Time passed slowly and silently, as though the very river of time itself had slackened its current throughout the universe. Even the chaos within every soul fell quiet in that moment—or so it felt to each and every person present.
Above them shimmered the multicolored, myriad-threaded Law Web. It bore a resemblance to a spider's web, but this one was forged from the very essence of Law itself. It radiated power and authority, its aura stretching from the clouds into the farthest reaches of space.
Every passing second under its glow was unimaginably precious—for this opportunity would not last forever. Most there knew this. Kallus did not.
Yet, even without that knowledge, Kallus sat cross-legged in meditation like the others, unwilling to waste the moment. After all, who didn't desire strength? But unlike most, Kallus hungered for more—he pursued power not just for ascendance, but for stability.
