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But the stalemate cannot continue forever. Someone will break and the situation will change. They are already here, if they don't make a move then they should run away as far as possible before the child of the plane recovers and he is recovering really fast too. They can see that their window of opportunity is closing fast. His body is knitting itself back together even as they watched. They have to attack him before the window of opportunity closes or try their luck at reasoning with a fully healthy child of the plane to convince him not to kill them.
Their confidence increased as their numbers increased. A lot of people arrived the longer they waited. Not every one that thought the child of the plane is injured came and some even came to help him making their number cross ten thousand quickly. They surrounded him like a pack of hyenas. Some of them are on the ground and others are in the trees far away from him. They formed a wall of people around him.
Their desperation due to the urgency of the situation combined with their confidence in their numbers to break the situation in favor of attacking him. Someone took a step into the forbidden zone of 100 meters near the child of the plane. That became the signal to move. None of them can cast spells yet so people have to rely on makeshift weapons that they created for close-range combat and ranged attacks. People swept in like a tide to drown the child of the plane.
There are some disturbances in this tide as the ones that came to help Soverick began to attack people to stop them from injuring him. These people are few so the disruption they caused is minimal but they are trying their best. The din of battle within the tide of people cannot be compared with the roar of the crowd and the noise they made as their feet stomped on the ground to reach their target.
All of this disturbance ended when he uttered a word.
"Down."
People fell down to their knees immediately after he uttered that word. Some fell down on their face. Others were already imbalanced so they fell on their back or onto their sides. This happened because gravity suddenly increased in their surroundings. It was an increase of a hundred at first. It continued to rise as Soverick exerted his new control over gravity. Everyone around him could only stay on the ground and suffer. No one could stand up. They stayed in that position as he continued to heal.
He had a nonchalant look on his face because he really wasn't concerned about all of them and their ambush. They might think of him as debilitated but they don't know that he has experienced having his soul ripped from his body before and that was before he acquired an immortal soul. His immortal soul ensures that he is even more resilient to pain.
Then there is the increase in his strength for killing that armored rhino.
*PERSONAL MESSAGE*
/Killed Rank 7 Giant Armoured Spined Rhino/
/Gained 7th Step Death Mark/
*PERSONAL MESSAGE*
-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A LOCAL FEAT)-
YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO ACHIEVE THE 6TH STEP IN ARENA 28
-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A GLOBAL FEAT)-
YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO ACHIEVE THE 6TH STEP IN ALL ARENAS
-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A LOCAL FEAT)-
YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO KILL A RANK 7 MONSTER IN ARENA 28
-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A GLOBAL FEAT)-
YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO KILL A RANK 7 MONSTER IN ALL ARENAS
-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A LOCAL FEAT)-
YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO ACHIEVE THE 7TH STEP IN ARENA 28
-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A GLOBAL FEAT)-
YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO ACHIEVE THE 7TH STEP IN ALL ARENAS
That single fight with the rhino brought in a lot of messages. The major significance of achieving the 7th step is a boost in the activity of his pillars of momentum from the empowerment of this world. He was able to unlock the next phase after momentum which is the control of gravity. That alone is enough for him to be confident in himself.
Gravity is not something that even Sovereigns can control. Only titans of law and sovereigns with concepts related to the control of gravity can control it. He is not a titan of law and as such does not have a concept but he can control gravity because of the pillars of momentum and his powerful immortal soul.
He called the 9 golden orbs the pillars of momentum because they are capable of tapping into the pillars of force that hold up and makes the world operate. Momentum is normal for people to control. What comes next after it is world power which all titans and sovereigns can control. He can steal control of world power using his eyes to assist the pillars of momentum but his control over gravity is the sole ability of the 9 orbs. He became able to use it when his power became unlocked by 10%. The suppression of the world was reduced when he gained the 7th step of world assistance.
Those 9 golden orbs continued to rotate behind him while the gravity over the area increased to crushing levels. He isn't affected though. He lay there, a little bit above the ground, and rested calmly while going through his remaining messages. People were making noise around him. They were groaning, begging, and some were even cursing him but he didn't allow their noise to disturb him. Their pleas and supplications might as well be the whispering of the wind.
More people came to join the party. They also want to see if the child of the plane is injured but they came late to the party. It is a good thing for them. They were privileged to have role models who have tested the waters, so to say.