The realm will become stronger and be able to produce more Origin gods. Even though the realm lord will certainly enjoy a direct increase in power and wealth, some realm lords might not be okay with the destruction of life in an entire realm for power. Those kinds of realm lords don’t exist. No one that naive gets to become a realm lord. But if they exist, then they won’t be able to progress further, and they will be weak because they can’t bear to watch the death of numerous people during the trial of heaven.
The meeting continued, but Dylganihl was mostly absent-minded. He couldn’t make up his mind concerning the era of conquest. It is without a doubt that he is talented. And with this talent came ambitions. He had learned from his father that world gods were not equal. There were grades of potential to their power, which would determine their maximum future strength. This grade is based on the world that they control, and the best world for a world god is something like a realm tree with a fully developed law and life system. As a talented person, he wants the best for himself, but the only feasible way for him to get that is through conquest. Especially when his magnificent and all-powerful father did not make do with second best. If he is to follow in his father’s footsteps, then he also has to get the best. If not, space will not tremble in his presence as it does for his father.
But he still wasn’t able to settle his mind, so he went out to his favorite city in the realm to visit some old friends. They liked him there and would always welcome him with open arms. He could eat and drink away his worries with their generosity. The turmoil in Dylganihl’s mind is because he isn’t a killer at heart. He is okay with taking little trinkets from people, but mass murder isn’t something he can stomach. He has never had to because he is a dragon and self-sufficient. But now he has to cause the death of a multitude of races in an entire realm just so he can grow stronger.
“I must admit that I might be inferior to the realm lord,” he said with a shake of his head. He had heard how the realm lord had walked through blood and sweat before he became the realm lord. He had been hunted to the extent that he could only live within the demon abyss. The demon abyss wasn’t safe, but at least the demons would be unbiased. They will try to kill all non-demons that enter their plane. So the young realm lord and his pursuers were hunted equally until they gave up.
“Maybe my thoughts were shallow. I shouldn’t have compared myself to the realm lord. It certainly takes more than gusto and charm to be the realm lord.”
But when he heard what the realm lord said, “Dreams can be achieved only if you have the courage to aim for it and the strength to pursue it. To get anywhere, you must start from somewhere. The first step always counts. And it counts the most.”
He decided to take the first step, which was to inform his father, and the next was to gather and train his forces. For the era of conquest is coming, and only the strong will survive.
Gehald, like other surviving participants of the trial of heaven, heard the speech of the realm lord. The speech inspired some people while it consoled others of their loss. Gehald is one of the inspired.
This isn’t his first time hearing the realm lord speak, but he has to admit that the realm lord always gave good speeches. The realm lord is an ancestor of high elves. He might not be the most powerful ancestor, but he is the reason why there is no elven Origin God in their plane in the lower realm. No one would attack the Life plane because no one would dare to disrespect the realm lord, at least not within the realm tree.
The monarch of High Heaven had given a lot more speeches to the high elves, but this particular one got to Gehald. It was like a confirmation to him. he would go ahead with his plan despite the difficulty and the risk to his life.
The will of the realm descended to ask him where he would prefer to be let out, either his planar gate or the vicinity of the tower of heaven. He chose the planar gate. He is in a hurry to put his plan into action. He has been waiting for a long time and doesn’t want to waste his time on the journey back to his plane. Besides, he is sure there will be no one waiting for him outside the tower. High elves don’t have a reason to.
A short while after his selection, his vision blurred as he was teleported away. He wasn’t the only one transported out. Everyone was teleported too. Outside the tower, within the wide-open space around the tower, the tower shone with a bright light, just like the one that shone when this origin cycle started. This light could be seen from space and the void beyond. The trial of heaven has officially ended, and the origin cycle has finally begun.
As the light shone, those waiting in a crowded ring around the tower could see figures of people appearing within the light. These people are the trial survivors that chose to exit from here at the tower.
Gehald doesn’t care about whatever is going on at the Tower of Heaven. He has important things that he would like to get to as soon as possible. He had chosen to appear at his planar gates, but he would not be teleported right in front of it. Instead, he was teleported onto a teleportation platform. A bright pillar of light appeared above the teleportation platform. Gehald stepped out of the pillar of light. It dissipated soon after.