《Ultimate Gacha System: Reborn Into A Crazy Fantasy》 Chapter 1: Alerons End Chapter 1: Aleron''s End ? A twenty-four-year-old young man with short ck hairy on a single bed wearing gray pajamas. He was looking outside the window at the colorful neon lights of the city and distant flying cars while his ck eyes behind the rims were dim and looked profoundly tired. "I-It''s a bad news, Aleron." A butler looking in his early sixties with short brown hair stood beside the bed after talking with someone on the phone. He had the ssic butler outfit adorned and his figure looked slim with a fit six-foot stature. "Mr. Lakesmith imed all of your insurance in thest attempt to save thepany..." "Including your life insurance," The butler''s lips trembled. "You are already registered d- dead." His voice cracked in sadness and anguish. "The Earth Union cannot grant any support to you. This trash s-system will not help you," Alfred''s voice wasced with despair and anger. "You helped millions with your research even though it disabled your limbs, b-but..." Alfred wanted to curse the entire world as his vision became blurry the more he saw Aleron, who was not despairing about his situation despite his lifeing to an end. "Alfred, it''s time for you to think about a new life and perhaps a family, haha," Aleron chuckled as he turned his gaze from the window and looked at his butler who had taken care of him for the past fifteen years. "I think I had a fulfilling life despite my circumstances. I helped a lot of people. I read lots of fantasy light novels and experienced various lives by reading them," Aleron cheekily grinned. "I''m satisfied." Alfred''s eyes started streaming with held-back tears that came pouring out. What fulfilling?! What satisfied?! It was a cursed life! He was just 25 years old, but was on the bed for the past 15 years! ''God. If you are there somewhere, why did you give such a life to this kind and brilliant soul? He deserved to enjoy his life more than anyone I know!'' "Stop crying, haha. This house is going to get confiscated, so it''s time for me to leave too. You know my life will end soon." Alfred repeatedly shook his head, his tears not stopping. Aleron wryly smiled. "It might be cruel for you, but I want you to do it as myst request." "I want the fastest and painless death. I heard there''s a pill that can do it swiftly. Hmm, but It requires some documents..." Aleron helplessly smiled, "It seems that we have to think of something else since I''m already registered dead." Alfred bawled while wiping his face, but his tears just wouldn''t stop. "Come on, Alfred. You know we have no other choice. I might get my brain taken out for experiments if Earth Union found me." Alfred wanted to speak, but a huge lump had blocked his throat. He knew it was Aleron''s end, but...it just felt unreasonable, unjust, and unfair! "I-I can support us both for a while with money you''ve been giving me to save and if I start working somewhe-" "Oh Alfred," Aleron rolled his eyes as he interrupted his butler. "You have to first think about where you will live tomorrow since this house will be gone. I don''t want to burden anyone else, especially you." "You''ve done enough, so let''s get freedom together," Aleron widely grinned. "I''ll have my freedom and you''ll have yours." Aleron eyes sparkled as he added, "And I''m sure I''ll be reborn in some magical world with moving limbs in my next life and live like others." "I-I''m sure of that too. You will live w-wonderfully in your next life. You will live however you want. I-I''m s-sure," Alfred said while trying to smile, but his eyes couldn''t stop the tears. Aleron nodded and grinned, "Yep. So let''s finish this, no joke. We have to think about how you will give me freedom from this body seriously, haha." Alfred''s lips trembled and more tears streamed down as he knew what Aleron''s words entailed. -- After Aleron fell asleep once they finished talking, Alfred went to get a pill illegally by paying a few Earth credits extra. He returned soon and caressed Aleron''s head while holding back his tears and putting a pill into his mouth. It swiftly dissolved in Aleron''s mouth as its tiny particles spread into his body, reached his heart, and stopped it at once. The same thing happened with his brain, to kill it swiftly for a painless death. As per Aleron''s wish, Alfred carried his body out of the room and descended into the empty house''s living hall. It was arge house, but no one was living there anymore. Alfred put him on the sofa and used a razor shovel that ran with a battery to dig the ground behind the array of colorful flowers that Aleron requested to grow three years ago. The spot where he was digging was Aleron''s favorite spot to read when the weather was nice. Aleron wanted to be buried there after his death. Alfred carefully put him inside after digging six feet and looked at his face onest time as his tears dropped. "Goodbye, Aleron. May you live to the fullest in your next life." "This is not your end. I firmly believe it." Alfred wiped his tears as he bid farewell and shoved a huge chunk of soil dirt he had dug back into the hole and started burying it. Alfred adjusted the soil properly to avoid making it look like someone was buried there and left with a heavy yet light heart. It was the start of his new life, and he also believed it was the same for Aleron. He soon left after calling a taxi with his two big suitcases containing his things. *Crackle...* "The wheater suddenly turned so strange, sir. We haven''t had such a pouring and lightning in a while," the driver said with a light chuckle. "The sky is crying and mourning..." Alfred murmured as he looked at the roaring lightning amid dark clouds in the sky while rain continuously poured. "Is that so? Well, who knows?" the driver wryly smiled. The weather remained terrible throughout the night and when the clock turned 3:37 in the morning, a lightning bolt struck down. Itnded right on Aleron''s grave and struck him before his body disappeared. Chapter 2: Alerons New Beginning? Hold Up... Chapter 2: Aleron''s New Beginning? Hold Up... ? *Darkness...* ''Eh? So this is the famous darkness that everyone experiences before reincarnation?'' ''Cool.'' ''I really can''t feel my limbs.'' Aleron felt excited and shouted. "Yoohoo!" But then he felt weird. ''I just heard my own voice.'' He felt even more weird as seconds passed. Some unfamiliar sensation crept on him before the darkness finally lifted its veil and light entered his eyes. Aleron looked at the luxurious ceiling with gold-ted patterns and lights while his expression turned nk. He could feel his heart, his eyes as they blinked, his breathing, and.... Aleron''s right hand moved up and appeared before his eyes. "I can move my limbs." Just as he muttered, the brightness dimmed as he saw many people and uproar ensued. "He awakened!" "The savior finally opened his eyes!" "Our Hero is here!" Two knights in silver armor appeared to his sides before grabbing his hands and helping him stand up. "I can move," Aleron muttered as he felt his legs and arms clearly, delight filling him. "Hero!" A sound boomed in his ears as Aleron looked around the grand royal pce, with a middle- aged king and queen five meters on an elevated ground while a bunch of people in various attire stood in the surroundings. ''So I didn''t reincarnate, but got transported with my body here?'' Aleron raised his eyebrows. "Dear Hero, would you please put your hand on this crystal tablet so we can see the divine blessing you have received from Goddess Elysia." Aleron, in his pajamas and wearing a smile on his face, eagerly put his hand on the crystal tablet. ''I guess my new life begins already.'' The crystal tablet showed his status, but Aleron swiftly heard a series of gasps. "Impossible!" "T-This can''t be true." The princess with long wavy blond hair rushed forward and looked at the tablet with focus and somber expression while the entire throne hall turned silent. "No talent in magic. Average physical stats. Divine Blessing can''t be used due to not meeting requirement..." the Princess muttered while her eyes widened with disbelief. "Knights!" the King shouted, his expression ugly. "Capture him and prepare for divine source extraction!" The two knights beside Aleron grabbed his arms while the other two arrived and grabbed his legs. "W-What are you doing?! What do you mean by divine source extraction?!" Aleron shouted and struggled to get away, but he was powerless against their grip. Aleron''s heart turned cold as he felt something bad was going to happen to him. "Stop struggling!" A golden-armored knight walked alongside the four that carried him and looked at him with a mean re. ''What the hell is going on?! They called me their hero a moment ago, and now I am like their worst enemy?!'' While they took Aleron away, the murmurs and ruckus in the throne hall grew. "Silence," the queen spoke with a severe expression, her long blond hair braided with hairpins and a tiara on her head. The hall turned silent as all the nobles, officials, and knights looked at the King and Queen. "My lord, the civil unrest is increasing due to the encroachment of the Demons from northeast Delvera Forest, so we shouldn''t disclose this matter in public," the court magician said while caressing his beard and bearing a frown on his face. "We needed a hero, so we should give one." "You all heard this," the King swept his nce across the hall. "We have summoned the hero of our kingdom. He is well and alive and will help us." "Minister Rowen, send an elite team to find an unfamiliar, but talented young man by searching faraway viges and towns within our Kingdom''s borders." Queen narrowed her eyes and added, "We shall extract the divine source from this weakling and imbue it into another. We shall proim the new hero as our Kingdom''s true hero." ... In a stone chamber with a chilly atmosphere, Aleron was forcefully bound with ropes on a stone bed with entric patterns. Only a few minutes passed before more people appeared in the stone chamber led by the Kingdom''s court magician. The court magician looked at Aleron with pity for a brief moment before he nodded at the other mages, "Let''s begin. He will die after we extract the divine source, so no need to hold back. Just put your whole focus on the divine source and support me in extracting it." Hearing that, Aleron''s struggle finally ceased as his eyes overcame with despair due to not being able to free himself. ''No...'' He couldn''t even speak anything because they sealed his mouth. Struggling was also futile as they tightly bound him. All his eyes showed was utter despair as he found out what his fate entailed. ''This can''t be happening. I arrived in another world, but I can''t live? I can move again in this world with magic, but I can''t live?!! ''Why?! Why am I here then?!'' Suddenly, Aleron''s thoughts were interrupted by a spike of pain that shot into his mind and then his body. His eyes turned bloodshot and a muffled and soundless scream released from the vibration of his throat and sealed mouth. Aleron couldn''t scream physically, but his mind was crying and screaming unrestrainedly due to this strange, but the most hellish pain he could imagine. The divine source was in his soul, so the mages were fiddling in his soul without care for him as Aleron felt pain he couldn''t block nor endure. It was as if his soul was getting pierced, burned, crushed constantly. Unable to hold on any longer, his consciousness drifted away into darkness, and right after that...he heard a clear and crisp voice ringing in his head while the pain began to vanish. [High Imaginary potential detected.] [Compatibility rate: Beyond Maximum.] [Settling in.] Aleron was confused, but also hopeful. ''Whatever this is, I hope it can save me. Please, let this be my golden finger instead of another fecal matter. I am already, almost fucking dead.'' However, all he received was the darkness that enveloped his consciousness and his thoughts ceased to be. Aleronpletely fainted. Meanwhile, the mages worked for an hour before they finally extracted the Divine Source and infused it into a magical and valuable palm-sized crystal before putting it in a luxurious wooden box. "Knights," the court magician looked at four silver-armored knights and said, "Bury him in the garden under the Blood-Oak Tree. No one shall find his body." The four silver-armored knights nodded while the mages left the stone chambers. While the knights were unbinding Aleron, his eyes slowly opened, filled with weakness and daze. But in his mind was a strange thing that ovepped with his vision. [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 1 -Gacha Points: 13 |-Summoning Banners- 1. Lords of Arcane. -> Summoning Ticket: 1 ''W-what is this? Ultimate Gacha System?'' Aleron thought, but his current weakness was threatening to send him back into darkness again. He was feeling death all over again, but it was more painful this time. It took all of his willpower to remain conscious. [Do you wish to summon?] ''Yes, summon!'' Aleron answered, trying to hold on longer. Aleron''s eyelids closed as he couldn''t keep them open while consciousness also got wobbly, but his willpower and desire to live kept him awake long enough to change his fate. ''Lords of Arcane...use its ticket.'' The four silver-armored knights were carrying Aleron toward the door when they suddenly felt a strange aura oozing out of him. Startled, they dropped him on the floor. *Thud...* "What''s going on?" But soon, four of them saw a magical whirlpool with dark green and dark violet waves manifesting over Aleron. Simply looking at this aura caused the silver-armored knights to feel death. "Who ar-" *Thud...* Aleron heard a few thuds around him as if people were falling and his eyes barely opened again. He could blurrily see a figure d in a ck robe, with a pair of ck curved horns on the figure''s head and dark green eyes looking at him. "S-Save me," Aleron blurted out with all of his strength before his eyes closed again. But this figure''s voice still entered his ears. "As you wish, my lord." Chapter 3: Necropolis! Chapter 3: Necropolis! ? On a king-sized bed within a luxurious room, Alerony peacefully with his eyes closed. Beside the bed was a chair, on which a handsome man with long gray hair sat while reading an old, tattered book. As if sensing something, the man looked at Aleron whose eyes slowly moved before gradually opening. After a brief confusion in his eyes, the expression of relief settled in. "I am alive." "Yes, my lord." Aleron turned to his right upon hearing the voice and saw the man with a handsome countenance, two demonic horns on his head, and his dark green eyes looking straight into his. "You..." Alereon was surprised. The man stood up and bowed with his right palm on his chest and a smile hanging on his lips, "My name is Darzax, my lord." Hearing that, Aleron saw a window panel pop up in his mind. [Darzax the Graveborn] ss: Archmage Sorcerer. Speciality: Necromancy, Master of Death. Power Level: 1,293,490. "They were going to kill me...but you saved me!" Aeron had never felt this relieved in his life. Never felt this happy to be alive. It waspletely the opposite of thest moments of his previous life. He epted death in hisst life because he judged it was his end, but not in this life! He wanted to live this new life and enjoy it! Especially after arriving in this fantastic world with moving limbs and a system he had never read before! "Thank you for saving me," Aleron smiled brightly at Darzax. Darzax shook his head with a faint smile and looked at Aleron, "Your wish is mymand, my lord. You made me an existence with meaning, so I shall serve with you my utmost devotion." ''So this is my first summon? So cool!'' Aleron eye''s sparkled. "Oh yeah, what is this room?" Aleron looked around in confusion. "It''s so luxurious." "It is the Royal bedchamber. I have disposed of the Royal Family and everyone in the pce as they were a threat to you, my lord." "Oh...wait what?!" Aleron was dumbfounded. "You killed them all?" "Indeed, my lord." Darzax nodded and bowed, "For your safety, I have turned this kingdom into a necropolis." "Necro...polis?" Aleron repeated the term with a dazed expression. ''No way right?!! Necropolis meant the city of the dead. If he was to take the meaning and put the pieces together, it meant that Darzax had killed everyone in the city and turned them into undead! WTF?! ''His specialty is Necromancy and Master of Death.'' He knew it but he still wanted to confirm it. "Necropolis as in...the city of the dead?" Aleron asked while his heart started racing. ''He said necropolis...he said he killed everyone,'' Aleron''s heart beat faster. *k* Suddenly, the door to the room opened before a fit middle-aged man with blond hair and wearing a chef''s uniform entered with a trolly of food. Aleron looked at him, and his mouth opened wide in shock. This middle-aged man did not look like a human. He was strangely dark with faint shining on his body due to sunlight from the window as if he had micro-crystals on his skin. But his most striking feature was a pair of folded vampire wings behind him and fangs. "My lord. Please eat this delicacy made by this kingdom''s best chef," Darzax smiled. Aleron gulped and turned to Darzax, "Did you make everyone into an Undead?" "Of course, my lord," Darzax bowed, "Everything for your safety and to save you. Your soul was injured and I needed powerful souls, refine them to acquire pure soul essence, and heal you." "But worry not, we have a considerable army of undead with various ranks," Darzax smiled and waved his hand. In the next second, Aleron saw a dreamy holographic-style image containing arrays of cartoony characters in mini form, a hierarchy of Undead! The first five rows were thergest and biggest, with a title above them and a number beside it. [Zombies]-1,139,200 - Adept rank. ''So the weakest zombies are also stronger than current me? Damn.'' Aleron gulped and looked below as the armies got smaller, but more powerful in ranks. [Ghouls]-984,190 - Mix of Exceptional and Adept rank. [Liches]-395,302 - Mix of Exceptional rank and Epic rank. [Death Knights]-98,349 - Epic rank. [Vampires]-5684 - Mix of Epic and Legendary rank. [Werewolves]-5402 - Mix of Epic and Legendary rank. [Death Lords]-32 - Legendary rank. [Death God]-1 "So, the Death God is you?" Aleron looked at Darzax. Darzax smiled and shortly bowed, "Indeed, my lord. As I am the origin and responsible for turning them into undead in my hierarchy, I am the Death God." ''Holy shit, this guy is so powerful and I summoned him?!'' "Then how do you determine who bes who in this hierarchy?" Aleron asked with curious sparks in his eyes. "It depends on their own strength and soul potential, my lord. What I have is my Spell and my Domain. I unleashed them on this city to turn it into a Necropolis." "My spell and Domain will work towards transforming the city into a social and working necropolis." Darzax looked at Aleron and adopted a doubtful expression, "If you are not fine with this and want to go for adventures and settle somewhere, then we can depart as well." "Eh? Then what about this Necropolis?" Darzax smilingly shook his head, "All beings, including zombies, are sentient in this city, but their memories of them being humans are wiped out." "As their Death God, I have already constructed a physical hierarchy in the city and given each race a role ording to their capability to maintain the city and prosper." "Unless some nearby kingdom or organizations decided to make a move, we can just leave and let them be on their own." Aleron was amazed, but then he weakly smiled, "Darzax, I am grateful to you for saving me. But I also feel sad that many innocent people turned undead because of me." He looked outside the window and wondered, "Are they happy or sad? Did they suffer?" Darzax raised his eyebrows before he bowed, "I apologize my lord. I judged it was better topletely turn this city into our stronghold for your utmost safety. This way, if people from outsidee, I can immediately know, and we can also use the Undead powerhouses birthed from people in this city to our aid." "No need to apologize," Aleron shook his head. Darzax looked at Aleron and ruefully smiled, "It''s true that many innocents lost their previous lives, but if it makes you feel better, then all of them are alive as Undead and living a better life than before. They are at peace in my domain." Aleron was surprised. ''He did it for me, after all. I feel sad, but nothing I can do except ept it.'' He smiled and nodded, "If that''s the case, then good." ''This is a magical world...just like many I used to read!'' ''I want to do a lot of things! But let''s start with the most important.'' Aleron looked at Darzax, his eyes sparkling like stars, "Dax, take me outside. I want to look at this world and know more about it." "With pleasure, my lord. I was about to suggest that after you finish eating," Darzax warmly smiled and gestured at the food trolly filled with various dishes. "Please eat to regain some spirit and taste the best food of this kingdom." "Even though the chef has turned into a high vampire, his skills haven''t waned," Darzax chuckled. "Alright," Aleron broadly grinned and nodded. He was hungry, so he started eating without holding back. The moment he took the first bite of a juicy meatball wrapped in some kind of cabbage, his eyes sparkled. "Delicious!" Chapter 4: War, Hero, Goddess Chapter 4: War, Hero, Goddess ? Nexusia Magic Kingdom-the neighboring kingdom of the Falran Kingdom, situated in the south of the Falran Kingdom. At the moment, the two Court Magicians of Nexusia Kingdom sat at a table with the King, Divine Knight, and Hero of Nexusia Kingdom. "Your majesty, we sensed great disturbance from Falran kingdom''s capital. Communications to there are strangely closed off as well." "Something must have happened during their Hero Summoning. They were going to do it today." Both court magicians spoke one by one. One was a busty red-haired woman wearing a maroon dress, while the other was a white-haired old man with a long goatee. The Divine Knight was a dark blond-haired man in his forties. His brows creased as he said, "Anything more specific?" "One of my skills did give me a hint," the blue-haired handsome Hero said with a faint smile. He looked in his mid-twenties. "Hero Jackran, what did you discover?" the King curiously asked. Jackran narrowed his eyes and said, "I sensed a great amount of demonic aura from there. Given thatmunications are off right now, I believe that we should send a team to check out the situation at Falran Kingdom''s capital." "Demons? But we are at the south-east of Lightdusk Continent. The invading demons from Demonic Continent shouldn''t be a threat to us so soon," Divine Knight frowned. Jackran shrugged and said with a smile, "I have no idea, but my detection skill can''t be wrong." "Demons at our back..." King Nara frowned, his brows wrinkling. After two seconds of silence, King Nara''s expression turned stoic and he looked at the red- haired woman, "Court Mage Lara, please select some subordinates to your liking and head to Falran Kingdom. I want to know what is happening there." He then looked at the Divine Knight and continued, "Knight Sumeran, you are well known throughout the Falran kingdom. I want you to contact the four Dukes of Falran and other big nobles for a meeting." "Make haste." The Divine Knight and Court mage Lara stood up and nodded. "Understood." "Hero Jackran, the Empire''s call for all Heroes will soone," King Nara looked at Jackran with a somber expression, "How is your progress in conquering our kingdom''s Labyrinth?" "I just cleared the 85th floor yesterday," Jackran grinned before he released his aura, making the court magician and King adopt a surprised expression. "You triggered your Legendary Awakening? Impressive," Court Mage Ramba said while caressing his white goatee and smiling. "The better one''s achievements in theing war, the more Goddess Elysia will favor one. You should work hard.'' Hero Jackran stood up and nodded while smiling, "Indeed. I shall return and resume my endeavors." "All the best," King Nara nodded. After Hero Jackran left, Court Mage Ramba frowned and turned to King Nara, "Your majesty. Hero Jackran is on the same rank as us now. His power is impressive, but his nature is a bit problematic." "Hmm? What did he do?" King Nara raised his eyebrows. "Although he is clearing the Labyrinth Floors fast and getting stronger, hisscivious nature has extended from maids to various noblewomen, even those who are married. He had made moves with his charm and entrapped several wives and daughters of Nobles already." Court Mage Ramba sighed and added, "So far he has only forced himself on maids several times, but this might change with his growing power." King Nara frowned and rubbed his temples, "the Demonic Continent was quiet for two hundred years, but they started making moves again and we had to initiate Hero Summoning as per the Goddess Elysia''smand." "But why do these Heroes do not have the Heroic qualities? Sigh..." King Nara sighed as his head slightly drooped. However, his eyes changed sheen soon, appearing cold and ruthless. "Ramba, prepare a powerful ve Sigil." "A-Are you sure, your majesty?" Ramba asked in a startling voice. ''Could it be that he is feeling a threat from the hero?'' "I am sure. Before he grows any stronger, I have to tame him." ... Falran Kingdom, Luxadia city-one of the four major cities. High above in the sky, Aleron and Darzax rode on a golden bone dragon with shadowy energy instead of flesh filling it. "My lord, this city below is the best city of this kingdom with connections and transport to various nearby kingdoms via their flying ship." Darzax smiled and added, "We can register as Adventurers here, and learn more about this world." "Great! Let''s go fast," Aleron grinned, thrilled. "I want to be powerful and go on adventures." "We shall descend after I use some spells on you. Please wait," Darzax said before his aura changed and Aleron started hearing notifications while feeling strange, butfortable. [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-12 Dark Support.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-15 Dark Resurrection.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-11 Basic Elemental Resistance.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-11 Advanced Elemental Resistance.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-12 Invisible Shield.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-14 Invisible Shadow Armor.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-13 Unrivaled Empowerment.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-13 Death Empowerment.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-15 Death Connection.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-15 Death''s Embrace.] [You have been buffed by the skill: Tier-9 Grave Sense.] ''Holy shit!'' Aleron was dumbfounded as he read those skills'' effects! "This city doesn''t seem to have anyoneing close to my power, so you will be safe with these buffs, my lord," Darzax smiled. ''Safe? I am fucking unkible now,'' Aleron internallyughed out loud. Most of the skills were supportive, but thest one was different. ''Grave Sense is cool. So I can sense the location of anyone who has the intention of killing me within 1 kilometer around me.'' "Thanks, Dax," Aleron grinned. "Let''s go now." Darzax nodded and waved his staff, causing the ck crystal ball on it to glow faintly before both of them disappeared. The Golden Shadow Undead Dragon also vanished into the mist a secondter while Darzax and Aleron emerged from the darkness in a narrow alley near the slum area of the city. "The Adventure Guild is nearby, let us go," Darzax said as the duo joined pedestrians on the footpath of the street. Chapter 5: Darzaxs Status Chapter 5: Darzax''s Status ? Aleron and Darzax arrived at the Adventurer Guild branch in this area and entered. "New faces, eh?" "That middle-aged man is so handsome." The other adventurers present in the hallmented as Aleron and Darzax walked toward one of the receptionist booths. "We would like to register as adventurers," Aleron said with a smile. The ck-haired receptionist was looking at both of them when they were walking, so she immediately nodded with a smile, "Understood. Please wait for a bit. I''ll call a staff member who will lead you to the registration room." "Are you two new to the kingdom?" she asked curiously. "Yes," Aleron nodded with a smile. She looked at Darzax, but he just bowed his head slightly with a faint smile, "I''m just a mere servant of my lord here. Please don''t mind me." ''Eh?'' Aleron internally wryly smiled. He was about to tell her he was from a vige and arrived in this big city with his uncle to be an adventurer, but Darzax ruined this backstory. "Servant?" the receptionist was surprised, looking at shifting her look from Aleron and Darzax as if finding it hard to believe. "Hey, Lizz, what''s up?" A young man in histe teens arrived wearing casual brown trousers and a white shirt. "Take these two for registration, please." Aleron and Darzax started following the guy through a corridor. "You can call me Odar. So how confident are you, my friend?" Odar said as he grinned at Aleron. "Confident for what?" Aleron tilted his head in confusion. "I mean your status. You got any innate talent or something?" Odar asked with a wry smile. "Oh...Hmm, I''m not sure," Aleron shook his head. "This big guy here seems like he wasn''t a farmer or driver before. Ex-adventurer?" Odar asked with augh as he looked at Darzax. Aleron internally sweated. ''Dude, he is a fucking Death God.'' "Hmm, you can say that," Darzax chuckled and nodded. "I am a former adventurer, rejoining again with my lord." "Your lord?!" Odar was dumbfounded and looked at Aleron as he started bing nervous. "A-Are you a noble?" "Rx, haha. I am a nobody. Just treat me as a newbie adventurer," Aleron couldn''t help butugh upon seeing Odar''s reaction. ''I guess nobles throwing their weight around is moremon than not.'' Odar wryly smiled and stopped walking before turning left at the door. "Alright. Let''s enter and get you registered." As they entered a moderately big room, Aleron noted a magical two-meter tall and wide faint blue crystal wall standing in the middle. "Put your hand on it. It will measure you and show your status, which I will use to create your adventurer card. The higher your rank, the more benefits you will get from all branches of Adventurer Guild." Aleron nodded and put his hand on the crystal wall. It faintly glowed before golden symbols appeared that soon transformed into letters and numbers. -Name: - [Aleron] -Race: [Human] -Lifeform Rank: - [Mortal: 13%] -Physical Status: - [Strength: D (9/100)] [Agility: D (10/100)] [Stamina: D (7/100)] - [Health: D+ (53/100)] -Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: C (134/500)] [Mana Pool: C (134/500] -Innate Talents: - None. "Ouch," Odar cried out and patted Aleron''s shoulder. "Don''t worry, friend. People can also awaken talents even if they don''t have inborn ones." Aleron smiled and nodded before pointing at his Lifeform rank, "What is that Lifeform rank? Why is there 13% on it?" "When you kill living beings, you absorb their life essence and make progress in your lifeform. But you have to increase your stats to the peak of Mortal rank before your lifeform ranks up." "How to increase my stats?" Aleron curiously asked. "Well, you gotta work hard for it. You have to train, eat particr resources, and fight for things you want for your progress," Odar said before he doubtfully looked at Aleron''s Health stat, "This Health stat is high because you ate a D-rank Mystic Food or Stat Potion or something that increased it, no?" ''My lord. The food you ate increased your Health. I had ordered the chef to make that type of food using D-rank magic ingredients to make you healthy.'' Aleron heard Darzax''s voice in his head as he understood. "Ah yeah, I remember I ate D-rank Mystic Food at the pce," Aleron nodded with a grin at Odar. "Yep, that exins it," Odarughed. ''Pce? This guy is definitely a noble. And he indeed seems to be a good one,'' Odar thought while internally grinning. ''I should help him out since he is new here, and get on his good side.'' "Alright, your turn," Odar said as he looked at Darzax. Darzax walked forward and put his right hand on the wall. ''Darzax''s stats...he must be crazily powerful, right?'' Aleron thought, his eyes sparkling with eagerness. The blue screen showed strange symbols before they soon transformed into letters, numbers, and...question marks. -Name: - [Darzax] -Race: - [???] -Lifeform Rank: [Exceed] -Physical Status: - [Strength: EX (69,403/100,000)] [Agility: EX (73,940/100,000)] [Stamina: EX (100,000/100,000)] - [Health: EX (78,403/100,000)] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: EX (96,326/100,000)] - [Mana Pool: EX (99,410/100,000)] -Innate Talents: - ??? "WHAT THE FUCK?!" Odar shouted and jumped in shock. Even Aleron was dumbfounded. Odar tremblingly looked at Darzax, sweating bullets even. "Y-Y-Y-You are Exceed.... Darzax raised his eyebrows at Odar. "That I seem to be. Any problem?" "N-No, no! Of course not," Odar said while forcing a smile. "I-I mean, if you are here to destroy this city or something, can you wait a bit, please? I want to escape." "Odar," Aleron walked forward and patted Odar''s shoulder with a smile. "Rx." "My lord!" Odar jumped back and knelt on the ground before Aleron. ''This guy is the Exceed guy''s lord?! Are they from the Longinus Empire or the Nightwing Empire? I heard only they have powerhouses of Exceed lifeform rank.'' Aleron helplessly smiled, ''Given his reaction, we urgently need to find more information about this world.'' ''Indeed, my lord. Please forgive my ipetence,'' Darzax apologetically said. ''I should have read books in the Royal Pce''s library.'' ''It''s fine. I''ll handle this,'' Aleron said with a grin. ''I have read many books to know what to do.'' "So, Odar. How about keeping a tight lid on Dax''s rank? Also, be our guide and we''ll pay you handsomely." Odar''s eyes instantly shone. He stood up and took out a ck card with blue patterns out of nowhere. "Take this Communication Card and just give me five minutes. I will bring your Adventurer Cards and apany you as your guide." "Alright, we''ll wait outside," Aleron nodded with a smile. "Make sure nobody knows what you saw here today, okay?" "I swear it upon my life!" Chapter 6: Skill & Magic, A New Banner!? Chapter 6: Skill & Magic, A New Banner!? ? Aleron and Darzax went back to the hall and looked around. When Aleron spotted the big [Quest Board], he immediately said, "Dax, let''s go and get a quest. I want toplete one after learning some skills andbat." "That is a good idea, my lord," Darzax smiled, feeling happy as he looked at Aleron''s face. ''He appears to be excited to learn and adventure. I shall serve him to my best.'' At the corner sides of the hall was a rest lounge consisting of several tables. The lounge at the northwest had a filled-up table, consisting of five people. This party noticed Aleron and Darzax and talked about the duo after erecting a barrier. When Odar arrived five minutester with adventurer cards and left the guild hall, this party also followed them quietly and naturally. A short guy with bob-cut green hair said, "Boss Roxen, I''ve marked Odar. We can follow them leisurely now." The party of five consisted of people ranging from their mid-twenties to forties. The leader was a woman in her forties called Roxen wearing a warrior''s outfit-a red-brown armor set with a broad sword resting straight behind her back. She had braided long brown hair and was six feet tall. Aside from her, the only other girl at the party was a peach-pale beauty in her early twenties with straight silky white-purple hair in a shoulder-length hairstyle. She had a charming face and a shapely figure covered in a sleek and slender silver-white pattered mage robe, with her killer blue eyes only adding to her already beautiful appearance. "Lady Rias, are you sure you want to check him out?" the green-haired short man asked respectfully. "Indeed, mydy," the bald muscr man nodded, "He seems less impressive than others we''ve checked out so far." "I think we should go to Nexusia. I heard it''s better than this Falran Kingdom," said the third andst man in the party, ck-haired and slim with over six feet in height. "We''ve wasted three days here." "You all don''t need to butt into Lady Rias''s decision," Roxen snorted. The hierarchy in the party became clear. "We''ll check him out since he meets the criteria for it-no harm in that," Rias softly said while looking in the direction where Aleron, Darzax, and Odar left after leaving the city. "Ehh?!" the short green-haired man suddenly eximed as he checked the tracking he put on Odar. Roxen frowned. "What happened?" "This trio is already at Plemu Woods. Given this speed, that middle-aged man with that kid shouldn''t be weak." "He should be at least Epic rank if he crossed 20 kilometers this fast with two people. He must have used a powerful skill," the bald muscr manmented while rubbing his chin. "Should I move us there quickly?" "Yes, Ragnar," Rias said with a soft sigh. "If he also doesn''t trigger the artifact, we''ll go to Nexusia Kingdom''s capital and search there." "Understood, princes- cough, I meandy Rias," Ragnar awkwardly smiled as he received res from Roxen. He immediately used a skill that caused golden-brown sands to cover everyone before they vanished into the Earth, moving through a protective Earth-elemental barrier underground at a breakneck speed. "Ragnar, slow down. Or what, you want topete with their speed?" the green-haired short man snickered. "Earth Disce Drift. You''re getting better at this," Roxen nodded as she saw Ragnar discing the sphere of Earth covering them and speedily moving underground. "Thanks, but I need to focus," Ragnar grinned with some sweat beads on his forehead. "I''m going fast and also need to look out for obstacles." ... "What? You quit your job?" Aleron was startled before he wryly smiled. "Yes, Boss!" Odar said while pounding his chest with his fist. "I shall apany you as long as you require my assistance." Darzax, Aleron, and Odar moved through the trees and greenery of Plemu Woods-an 80 square kilometer big forest area filled with magic beasts of D-rank and below. It was a famous spot for rookie adventurers toplete lower-ranked quests of collecting materials or killing monsters. "We''ve arrived at the spot, boss!" Aleron and Darzax followed Odar through a thick bush wall before arriving at a secret area hidden by a hill, bush walls, and other greenery. It had a sizable pond in the middle, with a horde of red-horned ck deers with red patterns on their body at a corner. Some were resting while some were drinking water in the pond. "I knew it," Odar said with a grin upon seeing the horde. "These Sanguine Deers usuallye here to rest after their foraging and hunting." Sanguine Deers noticed guests in their territory and immediately went alert as their eyes started glowing. "Boss, can you quickly hide us with your power? They will attack us if they see us," Odar quickly said. Darzax snapped his finger before a dark veil appeared around them before vanishing. Aleron and Odar didn''t feel any difference in their sight after the dark veil disappeared, but the Sanguin Deers suddenly looked confused. The ones already rushing at them stopped and looked around. "Haha, they are cute," Aleron said with augh. He turned to Darzax, his eyes sparkling, "Now it''s my turn. Teach me." "Can you feel the Mana Pool in your body?" Darzax asked with a gentle smile. "I can," Aleron nodded as he opened his palm. Soon, faint blue sparks appeared on his hand- Mana. "Magic Potency determines two things, my lord. First, the quality of your Mana. If you use a Fireball with 10 Mana and I use a Fireball with 10 Mana, the difference would be massive because I have higher Magic Potency," Darzax began exining the basics. "Yeah, I figured it was that," Aleron nodded before curiously asking. "So what is the second thing it determines?" Darzax smiled and waved his hand, causing a magic circle with another smaller circle inside it. "The second thing it determines is the size of your Magic Board." Odarughed and said, "I bet your Magic Board is so big, we won''t be able to see it whole." But he suddenly realized that he was talking with an Exceed rank powerhouse, and coughed. "Sorry about butting in." Aleron amusingly smiled, "It''s fine. Don''t be stiff and act yourself." He then turned to Darzax, "So what does Magic Board do?" "Magic Board is where you will draw your skill. When you visualize your skill, it will turn into symbols in the Magic Board. Whatever detail you visualize with your imagination and arcane knowledge you''ve learned, it will turn into symbols in Magic Board, which then you will arrange to your liking." "However, if you visualize the execution of a powerful skill and the symbol it produces surpasses the limit of your Magic Board, it won''t work. As such, the higher your Magic Potency, the higher the quality and power of your skill." Aleron understood and nodded, his eyes sparkling," Interesting. This type of magic system is something I hadn''t read before." "Once you have designed a skill in Magic Board, you can easily turn it into a skill rune using Mana. From then onward, you can simply tap into your skill rune and execute the skill." "Cool," Aleron grinned. "I can''t wait to use a skill." Darzax smiled and added, "I am sending you the method of a D-rank skill called Exploding Arrow. Follow the steps and use it." Darzax''s eyes shed slightly and a mysterious ethereal white string emerged from his fingertip. This short white string floated towards Aleron and entered his forehead. In the next second, Aleron''s mind received general knowledge of how Mana worked and the steps to execute a skill through it using the magic board. After a couple of minutes, Aleron opened his eyes as he finished creating the skill rune of Exploding Arrow by following the steps. [Exploding Arrow] -Rank: D -Attribute: me. -Effect: Release an arrow with condensed firepower that explodes upon impact. ''It was not hard...but let''s see how I execute it,'' Aleron pointed his finger at the Sanguine Deer drinking water. He moved the Mana into the skill Rune he created and triggered it. Mana gathered before his finger that swiftly took the shape of a sleek me-orange arrow. Aleron felt his hand slightly shake as the control of this suspended arrow was within his hand, his mind! "My lord, don''t use too much Mana for now. Just use 10 or 20," Darzax suggested. "Right," Aleron nodded. After a second, Aleron''s eyes shone as he fired the arrow. *Swoosh!* It shot forward and stuck the Deer he aimed at before exploding in a fiery st, severely injuring the level 27 Sanguine Deer. Right after Aleron used his first skill, a system notification rang. [A new Gacha Banner has been unlocked: Myriad Spell Pool] Chapter 7: Myriad Spell Pool Chapter 7: Myriad Spell Pool ? [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 1 -Gacha Points: 13 I-Summoning Banners- 1. Lords of Arcane. -> Summoning Ticket: 0 2. Myriad Spell Pool. -> Summoning Ticket: 1 ''So, I got a free ticket for a new banner. But how do I get more tickets?'' [You must unlock the ''Gacha Room'' by spending 100 Gacha points. You can buy Summoning Tickets and other functions from the Gacha Room.] ''How do I get more Gacha Points?'' Aleron curiously asked. [By enacting Gambling.] ''What?'' [By enacting Gambling.] Aleron clicked his tongue and fell into thought. ''So I have to gamble. I''ll do some experiments about thister. For now, I have to summon!'' Aleron told Darzax and Odar to wait a bit before closing his eyes. ''Let''s see...'' Aleron internally licked his lips in excitement as he looked at the Myriad Spell Pool banner. In his mind, it looked mysterious and ethereal with constantly changing cool, and colorful magical phenomena. ''Damn...what will this give me?!'' Aleron eagerly pressed the button below, using up the summoning ticket of Myriad Spell Pool. [As this is your first summon in Myriad Spell Pool, you will summon from the top category.] The banner turned into a ck hole before it burst out with chaotically moving books. The books were fully magical with exotic designs and shapes. But soon, one of the books with strange dark blue and ck tentacles with dark gold patterns and a terrifying maw shape became bigger while the other books vanished. [You have summoned Eldritch Tome of Arcane Aberrations.] ''Holy cow!'' Aleron eximed upon seeing the name. ''This book looks freaking cool and dreadful both!'' ''But what is it?'' Aleron eagerly grabbed the book and immediately got the information about it while its panel popped up. [Eldritch Tome of Arcane Aberrations] -Type: Grimoire. -Grade: Primeval. Aleron opened his eyes and saw the book in his hand, scaring Odar while raising Darzax''s eyebrows. "My lord...this is?" "Damn, what in the hell is that?" Odar scaredly jumped away from Aleron since the book''s maw was facing right at him. ''This guy is Exceed powerhouse''s master...so I knew he must have some crazy items, but what in the horror is this?!'' Odar thought while looking at the terrifying big book that floated in front of Aleron and slowly opened along with its jaw, showing its ancient light brown and sandy pages with entric symbols. "It''s my Grimoire," Aleron answered with a grin as he eagerly turned to the first page of the Grimoire. He could strangely read everything and understand it. [Tier-1 Spell: Grimbolt Spear] Description: Upon casting Grimbolt Spear, the caster''s outstretched hand bes wreathed in crackling, ethereal energy,posed into the form of a spear made of shadows and red lightning. Grimbolt Spear instantly emerges from the target''s shadow upon casting. \__Effect: Upon impact, Grimbolt Spear prioritizes the target''s blood and veins or Mana trail if theyck flesh and blood, burning them with intensity and igniting the target''s Blood and Mana for further damage. If the target dies, it absorbs all the essence of targets and channels to nearby targets. -Arcane Sybus: 13 -1. Dark Essence Invocation. -2. Lightning Conduit. -3. Enhanced Speed. -4. Shadow Drift. -5. Subtle Maniption Enchantment. -6. Umtamed Energy Absorption. -7. Microconduct Enchant. -8. Chainconduct Enchant. -9. Condensed Energy Burst. 10. Enhanced Mana Potency. 11. Mana Reaction Ignition. 12. Blood Reaction Ignition. 13. Core Blood Seeking Enchant. Spell Parameters: -Type: Pure Offense-Attack-type Spell. -Cost: Minimum 100 Mana. -Range: 50 meters radius around the user. -Chain Range: 10-meter radius around the target. The book''s page had all the details of the spell, along with its Arcaen Sybus symbols. But the most shocking thing was that Aleron immediately learned the Arcane Sybus as their information and knowledge entered his mind! At that moment, he truly felt the wonders that he could only imagine previously, but this was way better than him imagining! ''Magic is amazing! Magic is Awesome!'' ''I want to learn more!'' Aleron''s eyes shone brilliantly. He immediately stretched his hand at the herd of Sanguine Deers and locked on the Deer that he had injured. However, the deer had already recovered half of its health since Sanguine Deers had high vitality and regeneration power. "Dax, can you fill up my Mana Pool? I need 100 Mana," Aleron said while grinning from ear to ear. "I am going to use a spell." "The Arcane Sybus in that Grimoire feels beyond my current knowledge, appearing to be a type of secret knowledge, my lord. I hope you exercise caution," Darzax said while recovering Aleron''s Mana. Aleronughed and said, "Worry not, it''s bound to me, and I learned this spell." "Boss, what kind of spell did you learn from that scary book?" Odar gulped. "It''s not wicked, right?" "Well..." Aleron''s eyes whirled with power, indicating his use of Mana and executing the spell. "Just watch." Chapter 8: Encounter Chapter 8: Encounter ? In the next second, Aleron''s arm transformed mystically, turning into a meter-long spear from his elbow with ethereal shadow metal patterned with crimson lightning design. The ck and red entric sparks that whirled around his transformed arm only added to the already phenomenal sight. "Damn!" Odar was shocked. "This is a 100 Mana spell? Wtf..." "This..." Darzax''s eyes shone. "Watch that deer," Aleron said before his arm-the Grimbolt Spear, pulsed with power and released something into his shadow, which instantly emerged from the Deer''s shadow and struck it, entering its body as it cried loudly for a second before exploding. However, not a single drop of blood dropped on the ground. Its bones were also darkened. It was like the Deer waspletely sucked dry of its energy and vitality. And that was not all because two nearby Deers were targeted next as the Grimbolt Spears struck them right after the first Sanguine Deer died. Odar''s mouth opened wide just like his eyes as he saw Sanguine Deers dying one by one with just one fucking Spell of 100 Mana! In just a few seconds, the horde of deer died! ''I am not dreaming, right?'' Odar pulled his cheek and pped himself, but the sight before him remained unchanged. Meanwhile, Darzax''s eyes showed a new emotion for the first.¡ªIt was a hint of excitement. "My lord, may I take a look at that Grimoire?" Aleron broadly grinned and waved his hand as the book floated before Darzax, "Sure." "Boss!" Odar suddenly jumped and kowtow before Aleron. "Please take me as your follower, subordinate, servant, or even a human table! I''ll be happy if you would just share a piss-worth knowledge with me from your unfathomable self." ''This guy reminds me of those boot-licking characters I read,'' Aleron couldn''t help butugh. "Get up, Odar. If you want to follow me, then so be it. Grab those Deers'' magic cores. We are done with my first Quest." "Yes, boss!" "Dax, let''s return to our castle. I bet the Royal family must have a lot of treasures and resources," Aleron grinned. "I want to use those resources and get powerful faster." "We shall do that, but," Darzax turned to the left and gave the Grimoire back to Aleron, "I''ll read thister, my lord. For now, a group of five is approaching us with unknown intentions." "One of them put a tracker on Odar, but I didn''t remove it since I thought we should finish business with them at an inconspicuous ce." Aleron followed Darzax''s gaze while raising his eyebrows, "Interesting." The bushes and trees moved before Aleron soon saw a muscr warrior woman, and a beautiful charming woman following three men. Aleron''s gaze was stuck on Rias as his male instincts got kicked. ''I never thought I would see those beautifully described fantasy characters in the books I read right in front of me, in the flesh...'' ''And that girl is so pretty...'' "I apologize for this sudden intrusion," Rias said with a polite and slightly apologetic smile, her gaze locked onto Aleron, "Could I have a minute with you, please? I just need to see if this Artifact reacts with you." "Do anything funny to my Lord, and none of you will live to see the next second of your life," Darzax said with narrowed eyes before the scenery around them changed. But that was not the only thing that changed. Roxen-A Commander Knight of Longinus Empire-Legendary-rank. Her face drastically changed, her eyes showing dread. Ragnar, short guy Balu, and tall-slim guy Tarao-Three Bannerate Knights of Longinus Empire¡ªEpic-rank. The trio''s face changed into a horrified one, their eyes showing suffocation and fear of death. Princess Rias-the youngest Princess of Longinus Empire-Legendary-rank, and strongest in this party. In search of a person that a Divine Seer prophesized would be in this region ruled by three kingdoms. For her future, she needed to find this person and go through a certain trial. Her eyes showed great shock and a hint of graveness. This special group of people encountered one not bound by anything of their world on this day...therebypletely changing their destiny and twisting their fate. Chapter 9: Ruin of Black Shard Moon Chapter 9: Ruin of ck Shard Moon ? ''An Exceed powerhouse with his domain awakened... who is he?'' Roxen thought while internally sweating buckets. The three Knights behind them were already knocked out as they had lost their consciousnesses. Lady Rias''s face also turned pale, but the ne she wore suddenly shone and covered her in a shield, protecting her and creating a powerful barrier to withstand the pressure and protecting from attacks. The situation suddenly became tense for this group that came from one of the strongest ces on this Lightdusk Continent--Longinus Empire. ''What are you doing, Dax?'' Aleron asked, sending his thoughts to Darzax. ''Just establishing our power, my lord. Please verballymand me to release my domain,'' Darzax replied with a smile. Aleron understood the gist as he grinned and nodded. Rias was looking at him and was about to speak, but Aleron immediately said with a light chuckle, "Release the domain, Dax. Let''s see what business they have with us." "As you wish, My lord," Darzax respectfully said before everyone saw the normal scenery of the forest and pond again. The pressure on them vanished as they felt freedom from the shadow of death that was looming over them. ''My lord?!'' Rias was startled. ''An Exceed powerhouse calling him as a lord...'' ''Lady Rias...we may have encountered people from another continent or some hidden force perhaps...'' Roxen informed with graveness. ''I have seen all three Exceed powerhouses of Nightwing Empire, and they definitely don''t have a second Exceed with Domain awakened.'' ''But if this powerhouse belongs to them, then our Loginus Empire might fall behind in theing war...'' ''I think they are not rted to Nightwing Empire,'' Rias replied. ''And maybe...we might have found our candidate. Prophecy pointed to this area because he was here.'' ''We''ll find that out soon, mydy,'' Roxen wryly smiled at Rias''s optimism. Outside, Riasposed herself and smiled as naturally as she could before saying to Aleron, "I suppose I should properly introduce myself first." The group had never revealed their true identities to other young men and women they checked before, but they couldn''t afford to stay anonymous this time. Darzax felt something was off upon seeing this group following them with tracking, which was why he scared them to gain the upper hand in whatever business they were going to speak about. "I am Rias Longinus, the youngest princess of the Loginus Empire," Rias made a curtsy bow while grabbing her dress before looking at Aeron and adding, "Pleased to make your acquaintances..." "Ale," Aleron said with a smile. "Ale Rivenal." ''Fuck, I just made it up, but it''s not that bad I guess.'' ''Next time, I''ll make a better name. Umu,'' Aleron internally noted to prepare some cool names for backup. ''Ale Rivenal?'' Roxen frowned. ''Rivenal...I''ve never heard of this surname.'' "Mr. Ale," Rias nodded and took out a palm-sized ck Medallion with golden and brown patterns, with a pattern of a mysterious sword surrounded by beautiful and unique whirly patterns. Darzax and Aleron looked at the Medallion. Darzax''s eyes glinted as he inspected the Medallion. ''Looks like a key of something.'' "What is this?" Aleron curiously asked. "This is my ticket to the ruins of Azure Shard Moon," Rias said as her expression turned solemn, "But I cannot go there alone. I have to bring a person who resonates with this key to enter there." They had also never revealed information about the ruins of Azure Shard Moon. If the Nightwing Empire or other forces on the continent found out that Princess Rias was roaming in the southeast area of the continent, her life could be endangered since thepetition for Azure Shard Moon was intense among the top forces. However. Rias suspected that this Exceed powerhouse should already know about it and given the power she measured of the Exceed-rank senior with her skill, it was best to be honest. "These ruins are one of the oldest on our continent and only open once every ten years. In terms of importance, they are ranked highest." Aleron raised his eyebrows, his eyes shining, ''Secret ruins....damn, I have to go there.'' "Interesting, so what do I do now?" Aleron asked with a faint smile. ''I hope this medallion resonates with me, hehe. This event is definitely for me.'' "Put your hand on it please," Rias said as she stretched her hand that held the medallion towards Aleron. "If the patterns on the medallion shine, then my search will end but if it doesn''t, then..." Rias looked at Aleron and Darzax before smiling, "I suppose we can talk about some other business then." Aleron was slightly dazed seeing her smile but swiftlyposed himself. ''Damn, she is so beautiful...'' But in the next second, he was stunned as he realized something. ''I...actually never even saw a girl this close in my previous life since I was fucking 10 years old.'' He was bedridden since he was ten-fucking-years old! ''Crap!'' But he read tons of books, so he was living his life in fantasy previously...unlike now, where he was living in a real fantasy world! "Cough, sorry for dazing away," Aleron coughed and put his hand on the Medallion. ''Let''s see...'' The moment he put his hand on the Medallion, Aleron heard a notification. [Imaginary Potential Activated. A new banner is in creation...] Meanwhile, the medallion also started shining brightly! Rias was shocked and then pleasantly surprised while Roxen saw it glowing and released a breath of relief with a hint of worry. ''But who are they? Who is this Exceed Powerhouse and this young man he calls his lord?'' Exceed-rank Powerhouses in their Empire were second only to the Emperor! They were respected higher than everyone, but here there was an Exceed powerhouse acting respectfully towards this young man! Not even the Crown Prince could get this treatment in their Empire! Chapter 10: Returning Chapter 10: Returning ? "Urgh..dy Rias..." The three knights who had lost consciousness also woke up at this time, but the bright light of the medallion swiftly attracted their attention. They looked at Aleron and then Darzax which invoked a hint of fear in them. "It looks like I resonated with it, eh?" Aleron grinned. "What now?" Rias looked at Aleron and Darzax while ncing at Odar behind them before turning to Aleron as she spoke, her tone slightly pleading, "Usually...I would want to invite you to the Empire, so we can train and get powerful before the ruins open, but...are you willing?" She didn''t know their background but knew it was at least more powerful than her background, so she feared he would reject this partnership. "Of course, I am," Aleron said with a lightugh. "I am also looking forward to venturing into this ruin." "It''s good that you are eager, but you are not alone," Roxen suddenly said, but her tone was calm. "The natural candidate is only one, but she can also choose a candidate of her choice one time if she can''t find the natural one." "The minimum lifeform rank requirement to enter the ruin of Azure Shard Moon is Epic-rank, and you must also be powerful enough to survive, explore, and fight for treasures there." Aleronughed and nodded, "Yeah, that is natural. I have to be strong to enter the ruin and have fun there. So, when is it opening?" After all, he was confident about getting stronger! ''Ultimate Gacha System...I have to utilize it and the resources of kingdoms to get stronger.'' "The ruins will open after nine months," Rias said with a smile. "You cane to the Empire with me now or any time you wish." Aleron and Rias talked for a bit more and exchanged theirmunication cards'' contact. Rias and the group left afterward. They were staying in the Luxadia city for two more days for some other business. "Dax, let''s go back to the kingdom and learn more about this world. We''ll also use resources and stuff, so I can get stronger," Aleron said with a grin. "I want to learn Magic too." "Kingdom? Boss, you are from a kingdom?" Odar suddenly asked. "Not really," Aleronughed. "Anyway, do you want toe with me as my subordinate or back to your previous life?" "Boss!" Odar shouted with a serious expression and cupped his fist. "I have no one behind me or ahead of me. I want a better future which I believe I will get by following you, so I am saying goodbye to my life here." "Please make me your subordinate," Odar bowed. Aleron nodded and turned to Darzax," Let''s go back, Dax." In the next second, all three of them were enveloped in a ck veil before they vanished and appeared high in the sky above clouds. ''Holy shit! T-This...?!'' Odar internally shouted. Darzax''s giant bone dragon appeared again as the three of them rode on it, flying back to the fallen Falran Kingdom''s capital. "Boss, what kind of dragon is this? It''s dark golden with shadowy energy instead of flesh..." "It''s an Exceed-rank Bone Dragon," Darzax said with a faint smile. "Its name is Merasul." "Exceed rank!" Odar gulped. Aleron was surprised, "Then it must be very powerful..." "My secondary magic path is Summoning-magic, so I do have a lot of summons though only one Exceed-rank minion, My lord," Darzax said with a smile. "I want to summon one more Exceed-rank lifeform for your protection, so I hope the kingdom''s treasure has some sort of catalyst that can help me with it." "We''ll find out soon," Aleronughed. "Kingdom''s treasury? Boss, I-I am confused," Odar hesitantly said. "You''ll find out soon." Suddenly, Aleron heard a notification of the new banner''s sessful generation. [A new banner has opened-Secret Realms: Fest of Demines.] ''Oho?'' Aleron curiously opened the banner to know more about it, only to get shocked and excited like never before upon finding out what this banner actually entailed! Luxadia City, Duke Pce. "Duke Rahad! It''s been confirmed that the Falran Kingdom''s capital has fallen. It''s filled with undead!" In the hall, Duke Rahad sat at a table with five people. Hearing the news that arrived, everyone at the table frowned. "Undead?" Roxen raised her eyebrows. "Yes. From the aura and inspection our team did, the capital ispletely filled with Undead energy." "Dark clouds have covered the entire capital, not letting any sunlight pass through it. The whole city is lit up with ghastly dim lights all over! It''s as if the capital suddenly transformed into entirely something else!" "Moreover, we couldn''t stay there longer because we were attacked by the former Elite Guards of the kingdom, who strangely had demonic wings and fangs, their eyes blood red!" Duke Rahad frowned before looking at Roxen and Rias, "I shall send a notice to Adventure Guild to put a Quest to find more information about this. I''ll also send my elite team to scout the ce, so if you..." "We''ll assist you if the need arises," Roxen nodded. "We are here for two more days precisely to inspect the anomaly that urred there. If the Demons have breached the Falran Kingdom and taken control of the capital, we have to destroy them as fast as possible." Chapter 11: Eldertide Archipelago Chapter 11: Eldertide Archipgo ? Aleron satfortably on the Bone Dragon Merasul on a jelly couch that Darzax created with magic. ''We might have to make some big changes soon,'' Aleron thought while grinning as he looked at the new banner. ''I can''t believe I''ll get a Demine as well...crazy!'' 3. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines. -> Summoning Ticket: 1 Aleron didn''t wait longer and immediately used up the summoning ticket of this new banner. He was super excited as he eagerly looked at the constantly changing exotic sceneries in various bubbles. The things he had read and fantasized about wereing true! [As this is your first summon of this banner, you will get one of the Demines of the highest category.] After five seconds, a bubble sprung out from the ck whirlpool as Aleron received a notification along with some information and a mysterious rune in his Source Space. Source Space was the mysterious space that housed Aleron''s sources. For instance, his Arcane source was also there. The dreamy blue orb was his magic crystal, indicating his Magic Potency that was responsible for his Magic Board''s size and the potency of his Mana. Below this blue orb was a circr pool of light blue energy, which was his Mana Pool. -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: C (134/500)] - [Mana Pool: C (147/500)] But the mysterious rune appeared a few meters away from his Arcane source and established itself in Aleron''s Source Space, binding with him. [Congrattions, you have acquired the Secret Realm: Eldertide Archipgo.] [Secret Realm: Eldertide Archipgo] Realm rank: Primeval _Realm System: 2 Moons, 2 Suns. Size: 600 million square kilometers. __Description: The Eldertide Archipgo is a vast and ancient cluster of inds steeped in mystery and magic. Its primeval rank indicates that it is a ce of immense, untamed power, home to both wondrous and dangerous secrets. Major Secret Regions: -1. The Crystal Spires of Auroraville-Not found. 2. The Eldertree Sanctuary-Not found. 3. The Serpent''s Spine Mountains-Not found. -4. The Shimmering Lagoon-Not Found. 5. The Underwater Abyssal Kingdom-Not found. 6. The Twilight de-Not found. -7. The Obsidian Tower-Not found. Aleron''s eyes almost popped out of its socket as he looked at the status of this Demine. ''Holy crap! It''s bigger than Earth and...and..'' Aleron''s eyes shone as he was beyond thrilled! "Dax!" "Yes, my lord?" Darzax turned around to look at Aleron while Odar also looked at him. "What happened, Boss?" Odar curiously asked upon seeing Aleron grinning with excitement in his eyes. "We''ll have some change of ns," Aleron looked to the side and saw the Falran Kingdom''s capital city with dark clouds looming over it closing in as the dragon flew towards it. Afterward, Aleron grinned and waved his hand as he created a mysterious golden-blue cloudy portal before him, "We are moving the Necropolis in this demine." Darzax looked at the portal Aleron created and was startled. "This..." "Demine?" Odar repeated Aleron''s words, his expression dumbfounded as he looked at the portal. "You mean a Secret Realm?!" "B-But how can you open its portal like this..." Odar was dazed, his mind getting short- circuited. Aleronughed in response to Odar''s expression. "I''ll check it first, my lord." Darzax waved his hand and sent five strange ck birds with a single big eyeball in ce of their heads inside the portal. "It appears to be a fairly powerful and rich demine given this atmospheric aura, so it''s better to scout the area we are entering." Aleron nodded, "If possible, I really want to move the whole Necropolis in this demine." "This way, we can leisurely travel while keeping the city with us for super convenience!" He thrillingly added. ''This is best!'' "Necropolis? What''s that?" Odar snapped out of his daze as he heard this unfamiliar word a second time. "Look there," Aleron pointed at the Falran Kingdom''s capital. Odar turned around and followed Aleron''s finger and gaze. He frowned looking at the big area covered in dark clouds and said, "This... If I remember the map correctly, that ce should be Falran Kingdom''s capital. Why is it covered in dark clouds?" Aleron coughed, "Well..." Chapter 12: It Begins Chapter 12: It Begins ? "Well..." Aleron coughed and thought for a moment before he adopted a rueful smile, "Falran Kingdom''s stupid king treated me badly, almost killing me aft-" "What?!" Odar eximed in shock, interrupting Aleron. ''They fucking dare hurt the Big Boss who is a boss of an Exceed powerhouse?... Dayum! They lost their minds.'' "Yeah, they almost killed me after torturing me," Aleron sighed. Odar trembled. ''Tortured?'' "That''s why Dax killed everyone in the city for my safety and made them Undead, hence turning this city into a Necropolish-a city of the dead," Aleron exined. "....." Odar needed time to digest this piece of bombshell that Aleron dropped. Aleron looked at the city, thinking about the people who died as he sighed. ''Well, I only told Dax to save me, but he took extreme measures. I feel it was excessive, but...'' ''He did it to save me and I am alive because of him. He did say the people are alive as undead, but their memories...'' Aleron felt gnawed thinking about this, so he put it in the back of his mind, intending to resolve thister. "My lord, the Demine is vast and seems to be full of inds that vary greatly in size," Darzax said as he opened his eyes after he finished a bit of scouting inside the demine. At the same time, the Bone Dragon Merasul also arrived at the capital as itnded before the huge Royal Pce. "So...can you put this whole city in one of the inds?" Aleron asked, his expression hopeful. Darzax smiled and nodded, "The ind this portal leads to is vast enough to fit in fifty cities like this easily. It is filled with abundant natural resources and monsters up to Legendary rank." "My lord," Darzax added with a chuckle, "It is indeed a good idea to put the Necropolis in this Demine. I''ll send in Death Lords inside first to clear enough area on the ind for this city. Afterward, I''ll transport the whole city inside at once by creating Shadow Disce Formation." "So you can do it?! Awesome!" Aleron heartilyughed, thrilled at the good news! Odar snapped out of his daze hearing Aleron''sughter, his eyes turning fiery, "Big Boss! The King of this kingdom was short-sighted and stupid! And I swear I will not tell anyone about this!" "So, what task do you have for me?" Odar eagerly asked. "Nothing for now," Aleron chuckled. "Just follow me and well, get strong. We are going to use the resources in this city and Royal Pce, and have the Alchemists create pills and potions to increase our stats." *Boom!* Just as Aleron finished speaking, 52 powerful auras appeared and kneeled before the bone dragon. Death Lords. The strongest Death Lords were the former Court Mage of the kingdom and the Eldest Princess, who was also the strongest Magic Knight of the Falran Kingdom, former. This duo stood at the forefront of the group, their aura, and appearance were also more powerful than others. But all of them had some simr features. They had majestic demonic wings and lookedpletely different than what their race name suggested, Death Lords-each one had pale skin, two bone horns with patterns, fangs, red eyes, and giant demonic wings, which were folded at the moment. "Stand by," Darzaxmanded before turning to Aleron. "My lord, can you create the portal to this Demine anytime?" "Hmm, let me check," Aleron waved his hand as the portal vanished. He then looked at the empty area before the Death Lords'' group and used the Demine Rune in his Source Space, causing a giant portal of 10 meters high and wide! ''So I can also control the portal''s size? Nice!'' All he had to do was to think and activate the rune to open the portal to the Secret Realm of Eldertide Archipgo, which was freakingly bigger than Earth and filled with secrets and fun ording to what he read in the Demine''s status. Darzax sent an Eyeball-bird inside again and raised his eyebrows before smiling, "The location of the portal is the same as before. Good." "Then let''s start," Aleron grinned. Darzax put down Aleron and Odar to the ground with a wave of his hand as the Bone Dragon Merasul vanished. "Death Lords. Enter the demine and clear enough area for this city to move in," Darzaxmanded his Death Lords. "And do not leave the ind after finishing your task. Collect natural resources and find resource spots. Mark all of such spots of the ind." "Understood!" All Death Lords responded and started entering the portal while Odar continued to watch with a dumbfounded expression. ''That was the Eldest Princess of Falran kingdom who yed and protected various areas of the kingdom...no one in this whole kingdom wouldn''t recognize her. Her long wavy light green hair and face haven''t changed...'' ''I am not dreaming,'' Odar pulled his cheeks as he looked around before stopping his gaze at the pce, his expression dazed once again, but this time in eptance and not disbelief, ''Falran Kingdom is no more. Falran Bloodline is gone.'' ''Holy shit!'' Chapter 13: Progress Chapter 13: Progress ? In the pce''s upper-floor garden, Aleron sat at a round table in the small open pavilion. A bunch of pills and empty potion vials settled on the table before him. Aleron had already chugged the potions to increase his physical stats and was digesting their effects by meditating. Mortal-rank Strength Potion, Agility Potion, Stamina Potion, and Health Potion. But he was not alone. Odar was sitting right beside him while Darzax sat across them with a bunch of books on the table, reading about this world''s history, geography, and other information. He had alsomanded the strongest 50 Vampires and Werewolves of Legendary rank under him to create the Shadow Disce formation in the city. "Haah...." Aleron opened his eyes after a few seconds as he finished digesting the potion and felt ten times more powerful than before, feeling his body in its best shape and condition ever! -Name: - [Aleron] -Race: - [Human] -Lifeform Rank: - [Mortal: 23%] -Physical Status: [Strength: D+ (100/100)] [Agility: D+ (100/100)] [Stamina: D+ (100/100)] - [Health: D+ (100/100)] -Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: C (134/500)] [Mana Pool: C (147/500)] -Innate Talents: - None. ''Now, I need to fill up that Lifeform rank progress to 100%... It filled up to 23% after I killed those deers, so it shouldn''t take me long.'' "let''s go, Dax. It''s time for me to do some hunting and breakthrough." Darzax smiled and put down the book before both of them vanished into the table''s shadow and emerged from the shadow of a tree in the small forest two kilometers away from the capital city. Meanwhile, Odar stayed behind as he was a rank above Aleron and needed more time to digest the pill he ate. ''Why am I so blessed? I am getting stat increasing resources for free...'' Odar cried tears of joy while meditating to digest the pill''s effect and feeling his stats increasing. ''I have to work hard and disy my worth too!'' ... "Dax, give me a sword I can use," Aleron said as he stretched his arms and legs. "I want to fight physically." Darzax had stored all the item-type treasures in his Shadow Pocket, a sort of inventory. He also couldn''t find anything above Epic-rank worthwhile. There were only a few legendary- rank items, but not very valuable in his eyes, and nothing useful as a catalyst for him to do summoning. As for various magical resources, Darzax ordered the best Alchemists in the kingdom to use them and turn them into consumables. The Alchemy House of the kingdom was fully busy at the moment as everyone inside was working to produce pills and potions. Since they had turned into Vampires, Werewolves, and ghouls, they could work more than their previous human selves. "This sword is good, my lord," Darzax took out a strange golden sword. It was strange because its de wasn''t made of metal, but a rough golden beam. It had a rough texture, unlike a sleek light-saber and it didn''t even look like aser, but it was an energy-structure nheless. "This is a Light-elemental sword of Epic-rank. Other Epic-rank weapons are too heavy and have requirements while the few Legendary-rank weapons we have are not something you can wield at the moment, but this one is as light as a feather and deadlier than most," Darzax said with a smile. "Great," Aleron said with augh and grabbed the sword''s dark golden metallic hilt. After grabbing the sword, Aleron eagerly waited for a new banner to open. However, five seconds passed by and nothing happened, making him frown. "What happened, my lord?" Darzax asked upon seeing Aleron standing and frowning instead of going to kill the sleeping Earthen te Bear 30 meters away. ''Why isn''t the new banner opening?'' [You have reached the limit of opening new banners. Please level up the system to level 2 to gain more banner slots. You need 10,000 Gacha Points to Level Up the System.] ''Ohh...'' "Nothing, I was checking something inside myself," Aleron said before he looked at the bear and walked towards it. But the moment he was within 10 meters range of the Earthen te Bear, its ears twitched and it woke up. *Rawr!* Seeing Aleron, it made a dash towards him with its crystal-brown ws and patterns on its Earthen-ted body shining. Aleron was surprised, but he stood his ground and narrowed his eyes before pointing his palm at Bear. ''Grimbolt Spear-50 Mana.'' His left hand transformed instantly before a deadly Grimbolt Spear shot into his shadow and emerged from the Bear''s shadow before striking its body. The Bear''s momentum was lost and it tumbled forward while it was severely injured in its belly. Aleron waved his right hand that wielded the Light-elemental sword at the Bear who stopped just one meter away from him after tumbling. *Swoosh!* The sword''s de passed through this level 38 Elite-rank Bear''s head like a knife cutting through butter, killing it swiftly. Chapter 14: Gamble, Gacha Room Chapter 14: Gamble, Gacha Room ? "Damn, this sword is OP!" Aleron eximed. "I didn''t even feel any impact. It was as if I was slicing the air and not that tough neck of Bear." Darzax nodded with a smile. "The crafting of this sword is praiseworthy and it is also the only one with energy-structured de. This kingdom doesn''t have any cksmiths who can craft this, so the Royal Family must have gotten it from somewhere else." "As light as a feather, but as deadly as the sharpest de, hahaha. Awesome," Aleron said with augh. "Onwards to the next monster." Darzax nodded before both of them vanished and arrived 100 meters away from their previous location, in front of a cave entrance. "This cave has multiple types of monsters numbering over fifty," Darzax said. "Perfect," Aleron grinned. ''I also need to check out the way to earn Gacha Points.'' Aleron and Darzax entered inside, walking downwards as they arrived at a huge underground cavern with a pond and some greenery inside. Glowing blue and green moss on the walls lit up the cavern as Aleron and Darzax saw fifteen Red-Horned Rabbits near the pond, all of them Mortal-rank and ranging from level 25 to 30. "Now then...let''s do some gambling." "Gambling?" Darzax tilted his head in confusion. "Mhmm," Aleron nodded, his expression thoughtful. "Experiment one, I''ll gamble on myself killing these fifteen rabbits in under 1 minute once I initiate thebat with them." [Ding! Gamble epted] ''Eh?!'' Aleron was surprised at the sudden notification, but that was not all as a panel also appeared in his mind. [Gamble Quest] -Task: Kill all rabbits in the cavern under 1 minute. -Reward: 39 Gacha Points. -Penalty: -35 Stat points from all Physical stats. "So that''s it!" Aleron understood and grinned. "I don''t understand, my lord," Darzax wryly smiled. "If you can exin to me, I could be of help." "Hahaha, you can say I have a special power, but to use it, I have to gamble and win that gamble," Aleron said with a grin. "I see, so that''s why..." Darzax understood and nodded before he asked, "And since it''s a gamble, is there a penalty if you lose?" "Yep," Aleron nodded and decided to experiment more. "Now then...I''ll change the Gamble. I will kill all these Red-Horned Rabbits within 5 seconds once I initiate thebat." [Gamble updated] [Gamble Quest] -Task: Kill all rabbits in the cavern under 5 seconds. -Reward: 368 Gacha Points. -Penalty: -50 Stat points from all Physical stats, Legs will be disabled for 10 hours. ''Damn, the penalty also increased? But this is perfect,'' Aleron grinned as he consumed 100 Mana, and his left hand transformed. ''Grimbolt Spear.'' *Swoosh!* The dreadful shadow-ck spear with red lightning patterns and sparks shot out from the central Red-Horned Rabbit''s shadow and instantly obliterated it before the three shadowy- red lightning shot into other nearby rabbits. Those three also died instantly before the Grimbolt Spear fed on them and continued its attack, chaining to more Rabbits and killing them. It didn''t even take a full five seconds. Instead, all fifteen rabbits died in three seconds. [You have acquired 368 Gacha Points.] Aleron grinned. ''Time to open the Gacha Room.'' He used 100 Gacha Points and opened the Gacha Room, a ce where he could buy Summoning Tickets and supposedly more things. "My lord, the passage leading deeper into the cave is there. Shall we go?" Darzax asked. "Yeah," Aleron nodded and followed Darzax while he looked at the new feature and opened it. A fancy panel appeared in his mind the moment he opened [Gacha Room], with a theme of a fancy, cartoony room and more functions inside. [Gacha Room] 1. Summoning Shop. -2. Gacha Roulette. -3. Banner Pool. [Locked. Requires level 2 system] -4.??? [Locked. Requires level 3 system] ''Let''s see how much a Summoning ticket costs.'' Aleron opened the Summoning Shop. [Summoning Shop] 1. Lords of Arcane Summoning Ticket x 1:- 500 Gacha Points -2. Myriad Spell Pool Summoning Ticket x 1:- 500 Gacha Points. -3. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines x 1: 500 Gacha Points. ''Five hundred for one ticket...Alright.'' Aleron closed the Summoning Shop and opened Gacha Roulette. A big round roulette appeared in his mind, with six different sections on it. Each section had words on it, indicating the category it represented. [Gacha Roulette] -Spin cost: 100 Gacha Points. "Dax, wait a bit," Aleron stopped walking in the passage. The deeper part of the cave was already in front of them just twenty meters away, but Aleron wanted to spin before entering there. "Yes, my lord?" "Just wait a bit, something will happen," Aleron said with a grin before he spent 100 Gacha Points, causing the roulette to spin. [Press the red button when you want to stop the spin.] Aleron pressed the red button in his mind after a few seconds as the roulette started slowing down and a needle appeared at the side. The stationary needle at the side was hitting the borders of the six sections and slowing down the roulette, eventually stopping it after five seconds. [Congrattions, you have gained a Skill Scroll-Skyward sh] Chapter 15: Darzaxs Foe, Prodigy? Chapter 15: Darzax''s Foe, Prodigy? ? "Skyward sh, eh? Let''s see..." Aleron muttered before he opened the scroll. [Skyward sh] Rank: C Category: Martial Magic Skill. __Description: Leaps into the air and executes a feet-push maneuver while shing the sword condensed in a circr motion downward, taking a spinning wheel form and cutting at the target at a fast speed. __Effect: The strike achieves a wheel-shaped sh, shining due to the wind energy condensed on its de that moves and vibrates at a high speed around the de, cleanly cutting the target into two or inflicting tremendous sh damage with powerful pration. Skill Parameters: -Type: Offense. -Cost: Minimum 50 Mana. Range: Close -Requirement: Wind Sybus level 1. Aleron also saw the picture and other details in the scroll how about to execute the skill. "Hmm, so I have to learn it myself. It won''t work like Grimbolt Spear," Aleron muttered. "Do you want to learn it now, my lord?" Darzax asked. Aleron tapped his cheek with a thoughtful expression for a second before grinning, "Yeah." "I want to see if I can learn it myself," Aleron said as he focused back on the scroll, "I want to know where I stand right now in my personal talent." Darzax''s eyes shone as he smiled. ''That''s admirable, my lord.'' "I shall help you with a sparring partner," Darzax smiled before a shadowy ck gate with ghastly blue wisp and patterns appeared to their left. From the dark whirlpool in the gate, a shadow shot out before stopping 1 meter away to their left, kneeling on one knee with their head down. "He is the most skillful de warrior under me, with the most knowledge in this field," Darzax smiled. "Get up already." "Riki the Whispering de." Riki was a pale-skinned bald man with red marks over his head, body, and limbs, wearing only ck trousers while his upper body was carved with scars that shone red. He looked like he was in his thirties. Aleron looked at him and was dumbfounded as he looked at Riki''s status. [Riki¡ªthe Whispering de] ss: de Lord. __Lifeform rank: Legendary. Speciality: Whispering Serenade de Arts. Power Level: 748,504 "Hisbat power will be on par with me once he breakthroughs to Exceed rank," Darzax said with a wry smile. "I might even be at a disadvantage in a pure one versus one battle." "I doubt that Darzax," Riki stood up and said with a loudugh. "You would seal mybat power with your crazy spells before I break them and touch you." Riki grinned and added, "But it''s a different story if I manage to ambush you." "Awesome," Aleron grinned. "So he is your strongest subordinate?" "No doubt in that," Darzax smiled. "ording to my memories rted to him, he was my toughest foe who defeated me and almost killed me." Riki rolled his eyes, "But this guy returned stronger as a harbinger of death, killed me, and made me his undead servant." "I would''ve loved to read your story, haha," Aleronughed hearing the duo''s exchange. "Anyway, I want to learn this skill on my own, let''s just do sparring as I try to execute it." "Understood," Riki nodded before a snow-white katana materialized in his hand with a redwood hilt and silver metallic ring. Darzax nodded and turned to Aleron, "My lord, I shall go and bring some monsters for you to hunt once you finish your training." Aleron smilingly nodded, "Thanks." ... After Darzax left, Aleron started practicing solo to get the hang of the skill execution. Thankfully, although the skill scroll didn''t give information on how to design and execute the skill, Aleron still got knowledge of Wind Sybus Level 1 thanks to the system. ''So it''s giving me the profound knowledge of skills and spells I get, however, It is up to me to master that knowledge, utilize it, and learn skills by wielding it.'' Although imagining a phenomenon produced its Arcane Sybus in one''s Magic Board when one created or learned skills, much of this knowledge was already physically noted, experimented, theorized, and refined. As such, people often learned and practiced various sybuses of elements, arcane sybuses, cause and effect, intent-driven, action-driven, and such subjects in various academies in Kingdoms. But some knowledge was still forbidden, secret, or undiscovered. Some people could learn knowledge of some subjects faster while learning slowly in some other subjects. It was rted to one''s affinity, mindset, and talent. At the moment, Aleron was learning this C-rank skill. His first time learning something himself that excited him greatly. "Let''s see if I can do it," Aleron eagerly stood in a proper stance while wielding the Light- Rend Sword, which was the name of the Epic-rank Light-attributed sword. He had finished learning the skill design as the Light-Rend Sword''s de was covered in a fast circting wind flow. *Boom!* Suddenly, a st urred in the sword''s de, dispersing the circting wind coating. "This is tough for a beginner, my lord," Riki chuckled. "The sword''s de is pure Light- attribute, so it''s shing with the wind energy." "Yeah...I have to make it such that it doesn''t sh," Aleron muttered as his eyes glinted. In his Magic Board, Aleron redesigned the skill a bit. Since he knew the thirteen Arcane Sybus of the Tier-1 Spell, Grimbolt Spear, he decided to use that knowledge to adjust this skill a bit. After a minute, Aleron finished designing the skill and established its skill rune. "Let''s see..." Aleron muttered as he focused and used the skill again, causing the Light-Rend Sword''s de to be coated with the wind cirction again, but this time... *Ziiii* Riki''s eyebrows jumped up, "This..." The energy of Light and Wind actuallybined, creating a mystical coating of high-speed circting cyan wind energy that was condensed and sparkling with golden sparks that sped up the wind cirction even more! ''Did he use some advanced Arcane Sybus to achieve this?'' Riki was amazed. "Damn, this is so cool!" Aleron eximed as he looked at the sword''s de dangerously humming and oozing out a sharp, piercing aura. "This is impressive indeed," Riki nodded with his eyes sparkling. ''How did he learn this knowledge and is capable of utilizing it despite being this weak? Darzax''s lord is a strange being.'' Of course, it was impressive. The knowledge of the Arcane Sybus that Eldritch Tome of Arcane Aberrations gave to Aleron was considered secret knowledge! "Alright, time to use it properly now," Aleron grinned as he used thest bit of his mana to execute the skill''s maneuver his body was enchanted with magic, his feet receiving more enchant-type. Riki smiled and nodded, "Let''s start." ''He appears to be a prodigy in Magic, that much is as clear as the pure excitement in his eyes. Now, let''s see how he fares inbat.'' Chapter 16: Limit, Combat Chapter 16: Limit, Combat ? "I did it!" Aleronughed, feeling thrilled as he sessfully executed the Skyward sh. ''He failed in the first try, but perfectly executed it in the second try,'' Riki raised his eyebrows, impressed. ''Alright, hisbat sense and ability to learn is fast.'' Well, of course. Aleron was also considered a prodigy back on Earth for developing a medical app and chip, helping millions thanks to it at the mere age of 10. But the incident after that robbed his limbs and turned his life upside down. "Let''s do some more sparring, Riki," Aleron said with a grin. "I want to get better." "With pleasure," Riki smiled and stood in a front-sword stance. Aleron also grabbed the sword and dashed forward, doing a horizontal sh. Riki leisurely deflected the sh of Light-Rend Sword with his Katana, flinging away Aleron''s hand and breaking hisbat sequence while his Katana surged forward and stopped at Aleron''s neck. "Never let your opponent deflect your attack. If you think you will fail the exchange, then you must react fast with wrist and hand movements to either stabilize or initiate another move because after deflecting your attack, your opponent''s de will being to take your life." "Mhm," Aleron nodded with a serious expression and a learning expression. "Let''s continue." During the next five minutes, Aleron and Riki sparred with pure sword exchange. Riki matched Aleron''s level in terms of sword-wielding while teaching him, but he never held back against Aleron and defeated his every chance and move. Aleron was not dejected. Instead, he was just excited and eager to improve andnd a strike on Riki. He could feel himself improving and getting better, which thrilled him to no end. ''It feels so good to get stronger.'' While Aleron was feeling this, Riki was getting surprised constantly. With each minute passing, Aleron was improving tremendously in swordy! ''Impressive!'' Riki''s eyes glinted while sparring with Aleron. Riki pushed Aleron to limits while defeating him in each exchange, but Aleron came back stronger with new moves improved by observing Riki and creating them with his insight and talent. *Dhoof* Aleron was pushed back as he fell again, but he got up quickly while breathing. His physical stats had increased drastically, but the power he was putting into swinging his sword against Riki who matched his level and defeated him every time still drained his stamina swiftly. Just as they were about to start again, Darzax arrived and said, "My lord, I''ve captured monsters from Mortal-rank to Epic-rank. Ten monsters from each lifeform rank." "Perfect," Aleron''s eyes shone. ... Darzax released the peak Mortal-rank monsters he captured as they emerged from a dark portal. Two bull-type monsters, one rabbit-type, and two boar-type. Aleron was statistically more powerful because he was also at the peak of Mortal-rankin physical stats and a bit higher than Mortal-rank in Magic stats. As such, he decided to fight five monsters at once first and also told Darzax to remove his buffs from him. Aleron wanted to fight for real, without support. He was aware that this would be his first real battle since he was going to fight five monsters at once, without using skills and only using pure martialbat with his sword as per his wish. After all, they would die with only one proper attack due to the Light-Rend Sword, so Aleron tried to avoid their attacks in his way, fought properly, andnded a single clean strike on each of them during the quick one-minute battle against those five monsters. He made quick work of them, but due to not having prior experience inbat, he also received three attacks at the start of the battle and got injured. But after killing the two boars, he had an easier time killing the other three. This adrenaline rush he felt was something he never experienced before, and it excited him greatly. "Take out more, Dax. I am nearly seventy percent in progress," Aleron said with a grin as he wiped some blood near his lips that oozed out due to an internal injury, which Darzax already healed. Darzax waved his hand and took out the remaining five peak mortal-rank monsters. "Let''s gamble a bit," Aleron said with a glint in his eyes, standing properly while holding the sword in a stance. "I will create a new sword skill on my own while fighting these five monsters in...under two minutes and kill all with the skill at once." [Ding! Gamble epted] [Gamble Quest] -Task: Create a sword skill while fighting the five monsters in front of you in under two minutes, and kill all five at once with the skill. -Reward: 439 Gacha Points. -Penalty: Mana Pool sealed and going blind for 24 hours. [Ding! You have used up the two Gamble of today. Level up the system to add 1 more Gamble daily.] ''Eh? So no more gamble quest for today?'' Aleron was surprised. "My lord, do you already have an idea for this skill?" Darzax asked in surprise. "It looks like he has an idea," Rikiughed. Aleron grinned, "Nope, but I can think of one. I can visualize and design a sword skill capable of killing all five monsters at once." "Release them, Dax. I am ready," Aleron added as he looked at the five monsters bounded by shadow-ropes before him. Aleron narrowed his eyes, determined and stubborn, "I want to believe that I can do this and want to strive for it." ''I''ve read tons of books to know that I need to get better myself. For that, I have to push myself to my limits.'' ''And no way in hell I want to be mediocre, be it with this system or without it.'' Aleron''s grip on the sword tightened while the monsters were released from their shadow bindings and rushed towards him. ''I''ve also read a lot of skills, spells, and other powers... surely, I can visualize and create a solid skill right now, not to mention that I have enough Arcane Sybus knowledge to create a skill for this situation.'' Two Vine Groove Bears and three me Rock Bisons. All of them rushed towards Aleron. Aleron jumped strongly as he shot up like a spring and stood on a tree''s branch while designing his skill. Both Bears roared towards him before vines shot out from the branch where he stood, intending to pierce into him. Aleron jumped to another tree, but the three me-Rock Bisons rushed there with their head and horns lit up with me fiercely, smashing the tree entirely. The monsters only targeted Aeron because of Darzax''s spell, and it was going very well. Aleron jumped again before the tree fell, escaping swiftly. ''Sword Strings...if I want to kill all of them with one skill, I can create something like that based on the Arcane Sybuses I know.'' ''Let''s do it!'' Aleron grinned. While Aleron was escaping from the monsters and designing his skill, Darzax''s eyes suddenly flickered as he sensed something. "It looks like we have some guests," Riki said as he looked in the direction of the Necropolis''s entrance. "They are powerful, but they won''t survive against the Vampire Guards," Darzax nodded before he adopted a thoughtful expression. "Riki, put this in their shadows when they escape," Darzax waved his hand as several tiny, creepy-looking eyeballs appeared. "Escape? You''re letting them go?" "Mhmm," Darzax nodded. "If they escape after encountering guards, they can leave as the guards won''t chase them." Darzax faintly smiled and added," And if they enter inside the city, then it''s up to their capability if they can leave safely." "Alright, I''ll put these trackers if they escape," Riki said with a nod before he vanished along with the tiny eyeballs. Chapter 17: Rapid Progress (1), Formation Complete Chapter 17: Rapid Progress (1), Formation Complete ? Duke Rahad''s pce, Luxadia City His elite team that reached the Falran Capital returned after an hour. The middle-aged ck- haired team leader went into the office room where Duke Rahad and Roxen were talking about some matter. Looking at the injuries on the team leader and his weakened aura, Duke Rahad frowned, "Terez, those injuries? Why haven''t you recovered yet?" "It''s harder to heal due to their death-attributed attacks that weakened our recovery," Terez said with a grave expression. "Vampires and Werewolves, but slightly different from the ones we''ve heard about." "Against our team, only two guards fought, one vampire and one werewolf. They defeated our entire team while the other ten guards just watched, enjoying it like a show." Roxen raised her eyebrows. "Their power?" Duke Rahad asked. "All of them were at Epic-rank," Terez said before he took a deep breath and added with a grim expression, "The city had a lot of Epic-rank powerhouses ording to the Aura Detection Artifact." "And multiple Legendary-ranks." "Multiple Legendaries?" Duke Rahad frowned and turned to Roxen, who also frowned. "How many specifically?" Roxen asked. "This Artifact can''t detect the aura of legendary-rank if they want to keep it hidden, but...we still sensed over five Legendary-rank aura," Tereze answered with fear in his eyes. "Moreover, we were only at the entry gate." Duke Rahad stood up, his face sweating bullets while his eyes filled with fear, "They have such a big force? What if they decided to take over this city and the rest of Falran Kingdom''s cities and towns? We won''t stand a chance." "This invasion is not your problem alone, Duke. Calm down." Roxen stood up and cidly continued, "We will inform Longinus Empire about this and have those invaders vanquished before they grow anymore." Duke Rahadposed himself and turned to Terez, "Go and recover. Rest until all of you have returned to your prime condition." Terez bowed and left the office room. "If they had only one or two Legendary-rank powerhouses, our group could do something about them, but..." Roxen shook her head. "Headbutting against that many Epic-ranks and five Legendary-ranks is courting death." "Are you going to leave or still stay for two days as you said?" "We''ll stay," Roxen replied with a smile. "The other matter we came here for was fortunately finished." "Lady Rias found a candidate?" Duke Rahad was pleasantly surprised. "Who is that lucky one?" Roxen narrowed her eyes, and her smile turned slightly sharp, "Please do not speak about this matter, nor ask us anything about it." Internally, Roxen sighed. ''Well, it is up to him if he wants to be the candidate.'' "I-I apologize," Duke Rahad said before he sighed. "It slipped my mind that this is a sensitive matter." "You''ve attached yourself to thisnd and people, right?" Roxen asked with a chuckle as she pped Duke Rahad''s back, causing him to cough. "It''s fine, Rahad. After all, you got a wife and kids now, but don''t forget your real duties towards the Empire." "I understand," Duke Rahad nodded with a serious expression. Roxen nodded, "Good. Now, send the best scouts to Falran Capital and establish amunication link. Keep a live observation there so we can see if they are making any moves." "Understood." ... Aleron''s Mortal-rank lifeform progress reached 99% after he killed those monsters with his self-created sword skill-Sword Strings. With a swing of his sword, its de would release string-like flexible beams that would shoot straight into Aleron''s shadow before emerging from the shadows of his targets and piercing them. This attack was shadow-attributed, with condensed shadow energy inheriting the sword''s attack power. Grimbolt Spear''s knowledge came in handy. Of course, It was not as powerful as the Grimbolt Spear and was basically a watered-down effect with a new way of execution since Sword Strings could also kill multiple targets precisely and swiftly without causing damage or destruction to their surroundings. After killing those monsters and winning the Gamble Quest, Aleron was short of one monster as his progress was stuck at 99% of Mortal rank. Darzax went to grab one more monster that Aleron swiftly killed by using a Sword String. The moment his progress reached 100%, Aleron''s aura rose before he felt a surge in power within that streamed throughout his body! Aleron sessfully ranked up to the Adept-rank lifeform, increasing the ceiling of his foundation. Afterward, they returned to the pce. Aleron ate a few pills and potions to make his stats increase again and soon reached the peak of Adept rank, just like Odar. -Physical Status: [Strength: C (500/500)] - [Agility: C (500/500)] [Stamina: C (500/500)] [Health: C (500/500)] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: C (500/500)] [Mana Pool: C (500/500)] Odar was shadow-fighting while executing skills, spending Mana and Stamina to get used to his newfound power and solidify his foundation since he got a vast boost in stats. After Aleron also reached the peak in Adept rank, they started sparring against each other to solidify their foundations. As for ranking up from Adept rank to Exceptional rank, it was not as easy as ranking up from Mortal rank. To evolve further and reach the Exceptional-rank lifeform, one needed to awaken an Innate Talent. Awakening an innate talent required hard work and focused willpower directed at a purpose. Usually, people would train hard in an area they feel they are best at to awaken an Innate Talent rted to that area of expertise. After sparring with Aleron for two hours with a few breaks in between, Odar, Aleron, Darzax, and Riki ate some food at the open pavilion in the garden. Aleron was especially hungry after all the sparring. But while eating and talking, Odar''s body suddenly shone golden while a dumbfounded expression appeared on his face. "B-Boss..." "What happened?" Aleron was surprised "I-I just awakened my Innate Talent." "Ohh..." "What''s the Innate Talent?" Riki asked before putting a meatball in his mouth. "It''s called Aide Rush," Odar said with a smile and looked at Aleron, "Boss, this is good. Wherever I am, I can teleport to you by using this Innate Talent." "What do you mean?" Aleron curiously asked. "Here," Odar waved his hand as he created a rectangle panel with Mana with words on it. [Aide Rush] Effect: You can put a person as your Master. The moment they think about calling you, no matter how far you are, you will manifest a chain. You can either ignore the chain or choose to pull it to appear beside your Master instantly. You can also manifest the chain on your own if you think about your Master. Cost: 10% of Mana. __Restriction: 1 use per day. "Interesting. I didn''t think Innate Talent would have this kind of mystical effects," Aleron was surprised. "That''s the power of one''s mind, my lord," Darzax smiled. "If you imagine something reality-breaking, then it means it is possible to break the reality, therefore reality is far- reaching and shaped by not itself, but by others. I read this sentence in some ancient ruins in my previous life." "Tsk," Riki clicked his tongue. "If reality breaks, it''s not reality-breaking, but fantasy- breaking." "hahaha," Odarughed. "True,"Aleron grinned. He then rubbed his chin and chugged the juice ss before leaning back on the chair, "I also want to awaken an Innate Talent, but I have to focus on a particr thing and practice...or..." Aleron looked in the Gacha Room. [Gacha Roulette] -Gacha Points: 720 -Spin cost: 100 Gacha Points. ''I can buy one ticket, and do two Roulette spins....let''s see what I get from this first.'' Aleron spun the roulette. He stopped it after a few seconds and the needle pointed in the Items-Consumables. [Congrattions! You have gained a Rage Mist Potion.] [Rage Mist Potion] Rank: C Effect: Increase Strength and Agility by 300 for 1 minute. Note: After the effect wears out, the user will feel sluggish for half an hour. ''Oof, what a waste,'' Aleron smacked his lips. ''First that sword skill, and now this? Will this give me anything good or not?'' "My lord, the formation is ready," Darzax suddenly said with a smile. "We can transport the city to the secret realm right now if you want to." "Yeah, do it," Aleron nodded while looking at the roulette and did another spin. ''Please give me something good...'' In the next second, everyone felt a slight tremor for two seconds. The entire city shook while its borders were shining with a curtain of shadowy light, sparkling with ck motes. After a second, the entire city was covered in a shadowy dome before it instantly vanished, leaving a crater that stretched over 50 kilometers square. Meanwhile, the scouts who were observing the city were shocked. "The city disappeared. What the fuck?" "I''m not dreaming, right?" "No. the city is not there anymore." "Holy shit." ... On the other hand, Aleron''s roulette stopped and the needle pointed into the... [Congrattions, you have acquired a Mystery Box.] Chapter 18: Rapid Progress (2), Unexpected OP Boon Chapter 18: Rapid Progress (2), Unexpected OP Boon ? A fancy box wrapped in red and blue patterns appeared on the table. "What is this, boss?" Odar curiously asked. Darzax was surprised, "I can''t see through it." "Interesting," Riki narrowed his eyes, "My guts are telling me there''s unfathomable power in this box." Aleronughed and answered, "This is a Mystery Box. If I open it, I will get a random thing. Let''s see what it is..." "..." Darzax and Riki looked at each other before looking at Aleron. ''Boss got some strange power, eh?'' ''Indeed.'' Aleron pulled the bow tie''s string on the box and it shone brightly before it opened with magical confetti bursting out. The box shortly turned into motes while manifesting a mysterious blue oval crystal, with a wonderous phenomenon of white sparks dancing in the pristinepis crystal. Darzax and Riki''s expressions changed into one of utter shock as they sensed the power within the crystal. "T-This..." Darzax''s eyes trembled. ''What kind of energy is this?'' Odar couldn''t even sense anything but could feel that it was extraordinary. On the other hand, Aleron, who got a notification and information about what it was, had his expression transformed into an utterly bbergasted one. [Congrattions, you have acquired the Magilore of Arcane Lapis.] [Magilore of Arcane Lapis] Rank: ??? Information: The one-of-a-kind Magilore source that existed in the lost Teratris Cosmos. Effect: An unlimited source of Magilore. __Unique Trait: Devouring Abyss of Arcane-invokes a resonance within the user when ites to all magic-rted knowledge, significantly elevating the user''s capability toprehend all knowledge rted to magic. This boost increases depending on the user''s passion. The crystal shone and shot into Aleron''s forehead as a mysterious mark appeared on the spot for a second before it vanished without a trace in the next second. "My lord!" Darzax stood up with a somber expression while his eyes glinted with spells, scrutinizing Aleron to see if anything happened to him. Riki was also doing the same, but both of them had their expression changed shortly as they looked at each other with shock. At the moment, the auraing from Aleron was like a bottomless pit of abyss, invoking palpitation even within them. Meanwhile, Aleron''s eyes showed tremendous excitement upon seeing that special trait. "I''m fine, don''t worry," Aleron said with a grin. "I didn''t know I would get something like this from a Mystery Box. It''s crazy." "Your source has changed, my lord. I don''t sense even a spec of Mana within you," Darzax said with confusion. "That''s a new type of energy...and it''s profoundly more powerful than Mana," Riki caressed his beard while inspecting Aleron. Darzax nodded, "So much so that I can''t understand the structure of that energy even a single bit." Aleron looked at his status, and his grin and thrill couldn''t help but increase. -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: C (500/500)] [Magilore Energy: ¡Þ (¡Þ)] "It''s called Magilore, though I don''t know what kind of energy it is," Aleron said, his eyes bursting with curiosity, "But I can''t wait to try it out." Aleron stretched his palm as a mysteriouspis blue drop with faint white motes appeared, "Crazy...I am controlling this way better than Mana." He was shocked at how easy it was to wield this energy! Darzax and Riki narrowed their eyes. "My lord, this energy...it is far higher in potency and potential than Mana of someone like me who has nearly 100k Magic Power, even though your Magic Power is only 500," Darzax said, appearing a bit dazed. "My horizons are broadening," Rikiughed out loud. "Or I am just dreaming." "You are not dreaming," Aleronughed. "Anyway, I can''t measure this energy''s power like you two since I don''t have experience, but this feels like a part of me," heughed and pointed his hand at the sky. "Controlling this is even easier than breathing." ''Fireball with elerated sequence, coating condensedyer, contained impact,...'' Aleron''s eyes shed as he designed the skill in his Magic Board with ease, filling up the entire Magic Board with symbols of Arcane Sybus that appeared with his visualization design. "As for the energy...I''ll infuse it as long as the fireball stays in this size." A ball of me was conjured in front of Aleron''s index finger. It was the size of a tennis ball, but Aleron poured Magilore into it while controlling it to maintain the same size. "I don''t feel heat at all," Odar said in surprise. "Other people''s fireballs emit heat, but Boss, your control is superb." "The power of this energy is even more superb," Riki weakly smiled as he muttered while sweating, "What the hell..." "My lord, t-that is a bit dangerous," Darzax stammered as he sensed the amount of potency in that fireball. "Be careful." "Ah, it got a bit big. Time to stop," Aleron stopped infusing more Magilore energy into it and grinned, "I feel like I poured in around a million Magilore energy." "Time to shoot it," Aleron looked at the sky of this secret realm and grinned. "The sky is clear and beautiful with white clouds. We''ll see the effect clearly, haha." In the next second, he shot the fireball at a ny-degree angle toward the sky. *Swoosh!