The Extra's Rise

Chapter 266: Bishop Vale (5)

Chapter 266: Bishop Vale (5)

Gifts were rare. So rare that those born with them were practically fated to break past the Wall—that invisible boundary where most warriors, no matter how talented, found themselves stranded. Less than one in a hundred thousand possessed the spark of a Gift, and even fewer managed to ignite it properly.

But not all Gifts were equal.

Some, like the legendary Yin-Yang Body, stood at the pinnacle, one of the four greatest Gifts in all of recorded history. A power that could rewrite reality itself, bending the laws of existence to its wielder's will. Others, while still formidable, simply didn't compare—footnotes in the grand tapestry of power that defined this world's hierarchy.

Mine—Lucent Harmony—was powerful. A Gift born from Luna's will, surpassing even Ian's Dragon Will, which had been diluted by the simple fact that Tiamat had split her power among three. It was strong. It was enough.

Or so I had thought.

Then came the realization that clawed at the back of my mind, refusing to be ignored, digging deeper with each confrontation, each near-death experience.

The strongest figures in this world—Lucifer Windward and Jack Blazespout, the protagonist and the antagonist—had two Gifts. And that was terrifying. The gap between one Gift and two wasn't linear. It was exponential, a chasm that seemed impossible to bridge through conventional means.

Jack's second Gift had come from the Heavenly Demon's intervention. A twist of fate, a cruel handout from something far beyond mortal understanding. Lucifer? Well, he was the protagonist. Of course he had two. The universe itself bent over backward for him, rearranging probabilities, manufacturing coincidences, all to ensure his ascension.

Even Julius Slatemark, the first emperor, one of the most legendary figures in history—had he possessed two Gifts as well? The uncertainty gnawed at me, a persistent ache that never quite subsided. The historical records were unclear, contradictory, as if the truth itself couldn't bear to be pinned down.

Could I gain a second Gift?