"So satisfying..."
Watching as the five gods disintegrated into ash, Sterl nodded in satisfaction. While he hadn't sustained any injuries from their earlier ambush, the experience had left him feeling a bit unsettled. Now, not only had he played with them, but he had also eliminated them completely, and naturally, his mood was elevated.
This was the mindset Sterl had now adopted—he could no longer tolerate any annoyance or interference. If something upset him, he would simply destroy the source of it.
But this relentless pursuit of strength had always been for this very moment, hadn't it? To do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, without constraint. His fate was now fully in his own hands!
Of course, he could only claim partial control over his fate for now. The higher he climbed, the broader his perspective became, and he began to realize that the world wasn't as simple as he had once believed.