* *BOOOOM!* After traveling one kilometer in a second, the fireball exploded in such a devastating manner that a giant hole appeared in the fabric of space due to the intensity of the explosion. The ck hole devoured all the firepower of the fireball and lit up fierily, even disturbing its intense suction force. The hole swiftly mended automatically after a second, but its sight still made everyone''s jaw drop to the ground. "What the actual fuck?!" Aleron cursed out loud in pure excitement and shock. ''What is this Magilore energy?! So powerful!'' [Answer! Magilore is the highest form of Arcane energy, capable of resonating with thoughts and emotions while having no limits to the application it can perform, as it is only limited by the wielder''s thoughts, emotions, and imaginary potential. Generally, only Ascedent-rank lifeforms can begin to house Magilore energy within them.] "My lord...this Magilore energy is something otherworldly," Darzax said with a weak smile. "Please be careful when wielding it." "Yep, and for that, I want more knowledge to perform superb magic feats!" Aleron''s eyes shone. "Darzax, bring out all magic-rted books you collected from the Royal Pce''s library." "I will devour all the knowledge of magic!" "As you wish, my lord," Darzax heartily smiled and waved his hand, creating a pile of books around the tables. "I''ll clean the table since we finished eating," Odar said with a grin. "Boss, good luck with your studies." Odar swiftly cleaned the table with a wave of his hand, collecting tes and bowls with strings of Mana. Afterward, Aleron snapped his finger as a book floated before him, "Darzax, I don''t even need to specifically control it, haha. It is like I canmand Magilore and it does things for me, like bringing this book here." "So, you didn''t use Magilore, attach it to the book, and brought it?" Riki raised his eyebrows. "You just thought about it and Magilore did it?" "Exactly," Aleron grinned. "Of course, this didn''t work when I created a fireball, so I guess it works on things that I''ve mastered." "That''s still crazy," Riki wryly smiled. "Indeed," Darzaxughed. "As expected of our Lord." ... "What do you mean the Falran Capital disappeared?" Rias asked with confusion. "It vanished from its location," Roxen wryly smiled. "The entire city, along with its full border of high walls, and everything within." "Hmm, so the demons left?" Ragna wondered. "They left indeed, but we don''t know where they went. If they teleported some other ce on this Lightdusk Continent to get out of our sight and prepare, then we''ll have to find them fast before theyunch their attack on unsuspecting cities and towns." Rias nodded, "Inform the Empire and Adventure guild about this situation. Tell the guild to spread this information everywhere." "Understood. Also, Balu and Tarao want to go to a famous bar here... Of course, I said no, but they asked me to ask you about it," Ragnar asked hesitatingly while smiling shamelessly, selling out his friends. "Return at midnight sharp," Rias said with a smile. "Thank you,dy Rias!" Roxen rolled her eyes, "Get lost." After finishing the discussion of this matter as Ragnar left, Rias looked at them card and muttered, "I hope Mr. Ale gives us his answer soon." "You really want to take him to the Empire, eh?" Roxen wryly smiled. Rias nodded, "He has agreed to be my partner for the trial, so I hope he can stay at the empire for the next nine months until the trial begins. We can also deepen our rtion with him and whatever background he has." Roxen patted Rias''s head and smiled, "We''ll get a positive answer since he readily agreed and was looking forward to it." "I hope so." Chapter 19: Rapid Progress (3), Innate Talent Awakening Chapter 19: Rapid Progress (3), Innate Talent Awakening ? Aleron just touched the floating book to feel its texture, but all the knowledge within the book suddenly flooded into his mind, startling him. And then his eyes brightened! ''Of course! This is a crazy boon with an unknown rank. If I can''t even absorb a magic book''s knowledge with a touch, then what''s the point of having this high rank?!'' All the knowledge of that book was absorbed by him with a touch! Aleronughed out loud as the books lined up before him and he touched all of them one by one, absorbing all the magical knowledge with ease! ''I can understand everything...'' Odar returned from the kitchen and was dumbfounded, "Boss?" "Well, no need to second guess," Rikiughed. "He is indeed one-tapping the books and learning everything within." Darzax sighed in amazement, "He is indeed devouring all the knowledge." Aleron''s state was hyper at the moment, with his entire focus singrly imposed on the magical knowledge entering him as he digested everything! ''Magic is so awesome!'' After ten minutes, Aleron absorbed hundreds of books that Darzax took out, but without pausing for a second he looked at Darzax and said, "Dax, is that all? We got more or not?" "For the magic-rted books, that was all we had, my lord," Darzax wryly smiled. "Oh..." Aleron sat on his chair and leaned back before putting his head on the table and arms around his head, "I''m going to take a nap." "He must have been exhausted," Riki said with a chuckle. "He absorbed so much knowledge at once, after all." *Tink* Suddenly, an intricate magical symbol manifested around Aleron, dreamy and powerful. And then one more magical symbol made of Magilore energy appeared. And then one more, one more, and they started popping up fast. In just a minute, there were thousands of magic symbols around Aleron! "What''s going on?" Odar asked with confusion. "This Magilore energy...it is reacting to Aleron," Riki narrowed his eyes. "But it''s not hard to decipher. The arcanenguage of these symbols is the same. It''s just..." "It''s unrestrictive," Darzax murmured. "And its meanings are getting lost. I can''t decipher anymore." "Mhmm," Riki nodded. "Due to the monstrous Magilore control Aleron has and the otherworldy trait of this arcane energy, something is happening." "Eh? This feels like talent awakening," Odar said while scratching the back of his head. Instantly, Darzax and Riki looked at Odar. "What?" Odar gulped. Riki burst intoughter, "You are actually right.'' "Lord is awakening his innate talent..." Darzax nodded with a smile. "This possibility slipped my mind." "It''s just...we won''t be able to imagine the scale of this innate talent due to the involvement of Magilore in this." Another minute passed by before all the magic symbols suddenly shone and started gathering into a chaotic swirl of Magilore and ultimately turning into a pristine light purple crystal orb with apis blue whirlpool inside it. But this orb floated into Aleron''s head and entered inside. Afterward, Aleron''s aura burst out as the surrounding energy reacted to his breakthrough. "Boss broke through to Exceptional rank!" Odar cheered with a shout. "Haha, I can''t wait to see the innate talent he awakened. It must be crazy." Aleron''s eyes opened as they shone with refreshment and rity like never before, stretching his arms and yawning, "I feel good. How long was I out for? Feels like I slept for hours." Odar and Riki burst outughing while Darzax lightly chuckled and answered, "My lord, you only slept for two minutes." "Eh? And I broke through?" Aleron was surprised as he felt the newfound flow of power within him, "This...my innate talent?!" [Spiritmind of Magilore] Description: The temple of the arcane, courtesy of your pure passion that resonated with Magilore about learning magic for the sake of nothing else but pure curiosity towards it. There is no one more worthy to embrace arcane than you. Effect(s): -> You may understand all phenomena of magic on which your eyesy and curiosity settles. -> Desonctruct any skill, spell, or constructed form of magic by devouring it within the Spiritmind Space and even learning it, even if the Arcane Knowledge of those constructs is forbidden, secret, restrictive, or requires catalysts...as long as that knowledge is within the realm of Magilore. "Horey shieat!" Aleron screeched. Chapter 20: Rapid Progress (4/4), Rich Island Chapter 20: Rapid Progress (4/4), Rich Ind ? The necropolis was in peace at the center of the vast ind in the secret realm - Eldertide Archipgo. From time to time, fifty to a hundred zombies would leave in groups from different exits of the necropolis on all sides while holding big trolleys and tools. Just two kilometers away north was an Arcane Vein-a particr and limited area with a high concentration of magic, filled with magic stones. An arcane vein was considered a treasure trove because magic stones were stones filled with pure magic power and mana, and their usage extremely important in a multitude of areas for development. When they are infused by an external magic, they transform and evolve based on that power. The main use of Magic Stones numbered a lot, to brew potions, concoct pills, empower spells, formations, and such. They were essential because of their versatile applications. A single Arcane Vein of the lowest grade could easily support an entire city and make it prosper for years. They were graded from D-grade to S-grade in Lightdusk Continent, but the Arcane Vein near the necropolis was above S-grade. Two grades above. SSS-grade. ording to the survey and inspection by the Death Lords, they found 8 Arcane Veins on this ind. All of them being SSS-grade. At the moment, the entire city of the dead was working and mining the SSS-grade Magic Stone, the likes of which only the two big Empires and limited top forces on the Lightdusk continent had ess to. ... On the top floor''s garden, a gentle breeze constantly blew in the cold atmosphere of the beautiful night that painted this part of Eldertide Archipgo. Aleron and Odar sat cross-legged under a tree in meditation as they ate pills to reach the peak of the Exception-rank. -Name: - [Aleron] -Race: - [Human] -Lifeform Rank: - [Exception]¡ªRequire Epic Awakening -Physical Status: - [Strength: B (1000/1000)] [Agility: B (1000/1000)] - [Stamina: B (1000/1000)] - [Health: B (1000/1000)] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: B (1000/1000)] - [Magilore Energy: ¡Þ (¡Þ)] -Innate Talents: - Spiritmind of Magilore. Their stats had reached the peak of Exception-rank after digesting the pills, so they were stabilizing their rapid growth by meditating. Ten meters away from them in the small open-air pavilion, Darzax and Riki stood across a table in front of each other while looking at a rectangle cloudy screen on the table. It was a map of this ind with many symbols at various spots. Riki whistled while raising his eyebrows, "This ind is rich." "Eight arcane veins of SSS-grade, one unstable energy spot with unknown magic aura, two vast meadows filled with top-tier Legendary-rank natural resources," Darzax said with a nod, "And the rest of the ind is filled with random high-grade resources all over." "Hahahaha, we can live a high-ss lifestyle with such wealth," Rikiughed with gusto. "This kingdom''s booze is bad. How about we start by getting some good booze from another kingdom?" "We''ll be going to an Empire soon. They should have good stuff," Darzax smiled. ... If one wanted to break through from Exception-rank to Epic-rank, they must trigger their Epic awakening. Epic awakening was nothing fancy, but it was not easy to trigger it. It required one to prove oneself...to themselves. A seed of confidence, a seed of power, that one must believe and prove that it exists within themselves and manifest it. Generally, people trigger their Epic Awakening by fighting a clearly stronger monster than themselves-As such, it requires one to have exceptional skills andbat ability. What was more powerful than a peak Exceptional-rank powerhouse who seeks Epic awakening? Fighting a powerful Epic-rank monster. By defeating a stronger opponent, people nt that seed of confidence within them and trigger their Epic awakening. Meanwhile, as soon as Aleron stabilized the foundation of his Arcane source by meditating first and his physical body by sparring with Odar and Riki, his aura suddenly burst out. "You broke through, eh? Good," Riki grinned. "W-W-What?" Odar was dumbfounded. "How can you break through like that?" "How did I break through?" Aleron looked at Odar, his eyes wide, "I was just about to ask you how to fucking breakthrough to Epic-rank." "..." "Nothing''s wrong with that," Rikiughed out loud. "Epic Awakening varies from person to person because it depends on one''s mindset." Riki grinned, "Unfortunately, most people need action to get a reaction in their mind." "I don''t get it," Aleron said before sucking his cheeks inside, causing his lips to look like fish lips. And then, he spoke in a weird voice, "Don''t mind my mouth, you continue." Chapter 21: To Meet Up Chapter 21: To Meet Up ? "Basically, people usually kill Epic-rank monsters to trigger their Epic awakening, thereby gaining an Epic Life Rune and breaking through to Epic-rank," Odar said while scratching the back of his bad as he looked at Riki, "But how did he break through?" "Boss broke through because he didn''t feel the need to prove himself nor did heck any confidence about his future," Riki grinned. "His life source resonated with its evolution without any need for action." "So this is Epic Life Rune, eh? But it just gave me a 20% boost in all of my stats. I thought it was going to be something awesome," Aleron ruefully smiled. "20% boost in all stats? Wtf," Odar smacked his lips. "That''s a peak Epic life rune, boss. You can''t get a boost higher than this in Epic Life Rune." "People need to kill tough Epic-rank monsters all alone to trigger Epic Awakening of this level to gain this big boost, but you..." Odar sighed while shaking his head as he added. "Comparison is a door to doom. Door to doom indeed." Odar and Riki went out to the southwest meadow of the ind-named Hazed Sun Meadow by Darzax because it looked like a hazy sun from above. The resources in this area were of multiple attributes, but the majority of nts, flowers, trees, and such were of Fire-rted attributes. Riki wanted to do some Spiritde Tuning, which was his specialty to empower his arsenal of des with external powers. As such, he was using the resources of this meadow. Meanwhile, Odar was fighting against Epic-rank monsters to trigger his Epic Awakening. He died three times and was revived three times by Darzax, but Odar was determined to kill the strongest Epic rank monster and was honing his skills with Riki''s training. Darzax was overseeing the Zombies, Ghouls, Vampires, and Werewolves as they collected the resources from the ind. Death Lords had killed Legendary-rank monsters upon Darzax''s order, but there were still plenty of Epic-rank and below monsters on the ind that needed to be hunted to extract resources. As such, Death Lords acted as the guards to the working poption and protected them from monsters to increase the efficiency of work. The night passed by with everyone busy and Aleron sleeping. As the morning shone and Aleron yawned with a peaceful expression while stretching his arms, the second day of his new life in this world began. Darzax, Riki, and Aleron sat in the garden pavilion as the breakfast arrived at the hands of the high-vampire Borai, the former top chef of the royal pce and also an Epic-rank powerhouse. "My lord. This kingdom doesn''t have resources to concoct pills that can increase your stats in Epic rank, but this ind has plenty," Darzax smiled. "A batch of Epic-rank growth pills will be ready after five hours." "Great," Aleron said with a chuckle, "After breakfast, we''ll go and give Rias my yes to her partnership." "As you wish, my lord." "How''s Odar doing?" Aleron asked. "He died fifteen times and was mind-broken for a bit," Riki said with augh. "But he defeated the Epic-rank monster and triggered his Epic Awakening an hour ago, attaining a peak Epic Life Rune like you." "Now he is sleeping due to utter exhaustion of his mind and body," Darzax wryly smiled. "He pushed himself too much." "Not bad, he is working hard," Aleron said with augh. Aleron, Darzax, and Riki appeared at the center of a giant crater where the necropolis was previously located. Since the secret realm''s door was always attached to Aleron, it was portable along with the necropolis. The trio flew towards Duke Rahad''s city to meet up with Rias the group arrived there within a couple of minutes with Darzax''s Shadow Drift spell. Chapter 22: Do It Chapter 22: Do It ? After arriving at the city, Aleron called Rias using am card. [Aleron: Miss Rias, I have arrived in the city. Where do we meet up?] [Rias: Pleasee to the Duke Pce if you don''t mind.] [Aleron: Alright. We''ll be there.] "That''s our target," Aleron pointed at the biggest building-a majestic pce over a hundred meters tall in the city in the shape of the letter ''A''. "But I want to look at this city, so let''s walk," Aleron grinned as he looked at the shops and people. However, it wasn''t long before he walked past a special big alley and his face fell. *nk, nk...nk, nk...* The alley''s entrance point had a big board that read [Beastfolk ve Trade] Aleron saw a native intelligent race of this world aside from humans for the first time, but...it was not in a good picture. Those people looked just like humans, with human skin tone and physique, except that they had some additional features. Cat-beastfolk who had cat ears and tails with nimble physiques, cow-beastfolk with horns, long ppy ears, a tail, and strong limbs. Wolf-beastfolk, ox-beastfolk, bunny-beastfolk.... They were imprisoned inside small iron prisons, one in each. "Why are those beastfolks treated as ves?" Aleron muttered. A passer middle-aged man with a few strands of hair on his head was about to enter the alley when he heard Aleron. He paused andughed before opening his shit-filled mouth. "Young man, youck some knowledge in history. Beastfolks are a cursed race. The Beastfolk Empire Lyran from the Northern Star Continent attacked us five hundred years ago. Many of them settled here after the war, unable to go back due to the harsh sea that separated Northern Star Continent " "A hundred years ago, Nightwing Empire dered all Beastfolk as ves and those who aid them would be considered an enemy of humans." "Understand?" the middle-aged man patted Aleron''s shoulder before leaving. Darzax created an invisible barrier around them to prevent their voice from leaking after the middle-aged man left. On the other hand, Aleron looked in the alley, his emotions wacky because he didn''t like what he was witnessing. Darzax and Riki didn''t say anything and just silently stood behind him. "Nooooo!!" Aleron suddenly heard a scream and saw a little girl looking like a fourteen-year-old with white flurry wolf ears and tail getting dragged out from a door by a tall muscr man. "What did that little girl do? And others too?" Aleron''s face was cramped, his expression sad. "Why can''t they leave peacefully with others?" Sure, many people died because of him in Falran Capital. Many innocent people. But many of them were living as Undeads while those who were dead had their souls freed by Darzax as they went into the cycle of the cosmos to live their second life somewhere else. He felt sad that those innocent'' lives were lost, but he had no anger towards himself or Darzax because of it. He had no regrets. If he could change his oue previously by dying andmanding Darzax to escape before his torture, he would do it. The capital would''ve been saved. But what happened...already happened. There was no changing it. Death was an escape, at least to Aleron. He only epted it in his previous because he had no other choice in the end. But these beastfolks couldn''t even ept death to escape from their living hell. The cors controlled them, and they lived a life of humiliation and pain as witnessed by Aleron at the moment. He could imagine the fate of that 14-year-old young beastfolk girl, but he didn''t want that to happen in reality. "What do you want to do, Boss?" Riki cidly asked as a ck sheath appeared at his waist, hiding a katana that was ready to drink blood. Aleron took a calm and deep breath as his eyes turned clear, "No fighting. We''ll resolve this fast without causing a ruckus and letting anyone notice us." "Dax, do you still have the Magic Stones we found from the Royal family''s treasure room?" Aleron asked as he turned to Darzax. "Those B-grade Magic Stones? I do have them." "Riki, crush them to make them smaller and rain them on this alley," Aleron said. "Alright," Riki nodded as he stretched his hand towards Darzax while a ck circr pool appeared on his palm. Darzax started dumping those B-grade Magic Stones numbering around 5000 into Riki''s Shadow Pocket, a storage made of shadow energy. "Dax, you will use your Shadow Drift to snatch all Beastfolks at once into your Shadow Pocket after Riki rains the Magic Stones." "There are 46 Beastfolks total, half of them are in the alley and the other half are in the rooms on both sides," Darzax said as his eyes glinted, scanning everything. "Get them all and send them to the Secret Realm," Aleron said as he turned his head back to the alley. "I''ll open the Demine''s door into your Shadow Pocket, so you can directly send them there." "Boss, I want to ask you something before we begin," Riki suddenly said, a weird smile hanging on his lips. "What?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "Will you do this every time you encounter Beastfolk ves?" "Yes," Aleron nodded with a serious expression, "And I will erase the ve system from this continent. I know there are many ves and people suffering, and I can''t help everywhere, but I will not ignore things I don''t like." "I won''t just let it happen in front of me if I can change it," Aleron clenched his fist as he looked at the faces of those beastfolks. "Since I have the power to change their fate, then their fate shall change!" "They can live in Necropolis and work for their living peacefully while progressing. This will also help us. It''s a win-win situation because I have power, resources, and space," Aleron narrowed his eyes. ''I couldn''t change my fate in my previous life, but I can do it in this life and do much more!'' Aleron''s eyes fierily burned. "Do it." Chapter 23: Onwards To The Longinus Empire Chapter 23: Onwards To The Longinus Empire ? Aleron, Darzax, and Riki arrived at the Duke''s Pce after finishing their task at the ve Trade alley. They sessfully transported all Beastfolks to the Necropolis while leaving silently and leisurely. As they walked towards the outer gate of the Duke''s Pce, the guards stopped them. However, it wasn''t for long. "Let them in." A middle-aged man arrived from inside in a few seconds and said, "They are guests invited by the Duke." Aleron, Darzax, and Riki entered inside, following the middle-aged man into the pce. ''My lord. The people who came to investigate the capital yesterday are here in this pce,'' Darzax informed Aleron. ''Our necropolis is gone, so they won''t have to worry about it anymore,'' Aleron replied. ''Haha, they must be in shock regarding that,'' Riki chuckled. The trio arrived in a luxurious hall with couches, sofas, and tables where some familiar faces were already present. Princess Rias, Commander Knight Roxen, and three Bannerette Knights, Ragnar, Balu, and Tarao. Aside from them, there was Duke Rahad and a beautiful red-haired busty woman with a mage''s robe-Court Mage Lara of the neighboring Nexusia Kingdom. "Please, sit," Duke Rahad politely said as he gestured to Aleron''s group to sit on the empty sofa to the right. Duke Rahad and Court Mage Lara were in front of them, and Rias and Roxen were on the sofa to their left while the three knights stood behind their sofa. Duke Rahad and Court Mage Lara were seeing them for the first time, but they were informed about the power of these guests by Roxen. "Mr. Ale," Rias smilingly nodded at Aleron. "Just call me Ale," Aleron smiled. "And I am prepared to depart anytime to the Empire." Rias''s eyes shone. "Thank you. I will not disappoint you," she said with a grateful smile. "Hmm, is there anything else?" Aleron asked as he looked at Duke Rahad and Court Mage Lara. "We indeed have a minor topic to discuss if you don''t mind," Duke Rahad said with a polite smile. "It is about the Falran Capital." "Mhmm, I''ve heard about it," Aleron nodded and listened to the situation that stemmed due to him from their mouths. ''Rias, they got one more powerhouse. I can''t measure him,'' Roxen ryed. ''He is not Exceed, but very powerful,'' Rias replied. ''A peak Legendary.'' ''And Mr. Ale reached Epic rank already,'' Roxen wryly smiled. ''I wonder why he waited till now to be powerful. Usually, heirs of Empires and big forces reach Epic rank at the age of 14 after learning the basics of physical and magical knowledge.'' ''Doesn''t matter.'' ''True. But we are inviting these powerful people to our Empire without knowing their background. This is not safe. I hope we can find out more about them or their intentions of being here at least,'' Roxen said. ''Of course. I will try my best in regards to that,'' Rias nodded. ''Also, I can''t sense Ale''s source aura with my skill even though I can sense the source aura of that Legendary-rank powerhouse. Strange.'' ''Physically, he has indeed reached Epic rank or he may have unsealed his power which could have been in sealed state when we met previously,'' Roxen spected. ''Must be an artifact or something...'' "Hmm, this situation is strange indeed," Aleron nodded before he wryly smiled, "But we don''t have much information about this. I''m sorry." "Please, no need to apologize," Duke Rahad lightlyughed. "Anyway, we shall not bother you about this topic anymore." "If you evere to Nexusia Kingdom for any business or anything, be sure to inform me," Court Mage Lara said with a smile as her big melons jiggled with her crossing her leg under the dress. "It would be my honor to provide any assistance possible." ''Crazy physique,'' Aleron internally gulped and nced away from there. "Alright, Miss Lara. I''ve noted this," Aleron nodded with a smile. "Since we have no more discussion to do regarding this, how about we go for a walk, Mr. Ale?" Rias said with a smile. "After having lunch, we can depart from the city and reach the Longinus Royal Capital by the night." "Sounds good," Aleron''s eyes shone as he smiled and grinned internally, ''I want to go on a Date... Gotta think of something to be alone with her.'' ''Or I shouldn''t do that and remain cordial first?'' ''Gahh! Whatever. I will do what I feel like doing, which is going on a date with her! This city must have many fun ces. Dax, Riki, you got it?'' "Actually, we don''t need to do that anymore," Duke Rahad said with augh. "I''ve activated the teleport formation and got the message from Empire. Instead of wasting time, you can depart and reach there within seconds." "Oh is it done?" Rias raised her eyebrows and smiled. "Then we can depart right away, Ale." Aleron''s lips twitched as he forced out a natural smile, "Sure." ''Boss, you''ll get more chancester, haha,'' Riki ryed withughter. Darzax wryly smiled. ''Tsk. Anyway, the Empire must be way better, so I can also go on a date there...'' Aleron''s mood changed swiftly as he looked forward to reaching the Empire. Chapter 24: Dawnstone Mountain-Longinus Empire Capital Chapter 24: Dawnstone Mountain-Longinus Empire Capital ? To the Northwest of the Lightdusk Continent stood a wonderous mountain known as Dawnstone Mountain. Dawnstone Mountain was 8000 meters tall and huge in size-the base of the mountain covered 19 kilometers of distance while its peak was 3 kilometers wide. The upper half of the mountain was empty with only nature covering it, but there were a few secret structures of the Longinus Empire situated there that not everyone could visit. From the middle to its base, the surroundings of the mountain had an abundance of structures¡ªa city filled with 20 million people. Above the city, in the middle of the mountain stood tall a 700-meter pce made of crystals, woods, and exotic stones that overlooked the city. The pce was half-carved out of the mountain and half-constructed outward-Royal Pce of Longinus Empire. Dawnstone Moutain--the Royal Capital of the Longinus Empire. Above the pce and to the back side of the mountain was a structure constructed inside the mountain, a huge hall with a big magic circle and metallic formation around it. It shone faint silver for a brief moment before several people appeared-Aleron, Riki, Darzax and Princess Rias, Roxen, and the three knights. A short-white-haired man with a scar on his neck stood outside the formation, standing beside an entric one-meter-tall crystal with magical patterns. "Wee back, Princess Rias," he said and bowed while his eyes scanned the new people before stopping on Aleron. ''So he is the one? Humph.'' "Sir Raphile," Rias said with a smile as she walked towards him. The others followed her. "Please make arrangements regarding Lotusdawn courtyard. I want it to be prepared as soon as possible." "Lotusdawn courtyard is upied by Mr. Hansel," Raphile said in a respectful tone. Rias''s eyes smilingly narrowed, "Empty it, please. As soon as possible." "Understood," Raphile left. ''It will give rise to some trouble, Rias,'' Roxen wryly smiled. ''Humph. Just because he is the brother of my mother, he doesn''t get the right to it,'' Rias snorted. "Follow me, please. We are at the back of the mountain right now," Rias said with a smile as she turned to Aleron, Darzax, and Riki. The group exited through a wide gate and saw beautiful scenery from 4000 meters height on the mountain. Aleron and others could see a vast forest filled with small mountains, hills, and small water bodies spanning forty kilometers before stopping at the vast ocean. The group rode on a big open carriage pulled by two Epic-rank Emereld-Horn Horses and started moving towards the other side of the mountain by road. "So that''s the Starlit Ocean?" Aleron''s eyes shone. "It''s sparkling." The ocean was sparkling indeed as if it had some special magical phenomena attached to it. "Starlit Ocean," Rias nodded. "It is dangerous just as it is beautiful to look. Up until now, we haven''t managed to fully cross it. Only Exceed-rank powerhouses can survive passing through the ocean, but they also don''t have a guaranteed survival unless they have their Domain Awakened like Mr. Darzax." "But didn''t the army of Beastfolk Empire attack this continent five hundred years ago by crossing this ocean?" Aleron asked in confusion. "Yes, they arrived on huge ships fully intact ording to history, but we still can''t create ships that can survive that ocean," Roxen said with a sigh. "The magic power and phenomena in that ocean prevents such things." "I see." The carriage was going fast, so it soon arrived at the other side of the mountain. ''Such a big and beautiful city,'' Aleron was surprised as he looked at the aesthetic structures littered on the mountain till its base 4 kilometers below! People were riding on flying carpets while wheeling on roads with various types of carriages and cars. ... Lotusdawn courtyard was a beautiful courtyard with an aesthetic wooden pce, a pond, two different types of pavilion, a training ground, a garden, and beautiful trees and nts arranged in it. It was at the top west of the Pce, built at the corner with privacy and peace of mountain nature surrounding it. Princess Rias and Roxen arrived there with Aleron, Darzax, and Riki. "This is your residence," Rias said with a smile. "I hope it is to your liking." "It''s amazing," Aleron said with augh. "Thank you." ''It is the best courtyard we have. Of course, it''s amazing,'' Roxen internally thought. After talking for a bit, Rias left saying she would return after half an hour. Taking this chance, Aleron also decided to talk with the Beastfolks he saved. The Necropolis had plenty of space and houses, but its atmosphere was only suitable for the undead. The beastfolks couldn''t live there properly, but Aleron had a whole ind now with plenty of space. As such, he decided to start building another settlement for people. After treating Beastfolks''s untreated injuries and giving them healthy and energetic food, Aleron sent them to the new settlement area five kilometers west of the necropolis. The settlement was roughly built with wood and stone, consisting of simple houses constructed by Vampires and Werewolves who had higher mastery in the nt and Earth Arcane Sybus. Riki stood beside Aleron on the Central Hall''s terrace in the Beastfolks settlement, watching the people settle in houses with their faces lit up in happiness and relief. "Boss, you are really treating them well." Aleron smiled, "I like it when people are happy and not suffering, so I am making the positive changes I can bring to their lives." Chapter 25: Worth of Power & Kindness, Background? Chapter 25: Worth of Power & Kindness, Background? ? "And they''ll treat me better," Aleron said as a smile hung on his lips while his eyes turned slightly distant as he remembered the first time he felt angry and decided to bring change. "ving is a form of killing. It kills a living soul''s spirit and puts them in hell. I saw it with my eyes." "That''s...true, I suppose," Riki nodded. Aleron clenched his fist, "When I was four, my father took me to a factory where I watched people ving away and dying. They had a strict schedule and a bad environment filled with poison, but they couldn''t leave for money, and couldn''t leave because they needed money to feed themselves and their families that lived in the factory owner''s area." "The factory owner trapped them in this vicious hell for money, from which he would also feed some of it to justice to keep it silent and blind." "Couldn''t they find other work?" Riki asked with a frown. Aleron shook his head, "Those people were from a forest tribe where he built that factory. He bought their forest from the government and destroyed their original livelihood by promising to give them work in a factory with good wages." "But he just ved that entire tribe, trapping them there with no way out. Two generations of people ved. It was just like how humans bred chickens for food." "I don''t want to see that, so I will change it," Aleron gritted his teeth. "Just like how I destroyed that factory, I will also destroy everything like that." Riki looked at Aleron and internally sighed, while also feeling admiration. ''Such a statement...it sounds like a naive babble but when you say it, I want to believe you can do it. I hope you stay true to this in your life regardless of how life treats you, my lord.'' Aleron looked at the Beastfolks and smiled, "Look, they are so happy. "They have hope to live now, and this hope will make them stronger. I helped them, so they will be helpful to me and we will rise together." "If only everyone could understand this," Aleron snorted. "Haha, that''s true," Riki gentlyughed. Aleorn pped his hands as its sound echoed wide, attracting all Beastfolks'' attention, "Everyone. Those who don''t know magic will learn it first and those who already know will practice in the surroundings!" "This rich ind is ours, so let''s live fully, get stronger, and enjoy!" All Beastfolks cheered and shouted. All of them found out worth of power and kindness at once with this incident. They felt nothing but pure admiration and gratefulness towards Aleron. "Thank you, Lord Ale!" "Thank you, Lord Ale!" ... "Dax, assign some Undeads good at teaching in the settlement to teach them. They must have a variety of talents, so we''ll give work to them ordingly." "Understood, my lord." "Now then, half an hour is almost gone, so it''s time for my date with Rias," Aleron grinned. "Should wee out or stay inside?" Riki asked. "Stay inside, of course! You can explore the Inds, but stay cautious at the edges of the ind and don''t go to other inds. We are in the weakest area of this Secret Realm ording to the Demine Rune I have, but there are a lot more powerful areas and monsters above Exceed-rank in this world." "Understood. Then Darzax and I will go for some exploring, and I''ll finish my breakthrough to Exceed-rank," Riki said with a chuckle. "You can?" Aleron was surprised. "Nice. Go for it, haha. I want to see how powerful you get." Riki wryly smiled, "And I want to see how powerful you are, but you need to hone yourbat prowess further for that." "Mhmm, I have to learn to utilize my powers, so I can create mybat style," Aleron grinned. "But I''ll learn it with Rias, haha. I''m going out now." "Have fun." Darzax and Riki smiled. Aleron left the Eldertide Archipgo, arriving back in the courtyard''s mansion. Rias and Roxen also arrived shortly. "So where are we going first?" Aleron asked as he walked towards the duo. "Mr. Darzax and Riki won''t be joining us?" Roxen looked behind Aleron, not sensing anyone''s presence in the courtyard aside from Aleron. "Nope. They are busy with other work." Roxen sighed in relief and nodded at Rias before waving her hand and creating a barrier around the trio. Rias looked at Aleron, "Ale, I have chosen to hide the fact that you have an Exceed-rank powerhouse with you." "But I can''t hide it for long," Rias said before pausing and biting her lips. "If you don''t mind, would you please tell me your background? I can take an oath about keeping it secret, but it is important that I know about it." Aleron raised his eyebrows. ''My background...'' ''it''s non-existent!'' ''But I can create one,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''Her worry is also justified since she brought an Exceed-rank powerhouse and someone like me who is a lord of that powerhouse, hehe.'' ''Sigh, Darzax being my uncle background would''ve been nice, but it was ruined at the start. Whatever, I shall cook a new one.'' "Alright, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about it," Aleron said with a serious expression. "Roxen and I shall take an arcane oath regarding that," Rias nodded. Roxen also nodded as she stretched her hand, palm open. Rias also did the same before they both took an arcane oath-that if they revealed Aleron''s background to anyone, then their arcane source would be destroyed forever. The duo looked at Aleron afterward, waiting for the reveal. "Ahem, my background is pretty simple," Aleron smiled. "I am..." Chapter 26: Background?—X, Backworld?—Y, Going Out Chapter 26: Background?¡ªX, Backworld?¡ªY, Going Out ? "I am from there," Aleron said as he pointed at the sky. Rias and Roxen followed his finger and looked up, confused. "Where?" Rias tilted her head. ''She is so cute,'' Aleron internally sighed and patted his heart. "Ahem, you see that star? Yes, I am from there," Aleron said with a big smile. Roxen stared at Aleron while Rias wryly smiled before pouting, "Stop joking, Ale." "No, no. I meant... I am from another world," Aleron grinned and put his hand on his head, "I swear on myself. If I lie, then may my arcane source get destroyed." Rias and Roxen''s eyes widened in shock. "Actually..."Aleron looked around before lowering his voice, "I am here to scout this world. I just arrived here a few days ago." "W-What..." Both of them had disbelief in their eyes, but they couldn''t help but believe due to the oath Aleron took. He was really from another world! "Really?" Rias asked, gulping. Aleron blinked and nodded twice, "Yes." As such, both of them digested this fact. "How is your world? Is it different from this?" Roxen curiously asked. Aleron grinned and nodded, "Very much different, haha. That''s why I am curious about this world." "Then shall we go and fill in your curiosity?" Rias smiled and stretched her hand. ''Hand holding already?!'' Aleron stretched his hand, but Rias shook his hand and said with a yful grin, "Wee to the Ardentia World. I hope you''ll like it here." "Thank you, haha. I hope so too." ... "So where are we going first?" Aleron asked while looking out of the carriage window at the pedestrians and structures. The trio was in the closed carriage that entered the city. "There''s one more matter, Ale," Rias said with a rueful smile. "Since your known identity is a normal young man I found in the Falran Kingdom, I have been presented with a condition if I want you as my partner in the trial." "Oh? What condition?" Aleron curiously asked. "That is for you to take a position in the top 10... in the Lightdusk Battle Tournament that will start after four months," Rias said with a helpless smile. "Initially, I was supposed to choose the champion of this tournament since we couldn''t find a natural candidate, but even though I found you, they need you to prove your power." "That''s perfectly understandable. Since your Empire''s progress depends on this trial, they obviously want a strong partner," Aleron said with augh. "I''ll work hard and train." "Mhmm, that''s why we are going to the best academy of the Lightdusk Continent," Rias said with a smile. "This academy is the most prestigious and supported by the Big Five of the Lightdusk Continent." "You can also say that it is the oldest and strongest ce intact on this continent," Roxen said with a sharp expression. "The only ce on this whole continent which has a direct link to the Goddess Elysia." ''Goddess Elysia?! There''s a goddess in this world? Holy...'' Aleron was surprised. "It sounds awesome, haha. When are we reaching there?" Rias chuckled and said as she put a lock of her white-purple hair behind her ear, "We''ll depart for that tonight. For now, we are going to the Longinus Empire''s academy." "Fine by me," Aleron nodded, his eyes closed and smiling, "I also want to learn knowledge presented in your academy and learn the magic of this world." "Your world has different magic?" Roxen asked in surprise. "Eh, not really," Aleron replied with a jollyugh. "It''s just a figure of speech." |||| Aleron looked at the duo and cheekily grinned, "But I have some cool magic, you want to see?" "I am curious," Rias nodded with shining eyes. ''Damn! I have to create some cool trick since she is showing this expression.'' "Alright, then behold," Aleron grinned and stretched his hand towards Rias, his palm open. ''Time to cook,'' Aleron imagined and visualized the effect that he wanted Magilore to take before constructively putting it in his Magic Board-all within two seconds. Both of them saw mystical energy beautifully gathering at the center of his palm in the form of micro-string patterns before forming a tiny orb on his palm. "What is this?" Rias asked as she pointed at the tiny orb the size of a pinky fingernail. "Tap on it." Rias tapped on it, and it suddenly shattered and released beautiful pinkish-red motes that gathered into a cute and beautiful bird with exotic feathery pinkish wings and ruby eyes. "T-This..." Roxen was shocked. Rias was greatly startled as well, but her eyes immediately filled with mirth and she chuckled as the cute bird rubbed its head on her cheeks. ''Woah, it really worked!'' Aleron was excited that his spell really worked. ''Magilore is superb!'' "This bird can take the form of a bangle and protect you with a barrier and healing by responding to your crisis via your thoughts," Aleron grinned. ''I poured in around 1,000,000 Magilore with extreme healing and defense against physical and magical attacks at the base. That absorption sybus''s part should also work as I intended.'' ''Umu. It should protect her properly,'' Aleron internally nodded as all the knowledge he learned from Falran Empire became helpful. Since he had a pool of knowledge, he could also create more Arcane Sybus based on that and his imagination as a foundation. Not being aware, Aleron gave her a level of protection capable of withstanding the attack of the most powerful powerhouses on this Lightdusk continent. ''Oh yeah, I should also create something like this for myself. I guess I''ll brainstorm about it after devouring magic knowledge in this empire.'' The bird transformed into an aesthetically beautiful bangle after nearing her wrist and bound to her. "It''s beautiful! Thank you so much," Rias said with a broad smile. ''It''s so powerful! It seems that he is really hiding his true powers.'' Roxen was also shocked, even feeling palpitation when she tried to check the power of that bird. ''What is that power?! T-This...'' She suddenly had a new worry emerging. ''...I hope inviting them here won''t lead to anything bad for the Empire.'' The trio talked about various things rted to the city and told Aleron about some ces they would visitter as time passed. And soon, the carriage arrived at the Longinus Empire''s prestigious and strongest Academy that nurtured the best of the best found within all territory of the Empire. Chapter 27: Longinus Academy, Club Heads Chapter 27: Longinus Academy, Club Heads ? At the moment, the whole Longinus Academy was in uproar. The student council president and the strongest student in their academy, Princess Rias, was finally returning after six months of outside training! The freshmen were eager to see her while seniors awaited her return. "Princess Rias ising to the academy?" "Really?!" "So we can finally see the youngest Legendary of the Empire, eh?" "But I heard that she ising with the trial''s candidate." "What?!" "Do you think...those seven will stay quiet about this?" ... As Aleron, Rias, and Roxen exited the carriage before the academy gate, a few hundred students stood in the open grounds before firecrackers and flowers sted into the sky. "Wee back, President Rias!" "Wee back, President Rias!" Aleron was taken aback. ''It seems she is popr here. And president? Must be student council president or something.'' "Silence!" Rias''s voice rang, freezing Aleron beside her as this was an unexpected response from her. He saw an icy expression on a stern face when he nced at her. Instantly, the ground turned silent. "This is not allowed on the academy grounds. Go do your sses and activities," Rias''s voice rang while all the students smiled and scattered away in silence. "What''s going on?" Aleron muttered in confusion. "This is her when she is at the academy," Roxen chuckled. "Everyone respects and listens to her." Rias wryly smiled, "Sorry for the trouble, Ale." ''It seems that this girl has some admirable achievements to her name,'' Aleron was curious about her feats. "We''ll meet with the Club Heads first," Rias said to Aleron before turning to Roxen, "Roxen, you go and inform the announcer about the candidate news." Roxen nodded before a pair of blue energy wings appeared from her back and she flew towards the central and biggest building in the academy campus which was 20 stories big and circrly wide. "You must have a flying skill, right?" Rias asked. "Yep. I can fly. Where are we going?" Aleron nodded. It was easy to create a flying skill with his current knowledge and prodigious talent. "At the back of the campus, to the Academy Club Area. That''s where students train, practice, andpete against each other. I have to inform my friends about the news as well." "Sounds cool, let''s go," Aleron grinned. As the duo flew over the central building and other buildings in the surrounding, they crossed a patch of woods 400 meters thick before arriving in an exotic area bustling with students. ''I could already feel a lot of magic pulses, but damn. Everyone seems to be having fun.'' Aleron was excited. Past the giant and long trees, he saw three floating tforms where students sparred against each other. On the ground, there were unique shapes of buildings clearly constructed with magic, tree- houses, and various structures of big sizes. But the biggest was a building akin to a fantasy castle made of stones and crystals. It was 10 stories tall and massive wide, with seven unique towers sprouting from it, indicating the seven Club Heads of the academy. "You see those seven towers? They are the strongest clubs of the academy, and their leaders are the seven strongest students," Rias said with a smile, her eyes showing that she was eager to meet them. "They are my friends." "Who is strongest among you all?" Rias chuckled and said, "I am strongest if we fight for real, but there is someone more skilled and talented than me." "If I don''t use my Bloodline powers, he can win against me," she added with a wry smile. ''Bloodline, eh? Interesting.'' They soon arrived at the Club Castle, moving at its closed giant doors. Unlike the other areas, this castle was utterly silent. Aleron didn''t see any students nearby or anywhere around it. "Come," Rias walked towards the gate, which automatically opened when she was a meter away. Just as Aleron stepped inside, he saw seven people standing ten meters away while facing them. Three beauties and four dudes looking in their early twenties. They wore the long academy ck robes with different badges on their shoulders and different design stripes on the robes. ''Damn...the dudes look handsome and girls are world beauties,'' Aleron thought as he looked at their figures and looks. ''Meanwhile, I look like a young Chaplin or a Sailor? Tsk.'' Compared to them, he indeed appeared average, with a in white loose shirt on his lean figure and creamy trousers...he purely chose these clothes because offort and he really thought he looked good and chill in these, and he liked it. But looking at these people... ''Comparison can go to hell. Screw it,'' Aleron stopped thinking about it. ''I am good as I am, humph.'' Chapter 28: Cooked and Preached Chapter 28: Cooked and Preached ? "Wee back, Rias," a slightly brown-skinned slim handsome man with ck hair walked towards Rias while smiling and cupped his fist before bowing. "It was bleak here without you." "I am back, Leo," Rias smiled and nodded. ''He reeks of main character energy,'' Aleron''s nose twitched. ''Seems like the one Rias talked about just now. The one more talented and skilled than her.'' As those seven students finished greeting Rias, they looked at Aleron with their gaze hiding what they were thinking. A long blue-haired girl with orange eyes adjusted her round goggles as she looked at Aleron, "Rias, is he the one?" "Indeed Selena. Let me introduce you to the person who resonated with the artifact, the chosen candidate," Rias said with a charming smile as she held Aleron''s hand. "Ale Rivenal." All four boys felt a prick in their hearts as they saw that while the girls internally scoffed. None of them had epted Aleron. ''I have to show what I am made of,'' Aleron internally rolled up his sleeve as he could clearly feel contempt from those seven. ''Here is my trump card!'' "Hello,dies and gentlemen," Aleron smiled and sped his palms together, "Nice to meet you." "What is that gesture?" A short-orange-haired girl with a shapely figure and peach skin tone curiously asked. "Isn''t that obviously, Sylphy?" the green-haired man with a spiky hairstyleughed and said, "Seems like some tribal manner. Didn''t Princess Rias go to the Falran Kingdom''s areas?" ''These kids...'' Aleron''s eyes twitched. ''I guess I''ll broaden their horizon.'' "Danny," the ck-haired guy who greeted Rias first nced at the green-haired guy, who obediently looked away and clicked his tongue. ''Tsk, you didn''t have to butt in like that, Leo.'' However, Aleron suddenly felt the atmosphere turning cold with its source right beside him. "Daniel, it seems that you''ve forgotten your manner and dumped away your intelligence while I was away." "Hehe," the third girl among them who had long silky pink hair and a short height of 5''2 snickered at Daniel getting scolded. "Apologize, Daniel." Rias''s cold voice felt like a charming melody to Aleron as he felt good about Rias talking back on his behalf. "Haha, it''s fine, Rias." Aleron said before Daniel could apologize and stretched his hand at Daniel, who awkwardly and swiftly shook hands with Aleron as he had no other choice. "You''re familiar with shaking hands, right?" Aleron smiled. "Of course," Daniel nodded as he tried topose himself. "Good," Aleron took his hand back and sped his palms. "This gesture is called Namaskar. It is used to greet people and honor them so that we can have harmony between us. The literature meaning is I bow to you, which is a basic gesture to pay respect." "Because you only gain respect by respecting others and this respect is a basic respect shared among living for the sake of living, towards everything in the world," Aleron finished as he stretched a warm grin on his face. "So nice to meet you, Daniel. And you all too." ''I think I cooked too much, but I know I''ve read something like this in a book in my past life.'' "That was something I didn''t know before," Rias said, smiling and her eyes shining as she let out a pearly chuckle. "I like that type of thinking." ''Maybe that''s how they greet each other in his world,'' Rias thought, ncing at Aleron and smiling ''He seems carefree but has a breadth of warmness that I can''t describe...on the other hand, my friends really cut my nose here,'' Rias wryly smiled. But of course, the seven Club Heads were taken aback as well and fortunately, they were not idiots. Aleron''s response made them feel ashamed of their attitude before. They didn''t show it but adjusted their attitude promptly and subtly. Moreover, Princess Rias''s reaction to Danile''s remark also meant that she was favoring this candidate she brought despite not testing him yet. Whatever they thought inside, things were not awkward or unpleasant anymore after what Aleron said and seeing his nature that seemed carefree and jolly. Chatting with Aleron whoughed and smiled while inputting hisments and jokes after hearing their talks mellowed out everyone. Aleron also took this chance to get to know more about Rias and other things through them. Chapter 29: Rias Feats, Sparring Session Chapter 29: Rias'' Feats, Sparring Session ? As everyone talked, mainly those seven Club Heads, Aleron found out that Rias was 19 years and six months old, the youngest Legendary of the Empire who became legendary at 18, and the only one with the highest purity of the Longinus Bloodline in the past six generations. Among the six children of the Emperor, she was the only girl, the only Princess. Rias Longinus -the precious golden apple of the Longinus Royal Family and the whole Empire. Just a year ago when she broke through to Legendary, she went to the Great Herald Labyrinth and cleared itsst floor, awakening her Diving Blessing twice due to her potential, and creating a record of the youngest one ever to clear the Great Herald Labyrinth. Aleron understood why she was treated like this here and also understood her importance to the Empire. ''These seven lunatics are obsessed with her,'' Aleron wryly smiled and wondered. ''Does Rias have max stats in Charm or something?'' "Alright, we''ve talked enough. Now it''s time to see how much you all improved while I was gone," Rias said with a grin. "Let''s go to the floating stadium." "By the way, Rias..." Leo said as he looked at Rias with a in expression that showed a hint of seriousness. "Is the tournament condition regarding the trial still present?" "Ah, yes, I was about to tell you this but it slipped from my mind," Rias nodded. "The condition is still present and Aleron is also given the same condition." All seven of them had their eyes brightened upon hearing that. ''Although you all can''t win against Ale, I don''t want to discourage you,'' Rias internally smiled. ''So good luck.'' She believed that Aleron was simply hiding his strength and felt he was much more powerful than shown on the surface. But the Club Heads were determined! "Ale Rivenal. I apologize for the remark I made, but I wille to take that spot with my everything," Daniel said with a severe and determined expression. "Keep dreaming," said Lily, the pink-haired girl with a cute snort. "Only I will go there with Princess Rias." "Come on, Lily," the light brown afro-hairstyle short guy, slim and short, snickered loudly. "You are weakest among us. No chance for you." "Shut up, Tarok. Do you think you stand a stance? Humph." "Stop fighting," Selene rolled her eyes and waved her hand, creating a magic circle that covered all of them. "Hold tight, we are transporting." "Transporting?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. ''Space power?'' Rias smiled and answered, "Selene is a genius in Space Sybus, and the talents she awakened are also rted to that." "Cool," Aleron nodded and observed the magic circle. Instantly, he felt resonance with it as its knowledge flooded in him. ''I''ll check this outter. The Falran Kingdom''s library didn''t have much knowledge of the Space sybus.'' In the next second, all nine of them disappeared and arrived at the floating stadium above, the biggest one which also had 500 seats in the surroundings for spectators. "Princess Rias and Club Heads are sparring!" "Let''s go!" "You all heard the announcement that rang a minute ago, right? The guy that Princess Rias found is also there!" "Tsk, how dare he try to steal Leo-sama''s spot." "The tournament will prove everything." "I want to see what he can do. I heard he came from some vige in Falran Kingdom''s territory?" Aleron saw the uproar of students below and could also make out some sentences students spoke, but he shrugged away shortly and looked at the battleground while the stadium started filling up with spectators. ''Time to learn,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted, thrilled to watch how theybat and learn. ''I need to create some skill runes so I can execute skills instantly. I''ll create some skills ording to thebat style I like to develop while watching them and then spar with them!'' Aleron thought. ''Oh yeah, I also need to see the next pages of that Grimoire.'' "Ladies and gentlemen! How can such a juicybat session start without your favoritementator?" A chubby man with a round tummy and silky blond hair arrived, floating with a pair of ck wind wings above the battleground. "Rnd," Rias nodded and greeted the chubby guy with a smile. "Hope you had a great journey, Princess," Rnd chuckled before his voice rose a few notches, spreading far away and filled with hype. "So who is entering the ring for the first match against President Rias?!" Rias was already at the center of the battleground since she wanted to spar, but those seven Club Heads intently looked at each other after Rnd finished speaking, their aura turning serious. The stadium also turned silent as students whispered. "And so it begins." "Yeah, I bet senior Leo will win." "Nah, Tarok is faster when ites to this." Aleron looked at the seven of them standing in a circle as they soon stretched a hand outward. "Don''t tell me..." Aleron muttered. "Rock!" "Paper!" "de" Aleron almost fell on the floor hearing thest word. ''de, eh? Fine. It works.'' After three rounds, Leo won the game and jumped into the battleground while smiling. "Let''s have some fun." "I leave the rules to you," Rias summoned her staff as it mmed on the ground with a thud, blowing a gust of wind around her. "Let''s go with the Golden Strike rule." Rnd pped as his voice echoed, "Ladies and gentlemen. The battle mode is Golden Strike." Above the stadium, a big golden screen with two sections appeared. Each had a name above it. [Rias] - [Leo] "For the freshmen who don''t know, Golden Strike mode is simple. The first one to smack their opponent on the ground will win." "Ready?" Rnd looked at Rias and Leo. "Ready." As both of them nodded, Rnd started a countdown of 3 seconds to start their battle. Aleron leaned back on the chair, keen to observe their battle while creating his skills but also feeling like something was missing something. A secondter, it clicked in him. ''That''s right! Popcorn is missing! Hmm... I love popcorn and it seems suitable to eat in many situations now that I am in this world.'' ''Umu, I need to make some of those,'' Aleron nodded to himself, noting this down. Chapter 30: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (1) Chapter 30: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (1) ? *Swoosh!* *Boom!* Rias released two me drills that shot toward Leo with dreadful precision as they curved toward him from both sides. Leo''s sword shone as his figure blurred while a powerful aura burst out from him before two wind energy de projections stuck in iing drills and exploded as both attacks self- destructed. The smoke resulting from the sh was swiftly dispersed as everyone saw Leo shooting towards Rias with a vertical whirling tornado enveloping him. Everyone cheered as they saw this, but then gasps rang as Rias''s eyes glinted and her staff released a beam that reached Leo first before Leo could reach her. The icy blue beam instantly froze the wind whirling around Leo along with him. *Crack...Boom!* A burst of intense mes expanded from Leo, breaking the ice and freeing himself before two lightning orbs appeared above Rias. *Crackle!* Rias''s feet released a burst of wind as she shot upward, dodging the lightning strike from those two lightning orbs. The battle continued as they hurled attacks at each other while moving around. ''Nice,'' Aleron grinned as he watched the battle after the initial surprise he got due to his Innate Talent, Spiritmind of Magilore. Indeed. Aleron just had toy his eyes on their skills and magic moves to instantly get their understanding. If he wanted to create those skills, he could do so easily except that he couldn''t with his current stats since his Magic Board wasn''t big enough to add details of those skills. ''But why am I learning those skills? I thought I could only learn one skill at a time?'' Aleron confusedly thought and looked at his Talent again. -> You may understand all phenomena of magic on which your eyesy and curiosity settles. --> Desonctruct any skill, spell, or constructed form of magic by devouring it within the Spiritmind Space and even learning it, even if the Arcane Knowledge of those constructs is forbidden, secret, restrictive, or requires catalysts...as long as that knowledge is within the realm of Magilore. But he didn''t need to look at it since the system''s voice rang the answer in his mind. [Answer! Your talent''s power is significantly boosted due to Magilore of Arcane Lapis''s effect - Devouring Abyss of Arcane, which invokes resonance in you and allows you to understand all magic-rted phenomena.] ''Ohh! Yeah, that makes sense.'' Aleron internallyughed. ''Well, I want to create skills, so this is good, but I want to create better and fancy skills!'' ''Since I have 1001 stats in magic potency right now, my Magic Board can hold way more magic symbols in it than before, though my stats will reach 5000 soon after the pills are ready.'' ''Meh, I''ll just create some skills now and then better onester as my Magic Board bes bigger. I have knowledge of a kingdom''s library and Grimoire...so,'' Aleron internally rubbed his chin while watching the battle. ''Oh yeah, my weapon! Hmm, I can''t use that Light-Rend sword here but do I really want a sword as my weapon?'' Aleron thought for a moment before his eyes shone. ''Hell yeah, of course, I want to use a sword! I want to use those fancy and cool sword moves that Riki uses, hehe.'' He knew he wouldn''t be able to use those cool sword moves immediately as they require extreme physical body utilization as well along with magic, for which he needed to train and practice. ''But for now, let''s start with magic,'' Aleron grinned. ''Since I have no restrain or restriction in magic due to Magilore, I can create any kind of skill I want.'' ''Wait!'' Aleron suddenly paused as he realized something important. ''There''s a Goddess in this world and there must be more powerful beings as well...If they find that I have Magilore then things could get nasty,'' Aleron narrowed his eyes. He knew not to trust a goddess in a fantasy world blindly. She wouldn''t necessarily be a good being. Aleron looked into his Source Space and focused on the Arcane source-the dreamy blue orb that indicated his Magic Potency and the Magilore of Arcane Lapis that floated below the Magic Potency Orb. His Mana Pool of Arcane source was reced by Magilore of Arcane Lapis which supposedly held unlimited Magilore energy. ''Hmm, this is not good. I have to show others that I have Mana and keep Magilore hidden.'' But this was easy to solve as Aleron got an idea. Since Magilore was a higher version of Mana and had more flexibility, Aleron used Magilore to create a pool of Mana! ''Hmm, I''ll create a pool of 5000 Mana. If someone asks why I have more Mana than other stats, I can just say I got a magic flower I found that did it.'' After he finished creating the Mana Pool, Aleron focused back on the Magic Board and began creating his first series of skills while watching the battle. ''I''ll create a skill of each type, umu.'' Aeron nodded while grinning and eagerly started, deciding to create an attack-type skill first. He began to form a vision of his desired skill and started the visualization process. Magic Symbols rained down on the Magic Board as Aleron used his arcane knowledge to solidify and refine his visualization. During this process, Aleron could use Arcane Sybuses to add effects to his skill and Magic Symbols would rain on the Magic Board ordingly. ''I still have space, eh? Alright, then I''ll boost a few sections.'' The Magic Board had many symbols ording to how Aleron designed the skill, but some symbols were big and some were small, with different forms and shapes. However, one could still change their area size-the amount of space they upied in the Magic Board and this was an important aspect of skill creation. After all, the amount of area upied by respective magic symbols decided how much of their effect would appear when the skill was executed. In simple terms, the size of a magic symbol''s area determined how much energy it would take and give output in return by using that energy. As such, more area means it would suck more energy and produce a stronger effect. ''Since this is an attack-type skill, I''ll expand the areas of me Converge, Micro- Combustions, and Enchanted Burst Output to bring out more of this skill''s potential,'' Aleron thought and nodded with a smile.'' Umu, this is good.'' ''Establish!'' The magic board shone as Aleron used some Magilore as a medium in which the Magic Board was printed, establishing a Skill Rune. ''Let''s go!'' Aleron excitedly looked at the skill rune floating in his Source Space. ''I should create a showcase to put skill runes.'' Aleron used some Magilore and created a big ck stone wall in his Source Space before putting the skill rune there. ''The first skill in the series of Wilderness Rumble Skill Set-Pistol Fire Monkey, is ready!'' Suddenly, the system notification rang. [Congrattions on creating your first proper skill. Its evaluated skill rank is S.] [Pistol Fire Monkey] Rank: S __Description: Conjures a sophisticatedly constructed magic monkey wielding two pistoles that shoot Fireball Bullets. These bullets are produced from the formation in its body and shoot through the pistoles. Their speed is 2000 m/s and explodes upon impact. After the initial explosion, the moment its smoke and skill effect expands to 1 meter from where the bullet impacted, all the explosive energy wouldbust and fierily explode again. The first condensed explosion would be fatal and the second explosion would be a fatality--A marvelous skill that made use of extremely synergizing concepts suitable to the skill''s theme, deserving of its S rank. \__Spell Parameters: __Type: Construct Attack-type / Pure Offense Construct. Minimum cost: 500 Mana. Require more Mana for extra bullets after the first 2 bullets. Minimum 50 Mana per bullet. ''An S-rank skill and that end of description... Damn, am I a genius when ites to creating skills or what?'' Aleron grinned. ''Time to create a Movement-type skill next,'' Aleron excitedly started his next project while Rias began sparring with Selena after Leo. ... It took half an hour for Rias to spar with all seven of them as all the students enjoyed the battles. At the moment, Rias was sparring against Lily. Meanwhile, Aleron also finished his Wilderness Skill Set, creating 2 Attack-type skills, 1 Movement-type skill, 1 defense-type skill, and 2 control-type skills! After creating these skills, he was itching to fight with someone and decided to tell Rias he would spar with her or anyone. "Why is Princess Rias not getting tired?" A freshman in the audience asked. "True. She didn''t even break a sweat yet..." "Well, her stamina is abnormal due to her Bloodline. I mean, everyone who has Bloodline can recover their energy and stamina faster naturally, but her Longinus Bloodline is of top quality, the quality that hadn''t appeared for hundreds of years until her birth." "Yep. The other members of the Royal Family simply have the Longinus Bloodline, but hers is specifically called the Luminary Longinus Bloodline." "That said, I want to see this guy''s battle. Princess Rias brought him here herself, so he should be good, right?" "Humph, I also want to see that." Aleron heard their talks and grinned. ''I also want to do that.'' Chapter 31: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (2), Ocean Wrath? Chapter 31: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (2), Ocean Wrath? ? "Not bad, Lily. You improved a lot more than I expected," Rias smiled. "But you got even more powerful," Lily wryly smiled. "It seems the journey to hunt for Legendary resources wasn''t that bad." Rias chuckled and nodded, "Mhmm, I reached halfway." The crowd cheered loudly as they witnessed an exciting battle between two Legendary rank powerhouses. "My turn now," Aleron suddenly said and stood up, attracting the eyes of Club Heads and Rias while the crowd gradually turned silent. "You want to spar here?" Rias asked in surprise. "Of course," Aleron jumped and arrived in front of Rias and Lily. The crowd cheered as everyone shouted that they wanted to see him fight. "We can also see hisbat power this way. I know there''s still time, but a little sparring won''t hurt, Rias," Leo said with a gentle smile. "But he is still Epic-rank, right? It won''t be fun if we fight against him," Tharan said while scratching his head. ''Hmm, he is indeed Epic-rank visibly, but I also don''t know his true strength,'' Rias thought. "I can spar with anyone, just send someone or youe," Aleron said with augh. "I created some skills, so I want to try them out." "You want to try out your created skills?" Daniel repeated with a stunned expression. The other Club Heads also looked a bit weirded out. Rias internally facepalmed, but not because of Aleron''s statement. ''Everyone thinks Aleron is from a backwater ce in the Falran Kingdom, but...'' "Tarok, spar with him," Rias said as she looked at the afro-hairstyle short guy who had peach-pale skin, the Club Head of Onyx Gale Club. ''Did she choose him because Tarok is fast and can react promptly in case anything happens?'' Leo thought while contemting and looking at the battleground. ''I wonder why Rias brought such a weak guy here with no Bloodline or Divine Blessing when there''s only nine months left until the Trial?'' Aleron and Tarok arrived at the center of the battleground with 10 meters of distance between them. "Ale, can you show me your stats from the Adventure card? This way, I can adjust my stats as well and we can spar properly," Tarok said with a smile while taking out two ck daggers. "Alright," Aleron took out his adventure card, infusing Mana in it, and projected it outward as everyone saw his stats. All of his stats were 1001 except for Mana, which was 5000. It was clear that he had just broken through to Epic rank recently, but everyone was surprised to see his Mana Pool having 5000 points. "Did you find a natural treasure that increased your Mana Pool?" Tarok asked in shock. "Yep," Aleron nodded with a grin. "I found a magical flower inside a small cave I found in the forest behind my vige." Rias jokingly rolled her eyes as she knew Aleron lied. However, the students watching and even Club Heads were envious of such an encounter. A natural treasure that can increase stats like that was rare. Even in the Falran Kingdom''s treasury, they only had limited resources to increase the stats of Epic-rank powerhouses, which was why Aleron didn''t have pills to increase his stats after he broke through. Even in the Longinus Empire, although Epic-rank resources were circted, students had to struggle andpete to acquire them. As for Legendary-rank resources, they were rare even in the Empire. Princess Rias went out six months ago to adventure precisely because she wanted Legendary- rank resources and to be more powerful by going through the challenging journey. Even then, she still needed more Legendary-rank resources to reach the peak of Legendary- rank. Hence, Aleron''s lucky encounter was an enviable point for all students. ''It seems that resources are hard to get for these students,'' Aleron thought upon seeing the reaction. "Well, that''s fine. People have their good luck and bad luck," Tarok said as he stood in a slightly bent stance with his right leg stretched behind and holding his daggers in front of his face in a cross-shape form. "You can make the first move, Aleron," Tarok added as his aura rose, bing visible for all to see as shadowy and light green energy wrapped his body briefly before vanishing. "Alright, senior Tarok," Aleron grinned and snapped his finger as he activated the skill rune of Pistol Fire Monkey. In the next second, everyone saw a red-furred energy monkey conjuring above Aleron while holding two big barreled pistols. Just as everyone was confused, a bullet burst forth from a pistole and fiercely shot toward Tarok, striking the ground near his leg before he could react. *Boom!* *Booom!* Two sts urred within a single second, sting Tarok as he flew upward with a dumbfounded expression. While he was in mid-air, the monkey shot the second bullet, sting Tarok out of the battleground as his magic barrier also broke and he fell injured. Everyone was shocked. "Hey, why is senior Tarok injured?" "His Legendary Barrier broke?! But how?" Leo and the other Club Heads were dumbfounded. Legendary Barrier was a passive power that everyone who broke through to Legendary rank would awaken immediately. Legendary Barrier was stuck to one''s skin and would automatically regenerate without consuming energy. It defended one from magical and physical attacks, guarding them from harm until broken. Ria''s eyes glinted. ''Did he perhaps fail to control his power? But this proves that he is indeed much more powerful.'' "Umm...I think he needs some healing," Aleron said with a wry smile as he pointed at Tarok. ''How could he fall so fast? Did I fuck up?.'' "What was that? How could you break his Legendary Barrier despite having way less Magic Potency than Tarok?" Selena asked in confusion while Lily flew towards Tarok to heal him. "And that skill...its bullet is so fast, we all would have a hard time reacting to it even if we know it''sing," Daniel frowned as he looked at the floating monkey. "I don''t know. I just created a skill like I wanted," Aleron answered with a wry smile. "As for why I was able to break his Legendary Barrier...I have no idea. Maybe it was already weak beforehand?" "Did you really create that skill yourself?" Sylphy asked, her eyes still shocked. This was indeed a shocking thing for them. Creating this level of skill wasn''t easy after all. Even Club Heads required extensive training and practice to create S-rank skill that Aleron created in a jiffy. But how could they know that Aleron was indeed a genius when it came to Magic? Meanwhile, Rias internally chuckled at Aleron''s attempt to feign ignorance about what just happened. ''Guess I''ll give him a hand.'' "It''s my fault," Rias said with a smile. "When we were returning, I used my Bloodline''s buff ability on Aleron. It was still working, so his Magic Potency is more powerful." "Oh yeah, it''s still on," Aleron eximed before he apologetically smiled at Lily and Tarok. "Sorry." "No wonder his skill was so powerful!" "Tsk, and here I thought I witnessed something crazy." "Princess Rias''s buff is so powerful. An epic-rank like him broke the legendary barrier and hurt a legendary-rank powerhouse. Damn!" ''Nice save, Rias.'' Aleron sneakily winked at Rias. ''Anyway, I need to properly convert Magilore into Mana. This Mana Pool I created still has some potency of Magilore, so the skill got more powerful.'' Aleron swiftly finished this work in his Source Space, arranging a Mana convertor between his Mana Pool and Magilore of Arcane Lapis. "Since Tarok is injured, I''ll spar with you," Leo said with a smile as he jumped into the battleground and stood before Aleron. But right after that, several beeping sounds rang along with a loud horn that reverberated far and wide. The beeping sound was from Rias and the seven Club Heads. "This..." Rias frowned as she looked at the bracelet on her wrist. The Club Heads also did the same and frowned. However, the loud horn sound that rang stopped and a voice echoed. [Ocean Wrath is urring. Everyone at Exceptional rank and above, gather at the academy transport tform right away!] An uproar rang in the stadium, but everyone listened to the announcement and left. "Ale, follow us! I''ll tell you what''s happening on the way," Rias said as she flew up and swiftly left. Aleron saw her and Club Heads flying away by conjuring their wings. ''I also have a proper flying skill now,'' Aleron grinned and conjured a pair of sharp jet-like wings made of a metallic light gray surface and having a formation designed to utilize wind energy and fire energy. The wing''s metallic design was akin to a silver eagle with feathered patterns on the surface and two big eyes on the upper part of the wings. Wilderness Rumble Series: Hawk ze Wings! The wings released a burst of wind as Aleron shot straight up before shooting forward. Spending a bit of Mana, he activated the burst mode as the wind gale from his wings was suddenly ignited by fire, boosting his speed in a burst as he swiftly caught up to Rias. "So, what''s up with this Ocean Wrath?" Aleron asked while thinking. ''This is day 2, so I also need to gamble twice and acquire Gacha Points. Since Ocean Wrath sounds like trouble, there''s a good chance I can gamble big.'' Chapter 32: Enorin: the Angel of Divine Sunderer, First Series: Wilderness Rumble (3) Chapter 32: Enorin: the Angel of Divine Sunderer, First Series: Wilderness Rumble (3) ? "Ocean Wrath urs once in a month or two. Monsters from the sea would pour into the forest during this beforeing in this direction and destroying everything on their way." "I see. But why?" Aleron asked. "This has been going on since the Beast Empire attacked us," Leo said with narrowed eyes. "The sea has lots of monsters and many powerful ones that can be threats. From the records, we know that Beast Emperor had done something to make them attack us periodically when he retreated." The group speedily flew towards the sea while talking and Aleron also took this chance to do something in his Gacha Room. ''I have 520 Gacha Points, which I can use to spin roulette five times or get a ticket,'' Aleron contemted for a moment and decided to get a ticket. A summoning ticket of Lords of Arcane! It didn''t take long for them to arrive behind the forest as they saw a huge beach area littered with monsters rushing into the forest. They passed by a few small viges and a town under the Empire, so if those monsters were left alone, they would cause much destruction before eventually arriving at the base of Dawnstone Mountain. "So many monsters," Aleron muttered as he looked at the monsters from the sky, rushing into the huge forest and scattering while moving forward. "Leave the monsters that are going straight. We''ll focus on killing stronger monsters and those that are scattering away from the path towards that valley," Rias said as she observed the situation. Suddenly, everyone felt rustles of wind before a huge flying carpet appeared below them. Nine people stood on it, all having powerful Legendary-rank auras. The carpet flew up and arrived beside Rias and the group. The men and women on the carpet were Generals of the Empire and bowed to Princess Rias. "Roxen," Rias nodded at Roxen and others who stood on the carpet before looking below and saying in a sharp voice, "Scatter and kill! I''ll ry information and guide you from here while killing troublesome monsters." Her aura rose and a magic circle appeared above that rained golden motes and buffed everyone with her Bloodline''s buff ability. Nobody had time to waste on talking and they knew what to do, so everyone descended and started fighting. Only Rias and Aleron were left in the sky. "What will you do, Ale?" Rias asked. "I''ll fight, of course. But I need to do something first." Aleron used the summoning ticket after saying and got a notification. [Note: the summoning pool of Lords of Arcane has been modified due to your evolution rank. The minimum power of a summoned being would be at Epic-rank. The maximum rank of summoned beings is elevated to Primeval-rank from Exceed-rank.] ''Nice. Though I hope I get a Legendary-rank being at least.'' Aleron proceeded and soon saw someone emerging from the banner''s whirlpool in his mind. [Congrattions! You have summoned Enorin, the Angel of Divine Sunderer. Legendary- rank.] Outside, golden sparks materialized that swiftly converged and turned into a figure d in golden-silver designed full body armor that was sleek and slim, not bulky at all. Her long silver hair flowed wildly due to the wind in the sky while a pair of white feathery wings appeared behind her as she floated in a one-knee kneeling position towards Aleron. "My lord," she uttered in a strong yet angelic voice filled with assurance, lightning up Aleron''s eyes. ''Wow!'' "This..." Rias was surprised at the sudden appearance of Enorin. "Don''t worry, she is my subordinate," Aleron said with augh. "Stand up, Enorin." Enorin stood up and opened her eyes as she looked at Aleron. Her eyes lit up and also turned watery, "Thank you, my lord." Aleron asked in confusion, "Why?" "For summo-mhmm..." Aleron swiftly covered her mouth while wryly smiling, "Haha, I know I know." Rias raised her eyebrows. ''It seems that she was about to say something I shouldn''t know. Indeed, I have yet to gain his trust fully but that''s expected.'' Meanwhile, Aleronmanded Enorin with telepathy. ''We''ll talkter, Enorin. Others shouldn''t know that I summoned you.'' ''Phew. What if she said simr things as Darzax about her existence getting meaning because of me or something?'' Aleron wryly thought. Aleron returned to his position afterward as Enorin nodded and asked with a smile, "Whatmand do you have for me, my lord?" [Enorin] Rank: Legendary _Race: Angel. _Speciality: Master of Golden Order, Divine Sunderer Arts, Golden Annihtor Lance Master. Power Level: 884,293 ''She is stronger than Riki in terms of Power Level numbers?! And Judging from her Specialities, she must be so powerful! Awesome!'' "Kill monsters below and save people," Aleron said with a grin before adding. "And have fun." "As you wish," Enorin looked below as her white feathery wings shone golden and a huge fancynce appeared in her hand. In the next second, a burst of powerful aura exploded from her that startled Rias before Enorin shot towards the beach like a shooting star. *BOOM!* She crashed down in the next second as Aleron and Rias saw a huge golden explosion covering a 100-meter radius and wiping out all monsters. "Who is she, Ale?! Her skills are so powerful a-and her bloodline..." Rias asked, shock whirling in her eyes. ''Her Bloodline clearly felt stronger than mine!'' Her Bloodline''s rank and power was at the very top, rank 1, in this entire continent. Even the Nightwing Empire didn''t have someone as powerful as Rias in terms of Bloodline''s rank and power! But here there was, an angelic woman that Aleron called out of nowhere, who had a Bloodline that was clearly stronger than hers! Chapter 33: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (4) Chapter 33: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (4) ? "Her name is Enorin," Aleron said with augh. "She is so cute and beautiful, right?" ''Well, I am also seeing her for the first time, haha.'' "B-But her bloodline...she must be a royalty of high caliber with immense potential," Rias muttered while watching Enorin, who was destroying monsters left and right. The other legendary-rank powerhouses nearby were dumbfounded and sweated buckets while keeping a significant distance from her. Despite being Legendary-rank like her, she was twice as powerful and her skills outssed theirs by far! "I am also going to join below, Rias. See youter," Aleron said with a grin as he descended at full speed and arrived at the area where no one was fighting nearby. The sea was in the west and monsters were flooding into the forest in the east before branching into the northeast and southeast direction. The viges and towns were in the southeast direction so Club Heads were in this area to prevent monsters from encroaching further towards the poption. Roxen and other Generals of Legendary-rank were at the edge of the forest towards the sea, reducing the number of monsters and eliminating Legendary-rank monsters before they could go into the forest. Half of them stayed on the open beach while the other half stayed in the forest and used the giant trees and forest nature for advantage in moving to kill monsters. Only Legendary-rank powerhouses were present on this whole battlefield at the moment, but the number of monsters was abundant as they flooded from the ocean in hundreds and thousands, their rank ranging from Exception-rank to Legendary-rank. Legendary-rank monsters were not many, but the number of Epic-rank and Exception-rank were in thousands to tens of thousands. Rias looked at the rate at which monsters were emerging from the sea while giving a helping hand andmanding others to direct them to stronger monsters that escaped their radar. She took a look at Aleron as well and was immediately startled. Aleron had two fancy gauntlets with tiger-head designs and ck and dark gold patterns on them in his hands, which was his 2nd attack-type skill-- Elemental Tiger Symphony. [Elemental Tiger Symphony] Rank: SS Low __Descriptions: Envelop the user''s hands in two gauntlets that can unleash a symphony of four elemental powers designed by the user-me Orb, Wind Orb, Ice Orb, and Lightning Orb. Each elemental orb is designed such that its released power can synergize with other orbs for abo effect. Skill Parameters: -Type: Attack Gear-type -Cost: 400 Mana for Gauntlets/Minimum 70 Mana for each elemental Orb released. -Range: Long. This skill''s rank was higher than his Pistole Fire Monkey skill and it was fun to use! *Neighh!* "Finally an Epic-rank monster," Aleron grinned as he saw a four-meter-tall Emerald- Horned Horse rushing at him with its emerald scales around the legs and head shining. Aleron pointed his left gauntlet at it before a beautiful icy orb instantly conjured and shot at the horse. When it neared the horse, it shone and transformed into a roaring tiger''s head releasing a burst of frigid icy wave forward from its roaring mouth that froze the horse entirely! Right after that, Aleron pointed his right gauntlet at it and released a dark blue orb crackling with lightning. The orb struck the frozen Emerald-Horned Horse as a lightning-roaring tiger projection expanded from it and released a powerful lightning bolt that synergized with the frost. The lightning power of the bolt consumed ice power and spread all over the horse visibly with tendrils spreading across its body and tearing it apart. Dead. The roaring tiger phenomenon of each elemental orb was precisely the reason why it was named Elemental Tiger Symphony. As for why there was the roaring tiger phenomenon in the skill''s design? Well, Aleron wanted to make his skill look fancy! But he didn''t have the time to rest because from behind the monster he just killed, a bunch of Exceptional-rank ck-Shelled Turtles led by an Epic-rank ck-Shelled Turtle jumped over the horse, opening their mouths mid-air as they released ink-ck spheres toward Aleron. However, Aleron only chuckled. The Pistol Fire Monkey that he put on a tree''s branch near him shot six bullets speedily, each one precisely hitting an ink-ck sphere and sting all six spheres with a singlemand from Aleron. Right after that, Aleron''s left gauntlet released a me Orb this time as it shot toward the group of ck-Shelled Turtles that justnded on the ground. Right behind that me Orb was a Wind Orb released by his right gauntlet. Just as me Orb arrived before the group of turtles and released an intense me wave forward, the Wind Orb exploded into it and fueled the firepower, destroying all turtles into ashes, including the Epic-rank one. ''I love these gauntlets! As expected of me,'' Aleronughed. Behind him, a Venom Vine Snake pounced him while its fangs glinted maliciously. s, Aleron only had to activate his defense skill rune since he already sensed the snake, covering him in the dark green turtle-like shell which had brown patterns. [Turtle Shell Barrier] Rank: A High. __Descriptions: A defensive round barrier designed like a turtle''s shell in appearance that covers the user entirely and protects from magical and physical attacks. It is made with sophisticated use of Earth energy and constructed with various Arcane Sybuses suitable to enhance its defensive power. \__Skill Parameters: -Type: Defense-type / Pure Defense -Cost: Minimum 300 Mana. Consume more Mana depending on its size. The snake''s fangs shattered upon hitting the barrier since it was just a pitiful Exceptional- rank monster. *Pew..Boom!* Aleronmanded and consumed 50 Mana as the Fire Pistole Monkey shot a bullet and destroyed it. *Drrr....* The ground suddenly started shaking afterward and a secondter, a powerful roar resounded from the direction of the sea. The trembling increased in intensity and Aleron suddenly saw a bunch of flying fish with de-like mouths zooming towards him from the sky. Narrowing his eyes, Aleron activated his control-type skill rune-Freezing Wind Sparrow. Chapter 34: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (5/5), Two Strange Fish Chapter 34: First Series: Wilderness Rumble (5/5), Two Strange Fish ? [Freezing Wind Sparrow] Rank: S High. __Description: Conjures a sparrow that rapidly unleashes bursts of frigid gusts while flying, freezing the targets into popsicles with masterful maniption and synergy of Ice and Wind Sybus augmented by intent-based arcane sybuses. \___Skill Parameters: -Type: Construct Control-type -Cost: Minimum 500 Mana. Although Aleron named it Sparrow, it was way bigger than a sparrow in size, stretching two meters long with five meters of wingspan. The Freezing Wind Sparrow pped its wings against the iing Flying de Tunas and froze all fifty of them with its wide-area freezing wind waves as they fell on the ground. The monsters nearby crushed and munched on them, killing all of them swiftly. On the other hand, the trembling ground beneath Aleron suddenly sted open and a giant crystal armadillo with two heads emerged, its aura terribly powerful! "Legendary-rank! Nice," Aleron grinned as his eyes glinted and he directly used Magilore instead of Mana, executing his other Control-type skill-Python Grapple Vines! Instantly, the ground from where the Two-Headed Crystal Armadillo emerged glowed and released a bunch of thick and big vines-like snakes that swiftly wrapped around the giant seven-meter-tall Legendary-rank monster andpletely immobilized it! [Python Grapple Vines] Rank: S High __Description: Conjures giant python-like vines from the ground and wraps around the target in deathly locked grips all over, utilizing Earth Sybus and nt Sybus to design this control-type skill that can also crush and kill the targets within its grips. Skill Parameters: -Type: Control-Type / Off-Control. -Cost: Minimum 200 Mana. Consume more Mana depending on the vine''s size and number of vines. The vines indeed tightened andpletely crushed the Legendary-rank Twin-Headed Crystal Armadillo, shattering it with ease since he used Magilore instead of Mana, which significantly boosted the overall power of the skill. Rias saw this and was wide-eyed with shock. ''I guess Legendary-rank is not his ceiling yet. Could it be he is as powerful as Early-stage Exceed-rank powerhouses?!'' ''I can''t even sense his Bloodline, which means he either doesn''t have it or it is so powerful that my Bloodline can''t register its presence...no, even his subordinate has a crazy Bloodline, so he should have one.'' *Roarr!