Book 5: Chapter 37: The Dawn of the Banquet of Void
<strong>The In-Between</strong>
King Oberon watches through a portal as the Warden of the Red gue unleashes the Red gue, spreading the enormous mass of glowing red liquid into the air towards the void creatures. Void creatures that are just beginning to notice her arrival and target the.
The swarm of Red gue continuously spreads out to blot out the entire sky before it shes with the void invasion and quickly begins to devour it, not giving the lower ss void creatures even the slightest chance of fighting back.
<strong>Are we sure this is a good idea? </strong>ra, the newly designated First Princess of the Fae and contracted partner of the Blood Cmity, asks with a frown as she floats next to her father.
King Oberon stays silent for several seconds as the Red gue devours the void creatures, with the Warden constantly pulling the Red gue back into her to absorb the reality energy from the void creatures. And every time she absorbs it, her level and total EXP shoot up nonstop.
<strong>Theres no other choice but to fight a universe level threat with another universe level threat, </strong>Oberon eventually answers. <strong>I believe she wont be a problem in the future.</strong>
<strong>I agree with you, Father. But what Im worried about is if the poor girl isnt able to control the Red gue. </strong>ra says, making Oberon finally nce at her. Then she pushes on, asking, <strong>What if shepletely loses control of it and it results in the end of both the universe and the Farshore? </strong>She pauses for a second before adding, <strong>What if grandmothers work ends up being pointless?</strong>
The king doesnt say anything for several seconds, just watching the Red gue devour the void invasion.
<strong>Then we must prepare for the end of everything, </strong>Oberon eventually says, not even hiding the consequences of that.
His daughters eyes widen in both shock and fear before she turns her gaze to the one-sided battle below. Where the void army is being devoured whole by the constantly growing Red gue.
But despite that, the void creatures continue throwing themselves into the Red gue with abandon.
Unlike what many people might assume, the void creatures have no intelligence. No sapience, no intelligence, no ability to tell apart danger or threats.
All the void creatures can do is attack the living, with a specific draw towards sapient living creatures.
Their entire purpose is that of the anti-life. To destroy everything and kill all living beings.
So the two Royal Fae continue watching as they all throw themselves into the Red gue in a pointless attempt to eliminate the intelligent gue, only for the gue itself to devour them instead.
<strong>Its terrifying, </strong>ra says while turning her gaze to the apathetic look on the Apex Predators face. A look that shows just how indifferent she is to the current greatest threat in the entire universe. <strong>The Red gue is truly terrifying.</strong>
<strong>Yes, </strong>Oberon says, sounding quieter than normal as he watches the granddaughter of his contractor nourish herself on the universes direct enemy. <strong>That it is.</strong>
<em>But no matter how terrifying the gue and the girl are, theyre the only hope of saving the universe.</em>
Oberon feels more than a little warry by the idea of herpeting in the tournament with the Red gue. Even if he knows that she wont likely use if for offence if she is told how it will kill the otherpetitors even <em>if</em> they choose to turn on the anti-deathw in the artificial universe he made for thepetition.
<em>At least, not in battles against those with the anti-deathw enabled.</em>
From what hes heard of the girl from a certain doting grandfather who speaks about her more often than Oberon would like, the girl isnt against using what she has to kill. Even if it basically means shell be devouring them alive in a sense. She would only hold back if she knew they didnt want to die in the tournament.
Oberon sighs as he continues watching the chaos. But after a while, he begins to notice a shift in both the Red gue and the void invasion.
Both of them begin to move in the direction of the random, dead the Warden is currently on.
Oberons draconic eyes narrow slightly at the sight.
<em>The Red gue is moving towards its Warden, thats clear enough. But are the void creatures moving towards the biggest threat? The only threat that has been able to fight back against them so far?</em>
He frowns at that thought. Because if its true, then the void invasion does have some minor instincts after all.
Instincts to target the biggest threat first.
Of course, not all of the void creatures across the world are moving towards the world. Not even the vast majority of them are.
Only the void creatures within the gxy she is currently in. One on the other side of the universe to Earth.
Oberon turns his gaze back to the swarm of Red gue above the, along with the indifferent girl controlling it all and asionally reabsorbing bits of the Red gue. And when he looks at her level through his System ess granted to him by his status as the King of the Fae, he cant help but frown.
<em>She has leveled up nearly twenty times in just thest hour. If she keeps up the pace shes at now, considering the increase in necessary reality energy per level</em>
His eyes widen and he begins to turn away from the portal.
<em>Shell reach around level 1700 by the time the tournament begins.</em>
A level that Oberon feels is high enough to win. Especially with her Apex Predator skill giving her a 100% boost in stats against the Knights, who are barely a hundred levels above that.
<strong>Lets go, </strong>Oberon tells his daughter, who quickly follows after him. <strong>We have a tournament to prepare for.</strong>
<em>At the very least, The Reaper doesnt have a fae topete for.</em>
Right when theyre about to teleport to the new universe he created temporarily, he nces at his daughter and adds, <strong>And I wish you luck in the tournament as well, young ra.</strong>
She nods her head, following which they both teleport, making the portal behind them vanish without a trace.