Way of the Knights

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George Harrison died with a belly full of rage and unwillingness...

News of his death propagated across the Divine Realm and the overwhelming reaction was that of surprise and relief. George - the Divine Realm's #1 Information Pervert, died under the hands of the Ancient Elysium Sect's Sect Master. 

There are some people who still couldn't believe that he was captured and then executed, however since the execution was made public, they had no other choice but to believe it. 

People were once again shocked by the efficiency of the Ancient Elysium Sect. George's notoriety was widely spread, everybody knew that not a single secret could remain hidden once it was targeted by him, unfortunately George really made a fatal mistake by placing one of humanity's most righteous sect in his sights. It was said that he didn't even manage to achieve his goal before he was caught and executed. 

  Had these people known that George originally had a high chance to escape from the fangs of the Sect Master, they'd probably shocked. Unfortunately, he met Raven - who extinguished his hopes with a few simple brush strokes. 

George originally had a mystical stone he kept in his molar. This stone was very small and it was of the same color as his teeth, therefore even if he opened his mouth, nobody would see it. This stone was special though since it could teleport him to a place that he found by exposing the secrets of other people. All he needed to do was bite on that stone and he'd instantly be teleported away. 

Unfortunately, Raven sensed this despite the overwhelming distance away from him. This is due to George being careless, he kept the connection between the sect and his crystal ball stable. It was going to be terminated on his own but Raven sensed what was happening. Using that connection, he sealed George, anchoring him at his current place. 

The stone on his molars was a one time consumable, it shattered but it couldn't transport him away due to Raven's interference. With his last resort rendered useless, all hopes of escaping vanish like a puff of smoke. He was then executed publicly to serve as a deterrence for those who were trying to sink their fangs to the sect. 

In the end, nobody questioned the morals of the Ancient Elysium Sect. All blame was on George since he couldn't keep his hands to himself. 

To the public's view, the wrath of the Ancient Elysium Sect was natural. After all, what George did was a breach of their policy and privacy. If the sect let him get away with it, then where would its reputation go? 

The true reason why George suffered a fate like this is because his actions really crossed the bottom-line of the sect. 

Their sect is in grave danger. Had George managed to infiltrate their sect and feast on their progress, there was a huge possibility that the Allfather will use George to spy on them. That would make their efforts be in vain then. More importantly, that would risks millions of lives, quite possibly even the Divine Realm would be in grave danger. 

George will become humanity's greatest sinner. Thankfully, they prevented a huge disaster from happening. 

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It has been a few days since that event. The lives of the disciples continued like it was before since everything got resolved in the end. 

Recently, Raven became occupied. 

The recent incident was a wake-up call for him. He had neglected the sect's defense for quite some time. He was too focused on climbing the Devil Emperor's Pagoda that he forgot about the pocket dimension they're in. 

During these past few days, Raven busied himself bolstering the seals that protect the pocket dimension. This isn't an easy task and this will occupy Raven's time for quite sometime. 

Nevertheless, this was something that Raven has to do. The same event can't happen twice since their situation is rather serious. 

Raven's currently station outside of the gates. There, he was looking up at the sky while the Brush of Wisdom glowed on his hands. Raven raised his hand, drawing strong strokes in the air, leaving golden and silver lines intersecting into a small rune. 

Raven's eyes were focused. His thoughts were working fast as the seal in front of him became brighter and brighter. When he finished with his work, the seal released a mixture of golden and silver radiance. 

He pointed the brush up the skies and rune followed it. As it traveled, the rune got bigger and bigger until it covered the entire skies of the sect. Many people looked up in awe, some directly ignored the commotion. 

They all knew that the phenomenon above was the work of their Young Lord and thus, most of them weren't surprised anymore. For those who walked the path of Runes and Inscriptions though, this phenomenon was a spectacle. Therefore they are watching closely, hoping that they could gleam even a sliver of inspiration from Raven's work. 

Back in the entrance, aside from Raven, someone else looked up to the sky, staring at the rune in awe as well. 

"No matter how many times I see, it surely is impressive." A melodious voice praised Raven from behind. 

Raven turned around and smiled at the person who was watching him, saying: "It still has a long way to go. Runic Seals of that level won't be effective against our Big Prisoner after all."

"Well, you become stronger at an alarming rate anyway so I believe that it's just a matter of time before you'd be able to reach that level. Plus, you haven't received the baptism of the Celestial Ascension Platform. I believe that once you go in there, you're harvests won't be lesser than us." 

"Ah! That's right. Thanks for reminding me, Julia." Raven replied, "I've been absorbed in work during these past few days that I've completely forgotten about that."

Julia - the Winter War Goddess, chuckled softly while tucking a few strands of hair behind her ears. The slight reddening of her ears were somewhat visible as well, and that's not because it was cold. 

"That being said, you plan on going then?" She asked after clearing her throat softly. "With your arrangements, the sect will be fine. There's also us, you know." 

"I'm aware of that of course, but..." Raven sighed and looked up in the sky, "I just can't sit still. I could still think of ways to improve the sect just a tad bit. Securing the safety of the sect is my priority of course, but I also couldn't bear to leave for now since the disciples still needs my guidance." 

"I'm not saying that you won't do. In fact, most of you are better than me when it comes to guiding disciples. It's just that the topics they have to learn requires my assistance. I am cultivating other Rune Masters as well but they aren't skilled enough yet."

"Don't worry, I am not neglecting my cultivation. I do have some plans, it's just that it will take me some time before I could be freed from all of this." 

Raven didn't hesitate to reveal his plans with Julia since she could be trusted. Julia was the second-in-command of the War Gods. She's wise and strong, her nature became even more obvious after she received the baptism of the Celestial Ascension Platform. 

He sees her as someone to confide his plans with.

'Well, I also have this premonition that my baptism in there will take a long time. Longer than what they experienced at least, however I can't be certain so let's not tell anyone for now at least.'

"I see..." Julia was a downcast upon hearing this. "I was just hoping that we can share your burdens." 

"You are though." Raven looked at her and replied seriously. "You guys' mere presence is helping me out already you know. I'm an single person in the end of the day, I can't operate the entire sect on my own. So don't feel so down, you are helping me out a lot." 

Julia was stunned for a moment as she saw Raven's face. She was captivated by the sight of Raven's dashing appearance and his sincere words. She couldn't help but stare at his eyes which seems to be drawing her in. 

Fortunately, she managed to recover from this before she made a mess out of herself. She broke eye-contact and looked up in the sky, feeling quite hot and flustered. 

"I-Is that so? Well, that's good to hear." Julia replied while trying her best to not fall for the same trick again. 

Raven tilted his head and was a bit confused, he didn't pay too much attention to it though and just stared ahead. 

"Okay, I've rested enough. It's time to draw the 15th layer of seal." Raven muttered but it was loud enough for Julia to hear. 

"You're still going!?" 

"Yes." Raven nodded like he just said something so obvious. "I plan on making a 33-layered seal. Of course I'm still going." 

Julia was speechless, but when she saw that Raven was already creating the seal, she couldn't help herself from revealing a sweet smile that could melt the hearts of a million bachelors.