* Rias looked back at the sea and frowned. "This is the second time this terrible roar echoed from the ocean." She was having a bad feeling regarding this-her intuition told her so. The Exceptional-rank and stronger students from the Academy had also arrived in flying ships and were stationed in the formation at the very back of the forest in South East and East areas. The military of the Longinus Empire had also arrived in the flying ships, using their magically enchanted weapons and masterful skills to fight. However, the bad feeling Rias was having came true as the ocean five kilometers from the ind created a giant whirlpool before a dreadful aura spread from it toward the forest. All the monsters that came from the ocean suddenly turned more ferocious and became visibly powerful in their stats with this aura sweeping across the entire beach and forest. Meanwhile, several giant tentacles stretching over a hundred meters in length emerged from the whirlpool. "This is bad!" Rias''s eyes trembled and she immediately used her skill to properly assess the monster from its magic aura, fleshy aura, and size. ''This is bad. It is as powerful as Median-stage Exceed-rank or higher. Why did such a powerful Exceed-rank monster appear this time?!'' ''Is this indication of something big? Thest time an Exceed-rank monster appeared was a year ago but it wasn''t as powerful as this one...'' Rias''s heart started racing. ''I need to call Grandfather Roshi, but he...'' The Empire had two Exceed-rank powerhouses, but a total of three including the previous Emperor. Grandfather Roshi whom Rias mentioned was the previous Emperor and also the strongest Exceed-rank of their Empire. However, he was not in the Empire at the moment but inside the Labyrinth that was forty kilometers away, exploring its deepest part to train and acquire rare resources required to break through to the next rank. The other two Exceed-rank powerhouses were weaker and by what Rias judged, it would be a struggle even if both of them fought against this giant Exceed-rank monster that was approaching the beach. The Legendary-rank powerhouses that fought at the beach sensed the iing aura as fear directly instilled in them. *Triin* Rias''smunication card rang. [Roxen: Rias, what''s going on?! How powerful is that monster?] [Rias: Terribly powerful. More powerful than Exceed-rank stationed at the Royal capital. [Roxen: What?! What do we do now?! This is bad.] Rias bit her lips and looked at the people fighting below before her expression suddenly froze as her gaze stuck on Aleron who was flying towards the beach while shooting monsters with his Gauntlets on the way. ''There''s no other choice. I have to request help from Ale.'' Rias swiftly flew towards him without wasting any more time. ... Deep in the ocean below the whirlpool, two strange fish talked to each other. Their eyes were pitch ck and unnaturally big with multiple circr linings instead of pupils that glowed with intense different colors. Their mouths were also unnaturally opened and they conversed like intelligent races while watching a few magical screens that showed the forest and people fighting against monsters. "Brother Aazaroth, I can''t wait anymore! Let''s have some fun already. I can''t wait to drink the fresh blood of these lower creatures and enjoy them. Haha, look at them using their magic power so crudely! Bwahahaha." "Shut up, Apuch. We are still under the Netherworld''s radar. I need to cut off the connectionpletely before we can enjoy our time here. If not, the father will forcefully pull us back." "That silver-haired woman is unbearable!" The fish called Apuch excitedly shouted with its eyes whirling intensely as it looked at Enorin moving around using her skills and destroying monsters. "I want to possess her body and enjoy her soul! Hurry up, brother! I am tired of staying in this shitty fish!" The other fish ignored the ramblings and focused on its work, but the gleam in its eyes also clearly told that it couldn''t wait to wreak havoc. "I need 10 minutes. Pour in more monsters outside and tell our group to possess Legendary- rank monsters. I want some of those humans to get killed. They are killing the monsters too fast. If we want to enjoy, we need to pour in monsters and let them wreak havoc." Chapter 35: Learning The Grimoires Crazy Spells, Unexpected Chapter 35: Learning The Grimoire''s Crazy Spells, Unexpected ? Aleron flew towards the beach at full speed and floated 100 meters right above the area where Enorin was fighting. "There''s something big there," Aleron muttered as he looked at the giant tentacles. ''I need a vision skill.'' Aleron quickly started cooking an eye-based skill that could grant special effects to his eyes and enhance his vision. "Ale!" Aleron turned around and saw Rias flying towards him speedily and stopped a meter away from him. Looking at her grave expression, he asked in surprise, "What happened? Any problem?" "Big Problem," Rias looked past Aleron with her eyes faintly glowing. "Those tentacles belong to a powerful Exceed-rank monster. If we don''t kill it soon, even a mere after-effect of its attacks would kill our people." "We will lose control over the flooding monsters and they will spread out," Rias bit her lips and turned her gaze to Aleron, her eyes showing a clear pleading expression. "I don''t want any of my people to get killed. P-Please help, Ale." Rias looked behind at many students and military of the Empire fighting at the back of the forest. The situation would be bad for all if that Exceed-rank Green Mist Kraken arrived at the shore and released arge attack. "I understand. I won''t let this chance go." Aleron turned around to look at the iing Exceed-rank Green Mist Kraken monster, his eyes sparkling and balls trembling with excitement. ''Gamble Time. I''m gonna one-shot that Exceed-rank monster.'' "I will deal with it, Rias. You sit back and rx, haha," Aleron said as his aura grew and he used Magilore in his Hawk ze Wings, powering it up massively as he shot higher in the sky while moving towards the Krane at a breakneck speed. *Zoom!* "My lord," Enorin saw Aleron flying away and furrowed her brows. ''Is he going to that monster in the sea?'' In the next second, her wings turned into dreamy light wings before she shot towards Aleron like a beam of light, but not before nting seven golden pulsing silver feathers on the beach. Those seven feathers promptly exploded with their effect covering the whole area, turning all monsters into cinders. "So powerful...." Rias uttered dazedly as she saw all that. But she was more excited about Aleron! ''He said he will deal with it?! B-But his physical aura is clearly Epic-rank...Still, it didn''t seem like he was joking. He seemed thrilled instead,'' Rias''s heart started beating faster and she quickly used her Ocr-type skill to observe Aleron. ''What''s that strange book?'' Rias raised her eyebrows, her eyes filling up with curiosity. She strangely felt all her worries about the situation vanishing when Aleron said he would deal with it. Aleron stood with his Grimoire, Eldritch Tome of Arcane Aberrations, opened in its haunting disy of entric parted maw and mystical pagesced with Spells of secret knowledge. [Tier-2 Spell: Devouring Maw] Aleron absorbed all of its knowledge. ''This is Tier-2? Damn!'' Turning to the next page, Aleron saw the Tier-3 Spell: Madness ze. ''Holy shit!'' Aleron''s eyes trembled in excitement as he learned all the secret knowledge of arcane this Grimoire of Primeval-rank had in it! ''They seemplicated, but I can understand it so easily...'' Without wasting more time, Aleron turned to the fourth page. After all, he could learn this Grimoire''s secret knowledge of Arcane with a single nce! [Tier-4 Spell: Sword of Helios-Arrath] ''This! This can definitely kill that Kraken with Magilore as its fuel! But this spell''s size is higher than my Magic Board. I need to increase Magic Potency to 3000 before I can use this spell.'' ''Anyway, I want to create a skill myself, so I''ll absorb the knowledge of all spells first, hehe.'' [Tier-5 Spell: Dark Drain] [Tier-6 Spell: Dammed Barricade] [Tier-7 Spell: Sinister Storm Fan] [Tier-8 Spell: Twisted Umbral Rain] [Tier-9 Spell: Ink-Art Frostbound Print] [Tier-10 Spell: Hollow Puncture] Aleron couldn''t turn the page after the 10th page, so he stopped and put away the Grimoire. ''Let''s start,'' Aleron''s eyes thrillingly shone as he looked at the giant Kraken while floating 500 meters above it. ''It''s moving fast. I have...maybe one minute before it reaches the beach.'' "My lord, I can slow it down while you prepare to kill it." Enorin appeared beside Aleron and said while looking at him in his eyes. ''It seems like the Lord has unfathomable power within him.'' Aleron couldn''t help but slightly blush since Enorin was close to him and she looked blindingly beautiful like an angel. But seeing her eyes that portrayed her emotions, Aleron couldn''t help but grin happily, "Alright. Have fun with it but don''t get hurt, okay?" "I''ll give you a simple physical buff," Aleron waved his hand and used the Physical Enhancement skill he had created. ''Hmmm, I should consume 1,000,000 Magilore to execute this skill so it can boost Enorin physically enough not to get hurt by this monster''s attack.'' In the next second, Enorin''s turned wide as she received the most powerful and purest flux of energy she had ever experienced, boosting her flesh, blood, and cells to new heights! ''This...'' Her body slightly shook and a trail of blood left her lips, startling Aleron. "Are you okay?" Aleron quickly asked in concern and confusion. "Did I hurt you?" "No, my lord," Enorin smiled and wiped the blood trail. "I didn''t think you would boost my physical body past its limits." "Past limits?! T-This, you are not in pain, right?" Enorin''s eyes turned watery as she looked visibly moved, her expression both grateful and joyful, "I am blessed to have you worry about me, but I am perfectly fine, my lord." "I used my Bloodline essence to enhance my body and took on your full blessing, "Enorin''s eyes burned with resolve. "I will not disappoint you, master!" *Swoosh!* Enorin left like a shooting star towards the Kraken, leaving Aleron slightly lost but happy that Enorin was fine. "Well, as long as you are fine." He then focused back on his Magic Board and started creating a one-shot kill skill to deal with the Kraken based on the secret knowledge of the Grimoire that he just learned. But twenty secondster, Aleron suddenly felt a powerful wind rustling and a shockwave spreading while a notification rang in his head. [Congrattions. Your summon: Enorin the Angel of Divine Sunderer, has broken through to Exceed-rank.] "Huh?" Aleron was dumbfounded and looked in the direction of the Kraken...but all he saw was the giant Kraken in thousands of pieces raining on the ocean from the sky while Enorin floated amidst the blood and gore she painted. Legendary-rank powerhouses at the beach saw the scene clearly in the sky as they were ck- jawed while Rias was utterly dumbfounded. "S-S-She...H-How?" The others didn''t know who she was and how powerful she was, but Roxen and Rias knew. They also knew the terror of that Green Mist Kraken. There was no way a Legendary-rank powerhouse, even a peak Legendary-rank, could defeat that Median-grade Exceed-rank monster! It had physical and magical stats above 50k and that was its foundational stats. That Kraken could have more defense and toughness based on its skills as well. Meanwhile, Legendary-rank''s stats peaked at 10k fundamentally with a maximum boost of 3k (30% boost in stats) from Legendary Life Rune evolved from Epic Life Rune upon breakthrough. Of course, using one''s Bloodline Essence could boost their physical stats and magic stats further depending on the Bloodline''s rank, but nobody they knew had a bloodline that could surmount this much of a gap! Rias''s Bloodline was Mythical-rank! But even she would only get a 50% boost to her stats. This was considered massive. 50% of 10k was 5k. As such, Rias at her Peak legendary phase would have 18k stats including Legendary Life Rune''s buff and more buffs depending on her skills. But was it enough to kill this Exceed-rank Kraken with 50k+ stats and stronger skills?! No! This was why Roxen and Rias couldn''tprehend how Enorin could st that giant Kraken into the sky and tear it into pieces with her powerful Lance at a speed they couldn''t even see! She used her Divine Sunderer Art wielding hernce and finished it off in a jiffy! It was over within five seconds when she started attacking while the Kraken''s attempt to defend itself lookedpletely futile! s, how could they know that the simple Physical Enhancement skill Aleron used on Enorin boosted her physical stats to over 100k?! 1,000,000 Magilore was a crazy amount to infuse into Enorin, but to Aleron, it felt like a drop in his bottomless abyss of Magilore! If he had used a buff this potent on Rias or any other General, their bodies would have exploded. But Enorin could take that powerful enhancement due to her Bloodline! Moreover, she spectacrly broke through to Exceed-rank immediately after killing the Kraken! "I am dreaming, right?" Roxen swept her sword in a whirling motion as dark green shockwaves killed all nearby monsters while her gaze remained on Enorin who was bathed in a whirl of pure and powerful energy due to her breakthrough. A white-beared old man wielding a hammerughed as he stood ten meters away from Roxen, "You''re not dreaming. That angelicdy destroyed that Exceed-rank Kraken. Who is she, Roxen?" He had a scar running across his face and was the most powerful legendary rank among the Generals present here. "I have no idea," Roxen shook her head. "But she is not an enemy." "That''s reassuring to hear, hahaha! Let''s kill those monsters, they are weakened now." 11 Meanwhile, Aleron stared nkly at the pieces of blood and gore of Kraken on the ocean. "What about my one-shot skill?" ... "Brother! This is bull shit. That fucking octopus died instantly. That''s it. I am going to possess that Legendary-rank Dark Hunt Sea Horse and dominate that Angel. I want her body!" One of the two fish deep in the ocean shouted with madness in its eyes. "Fine. Go, but don''t use too much of your power." "Hehe, I''ll stay within the limit until you finish, brother. Off I go!" Chapter 36: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (1) Chapter 36: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (1) ? Although Aleron lost his chance to use the skill he was creating, he still finished creating it after ten seconds and also finished cooking his Ocr-type skill to enhance his vision since he had already theoretically constructed this skill in his mind. ''Umu, this is good. Now I can inspect others thoroughly with this and observe everything from afar easily,'' Aleron grinned as his eyes shone with a dreamy blue luster. ''I shall name it...Lapis Spirit Eyes!'' [Lapis Spirit Eyes] Rank: SSS - Median. __Description: An eye-based power that enhances the user''s vision, giving it multiple functions weaved by the user''s secret knowledge of Arcane. Effects: -> X-ray Vision. -> Micro Vision. -> Zoom in-Zoom out Vision -> Complete measurement of energy and aura. -> See through magical phenomena. --> See through physical/magical obstacles andyers. Skill Parameters: -Type: Ocr-type -Cost: Depends on the effects used. ''Good. With this, I also won''t make the mistake of using skills that might overpower and hurt others,'' Aleron thought with a smile. Since he would be able to measure a being''s stats and potency, he would know exactly how much Magilore he should use when he buffs someone again in the future. Looking towards the beach, Aleron used Lapis Spirit Eyes and could clearly observe everything. He looked at Roxen and inspected her. [Roxen] Lifeform Rank: [Legendary] Race: - [Human.] _Physical stats: - [Strength: 12,740] [Agility: 12,649] [Health: 12,944] [Stamina: 12,853] Magic stats: [Magic Potency: 12,704] [Mana Pool: 12,540] ''So her Legendary Life Rune has a 30% boost to her stats. She must have a Bloodline as well but she is not using it to boost her stats at the moment. Hmm...Maybe it consumes the so- called Bloodline Essence which is generally limited and harder to produce if what I read in books is right.'' Of course, he couldn''t be sure since this was reality. The magic system in this world was unlike anything he had read before, so it could be the same for Bloodline. After looking at several people swiftly and using his eyes'' effect on them for inspection, he found the limits of this skill. To use this Ocr-type skill''s effects on people for measurement, they had to be within 6 kilometers of him. He couldn''t inspect anyone past the 6-kilometer mark from him. It was the same for Zoom-in vision. He would be able to zoom in on everything within 6 kilometers of him. "My lord." Suddenly, Enorin arrived before Aleron like a beam of light and looked at him with her big eyes sparkling and a broad smile on her face. "Master, I did good, right?" Aleron couldn''t help but pat her head seeing her expression and the way she asked as heughed with mirth, "Hahaha, you did good, Eno." "Thanks to you only," Enorin grinned. Aleronughed, "You''re too cute, hahaha." However, he suddenly saw Enorin''s grin reced by a frown as she looked below at the ocean. "There''s a malevolent aura below, master." Enorin''s eyes glinted with gold as she used her Ocr-type skill to observe, feeling a clear sense of danger due to her intuition. Aleron also looked below and used his Lapis Spirit Eyes to observe, tracing the abnormal aura. Soon, he saw that it wasing from a two-meter-tall ck sea horse with dark violet patterns and scales. This sea horse''s body was twitching and bending abnormally with a nefarious ck aura different from its body''s ck color. This nefarious aura was oozing out from its eyes, nose, and cracks on its body that glowed with strange colorful hues. While he was observing, Darzax suddenly appeared beside him as well and looked below with a grave expression. "This is bad, my lord. That''s one powerful demon." "Not just any demon," Enorin said, her expression somber. "It''s the highest ss of demon in the Netherworld hierarchy, also known as Akuma. They end up being the Demon Lords with minimal efforts due to their affinity with magic and powerful Bloodline." "They are the royalty of Netherworld realms." Enorin and Darzax looked at each other and felt a connection they both shared with Aleron. "Dax, she is my summon just like you," Aleron grinned and introduced Enorin. "Enorin, the Angel of Divine Sunderer." "Nice to meet you," Darzax nodded. Enorin also nodded cidly before looking below as her aura sharply rose, "I need to measure it while your buffsts, master. But prepare to escape at a moment''s notice." After saying that, she immediately shot down into the ocean with her divinence glowing intensely. "My lord, staying here is dangerous. Enorin won''t be able to kill that demon, but only buy us some time," Darzax said, his expression utterly serious. "I had encountered an Akuma in my world and I am not joking when I say that I couldn''t hold a candle against it and barely escaped due to my mastery in shadow teleport." "Are you saying we can''t do anything to it?" Aleron''s eyes widened. "I''m afraid not. Demons already have resistance to magic in general, but Akumas are different," Darzax said while observing Enorin and Dark Hunt Sea Horse. "Magic obeys them." Aleron also looked below and was shocked to see that Dark Hunt Sea Horse was evading Enorin''s swift attacks and skills. "How?! That Sea Horse is Legendary rank, but Enorin''s physical stats are over 100k at the moment! Why is it able to evade Enorin''s attacks?" "Akuma can possess others and significantly increase the physical and magical prowess of the one they possessed ording to their power," Darzax informed. "This is a specialty of Akumas. Normal demons can''t do this." Suddenly, that Dark Hunt Sea Horse''s strangely warped colorful eyes glowed before a swirling ck explosion urred at Enorin''s arm, destroying her arm as thence she wielded in that hand was shot away from her. "Enorin!" Aleron shouted in panic. "I need to create a healing skill. Dax, help her!" "That has been my intention from the start and I have finished preparing as well, my lord." Darzax''s eyes swirled with dark green and red glow before he waved his staff. ''It appears that the general nature of Akumas is the same due to their superior inborn capabilities. The one I encountered was looking down on me which allowed me to escape and this one is doing the same.'' Chapter 37: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (2) Chapter 37: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (2) ? ''Death Binding. This should be able to contain that Akuma for a bit.'' Meanwhile, Enorin used her Bloodline essence, healing her wounds swiftly and calling her Lance back while the Akuma-possessed Dark Hunt Sea Horse just watched her with a wide grin on its face without doing anything. "Lovely! Your Bloodline nature is resistant to my Nether power and you have much potential... Khrahaha! How about you surrender your body to me and I won''t torture you and your friends above? You should know that people like you are born to serve as our hosts, Khrahahaha!" Enorin coldly grunted before her aura increased drastically, infusing her power in the Lance. The veins on her body turned intensely red as she exerted the full physical strength that Aleron had buffed while using a powerful skill. "Bitch!" Akuma snorted upon seeing that and swiftly used its power. ''Her attack will affect me slightly due to the opposing attribute it has...humph, but you won''t escape from me.'' In the next second, a blinding golden beam shot at it that was Enorin''s Lance and struck the Akuma who had wrapped itself in a ck energy cloak pulsing with dark violet sparks. The Lance broke Akuma''s defense after shing for one full second and exploded. However, Aleron was shocked to see that only cracks appeared on the monster''s body instead of seeing it getting sted into pieces. ''What the hell? It''s too fucking tough.'' In the next second, the Dark Hunt Sea Horse suddenly felt something and looked above, seemingly piercing its gaze and looking straight at Darzax. "Bastard, you''re dead soon," Akuma sneered while ck chains wrapped around it with white skull patterns that glowed intensely. Enorin saw that Akuma was sealed and flew up like a beam of light before appearing beside Aleron. "It won''t contain that Akuma for long. We should escape," Enorin said with a grave expression. "Can''t I do anything about this?" Aleron gritted his teeth. Enorin and Darzax looked at him. "There''s one way," Darzax said as he looked past Aleron, at Enorin. "Enorin, if your strongest skill can be augmented by lord''s Magilore energy, that Akuma should die." "Magilore?" Enorin raised her eyebrows before surprise settled in her eyes. "So that was the Magilore energy that boosted my physique?! No wonder..." "You''ve heard about it before?" Aleron asked. "Mhmm," Enorin nodded. "I''ve heard and read about it, but haven''t seen it or witnessed anyone use it in my past life. I died in a war against demons, killed by an Akuma before I could get stronger." "Five seconds," Darzax said as his expression turned severe. "Four." Enorin began preparing her attack skill right away. Aleron nodded with resolve and said, his fist clenched, "Let''s kill that fucking Akuma!" "Master, I will prepare my skill, but it is up to you to use Magilore to augment it. I cannot control Magilore nor wield it, so you have to maintain that control." "Got it," Aleron floated behind Enorin and put his hand on her shoulder. "I am ready." "Two," Darzax continued his countdown as he looked at the Dark Hunt Sea Horse who had almost broken free of Death Binding. ''As expected, the effects of Death Bindings are useless against it.'' Right as the Akuma broke free, its Dark Hunt Sear Horse body blurred and appeared right in front of the trio after a second, floating just ten meters away from them. Its colorful eyes spiraled circrly with maddening excitement, but its eyes were not on Darzax or Enorin. Instead, they looked at Aleron. ''Magilore! Are you freaking shitting me?!'' "Die," Enorin coldly uttered as her Lance glowed intensely before releasing a golden arrow boosted by Aleron''s Magilore. Fortunately, Aleron had monstrous control over Magilore due to his unique Magilore source. He managed to augment and control the attack perfectly. *Boom!* The Dark Hunt Sea Horse was struck by the arrow, enveloping it in a bright golden sphere that disintegrated itpletely. But...a creepyughter rang that caused the expression of Enorin and Darzax to change drastically. "Haha...hahahahahaa!" "What is this freaking body?! This power source..." Aleron''s eyes swirled with colorful spirals as he manicallyughed, his mind under attack by the Akuma as his body was possessed! [Danger! Danger! Your mind is under attack and the soul is being eroded. Resist and fight against its influence, please. Do not give up.] [Do not give up. Fight against it.] [Do not Give up. Fight against it.] [Do not Give up. Fight against it.] Aleron looked at the darkness that enveloped him, hearing the notification voices while feeling chilling yet burning pain. A pair of dark violet eyes with ck and purple outlined heads appeared before him andughed creepily. "Brat, I don''t know how you got such an otherworldly power, but it is mine now." Aleron looked at this horror while bearing the pain and soon understood his situation. ''I am possessed...'' "If you don''t want to get tortured, obediently give up and let me take over. Otherwise...I will torture you so much that you will beg for death of your mind and I still won''t give you that relief!" Akuma said in a jarring voice with a ruthless and diabolic grin stretching on its demonic face. [Do not give up. Fight against it.] Only Aleron''s consciousness and Akuma were present in this mindscape, and if Aleron let Akuma defeat his spirit and will, he wouldpletely lose his body. It also looked like the system voice and power to use the system was not avable to Akuma enough though it was inside his body. ''I have to kick him out!'' While bearing the pain, Aleron''s consciousness took the shape of his body as his eyes showed anger and determination, "You bastard. You are not taking my body!" Akuma''s demonic faceughed out loud in response, "You filthy human. There''s not even the slightest chance of you to resist my influence and torture." "Get ready to suffer in my hell," Akuma''s face was warped creepily while grinning. "Not just you. I will torture everyone close to you. Physically and mentally both, khraahahaha!" Chapter 38: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (3), Terror Show Chapter 38: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (3), Terror Show ? Deep below in the ocean, the other Akuma called Aazaroth had his mood changed upon sensing his brother''s state. "What the in the cursed hell?" "He is already taking over a human when he knows it takes time if they resist and risks exposing himself when I am not even done. Trash." The fish-possessed Akuma started going deeper into the ocean. ''If he gets exposed and I am with him, I''ll get screwed and fail my n. Fuck you, Apuch. I''ll have toy low because of you.'' ''Bastard, you''re on your own now.'' Aazaroth vanished in the darkness of the ocean while working towards cutting his connection to the Netherworld before doing anything else. "My lord..." Darzax trembled. Enorin suddenly shouted with bloodshot eyes as an asterisk-shaped golden circle appeared above Aleron who was floated with a strange grin and warped eyes. The skill Enorin used pped onto Aleron, causing golden-patterned linings to appear all over his body. "With this, he won''t be able to control master''s body anymo-cough..." Enorin coughed some blood as her aura appeared slightly weak. "What happened?!" Rias arrived with a panicked expression after observing the anomaly that happened here¡ª upon seeing Aleron floating in the air with his eyes closed, unconscious and his aura feeble, she couldn''t help but worry. Darzax snapped out of his daze as he had no time to me himself for suggesting the idea of contending with the Akuma using Magilore. "Enorin, you know more about Akumas than me. Please tell us a way to save him," Darzax said while keeping his emotions in control, but his fists were still clenched tightly. "And you should get treatment as well...you spent much of your Bloodline Essence for that seal," Darzax added. "If your Bloodline can help Lord Ale-" "It can''t," Enorin shook her head before she carried Aleron in her arms before asking, "Where can we go to let him rest?" "I''ll take us to the Lotusdawn courtyard at fastest," Darzax said before the trio was enveloped in a shadow sphere and vanished. Ocean Wrath was under control since no more monsters were emerging from the sea as well. There was no need for Enorin or Rias to stay there anymore. The biggest trouble was the Exceed-rank Kraken who was buffing monsters and was about to attack, but it was already solved. ... In the Lotusdawn courtyard''s aesthetic wooden pce, Darzax, Enorin, and Rias emerged from a shadow sphere near the bed after traveling for a minute. Enorin put Aleron on the bed before sitting beside him, her voice filled with helplessness, "We can''t help him even if we want to." "What do you mean?" Darzax asked, his worry increasing at this negative news. "I have heard about Akumas," Rias said, her eyes showing terror. "It''s in one of the oldest scriptures I read in the Lightdusk Academy." "Akumas have two forms. One is physical and one is psychic," Enorin said, biting her lips, "They either construct physical bodies themselves or possess others. Once they attempt to possess someone, they are locked in a battle against Akuma in their mindscape. We cannot interfere in that." "Yes, I''ve read about this," Rias quickly nodded. "ording to the text I read, they were rulers of this continent before Goddess Elysia appeared and expelled them back to their realm called Netherworld." "They can possess people after torturing their mind and soul, making them give up on their body. If Ale is possessed, then he needs to survive himself, "Rias looked at Aleron, her eyes fretting, "But I''ve never heard of anyone escaping their clutches once they possess someone." "That will not happen," Darzax firmly said with his voice hoarse yet determined. "That Akuma cannot make Lord Ale give up and defeat his will!" "I will go to the Lightdusk Academy right away and read more about this to find a solution," Rias clenched her fist and left hurriedly while saying, "I''ll contact Ale''sm card as soon as I find something." "Thank you,dy Rias," Darzax said while Enorin just nodded and looked back at Aleron to check his and her seal''s status. ... "Arghhhhhhhh!!" Aleron was screaming while clutching his head in the midscape, his consciousness subjected to a hellish torture by Apuch. "Give up, brat. That bitch sealed your body so I can''t control it anymore, but it''s just a matter of time. Give up and I''ll let all of them live." Apuch''s malevolent face turned bigger before Aleron, his demonic mouth opened wide and grinned, with Aleron''s body floating between his ck and violet cracked wicked fangs. "If not, then you will see this picture that I will paint with your own hands!" Aleron''s consciousness was fluxed with images of Dawnstone Mountain and the royal pce, but it was different. He saw his own body possessed by this Akuma that was killing and torturing everyone,-not sparing even a single living being. Aleron saw himself killing millions of people by unleashing infernal light violet mes that slowly burned people instead of killing them right away, giving them immense pain before granting death, not even sparing kids and babies. Darzax died, Enorin died, and Riki died. The Akuma entered the Demine and also killed everyone there. ''I''ll put you in continuous despair as long as you resist, you cattle,'' Apuch grin twisted as he put more pressure and horror on Aleron''s mind. ''The purpose of your birth is for me to take over your body.'' ''ept your fate!'' Aleron saw all the despair and horror while subjected to pain, but never once did he produce a thought about giving up. ''What is he saying?'' ''Livestocks? This is my fate?'' Aleron''s eyes opened as he stopped screaming and smashed his teeth, grinding as his barely opened eyes looked at the demonic entity''s head that hovered over him. "Bastard," Apuch angrily snapped and bit off Aleron''s head, but a scream still echoed in the midscape as Aleron felt his head getting chewed while being alive and feeling horrendous pain. "Since you want to see the real hell, then so be it. Once I break this seal on your body, you will watch as I put everyone around you and people in this city in despair at your own hands!" "I will paint that same despairing picture as you watch everything!" Akuma nefariously spoke but soon shed against Aleron''s resistance! "Noo!" "Nooooo!!" "I won''t let you do that!" Apuch turned livid and started torturing Aleron without a break in all sorts of ways to inflict hellish pain. ''He should have given up by now, so why is he not giving up?!'' ''No matter. You will break sooner orter as I continue,'' Apuch''s eyes glinted sharply. ''This treasure of a body with an otherworldly Magilore source...I can''t give up on this!'' ''That Magilore source is a treasure unlike anything I''ve seen...once I get it, I will rise to be the most powerful Demon Lord in history!!! A maddening expression filled with greed and ambition stered on Apuch''s face as he continued to torture Aleron. ''Let''s see how long youst because I will not hold back even the slightest to get your body.'' Apuch''s eyes swirled intensely. ''Out of all Akumas, only I encountered you.'' ''Your body is mine, and mine alone!'' But amidst the torture and pain that Aleron was enduring, a familiar voice rang that only he could receive in his consciousness. [Good job for holding on and not giving up, master. But this is not over yet. As you have reached the requirement with your soul, the protocol will activate.] [Soul Awakening initiating.] [Once your Soul Awakens, it is up to you to defeat this Akuma. As long as you do not give in to the despair and maintain your willpower, you will be able to fight against Akuma on equal grounds using Soul Force.] [It is up to you to sharpen your willpower by fighting off despair and improve your state of mind to empower your Soul Force and defeat him.] [All the best, my dear master.] Chapter 39: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (4), Kill Aleron?! Chapter 39: The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (4), Kill Aleron?! ? Rias didn''t waste time flying to the Lightdusk Academy but directly used the teleport circle to reach there. Lightdusk Academy- the oldest most active, and most powerful ce on the Lightdusk continent. Only this ce had the means tomunicate with Goddess Elysia. Rias asked to meet with the academy''s principal right away and soon entered an aesthetic circr office with books on its walls, a big table at the center, and a balcony behind it on the 101st floor of the towering academy building. It had 500 meters of width at the base and gradually got narrowed in size while going up, painting a majestic yet powerful picture due to its exotic crystal-stone structure. "It appears that you encountered a big trouble, my dear." The principal spoke with a gentle smile upon seeing Rias. She looked in her forties, wearing a in but fancily embroidered henna-colored robe mixed with ck. Her ck hair was folded into a bun with a light green colored hairpin. "Master Kadita, it is about Akuma," Rias said, her expression showing grave somberness. Upon hearing the word ''Akuma'', even Principle Kadita''s forehead creased. "What about Akumas?" she asked. "Is there any way to help someone who is possessed by one? To aid them in expelling Akuma from the body?" Principal Kadita narrowed her eyes, seemingly reading Rias''s eyes. "Why are you asking me this? Tell me clearly what happened." Rias bit her lips and answered, "Someone I know is possessed by an Akuma and fighting to survive. We have sealed the body so that Akuma can''t use it for the time being. I am here to find a way to help him." However, Rias only saw Principal Kadita''s expression turning grave and darkening. "And where is he?" "In the pce, why?" Rias asked. "Foolish!" Kadita shouted as she stood up and pped her hand on the table. Right after that, four scrolls flew out from different directions and floated before Rias as they opened. "73 years ago, an Akuma possessed a 10-year-old kid. Killed several legendary-rank powerhouses and tens of thousands of people who lived in the town before It was killed by joint efforts of Exceed-rank powerhouses." "158 years ago, an Akuma possessed an Exceptional-rank young man. He killed two Exceed- rank powerhouses, and thousands of other people before it was killed by joint efforts of 10 Exceed-rank powerhouses using a powerful formation." Principal Kadita paused for a second before she added, "The other two cases are even older, but when an Akuma possesses someone and gains a body, they can unleash their powers in a devastating manner. You have invited a disaster to your own home." "That..." Rias was shocked as she read the news. "They die if we kill the body since possessing a body makes them connected, but it is a tough endeavor nheless," Principal Kadita sighed. "But what do I do to save him?" Rias asked while clenching her fist, her eyes begging, "Please...he is my partner chosen by Azure Shard Moon''s trial key. I am here in the hope of receiving help." Principal Kadita looked at Rias, pity evident in her eyes as she shook her head, "Rias...whoever is that got possessed, please kill him as soon as possible before the Akuma can use his body again." "Wha-" Rias covered her mouth. "Why?" "I am already surprised that you all managed to seal the body to prevent the Akuma from using it, but it''s only a matter of time," Principal Kadita said, her expression utterly serious. "When it awakens, your Royal Capital will vanish and if left alone, millions will die." "Take me there, I''ll finish the job." Principal Kadita appeared before Rias, standing a meter away from her-dead serious about killing Aleron. "B-But..." Rias''s lips trembled. "Rias, do you understand the situation?" Principal Kadita grabbed Rias''s shoulder, causing Rias to look at her eyes. "It is an Akuma! Every time one appeared in the history, a horde of death followed in its wake!" "You are lucky that somehow you managed to prevent it from using the body it possessed even if it hasn''t possessed itpletely. However, it is only a matter of time! If we don''t kill him now while we have a chance, even I won''t be able to fight against it on my own!" "C-Can you ask help from g-goddess, please?!" Rias pleaded with watery eyes. "To interfere here, she needs to pay a price. Unless the situation is out of hand, I can''t ask for her help," Principal Kadita shook her head. "This is the golden chance to kill that Akuma. Even if I talked with her, she would suggest the same thing." Principal Kadita looked at Rias''s face turning nk at her answer and sighed as she patted Rias''s head. "Stay here, I''ll go to Dawnstone Mountain and finish the job. You have no say in this matter now." "Wait, wait!" Rias shouted just as Principal walked past her. "What?" Principal Kadita helplessly sighed. "No matter what you say, the possessed must die before the Akuma gains control of the body." "Please wait. Let him fight against the Akuma in mindscape first. The body will be sealed for fifteen hours, so can you wait please?" Principal Kadita frowned and turned thoughtful for a moment before speaking, "I have to see the status of the body myself to judge that." Rias quickly nodded with some hope in her eyes, "O-Okay, Let''s go." ... Lotusdawn Courtyard, Darzax was walking to and fro in the room while watching Aleron from time to time. Meanwhile, Enorin sat in a cross-legged position to meditate and recover. But both of them soon felt some magic pulse that attracted their attention. Enorin and Darzax looked at the balcony at the same time and saw Rias with an unfamiliar woman. ''Space power?'' Darzax raised his eyebrows. ''And she is...above Exceed. A Primeval-rank powerhouse?'' His eyes lit up in hope as he felt this powerhouse might be able to help Aleron. "Mr. Darzax, Miss Enorin, this is the principal of Lightdusk Academy," Rias said with a slightly unnatural and worryced expression. Meanwhile, Kadita was also surprised to see two unfamiliar Exceed-rank powerhouses in the room. ''Principal, these two call him their Lord. Ale is very important to them and...his background is alsoplicated.'' Kadita wanted to know more, but that wasn''t the priority. She walked towards the bed and stood beside Aleron before putting her hand on his forehead. Enorin and Darzax looked at each other before looking back at Aleron and Principal Kadita. "Ten hours," Kadita said as she took away her hand and looked at Rias. "I''ll go meet with your father and stay here for the time being." Rias bit her lips and nodded. ''Rias, your entire family and the poption of this capital are at stake here. Don''t do anything foolish.'' Rias heard Kadita''s voice in her head before saw her vanishing from the room. "What was that, Miss Rias?" Darzax frowned. Enorin looked at Rias as well, seeking an answer. Rias''s eyes spiraled as she stood with her head down, ''If I tell them the truth about what Principal wants to do, will they take Aleron and escape?'' ''I have to tell them the truth,'' Rias clenched her fists, ''If they can go back to Ale''s world, they might find a solution there.'' Chapter 40: Clash of Wills (1/2), Big Gamble, The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (5/5) Chapter 40: sh of Wills (1/2), Big Gamble, The Netherworld Royalty: Akuma (5/5) ? "There''s a problem," Rias took a deep breath and continued, "Principal Kadita wants to kill Ale before the Akuma takes control of his body." Instantly, the temperature in the room dropped several degrees as Rias felt a chill crawling down her spine. Both Enorin and Darzax were stirred. But Darzax swiftly waved his hand as he enveloped Aleron and Enorin into a shadow sphere before sending them into the Eldertide Archipgo''s door in his Shadow Pocket. Rias saw this but she continued what she wanted to say as she gripped the sides of her dress, "I hope you find a solution or Ale wins against the Akuma. All the best." "Thank you for informing us of this," Darzax indifferently nodded before he also vanished. Rias saw the room empty and sighed. ''I truly wish that you survive and win, Ale.'' ... Five hours passed by in the blink of an eye, but it was an unknown amount of torturous time for Aleron. ''Why is he not screaming or shouting anymore? He should still feel this pain that cannot be blocked or get used to by one,'' Apuch frowned while he continued to torture Aleron''s consciousness to inflict soul pain and showed him nightmares. Aleron''s eyes barely opened again as his consciousness-body was chained and getting tortured by Apuch''s torturous attacks that directly affected his soul and mind. "What are you looking at?!" Apuch shouted upon seeing those barely opened eyes before lighting up Aleron''s body in ck mes again. Aleron closed his eyes in pain again, but not a single wince or cry emerged from his soul. The only thing on his mind was to endure and not give up. He wanted to be happy, enjoy his life, and remove sadness from people around him while this demon wanted to use his body to spread suffering! ''I will not let you do that!'' Aleron''s eyes barely opened again while being burned by the ck me. "I...I am above you, demon!" Aleron uttered, his eyes ringly bright and fiery. "You will never take my body!" Apuch turned livid and started getting mad, using up more of his power and torturing Aleron. ''Damn it! Damn it!'' ''This bastard! Why is he not giving up?! Doesn''t he want to end his suffering?!'' ''Damn it!'' Apuch calmed down after a while and checked Aleron''s body before grinning ferociously. "You will not give up until you see some real stuff. Just wait. I am going to break the seal as soon as possible and fucking kill everyone you hold dear!" But suddenly, Apuch felt a surge of soul force and was startled. ''Huh?!'' [Soul Awakened sessfully.] Aleron finally heard the voice again after an unknown amount of time he spent enduring the pain and torture. He already lost the sense of time due to the different types of pain and torture Apuch inflicted on him. However, the moment his soul awakened, he felt slightly eased up as some warm power felt in his control. *Crack...* The chains binding him broke. Apuch''s eyes turned wide. "Y-You...How the hell did you awaken your soul?! You are a fucking Epic-rank!" Soul Awakening was the main requirement of Exceed-rank powerhouses if they wanted to break through to Primevel-rank. As such, Apuch was indeed shocked to sense Aleron''s soul awakening as Soul Force surged in his control. Akumas had super-high resistance to magic, but not against soul force! Still, It was up to Aleron to empower his Soul Force via his willpower. Aleron felt a strange power in his control as he looked at Apuch and grated his teeth with fiery anger in his eyes. *Swoosh!* The ck mes torturing him vanished as a white-gold aura enveloped him. Apuch''s face twisted in pure wrath and frustration due to things not going his way. ''He awakened his soul somehow and he can use soul force to fight against me....How? How?!!!'' ''He is a fucking Epic-rank. How can he awaken his soul without anyone helping him?! Does this world even have a method to awaken one''s soul early?!'' Aleron red at Apuch as he tried to use his Soul Force to attack him, shooting a white-gold ball at his face. However, the ball hit Apuch and simply shattered. Apuch''s head twisted, "Bastard, you think you can defeat me just because you awakened your fucking soul?!" "You think you can win, haaa?!!" Apuch shouted before he released a malefic wave of violet- ck me toward Aleron. The moment Aleron was hit, his eyes cracked and a scream released from his mouth as he felt pain unlike anything before! "You think you can win against me?!" ''I have to scare him before he figures out Soul Force and grinds his willpower. Damn it!'' "I WILL WIN!" Aleron shouted as he stopped screaming and a burst of soul force unleashed that doused the malefic me. He looked at Apuch with an indomitable expression and eyes filled with wrath. ''He is already powering up... Arghhhhh!!! Why? Why?!!! Apuch''s head twisted and warped before his aura suddenly surged powerfully. Aleron was waiting for Apuch to attack him because he found out that if he endured Apuch''s torture and stood strong against him, his soul force would increase in intensity. ''I have to get more powerful if I want to defeat him.'' However, Apuch''s aura suddenly died down as he didn''t do anything and just looked at Aleron with his twisted expression filled with anger. "Trash," Aleron spat, his eyes disdainful. "No matter what you do, you will not defeat me." Apuch''s expression worsened, but he still didn''t do anything. It was the first time he experienced this predicament. He had possessed bodies many times, but this was the first time he felt this much resistance. ''But I want this body...this precious body,'' Apuch''s eyes whirled with madness. ''It''s for me. That''s why I encountered him.'' Aleron didn''t know what Apuch was thinking, but he was ready to fight and stack his everything to win. ''I will win against this Akuma no matter what!'' Aleron thought with burning resolve. ''If I lose against this evil who actively wants to spread suffering, then may my soul receive eternal damnation!'' ''Gamble!'' [Ding! Gamble epted.] [Gamble Quest] -Task: Initiate the sh of willpower against Apuch and win. -Reward: 100,000 Gacha Points. -Penalty: Erasure of your soul, your existence. Aleron looked at Apuch, his eyes fierily burning as he wielded his soul force and attacked Apuch. "So be it!" Apuch roared as his aura surged, not wanting to think anything other than to give his all to acquire this treasure of a body! ... Outside, Aleron''s body started trembling as Apuch and Aleron shed against each other in the mindscape. The Nether aura oozing out of Aleron caused Enorin to frown. "What''s going on?" Darzax asked in worry. "The Akuma is going all out...this..." Enorin put her hand on Aleron''s head and was startled. "Master has awakened his soul!" But her expression soon turned somber, "They''ve started battling and the Akuma is going all out. Master needs to endure and constantly get powerful by grinding his willpower and sticking to his ideal state of mind no matter what until he overpowers the Akuma." "He will win!" Darzax clenched his fist and kept his faith. "Mhm," Enorin nodded and looked at Darzax, "We have to prepare. Since the Akuma is going all out, my seal will be broken soon, and even while fighting with Master, the Akuma can use his body to unleash uncontrolled attacks." "To weaken master''s will and raise his chance of winning, he will do anything," Enorin''s eyes turned cold. "Like killing us all, and against his attacks, we won''t survive." "Can you increase the duration of the seal? And tell me if I can help in any way." "I can empower the seal if I can recover my Bloodline Essence, but..." Enorin sighed. "Bloodline Essence is hard to recover once used, but..."Darzax frowned but his eyes soon glinted, "We are in a Secret Realm." "There should be resources here that can increase your recovery." Darzax looked at Enorin with determination, "Tell me the attributes of your Bloodline and its grade, I''ll go and search for resources." "I need Primeval-grade resources of Light-attribute, Holy-attribute, and Lightning- attribute," Enoring said. She needed higher-graded ones as her Bloodline was of Divine- rank, but this secret realm wouldn''t have it considering its limit was producing resources of Primeval-rank and below. Still, Primeval-rank ones were also enough to recover her Bloodline essence. Darzax nodded, his dark green eyes filled with resolve, "You focus on recovery while I go and search for it." "You have two hours at most," Enorin somberly said, "After one hour and forty minutes, I will use the rest of my Bloodline Essence and squeeze every drop of it to empower the seal." Darzax''s eyes trembled as he understood what her words entailed-she would sacrifice her life to empower the seal. He didn''t say anything and just vanished from the room. ''This ind doesn''t have Primeval-grade resources. I have to search in other inds.'' Suddenly, he got a telepathic message from Riki. [Riki: I''m done with my breakthrough to Exceed-rank.] Darzax''s eyes lit up. [Darzax: Trail my presence and meet up as soon as possible. The situation is dire. Lord Aleron''s life is in danger.] [Riki: Huh?! What happened to Boss?] Darzax continued moving while answering Riki. [Darzax: You remember about the Akuma we encountered? Lord Aleron is possessed by one, but notpletely. He is in battle, but until he wins, we have to protect the things he holds dear.] [Riki: What the fuck?! Arghh, alright. I am catching up as fast as possible.] Darzax continued flying, his eyes resolved. ''We need to find resources and prevent Enorin from dying.'' ''If she died, then Lord would be sad and burdened given his nature, giving advantage to the Akuma. Even if he wins, he would still feel sorrowful that Enorin gave her life...'' ''No! This must not happen. Sorrow is something that wouldn''t suit on my lord''s face at all!'' Chapter 41: Goddess Palace, Joint Efforts, Clash of Will (2/2) Chapter 41: Goddess Pce, Joint Efforts, sh of Will (2/2) ? Goddess Elysia''s Pce, The resplendent pce of the goddess floated amidst billowing clouds of the softest white, its spires reaching toward the heavens like the outstretched fingers of an eager worshipper. Bathed in the gentle glow of golden sunlight, the pce exuded an aura of tranquility and majesty that captivated all who gazed upon it. The location of this pce was not on the Lightdusk Continent nor in the skies of the Ardentia world. Instead, it was in the secret realm in possession of the goddess. Goddess Elysia sat on a couch in an open pavilion. The pavilion was in the middle of a lovely pond filled with beautiful fish. She was watching a cloudy screen that disyed Beastfolks of Northern Star Continent while asionally taking a sip from a crystal cup she held in her hand. Just then, a light brown-haired girl in her twenties, wearing a white dress, arrived and respectfully said, "Goddess, we found some traces of Nether aura." Goddess Elysia''s eyes moved towards the girl. "Where?" "Lightdusk Continent. It appeared and vanished too. For now, I am unable to pinpoint its location." Goddess Elysia waved her hand dismissively, "Someone will contact us if that Akuma creates troubles. Anything else?" ''Bitch,'' the girl nodded with her head down, "Thest person who was summoned as a Hero received the Blessing of Aeronix Ranger, but it was scattered and returned to us. What should I do about it?" "What happened?" Goddess Elysia raised her eyebrows. "Aeronix Ranger is a top-tier Blessing on my list. The kingdom that summoned the hero should also know its value." "We don''t know for sure, but we can guess that they tried to extract the blessing and then the container must have broken. I just checked and found that the kingdom''s capital where the hero was summoned is also no longer there as if someone unearthed it." Goddess Elysia turned her head back to the screen and nonchntly said, "Give the blessing to some other human. Our goal is to initiate this war, so focus on it." ''Bitch.'' The girl cursed the goddess in her mind again while nodding outside, "Understood." She left the garden and returned to a hall where many other girls were ying video games and table games like pool, snooker, and table football. "Yuzu, did you finish reporting? Come on, help me beat Urali." Yuzu swept her gaze around the hall, her eyes filled with helplessness. ''Why was I even summoned here? Curse my life,'' Yuzu sighed as she missed her previous life. ''I was CEO of the best cosmeticpany, and now I am serving this slutbitchhoe goddess who doesn''t care about anything but her gains.'' ''Sigh...curse my life.'' Yuzu walked towards the street-fighter arcade machine and snorted, "Get up." "Yey! Master of Street-Fighter is here. Milky bitch, you''re dead." "I''ve mastered this character, hoe. Today is the day Yuzu luzus, hehehe." ... "What have you done, Rias?!" In the meeting chamber of the Royal Pce, Principal Kadita admonished Rias, her expression part angry and part helpless. "Rias..." King Longinus frowned. "Where did they go? You should at least tell us that." "Do not worry," Rias shook her head. "I''ve taken an oath to keep his background a secret, so I cannot tell you where they went. However, they are currently not in Ardentia World." "That is all I can say." Principal Kadita frowned, "Even if they are in a secret realm, Akuma can still exit and return here." "Rias, you are showing irrational behavior," King Longinus''s eyes narrowed, his tone stern. "The best course of action was to kill him right there and then to put down that Akuma." Rias looked at her father and Principal Kadita who nodded in agreement with what her father said. After staring at them for two seconds, her eyes showed assertiveness and her bearing changed as she coldly said, "You two are being irrational, not me. You are unable to trust words and my judgment because that Akuma made you irrational." "Do you think I can''t even make a decision to handle a situation in which a great amount of lives are stacked?" Rias didn''t wait even after she finished speaking and left the chamber with a surge of her aura. King Longinus and Principal Kadita were dumbfounded. It was the first time Rias had spoken to them like this. However, the weight behind her words hit them hard. Despite being just 19 years old, she had great aplishments and never once she had failed them. She had always exceeded their expectations. "Nothing we can do now. At least, the possessed is not here anymore, so we don''t have any immediate danger," King Longinus said. Principal Kadita wryly smiled and nodded, "I''ll be around here for the next fifteen hours in case it arrives." "Did you start preparing for it?" King Longinus asked and bowed before he continued, "I shall aid in however I can." "No need," Principal Kadita waved her hand," My people are working on creating a formation already." "Thank you," King Longinus remained bowed and thanked her. "Mhmm," Principal Kadita nodded with a smile. "Where''s your father? Still at the same ce?" "Yes," King Longinus weakly smiled. "If you could visit him..." "Mhmm, it''s time." ... Enorin was meditating while Aleron''s body had cracks on it that glowed colorfully while oozing out a Nether aura- a dark navy blue mist-like aura with a ck hue. It whirled and floated around the body. ''One hour and thirty-five minutes...'' Enorin counted. Five minutester, she would have to strengthen the seal or Aleron''s body would be controlled by Akuma, who would go on a killing spree to disturb and weaken Aleron''s will. Enorin was counting while meditating and just as another minute passed by, the shadow attached to the window stirred and expanded before it spewed out Darzax and Riki. Both of them were gravely injured, with Riki''s only right hand remaining while Darzax''s body was riddled with holes that he was mending. However, Darzax released a bunch of resources from his shadow pocket before Enorin while grunting painfully. "You..." Enorin was shocked. Both of them were on the verge of death! Riki had already lost his consciousness and was barely alive. But two Death Lords soon arrived before one of them melted into a strange darkness that enveloped Riki entirely before shaping into a cocoon. ''Dark Sacrifice.'' Darzax''s dimmed eyes lit up slightly as he used the skill. He looked at Enorin and forced out a smile. "We will recover soon. Just make sure nobody dies." "Nobody." The other Death lord, who was the formal court mage also melted into a strange darkness that enveloped Darzax before turning into a cocoon. "Leave it to me," Enorin firmly nodded as a tiny drop of blood oozed out from her finger before it glowed and released string that stuck to all the resources of Lightning, Holy, and Light attributes in front of her. She started absorbing their powers into her Bloodline Source and started recovering her Bloodline Essence swiftly. In a minute, she recovered fully, and still a batch of resources was left that could recover her Bloodline Essence by 23%. "They worked hard.'' -- "I am on the verge of breaking the seal, trash! Just wait a bit and you will see me ughtering everyone!" Aleron roared as he gave his all, his soul force whirling around him and fighting off as his will and Akuma''s will shed against each other. ''I have to defeat him before he controls my body!'' ''I won''t let anybody die because of my failure!'' Aleron''s eyes pierced towards Akuma without backing down. ''This bastard!!'' Apuch was livid as he was getting pushed back! ''Just wait, just wait!!'' He released all of his power to break the seal while doing his best to pierce through Aleron''s soul force to hurt him more. However, he sensed something after a few seconds, which caused his eyes to tremble violently. "ARGHHHHHH!! DAMN IT!" "DAMN IT!" "How dare you seal it again! Bitch, bitch!!!" Aleron''s eyes shone as he also sensed it now that he had awakened his soul. Aside from Soul Force-a new type of energy, he also gained a new type of sense that could let him perceive things broadly and in-depth. He could see that his body was sealed again! ''They are doing their best and believe that I can defeat him!'' Aleron''s eyes burned with resolve while a brilliant smile appeared on his face. "Akuma!" "I will win over you!" Chapter 42: System Upgrade, Apuchs Fate Chapter 42: System Upgrade, Apuch''s Fate ? "Noo...Nooo!" Apuch screeched and shrilled, but that was not enough to overpower Aleron''s will that was overpowering his will. Things didn''t go ording to his n at all, and instead of disturbing Aleron, Apuch himself was disturbed by his own undoing. ''Noo!!'' Apuch screamed as the bright brilliance of Aleron ate up all of his darkness. Aleron roared and gave his everything, lightning up the mindscape with a dreamy golden brilliance resulting from his sharpened willpower that fueled his soul force. Apuch''s expression finally changed from madness and ferocious to horrified as he felt his end nigh. If he lost and let that brilliance consume him, he would die! Forever, and ever! His psyche would vanish! ''I...I don''t want to dieeee!!'' He didn''t want to die. And so...he gave up. Aleron felt all restrictions on him vanishing and got back control of his own body, while his senses also returned to normal from being trapped in the mindscape. His eyes abruptly shot open as he saw the familiar ceiling of the royal bedchamber. As if he had stored air within him for long, he exhaled strongly before sitting up on the bed. "Master!" Aleron turned to the left and saw Enorin was already wrapping her arms around his back before feeling a warm and reassured hug. "My lord..." Aleron looked at his left side and saw two slightly transparent ck cocoons with Darzax and Riki in them. "Nothing, my lord," Darzax smiled with dness in his eyes. "I knew you would win and return." "Easy peasy for the boss," Riki tried his best to grin, but it lookedical due to his messed up face. Enorin looked at Aleron with teary eyes and nodded while smiling as she uttered with her lips wiggling, "Wee back." Aleron''s smile couldn''t be any broader and his eyes moved to tears as he could he felt just how much he meant to them. "I am back." ... Aleron used Magilore and created the best healing skills possible for Angel like Enorin and Undead like Darzax and Riki. Due to Magilore''s potency and how Aleron had an unlimited amount of it, he put the trio in different healing bubbles. Arriving at the balcony''s edge, his hand rested on the wooden fence as he looked at the lively necropolis, beastfolk vige, and the two moons of this secret realm''s sky while his smile remained constant. "Everything is good, everyone is fine." "And I am alive and well." Aleronughed. It was augh of triumph! He won against a powerful foe and saved the day! [System Upgrade is avable.] "You''re in a hurry, eh?" Aleron cheekily grinned and looked at the system panel. [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 1 -Gacha Points: 100,520. ''Hehe...'' Aleron gleefully giggled at the number of Gacha Points. ''System upgrade!'' [10,000 Gacha Points have been used to upgrade the system.] Aleron felt an otherworldy feeling enveloping him as if his own existence was being elevated. But it onlysted for a brief moment. [Ultimate Gacha System has been upgraded to level 2.] [ 3 x Banners slots have been added.] [A new function has been unlocked-Banner Adjustment: You can remove a banner pool and rece it if your banner slots are filled up.] [The feature has been unlocked in the Gacha Room.] [ Two Banner Prints that can turn into banner pools are avable to invoke. (1) Arsenal of Elemental Armaments. (2) Exotic Demons of Netherworlds. ] ''Woah!'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled. Suddenly, Aleron saw a cute transparent blue slime with golden pulsing patterns in his mind. [Master, I am Gachapi. Nice to meet you.] The slime sounded polite and formal, but it had no facial features like eyes or mouth. It only had patterns that pulsed as it spoke in its cute voice. Aleron was surprised. ''Gachapi...so you are the system?'' [Gachapi: Yes, master. Do you want me to invoke both banner prints?] Aleron smiled and nodded. ''Invoke both of them.'' Aleron got the notifications immediately. [A new banner pool has been created: Arsenal of Elemental Armaments.] [A new banner pool has been created: Exotic Demons of Netherworlds.] [Gachapi: Master, what do you want me to do to the rat that is hiding in your sea of consciousness?] Apuch, who was hidden and left only a bit of his psyche soul after losing against Aleron, was horrified. ''How did he find me?! I fucking hid well and I am on the verge of dying!'' Aleron sneered. He had already sensed its presence but was ignoring it to see if it was going to do anything. Essentially, it was trapped in him now and he also felt that it would be easy to kill Apuchpletely by using Magilore and Soul Force in tandem. It was true that Akuma had great resistance to Magic, but Magilore was a different story! This was also why he, Darzax, and Enorin tried to kill Apuch by booting Enorin''s attack with his Magilore, though they failed, and he possessed Aleron upon sensing Magilore in him. However, now that they were no longer locked in the battle of wills and Apuch was on the verge of dying, Aleron could easily end Apuch''s life bybining his soul force with Magilore. Apuch sensed Aleron''s attention on him via his consciousness and visibly let out a trembling wavelength filled with fear. "D-Don''t kill me, please." Apuch pleaded. In front of death, Apuch didn''t keep any pride or reservation. Survival was his top priority, so he begged without holding back. However, Apuch only felt frigid coldness assaulting him in response to his begging. "You don''t think twice when ites to spreading suffering, so don''t think that I''ll release you by granting you death." For Aleron, Death was a flexible freedom. To those whose lives were suffering with no end, it was a good freedom. To those who were spreading suffering to others, it was a wasted freedom. Aleron didn''t want to give this Akuma its freedom. He didn''t deserve it! "You will live, Apuch." Aleron icily looked at the tiny ck-violet wisp with two tiny eyes and a mouth with gray fangs, looking feeble and cowardly. "From now on, your existence must continue to spread prosperity instead of suffering for as long as you live." Aleron coldly snorted and added, "Stay in this corner and taste some of the pain you''ve been inflicting on others while I think of some ways to use you." Aleron used Magilore and created a torturous spell of Fire-attribute and lightning-attribute with the intention to inflict pain, but low damage. He added a minimal healing effect in it to keep it alive and offset the low damage of the torture spell. "Arghhhh!!" ''If I can get him under myplete control, that would be best.'' Aleron focused back on the banners afterward and reverted to his jolly mood after putting Apuch in the back of his mind. "Alright, Gachapi. Let''s summon right away," Aleron rubbed his palms and eagerly used up the free ticket of Arsenal of Elemental Armaments. [As this is your first summon of this banner. You will summon an item from the highest category of this banner pool.] Looking at the exotic weapons, armor, and various items in the whirling pool, Aleron was excited. ''A powerful item iing.'' After a few seconds, one of the items spewed out of the whirling pool-A dark purple bow glistering with dreamy silver and ck patterns. [Congrattions, you have summoned a Primeval-rank Weapon - Echostorm Starwink Bow.] Chapter 43: OP Bow Weapon, Exotic Demon? Chapter 43: OP Bow Weapon, Exotic Demon? ? [Echostorm Starwink Bow] _Rank: Primeval - Peak. __Description: A bow forged with the Cradle-Star method that requires the sacrifice of an entire star. In this case, it was forged in the center of the elemental star Veltyr with added Conceptual power by the crafter, possessing the power to unleash devastating arrows far and wide, capable of raining a storm of destruction based on the user''s ability to design arrows that can utilize the bow''s power. Weapon Parameters: - Attributes: Sound, Lightning, Wind. Concepts: Echo. Attack Power: Prime-5 [500,000]. Effect(s): Echo Mirage, Vorpal Point, Starwink Stand. ''Damn, forging a bow using a star, what the...'' Aleron was dumbfounded as well as thrilled! But he also wanted to properly understand this bow''s power and its parameters, so he readily asked Gachapi about it! ''What is that Echo concept, Gachapi?'' [Gachapi: That''s something only Ascendent-rank powerhouse can delve into, master. You won''t be able to understand right now. However, the Echo Mirage effect is there thanks to this concept.] ''Ascendent-rank? Is that one rank higher than Primeval-rank?'' [Gachapi: Yes, master. The one who forged this bow was a powerful Ascendent-rank being. The star used as its base material was mini and could only forge it up to Primeval-rank, but he still added his own conceptual power to it for additional effect, which is that Echo Mirage.] ''Sounds so cool,'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled. [Gachapi: This weapon is the most powerful one you could get from this banner pool in terms of raw power.] ''What is its attack power? How powerful is Prime-5?'' [Gachapi: Once you reach Primeval-rank, the stats of a Primeval-rank being is quantified like this.] Aleron soon saw a panel of stats. -Physical Status: - [Strength: Prime-1 (100,001/500,000)] [Agility: Prime-1.5 (150,001/500,000)] [Stamina: Prime-2 (200,001/500,000)] - [Health: Prime-2.5 (250,001/500,000)] -Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Prime-3 (300,001/500,000)] [Soul Force: Prime-3.5 (350,001/500,000)] -Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: Prime-4 (400,001/500,000)] [Mana Energy: Prime-4.5 (499,999/500,000)] ''So the difference between Prime-4.5 and Prime-5 is just one point, but there should be some significance attached to it.'' He also understood all the ranks until Primeval rank and their stat level after watching this. -Mortal Do to 100 Kill monster. -Adept C 101 to 500 Awaken Innate talent -Exceptional - B-501 to 1000 - Epic Awakening -Epic - A - 1001 to 5000 - Legendary awakening -Legendary - S-5001 to 10,000 - Exceed Life Evolution. -Exceed EX-10,001 to 100,000 Soul Awakening. -Primeval - Prime 100,001 to 500,000. ''Umu. I''ll save this chart in my mind.'' "Thanks, Gachapi. Basically, I can shoot anyone below Primeval-rank and give them flexible freedom with this bow," Aleron grinned. Apuch trembled as he was watching everything. ''Crazy...crazy...what kind of power this guy has? And what flexible freedom?'' Suddenly, Apuch greatly regretted targetting a lunatic like Aleron, who didn''t even despair against his torture and pain, even won against him, and was already behaving like this even though he had just gone through a life-and-death struggle! s, he didn''t know he would encounter such a setback and turn his life upside down. "Oh yeah, so I need to create arrows for this bow myself, right?" [Yes, you need to create Arrow-form skills that can synergize with the bow and utilize its power, though this should be a piece of cake for Master.] "Of course! I specialize in cooking skills," Aleron grinned. After all, Magilore of Arcane Lapis and his talent allowed him to cook magic limitlessly as he could devour magical knowledge of any kind and use it to design skills with his creativity. [Gachapi: Indeed. However, I am afraid that your physical prowess is not enough to wield this bow. It is quite heavy and requires at least 155,000 points in all Physical stats to wield this bow.] ''Damn,'' Aleron smacked his lips. ''But there should be a way around this, right? Like using my endless Magilore to offset this requirement in some way...like creating powerful magic gloves or something like that?'' [Gachaphi: As expected of my master. You can indeed use Magilore in the way you have imagined. With your current Magic Potency, you should use 1,350,000 Magilore and design it into magic gloves as you said or superimposing arms to wield the bow with ease.] ''Alright, that''s decided,'' Aleron looked at the bow''s parameters and wanted to try it, but he had more things to do before he moved to test it. "Now then, it''s time to summon a Netherworld guest," Aleron grinned and opened the banner pool of Exotic Demons of Netherworlds. Aleron used the free summoning ticket thates with every new banner and eagerly watched this banner''s dreadful whirlpool showing visages and appearances of exotic demons in action. One of them suddenly pounced out and manifested outward. [Congrattions, you have summoned...] *** [A/N: Hellow everyone:] So I have a n to hold a very cool event regarding the new [Banner Pond] function of Gacha Room (It''s super fun, trust me xD), but before that cool event, we''ll hold a mini-event about this banner of Exotic Demons of Netherworld.] [The Mini-event is over.] join Discord for bettermunication-The Discord server''s address is in thements and below both. --https://discord.gg/a4JXSQBctd Chapter 44: Arrantel: Abyssal Demon of Depthless Gloom, New Crazy Function! Chapter 44: Arran''tel: Abyssal Demon of Depthless Gloom, New Crazy Function! ? [Congrattions! You have summoned Arran''tel, the Abyssal Demon of Depthless Gloom- Primeval-rank.] Aleron saw a shadow cast over him as a figure manifested from liquidy sparks of dark blue, ck, and dark green. ''Woah!'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled as he looked up and saw an entric figure forming three meters away from the balcony''s edge. The exotic aura soon shaped into a two-meter-tall humanoid figure with an octopus-like head, but his dark blue tentacles were formally settled around his neck as they faintly glowed with ck patterns. He wore a ck patterned blue suit, held a cane in his left hand, and had a pair of round sses on his beady dark green eyes that slowly opened. Upon looking at Aleron, he felt a whole life shing before his eyes before they settled on a particr emotion-gratefulness. That gratefulness turned into pure devotion towards this being before him that granted a new meaning to his lost existence. "My lord, Arran''tel is at your service." Aleron broadly grinned and nodded, "Wee to the family." ''Inspect!'' Aleron used his inspection skill and checked out Arran''tel''s status while asking, "So, what is your specialty, Tel?" [Arran''tel - Abyssal Demon of Depthless Gloom] __Speciality: Demonic Herald Nether Arts, Master of Depthless Gloom, Lord of Deep Blue, Abyssal Champion. |-Race: - [Exotic Demon] |-Bloodline: - [Netherite Abyssal Depthless Gloom] |-Lifeform Rank: - [Primeval] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Prime - 4] - [Agility: Prime - 3.5] [Stamina: Prime - 4] - [Health: Prime - 4.5] -Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: Prime - 4.5] [Mana Energy: Prime - 4.5] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Prime - 4.5] [Soul Force: Prime - 4.5] -Innate Talents: - [Abyssal Pawns, Depthless Evolution, Nether Gloom Tree.] ''So powerful!'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled. ''I wonder what kind of crazy things he can do?'' "My lord, I shall send you information on my special spells and capabilities, so you can make apt use of me," Arran''tel said with a smile, using his free hand to put it on his chest and bowing slightly as he arrived beside Aleron like a hazy dark blue-ish ck mist. In the next second, Aleron felt a familiar energy in a new way entering him with Arran''s intention, which he could clearly read. ''Soul Force!'' Aleron epted the information package as he learned of Arran''s capabilities. ''Damnnn! So he has a herald of demonic creatures that he had evolved based on his unique magic and bloodline....'' ''Such crazy spell...'' Aleron''s eyes lit up in brilliance as he got an idea. "Arran, I have a job for you. Can you investigate an ocean for me? Also, make a route to cross it as well." "Ocean is my territory. If you wish so, my lord, I can pour out an entire ocean if you want to build your territory on it or below it as well," Arran''tel lightlyughed and adjusted his ss, his eyes showing confidence and pride, "Investigating one is just a matter of time and no difficulty for me, my lord." "Great! Then let''s go out of this secret realm. I''ll show you that ocean," Aleron grinned. Arran''tel looked above at this secret realm''s sky and nodded before saying, "This world is also filled with mysteries in the ocean and inds. How about I send out one of my most capable subordinates to investigate the water around this ind?" Aleron weed that prospect with augh, "Awesome, do it." Arran''tel waved his cane, creating an abyssal whirlpool of strange dark water ten meters away in the sky. Aleron looked at it and saw a two-meter-long and three-meter-tall anglerfish, with a ghastly dark blue fishing pole projecting from its head two meters away that a hung dreamy blue-ish glowing orb. However, Aleron could only see the fishing pole briefly before it vanished and the glowing orb just ghastly hung two meters away from it. Its ten eyes of uneven size and strange sh and curvy patterns on its exotic body of dark blue and dark green colors only highlighted its terrorizing appearance. This fish actually floated in the air while having a strange wave of dim hazy ck waters below it, and arrived before Arran''tel while swimming on it. "What orders do you have for me, master?" "Scary but cool!" Aleron was amazed at this creature and inspected it with shiny eyes. [Insanguis] |-Lifeform Rank: - [Primeval] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Prime - 2.5] [Agility: Prime - 2.5] [Stamina: Prime - 2.5] - [Health: Prime - 2.5] |-Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: Prime - 3.5] - [Mana Energy: Prime - 3.5] |-Soul Status: [Soul Potency: Prime - 4] - [Soul Force: Prime - 4] |- Innate Talents: - [Madness Well, Sweet Bait, Comfort of Doom.] "Insanguis, tame all aquatic creatures around the ind and investigate the strange source of magic I am sensing near this ind in the depths." Insanguis nodded as its orb bulb lit up ghastly, "Understood, master." A secondter, the fish strangely dived into the magical water that was just several inches thick and vanished along with the water. But it appeared at the edge of the ind, right inside the ocean! "We can go now, my lord," Arran''tel said with a smile. "Boss!" Suddenly, the room''s door opened and Aleron saw Odar entering. ''This...'' Odar was startled upon seeing three dreamy bubbles, each holding a person inside. He recognized Darzax and Riki, but Enorin was a new one. "You recovered? Good," Aleron grinned as he looked at Odar. "Thanks to you, boss." Odar walked towards Aleron his gaze alsonded on Arran''tel and he gulped. Somehow, he felt that this being with an octopus-like head was the most scary and powerful being so far. "We are going outside, soe if you want to. I''m going to meet with Rias to tell her that everything is fine beforepleting some minor tasks I have in mind." Aleron already knew about everything from Enorin and he was grateful that Rias chose to believe him by telling Enorin and Darzax about Principal Kadita''s n. "It seems that many things happened while I was recovering in sleep," Odar wryly smiled while scratching his head. Aleron pointed his index finger at Odar and sent everything into Odar''s mind using his Soul Force, filling up the nks. Odar''s jaw dropped to the ground as he saw everything, from Aleron entering the academy, sparring briefly, and Ocean Wrath''s subjugation to the Akuma possessing Aleron and him winning. When he snapped out of his thought, he was already in the Lotusdawn Courtyard, inside the room where Aleron was previously resting. "Arran''tel, you can show off your aura subtly for the powerhouses to let them know your power," Aleron said with a grin. Arran''tel smiled and nodded, "Understood, my lord." He was a Primeval-rank powerhouse and someone who had lived for hundreds of years. Aleron told him briefly about his situation, and that was all he needed to know to serve his lord to the best of his ability. "Let''s chill here while Rias arrives," Aleron sat down on the sofa chair before taking out his m card. Rias, who was in contact with Selena to get awareness of the situation at the beach and forest suddenly saw herm card beeping with Aleron''s name and was surprised. [Rias: Selena, since everything is fine and stabilized, you all can return whenever you want to.] [Selena: Alright.] Rias quickly cut off the call and epted Aleron''s call. [Aleron: What''s up, Rias? I defeated that Akuma, so everything is fine now. I am in the courtyard and waiting for you. Come soon when you are free.] [Rias: Y-You...you won?] Rias''s heart skipped a beat before racing faster. ''He won?!'' [Aleron: of course, hahaha! Anyway, I am cutting off the call. Come here when you are free.] Aleron put away them card before putting his focus on the main dish as his eyes shone. He opened the Gacha Room and looked at the new function that unlocked-[ Banner Pond] ''I wonder what kind of function is this?'' Aleron opened it and was met with a bunch of sections and bars. Gachapi also appeared nearby as its voice echoed. [Gachapi: Master, this Banner Pond can allow you to create a Limited Banner of your choice with 10 summons. It costs 10k Gacha Points to create one, and you also need to buy its tickets, but by filling up those brackets to specify what kind of banner and summons you want from it, it will produce that banner.] Aleron was stunned into dizziness! Create a banner of his imagination?! For real?! This was crazy! ''Are you kidding me?!'' Gachapi tilted its head to the side. [Of course not, Master.] *** [A/N: Hehe, I''m sure you''ve understood what we can cook with this. Yes, we can cook limitlessly while I still weave the story for our exotic journey. Anyhow, I will create the first Limited Banner myself to show you its functionality, but for the next one, I shall allow one of you to cook it!] [I will announce when I will start this event, how to participate, and how to winter. For now, just enjoy the ride *wink*] Chapter 45: [Banner Pond], Wang Yueha Chapter 45: [Banner Pond], Wang Yueha ? [Banner Pond] -General Theme: <______> -Power Structure Type: < -Existence Theme: <_____> -World background Theme: <______> Aleron looked at this and was a bit confused. ''Gachapi, what do you write in those brackets?'' [Gachapi: You can simply tap on the banner pond and use your imagination on what you want. The data on brackets will fill up automatically. Unlike other banners, the summons of this banner will be pure and new in existence, be it items you want, new kinds of beings, unique beasts of your imagination, or anything you want.] ''Ohh!'' Aleron''s eyes shone. ''So it''s easy to use, eh? Alright, let''s do it.'' Aleron tapped on the Banner Pond and began cooking. ''I want someone other than a wielder of magic...'' ''Since I can create anything, then I am getting a lot of ideas. I wonder if I can imagine a world of various animes and get original characters?'' ''How about Power Rangers type characters? Damn, if I can elevate their power structure with my imagination to contend against these magical beings, it would be awesome too.'' ''Oh wait! I know what I want!'' Aleron grinned, ''Eastern fantasy immortals and martial artists! Xianxia and wuxia!'' ''Alright! Time to imagine and cook.'' Soon, the brackets started filling up. [Banner Pond] -General Theme: -Power Structure Type: -Existence Theme: -World background Theme: "Done, eh?" Aleron looked at the filled-up brackets as he finished cooking in his mind. [Gachapi: Yes, master. Do you want to spend 10k Gacha Points to create a Banner based on this?] Aleron replied affirmatively and eagerly waited as the pond started glowing. Soon, a mysterious rectangr wooden board with aesthetic calligraphy on it emerged from the pond. [Congrattions. A new limited Banner has been created: Yin-Yang Martial Convergence!] The banner settled in thest and 6th spots of the Banner slots and Aleron wasted no time in summoning from it. He didn''t get a free ticket with this, but the price was the ticket was 500 and he still had 80k Gacha Points! [Gachapi: The first summon won''t be of the best category, but you will at least get the best category of summon one or two times out of ten summons.] ''Got it.'' Spending 5000 Gacha points, Aleron bought 10 tickets for this Limited banner and initiated the first summon! From the whirlpool that depicted the wonders and aesthetics of xiania and wuxia, a figure emerged from and arrived in front of Aleron, causing the room temperature to go down several degrees as her presence established. [Congrattions! You have summoned Wang Yueha, the Azure Moonlit Lady.] Yueha''s eyes appeared confused after the initial indifference coldness, but the mysterious bond she shared with Aleron was reeling prominently in her, telling her that he was the meaning behind her existence. "Woah, so you beautiful!" Aleron''s eyes widened and sparkled as he looked at this otherworldly beautiful woman. Her figure was covered in a white-blue hanfu with beautiful blue patterns. Despite being fully covered, it was in to see that her figure was perfectly shapely, her skin peach pale with highlights of her running blood, especially on her white cheeks which had faint hints of red. Her gorgeous ck hair calmly rested behind her as the beautiful jade pin held them in a pretty hairstyle while leaving two locks of hair flowing down from each side of her head, which only increased the purity of her appearance. Wang Yueha couldn''t help but blush upon hearing Aleron''s words and put her head down as she spoke, "Thank you for thepliment." ''A strange power source...'' Arran''tel was surprised. He had never seen a power source like thisdy had, but he still felt a subtle threat from her. Meanwhile, Aleron also inspected her and was surprised. [Wang Yueha] __Speciality: Nine-Mystic Moonlit Cultivation Technique, Divine Frostveil Physique, Alchemist Lord. |-Race: - [Human] I-Bloodline: [Moonlit Frostveil Spirit Fairy] |-Lifeform Rank/Stage: - [Primeval]/[ Spirit Qi Lord ] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Prime - 4.5] [Agility: Prime - 4.5] [Stamina: Prime - 4.5] [Health: Prime - 4.5] |-Qi Status: [Qi Core: Prime - 4.5] - [ Qi Sea: Prime - 4.5] |-Soul Status: [Soul Potency: Prime - 4] [Soul Force: Prime - 3.5] |-Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: 0] [Mana: 0 ] -Innate Talents: - [Celestial Reverie Eyes, Veil of Azure Moon, Lunar Crescent Martial Spirit] "Wow, so you must have a bunch of cultivation methods and techniques, right?" Aleron asked with shining eyes. Wang Yueha slowly nodded while looking at Aleron''s excited eyes, affected by his enthusiasm and smiling. "I do have them, master." "Awesome," Alerong said with augh. "I want to learn from youter." Suddenly, Wang Yueha and Arran''tel looked at the door of the room before Rias burst inside by opening, her eyes looking for Aleron which she quickly found among some strangers. "Ale..." ''He really won against the Akuma...'' "Yes," Aleron grinned and nodded. "I ampletely fine and way better than before, with two additional family members in my journey, hahaha" Wang Yueha''s eyes shed as she looked at Rias and felt a subtle prick. ''It seems that she likes Master Aleron.'' ''Calling him by nickname means they are close too, I guess.'' "Come, let me introduce you two to her." As such, Rias spent the next five minutes absorbing some more shocking facts and digesting them, causing Aleron to look more mysterious in her eyes. "Arran, can you move us speedily to the ocean in the north?" Aleron asked. "Alright," Arran''tel nodded and tapped his cane on the room''s floor before everyone suddenly saw the scenery around them changing, finding themselves in a mysterious sparkling water bubble with dark blue and blue waters outside it. "This...what kind of power is this?!" Wang Yueha was shocked. "This is a different world, Yue," Aleron said with a chuckle. "You are using Qi as your power source, but people use Magic and mana." "Wow..." Yueha''s eyes sparkled further as she could sense the movement of space that Arran''tel disced using his power, which was rted to water but also something else. ''I can''t understand this...'' In the next second, the bubble plopped and the group found themselves standing above the waters near the Starlit Ocean''s shore! "So this is the ocean I need to investigate? Interesting," Arran''tel nodded as he looked at the horizon that stretched this ocean far and wide. "I sense monsters of Primeval-rank and some other strange things far away in the depth." "Primeval-rank?!" Aleron was startled. "Will this trouble you?" Arran''tel chuckled lightly and shook his head, "Worry not, my lord. It is only a matter of time before I make this ocean into my territory. Rest assured and give me several days." "I shall clear all obstacles and make crossing this ocean into an entertaining journey for you, my lord." Rias and Odar watched with dumbfounded expression upon hearing that statement. "I''ll protect Master while you are away," Wang Yueha arrived behind Aleron and put her hands over his shoulders before crossing them on his chest and smiling, "He also wants to learn Qi cultivation and I want to learn Magic." ''Oh my god!'' Aleron internally screamed at how soft and pushy her bosom felt when she wrapped her arms like that. "Cough, then we all can go to the Longinus Academy," Rias said as she adopted a professional smile. "Miss Yueha, you can also learn there since Aleron wanted to learn magic there." "Good idea, we can all go there," Aleron said with augh. "But before that, I want to visit all the libraries of Magic you have in your pce, Rias." "Of course," Rias happily smiled. Arran''tel looked at the group as he couldn''t help but smile at their reactions. ''Lord is in for some fun or burn, hahaha.'' "Alright, I shall take my leave and begin my work. I am sending you all back to the room," Arran''tel lightly mmed his cane on the water before everyone except him was enveloped in a big bubble again and arrived back in the room. "Alright, let''s go," Aleron said with a grin before he remembered something and turned to Rias, "Rias, tell me who knows about my Akuma situation that everything is alright and Akuma is no more lest they continue to worry." "Actually...I already told two people who knew about this," Rias said with some hesitance. "My father told me to bring you to the pce to meet you." "The emperor? Haha, alright. Let''s go and meet him." ''I''ll use those summoning ticketster. As for 75k Gacha Points that I still have...going with Gachapi''s suggestion is best, so I''ll go with it.'' Chapter 46: Arranging a Deal Chapter 46: Arranging a Deal ? Aleron, Yueha, and Rias went to the Royal Pce to meet with the Emperor while Odar returned to the secret realms since the Epic-rank pills to increase stats were ready. Entering the Royal Pce, Rias led Aleron and Yueha to a garden at the back where the Emperor and Empress of Longinus Empire were having tea. As Aleron, Yueha, and Rias entered the garden, the duo looked at them out of curiosity. ''White hair with some strands of ck at the side? That anomaly aside, he doesn''t look that impressive,'' Emperor Longinus thought upon seeing Aleorn, but the moment his eyesid on Wang Yueha, he almost dropped the teacup from his hand. ''Who is this otherworldlydy?'' "Ahem..." He immediately looked ahead at his wife and smiled, "Hmm?" "She is a Primeval-rank ording to her physical aura," Empress Longinus rolled her eyes and spoke under her breath, "Either die at her hands or at my hands." Emperor Longinus frowned, "Come on, I just nced at her and was surprised." Rias was walking ahead, so she arrived first and gestured with her hand at Aleron and Yueha while smiling, "Please sit." The table was big enough for all of them. However, Yueha didn''t sit and just stood behind the chair where Aleron sat, "I am fine here." "It''s okay, Yue. Sit here," Aleron chuckled. "If you say so, Master," Yueha nodded with her usual faint smile. ''Master?!'' Emperor and Empress Longinus were shocked, and it was clearly visible in their eyes. At the moment, they understood why Rias refused to borate on their background. A Primeval-rank calling an Epic-rank their Master was something they never thought they would witness. ''I guess they understand now,'' Rias internally chuckled looking at her parents, who also nced at her and understood. ''Yes, don''t mess with them.'' The meeting wasn''t anything serious or stiff. Aleron greeted them and talked without being overly formal since he didn''t want to behave like someone he wasn''t. However, he still had one thing in mind and he wanted toy it out. "Ahem, so does your empire have Beastfolk ves?" Rias was surprised at this question. Although they had both beastfolk and human ves, she didn''t particrly like to enve them just because they were beastfolk. However, the market of ves was run by people. Due to the conflict between Longinus and the Nightwing empire, the affiliated adventurers fought at each other''s territory and if they encountered viges or settlements of humans, they would bring them back as ves. People of the Longinus empire would bring humans of the Nightwing Empire as their ves and vice-versa. "Yes, of course," Emperor Longinus nodded while caressing his head. "Do you want some beastfolk ves?" Aleron''s expression was in at the moment, but he was contemting internally, ''What do I say to dispose of their idea of ving innocents?'' He wasn''t against ving as a whole. People whomit crimes must ve away their lives for atonement, but ving people just because of their race? Just because they were from another ce? It didn''t settle well with Aleron and he wanted to change it. He had understood the power structure of the Empire by now, so he also knew that he was powerful. Longinus Empire didn''t have any powerhouses of Primeval-rank, but he had two! Of course, he knew he wouldn''t be able to bring change this massive overnight, but he wanted to get started on it. "I''ll be frank with you," Aleron said with a smile. "The idea of ving innocent people is very repulsive to me." "You want to free Beastfolks?" Empress Longinus raised her eyebrows. "Yes," Aleron nodded. "If we free them, they will still bear hatred against us for enving them and will attack us," Emperor Longinus said with a frown. "And then we will either kill and capture them again. What''s the point of increasing efforts?" "Give me all of your enved beastfolks," Aleron said with a smile. "I want every one of them, even those that are sold to people of your empire." Everyone was stunned, except for Yueha who calmly sipped the tea and subtly nodded. Emperor Longinus looked at Aleron''s eyes and rubbed his beard. A secondter, he said, "About over two hundred years ago, we only enved general criminals and natives of the Nightwing Empire due to our conflicts." "But Nightwing Empire started enving all beastfolks, even those who had peacefully settled down in this continent as their new home." The emperor continued, "They imposed thisw everywhere, and my grandfather also partook in this because Beastfolks were essentially our enemies who invaded us and wreaked much havoc." Aleron frowned, "And by now, humans think it''s natural to enve them and treat them as objects. I don''t care what has been happening before, but I will change this." "For my peace and my contentment," Aleron''s eyes had turned sharp as he continued, "Please gather up all beastfolks in your territory. I know it is too much to ask for free, so I will give you a gift and a promise." "The promise is that I will go into the ruins of Azure Shard Moon with Rias ande out on top, above everyone else for your Empire''s progress." The royal trio was startled, but the confidence Aleron oozed out was something they couldn''t ignore based on just a single achievement that he had shown to them. Preventing the Akuma from possessing him and defeating him, who could be a nightmare to all of them! "And the gift is...I haven''t thought about it yet, but it will be something good," Aleron smiled and took out a bow wrapped in a coating of Magilore as it floated at the center of the table. Echostorm Starwink Bow-a Peak Primeval-rank Weapon! "It will be something on this level." Emperor and Empress Longinus looked at the bow with shock filling their eyes. They couldn''t notice Magilore, masked as Mana on the surface, with their attention on the bow that oozed its Primeval aura. "T-This...this is a Primeva-rank weapon," Rias stuttered, her eyes flickering. "It''s more powerful than our treasured Primeval-rank Gauntlets!" Aleron waved his hand and put it back into his system inventory, which also surprised them because Aleron didn''t have any bangle or ring to indicate that he had a storage item. "Alright. I''ll round up every single Beastfolk in Longinus Empire and the kingdoms in our jurisdiction," Longinus Emperor nodded with a smile. "I don''t know how long it will take, but as soon as it''s done, I will contact you directly." "Rias, give him mym card''s number." Chapter 47: The Situation of Starlit Ocean, Onwards to Ancient Lightdusk Academy Chapter 47: The Situation of Starlit Ocean, Onwards to Ancient Lightdusk Academy ? After the meeting was done, Rias took Aleron to the Royal Library which not everyone could ess. Aleron sat at the table while Rias also decided to practice her Bloodline''s sorcery scroll in the library. However, she was soon dumbfounded. "This..." At the table where they sat, the books arrived from the shelves just for Aleron to touch each book or scroll for a second before flying back! "Interesting," Aleron raised his eyebrows while his eyes faintly flickered deep within, indicating the knowledge he was absorbing. "The general arcane knowledge you have in this library is high." "So many theorized and experimented branches of each topic and element..." Yueha was also roaming in the library, but even she was stunned. ''Master is amazing...he is really learning everything this fast.'' ... Meanwhile, Arran''tel arrived at the Starlit Ocean''s crux, the giant city beneath it. Thousands of kilometers away from the Lightdusk continent, and 500 kilometers deep in the ocean, Arran''tel sat on a fancy yet eldritch-like turtle as his mount. "Stop for a bit, Mathur," Arran''tel spoke. "Master, the aura ahead smells troublesome," the eldritch turtle spoke as its swamp-green eyes glowed. "Mhmm," Arran'' tel nodded. "Let''s wait a bit." The city was still below and he could see it, but there was a barrier around it and the barrier was connected to a powerful being. Indeed, it didn''t take long for a pair of eyes to approach them. This pair of eyes was cyan-blue with a hint of dark blue patterns in its pupil. The distance between these two eyes was 100 meters, indicating that just the head was over 100 meters wide! However, the distance between the eyes shrunk as whatever creature it was turned smaller while approaching Arran''tel. As it neared them and light reflected on its face, Arran''tel saw that it had draconic features mixed in with whiskers and a long nose head. ''A leviathan? Judging by its features, it''s a mutated leviathan.'' Leviathans were generally giant water serpents, but this one had the blood of dragons in it, mutating in a more powerful way. The aura it oozed out was a bonafide Primeval-rank one, in the upper stages of it! "Who are you?" asked the Leviathan as its head floated twenty meters away from Arran''tel. It also used its soul power and spell to inspect Arran''tel, but even without it, a deep-rooted fear started surfacing from it. Arran''tel tapped his cane on the turtle without saying anything. The turtle swam forward, crossing 10 meters of distance while also arching upward such that Arran''tel''s gaze bore onto the leviathan from above. "I am Rotchistar," the leviathan spoke, its eyes slightly trembling. "My master is the Beast Emperess Larshya." Arran''tel didn''t say anything in response. However, Rotchistar still felt a gut-wrenching feeling from Arran''tel. Despite being on Primeval-rank and having this sea as its territory, Rotchistar felt inferior and submissive from the depths of his wildest instincts. The strange being that was neither a human nor a beastfolk, but something otherworldly entirely...demanded respect and submission from him. Rotchistar understood this and this understanding was getting pierced into its eyes and bones with just Arran''tel''s gaze. And at this moment, the final understanding dawned on him. He was no longer the master of this Starlit Ocean and he was given two options-either get devoured by this abyss or take sanctuary under it. Rotchistar closed its eyes before its massive body that spanned over a kilometer in length, which was previously longer, shrunk again. It shrunk until it was just a 5-meter-long cute mutated snake with four arms and four strange wing-like additions. "Leviathan Rotchistar bows to the master." Arran''tel nodded with a faint smile as his tentacle beard slightly shone, and he tapped his cane on the leviathan''s head. "Do you want to receive Depthless Evolution right now or later?" "Before that, may I ask what you are going to do in the city?" Rotchistar asked. Arran''tel looked below at the city covered in the barrier and fell into thought. "Whose city is it, and why are they living here?" Arran''tel could see that the beastfolks living in the city were all aquatic-type humanoid beasts. "The city is governed by Beast Lord Fresin, appointed by the Beast Emperor Raghara. They are living peacefully, but as per the Emperor''s orders, if someone tries to cross the ocean from the Lightdusk continent, they must stop them." "Oh, and they need to invoke Ocean Wrath to send beasts to the Lightdusk continent periodically." Arran''tel raised his eyebrows, ''So that''s how it is, eh? But I should get the lord''s input on what to do. For now, I''ll iste this city and cut their connection outward.'' "Rotch, adjust your barrier to prevent them frommunicating outward." Rotchistar''s eyes flickered, "Beast Lord will sense it. If you want to iste the city, we need to kill it. I am not powerful enough to kill him." Arran''tel chuckled, "Alright, bring me to him. I''ll deal with the so-called Beast Lord." ... Northern Star Continent, Beast Empire Raventa. "What?!" Beast Empress eximed, her aura destroying some furniture and blowing away the Beastfolk cats and bunnies who were trimming her nails and her hair. "W-What happened, Empress? Did we make any mistake?" Beast Empress''s white tiger ears with ck stripes twitched and she shook her head while she mumbled, "Rotchistar broke the contract. Why? What happened?" In the next second, she vanished from the garden. - Aleron spent two hours and absorbed all magic-rted knowledge from the library. "Rias, I still haven''t read books in your Empire''s academy. Let''s go there." "Actually, you don''t need to read there because the knowledge there mainlyes from this library," Rias smiled. "Oh, then it''s time to go to the Light dusk Academy," Aleron grinned. Rias smiled and nodded, "Alright. By the way, you''ll have to take the entrance exam like others if you want entry inside." "Of course, haha. I am eager for that." ''That academy is the oldest ce on this continent,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted with excitement. ''It must have so many secrets.'' ''Since I have unlimited Magilore, then I also want to utilize this aspect to fully and get powerful, irrespective of my life-form rank, humu!'' Aleron nodded to himself in anticipation. Chapter 48: Journey in The Carriage Chapter 48: Journey in The Carriage ? "No, we are not going with teleport," Aleron vehemently shook his head, his expression almost like a pout. "We are going by the road, no matter how many days it takes. I want to look at this world more closely and see how it is." "Ah, I remember! Alright, I got an idea then," Rias grinned. Yueha nodded. ''I am also curious.'' She had memories of her learning and cultivating her powers at some mountains, fighting monsters, and such, but she didn''t have memories of any person in her mind. However, she was a powerhouse with an elevated existence, and her soul gave her a clear understanding that she was created with some kind of otherworldly power. She had a heart, she had feelings, with one of them being loyal to Aleron because she was living and experiencing life solely because of him. ... At the Dawnstone mountain''s base, a luxurious magic carriage that looked normal-sized from the outside, but had a room-sized space inside stood at the city''s gate. Aleron, Rias, and Yueha sat inside the carriage before it rode off on the roads. Inside, Rias, Aleron, and Yueha sat on the couches. Yueha sat beside Aleron, while Rias sat in front of the duo with a table between them. Rias waved her hand and put a map on the table. "We are here at the moment. The distance to Lightdusk Academy is 3466 kilometers, so we obviously won''t go in this carriage all the way. We''ll have to take Airships, but don''t worry," Rias smiled and continued. "I''ll show you the best things, and make sure you enjoy this journey." Aleron''s eyes sparkled, "Nice. Add in some forbidden zones or some secret ces to route if there are any." "Forbidden zones?" Rias was speechless. Aleron grinned and nodded, "Yeah, like some ces that are very dangerous because of strange magic or something." ''I got Magilore''s unique trait and my talent, so no zones are forbidden or secrets for me because all the phenomena of magic exist for me to devour them, haha.'' Aleron really wanted to go to some mysterious ces like he had read in those books. "Well, there are two prominent secret danger zones on our route, but if I have to say a truly forbidden one...then there''s one that nobody is allowed to go," Rias said as she remembered the famous forbidden zone. "Oh? A truly forbidden one, eh?" Yueha raised her eyebrows, picking up her ears as she also got curious. "Mhmm, this forbidden zone is actually said to be restricted by the goddess herself, and even then, there are some ancient guards that prevent people from going there." "You remember the Beast Emperor of 500 years ago?" Aleron quickly nodded, curious about the background of this ce. "That Beast Emperor actually wanted to go there. The goddess can''t directly interfere in our affairs, but Lightdusk Academy and the empires fought and beat them back." "ording to the Central Goddess Church''s holy texts, the goddess had sealed something very dangerous there that if it was broken, it would destroy the whole world." "Alright!" Aleron pped his thigh. "We will go there." "....." Yueha looked at Aleron and merrily chuckled at his expression. ''Master Aleron is so cute when he is excited.'' Meanwhile, Rias was speechless. "I just told you, we can''t go there." "Hehe, don''t worry. We will go there, but not anytime soon. I''ll just have to get more powerful and learn more about this world before going there." "As powerful as Goddess?" Rias rolled her eyes. "Nah," Aleron shook his head and grinned. "More powerful than other." Riasughed. "You can''t be serious." "Why?" Aleron blinked. "I don''t know your goddess, I don''t know this world. But I know that I''ll get more powerful than her." "I don''t know when or how, I just know I will, as long as I live," Aleron grinned. Rias wryly smiled, "I''ve seen people who strive to reach their goal and hold determined with the intention to reach there by giving their all, but you...you are speaking with such confidence as if it''s just a matter of time." "What to say?" Aleron shrugged and grinned. "It is indeed just a matter of time." Suddenly, Aleron remembered about this n and said, "Anyway, I''ll be going away for a bit. Don''t get shocked or panic." "What do you mean?" Rias asked with confusion, but before she could finish her question, Aleron vanished from his spot with a faint ripple of circr energy waves that briefly appeared behind him. "Don''t worry," Yueha said with a nod. Rias nodded with a wry smile. "So...Miss Yueha, where are you from?" Yueha shook her head. "I don''t have any memories. You can say that Master Aleron gave me this life from when I was nothing and I exist because of him." Rias was startled. ''He saved her and she started serving him....Maybe he saved her when she was at her lowest and had nothing.'' ''Wait, she is a Primeval-rank powerhouse. If Ale saved her when she was nothing, then how did she be this powerful fast while Ale is just Epic-rank?'' Rias''s head felt like it would explode if she tried to think more about this, so she stopped. ''Whatever.'' "By the way, how do you store mana inside you?" Yueha asked as she controlled Mana on her palm. "I am able to control Mana from the atmosphere, but I don''t have magic power." "What?!" Rias was dumbfounded. Yueha waved her hand as an orb of Spirit Qi appeared on her palm, "This faint red-orange aura is Spirit Qi. I use this for my techniques." Rias was shocked and amazed, ''I''ve never seen this kind of energy, but it also feels so powerful...it''s giving me the same pressure as a primeval-rank powerhouse''s potent mana.'' "How do you cultivate this Spirit Qi energy?" Rias asked while she also created an orb of Mana. "For us, we have an Arcane source in usposed of an orb and a pool." "Spirit Qi is corrted to my body," Yueha smiled. "In my body, there''s an ethereal ce called Origin Source where we store the Qi Sea and Qi Core." "Oh...sounds simr to the Source space where the sources of our powers take root," Rias nodded with a smile. Yueha nodded, "Yes, but unlike how you store Mana, there are meridians in my body. I absorb spirit energy from spirit-energy-based resources through these meridians to strengthen my Qi core and expand my Qi Sea." "Ohh, interesting," Rias was amazed. "We can give special power to our Qi based on the cultivation method we practice," Yueha smiled as the Qi orb on her palm turned dark blue frosty, causing the temperature to drop several degrees. Yueha absorbed the orb back swiftly since it would spell trouble otherwise. "This world is filled with magic, but from my knowledge, it was supposed to be filled with spirit energy," Yueha wryly smiled. "So I don''t know if there are resources based on Spirit Qi here that can let me cultivate." "Hmm, how about this?" Rias took out an SSS-grade Magic Stone. Yueha looked at the Magic Stone and her eyes widened, "There''s an abundance of spirit qi inside! That too of a pure quality!" "Really?!" Rias''s eyes sparkled. "I knew that Magic Stones were not made of pure magic, haha." "Mhmm, I can sense Mana too," Yueha nodded. "But it''s strange. It''s like both Spirit Qi and Mana arebined in pure form." "Maybe that''s why Magic Stones have the power to turn its energy into anything," Rias smiled and infused fire energy inside after consuming some Mana. The Magic Stonepletely turned into a Fire Stone with fire-attributed energy. "Spirit Qi disappeared," Yueha nodded. "It turned into Fire energy. It is the same as when I make fire energy with Spirit Qi." ''So the end result of transforming an energy into an elemental attribute is the same, though its minor aspects and further empowerment depend on the user''s mastery...interesting,'' Yueha''s eyes shone. "You give it a try," Rias gave an SSS-grade Magic stone to Yueha before weakly smiling. "By the way, these stones are very important, so don''t mistakenly break them by infusing too much power." "You just have to infuse a tiny bit of your affiliated energy to transform the Magic Stone." Yueha grabbed the stone and infused a bit of her Frost Qi. In the next second, the Magic Stone transformed into an Ice Stone, filled with ice energy! Suddenly, Aleron arrived in the carriage out of nowhere beside Yueha and eximed upon seeing the sparkling icy stone. "Cool!" Pun intended. Aleron rubbed his arms, "It''s freezing even though I just reached the peak of Epic rank. What is this stone?" Aleron went to the necropolis to eat those epic-rank pills to increase his physical and magic stats to the peak of Epic-rank, making them all reach 5000, but this ice stone was still so cold. He swiftly created a coating of Magilore around his body, nullifying the cold with constant minor consumption of Magilore. "It''s an Ice Stone turned from a Magic Stone," Rias said with a chuckle. Yueha gave the orb to Rias as it floated towards her, "Put it away." Afterward, Yueha and Rias told Aleron about their discoveries and the trio soon started discussing more about it. After an hour of riding the carriage, they were passing through a forest road. It was a rather dangerous area, but Rias purposefully chose this route since Aleron wanted to fight. And the fight arrived sooner than expected because a bunch of powerful monstrous auras soon approached the carriage. Chapter 49: Magilore Armor, Action Chapter 49: Magilore Armor, Action ? "Time for some action, but only for me," Aleron said. "I will handle it myself." He left the carriage and immediately saw a legendary-rank Infernal Chain Rhino rushing at the carriage. ''Flow it steadily and shape it just as I designed and imagined it.'' Aleron''s body was fluidly wrapped in concentrated Magilore that looked like a beautifulpis blue translucent humanoid armor enveloping him, appearing like a golem with Aleron in the center. The iing powerful Infernal chain Rhino wasing while burning the trees and suddenly glowed fiercely as if it used some skills, shooting at Aleron like a raging rocket with its horn and chains around its horn and neck shining more intensely. In the next half a second, its horn was just half a meter away from Aleron. This Legendary-rank Infernal Chain Rhino had stats around 7-9k while Aleron''s stats were at 5k, at the peak of Epic-rank. This Rhino had used the special and most deadly skill it usually uses to hunt its target, giving it a sudden burst of speed prior to its deadly attack. No other random Legendary rank, even if it had higher stats than this Rhino, would be able to dodge this attack easily and if it was stuck, the result was always instant death. Moreover, it had a Legendary-rank Bloodline, meaning that this Rhino was born from Exceed-rank Rhinoes. All monsters below Exceed-rank who had a Bloodline were either rarely mutated by nature or had Exceed-rank parents who spread their seeds by mating everywhere. Since it was a Legendary-rank monster with the same rank as Bloodline, it was the direct descendent-one of the overlords of this forest. People would either run or distract it and then run, but 99% of people wouldn''t take this route for travel. That was how powerful this Infernal Chain Rhino and the other four Auras that were approaching the carriage were. However, Aleron''s face had a grin stretched on it and its fist was already at its head. When Rhino''s horn neared half an inch, Aleron''s thick fist enveloped in this concentrated Magilore stuck the Rhino''s head, below its horn. ''Smash.'' Since his control of Magilore was wless, his speed of swinging the fist far surpassed the speed of swinging his fist by solely using his physical body, which was why he wasn''t controlling his physical body, but this Magilore Armor that was attached to his body. *Booom!