Aglaiya, the messenger of thunder and lightning, this name is like a bright lightning on her body, splitting countless darkness. Her power was not possessed from the beginning. It is not a talent, nor is it luck. Her story is more real, more complicated, and more difficult to figure out than any legend you can imagine. Maybe you will think that her rise is like a replica of a myth, but you are wrong. This is a story about tempering, struggle and self-transcendence, full of bloodiness of repeated failures.
The power of thunder is indeed remarkable, but you have never thought about where Aglaiya’s tenacity comes from. She does not believe in the nonsense of “fate” or “fatalistic people”. She knows that every step she takes requires a price. The sentence “fear crushes flesh and blood” sounds heavy, but she has long been accustomed to it. If you want to see the light from the darkness, you have to go through countless moments that suffocate you, and endure the inner struggles that those who do not understand pain will never understand.
When it comes to Aglaya’s breakthrough, you will see a process that seems to be taken for granted. The materials, skills, and light cones of breakthrough, these boring numbers and projects, hide the long loneliness she has experienced in order to achieve self-transcendence. Those “coffin nails” were once the shackles that bound her, but she had long learned how to find freedom in the shackles. Every time she improves, she finds a path to survive in the limit that is infinitely approaching herself.
Let’s take a look at her exclusive light cone. Aglaya does not rely on any external force to make herself stronger. Her “weaving time into gold” is her persistence in the future and a symbol of her indomitable strength. Materials, materials, breakthroughs, each one is full of cruel reality. But she does not avoid these. She knows that in this world, the strong are not born, but the product of countless self-sacrifices and reflections.
To put it bluntly, the reason why she can stand in her current position is because she is more ruthless than others. Her road is not paved by others, but she stepped out inch by inch with blood and sweat. What kind of person do you want to ask her to become? She never caters to the eyes of others, and even fate does not give her much room for choice. But she never complains, and there is not even a trace of moving tears. Her crying has long been put into the deepest corner of her heart, and outsiders will never see it.
Then, let’s talk about her breakthrough. You can count the breakthrough materials, time and effort she needs to go from level 20 to level 70. But you ignore that behind the breakthrough is a silent competition. In this competition, Aglaya has never relaxed her vigilance. She knows in her heart that once she stops, those who may surpass her will start to catch up. She has no reason to slack off, because she knows that there is no free lunch in the world, and even a short stop at that moment may mean regret in the next reincarnation.
Through her own step-by-step challenges, she broke through every layer of difficulties and crossed every peak she once thought impossible. She has long understood that the so-called “nail of the beast coffin” is not a bondage of fate, but her source of motivation. Yes, the deeper she is in it, the more opportunities she can find for breakthroughs. Her existence is like a lightning that cannot be ignored, splitting your inherent cognition of the world. She stands in her own world, like a hero who never compromises, fighting against everything with her courage.
You see, all the “light cone materials” she wants to break through, each one makes people feel extremely tired and heavy. She needs the blood of “fear crushing flesh and blood”, the cleansing of “glory baptizing the body”, and the “good luck fragments” to guide her future direction. If others were to do these things, they might have given up long ago. But Aglaya, no, every bit of her strength is a victory of self-challenge.
You may feel that her life seems too cold and ruthless. Indeed, Aglaya does not have a warm halo like those heroes favored by fate. Her light is her burning alone in silence, and her courage is the energy she quietly accumulated in adversity. She does not need recognition from the outside world, she understands that all power will eventually return to herself.
She doesn’t care what others think of her, she always sticks to her inner beliefs. No one has ever been able to understand her pain and persistence, and many people even laugh at her for being “too stubborn”. But she disdains to respond to these remarks, because she knows that if it weren’t for this stubbornness, she wouldn’t be where she is today. The world doesn’t treat everyone well, especially those who try to break the rules and challenge fate. She neither accepts the rules nor agrees with the so-called “destiny”. What she wants is freedom and the power to control her own destiny.
Looking back on her journey, what we see is not a god-given hero, but a brave man who truly fights the world with flesh and blood. Her breakthrough was not achieved overnight, but every trial and every pain made her stronger. Her rise is a rebellion against her own destiny and a challenge to the impossible. In the end, Aglaya became a symbol of thunder and lightning and a legend beyond everything.
She stood there, mastering the power of thunder, but behind her, there is always that unknown silent struggle and silent persistence.