Female Novel
Chapter 1175
Gravis had totally forgotten about his birthday. After all, birthdays kind of lost their meaning.However, one million years was still a long time, and Gravis needed some time to process that.Gravis was a million years old now.
After a moment of shock, Gravis recovered and thanked everyone for coming.
Then, all of them had a small get-together, which reminded Gravis of the time he had left for the middle world. Back then, theyhad also held a small party for Gravis.
Gravis still remembered the present his father had given him. It had been a black scale, and Gravis had had no idea from whomthis scale came.
Now, Gravis knew.It had been a scale from the Black Magnate.
Stella wasn't here right now since she was busy comprehending more Laws. Additionally, Gravis also hadn't been there forStella's millionth birthday.
It wasn't really an important event, and everyone knew that, which was why the party had only been very small and short. Itbasically only acted as a small get-together and reunion.
Gravis didn't speak much with Mortis, the Black Magnate, his father, or his mother since he was in regular contact with them.
However, Orpheus was someone Gravis hadn't met in a while, and he asked him how he was doing. After all, Gravis hadn't seenOrpheus in Manuel's faction.
"Oh, I'm just comprehending Laws," Orpheus said with a smile. "The Ancestor of the Eternal Fire Sect offered me the position ofSect Master, but | declined. | don't want to be bound by a lot of responsibility.”
This took Gravis by surprise. "Wait, what? The Ancestor asked you to be the Sect Master of the Eternal Fire Sect?" Gravisasked.
Orpheus nodded with a smile. "Yes, apparently, there had been some kind of competition | didn't know about. However, thatexplanation cleared a lot of my doubts.”
Gravis lifted an eyebrow.
Orpheus only grinned. "Well, not soon after | entered the Eternal Fire Sect, several people started to act against me. Some ofthem were slandering me. Others were trying to put the blame on me for something | didn't do. Some people tried to convinceme that there were hidden spies in the Eternal Fire Sect, and so on. There have been a lot of incidences."
"Someone wanted to go against you?" Gravis asked with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
When Orpheus saw Gravis' eyes, he only laughed. "I like that you're trying to help me, but you're still a bit too young," he saidwith a chuckle.
Gravis only continued looking into Orpheus' eyes with a serious expression.Obviously, he wasn't taking this situation as a joke.
"You don't have to worry, Gravis," Orpheus said. "Power is everything, or did you forget that? All these political schemes areunimportant, and | let them do and say whatever they want."
"The entire leadership of the Eternal Fire Sect hates me now, but who cares? I'm still a member of their Sect, and if they try tothrow me out of the Sect, they will only have lost one of their most powerful Ancestral Gods."
"By the way, that's eventually something that happened," Orpheus said with a grin."You were thrown out of the Eternal Fire Sect?" Gravis asked in shock.
"No," Orpheus answered with a smirk, "but they tried to."
"What happened?" Gravis asked.
"As soon as the vote was nearly complete, the Ancestor appeared, and he berated everyone quite heavily. He said that infightingwas great for creating outstanding new Elders, but as soon as one reached the top of the Sect, everyone had to work together.”
"They would have banished me, which would have resulted in the Eternal Fire Sect becoming much weaker. They can deal withlosing thousands or millions of Star Gods, but they couldn't deal with losing someone with the power to become a Sect Master."
“Eventually, he said that | acted correctly while everyone else acted only for their personal gain. Well, acting for one's personalgain isn't that bad if it involves a significant increase of power, but this was all about status and position. If they had a way tobecome far more powerful by banishing me, the Ancestor wouldn't stop them. He would even support them."
“However, they didn't. The power of the entire Eternal Fire Sect would drop significantly, which meant that this was a stupidaction."
"That's when the Ancestor said that he would grant me the position of Sect Master, and that's also when | declined," Orpheussaid with a smirk.
Gravis looked with a strange expression at Orpheus.
If Orpheus had accepted the position of Sect Master, he would have gained an incredible amount of resources to further his ownpower.
However, he would have also gained quite some responsibility.Yet, this was a trade everyone was willing to take.
Except Orpheus.
‘Would | have declined?’ Gravis thought.
Silence.
‘No, | would have accepted. However, | would have put a proxy in my place. In short, | would get the resources with none of thework.’
‘| would have probably used Manuel as my proxy."
"Then, who's the current Sect Master?" Gravis asked.
“Officially or unofficially?" Orpheus asked with a smile.
"Both," Gravis answered.
"Officially, it's the current Sect Master. Unofficially," Orpheus said before making a short pause, "Also the Sect Master."
Gravis’ face transformed from curiosity into a deadpan expression.
Orpheus had to laugh when he sawGravis’ face. "Well, in a way, thecurrent Sect Maste iscbasieally Onlya eplagement St Master. Inasense, she will only occupy theposition of Sect Master until theactual Sect Master is powerfulenough to lead the Eternal Fire Sect.The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
"Oh?" Gravis uttered with some interest. He already had a suspicion.
"Is it Manuel?" Gravis asked.
Orpheus only grinned. "Yep."
Gravis' eyes narrowed into a distrusting gaze. "Did you actually decline the position of Sect Master?" Gravis asked slowly.Orpheus only laughed with a smile. "Yeah."
"Really?" Gravis asked again.
“Hmmm, maybe | tried to become the Sect Master and use Manuel as a proxy, but in the end, | declined," Orpheus said with asmile.
"Mhm," Gravis muttered.‘As if Orpheus would decline the resources such a position comes with,’ Gravis thought. 'So, he had the same idea as me.’“And | guess they declined, right?" Gravis asked.
Orpheus laughed a bit. "Well, the Ancestor said that this was basically his position, and the Sect can't have two Ancestors.Additionally, if | wanted to become the Ancestor, | would have to be as strong as him. He needs someone that actually takesresponsibility.”novelbin
"However, he also said that if | trustManuel so much, he can keepManuel in mind as a contendes.Agsoona anyetbedbinds powerfuleoubh to rival the Sect Master, andas soon as | become powerfulenough to rival him, we can both takeover the positions of Sect Master andAncestor, respectively,” Orpheus said.The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
Gravis' eyes widened in surprise. "He said that?" he asked.
Orpheus nodded. "Strange, isn't it?Usually, Sects don't want to undergoa major shift in leaders, but theEternal Fire Sect d es thinkdike!
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"As long as we keep the name, everything goes."
“Huh, interesting," Gravis said.