* The moment his fist struck, Aleron''s first sequence skill activated: Mirco-scatter. A jarring sound burst out along with an intense shockwave to all sides. It was as if a thick gale of wind was moving in a linear direction at the speed of several kilometers per second! It far surpassed the speed of sound and these speedy de-like thin wind waves that shot out of Aleron''s fist-Micro-scatter as he called it, utterly destroyed the Rhino as not even its bones remained. Everything turned powder except for its core, which Aleron prevented from getting destroyed. ''Damn, I just utilized wind sybus''s simple skill and this Magilore Armor boosted it to this extent!'' "More areing," Rias came out of the carriage and stood beside him. In her hand was an incense that she had lightened five minutes ago when they entered the forest. Yueha also arrived and stood beside Rias as she looked at the incense. "How long will thisst?" "Ten minutes." Aleronughed, "Great. I''ll go and have some fun." ''I''ll try the new elemental sybuses Iprehended,'' Aleron grinned and vanished from his spot, arriving a hundred meters away, not with force but with a fluid transposition of wind. Just like how wind would flow around the woods and obstacles to move forward, Aleron gracefully passed through the wood silently and saw an Amirite Silverback Kong with four arms dark silver-ted body rushing in his direction. ''Nope, I am not gonna wait for you,'' Aleron stretched his hand forward before a ck orb with purple mes whirling inside conjured and dropped into his shadow, right before emerging out of the Kong''s shadow and striking its balls. Fortunately, it didn''t feel any pain because it already turned into ash in the next second, not even leaving only its monster core. ''Hmm, that''s not ideal. I gotta adjust the output of Magilore in my attacks enough that it destroys them but not their core.'' Aleron''s eyes shed as he vanished from his spot again and appeared near the carriage as a ck jaguar-like beast with glowing yellow spots was approaching the carriage. *Crack...* Aleron''s body was making crackling sounds since it was greatly exerted with him going beyond its limit. But this was a good way to stabilize the rapid growth of power his body just had. Aleron felt a sweet pain and he liked it as his eyes slightly rolled upward while his fist squarely struck the jaguar. *Boom!* Micro-Scatter! The monster vanished, leaving only its core that Aleron sent into his system inventory. "More," Aleron grinned as he swiftly captured more aura and activated his Ocr-skill that he upgraded after reading books in Royal Pce''s library. ''I''ll add an addition that measures a monster''s toughness from its stats and powers based on a rough estimate. This way, I can instantly adjust my output after ncing at the monster.'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as his Magilore Armor suddenly oozed out a huge umbre of sand thatpacted together above him and the carriage. From above, a two-head Dark me Vulture of legendary-rank had released a powerful offensive attack of two ck-colored me orbs with a bunch of high magic sybuses from its two heads. The sand umbre that Aleron made turned strangely sleek with golden patterns a moment before those attacks struck it. *Booom!* *Booom!* Not even a spec of ck wisp remained on it. Those two attacks werepletely nullified. *Hitrssss* The two-headed vulture released a raspy hissing but before it could do anything further, a ck spear with purple me patterns struck it. *Swoosh* The wind rustled and took along its ashes while the monster core fell before Aleron, having sessfully controlled his output this time. "Yes!" Aleron grinned. ''This Purple Ruin Sybus is quite powerful,bining aspects of me Sybus, Water Sybus, and Darkness Sybus to create this destructive energy.'' He had learned it in the Royal Pce''s library and decided to try it. Naturally, Rias was watching all of this and she was utterly dumbfounded upon seeing Purple Ruin in action twice. ''H-He really learned it.'' Chapter 50: One of the Big Five, The Darkness Beneath Lively Colors Chapter 50: One of the Big Five, The Darkness Beneath Lively Colors ? Aleron fought against many monsters, though he killed all of them with one-shot attacks. However, he still exercised his magic and physical body to the fullest in his way to consolidate his foundation. Once he finished with that, Aleron rxed and just waited for his Legendary Awakening, which would eventuallye to him as he believed. For other people, they had to trigger their Legendary Awakening by establishing a Legend of themselves within their mind, which would then take shape into some form of power. People usually triggered their Legendary Awakening by achieving a notable feat. But it was basically the synthesis of one''s desire, ambition, wish, or whatever like that which they firmly came to believe they would fulfill. Leaving the forest, the Roxen continued the carriage for three hours before the group finally arrived at a major city. On the way, Aleron learned about the big forces of the world and that their next destination was a ce belonging to one of them. Nailzim City. This city was even bigger than the capital cities of Longinus and the Nightwing empires. It spanned massively 17,430-kilometer square in area. This city was a stand-alone ruler of its own, under no Kingdom or Empire. But a single force still ruled it-the Aurspec n. Of course, it ruled the city, but there were still other yers in it, and just like every big ce, it had its fair share of ups and downs, darkness and light, dirtiness and dustiness. Entering this city meant entering a new world and Aleron was thrilled to arrive here just by looking at the city''s outward appearance. The massive buildings, lots of flying exotic vehicles, structures, floating balloons, screens, and even nature were mixed along with the magic, which was applied just as advanced as in the Longinus Empire''s capital city, but it looked more prominent here. "There''s a lot to see in this city, so we''ll stay here until you are satisfied, okay?" Rias said with a smile. "Good idea, haha." "First, we will get out of the carriage and put it away," Rias said as she got out while Aleron and Yueha followed. They were at the entry area of the city which only had a limited amount of buildings, but more empty spaces where they could see airships parking, and transportation systems to get into the city like trains, flying cars, flying mattresses, and such. "The roads in this city are only for pedestrians and shops. For people who want to travel fast, they can fly at a distance of 50 meters off the ground. For vehicles, they must fly 100 meters above the ground." "Cool," Aleron''s eyes sparkled and he zoomed in to see the city''s various parts visible to him, ''everything is structured so properly, but I can''t even see the whole of the city yet. ''It must be so massive.'' "Nice," Yueha nodded, also slightly eager to fill colors in her nk life upon seeing this city and feeling its liveliness. Rias put away the carriage inside her storage ring after paying the city entry fee to the guard. "So what do you want to do first, Ale?" Roxen asked with a smile. "Hmmm... It''s only a bit over 2 PM, so the first thing we should do is to eat some good food," Aleron grinned. "Let''s go to some fancy and good eating ce in this city. I want to eat delicious stuff." Rias chuckled and said, "There are many such ces, but I''ll take you to the best one." Powerhouses wouldn''t get hungry easily, but many still ate daily just to enjoy the food-it was one of the pleasures of life. Moreover, the food made using Mystic Cooking was more tasty and also beneficial. ... Golden Nectar House. This restaurant was built through a giant tree 378 meters tall with a trunk that was 16 meters in radius. It was massive, to say the least, but it looked magnificent with an exotic pavilion on its various branches and a fancy magic-leaf elevator to go on each floor. The ground three floors catered to casual dining and above these three floors was a big kitchen that took three floors to itself. Above the kitchen floors was the main luxurious section-VIP floors. Arriving at the grand reception hall, the group walked towards one of the tables as a staff led them. "A Tier-3 VIP dining pavilion, " Roxen said as she took out a small pouch and put it on the desk. Thedy wearing the mid-skirt uniform smiled and nodded as she took the pouch and opened it. "How much it cost?" Aleron curiously asked. "Tier-3 VIP dining pavilion is the most expensive and it costs 1000 SSS-grade Magic stones," Rias smiled. "Food is free to a certain extent, but it would only cost more if many people are going at once." "I see," Aleron nodded. ''I wonder how many SSS-grade Magic Stones would gather by farming those Arcane Veins on the ind?'' Soon, the group rode on a speedy-moving magic leaf elevator that moved up while traveling around the trunk like a snake. Their Tier-3 VIP pavilion was at the 300-meter mark on the tree, one of the top floors. These fancy open Tier-3 dining pavilions only numbered 5 in total, and they were on thest floors of the trees. A branch across from theirs was another branch that had a tier-3 VIP pavilion on it and was filled with a group of ten, all young people looking in theirte teens to early twenties. One of the girls who had worn a ck dress with dark pink embroidery and had twin pink ponytails looked at Rias, Roxen, Yueha, and Aleron walking into that pavilion. She rubbed her eyes and blinked, "Is that Princess Rias?" "Rias?" the young man beside her asked as he raised his eyebrows. He had ck hair and golden eyes with light brown skin and appeared handsome. He was none other than a member of the Aurspec n-Luthen Aurspec, and also the sponsor of this party for his peers of the Lightdusk academy who were here to visit the city. "She is really Rias," Luthen nodded as he used a skill to observe properly. "Let''s finish eating first, Dolly. We''ll make contactter." Dolly, the pink twin ponytails girl nodded with a smile, "I wonder what is she doing here? I see some unfamiliar people with her." "Hey, what are you two talking about? Come on, enjoy this dish. Freaking tasty." "Nothing, just got a new surprise for uster," Luthen smiled. ... Buried in the gaps of lively colors adorning this city, therey some spots of darkness that thrived on others'' misery. Rich and poor, powerful and weak...bound by circumstances and sections. But for personal gains, no matter what status or circumstance, people could make other people suffer. As they say, one''s happiness was another''s suffering. But the whiff of the dark stinks in this city was about to reach someone...someone who could ce his heart on his sleeve and act for what he thought was right. "Boss, we could only capture 13 tonight. One virgin boy under 16 is missing to fill the list." "Find it in one hour or your head will roll off. Capture someone from ghettos. Look for one behind the Golden Nectar." Hurried footsteps echoed before vanishing, leaving only one man looking in histe thirties with a creamy robe adorned in the dimly lit room. He was bald but had a tattoo of a dragon head on his head. "Some sacrifice is necessary for development. If I can get this deal by giving up some unknown brats, it''s well worth it." *Ding* Suddenly, hism card rang and he frowned upon seeing the person who called him. [Aurspec n Head] "Father is calling me?" the bald guy leaned back in the chair and started tapping his head. After three seconds, he epted the call. [Melkern Aurspec: Where are you, Reikern?] [Reikern Aurspec: I''m a bit busy. Am I needed for anything?] [Melkern Aurspec: There''s an unrest in the East Hill area. Enforcers are busy and our n''s capable members are not avable, so go and check it out. Nobody should be harmed.] [Reikern Aurspec: Understood.] *Bang!* Reikern smashed his fist on the table after cutting the call, his face ugly, "Did the old man catch onto what I am doing or is he sending me there because there''s really no one else avable?" But he had no other choice now that he got an order from his father. He took out another card and called someone. [Reikern: The kids will be ready on the tter at the exact time. I''ll be busy for a bit, so don''t call me until I call you again. And better yet, go to the Golden Nectar and have lunch if you haven''t.] At the moment, Reikern didn''t know that he would be the first spark that would light up this city and forever change it at the hands of Aleron. Chapter 51: Witnessing Someones Tragedy Chapter 51: Witnessing Someone''s Tragedy ? Aleron, Yueha, Rias, and Roxen were enjoying lunch in the open pavilion amidst the greenery of this massive tree branch. The food arrived one by one with such delicious aromas that genuinely invoked their hunger to devour the food. After eating for ten minutes with gusto, Aleron patted his tummy and released a burp before chugging his jug of beer. "It''s good to be alive," Aleron contendly closed his eyes. "I''ll start round two after a couple of minutes." The food was made of exotic natural ingredients and powerful monsters'' meat with a sprinkle of magic and crazy spices to increase the deliciousness of the dishes. "I told you the food will be great," Rias smiled. "Mhmm," Aleron nodded as he overlooked the city''s huge buildings and poption with a smile, ''Good city.'' With his vision skill activated, he was looking at people and vehicles, spotting some good ces to visit next since he was high in the air and could observe many things. However, his gaze fell a few hundred meters away in a minor gap to the northeast of the tree which he was facing, and witnessed something that made him frown. He saw a young boy''s terrified face briefly before it was covered by a pushing palm. He couldn''t see further, but it was easy to imagine that the man smacked the kid on the ground. The area where Aleron witnessed this was not poor, but it was a slum-equivalent area of the city with weaker people who worked on bottom rugs with no power living there. And now that he had seen that scene, a bad taste churned in his stomach. ''I guess a beautiful city doesn''t mean there is no suffering in it,'' Aleron sighed. ''I''ll have to hurry.'' Aleron''s pupils glowed as he utilized Magilore and tried out a spell he derived from Grimoire and watching Darzax''s shadow drift spell sybus heprehended. "I''ll be back in a bit," Aleron said before he dropped into the table''s shadow, feeling himself arriving in a world of shadows while watching the world in a limited range. This range was determined based on his senses, sensitivity, and control of the spell. As he drifted through the shadows leading towards that alley, he soon emerged from the young boy''s shadow and faced three men in dark gold robes with their heads covered in hoods. The man who had grabbed the boy''s face with his palm and kept him on the ground was startled. "Wh-" *Swoosh!* Aleron''s eyes glinted dark as the boy melted into the shadow and left the man''s grasp before emerging behind Aleron while Aleron''s leg swept speedily and broke the man''s arm from the elbow. However, the man simply jumped back with a painful grunt. He was an Epic-rank powerhouse, but the young man before him was a peak Epic-rank with higher speed. He couldn''t react in time due to both things happening. However, the three men didn''t do anything and simply vanished from the alley. "Are you okay? Everything''s fine now," Aleron asked with a reassuring smile as he patted the terrified boy''s head. "Why were they after you?" "M-Mother...my mother," the boy spoke while trying to catch a breath, and his terrified eyes and words caused Aleron''s heart to drop. ''Soul force....I can use it to peek into his memories,'' Aleron thought, sending a bit of his soul force into the boy''s head. He somehow learned how to do this since Akuma Apuch had also gained ess to his memories by fiddling with his mind using his soul force. When Aleron saw exactly what had urred in this boy''s small wooden house in this slum area, his eyes burned with anger. This boy looked around ten years old and those three men killed his mother in front of him after silently arriving at their house! The boy managed to escape because his dying mother had an innate talent from birth, but it could only produce vines by sprouting them from the ground. Since she was dying, she gave her all and sacrificed anything she could of her body as energy like blood as a source to empower the vines to ensnare those three to let her kid escape. But the vines were not strong enough, so those three men swiftly escaped the ensnarement. The terrified young boy ran blindly with only his mother''s image shing in his eyes. The people in the slums were weak and despite the young boy running away with a terrified expression and ragged breathing, nobody stopped him or asked him what happened while those three Epic-rank men silently and stealthily followed him using magic and led him to this valley 100 meters away from the house by further scaring him using magic to transmit their voices into his ears. ''Who were they? Why do they want to capture him alive?'' Aleron frowned. From the memories of the boy, he learned that those three wanted to capture him alive. "Master," Yueha''s voice echoed to his side as he didn''t even know when she appeared. "If you are looking for the three men that escaped, I''ve put a trail on them." Aleron''s angered eyes calmed down and then turned cold, "Good. Let them go to their hiding hole first." However, he didn''t know that something was also happening to him, something magical was about to trigger. ''This city has Police forces to maintainw and order, so they should have some clues,'' Aleron used Shadow Drift again and left with the boy, appearing at his house. However, his eyes narrowed as soon as he looked at the spot where the young boy''s mother should have been. ''Her dead body is gone?'' Aleron''s fist clenched. ''And everything is as clean as possible. What the hell...'' "M-Mother..." the young boy spoke with tear-stricken eyes and fell on the floor. "Where are you?" "Maa..." The boy''s breathing turned more ragged as he reached his limit and finally passed out. The only one in his life was his mother and he grew up in this harsh world, raised by his mother. Losing her at this tender age, in this situation, certainly didn''t bode well for the kid. From the moment he witnessed his mother dying to the chase by those three men while hearing scary voices in his mind, the boy was utterly traumatized. Aleron didn''t waste time and took the boy to the police station that was right outside the slum, just 100 meters away from the house to the west. He also tried to soothe the kid''s mind using his soul energy for proper rest. However, his mood worsened as soon as he arrived at the police station. Chapter 52: Legendary Awakening, New Innate Talent Chapter 52: Legendary Awakening, New Innate Talent ? "Damn it! I told you that we can''t find your daughter! She must have run away with someone. This isn''t thatmon in this area, humph!" "P-Please don''t say that, officer. This is simply not true. My d-daughter is just fifteen years old and she alwayses back from school on time. How can she run away like that? S- Someone surely abducted her." "We are trying! Stop annoying us and we might just be able to do our job!" Aleron watched this scene at the police station''s building entrance just as he appeared outside of the station. "B-But, it''s been two days and I''ve never s-seen you -" "Are you saying we don''t work?! Bastard! Hey, constable, throw him out. If hees out again, then remove his daughter''s missing case." ''That pig doesn''t look like a good guy,'' Aleron thought as he looked at the police officer. Aleron arrived before the duo with the young boy in his arms and spoke, "Office, a murder just urred in your area. This boy''s mother was killed by three men in dark gold robes." Instantly, the officer''s eyes shook, but he maintained hisposure and turned to Aleron with a frown, "What? When?" "Just a minute ago," Aleron indifferently said. "Those three were trying to kidnap this boy, but I saved him." ''Pieces of trash...can''t they do even a simple job properly?'' thought the policeman while cursing. The head officer of the station was in the cahoots all along. Otherwise, why would they broadly kill and kidnap someone? "You," the police officer turned his head to the crying man and snorted, "go back and don''te back until we call you about your daughter. We are working." Afterward, he turned to Aleron and nodded, "Let''s go. Show us the ce." The protocols had to be followed, so he took a team of police officers and went to the house. ''Damn, who is she?'' the head officer looked at Yueha standing outside the house and gulped as he looked at her otherworldly beauty while he tucked away his bulging belly. ''Yue, suppress your physical aura and make it seem like Legendary-rank,'' Aleron transmitted his voice to Yueha''s ears. ''Understood.'' Aleron felt something was wrong with the police officer. It was just his gut feeling, but it was strong. The police entered the house to investigate while the head officer saw Aleron walking towards Yueha and understood that they were together. He walked towards them and professionally asked in a somber tone as he looked at the kid that Aleron put inside a floating magic bubble for calmness and recovery, "So how did you find him?" "Saw him getting chased by the three men from the alley''s gap and rushed to help," Aleron inly answered. ''So he doesn''t what happened here...maybe the boy said about this mother dying and showed him the house before passing out?'' "I see...and what about you, miss? Were you present?" "Is that important?" Aleron calmly spoke, but he wasn''t calm internally. Suddenly, one of the officers ran out of the house and said, "Sir, we didn''t see any traces of magic or murder in the house. Either someone was swift enough to erase everything or nothing happened." "Young man, how do you know his mother died here?" the head police officer asked with a frown. "I checked his memories," Aleron coldly said. "Those three men killed his mother in front of him and were nning to capture him." ''Checked his memories?!'' the head police officer suddenly felt cold sweat forming in his back before he inspected Aleron without probing into him and just by measuring his outer aura. Soon, he felt like pping Aleron. ''This bastard is just Epic-rank. How dare he say he read the memories?'' His heart calmed down when he realized that this wasn''t some hidden Exceed-rank powerhouse with an awakened soul or a Primeval-rank powerhouse. "How did you read his memories?" the head police officer asked with narrowed eyes. "I have an artifact that can do that," Aleron replied with a frown. "And this boy also knows because he witnessed it himself!" ''I should salvage the situation instead of making things worse. As for this young man...I''ll have to deal with himter.'' "Alright, leave the boy at the station. We''ll send him to the hospital and do further investigation," the head police officer said with a smile and stretched his hand at Aleron, "Thank you for timely help in saving the kid." "You can go now. Leave the rest to us." The head police officer waved his hand as he attached a Mana string to the magic bubble and took the boy with him as other police officers left with him. Aleron''s fist clenched. His guts were churning as he felt more and more that something was wrong. A hint of strange crimson glow appeared in his eyes as if responding to his state of mind and the intuition he was having. "Master," Yueha spoke as her eyes showed some surprise upon sensing a strange aura from Aleron. "A father was also asking them to look for his daughter, and now this..." Aleron mumbled. "I don''t like this." "Master, you are going through Legendary Awakening..." Only now did Aleron realize that a strange type of mysterious power was streaming in him before going to his Source space and then establishing into his eyes. [Congrattions! You have awakened an Innate Talent: Eyes of Absolute Judgement.] In the next second, Alero''s aura burst out but he kept it under control. His stats were boosted by 10% due to his Epic Life Rune evolving into Legendary Life Rune, granting him a total of 30% of boost in stats as he sessfully broke through to Legendary- rank. [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] Effect: Based on your moralpass, you will see the nature of the people and their depth as indications. -->White Mark: People who haven''t spread suffering to others, and their current nature being [Good: People not willing to harm others and having passive Kindness.] -> Yellow Mark: People who have spread a bit of suffering to others, but not too much and not much harmfully to the point of inflicting despair and loss of innocent life. Their nature: [Neutral: Passive in nature, can act in a harmful way, but do not cross the moral lines based on your moralpass.] -> Red Mark: People who have spread serious suffering to others, bringing them despair and death. Their nature: [Evil: After harming innocents for their own gain and emotions, they do not hesitate tomit the evil again.] --> ck Mark: Absolute scum and harbinger of despairs, who had spread terrible suffering to many people. Their nature: [Menace: unhinged sinners.] Chapter 53: Summoning Chapter 53: Summoning ? Aleron''s eyes flickered as he activated his talent while looking at the back of the head police officer. In the next second, a mark appeared atop his head. A big fat red skull mark-indicating that he had spread serious suffering to others, bringing them despair and death. In Aleron''s court, he must die. But he couldn''t kill him in a broad day. ''Yue, mark the boy and this piece of trash.'' ''Gyoi,'' Yue nodded. The other police officers didn''t have red marks. Instead, they mostly had yellow marks with one of them having a white mark. ''Red and ck will be punished if I see them but I have to create a convenient method for it,'' Aleron thought. ''Since I got this power, I must utilize it.'' "Yue, let''s return to the resto." The duo vanished in the next second and soon arrived back at the dining table. "What happened, Ale?" Rias asked with concern. "Miss Yueha told us to stay here, so we didn''t follow." "You also broke through to legendary rank?" Roxen raised her eyebrows in surprise. Aleron sighed and said, "Three people killed a little kid''s mother in front of him and nned to kidnap him. I intervened and saved him, but the darkness ran deeper than I thought." Rias and Roxen frowned. "What are you nning to do?" Roxen asked with a serious expression. "If possible, I would like you to stay quiet and just enjoy your time." Aleron''s pupils shrank as he looked at Roxen, causing her goosebumps. "I would rather die than not do anything. What''s the fucking point of my powers and my way of life if I can''t follow through it?" Aleron cidly said before he activated his talent. "Since I can do something about it, I will do it." Roxen had a yellow mark while Rias had a white mark. "OK, rx. So what are you nning?" Rias asked with a wry smile. "I lost my appetite and I would like some silence alone to think," Aleron weakly smiled. "So you can stay here and continue eating. Yue, you also stay here." "Alright," Yueha said with a smile. "Master, do as you wish and follow your heart. I will abide by your decision and follow you." Afterward, Aleron disappeared as he entered into the secret realm. Arriving in the room, Aleron saw that Enorin, Darzax, and Riki were steadily recovering. He left the room and arrived on the upper floor''s open garden before opening his system interface. [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 2 [Requires 50,000 to Upgrade] -Gacha Points: 75,520 |-Summoning Banners (6/6)-| 1. Lords of Arcane -> Ticket: 0 2. Myriad Spell Pool -> Ticket: 0 3. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines -> Ticket: 0 4. Arsenal of Elemental Armaments -> Tickets: 0 5. Exotic Demons of Netherworlds -> Tickets: 0 6. Yin-Yang Martial Convergence -> Ticket: 9 ''Gachapi, upgrade the system.'' [Gachapi: It will take some days to finish the upgrade process. Once it''s done, the points will be consumed to upgrade the system. Should I initiate it?] ''Yes.'' [Upgrade process initiated.] ''I have to save 50,000 points for this.'' [Gachapi: Yes.] The first thing he did was to use 9 summoning tickets of Yin-Yang Martial Convergence. [As you have reached the Legendary lifeform rank, the weakest summon will be of Legendary rank, and the highest will be of Primeval-rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Fang Tinguan, the Heavenly Assault Array Master- Exceed rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Ruan Gioh, the Deadly Illusion-Legendary rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Lee Yin Sun, the Destructive Sr Staff-Legendary rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Yorin Kexuan, the Nature''s Alchemist-Legendary rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Ying Zuo, the Chaotic Martial Weapon-Legendary rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Hua Yunlong, the Celestial Dragon Master-Exceed rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Mei Xingling, the Whispering Moonshadow- Primeval rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Liang Fenghuang, the Phoenix Songstress- Legendary rank.] [Congrattions! You have summoned Jiang Wu Wei, the Thundering Warlord-Legendary rank.] "Master." The nine powerhouses uttered in unison as they knelt on one knee facing Aleron. "Wee to the family, please stand up." Aleron smiled and continued, "I am going to send you a packet of memories, so you can know about our current situation." Aleron used his soul force and created packets of memories before sending them to their minds. Everyone soon learned about the world and other things. Afterward, Aleron said, "Those whose names I speak,e and stand behind me." "Mei Xiangling." "Yes, master." A ck-haired girl in a ck leather outfit with a hood and a half-mask covering her mouth. Her moon-blue eyes faintly shone before she seemingly vanished and appeared behind Aleron without moving even a particle of air. ''Powerful!'' Aleron''s eyes shone. Even though he could easily feel any trace of magic, he actually missed Mei from his perception when she vanished for a moment! [Mei Xiangling, Whispering Moonshadow] Rank: Primeval / Spirit Lord - Early-stage. Combat ssification: Assassin, Spy. ''She can do the job perfectly!'' "Hua Yunlong." A lean muscled man wearing a halfid silver-blue robe, with his bare right chestced with pristine silver-ck draconic scales. He had a long samurai-like ponytail with a sharp and chiseled face. He nodded and appeared behind Aleron with a stream of faint silver mist. [Hua Yunlong, Celestial Dragon Master] Rank: Exceed / Spirit Core - Median-stage. Combat ssification: Fighter, Destructor. ''Fighter and with Dragon Master in the title? Interesting.'' "Fang Tinguan." A long dark blue-haired middle-aged man with a long bright white beard and clear sky-blue eyes smiled and nodded. He wore a long and baggy sun-ocean patterned robe, appearing carefree yet having an air of master on top of a handsome countenance. He walked blurringly in a second and appeared behind Aleron. [Fang Tinguan, Heavenly Assault Arraymaster] Rank: Exceed / Spirit Core Late-stage. Combat ssification: Offensive Support, Arraymaster. ''I can''t wait to see his power,'' Aleron smiled. Meanwhile, a part of his mind was still thinking about what to do. "The six of you can explore this ind and gather resources to get strong. You are free to move until I require your help," Aleron said to the six Legendary-rank powerhouses before him. "You can go now." "Thank you, master," Ruan Gioh said with a cute smile with two hair buns on her head. "We shall work hard." The others also nodded and disappeared from the garden exploring this world with much excitement to experience life. It was like they were newborn babies, but with memories and powers already bestowed on them. However, the sense of reality to it was still detached and everyone still felt eager to live a real life. Afterward, Aleron turned around to face the three powerhouses. "I suppose you want to establish your justice, master," Hua Yunlong said with a broad grin, his eyes lighting up with silver-blue fighting spirits. "Give us the orders and we shall purge them." "The city is big, but I can use my pre-established Array Zone crystal to cover the city," Fang Tinguan caressed his beard while smiling. "We can thoroughly clean it and make it to the state of your liking." "Master," Mei spoke in her faintly sharp voice, totally ethereally as it felt sharp yet soft and low at the same time. In the next moment, Tens of Mei''s clones manifested in the sky, appearing as real and having powers. "Orders." Aleron couldn''t help but feel extremely reassured. Mei already understood everything just from his memories. She guessed what he would want to do. "Let''s sit," Aleron waved his hand as he created a wooden table and four chairs with Magilore. "We will do thought chatting in thiswork and make a foolproof n to achieve what I want," Aleron said as he created a soulwork by connecting everyone with each other using soul force. "Let''s finish this meeting within two minutes." Chapter 54: Unexpected Development (1) Chapter 54: Unexpected Development (1) ? The meeting finished as Aleron made a n on what to do. He exited with the three new subordinates, startling Rias and Roxen. Of course, Aleron had told them to hide their aura because having two Exceed-rank powerhouses and two Primeval-rank powerhouses with him was basically carrying a powerful force enough to threaten any big entity on this Lightdusk continent. "Report me of the finds via Soul Link, Mei." Aleron nodded at Mei before she vanished. Mei vanished silently. However, Rias had a special skill to measure someone and even she was unable to measure that girl who had just disappeared. She managed to measure that the two men were Exceed-rank, but not Mei. "Are they your subordinates as well?" Roxen gulped. "We are our lord''s apostles," Fang Tinguag waved his hand fan as he poetically spoke while smiling. "His supporters, his devotees, and the preachers of his teachings." "Master must teach a lesson to some wicked force in this city," Hua said with a grin. "And we shall deliver that lesson." "What are you nning?" Rias asked, her expression concerned. "I am nning something, but I hope it won''te to that," Aleron said before he nodded to Hua and Fang, "Go." Both of them disappeared. "Rias Longinus, quite busy with new people, eh?" A trail of voices entered their pavilion from the left as Rias, Roxen, Aleron, and Yueha turned their heads at a group of four. Luthen Aurspec walked towards their pavilion with the pink-haired twin-tail girl, a blue- haired young man in his early twenties whose eyes had undisguised pride, and a big built six- foot tall ck-haired man with military-cut. All of them were Legendary-rank except for the Luthen, who was an Exceed-rank, but early. When Rias looked at him with her skill, she was visibly surprised to see his foundational stats at 20k. ''He already broke through to Exceed-rank? How did he acquire the Legendary-rank resources this fast?'' Luthen was a senior since he was 21 years old while Rias was 19 years old. Last she saw him in the academy six months ago, he had just entered Legendary rank like her. But now, he was already Exceed-rank, though it appeared he only broke through recently. "I am surprised, you already broke through to Exceed-rank," Rias said with a smile and also scanned Vizen, the blue-haired man. ''He also reached the peak of Legendary-rank...this...'' "I have more surprises, but I''ll save them forter," Luthen chuckled as his gaze went towards Aleron and Yueha. "Is he your partner, Rias?" Dolly nced at Aleron before turning to Rias, "Or Is your father''s littlepetition announcement still valid?" "Both," Rias inly smiled, her answer easily understandable as she meant that Aleron was her chosen partner and also capable of winning the tournamentpetition. "So you are that confident in him, eh?" Vizen said with a narrowed-eyed grin as he looked at Aleron and Yueha. "That I am," Rias inly smiled. While Rias talked with them, Roxen was filling Aleron and Yueha with information about those four. ''Vizen Harter is the son of a powerfulte-stage Exceed-rank powerhouse with a powerful all-rounder domain. His father is also the right-hand man of the Aurspec n head, Luthen''s father. In terms of talent, Vizen is considered to be no less than Luthen.'' ''Dolly Rucidar is from the Rucidar Kingdom-a powerful independent kingdom in the central independent territory of the continent that has ties with the Aurspec n. They are allies by trade and mutual interest.'' ''The big muscr guy is called Thorkil, I think. He is from an unknown vige of Rucidar Kingdom who had acquired a Divine Blessing and is a talent nurtured in the Lightdusk Academy.'' ''They are Princess Rias''s rivals or to say, enemies, in the uing trial of the ruins of Azure Shard Moon.'' ''If they are enemy, then won''t they make a move on Rias?'' Aleron frowned and also activated his Eyes of Absolute judgment to check them. ''Making a move on Princess Rias while she is in Aurspec n''s city is basically turning the Empire into their open enemy. Neither of us can afford this enmity, so nothing can happen to Rias in this city unless a powerful third party risksing here to fan the mes.'' ''Even then, it wouldn''t be easy to hurt Princess Rias with the protective artifacts she has on top of some other trump card.'' ''Not to mention, we have you, Mr. Ale. Haha,'' Roxen wryly chuckled. Aleron nodded and looked at the marks that started manifesting over their heads. ''This...'' Aleron''s eyes shook and his heart trembled. ''A ck mark and a red mark? What the fuck?! What did they do?!'' At the same time, Vizen had also stered his eyes on Yueha and used a skill after determining that these two with Princess Rias were not any big shots based on his inspection of them. The skill he used was rted to his Divine Blessing, A.K.A his ss tree. It allowed him to designateyers and break past them. At the moment, he used the skill with the intention of seeing Yueha''s naked figure by removing her clothes in his vision-sort of like an X-ray vision, but much more detailed and controlled. Meanwhile, Yueha''s eyes glinted as she sensed something and her eyes shed. ''Garbage.'' "What is your name, friend?" Luthen asked Aleron with a smile, "If Rias chose you, then you must be impressive, haha. We should spar someday." Just as Luthen had asked this, Vizen was in the process of removingyers and suddenly received a bacsh. "Arghhhh!" Vizen screamed, his eyes nked out while he felt stabbing and biting pain as if countless tiny freezing needles were pricking his eyeballs. Everyone was startled at this sudden development, including the security of the flood, but Luthen waved his hand at them and sent them away. This tree basically belonged to him since its owner was one of his family members and staff here knew Luthen. "B-Bitch! Arghh!" Vizen cursed as he finally started using a healing skill after the initial shock of pain. Luthen frowned and waved his hand as he also aided in healing the eyes. ''Master, that piece of trash was trying to see my naked body that solely belongs to you, humph. What is your judgment of him? I''m sure he is nothing good. Let''s kill him.'' Yueha frostily looked at Vizen with murderous sparks in her eyes. "What is the meaning of this?" Luthen frowned as he looked at Yueha. "This..." Roxen and Rias were taken aback and didn''t know what to say as they didn''t know what happened and why that happened. Meanwhile, Aleron''s heart started beating faster, his hands shook as if eager to do something and his eyes trembled with veins in them popping, turning his eyes gradually bloodshot. ''What should I do? Talk or Trap? He is the heir of the n that basically rules this city, still...'' But he only struggled to think for one second before making his decision. ''Yue...Domain.'' In the next instant, on this big branch of this tree belonging to Golden Nectar House, a beautiful giant icey sphere appeared, with powdery shining icy blue sparks slowly whirling around it. This sudden phenomenon not only alerted the security on surrounding floors but also one of the ten Watch Towers ced at various ces around the city. This tower was just 4 kilometers away from the Golden Nectar House and it covered 10 kilometers of area to detect any powerful energy concentration wavelength based on what atmospheric part of the city was affected. A Primeval-rank powerhouse like Yueha used her Spirit Domain, and even though it was in a small area, it was still a real deal with its intense energy concentration. The big shots of the city, including the Aurspec n head, were instantly alerted by this phenomenon with the Watch Tower detecting this anomaly. While the public was swiftly evacuating from the tree, Police Officers of Legendary rank and above were arriving to see the situation. Meanwhile, the scene inside the domain was no less hectic for the natives. Inside the domain, the scenery was seemingly vast with an unending frozen sea littered with sakura trees. Everyone was in the same position, but Luthen and Vizen were frozen from neck to toe with only their head having freedom. Dolly and Thorkil were fine, and they were free with nothing binding them. Scared at first, they soon became confused with this situation. Chapter 55: Unexpected Development (2), Aleron Taking Action Chapter 55: Unexpected Development (2), Aleron Taking Action ? ''Domain?! Is she an Exceed-rank?'' Vizen thought as his expression twisted and face turned ugly, feeling as if he courted this trouble himself. ''Damn it! Why did my skill couldn''t inspect her true power then?!'' "Rias, what is going on?" Luthen looked at Rias and asked while hiding his anxiousness and trying to be calm, but his heart dropped as he saw her pale and troubled expression with her gaze maintained on Aleron. At that moment, he understood. ''...So Rias doesn''t have influence over him, but he has influence over her?'' Luthen was shocked. ''Who is he?'' "Done," Aleron opened his eyes which had kept closed since Yueha activated her domain. He spent those several seconds creating a skill that utilized both Magilore and Soul Force- Mind Extraction. ''I don''t need to be gentle with the trash of Red and ck marks,'' Aleron coldly thought as he looked at Vizen and Luthen. "Ale, w-what are you nning to do?" Rias hesitantly asked. Roxen actually wanted to rebuke Aleron and tell him that they shouldn''t do anything to Luthen to Vizen, but the courage to speak had already left her body. Both of them had seen Aleron''s recently gained talent and if he was to exercise his power, they didn''t have the right to stop him. Aleron was about to begin by using the skill, but he paused and looked at Rias upon hearing her. "I''ll show you after I find out what they did," Aleron said before turning his head back to Luthen and Vizen. "What are you nning to do?" Luthen frowned, feeling a sense of terror looking at Alero who walked towards them. "Y-You better let us go! You already dared to assault us in this city. It won''t be long before this domain is broken from the outside and you are surrounded by our forces," Vizen hissed with a ruthless expression after suppressing his fear. "Get one thing in mind," Aleron said as he stopped one meter away from the duo, his eyes utterly icy cold. "You can forget about living a normal life from now on." "I just hope I can calm myself just with your deaths," Aleron muttered before his eyes released a swift ethereal string from each, one piercing into Luthen''s forehead and another into Vizen''s forehead. "Arghhh!!" Both of them started screaming painfully, which also caused tumultuous waves into Dolly, Thorkil, Rias, and Roxen. ''If Ale killed them, I can''t imagine what will happen afterward...'' Rias''s was mind getting short-circuited while Roxen had stopped thinking altogether and turned into a passive robot. ''I-job-protecting-princess-Rias-only,'' Roxen stood straight, her gaze diving into the sakura trees and snow as she ignored everything else. ''Master can create such a skill already?! Wow.'' Yueha was a Primeval-rank powerhouse, so she also had her soul awakened. Upon seeing what Aleron did, she understood the skill and was surprised. ''Mhmm, but it''s not strange. He has much freedom in his emotions and he is self-spiritual, which is characteristic of those with high talent in soul path. Maybe that''s why he also awakened his soul early.'' Although Aleron awakened his soul early, it was indeed true that he was naturally prodigious in soul path due to his nature, unlike the Magic path in which he became prodigious due to Magilore of Arcane Lapis merging into his source. "He is reading their memories....forcefully," Yueha informed Rias and Roxen, while Dolly and Thorkin gulped nervously. ''It sounds painful...'' Dolly thought while looking at Luthen and Vizen. She could never imagine going greet Rias would develop into this kind of situation. They decided to maintain silence for the time being since no harm was befalling them, unlike Luthen and Vizen who were screaming painfully. But it onlysted for 15 seconds before they turned silent and their exhausted and dim eyes bore onto Aleron. "Y-Y-You...." Aleron''s lips trembled. ''Demons? Sacrifice?! What the hell is going on in this city?'' "Rias,pile this, please. I have something else to do," Aleron said and sent memories he extracted from Luthen and Vizen to Rias. Since Rias had more general knowledge regarding this world, she could understand and make him understand easily. "I can''t let you two die," Aleron mumbled with a slightly maddening expression in his eyes. He stretched his hand at Luthen''s face with his fingers slightly trembling. He really wanted to delete this ck-marked tumor, but merely removing him was letting him off too easy for what he had done to other people. "No way!" Rias shouted as she visibly trembled. ''What did those two do?'' Roxen frowned. "You bastards! How dare you collude with demons for resources and give them sacrifices!!" Rias screamed with anger bursting out of her eyes. She saw vivid images of them surrounded by dead bodies of kids in a ritual! "What?!" Dolly was shocked. "Colluding with Demons?" Thorkil''s eyes widened. "T-This...how?" "So the root of it all is your brother, Reikern?" Rias spoke through her teeth as she gradually calmed down. "As I expected, that was some kind of Demonic ritual. Do you know more about it?" Aleron asked, but his eyes were still closed as his focus was on his Magic Board. "It''s a simple ritual to contact with demons. In exchange for fresh and young human blood that demons like, these bastards acquired Legendary-rank resources. No wonder they progressed this fast," Rias clenched her fist. "Damned scums!" "How many lives you have ruined, huh?" Aleron opened his eyes and looked at them while suppressing his anger. "Now, you will live the rest of your lives in pain." "You sacrificed those kids while they were alive and filled with their suffering and destroyed families...Death is a freedom you won''t gain anytime!" Aleron''s aura burst before Luthen and Vizen were trapped inside two separate crystalized prisons with gray and red crystal and metallic patterns. "Yue, release them. It''s time they feel some pain." Luthen and Vizen were unfrozen, but their suffering only began in this new prison. "Hellfrost Crystal Prison. Tiny particles will constantly pierce all over your body in this prison and inflict constant pain throughout your body while also healing you," Aleron coldly said. "Rot in here until I find other good use of your rotten lives." Both of them were screaming and rolling around in the small cramped prisons, but their voice was silent because Aleron had also added a voice istion feature to the prison. "You two..." Aleron turned to Dolly and Thorkil. The duo trembled in fear. They didn''t want to get hanged without knowing why! "No need to be scared," Aleron smiled. Thorkil had a white mark while Dolly had a yellow rank, so he had noints about these two. "You two haven''t spread suffering to other people, so you are fine. I hope you continue to remain that way." After saying that, he turned to Yueha, "What''s the situation outside?" Yueha''s eyes slightly flickered, "We are surrounded by over thirty Legendary-rank powerhouses ready with their armor and weapons, along with an arcane formation created by four Exceed-rank powerhouses." "These four Exceed-rank powerhouses are also ready and focused, intending to make a move as soon as I deactivate my domain." "Mhmm," Aleron nodded and sat down on the ground, his arms crossed and his eyes closed, "I need two minutes. We''ll leave after I finish this task." ''A state of constant Magilore flow in this exoskeleton and a design board to apply my arcane sybus knowledge instantly and activate its sequences....'' Aleron''s body was soon covered in a 4-inch thick dreamy blue translucent jelly armor. Chapter 56: Unexpected Situation (3/3), Tumor Brewing Chapter 56: Unexpected Situation (3/3), Tumor Brewing ? At the moment, three men and a woman floated 20 meters away diagonally from the Yueha''s domain sphere, surrounding it with four fancy magic circles established above their heads. The brown-haired woman adorning a ck dress with a staff in her left hand and rapier in her right hand was strongest, being an Exceed-rank powerhouse of high-stage with her foundational stats being above 90k and her Domain awakened-her name, Bergetta Rose. Aside from her, the gray-haired middle-aged man wearing a long hat and a wand in his hand was also in Exceed rank with Domain awakened, though he was in the median-stage of Exceed rank with his foundational stats around 65k-70k-name, Jakar the Wand Herald. Meanwhile, the other men wearing ck-red and blue-ck suits were members of the Aurspec n. One Low-stage Exceed and another Median-stage Exceed, but none of them had their Domains awakened yet. Aside from these four Exceed-rank powerhouses, many Legendary-rank powerhouses in theirplete gear set and weapons were ready, floating 50 meters away in the surroundings. But one more person looking in his fifties soon arrived, floating just 10 meters away from Yueha''s domain sphere. He was slim with a long dim golden beard, shoulder-length hair, and a sharp expression. His eyes glinted with magic as he looked at the domain sphere. ''A Primeval-rank powerhouse?'' Melkern frowned. "n head, Luthen is inside," one of the men in suits said. "And Mr. Lempart''s son too," the other man in suit added. "Any idea what is happening, Mr. Melkern?" the woman asked. Melkern shook his head as a pulse of power also whirled around him, "Prepare to attack. My son is inside, and I formally ask your assistance." The browned-haired beautiful woman and the gray-haired middle-aged man nodded. They were leaders of the other two forces situated in the city. Although the Aurspec n was the strongest and considered the leader of this city, The House of Dark Rose headed by Bergetta Rose and Sorcerer''s Abode helmed by Jakar the Wand Hereald were two organizations that were active inrge areas with their bases in this big city. Nailzim was sort of like an international city with connections and a trade center for all the big shots and forces in the Lightdusk continent. There were six such cities on this continent, with this one being one of them. There could be some hidden powerhouses present in the city as well, with no intention to reveal themselves and just enjoy their time in this lively city, though this current situation was too juicy for them not to pay any attention. "After me," Melkern Aurspec said before he raised his hand and conjured a dark gold lightning bolt in his grasp, a in ne with a small fancy dual-colored gold-ck crystal around his neck also shone as if he activated it. However, the domain sphere suddenly turned faint and gradually vanished, revealing all the people inside. Melkern paused and dispelled his attack, his pupil shrinking as he saw Luthen imprisoned while having a painful and screaming expression. "This..." "What?!" Only a few gasps echoed before the surroundings turned silent and everyone looked at Melkern. Aleron looked at the people surrounding them before his gaze stopped at Melkern Aurspec who felt like the leading figure here -An early-stage Primeval rank powerhouse. "Who are you?" Melkern held himself back and asked while suppressing his anger and impulse. His gaze was on Yueha who gave him a feeling of death. However, Yueha merely walked before Aleron and knelt on one knee before saying, her voice crisp and clear into everyone''s ears, "Master, should I dispose of everyone in the surroundings?" Everyone''s face was covered with sweat hearing Yueha''s words while feeling a biting chill crawling around them. Aleron had also finished using his talent and saw the marks on everyone. He was surprised that this Melkern Aurspec had a yellow mark. Aside from him, only the woman had a yellow mark. The other three Exceed-ranks had red marks, with the middle-aged man having a ck mark. "This city has a tumor, Mr. Melker," Aleron said as he floated face-to-face with Melker 10 meters across him. Yueha also floated beside him, but one step behind him, indicating that she was on the head and wouldn''t partake in the conversation. "Can you release those two before we proceed further?" Melkern asked, his expression grim. "No," Aleron tly rejected, his eyes turning distant, "You may not be a good man, but you are not evil in my eyes. However, the same can''t be said for your son." "What do you mean?" Melkern frowned as his eyes went to his son briefly before moving to Aleron. He clenched his fist but kept his patience because fighting would result in greater tragedy. Aleron opened his palm before Melkern, oozing out a strange white-blue round wisp that was slick in shape. ''Soul?'' Melkern''s eyes flickered with shock. ''But his physical aura is just early-stage Legendary rank...'' "This is a memory packet. I know you don''t check your sons'' memories, but I took the liberty after detecting filth in him," Aleron waved his hand gently as the wisp flew towards Melkern. "Check it." Melkern clenched his teeth. "Yue, disable that the gray-beard." Yueha''s dark icy blue eyes pierced into the Leader of Sorcerer''s Abode. Jakar felt death infinitely close as he opened his mouth to speak, but instead of words, a scream rang out as everyone saw a faint icy spark shing before they saw a shocking thing. Jakar the Wand Herald, a famous powerhouse of Exceed-rank with his famous Sorcery Domain, was frozen from head to toepletely. Melkern''s eyes shook. ''What was that? I didn''t even sense a trace of magic and how she made the move.'' ''Is she that powerful?!'' If Melker felt like this, the other three Exceed-rank powerhouses felt as if doom stood before him. They didn''t even try to escape because it was futile against this powerful Primeval-rank powerhouse. "He is like your son, hence this result," Aleron indifferently said before turning to the woman and two men in suits, "Don''t worry, I am not nning to do anything to you." Bergetta Rose put away her staff and rapier before saying politely, "I have no intention to fight and I would like to know more about this situation you''ve mentioned. What is the tumor in this city?" Aleron sent a memory packet to Bergetta Rose and the other two Exceed-rank in suits. Melkern looked at the memory packet floating in front of him and then looked at his son before gritting his teeth and taking it. Soon, the memories of his son and Vizen''s life flooded his mind. Bergetta Rose and the two men of the Aurspec n also saw the same things. After five seconds, Melker opened his bloodshot eyes filled with shock and pain. "What?!" Bergetta Rose eximed loudly, visibly trembling. ''A greater demon is in contact with Reikern and they are sacrificing people...t-this.'' "n head..." James Aurspec called out with a clenched fist as he was appalled at the actions of the n head both sons and other people involved with the demons. "n head, this is wrong," Lake Aurspec hissed with anger. "We have to capture Reikern as fast as possible." Melkern took a deep breath and looked at Aleron, "If this situation is true and you are willing to help, I would like you toe to Aurspec n for further discussion. The public will worry if this continues." "Let''s go," Aleron nodded. Of course, Aleron had already started making his move via Hua Yunlong, Mei Xianging, and Fang Tinguan. ... Goddess Pce... A handsome ck-haired man wearing white shorts and an open blue shirt came to visit the Goddess Elysia. "Hey, Elysia, how''s your progress going in this world?" Elysia rolled her eyes as she sent the servants who were massaging her away. "I only have Lightdusk continent under me at the moment. I am trying to slowly make demons infiltrate and start the war that I''ve prophesied to them." "It''s going slowly. Anyway, what about you, Davin?" Elysia asked. Davin leisurely leaned back on the chair and chuckled, "I''ve conquered half of the under one force. The others are resisting, but they will be absorbed soon." "The Race will start soon, so you better hurry, Elysia," Davin grinned at her and looked at her figure, "Otherwise, just be my wife and we can go from being rivals and future enemies into close allies." "No thanks. I''ll handle this on my own," Elysia rolled her eyes. "I''ve already sprouted seeds of chaos in the Northern Star continent. It''s just a matter of time before they are forced into an all-out war." "Eventually, everything wille under me and I''ll join the race." Davinughed and said, "Eventually? Haha. You''ve cked enough, so do it fast or lose it all." "Good luck." Chapter 57: Reikern Aurspec (1/2), Monitor Dome Chapter 57: Reikern Aurspec (1/2), Monitor Dome ? Inside the Aurspec n''s meeting hall, Aleron, Yueha, Rias, and Roxen sat at a table''s south chairs while sitting across them were the Aurspec n head and two of his nephews, James and Lake, along with a woman in her thirties, who was another Exceed-rank powerhouse and Melkern''s niece. Bergetta Rose sat on the east side of the table, internally sighing at this mess while also feeling pity for Melkern. Knowing that both sons of Melkern''ste wife turned out this way was devastating to everyone, but more to Melkern than anyone. Melkern had already lost his daughter and first wife 50 years ago. Knowing the pain of loved ones'' loss and treasuring their memories, Melkern handled this city in his care and was a good ruler to the people. However, his sons turned out to be ruthless tyrants, killing and sacrificing innocents in pursuit of power by colluding with demons, which was akin to Melkern getting killed by his own sons. ''The old man''s mental state is not good,'' Aleron thought as he looked at Melkern''s eyes. He was sensitive and could perceive others'' emotional state after awakening his soul. At the moment, Melkern was a mess inside but keptposure for the situation outside while suppressing other things. "We have to know about the full situation. I''ve tried contacting Reikern, but as expected..."Melkern''s nails dug into his own palm at the tight clench of his fist. "He is not picking it up." "The situation at the Golden Nectar House must have alerted him," Bergetta nodded. "We can''t find him anymore, and-" James frowned. "-searching this whole city to find him will take time." "No need for that," Aleron shook his head. "I''ve already taken some measures, and I am going to make one more move, albeit a big one." Aleron closed his eyes. But a momentter, everyone in the moderate hall felt a wave of energy releasing from him in an epassing manner. It was as if a bubble expanded from him and it didn''t take long before the whole city was covered in this invisible bubble. ''What is this energy?'' Melkern frowned. ''It doesn''t feel like Mana or Soul Force.'' ''Strange.'' The others were surprised but remained silent since Aleron''s eyes were closed. Meanwhile, Aleron was cooking a skill he called -Monitor Dome. Spreading Magilore in this manner as it passed through everything and covered the city with multiple arcane sybuses ording to his desired effect as he designed it. ''It''s not that easy, huh?'' Aleron''s veins popped and sweat beads formed on his forehead as he was trying his best. ''Light reflection...physical model, adjustable...it should be like a 3D map...'' After over a minute passed, Aleron finally opened his eyes as they glowed faintly. When he looked at the result of his skill, his fist clenched with fervor as he sessfully aplished his goal. ''Now I can do it.'' In his mind, he could see the entire city and observe it live, observe every corner as if he were there, and more! Despite his magic potency increasing and reaching 5001 points, it still cost him over a million Magilore to cover the whole city with Monitor Dome. After all, It would''ve cost him way more if he tried to do this at 1001 points in Magic Potency. ''I need to check my limit of control over the maximum amount of Magilore perfectly. Better do this early and measure it than in an emergency.'' ''As for this Monitor Dome, I need to be efficient with it, but no time for now. I''ll refine this skillter.'' "What did you do?" Rias curiously asked. Aleron pointed at the table''s center and said, "This." His eyes released faint colorful ray traces that soon disyed the entire city in its miniature form! People, vehicles, buildings, floating air balloons, big buildings, and everything was disyed! A live 3D Map! Although it was not like reality and was more like a hologram with assigned semi-transparent neo-colors to objects at best he could, it was still properly observable for everything! "This..." Melkern and others were shocked as they realized what it was. "I-It is a live map of the city," Norn gasped as she covered her mouth, her brown eyes shocked to the core. "How?" Aleron waved his hand as the map suddenly zoomed in towards a particr point. Everyone saw two glowing yellow dots above a car moving towards the city''s southern area. "They are moving," Aleron muttered, looking at Melkern and others across the table. "This car has a police officer and a ten-year-old inside. At first, I couldn''t understand the whole gist, but it became clear after acquiring your sons'' memories." "There are people in the city working for Reikern to kidnap kids for the demon''s sacrifice and exchange." Melkern narrowed his eyes, "Will they lead us to Reikern?" Aleron nodded and just as he was about to speak, he sensed something and smiled. "Master." Everyone in the room was startled upon hearing the voice and turned to the table''s left, behind the empty chair. ''I couldn''t even notice her?!'' Melkern was shocked. He had his soul sense covering this whole mansion in passive, and if an unfamiliar presence entered inside, he would directly know! But he couldn''t even sense anything and this mysterious figure in ck silently arrived here and stood at the side with no one noticing until she spoke. "What did you find?" Aleron asked. Mei nodded and reported to Aleron via soul transmission as it would be faster to ry information this way than speaking via mouth. After a few seconds, Aleron''s brows furrowed and he looked at Melkern before sighing, "Tell me the safest ce in this city where no one would check anything or get suspicious of any crime." "That..."Melkern frowned, but his eyes widened a momentter and he stood up in shock. "No way," Bergetta muttered and looked down at the floor. "That bastard!!" James shouted with red eyes. "How dare he sully the Aurspec n and n head like this!" "C-n head," Lake looked at Melkern, unable to bear how broken his eyes looked and what he must have been going through. "And he didn''t just make contact with a demon and exchange resources," Aleron said as his demeanor turned cold again. "There is a demon under this mansion right now. A powerful one at that." ''I just hope it''s not as strong as that darned Akuma.'' "Master, it is a Greater Demon of 10th ss," Yueha said with a frown as she also just finished inspection after hearing Mei''s report. "ss 10?!" Melkern snapped out of his state as he heard it, his eyes showing clear panic. "This is bad." "Is it bad for us too?" Aleron turned to Yueha. ''Hopefully not another enemy stronger than us like that Akuma...'' "ss 10 Greater Demon? That''s no less threat than that Akuma," Rias shuddered. "Although they do not possess people, they are still strong and ss 10 is above Primeval rank in terms of pure stats!" Roxen furrowed her brows "We should escape." "If that''s true, then we have to escape indeed," Bergetta said with a severe expression. ''This whole city might be targeted if such a demon is here. I have to let my people escape at least.'' She looked at Melkern but didn''t know what to say. A part of her wanted to me him since his son invited such a disaster here, but her thoughts were upied by how to safely escape this predicament. "Is the Goddess Elysia''s prophesy already beginning?" Norn trembled. "But why our city first? n head, what should we do?" "Safety of citizens is a must. Activate the Bunkers and start evacuating protocol," Melkern swiftly ordered. Looking at them panicking, Aleron frowned, ''They don''t even know about the demonic formation yet.'' ''Fang, hurry up.'' But suddenly, a nefarious aura filled the hall and everyone felt a cold chill suffusing in them. "It''s toote, father." To the side, the floor wiggled like ck mud before a bald man in his thirties emerged, with his iconic draconic tattoo on his head and his creamy embroidered robe. Reikern Aurspec. Chapter 58: Reikern Aurspec (2/2), Prophesy Chapter 58: Reikern Aurspec (2/2), Prophesy ? "Rei!" James shouted with bloodshot eyes, exploding with his power as his right hand instantly turned into a neon red-orange de searing with intense power that appeared beside Reikern''s neck, a mere inch away from it. *Crarrrkk* Sparks flew instead of Reikern''s head as ck-scaled coatings with dark silver patterns materialized on his skin, blocking the attackpletely and nullifying its powers against him. In the next moment, Reikern''s fist enveloped in dark gold mes struck James as he shot toward Aleron''s direction with a burning hole in his stomach. Aleron''s eyes shed as he used his skill. James came to a sudden halt while getting enveloped in a mystical dreamy bubble filled with blue, green, and golden motes. It was the same bubble in which Darzax, Enorin, and Riki were recovering. Aleron put his behind for him to recover and looked at Reikern, who was also looking at him. "Who the hell are you?" Reikern''s eyes were filled with killing intent aimed towards Aleron, "Fucking piece of trash, you messed up everything by pulling that stunt at Golden Nectar House." Yueha''s eyes shook. However, before she could take action, Aleron''s hand grabbed hers to stop her from making any move. ''Not yet, Yue. Fang is preparing another array for the city''s safety since we resolved the situation at Golden Nectar. We need some time.'' ''I''m sorry, Master. Thank you for stopping me,'' Yueha clenched her fists. She almost lost her control due to the insult that garbage threw at Aleron. ''But Master immediately sensed my intention and even thought ahead to improvise in this escting situation...as expected of Master,'' Yueha felt happy, amazed, and proud. "Reikern," Melkern spoke with his lips trembling and eyes bloodshot. "Why?" Reikern turned to his father and sighed loftily, "Father, Goddess''s prophesy can''t be prevented. The war will start and all the top powers know what will entail that." "Instead of waiting for it, I am just taking the initiative to be at the top," Reikern grinned widely. "You see...this continent, no, this world will enter a state of all-out war and a new order will be established." "It doesn''t matter if you are a demon, human, or beastfolk. Only those who win will rule and remain," Reikern''s eyes intensely lit up as he spat ruthless words, "For us to be the ones winning, this city needs to be sacrificed and be a new center of power for us." "What the hell are you saying?!" Lake shouted with a clenched fist. "W-What are you nning?!" Bergetta Rose felt her heart racing with fear and worry as she swiftly contacted her subordinates and allies. Meanwhile, Aleron frowned as he ryed to Mei, ''Mei, you said there was a demonic formation underground designed with blood and high-rank resources...'' ''Yes, Master. But I couldn''t figure out its purpose except that it felt nefarious. I''ve fiddled with it secretly such that it shouldn''t activate unless fixed.'' Mei''s eyes were on Reikern, ''If he or that Demon activates it, they will know it''s faulty and fix it in no time.'' ''Fang, hurry up,'' Aleron thought while he was upied by improving hisbat prowess in his desperate attempt to turn the situation around in case they encountered a powerful foe. He didn''t want to repeat the situation in a simr fashion like that with Akuma. He was reckless, unprepared, and took it lightly at that time, but not this time. He had unlimited Magilore and plenty of Arcane Knowledge, so he wanted to exert his full limits in utilizing his current powers without holding back. "What i am nning? Duh, the n is simple, and I wish you not to interfere in it," Reikern said with an annoyed expression. "Aurspec n can exist with me as its head, though the city''s poption will plummet and we may make some enemies, but that''s fine." "Demons will be with us. More specifically, the Argondrake Demon n," Reikern grinned and stretched his right bare arm towards them. His skin shone with ck scales shining with a dark silver hue at the joints while shining with dark gold patterns. "Did you know that our Aurspec Bloodline was mutated from the Argondrake Demon n?" "W-What?" Norn''s eyes widened. "What do you mean?!" Even, Meikern was shocked because he didn''t know that. Lake trembled hearing about that piece of news, unable to digest it. "We are descendants of an offspring that was born from a demon and a human," Reikernughed. "That''s what I mean, sister!" "You see my bloodline?! It directly evolved to a new stage, and became even more powerful than Argondrake Demons!" "The demons worship power! Now that Aurspec Bloodline can be even more powerful than theirs, we are the new royalty of the Argondrak Demon n!" "No!" Reikern paused and grinned widely. "We are Aurdrake n from now on and I am the head, Reikern Aurdrake!" Turning to Aleron, Reikern grimaced, "We wanted to prepare for a month more, but you ruined it. You need to die first, trash." Looking at him and hearing his words, Meikern and others were overwhelmed and in despair because to them, they had no way of stopping a ss 10 demon who had colluded with a considerable human force to bring down a city. "Brother Reikern, I-I," Norn opened her mouth, her eyes fidgety, but had an unusual glint in them. Aleron looked at her, surprised and confused. ''Her fear vanished?'' "Can I join you?" Norn asked as she walked a few steps forward, her eyes on Reikern or more specifically, his scales. "I-I also want to evolve my bloodline." "Norn?!" Lake''s eyes widened, even more bloodshot than before as he couldn''t believe what he just heard. "What are you saying?!" "Hahaha, I knew it," Reikernughed and turned to Norn with a big grin. "That''s why I am here, Norn. Lord Turthar also wants offspring, so you can be his woman. Your bloodline will evolve better, and your child will be even more powerful." "That..." Norn''s face fell. "Choose another woman for him. We have many in our n." "Fine, but your bloodline could evolve better if you get fucked by him, you know?" Reikern grinned and shrugged. "Anyway, this city will soon be engulfed in the Demonic Argon Altar formation." Reikern nced at Melkern, Aleron, Yueha, and Mei one by one. "Only 10% of the poption will survive. The rest will have to be...well, food of sorts? Haha." Aleron red at Reikern, "That will not happen." "Nothing will change even if you kill me right now," Reikern sneered and nced at Yueha and Mei, "Two Primeval-rank beauties. I am shocked actually, but not worried." He turned to Aleron andughed, "Even if these two bitches give their all, Lord Turthar Argondrake will kill both of them with ease." Aleron stayed silent and reined his anger and impulse. He didn''t want to provoke or do anything until Fang''s formation wasplete. If he attacked Reikern and killed him, the demon mighte to fight and it would result in major casualties. The demon might also activate the formation, find the w, and fix it. It could elerate and escte the situation if he made any move before preparation wasplete. Fortunately, he wasn''t disappointed. Right after Reikern finished speaking, Aleron heard Fang''s voice in his head. ''Master, the formation isplete. Now it only needs a touch of your grace.'' Aleron''s eyes lit up and he swiftly located Fang from the 3D map in his head. Since he had covered the entire city in the Monitor Dome, he could also make a move anywhere in the city with perfect precision without moving. ''Let''s start,'' Aleron''s eyes shed and turned cold as he looked at Reikern. Chapter 59: Aleron’ Prep, Turthar Argondrake Chapter 59: Aleron¡¯ Prep, Turthar Argondrake ? "Reikern," Aleron spoke as an orb of Magilore materialized beside him. The orb was connected to his Magilore source and it released a thick string of Magilore that shot out of the window before going towards the central tower of the city at lightning speed. "I promise you, nothing will happen to anyone in this city." "What are you doing?" Reikern frowned as he saw the strange orb releasing strange energy and used a skill to check the situation outside. ''What the fuck is he doing? I have to alert Lord Turthar.'' -- Fang stood atop the central tower with a strange crystal pole with a geo-brown round crystal on its tip. He saw a 2-inch thickser shooting from the Aurspec n''s direction before it struck the formation g. In the next moment, various formation gs at the surrounding border of the city lit up with this central g shooting energy beams at them, materializing a strange barrier that rained down and stuck to everything and everyone as if coating them. All people and objects were struck by a filmy golden brown coating. Witnessing all these, Fang''s eyes disyed astonishment and amazement before he shook his head while smiling, "How blessed these people are?" "Such abundant and potent power...My lord, your grace truly knows no bounds." Meanwhile, all people, domestic or wild animals, trees, and even buildings were strengthened and protected immensely with Aleron''s Magilore which turned into potency effects birthed by Fang''s defensive formation. The Turtle Scale Formation was Fang''s strongest defensive formation, butpared to his Assault formations, it was way weak. However, Aleron''s Magilore fueled it and practically evolved it due to Aleron''s desires and his will that geared this particr flow of Magilore to have more effects on defensive and protection type effects. Aleron was watching the whole city live in his mind and only stopped infusing Magilore in the formation when the entire city waspletely protected and the formation fully activated. After granting those tremendous coating shields and buffs to everything and everyone, the Turtle Scale Formation materialized a simple barrier covering the city. If the formation was destroyedter, the barrier would disperse, but the coating and buffs would remain until the city and its people themselves were directly harmed. ''24 million Magilore...but I still feel fine,'' Aleron thought and internally nodded. ''Good.'' Even people in this hall were affected, except for Rekern and Norn since Aleron activated avoid buffs and shield from activating on them. "What is that formation?" Reikern frowned as he felt the changes. Aleron didn''t answer him and just coldly looked at Reikern while utilizing his Magilore. "Yue, bring these two above." Aleron vanished from the room and Mei too. Meanwhile, Yueha turned into an icy stream that shed past Norn and Reikern, freezing them from head to toe. Both of them had their postures changed, indicating they tried to do something, but they were simply not fast enough against Yueha, who was a High-stage Spirit Lord (Primeval) powerhouse. Above the Aurspec n''s territory, Aleron floated above the tallest pce and looked in a particr direction. Yueha and Mei floated beside him, with Reikern and Norn being frozen popsicles floating before them. "Gather and get ready," Aleron said as he took a deep breath. ''Magilore Slime Armor.'' Aleron was covered in a humanoid-shaped blue slime structure concentrated with a potent amount of Magilore. However, even Yueha or Mei couldn''t feel its energy reading. "Master, you''vepletely kept this under control, but my goosebumps are still real," Yueha wryly smiled. "How much Magilore is this?" "25 million." Aleron felt cool and pressured on his body, but he didn''t leave his physical body''s foundation in jeopardy this time. Magilore Slime Armor not only covered him externally but also enhanced every single one of his cells with it. At the moment, Aleron had buffed and fortified his entire physical body with 10 million Magilore with physical rted enhancements, and the other 15 million Magilore was concentrated in external armor. All of it was under such fine control of Aleron that not even a spec of Magilore Slime Armor''s potent aura leaked. ''I can still go on, but I feel a bit of palpitation,'' Aleron thought as he felt the workings of the Magilore Slime Armor. ''I have to fight and get used to this amount first.'' ''I also need to see if it smoothly executes the magic sequences I input,'' Aleron stretched his hand, and a broad sword materialized with condensed Magilore. Its patterns indicated that it was fortified with various Arcane sybuses, possessing various effects. "Boss, it''s done." "My Lord." Fang and Hua also arrived at this time, but Hua was not alone. *Roarr!!* A 300-meter long silver-ck scaled Dragon with fancy horns and gigantic wings floated above them. "My partner is ready as well," Hua grinned with his body also glowing and oozing with fighting spirit as he bumped his fists. This dragon was actually a peak Exceed-rank with a powerful bloodline! ''A Martial Spirit capable of summoning and synergizing with a dragon?'' Yueha raised her eyebrows. "That''s one powerful Martial Spirit, Hua." "Haha, thanks elder sister," Huaughed out loud, "yours is also not too bad." "Don''t be too loud. Master is in focus," Mei said as she looked at Aleron who was checking the flow of magic sequences he could instantly input with his imagination and arcane knowledge. *Thrrr....* Suddenly, Yueha, Mei, Hua, and Fang looked down and saw a bright glow lighting in a circr shape while the city slightly trembled due to strange vibrations. Aleron opened his eyes and looked below. "Master, it was an attempt to activate the formation," Mei frowned. "No worries," Aleron''s eyes glinted as he had already located the underground passages and ce where the Demon and the formation were situated. "It won''t activate anymore." Everyone''s demeanor changed as that meant that battle with the demon was nigh. "I''ve saved the trapped kids from the underground and cleared it," Hua grinned. "You can smack that vile creature out of its hole without holding back." "Thanks." - "Formation didn''t activate?" "Reikern is also not responding after waking me up." Turthar Argondrake, a two-meter-tall humanoid with two dark gold horns and a muscr physique adorning a full-body draconic armor with red, dark gold, and ck designs. He looked at his hand and circr energy through his body before nodding, "Good. The enchant is effective and I''ve also rested enough. Before anything unexpected happens, the n should finish today." A sharp red glint spread in his eyes before he vanished from his spot and went towards the ce where the formation center was ced. ''Someone infiltrated and fiddled with it?'' Suddenly, Turthar''s expression changed as he felt a powerful force descending into the chamber and materializing into a giant hand. ''Hmm? What is this energy?!'' *Swoosh!* The hand shot at him before grabbing him and shooting upward, breaking the floods and ground before emerging from the Aurspec n''s backyard and bringing him before Aleron. Turthar saw the entourage of Aleron and nodded, "So it is you." ncing at frozen Reikern, he shifted his nce back at Aleron from whom he felt this magic hand''s control. *Boom!* In the next second, the hand covering him exploded as Turthar freed himself. "It seems that I''ll have to erase you all before I can feast on this city and call my nsmen here," Turthar''s aura burst out as his demonic wings expanded and his body turned 10 meters tall. "Get ready to die." ''This kid feels strange but I should erase those two first,'' Turthat focused on Yueha and Mei after looking at Aleron. Chapter 60: Intense Clash Chapter 60: Intense sh ? Aleron was also observing this greater demon and used his self-created inspection skill to measure his power. |-Name: [Turthar Argondrake] |-Race: [Demon/Greater Demon] -Lifeform Rank: - [Semi-Ascendent | ss 10] |-Bloodline: - [Argondrake Demior-Mythic-2] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Ace-2 (721k/1000k)] [Agility: Ace-1(649k/1000k)] [Stamina: Ace-2(738k/1000k)] - [Health: Ace-1(675k/1000k)] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: Ace-2 (753k/1000k)] [Mana Pool: Ace-2 (770k/1000k)] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Ace-1 (621k/1000k)] [Soul Force: Ace-1 (620k/1000k)] "You done checking me out, kid?" Turthar smiled at Aleron before he vanished and appeared right behind Yueha. Yueha''s pupils shrank and a condensed ice armor started producing from her back right as Turthar''s punch struck her. *Boom!* Yueha shot far away into a building as she felt her whole body jolting with pain and cracking. Fortunately, the demonic power apanied by the punch didn''t prate her body thanks to her timely, albeit weak response. ''Yue!'' Aleron''s eyes trembled. ''I couldn''t even see his movements.'' ''I have to do something or I won''t be able to hit my attack no matter how powerful they are! Wield it beyond the limit! I can do it!'' ''I can think and create skills to ovee this difference! Measure, think, and create.'' Meanwhile, Mei vanished in a blink as she sensed Turthar''s attack intent on her after attacking Yue. "Hiding, huh?" Turthar''s eyes narrowed,pletely ignoring Hua and Fang. *Roar!!* Hua''s dragon roared and pped its wing before it speedily appeared below Turthar and released a breath attack. "Don''t interfere, weaklings," Turthar snorted before he pointed his palm at the dragon, conjuring a giant demonic beastly maw that took a bite out of the dragon dark silver''s wings. *Roarr!* The stat difference was too much for them to ovee. As such, Aleron first decided to boost everyone''s physical body with the Physical Enchant skill he refined to increase their bodily stats to limit. Turthar saw Yueha returning with her body glowing faintly and physical her aura increasing before sensing the same in Hua and Fang. Fang floated below while handling his mini-formations, taking on the job of assisting others. Mei was also buffed by Aleron, but she waspletely out of Turthar''s radar. "Not bad," Turthar''s eyes glowed and his aura also turned more ominous with his draconic patterns on the body faintly shining. "But not enough," Turthar floated with a violent crimson-blue sphere covering him as he adopted a stance while holding a meter-long curved dagger in his hand, pitch ck with crimson patterns that pulsed. ''His aura increased,'' Aleron frowned as he saw Turthar''s stats increasing further! However, he soon heard Yueha''s reassuring voice. ''Master, we will hold on until you are ready to y this foe. We trust you, so you must trust us.'' ''Don''t you dare die! I''ll be done fast'' Aleron clenched his fist and focused as he flew a few hundred meters away from them. He had power, but his senses were slow! He needed something to catch up to the speed of strong powerhouses so he could attack and react! Meanwhile, just as Aleron flew away, Hua used Dragon Impact Blow, making the first move as his staff glowed before smashing it upward towards Turthar from below, creating a concentrated whirling of powerful gusts that shot Turthar upward forcefully despite not damaging him. However, right after that attack, strange energy released from the crimson sphere surrounding Turthar, shooting a mini-crimson sphere at Hua who couldn''t dodge it due to its speed and suddenness as if it was an instant counter-attack. *Boom!* Turthar shot upward where Mei was ready with her surprise attack while Hua crashed down into the city. Fortunately, the whole city and its people were fortified, so despite this being a powerful crash that would''ve normally killed people and destroyed normal buildings, nothing actually happened. Even though some people were flung away and crashed, they didn''t feel pain or receive any injuries! People were shocked, and couldn''t understand anything except that a fight was going on in the sky and someone had done something to keep them safe. On the other hand, Mei''s sinister hidden de appeared right above Turthar''s head when he forcefully stopped the Hua''s skill effect that was shooting him upward with atmospheric aid. *nk!* *Crak...* "Not fast enough," Turthar''s eyes reflected Mei''s eyes as he blocked her de and even broke it. *Boom!* Mei''s expression changed before a bunch of crimson shes painted before her magically through Turthar''s dagger, intending to cut her into pieces. But she reacted fast and used her Domain with no other choice but to avoid this fatality. A Domain, be it spiritual or magic, was a special field of power conjured in an area around the user. It boosted the particr powers of the user to give them an edge. It consumed a lot of their energy, so one would only use it when there was no other choice. In an instant, 100 meters of the area around Mei turned into perpetual darkness that apanied her with her movements and control. Inside this area, Turthar''s senses were reduced and his physical body was weakened while enhancing Mei. s, Turthar also activated his Domain, causing half of Mei''s domain to be suppressed away by a crimson dome filled with sparkling streams of red and ck, taking the shapes of demonic dragons. Mei couldn''t be targeted with her domain due to her specialty, so Turthar didn''t hesitate and attacked Yueha. "Not that easy," Yueha''s eyes shed as she also activated her domain, conjuring a sparkling blizzard around her with a mini dark blue moon hanging above her. "Interesting," Turthar''s domain was slightly suppressed and countered with the sparkling ice blue blizzard. ''My attacks will be avoidable by her as long as her domain is activated.'' "But how long will you twost?" Turthar''s eyes glinted. ''I''ll shave away their domains first. That assassin girl might be able to injure me with her domain activated while this one is powerful enough to hurt me annoyingly if I recklessly move.'' ''I have to kill her first,'' Turthar thought as he didn''t want to needlessly get injured when he could finish them off easily. Turthar''s focus was on Yueha, who was also careful about making a move and focusing on the main objective¡ªbuying time while staying safe. Chapter 61: Close Call Chapter 61: Close Call ? Looking at the stalemate of the trio, Fang weakly smiled, ''It seems that my attacks won''t have any use at all.'' Hua appeared beside Fang from his crash below and ryed, ''Fang, our job is to buy time and it seems that demon is wary now that Yueha and Mei used their domains. I can''t do much in this situation, though. Damn it!'' ''Don''t worry. Let''s support them as much as we can even if it won''t be very effective,'' Fang said as he waved his hand fang and used his pre-made strong Assault Formation-Forest of Thousand Bites. In the next second, a 1-kilometer area around transformed into a lush forest as Fang used his precious one-time use Assault formation, which required him to gather a bunch of resources and hours of work toplete. "More tricks?" Turthar frowned as he saw this transformation. ''A ready-made formation of this caliber?'' ''The energy these guys are using is also strange. It''s not Mana.'' "Good job, Fang," Yueha smiled as her cold eyes shone and sheunched her assaults on Turthar while getting away from him and Mei also did the same. Now that this 1 kilometer-diameter area is covered in a magic forest, they broke the stalemate and started attacking him. Fang also used the main features of this formation, as various spirit beasts attacked Tuthar out of nowhere, conjuring around him and attacking him. [Fang: This formation willst for 5 minutes unless he destroys it.] [Yueha: We will keep our safety in mind and attack him from all sides. Let''s hang on until Master is ready.] Turthar ignored the formation''s attack, but the powerful Waning Snow Swords and Deathly ck des of Yueha and Mei were annoying him. Waning Snow Swords was Yueha''s signature offensive attack to use with her Domain, unleashing fast and instant swords made of ice with high piercing power and effects to considerable damage, slow, and freeze. It was good against defending because hitting iing attacks with Waning Snow Swords would also result in the sh and freeze the aftereffects, a sort of safe mutual destruction. If it struck a living being, it would also have more effects based on Yueha''s control and transmission of power. Turthar was struck by a de that released swift freezing power into his body, trying to give him internal frostbites while slowing his body''s system. But it was futile as he ravaged the invaded power with his power at the cost of expending some energy...which annoyed him greatly. Meanwhile, Deathly ck des were pure lethality as they contained poison and power of death, capable of decaying his. He was startled as he wasn''t expecting this level of lethality, but he was ultimately more powerful and those des couldn''t go past his Crimson Storm Sphere. "Alright, enough!" Turthar roared as his demonic wings expanded and he consumed arge amount of Mana while utilizing his domain to execute an attack. "Ruined Voracious Maw!" Right above his domain, everyone saw a huge 100-meter-wide and long demonic maw with sharp fangs materializing as they crackled with crimson lightning and demonic ck mes. ''Shit!'' Hua''s eyes widened. Fang''s eyes turned bloodshot as he made up his mind to expand all of the formation''s energy to sh against that. Yueha''s eyes turned fiery as she decided to go all out as well, intending to use all of her energy to sh as the dark blue moon in her domain shone and cracked into motes that transformed into a streaming blizzard shooting at the demonic maw, slowing it down. However, her entire attack ceased to exist as soon as it neared the maw. Mei was helpless as she didn''t have any means to contend against such a big attack. But at that moment, the four of them heard Aleron''s voice in their heads. ''Good job holding on. Now leave that demon to me.'' Aleron''s eyes had opened and the Echostorm Starwink Bow appeared in his hand, with its bowstring pulled to the extreme as the bow''s sides bent until they were just 6 inches away from each other while a crystal arrow materialized. It shone with an icy blue color while sparkling with indigo blue beautiful windy patternsced on it. Aleron saw that terrifying maw filled with potent power. Judging by its open maw filled with a whirling concentration of power and those fangs, it was clear that this attack would release a projectile from its mouth before showing some other effects. In one second, that attack could take Yueha''s life since it was targeted at her while also causing other destruction. But, Aleron didn''t think that far. His eyes whirling with pure Magilore transformed into a sequence of power utilized by him as hepletely measured the maw''s energy level inparison to his Magilore and created this arrow. ''Target locked. Arrow: Frozen Silence.'' Just as the Voracious Maw was about to release its attack, Aleron''s arrow left the Echostorm Starwink Bow''s string. The bow''s attributes were Sound, Lightning, and Wind, so the magic arrow created with those attributes'' structure would be boosted. However, Aleron used the Ice and Wind sybus to create this arrow because he didn''t want to injure others identally by creating a pure offensive arrow. Freezing it and breaking it down was best. *Swoosh!