BLACK HOLE!" The whole family was in uproar as they tried to comprehend what had just happened.
"SSS rank Black Hole. That's the end of the world!" An old man said in shock behind a screen. He was standing despite sitting thousands of kilometers away in his office.
"Calm down, Mr. President. The boy has not activated his ability before he was sedated. They have everything under control." A young woman with red hair and pink complexion said.
"I know, but that destructive ability can't be trusted to be held by mere sedation. Call Wings!"
"Mr. President, I don't think your presence is needed there!"
"Call Wings!"
"Yes, sir." Her red hair glowed and a man with large wings appeared before them.
"Take me to—"
Ring!
Ring!
"Take it and say I was there when the boy awakens. I don't want them nagging at me!"
The old president and the covered face winged man disappeared with a flap of wings.
Appearing before a cage of lightning and gravity, he raised his hand and made a cage of strings of water, and they seamlessly worked together.
Gravity first, then lightning, and water was the last.
"Six Leaf Clover President..."
They were interrupted by the appearance of four more powerful people.
"This boy just has to be too genius even in talent awakening," a seductive woman covered in veils of tiny snakes whispered.
"And Black Hole of all things!" A gigantesque man said, adorned with a monk's large beads tally around his neck.
"Give him slack; he can't control that part. Now, the question is: kill or no kill?" A man in black suite said.
"Peace Alliance will not allow unnecessary murder of innocent souls. The boy resisted the ability on his own, and none of us felt any indication of awakening, which was something to praise. Not all can do that!"
A man riding a camel said. He wore medieval Saharan attire, and his accent was a little off.
"Yeah, I know. But what if he's a villain and decides he wants to kill all Grimhammer for abandoning his mother to suffer? You know great power can make you have strange ideas. Not to mention, I saw a cruel smile when he was awakening."
The speaker was the most normal among the newcomers. He wore a black suit with a red tie and black shoes. He had orange hair, broad shoulders, slightly fat face, and had a sharp jawline. He was the shortest at 9 feet tall.
"I don't like people meddling in my country's business!" Ramsey Downpour, the president of Six Clover Kingdom, said.
They became silent as if they were mere shadows despite being present with their actual bodies.
Ramsey took his time in assessing the boy's condition, and he confirmed Elias didn't initiate anything, as if he had put a switch on it. This was something that many would spend months or even years trying to learn, but Elias had done it in just moments.
'Truly a talented boy!'
Ramsey pulled his ability back, then looked at the female newcomer. "Lady Marina, please put him in deep sleep and block his Talent, but don't destroy it!"
"I will gladly do that!" Like shadowy serpents, she slithered. A hair-sized serpent moved through the destructive force binding Elias, and bit him twice before she moved back.
Two minutes later, everyone moved away from Elias's body that now lay deep asleep.
"So small, so innocent, but with power to destroy the world!" The orange-haired man said casually.
"Hammer!" Ramsey called, and the patriarch raised his hand with an open palm. A black hole formed for three seconds and vanished.
"We can deal with black holes. We have users," Arlon said, the Rank 5 Thunder User. His deep voice surpassed the three presidents and was only below the camel rider.
"Yeah. Then why are you all panicking? If you can deal with black holes, then just ask the boy to continue with the awakening ceremony!" Orange haired man said with a sneer.
Ramsey ignored him and looked at the camel rider. "Alliance Leader, we will let the boy make the choice for himself."
"I support the notion," Alliance Leader agreed.
"The boy is forbidden from coming to Five Leaf Clover until he is Rank 4!" The Monk said. That meant a yes; the child should be allowed to choose.
"What if he wants to be crippled?" Orange haired man said.
"That's impossible. In all possibilities, Elias will never let go of that power!" The Monk said, and this made them frown.
They had enough wealth, tech, and means to make the boy drool toward losing this power, but the Monk's words were something that couldn't be taken lightly.
"Lady Marina. Your view," Ramsey asked.
"He is too dangerous," her slithering whispers were uncomfortable to hear. "I injected him with Rank 2 venom to sedate him."
"She is not in favor!" Orange hair said with a smile. "That means we will all kill him!"
Ramsey felt anger before he said, "Roland, stop with the jokes. Your view!"
The man sighed as he ran his hand through his orange hair; his face for once was serious.
"I support the notion. I don't want the camel man to stop my mining because of some world doom!" He started normal and ended with a joke.
"Hopefully, he might wipe out the Grimhammer Family for vengeance. Haha, this country will be Five Clover again, the same as the Monk!"
No one took his jokes seriously but only at face value, but Rand and Ramsey were truly having several thoughts about it.
"It's decided then. The boy has his fate in his hands!"
President of Four Leaf Clover, Serpent Queen, Lady Marina bit Elias, and he woke up.
There were three people before him: Lord Patriarch, Mr. President, and Master Arlon.
Elias flashed a smile and bowed his head, but as he was sitting, it appeared awkward since he couldn't stand. They made sure of that.
"You're a very talented young lad," Ramsey began. "You didn't just surpass everyone academically at your age but in Talent too. Man, no wonder my daughter is jealous of you."
Elias's awkward smile never left him.
"Black Hole. In the old world, it was just a distant phenomenon, but now, your grandpa can just fart one any time!"
"Show him!"
The Patriarch opened his palm, and space bent in a swirl, and then a black hole appeared. Of course, there was absolute control that its presence was felt, but the effect was nowhere to be seen.
Elias's eyes stared at it in awe.
"Can you control it that way?" Ramsey asked.
"Not now!" Elias said with some conviction.
"When?"