Death Strategy

After Winged Flame lost its temper, all the ascenders fell silent.

These ascenders were all at the peak of the Fourth Level. They were elites anywhere in this world, and naturally, none of them were fools.

No one wanted to openly defy an apostle, even if that apostle belonged to the Dedication Path. Not to mention, the apostle was also the host of the Promotion Ritual.

Strictly speaking, the host was not allowed to interfere with the Promotion Ritual... but that was not absolute.

Just as an invigilator was not allowed to talk to students, that did not stop them from looking over the answers after they had been written and giving a scornful laugh as a warning that something was wrong.

And if the host itself harbored ill will toward one of the ascenders, it could easily mislead them in the wrong direction—after all, the Promotion Ritual had never mandated fairness.

At least, every Promotion Ritual hosted by an apostle of the Great Sage was unfair... Having their Extraordinary Abilities stripped away while also being required to clear the trial through intelligence was blatant favoritism toward ascenders of the Path of Wisdom.

Seeing everyone looking at him in silence, Winged Flame gave a smug snort.

He spoke in a childish, genderless voice like that of a young child: "I will host this Promotion Ritual!

"I am one of the many flames atop the Candle of the Candleholder, Winged Flame."

The Little Deer with flaming wings said this as he scampered around on the ground, pattering in circles several times before everyone. He looked as though he were showing off the flaming wings behind him.

When he returned to the central platform, the fiery wings behind him suddenly expanded to two or three times their original size, and their shape