* That Arrow transformed instantly after leaving the bow as a burst of frigid stream released at the giant maw, instantly freezing the entire attack before it started dispersing. ''Master!'' ''My lord!'' Yueha and others immediately flew towards him and floated behind him. Their eyes glued on Aleron as they eagerly awaited to watch him thrash that demon. *Swoosh!* The formation dispersed since it was exhausted and everyone saw Turthar floating within his crimson sphere, his arms crossed and his eyes focused on Aleron. "It appears that I''ve underestimated you, kid." His eyes showed a greedy light as he looked at the bow and added with a grin, "That weapon is extraordinary. How about you hand it over and I''ll let you all go?" ''The others had shabby weapons, but this kid got a weapon with a Concept effect? This is a jackpot.'' "If you can beat me, then sure, it''s yours." ''It''s time to use it,'' Aleron''s eyes shed before he appeared right before Turthar with his right hand covered in Magilore Slime Armor suddenly transforming into a whirling me vortex. Turthar was greatly startled as he watched the iing uppercut of Aleron''s hand that wielded a whirling me vortex around it, filled with potent power that made him feel threatened. Fortunately, he reacted fast enough to dodge, but the shock in his eyes remained. ''Did he just teleport by using space magic?!'' *Boom!* Meanwhile, Aleron''s fist attack released a terrifying vortex of whirling me in the sky, though it didn''t manage to hit Turthar. However, Turthar''s fist stuck Aleron''s body from his right side, expecting to see Aleron getting sted with his powerful Demonic Fists. s, the expected impact didn''t ur. *Thak!* He felt a jolt in his body at the impact as if he hit a tough metal te stronger than his attack, causing his eyes to almost pop out of their sockets at this unexpected result. ''What the fuck?!'' Chapter 62: Homing Fury Bolt, Erasure Chapter 62: Homing Fury Bolt, Erasure ? "Huh?" Aleron''s eyebrows jumped as he didn''t even feel anything. ''I guess this armor is too tough for him.'' The seemingly slick semi-jelly armorpletely blocked Turthar''s attack. "Try this," Aleron grinned and punched again as he swung his fist forward. *Swoosh!* ''Too simple,'' Turthar snorted. However, his eyes rolled upward while getting bloodshot in the next second as he suddenly felt an impact right between his legs because... Aleron''s half-arm had vanished into a strange tiny portal that was connected to another portal that appeared between his legs. ''Awesome!'' Aleron grinned as he sessfully used the ''Wormholes'' he created, connecting his attack. There wasn''t much knowledge of space, but he had observed and read enough toprehend Space Sybus on his own. Aleron''s fist emerged from there and struck Turthar, shattering his exoskeleton with a massive impact as a loud crunchy sound of his something bursting along with a sonic boom echoed. Turthar shot upward like a bullet with his expression horrified and painful. ''What the hell is going on?!'' ''Why is he that powerful?! That energy...don''t tell me it is Magilore?!! He had only sensed Magilore recently, but couldn''t see or touch it, let alone use it! But here he was, seeing it in the hands of a Legendary-rank human. ''How?! What''s going on with that kid?!'' Suddenly, he felt danger bells ringing and nced below as he saw Aleron with his bow nocking another arrow. Aleron''s eyes glinted as he designed the arrow, but this time, it was with the intention to kill this demon. He also activated the bow''s effects-Echo Mirage and Vorpal Point. Echo Mirage: Enchant an arrow. When it impacts, the same will be conjured without consumption of any energy, but having 100% of the original arrow''s powers. Vorpal Point: Designate a target. If the arrow right after using Vorpal Point strikes the target, it will ignore a certain amount of defense and increase the power of the arrow. ''Arrow: Homing Fury Bolt,'' Aleron''s eyes sharply glinted. ''My Magic Potency is just 5000 while that demon has it above 500k and also has considerable Mana.'' Aleron could see that this demon had pills that restored his Mana. He must have done that right after using that Voracious Maw because he could see that this demon had recovered his Mana. ''This should do it.'' ''An Arrow with 50 million Magilore utilized in it.'' An unnerving and palpitating aura released from the flickering light blue arrow with cyan sparks that looked ethereal and dreamy. Turthar saw it and desperation appeared in his eyes for the first time. ''Why?! Why does he have Magilore?!'' ''How can he wield it like this and have this much amount?!'' Turthar couldn''t believe his eyes as he floated a kilometer above, feeling as if his death was written on that arrow. Without thinking anymore, Turthar burst out with all of his power as his demonic wings shone, and....he escaped with all his might. "Not today," Aleron narrowed his eyes and released the arrow. Turthar who had already flown a couple of kilometers away and was crossing distance at his full speed suddenly felt a chill crawling his back and captured the arrowing at him within his soul sense rang. It was flying right behind him, about to catch him. ''Bastard! He even used Soul force to mark me and designed the arrow such that it will follow me?!'' Turthar''s eyes couldn''t help but produce a hint of despair amidst desperation. He needed an obstacle to block this arrow and make it impact something else other than him. There was a way to do that too. Unfortunately, he was high in the sky and the arrow''s speed was too fast. Before he could go down to use some mountain or any other obstacle to escape, the Arrow struck him. ''I''m dead,'' Turthar''s eyes reflected the whole battle in that instance before regret appeared in his mind. He didn''t measure his opponents. If he did, he would have escaped from the start instead of fighting and could live. *Chriii...Crackle!* Echo Mirage activated and sted the second arrow at the same spot even though Turthar was already,pletely erased. *Boom!* ''First gacha quest of the dayplete,'' Aleron smiled. Arge phenomenon of beautiful yet destructive lightning with strange waves of colorful sparks exploded in the sky a few kilometers away from the city as if some grand fireworks, but that was not all. Arge hole in space appeared at Turthar''s location, creating a harrowing void with silver-milky horizontal flow behind it. The colorful lightning tendrils and sparks around this void made this scene look beautiful yet terrifying. Rias, Roxen, Melkern, Bergetta, all members of the Aurspec n, and many people of the city watched that phenomenon of utter destruction on arge scale, their eyes stupefied with no exception. The explosion''s shockwaves spread to the whole city and all other areas as powerful winds blew and clouds raged. Although people didn''t know what was happening at first, it didn''t take long for them to know the situation. When Turthar and Aleron talked a bit in the sky, everyone clearly knew that a powerful Demon had arrived in the city and this news also spread fast. An unknown group was defending them while trying to kill the demon. As such, cheers rang out amidst the city when they saw the beautiful yet destructive explosion in the sky that confirmed the demon''s death beyond doubt. "I am not dreaming, right?" Roxen nkly looked at Aleron as she mumbled. Rias dazedly shook her head, "I knew he was very powerful, but this much..." Yueha, Mei, Hua, and Fang surrounded Aleron with varying but all jolly expressions. "You all did good holding on," Aleron smiled as he put away the bow into the inventory. "But we still have the unfinished work of cleaning this city," Aleron said as he looked below at the whole city. "Mr. Aleron." Melker, Bergetta, Lake, James, and a few other powerhouses arrived there. Yueha and others stood beside Aleron as they faced the iing group. "Thank you for the help. If it wasn''t for you, this city would have turned into our graveyard," Melkern sighed as he seemed to have aged a few years since his first appearance. "No need for thanks," Aleron said with augh. "I am just doing what I like. And now, I need to do one more thing, so I hope you''ll help me with that." "Just tell us and we shall give our utmost to aid you," Bergetta said with a bow and charming smile at Aleron. ''If the House of Dark Rose can have ties with this group....I must do my best!'' Mei''s eyes coldly shone as she looked at her. ''Yue, vixen eyes on Master.'' Yueha internally snorted as she nced away from Bergetta, ''Humph, that woman got no chance. No worries.'' "What would you like us to do?" Melkern respectfully asked as he looked at Aleron. "Well..." Aleron''s eyes faintly glowed before everyone saw a bigger version of the city''s 3D model map. "I''ve noted some good ces in this city, so I want to enjoy some time here. But before that- ''Aleron smiled as the city''s 3D map started changing, "-let''s clean the city to my liking first, shall we?" Everyone looked at the map and saw something appearing above all the tiny humanoid- shaped dots that indicated the city''s people. Marks. Most of the marks were White and Yellow, both looking like trees and flowers while a small percentage of the marks consisted of Red and ck, both looking skulls. Chapter 63: Alerons Judgement (1/2) Chapter 63: Aleron''s Judgement (1/2) ? Everyone looked at the sizable 3D map Aleron created in the air. The confusion regarding the marks above people was cleared soon after that, and it made everyone tongue-tied. "We are going to weed out this tiny amount of red and ck," Aleron said as he looked at the map. "They are obstacles in the way of happy lives and spread suffering. So, no matter who they are, they''ll be punished in my way." "How are you going to do that? There are over five hundred thousand people..." Lake Aurspec asked, feeling overwhelmed and a sort of fear in anticipation of his answer. The others were also dumbfounded with their emotions going haywire. ''My house...'' Bergetta Rose saw three red marks at the ce of her organization''s mansion and her heart leaped to her throat. ''Who?'' "I am thinking about teleporting all of them right in front of me. Let''s take a look at them," Aleron said before his eyes shed, marking all people red and ck marks in the city. Afterward, Aleron looked to the left and waved his hand as he unleashed Magilore before shaping it into a vast metal tform enough to hold a million people with enough space to have pics in groups. ''I should add in Mana Seal and fuel it enough to forcefully prevent them from using magic,'' Aleron modified the tform since there were legendary-rank and epic-rank powerhouses in the list. Aleron and others were floating 500 meters above the city, so people below were shocked to see a big shade appearing out of nowhere. Soon after that, an exact 502,390 number of people vanished from the city and appeared on the tform. Those people panicked and mored, their ages varying from as young aste teens to oldies in their nies. Aleron floated above the people while Rias, Roxen, Melkern, and others also tailed behind him. "Are you all wondering why you are here?" Aleron asked as he looked at the people. He saw people from various professions and seemingly innocent-looking ones with red marks. Weak people in Mortal rank and Adept rank who were the majority of residents of the city mostly had red marks. But Aleron still spotted some and it made him wonder just what cruelty they did to people that gave them a ck mark. A few old men and women in some high-ss outfits especially had ck marks above them. Some people were also sleeping and suddenly arrived here with confusion. Most people were adventurers, but a number of city residents in high government positions to handle the city''s development were also here, some even having ck above them. The adventurers numbered high and most of them were bonafide criminals hiding in the city after killing, raping, and causing chaos in various towns and viges since such settlements generally didn''t have much security against powerful adventurers. This city was one of the top five biggest cities with peopleing from various parts of the continent. A good amount of people were from other ces and were now lined up on the tform. And after Aleron asked his question, he saw a strange phenomenon in the people. He saw them looking at each other and many had faces that showed panic and fear as they seemed to realize that something bad was going to happen to them. "Why are we here?!" An Epic-rank powerhouse in his sixties shouted as his question rang loud among the uproar. "You all are here because you''ve sinned and spread suffering," Aleron said, his eyes constantly flickering as he was creating a skill utilizing his soul force with Magilore. "What?!" "How can you say that?!" "I didn''t do anything!" Three other Epic-rank powerhouses spotted Bergetta Rose and contacted her with theirm card. Bergetta received the call and looked at them, but only sighed before she looked at Aleron''s back, ignoring them. Meanwhile, Aleron also ignored the mor and was focused on creating a skill that would make his work faster. "n head Melkern, what is this?!" A young man wearing a white robe asked with a dark expression. He was a Legendary-rank powerhouse and a prince of a nearby kingdom. ''Dman it! I can''t even use magic. What''s going on?!'' All powerhouses on the tform had tried to escape, but nobody could move an inch, let alone use magic. A minute passed by with everyone getting more anxious by the second. Melkern and others didn''t answer anyone despite seeing some familiar faces. Several people of the Aurspec ns were also present, but they were also ignored. "n head, that..." Lake looked at a woman in her mid-twenties, who was his uncle''s daughter. His uncle wasn''t present but he was an early-stage Exceed-rank powerhouse. "Mr. Aleron," Melkern finally spoke with hesitation. "Are you sure about this?" "You dare doubt our Master?" Yueha frowned as she shot a cold nce at Melkern. "It''s fine, Yue." Aleron had also just finished creating the skill and smiled at Melkern, "I''m sure about my judgment, Mr. Melker." Turning his head back to the tform, Aleron used the skill as countless ethereal white-blue strings released from Aleron''s forehead. Each string struck a person on their forehead as Aleron read their memories. The skill worked such that it would only show him memories of their actions that granted them the red/ck marks by imposing his intention in Magilore to search for suffering caused and creating an Arcane Sybus like ''Suffering Search'' bybing it with his soul force. "Mr. Melkern," Aleron spoke while keeping his head to observe the people and sorting the memories. "I am going to divide people into three sections now." "The first section is about the bunch of people with ck marks. They are hopeless." Aleron waved his hand as many people were enveloped in chains and floated up in the sky. "What are you doing?!" "Please let me go." "Release me!" the nearby kingdom''s prince shouted at Aleron with red eyes, already feeling death approaching from his premonition as he lost it. Everyone had seen him fighting and destroying that demon with an arrow that opened a new horizon of power for them. "You all will live for as long as possible," Aleron looked at them with settled anger as he calmly said, "Your lives will be used to give peace to others. I will make sure of it." He knew what they''d done from memories, and it just made him too much angry. Death was a freedom they didn''t deserve. In the next second, around thirty thousand people disappeared as Aleron sent them to Eldertide Archipgo. Using his increasing mastery of Magilore and Soul Force, Aleron directly found Odar and sent him soul transmission from outside. [Aleron: Odar, I am sending some people. They are the worst of the scum and criminals. Bind all of them in ve cors. If ve cors arecking, start their production in the necropolis''s crafting houses.] [Odar: Hello, can you hear me, boss?] [Aleron: I can.] [Odar: This is a cool skill you''ve learned, haha. Alright, leave them to me. I''ll make sure they are cored as soon as possible.] [Aleron: They''ll be under your care from now on. As for your role, I''ll tell you after finishing this matter.] [Odar: Whatever the role is, I''ll take that on, boss! Alright, I see the people. Wait, boss. I thought you said some people, but that''s....holy cow, that''s so many ves?!] [Aleron: Yeah. After you cor them, use them to build a huge prison for their living and send them to explore the ind and collect various resources.] [Odar: Good idea, haha. Alright, leave them to me, boss. I''ll whip them up good!] Chapter 64: Alerons Judgement (2/2) Chapter 64: Aleron''s Judgement (2/2) ? Aleron then looked down at the remaining people, his movement causing many reactions from Rias and others. They don''t know where those thirty-thousand people went, but this fear of the unknown was far more terrifying. "The second section of people are those with bright red marks," Aleron waved his hand at around two hundred thousand people as they flew up with chains binding them. "These people actively cause suffering to others at their pleasure and their crimes are abundant, vicious in nature and sense both. They don''t have good in their hearts anymore, and they have lost the purpose of life as they only live to cause suffering to others." Those two hundred thousand people lined up in a long row as they were forcefully bent as if bowing by the chains wrapping them. "They will be executed." Instantly, all the people who were hanging in the air shouted and begged. "No, please don''t!" "I am a hero summoned from another world! I am here to save people! I didn''t do anything!" Aleron was about to execute them, but then he heard the so-called hero and a vein popped on his face as he brought the man looking in his mid-twenties in front of him. "Your name...Jackran, right?" Aleron said with a dark expression. "You sexually assaulted innocent girls and maids and inflicted despair in a weak vige where you went to kill monsters to save them." "You went to save them and then inflicted a worse suffering on them. Why? You raped and killed people in that vige because you feared no consequences, huh!? Fucking trash." Aleron''s eyes burst with anger, "Damn it, killing you all is letting you off easy!" Everyone trembled while Hero Jackran pissed his pants looking at Aleron''s angry face as his eyes lost light and started filling with despair. ''No...'' However, their fate was sealed. In the next second, Rias and others saw a de appearing above every single person''s head before shing down, including Hero Jackran. Heads fell and blood rained. However, he didn''t let them gopletely. He captured every single soul and sent them to Eldertide Archipgo. Aleron also waved his hand as a flux of Magilore released, containing all dead bodies and their heads in a closed metal box Meanwhile, a huge uproar soon rang in the city as many people could see what just happened. "T-This...Mr. Aleron," Lake tremblingly said, "I-I feel like it''s wrong to do this. Killing so many people..." Aleron confusedly turned to Lake, "What? If I am doing wrong, then are you saying they''ve done right?" Shaking his head, Aleron sighed and added, "You don''t know what they''ve done. If you knew, you would kill them as well." "Anyway, I am not here to listen to your opinions on this. I am here to exercise my ideals with my power. You may call me a demon or tyrant, but the fate of this city and many people suffering in it will change today after I clean it." "If people are proud of their power, their ruthlessness, their trophies," Aleron said with a proud smile, "Then I am proud to relieve people from their suffering and give them peace. This way, I can enjoy my time with people who also enjoy their lives to live happily." Aleron''s eyes brightly shone as he smiled, "The world is gray and it might be impossible to entirely change it. But wherever I set my foot, the ce around me won''t be gray anymore. It must be golden and warm!" Lake, Melkern, Roxen, and others were stunned. Yueha, Mei, Hua, and Fang smiled, their eyes showing determination to follow their master and support his ideals. Meanwhile, Rias''s heart raced faster, and her face flushed while looking at Aleron. She never thought she would hear such absurd and naive words from someone so powerful, and all the more even feeling such adoration towards him and finding it heroically attractive. ''He is not afraid to use his powers to make his ideals a reality...'' Rias looked at Aleron as she birthed a strong impulse and desire to follow him and be his woman, wanting to see him and partake in his journey. After feeling all that, she also came to form a strong resolve as a rxed smile appeared on her face. On the other hand, Aleron waved his hand as the remaining people who numbered over two hundred thousand trembled in fear. Chains appeared around them as well, while Melkern and others watched with inexinable emotions. "You all have red marks as well, but a lighter shade. From your memories, I know some of you have killed innocents knowing and unknowingly out of various desires and emotions, out of impulse, frustration, and all of you are somewhat regretting it." "Some regretting means that some of you might lean towards deeper red as well if you give up on empathy and kindness," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "However, the deed has been done and suffering has been caused, so punishment is a must as well." "P-Please give us a chance!" "I know! *Sniff* I shouldn''t have d-done that." People with regret at their actions and burdened broke down as many begged and cried. Many of them had put half a foot on this bad path but were tethered between and regretting while some were feeling more temptation to fall deeper and give up to relieve the pain from regret. Such was human nature and Aleron increasingly understood all of that after reading so many memories and their experience. "I have a solution for all of you," Aleron said with a smile. "Not all of you will live because I''ve judged that many of you are not deserving of living anymore. You''ve knowingly done it and will do your sin again to cause suffering to others." "So, I''ll give you a chance," Aleron said as his eyes shed and a knife appeared before many people. Around sixty thousand people saw a knife in front of them. "Forfeit your lives with atonement. You do not deserve to enjoy your remaining life." The knife neared them and chains around their arms vanished for them to grab the knife. "If there''s hell, I''ll see you there," a green-haired man said as he looked at Aleron smilingly before slitting his throat. ''Hell, eh?'' Aleron fell into thought as a glint passed in his eyes as if he suddenly got inspiration. ''Good idea.'' People killed themselves with the slick magic knife that easily cut their heads. Many hesitated, but knowing there was no other choice, and all of them had killed innocent people, all of them eventually killed themselves with atonement, anger, and despair mixed. Aleron also captured their souls and sent them into the Necropolis in Eldertide Archipgo. Afterward, Aleron looked at Melkern and said "Mr. Melker, you can handle the remaining people." "When I read their memories, I''ve nted a magic rune in them with those memories as well, even those dead ones have it," Aleron smiled, "So, punish them ordingly in your way while I am in this city and let this new spread." "Me?" Melkern was startled as he looked at the remaining people on the tform numbered over a hundred thousand people. "Yes. Create a list of people who died and their wrongdoings by reading the memory rune, and spread it in the city," Aleron''s eyes shed, "People should know because many of them were wolves in sheep''s clothing." Chapter 65: The Punisher Chapter 65: The Punisher ? Aleron looked at the city below and added, "Some people among those that I killed have families, but if their family thinks they don''t deserve to die after knowing their doings and look vtile, then you should try to make them understand, and if they don''t understand." Aleron narrowed his eyes and continued after a short pause. "Then...you can kill them. If people seek vengeance for an evil person, then that vengence is a sin in my court," Aleron sharply said, "To pursue that vengence, they''ll hurt innocents, so snuff them out if they can''t understand that what they are doing is wrong." Everyone felt goosebumps as they heard him. But Aleron stretched his arms after he finished speaking and grinned, "And we are finally done." "Next, we are going to the Rxing Hill Resort for some massage and hot spring. I am feeling a bit sore and tired." "That''s a good ce," Rias nodded with a smile. "Let''s go there." "Hold on, I''ll teleport us," Aleron used Magilore, marking Yueha, Mei, Hua, Fang, Rias, and Roxen before teleporting all of them to the beautiful and luxurious hill resort to the east of the city. Melkern, Lake, Bergetta, and other powerhouses who had flown up from the Aurspec n floated with dazed expressions. "C-n head...What should we do?" Melkern took a deep breath and said with the resolution, "They are sealed and the tform is still there. Do as Mr. Aleron said. Read their memories from magic runes and punish them ording to ourws." "He even created such magic runes for those who don''t have soul force," Bergetta wryly smiled. "Just who is he? So young and so powerful? Unbelievable, but it''s true, haiz..." Bergetta couldn''t help but sigh at the whole ordeal that urred. "Anyway, he left this to you, so I won''t partake, but," Bergetta said as she looked at Melkern, "If you need help, I''ll send my men." Melkern shook his head, "I''ll handle it. I owe him for saving the city from disaster and killing the demon." "Do you hate him for killing your sons?" Bergetta asked with her eyes intently looking into Melkern''s eyes. Melkern''s eyes trembled at the question before he deeply sighed. "I loved them and when someone or something you love is snatched away by others forever, it hurts." "But I am not blind or insensible," Melkern''s jaw tightened as he looked down at the city, his eyes showing a resolved light. "I can''t hate Mr. Aleron. Young and naive as he sounds, his power is on another realm, and his mind is broader than us, who are confined by our thoughts and limited by power." "Most importantly to me," Melkern firmly said, "If I found out my sons'' deeds, I would have killed them myself." "That''s true, I suppose," Bergetta wryly smiled. "I saw three members of my organization getting killed. I''ll go and see what they''ve done behind my back." Melkern floated alone while Aurspec n members started working on his orders. He knew both of his sons were alive and in Aleron''s captive for some kind of punishment, but he had already considered them dead. The memories of when they were kids and how he yed with them shed in his mind before two tears left his eyes. He didn''t fail to educate them, but his sons blinded and corrupted themselves by power and desires. If he wanted to me others, he could me demons, he could me himself, he could me the environment around them, and he could me the situation that gave birth to those thoughts. But no. The decision to walk on the evil path for one''s personal gain by inflicting suffering on innocents was a choice, and they made that choice. There was no excuse. As such, his tears were not entirely of sadness, but anger as well. "n head, what about our people?" Melkern frowned and sternly answered, "Our people or not, check their memories from runes and register their punishment ordingly!" "Prison will be overcrowded for a while, so we''ll need to expand it." Melker nodded, "I''ll expand it." He left after saying that, flying towards a mountain right at the city''s border in the north where the prison was situated along with a D-rank Arcane Vein for prisoners to mine. On the other hand, people all over the city were talking about the same situation and topic. The media outlets were covering this as breaking news and everything that urred in the sky was also captured crystal clear with mirage stones. A few powerhouses from other Kingdoms and organizations who came here weren''t expecting this, but they''d seen some familiar people from other organization and their acquaintances getting nabbed in the air and punished. A few people who had Mirage Stones recorded the whole situation, so it was spreading like wildfire in the city, and wouldn''t be long before the incident urred would spread to other big cities and kingdoms. Mirage Stones were magical crystals crafted using Magic Stones. One could infuse Mana in it to activate and it would then connect to one''s eyes, capturing everything one saw with their eyes in it, like a video. "He is so young, though. Or he is old but hiding his age?" "Doesn''t really matter. I see that Robert Klek, that bastard abused workers to death and caused plenty of suffering, but nobody did anything. Now, look, he is dead." "True." "You remember the Yural family''s kids in the academy? They bullied a poor girl from downtown brutally and spread her photos, forcing her to hang herself in the end." "They only got light punishment at that time, yeah. And I heard she wasn''t their first orst victim. Humph, it''s good they got punished by that young man." "But who is he?" "What is his name?" Such questions had spread throughout the city, but people had already given him a in and simple nickname. The Punisher. ... Meanwhile, Aleron and others had already arrived at the Rxing Hill Resort and paid money for the massage and hot spring, finally beginning his rxing and enjoyable time in the city. They were rmended to take a shower and hot spring bath before the massage, so everyone went further up the hill towards the hot spring spots. Chapter 66: Plan Foiled, Hot Spring Chapter 66: n Foiled, Hot Spring ? "What the in the nine hells?!" Goddess Elysia stomped her foot angrily as she looked at a cloudy blue screen disying Nailzim city. The girls in the hall stood silently and didn''t say anything. They were angels only in name. In reality, they were ves and couldn''t even leave this pce. Goddess Elysia turned around to face them with an ugly expression while pointing her finger at another screen that disyed a photo. "Who is he?!" The photo was none other than Aleron''s. "You, tell me about him," Goddess Elysia looked at Yuzu, her expression pissed. Yuzu was slightly scared, but she still answered as sheposed herself, "He is Aleron, an otherworlder summoned by fallen Falran Kingdom three days ago." ''Or was it four? Urgh...'' "Why is he so powerful?! He just ruined my n!" Elysia coldly hissed as she looked at the smiling face of Aleron, feeling intensely pissed off. ''How the hell should we know?'' ''Bitch.'' ''Go get your nails done, hoe.'' Everyone cursed her in their minds. Elysia''s expression was dark as she said, "You think I can''t read your thoughts? I just don''t give a fuck about what you think of me!" "And I still don''t," Elysia''s eyes narrowed as all angels trembled upon hearing her words. "This is because I need you. I am restricted. I can''t observe the world like you all, and I can''t act much, but you all can and that''s why you are here!" Elysia''s cold voice continued, "From now on, monitor this Aleron and find out more about him. This is your job and I expect you to do it unless you think you can survive as a ything of demons." After saying that, Elysia left the hall and appeared back in her garden before leaning on the couch and biting her nails with an expression that seemed to show she was greatly frustrated while thinking about something. ''That demon was supposed to take over the city and officially start the war between demons and humans, but that bastard killed him...'' ''Should Ipletely open the barrier and let demons from the Demonic continente into the Lightdusk?'' ''No...then I could easily lose more than gaining. Humans are my followers, so I need them to get stronger faster during the war and win. It''s fine if half of them die, but more than that and it would be a problem.'' ''If Demons starts losing, I can mediate with the Demon Lord and get both humans and demons under me, which will only leave Northen Star continent...'' With how she nned things out, she was confident of getting this world under her banner and officially joining the Cosmic Ascension Competition. However, things were going haywire before the first step of her n began. ''Aleron...he is a threat, but I can''t make a move directly. I can either try to get him to be my follower, but given how he acts, that seems impossible.'' ''I need to get him killed, but with the power he has and his subordinates, it will be hard to get him killed by others.'' Elysia felt like pulling her hair, but she calmed down soon and focused on getting a solution to this problem. She waved her hand and looked at the photo captured by her staff after Aleron killed the demon. Looking at the people around him, an idea shed in her mind. ''I''ll have to make two moves for this, not just one.'' Her eyes glinted as she stood up and waved her hand as a pedestal with a crystal ball on it appeared before her. It showed the Grand Goddess Church at the Ancient Lightdusk Academy. ''The most effective method for me is to make use of my deception and use a secret hand to stab him from back unsuspectingly.'' ''But to cover for that, I need to make a big, visible move against him.'' ... "Ah~fortable," Aleron said after taking out his head from the hot spring pool after diving in and leaning against a rock in the pool. "You are that sore all over, boss?" Hua asked as his shredded and medium-lean muscr figure rested against another rock with his usual long ponytail unwinded into long wide hair. "Yeah. I boosted my physical body''s foundation and exerted it fully, so soaking here feels superfortable with sweet pain all over," Aleron grinned. This soreness emerging from exerting his full physical body''s power and stretching it to the limit with Magilore wasn''t something he could recover by using a spell or skill, but it was recovering fast nheless since it wasn''t anything serious. "Lord, are you creating a skill?" Fang curiously asked upon looking at Aleron''s eyes. His shoulder-length dark blue hair flowed behind him as his lean figure swam near Hua and leaned against the rock before facing Aleron. "Yeah, Fang. I am designing a skill, but it''s a big project," Aleron chuckled and said, "The name is Hell." Suddenly, Aleron heard Yueha''s voice in his head. ''Master, this hot spring is amazing. Can we add this to our ce in the secret realm?'' ''Of course, that''s the n,'' Aleron grinned. ''We are going to make a hill with various hotspring spots near the necropolis.'' ... Aleron and the group had bought a private hot spring pool for an hour. It was separated into two sections for males and females, so Yueha, Mei, Rias, and Roxen were nearby as well, only separated by a wooden wall. Of course, Rias had put a barrier so that if anyone tried to peek using magic, she would sense it. "We are going to get a hot spring, alright. Master said he will make one," Yueha said, her expressionfy as she dipped herself inside for a few seconds. "This hotspring is infused with magic and high-tier herbs. You can make one easily if you have the resources," Rias smiled. "Mhm, I read in the board this hot spring has the power to develop this area," Mei nodded as she looked below at her chest and then at Rias, Yueha, and Roxen''s busts. Yueha giggled and appeared behind Mei before grabbing her breasts, "Yours are not that small, little Mei." Rias chuckled and said, "True, that''s a bit above B and shape is good." Mei pouted with droopy eyes and appeared behind Rias in a blink before grabbing her D-cup boobs, "These feel better...my fingers easily sink in and they are big enough to cover my palms." "Stop," Rias''s face turned red at getting fondled like that. "Many young men want to get their hands on those, haha," Roxen lightlyughed as she sat on a rock, disying her slightly muscr, but bombastic figureid out in the open. "You look a different beast now," Yueha grinned as she looked at Roxen''s naked figure. "Roxen does have a dedicated following," Rias snickered. "She is a hot big mama with plenty of suitors." Roxen rolled her eyes and looked at Yueha''s pristine figure with sizable breasts of D-cup-like Rias with pink cherries on them, "So, how was your journey? You got a figure and beauty that would topple kingdoms, after all. You must have many men after you." Depending on the ce and environment around them, being born beautiful was like a curse. Roxen had seen kings and powerhouses who thirsted for beautiful girls with many of them bing victims of their desire. To answer Roxen''s question, Yueha lightlyughed and shook her head, ''How do I tell her I was born just recently?'' She obviously couldn''t say that, so she answered truthfully in the normal way. "I am untouched by other men. The only man I have ever touched is my Master," Yueha smiled. Chapter 67: Qualified For CAC, Types of Secret Realms Chapter 67: Qualified For CAC, Types of Secret Realms ? An hour passed by in rxation as everyone left the hot spring in white bathrobes and gathered inside a beautiful two-story tree house behind the hot spring pool. There were already masseuses waiting for them in small individual rooms. All the girls were beautiful and professional, their massage heavenly. "Sir, turn around please." "Mhmm," Aleron turned around and slept on his back. However, his mind was in passive mode at the moment. He was trying out the powers of the Soul and could sessfully send out his consciousness to observe far and wide. It wasn''t literally his consciousness, but a strange pair of eyes and all senses made from soul force. Strangely, it didn''t consume his soul force at all. Moreover, he tried sending his ''soul sense'' into the mini-door of the secret realm he opened and seeded! As such, while getting thefortable massage, Aleron was talking with Odar, overlooking a giant ghastly prison filled with around two hundred thousand souls. "Boss, what are you nning?" Aleron looked like a wispy ghost at the moment, but his manifested eyes looked lifelike and conveyed that he was in deep thought. ''Now, this is a bomb I wasn''t expecting.'' [Gachapi: It''s a good thing, Master.] Just a minute ago, Gachapi told him that a message from the Cosmic Will had arrived and it was checking for any malicious things before conveying to Aleron. This message was sent to him half a minute after Aleron shot that arrow and killed the demon. [You are qualified to be a Warlord and join the Cosmic Ascension Competition. Yourpetitor for this''s Warlord title is Elysia Gothwing.] [You must gain the title of the ''Warlord'' before Elysia Gothwing by having this under your banner with a 70% willing poption supporting you.] [The minimum intelligent poption of your must be 1 billion or more.] [The number of Primeval-rank powerhouses under you must be 20.] [The number of Exceed-rank powerhouses under you must be 500.] [The number of Legendary-rank powerhouses under you must be 10,000.] [Upon meeting these requirements, you will gain the title of Warlord and ess to the vastwork of Cosmic Ascension Competition where you willpete for ten precious ascension spots among other qualified Warlords of this Argonia universe.] ''You said it''s a good thing, right?'' [Gachapi: Yes, Master.] ''No. You are wrong.'' [Gachapi: Eh? Why, Master?] ''It''s not just a good thing, it''s the best thing! This is simply....yes, simply awesome!'' ''And I am going to partake in this awesomeness and be a Warlord!" "Why are you grinning, Boss? Something good happened?" Odar curiously asked. Aleron''s soul sense form opened his eyes andughed. He couldn''t voice out physically in this form, but he could send his thoughts directly into Odar''s head. ''Something good indeed happened, but now it''s time to think about these souls.'' "True, we got so many souls," Odar wryly smiled. [Gachapi: Master, I saw you were making a Hell. Was it for these souls?] ''Yeah. My second Gacha Quest wasn''tpleted even though it should have. It was about giving befitting punishment to all of them today.'' ''I already had an idea of hell, so the notion of punishment might have changed ording to my perception.'' [Gachapi: I see. I understand now. If you want to create a Hell for them to give appropriate punishments and do it in another ce, then you can summon a Demine from the banner.] ''Oh yeah! I''ll do five summons in it.'' "Odar, you go and continue with the ves. Oh, and notify me when Legendary-rank pills are ready." "Roger, boss." Odar flew away and went to the huge Colosseum beside the city. Since all of their powers were sealed by Aleron, their limbs were restrained, unable to move, they could only stand. There were around two hundred ve Cors already present in the Necropolis. Odar used them on the 200 most powerful ves, with six of them being Legendary-rank, and the rest Epic-rank ones. First, he built the Colosseum to store all the people temporarily and assigned some ves to bring cors and put them on more people. Afterward, Odar worked with Death Knights and sent a group of 20 ves to each Death Knight to forage for resources on the ind. As such, while Odar continued to manage the ves and send them to various Death Knights to increase resource-gathering speed, he ordered ves with Earth and Wood magic mastery to construct their ve houses behind the Colosseum. Meanwhile, Aleron bought five tickets to Secret Realms: Fest of Demines banner and summoned. [Congrattions. You have acquired Secret Realm: me ze Abode-Elemental.] [Congrattions. You have acquired Secret Realm: Dark Tide Ind-Elemental.] [Congrattions. You have acquired Secret Realm: Whispering Hollow-Exceed-rank.] [Congrattions. You have acquired Secret Realm: Terraflux Grove-Elemental.] [Congrattions. You have acquired Secret Realm: Doom King''s Grotto-Dungeon.] ''Ehh? I only summoned one time in this, so I didn''t know it could get different types of Secret realms!'' [Gachapi: Yes. Elemental secret realms can help deepen one''s arcane knowledge in a rted field and acquire some resources. However, these Secret realms are also essed by other people who stumble upon their door cracks in the cosmos.] ''Ohh!'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled. ''Meeting people from different worlds sounds fun. What about Dungeon-type secret realms?'' [Gachapi: They are secret realms designated as Dungeon-type for you since they are privately upied by someone or a force who has ess to the universe and knows the vaster world. When you find a pocket dimension''s core, refine it, and close its cracks, you can obtain it for yourself and no one would be able to enter.] Aleron''s grinned, ''Damn, that''s way more awesome.'' ''If the people inside are bad, we can defeat them and if they are good, we can be friends.'' ''Anyway, so Elemental realms are open and other people can appear in that while Dungeon- types are closed secret realms conquered by a force who may have ess to the universe.'' [Gachapi: Correct. Lastly, those ranked Secret Realms are also closed. However, they have a native poption living there and perhaps a civilization like in this Eldertide Archipgo. They are basically aplete world with a closed system cycle for resources until you deplete it and make it cease to exist.] ''I see.'' [Gachapi: Oh and one more thing about the secret realms, Master. You can''t have unlimited runes of Secret Realms that give you ess to them. ording to your current Source Space limit, you can only have 10 of such runes. However, you can transfer the rune to someone to make space.] ''Gotcha. If transfer is possible, then there''s no problem.'' Aleron then flew towards an empty space north of the city and called a few Vampires and Werewolves of Legendary-rank who were not busy. ''I want you all to build a nice round building that gives a gothic-looking but colorful and lively vibe.'' All of them nodded and immediately unleashed their magic, using various elemental sybuses to transform Mana into Earth, Crystal, Metal, Wood, and such materials and directly shaping them into a building with fancy design and lighting. They were done only in a few minutes. ''Perfect. Now add a big board that reads [Hall of Secret Realms.]'' Soon, a big board was also added. Aleron then entered inside and activated the five new runes of Secret Realms that he acquired before creating their portals in the hall. The hall was vast since the building''s area size was a 100-meter radius. Aleron also put a sixth portal before telling a Vampire to create a stone pedestal beside each portal with a wooden board on top, and each wooden board having the secret realm''s name. The sixth one was the exit portal from this Eldertide Archipgo, but it was closed. Only with Aleron''s consent could one leave it and appear beside him in the real world. ''I should also get a territory on the, but not yet. I''ll do a journey first before deciding,'' Aleron grinned. ''Since I have decided topete and get the Warlord title, I''ll eventually need a big base.'' ''But to think mypetitor is the Goddess Elysia,'' Aleron strangely felt excited, feeling that much fun awaited him in this new life. ''Wait, these people on this continent worship her, right? Damn, it''s going to be hard, I guess.'' [Gachapi: They do worship her, but she isn''t a saint or anything. She became a goddess by helping people from Akumas, so you can also do the same.] ''True!'' Aleron grinned as his eyes brilliantly shone, ''From now on, this Ardentia World and all people in it are mine. Gotta shape it more beautifully, hahaha.'' Although Aleron ignited his new goal with much excitement, it was also about to teach him a new lesson that would shape his way of life in his shes against Elysia Gothwing and her schemes. Chapter 68: The Hell, Brave and Daring Chapter 68: The Hell, Brave and Daring ? Just as his body massage was about to end, Aleron also finished constructing his Hell in the me ze Abode secret realm. This secret realm was an Elemental dimension and existed in a unique ne of existence, unlikes and stars. It had no normal sky or stars visible. Instead, it had five different colored sun-like orbs that lit up the dimension and 99.9% of things were of me-attribute, be it trees, mountains, sea, and everything. All things had the attribute of fire and were geared towards fire-dominant hybrid attributes with other elements. Aleron created a simple Hell here, using up to 100 million Magilore to create seven punishment zones. Each zone gave different types of punishments to the soul. Using up a vast amount of Magilore and weaving it into this big formation which he called Hell, each zone gave out a different type of punishment to souls. Using this me elemental dimension''s atmospheric energy, Aleron added the function of absorbing it to conjure the punishments. The souls were given the shape of a humanoid and hitting those souls via various punishments would bring them pain and agony. For example, getting gged by me whips constantly, burned in a sea of fire, getting their skull crushed, getting eaten alive by me snakes, getting tortured by various weapons made of mes, etcetera. Each zone had a few types of punishments in them, and Aleron threw all two hundred thousand souls in the zones ording to the suffering they spread to innocents. The higher the suffering, the more painful and longer the punishment. As everyone''s cries and agony rang, Aleron was reminded of a few books he read regarding hell, and how each Hell gave out punishments to the soul ording to the sins theymitted. [Gacha Quest: Punishment Mete Out has beenpleted. You have gained 7840 Gacha Points.] ''Finally!'' Aleron grinned as he looked at the souls getting punished. ''Hmm, but what happens to the soul after they finish their punishments? ''Maybe they go into some kind of rebirth cycle with no memories and fresh souls or there''s a soul factory that absorbs those souls to create brand new ones? Damn, I don''t know, but I can''t do those things myself.'' ''Hmm, I guess I can just release them outside, so they''ll automatically go into the purification of the rebirth cycle or something else by the cosmos.'' Aleron nodded, ''Humu, this is best.'' However, he suddenly noticed something strange as the punishments were being given to those two hundred thousand souls. ''What''s this?'' [Gachapi: Master, this is soul essence. I think these souls getting punished are being purified as well. What did you think in your subconsciousness when you were creating this Hell?] ''Eh? I don''t know... I think I wanted to give them punishments equivalent to the suffering they spread to others and that they shouldn''t do this and reflect. Like....that''s what you do while getting punished, right?'' ''Anyway, I don''t know what I was thinking subconsciously since I was focused on creating hell.'' [Gachapi: I see. Well, they are indeed reflecting and regretting, but some souls who are too corrupted and feel anger instead of remorse are getting another reaction from the Hell that''s pulling another reaction from this dimension.] [Gachapi: In short, those souls who aren''t feeling remorse or regret or showing signs of being good are getting purified into soul essence. Master, you should absorb this to increase your soul source''s power.] ''Oh damn, so what happens when their souls are refined?'' [Gachapi: Nothing. Just their soul power, memories, sense of existence, and such things are getting extracted and turning into soul essence. Eventually, they''ll only be left with a singr consciousness incapable of functioning or thinking anything. You can just release them and they''ll go into the cosmos cycle automatically like other souls.] ''I see...so how do I absorb this soul essence,'' Aleron curiously looked at the soul essence getting gathered in the zones. It looked like a white aura with ck spots. [Gachapi: this soul essence being produced is not pure. You can simply refine this soul essence by removing those ck spots using your soul force and then absorbing it.] ''I see. Alright, I''ll try.'' "Boss, the pills are ready." Just as Aleron was about to start, Odar arrived from the portal behind him. "Damn, this is like a real hell," Odar was dumbfounded as he flew up and looked at the seven big zones with crazy hellish punishments in different sections of the zones. "Haha, like a real hell? Nah, this is the real hell," Aleronughed. "Anyway, since the pills are ready, then let''s go." "Oh yeah, boss. There are no soul-type resources here. I thought they wouldn''t be rare in this secret realm, they are hard to get here too," Odar wryly smiled. "I guess we''ll have to take it slow and increase our soul power in the normal way." "What is the normal way?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "Well, the first is constantly fighting and just living your years while stimting your soul and desires. This is slow, but steady progress that most people follow. There''s a more effective method, which is participating in life-and-death situations. When you truly feel death near you and fight it, your soul source gets stronger." "Of course, people don''t do this often, but only doing it one or two times is enough to invoke the soul''s potential," Odar said before he sighed andmented. "Since Sir Darzax can revive me, I lost the feeling of death when I fight and since I died several times, I don''t want to risk myself without a guarantee of survival." Odar pped himself with a downcast expression, "I''m pathetic, boss. What do I do to be able to be daring and brave?" "Daring and brave..." Aleron muttered as he flew towards the portal. "Come." Both of them left the me ze Abode realm and returned to Eldertide Archipgo. They arrived in the room where Enorin, Darzax, and Riki were recovering in the dreamy healing bubble. "These three are daring and brave. They were able to risk their lives daringly and bravely... only for me," Aleron smiled. "I am the bond and center of their life. For me, they can go to any lengths." "Darzax knew everything about me since he read my whole soul. I love happy endings, so he wanted to save Enorin as well as wanted me to defeat Akuma with none of us losing." "He and Riki fought stronger monsters and brought back resources while risking their lives, but also staying alive because I would be sad if they died, so they returned with resources despite the odds." "That''s why Enorin could live and seal the body again and I could also fight the Akuma and my soul potential exploded seeing how far they were going for me." Aleron grinned as he looked at the trio, "For those who share this bond with me, I will be daring and brave as well, and I can go to any length for them." Turning to Odar Aleron patted his shoulder, his hand almost passing through since he was in soul sense avatar, and smiled, "If you can go to any length and risk your life for a bond you feel precious or a purpose worth betting your life, then you can be daring and brave for them too." "Odar, will you go to any lengths for me?" Looking at Aleron''s warm yet bright smile, Odar felt a lump in his throat, his eyes trembling. ''At first, I joined you with happy-go-lucky because you are so powerful, boss. You have an Exceed-rank subordinate and so much crazy stuff...whatever I do, my life is easy now with you.'' ''But now...'' Odar clenched his fist and knelt on one knee, "Boss!" Chapter 69: Popped Chapter 69: Popped ? "From now on, I, Odar Tarsak, the unknown son of the Tarsak tribe, take an oath that I will be your follower, your subordinate, your friend in life''s journey, and your caretaker in need." "I will support you with a sound mind and work with my body without holding back!" After saying that, Odar grinned at Aleron as he looked up, "Now, I also got a bond, boss." "You already look brave now," Aleron heartilyughed and pulled up Odar, "Alri-" Suddenly, Aleron''s soul sense avatar vanished with a startled yelp in his mind as he opened his eyes in the small aromatic room of the massage tree house. "W-What..." Aleron stammered as he saw the beautiful short-blue-haired masseuse grabbing his dick and giving it a handjob. ''What is this feeling...'' "You woke up?" the masseuse smiled. "This little one was stimted with the massage." Aleron''s face was red as he slightly trembled, feeling stimted like never before. In the next second, a burst of sudden pleasure exploded in him, and his semen shot out, hitting the ceiling before a few more. "Aaaa...." Aleron gasped as his eyes rolled upward. The masseuse sped up her movement as it was releasing and stiff, letting out a chuckle upon seeing Aleron''s face. But how could she know that this was literally Aleron''s first time ever ejacting? He was bedridden since 10 years old and died at 24 without even holding a girl''s hand! At that moment, Aleron''s mind and body were bombarded with pleasure he never felt before as he limped on the massage bed, blurrily looking at the so much white stuff he shot out. "It seems you were loaded up for a long time, haha." She chuckled and stood up, "Anyway, the shower is there. Go and clean yourself." The masseuse left while smiling, leaving Aleron there with a dazed expression while feeling strangely satisfied and pleasureful. ''I didn''t know it would feel this good...fuck.'' Aleron got up and looked at his dick that turnedid. ''Damn.'' Aleron walked into the small shower box and cleaned himself with water while reeling in the pleasure he felt. ''I want to feel it again.'' Aleron grabbed his tool, but it wasn''t getting hard. ''Hmm, she said it got up because of massage, but ording to science, it should also get hard if I think of something lustful.'' His mind recalled Yueha''s soft yet big breasts, and just as he imagined those, his dick started standing up. ''Ok, but not this. ording to what I know, romantically loving someone gives the best pleasure and happiness.'' Aleron let go of his dick, but this pleasure he felt for the first time was still fresh and reeling him in. Shaking his head, Aleron decided to switch up his tasks and left the shower. "Next ce to visit," Aleron looked at the 3D map of the city in his mind and looked at one of the locations he marked while walking out. ''Oh yeah. I should tell Odar that everything is fine. He must have been startled since I suddenly vanished, haha.'' ... Soon, everyone started gathering outside the treehouse, all feeling refreshed and oozing out clear satisfaction. "I will eagerly await your second visit, Mister Fang." "I can''t promise that, mydy, but I shall forever carve you in this Fang''s heart," Fang said with a gentle yet loving smile, as he flew down from the treehouse with a beautiful curly ck-haireddy locking his arms. The masseuse blushed and kissed him after theynded before saying with a smile, "This was the best one hour of my life." "Hey, brother, you got a massage or gave a massage?" Hua asked with a loudugh. Fang lightly chuckled, "Both." ''So Fang isdy killer type eh? Yeah, his handsomeness rivals that of Darzax, but Darzax can look intimidating due to his horns and eyes, while Fang looks more carefree and gentle.'' "I thought this massage parlor didn''t give that kind of service?" Roxen raised her eyebrows. The curly ck-haired masseuse smiled and nodded, "That''s right." Roxen understood, and with a polite smile, she nodded, "I see." It wasn''t a service, but out of her own will. "I hope you all had a good time and satisfaction," the masseuse smiled and slightly bowed at the group. Her cleavage appeared with round mounds in her kimono and Aleron who was getting more conscious of such things had his eyes attracted there before he quicklyposed himself as he smilingly nodded, "It was great. Thank you." ''Jeez, I don''t want to bebeled as a pervert,'' Aleron''s ears turned red as it would be awkward if someone saw his eyes getting attracted there. "So, where are we going next, Ale?" Rias asked as the masseuse left. Just as Aleron was about to answer, hism card rang, "It''s Mr. Melkern''s call." [Melkern: Mr. Aleron, you have saved the city from the demon, and the footage of the battle is also spreading fast. However, no one has a clear idea of your identity.] [As such, I called to ask you if you want to make it clear to the people of the city. However, before your answer, I would also like to tell you about the current affairs of the city and the far-reaching impact of the incidents...] Aleron listened to Melkern while thinking. Everyone was silent and just looked at Aleron asionally nodding while uttering "Mhmm." After two minutes, Aleron smiled and finally spoke. "Yes, do it." ''Alright, I guess my race with the goddess starts from this city,'' Aleron grinned. [Gachapi: That''s good. That powerful demon who managed to infiltrate this city silently and caused many tragedies to people was most probably aided by Elysia Gothwing in some way.] ''Eh? Why would she do this?!'' Aleron was startled. [Gachapi: People get stronger in tough times. At the cost of killing people in war, she wants to make other people stronger while she wants to look good and appear as a goddess who brings peace, hence gaining the support of people.] ''Damn, that''s horrible,'' Aleron was dumbfounded. ''That''s no goddess. She is a sinister bitch. Alright, I''m d I got this opportunity to be her competitor, humph!'' "Alright, folks. Our next destinate is the yground and we are going to have a surprise there," Aleron grinned. "Let''s go." "We can''t miss it since we are here," Rias nodded with a light chuckle. "After all, that''s the best part of this city." The group left as everyone got curious about the yground while talking about it. ... Aurspec n, n head chamber. Melkern Aurspec ended another call after speaking with Aleron as gazed at the setting sun out of the window from the top floor of his pce. *Knock.* "Enter." Chapter 70: Through Melkern, The Playground (1) Chapter 70: Through Melkern, The yground (1) ? James Aurspec who had recovered from his injuries entered the chamber. "So...what did he say? He rejected, right?" Melkern''s head shook while his eyes gazing at the setting sun narrowed, "At first, it seemed like he did all that out of the heat, very convincing as well since he looks young." "But I feel like his moves are calcted. The public is siding with him because although he killed two hundred thousand people, he also handed over two hundred thousand people to us." "Whether the tens of million people in the city know all criminals or not, now they know thanks to us holding them." James nodded, "A couple of groups are rallying against Aleron, saying that he took thew in his hands and god under his feet by doing this, butpared to them, the amount of people rallying and cheering for the Punisher and the justice he served is significantly more." Melkern nodded, "After saving the entire city from the demon, and making it safe such that no one was harmed, he pulled a big stunt like this." "People supporting the Punisher is normal," Melkern weakly smiled, "Especially when the rtives of victims and tales of victims buried in this city are strong weapons that moved the public after he enacted his justice." "Anyway," Melkern turned around and looked at James, "The yground has been given the role of acting as Mr. Aleron''s handler." "So he agreed..." James'' eyes widened before he wryly smiled, "Well, he may get enemies, but I doubt he needs to worry about that given his power." "We''ll hear more about him even after he leaves," Melkern looked at the screen on the table disying Aleron and others after they defeated the demon. Melkern''s eyes glinted, "He appears to be a force that would create a tidal wave of his own to shake this world." "When that happens, it''s important for people to know which wave they want to ride." "You mean..." James''s expression appeared surprised, but he was not surprised much. "I agree with you, n head." James'' expression turned firm, "Such a powerful demon appeared here while heroes all over are also getting stronger. The war might be sooner than we expected." "The Goddess Prophesy didn''t indicate an exact time, after all," Melkern nodded before he asked, "How is our Hero doing?" James smiled and said, "I was about to call the party, but they beat me to it with good news. Our Hero has broken through to Exceed-rank. She will conquer the Goliath Labyrinth soon." "I wonder how Lightdusk Academy and Goddess Church will react to our city''s incident?" Melkern sighed. "Things are going to change fast, James. We must be prepared." "Yes, n head," James affirmed loudly with resolve. "Go to the yground and apany Mr. Aleron. You know what to do," Melkern ordered with sharp eyes. "Convey our n''s intention in a crystal clear manner." "Understood!" James strongly affirmed before vanishing from the room with a flicker of lightning sparks under his feet. After a few seconds, another knock came as Melkern called someone from the other part of the pce using his soul sense. "Enter." Lake Aurspec entered and bowed. "Arrest the groups who are rallying against Mr. Aleron, but don''t bring them to the station." Lake stayed silent as Melkern continued, "Keep them there and arrange a mirage crystal. Those people should be rtives of people in our prison or those executed by Mr. Aleron." "Your job is to arrange media and show the content of the crimesmitted by rtives of those rallying groups. Gather people from the n for this and do it fast." Lake frowned, "Must we be this through?" "Why do you think Mr. Aleron created those memory runes? We have clear content that can be copied and spread, so remove the delusions of those people who think their loved ones were pure and good." After all, the number of people caught was shockingpared to the criminals recorded and the evil big shots of the city since many people who spread suffering to others were often not even found. Child abusers, plotting to kill others for various reasons, mentally tormenting others to their death, and such. However, Aleron could directly judge someone with a blink by using his innate talent, and having acquired soul force, he could also read memories without resistance from people weaker than him. Many people who were supposedly good turned out evil, but their loved ones had no way of confirming it. The only method was memory runes. "After quelling those groups, actively call the rtives of people in our prison and show them the memories from mirage crystals," Melkern added, "I''ve already put up a team to record the content of memory runes into mirage crystals." Lake was silent for a second before nodded, "Understood. I will finish this task at the fastest, n head." "Take your time, but be thorough," Melkern turned around as he looked outside the window and gazed at the colorful city, "Once this is over, we will have aplete grasp over the city and it should progress without blemish from now on." "It is time to develop this city with an iron fist and get ready for the iing waves." ... There were many tall and big buildings in this vast city, but one stood out among the rest. It was a huge circr building akin to an arena stadium capable of holding 100,000 people in the audience seats! It was also broadcast in various parts of the city and was one of the main entertainment for the native public, while also attracting yers and audiences from other parts of the continent. At the moment, a fat yet jolly guy with a ponytail on his bald head floated on a magic carpet while floating around in the arena, his voice echoing far and wide. "Ladies and gentlemen. Stop whatever you are doing and listen with rapt ears for your favorite entertainment avenue has important yet exciting news to share." "For starters, let me assure you of something. We had a bit of trouble a while ago, but yground will open and start as scheduled!" The stadium was mostly empty at the moment, except for the 1000 VIP seats in the top levels of the arena, which were basically luxurious private cabins with enough space andfort. Many of the VIP seats were filled since the majority of them were from other parts of the continent and came here for the yground. s, many of those people were punished by Aleron as their dark deeds were visible as bright marks above their heads on Aleron''s city map. Since the yground''s broadcast started, most people in the city started watching it through various media, from devices like smartphones, TV, and radio, and such. "What''s happening?" "It must be about the crazy things that happened in our city." As more and more city people heard the broadcast, a collective change of flow and vibe urred in the city. The broadcaster''s voice echoed soon and the city people turned down their voice a notch lower. "The news is about someone who already has many names on your tongue. Some call him Punisher, some Executioner, some the Hero, and some Devil." "I''m sure many of you are curious to see his clear face, to know his name, and to hear his voice." "Haha, many of you must be scared as well. I ain''t joking when I say I''d piss my pants. God forbid I harass my wife from now on." "Shit...I-I mean, I also didn''t harass her in the past. Lord Punisher, please spare me." People burst outughing. "This guy is funny," Aleronughed out loud as the group was also watching the broadcast on big screens in the sky and on people''s stores and shops while walking on the footpath towards the yground. "He is intelligent and shrewd," Yueha snickered. "Knowing full that he is safe despite making a joke about you." "I would like him as my subordinate, haha. I would need people of various talents given the path I''ve chosen to walk," Aleron grinned. Yueha, Mei, Hua, and Fang smiled. They already got to know about the Cosmic Ascension Competition and the requirements. "What path?" Rias curiously asked. Roxen''s ears also perked up. "That''s a secret for now," Aleron chuckled. ''Welp, sorry, Rias. I can''t tell you since you are a native and a follower of the Goddess church.'' ''Boss, what are you going to do about the Goddess Church? Destroy it and make your church or...?'' Hua asked, and his tone was also pretty honest as he really thought that was a sound idea. ''Naw, Hua,'' Aleron wryly smiled, ''To truly disband this fake faith, we will need clear proof against this Elysia Gothwing.'' ''That sounds like a task,'' Meimented inly. ''Task for me.'' ''Yep! Mei is best for it, but we''ll need more information about her and her location as well. Hopefully, we can find it in the Central Lightdusk Region.'' ''I feel like we''ll have much fun there,'' Aleron grinned. Central Lightdusk Region-the central and strongest force of the continent with two major organizations residing in it, Lightdusk Academy and Goddess Elysia Church headquarters. Chapter 71: The Playground (2) Chapter 71: The yground (2) ? "Back to the main topic,dies and gentlemen! The name everyone wants to know is spelled A-L-E-R-O-N. Aleron Rivenal!" "And he will being to the yground, in the flesh!" "Book your tickets and grab your popcorn! We are going past the horizon tonight with the first-time opening of the Dread-mode series!" After thisst piece was broadcast, the entire city had an uproar in many ces as the public was thrilled! It could be felt throughout the city! "Holy shit, Ipletely forgot about the Dread-mode difficulty!" "Same!" "Damn, so we''ll finally see the Dread mode series." "Fuck, I have to book the tickets!" "It''s gonna be packed as fuck tonight." "Boys, our n tonight has changed. We gonna go to our special hill spot and watch the show with food and beer, hahaha!" ... After finishing the broadcast, Ben Frell flew down and entered an office room. Despite being fat and looking jolly, the perceived ones could feel a hint of intimidation and shrewdness beneath the butter. "Oi, am I really going to do this? I''m scared shitless, Marcus," Ben pulled a long face as he walked towards the couch and sat rxed on it. A middle-aged man in a dark blue suit sat at a table nearby, wearing a pair of transparent specs and oozing out a Legendary-rank aura. Marcus Zural, the manager of the yground. "You can back out if you want to," Marcus rimmed up as he inly said. "Back out? Humph. Who else will do this aside from me?" Ben snorted before sighing. "So, when is heing?" "Half an hourter." "Alright. Also, I did announce that the Dread-mode series will open, but will it really open?" Ben wryly asked. "Mr. Melkern tried and also failed, and although Mr. Aleron is clearly more powerful, we don''t have the guarantee, right?" Ben added, "We should have checked that first before announcing this piece." "Mr. Melkern himself told me to announce this, so it should be fine." ... Spatial Adventure Cube-an item with a sort of technology that wasn''t avable in this Ardentia world. This Cube had the power to send a person''s consciousness to strange, small dimensions with different difficulties - A virtual reality. This cube was the crux that ran the yground. People all over the continent would arrive here to be yers and participate in the daily yground challenges. Spatial Adventure Cube had 5 difficulties to choose from-Easy, Normal, Hard, Challenging, and Hell. The rewards arranged were not as important to many because the main fun was those strange dimensions, the ygrounds as people called them. Once entered inside a yground, the yers would get certain tasks toplete while surviving within the time limit. The cube had the function of streaming yers'' movements and actions, including the voices to a screen projected from it, which would be further broadcast by the staff of the yground all over the city. However, the people in the Colosseum could wear special ck goggles distributed by the staff and feel as if they were inside the yground, watching and following yers. They could enjoy a hyper-realistic show of the yer surviving andpleting tasks. Of course, those special ck goggles were crafted here, but their technology was found through the Spatial Adventure Cube as well. "So that''s the yground, eh? Sounds fun," Aleron said with a grin as Rias finished telling everyone about the yground. Rias chuckled and said, "It''s more fun experiencing it." "People can experience another world, fight, and have a challenging adventure without worrying about dying," Roxen wryly smiled. "This is both good and bad. Good for training if used moderately, and bad if you constantly go in and lose your sense of danger." "You sound like it happened to people, eh?" "Mhm," Roxen nodded. "The previous champion of yground, who has a record ofpleting all ygrounds up to hard difficulty with the best timing." "Poor guy," Rias wryly smiled. "He was a rather talented person, a promising student of Lightdusk Academy twenty years ago. However, he got addicted to the yground and also became famous all over the continent." Aleron was surprised, "What happened to him?" "He almost died when he went into the Darkntbyrinth after a long time. After further tests, it became clear that he lost the sense of danger due to his unrestrained and reckless way of ying in the ygrounds where he died and revived many times." Roxen continued, "He could y recklessly and boldly in the ygrounds, but doing the same instinctively in thebyrinth almost got him killed." "Ouch," Aleron weakly smiled. "This shouldn''t have happened if he also went to thebyrinth regrly." "True," Rias nodded. "This guy got mentally scarred afterward and quit being an adventurer. || Aleron was dumbfounded, "How long did he y in the ygrounds?" "Two years and he started living nearby for it. Since the Cube produces new and exotic ygrounds, it''s always fun." Roxen smiled and said, "Everyone should finally witness the Dread-mode difficulty today since you should be able toplete the entry requirement. Nobody has ever managed to open it yet." ... The group continued towards the yground while walking leisurely and finally arrived there half an hourter. James Malkern met up with them and led them to a different entry passage into the stadium since the public was already arriving to sit inside. It was about to begin after half an hour. A few pairs of eyes following them also reported their arrival to the yground. "So he is here," Ben stood up and took a deep breath before putting on his jolly smile. "Perfect," Marcus gave a thumbs up with a smile. "Don''t hold back against him." "Fuck you," Ben rolled his eyes and left. Soon he arrived at gate no.3 of the stadium and saw a group walking inside. Looking at the forefront of the group, he saw a white-haired young man mixed with a bit of ck hair. ''Aleron Rivenal,'' Ben thought, feeling slightly overwhelmed and fearful, especially because of the task handed over to him. ''Am I really going to provoke this guy and live to see the sun the next day?'' Ben sighed as he looked up. The sun had set with only a bit of glimmer visible on the horizon. Chapter 72: The Playground (3) Chapter 72: The yground (3) ? Looking at Aleroning with Princess Rias, Ben thought, ''Princess Rias is with him, so he must have good ties with the Longinus Empire. Now, the Aurspec n must also want good ties with him.'' ''Everyone wants to form good ties with him. Only I am on the chopping board, fuck.'' "Wee, Mr. Aleron. We''ve been eagerly awaiting your arrival," Ben said with a smile as he bowed. "My name is Ben Frell." "Thank you, and just call me Aleron," Aleron grinned as he recognized Ben from the broadcast screens. ''Just Aleron?'' Ben sweated and weakly smiled, "That doesn''t sound appropriate." "Eh? Frankly, I am tired of people calling me mister," Aleron sighed. "How about Young Master Aleron?" Ben suggested as he felt it was appropriate given Aleron''s appearance and age. "Young master, eh? Hahaha, alright. That sounds better." Ben smiled and nodded, "Please follow me. I''ll lead you to your temporary residence." For the first time, Rias felt as if she was getting treated like a normal person and couldn''t help but internally chuckle. After all, her presence was a sensitive matter no matter what ce or city she went to, but she turned into just any normal person with Aleron. Soon, the group followed Ben and walked into an elevator before they went to one of the top floors. ''This building is huge and quite good,'' Aleron thought as he observed. ''The aesthetics and structural design is wonderful.'' Soon, the group followed Ben into a luxurious lounge filled withfortable couches and sofas, tables, decorations, windows, and a garden balcony showing the city outward. "Please make yourselvesfortable. I''lle back to bring you to the yer Chamber after ten minutes." After Ben left, Aleron jumped on the sofa and said, "I''ll go and eat the pills to reach peak Legendary." Saying that, Aleron vanished as he entered the Eldertide Archipgo. "There are drinks here if you want," Roxen walked towards the refrigerator and showed neatly ced bottles of various types of alcohol. "Aye, that looks good even though I am seeing it for the first time," Hua said, gulping. "Indeed," Fang nodded with a smile. "Let''s drink then," Roxen grinned. Rias looked at Yueha and Mei, "I am not much of a drinker, what about you two?" "Nope," Yueha shook her head. Mei also shook her head, "I go into shadows...to spy for Master," a gleam passed through her eyes. "In that case, you should check out the Spatial Adventure Cube first," Yueha said. "Good," Mei nodded and vanished from the room, leaving Rias to wryly smile. "It''s just basic investigation," Yueha smiled. "Master will be using that thing after all." ... Aleron chugged the pills and returned back into the room before sitting cross-legged, absorbing the pills'' effects as they started infusing him with power. |-Name: - [Aleron] |-Race: - [Human] |-Lifeform Rank: - [Legendary] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% ] - [Agility: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% ] [Stamina: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% ] [Health: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% ] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% ] - [Magilore Energy: ¡Þ (¡Þ)] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Ex (100k/100k)] [Soul Force: Ex (100k/100k)] |-Innate Talents: - [Spiritmind of Magilore], [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] ''It seems that Life Rune doesn''t affect the Soul source,'' Aleron looked at his status as he absorbed the pills effects and started stabilizing the sources. The Legendary Life Rune had the effect of increasing his stats by 30%, but only Physical source and Magic source. His soul was unaffected, though it was already more powerful due to the unnatural soul awakening he had against the Akuma''s sh. Due to the life and death moment at that time, Aleron''s soul potential burst out and increased constantly, making his soul reach the peak of Exceed-rank in stats. Usually, once someone breaks through to Primeval rank by awakening their soul, their soul stats would be 10k to 100k or more in very rare cases. This was determined by one''s experience and way of life, and of course, life and death situations. As such, some people would have 25k soul potency and force after breaking through to Primeval rank lifeform, some would have 50k and some would have 100k. It was different for all. ... Ten minutes passed by swiftly as Aleron finished absorbing the pills'' effects. Hua, Fang, and Roxen also chugged a ss of wine at the table while Rias and Yueha were on the garden balcony as Rias told Yueha about the city''s other ces. Just as Ben lightly knocked on the door, Mei appeared beside him out of nowhere. "What is your n?" Ben almost jumped in fright. ''What the hell?! I couldn''t even feel her presence. How long has she been standing there?'' "P-n? What do you mean?" Ben asked with a sweaty smile. ''Does she know that I''ve been told to push young master Aleron during the talk? But that''s not really a n.'' Mei nced at him for a second before looking ahead, "Nothing." ''I guess there''s no n,'' Mei thought. "Oh, Ben, you''re here. Haha, right on time," Aleron said with augh after opening the door. "Mei, where did you go?" Aleron curiously asked seeing Mei. "To check around this ce and the cube," Mei truthfully answered. "Oh, alright," Aleron shrugged it off and walked out with others behind him. "Let''s go, Ben." ''She was snooping around?'' Ben didn''t know whether to cry orugh. ''Well, nothing we can do about it anyway.'' "Please follow me," Ben said with a smile as he led the group into the elevator. They soon arrived in an underground hall where other people, more precisely, other yers, were present. When Aleron and others entered, all of them looked at them and the atmosphere of the hall turned strange. After all, three of the yers here were forcefully brought away, with two of them getting executed by Aleron in the sky! yers who came from other ces could also live in yer dorms in underground chambers, so all yers knew about the news of three yers getting punished. ''He killed my brother...'' A young man looking like he was fifteen or sixteen clenched his fist, his eyes turning red as he looked at Aleron. "Teo," the woman beside him grabbed his hand and shook her head. She was in herte twenties. "Don''t say or do anything stupid, Teo," the middle-aged man to his left said in a soft tone. ... "These are the other yers that will join today," Ben said with a smile as he turned to Aleron. "Should we arrange the thing Mr. Melkern talked about before or at the end?" Aleron thought for a moment before he smiled, "Both. Arrange for a simple exchange at first and then I''ll arrange mine at the end." ''We are already going off n, eh? I guess we''ll adjust,'' Ben internally wryly smiled, but nodded, "Understood. However, let us proceed to open the Dread-mode series first." Ben looked at the center of the hall and continued, "To open it, someone must finish a short trial as a requirement." At the center of the hall was a big crystal container that held a magical cube on a metal pedestal. The container and pedestal wereyered with multiple magic formations. "Nobody has managed to do that yet, hence Dread-mode difficulty has been a secret for us since the beginning." "Well then..." Aleron rolled up his sleeves with a grin, "Let''s open it today." Chapter 73: Alerons Exchange, The Playground (4) Chapter 73: Aleron''s Exchange, The yground (4) ? As the group walked toward the cube container, Aleron, and Yueha, the two who had souls awakened, felt a subtle killing intent and hate aimed at Aleron. His eyes moved as he spotted the owner and paused, his eyebrows raised. It was a group of three. Yueha, Mei, Hua, and Fang also silently stopped a step behind Aleorn. The boy trembled as Aleron saw fear filling his eyes. ''I shouldn''t be scary.'' ''But after what I did, that''s given I guess.'' "What happened?" Rias asked upon seeing them stopping. Lily and Yom were also startled and became nervous, as Lily grabbed Teo''s hand. "Wait a minute," Aleron said as he started walking towards them. Ben turned at Aleron and followed his gaze before getting taken aback, ''That boy...his brother was executed.'' ''I believe he was dark red, and ording to what Mr. Melkern told us about marks, that means execution...'' Teo trembled upon seeing Aleron walking towards him. Lily immediately appeared before him and knelt down, "Please forgive him if he did something." Aleron''s face fell, and seeing it, everyone started sweating. "Get up, please." Lily looked at Aleron and seeing his face, she felt even more scared. ''He looks clearly upset now...'' "Get up," Aleron sternly said seeing that she didn''t get up. "Y-Yes." Lily got up and Yom also appeared beside him, scared as he was, he still stood, "He is a good boy..." Aleron rolled his eyes, "I know. That''s why he needs to know." "Teo," Aleron said with a smile as he twirled his finger and gently pushed aside Lily and Yom to see Teo. "Do you hate me?" Aleron had scoured his memories like a scan matching the boy''s face and immediately found a memory in which he appeared, so he knew his name and also the terrible sins of his brother. Teo''s eyes were tearful and slightly red, "My brother was good. He took care of me alone after our parents died when I was three. He was kind and good." "How can he deserve to die?" Aleron waved his hand, projecting some photos from his memories into pictures using Magilore. It showed four photos of boys, who appeared slightly simr to Teo in one or other ways, with ages ranging between 11 and 16. "W-What is this?" Teo took a step back, startled at the pictures. "All of them are boys that your brother encountered during thest 10 years. They are orphaned now because your brother killed their parents in front of them and..." Aleron paused and didn''t continue as he just sighed. His brother did much worse and more, but he didn''t want to list the deeds. "I won''t tell you the worst things your brothers did," Aleron sighed and shook his head, "but, based on this, what do you have to say about your brother?" "You are sixteen years old, and an Exceptional-rank adventurer. You are kind and love to help people, so tell me," Aleron walked forward and gently put his hand on Teo''s head, "If you found out what your brother did, what would you have done?" Teo trembled and his tears started overflowing. Lily and Yom were shaken as well. They didn''t know because Teo''s brother was truly kind and gentle. They had never seen him pointlessly angry. "I-I am kind because of my b-brother," Teo spoke while crying, his throat lumped. Aleron didn''t extract full memories, so he didn''t know fully, but he still found enough things and also knew about Teo''s brother who was silently taking the punishment in Hell at the moment. "Your brother was indeed kind and loving to you...in front of you. I don''t know how his mind can take on this twisted turn, I don''t know the cause, but he at least didn''t want you to be like him." "That''s why you are kind and good," Aleron smiled. "Your brother is taking his punishment silently because he knows he deserves it. I have his soul in my Hell." Everyone was startled hearing this, but they had more disbelief. ''Hell? Really?'' Ben squinted his eyes. ''No way, right? So he captured souls and is giving them punishment in his hell...what the hell?!'' "Brother''s soul in your hell?" Teo looked at Aleron in confusion. "Yep," Aleron grinned and waved his hand as he showed them a scenery of hell. Everyone used their various skills as they wanted to see the small screen Aleron created clearly. "The souls that feel angry and don''t repent during this punishment are getting forceful purification that will kill their sense of self and wipe them out." "But souls that repent and ept the punishments are getting normal purification instead. They will keep their memories and will be with no negative or evil thought." "I don''t know if I can revive them by putting them in a new body, but I''m going to try doing that," Aleron smiled. "W-What?! Then can you give me my brother when you can do that?" Teo anxiously and hopefully asked. Everyone else was dumbfounded. ''What the hell?!'' ''That can''t be real, right?'' Meanwhile, Aleron shook his head to Teo''s question or rather plea, "Your brother''s punishment will go on for 3 years ording to his sins. Once he is done, it will be up to him what he wants to do." "I will give him that choice." Teo wiped his tears and nodded. He then bowed. "I don''t hate you. And I will live the way I think is right and be kind as my brother taught me." "Humu," Aleron proudly smiled, "If you are good, then stand strong. Always keep your mind busy by doubting and thinking. Don''t be hasty and find out reasons because whether they make sense or not, they run the world." "And in my path, I will run through my justice that is being shaped. This is all new to me too, but I am not going to back down now." "So, don''t cross some lines and be good," Aleron looked at the people as he nced around while grinning with a jolly smile, "If you do that, I will not punish you." Aleron turned around and walked towards Yueha and the others, who were smiling. Meanwhile, Rias and Roxen who thought they had seen everything and wouldn''t get more shock from Aleron were shocked yet again. "Let''s start now," Aleron said to Ben with a nod and added, "How did I handle it, Ben?" "Extraordinary, fantastic, mindblowing, sir," Ben said as he slightly bowed his neck and gestured to Aleron with his hand to move towards the cube. Aleron burst outughing, "You are hrious. How about joining my entourage as a public handler for me?" Ben was dumbfounded as he thought he heard wrong, "Hai?" "Never mind," Aleron grinned and walked past him towards the cube, "I''ll ask you again after this night ends. You can answer at that time." Ben had a premonition hearing that. ''Is he gonna drop another bomb?'' ''No wonder he said he would half-half. He definitely wants to do something big after finishing yground.'' However, there was no use thinking about it, so he focused on the present, "I am opening the safety information. Only you and I will enter the container, as you can see it is not that big." "Don''t bother opening it," Aleron said as he put his hand on Ben''s shoulder before both of them vanished and appeared inside, right in front of the cube. ''Teleport?! B-But this formation is supposed to prevent even that...'' Ben was dumbfounded. "What do I do now?" Aleron asked. "Cough, yes. Now, please touch the cube." Aleron touched it and a digital hologram sprung up from it. [Select Difficulty.] Aleron saw the difficulties listed and pressed the Dread-mode difficulty. [Dread mode is locked. Proceed to start the trial to unlock it?] [Yes] - [No] Just as Aleron pressed [Yes], a notification also rang in his head from the system. [A new banner is in creation...] [Gachapi: Master, I''ll turn this banner into a Banner Print, so it won''t take a slot right away. You can activate it if you want to summon from it.] ''That''s perfect! I only have two slots right now, and the next upgrade is bad.] [Gachapi: You can remove a banner from the slot, though it will be permanently destroyed.] ''I''ll do thatter, yeah,'' Aleron replied while watching the progress bar that appeared in the hologram. "Young master Aleron, once that progress bar fills up, you will receive an option to start the trial in your mind. When you select yes, your consciousness will travel into the trial while your body will remain here." "I see. So how long is this trial?" Aleron curiously asked. "The yground will start in like 20 minutes right?" "Indeed. However, the yground will start from Easy mode and yers will get eliminated from each mode based on their speed of clearing it, so we''ll have plenty of time," Ben smiled. "I see. Don''t worry, I''ll still finish it fast," Aleron chuckled as the progress bar was about to be filled. In the next second, Aleron heard a digital monotone voice in his head. ''Let''s go.'' Chapter 74: Demon Lord, The Playground (5) Chapter 74: Demon Lord, The yground (5) ? Aleron found himself in a huge cavern. Right in front of him was a 100-meter statue of a ck-horned being. He had a demonic appearance, wore cool full body armor from the carvings of the statue, and its eyes faintly glowed red, making it appear lifelike. ''Cool,'' Aleron nodded as he looked at the statue. [Dread-mode Trial begins.] [Survive for 10 minutes to win.] *Dhrrr....khr...* Aleron heard the monotone notification and the whole cavern, one kilometer in diameter, started shaking violently as cracks appeared all over the floors, walls, and even ceiling. Just as he floated up to avoid cracks beneath him, they spewed out a bunch of demonic wolves, all of them at early-stage Primeval rank. The demonic wolves numbered 10 and all of them had entric magical patterns on their body, a glowing obsidian horn with red patterns, and gray eyes matching their light gray fur. [Neferite Regar Wolf] Lifeform Rank: Primeval - Early stage. Bloodline: Neferite Redmetal Bloodline Stats: -Strength: Prime 1 -Agility: Prime 1.5 -Health: Prime 1 -Stamina: Prime 1.5 -Magic Potency: Prime 1.5 -Mana Pool: Prime 1.5. ''Survive for ten minutes, eh? Alright.'' Aleron adorne his Magilore Slime Armor shimmering with an iridescent glow as it responded to his thoughts. The armor wrapped around him like a second skin five inches thick, providing a massive boost to his physical stats and enhanced magical abilities as an active reserve of Magilore. "Awooo!" Some wolves pounced at Aleron with their glowing ws while some wolves opened their mouths to release a whirling red-gray cyclone of glowing metal shards bearing great power. Aleron blinked and vanished from his spot, teleporting behind the wolves who released long- range attacks and waving his hand. *Swooosh!* ''zing Chakram.'' A zing chakram formed, spinning intensely as it flew around and sliced off all five wolves. ''This will be a good ce to practice creating skills fast,'' Aleron grinned as he looked at the other five wolves who initially attacked him with ws turning around to open their mouths and releasing the long-range attack like the wolves. The red-gray vertical cyclons bearing intense offensive power struck Aleron, but the Magilore Slime Armor simply absorbed their power. "Nice attack," Aleronughed as he pointed his palms at the wolves, releasing a vertical cyclone filled with zing metal shards, sharp, andpressed with power. They hit the wolves and exploded in fiery spectacles. But just as thosest five wolves died, a powerful roar echoed as more monsters started appearing out of cracks. Aleron''s eyes glowed with excitement, thrilled to fight to his heart''s content during these ten minutes of survival. The next wave of demonic beasts was a horde of spiked-shell turtles, their shells had exotic blue patterns of their blood, and their aura was frigid icy. In response, Aleron grinned and conjured two me swords,yering them with a bunch of Arcane Sysbuses to increase their power. ''Dance of Twin me des.'' Both swords flew around in a vortex around the turtles, trapping them just as they released their ice-based attacks. All of them had a bit higher stats than wolves, but not much. s, they couldn''t evenst for a few seconds as their attacks failed to break the vortex formed by two swords that Aleron controlled. Instead, the me Rend shes Aeleron released from both swords sliced all monsters in the next second. ''Next.'' ... Everyone outside could watch Aleron''s trial as the cube released a hologram screen disying it when Ben touched it and activated the function. Seeing Aleron fighting with such ease against the terrifying monsters that could destroy any normal city was shocking. But when they thought about how Aleron forced that demon to escape and still killed the demon with an arrow, they felt that it was normal for Aleron to defeat those monsters easily. Still, as they watched Aleron fighting new monsters with new and exotic skills, they felt a rush of excitement. All of them in the hall were yers. People who loved fighting and had a thirst to get stronger. Seeing Aleron disying his crazy prowess made them dream of bing as powerful as him. As the ten-minute countdown neared and the trial reached itsst minute, the cracks strangely vanished. "Eh? Isn''t there still one minute left?" "Yeah. Maybe he killed all the monsters?" "I wouldn''t be surprised. He killed all waves in seconds, after all." "The statue!" Aleron was also surprised, but the confusion was cleared soon as the statue in the huge cavern glowed. As if the earth on it was just coating, it fell and revealed a real demonic humanoid with real metallic armor, wild hair, light red skin, and glowing red eyes with entric patterns on his forehead and all over the body. ''This is more powerful than that demon,'' Aleron raised his eyebrows. |-Name: - [Demon Lord Jargus] |-Race: - [Demon] -Lifeform Rank: - [Ascension] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Ace - 5 (980,000/1000k) + 30% ] [Agility: Ace - 4 (850,670/1000k) + 30% ] [Stamina: Ace 5 (920,000/1000k) + 30% ] - [Health: Ace - 5 (990,500/1000k) + 30% ] |-Arcane Status: ¡ª [Magic Potency: Ace - 5 (1,000,000/1000k) + 30% ] [Mana Pool: Ace - 5 (1,000,000/1000k) + 30%] [Magilore Energy: Ace-1 (502,565/1000k)] |-Soul Status: [Soul Potency: Ace - 2 (649,200/1000k)] - [Soul Force: Ace - 2 (648,290/1000k)] ''Holy shit, he got Magilore energy!'' Aleron was startled. ''Wait....does that mean it can break through my Magilore Armor?'' Demon Lord Jargus''s eyes glowed before his forehead opened a round orb that released a terrifying crimsonser whirling with bright red and dark orange sparks towards Aleron, which instantly struck his Magilore armor as he couldn''t even react. *Boom!* An explosion urred as Aleron was smacked into the wall almost a kilometer away in a second. Looking down, he checked the spot where he was struck and saw that there was a burnt mark on the armor where thatser hit him. However, that burnt mark was swiftly recovered. However, he saw that around 1 million of his Magilore energy was used to recover that! ''Damn!'' ''Alright, my quality of Magilore is lower than his due to my Magic Pontecy being way lower, so my random attack skills won''t work on him either.'' Aleron activated his Monitor Dome, fueling it with a couple of million Magilore energy. Using Monitor Dome, he would be able to react to the Demon Lord''s attacks. And indeed. He felt a surge of power from Demon Lord and without even looking at anywhere else, he directly teleported to another spot. *Boom!* A super-fastser had once again struck the same spot where he was just half a second ago! However, his heart jumped to his throat as he sensed another attack, but it was toote as the laser struck his armor again. Looking at the Magilore consumption of the Demon Lord, its one attack cost him 1000 Magilore while Aleron needed 1,000,000 Magilore to recover from the damage done by thatser attack that used 1000 Magilore. ''I have to be constantly on the move and use my best attacks.'' Aleron''s mind closed off everything except for the pool of Arcane knowledge he had gathered from thousands of books and scrolls. While fueling his Magilore Slime Armor with Magilore and constantly teleporting around with partial thought, Aleron started creating a skill. He wasn''t even looking or paying attention to the Demon Lord. He was just teleporting around. Thirty seconds remained. Outside in the hall, all the people were overwhelmed. "Only thirty seconds left! Dread-mode will finally open, haha." "True. It''s been over a hundred years since this cube appeared, and it will finally open the Dread-mode today." "Those attacks aren''t even putting a scratch on him due to that Armor. Crazy. He wins this easily. Only 25 seconds left to survive." "Survive?" Yueha softly snorted as the people were heatedly talking. ''Master will defeat it.'' The trial was just about surviving, and not defeating this Demon Lord. However, Aleron wanted to defeat this Demon Lord Jargus before the survival countdown! Chapter 75: Creating an SSS-rank Skill, The Playground (6) Chapter 75: Creating an SSS-rank Skill, The yground (6) ? *Roar!!