, some academies can be destroyed. We can't form guilds, but the academies are still guilds for us. If you offend the great powers, the Red Lightning Academy may be destroyed. " said Ursula. Feng nodded in agreement with his master. Seeing them, Gray also nodded with a crooked smile on his face. Then, with a wave of King Ursula's hand, a carpet appeared and disappeared, taking everyone with it.
While Gray was rubbing his head in the carpet, Michael came to him.
"Are you all right, Gray?" Gray looked at him with a malicious look.
"Gray? I'm 200 years older than you. You're supposed to call me big brother." Michael hit Gray over the head with what he heard.
"Fuck!! You're not that great yet."
"I'm on the third step. I could blow you to death. How big do I have to be?" Michael's face broke into a broad smile.
"You need to get to step six." Gray almost vomited blood at what he heard. Becoming the 6th step was an almost impossible feat. It was like reaching for the heavens. Only the children of Uranus, the Kingslayers, could comfortably become the 6th step. Only they could talk about becoming the 6th step. Even they had laboured for thousands of years. There were people who had reached the 6th step without becoming Kingslayers, but only a few hundred of them had been born in hundreds of millions of years. They were already known as legendary figures.
Gray couldn't answer that. He knew that he would most likely become the sixth step. But he still had many years to go. Maybe he would never see the days when Michael called him big brother.
While no one made a sound for a while, the carpet took them away from this land. Since the carpet was completely closed around them, no one except Feng knew where they were going. This carpet was a mana item. Therefore, it was not strange that it had such strange abilities.
"Michael, let me ask you something." Gray said, looking at Michael. This time he had a serious expression on his face.
"From what I heard, it's been a long time since you passed to the second step. It's been almost 170 years. Why are you still in the academy? You can travel the world now. Better yet, you could join the army. Maybe you'll only be a corporal or a sergeant, but you can still climb the ranks. Why are you still here? You're rotting in this place and limiting your future. I'm sure you'll make it to the third step. "Michael smiled at what he heard.
"I can't go. "
" Why? "
"Because I've been chosen. I'll be the next head of the academy, so I can't go anywhere. I have too much to learn. " Gray shook his head. There was still an unresolved expression on his face. Nevertheless, he knew that being headmaster would open up many opportunities, and it would mean a safer way to move up.
"What happened?" said Michael.
"Well, how's the academy doing now? All the developmental kids up to Step 2 are going to star night. Isn't the defence situation bad now? If the hunters attack, we'll feel the pain for 10,000,000 years. It won't be easy for the developers." The anxious expression on his face increased even more with what he said. Michael's face softened.
"This is not a big problem. With the help of the formation, if a predator gets in, it can't get back out. And thanks to the defence mechanisms, even someone at the third level can't survive in there. Don't worry, the location of the academies is also very carefully hidden, so the youngsters will be safe. "Michael said. Gray could finally breathe a sigh of relief. The academy was his home and he never wanted to see it destroyed.
He had been there for a short time when he was young and hadn't made a name for himself. Still, he loved it there. It had introduced him to development.
As the flying carpet suddenly disappeared, 4 people other than Feng and King Ursula could not hold on and fell. Although they could fly, they did not dare to fly in their current position. They considered themselves too small next to someone so senior to them. They could not act recklessly.
Of course, only Michael and the other second-tier students fell to the ground out of respect. Gray was completely absent-minded. It wasn't really out of respect.
"Where are we? I'm sure this isn't the assembly area," Eliza said. Eliza was Michael's friend. She was seen as a very important person at the academy. She was a valuable elder who was always helping the young people where they were lacking. Most likely, when Michael became principal, she would be his deputy or have a title like him. He had just entered the second sense, but he was much younger than Michael in age. He turned 143 the other day. He earned the title of elder when he moved to the second step. He was also very excited about this day, but he was aware of his current situation. This event was held once every thousand years. Even if it was just a sleeping time for these great masters, there would be a bigger meeting every hundred thousand years. This meeting was an absolute event attended by almost all 4th step masters. The most important meeting was once in a million years. Since their lifespan was 100 million years, most 5th step figures would attend these meetings. Only some figures did not care enough to skip these meetings. These meetings were important events to find out how high their power had risen. They were now at the meeting at the millionth time. It was pure luck that Michael and Eliza were born at the right time to attend such a meeting. Even Feng would only encounter such an event once in his life. Of course Eliza didn't know that. But Michael knew from the appearance of King Ursula, who hadn't been seen for 500,000 years, that this was a meeting of a million people. Even this old man had been to this meeting at most 100 times in his life.
"We're in Atalanta," said Master Feng. He had been here many times because his master was King Ursula of the Seas. He also knew very well why they had come here. Atalanta was a region surrounded by the sea. Most people didn't even know this place existed. Even those who knew would not come.
"We came here to go to Sky Island using the path of the seas. Sky Island is the place where Star Night will be held." said King Ursula.
The others bowed their heads without a care in the world and stood behind Master Feng. Such things were normal in this world. Powerful figures could easily change the orbit of the moon.
With a wave of Ursula's hand, the ocean split in two. The 6 people slowly entered the ocean and the water returned to its original state as if nothing had happened.
After travelling for a long time, a device appeared in front of them. The machine was shaped like a daira and was 4 metres long and wide. It was covered with shiny stones and some parts were covered with moss. Nevertheless, the light emanating from underneath illuminated the human world. And as if it belonged to a developer, it spread a unique symphony of 6 emotions into the ocean.
King Ursula waved his hand once more as the young people looked at the machine in amazement. He waved his hand once more and the machine started. Even Master Feng put his hand to his eyes as an intense yellow light covered the sea.
***
Michael opened his eyes and found himself in a bed. He was in a room of normal dimensions. It was all about alchemy and healing.
"I see you're awake." Michael immediately turned round at the voice he heard. A man who looked like he was in his late twenties was looking at him. In fact, this was his 20-year-old self, but he looked a little older. Apparently he had a much more mature appearance even when he was young.
"What happened to me?" said Michael.
"You have burn marks on your body. Your body probably didn't take it when you were beamed here. Anyway, Star Night has begun. You'd better hurry up and leave." Michael quickly got up from his seat with what he heard and went to the place where the tournament was going to be held.
Yes, there was a tournament. A tournament where the holiest talents among the developmentalists came out. Only Gray was qualified to participate in the tournament.
He joined his friends and began to watch the fights. The arena was huge. It could hold billions of people. This arena was definitely not comparable to the arena at the Red Lightning Academy. A city could fit in this arena. In a city beyond the heavens, in an arena in the clouds, those under a thousand years old at the 3rd step, who were considered young geniuses, were competing.
This was certainly no ordinary event. Michael could feel the heroes of the past who wanted to give their sacred relics on every point he stepped on. Even if he wasn't qualified for it, someone was. Someone in the field...
He saw Gray's fights. He was definitely no ordinary third step. Did he really reach the top at such a young age? Michael was very jealous of him. Gray was the youngest man in the field, and he was playing to win the tournament.