Way of the Knights

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"Everyone, come to the Reception Area. We will arrive at the sect within an hour."

Raven who was relaxing within his private room while counting fake stars, heard this words and immediately stood up. He went ahead and summoned the exit to go outside and meet the other disciples. 

Upon reaching the reception area, he saw that some people were already there. They were probably outside of their respective rooms when they heard the announcement which allowed them to arrive here earlier than the rest. 

Everyone, including Raven was looking outside. Most of them were trying to get a good look of their surroundings in order to catch glimpse of the fabled Ancient Elysium Sect. Unfortunately, they found out that they were still travelling on the Outer Space and could only see a boundless blanket of darkness with occasional sparkles of stars here and there. 

Henry was nowhere to be found yet even though all twelve of them were already in the reception area. But just like the rest, Raven was also looking forward on arriving at the sect. 

Although Henry gave them some introductory materials for the sect, none of those actually depicted what the sect actually looks like. In fact, most of the people that knows about the sect only knew it by name and not its appearance. 

"Man, oh man! This is so exciting." Jason mumbled somewhere near Raven as he looked outside. He was like an excited kid on a field trip, his eyes were even gleaming due to excitement. "We're almost there! I can't wait any longer."

Even though Raven remained silent, he could somehow share the same sentiments as Jason. Finally, in less than an hour from now, he'll be able to laid eyes on the sect that has been hearing so much about during these past year. 

Arriving at the Ancient Elysium Sect is considered as the starting line for him. While his wife and friends were already received by their respective sects, Raven was the only one who started from the ground up. To put it simply, he was already late by a year compared to them. Although one year isn't really short, the amount of innate talent his wife and friends has, might cause him to be left behind. Specially considering the fact that the sect they entered aren't nowhere less popular as the Ancient Elysium Sect. 

Now however, he finally reached the starting line. Now he'll have the chance to catch up to them. 

Minutes passed by like a blur and only a few minutes were left before their arrival. However, some of the disciples were getting skeptical. Although Henry said that they were nearly there, none of them saw the war ship near any stars or landmass. Its still travelling in the Outer Space and is nowhere near in any possible location of a sect. Still, they waited until the moment and for Henry to arrive. 

"Alright, everyone. We're here." Henry's voice echoed once more, causing the disciples to widen their eyes. 

They weren't anywhere near anything so they wanted to ask what Henry meant by saying that. But before they could say anything, they saw their surroundings darken even more. 

To their surprise, the ship was actually travelling through a spatial wormhole! This caused Raven's eyes to gleam and understand many things. 

"Of course! How can I forget about it!?" Raven quietly exclaimed to himself. "The Ancient Elysium Sect is a reclusive sect! It would make sense for it to not be visible for everyone."

His words were heard by a few people, causing them their eyes to gleam in understanding as well. 

The scenery outside changed, and to their surprise, there was an enormous landmass stretching as high as the skies themselves. The disciples were stunned speechless by this scene. Some of them were even murmuring to themselves. 

"Is that where the sect is built? Where are we even?"

"I don't know. It seems that we are inside some sort of a pocket dimension."

"Are you kidding me? A pocket dimension? Isn't this place too big for that?"

"Well, it is kind of a pocket dimension. According to my elders, this should be an evolution of that concept. It's called 'World Genesis', a feat that only Space Laws experts could achieve."

"Amazing! A world within a world! What a feat!"

"I'm more curious about that thing over there! That cliff is massive, don't you guys think so too? Heck, half of it even reaches beyond the clouds!" 

Everyone then heard footsteps behind them, causing them to be alarmed and turn around. They soon found out that it the source of those were Henry and the two Elders. 

"I'm glad that you noticed that, but to correct you, that is not a cliff. It is a mountain." Henry smiled as he corrected. 

Many eyes widened as soon as they heard him saying that. 

"Heck! A mountain!? That tall?" Juniper exclaimed in sheer shock. 

Henry chuckled and said: "Yes, it is a mountain. To be more specific, that is the base of the mountain." 

"The base!?" Many disciples exclaimed at the same time. 

Some looked at the massive landmass in front of them, sweating and lips twitching. 

None of them could be blamed for acting this way, that information was just too shocking, even Raven wasn't prepared for that. 

To think that this enormous thing was just the base of the mountain… 

Just for a decent perspective. The Almighty Olympus War Ship - which has a size that could easily blot out an entire city, looks like a mere insect in front of this thing. How absurd was that? And this is just the base of the mountain, the base!

"Just how tall is this mountain even…" Jason absent-mindedly asked. 

"Well, we can't answer that yet. Not even me had seen its peak before." Henry answered as he too were staring at the base of the mountain. 

Nevertheless, his casual answer was akin to another bomb that exploded on the junior disciples' minds. Henry, a man who received the title of a War God, has never seen that peak of this mountain before. Such a thing seems unbelievable yet there's really no reason for Henry to lie. 

"The name of the mountain, is Mount Olympus." Henry revealed as he looked at his Junior Disciples one by one. "And Mount Olympus, is the home of our Ancient Elysium Sect."

As soon as he said this, the war ship accelerated and flew towards the mountain. The junior disciples were tongue-tied, unable to say single thing so far. They were alarmed by the sudden speed shift, but noticed that the ship had seemingly entered Mount Olympus' interior. 

The scenery around them changed once more. It appears as if they were inside some sort of a well lit tunnel. Looking up front, they saw several war ships just like the one they're using, lined-up neatly. They could also see droves of people who were wearing the same uniform as them disembarking from the ship. 

"Oh, it seems that we arrived shortly after the others." Henry stated. He then looked at his Junior Disciples and said: "Alright everyone, gather up. We will disembark shortly."

The Junior Disciples complied, gathering up near where Henry and the Elders were as the ship descended. 

Moments later, the ship landed amongst the rest of the war ships. Henry then waved his hand and beam of light descended upon all of them. 

By the time their visions adjusted, all of them were already outside of the ship. 

Raven activated his ocular technique via instinct and couldn't help but to inhale a sharp breath. 

As per usual, his vision was filled with different colors, representing different aspects of his surroundings. An individual's strength, mood, and all sorts of other distinct qualities are registered in different colors. The same mostly goes for everything present within his surroundings as well. 

However, what shocked him was that, there are tendrils of uncharted colors within his vision. This was surprising since he had never experienced this before. Not even Laws appeared like this. 

Although he was itching to research what this is, he couldn't right now since he hasn't even settled down properly in the sect. Therefore, he deactivated his ocular vision and threw the matter at the back of his head. 

"Everyone stay close to each other and follow us. Don't roam around recklessly, I won't be responsible if you get caught." Henry reminded as they started moving forward.

The disciples heard his warning and followed them. As they walked, most of them kept looking around out of curiosity, similar to the rest of the newly arrived junior disciples of other war ships as well. action

"Henry! You finally arrived! Took you long enough!" A voice somewhere ahead of them sounded, causing most of them to pay attention to it. 

Raven could've sworn that he heard Henry clicking his tongue, but all he could see was an amicable smile on his face. 

Out of nowhere, a group led by someone who wore the uniform as Henry came closer to them. A man who has multiple arms and two pairs of eyes looked at Henry, and then at the junior disciples. 

"Are these your recruits? Oh man…" The man said as he smirked at Henry and said: 

"They look weak as fuck."