* Demon Lord Jargus roared as Aleron was constantly dodging with teleports and only getting hit once every ten or so attacks. Meanwhile, he was mainly focusing on creating a skill to one-shot this Demon Lord. When only 10 seconds remained, Demon Lord changed his attack patterns, moving his body for the first time as he vanished and appeared right where Aleron teleported after he dodged a crimson spear. ''Shit!'' The Demon Lord''s powerful punch wrapped in chained violet mes struck him, indicating the usage of a powerful skill. Magilore Slime Armor had a staggering hole in it while it was also corrupted by Demon Lord''s punch skill effect, dispersing fast. Aleron was injured as he coughed blood and was embedded into the ceiling since the punch sent him there. ''WTF,'' Aleron was shocked, but his Magilore source swiftly provided energy and started recovering the armor. ''Time!'' Aleron saw eight seconds left and his eyes turnedpletely stout yet serene, his brain''s gears rapidly moving to carve a route to his victory. ''Last gamble of the day. I will kill this Demon Lord before the countdown.'' Aleron''s eyes shed before the whole hall was suddenly filled with millions of tiny silver dots. ''No need to restrain the usage of energy in small bouts. Unlimited Blink Zone, activate.'' Aleron started teleporting every 0.1 seconds at various silver space dots throughout the whole wide hall while the Demon Lord continued his pursuit and attacks. Everyone outside was dumbfounded. Five seconds left. Aleron wasn''t paying attention to the fight after creating that Unlimited Blink Zone. It was also easy to create something like this with his Monitor Dome activated. He just spent several million Magilore energy to create space points through this huge hall. After doing that, he singrly focused on only one thing-cooking a skill to one-shot the Demon Lord. When only two seconds were left, a notification rang. [Congrattions, you have created an SSS-rank skill. Please name it.] Aleron pointed his finger at the Demon Lord as he teleported to the northwest corner of the hall. A pitch ck tiny bubble with a bright silver spark formed before his finger. ''Void Wolf''s Maw.'' At that moment, everyone saw a terrifying wolf''s maw looming over Demon Lord Jargus as if it were in parallel space, with a strange ck hole with a milky silvery horizon in its mouth. In an instant, the void wolf''s opened maw released a milky silvery sh at the Demon Lord before it was forcefully teleported into its mouth and vanished into the void. Right after that, the countdown hit zero. [0:00] [Congrations, you havepleted the trial sessfully. Dread-mod will be avable. Dread-mod series: Underworld Warzone, unlocked.] Aleron stood there, his face flushed with excitement, ''I wonder what will happen if I use this skill outside?!'' The skill executed exactly the way he imagined and designed it, and he found it insanely cool! Space Sybus, Gravity Sybus, and a bit of science applied using various Arcane Sybus with Aleron''s cooking resulted in this SSS-rank skill, Void Wolf''s Maw, histest strongest skill. [Your consciousness will exit after three seconds.] [3] [2] [1] Aleron opened his eyes and saw the cube in front of his face. "Congrattions, Young Master Ale," Ben said with a smile. "Easy Peasy," Aleron grinned. Everyone in the hall cheered. "Young master Ale, what was thatst skill?!" "Yeah, it looked so cool! And it ate the demon lord whole in a second!" "I call it Void Wolf''s Maw," Aleronughed and said, "I think I heated my brain too much while creating this. I need some rest, hahaha." "Young Master Ale, you can go to the VIP room prepared for you. Since the trial finished before the yground started, we can start with your intro," Ben said with a smile. "Mhmm, that''s good. Let''s go." "See you allter," Aleron waved at everyone as he and the group left. "He is so powerful. I wonder if he is really as young as he looks." "No chance, haha. But he isn''t as scary as I imagined." "Yeah, he is chill, but I still feel scared, hahaha." "Do you think he was serious when he invited Anchor Ben to his entourage?" "I would ept in a heartbeat. Being able to be his follower or work under him feels like a blessing...imagine the forces and resources he must under him, damn!" "Heh, you''re not getting that chance, Zin. Anyway, who knows if he gets impressed by any of the yers and invites someone?" Teo heard that and clenched his fist. "I-I want to work for him." Lily and Yom were taken aback, but this was a good prospect for them too. "Young master Ale is good and kind. I can work with him and might even be able to meet my brother," Teo said as he looked at Lily and Yom with a determined expression, "We are going to do our best...please." Yom wryly smiled and patted Teo''s shoulder, "Teo, these people are just talking about this in heat. We don''t know if he will really recruit someone." "But there''s no harm in trying, right?" Teo''s eyes showed resolve, "I will do my best and try to stand out from the rest! That''s all." ... ''So luxurious...'' Aleron was dumbfounded to see the whole VIP longue, rooms, and amenities on the top floors. ''The price for VIP tickets must cost a lot if they provide this much.'' "A good amount of VIPs were subjected to your judgment today, so it''s a bit emptier than usual," Ben said with a lightugh. Aleron grinned and said, "Cleaner than usual sounds better." Ben wryly smiled. Aleron, Yueha, Mei, Hua, Fang, Rias, and Roxen arrived at the top floor''s luxurious VIP room, with three big couches, sofa chairs, a bed, and a mini-bar inside along with a maid ready to take orders if they wanted to eat or drink something. After everyone settled on the chair sofas and couches, Aleron suddenly got a message in his head and a big smile appeared on his face, "Everyone, I''ll be back in a bit." Aleron vanished and entered Eldertide Archipgo. "Where is he going each time like this?" Rias curiously asked. "You can ask Master," Yueha shrugged. "It''s not our ce to answer this question." Meanwhile, Roxen, Fang, and Hua were already at the bar and talking with the maid to discuss what should they drink and order. After a minute, Aleron returned to the room, but not alone. With him were Enorin, Darzax, and Riki, who hadpletely recovered to their prime condition! Aleron also gave them the memory of everything that happened while they were recovering and knew that Aleron had more loyal subjects like them. Yueha and others also knew everything that had happened since the beginning, so they had a natural appreciation for Darzax, Enorin, and Riki. "Good work, brothers and sister," Hua said with augh as he raised a bottle, "Do you drink?" You three worked hard. Now take some rest and enjoy," Yueha smiled. Fang and Mei nodded at them. Darzax faintly smiled, "Good work to you all as well." "Boss got quite a crew now, haha," Riki said with augh. "I''ll go have a drink, boss. I am dying to drink something good." "You''ll find much better stuff here," Aleron chuckled. "Sir Darzax, Miss Enorin," Rias stood up and bowed towards them. "Thank you for your help at the Ocean Wrath. Good see you all are fine." Enorin and Darzax smilingly nodded. "Master," Enorin grabbed Aleron''s sleeve and said, her cheeks a bit pink, "I am a bit hungry." "Unlike Riki and I who don''t get hungry, Miss Enorin is an angel and requires high energy good," Darzax said with a smile. "Shall I order the chefs to make a feast?" "We''re having a feast, but not from our city," Aleron grinned and looked at the maid, "Miss Maid, can you please order your best food dishes? Also, tell Ben that I''ll pay for everything. I insist." "So, don''t hold back on food. Make it a delicious feast." *nk* Their room''s door opened and Ben entered. "Young master Ale, I''ll bring the best feast of food here, but you have toe with me for now," Ben said with a smile. "It''s time for the opening and everyone is waiting for your grace." "Alright," Aleron chuckled and looked at others, "Rx and enjoy, everyone. And keep note of the spiciest and tastiest food dishes, haha. I''ll order those after returning." Chapter 76: Goddess Decree, The Playground (7) Chapter 76: Goddess Decree, The yground (7) ? The seats of the huge colosseum were filled to the brim with the chaotic mor of people talking making a loud constant noise. Time passed fast and soon the clock hit 9:00 p.m. as a single huge hologram lit up above the arena, disying Anchor Ben''s face. "Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is over!" The crowd that turned silent briefly erupted in cheers. "Hahaha, I love this fervor from you all, everyone!" "Now without further ado, I shall introduce you to the star of today''s night, who has brightened everyone''s life by saving the city from the terrifying demon and his scheme to sacrifice it!" The holograms throughout the screens were lit up, some big, some small, but everywhere in the city, all the people were watching the yground''s broadcast. And everyone finally saw the clear face behind the bearer of multiple names they gave. Aleron smiled as he stood beside Ben on a small floating tform high in the center of the arena, his face visible to everyone. "He is so young! I thought he would be much older." "Maybe he just looks young." "His hair is strange, eh? Some ck hair strands in white." Aleron waved his hand and began speaking with a grin, "Hello, everyone. The name''s Aleron, Ale for short." "Young master Ale, everyone is curious about your background. I wonder If you can allow yourself to shed some light on it," Ben cordially asked with curiosity. "My background is nothing special, haha," Aleron said with a lightugh. "I was just one of many like you all, living my life and fighting the adversary it puts in my way." "But I am not from this world, which you all might have guessed," Aleron smiled. "I arrived here by a twist of fate perhaps, and started living here." "Unexpectedly, I gained some powers and friends, so my way of life also adjusted ording to my situation." "If not for that, I wouldn''t have been able to detect the demon and save this city." Aleron shook his head and sighed, "But I am thankful that I am able to make a change." "Now, now, I shall not bore everyone no longer," Aleron grinned and said, "The yground will start and at the end will be my solo journey in the new Dread-mode difficulty!" The camerate zoomed out to show both Ben and Aleron afterward, as Ben said with augh, "Now that young master Ale has spoken and turned this time into an auspicious one, let us begin!" Magical firecrackers shot into the sky along with loud music as the hologram''s screen shifted to the ground, showing yers entering one by one. Aleron went back to the VIP room and joined the feast as everyone watched the show starting. "Let us everyone wee today''s yers who will be fighting to get the trophy and reward!" Ben''s voice rang as the holograms showed yers arriving at the center. The audience cheered loudly. "ck Tiger of East Tower! He will surely win." "Green Arrow Tark! He is strongest among all Legendaries present! The trophy is his." The yers arrived at the arena''s center and the cube emerged from the ground as it parted magically. Big andfortable sofa chairs appeared around the cube as Ben waved his hand and put them ordingly. "Everyone, please take your seat. A few yers are missing, including the Hero of Nexusia kingdom, but that can''t be helped as it was written in their destiny." "The yground will start from the Easy-mode series, with everyone getting eliminated as soon as their Hit-Shield drops to o!" "Today''s easy-mode series is Snow Storm''s Descent! Everyone must survive in thisnd of blizzard for thirty minutes!" "There will be treasure chests at various ces to boost yourbat prowess, so use your wits and abilities to maneuver in thisnd and survive!" "Those whose Hit-shield remains at 1 or above will be moved to the normal-mode series!" ... "This is fun. It''s like one of those multiyer battle royal games," Aleron said while watching everything in reality as if he were inside with the yers. Not just him, Yueha and others also had faint, slim crystal goggles covering their eyes like Aleron, allowing their vision to dive into the virtual reality just like the yers. This was exclusive to the VIP audience, and it was well worth it for those who sought entertainment and fun. Grabbing the meat leg of a deer-like magic beast, Aleron started eating with gusto while watching. The others were also eating and drinking, having fun as time passed by swiftly. The yers were performing fiercely, fighting monsters in the blizzards and using their everything to survive. Unsurprisingly, none of the 47 yers were eliminated in the Easy-mode series as everyone survived until the end. "Now that the Easy-mode is over, the betting booths will open!" "Bet on your horse! Let us see who performs best and who fails to survive the Normal-mode series: Sky-Crack Inds!" ... Goddess Pce, "This brat..." Elysia narrowed her eyes as she looked at Nailzim City''s yground. "This can''t go on." Elysia Gothwing sat with contemtive expression. ''Now that he is mypetitor, I have all the more reason to eliminate him and whatever he is nning.'' She waved her hand as a beautiful golden scepter appeared in her hand. Turning to the girls in the hall, she said, "Send a decree of call to the Goddess Church headquarters." ... Central Lightdusk Region, Goddess Church Headquarters, The giant bell in the tallest tower of the huge church situated atop a giant mountain shone in a golden hue and started ringing, tolling its divine sound as it spread far and wide. The entire church sprung up in action at night as the ringing of this bell indicated an utmost important matter. "Goddess Decree!" "Goddess wishes to speak to us?!" "It''s been a hundred years!" "Truly joyous news! The demons are also encroaching, so she must have sensed our trouble!" In the magnificent goddess hall of the church, the Holy Popy devotedly on his knees while facing the Goddess Statue. Soon, a Holy Maiden, who looked in her thirties walked towards the statue and stood there facing it with her back and looked at the Pope. "Goddess," she softly muttered with her hand in a praying gesture and closed her eyes. The goddess statue released a golden light from her eyes that struck the holy maiden as her eyes shone with golden lights. "Rise," the holy maiden spoke as her demeanor changed, having weed the goddess'' consciousness in her body. Chapter 77: Great Frustration, The Playground (8) Chapter 77: Great Frustration, The yground (8) ? Holy Pop stood up after hearing the holy priestess'' changed voice with a different demeanor and knew the goddess had descended to speak after a hundred years. The other cardinal priests stood several meters behind respectfully. "I have descended because a cmity is approaching," Elysia spoke through the holy maiden''s mouth. "We must deny it to prevent it." "Cmity?" the holy pop trembled and bowed. "Goddess, please show us the way. Just some hours ago, a powerful demon threatened to wipe out a city with a demonic formation." "Fortunately, a hero saved the city by defeating the demon. But I''m afraid more of such ces are infiltrated by the demons." ''Huh?!'' Elysia wanted to p this pop. ''I am here to make him a bad guy! Why the hell are you bringing him up here?'' ''Tsk. Now they will produce doubts if Ibel him as a heretic without a good reason and fabrication. But no matter what, I have to prevent him from getting people''s support.'' "Go and investigate a fallen kingdom to the northeast. The demons are not easy to deal with this time because they are disguised as humans and nning something." "What?!" "T-This..." The holy pop knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Please aid us, Goddess." "That''s why I am here, my children," Elysia smiled. "I shall send my heavenly subjects to aid you tomorrow. They shall stay here and join you to fight the demons. Help them in the investigation and listen to their ordains." ... Goddess Pce, Elysia Gothwing looked at the girls in the hall and sternly said, "Monitor his movements whenever it is possible and keep me updated every hour." "From now on, you all will work in 12-hour shifts turn by turn. Split up into two groups. One will take rest another will continue until twelve o''clock." The goddess left after saying that, leaving the girls perplexed. ''What happened? How did she suddenly be so serious?'' ''This guy called Aleron must be a big trouble for her.'' Meanwhile, Goddess Elysia arrived in her garden and sat on the fluffy sofa chair, sighing, ''It seems I have no choice but to ask for help from the alliance. Tsk.'' Waving her hand, a dreamy blue hologram screen lit up before her. It was empty, but it showed a familiar face after a few seconds-A handsome ck-haired man looking in his thirties with golden-brown eyes. "Davin," Elysia nodded. "So, howe my goddess decided to contact me?" Elysia took a deep breath and somberly said, "I will join your Ethereal Canvas Alliance." "Woah, woah, woah! Dropping such good news out of nowhere, hahaha," Davinughed, clearly happy regarding what Elysia said. But he abruptly paused after two seconds while grinning, "So, what trouble did my goddess encounter?" Elysia''s eyes narrowed, "Apetitor appeared." "Huh? Who is it? A demon lord of the nearby Netherworld?" "I wish," Elysia clenched her fist, "But it''s not a Demon Lord. It''s a darn human kid, who is a Legendary rank lifeform, but wields Magilore and already has a bunch of subordinates at Exceed rank, and two at Primeval-rank." "Wait, what? Legendary-rank, but wields Magilore?" Davin was dumbfounded. "Stop joking." "I am not," Elysia gritted her teeth. "That''s why I am not sending my five Primeval-rank subordinates. He will kill all of them, just like he killed a pseudo-Ascension-rank Demon I painstakingly nted by paying a good price." Davin frowned. "The problem is that he is just a Legendary rank right now, so he doesn''t have restrictions ofpetitors like us until he reaches Ascension rank or disys a power of that level," Goddess Elysia frowned and added. "He came close to that level when he killed the Demon, but that wasn''t enough to grant him restriction from Cosmic Will." Davin''s eyes glinted, "Now, I am getting curious about this guy...curious enough to make him a warlord if he indeed has extraordinary capabilities." Elysia''s expression darkened, "And what about me if he bes a warlord? I have to return and you know that this is my only chance. I am not waiting for fucking another 1000 years!" Davin grinned and said, "Of course, I know that. You have sessfully joined my alliance, so I do wish for you to be the 8th warlord of Ethereal Canvas Alliance." "But nothinges free, mdy. I have around thirtypetitors like you who are also asking for help to be a Warlord, but we can''t help everyone, right?" Elysia indifferently nodded before asking, "What''s the price?" Davin appeared to sit on his chair as the camera zoomed out, his outfit same-type as always- a floral short and an open floral shirt. "We need to assess this newpetitor first and get to know more about him. I won''t help recklessly because that would be a waste of management and very inefficient. The competition is not far, after all." Davin smiled as his eyes scanned Elysia''s figure and he licked his lips before saying, "However, we can still discuss the price because there''s one thing I absolutely want, and I won''t help you without it." "What?" Elysia frowned. "A baby," Davin smiled. "I want you to bear my baby. Of course, you don''t need to be his mother. After the baby is born, I will take care of him and you can just continue whatever you want without any connection with him." Elysia''s face appeared livid, her fists angrily clenched, ''So he knows about my bloodline... Damn it, damn it!'' ''I escaped from Upper Cosmos because I was about to get married off by my father and came here...now this bastard wants the same thing?!'' "You look scary, mydy," Davin chuckled and said, "It''s not even that much. We can have fun for some months until you get pregnant and once the baby is born, you can live your life leisurely. Your ascension is my guarantee." "I''ll have to think. Bye," Elysia waved her hand as the dreamy hologram vanished. "Aaaaaarghhhhh!!" A cloud scream filled with frustration echoed throughout the Goddess Pce, much like the sound of metal grating but more like a melodious tone to the girls, who felt pleasure knowing that the Goddess who was making many people''s lives hard and filling them with suffering was feeling such great frustration herself. ... Meanwhile, a few hours had passed by with much entertainment for people as thest six yerspeted in the hard-mode series of yground. Now that they were done, it was finally time for the main show. Chapter 78: The Playground (9) Chapter 78: The yground (9) ? "Woah, he can even use such skills?!" "So powerful!" "Are those monsters really at Primeval rank?!" "They are, but...he is just too strong." The public of Arena was watching with excitement, while those in VIP rooms were experiencing a disy of might they had never seen before with the goggles. "And he has done it!" Ben shouted as Aleron killed the Demon Commander and destroyed the fort. ''It''s such a good thing that Dread-mode difficulty''s first series is Demon Lord''s Tyranny.'' ''But it makes sense since the Demon Lord Jargus appeared in the trial...wait, does that mean the final boss in this series is also Demon Lord Jargus?'' Ben thought and felt that it could very well be the case. ... [You havepleted the 3rd task. Now onto the 4th task.] [4th task: Head to the Gumgra Dark Mountains and locate the Demon Lord''s castle.] ''Gumgra Dark Mountains?'' Aleron floated above the burning fort with the destruction caused by battle. ''Where is that ce?'' Aleron scratched his head but got an idea and flew into the fort, straight towards the Demon Commander''s chamber. The VIP room''s people who were following Aleron to watch him also followed while the cube''s camera automatically followed him as the public outside showed him going into the chamber and looking at a map on the wall. Since the audience knew about the tasks, they were more absorbed in watching, excited to see what would happen next, and see more of Aleron''s actions. After Aleron looked at the map and found the location, he teleported outside before manifesting a pair of majestic lightning-energy structured wings, with mixed attributes of me, wind, and lightning. This was his new flying-type skill-Storm Traveller Wings, SS-rank! *Swoosh!* Alero streaked across the sky like a bolt of lightning, flying towards the mountain at the speed of Mach 5, crossing 1.7 kilometers per second! He arrived at the Gumgra Mountains after ten seconds as the scenery took a turn for worse. Gumgra mountains'' formation had four mountains at the forefront that covered 50 kilometers wide area in total with three mountains creating a triangle behind it and a single tallest mountain in the center of these seven mountains. At the top of that tallest mountain was a majestic demonic pce with its peak structure passing through the dark clouds looming over the mountain range. ''That''s Demon Lord''s castle, alright,'' Aleron grinned and stretched his right hand to his right as something started materializing in his hand. Seeing that, the audience outside turned excited. "New skill!" "Let''s see what he brings out this time!" Aleron had been inside for half an hour, and he had never used the single skill twice, except for the flying skill! This was why Aleron''s adventure in this Dread-mode difficulty was super entertaining for all to see. Aleron''s eyes flickered with lights and patterns as he designed the skill with his mind. After five seconds, the Magilore energy motes gathered around Aleron''s hand before turning into a fancy ck-lion sniper rifle with a big barrel that had a lion''s open mouth design and glowing eyes, along with sleek and fancy red patterns on the ck crystal body of the sniper rifle. ''A weaponized medium made of attributes of Darkness Sybus, Death sybus, and me sybus,'' Aleron grinned. ''I should be able to shoot some fancy skilling shots from this.'' But just as Aleron finished creating his crazy sniper rifle, four lights shot out of the castle towards him and soon floated twenty meters across him. "So you are the troublesome pest? Humph, your journey ends here because we, the four Demon Knights of Apocalypse will end you today!" Four humanoids adorned in unique full-body armor arrived, with one being a slim female, one a bulky man, another a tall and slim man, and thest one being a medium lean muscled man. All of them were half-step into Ascension rank, termed Semi-Ascension rank. Their stats had officially stepped into Ace-1 and more like that demon Aleron killed with an arrow. "Four Demons Knights of Apocalypse?" Aleron raised his eyebrows and released his sniper rifle as it just floated to his side. "Humph, I''ll eat you alive!" the bulky demon wearing a dark brown full-body armor with green demonic patterns snorted and arrived before Aleron with his mouth open wide like a frog. It released a terrifying suction force along with a dark whirlpool in his mouth. "STINKY," Aleron shouted and punched the Demonic Knight instantly as he couldn''t bear the foul smell that made him revolt. *Booom!* Unable to hold back, Aleron instantly sted the Demonic Knight as the prowess of his punch adorning the Magilore Slime Amor was boosted and destroyed the Demonic Knight as he shot into the horizon like a ragdoll. ''Freaking hell...this is virtual reality. Can''t you take this a notch down?!'' Aleron felt like he would throw up all the food he had stuffed half an hour ago. "Don''t attack, I need a moment," Aleron red at the three Demonic Knights were stood there in shock while he swiftly waved his hand and used some Arcane Sybus about Nature- type. Spending Magilore, he instantly created a bunch of flowers with thick fragrance and took a deep breath with relief. "Just tell me if you all also stink like him because If that''s the case, I''ll kill you all swiftly without letting you close in," Aleron said as his hands once again spewed out Magilore motes, indicating that he was designing a skill. "Don''t worry, we don''t stink like him," the girl demonic knights said as she walked in the air towards Aleron, her moves were like a sexy subusing to eat him and her dark pink armor also matched her vibe. Aleron''s eyes flickered with dark pink light as he was attacked by a strange skill interfering in his mind. Suddenly, he saw the female demonic knight in front of him turningpletely naked, her tempting figure, her shapely D-cup breasts with pink nipples, the faint slit at her cleanher region, and her temptress smile sent Aleron into a spiral. Well, his little brother stood up involuntarily. ''Damn! But...'' Aleron''s eyes shed clear as he destroyed the skill''s effect while his right hand manifested a dark orange katana with a me-shaped ck pattern. In the next second, he swung the katana in front of him, releasing a tiny but bright spark from its tip that struck the female Demonic Knight. "What?" the female demonic knight didn''t feel anything, but in the next moment, a raging inferno of her size enveloped and spun at a breakneck speed,pletely obliterating her. "I call that Inferno Spiral," Aleron said with a smile as he pointed his katana at the remaining two Demonic Knights. "Those mes spin 1000 times in a second with the destructive power of me and windbined with highlight on cutting and burning." "Once your defense is gone, it can instantly obliterate you." The tall and slim demonic knight trembled and sped his hand, his armor was light gray with ck and dark gold patterns. "So despairing it is, oh so despairing it is," he spoke with his eyes closed and pointed his palms at Aleron, "Please, do not spread despair to us." Aleron waited while his Katana transformed into an icy de with green patterns. The demonic knight''s palms unleashed a torrent of ck wraiths towards Aleron. ''Another attack with soul-attribute...it directly affects mind and soul,'' Aleron narrowed his eyes. ''I gotta learn this.'' The libraries he visited so far didn''t have much knowledge about the soul path. It only had basic knowledge, but not about the way to mold it into skills for different effects like the one used by that female Demonic Knight and this slim stick knight. Chapter 79: The Playground (10/10), Alerons Plan (1) Chapter 79: The yground (10/10), Aleron''s n (1) ? "One is despair and the other is death, die!" the slim muscr Demonic knight uttered before a ck long sword appeared in his hand and he dashed towards Aleron. Aleron didn''t bother with this attack, even though it was a Death-attributed attack. It struck his Magilore Slime Armor and was blocked with ease. Meanwhile, the attack of ck wraiths was strange as those wraiths entered inside him, trying to harm his soul and showing him despair with mental interference. ''Interesting,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he stored this attack''s data in his mind so that he could recall it and understand itter. *Swoosh!* Outside, his transformed katana shed forward after leaving his hand, releasing a burst of frost wave that instantly froze both Demonic knights before exploding, shattering into pieces. The 4th task was already finished and the 5th had begun since he found the location of Demon Lord. [Defeat the Demon Lord] Aleron grabbed his sniper rifle and pointed at the castle. ''An energy construct of Death, Darkness, and me.'' ''Extreme condensation of energy in aspects'' sections.'' ''Focus on the Burning of me sybus, Vital Siphon of Death sybus, and Corrosion of Darkness sybus.'' ''Orb-shaped projectile.'' ''Dome-size range execution.'' Aleron designed the bullet for the sniper rifle and aimed it at the Demon Lord''s castle. "Human! Red and ck lightning crackled around the castle before a familiar figure appeared above the castle, his size even bigger than what Aleron saw in the trial. Demon Lord Jargus "You again?" Aleron grinned as the magic rifle''s pattern lit up. "Well, you ain''t getting time to hit me this time." ''Let''s go above 100 million Magilore this time,'' Aleron thought as he swiftly infused the Magilore for the bullet skill. Meanwhile, Demon Lord Jargus roared and conjured a giant demonic ck spear flickering with red and ck lightning before shooting at Aleron. At the same time, ''150 million Magilore...for the Ravager''s Ruin Bullet.'' *Swoosh!* The bullet, flickering with neon colorful light highlighting ck and me-red, streaked across the sky towards the Demon Lord while getting bigger and bigger! At 0.1 seconds, it was a thumb-sized bullet. At 0.2 seconds, it became a car-sized bullet. At 0.3 seconds, it became a house-sized bullet! At 0.5 seconds, it became a football field-sized bullet! The spear and bullet passed by each other. However, an ethereal starry wolf''s maw appeared behind Aleron and absorbed the entirety of the spear and its power while the gigantic bullet squarely struck the demon and his castle! *BOOOM!* In the next second, Demon Lord Jargus and half of his castle were enveloped in a giant ck sphere whirling with raging red and ck mes, obliterating him and everything else speedily! "NOOO!" Demon Lord Jargus roared, but this bullet''s power overwhelmed him as his defense was destroyed the moment he tried to conjure it. In the next second, he was entirely obliterated...again. Outside, people roared and cheered at the big spectacle of power they just witnessed! "Such power..." Melkern muttered with intense fear and reverence in his eyes. "Is there anything in this world that can defeat him?" "Even the Goddess Champions are not this powerful as far as I know," Marcus said with a weak smile. Both of them were in Marcus''s office as they witnessed the whole Dread-mode series where Aleron absolutely destroyed all things that would normally kill them. "Well, now that this Dread-mode series is open, I would love to go in," Melkern said with narrowed eyes. "There''s much to learn and practice using this unknown technology. It''s a good tool to make people powerful." "That aside, what about his so-called surprise?" Marcus asked. "Ben told me he has a n of his own to reveal at the end." "No idea," Melkern shook his head. "He did agree to this, and the way he agreed also gave me a feeling that he made a n of his own after I gave him that suggestion." Marcus nodded as he looked at Aleron on the screen, "It seems that we can only wait and see." ... "Ladies and gentlemen! That marks the end of today''s yground, but it is not over yet! We still have a big surprise waiting, from none other than Young Master Aleron!" Aleron opened his eyes and got up from the chair as Ben flew down and arrived beside him. "That was fun. A good exercise session I would say," Aleron stretched his arms and said with a smile. The audience cheered and talked loudly, though their voices were drowned by each other as most of them were shouting in response to what Aleron just said. "Young Master Ale, you said about a surprise. I wonder what it is?" Ben curiously asked as the audience swiftly quieted down to hear. "I have two surprises," Aleron said with a grin. "Before that, let me ask you all something. Did you like the skills I used?" Everyone cheered and roared in agreement, even people from various parts of the city who were watching, especially youngsters who were raring to be strong adventurers. "Hahaha, since that''s the case, then I shall create five skill scrolls and put them as a prize for the next yground," Aleron said with augh. "Those who win can take the scroll home and learn the skill!" "Oho? What would be the ranks of those skills?" Ben curiously asked. "Two S-rank skills, two SS-rank skills, and one SSS-rank skill," Aleron grinned, "with the SSS-rank skill being that Ruin ze Rifle that I used." Instantly, a huge uproar echoed throughout the stadium. The yers were dumbfounded and excited as well. "Holy shit! I want that Ruin ze Rifle!" "That rifle is crazy, yeah! I want it too!" "I am not getting that one, so I am curious about SS and S rank skills!" "I liked that Vine Torrent skill. It was so cool and powerful. I wonder if young master Ale will make a skill scroll of that one." People were heated talking, but Ben spoke again as everyone quieted down. "Ladies and gentlemen! Don''t forget that we have one more surprise from Young Master Ale!" Aleron smiled and nodded, his arms crossed. As soon as the public quieted down, he began speaking, his voice echoing loud and clear, "The second surprise is quite big." "So bear with me, people," Aleron grinned and pointed his finger upward. ''I have enough knowledge, and I also scanned the other portals. I should be able to do it.'' "From now on, this city is going to change forever," Aleron said, his smile looking brilliant and his eyes sparkling. Chapter 80: Alerons Plan (2) Chapter 80: Aleron''s n (2) ? "What''s that whirlpool?" "He is doing something." Everyone looked up as they saw a blue-silver whirlpool forming high above. Melkern and Marcus looked at each other with shock as they realized what it was by sensing the aura. "Teleportation portal?" Marcus furrowed his brows. "Why? To Where?" Outside, Ben gulped and spoke amidst the public confusion, his voice broadcasting loud and clear. "Umm, what is that, young master Ale?" "A portal," Aleron grinned and took back his hand as the portal finally finished forming. Afterward, he flew up and Ben hurriedly followed along with the camera as all screens showed Aleron. "The second surprise is that I am adopting this city," Aleron smiled. "If anything happens or trouble arises, it will only take a second for me toe or send someone." "Moreover, I will also be stationing a force called Guardians here. These people will live here and act to protect the city," Aleron grinned. ''Well, the guardians would be the souls who finish their punishment. Since they turn over a new life after repenting, I can make them live their life again, I guess.'' Everyone was shocked hearing Aleron''s deration. "From now on, this city will only be proper and no one will be unhappy here," Aleron showed a victory gesture with his right hand while grinning, "No evil demons or evil will people stay where I tread." They had seen his power already, his words carried immense weight. So the general people of the city, who wanted nothing more than to live their lives with their families in peace, Aleron''s words were a blessing even more precious than god. Because unlike the goddess they worshiped and didn''t act for them, Aleron acted and removed all evil from the city after killing the demon who was about to sacrifice all of them in the formation. As such, the response the public gave to Aleron for announcing his surprise was loud cries and cheers throughout the city and arena. Only the minority of people who were in lead and power positions had questions and worries popping up in their minds, unable to deduce and predict the flow of development as they couldn''t imagine Aleron''s next moves. "Hahaha, I like this radiant positive energy from you all," Aleron couldn''t help butugh as his voice drowned others and people quieted down, eagerly listening. "I don''t know when will Guardians be ready, but worry not. This portal will be here and also a giant barrier covering the city that can grant protection to all individuals and units like before," Aleron smiled. "This city and its people will be protected." People cheered as loud uproar rang again, but it soon quieted down as Aleron continued. "However, you all listen as well," Aleron broadly grinned, "Be good and don''t cross the lines. I know people can annoying, and conflict can happen, but the world is big and so should your heart. So, work and rise together." "Be of sound mind and sound reasoning. Most of the people are not stupid, I know. Listen to the good side of the voice, not the bad one." Aleron narrowed his eyes and added, "So, don''t you dare cross the lines and spread suffering to innocents. Otherwise, the Punisher will descend again." *Uproar!* "That''s right!" "Young master Ale, thank you!" People cheered and roared in support as Aleronughed and added with a short bow, "Now then, people. It''s time to say farewell, but my words and spirit in them will remain here and in you all." "Always." After saying that, Aleron teleported back into the VIP room while Ben took over the mic. "How was the show, everyone?" Aleron asked with a grin as he arrived in the room. "wless, my lord," Darzax said with a smile. "Nailed it, boss. The people of this city support you with all their heart given their response," Riki grinned. Huaughed and nodded, "That''s right. Now we only need the barrier." "Indeed," Yueha smiled and said, "When they see the barrier and know they can have the same safety as when that demon came in case of future trouble, you''ll live in their hearts." Aleron rubbed his nose while smiling and nodded, "Humu, that''s good." "Now that I''ve said that, I''ll focus on creating the barrier. Fang, give me the knowledge of your formation. I''ll create my barrier based on that. I should be able to create that." "Understood, my lord," Fang smiled and nodded. "I shallpile it into a scroll." "I''ll send you in. Do it there," Aleron nodded and waved his hand, sending Fang into Eldertide Archipgo. Meanwhile, Rias and Roxen remained dumbfounded and ckjawed ever since Aleron arrived. "Ale, this..." Rias snapped out and mumbled, speechless and not knowing what to say. "Yea?" Aleron turned to her. "You want me to adopt your Empire as well? Haha, I''ll eventually do it, don''t worry." "For now, let''s call it a day and find a hotel to stay in," Aleron smiled. *Knock...knock...* Aleron waved his hand and opened the door as Melkern and Marcus walked in. "Apologise for the intrusion, but I thought I should hurry to talk to you about some matters,'' Melkern said with a wry smile. "I am Marcus, the manager of this yground," Marcus smiled and bowed. "Pleased to meet you, young master Ale." "It''s fine. I nned to have a talk with youter anyway," Aleron smiled. "After all, I''ll leave it to you to handle the Guardians." "Me?" Melkern was surprised. Aleron chuckled while thinking, ''The irredeemable thirty-thousand people who had ck marks are not worth giving a second chance. I''llpletely put them under control and give them forceful power so we can exercise their use for good.'' "Ten Primeval-rank powerhouses as Guardians," Aleron grinned. "I am still thinking about how to approach this, but I''llplete everything I said before leaving. Which means...I''ll be done in the next three days." "If you are thinking about staying here for three days, how about I provide you with a big enough mansion for you and your people," Marcus said with a smile and slight bow, "Please allow me this opportunity. After all, you have done much for us and this city already." ''Master, I feel like we are being observed.'' Aleron heard Yueha''s voice just as he was about to reply. His eyes shed and he scanned the room, even scanning for soul-rted phenomena, and soon found something near Marcus. It was a strange tiny ethereal eyeball with a faint golden eye. "What is that?" Aleron pointed his finger at it and released a ghastly white string that grabbed the eyeball and pulled it toward him. Chapter 81: Alerons Plan (3/3) Chapter 81: Aleron''s n (3/3) ? "What?" Roxen, Rias, and all others below Primeval rank couldn''t see it. "That..." Melkern was surprised. ''I couldn''t sense it even though it was right beside me...such mastery of soul path.'' Marcus was also just peak Exceed-rank, so he couldn''t sense it. "It seems that when you two came in, that eye entered inside," Yueha narrowed her eyes, "I briefly released my spiritual detection barrier and it snuck in. From the looks of it, someone is observing us through this eye." Aleron looked at the eyeball pinched between his fingers and used soul force with Magilore to destroy it, "Well, it''s gone now. But I feel like I have an idea who it is." Aleron grinned, ''Goddess Elysia. Well, if she is alerted then I shouldn''t ck or be careless from now on.'' He wasn''t sure, but his gut feeling told him it was probably the Goddess. "As for your offer, Mr. Marcus. It''s not like I don''t want you to give you the opportunity, but I have my own ce," Aleron waved his hand as a ck cloudy portal with flickering red and golden lights appeared. Seeing that, Rias, Roxen, Melkern, and Marcus were shocked. It was clear from the looks of this portal that it was a portal to a secret realm! ''He can summon the portal of a secret realm with a wave of his hand?!'' Marcus''s eyes stretched wide and his brain geared fast in his special area. ''The benefit of having an entire secret realm to his beck and call...there''s only fortune and power if we get on his good.'' Aleron waved his hand again as the portal vanished. "Now that I have much work to do, I will return to my abode, but thanks for the offer," Aleron smiled. "Mr. Melker, what matters did you want to talk about?" Aleron asked as he turned to Melkern. "It wasn''t much. Just about that portal and guardians," Melkern shook his head. "But I shall not give my input on this. Since you already have thought about it, then you can tell me what I need to do." ''He has gotten old, but not senile, alright,'' Marcus thought. ''It''s clear that young master Aleron is going to give him a kind of authority that can make him a truly top person in the city.'' "Mhmm, I''ll call you once I am finished with the matters," Aleron smiled and turned to Rias and Roxen, "I''ll be leaving for several hours, so let''s meet for breakfast and resume our day from there." Rias wryly smiled and nodded, "Alright." Aleron then snapped his finger and teleported everyone at once into the Eldertide Archipgo as everyone arrived on the grand terrace above the pce. Aleron''s gaze swept past the necropolis and beastfolk vige as he looked at the vast unknown secret realm filled with mysteries and rewards, Aleron smiled, "Everyone, it''s time to work." "Insanguis, report your finds." A dark water portal appeared before Aleron and everyone soon saw a terrifying-looking anglerfish with tens of eyes and a ghastly light floating before it emerging from the portal and swimming towards Aleron. "Master, there''s a cracked barrier deep below three thousand kilometers away and one thousand kilometers deep. Past this barrier is a huge metallic structure of unknown civilization." Aleron''s eyes sparkled and he quickly checked the demi ne''s status, opening the Major Secret Regions. "Everyone, look at this," Aleron said. Darzax, Riki, Enorin, Yueha, Mei, and Hua saw a magical blue screen and focused. _Major Secret Regions: 1. The Crystal Spires of Auroraville-Not found. 2. The Eldertree Sanctuary-Not found. 3. The Serpent''s Spine Mountains-Not found. 4. The Shimmering Lagoon-Not Found. 5. The Underwater Abyssal Kingdom-Found. -6. The Twilight de-Not found. 7. The Obsidian Tower-Not found. "Insaguish has found the Underwater Abyssal Kingdom. I don''t know what is inside and what dangersy, but we have to explore it andpletely empty it," Aleron grinned. "All resources and treasures, and everything valuable in it." After a brief surprise, everyone was excited and thrilled. They were powerhouses on the path of power after all, and sought challenges and resources to improve themselves for their Master. "Since this secret realm is of Primeval rank, I will only allow Exceed-rank and above to go there. As for others, they will continue to explore the inds to acquire resources and train to breakthrough." "Gather the members and start preparations," Aleron smiled. "We already have resources to craft pills and potions, so prepare those before departing." "Understood, Master!" Yueha said with fervor, "Thank you for this opportunity." "We will not disappoint you, my lord," Darzax smiled. Everyone was fired up! "I''ll send Fang to you after he is done scribing the scroll," Aleron said with a grin, "Now go and start preparing. Show me what you got." "Yes, master!" "Yes, boss!" "Yes, my lord!" ... After sending Fang to them, Aleron read the scroll Fang inscribed with the knowledge and started brainstorming. ''Mhmm....all those effects can be achieved with Magilore as well. I just need to visualize the possible connections and establish their magic symbols.'' ''This is easy, alright. Haha, as long as it can be achieved by Magilore, it''s easy for me. I guess I really got too powerful of a talent and boon,'' Aleron grinned as he started designing the barrier. Meanwhile, Rias and Roxen arrived at the hotel and went to their room before going to bed. There was no need to sleep every day, but today, there was a need. ''Aleron...he is going to do something big.'' Rias dazedlyy on the bed, recalling his eyes whenever he looked at her. ''What do I want to do?'' ''I feel like he is asking me if I want to be a part of whatever he is doing or not.'' ''Or it''s me who is thinking...'' Rias bit her lips and tossed herself to left on the bed. ''He is too amazing while I am nothing, can I really hope?'' ''I can''t hope without doing anything. I have to show him my worth for that,'' Rias clenched her fists. ''I''ve decided. No matter what, I''ll follow him and his path.'' ''This is the best course of action for both Empire''s future and myself who wants to walk by his side,'' Rias''s eyes ignited with resolve. Chapter 82: Properly Using The Black Marks Chapter 82: Properly Using The ck Marks ? After half an hour, Aleron finished creating the perfect barrier formation and left the secret realm. Most of the people were still awake, so they would soon see the phenomenon spread by Aleron. Aleron floated at the center of the city high in the sky with a 10-meter-long crystal floating before him. This crystal was not a normal crystal. It was the crystalization of Magilore itself, condensed andpressed, with maximum heightened potency. ''The barrier will only activate in an emergency, but it will still take a lot of energy. Mhmm, I have to make it such that the barrier gets enough fuel without me.'' Aleron waved his hand and poured Magilore which soon condensed together separately and turned into nine more crystals. Each of the crystals contained 100 million Magilore energy. ''Let''s see how much I can condense into one first,'' Aleron started infusing more Magilore into a crystal to test the limit. The crystal started turning slightly darker as Aleron added more and more Magilore into it. 200 million. 300 million. 400 million. 500 million. *Crak...* Aleron paused and swiftly mended the crack. ''Alright, around five hundred million is the limit. That''s enough for this central crystal. Now, I''ll add a Mana gathering formation so that it can also take aid from the atmosphere''s Mana, which is abundant and always circting.'' Energy wouldn''t disappear, it would just change ces and forms. Aleron already spent a lot of Magilore from his Magilore source after arriving in this city. All those attacks, formations, and everything he did spread Magilore outside. He used his Magilore into magic and spread it outside, which then also turned into the magical power of this world, increasing mana in the atmosphere. Aleron created this formation about absorbing Mana from the atmosphere to keep it sustenance because it was the best way to keep this barrier perpetually in work and ready to activate for troubles. He created one more crystalization of Magilore worth 100 million and then added the barrier formation''s magic sequence that he designed into all eleven crystals and spread ten of them around the city before sending them deep underground. Aleron''s eyes shed as he used his Monitor Dome to set up the crystals'' position properly. Afterward, the central crystal in front of him shone as Aleron put his palm on it and activated the barrier. In the next second, the entire city along with an extra 100 meters past the border was covered in a barrier as people started feeling the magical effects! "This..." "Young master Aleron already created the barrier with buffs?!" "This barrier''s effects are more powerful than the previous one..." "Young master Ale really worked hard for this, alright. This much protection is crazy. You all can''t understand how precious this is," A legendary-rank powerhouse said while shaking his head in amazement. The powerhouses of the city could feel the potent effect of this barrier, and that it was way better than the previous formation''s buffs! Meanwhile, Aleron grinned as he checked the effects and nodded, his arms crossed, ''Humu, this is perfect. Let''s call this...Divine Aegis Barrier. Basic op name, but suitable for this formation.'' Aleron then looked at a palm-sized crystal tablet he created, which was the remote of the barrier. ''Now then, let''s give the remote of this barrier to Mr. Melkern.'' He teleported to Melkern''s mansion and gave the remote to him. "You can choose which protection effect to activate based on the situation." Melkern nodded with shock whirling in his eyes. "Alright, this marks the end of the first task. See youter when I finish another." Aleron said and directly teleported away, straight to Marcus''s office in the yground''s colosseum. Melkern stood there dumbfounded while looking at the remote. ''He created such sophisticated barrier''s remote? How advanced his magic capabilities are?!'' ''But to think he also gave control of the barrier along with the responsibility of Guardians...he really trusts me,'' Melkern clenched his fist and took a deep breath. ''It looks like this old man still has value in this world.'' ''Thank you for trusting me, young master Ale. I shall not let you down.'' ... "Alright, the scrolls are finished," Aleron said with augh as five scrolls floated towards Marcus. "I''m busy, so I''ll be going now. Arrange these scrolls as rewards in your way, but make sure they are fairly handled." "Absolutely!" Marcus firmly nodded. "Good. I''ll be going now." Aleron left and returned to Eldertide Archipgo before rubbing his hands. ''Now then, it''s time to shape up those ck marks.'' Aleron called Odar and gathered all thirty-thousand people with ck marks in the colosseum that Odar finished creating with ves proficient in the Earth and Wood magic sybus. "Hey, what''s up?! Feeling good or bad?" Aleron asked with a grin. "Fuck you!" "You will die a horrible death, bastard!" "We will meet in hell!" Many people started shouting and cursing Aleron while many remained silent, and many appeared dead in their spirit. Aleron continuously nodded while smiling as he heard their curses, "Good, many of you are quite spirited, alright." "So, let''s start with the energetic ones," Aleron''s eyes coldly glinted as he waved his hand. In the next moment, around four thousand people teleported from the big group and appeared on the other side of Aleron. They were confused but fearless. They had already given up on life and just wanted to spite Aleron because they were hateful that their lives turned upside down out of nowhere. Odar stood beside Aleron, silent and curious. ''I wonder what the boss is nning to do with them?'' "Urgh, I have too many ideas on what to do with them that I can''t choose which one I should go for," Aleron stood with his arms crossed, his expression indicating his dilemma. "What do you want to do, boss?" Odar curiously asked. "I want to make them powerful at the cost of anything. They can be humanoid golem, puppets, mutants, or anything as long as they are powerful and can be controlled by us," Aleron chuckled, "That''s what I want to do." "Their only job should be to protect others by using their powers." "Woah!" Odar was shocked. "That''s crazy but awesome, boss. Perfect for these people." "Mhmm," Aleron nodded and thought. ''Whatever I choose, it will take time and effort, but I have three days here, and that''s plenty.'' ''But first...let''s do some gacha!'' Aleron grinned as he had gained 10k gacha points from the third Gacha quest about defeating Demon Lord Jargus in trial, pushing his Gacha Points to 95k. Yesterday''s three gacha quest gave him a total of 20k gacha points, a good haul. Now, he wanted to use gacha points and the Gacha roulette to see what kind of exotic rewards he could get from it since the powers and items it gave weren''t limited to this world! [Gachapi: Master, I can navigate for you fast. Just order me.] ''Alright. Also, make this Gacha Roulette visible outside,'' Aleron grinned. In the next second, the giant Gacha roulette appeared before Aleron, shocking Odar and others. "What is this, boss?" Aleronughed and replied, "This is my personal Magic." ''Gachapi, spend 1000 Gacha points and do ten Gacha Roulette spins at once.'' [Gachapi: Understood.] In the next moment, ten Gacha Roulletes appeared, and all ten started spinning at once. Chapter 83: Gacha Time, Crazy Unknown Stuff Chapter 83: Gacha Time, Crazy Unknown Stuff ? [Gacha Roulette] -Spin cost: 100 Gacha Points. As ten roulettes spun at once, Aleron started stopping them one by one with his finger as amand. ''First,'' Aleron pointed to a Roulette and it slowed down before pausing on the section. [Congrattions! You have acquired an essory: Ring of Turdall Flower.] "An epic-rank Ring with healing and Ice cleanse effects?" Aleron raised his eyebrows and waved his hand as the ring flew towards Odar. "Keep it. Give it to someone when the need arises." "Got it, boss." Afterward, Aleron pointed at another Roulette and it soon stopped at [Congrattions! You have acquired a random Exceptional-rank monster egg.] ''Egg, eh? How does this work?'' Aleron looked at the floating in white egg in front of him and asked Gachapi. [Gachapi: You can infuse a bit of Mana or Magilore into it and it will hatch into a random monster.] ''Interesting.'' Aleron infused a bit of Magilore into it and the in white egg started transforming into a wood-structured egg with me patterns and growing strange wooden bumps all around it. After a few seconds, it cracked and a baby owl emerged. [Igniswood Owl] Lifeform rank: Exceptional. Bloodline: merite Jadewood Owl Legendary-rank. [Gachapi: It''s an Exceptional-rank Igniswood Owl but with high potential due to its Bloodline.] "Haha, It''s fluffy and cute, boss." "You like it? Alright, it''s yours now. Raise it well," Aleron grinned. "Really? Thank you, boss!" "I''ll make a blood contract with it," Odar smiled and used Mana to gently grab the baby owl, pulling it towards him. Meanwhile, Aleron started stopping the roulettes one by one as he got more rewards. [Congrattions! You have acquired a random Tier-10 spell scroll.] [Congrattions! You have acquired an Epic-rank Frost Coffin Potion.] [Congrattions! You have acquired a Mystery Box.] [Congrattions! You have acquired an A-rank skill: Sunze Wheel.] [Congrattions! You have acquired a Mystery Box.] [Congarttions! You have acquired Innate boon: Lodestar Bone Essence orb.] [Congrattions! You have acquired Innate boon: Extra Arms talent orb] [Congrattions! You have acquired an Exceed-rank Armor: Nexenra Crystalline leather Armor.] Aleron gave both skill scrolls, Frost Coffin potion, and Exceed-rank armor to Odar as these were useless to him and others. Putting aside the two Mystery Boxes, Aleron first checked the two Innate boons. ''Lodestar Bone Essence, so what are you?'' Aleron looked at a faint greenish-red orb with strange DNA patterns inside. Fortunately, he could get details of things he gets from the system. [Lodestar Bone Essence] -Description: An essence orb containing Lodestar Bone geneline. -Effect: upon absorbing and digesting it, the user''s bones will undergo a fundamental transformation and strengthening, turning Lodestar Bones. Lodestar Bones: -> Strength increased by 100,000. -> Health increased by 100,000. --> Impervious to all elemental powers unless they are fueled by Magilore. -> me Resistance at Ace-1. -> Ice Resistance at Ace-1. -> Lodestar bone marrow charge: Harmful and toxic effects in the body and blood are quickly purified. After-effect: extreme hunger after this activates. "Interesting," Aleron''s eyes shone. ''This is also useless to me, but for normal people and powerhouses, this is like a divine blessing.'' Aleron nodded and put it away, ''I can use it as a valuable reward.'' ''Next, the talent orb.'' [Extra Arms] Type: Innate talent. _Effect: Instantly grows two additional arms from your shoulder at the cost of Magilore. Additional arms work the same as the other two arms with the same strength and structural connections. Aleron''s eyes shed. ''This is powerful! If the two additional arms also have connections to the rest of the body and the same structure, then skills and techniques that use the internal cirction of energy can be boosted by a lot.'' [Gachapi: True, but it is useless for people at Ascension rank and higher who use Magilore.] ''Yeah. I can make two additional arms connected to my body with the same structure using Magilore, but Yueha and others are different,'' Aleron grinned. ''If they can get two additional arms, theirbat power will get a big boost.'' [Gachapi: Indeed.] Aleron put away the innate talent orb as well and finally took out the two Mystery Boxes. "Odar, open this one," Aleron said as he sent one box to Odar. Odar curiously looked at the floating mystery box and asked, "How do I open it, boss?" "Like this," Aleron grinned and pulled the bow tie''s string on the mystery box as it unfurled and shone. [You have acquired an Epic-rank sword weapon: Bloodedge Saber.] "Put this in your storage pouch," Aleron sent the sword to Odar as it was also useless to him. "Give it to someone if needed. Keep it until then." "Alright," Odar put away the sword before he grabbed the bow tie, "I''m pulling it, boss." "Do it. Let''s see your luck," Aleron said with a chuckle. Odar pulled and the box glowed before sparkling and dispering as a strange palm-sized vial of entric liquid appeared. It was a mix of ck, green, yellow, and red-all colors glowing in mixed and separate hues and sections through the strange liquid. Aleron got the information about it and was taken aback. [Spiritline Trigger potion] ___Description: a secret potion of Arville Evolution House. __Effect: The user who drinks it will undergo aplete transformation of their gics and invoke spiritline mutation. Note: Poses an unknown danger to the user. [Gachapi: Master, this smells dangerous.] ''You got any information on this? Like what is Spiritline, this Arville Evolution House, or anything regarding this?'' Aleron curiously asked because his interest in this thing was piqued. "Boss, what is this? Any good?" Odar asked. "New stuff. I need to check it first." Just as he replied to Odar, Gachapi replied to him. [Gachapi: From the brief information I got, this Arville Evolution House is an organization from another world, another universe. Moreover, this product seems to be a prototype. As for Spiritline...this is someplicated stuff they''ve been working on, like harmonizing an organism''s gic structure to natural magic phenomena.] "Interesting," Aleron muttered as his eyes glinted and he looked at the four thousand people who were moring and cursing him. "I just know a perfect way to test this prototype," Aleron smiled. Seeing his smile, those people didn''t know why but felt a cold chill crawl down their spine. Chapter 84: Xorg Experiment Chapter 84: Xorg Experiment ? "Alright, so who wants this super giga evolution serum?" Aleron asked as he raised the big vial in his hand towards the four thousand people. "This will make you stronger and better than ever before. Only one among you will be fortunate enough to use this and be my guinea pig." Everyone felt trepidation. "That looks like something dangerous." "I ain''t doing that." "Be his guinea pig? What does that mean?" "I know what pig means, and that''s enough. I ain''t bing a pig or dog. Kill me if you dare!" They muttered among themselves, but seeing theck of response, Aleron pulled up a random person in front¡ªa middle-aged man in a dirty trench coat, an Epic-rank powerhouse. The middle-aged man looked in histe fifties and was one of the worst trash in the group. Aleron felt angry just as the memories regarding him resurfaced, but he put it in the back of his mind and focused on the present. Despite the middle-aged man''s struggle, he was bound by energy chains and arrived before Aleron, trembling and in fear of the unknown as he didn''t know what that strange liquid was going to do. Without further ado, Aleron waved his finger and forcefully opened the man''s mouth, enough to make it crack. He did that deliberately to inflict some pain on him because of the anger he felt towards him, and everyone else here. "Arghh!" ''They gave much pain to other people who just wished to live peacefully...'' Aleron sighed. "Shut up," Aleron sealed the man''s voice by cutting his vocal cords before he poured the entire vial of this strange Spiritline Trigger into his mouth. Odar gulped upon seeing strange lights shing from inside the man''s body while Aleron looked on with anticipation and curiosity about the iing changes. "Hrrgaaaahhh!!" A blood-curdling scream left the man''s mouth despite his torn vocal cords. Soon, the man lost his human appearance, slowly turning into something else. His height increased and his skin turned popping and destroying before growing a wood-like structure. Brown and green wooden branch-like sticks emerged from his body as well, bearing purple and light blue patterns. His face turned grotesque wooden with a long egg-nt-like nose and light blue patterns oozing out coldness akin to ice. In the end, after an entire two minutes of torture and transformation, the man turned into a two-meter tall humanoid with a wooden skin structure bearing purple and ice blue patterns, long wooden limbs with w-like hands, a grotesque face with an eggnt-like nose, and a tree trunk-like open hollow head from which a purple-blue crystal grew out like a cone hat. "W-What the hell?" Odar was dumbfounded. "Very interesting," Aleron''s eyes shone. "And it feels powerful." [Gachapi: It is indeed interesting. I''ve scanned andpiled its data. Take a look, Master.] [???] -Rank: Undetermined. -Source Space: -> Has a strange core with a unique energy that births from abination of Mana and the body''s strange vital blood. -Attributes: Ice and Wood. Appears to have exceptional harmony with the Ice and Wood elements. -Stats: -> Strength: 138,200 -> Agility: 120,390 -> Health: 150,602 -> Stamina: 141,080 -> Magic Potency: 174,105 -> Unknown energy pool: 200,490 "Woah, its physical stats shot through the sky," Aleron was startled. "From Epic-rank stats to directly into Primeval-rank stats. What about his soul?" [Gachapi: His soul is intact but affected, though not much. His rank is unknown because this is unconventional. He doesn''t have Mana but still absorbs Mana into a part of his body, which then turns Mana into strange energy.] [Gachapi: This strange energy is unique and niche, having extreme synergy with Ice and Wood elements. It''s stronger than Mana if he uses Ice and Wood powers with it.] Aleron''s eyes shed, ''Alright, we are going to re-create this. I was observing the entire process and how that liquid affects this body from a foundational level, so all we need to do is to create the same catalyst using Magilore that can achieve this transformation from others.'' [Gachapi: The possibility of creating such a catalyst with Magilore is not zero, but it entirely depends on you.] ''Good. I am cooking it then.'' "Odar, you can go and busy yourself with other stuff. I will call you when needed." "Alright, boss! I''ll go and train on the ind to consolidate my strength." After Odar left, Aleron looked at the mutant while rubbing his chin, "Let''s give a name to this mutation...hmmm..." After a few seconds, Aleron snapped his finger, "That''s it. I''ll call them Xorgs." "Grrr...." "And you are Xorg-A," Aleron grinned. Xorg-A growled at Aleron, but the chains still bound him and he couldn''t do anything. "Now then, we''ll need two experimental subjects, which we have plenty of," Aleron looked at the four thousand people and grinned. "Let''s cook the Xorg-serum before morning, Gachapi." ... While Aleron started cooking and experimenting with Xorg-serum, the others were also working hard. The undead residents of Necropolis were working to collect resources on this ind, especially from the Arcane Veins to mine to the Magic Stones. Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves with families and kids were learning to be adventurers and bing stronger within the progressing society of the Necropolis. Beastfolks were learning magic from two Death Lords, with one being a former court mage and another being a former principal of the Falran kingdom''s academy. Not only that but the other six summons from Eastern Fantasy Banner were also working hard. All of them were at Legendary rank and were cultivating to reach Exceed-rank using the abundant resources on this ind. Four of them had directly gone into Arcane Veins. Since Arcane Veins were SSS-rank, the spirit energy in them was massive and allowed them fast progress. The remaining two-Ruan Gioh, the Deadly Illusion, and Lee Sin Yun, the Destructive Staff, were meditating in the Beastfolk vige because they had reached the peak of Legendary rank and needed to break through. As such, those two meditated in the Beastfolk vige while teaching cultivation methods to individuals who had an affinity with learning cultivation paths. Insanguish the Anglerfish continued to explore the seas while its master, Arran''tel was closing onto the Northern Star continent and would soon step his foot in this tumultuousnd ruled by powerful beasts lords. Last, but not least, Darzax, Enorin, Riki, Yueha, Mei, Hua, and Fang had finally finished their preparation and departed to explore the Underwater Abyssal Kingdom. Chapter 85: Abyssal Kingdom, Serum Complete Chapter 85: Abyssal Kingdom, Serum Complete ? "It seems that we are trapped," Yueha said, her eyes narrowed and somber. A heavy air loomed over everyone as the group found themselves trapped inside a huge fenced garden with seven dark whirlpools on the ground that oozed out a palpitating aura. -- The Underwater Abyssal Kingdom was a city-turned-dungeon area, deep below the ocean of this secret realm. At first, the group entered the ruined city after crossing the barrier and killed monsters there. They found some resources as well, but none that were important to them. Since the number of monsters was high, the group took ten minutes to route everything up in the ruined city. After recovering their energies, they moved into the huge castle at the end. The castle was truly huge, with merely its walls spanning 3 kilometers wide. It was 1 kilometer tall in height as well, its grandness visible at a single nce. Upon entering the castle, they first arrived at amon hall where ten Dark Knights of Exceed-rank stood like statues, surrounding a real giant statue that was headless and cracked. The Dark Knights attacked the group, but everyone fought well and swiftly defeated them. From the already broken and headless statue, the group found a box sealed by talismans and sealing magic. Everyone tried to break the seal, but no one seeded. As such, Yueha put it in her storage ring and the group recovered with meditation before continuing. During the next three hours, the group explores many areas, rooms, and halls of the castle, defeating monsters and gathering useful resources. They found an abundance of high-tiered nts, fruits, flowers, and such resources. However, none of them knew alchemy so they couldn''t utilize their usefulness right away in creating pills and potions with useful buffs. After five hours, they explored most of the castle and finally went past the initial area of the castle, exiting from the back part and arriving at a huge fenced garden. It was at this ce they knew they...would finally get into real trouble. "Outside the fence isplete darkness. Only this garden is lit up because of those ghastly blue flower arrays," Darzax said as he looked around. "I can''t see past the fences." "Nor can my soul sense go past it," Yueha frowned. "It''s clear we can''t leave this garden anymore, not forcefully." Everyone furrowed their brows and redirected their gazes at the seven whirlpools sized 1- meter radius at different ces on the grass floor of the garden. "The way back to the castle is still open," Riki said as he looked back. "Right. We can go back and returnter or we can just stay and deal with this," Fang nodded as he unfurled his hand fan. "I am fine with either." "Let''s deal with this shit," Hua grinned ferociously, the faint draconic scales on his chest shining. "Fight," Enorin''s golden sword pointed at a whirlpool, her eyes indifferent and cold but filled with fighting spirit deep within. The aura from the whirlpools increased in intensity as everyone swiftly became alert. Soon, each whirlpool spewed out a shadow that settled beside them, revealing humanoid creatures with ck skin with strange dark blue patterns. Each had sharp ws in ce of their hands, their figure slim and having spiked wings at their back, and a single horn on their forehead. Their wide red eyes immediately shone as they focused on Yueha and others. Fang mmed his palm on the ground and swiftly activated a ready-made protective formation around the group. "All of them are as powerful as Spirit Lords, A.K.A Primeval- rank lifeforms. Let''s select our roles. We have a few seconds only." As such, everyone began rying their thoughts with Yueha''s soulwork that connected all of them. Hua grinned. ''I''ll take on one.'' ''I shall move to a supportive role,'' Darzax said with narrowed eyes, ''I''ll weaken them with my debuff spells.'' ''I''ll take on one,'' Enorin said with her wings and sword faintly shining, using skill and activating her Bloodline. Yueha nodded, ''Hue will focus on dealing killing blows while I will also support by slowing down all of them using my Profound Ice techniques.'' ''Let''s kill all of them without any casualty. I''ll be a reactive guard to Fang and Dax,'' Riki said as he unsheathed his both katanas. ''Even if I am weaker, I can make it up with my sword skills to at least weaken and redirect their attacks on our support.'' ''Let''s do it,'' Mei nodded as she vanished while the barrier formation also broke after withstanding attacks for three seconds. ... "Finally!!" Aleron shouted as he looked at the Xorg before him with a mushroom head and creamy skin with ck spots. "She really transformed well and alive!" Aleron grinned. [Gachapi: I finished the scan, Master. It''s good. Finally, you did it. She is alive, her soul is stable, and the transformation is powerful with her stats above 100k] "Haha, you were also helpful, Gachapi. Thanks." [Gachapi: Not much, master. You did most of the work. But not anymore. Leave it to me to mass-produce this serum. Just give me 1 billion Magilore for now.] Aleron was surprised, "You can make this serum now?" [Gachapi: I am bonded with your soul, after all. Even though I can''t act in the real world, I can still act inside your source space. I can use the knowledge you created to produce this serum and mass produce it so you can take some rest.] Aleron broadly smiled, "Alright, then I leave it to you. What time is it?" [Gachapi: We spent over five hours. It''s almost 6 in the morning outside.] The four thousand people below him were terrified and tired both. Many of them had fallen asleep like the other twenty-six thousand people littered on the ground on the other side. Not to mention the pile of a few hundred grotesque dead bodies at the corner of this ground. They all died, but not their souls. Their souls were now getting punished in his Hell. "Damn, it''s almost six in the morning? No point in sleeping then," Aleronughed. "I am going outside after an hour since I told Rias about it. We gonna have breakfast and fun, but before that, I''ll go check up on Yueha and others. I wonder how they are faring in the Abyssal Kingdom." Chapter 86: Banner Adjustment Chapter 86: Banner Adjustment ? Aleron had teleport and unlimited Magilore, so he arrived at the location of Abyssal Kingdom within twenty minutes, unlike Yueha and others who spent an hour just to reach there due to the distance. He contacted Yueha using them card as it fortunately worked here. He soon arrived at the huge garden behind the castle and saw that the group was meditating in a cross-legged position and recovering from various injuries they suffered in the recent battle against Abyss Monsters. "It seems that this wasn''t that easy," Aleron wryly smiled as he waved his hand, using the abundance of his Magilore and putting everyone inside a healing bubble each. "Boss, we fought against seven Primeval-rank monsters. They were stronger than expected, haha. I almost died," Hua said with augh. "You were reckless," Fang rolled his eyes. "Don''t any of you dare die, okay?" Aleron red at everyone. "All of you must live for me." Everyone smiled. "Mhmm, we won''t die, Master," Mei said as she had a smile behind her mask that nobody could see, but her eyes showed it clearly. "Master, we can''t find any other path or area, so we are done with the exploration," Yueha grinned before her nce focused on other things, "but those seven whirlpools are still active and smell of trouble." "I have a feeling this kingdom was destroyed because of those," Riki rubbed his chin. "Oh?" Aleron looked at the seven whirlpools and sent his soul sense, but failed. It couldn''t go past the darkness as if something was blocking it. Enorin looked at the whirlpools and said, "We have to do something about those. I also feel that the destruction of this kingdom is rted to those whirlpools based on some of the skeletons'' aura I noticed." "Alright, I''ll do something about it. You all just focus on recovery," Aleron cracked his fingers and neck before his eyes glinted and he startedprehending the magical phenomenon of those seven ck whirlpools. Any and all magic-rted phenomenon shall beprehended should his curiosity pique! ''This is...darkness magic with ritualistic arcane sybus and other new stuff,'' Aleron''s eyes shone as it was a new knowledge and he absorbed it hungrily, soonprehending the mechanism behind the whirlpools after ten minutes. During this, Yeuha and others also healed their injuries thanks to Aleron and also started recovering their energy as they no longer needed to spend it on healing themselves. "So these whirlpools are connected to another dimension and from what I understood, these were created by this kingdom," Aleron thoughtfully said as he connected the dots from the formation of these whirlpool and their effect. "Most probably, this kingdom created these whirlpools for a purpose to benefit themselves, but ended up getting destroyed by them." Everyone was surprised. "Anyway, I will seal them for now since I can deactivate them," Aleron smiled and waved his hand, using Magilore and fiddling with all seven whirlpools as they started shrinking and turned into a stationary ck circle with magic patterns. Afterward, Aleron teleported everyone outside as they floated above the ruined city of the Abyssal Kingdom. ''I already have the mark on necropolis and coordinates. It should be possible,'' Aleron internally nodded as he decided to initiate a long-distance teleport for the first time. "Everyone, stay close in the circle," Aleron said before a 10-meter radius silver magic circle appeared below them. "We are returning home instantly." ... After returning, Aleron looked at the loot the group gathered and was overjoyed. "Damn, these are resources that can increase stats of Exceed-rank!" "I''m afraid we can''t utilize these resources, my lord," Darzax wryly smiled. "We don''t have alchemists capable of using these resources and turning them into pills." "Oh..." Aleron rubbed his chin and grinned as he got an idea, "Don''t worry. Keep them stored for now and use them if any of you need something from them. I''ll get people who can use these resourcester." "Also, you all worked hard take rest or cultivate, up to you. This ind and the surrounding inds are for our use." Huaughed and said, "Thanks, boss. I''ll move to an Arcane vein then. It''s time I awaken my soul and breakthrough to primeval rank." "I shall also do that," Fang smiled. "Go, go. I am not calling any of you until you reach the primeval rank," Aleron grinned and looked at Enorin, Darzax, and Riki, "You three as well." "Not me, boss," Riki wryly smiled. "I just recently broke through to Exceed-rank, so I''ll go and explore the other inds. They got better resources and magic spots." "Alright, then you go with Yueha and Mei." Yueha and Mei nodded. Only these two were at Primeval rank and could explore other inds without much trouble. After everyone dispersed, Aleron went to the Beastfolk vige and checked the situation there. After talking with Lee and Ruan who were cultivating and also teaching cultivation to Beastfolks with aptitude, Aleron talked with the Beastfolks were learning magic. ''Alright, everything and everyone is good,'' Aleron grinned. ''Gachapi, how long until 7 a.m?'' [Gachapi: Fifteen minutes.] ''Alright, I need to know a few things and get some new banners, so...'' Aleron thought. ''Gachapi, remove the Lords of Arcane and Arsenal of Elemental Armaments banner.'' [Gachapi: Done.] [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 2 -Gacha Points: 90,520. |-Summoning Banners (3/6)-| 1. Myriad Spell Pool -> Summoning Ticket: 0 2. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines -> Summoning Ticket: 0 3. Exotic Demons of Netherworlds -> Summoning Ticket: 0 4. 5. 6. [Gachapi: Master, the banner that was generated yesterday has been finished. Should I add it to the slot?] ''Wait, what does it do? I need to know that first because I already have a n to use these three banner slots. Upon meeting Rias and talking about something I have in mind, two new Banners will generate for sure and I know what the third one I need.'' [Gachapi: this banner can give virtual reality devices of different types. Master, there''s a chance you might get a Virtual Reality device that can connect to a vast virtualwork of some other universe. This can be very wonderful in its use.] ''Oh?'' Aleron was surprised. ''Alright, pull up that banner. Once we get a virtual device of that caliber, I can just delete it.'' [Gachapi: Exactly. Also, I have saved the banner imprints with the new function, so you can pull up Lords of Arcane and Arsenal of Exotic Armaments again. Same with this banner after removing it.] ''Oh yeah, the Banner Adjustment function. Nice.'' After a second, Aleron got a system notification. [Congrattions. A new banner has been created-Virtual Reality: Endless Prospects] [Gachapi: I''ll focus back on producing Xorg Serum now. Call me when needed, Master.] ''Alright.'' Chapter 87: Divine Blessing, Bloodline, New Banners Chapter 87: Divine Blessing, Bloodline, New Banners ? Aleron got one free ticket for this new banner and he bought nine more tickets, spending 4500 Gacha Points. ''Alright, let''s see.'' Aleron did a 10x summon on the banner as the whirlpool started spinning with various sci-fi- like orbs and devices with different sceneries behind them. [Congrattions! You have acquired the Gctic Race Turismo VR Racing game!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Combat Mayhem VR RPG!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Mega Wars VR RTS Game!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Cyberpunk Espionage VR RPG!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Zero-G diator VR Adventure Game!] [Congratuations! You have acquired Robo Cosmic Race VR!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Dreamscape Odyssey VR! Rogue Elite game!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Celestial Empires VR RTS Deep Dive!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Quantum Conundrum VR Puzzle Game!] [Congrattions! You have acquired Combat Lords VRMMORPG! Number 1 Online Game of Radrata Cosmos!] Aleron was dumbfounded as he read all those VR games! "Damn! I guess I can make a Game House in the necropolis so people can have one more form of entertainment ying these games." [Gachapi: Master, we got it. Thest one is the gem!] Aleron looked at a thin silver ring with horns that seemed to fit on one''s head. It had a sci-fi design and glowing neon blue and red light linings, looking very advanced. The other games had a core device, with some having a gaming pod alone, but this one was the most advanced, yet the smallest. "This one is online, eh? Will it really connect me in the game despite being in a different universe?" Aleron wondered as he touched the cold surface of the ring. [Gachapi: Not a different universe, but an entire cosmos. A single cosmos has multiple universes. From the information I have, this is created by a higher dimensional being and as you can see, it''s a no.1 game in that entire cosmos. This game actually connects everywhere and all people can y it as long as they have this device.] [Gachapi: I think this will help you in more than one way.] ''Alright, I''ll set up a Game Houseter and fit in the other 9 games'' devices there,'' Aleron nodded and waved his hand as he put all devices into his inventory. ''As for this Combat Lords VRMMO, I''ll check it outter.'' ... Afterward, Gachapi continued to make Xorg Serum while Aleron went outside to meet up with Rias and Roxen. The trio went to a good ce for breakfast and Aleron decided to change his appearance and face because all the people in the city knew his face. If people saw him, it was inevitable they would gather and impede his free time. Since he had done his work here, he wanted to spend his free time. As the trio sat down at the table and ordered breakfast, Aleron noticed Rias seemed a bit different, from her behavior to her speaking. "Ale, I want to say something," Rias said as she seemed topose herself and looked at Aleron, her eyes containing resolve and looking firm. "Yes?" Aleron smilingly replied as his elbows rested on the table and his chin on his hands. "You seemed to have some sort of big n. I assume you also made that n after arriving here. I...don''t know what it is, but I want to be a part of it," Rias clenched her fist, her voice determined. Roxen subtly nodded. All of her doubts had vanished and she also wished that Rias and Empire would form close ties with this unknown behemoth known as Aleron Rivenal. Aleron raised his eyebrows and rubbed his chin as he nodded, "I don''t mind, but I need a clear answer from you about a certain thing." "What?" Rias asked, her expression determined. "In my n, I will sh with your Goddess Elysia. Actually, I''m sure I am going to get obstructed by her in many ways," Aleron said with a faint smile. "We will definitely sh, so tell me, do you still want to be a part of my entourage? You can take your ti-" "Yes," Rias said with fiery eyes. "The goddess who only opened her eyes in this world conveniently has no weight over you in my heart, who is going change this world for good." Aleron''s cheeks turned red upon seeing Rias like that as she looked more beautiful and attractive than before. ''Am I that much trusted by her?'' Roxen suppressed herugh seeing Aleron like that. "I see," Aleron coughed covering his mouth with a fist andposing himself before smiling, "Alright. I''ll fill you in details, but before that, I need your help." "My help?" Rias was surprised. "I want to see the so-called Divine Blessings," Aleron said, his eyes surging with curiosity. "You have one, right?" "Divine Blessings...Mhmm," Rias nodded with a smile and stretched her hand towards Aleron. "Give me your hand, so you can see the proper information in your mind." Aleron stretched his hand and Rias put her hand on it. Soon, the back of her hand lit up in a mysterious golden-purple pattern depicting a mage-like figure. Right after that, Aleron saw a panel in his mind. [Eclipse Warlock] Level: 4 Bonus: +20% Mana, +20% Magic potency. Special Arcane Sybus: ->Eclipse Dome -->Darkness Veil -> Dark Light Resonance -> Golden Dawn. Skill Tree: -> Eclipse des. -> Golden Torrent. -> Doom Surge Veil. -> Warlock Ward. "Each level up gives me a new special Arcane Sysbus and a new skill," Rias said. Meanwhile, Aleron heard a ding in his mind from the system, and a big grin stretched on his face. [A new banner is in the process of creation...] [Gachapi: Master, this is...no way.] ''What?'' Aleron was surprised. He didn''t expect Gachapi to have this reaction over a Divine Blessing. [Gachapi: I didn''t know this Elysia Gothwing gave out this in the name of Divine Blessings. It''s an advanced form of magic from a higher dimension above the cosmos. If she does this, it means she is from there.] ''What is this if not Divine Blessing? In my world, I would call this a job ss.'' [Gachapi: It is sinister. She basically has full control over people who have her so-called Divine Blessing. In more clear words, people having her Divine Blessings are ingredients that she can use in times of emergency. Of course, she can''t hurt anyone due to the restriction of the Cosmic Ascension Competition, but once she bes Warlord, it will be lifted.] [Gachapi: I can imagine these people being used brutally for her benefit to rise in thepetition of Warlords.] ''Damn! Why so bad?'' Aleron pouted. ''But no worries, she is not bing a Warlord.'' [Gacha: Also, I don''t know what kind of Banner will be created by resonating with this. We can only wait and see.] ''No problem. We''ll seeter.'' "Thank you, Rias. Now, I need help with one more thing," Aleron grinned. "I want to see your Bloodline." "My Bloodline?" Rias raised her eyebrows in surprise before nodding. "Sure, but how do you want to see it? Do you want a bit of my Bloodline essence?" "Can show it like the Divine Blessing?" Aleron curiously asked. "Mhmm, my Bloodline doesn''t have an information panel like that," Rias wryly smiled but then she got an idea, "But I have an idea. You got soul sense, so your consciousness can enter my source space and check the Bloodline Source I have." "Ah, good idea indeed. Then please excuse me," Aleron touched Rias''s hand and sent his consciousness inside her source space, before finding a dark gold orb with regal aura, whirling with entric red, ck, and golden strings. As soon as he inspected it, the system notification rang. [A new banner is in the process of creation...] ''Perfect. Now I have two awesome banners that can power up my people,'' Aleron grinned. Chapter 88: Elysia Gothwing Chapter 88: Elysia Gothwing ? "Rias, once we are done shopping, I''ll take you to my secret realm," Aleron smiled. "Since you''ve decided to partake in my n, I''ll show what I have." Rias was overjoyed! "Thank you, Ale. I will not disappoint you," Rias said, looking joyful and her eyes determined. "Thank you, young master Ale," Roxen cheekily grinned. After eating breakfast, Aleron, Rias, and Roxen went shopping. Rias wanted to buy a new weapon and armor set for Club Heads and some rewards for the next Longinus Academypetition, so this city was perfect for shopping as it was one of the five intercontinental cities, being a massive trade hub. The shopping area of the city was lively and abundant in size, situated in the southeast area of the city and taking 1/4th of the city''s area. There was also an exclusive parking space in that direction outward as many people would onlye here for trading and business before leaving. Aleron was looking forward to that area, so the trio went there for shopping. ''I want to give some good weapons to Dax, Eno, Yueha, and others. None of them came with a weapon matching their level, so once they get a suitable weapon, they''ll be more powerful.'' But on the way, Aleron started feeling that he was observed, just like the time when it happened in the VIP room. ''Where is it?'' Aleron focused on his Monitor Dome, which was perpetually activated since he had unlimited Magilore and he didn''t want to deactivate it. He could still observe all the people and the entire city''s movement live in his head. ... Goddess Pce. Elysia sat at the center of the work hall as she observed all the screens connected to her eyes spread in various parts of the world on all three continents. At the moment, her active focus was on the eye observing Aleron. ''This eye is more advancedly conjured and under my direct control. He shouldn''t be able to detect this one.'' She wanted to observe Aleron and know his powers and capabilities before making her n. ''Davin, you will regret making a fool of me and looking down on me to that degree. Even if not him, I will definitely make you suffer before ending you.'' She was a proud woman who defied her all-powerful father and mother, fought out of the forcefully arranged marriage, and descended into this lower cosmos to struggle and fight her way back up while getting stronger. And now, that filthy dog dared to covert her and put a measly Warlord position as a bargaining chip. ''You will regret your meeting with me, Darvin,'' Elysia''s eyes werepletely frosty. At the moment, her priority had shifted from being a Warlord to making Davin beg for his life at her hands at any cost. ''Aleron Rivenal. Let me see what you got.'' ... ''I can''t detect this eye,'' Aleron frowned. "What happened, Ale?" Aleron shook his head, "Nothing." ''Goddess is observing me and I can''t detect her eyes,'' Aleron thought as he followed Rias and Roxen. But seeing as they entered a massive building, Aleron''s focus shifted. ''This building...wait, are we at the Grand Zim Auction House?'' "Rias, we are going to an Auction?" "Yep," Rias smiled with a nod, "Some good stuff ising in today''s auction." "Many big shots are already here," Roxen''s eyes nced around as he recognized powerhouses from various parts of the continent. Rias suddenly chuckled and said, "Ale, I don''t know your n yet, but taking this city under your wing is definitely a powerful move already. Out of all five cities, Nailzim city ranks 2nd in intercontinental market and trading. Its auction house is on par with the Red Sea Auction House of Crimson Light City." "It''s also 3rd most popted city on the continent," Roxen grinned. "Young master, the items in this auction will be good. Most of the treasures from the ruined battlefield zone are auctioned here, so when it is time for auction, many big shots and hidden powerhouses arrive here." "Ruined battlefield zone?" Aleron''s eyes sparkled. Rias nodded, her expression slightly somber, "It''s a piece of arge battlefield dimension, but not from our world. Its size is as big as this world, butpletely dead and ruined as if a huge battle happened that destroyed it." "Treasures from there are at least Legendary-rank and there are untold amounts of higher- rank weapons in broken forms found every day," Roxen said as she nced at a crateing in heavy security around it, "that crate is filled with treasures from that battlefield." ''Five legendary-rank guards?! Damn, that''s a big security for a crate,'' Aleron was surprised. "Well, it would be a piece of cake for me to steal though," Aleron chuckled. Rias and Roxen wryly smiled. "But we shall buy them today," Aleron said with augh. "I have much wealth to spread, so I''ll make good use of it." "You have Magic Stones?" Roxen was surprised. "How much? Is your secret realm resource- rich, abnormal, or some barren type?" "Of course, he must have," Rias lightlyughed. ''He is from a more powerful world and has such power. Oh Roxen, of course, he would have valuable wealth like magic stones.'' Meanwhile, Aleron felt something weird, but it was fleeting. ''Anyway, Roxen seems unusually curious or am I imagining?'' Aleron thought. Still, he answered with a grin, "Well, that''s a surprise for you when we go there." "Anyway, I have some money, so don''t worry. I''ll buy what I like." As the trio continued their way into the auction house''s grand hall, Elysia Gothwing followed them with her sharp gaze and witty tricks. She had subtly influenced Roxen''s soul, triggering curiosity to get more information out of Aleron. Roxen couldn''t even realize it. ''But why does Aleron seem off? From what I''ve observed since yesterday, he didn''t seem that cautious, and even dared to take such drastic actions.'' ''His aura is that of Legendary-rank, but he wields Magilore,'' Elysia narrowed her eyes. ''If he has such control that he detected the observation gaze, then his control of Magilore is definitely very high.'' ''Such high control means once he gains knowledge or inspiration, he will detect the position of my eye as well.'' Elysia clenched her fist, ''Who is this abnormal guy? Where is he from? If only an eye was present in the northeast area of this content before!'' ''But he definitely appeared there first.'' "Yuzu! Did you gather information about his earliest sighting?!" "I-I am working on it. From Longinus Empire''s eye monitor, it appeared that he arrived there with Rias Longinus and her party that went to search for a candidate for the secret realm." "I found out that they came from Falran Kingdom''s territory. If my guess is right, the disappearance of Falran capital is rted to him." "So..." Yuzu hesitated for a moment before continuing, "He could be a Hero summoned by Falran kingdom." "The Divine Blessing that scattered and returned to us also went to a hero there, so..." It was almost certain to everyone that Aleron was a summoned hero. "So, I invited this disaster to my world, huh?" Elysia clenched her fist, her voice icy. Everyone trembled, but her next words surprised them. "Continue monitoring and don''t forget to take proper rest. I don''t want to miss anything in any part of this world from now on!" "Yes, goddess!" ''At least she is working now,'' Yuzu thought as she sat down on her cushion chair and looked at Aleron at the corner of her monitor screen. ''But this bitch needs to die, Aleron. Fighto!'' Chapter 89: Grand Zim Auction House, Alerons Wealth Chapter 89: Grand Zim Auction House, Aleron''s Wealth ? "Wee to the Grand Zim Auction House, everyone! I see that the house is full today, hahaha." In the huge hall with cascading seatings numbering 1000 and 100 VIP booths, a big tform opened its curtains facing the audience or rather customers as a man wearing a ck suit and ck hat weed everyone after walking forward. The auction officially began. "We have some good haul today, so everyone is in for a treat as long as they have the dough," the man said with a smile. "Give us the dough and we shall give you the cookies. With that, let''s start the auction with a treasure from the battlefield zone!" "Not just any treasure,dies and gentlemen. It is apletely intact and working treasure of high quality, one of the best items in today''s auction!" A few people arrived from behind the stage, bringing with them a trolly that held a covered square container. "Let me present to you all! The first Primeval-rank treasure of today''s auction!" The man waved his hand as the cloth cover was removed. Everyone''s eyes immediately focused there as they saw a ss container containing a magnificent spear with scaled jade patterns on its shaft. It floated vertically inside on top of a small crystal bowl that made it float. "A weapon!" "A spear weapon nheless! We are in for a good show ofpetition among VIPs haha." "It''s been long since we got an intact Primeval-rank weapon from the battlefield!" "Shit, this is going to be crazy!" "I can''t buy it...but I want it." Uproar ensued among the audience while the big shots in VIP rooms heatedly talked about buying it. Inside the VIP booth 99, Rias, Aleron, and Roxen sat as they looked at the spear. "I want that spear," Aleron''s eyes sparkled. "Hua uses a spear and it also seems to be dragon- rted." "It''s going to cost a lot of Magic stones," Roxen wryly smiled. "Since it''s a Primeval-rank treasure, the currency others will use is most likely SSS-grade magic stones." "SSS-grade magic stones?" Aleron grinned. ''I have plenty, mwahahaha.'' The auctioneer finally spoke after letting people observe for a minute. "Now that you all have carefully seen it, I shall reveal some information about it. First, this Primeval-rank spear is of Medium-grade." "The main attributes it aligns to are Blood and Fire! Judging from its material, we have assumed it is made from a powerful Primeval-rank Dragon''s body parts." "The might of this spear leaves no doubt. If you have it, you shall be one of the strongest on the continent! Now, without further ado, let us begin its auction." "The starting price is 1 SSS-grade magic stone," the auctioneer smiled and bowed, "Please begin the bidding." Immediately, VIP booth no. 34 lit up and a voice echoed from there. "One hundred SSS-grade magic stones!" "One hundred fifty!" "Three hundred!" While the bidding started among the VIP booths, Aleron rubbed his chin and asked, "What do you think is the price for general Primeval-rank weapons?" Rias thought for a moment and answered, "This one is a Median-grade Primeval-rank spear... hmm, the problem we have is that there are only two people who can craft Primeval-rank weapons on Lightdusk continent." "And an even bigger problem is the materials needed to craft them. They are scarce, and rarely found. The main source of Primeval-rank treasures for us is the battlefield zone." Aleron nodded, ''No wonder her father was excited to get a Primeval-rank weapon in exchange for all Beastfolk ves in his empire.'' "So the price of this weapon is unknown," Rias wryly smiled. "It will go on until someone decides to empty their pockets or reach a price no one else is willing to put out." "Alright, then I''ll wait and see until things cool down," Aleron grinned. "And then add my bid on it." "How many SSS-grade magic stones do you have?" Roxen asked. "They are also important resources for everything else, and since you are reaching Exceed-rank soon, you will need SSS-grade magic stones to train as well." Aleronughed and shook his head, "I got no idea how many I have, but I should have enough." ''I got nine freaking SSS-grade Arcane Veins...let''s see how many are mined.'' Aleron sent his consciousness into the Eldertide Archipgo and approached the two Death Lords who were overseeing the magic stone warehouse. However, when he arrived there, he saw a group of 20 zombiesughing and smiling as they entered the warehouse....each carrying a metal trolly that contained over a hundred magic stones! ''Damn, if one group brings this much in one round then how many I already have?!'' Aleron was dumbfounded. All nine of the Arcane Veins were mined by multiple groups! This has been going on for three days! Aleron quickly scanned the warehouse with his soul sense and counted the big piles of magic stones in a jiffy before he couldn''t help but burst outughing in the VIP Booth, startling Rias, and Roxen. "What happened? Why the suddenugh?" Roxen wryly smiled. Aleron grinned, "I just counted the SSS-grade magic stones I have and it made meugh." "How many?" Rias was also curious as she asked. "Over five-" Aleron grinned, "-hundred thousand." "What?!" Roxen''s jaw dropped to the ground. ''Five hundred thousand? That''s like half of a single SSS-grade Arcane Vein!'' "So your secret realm does have Arcane Vein," Rias smiled and nodded, "That''s good." "Well, the auctioning is slowing down, so it''s time," Roxen said as she looked at the auctioneer and the subtle silence of the house as people murmured. "VIP booth no. 17 bid 16,000 SSS-grade magic stones! Anyone higher?!" Silence. "No. 17''s bid going once!" the auctioneer shouted and mmed the hammer before pausing and looking around. "Tsk, who will raise it now? That VIP directly raised it by five thousand." "Sixteen thousand magic stones of SSS grade is crazy. Who is in that booth?" "Should be one of the big five or someone from Nightwing Empire or Longinus Empire. Only they should have such amount of SSS-grade magic stones to spare for a weapon." "No. 17''s bid going twice," the auctioneer shouted and mmed the hammer second. But at this moment, VIP Booth No. 99 lit up and everyone heard a clear, light, and jolly voice. "Twenty-thousand magic stones! Give me that spear," Aleron shouted with a grin. *Uproar!