Way of the Knights

Chapter 880: Seclusion

“Laughing Dragon, have you made the arrangements necessary for what we’re about to do?” 

“Yes, Young Lord. I have already informed all the departments about our plan. As we speak, they are all functioning in order properly.”

“Very good.” Raven nodded and patted his shoulders, “I knew I can count on you. Are you ready for what we’re about to do, though?”

“As ready as I can ever be, Young Lord.” Laughing Dragon straightened his stature and answered with confidence. 

“Very well.” Raven nodded, “Then, let us meet the rest.” 

The two of them entered the Throne Room – located at the very core of the Divine Land and where the Grand Seal of the Eternal Division Wall was placed.  action

There, they met with the rest of the team. Luna, Ellen, Paul, Mark, and Anne. They are gathered here for a single purpose, and that is to enter seclusion and prepare themselves for their breakthrough. 

Following the events after they finished the projects they laid out for Divine Realm, every single one of them here were in deep slumber – resting due to the sheer exhaustion caused by their strenuous activities. 

They’ve done a lot during these past few years and since they were done, only time would tell the results of their hard work. Still, their responsibilities doesn’t end there. 

It had to be known that, the Supervisors of the Dawn Council are mostly Empyreans, with Raven being the sole Divine Knight in their ranks. Even though most of them are Empyreans, they carry the strength to match most of the Divine Knights out there due to the foundation they built for themselves. Still, at the end of the day, they could be much better than that. 

Raven promised to help them condense their Divinity since he already had his. He told them that once they’re done with the reforms for Divine Realm, he’ll find time to arrange this. 

Now, that time has come. 

“You guys, ready?” Raven asked once they arrive. 

Everyone gave him a nod, signifying that they’ve made their decision. Raven nodded back at them and gestured for them to go to their specific spots. 

The Grand Seal of the Eternal Division Wall is something that Raven personally crafted. It’s main purpose is to be the anchor of all the seals that Raven etched to every brick there is that composed the Eternal Division Wall. With it, he could do many things in order ensure that whoever tries to push their luck and invade Divine Realm, would suffer. 

Then again, Raven purposefully left some room for improvements here and there and as the seal’s creator, Raven can freely modify the seal. 

Aside from being the anchor for the Eternal Division Wall, the Grand Seal had another purpose. And that is to incubate the Primordial Source. 

What is the Primordial Source? 

The Primordial Source is a facet of the Absolute Beginning – another form of Chaos itself. Raven wanted to re-establish the presence of Chaos in Divine Realm independently. 

Had he done this the other way, the Heavenly Order will just claim Chaos and everything will reset back to zero – meaning that Divine Realm as they knew it and the Heavenly Order itself, will be lost forever, 

By establishing the Primordial Source, Raven is effectively preventing this from happening. 

He didn’t want to reduce everything to nothingness. What he wants is for Chaos and Order to co-exist. This way, Divine Realm will rise into power unlike it was ever before. Which also means the more safer his family was. 

Still, nobody says that this will be easy. 

In order to create the Primordial Source, Raven has to feed it himself with his own Chaos to incubate. 

Raven spent a lot of time modifying this seal and even until now, it still isn’t done. It won’t be for a while to be honest. Nevertheless, it should be more than enough as it is to aid them in their current task. 

The Primordial Source, as of now, looks like an orb of liquid gold floating above a chalice protected by numerous formations for security. It hasn’t reached it’s final form yet but it already looks majestic as it is. 

The chalice which holds it is located at the center of the Grand Seal. The rest of the Dawn Council’s Members, minus Raven, found a spot to sit around it to ponder about its mysteries. 

“Start consuming your supplements, I’ll unravel parts of the seal once you’ve entered the state of enlightenment.”

As Raven said this, the rest didn’t bother wasting time and immediately took out the supplements they prepared for this task. 

They consumed a Pill of Resonance – a pill which allows them to enter a pseudo-state of resonance and communion with nature. They also lit up some Incense of Focus and downed a whole bottle of Moonshine for good measure. 

All of which allowed them to fully lose their sense of self and enter a mysterious state where everything was plausible and none is impossible – the State of Enlightenment. 

As soon as Raven felt that they were losing their grip, he unraveled the seal which suppressed the aura of the Primordial Source. 

Once unraveled, the majesty of the source revealed itself. The space around them thrummed happily, hymns resounded in their minds like church bells and the aura of Absolute Beginning started proliferating their surroundings, drowning the Throne Room with a mysterious air. 

Raven watched as the rest fully surrendered to their instincts. In this state, they are at their weakest. Even a mortal could severely wound them right now due to how unguarded they were, which is why it’s fortunate that this event took place here in the Throne Room. 

Raven alone is more than enough to be their protector. He doesn’t even needed to be around in order to protect them. His seals could do the rest for him as they are impenetrable due to who created them. 

He could feel that his team are now fully engrossed in their current state. Their auras are perfectly blended with their surroundings. Sensing them would be impossible in this state as they only exist physically, not mentally nor spiritually. 

Raven has no idea how long they’ll be in this state but he could tell that they’re already advancing. Their foundations are being re-forged by the profundity of Chaos, turning it better and consolidating their current accumulations. 

This will take time of course. 

As per their agreement, they are to stay here in seclusion until they broke through Divine Knight. 

Anne and Ellen already simulated their chances before but much to their disappointment, they failed. It even scarred them in the process. Now however, this is an opportunity to strengthen their foundations in order to make sure that they will make it. 

The reason why they could do this without any worries, is because Raven already planned out everything from the start. 

Dawn Council, as it is currently, are essentially freed from their responsibilities. Just as it was mentioned earlier, they’ve already done everything they could for now. And that leaves them free of responsibilities for a good amount of time.

Time which they can use for other things such as this…

The problems Divine Realm still have will eventually solve itself. They don’t need to monitor it closely. Even then, Raven has his Avatars and his other employees to take care of that, which are all ready to do so by the time they started this. 

So really, their presence isn’t necessary in the mean time. Which means that they’re free to do this. 

And even though Raven doesn’t need to enter seclusion himself since he’s already a Divine Knight, he decided to do so anyways. 

The reason why is to gather and compile more information about the Realm Beyond Divinity. 

As of now, he can’t even catch a glimpse of that realm. Not a spark could be felt, only uncertainty and darkness was there. This tells Raven that he’s still far from reaching that realm. 

Still, Raven wouldn’t be deterred from this. 

Unlike the rest, he has the necessary foundation to chase after this realm. He has the chance to step foot into that place first amongst others who had been searching for it this whole time. 

All he needs is more information. 

Information that he himself has to gather. 

It is worth to note that he already has a basis for everything. Geezer already left him with his notes about the realm, he also began his research a long time ago so he was steadily doing a cross-referencing with everything he knows so far. 

It still hasn’t took him anywhere, sadly. But nobody said that his was going to be easy anyways. If it was, then he wouldn’t be the first one to achieve it. After, it isn’t only him who’s been searching for it all this time. 

Raven didn’t bother asking others about their research. For one, it isn’t really going to help him anyway, if anything it’ll just confuse him even more. 

A reference would be nice, but for the most part, this path is something he had to tread by himself. 

Raven is confident that he’ll eventually reach it. He only needs time.