“So Elder Lalabu, how strong are you and how strong is the Demonic Sect?”

{Boy, I think you're asking the wrong question. Your question should instead be how strong do you have to be to travel in outer space without fear and what is that you need to reach that level. Before we start, what exactly do you know about the Star Realm Path?}

“I don't know much about the Star Realm System since I only just woke up but what I do know for a fact is it's a Power System that follows the path of stars.” answered Nolan.

{Well… you're not wrong but your answer is lacking, a lot lacking. Firstly, three Star Realm Paths exist; Soul Star Path, Element Star Path and Body Star Path. One can only choose a path to grow stronger from these three but the other two are very rare, especially in humans as a whole. The most important thing isn't the Star Path but the method to grow stronger.}

“Meditation Arts.”

{Bingo. Meditation Arts are the most important for one to reach higher heights in their journey. The more advanced the Meditation Art is, the better but there exist even more valuable Meditation Arts which are custom made Meditation Arts. No Meditation Art of the same grade could compare to a custom made Meditation Art, it's like the difference between night and day.

Meditation Arts are classified into six grades; Common, Uncommon, Rare, Unique Epic and Legendary and each grade corresponds to the Star Realm System.

Common Grade Meditation Art means that the best it could take is from the Star Warrior Realm to the Constellation Realm. Uncommon Grade will take you through the Celestial and Nova Realm. Rare Grade all the way through the Supernova and Nebula Realm. The Unique Grade through the Propostar and Red Giant. Epic will take you through the White Dwarf and Black Dwarf Realm and finally the Legendary Grade will take you through the Proton Decay and Blackhole Realms.}

“Star Warrior, Constellation, Celestial, Nova, Supernova, Nebula, Propostar, Red Giant, White Dwarf, Black Dwarf, Proton Decay and Blackhole Realms. A total of twelve realms in total. That's a long way to go but I'm willing to do the time.”

{You have a good mentality. Most people are overwhelmed by this information, some even despair after obtaining this information. I didn't want to tell you at first but figured out you'd find out one way or another. Tell me, why do you want to grow stronger? To accomplish your goals, make your dreams a reality, to protect someone, for freedom? What drives you forward?}

“Why do I want to become stronger? That's a very stupid question, Elder Lalabu. I of course want to grow stronger because I don't want to be weak or remain weak. Weak people receive sympathy, encouragement, contempt, bullying and pain. Weak people can't protect shit, can't even protect their hopes and dreams. Weak people are so weak, they can't even push anyone forward so why would I be weak.

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I once came across someone who called himself a hero. And I asked him why he chose to become a hero and he told me that when he was young, he dreamed of becoming a hero. He dreamed of protecting and fighting for those weaker than him and was content with only receiving a ‘Thank you’ from the people he helped.

So before I killed, I recorded the whole thing live and told the viewers that anyone, young or old, if they want to swap places with the hero, I'd kill them and spare the hero's life. No one. Not one person came out to exchange their lives for that of the hero's. And it wasn't that all of them weren't willing to do so but because they were with weak people.

Weak people who'd only drag you down, tell you that it's not worth it, ask you what's the point, don't be a hero, don't go, you'll die, you have a great future ahead of you so don't do anything foolish. Weak people are just like that, they absorb your strength till you're weak like them, till you have no pride or backbone.

That day, I broke the hero's spirit and have to admit it felt good. The look of pain and disappointment in his eyes, the look of betrayal and absolute despair, I enjoyed every moment of it. Even though he didn't expect anything from the people he saved, he at least hoped that a single seed he planted would sprout… but those weaklings made sure it didn't, hahaha!

There's nothing more painful to a hero than letting him watch their legacy crumble in front of their eyes ,watching a bright future being consumed by darkness. Weak people love the most, people who fail in life. They love watching backbones slowly curve and perish, and they absolutely love watching heroes fall.” said Nolan while laughing in glee and excitement.

“I simply want to grow stronger so that no weak person can pull me down. I want to grow stronger so that no weak person can tell me I can't do this or I can't do that. I want to grow stronger so that I can make the impossible possible, achieve the unachievable, reach unreachable heights. And finally, I want to grow stronger to prove them wrong, prove to them that we're all born strong, we're all born strong but they choose to be weak.”

{Is this why you chose the evil path? To not be weak? To not be burdened by the weak? To not be burdened by the expectations of the weak? That's quite a good mindset you have there. Not living by other people's expectations is good.} said Elder Lalabu.

“Hahaha! Ah hahaha. Elder, you're wrong. I didn't choose the evil path because of those weaklings! I chose the evil path because it looked fun. Don't mistake my drive for my interest.” said Nolan proudly. Elder Lalabu was internally surprised by Nolan's statement because it said a lot about him.

Like how confident Nolan was in himself and secondly, the fact that Nolan became evil for no other reason than that it interested him. That was like intentionally making bad decisions simply because you could. It was then that the old man realised just how evil Nolan actually was.

{I remember you asking about the Demonic Sect. We're humans born from this universe and very few can match our power. Only the likes of Dragons, Giants, Elves and Werewolf can match our strength but this isn't what truly shows how strong we are. The last time I remember, we owned close to a million superclusters, mind you, a single supercluster consists of about a hundred thousand galaxies. And we're currently at war with all the powerful forces in the universe.}

“WHAT?!”

How could Nolan not be shocked. The Demonic Sect owned hundreds of millions of galaxies! These weren't worlds or solar systems but fucking galaxies! Fucking galaxies! Nolan didn't know how strong one had to be to achieve such a feat but he knew that they were unimaginably strong.

{Don't worry though, you're too weak to join the war so once we reach the sect, just do your best to grow stronger hehe.}