* "Who is in that booth?" "I think it didn''t bid even once until now." Meanwhile, some people in other VIP booths knew about other VIPs and some of them knew Rias Longinus was in booth no. 99. "Twenty thousand SSS-grade magic stones! Booth no. 99''s bid going once!" the auctioneer excitedly shouted and mmed the hammer. Inside the booth no. 17, a dark blue-haired young man in a luxurious ck robe frowned. "Young lord, it seems that we won''t be getting this spear," the middle-aged man sitting at a side sofa said with a wry smile. "Who is there?" "Rias Longinus," the man replied, his expression turning somber, "However, we can''t make any rash moves, young lord Lex." "Huh? What do you mean, Thazor?" Lex raised his eyebrows while his eyes turned cold, "There''s finally a Primeval-rank spear on our continent. I want it at any cost. This is the only reason we hurried to here." "That''s true, but..."Thazor weakly smiled and said, "You are not aware of the recent news of this city, young lord. There''s a new powerhouse in our continent and he is...sigh." ''Where should I begin? I should show him instead of telling.'' Thinking that, Thazor took out a mirage crystal. "Please take a look at this." The mirage crystal showed the fight between Yeuha and others with the Demon before Aleron joined the fight and finished it off. "This happened here?" Lex was startled. "But what connection does this powerhouse have with Rias?" "No idea," Thazor shook his head, "However, they arrived together in this city and had lunch at the Golden Nectar. This information has been shared by some students of Lightdusk Academy who were present there." "Both sons of Melkern Aurspec also died as they were involved with the demon. On top of that, this powerhouse killed and punished five hundred thousand people of the city." Lex frowned deeply. "Fine, but I want that spear. Send a message to that booth that I am willing to pay with other treasures plus magic stones for that spear." "I want to try, at least." Chapter 90: Radtrata Cosmos Combat Lords (1) Chapter 90: Radtrata Cosmos'' Combat Lords (1) ? "Booth no 99''s bid going thrice! Congrattions!" the auctioneer put away the hammer and pped. The audience burst into talking as the weapon was finally sold. "I''ll be back. Gonna go get the dough," Aleron chuckled and disappeared. Meanwhile, a beautiful red-haireddy, who was a staff member of the auction entered their VIP booth with a circr head-sized silver ring in her hand-an artifact found from the battlefield zone and mass-produced into a lower-quality version,monly known as Transport Ring. After the spear container was taken away from the stage, a hand emerged from the ring in thedy''s hand. The hand threw a storage pouch containing the spear toward her. "Wait a bit please," Rias said with a smile. "No problem, Princess Rias," thedy nodded with a polite smile. ''The one who spoke was a man, is she waiting for him?'' A few secondster, Aleron returned, appearing right back on the sofa couch. Aleron also had lots of storage pouches as the Falran kingdom already had plenty of them. As such, he returned after putting 20,000 magic stones into one. "Here, twenty-thousand SSS-grade magic stones," Aleron smiled and handed the pouch to the staff member. "Your appearance..." Roxen was speechless. Indeed, the staffdy''s eyes widened in shock as she stammered, "Y-Y-You...." "Oh shit," Aleron cursed and quickly activated his disguise skill to change his appearance as his hair turned light blue while his face, body, and height also changed. "Do not tell anyone he is here," Rias said with a wry smile. The red-haired gulped and nodded before sheposed herself and gave a ny-degree bow to Aleron a grateful expression, "Thank you for patronage and everything you did, young master Aleron. If you didn''t punish my husband, I would still have my painful shackles." Aleron broadly smiled and got her up by grabbing her shoulder, "You''re wee,dy. Live your life to the fullest in peace. That''s the only thing I want for everyone." ... After thedy left, Aleron sat down and immediately took out the spear box from the pouch and took out the fabulous weapon. "What is its name? I think you can name it however you want," Rias said as she curiously looked at the weapon. "Hmmm," Aleron inspected the spear and was surprised to get its details. [Dragonburst Jade Spear] Rank: Primeval - Median. Weapon Parameters. - Attributes: Blood, Fire. - Attack Power: Prime - 2.9 [290,000]. Effect(s): Scaled Spear-Arm, Dragon Burst Mode. "Dragonburst Jade Spear is the name, haha. It looks cool," Aleron grinned as he held the spear. ''I need more Primeval-rank weapons, but Gacha is not a reliable source of it for now. I need to get stronger before doing gacha for it.'' After all, the summons he did depended on his power. He had plenty of Gacha Points, but the next system upgrade cost 50k Gacha points, so he needed to gather more points to summon various stuff and powers while also keeping in mind the upgrade. ''I need to gamble reliably and daily.'' "It''s a wonderful weapon," Roxen said with a nod. "Will you buy more Primeval-rank treasures from this auction?" "That depends," Aleron replied before putting away the spear into his inventory and looking at the auction as items were getting sold fast. "The real treasures will take an hour or more," Rias said as she stood up, "I''ll go and order something to drink and snack." Aleron chuckled and said, "I want to drink a sweet and sour juice of some fruit then." "I was reminded of famous delicious cookies because of this auctioneer," Rias grinned. "I''ll order those. What about you Roxen?" "Hmm, I want Tango Rolls." "Alright." Rias called a staff member from the booth''s call function and ordered the stuff before sitting beside Aleron. ''Control...control,'' Rias thought as she calmed her heart. She really wanted to get closer to Aleron, both physically and emotionally. However, haste makes waste, so she reined herself. Aleron was watching the auction and items, but all of them were useless to him. More like, he had plenty of them because most of those were pills, potions, rare resources of Legendary-rank and Exceed-rank...all of which he had plenty in his secret realm. "Rias," Aleron turned to Rias but was startled to see that she was also looking at him. Rias''s cheeks slightly turned red but she quicklyposed herself, "What?" "I am going to take a nap of sort, so when Primeval-rank resources starting up, can you nudge me a bit?" "Mhmm, okay," Rias nodded. "Thanks, but don''t ask me what this is, haha." Aleron took out the head-gear ring of Combat Lords VRMMORPG and said, "I''ll show you some fun stuffter in my secret realm." Aleron put on the head-gear ring and closed his eyes after leaning back on thefy couch. But just as he was about to start it, someone knocked on the door. Rias waved her hand as she unlocked the door and stood up to see the guest. "Who are you?" Roxen asked with raised eyebrows upon looking at the middle-aged man. ''That symbol on his robe ...is he from Nightwing Empire?'' Aleron also stood up and turned around to see what came about to them. "I am from Booth No. 17," Thazor said with a short bow, "I shall not beat around the bush. I am called Thazor, a subordinate of the Golden Eagle n. I am here with Young Lord Lex and we specifically attended this auction for that spear." ''The one who was bidding for the spear?'' Aleron raised his eyebrows. ''It seems they haven''t given up on it.'' "We are willing to pay 16,000 SSS-grade magic stones and other treasures that are worth 5000 magic stones for the spear," Thazor said before he bowed shortly again. "This is our sincere request." "Thanks for the offer, but that spear is not for sale anymore," Aleron wryly smiled. "To me, this spear is more valuable than a hundred thousand magic stones because I have magic stones, but not Primeval-rank weapons." "You heard it," Rias said as she cooley nced at the middle-aged man "and this decision is final." ''Who is he? A legendary-rank young guy looking the same age as Princess Rias and young lord...could he be a student of Lightdust Academy?'' Thazor thought as he looked at Aleron. "Understood. I will ry this to my young lord," Thazor said as he bowed and left. After he left, Aleron curiously asked, "Where''s this Golden Eagle n, and who is that young lord?" "Nightwing Empire''s strongest n after the empire''s royal family. The n head is a primeval rank, just like the previous emperor of the empire," Roxen answered. "Your Empire doesn''t have Primeval rank but they got two?" Aleron wryly smiled. Rias sighed upon hearing that, "That''s why we are pressured by them. We have means to defend ourselves, but once the war with demons starts, we''ll be at a disadvantage." "That''s why I need to get stronger," Rias clenched her fists. "Grandfather Roshi is close to breaking through to primeval rank as well. He is working hard for it." "Working hard is necessary indeed," Aleron nodded as he appeared thoughtful, "but now that I am working on a big n that involves this whole continent, the flow and shape of war might change." Rias and Roxen nodded. They could already imagine Aleron''s big impact on the war. "Anyway, it still depends on the time. I will move and do things at my pace until it starts," Aleron grinned and sat back down on the couch. "Alright, back to nap." ''Let''s see what Combat Lords has in store for me.'' Infusing a bit of Magilore in the device, Aleron closed his eyes and saw a prompt in his mind. [New soul signature detected. Hello, Combat Lord.] [Would you like to dive into Brutos-the world of carnage andpetition?] ''Yes.'' Aleron felt his consciousness moving and soon some powers activated from the device before he found himself appearing in outer space with glowing distant stars and wonderful celestial bodies nearby. ''...I am really in outer space.'' Suddenly, a screen lit up in front of him. [Wee to the world of carnage andpetition. In this world, you willpete against otherbat lords for everything in various rankings for rewards, fame, and power!] [Upon meeting certain Combat Power requirements, you can also participate in limited-time events topete for skills and powers of higher cosmos and dimensions! Are you ready to begin your journey that will take you past the horizon of the cosmos?] ''Woah! From higher cosmos and dimensions?'' Aleron was shocked. [Gachapi: Interesting indeed. Master, if this game boasts of having all those things, then it is safe to assume that whoever created this game is a powerful being from the upper cosmos and is using this game to make people of Radtrata Cosmos more powerful faster.] [Gachapi: This sort of big influence also means that Radtrata Cosmos wouldn''t have Cosmic Ascension Competition like this cosmos has.] ''True. If this game is spread to that entire cosmos with such benefits, then all people there can get stronger faster on average using this,'' Aleron was dazed. Just what kind of power could create a game like this that a whole cosmos could y? He wasn''t expecting this game to be this crazy! ''Damn, I have to see what I can gain from this,'' Aleron excitedly grinned as he looked at another screen, which looked like his status screen. [Dearbat lord, please input your in-game Name and adjust your appearance to however you like. Once you are done, press the (Start) button below the character screen.] Chapter 91: Radrata Cosmos Combat Lords (2/2) Chapter 91: Radrata Cosmos'' Combat Lords (2/2) ? ''I can even change my race and adjust everything, eh? Alright, let''s start.'' Aleron didn''t change much regarding his appearance except that he made his hair ck. Once he finished creating his character design and put his in-game name-Ruinex, Aleron pressed the start button. [Please choose a Combat Hub of your liking and begin yourbat evaluation at Combat Lord Center.] Aleron suddenly saw 1000 screens lighting up before him, each one disying a giant floating continent with various styles and aesthetic designs. But each of them had one building that was the same in everybat hub-the Combat Lord Center. It was also the biggest building in each hub. ''Meh, any is fine,'' Aleron chose a random Combat Hub called Zion''s Shade and suddenly felt the scenery around him changing as he arrived at a huge za with hundreds of people moving around. "It''s as real as reality gets," Aleron muttered as he could feel air, atmosphere, and even sense micro energies in the atmosphere when using soul sense. Without further ado, he looked at the huge Combat Lord center''s gate a kilometer away and used Magilore to teleport there directly. ''Nice, I can use my magic without any restriction.'' Aleron didn''t know he was going to be a menace for all with his increasing passion for fighting, learning, and getting more powerful. Since he had decided to carve a path he envisioned, the priority of getting more powerful had reached the top, recing his priority of enjoying his life. He was going to do both, but for him to enjoy his life and make his ideals a reality around him, he must get more powerful! More powerful than anybody! Aleron walked inside the Combat Lord center, followed the signs, and soon arrived at one of the many reception desks. "Hi, I want to do a Combat Power assessment," Aleron said with a smile. "New?" the fox girl behind the reception desk asked as her ears twitched and she curiously looked at Aleron. "Yes, miss," Aleron nodded with a grin. ''Is she real or NPC?'' "Alright, put your hand on this. I''ll make your Combat Card. After that, you can go to the assessment room." Aleron nodded and put his hand on a digital pad that appeared on the girl''s hand. In the next second, a card popped up above his hand that contained his character profile. "Here, now go to the assessment area and enter any unupied door." ''Door?'' Aleron took the card and immediately a notification rang as a mailbox icon in the game''s interface in his head. While walking towards the assessment area to the left, he opened the mailbox. [Please finish yourbat power assessment to register yourbat power on yourbat card.] The message vanished while other function tabs appeared on the interface. [Leaderboards] [Combat Arena (1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 5v5)] [Treasure Hunting] [Dungeons] [Labyrinth Exploration] [Locked (Requires 100,000 CP)] [Locked (Requires 1,000,000 CP)] [Locked (Requires 10,000,000 CP)] Soon, he entered the assessment hall where rows and rows of standing doors littered the floor. Five hundred doors in total. Many people were going in and out of the doors as they updated theirbat power on their Combat Cards by reassessing to refresh their rank on the Hub Leaderboard. ''Yeah, this is a game, so many things should be convenient for everyone like teleporting and stuff with in-game functions,'' Aleron thought as he looked at the hall filled with doors. He went into an unupied door and arrived on a vast grassy in. [Monster Wave 1] Aleron saw a ck panther of normal manifesting before him, growling dangerously. "Cute," Aleron smiled and snapped his finger. *Swoosh!* A ck spear crackling with red lightning emerged from the beast''s shadow and killed it. [Wave cleared.] [Monster Wave 2] Five wolves appeared, each having glowing me patterns on their body. *Boom!* [Monster Wave 3] [Monster Wave 4] [Monster Wave 5] ... [Monster wave 150] Aleron yawned as he saw a horde of one hundred Gloomfrost Vultures manifesting in the sky, each one tens of meters in height and spread out around Aleron in the sky. "It''s been half an hour," Aleron muttered while his eyes glinted as he had marked all the monsters. Each one of those Gloomfrost vultures was as strong as the high-stage Primeval rank, as strong as Yueha in terms of stats. s, Aleron had been cooking skills each wave to improve further and finish waves faster. With the power of the Space Sybus and his inspired arcane knowledge, the positions of all vultures were marked via his Monitor Dome, so he could directly manifest his attacks near them. ''Clown, eh? Alright,'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled with patterns as he started designing the skill. To create skills faster, he created a strange skill that gave him a random word each time he pressed the button. The arcane sybus he used and the magic symbols he established with his visualization were not even thatplicated to create this skill. Meanwhile, vultures were not about to wait for him as they released powerful dark purple energy orbs from their mouths, all hundred at once towards Aleron. *Screeeeee!!* Aleron simply teleported above them while cooking the skill. Several vultures immediately vanished from their spots as they speedily flew towards Aleron to attack with different close-range skills, some of their ws glowing, and some had their wings sharpened and powered while their sharp eyes whirling with power. ''Let''s call this clown-crack bomb,'' Aleron grinned while all those attacks rained on him. No, rained on his in-looking blue barrier and rendered all the attacks useless. His attention is entirely on his Magic Board. In the next second, Aleron spent 1000 million Magilore energy as 100 clown-heads with their red hat''s tip burning in crackling blue-orange me appeared, each monster got 1 clown- head right under their belly. Those clown-heads with glowing eyes and looking devilishly smiling were indeed the bombs he designed. In the next moment, each one of them exploded simultaneously and painted the sky with colorful firecracker designs. [Wave cleared.] [Monster Wave 151] However, he suddenly heard Gachapi''s voice, which was silent all the while as it was making Xorg Serums. [Gachapi: Master, Rias is nudging you. It''s time to go.] ''Alright. This is it for now then.'' "Hey, I want to finish the assessment." Aleron spoke and he immediately got a prompt, asking him if he wanted to finish his assessment early. ''Yes.'' He exited and logged out before opening his eyes in the VIP booth. However...Aleron didn''t know that shortly after he left, a wave of uproar spread across Zion''s Shade hub. [Congreattions to the Combat Lord Ruinex for achieving 84th rank in the Zion''s Shade Hub.] Zion''s Shade hub was currently ranked 15th in the Combat Hub Leaderboard, which was decided based on the totalbat power of Combat Lords registered to Zion''s Shade hub. The top 100 rankings in each hub were quite hard to break. All of them were equivalent to peak Primeval-rank powerhouses in terms of stats, and they possessed an exceptional set of skills and talents. Being at 15th rank out of 1000 hubs, it was a den of powerhouses, with its Hubbat lord ranking remaining unchanged for years. And now, someone entered this leaderboard, someone not of their cosmos. But this was just the beginning of a legend whose name would be on every tongue of this cosmos in the future, establishing a title no other had taken before-Combat Overlord. Chapter 92: A Surprise In New Banners Chapter 92: A Surprise In New Banners ? "5000 S-grade Magic stones! I want that pill!" Just as thest Exceed-rank item was sold on the auction and the second Primeval-rank item appeared on the auction, Aleron opened his eyes on the couch. "Food is also here," Rias smiled and gave a ss to Aleron, "here, your tasty juice." "Haha, thanks," Aleron grinned and tasted it as his eyes lit up, "Delicious." The trio snacked and drank juice as the auction continued. The following items were of primeval rank, all from the battlefield zone, but all of them were broken. Most of the equipment items and artifacts were broken and Aleron didn''t bother to buy any of them since they weren''t interesting or powerful even if fixed. After half an hour as the auction finally neared its end, thest item was unveiled on the tform. Usually, there wouldn''t be any working and intact Primvel-rank items daily but there were two today. One weapon and another an artifact. "Ladies and gentlemen, this artifact has been named Devil''s Umbre. Upon activating it, it creates a protective barrier covering a 500-meter radius." The auctioneer grinned and continued, "To give you an example of its prowess, we have tested this artifact and it has withstood the full-powered attack from Lady Mesina, the Golden Needle, while also rebounding an attack to the attacker capable of disrupting their Mana flow." Instantly, an uproar ensued. "What?!" "Lady Mesina is one of the most powerful solo Primeval-rank powerhouses!" "Could it be that she was the one who found this artifact?" Everyone was shocked at the prowess of this artifact. Lady Mesina''s forte was her piercing offense with her mastery of Metal and the same elemental aligned Bloodline she manifested, hence her title the Golden Needle. To be able to protect from her most powerful attack meant that this artifact had one of the highest defensive prowess among other items on the Lightdusk continent. Due to the tension and preparation for the uing war, nobody wanted to miss out on such a powerful card that could save them. The big shots knew that since it was a Primeval-rank artifact, it must have two or more effects at least and the auctioneer didn''t reveal it all, but they didn''t need to know everything to buy it. "The bid starts from 1 SSS-grade magic stone. Let us begin!" ... "What? A protective artifact," Aleron clicked his tongue and shook his head, "This is useless. I can make protective artifacts more powerful than this. Sigh, I wanted a weapon." Rias heard that and looked at the bangle on her wrist. ''He gave me this as well.'' "Give me," Aleron grinned and looked at her wrist, "I''ll empower since I am more powerful now." ''I should create more of such bangles that can withstand emergency attacks and give them to everyone who will be working for me,'' Aleron nodded as he took note of this. ''Even though they are one-time use items, they can still be useful.'' [Gachapi: Just create one and leave the rest to me. I''ll copy-construct it into hundreds of such bangles. Also, I''ve finished creating enough Xorg Serum for four thousand people.] ''Awesome! Thanks a lot, Gachapi,'' Aleron grinned. Roxen looked at Aleron modifying the protective bangle, feeling slightly envious as she also wanted such a protective charm. However, Aleron suddenly did something after he finished modifying the bangle and an exact same second bangle appeared. "Here, for you," Aleron handed it to Roxen and stood up before stretching his arms, "Alright, we are done with the auction, so let''s go." -- The trio roamed around in this area of the city until around 5 p.m., visited various fun ces, and enjoyed before finally entering the secret realm. When Rias and Roxen saw the necropolis were dumbfounded. "T-This....wasn''t this upied by demons?" Roxen uttered with disbelief. "All big forces are still searching for this so they can prevent unexpected attacks from demons....." Rias was dazed. "Cough, actually...," Aleron coughed before putting his hand behind his back and shaking his head with a somber expression. "You know I was summoned as a Hero, but you don''t know who summoned..." Aleron told Rias and Roxen about everything while he also got entangled in his own heart regarding this city. Looking at all the zombies, vampires, and werewolves living in the city who were once human civilians, Aleron sighed and said, "All of them are looking happy and enjoying their life here, but...they don''t have their memories of being humans." "I don''t know if they are really happy about being Undead..." ''He is conflicted... Someone who is so kind, but became a cause of this,'' Rias looked at Aleron as her eyes trembled slightly. She grabbed his hand and said with conviction, "They are happy, Ale. Moreover, it''s not your fault. It''s nobody''s fault." Roxen was silent. "Yeah, but I''m still not satisfied. I am not at peace when ites to this," Aleron weakly smiled at Rias. "So, there''s only one way. Once Dax breakthroughs to Primeval rank and awakens his soul, his spells regarding Death and Necromancy will improve." "He can''t return their memories yet, but once he awakens his soul, he will be able to do that," Aleron clenched his fist as he overlooked from the pce. "Once they know what happened to them, I''ll enact a judgment on myself from their response." "Anyway, this is a thing for ater date. Let me show this secret realm and my Hell, in which I might also have to goter, haha." ... After showing Rias and Roxen the Beastfolk vige and Hell, he took them to the Hall of Secret Realms. Looking at the board, Roxen asked with a dumbfounded expression, "This is not real, right? Please tell me you don''t have more secret realms'' doors inside..." Rias''s mouth was wide open in shock. "Come in," Aleronughed and opened the door. In the next second, Rias and Roxen saw an almost empty hall with five 5-meter circr portals standing vertically on the floor in a row! Aleron pointed at three secret realm portals one by one, introducing the me ze Abode realm, Dark Tide realm, and Terraflux Grove realm. "These three secret realms are elemental ones. People who want to improve in Fire, Darkness, Earth, and Metal Sysbus to create their own arcane sybus for their skills can go there toprehend the elemental powers shaped naturally by nature." Aleron smiled and added, "I also want to improve, so we will go thereter. I can''t let you go alone because it''s dangerous inside." After all, those secret realms were open with their cracks often appearing and disappearing across the cosmos, allowing lucky powerhouses from others to stumble inside. "However, you can still roam on this ind and practice," Aleron grinned as he turned to Rias and Roxen, "there''s nock of resources in this secret realm, so you can go and fight for resources." "Really?!" Rias''s eyes sparkled. Roxen''s heart raced her face turning red due to excitement, "Can we really do that?" After all, Roxen wasn''t a royalty. She came from a poor family and rose only because of her talent and hard work. For her to get stronger, she needed to work for the royal family and brave dangers with Rias as her guard for resources. As such, this offer from Aleron was a god-sent blessing to her. "Of course, you can," Aleron smiled. "This secret is frankly toooooo big, hahaha." "We are still not done emptying this ind and there are thousands of inds more..." Aleron grinned. "This secret realm can sustain a civilization for hundreds if not thousands of years." "Of course, the dangers in this realm are also high. There are more Primeval-rank monsters here than the number that''s appeared on the Lightdusk continent for centuries, so be -careful." Rias quickly nodded, thrilled. "We will be careful, Ale. But I still feel like I am dreaming." "Haha, go and explore. I''ll send two Death Lords with you." "What about you?" Rias blinked. "I am going to that colosseum," Aleron said as he pointed at a faraway huge colosseum. "I haven''t shown you that because it''s a mess right now," Aleron wryly smiled. "But..." Aleron''s eyes glinted. "Once I am done finishing my work there, I''ll show you my new army-the Xorg Guardians." ... Rias and Roxen excitedly went to explore the ind with Death Lords as their team members. On the other hand, Aleron was greeted by two notifications that also excited him. [The new banner, Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines is ready.] [The new banner, Job ss Manifesto is ready.] [Gachapi: Master, we are in for a good surprise with the Job ss Manifesto since it was triggered by Divine Blessings, which is a power from the higher cosmos wielded by Elysia Gothwing.] Chapter 93: Guardians Stationed Chapter 93: Guardians Stationed ? "Awesome, I''ll summon from those bannerster after gathering everyone," Aleron grinned. He wanted to finish the task at hand and arrived at the Colosseum as he looked at the four thousand ves who were slumped on the ground out of tiredness and exhaustion. The other twenty-six thousand ves were also in the same situation. "It''s time, Gachapi. Bring out the serums." [Gachapi: Yes, Master.] After a few seconds, Aleron teleported all serum vials, teleporting a vial to each of the four thousand ves. Without hesitation, he forcefully injected the serum into them directly into their body. In the next moment, the entire arena started filling with screams and roars of the four thousand ves, waking up the other twenty-six thousand people as they saw a terrifying scene unfolding before their eyes. But the noise didn''tst much longer as their mutation into Xorgs finished quickly. Aleron scanned them using Monitor Dome enveloping them and his eyes lit up. ''All of them have stats equivalent to Exceed-rank and higher.'' Each of them had 100,000 or higher in stats! In exchange for losing further growth potential, all of them were turned into Xorgs. Their Xorg mutation was rted to their innate talents and affinity towards certain Arcane sybuses. ''A direct control on limited individuals would be nice.'' Aleron randomly picked 50 of them and teleported them in front of him, their ve cors shining as patterns appeared on them with Aleron modifying them. After a few seconds, he finished modifying the workings of their ve cors before something manifested in his hand. It was a stone tablet with fifty ves'' names. Of course, he only gave them a number in ce of names, like Guardian 1, Guardian 2, and such. Of course, all of them wanted to scream and curse Aleron at the moment, but they couldn''t speak as he sealed their voices. Aleron didn''t want such noise from them. "I don''t know what all are feeling at the moment. Angry, helpless, despairing? I don''t care. You''ve inflicted all those onto others, quite terribly at that, that''s why you are here. This stone tablet can control you, not directly, but inflict you pain." "The ve cors also won''t ever be removed. The only way for you to get freedom is to protect the Nailzim city until you die protecting it. This is your punishment. Once you die, your souls will go to their natural destination as I won''t hold them in my hell," Aleron said with a chilly smile. "You''ve been causing suffering to others, so now, you all will repent by protecting others until your death." -- Aleron left Eldertide Archipgo and arrived in the Aurspec n''s mansion, teleporting right into the office room where Melkern Aurspec was working. He had be quite busy since Aleron had sent him two hundred thousand prisoners, all of whom had family members in the city and they all wanted to know the truth of their crimes. "Looking busy, eh?" Aleron smiled. "I am willing to do this work for my city thanks to you," Melkern said with a smile. "What brings you here, Young lord Ale?" "The guardians are ready," Aleron said before he waved his hand and a portal briefly appeared before spewing out an Xorg. It was a two-meter tall humanoid with a blue crystalized body bearing me-orange patterns. Melkern was startled at the sudden appearance of the strange humanoid creature, but he was shocked when he felt its physical aura that was more powerful than Exceed-rank, "This..." "Guardian," Aleron smiled. "Let''s go a wider space so I can bring them here." The duo left the room and arrived at the huge n training ground behind the n residency area. Aleron teleported all fifty of the Xorg Guardians he had formed into the group on the ground, greatly shocking and knocking the socks of Melkern and other powerhouses who had arrived there. Lake''s lips trembled, "T-They are all more powerful than Exceed-rank...or am I sensing their aura wrong." "All of them have stats over one hundred thousand, so you are not sensing wrong," Aleron smiled and took out the stone tablet as it flew towards Melkern. ''Guardian 1, Guardian 2.... their health status...'' Melkern was shocked. "You can use this tablet to control them. Yourmand will be absolute as their ve cor''s ownership is imbued in the tablet. Use them to keep this city in order and peace. If there''s any external danger, use them first." Aleron looked at the Xorgs as his eyes glinted, "They are tough and strong. The arsenal of their powers is limited, but those limited number of powers are still powerful." "But what are these things?" James asked, appearing confused as he had never seen such creatures before. "They are people with ck marks. Since I had to punish them, I thought I might as well make use of them while inflicting punishment, just like how prisoners dobor work." "This is theirbor work until their death. I''ve mutated them and made them more powerful, though their lifespan is reduced, so they are bound to die. They will probably die after fifty or sixty years, but until then, make good use of them to do good at their hands." ... After talking with Melkern about the prisoners and seeing that they were speedily and properly working to give information to the family of each prisoner about their crime, he was satisfied. ''I guess I don''t need to stay in this city for two more days. We can depart tomorrow.'' He returned to Eldertide Archipgo and looked at the remaining Xorgs as he fell into thought. "As for you all....hmm, this idea is good. There are many viges and towns that don''t have big powerhouses and often get trounced by evil people. Having a single Xorg stationed can already give them protection." After all, Exceed-rank powerhouses were exceedingly rare! Most of the kingdoms didn''t even have them while these Xorgs were more powerful than Exceed-rank in terms of stats but weaker than Primeval-rank powerhouses. ''Gaah! I need to get more powerful. If I can envelop this entire continent within my Monitor Dome, I can instantly station these Xorgs at various viges and towns and even teleport whenever and wherever I want.'' ''Or...should I actually try and see how far my Monitor Dome can spread?'' Aleron thought, his eyes sparkling. ''I have unlimited Magilore, after all.'' Chapter 94: Destroy Yourself, Divine-rank Bloodline Summoning Chapter 94: Destroy Yourself, Divine-rank Bloodline Summoning ? He swiftly exited the secret realm and teleport high above the city. It was already covered in his Monitor Dome, and he started increasing it in size. Soon, it started expanding more and more in all directions while his Magilore energy started expanding swiftly. 500 kilometers radius. 600 kilometers radius. 700 kilometers radius. 800 kilometers radius. 900 kilometers radius. 1000 kilometers radius! Just as it was expanding in size more and more, Aleron suddenly felt prickly pain in his mind while a strange screen shed across his mind. It was not a system notification screen or rted to the system at all. [Warlord titlepetitor, it is detected that you have reached an adequate level of power to be subjected to thepetition rules.] [If you do not follow the rules, you will be removed from thepetition.] [The rules are as follows:] [1. You can not harm another individual with your powers.] [2. You can use your powers, but you cannot use harmful or directly affecting powers on others that can result in harm.] [3. If you want something to be done, you must do so only by using others like your followers or subordinates.] "Ehhh?! I thought I would get restriction after reaching Ascension-rank lifeform," Aleron was taken aback. [Gachapi: Hmm, maybe the Cosmos Will sensed the imbnce here given your power.] "I see..." Aleron wryly smiled, but a momentter, he suddenly felt an unfamiliar aura behind him and turned around. There floated a woman so beautiful that the surrounding world turned bleak, colorless as if to highlight her beauty. Her long and silky wavy light silver hair with a purple hue suspended gently around her, and golden-brown eyes with a starry mark focused on Aleron, her expression partially amused. Wearing a gorgeous white dress that showed a slight bit of her cleavage, she looked like a goddess. "Goddess Elysia!" Aleron was shocked. "Why are YOU calling me a goddess?" Elysia rolled her eyes. "I am only a goddess to people here." Aleron cheekily grinned, "Not for long." Elysia narrowed her eyes. Aleron raised his eyebrows and also crossed his arms like her as they stared at each other. "You are doing some extreme things," Elysia calmly said. Aleron looked below at the city, "I am doing normal things, that normal people can''t do because they don''t have the power to do it." ''The reserve of his Magilore is terrifying, but his Magic Potency is low. I can''t understand,'' Elysia inwardly frowned while thinking. "Anyway, we cannot harm each other as long as we are in this world," Elysia said with a smile. "Aleron, the path you are taking will lead to your self-destruction and it will be in this world." "Be a hero all you want, until you find yourself in front of a mirror of hypocrisy," Elysia sharply continued, "I am going to remove the seal on the demonic continent and the Beast Lords of the Northern Star continent will also make move after that." "You talk about not spreading suffering, right?" Elysia''s smile appeared eerie and strange, "Well, show me if you really meant that then. Show me if you really empathize with the suffering of innocents." Aleron was startled and then frowned, "Can you not cause the war, please?" Elysia raised her eyebrows, "You are genuinely pleading." "I am," Aleron nodded, his expression somber. "Unfortunately, you are wrong," Elysia shook her head. "I''m not the one who will cause it. The wars were urring even before I was here. In fact, I am not going to interfere anymore after observing you and knowing your doings because, haha...you will destroy yourself." Elysia smiled and added, "I am just going to focus on meeting other requirements while watching you. Once you destroy yourself, I will descend to make the bnce again, win over the poption, and acquire the Warlord title." "Good luck, Aleron Rivenal." After saying that, she vanished. Aleron was dazed for a few seconds before he shook his head as he clenched his fist, his eyes fiercely determined. "I can only focus on my own ends and work towards the goals in my path." Taking a deep breath, Aleron''s eyes flowed with power and glinted as he continued to expand his Monitor Dome. 1500 kilometer radius. 2000 kilometer radius. Suddenly, Aleron''s eyes blurred and he almost lost consciousness, momentarily fainting. [Gachapi: Master! Don''t go any further. Even though you have unlimited Magilore, your mind and soul can''t take the burden of such a massive Monitor Dome yet.] Aleron gritted his teeth and cursed out loud. "Damn it! She just came here and challenged me, but I can only cover a 2000-kilometer radius of the area." [Gachapi: Calm down, master. It is fine. 2000 kilometer radius area is big as well and the Monitor Dome moves with you. You can still watch over a massive area and station the Xorgs.] "Right," Aleron calmed down and took a deep breath. "Alright, it''s time to summon from the banners and power up everyone." Aleron disappeared and returned to the Eldertide Archipgo. Spending 9000 Gacha points, he bought 9 tickets for the Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines banner and 9 tickets for the Job ss Manifesto banner. Now he had 10 tickets for both banners. But instead of summoning all ten at once, he first decided to do a single summon on each to get the guaranteed highest category reward. ''Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines...give me something good,'' Aleron thought as he used a ticket. [Banner: Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines] -Divine-rank Bloodline: 1% chance. -Primeval-rank Bloodline: 20% chance. -Exceed-rank Bloodline: 30% chance. -Legendary-rank Bloodline: 49% chance. After a few seconds of watching the cool animation of the banner whirlpool shing exotic powers whirling around DNA-shaped symbols, one of them sprung out of the whirlpool. [Congrattions, you have acquired a Divine-rank Bloodline: Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers] "Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers..." Aleron''s eyes shone and he quickly inspected it. [Bloodline: Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers] Rank: Divine. Attributes: me, Ice, Death, Life. Anomaly Attribute: Emporio Vers. Status Boost: +100% to all physical stats, +100% to Magic Potency, +100% to Soul Potency. Bloodline Essence: [1000/1000]. Bloodline Abilities: --> 1. Phoenix-Rite Avatar. -> 2. Sea of Vers Ash. -> 3. Death Duplication. -> 4. Searing Vitality. -> 5. Tears of Rebirth. Chapter 95: Supreme-order Job Class Chapter 95: Supreme-order Job ss ? Aleron looked at the floating Bloodline orb of the Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers and fell into thought, "If I want work on this world and be warlord, using this Bloodline orb on myself will be useless." [Gachapi: Indeed, master. It''s better if one of your subordinates uses this. I believe this Bloodline orb is most suitable for Yueha.] "Mhmm," Aleron nodded and put away the orb before he decided to do the rest of the Myriad Wonderous Bloodline''s summons. [Congrattions, you have acquired an Exceed-rank Bloodline: Astral Titan Zephyrvale.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Legendary-rank Bloodline: Verdant Light Whisperwood.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Legendary-rank Bloodline: Thunder Sunlit Serenade.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Primeval-rank Bloodline: Crystal Kraken Prismalith.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Legendary-rank Bloodline: Lunar Golemzol Mercuarius.] [Congrattions, you have acquired an Exceed-rank Bloodline: Ember Obesidian Zashilisk.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Legendary-rank Bloodline: Thorn Serpent Shadowspine.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Legendary-rank Bloodline: Emberdusk Glimmer Fang.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Primeval-rank Bloodline: Tempest Ryugen Stormscale.] "Good," Aleron grinned. "These Bloodlines are the perfect rewards to give others." [Gachapi: Yes. Some of your subordinates don''t have Bloodlines, so you can give them. But for now, let''s focus on the more important stuff, Master.] "Haha, you also seem eager for the Job ss Manifesto banner, eh?" [Gachapi: Yes, Master. I feel like we will get a good surprise from it. I cannot wait.] Aleron chuckled and moved to the Job ss Manifesto banner before using its ticket, doing a 1x summon. "It''s time to see what powers the so-called Job ss of this banner gives." [Banner: Job ss Manifesto.] - Supreme-order Job ss: 0.1% chance. - Unique-order Job ss: 1% chance. Special-order Job ss: 10% chance. Rare-order Job ss: 30% chance. - Primary-order Job ss: 58.9% chance. ''Oh? The grading is different than Divine Blessings,'' Aleron was surprised as he checked the banner''s details. The whirlpool was flowing colorfully with an exotic arsenal of powers whirling around different-shaped runes with unique patterns and soon spewed one of them out. Since it was the first summon of the banner, he got a Supreme-order Job ss with a 0.1% chance of appearing. It was crazy because it could take him one hundred summons and he still might not get this if his luck was running low. [Congrattions, you have acquired a Supreme-order Job ss: Primordial Genome Whisperer.] Aleron looked at a mysterious rune floating before him with ck, gold, white, blue, red, and green patterns on it, looking highly entric yet oozing out a hint of untamed wilderness. "This..." Aleron gulped. He could feel that this was the most powerful thing he had gotten from Summoning Banners so far. [Gachapi: It is of a way higher category of power than what that Elysia Gothway can create. Her Divine Blessings are powers from some sources she brought or from her own arcane knowledge, but this....hahaha, take a look at it, Master.] Gachapi sounded super excited. ''It is also here now... Yes!'' Gachapi thought. ''But this is just one of the other things. For the rest of his arsenal, I''m afraid Master will only gain them once ascending to the higher cosmos ne.'' Aleron was hyped upon hearing Gachapi''s words and eagerly opened the rune''s detail page by focusing on it for a second. [Job ss: Primordial Genome Whisperer] Description: The source of power able to invoke and create the Primordial Genomes and weave them to your liking, creating and evolving a myriad of organisms. [Primordial Genome Whisperer] |_Job-ss Rank: Supreme-order |_Level: 1 [0/100 Geno Exp] |_Status Bonus: -> Physical stats +500%. |_Energy Source: -> Genome Pulse: [100,000/100,000] -> 1 genome pulse recovery per second. |_Skill Tree: -> 1. Genome Moulding. -> 2. Genome Weaver. -> 3. Geno Gear Artisan. "I can only see surface details, so I don''t know what this job ss actually does, but..." Aleron''s eyes shone with excitement and he immediately used the rune on him. "It is mine." [Gachapi: Of course, master. This belongs to you, and only you.] The rune was absorbed into Aleron''s skin before it appeared in his source space and intensely glowed before oozing out strange dreamy golden-purple energy that enveloped the rune into an orb. But in the next second, intense pain shot throughout Aleron''s body as he screamed and started rolling on the ground. "Arghhhhhh! W-What the f-fu...Arrrghhhhh!" Aleron''s eyes were bloodshot and his whole body was glowing with golden-purple pixted motes, his screams echoing through the whole arena as all ves were startled and looked at him before many of them started discussing and gloating despite not knowing what was happening. "Something''s happening." "Will he die? I hope he dies." "This crazy bastard has unknown powers, so I doubt he will die, but those screams of pain... feel good to hear." "Please die." "He is experimenting I think and experiments are dangerous. I hope he dies, so we can be free..." Amidst their despairing lives, many of them wished Aleron to die with insanity whirling in their eyes holding immense hate towards Aleron. ... In the Grand Upper Cosmos ne, unknown dimension. Atop a ten-thousand kilometers tall mountain suspended amidst strange darkness, an eye floated. This eye had me-like waves bursting out of it constantly as if a ball of dirty-ish yellow me with ck waves. But the most shocking thing was that this strange ball of the eye appeared no less small than the gigantic mountain. On the peak of the mountain, right under the eye, an old man with a white beard sat in a cross- legged position on the grassy floor. He had a long gray ponytail and wore only a in white robe. A few seconds after Aleron summoned the Primordial Genome Whispere job ss, the old man''s eyes opened, revealing ghastly green pupils with red feathery marks around them. "How?" "How can it disappear like that?" A deep frown crept on his face as he muttered. Shortly afterward, faint sparks appeared a few meters before the old man, which soon turned into an otherworldly beautiful woman wearing ayered dress and her face covered in a veil except for her eyes. "Old Zeng, Primordial Genome Whisperer''s rune disappeared. Who conquered it? Or someone finally awakened it?" the woman immediately asked, her voiceced with a tinge of frustration. "What is lost is lost. It has been there for tens of thousands of years and many have tried but failed," Old Zeng said as his frown eased into a cid expression before he shook his head, "Many failed, but its time had arrived." "This is too vexing. I wanted it." "We all wanted it, Linzhi," Old Zeng bitterly smiled and added, "but neither you nor I can dictate the flow of myriad progression. It''s time to move on and focus on other things." Linzhi sighed while shaking her head before she turned into faint sparks, vanishing from this strange dimension. ... After five minutes of writhing in pain throughout his body, Aleron finally felt things calming down and felt the pain lessening. A few secondster, the pain waspletely gone and afortable feeling and energy washed over his body, feeling immensely stronger than before. His physical stats, Strength, Agility, Health, and Stamina were boosted by 500% of their foundational values! |-Physical Status: - [Strength: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% + 500% ] [Agility: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% + 500% ] - [Stamina: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% + 500% ] - [Health: S (10,000/10,000) + 30% + 500% ] "So I awakened this Primordial Genome Whisperer job ss," Aleron excitedly scourged through the knowledge of the skills he just acquired and his excitement immediately turned a hundredfold. "No way, right?! I can do something like that?!" Chapter 96: Realm of Exotic Genomes, Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (1) Chapter 96: Realm of Exotic Genomes, Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (1) ? "This is perfect...this is wonderful!" [Gachapi: It''s extraordinary, fantastic, mindblowing, sir.] "Yes, sir!" Aleronughed before saying, "Alright, let''s finish the remaining summon tickets and start cooking with this Primordial Genome Whisperer." [Congrattions, you have acquired a Primary-order Job ss: Heavilist Mage.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Primary-order job ss: Cerulean Warden.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Rare-order job ss: Astral Weaver.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Primary-order job ss: Chronical Bard.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Primary-order job ss: Dawnbreak Warrior.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Special-order job ss: Chaos Choreographer.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Special-order job ss: Zontheos Mechanic.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Primary-order job ss: Aurora Shaman.] [Congrattions, you have acquired a Unique-order job ss: Mystic Glyphic Sage.] "Damn, they all sound so cool. I want to see their powers," Aleron''s eyes sparkled and focused on thest one. "So I managed to get a Unique-order job ss, eh? Guess my luck is not bad." Unique-order job ss had a 1% chance of appearing. Moreover, unlike the names of other job sses, it consisted of three words, just like his Supreme-order job ss. [Gachapi: Yes. Getting a higher-order job ss means more overalltent power from it, no matter the type of Job ss it is. People can also evolve their Job ss, but that''s not an easy thing to do.] "Oh? Do you mean the Primary-order job ss can eventually evolve into a Rare-order job ss and so on?" [Gachapi: Yes, but the requirements are harsh, and it takes a lot of time. It''s not something one can do in a day or two, but requires an umtive effort. Once your Job ss reaches level 10, you can attempt to evolve it, but the higher the rarity of the job ss, the harder it is to level it up.] "I see. But it''s still awesome that they can evolve." Aleron put away the job ss runes and sat down cross-legged before closing his eyes with a smile hanging on his lips, "Now it''s time to see the wonders of my job ss." ording to the knowledge that infused into him regarding this ss when he awakened it using the rune, the most important thing for this ss was Genome Pulse energy. It was a unique energy, with a unique way of use. Magilore couldn''t replicate it nor produce the effect Genome Pulse could. ''Let''s start,'' Aleron focused and first resonated his consciousness with the Genome Pulse ording to the knowledge of this job ss. Doing this would grant his consciousness ess to the Sea of Genome, an ethereal ne of existence where myriad Genomes are constantly birthed,bined, modified, and such. Soon, he found himself in a ce that didn''t make sense to him. It was a strange, colorful world that constantly changed and showed absurd things....or rather, absurd organisms. Colorful DNA-shaped motes filled up this entire world and these motes wouldbine to turn into exotic animals, nts, and such. Even then, those animals mightbine with nts to turn into something, and this constantly happened as he observed around him. The world''s structure was aplete anomaly with colorful water, ground, hills, and all types of terrain constantly changing and transforming. ''Urgh, my consciousness is getting dizzy.'' Right after that, Aleron suddenly felt a threat and quickly turned to his left to see a horrifying ck fish withrge fangs like some prehistoric beast and feathery wings charging at his consciousness form. ''Shoot!'' Aleron quickly used Genome Pulse and shot it at the iing monstrosity. The moment his ball of Genome Pulse struck the iing fish, it broke apart and burst like a bubble, leaving behind a thumb-sized bubble with two unique DNA-shaped motes in them. Aleron quickly arrived beside them and gently poured in 1 Genome Pulse in each. [You have acquired Genome Mod: Pirata Strength.] [You have acquired Genome Mod: Blood Void.] ording to the knowledge, he was supposed to collect Genome Mods here just like he did now. He could do that by killing things here with his Genome Pulse. ''I can''t waste Genome Pulse carelessly since it takes over a day to fully recover 100,000 Genome Pulse,'' Aleron thought as he saw that he had spent over a thousand Genome Pulse during that emergency attack. He then focused on various organisms, which was pretty much everything because everything, even ground, rivers, trees, and such looked alive as if having power and constantly modifying bybining with other Genome Motes. After five minutes, he had spent roughly two thousand Genome Pulse and collected five Genome Mods. The thing he didn''t expect was that even if he killed something with his Genome Pulse, it didn''t always drop a Genome Mod. As such, despite killing over ten of these Living Genomes, he only acquired five. ''Alright, this is enough. It''s time to use this new stuff,'' Aleron''s eyes showed excitement and also a fiery resolve. ''I will shape the world around me to my liking. That''s why I am bestowed with this system and such powers.'' [Gachapi: Indeed, Master.] Aleron left this strange ne of existence as his consciousness returned to his body and started using those Genome Mods after activating the Geno Gear Artisan skill. [Geno Gear Artisan] _Effect: Opens a neural genome field in your mind, in which you can use Genome Mods in Genome Refining Pond and craft them into Geno Gears by consuming Genome Pulse. The consumption of Genome Pulse depends on your mastery of being Geno Gear Artisan and the amount of Genome Mods youbine. Aleron saw the neural genome field opening as his consciousness arrived inplete whiteness, with seven Genome Mods floating before him. To his left, there was a strange pond of water called Genome Refining Pond. ording to the knowledge, he was supposed to throw the Genome Mods in the pond, which would release the information and power contained within the Genome Mods. Afterward, he could use his Genome Pulse to use the information and power to shape them into a gear. As for what to make and how to make what gear, it depended on his imagination and utilizing the resources released within the pond by Genome Mods. [Gachapi: Master, try it with one Genome Mod. You have to practice first.] ''Yep, that''s the n,'' Aleron nodded and threw a Genome Mod called Liver ck Pierce into the pond, which soon dissolved into a strange type of energy and countless tiny DNA-shaped motes. Each one was in micro-realm in size. Now, he had to use the information and resources released into the pond to craft a gear. ''The first step is to decide the shape of the gear, and what kind of gear I want. This Genome Mod has power regarding piercing, pration, darkness, and...eh? What''s those....'' Aleron began gleaning the information released and was soon absorbed in the task. ... Elysia returned to her secret realm and also saw that Aleron also went there. "Keep an eye out and immediately inform me when he appears," Elysia said before she took out a strange dark violet orb. "It''s been long..." she muttered as she looked at the orb. Her grip on it tightened and the orb shattered in the next second. Instantly, a burst of powerful aura released from her as she looked up with her eyes closed, appearing satisfied. ''It''s been so long I forgot how I felt at my full power.'' Her eyes opened with a sharp glint in them as she smiled, ''Aleron Rivenal, I hope you continue to enjoy ying Hero.'' Chapter 97: Battle At the Shore, Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (2) Chapter 97: Battle At the Shore, Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (2) ? To far northeast of the ind, Yueha and Mei fought against four powerful Primeval-rank monsters who lived on both the ind and the ocean. The leader of the three Aquafin Lions had stats breaking past 500k, surpassing Yueha. It stood tallest at ten meters in height with water scales and dark blue glittering mane and tworge icy-white fangs emerging from its mouth outward. Their fight already destroyed the shore and nearby woods. The other three Aquafin Lions had lower stats as two were in the early stage and one in the median stage of primeval rank, but still higher than Mei''s stats. Aquafin Lions, having a Primeval-rank Bloodline, and Primeval-rank grade, were proving challenging to defeat. Their toughness was hard to break, and their attacks were deadly. Having outnumbered Yueha and Mei, the duo was in heatedbat with the group of beasts, dodging and moving around while attacking. ''Mai, all in on the leader feline! I''ll bind it briefly and weaken the defense on its head. Its attacks are fatal, so we have to kill it fast.'' Yueha moved around transforming into an icy mist before she made a big move after activating her domain in burst mode, empowering herself directly instead of creating a field that empowers and supports her before using a technique, ''Icy Hell Mirror Chambers.'' In the next moment, the three Aquafin lions who were after Mei were trapped in different icy chambers. Mei was initially juggling around them while attacking and dodging their attacks with her nimbleness and assassin mode, waiting for Yueha to finish her battle with the leader Aquafin Lion. But as those three were trapped, she immediately vanished and appeared before the leader Aquafin Lion, her dagger gleaming powerfully as she used one of her most powerful techniques, ''Blood Shadow Parry.'' Instantly, the powerful and deadly w attack of the lion was already releasing a frigid icy wave toward Yueha who just used her technique. Mei''s dagger shed against the iing attack and a loud ng sound echoed before her wrist broke and she shot back like a bullet towards the sky, right past Yueha. She immediately chugged a potion while stabilizing to heal her wrist as she seeded in parrying the attack despite losing the bout, giving Yueha enough time to execute her next technique. "Die," Yueha''s eyes shed with an icy gleam as a star-shaped icy crystal with indigo blue patterns shot on the Aquafin Lion''s head. *BOOM!* Its head was instantly frozen while patterns on the icy shone! This attack''s effect activated, initiating a shatter trigger. Once an attack hit the frozen head, the Ice would shatter powerfully, directing all of its energy to burst with a pure offensive attack into its head. Moreover, the frozen part would also get frostbite and affect the flesh, lowering the defense. ''Dark Shadow Clones.'' Mei arrived on time just a secondter, but there were five Meis instead of one, and all of them executed her most powerful offensive attack, Deathly ck Strike, their daggers shining with a ck sheen before striking the beast''s head as five shes crossed against each other on the frozen head. The shes on the ice burst with ck me while the ice also shattered with a bright glow and exploded. *BOOM!* Due to its head frozen with Yeuha''s powerful skill into which she poured half of her energy, and theirbined fatal attack, the lion''s head exploded with a gaping hole. Its brain was dead, but its vitality was still there. Yueha sent her spirit sword inside the head, powerfully gleaming as it tore through its internals before striking its core and killing itpletely. The duo recovered their Mana with a potion and focused on killing the remaining three Aquafin Lions. On the other hand, Rias and Roxen who were a couple of kilometers away were fighting with Legendary-rank monsters and soon finished their battle. Leaning against the tree, Rias smiled with satisfaction and wiped blood from her lips, "We''ve fought a lot and got a lot, Roxen." Roxen slumped on the ground as her chest heaved up and down with her breathing, a grin on her face, "We both will be able to reach the peak of Legendary-rank with these resources." "Then we just need to awaken our soul and we''ll reach Exceed-rank. I am ready for it," Rias chuckled. "Soul Break pill?" Roxen slightly tilted her head upward to look at Rias. "Yep. I''ll get you one as well." "I doubt that''s possible," Roxen wryly smiled. "Nobody can craft those pills anymore and your Empire had it saved for decades. How many are left anyway?" "There''s four pills left, and I''ll get you one as well," Rias snorted. "That''s final. You don''t need to worry about my brothers. They are not even working hard, so they don''t deserve it. I want to see who dares to stop me." "Only four and you want to give me one....fine, I''ll ept the offer since you are insisting," Roxen helplessly smiled and looked straight up before closing her eyes. "You two are done,dies?" Riki arrived there as his voice rang from above. Rias and Roxen saw him standing on a nearby tree branch. "Yes, sir," Rias smiled. "Thanks for the teaching," Roxen stood up and bowed. "I learned much." "Haha, sweat not," Riki sat down on the branch and leaned back. "Those two will be done soon, so let''s wait." Riki had gone into an underground cavern to explore it and had a good haul of Exceed-rank resources, both natural and monster-type as he killed a few Exceed-rank monsters as well. After a few minutes, Yueha and Mei also arrived there. "We are done with cats. It''s time to return." Rias stood up and nodded with a grin, "Thank you for apanying us. We gained a lot." "We also got what we wanted," Mei nodded. The five of them were together, but since Rias and Roxen were not powerful enough, Yueha, Mei, and Riki killed Exceed-rank monsters, while Rias and Roxen killed Legendary-rank monsters. There were no Primeval-rank monsters on the ind, but there were some who lived in the ocean and asionally arrived on the Ind to hunt other monsters like Aquafin Lions. They wanted to kill Primeval-rank monsters and get their organs, bones, and cores to craft pills. "Yeah, I finally want to rest now," Yueha stretched her arms forward after crossing her hands as popping sounds urred all over her body. "We spent five hours without realizing," Roxen chuckled. "You three rx. I''ll get us back to the base." She mmed her palm on the ground before a in Earth chariot made of y and big round wheels constructed before her. "I''ll do a solo hunt for a while," Riki said with a grin. "You all return first." "Alright." ... Half an hourter, they arrived back at the base. "Let''s see what Master is doing before resting," Yueha said and the group rolled towards the Colosseum. As soon they entered the Colosseum, a loud st echoed as they saw a glowing crimson-red neon orb with a ck void in the center exploding. "Arghh! Finally! Finally made one after five damn hours!" [Gachapi: congrattions, Master.] Aleron shouted while raising his hand upward that held a strange red gun with metallic ck feathers on its big fat barrel body while tentacles wiggled from its grip area, attached to Aleron''s wrist for the hold and looked as if it physicallybined with his hand, which actually it didbine with his flesh and bones. "What''s that, Ale?" Rias and others flew towards him, streaking across the empty colosseum. Aleron had long sent the ves away to work on mining the Arcane veins, while also sending Xorgs to help collect resources at various parts of the ind since they were powerful enough to kill monsters. "This? Hahaha, I don''t know where to begin," Aleron said with augh as he turned thedies and showed them the gun. "It looks alive," Roxen felt goosebumps looking at the gun and her eyes widened, "Is that eye? It just blinked!" Indeed, there was an eye that wandered around the gun''s body, looking ethereal and creepy, but as alive as possible. "I don''t sense Mana or spirit energy from it...it''s strange," Yueha raised brows, her eyes filling up with curiosity. Aleron grinned and waved his hand, using Magilore to create a ten-meter round metallic board with entric patterns before pointing his Geno Gear gun at it. Chapter 98: Live Your Life Master, Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (3) Chapter 98: Live Your Life Master, Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (3) ? "Because this weapon has nothing to with Magic," Aleron pressed a wiggly fat trigger that was attached to the gun. It pressed inside as the whole gun glowed and he felt drained of his stamina. But in the next second, the gun released a tiny palm-sized orb with a ck void in the middle, which struck the metallic board. Yueha and others saw that small orb instantly expanding before exploding in apact st, devouring the whole metallic board. "This gun consumes my Stamina. It is a product of a high realm in the Body Path...called Geno Gear," Aleron grinned. "As such, it scales with my physical stats." "If that''s the case, then this gun is quite powerful," Yueha''s eyes shone. "Your physical prowess is also boosted, Master." "Yeah, though that''s why I had struggled to craft Geno Gears," Aleron added with a wry smile. "This is the first one I crafted sessfully after five hours, haha." "Your physical aura..." Rias just noticed and was shocked. "It''s so high, but you are still Legendary-rank." Roxen was nk. ''Just how much crazy stuff and powers he has? High realm of body path, Geno gears...what the hell is even that?!'' "Stamina converting to such a powerful attack...," Mei''s eyes glittered. "It''s cool, master. I wonder if you can create melee weapons like that gun." "Hehe, I n to create all kinds of weapons for you all," Aleron grinned with an excited gleam in his eyes as he was filled up with ideas. "I want to craft Geno Gears in a way that can be empowered by magic, but this is gonna time and experiments." Everyone was genuinely amazed and bbergasted. "Anyway, I am super tired, so I want to sleep," Aleron put away the Geno Gear and stretched his arms and legs. "Yes, master. Let us rest after having afortable hot spring bath, what do you say?" Yueha smiled. "Perfect!" He had exhausted himself so much, both physically and mentally, and also spent all of his Geno Pulse and Geno Modes only to sessfully craft a single Geno Gear, which he named Red Void ster. It was made from two Genome Mods, Blood Void + Octoforce Drive. Although it was up to him to create the Geno Gear''s shape and work, he couldn''t just do it randomly or it would be a waste. After learning the Genome Mods'' information in the pond, it was up to him to create a Geno Gear that could ''utilize'' the Genome Mods'' powers and specialty to full. For instance, one of the main powers of Octoforce Drive was to condense stamina energy to an extreme and in apact area upon release while giving it explosive attributes. Blood Void''s effects alsoplemented it. As such, it was more suitable for projectile attacks, hence he chose to design a gun-based Geno Gear. He initially wasted two Genome Mods individually before he had a minor sess with the third Genome Mod as he managed to create a Shield-type Geno Gear. However, it was notpletely sessful as it broke apart after taking on one hit and activating its Geno Technique. But since he had minor sess with failure and had already spent four hours trying, he decided tobine Blood Void with Octoforce Drive and seeded after working for an hour on it, his previous failure paving the path topleting this Geno Gear, Red Void ster. [Red Void ster] Type: Attack/Pure Offense. Geno Gear Force: 3.8 Attack Power: User''s Stamina stat x 38. Cost: 10% of the user''s max stamina per shot. Geno Technique: -> Crimson Void st: Shoots a condensed bullet that triggers upon user''s will or when striking at something, expanding into a vtile orb releasing micro-level destructive power to annihte the target. ... Aleron, Yueha, Mei, Rias, and Roxen went to the nearby Hill which was transformed into a hot springs area by Odar who used ves, directing them with his orders while designing its infrastructure himself. "Master, you don''t have to bathe alone," Mei pouted. "What?" Aleron''s face flushed. "You can''t be serious." "Come on, young master Ale," Yueha grabbed Aleron from behind, locking her arms around him from behind. "Got you." Aleron wryly smiled as he nced at Rias and Roxen before disappearing from Yueha''s lock with teleport and appearing in front of the squad. "I get it, you two don''t mind, but not today." Yueha and Mei appeared disappointed, but they didn''t want to force it. On the other hand, Rias''s face was flushed and Roxen appeared awkward. "I-I don''t really mind," Rias''s cheeks painted red. "It''s just rxing in the hot spring together, right Roxen?" Roxen was startled. ''Why did you throw this at me?'' However, Aleron gently smiled at them and chuckled as he walked towards Yueha and Mei, "I know you two love me and I love you too, but haha, not today." After saying that, he disappeared, teleporting away to another hot spring pool. ''Gaah, I wasted such a good chance, but it''s not good...'' Aleron thought as he dived inside after removing his clothes. ''They are summons...they only feel for me, but don''t they also deserve freedom like others?'' Aleron thought but he couldn''t imagine Yueha, Mei, and Enorin with another man. ''I am being selfish? But...'' [Gachapi:e on, master. You are not being selfish.] ''Master! You deserve to get love from them all, and they want your love. It is as simple as that!'' Gachapi wanted to tell this to Aleron but refrained for now. [Gachapi: Master, you are attracted to them, right?] Aleron popped out his head from the water and leaned at the hot spring pond''s edge. "Of course I am...they are so beautiful." [Gachapi: Good. Now tell me, do you love them?] "I do," Aleron seriously nodded. "They can die for me and do everything for me. If not them, who do I love?" [Gachapi: Exactly. But you are a man and not just any man! You are a better man than any man they cane across in the future. Even to Rias as well. They are females, so they are also attracted to you, a man! They long for your love because you are awesome.] ] [Gachapi: If not you, then who do they fall for?] "That..." [Gachapi: Master, they wish for your love, but you are the only one who can decide who you want to love romantically. If you want to do that, then don''t hesitate. You want to live and enjoy your life, right? This is how people live. You couldn''t live as you wanted in your previous life, but that''s not the case anymore, my dear master.] Gachapi gave a big smile and added, [They are listening to their heart and seeking your love, so you should listen to your heart and follow it to live your life in this area too, not just to make the world better.] Aleron''s blushed face had a big smile blooming. "You are right, Gachapi. I will live my life and follow my heart." Aleron looked at Gachapi in his mind and grinned, "Thank you, Gachapi. If only you were physically here, I could hug you, haha." [Gachapi: That would be my greatest joy, master. It is possible, but only when the system reaches level 5.] Aleron was surprised andughed delightfully, "Then it is just a matter of time, Gachapi." Chapter 99: Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (4/4), Delightful Awakening Chapter 99: Power of Primordial Genome Whisperer (4/4), Delightful Awakening ? Aleron floated on the hot spring pool as he rxed and feltfortable with his exhaustion washing away. Soon, he involuntarily fell asleep and started snoring with a peaceful expression. On the other hand, Yueha, Mei, Rias, and Roxen finished bathing. "You two go ahead and sleep in a random room in the pce. There are plenty of empty rooms," Yueha said to the duo. "Alright, sleep is hitting me like a stone bull after this rxing hot spring," Roxen chuckled. "Yeah," Rias smiled and nodded. The duo left. "Master is still in the other hot spring pond," Mei said as she looked in a particr direction upward the hill. "Let''s go pick him up," Yeuha chuckled and flew up after weaving a in robe over her body using spirit energy. Mei did the same, weaving a shadow energy robe using her spirit energy, and followed. As they flew past the second hot spring''s wooden wall and decedent, they couldn''t help but smile seeing Aleron snoring while sleeping on the pond. "He must be very tired if he fell asleep like that," Yueha chuckled, "Let''s get him back to the room." "Master have a big worm below..." Mei''s eyes saw a bit of Aleron''s slick and straight erect penis popping out of the water and muttered. "Hahaha," Yueha arrived beside Aleron and flicked the dick gently. "The spirit water is making his blood flow throughout his body, including this area." "It''s cute," Mei said as she appeared across Yueha in the pond and poked it. "Master''s body looks so well-defined with lean muscles, very slick than before. I wonder what happened?" "It changed after he got that Geno something power," Yueha said as he waved her hand and covered Aleron in spirit energy. "Let''s take him to the room." Both of them vanished and soon arrived in the royal bedchamber of the pce. Yueha put Aleron on the bed and covered him with the nket before she thought of something and smiled, "Mei, I have an idea." ... As one gets powerful, the amount of sleep needed to fully recover also lowers and if one didn''t work or exhaust oneself, one could easily skip sleeping for days. Aleron''s biology had a big upgrade thanks to Primordial Genome Whispere''s source. He had a new energy source as well, the Genome Pulse, that his body generated. *Grr.....* But that also meant that he needed a higher consumption of energy to maintain his health. Aleron''s stomach made a faint grumbling sound as his eyes slowly fluttered open. He felt something soft pressing him from behind and his legs entangled with something. As his eyes finally saw light, he saw a light pink cherry a few centimeters away from him, making him confused. ''Wait, this is not a cherry...'' Aleron''s eyes widened. "Master-" He looked up and saw Yueha looking at him with a shy smile. "Y-You are not upset that we slept here, right?" Behind him was Mei, hugging him and sleeping soundly with her C-cup tender breasts pressing on him. ''I have decided,'' Aleron thought as he looked into Yueha''s eyes, which were full of affection for him. "I am not upset, Yue," Aleron gave a gentle smile, his hand moving a lock of hair away from her face before he neared her and nted his lips on hers. Yueha was pleasantly surprised at the kiss. "Master..." Aleron cheekily grinned. "I am not good with it because of no experience." Yeuha''s eyes turned slightly watery and she quickly neared Aleron before kissing him. "Me too, but we can get good with time, my dear master~" Aleron felt butterflies in his stomach while feeling a type of delight he never felt before. "This little dragon is hot and twitching, Master. I think you need some help," Yueha got up, her plump yet tender breasts slightly jiggling as she sat on his thighs. Aleron gulped as he moved andy straight on his back. Mei who was still sleeping adjusted in her sleep as her arm rested on Aleron''s shoulder while putting one of her legs on Aleron''s leg. "Master...cute dragon.." She muttered in her sleep. "Haha, the littless is dreaming about you," Yueha chuckled as she bent down and licked Aleron''s penis, while Aleron''s eyes involuntarily moved at her beautiful breasts with erect light pink cherries. Her figure was slender and slim with her long hair cascading around her shoulder, making her look so beautiful Aleron was star-struck for a moment before he snapped out with a vibration spreading throughout his body as Yueha put his penis in her mouth and gently started moving her head up and down. He could feel her tongue and lips giving the sensual feeling that made him feel pleasure like never before. "Yue...mhm-I..." Aleron subtly groaned due to pleasure and immediately burst out a load of semen in her mouth as Yueha got up with a chuckle, "Wow, master. This is unique..." Yueha felt strange powers in the semen and gulped it down as her body glowed. Aleron was also surprised, "What happened?" "It strengthened my innate physique''s overall power," Yueha was startled upon checking what had happened. "Not significant boost, but your semen did empower it. It could be because of your new bio-structure, master." Aleron looked at his hand before his eyes shed faint blue as he looked through it in micro- levels. ''Primordial Genome Whispere changed my body...or rather, evolved its foundation.'' *Grr....* His stomach rumbled loudly this time. Yeuha smiled and got up, "Let''s go and eat something, master." "Yep, super hungry right now," Aleron nodded as he got up as well. Mei''s eyes slowly opened and then she abruptly got up like a cat while rubbing her eyes, "Master..." "We are going to eat, you want toe?" Yueha asked as she dressed herself in a in kimono-type robe made of spirit energy. "We also need new clothes, let''s get some tailor to make them for us. There should be some in the necropolis," Aleron said as he walked towards the mirror before his expression was dumbfounded. "Is this me?!" Yueha hugged him from behind while smiling, "Indeed, master. You look handsome and hot from top to bottom." "Mhmm," Aleron''s eyes shone as he nodded, "Primordial Genome Whispere is awesome, haha. Oh yeah, that reminded me, I have a present for everyone." "Present?" Mei tilted her head, curious. She was still naked and just got off the bed. Unlike Yueha, she was petite with c-cup perky breasts and when Aleron looked at her, he couldn''t help but get hard again, not to mention Yueha''s breasts pressing him from behind. Mei blinked as her eyes shifted towards his erging penis. "I have superb presents for everyone, hahaha," Aleronughed and saw Mei''s eyes somewhere else before his face slightly turned red. Mei''s figure vanished as she appeared before Aleron in a kneeling position, her eyes curious as she nudged it with her hand, "Master, what is this big worm? I don''t have it." "Ayo, Mei, you didn''t get information about this?" Yueha wryly smiled. ''No wonder she was so curious about it and called it the way it looked, hahaha.'' "Umm...this, cough, this is called a penis," Aleron said with slight awkwardness. After all, Yueha, Mei, Hua, Fang, and others who were summoned from the Eastern Fantasy banner were not people like Darzax, Enorin, Riki, and Arran''tel who had lived a life and had died at some point in the past before being summoned by Aleron. Yueha, Mei, and others were pure new existences with predetermined broken memories that only served to define their cultivation prowess. Yueha had knowledge about biology from her broken memories given by the Gacha system, but Mei had none about it despite being over eighteen years old. "Mei, I will give you a teaching ss about itter," Yueha chuckled and said, "but for now, let''s go and eat. Master is hungry." "Ok." "Let''s eat first and then gather everyone for the presents I am about to present," Aleron grinned. The three of them went to the dining hall before the royal chef brought dishes one by one for them to eat. "Rias and Roxen are still sleeping, eh? Let them then," Aleron said before picking up a Tier-3 Sandwich and taking a bite. "Yummy." "Master, try this." "Oh, it looks spicy, I love it." The trio ate contently and Aleron devoured food like a hungry lion who hadn''t eaten for days, devouring tes after tes of various food dishes. Due to constant monster hunting every day, there was enough stock for high-quality meat of monsters at Legendary rank and above, giving Aleron plenty of energy as he started feeling energized. Chapter 100: Power Boons As Presents (1) Chapter 100: Power Boons As Presents (1) ? During the past five hours, all of Aleron''s subordinates broke through one by one. Darzax was already near the peak of Exceed-rank, with his Magic and Mana already at peak. So after absorbing the essence of a Primeval-rank monster to increase his physical stats, he reached the peak. Since he already had secret knowledge about souls and how to affect them with his Necromancy and Death knowledge, he readily awakened his soul and broke through Primeval rank. Enorin absorbed a Primeval-rank monster''s core and SSS-rank magic stones before she also broke through to Primeval-rank, posing no difficulty in triggering her soul awakening after meditating for three hours. She had a Divine-rank bloodline, which was a peak rank of bloodline one could have in the lower cosmos. Her bloodline''s anomaly attribute-Animus Luminator, had the power of a mixed path of Soul and Magic. It was also the main reason she could seal Akuma despite the power gap since this anomaly attributeplemented her Holy-element attribute. Fang and Hua had a different method of powering up due to their power system being different, reaching the peak stats of Exceed-rank (Spirit Core stage) by using resources and SSS-rank magic stones. Instead of mana, they absorbed spirit energy from the magic stones andpleted their Nascent Soul Formation, sessfully breaking through to the Spirit Lord stage like Yueha and Mei, which was equal to Primeval rank. All of them were still meditating even after the breakthrough to stabilize their surge of power. But they suddenly heard Aleron''s voice in their heads, telling them to gather atop the pce terrace if they had finished the breakthrough. -- Everyone soon gathered at the terrace and stood before Aleron, surprised at their master''s refined appearance. Aleron then proceeded to tell them about Bloodline orbs and Job ss runes he had, while also showing them his Job ss, Primordial Genome Whisperer, listing them in a screen he created using Magilore in front of them. "Hua and Enorin already have Bloodlines, so you two look at the Job ss and pick what you like." "As for the rest of you pick whatever you like after reading the descriptions as you''ll have the general idea about them," Aleron grinned and took out the Bloodline orb of Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers as it flew towards Yueha, "This is the best Bloodline out of all, but it shall go to Yueha because this is more suitable for females, and it willplement her greatly." Yueha was surprised before her eyes glittered with delight. "Thank you so much, master!" Yueha giddily grabbed the Bloodline orb. "Divine rank Bloodline," Enorin blinked and smiled, "It''s very powerful. Congrattions, sister Yueha." Yueha nodded, a reeling smile on her face as she eagerly used the Bloodline orb. *Swoosh!* Everyone was suddenly pushed away slightly with a powerful aura that burst out of Yueha. They quickly enacted their barriers to resist it. Meanwhile, Yueha''s eyes glowed powerfully with an intense golden-icy aura while other hues of golden orange with ck res burst around her body. It wasn''t long before she was starting to turn into a cocoon as the mystical aura of the Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers weaved around her. "This is something else, alright," Riki was amazed. "Life, Death, me, and Ice," Fang spoke as his eyes glinted. "There''s something more powerful as well." Darzax faintly smiled. "It will certainly make Miss Yueha very powerful. The additional attribute I sense is making my death soul tremble with some kind of symphony, so I suppose it''s rted to the soul path." "Anomy attributes have unique powers from multiple paths," Enorin said. "Hers is rted to all three paths, Body, Magic, and Soul. Among Divine-rank Bloodlines, ones with anomaly attribute of all three paths are considered peak." "Yep," Aleorn grinned and said with a nod, "this anomaly attribute is called Emporio Vers. I don''t know what it does, but we''ll find out once Yue is done awakening this Bloodline." "Hahaha, my Bloodline is not at Divine rank, but I will make it there eventually," Hua said with a gustough. "Now, I have looked at the Job sses and decided what I want, boss." "Say." "Cerulean Warden." "That one at Primary-rank, eh? What''s the reason to choose it?" Aleron curiously asked. "Primary rank is the lowest rank as Master exined, so I thought a power freak like you would choose one of those four," Riki chuckled. "I am a power freak, brother Riki," Hua grinned and looked at Cerulean Warden on the screen, "After reading its description, I feel like I can utilize it well and beyond. Moreover, didn''t Master say that we can evolve our Job ss to higher ranks? Haha, then I shall do just that." Hua thumped his chest with a big grin and added, "A power cultivated at a higher and new realm with my own efforts appeals to me much and gives me joy." "I can rte to that even though I already got so much quickly without much effort," Aleron wryly smiled. [Gachapi: What do you mean without much effort, Master?! You''ve done plenty in your short previous life and aftering here! Please don''t say that and know that nobody is more worthy of the Gacha System than you.] Aleron couldn''t help but feel gratifying. ''Alright, Gachapi. I will not say it again.'' "I don''t have such a heat as Brother Hua but don''t think you can surpass us that easily," Fang chuckled and bowed at Aleron, "I would like to have Chaos Choreographer. It seems toplement my specialty as an Array Master. My forte is mainly Assault array, but I shall expand my arsenal of power as I will certainly aim to be the best Array Master under heaven and wholeheartedly work for you, my lord." "And you say you don''t have such a heat," Mei tly said, making everyoneugh. "Haha, the choice is good. I thought of you when I saw that job ss," Aleron grinned and took out the runes of Cerulean Warden and Chaos Choreographer before they flew toward Hua and Fang. Both of them thanked Aleron before using the Job ss runes. They sat down cross-legged and started absorbing the new knowledge and new power birthed in them via the runes. Chapter 101: Power Boons As Presents (2) Chapter 101: Power Boons As Presents (2) ? "I have chosen a Bloodline, my lord," Darzax said as his eyes focused on one of the Exceed- rank Bloodlines. "It is Ember Obsidian Zashilisk." "Good choice," Enorin nodded. "It has Death attribute, Metal attribute, and Cinder attribute." "Perfect indeed," Aleron grinned and gave him the Bloodline orb. He then looked at Mei before asking, "What about you, Mei?" Out of nine Bloodlines, two were Exceed rank one of which Darzax chose, two were Primeval rank, and the remaining were Legendary rank bloodlines. Mei had read all the descriptions and there was only one choice for her. "Thorn Serpent Shadowspine," Mei said as she looked at the screen. "It is the most suitable." "Mhmm, it''s only Legendary-rank, but is indeed most suitable for you out of others," Aleron chuckled and nodded as he gave the Bloodline orb to her. "Thank you, master," Mei said with a natural charming smile behind her mask and used the bloodline orb. She was enveloped in a cocoon after a few seconds like Yueha and Darzax. "Riki, your turn to choose a Bloodline," Aleron grinned. "Yes, Boss," Riki chuckled as he looked at the screen with a glint in his eyes, "I am interested in that Primeval-rank bloodline, Tempest Ryugen Stormscale." "My attributes don''t match with any of the remaining Bloodlines, so I shall develop a new arsenal of powers with this, though it does sound like I cancent my sword path with this Bloodline and create a new sword style," Riki grinned, his eyes showing anticipation and thrill. Riki''s mastery was mainly on the self-developed Arcane sybuses for his sword path while he learned Death and Shadow after turning into undead by Darzax. Riki''s main path was unorthodox and required extraordinary talent to reach the high realm, which why was Darzax always praised Riki''sbat power. But such a path would actually have a massive boost in Ascendent-rank lifeform because, in that stage, one could develop Concept powers. Once Rikiprehended Sword Concept and other concepts for his path, he would have a powerful boost. "Yep, this Bloodline has Storm, Metal, and Lightning sybus of powers as I see, so you can indeed delve into it for your sword path," Aleron nodded and took out the bloodline orb before giving it to Riki. Soon, Riki also turned into a stormy blue metallic scaly cocoon cracking with lightning and thunder wisps whirling around it. "Your turn, Eno." Aleron cheekily grinned before saying, "Choose your Job ss." Enorin faintly smiled and gave a short bow before saying, "I would like to have Dawnbreak Warrior job ss, Master." "Primary-rank, Dawnbreak Warrior," Aleron looked at the screen and nodded with a smile, "Alright. You are a warrior, and it seems suitable." "I will develop it to the highest rank," Enorin said with resolve in her eyes. ''It seems Enorin also hates to lose, haha.'' "Here," Aleron gave her the job ss rune and she sat down cross-legged before using it, awakening its power source and gaining its knowledge. Everyone finished choosing their initial boon, but round two was still left for Yueha, Mei, Fang, Darzax, and Riki. Fang and Hua opened their eyes as they finished awakening their Job ss. "Wonderful, boss!" Hua said with a powerful glint in his eyes. "The job ss is amazing. I even got a new source of power and energy called Battle Aura." "Indeed," Fang''s eyes shone as an ethereal ck brush with white hair appeared in his hand, "Chaos Choreographer has just opened new horizons in front of me, my lord. The new source of power and its energy source, Artist Ink, has unlimited prospects." "These job sses are indeed cool and powerful," Aleron grinned. "Haha, they are powers of higher cosmos, after all. Now then, Fang, you should also choose your Bloodline." "What are you gonna choose, brother?" Hua asked with a grin. "I am tempted to choose Crystal Kraken Prismalith as it is a Primeval-rank bloodline, but my guts are pointing at Lunar Golemzol Mercuarius," Fang wryly smiled and shook his head. "I would like to believe my instincts and shall choose the Legendary-rank Bloodline." "Alright, as you wish," Aleron lightlyughed and took out the bloodline orb of Lunar Golemzol Mercuarius as it flew toward Fang. Using it immediately, Fang was soon wrapped up in a moonlit earthen cocoon with entric mercury patterns. "Hua, you are done, so go and enjoy exploring your new powers and develop yourself," Aleron said with a grin. "I''m sure you are raring to do that." "Indeed, just what I wish to do right now," Hua smiled and bowed, "Call me whenever you need me, boss. Haha, don''t mistakenly use your powers on anyone outside for your warlord title. Leave all bothersome tasks to us." Aleron smiled and nodded, "I''ll be relying on you all." "And we shall work hard for that," Huaughed. "See youter, boss." He flew up with a pair of dragon wings bursting behind him and swiftly vanished like a gust of wind in the north direction of the ind. "Mhmm, I can''t use my powers in Ardentia world, but I can use it in that Combat Lord VRMMO and in secret realms," Aleron muttered as a grin formed on his face as he was going to have much funter. But he suddenly remembered about Elysia Gothwing and clenched his fists, "She said she will only observe, but...she may have already made a move." From what the natives believed and what Rias told him about Goddess Elysia, it was she who brought peace to the Lightdusk continent by driving away demons back to the Demonic Continent and sealing it. ''She will definitely remove the seal and all hell will break loose. I have to prevent the total disaster that would follow.'' He also felt like visiting the Demonic continent to see what was going on there and to know things better. Why was there a need for war? He wanted to know that and stop the war from happening altogether if possible. Soon, Enorin was done awakening her ss as well and left after Aleron told her to enjoy and explore her new job ss. Yueha, Mei, Darzax, Riki, and Fang were in Bloodline awakening cocoon, and it would take around half an hour for them to finish the awakening, so Aleron decided to check up on his other summons and flew away. ''They''ve been unceasingly training ever since I summoned them three days ago, so they must have gotten a lot more powerful, haha. Next time a major location of the secret realm is found, I should send them to explore it.'' Chapter 102: Power Boons As Present (3), Visiting the Rest Chapter 102: Power Boons As Present (3), Visiting the Rest ? Aleron went to the Beastfolk vige and saw Ruan teaching a few Beastfolk kids and several adults about the cultivation in the vige square. [Ruan Gioh, the Deadly Illusion] Ruan looked like she was in herte teens with cute hair buns and a lively personality, but her power was quite the opposite of that as she had expertise in deadly illusion due to her cultivation method and techniques. "Master!" Ruan excitedly stood up to see Aleron after a long time and rushed towards him. "Hi, Ruan," Aleron smiled and nodded. "Good work there. And I see you also broke through to Exceed-rank." "Yes," Ruan said with a big grin. "Master, I want to spend some time with you and adventure. Of course, I can wait if you are busy, but I want to help you too because I broke through." "Yep," Aleron chuckled and patted her head, "Don''t worry, the time wille soon, and I will spend more time here for a while as we will go to a secret ceter." The beastfolks also arrived and bowed towards Aleron, "Lord Ale." "Lord Ale, please don''t hesitate to tell us if there''s any work. You are our savior and we won''t just umte this grace from you without return," a middle-aged man beastfolk said with determination. "My daughter is well and alive thanks to you, and no longer in despair. Even if I have to die, I willy down my life for you." "Haha, worry not. Just focus on getting stronger and enjoy here. I will tell you if I need you all." Aleron and Ruan walked towards another part of the vige where Lee Yin Sun was havingbat practice with some Beastfolks, teaching them martial arts and cultivation techniques. [Lee Yin Sun, the Destructive Sr Staff] "Master Ale," Lee cupped his fist and bowed. The beastfolks also followed. "At ease," Aleron nodded at him and the beastfolks with a smile. "I am just looking around and checking up on everyone. It seems that things are progressing just fine." Lee smiled and said, "To do our best for you is our sole purpose, Master Ale. We had a breakthrough thanks to abundant resources and magic stones. You only need to call us for action next, haha." "I will do that soon," Aleron grinned. Suddenly, Aleron saw a sparkling green cloud bursting high above before a shout echoed and neared them as a figure shot trailed down from it. "Master Ale, I''ve seeded!" Aleron looked at the middle-aged man with a ck beard and wearing an alchemist robe as hended nearby. [Yorin Kexua, the Nature''s Alchemist.] "Master Ale, I''ve seeded in crafting the Exceed-rank pills after breaking through to Exceed-rank," Yorin said with a big smile. "Now we can increase our stats. Brother Darzax told me to focus on the stat-increasing pills, so I''ve been working on it.'' ''Ayo, I forgot we had an alchemist,'' Aleron wryly smiled. ''Good job, Dax.'' "Good job, Yorin," Aleron grinned and patted his shoulder, "don''t over-exert yourself and use resources as much as you like to improve your craft." Yorin nodded before replying. "We have abundant SSS-rank magic stones with high-quality spirit energy, and nock of resources, Master Ale. I shall hand you over Exceed-rank pills to increase stats to maximum by tomorrow night for sure." Ruan and Lee were envious of Yorin being helpful to Aleron already. The trio walked with Aleron towards another part of the vige where other Beastfolks were learning magic from two Death Lords and had just finished a session and had drained themselves in practice. Aleron briefly talked with them and let them rest before the four of them flew away from the vige. They visited the nearest Arcane Vein where the other three cultivators were training. Ying Zuo, the Chaotic Martial Weapon. Liang Fenghuang, the Melodious Swan Songstress. Jiang Wu Wei, the Thundering Warlord. All of them had achieved a breakthrough to Exceed-rank as well, though a dayter than Ruan, Lee, and Yorin because they were in early-stage of Legendary rank (Xiantian stage) while Ruan, Lee, and Yorin were median-stage and higher, with Yorin being atte-stage of Legendary-rank. Ying was a man in his twenties with an innate talent to wield and quickly learn all kinds of weapons, and his cultivation method and techniques greatlyplimented that. He was hot- headed and had an enthusiastic personality. Liang Fenguang was ady in her thirties with long curly dark blue hair, with her main weapon being a guqin and expertise in music and sound field as rted to her cultivation method and techniques. Jiang Wu Wei was the oldest as he looked in his fifties with long wild indigo hair and a thin beard. His robust body stature matched that of Hua''s. After talking with them for a bit, he also found out that the ves were not being very useful in the Arcane Veins. Zombies only got mental exhaustion and not physical exhaustion due to their powerful racial endurance, allowing them to work more. The ves were humans and struggling, but since they were suffering, Aleron let them be and told the diligent zombies to rx and enjoy time to time while working. "Got it? You all don''t need to work too much," Aleron grinned, "A good bnce of work and enjoyment is best for life." "Hahaha, well said, Lord Ale." ''Indeed, lord Ale. But worry not, we only work till evening and enjoy the rest of the time with family in the city." "Lord Ale, thank you for looking out for us, haha. You are telling us to rx, but please don''t hesitate to increase workload if you are in need ofrge amounts of magic stones." Aleron smiled and shook his head, "We are getting steady amounts, so don''t fret about it. Just work and enjoy as usual." - Aleron spent several minutes with Ruan, Lee, Yorin, Ying, Liang, and Jiang as he talked about recent happenings and also told them about the scuffle with the Goddess and Cosmic Ascension Competition. The six of them were even more fired up as they knew that their strength would be needed sooner orter after hearing that and their Master was telling them that so they could work hard and get stronger. "The seven of us will be going to a secret ceter," Aleron said with a grin, "Once we finish exploring it, I will give you all a Bloodline and a Job ss." "For now, I want a sparring partner, so who is up for it?" "Me!" Ying said with an eager grin and fiery eyes, "Master, I just broke through so I want to consolidate my strength too." "In that case, I would also like to join," Liang said with a smile as she took out herrge guqin as it floated before her. "I had just finished my consolidation, but I could join as well if you do not mind, my lord," old man Jiang said as he cupped his fist. Ruan looked at Aleron with puppy eyes, "Master~" Lee coughed and wryly smiled, "Me too..." "Hehe, I am not like that, Master. I shall work hard to create pills, so I shall take my leave," Yorin said with a cheeky smile. "Hahaha," Aleronughed and said as he nodded, "Alright. Yorin, you can do your stuff and concoct the pills." "As for you five,e at me. I will take you all on," Aleron grinned. Chapter 103: Power Boons As Present (4/4), Departing Chapter 103: Power Boons As Present (4/4), Departing ? "Master, you...." Ruan helplessly smiled as she slumped on the ground andy t. "I can''t anymore." "One more round, Master," Ying said while gritting his teeth as he conjured a pair of gauntlets and smacked them as a metallic re burst from them and he shot towards Aleron. Aleron grinned and calmly side-stepped at micro-movement management while his hand deflected the iing attack perfectly. Jiang roared before he jumped and smashed down with his fist with a giant lightning hammer The conjured above it. Aleron swiftly did a sweep kick on Ying''s right deflecting his attack before pushing him up and smashing a palm on his chest as he directly flew toward Jiang. Meanwhile, Lee arrived with a burning dragon kick towards Aleron aftering out from a crater he was shot into. *Tringgg....* Liang used her Guqin and added her waves of attack to disrupt Aleron''s senses and interfere with his body''s wavelength to disrupt coordination, but Aleron wasn''t affected even if he didn''t actively try to resist it. *Boom!* Ying and Jiang''s attack crashed into each other, but Aleron''s eyes shed as he saved Ying by creating a Magilore coating around him or he would have been seriously injured. "Master Ale, yourbat sense is terrifying," Liang wryly smiled. "It''s crazy!" Ruan cried out. "You were hit by us several times at first, but then it''s like you suddenly go so much better." "It''s thanks to my job ss, Primordial Genome Whisperer," Aleonughed and said, "I wasn''t this good before and I did improve just now while sparring with you five. My physical body is coordinating in an unbelievable way. Fast and precise." He waved his hand, putting all five of them in a healing bubble using Magilore, and added, "Recover and rest before doing your own things. I will contact you allter." "Okie, master," Ruan said with a grin. "Thank you for the sparring." The others also thanked as Aleron smilingly nodded and left. Just as he arrived on the terrace, Yueha''s bloodline cocoon broke as it started turning into motes and vanishing. Yueha emerged with an aura far more powerful than before, her stats boosted with the Bloodline''s passive status bonus, and she also appeared even more beautiful than she was before. "Master," Yueha brightly smiled and arrived before Aleron in the blink of an eye before wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him, "Thank you so much." Aleron smiled as he held her waist and pulled her close, causing Yueha''s eyes to brighten at his proactive move. "You look mesmerizing." Yueha blushed and buried her face on Aleron''s shoulder with a hug, "Hehe, thank you for praise." *Crak...