Only the ten geniuses remained inside the hall after Arvantos disappeared.
For a while, no one spoke. The words Arvantos had left behind still hung in the air. The Godslayer's Pilgrimage, the Seven Monarchs, the Devil Race, the Wall of Eternity, and the coming war all pressed down on them like invisible mountains.
Before this, every one of them had counted as a peak genius of the Divine Realm. Each carried their own pride, their own background, their own ambitions, and their own path to the top. But now the stage had suddenly expanded far beyond the Divine Realm itself.
They were no longer only competing with each other. They'd have to face monsters from all five universes.
Orion was the first to break the silence. He looked around at everyone with a smile, though the excitement in his eyes ran more serious than usual. "So, which path is everyone picking?"
