Divine Path System

The sixth floor of the library was filled with a golden light.

Varian opened his eyes and looked at the 'item' inside the table.

"…A book?" Sia muttered.

It was a thick circular golden metal sheet. The letters on it seemed to be filled with white ink that glowed.

But both Varian and Sia found out quickly that the white ink was actually aura.

"Writing through aura…" Varian used his telekinetic power and gently touched the metallic plate.

He couldn't feel if it was soft or hard, cold or hot. But he felt no danger from it.

So, with a flick of his finger, he floated it into the air between him and Sia.

While Varian probed around the metal sheet, Sia carefully studied the first row of letters.

From the vague memories she gained after realizing she was a hybrid, she was able to roughly interpret the deva language.

"S-Synergiser?" Sia muttered with an uncertain expression.

"Oh?" Varian noticed what she was doing and waved his hand. "Don't worry about it. I can translate it real quick."

"Oh?" Sia raised a brow in surprise. "When did you learn the language?"

"Well~" Varian shrugged. "I have a free translator."

"Ah! I see." Sia nodded. She thought it was Boo.

On the other hand, Varian handed it to his free translator.

'Cutie~'

[…What are you saying, host?]

'You see those letters? Translate them~'

[…There is a balance that must be maintained.]

'Even if you don't help, Sia will translate it sooner or later. You're just making our lives easier. Not creating any new situation.'

[Still…]

Varian crossed his arms. 'If you continue to remain this reluctant, then you can forget taking revenge on that Sera tribe. Even though they imprisoned the Order Sliver for a long time, they're still alive and kicking.

They must be damn powerful too. If you can't even help me translate a fucking document, how are you going to assist me in bringing them down?'

[…even this system isn't free of emotions, huh.] Following a sigh, a blue screen flashed in front of Varian.

"Sia," Varian called and pointed to mid-air.

With a snap of his fingers, a screen of characters began to form.

[All avenues are a pursuit of ultimate meaning.

Sage Avenue is the pursuit of Life and Death.

Ruler Avenue is the pursuit of Order and Chaos.

Creator Avenue is the pursuit of Space and Time.

Sage. Ruler. Creator.

They are the ultimate manifestations of their avenue. The endgame of what the very concepts of the universe represented.

But what lay beyond them?

Despite the existence of three avenues, Universe is one.

So, despite the existence of these three godhoods, perhaps the original godhood is also one?

The three Avenues, though different in paths, must all end at a single point.

There is something beyond Sage, Ruler, and Creator.

How do we know for sure?

We don't.

No one does.

But we believe.

Our ancestral tribe Ares had their speculations about this.

What if someone controlled all the three avenues, and reached the end in all the avenues?

It was a ridiculous thought. To us, Ruler is already a stage of godhood.

What lay beyond it?

...Omnipotence? Cosmic Control? Transcendence?

In pursuit of the answer, the six tribes began the war.

They reasoned that getting all the six slivers would be the way to reach that stage.

It ended in a tragedy for our ancestral tribe.

But perhaps in the distant future, we can aim for the impossible!

Control the six slivers! Master the three avenues! Reach the mythical stage!

Our Scion would aspire for it. To help him out, we did our best to make the 'Primal Blessing.'

Using it, Scion would gain the ability to wield the power of six slivers and three avenues!

But we can make only one such miracle!

For the rest, we found another way.

Synergy…]

The document then went on to narrate how to use this 'Synergy'.

In summary, using this method of meditation, you and your partner would both benefit from it. Your speed in divine paths would increase. Your affinity towards other avenues would rise.

For instance, if a pure body awakener performed Synergy with a space awakener, he'd gain the affinity of space.

"…But why is the affinity useful?" Varian rubbed his hair in confusion.

"…If you reach the end in one stage, maybe having affinity will be useful? Perhaps they can then start out on another path?" Sia gave her opinion.

"Probably. Tsk." Varian clicked his tongue and said. "Regardless, our progress in divine paths will speed up. That's reason enough to use it."

That was actually what mattered to them the most.

"Yeah." Sia nodded. Even though she didn't know how much the progress rate would increase, even a 5% rise was significant.

"We can try it out later." Varian put the golden metal sheet inside the ghostship and said.

He looked at Sia and she nodded in understanding.

He pointed his finger at the ceiling and it opened. The next second, the ghost ship floated above them.

Varian and Sia boarded the ship.

[S-Scion! You are on probation!]

Under the panicking screams of the library spirit, the ghost ship left the library.

…Only to return two seconds later.

[S-Scion?] The library spirit was shocked.

"I forgot something." Varian's voice sounded from the ghost ship.

Then, the ghost ship flew to the fifth floor.

[Yes! Your probation period! It's for ten years! You want to spend it on the fifth floor, but I personally recc—] The library spirit's cheerful voice stopped abruptly.

The ghost ship quickly toured the fifth, fourth, third, second, and first floors.

Whenever it moved to the next floor, the floor turned desolate as everything in it—chairs, tables, and even chandeliers were swept clean.

[W-Wait!] The library spirit shouted.

"Oh yeah!" Varian responded with an exclamation.

[Yes! Without those chairs, people can't read in the library! Leave them behind.]

"…But no one is going to enter the library. You need the permission of the librarian to go through the silver barrier. But there is no librarian for thousands of years."

[T-That's…]

"Don't worry, instead of letting them gather dust here, I'll put these chairs to good use." Varian patted his chest and promised.

Whoosh!

The ghost ship went into invisible mode and under Varian's 'librarian authority', passed through the silver barrier.

The majestic library that once boasted of luxuries was now empty.

[…D-Did I just robbed?]

It realized a bit too late.