Silas said, "They all died in battle."

"All of them?" Ray raised an eyebrow, surprised.

Silas nodded. "Yes. Once someone goes through the awakening ritual and becomes an ability user, their power grows, and they gain privileges—but they also have to go out and gather resources. That makes them easy targets for rival ability user factions.

"As far as I know, many were killed by those groups.

"Actually, I could have undergone the awakening ritual a long time ago, but I was afraid that once I b