True Void was only a sentient born from a magic weapon. Nevertheless, the intense emotion he felt at that moment was simr to what humans would feel when faced with a desperate situation.


    After all, he never expected to meet the very person he did not want to meet— the new Soul Emperor!


    "Run away!" True Void shouted at te at once.


    te did not need to be told twice. No matter how strong her resolve to put her life on the line to help his grandson aplish whatever goal he had set his sight on, she knew escaping from the new Soul Emperor was the best course of action.


    Even if the scene that greeted them upon their arrival made her insides churn with fear and worry for the people in Ravenpass, she knew this was not the time to risk her life. Doing so would only make her sacrifice in vain. What she had to do was escape and let the others know about the situation in Ravenpass.


    Beforeing, te kept the transmission scroll in her hands in case of emergency. Thus, after True Void gave the order, she activated it immediately.


    "Did I permit you to leave—?"


    "You''re not allowed to interfere!"


    Before the new Soul Emperor could make a move, True Void disengaged himself, and the shape-shifting tes flew toward te, forming a protective barrier around her.


    Gold magic arrays appeared above te and beneath her feet, engulfing her in a blinding light.


    A powerful magic aura erupted from the new Soul Emperor, which swept out in all directions toward True Void. But thetter was undaunted. He braced himself from the impact and ensured te''s escape would not be interrupted.


    Before te was transported away, she managed to turn and look at the face of the new Soul Emperor— the Crown Princess of the Yen Empire.


    While she already knew Cyneah looked simr to the Crown Princess, when te saw thetter, she did not see a glimpse of the former. As a matter of fact, the woman she saw looked very different.


    Flowing light brown hair and sapphire blue eyes— while the color of her hair was simr to Cyneah''s, the woman''s facial features differed from hers.


    Was she truly the new Soul Emperor?


    te was not given a chance to ponder this question because she had been transported back to Noser.


    True Void heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that te had managed to escape. He looked at the woman before him, feeling shivers run up his illusory arms.


    He knew what the Crown Princess looked like, with the exception of the color of her eyes; she shared the same face as Cyneah.


    This woman looked nothing the same as thetter, but True Void knew who she was simply because her face was simr to the Soul Emperor he knew from a thousand years ago.


    "I''ve had my doubts," True Void started. "But now I am sure... in the end, my master failed to kill you."


    La lowered her outstretched arm and smiled at True Void— a smile that lit up her whole face entuating her beauty, yet always made him ufortable.


    "You still call him ''master,'' I see," she said. "Do you not acknowledge the new Void Master? Is it why you would not appear in your real form?"


    True Void did not reply and instead focused on manipting the shape-shifting tes, forming them into a mini Void armor again.


    "Still as unfriendly as ever," Lamented with a helpless sigh.


    "You don''t seem worried about letting one of us escape," True Void remarked.


    But he was not only making idle chatter. When he manipted the shape-shifting tes to turn back into armor, he left a few to go down the cliff. He had two reasons for doing so, and the first one was tl check the situation below. As for the second, it was for precautionary measures.


    That was True Void''s priority at that moment— find out what happened to the people in Ravenpass.


    Ravenpass might be engulfed in mes, but that was not the reason he and te were frightened to death.


    The real culprit was the huge figure floating above Ravenpass, emitting such an ominous and terrifying energy— the Macabre cier!


    La''s smile widened, turning from a serene-looking smile into an eerie one.


    "Because it will not make a difference," she said coldly. "After all, I have aplished what I came here for."


    True Void almost let out a gasp of fright after hearing that. Previously, he and Kyran discussed the Soul Emperor''s objective in targeting the Regis n. If what La was saying was true, did she mean she had already killed and taken the souls of every member of the Regis n?


    Nheless, True Void knew the Regis Special Force had already arrived at the Regis Estate. La had not taken the ones she needed if this was the case. But that did not put True Void at ease. If every Regis n member had indeed fallen, who knew how Kyran would react?


    Once again, True Void felt helpless at not being able of real use at such times because they had yet to locate his real body.


    Recalling La''s remark about him not showing Kyran his real form, True Void was somehowforted because this meant she was unaware that he had been separated from his real body.<novelnext></novelnext>


    In any case, True Void had to buy some time until he confirmed the real situation in Ravenpass.


    "Humph," True Void replied, crossing his arms across his chest. "Did you really aplish your objective? From what I can see, you''re not fully controlling the Macabre cier."


    The corner of La''s eyes twitched slightly, but her smile did not falter. She said, "I don''t need to have full control over it. As long as I can take it out and—."


    "Having it appear before your target doesn''t mean it will make them lose their minds. And even if that is the case, the fact that I am seeing it and can still stay sane proves its power has not fully awakened."


    La stopped short. Her eyes widened as she looked at True Void in disbelief. But her disbelief only appeared briefly. Soon after, sheughed heartily and said, "Is that what you thought I was trying to aplish here?"


    The light in True Void''s eyes dimmed slightly.


    "Enough of this," La suddenly stoppedughing and raised her hand toward True Void.


    An invisible force enveloped True Void without warning, and his movements were sealed at once.


    "What—?"


    "The Regis n is not the only one I am after," La smiled, which did not reach her eyes. "You should know that better, right?"


    True Void''s eyes widened.


    Of course, he knew. It was precisely the reason he did not want to meet her!


    La had been coveting True Void since she knew what he could do!


    "I do, which is why I have prepared countermeasures!"


    Although True Void''s movements had been sealed, his consciousness was not. After confirming that he had lost control over the miniature armor, he transferred his consciousness over to one of the shape-shifting tes he had sent below the cliff.


    La''s sapphire blue eyes squinted maliciously after sensing True Void''s consciousness leaving the miniature armor.


    ''This is not his main core?'' She thought in disbelief.


    As far as she was concerned, she was the only one who had the ability to transfer consciousness over to another vessel! How could True Void, a mere sentient of a magic weapon, do so?


    La instantly spread out her magic sense in an attempt to locate True Void''s real core.


    However, before her magic sense could go further, the sky above shed, and an earth-shattering sound echoed throughout thend.


    CRASH—BOOOM!


    La stopped and looked up at the sky at once.


    True Void, in the midst of escaping, also looked up. But he did not stop manipting the shape-shifting tes away. He merely looked up to see where the explosion had urred.


    ''T-That''s—!''


    The hole in the sky, which he could see from a distance, had several cracks spreading out in every direction from its edges. ss-like shards fell from the cracks and disintegrated with the wind before touching the ground.


    A smile appeared on La''s face as she saw several figures descending from the hole.


    "Finally," she muttered. "They havee."


    True Void was forced to a stop after seeing the figures appearing from the hole. Since he was too far, he could not be sure who they were. But seeing that these figures did not seem to be ''fighting'' against each other meant only one thing.


    They were the Sovereigns who wanted to enter the Human ne!


    What about Nn, then? What happened to him?


    These questions floated in True Void''s mind, and his illusory heart sank.


    Nn was not a Sovereign. Obviously, he would never be able to prevent several Sovereigns by himself!


    Just as True Void was thinking the situation had escted too fast, a thunderous voice filled with unmasked rage reverberated throughout the empire.


    "To dare touch my family... UNFORGIVABLE!"