"The 108 Steps to Heaven?"
"The First Transcendence?"
Olivia and some of the Giant experts asked respectively with surprise in their tone.
Being the recipient of the test and the one undergoing the ascension, Lucius looked towards the sky with an unusually serious look. His deep black eyes looked darker than usual with a hint of solemnity deep within.
Turning to the young ascender, Klytius curiously asked, "How confident of succeeding are you?"
Hearing his question, Lucius did not immediately reply but continued to watch the sky as the storm of lightning and thunder within the clouds turned denser and more of the golden steps formed.
This wasn't a new sight for Lucius. He had already undergone this ordeal once and had even succeeded.
This time, however, the circumstances weren't the same.
"…I must move out of the city," Lucius deflected Klytius' question and moved.