Half an hour later, on a Blue Sea island under Birka's jurisdiction, inside a secluded cabin hidden in the woods.
Enel looked around cautiously. Only after confirming that no one had followed him did he place his hand on the wooden door. He gently pushed it open, swiftly slipped inside, and immediately shut it behind him.
The room was dimly lit. Five pairs of eyes that had long been waiting there all turned toward him at once.
Facing their gazes, Enel showed no trace of panic. He swept his eyes around the room, unable to suppress the pride and fervor on his face as he slowly said, "Everyone... I've become an ability user!"
The others were slightly taken aback. Ability users were rare, but in the current God's Country, they were not unheard of.
One of them was already an ability user. That news alone hardly seemed worth gathering them all here with such fanfare.
Satori, the youngest and most impatient among them, could not help asking:
"So what? Enel, did you call us here just to tell us that? Is something like this worth making such a big fuss over?"
Enel was not angered by his companion's doubt. Instead, he patiently explained:
"The ability I gained isn't an ordinary one. It's an extremely powerful ability."
Without waiting for their reactions, he began demonstrating it. With a thought, his entire right arm instantly transformed into an element, becoming a pitch-black Thundercloud filled with dazzling electric arcs that made their hearts tremble.
The violent energy fluctuations made the air in the room seem thick and viscous. He casually swung his arm forward—
"Boom!"
A thick azure bolt of lightning shot from the Thundercloud that was his arm, instantly piercing the solid stone floor and leaving behind a crater with charred edges.