* Yeuha walked to Aleron''s side and saw other cocoons crackling as Darzax, Riki, and Mei emerged with their bloodline sessfully awakening. Fang was still in the cocoon as he waste to the Bloodline. "Alright, it''s time to choose your job ss now," Aleron said as he showed them the list of the remaining job sses again. After half a minute, everyone had decided on what they wanted and made their choices. Yueha and Mei didn''t choose any as none were suitable for her. Aleron was going to summon more Job sses because these boons were absolutely awesome and powerful, so they would pickter. Riki wanted Zontheos Mechanic. It was a Special-order job ss, just below Supreme-order and Unique-order. Since it involved esoteric knowledge of unique craftsmanship, including weapons, he wanted to explore new paths for his swordsmanship with it. Not to mention, his new Bloodline gave him quite the prospects in terms of new powers. As for Darzax, he was most suitable to take on the most powerful Job ss avable in the list, Mystic Glyph Sage-the only Unique-order job ss. Once everyone was finally done with this, Aleron sent them to explore their job sses and bloodline powers. This ind was already too weak for them, so they decided to explore other nearby inds while fighting monsters in them. ording to the map constantly filling up by Insanguis the Anglerfish, who was roaming around the waters through the realm and charting the sea and ind ways alike, the base ind where their necropolis was situated had fifteen big and small inds in the surroundings within a 1000-kilometer radius. Yueha and others went to different inds to explore individually. Shortly after that, Rias and Roxen also woke up. Aleron met up with them and left the Eldertide Archipgo as they arrived back in the city. "Rias, we are not staying here longer," Aleron said with a thoughtful expression. "We have to hurry towards the Lightdust Academy. I wanted to take my time, but Goddess Elysia won''t give me that luxury." Rias sighed, "So she will really do that...if so, then let''s hurry." "I don''t want to believe it, but I have no other choice but to believe," Roxen weakly smiled and nodded at Aleron, "let us depart." Aleron had already created a portal above the city, created the super defensive formation, and stationed the Xorg Guardians. He was done with this city that housed one of the highest poptions of humans as it was now under his domain. But to be a warlord, he needed the support of 70% of the ''poption'' of the whole Ardentia world! That didn''t just include humans, but also demons of the Demonic continent and Beastfolks of the Northern Star Continent. ''One step at a time. Once I finish absorbing all knowledge in Lightdusk academy, I''ll contact Arran''tel to see how it is going in the Northen star continent while I should go to the Demonic continent next.'' Inside the fast-moving carriage that was flying instead of wheeling due to Aleron''s conjuring wings for it, Aleron appeared in deep thought. Roxen was having fun flying the carriage outside while Rias was silent inside the carriage, just looking at Aleron who looked thoughtful. After a few minutes, Rias finally asked, "Ale, what are you thinking?" "I am looking at the 1500 kilometers around us," Aleron said with a grin while his eyes remained zed with blue light and in focus. "I am stationing the Xorg guardians at viges and towns, while also marking the people with red and ck marks so the Xorgs can capture them." Since his Monitor Dome had spread to 1500 kilometers, he could teleport anywhere within this range. As such, he was sending out Xorgs. ording to the rules, he couldn''t directly harm or affect people, but his Xorgs were different! Even though he couldn''t punish the people, he could order others to do it. Moreover, the demons could invade anytime, so if he stationed Xorgs at all viges and towns, they could be safe because his Xorgs had stats above Exceed-rank. For smaller viges, he stationed a single Xorg. For medium-sized viges, he stationed two Xorgs. For big viges, he stationed three Xorgs. For towns, he stationed four to ten Xorgs depending on the town''s size. "People are panicking, but it can''t be helped," Aleron sighed. "I have to station Xorgs on the continent as fast as possible." "Mhmm...I will not disturb you," Rias said as she bit her lips seeing Aleron''s eyes constantly shing and appearing zed as his mind was fully focused on work. ''He is working too hard. I want to help...'' Chapter 104: Sinister Presence In Academy, Changes Chapter 104: Sinister Presence In Academy, Changes ? The wings Aleron conjured for the carriage were fast. Despite the distance of a thousand kilometers, the journey would end in three hours. During these hours, Aleron was constantly working and stationing the Xorgs while marking people for Xorgs to contain them. He didn''t have time to expand on that right now, but he wouldter send subordinates. After three hours, the carriage finally arrived in the Central Lightdusk region of the continent and Rias called out softly, "Aleron, we are here." Aleron nodded while his eyes constantly shed as he was finishing up thest few of the ces on his radar. All in all, he stationed Xorgs in over a thousand viges and three hundred towns on the way! He was only left with around forty-two Xorgs! [Gachapi: Master, I had already started creating the serums since we departed, so we can make more.] ''Good.'' Aleron finally stopped his operations as his eyes returned to normal. However, he had vertical dizziness immediately. Just as his head was about to be tiled down on the sofa, Risa''s thigh appeared there and cushioned it as sat beside him. "Take some rest," Rias smiled and caressed his head with soothing medium cool mana. "You are working too hard." Aleron mind was getting dizzy and he really wanted to close his eyes and rest, so he let out a small "Mhmm" and quickly fell asleep. The carriage flew towards the Lightdusk Academy steadily as the floating guards who had winged-horse mounts let them pass through after seeing Roxen. Roxen meant that Princess Rias was here and as a top student of the academy with favor from the principal, Rias''s influence was strong here. Away from the Empire, she had built her fame andwork here. Of course, in front of power, all of it was merely dust and she perfectly knew that. But in this world popted and run by the weak, she could make some gears move here. Roxen directly parked the carriage in Rias''s private courtyard in the vast academy''s most private and magic-rich area only given to the top 10 students of the academy. Meanwhile, at the most luxurious courtyard known as Star Shattert two kilometers away, Inside a closed aesthetic wooden blue pavilion, a handsome man sat cross-legged in meditation wearing a in loose robe at the center of the room facing arge open window showing a small nted forest of bamboo and other nts. The young man looked mature and muscled with a thin beard, but he was 22 years old. As footsteps rang nearby, his eyes slowly opened. "Draven, she is back," said the possessor of the footsteps, appearing in his early twenties with short green hair and a thin body frame but a powerful legendary aura. Draven calmly got up and nodded, but his eyes were sharp and fairly cold, "Let''s go." "You''re really gonna make a move in the secret realm?" Draven shot a nce at the green-haired boy, "Neel. Shut your mouth or I''ll forever shut it." Neel wryly smiled, "My bad." The duo left the pavilion with walking haste as their figures blurred and soon arrived at Rias''s courtyard. However, in Draven''s body lurked something sinister. In the depth of his eyes shed a dark violet glint while a raspy thick voice echoed in his head. ''You just want to control a woman, right?'' ''Do that, and I''ll help you,'' Draven replied to the voice. ''You better hold your promise or I will fill your mind with despair and regret. My brother is dead and I don''t sense the demonic continent''s seal anymore. If you want to survive the uing turbulence, you can''t afford to piss me off.'' Draven''s expression slightly darkened before returning to normal. ''I know. Give me her, and I will give you the Divine y Heart of my n. Once I give you that, you must also hold the second part of your promise.'' ''I already told you, your n will be under protection even if the war starts. Demons obey me even if they don''t know me. Because we have the power to control them forcefully due to racial hierarchy.'' "What brings you here, young master Draven?" Roxen raised her eyebrows as she got off the carriage. Draven and Neel walked toward the carriage while Roxen opened the door and looked at Rias, "We have guests." Rias frowned. "Where is Rias?" Draven asked as he arrived at the carriage and looked inside. However, his pupils shrank immediately upon seeing a young man of simr age sleeping on her thighs. ''It seems the woman you want already has someone, bwahahaha. Though it wouldn''t matter with me here.'' "Keep your voice down," Rias created a barrier around Aleron''s head with her hand gently on Aleron''s forehead. She cidly looked at Draven outside the carriage through the door and replied in a light voice containing a firm tone. "Cometer if you want to talk. I am busy right now." Draven greatly held back his fists from clenching as he didn''t want to show anything on the surface. The voice inside himughed and spoke, ''I can control her right now if you want to, but that could be risky for you, haha.'' Draven didn''t heed the voice in his head. "Alright," he indifferently nodded at Rias and turned around as his figure vanished. "Umm..." Neel didn''t know what to say and just awkwardly looked at Roxen for a second before following Draven. As they arrived at their courtyard, Neel quickly said, "Draven, is he her candidate?" "Doesn''t matter," Draven replied before he sat back in the pavilion and closed his eyes. "Keep an eye on their movement. She will find out about the new changes in the secret realm opening soon." "Alright," Neel nodded before he left, his mind filled with thoughts. ''Draven seems a bit changed. Why does he want to make such a big move on Rias suddenly?'' Neel remembered Rias and the tone along with that young man and felt tumultuous in his heart, ''it felt like she cared greatly for that guy. Maybe the Star Flower of the academy is no longer single.'' Chapter 105: Riass Heart, Kaditas Shock Chapter 105: Rias''s Heart, Kadita''s Shock ? In all kinds of tests, includingbat, Rias had ranked first past two years and kept the first rank in her generational ss while keeping 2nd rank overall. The first rank was a final year student, Draven Oborus, the heir of the Oborus n, which was one of the big five powers, ruling one of the five major cities of the continent-Belford City. A powerful Exceed-rank powerhouse who was 22 years old, a prodigy rivaling Rias. Everyone on the campus felt that if Rias fell for someone, it would only be Draven. It was also a politically good move for the Empire to marry Rias and Draven as there were rumors that such talk had happened. Naturally, the rumor had the basis of truth as some talk had indeed urred, but while Draven was more than happy with this arrangement, Rias had t-out rejected it six months ago in private. Of course, if she wasn''t the powerful princess she was with the highest purity of Longinus Bloodline in the Longinus Empire, she wouldn''t have options. If her brothers were superior, she would''ve been surely turned into a political pawn to establish a rtionship between the Longinus Empire and the Orobus n. Fortunately, she was the sole hope of the Empire and the strongest future asset. Unfortunately, Draven still had the desire to get her and would stoop to terrible low to remedy his ego and fulfill his desire, especially since he stumbled upon an entity that he felt he could use as a strong asset after finding out the uing events from it. The first thing was that the secret realm of Azure Shard Moon would open in just five days instead of nine months. That was the best ce for him to make a move on Rias. This was announced just this morning and Rias would know it soon as well. ... "Wee back,ss." Inside the Longinus Light Courtyard belonging to Rias, she put Aleron on thefortable bed before a figure appeared nearby with a faint space ripple. It was the principle Kadita of the academy, the one who wanted to kill Akuma-possessed Aleron. Looking at sleeping Aleron, Kadita couldn''t help but sigh, "I can''t believe he survived Akuma''s possession and also caused that much rumble in Nailzim city. Is he really The Punisher?" "He didn''t just survive. He defeated the Akuma," Rias smiled as she lovingly looked at Aleron," And he is indeed the Punisher, but I have a better title for him." "What?" Kadita raised her eyebrows. "Prince charming," Rias cheekily grinned. Kadita rolled her eyes, "Lass, you look like a fool in love." "All the time I spent with him was nothing less than a wonder, Master," Rias said with a smile. "And I don''t want to imagine my world without him, so I will be apanying him with my life. That''s what I''ve decided." "Are you serious? What about your Empire?" Kadita was speechless. Rias apologetically smiled, "I''m sorry, Master. I want to tell you something, but I won''t break his trust. All I can tell you is to please trust me and listen to me because raging waves will descend on our continent soon and change everything." "And our best option is to rely on Aleron and support him," Rias''s expression had turned serious and resolved at the end as she intently looked at Kadita. "Don''t be surprised that I agree with her, headmaster," Roxen entered the room and said with a wry smile. "The fear you saw merely through the mirage crystal might not impress you given the hidden cards I assume the church and academy have, but..." "I can''t reveal anything but know that all trump cards are invalid against young master Aleron," Roxen said with a serious expression. "For the uing tumultuous waves, only he can be our umbre." "No, not just ours," Rias sighed as she sat beside Aleron and caressed his head. "He wants to be an umbre for this whole world from the bottom of his heart because he feels he has the power of it and that''s where he finds one of his joys....my heart has hopelessly settled on a prince charming such as him." Kadita dazedly looked at Roxen, who just gave her a faint smile in response and said, "Headmaster, he has no poison in his heart for others, and wears his heart on his sleeves, except for those that thrive on spreading poison and for them, he turns a devil who brings his hell on them." "Quite literally," Roxen added. "That I saw..." Kadita weakly smiled and looked at Rias before sighing, "But to be honest, I never thought I would see you fall for someone like this. From wanting to head the empire as an Empress, you are now ass in love who wants to follow her man." "Things aside from him are starting to feel meaningless, I just want to help and support him, who does so much for others," Rias smiled. "I want to bring more joy in his life while supporting him." "Support...who?" Aleron groggily opened his eyes and got up, rubbing his temples. "I feel good now, though I''ll have to turn off Monitor Dome for a bit." [Gachapi: You, master, you! You missed such a good confession!] ''Eh? What do you mean?'' Aleron was confused. Rias''s face slightly flushed but she quicklyposed herself and said, "Haha, supporting you of course. See, Headmaster Kadita is here as you wanted, so we can go to the library here." Turning to Kadita, Rias said with a grin, "Master, take us to the grand library please." Kadita helplessly smiled before she turned to Aleron, "Well then, Young master Ale, shall we go?" Aleronughed and nodded, "Alright, I am excited now. I want to absorb new knowledge fast. Thank you." Kadita hadplicated emotions for a second before she sighed and said, "I am sorry that I tried to kill you, Aleron. But knowing you, I think you can understand why that was the most logical and important decision after your battle with that Akuma." "However, Rias firmly believed you would seed and she was right." Aleron chuckled as he walked towards her and stretched his hands, "I can understand. Akuma''s power of possession is trouble and so are their skills. One Akuma can bring massive disaster if not dealt with fast." "So, just tell me to the library and all magic knowledge you have, we''ll call it even," Aleron grinned. Kadita was surprised before she sighed again, but this time with amazement and admiration as she shook her hands with Aleron, "That''s a deal, young master Ale. Let me take you there right away." Chapter 106: Lightdusk Academy Library Chapter 106: Lightdusk Academy Library ? "What? Azure Moon Shard will open in five days?" Rias was shocked. "Indeed," Kadita nodded with a wry smile. "The Goddess Church notified me just before a minute they wanted me to make an announcement." "Goddess Elysia also began the Call of Heroes as all heroes from all over the continent wille here to enter the Grand Rado Labyrinth which will open after ten days," Kadita said. "From these movements, it does feel like something big is going to happen soon." "Secret realm in five days andbyrinth after ten days..." Aleron muttered. ''Will the demons begin pouring in by that time?'' ''I need to contact Arran''tel and find out what''s happening there as well.'' Rias grabbed Aleron''s hand and said firmly, "Ale, I can help as well. Don''t hesitate to give me a task." "I won''t hesitate, haha. First, I need to spar and fight for a bit toplete the consolidation of my surge of power through pills. I''ll finish the books fast and then we can do that." "Alright, we can do that," Rias smiled before she turned to Kadita, "Master, I have some resources, so can you please make two Exceed-rank stat boost pill sets for all stats?" "Alright." "And one more thing please," Rias chuckled and said, "I want to teleport back to Longinus Empire for a bit, so I would need a teleport formation." "Why do you want to return?" Aleron curiously asked. "To get something?" "Yep," Rias grinned. "It''s a valuable and limited treasure, though it''s not useful to you because you''ve already awakened your soul." Kadita remembered something as her eyebrows jumped, "Are you talking about Soul Break pills?" "Exactly." "Soul Break Pills?" Aleron felt confused at the pill''s name. Roxen nodded and answered, "It''s a super valuable pill for those breaking through to Exceed- rank. Usually, one only awakens their soul when they are breaking through to Primeval-rank, but eating a Soul Break pill after reaching peak Legendary rank can do wonders. First, breaking through to Exceed-rank was guaranteed upon taking this pill, but there was also a half chance to awaken one''s soul early! It was called Soul Break because it would break the soul of a cocoon and cause atent soul awakening. Soul potency would be lower than generally gained when breaking through to Primeval rank, but this was still ultra beneficial. Aleron had awakened his soul early as well, so he knew how much useful the Soul Path was. ... After Kadita gave the ess card to Aleron, he, Rias, and Roxen arrived in the grandest library on the Lightdusk continent and Aleron''s eyes sparkled at the amount of magic books he saw inside. "Senior Rias, you''ve returned?" "I heard you know the Punisher of Nailzim city, Princess Rias. I am really curious about him." Two junior girls eighteen years old rushed towards Rias with excitement while also holding curiosity towards Aleron. "Who is handsome gentlemen? Never seen him here before," one of the maroon ponytail girls asked as she smiled at them. "Could it be your partner in the secret realm trial?!" Aleron had changed his face slightly because the news of Punisher and his acts in Nailzim city had spread to all major cities by now and many could recognize him, which he didn''t want for now and wanted to focus on his task at hand. "I am Ash Darts," Aleron cooked up a random name of two words that came up in his mind and smiled. "Nice to meet you." "Hello, senior Ash, hehe. Since you are chosen by Princess Rias, you must be very powerful." "Very much," Roxen chuckled. "Eh, but it can''t be more than senior Draven," the other girl with blond curly hair said with a lightugh. "I heard senior Drav-" "We are a bit busy, you two birds. We shall talkter," Rias interrupted them with a smile. "Actually, I need this library empty," Aleron muttered as he suddenly floated up before his voice echoed, "Hello everyone, attention please." Over ten people were present on this floor and more on the above floors, all of them looked at Aleron who floated at the 2nd-floor height. "Sorry for disturbing you all, but could you all please leave the library? Of course, I willpassionate you with ten SSS-grade magic stones to each of you. What do you say?" "What?!" "Ten SSS-grade magic stones? Are you insane? Give me and I will note here for ten days!" "Show us first, humph." Aleron waved his hand and created a small pile of SSS-grade magic stones at the entrance of the Library before he smiled and said, "Please exit and grab 10 magic stones from here." Right after he spoke, Rias''s voice echoed, cold and sharp, "Don''t take extra or you won''t have a hand to grab anythingter." Those who didn''t know and on the upper floor immediately knew that Star Flower had returned. "It''s Princess Rias." "Who is he then?" "Must be her partner for the secret realm trial." "Free SSS-grade magic stones banzai. Thank you so much, unknown mister." Aleron chuckled, "You''re wee." Rias and Roxen only dryly smiled as they saw people leaving while grabbing ten SSS-grade magic stones from the pile. After everyone left, Aleron''s eyes shed as he finally used Monitor Dome after the short break, but he didn''t use much and only covered the library. In the next second, magic-rted books started leaving the shelves quickly. In just a few seconds, Aleron was surrounded by a storm of books as he floated in the hall''s center of the library. Magilore strings shot out of his body before attaching the books one by one as Aleron started absorbing the knowledge. "Ain''t this cheating?" Roxen''s face fell with a helpless expression. Rias chuckled, "He is an extraordinarily fast learner." "Thought I would take a look, but wasn''t expecting this," Kadita arrived with a speechless expression. Since she had a mastery of the Space sybus, she would often teleport to various sses and ces out of nowhere, pleasantly or unpleasantly surprising people. "Can he learn arcane sybus from magic books like this?" Kadita asked in doubt. "He is not learning, he is eating those books and digesting them like eating food," Roxen answered with a speechless expression. "Well, but there''s no doubt about whether he understands or not." "Indeed, he does gainplete knowledge like that," Rias added with a chuckle. Kadita''s jaw dropped at their confirmation. Chapter 107: In the Northern Star Continent, Arran Abyssal Chapter 107: In the Northern Star Continent, Arran Abyssal ? It took Aleron one hour to absorb all the knowledge of magic books despite using this extraordinary method to absorb the knowledge of multiple books at once. These books were an umtion of refined arcane knowledge gathered over centuries, and since Aleron was able toprehend all the knowledge, his ability to design skills and the speed to design would increase drastically. Fortunately, Primordial Genome Whispere had also developed his brain in a better way, and since his physical stats had increased by 500%, he didn''t feel much strain digesting arge amount of knowledge concurrently due to the higher agility of his brain. This was also why he could maintain a 1500-kilometer radius Monitor Dome while also working to mark people and teleport Xorgs for over three hours straight. "Alright, I''m finally done," Aleron grinned and descended while thest book returned to its shelf. Roxen, Rias, and Aleron left the library and arrived at the lively area of the academy-the academy town. It had various magic andbat activities for students, a student market for the stuff they collect from exploring the Labyrinth, and a ce to show off for the strong. However, Aleron, Rias, and Roxen were only here to rx and rest as per Aleron''s request. He wanted to eat something new and also contact Arran''tel to learn things about the Northern Star continent. As such, the trio went to a rtively peaceful cafe situated in a big fat tree trunk that was 20 meters in radius and designed cutely yet aesthetically. ... Northern Star Continent. This humongous continentrger than Lightdusk Continent was ruled by only three big forces. -Beast Empire-Beast Emperor Ragha -Beast Sanctuary House Beast Head Alyesia. -Monster Paradise Guild - Monster Head Nerathi. These three factions ruled the entire continent and its billions of poption, but there was one major problem. Resources. The beastfolks were superior races who could turn from the beast form into a humanoid form, but for a normal monster to do that, it had to reach Ascension rank lifeform or trigger transformation by sheer innate talent and innate intelligence in Primeval-rank or Exceed- rank lifeform, but this was super rare. Once upon a time when this Ardentia world thrived with abundant resources and produced Ascension-rank powerhouses, those powerful Beastfolk had made families everywhere and created lots of ns. That was why the number of Beastfolks peaked at 10 billion. However, it has been in a steady decline since then after Ascension-rank Beastfolks left the world or died while the resources gradually dried. At the moment, the number of Beastfolks is only 3 billion. Of course, the normal-form beasts and monsters were still abundant, and Beastfolks had a mutual or master-servant rtionship with them. Some beastfolks had pets and mounts, while others had contracts, but only with powerful beasts of Exceed-rank and above. Five hundred years ago, Beast Emperor Ragha''s father invaded the Lightdusk continent for resources and to continue the Beastfolk poption as it was declining. Humans were best partners because a child birthed from a Beastfolk and a human was of a mixed race but not much different looking, so they didn''t mind it, unlike Humans. Of course, the Beast Emperor of that time didn''te peacefully as he had other intentions, aside from mixing with humans to increase Beastfolks. He wanted to acquire resources as well and ess a secret ce sealed by Goddess that he had heard about that could help him to break through to Ascension rank. Unfortunately, they were driven back by humans at that time, but due to the presence of powerful monsters in the ocean and ocean control in their hands, humans couldn''t cross the seas. In the present times, the three most powerful Beastfolks, who were heads of three major factions, were stuck at the peak of Primeval rank with no way of breaking through to half-step Ascension rank due to ack of resources. And now, there was a new monster powerhouse who had been making waves in the continent for the past three days-Arran Abyssal. Indeed, he was none other than Arran''tel. After Arran''tel gathered some information in the first few days by staying in the dark, he decided to incorporate himself into the beast world and became part of the Monster Paradise Guild. He wasn''t a beastfolk, but he was a humanoid monster nheless, and quite powerful at that as he was near the peak of Primeval rank with a powerful Bloodline. Beast Paradise Guild, headquarters mansion. Arran''tel sat cross-legged atop a huge boulder in the backyard of the mansion, but not alone. On hisp was an otherworldly beautiful snake woman, his tongue slithering into Arran''tel''s mouth as they had been kissing for the past few minutes. Her snake tale was wrapped around Arran while Arran''s beard-tentacles massaged her face and extended till her juicy massive breasts. Indeed, the snake woman was none other than Monster Head Nerathi, the leader of the Monster Paradise Guild. Suddenly, Arran''tel felt something and stopped as he slightly pushed her back. "What happened, darling?" Nerathi asked with her arms around Arran''s neck as her tongue hissed out and licked his cheeks. "Something urgent came up, wait until I am finished with it," Arran''tel said with a smile before he kissed her. [Arran''tel: Master, I am here.] [Aleron: Arran, how have you been there? Did you get the needed information?] [Arran''tel: Haha, I am doing very well. As for the information, I have learned everything of importance regarding this continent thanks to a solid connection I made here.] The duo talked in the soul channel via their master-servant soul-bound contract and Arran''tel proceeded to tell Aleron about everything. The more Aleron listened, the more he was dumbfounded, especially the part where Arran''tel became a beast partner of Monster Paradise Guild''s head. There was conflict between Monster Paradise Guild and Beast Empire, and Arran''tel also had conflicts with Beast Empire as he killed some of their Exceed-rank beast lords and a Primeval-rank beast lord as they found his trace due to Rotchistar Leviathan that he captured in the Starlit ocean. In the end, he arrived at Monster Paradise Guild''s territory, and met up with Nerathi who was attracted to him and also his power as he sessfully established his identity here. [Aleron: do you love her or faking it?] [Arran''tel: If you tell me to kill her in her sleep or poison her right now, I will obey your order, but I won''t deny my feelings for her.] [Aleron: Sigh, I would never order you to do something like that. I want toe there and see that part of the world for myself to see what I can do, but the current urgency is Demonic continent.] [Arran''tel: What shall I do here now, my lord?] [Aleron: Be with them and enjoy. But If they are thinking of going to war or something, then immediately contact me.] [Arran''tel: Understood, my lord. I will do my best to make my position and fame higher here so that I can use my influence for your ns.] [Aleron: Haha, that''s good to hear. Enjoy.] ... "Damn," Aleronughed as he finished talking with Arran''tel. "What happened?" Rias curiously asked. "One of my subordinates made a good position for himself in the Northern Star continent," Aleron grinned. "This gives me some leeway to work in that areater." Standing up, Aleron smiled and said to Rias and Roxen, "I have nothing more to do here, so I''ll be going for my next task. Do you want toe with me?" "Yes," Rias grinned and immediately agreed. "Don''t you want to know where I am going?" Aleron wryly asked. "Where?" Roxen asked as she raised her eyebrows and had a bad feeling all of a sudden. "Demonic Continent." Chapter 108: Riass Wish, Onwards To Demonic Continent Chapter 108: Rias''s Wish, Onwards To Demonic Continent ? "Demonic Continent?!" Roxen eximed. "Why do you want to go there?" Rias was taken aback, but she just smiled and nodded, "You must have a purpose, Ale. I want to apany you." "What about the Azure Moon Shard secret realm?" Roxen frowned. "Will you be back after four days?" "Well, I am going to take a look at the continent and demons," Aleron smiled. "As for returning, yeah. I am going to set up a teleport ring here that will connect to a teleport ring I will create in my secret realm. Returning would take a second, haha." "Ah, yeah. That''s easy for you," Roxen weakly smiled as she remembered the Portal House in the necropolis and how easy it was for Aleron to create portals. "Mhmm, so where do I create it?" Aleron rubbed his chin as he looked up. "I also want to clean this area like Nailzim city. People are suffering and getting ignored by the powerful here as well. I''m sure I''ll see red and ck marks after activating my Monitor Dome." "That..." Roxen gulped. "But there''s one problem now," Aleron sighed and added, "I won''t be able to punish people or attack someone directly. Moreover, there should be powerhouses here, so I can only do this once Yueha, Dax, and others are ready. I can use Xorgs, but..." Rias stood up and said, "Then do you want to do it after we return from the Demonic continent?" "Yeah, I''ll do that," Aleron nodded. "For now, let me quickly make a teleport ring in your courtyard." "Mhmm, that will be best. Nobody will enter there without my permission," Rias smiled. Aleron removed the transparent barrier around them used to prevent people or Elysia''s eye from listening to them and left. After creating a teleport ring in Rias''s courtyard, inside a packed room so as to not let others discover it, the trio got on the carriage as it flew in the Northeast direction. "ording to the map, the Demonic continent is in a far northeast direction, with a huge mountain range and a raging vast river connecting to the southern ocean separating both continents," Rias said as she took out a map from her storage pouch and showed it to Aleron. "I''ll increase the speed of the carriage," Aleron said as he snapped his finger and empowered the wings attached to the carriage. Roxen, who was controlling the carriage''s direction, was startled at the sudden increase of speed but got used to it pretty fast and resumed the fun as she tore through the clouds and moved towards the demonic continent. Inside the carriage, Aleron thought of something and said, "Rias, I am going inside for a few minutes. Will be back after a bit." "Alright," Rias nodded with a grin. "Come back soon~" Aleron went inside Eldertide Archipgo and called back five thousand ves from various Arcane Veins. To speed up their movement, he told some Death Lords patrolling around the mines for workers'' safe to bring them to the Colosseum as fast as possible. After five minutes, everyone had arrived. The ves who gathered were only confused at first, but not after some spections flew around among them on their way here. "Don''t tell me it''s our turn now?" "Fuck...no, no. I don''t want to turn into those monsters." Aleron didn''t waste his breath and waved his hand, injecting each ve with the Xorg Serum that Gachapi had created. Gachapi was creating serums on their way to the academy, and also when Aleron was absorbing the knowledge, so there was enough to turn 5000 ves into Xorgs. Aleron didn''t n to see their transformation after he injected them with the serum. "Hey, look after them, and inform me if something weird happens," Aleron said to a Death Lord while he sent other Death Lords back to patrolling. Afterward, he left and returned to the carriage. "Rias, let''s sit outside," Aleron grinned. "So I can see the world and also resume the work in a rxed way." Rias''s eyebrows furrowed, "Work? Do you want to do the same thing you did when we came here? You were so tired and looked exhausted, can''t you take a bit of rest?" Aleron chuckled and felt happy to see her concerned for him, "It''s fine. I''ve rested enough since then. I also didn''t use it in Academy City and nearby general area of this region because I wanted to prioritize protecting small viges and towns." ''I will do that once Yueha and others are ready,'' Aleron internally nodded. ''Better to be prepared fully if I want to make a move in this most powerful area of this continent.'' Rias was surprised and helplessly shook her head as she got up and sat beside him before smiling and grabbing his hand, "I want to help you share the burden a bit, so find a way. As a magic genius, I''m sure you can think of something, right?" "Eh..." Aleron scratched his head and fell into thought, "Hmmm, I got an idea." In the next second, both of them vanished and appeared on the roof of the fast-moving carriage. Aleron created a barrier to prevent wind and atmosphere from hitting them, while also creating a big beanbag below them. "Woah, this isfortable," Rias eximed as she squirmed on thefortable beanbag. "Haha, yeah. I also made it semi-liquidy and slightly cold for morefort," Aleron grinned. Rias moved around and suddenly fell towards Aleron, burying his face in her breasts when she was adjusting, "Aah.." "S-Sorry," Rias blushed as she quickly stood up. ''\u.u/ I screwed up.'' "Sweat not, haha. It''s fine," Aleron said with augh while having a slight nosebleed. Rias wore a casual ck-indigo blue embroidered dress and it wasn''t very revealing, with only a bit of her cleavage visible, but since her breasts were big and she didn''t like them tight, her garment was thin and flexible enhanced with magic, which meant they were pressed significantly on Aleron''s face. "Your nose," Rias was startled. "Oh...that''s just a minor reaction," Aleron said before adding with a grin. "I would say it felt good rather than hurt, haha. Don''t worry." Aleron then used Monitor Dome and activated it in a 2000-kilometer radius area. ''Mhmm, this is good. I don''t feel constant strain even if I expand it this much.'' Meanwhile, Rias was blushing and wanted to make a move upon hearing what Aleron said. Both of them had their arms touching while theyfortably sat on the beanbag beside each other, so Rias leaned towards Aleron more, causing his arm to slightly squeeze into her breasts, "so what method did you find to share the work with me, Ale?" Aleron nced to the side to see his right arm squeezed into her bosom, ''Hers must be as big as Yueha''s...'' Rias noticed his gaze and giddily smiled as she whispered in his ears, "Do you want to feel them? I don''t mind if it''s you, young master Ale~" Aleron''s face flushed, ''Are you serious?'' "But I have a condition," Rias said as her expression turned serious. "What?" Aleron curiously asked. "Only if you allow me to help you so you don''t strain yourself too much like before," Rias smiled and said with concernced in her voice, "You don''t know, but you looked in bad shape last time you did this." Aleron felt warm and grinned, "I''ve already nned it." In the next second, Rias saw a big map with an abundance of white and yellow marks mixed with some red and ck marks as Aleron projected the map in her mind using soul force. "This....wow, you covered such a big area," Rias was shocked. "I can still see the academy area''s outskirts even though we are moving so fast." "We have no time to waste, so I''ll quickly finish setting up Map Teleport Channel. This is something I thought of just now, so all you have to do is tap on a vige or town to send an Xorg Guardian there. Send more than one depending on the size." Aleron quickly exined to Rias how many Xorgs she needed to send ording to area size before the duo soon began working. The new Xorgs started disappearing from the Colosseum one by one as they appeared in various viges and towns. ''Aleron, if you are working hard for others'' happiness, then I will work hard for your happiness,'' Rias thought. ''I hope you will allow me to love you. When I say this to your face, will you kiss me lovingly?'' Rias was feeling butterflies in her stomach while working and sending Xorgs. ''I should focus on this first, haha.'' Meanwhile, Aleron continued to maintain the Monitor Dome and scan the area to produce those marks ording to people while the carriage moved. With him stationing Xorgs Guardians at every possible popted ce and protecting them, he was bound to get people''s support for his Warlord title. As this n aligned with his wish to end suffering and see people happy, it was perfect. ... Unknown secret realm, Goddess Pce... "Going to the Demonic Continent, eh?" Elysia snickered. "Well then, get ready to see the hell they''ve created there, brat." "Goddess, are you perhaps enjoying his endeavors?" Yuzu asked and nodded before adding, "I am curious about what he will do regarding the Demonic Continent." "My seal is removed, so the one who was aiming to get the demons there will make a move soon," Elysia said with a smile. "If Aleron thinks he is a hero, then he is going to meet a true viin soon." Chapter 109: Xorgs Impact, Rias to Aleron (1) Chapter 109: Xorgs Impact, Rias to Aleron (1) ? Razam Vige. It was a small vige with around one thousand poption. As it was around seven-thirty a.m. early in the morning, the vigers had woken up and were working in fields and chores at their small patches ofnd around the vige within several kilometers. But suddenly, a strange humanoid monster with spiked balls instead of arms, and covered in dark blue metallic skin with fiery red patterns appeared in their vige. People were shocked and scared due to the monster''s appearance, and their fear increased as the Xorg broke into four houses, including the vige chief''s house, and brought out four people. The Xorg imprisoned those four people in a metallic cage it created and just stood there without moving. Out of those four people, two were middle-aged men, one was a middle-aged woman, andstly, there was a man looking in his mid-twenties. The vigers quickly gathered due to thismotion. The vigers rted to those four people were especially worried and seeing that Xorg didn''t do anything more, they pleaded to release them. "They are sinners in Lord Ale''s court. Impossible to be released until he passes down his judgment," Xorg tly replied as per ordered by Aleron to handle the situation with some protocols and rules in mind that Aleron had ordered to all Xorgs. The vigers were not aware of Lord Ale, but that didn''t stop those four families from pleading. However, a girl in her early twenties wearing a in farmer robe suddenly shouted angrily with tears in her eyes while pointing at the prison, "He is a sinner!" She was pointing at the young man who was the son of the vige chief. While holding back her tears, she shakily said, "H-He was the one who killed my friend Sherina after r-raping her. She wasn''t killed by a beast in the forest, but this beast in human skin! He also did that to me, but...*sniff* but he threatened to kill my little brother and family." Everyone was shocked. As someone who was poor and had littlend, the girl''s family was weak and the vige chief''s son could easily suppress them and kill them while making it look like a monster incident to the rest of the vige. Having no other choice, she was oppressed by him. "Bull shit! I didn''t do anything," the vige chief''s son shouted angrily!" This bitch is lying!" "You..." the girl''s breath turned uneven and her anger increased, "You are bitch! You are a monster!" As if another person got the courage, a young boy in his middle teenage years tremblingly revealed a shocking thing as he pointed at the middle-aged woman, who was one of the teachers at the small vige school. She has been sexually abusing the young boy for thest three months! Naturally, he wasn''t the first victim of hers. As someone who could use magic and had high status, the teachers in the vige were only next to the vige chief and his retainers. The remaining two cases were of murders and household abuses and they also soon emerged through the victims. Those four could get away with their crimes because they were powerful and authoritative, while the victims werepletely opposite and trapped by them in fear for their and their family''s lives. The victims had no one to rely on so they could not reveal the truth and get justice in this vige. But that was no longer the case. "I will be here to maintain order in this vige and protect this vige from demons and monsters alike," the Xorg spoke as per Aleron''s protocols to reassure the poption. "This is Lord Ale''s order and that is why I am here." Everyone didn''t know much, but they understood that they didn''t need to fear this strange humanoid monster. "Thank you," the first girl said, clear relief filling her eyes as she felt as if she had been released from hell and reborn. ... The type of incident that happened in Razam Vige was happening in every vige and town where Xorgs appeared. In any popted ce, the number of evil was always less than good. However, evil survives and thrives by taking advantage of good and suppressing them because of power. They loom over their prey as the herd continues herding. But it only takes someone good more powerful than evil in an area to suppress and contain evil. This was precisely the flow of development happening all over where the Xorgs appeared. ... After three hours, the carriage entered the wilderness area in the far northeast where no people lived. After crossing this wilderness, they would cross the mountains and the vast raging river area before finally arriving at the corner of the Demonic Continent. The seal had been removed, so the raging river was no longer actively containing the demons with Elysia''s Powers. It was only a matter of time before the demons began invading, because the situation there wasn''t good as well. With the poption no longering in the radar ahead, and Xorgs sent out to thest of the viges and towns, Aleron and Rias finally finished the work. "Finally done," Rias said as she snuggled towards Aleron, resting her head on his shoulder while Aleron''s arm went below her neck and arrived at her other side. "Yep," Aleron grinned, feeling good as he finished all the work and also seeing some feedback from the viges and town. Then his cheeks puffed as he added, "There are many nasty people if we count all who are captured. I''ll put them in my hell once we return. Until then, they will stay imprisoned and barely fed to stay alive." ck marks would be Xorgs, while Red marks would go into hell. Rias caressed Aleron''s chest and said softly, "You''ve worked hard, Aleron. It''s time for you to get some rest, while I fulfill my promise." Aleron''s eyes went diagonally towards Rias as he saw her loving eyes looking at him, her cheeks slightly red before his gaze went below towards her ample bosom. He gulped and asked, "What promise?" Of course, he knew that. But he still asked. Chapter 110: Rias to Aleron (2/2), Love Drop Chapter 110: Rias to Aleron (2/2), Love Drop ? "Naughty," Rias giggled and despite feeling shy, she didn''t want to let it get in the way of making Aleron happy. She grabbed Aleron''s right hand that was at her back with her right hand and put it over her breast. Aleron involuntarily pressed as his fingers dug inside the soft and flexible fabric and felt the plumpness and tenderness of her breast, while causing Rias to issue a tiny moan as her cheeks blushed hard. "Amazing..." Aleron muttered and looked at Rias''s face, only to feel his face flush at her reaction. Rias trembled slightly as she felt ecstasy with Aleron''s touch, her heart racing faster and faster as she was just too happy. "Ale..." Rias''s eyes turned watery with all the heat and feeling surface, not to mention the ecstasy of getting touched by someone she wholeheartedly sought to love and also get loved. It was unlike anything to be in his presence and embrace. ''She clearly loves me and I...I want to love her too,'' Aleron thought as he felt more and more drawn to her. "Rias-" Rias immediately interrupted Aleron by kissing him before saying, "Let me say something first." Her eyes teared out due to the blissful experience she just had, but she firmly looked at Aleron with a heated face and eyes burning with resolve, "Aleron...At first, I admired you." "Then I got to know you, then I got to know your big and kind heart." "Then I started making your ce in my heart." "And then I couldn''t stop wanting to make my ce in your heart." Rias bit her lips and continued with resolve in her eyes, "And now, all I wish is to wholeheartedly support you in your endeavors, and spend my life with you." "Your heart is too big, Ale. But I still want to make a special ce for myself in it." "Because I love you, and my love for you is just increasing so much I can''t help it anymore," Rias pressed on Aleron''s hand that was on her breast as her heartbeats raced faster, "My heart has never beat this fast before...and now it only wants to beat for you. Whatever you do, whatever grand goals you make, I want to be there with you and help you achieve them." "So will you ept my heart?" Rias finished, her hand on Aleron''s hand squeezed harder while her heart felt as if thousands of horses were racing on it. Aleron was overwhelmed as his face turned a shade redder and his heart beat faster, feeling a kind of joy he had never felt before. Hearing those passionate words with those eyes, he was moved by her and felt overflowing love from her. "Rias, I..." Aleron didn''t know what to say except for those three words, butpared to her words that poured out of her heart, his feltcking. As such, he didn''t say anything and pulled Rias over him before hugging her tightly as their racing hearts fell against each other along with the heat of love they produced. ''I am already getting addicted to his touch....'' Rias''s mind was in chaos as she felt ecstasy washing over her with this tight hug from Aleron. And in the next moment, she heard hushed yet sincere words of Aleron entering her heart, making her heart climax. "I want you, Rias. I want your support and love, and I want to love you too." Rias''s eyes zed with a blissful glow in them as she squeezed tighter in the hug. "I feel like I fulfilled my life''s mission after hearing that," Rias let out a delightful giggle and sat up on Aleron''s chest before looking at him lovingly, her beautiful bouncy white-ish purple hair moved back and knotted into a pony-tail with her magic as she wanted Aleron to see her clearly. "So darling~ now that you''ve finished work, I think you should have some rewards," Rias said with a cool and collected smile with a hint of pink on her cheeks. In the next second, the upper part of her dress vanished, revealing two beautiful twin peaks with bright pink cherries on them. Aleron''s little worm was already stiff due to Rias''s passionate confession, but now it started throbbing, with her sitting near her crotch and revealing her big and juicy breasts. But Aleron didn''t act reserved anymore. He dashingly smiled and grabbed both of her twin peaks with his hands before squeezing them, causing Rias to issue a startled moan as her face flushed while feeling electric pleasure flowing through her. "Uuuww...I-I am feeling too good and scratchy down there," Rias blushingly smacked her lips as she squirmed on Aleron''s lower stomach area while her buttocks moved around, making Aleron''s boner harder and harder. Aleron stupidly grinned as he fondled her breasts and got up as well, adjusting the beanbag as he sat straight with Rias right across him, shortly before his lips on hers. Both of them were new to kissing, but that didn''t stop them from continuing, Aleron''s left hand was at her waist as he held her towards him, while his right hand was gently fondling her right breast, even ying with her nipple as she asionally trembled. After a minute, Rias stopped as she took a heavy breath with saliva sticking on her lips, "Aleron...I..." Her eyes appeared slightly drooping and looking drunk, but she was drunk in love at the moment. "I am too wet and itchy...never felt this before," Rias said with flushed red. "Oho, then I shall help," Aleron said with a loving chuckle and snapped his finger before their position was changed with his instant space disposition. He also reced the beanbag with afortable bed as Rias fell on her back abruptly, her twin peaks jiggling while Aleron sat above her legs before slowly spreading them out. "Cough...I am new to this, so guide me to the spot, please," Aleron said with a slightly red face after a cough. "Cutie pie," Rias chuckled upon seeing Aleron''s expression as her garments also vanished. "You take off your clothes too. It''s unfair if it''s only me." "As you wish, mdy," Aleron grinned as his in casual white t-shirt and pants vanished in the next second. Rias''s eyes shone before she blinked as if she confirmed, "You look godly, Ale." Aleron grinned. "You look like a goddess, haha." Aleron leaned forward and without hesitation put her left breast in his mouth, her erect pink nipple immediately getting targeted by his tongue as he licked it while his mouth and lips squeezed onto her big yet tender melon, making Rias moan as she felt blitz of pleasure coursing through her. The itch and wetness in herher region increased even more. "A-Ale...." Rias murmured before she grabbed Aleron''s left hand that was idly pressing on the bed near her head and led it towards her crotch area. Aleron let her guide his hand before he soon found the wet hole with his finger thanks to Rias and entered his finger inside. "Nghmm~" Rias moaned slightly loudly and due to Aleron sucking her breast at the same time, she could hold not a secondter and gushed out from below. "Aaanhh..." Rias''s body twitched and trembled along with her juicy breasts, and seeing her like that caused Aleron''s penis to have a raging boner that was throbbing and raring for some action. "You came..." Aleron sat straight to look at herher part, causing Rias to blush harder after she climaxed and her juice sprayed out, with much of it sshing on Aleron''s chest, stomach, and dick. She covered half of her face with her hands, too shy to look while she still twitched a bit due to the pleasure she felt for the first time, and sprayed her juice. "Sorry, I-I couldn''t help it..." Aleronughed and leaned forward, which also caused his penis to rub on her crotch, causing Rias to twitch again. He removed her hand and kissed her, before soon drowning in half a minute kiss session as Rias calmed down. Suddenly, they were covered in white mist with faint lightning particles crackling as the carriage moved through the clouds, but the barrier around them kept them unaffected. Both of them were startled at first before they burst outughing. "It''s my turn my, darling~" Rias grinned and got up before pushing Aleron down on the bed and bending her knees as she sat between Aleron''s legs, her face just an inch away from his throbbing meat-rod. "Yes, my little dragon is raring to spew some thick juice," Aleron grinned. Rias chuckled and gently grabbed it with her hand before licking its tips with her tongue and grinning at Aleron, "Leave it to me, my lord." "I move it up and down while sucking, right?" Rias asked as she tilted her head. "Mhm, mhm," Aleron nodded twice while smiling from ear to ear, already feeling good with her hand wrapping around it. "Then...thanks for the food," Rias said before she opened her mouth and put it inside, pressing it with her lips and using her tongue as she started moving her mouth up and down along with her hand. Aleron released a loud breath as he rxed on the bed, and his eyes were soon attracted to her twin peaks that moved to and fro while she gave the blowjob. "I-I can''t..." Aleron closed his eyes as his heady on the bed. Meanwhile, Rias felt minor internal movement and continued. ''I should increase speed. Maybe he will feel better.'' Aleron was trying to hold back a bit longer, but the sudden increase of speed and pleasure he got burst his dam as he poured his load, directly filling Rias''s mouth. Chapter 111: Entering the Demonic Continent Chapter 111: Entering the Demonic Continent ? *Gulp* Rias gulped down the burst of semen before feeling hot and cold all over the body, "This..." Aleron remembered how Yueha''s innate physique was upgraded after she absorbed his semen, so he quickly spoke, "Don''t worry, Rias. After I got Primordial Genome Whisperer, my body has fundamentally evolved and houses a new power source, so this is going to be helpful to you." Rias was surprised and then smiled as she leaned forward before shey beside Aleron, a head above him as her breastsy beside his face while her right hand caressed his chest, "It''s upgrading my bloodline. I feel a bit of pain, so can you help by making me feel good?" Aleron opened his mouth and sucked her breast into his mouth before grinning, "like this?" "Mhmm~" *Slurrpp* "Ahaha, that tickles." ... After one minute, Rias fell asleep with her bloodline patterns appearing all over her body. Aleron scanned her body and found out that his semen''s new innate properties after he awakened Primordian Geome Whisperer could trigger the upgrade and evolution of any biological thing or powers rted to the body path. Yueha didn''t have a bloodline when she swallowed Aleron''s semen, so it upgraded her innate physique¡ªDivine Frostveil Physique. Meanwhile, Rias had Bloodline, so his semen was upgrading it. Aleron also decided to take a nap, right beside Rias''s soft twin peaks as he hugged her and his dick also rested at her crotch area. However, since it was getting stiff due to this skinship even though he just poured the load, he decided to busy himself. ''I have recovered much of Genome Pulse,'' Aleron checked his Genome Pulse pool and grinned, ''I should go and capture Geno Mods.'' Aleron''s consciousness arrived in the realm of genomes and he began the same process of destroying Living Genomes that were constantly produced bybining with each other to acquire Geno Mods. Some Living Genomes would attack him, while some would aimlessly wonder or assimte other Living Genomes. Their powers were rted to the number of Genomes they''vebined into, turning into exotic and absurd lifeforms the more theybined. Aleron had also encountered some Living Genomes that gave him a certain helpless feeling. It was as if he wouldn''t be able to destroy them even if he spent all of his Genome Pulse in one attack. He steered away from those because shing against them meant losing all of his Genome Pulse and wasting it. As such, he roamed around destroying Living Genomes that seemed to consist of 3 or lower Geno Mods. Since not all formed Genoe Mods after getting destroyed, it was a game of luck on how many Genome Mods he could gather. He nned to gather Genome Mods until he emptied his Genome Pulse, and then he would do experiments with themter after recovering his Genome Pulse to full. Roxen was at the front of the carriage, controlling its direction while it flew. When it crossed the mountains and saw the raging river, she narrowed her eyes and looked ahead. Far on the horizon, she could see a dark violet sky, past the raging rivery the west corner of the demonic continent, a forest loomed over with the demonic clouds. Of course, she couldn''t see the forest as it was too far still. She could just barely see the dark violet sky because that part was massive in size. ''Half an hour till we reach there.'' Roxen gulped, ''I wonder how is the so-called Demonic continent? Do the demons have a society like us or is theirs more brutal and strict?'' ''I guess I''ll find out soon.'' On the other hand, Rias opened her eyes and saw that Aleron was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed and she was covered in a pair offortable pajamas Aleron created using Magilore. "My bloodline..." Rias checked her Bloodline and was surprised. She didn''t have a detailed interface of her bloodline like before, but now she had! [Luminary Longinus Bloodline] Rank: Primeval-rank Attributes: Light, Darkness. _Status Boost: 55% to all physical stats, 55% to Magic Potency. Bloodline Essence: [550/550] Bloodline Abilities: -> 1. Lightbust Pierce -> 2. Twilight Dome. -> 3. Longinus Spear. -> 4. Luminary Aura. ''So my status boost of physical stats and Magic potency increased by 5% each, and my Bloodline Essence''s capacity too!'' Rais was shocked. Because that status boost''s increase and Bloodline Essence''s capacity increase not only indicated any random upgrade, but a possibility of evolution! "Don''t tell me if I regrly swallow his semen, it will eventually evolve into a Divine-rank bloodline?" Rias muttered with a dazed expression. "What''s up, you woke up?" Aleron turned his head while moving his body behind as he stretched his arms. "I''m also done with another matter." Rias looked at Aleron with sparkling eyes and blurred as she stuck on Aleron''s like a ko, hugging him tightly, "You are awesome, darling!" "Hahaha, what happened?" Aleron asked as she glued on him at the front, her breasts pressing on his chest and legs wrapped around his waist. "My bloodline! See, let me show you." "Ohh, now you can show its status." "Hehe, thanks to you," Rias kissed him while grinning from ear to ear, "Thank you." Her getting stronger means she would be able to help Aleron more and support him better, however meager it was! "Rias, young master Aleron, we ar-" Roxen had just popped up her head after standing up because she knew the duo were on top of the carriage. However, she was dumbfounded to see their position. Rias could see her since she faced the carriage''s front direction while sticking to Aleron and her face immediately turned red. "We''ve arrived?" Aleron turned around as he stood up while Rias buried her face in Aleron''s shoulder at the side. "Hey, you''re getting shy now?" Aleron gently pped her butt cheeks with augh right in front of Roxen. Fortunately, she was not naked as Aleron had given her pajama or her buttocks would''ve surely been a sight to behold as they had just the right amount of plumpness. "Come up to the front, we are entering the demonic continent," Roxen said with a cough before she went back to the front of the carriage. Chapter 112: Tragedy of the Demonic Continent (1) Chapter 112: Tragedy of the Demonic Continent (1) ? The trio sat at the front of the carriage, with Aleron sitting between Rias and Roxen. "Let''s see..." Aleron''s eyes appeared curious as he expanded his Monitor Dome to observe the area. But then an awkward silence descended between Rias and Roxen. As the carriage arrived above the dark forest glowing with colorful ghastly and demonic nts below, marking their entry into the demonic forest, Roxen cleared her throat before finally speaking: "So, did you do it on top of the carriage? I wasn''t expecting your first time to happen in this manner," Roxen chuckled. "Roxen!" Rias pouted with her face turning red. "But we didn''t go all the way...yet." "Well, I knew it was only a matter of time," Roxenughed. Rias smiled, looking blissful. "There''s a poption ahead, but a few white dots just disappeared while it''s filled with red and ck..." Aleron''s brows furrowed and a trail of Magilore released from him before enveloping the entire carriage in a second. "I am teleporting. Hold on." In the next second, the entire carriage vanished as they arrived above a vige echoing with screams and roars. The vige was getting destroyed by demons adorned with dark red armor. The demon civilians cried in anguish or tried to fight back, but they were being trampled with brutality. Some were outright getting killed, not even sparing the kids, some were getting captured in the cage, mostly females, while at other parts, some female demons were getting raped while their kids cried in distress, etching evesting trauma on them. The moment Aleron saw the brutality happening below, his eyes visibly filled up with red as his blood vessels burst due to the anger boiling his blood. "STOP!!" A burst of Magilore wave released from him, spreading through the entire vige before paralyzing every living being. "You two, quickly take care of the kids, please." Aleron vanished from his spot before he descended into the vige, his fists clenched tightly as he wanted to scream, but he focused on important things first. First, he marked all the kids and sent them into Eldertide Archipgo along with Rias and Roxen. Rias and Roxen snapped out of their shocked state as they found themselves on the pce grounds with around thirty kids. Most of the kids had fainted while some looked traumatized and dead with their eyes opened. Their ages ranged from three years old to ten years old. Rias''s tears couldn''t help but flow out seeing such terror in the kids. "Why..." Roxen muttered with a heavy heart, her expression couldn''t get any uglier and somber as she wasn''t expecting this level of brutality right after entering the demonic continent. Both of them quickly started healing and helping the kids by talking and showing kindness, assuring them that the nightmare was over. Meanwhile, the civilian demons and armored demons saw Aleron. The armored demons started shouting and screaming at Aleron. "Who the hell are you?! Do you know we are men of Demon King Baratos?!" "How dare you interfere in our work!" Aleron''s eyes were absolutely deadpan as being indifferent and cold was the only way to deal with the situation most efficiently. He was feeling anger, but he had directed it towards the most optimal result to inflict befitting punishment on these pieces of trash. However, he couldn''t hurt them. Paralysing them was still fine, but if he hurt them, he would break the condition. As such, he focused on saving people first. The civilian demons didn''t know why everyone stopped moving, but they didn''t want to think why because the nightmare was over. But s, the saddening reality of the past, of what had urred here would still haunt them. "W-where is my child?" "My children..." "My Soran...." A woman looked dead in her eyes as she muttered, her body was ravaged and her eyes were dried as she had witnessed her two-year-old kid eaten alive by the monster. She had no will to live anymore. Aleron''s eyes were already tearful as he could feel the despair lingering in the air. He didn''t waste a second more and snapped his finger, teleporting all civilian demons into Eldertide Archipgo, but at a different ce than their kids. Soon, they arrived at an unknown ce with a young human man facing them. "Don''t worry, you all and your kids are safe. You will see them soon," Aleron said as he wiped his eyes and smiled as best as he could as he used one more skill to envelop all the gathered vigers in a huge healing bubble. Most of them were injured, with some severely injured and on the verge of death. It wasn''t long before many of them started crying. They were crying due to the tragedy that struck them as their loved ones died, and the hell their kids and they experienced. "You all will be fully healed soon. I''m going to bring your kids over here, wait." Aleron had put this group of demon vigers on a grassy ground with a beautiful array of trees nearby that to an entrance of the Hotspring Hill. This ce was peaceful and two kilometers away from the necropolis, so it was the best ce for them to recover. Not long afterward, Aleron returned as he appeared before the vigers while their kids slept in floating bubbles, sleeping soundly. Rias and Roxen were also there, heavy-hearted and saddened. Even if they were demons, they were still innocents who were preyed upon by the strong. "I''ve put them to sleep and triggered their brain to dream happily," Aleron said to the vigers as he walked towards them and sat in front of them after conjuring a chair, his expression somber. *Puchii....* Suddenly, a demon woman pierced her own throat with her hand. "Carrin!" Her friend screamed and quickly grabbed her, but she was soon healed instantly as Aleron used a healing skill. "No...No..." the woman muttered as she looked at Aleron, her eyes hollow with despair. "Please kill me....my husband, my child....I want to see them." Aleron bit his lips, his eyes that recovered turned slightly red and teary again as he stood up from the chair before speaking: Chapter 113: Tragedy of the Demonic Continent (2), Plan Chapter 113: Tragedy of the Demonic Continent (2), n ? "If you want freedom from your life, I will grant you, but..." Aleron said, his voiceced with suppressed anger, "If you want to avenge your loved ones and see the one who caused this suffering to suffer, then stay alive!" "Stay alive and watch as I bring judgment on all those vile beings!" Aleron clenched his fist and took a deep breath, "If any of you can speak, then tell me everything you know. Who were those demons, why were they at your vige, and what is happening in the demonic continent?" "I will tell you!" A demon man in his thirties stood up with his wrist twisted in wrathful anger. "Those demons were subordinate of Demon King Baratos! The seal on the demonic continent was removed recently, so the Demons Kings are gathering people all over to join their armies forcefully!" Another demon stood up, a middle-aged woman with broken horns and bloodshot eyes, "They are doing whatever they want to weak people like us who were just peacefully living." Another man stood up and spoke in desperation, "This Baratos Demon King is known to have a Demonic Art that can create a Demon Monster by forcefullybining tens and hundreds of demons. His army came into our vige to gather people while killing the rest." "Those bastards have no shred of mercy for the weak! T-They killed little kids a-a-and ate them while keeping alive others and had fun at our despair," Another man broke down, crying in anguish, "My kids, my wife...they are dead..." ''And I thought demon hierarchy and society would be different than humans and beastfolks, but there''s no difference. People are people, no matter their race.'' Aleron clenched his fist and took a deep breath to calm himself before his fiery eyes and words conveyed his will, "From now on, this Demonic Continent is under my reign and nothing like this will happen again." "That''s a promise not to you all, but myself!" Aleron looked at over two hundred people and nodded, "Take care of yourselves and the kids once they wake up. I have erased their memories of what happened, so take care of them and yourselves." After saying that, Aleron vanished and called Ruan, Lee, Yorin, Ying, Liang, and Jiang on top of the pce. Rias and Roxen stayed with the demons and talked with them, telling them about Aleron and what he had been doing on the Lightdusk continent. Their talks of Aleron gave immense hope to the vigers. However, their state of mind was not the same as before, as they were leaning more towards death. They were saved, but the same amount of people had also died, their loved ones'' bodies were still back in their vige. "We don''t understand the need for war, nor do we have any problem with humans," a middle-aged man with curved dark yellow horns stood up and bowed. "I have no one left, and I want to live the rest of my life to kill the Demon King Baratos and serve this great man who saved us," he clenched his fist and added, "Please allow me to help." "Me too!" "Me too!" "I will fight alongside young master Aleron even if it kills me!" Rias could feel that despite being saved, all of them didn''t feel like they wanted to live peacefully anymore and it was understandable. But it was not up to her. "Please rest for now and take care of the kids. You can tell your desire to join the battle to young master Aleronter," Roxen said as the vigers calmed down. Soon, they started falling asleep one by one on the vast and peaceful grassy ground. Aleron returned a minuteter, along with six more people. "You two want to stay here or apany me outside?" Aleron asked. "With you," Rias said with severe expression. "Those bastards and that Demon King Baratos must die!" "Sniff, this is so sad," Ruan sniffed as her eyes dropped tears. Since Aleron conveyed the memories of what he saw to Ruan and others, all of them knew about the situation. "Master, let''s kill those pieces of trash," Yorin said with a maddening glint in his eyes, his beard trembling angrily. "Yes, let''s go," Aleron nodded as he also couldn''t wait any longer. All of them vanished and appeared back in the vige, filled with a thick smell of flesh and blood. The armored demons were all paralyzed. "Damn it!" Lee uttered with his legs wrapped in terrifying me, raring to absolutely destroy these armored demons, but he looked at Aleron, awaiting his order. The others also suppressed their impulses and turned to Aleron. Aleron didn''t want to give them easy deaths, so he coldly uttered, "Don''t kill them. Cut off their all four limbs, burn them, and bring them over here." "I repeat, do not kill any of them." "With pleasure!" Jiang smashed his fist as thunder rumbled from him while his beard, hair, and eyes crackled with wrathful lightning. Everyone was angry and wanted to channel this anger on the damned demons who were spreading suffering. *Swoosh!* All six of them vanished and started cutting off demons'' limbs and inflicting pain with attacks without killing them. Roxen also joined them while Rias stood beside Aleron and grabbed his hand. Soon, demons piled up before Aleron like boxes, with none of them having limbs and all of them having various degrees of injuries that made them want to die but couldn''t die. Aleron didn''t waste his breath on the demons and started reading memories of four Epic-rank demons. Ruan, Lee, Yorin, Ying, Liang, and Jiang stood around them, their wrathful eyes on them. All of them had also destroyed the demons'' throats they couldn''t spout any bullshit. "Now you can kill them, "After two seconds, Aleron was done reading memories and said, "I''ll throw their souls in my Hell." *Swoosh!* Ying released a flying dagger that swiftly went through all of their heads, killing them instantly. Afterward, Aleron teleported all of them above the big floating carriage. "I am changing this carriage a bit," Aleron saved before his eyes glinted and he used magilore, conjuring exquisite wood and designing the carriage. Soon, it turned into a 50-meter-wide and 100-meter-long flying ship with wings. He then expanded his Monitor Dome to 1500 kilometer radius and said, his eyes glinting with a cold sheen, "I will teleport each of you to random viges and towns. I can''t hurt anyone due to restrictions, so I leave that to you all. Kill all the armored demons while I work on saving the people." "I will do my best to help and handle the vigers, leave them to me," Rias said with a determined expression. "Please allow me to join in exterminating those pests," Roxen bowed. "Alright," Aleron waved his hand, buffing Roxen with physical and magic enchantment. He also buffed Ruan, Lee, and others. "I can''t make a move directly, but I can do so indirectly," Aleron sharply said, "We are in the territory of Baratos Kingdom and he had sent his pieces demon army to all viges and towns for his vile deeds." "And so, we will destroy the demonic armies and save the people before confronting the demon King!" "Haaa!" Ruan and others shouted in affirmation, their fists clenched and eyes fiery. *Swoosh!* The flying ship vanished and arrived on top of another vige fifty kilometers away. Aleron sent Ruan and others to different viges and towns, ordering them not to kill the armored demons but to make them disabled. Meanwhile, he paralyzed all armored demons in the vige below before turning to Roxen. "Roxen, you know what to do." "Yes!" Roxen clenched his fist and descended to the ground. The warrior women started cutting the limbs of all armored demons mercilessly while Aleron transported all the vigers in the Eldertide Archipgo along with Rias and himself. After putting them in a healing bubble and making the kids sleep, he returned to observe the situation everywhere through Monitor Dome. Meanwhile, Rias took up the job of handling the vigers. ... Baratos Kingdom, Demon King''s private garden. "Baratos, how long will it take to gather the required amount of demons?" Baratos looked like a demonic bull-faced bulky man with dark red curved horns and fangs resting outside his mouth. In front of him was a demon rtively handsome, slim, and almost a human except for his pale blue skin and demonic horns. "I''ll gather people by tonight," Baratos grinned. "Tell me, Kka. When are we initiating Demon Lord summoning?" "Demon Lord Narazar has given a strict schedule and time for his summoning from Netherworld," Kka narrowed his eyes, "We will start it after 19 hours. By that time, we must gather 1 million demons of Mortal-rank." "Piece of cake. What about the other two guys? Do they have a different order from Demon Lord Narazar?" "I''m not aware." Demon Lord, a title only given to an Akuma who had reached the pinnacle of Demon evolution in the lower cosmos. When Elysia spoke about the so-called true viin, she was referring to none other than Demon Lord Narazar, who had been aiming to take the Ardentia under his control before she arrived. He was a bonafide Demon Lord and certified Warlord of Cosmic Ascensionpetition who already had an entire under him. "I can''t wait," Demon King Baratosughed out loud, "Once Lord Narazar is here, we will sweep through the Lightdusk continent and the Northern Star continent both. It''s been so long since I tasted a furry and a human female." Baratos''s saliva flew as his long tongue licked his lips, "I can''t wait, I can''t wait!" ''Blockhead with only strength and no brain,'' Kka thought as took a sip from the juice ss. ''Well, blockheads are easier to control, haha. It isughable that you believe Lord Narazar will favor you.'' Kka almost looked at Baratos with pity before smiling and said, "Cheers, brother Baratos. I''m sure you will be chosen as one of the four generals under Lord Narazar once he establishes his force here." ''That is only...if you are still alive by then.'' Suddenly, someone entered the garden with a panicked expression. "Your majesty! There''s a big trouble!" Chapter 114: Tragedy of Demonic Continent (3) Chapter 114: Tragedy of Demonic Continent (3) ? *Swoosh!* The demon who was about to hack a child suddenly felt his body paralyzed while melodious music started ringing. Liang''s finger strummed the guqin, releasing visible magic waves that cleanly sliced the demon into pieces. "Don''t worry, you are safe now," Liang gently smiled at the nine-year-old child, her motherly figure and smile as she was in her mid-thirties, along with the music''s effect she spread to calm the kid worked as the kid gently fell asleep. Covering the whole vige in her radar, Liang''s guqin released waves of music that killed the demons swiftly while saving the vigers. Ruan, Lee, Yorin, Ying, and Jiang also killed the armed demons in the viges and towns they were sent to. In the next moment, all of them disappeared and appeared in other viges and towns. Aleron could observe from Monitor Dome, so when the ck and red marks disappeared at a vige, he would directly teleport Ruan and others to other viges so they could kill Baratos'' demons and save others fast. Meanwhile, he would teleport vigers on his ship, cover them in a healing bubble, and then send them into the Eldertide Archipgo. Their work was fast thanks to Aleron''s mastery of teleport and he was getting better at it more and more since the Space sybus was the most he had been using ever since he learned it. Its convenience was unmatched. "That Baratos demon is nning something, so it''s not good to keep the civilian demons here," Aleron muttered as he waved his hand while looking at a giant screen in front of him, disying sections where Ruan, Lee, and others were killing the demons. There was a circr map at the corner, expanding big in size above as it disyed the general map of 1500 kilometers radius that his Monitor Dome covered. "Hmm, if my Eldertide Archipgo has more people, they can be productive and helpful to me in the future and they can also remain safe there," Aleron said before he smiled and nodded to himself. "This is best." "I''ll ask them if they want to return or stay in the new world." Eldertide Archipgo was a massive world, slightly bigger than Earth at least. He didn''t know Adriax''s''s size, but it shouldn''t be much different considering his travel so far. Suddenly, Aleron saw something appearing in the corner of this map and zoomed in within his mind. His ship hadn''t moved from the first vige until now, but just as he moved a bit and saw the new areaing onto his map, he saw this ce with big ck marks and many red marks. ''This...it should be that Demon King Baratos''s castle.'' Aleron''s eyes coldly glinted as he zoomed in further and found the two most powerful powerhouses in the pce in one ce. ''Good.'' But just as he was about to teleport there, he paused and frowned. ''Wait, how strong are they? I have to check that first since I can''t make a move to hurt him myself.'' ... Baratos Demon King''s castle, his private garden... "Strange. I feel as if some kind of wave passed through us," Kka frowned, feeling Aleron''s Monitor Dome covering the area, but not exactly knowing that someone was observing them. "True, I also felt something," Baratros frowned and turned to the demon who entered the garden. "That aside, who the fuck is rampaging in my territory?" "We have no idea, Your Majesty," the tall demon tremblingly said. "B-But, we have lost contact with many toon leaders who went to viges and towns. I checked the toon leaders'' vital beads, and they are breaking one by one." "Someone is killing off your army," Kka raised his eyebrows. "Damn it!" Baratos angrily stood up and looked at Kka, "Are youing with me to check it?" "Sure." As those two flew out, Aleron had an idea. He kept tracking the duo and sent out more Xorgs to the rest of the viges and towns that appeared on his map after his ship flew further, ordering them to kill the demons. Since the number of viges and towns reached over two hundred, he was already sending Xorgs to save them. The strongest armed demons were just peak Epic-rank, so they were not a match for Xorgs. Meanwhile, Ruan and others had also exhausted their energy after saving around a hundred viges and townsbined. They had just recently broken through to Exceed-rank, so in terms of stats, they were not as strong as Xorgs. However, Aleron let them out to fight so they could see the outside world and also consolidate their power by using their techniques and fighting. After he recalled Ruan and others, he said, "Go inside and recover. You''ve done good." Everyone was visibly exhausted, so Aleron didn''t wait and sent them inside the secret realm after saying his piece. Roxen was already inside since she was exhausted early while Rias was handling the civilian demons. As for now, Aleron was alone on the flying ship, looking at the giant screen before him as he saw the two ck marks moving away, Baratos and Kka. From what he measured, both of them were in Primeval-rank, but not at the peak. Both of them were in the median-stage of the Primeval-rank, having stats above 200k but less than Prime 400k. ''Good. Now let''s see who is free to deal with them,'' Aleron thought before he vanished and entered Eldertide Archipgo. He contacted Yueha and others, asking them what they were doing. All of them answered before he chose Yueha since she had finished exploring an ind and was moving to another. ''She is strongest anyway, so she should be able to finish them off.'' Yueha was nearing the peak stage of Primval-rank, and since she got Divine-rank Bloodline and a job ss, her power level was way higher than others, making the dangers of this Eldertide Archipgo like a walk in the park for her. ''Yue, return to the necropolis fast. We have some work to do.'' ''As you wish, master- I am also excited to do some work with you.'' ''Cough, not that work. But we can do thatter.'' Chapter 115: Tragedy of Demonic Continent (4/4), Nigh Arrival of Demon Lord Chapter 115: Tragedy of Demonic Continent (4/4), Nigh Arrival of Demon Lord ? "I bet that those two will die within the next five minutes," Aleron uttered. [Gamble epted] Aleron looked at the quest window and smiled, "Two thousand gacha points? Nice." "Yue, let''s go," Aleron snapped his finger and the flying ship teleported, appearing 10 kilometers from Baratos and Kka. Since he could observe where they were going with his Monitor Dome, he teleported 10 kilometers away on their way. "Those two will be here soon," Aleron said with narrowed eyes. "They are Demon Kings at the median stage of Primeval rank. Two pitch-ck marks. I don''t even want to read their memories." Yueha stood in front of Aleron and made a cute curtsey bow while smiling, "Leave them to me, Master. But I want a reward after that, please~" Yueha winked and added, "You know what I mean, my dear master~" Aleron raised his eyebrows and decided to be bold as he pulled Yeuha towards him after grabbing her waist and dashingly smiled before kissing her, "Whatever you want, sweetheart." Yueha''s face turned red and her heart raced, ''Master is getting bolder...'' But suddenly, her expression changed and she vanished before appearing ten meters away from the ship''s front while a dark violet energy orb shot at them from a kilometer away. Yueha''s eyes gleamed frostily as her spirit energy weaved into a frost de that cleanly sliced the iing orb as it froze and shattered without issuing a peep. Meanwhile, Aleron saw Baratos and Kka a kilometer away and waved his hand, creating a huge spherical barrier to trap them because when Yueha sliced that attack, the duo''s expression immediately turned grim. They realized that the opponent wasn''t a weakling. "Pieces of trash,e here and die," Yueha coldly uttered, pissed as she was interrupted at a good timing with her master. "Yue, they are two, so be careful. I don''t want you to get hurt." Yueha''s mood improved immediately as she turned to Aleron and broadly smiled, "As you wish, master." "Wait, we can talk," Kka immediately said as he appeared fifty meters away from Yueha. "Talk?" Yueha''s lips twitched. "You want to talk your way out of this?..." It wasedic to hear that as if she heard a dark joke. *Boom!* Baratos attacked the barrier Aleron created, but seeing that his full-powered attack didn''t even nudge the barrier''s energy reading, let alone put a crack on it, his face turned ashen. He flew and arrived beside Kka, his gaze on Yueha and Aleron, "Who are you?" ''We have to go all out with one attack and hurt her or it will be difficult for us to stay alive,'' Kka ryed to Baratos using soul sense. ''Barrier is impossible to break,'' Baratos'' heavy thought filled with helplessness ryed to Kka, stunning him. ''What? What do you mean? That guy is just Peak Legendary. How can his barrier make you feel like that?'' ''I don''t know. He must have used an artifact or something.'' "Who are we?" Yueha raised her eyebrows at the question of the brute demon and snorted as she crossed her arms and uttered, "You are in the presence of this World''s King! His decree is to give you a painful death, and you will receive it at my hands." "So you are the one who killed the toons that I sent," Baratos said while gritting his teeth, his anger boiling and his aura rising. "Since you don''t n to let us go, then so be it!" *Zroom!* Baratos shot at Yueha while enveloping himself in a demonic crimson aura with sharp patterns around him, his fist empowered with some kind of skill, aimed at Yueha''s head. Yueha''s eyes barely flickered slightly before Aleron saw a beautiful icy arc as a sword appeared in Yueha''s hand and cleanly sliced Baratos'' arm from his shoulder, freezing it and shattering it as he couldn''t even strike his attack. "Awesome," Aleron grinned. Baratos grunted with bloodshot eyes as he moved back, his thought roaring at Kka, ''Attack already!'' "Please let me go," Kka said as he knelt in the air, his head fully bowed. "I will do anything if you let me live." ''No matter what, I have to stay alive,'' Kka''s eyes trembled with fear and agitation. ''I can''t die here.'' "Actually, let''s not waste time, Yue. I''ll punish their souls in hell, so kill them fast." "Okay~" Kka''s head looked up and met Aleron''s eyes, sincere and serious as he wrote his death. "Nooo!!" *Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Swoosh* Yueha''s sword released beautiful icy streams of shes made of sparkling icy energy that cut Baratos and Kka into pieces while freezing them instantly before they shattered. Aleron''s eyes glinted with soul force as he yanked both of their fully shaped souls that tried to escape. Since Primeval-rank powerhouses had their souls awakened, they wouldn''t truly die unless their souls were also killed. Of course, if Yueha imbued soul force in her attack, then their souls would also get killed and scatter back to the cosmos cycle, but since Aleron was going to punish them, she only used a spirit energy-oriented attack. After putting their souls in his Hell and putting them into the worst section of his Hell, Aleron nodded, "Alright. Now, let''s get this territory under good control. We are going to Baratos Demon King''s castle." In the next second, Aleron teleported the ship and Yueha as they appeared right above the huge castle. From there, Aleron and Yeuha teleported again, appearing in the castle''s main hall. "It''s empty, eh?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. Yueha smiled and pointed her sword at the hall''s big entrance door that was closed, "We should gather everyone here." *Swoosh!* Her sword released a beam of icy blue neon light that froze the door before shattering it, shocking the two demons that stood guard outside as they stumbled and fell. They looked inside after getting up and saw Yueha and Aleron smiling at them. "INTRUDERS!" The other demon guard seemed to use some kind of item, ringing rms all over the castle before rying, "Intruders in the main hall!" Aleron and Yueha immediately started feeling multiple auras approaching, including two Primv-rank auras of early-stage and several Exceed-rank auras. - While Aleron and Yueha were in the Western region of the Demonic Continent, the East and North regions were in a simr situation. The Demon Lord Turthar in Nailzim that Aleron killed was one of the two strongest Demons of the Demonic Continent that Goddess Elysia had nted to begin the big war, but Aleron ruined that n by killing him. But a bigger threat was nigh-Demon Lord Narazar, a true Demon Lord, unlike Turthar who just called himself Demon Lord despite not reaching that status. Demon Lord Narazar sensed the seal on the Demonic continent vanishing, so he didn''t waste any time contacting Demon Kings there for his summoning. He was on another, far away from the Ardentia. However, as a bonafide Demon Lord born in a Netherworld, an Akuma, he could contact Demons on others via the Netherworld as long as there was a demonic source on that. Netherworld was not a, but more like a ne, a dimension. There were multiple Netherworlds and they were the origin of demons. Demons usually upys by wandering outer space and establishing a demonic source from the Netherworld to make it suitable for demons to live and thrive, much like Ardentia''s past. A Demon Lord had arrived with his army to rule this upied by humans and beastfolks, summoning Akumas from Netherworld for more chaos and to rule the poption. Just like that, Demon Lord Narazar wanted to do the same. He was a Warlord already and an early-stage Ascension-rank powerhouse with a under him, but he wanted more poption under him for faster development and progress as the Cosmic Ascension Competition was a brutal race. After all, there were only ten winner spots every hundred years, and only those ten could ascend to the higher cosmos ne! He had contacted demon kings and told each of them a way to summon him. He gave a method of sacrificial summoning to Baratos and Kka, requiring a sacrifice of a million demons to open a gate for him. To the two Demon Kings in the East and two Demon Kings in the North, he gave them a sacrificial summoning as well, but multiple kinds instead of one. One required the sacrifice of 10,000 Adept-rank demons, and the other required the sacrifice of 100 Epic-rank demons, which was not possible as no single Demon Kingdom had 100 Epic- rank demons. As such, on top of giving them those two methods, he also gave a method of sacrificing 1 million Mortal-rank demons like Baratos and Kka, the most practical method. But the Demon Lord was still not satisfied with these arrangements as he still added a backup n in case those Demon Kings failed. He branded the Southern Demon King Zaltora, the strongest Demon King currently, with his Demonic Art. This art would allow him to sacrifice Demon King Zaltora for his summoning. As a bonafide Demon Lord, Narazar couldmand the lower-ss Demon Kings who were not even of the Akuma hierarchy, so everyone obeyed hismand. Of course, Demon Kings had the power to resist suchmands at a certain cost as they had their souls awakened, which was why Narazar also promised Demon King Zaltora a new body after his sacrifice, as the sacrifice only required total drainage of a Demon King''s cultivated power. Demon King Zaltora would have to start anew if his sacrifice was triggered, but that was still good as he would get plenty of resources from Demon Lord Narazar to reach Demon King''s power level again and also be his trusted subordinate. s, two pawns had already died. When Baratos and Kka died, Demon Lord Narazar immediately found that out as he was tracking their vital status by marking them when he briefly summoned his avatar here to give them methods. ''Two fools died? The demon kings wouldn''t kill each other since I gave them the tasks, so it could only be humans or Beastfolks,'' Narazar frowned, his bright green eyes with ck pupils showing annoyance as he sat cross-legged on a hill, under a ck tree with dark yellow and dark violet leaves. Shaking his head, his eyes glinted and he thought, ''If the other four also fail, then I''ll have no choice but to trigger Zaltora''s sacrifice.'' He wanted to avoid Zaltora''s sacrifice because he was a talented Demon. However, since Zaltora refused to sacrifice other demons in his kingdom, this was the only choice. ''It seems that I''ll have to make a brief visit again and see if they are working fast. I must be summoned there at a precise time,'' Narazar narrowed his eyes. Although he was a bit annoyed that he would have to exhaust his power to conjure his Avatar on Ardentia, even if briefly, he had no other choice but to do it. ''My current ranking is 61st. It fucking went down by one.'' Narazar checked the Cosmic Ascension Competition''s ranking board and frowned, ''If this goes on, and I fail to acquire resources and develop more, I won''t get a spot in the top 10.'' Without further ado, he began to conjure his avatar on Ardentia by targetting its demonic source. Chapter 116: Incoming Turbulents Chapter 116: Iing Turbulents ? ''Many ck and red marks,'' Aleron thought as demons started entering the hall one by one. "Who are you? How did you get inside?" the Demon General under Baratos pointed his demonic dark-green mace at Aleron and Yueha, his early-stage Primeval-rank aura directing them. "Yue, kill all those marked red and ck above their heads," Aleron waved his hand as he covered the marks above the demons for Yueha to see. Hearing his words, everyone''s expression changed and they looked up, seeing red and ck skull marks above them except for two demons. "Die!" the Demon General roared as his mace glowed and he dashed towards Yueha and Aleron. But even before he reached halfway, he waspletely frozen as everyone heard a sharp whooshing sound. *Shatter* Everyone''s heart turned cold upon seeing that the strongest among them was frozen into a popsicle and shattered just like that. But that was just the start as Yueha''s eyes gleamed. She turned into a stream of icy mist before appearing among the group of demons, instantly freezing everyone except for two demons who were at Legendary rank. Yueha sheathed her sword and all the frozen demons shattered and scattered away into a thick mist of ice before a wind gust from Yueha cleared the mist, leaving two trembling demons whose legs turned jelly as they slumped on the ground. Aleron sent everyone''s soul inside his Hell. "You two," Aleron said with a smile as he teleported and appeared before the two demons he spared. Both of them had yellow marks, so he read their memories first and nodded. "Good. You care for innocent demons, but had to obey and do dirty work for your Demon King," Aleron raised both demons on their legs with his Magilore. "Ranok and Licia." Ranok and Licia were startled and couldn''t figure out how this human knew their names, but it appeared to them that he didn''t want to kill them. "Your Demon King is no longer alive. Baratos and Kka are dead, so don''t worry." "A-Are you the one who killed demon toons to save the viges and towns?" Licia asked with a slight stammer. "Indeed, he is the one," Yueha said as she walked and stood beside Aleron. Aleron smiled at the duo and said, "I have saved them and sent over a million demons in my secret realm. I want you two to be their leaders and helm them towards a new life as you are the strongest Demons in this kingdom now." Ranok and Licia were shocked. "Are you telling us to be rulers of this kingdom?" Ranok hesitantly asked. "Yes and no," Aleron said before he sighed. ''A big threat is avoided, but notpletely I am feeling.'' Aleron didn''t want to read the memories of Baratos and Kka initially, but since he knew that there was a big n urring about sacrificing and he wanted to know more details, he read Baratos and Kka''s soul to gain more information and found out that someone called Demon King Narazar visited and gave them this method to summon him. He learned about the Netherworld and Demonic Source that could connect to a Netherworld, so letting the demons stay in the demonic continent was not safe. His secret realm was massive with plenty of space, so he also got an idea that would benefit him in the near future while giving peace to the demons. "I want you two to move into my secret realm and make a new world there. I will give you a separate ind that you can turn into a Demonic Ind and prosper there," Aleron smiled. "What do you think?" "B-but why?" Licia fearfully asked, unable to believe that a human was willing to help demons to this extent. There have to be some ulterior motives, right? "You are a human, so why?..." Ranok said, also not understanding Aleron''s motive. Yueha wanted to say something but stopped and smiled. ''Master will make them understand better.'' "Why?" Aleron tilted his head in confusion. "Let me ask you, why do you care for demons, unlike your Demon King who was willing to sacrifice?" "That...because sacrificing innocents is cruel. It''s not good," Licia hesitantly answered. Aleron smiled and nodded, "Yep. Because you have empathy for innocents and you are kind, unlike others that I killed." "As for me being a human? Haha," Aleron shook his head. "Even if I was born demon, or beastfolk, or any other race, I would do the same as I am doing right now." "Because I don''t like to see innocent people suffer at the hands of evil ones. It does not matter if they are humans, demons, or beastfolks. The Beasts and Monsters have a hunting nature and it is in their nature to kill others to live, to eat, to get stronger, and survive, but we are not the same." "We have multiple paths and options in front of us, so why make innocents suffer? People alive are more helpful," Aleron sighed. "I believe that when weak and strong live in harmony, everyone and everything prospers, and I want to see this happen." "The universe, the cosmos, it''s so big and we are like ants in it! So why do people fight against each other instead of supporting each other to explore the world and its possibilities." Aleron then smiled at the duo and patted their shoulders, "I know what I am saying sounds absurd and I don''t know how strong I have to get, but I am going to enjoy my life without making anyone suffer and let anyone suffer around me. That''s what I wish." "So, tell me. Do you want to prosper with me? Licia and Ranok were at a loss for words, but looking at the eyes containing sincerity and pureness that they had never witnessed before told them that the human in front of them was extraordinary and genuinely strived for the ideals that he just uttered. They looked at each other before kneeling on one knee. "From now on, we swear our loyalty to you and take up on your kindness." "Aleron," Aleron smiled. "That is my name." Yueha coughed and said, "You can call him Lord Aleron or young master Aleron." "Lord Aleron!" Licia firmly said with fiery resolve in her eyes as she looked at Aleron, "Thank you for your kindness." "I don''t know how much help we would be, but we shall support you in your endeavor," Ranok said as if he swore an oath, his expression solemn. "Hahaha, that''s good to hear. Let''s go and meet your people now." "What about the demons outside and in the capital, lord Aleron?" Licia respectfully asked. "I''ve already sent them inside," Aleron grinned. "As of the moment, the entire territory of this kingdom is empty." ... After entering the secret realm, Aleron mass teleported all the demons numbered over a million to the Ind that Yueha had finished exploring. It was 300 kilometers away from their Necropolis Ind, and although it was not as big, it was still massive enough to house a billion demons with ease." He told the demons to use the resources of the ind as they liked to build their homes, thrive, and progress. He stationed several Xorgs there in case some wild monsters from the sea attacked them. After he was done with the demons, he, Rias, and Yueha, arrived back outside on the ship. "Aah, we did it," Aleron grinned as he pulled Rias and Yueha who stood to his left and right towards him by grabbing their waist. "Then is it time for reward, master?" Yueha asked with sparkling eyes. "Reward?" Rias tilted her head. Aleron wryly smiled and shook his head, "I want to enjoy, but danger is looming over us. Here, see this." Aleron sent information he got about Demon Lord Narazar to Yueha and Rias, which soon caused their expression to turn grim. [Gachapi: Master, I have produced tons of Xorg Serums. Let''s try it on bad demons too.] ''Yeah, we are going to sweep up this Demonic Continentpletely to prevent that Demon Lord Narazar froming here.'' [Gachapi: Okie. But let your subordinates do more work or you will be knocked out sooner thanter with constant active usage of Monitor Dome.] ''Mhmm,'' Aleron nodded. ... Meanwhile, Demon Lord Narazar''s avatar also arrived in the Northern region of the demonic continent to check the progress of his summoning. Although only his avatar was here, he was still a powerhouse of Ascension rank, and that too an Akuma with a powerful Bloodline at Divine rank, which was why he was ranked 61st despite being an early-stage Ascension-rank powerhouse. His soul sense was powerful enough to cover the entire demonic continent and it wasn''t long before he discovered Aleron. As his avatar floated above the Northern Demon Kingdom-Letuvia, the Demon King quickly arrived and bowed before him upon sensing his aura. "Demon Lord, the work is progressing swiftly. Ruthar and I have each gathered five hundred thousand demons from our kingdoms and are gathering them at the sacrificial site." Narazar inly nodded while he was busy looking at Aleron, a frown appearing on his face, "So the humans interrupt the demon kings in the western region. But where did all the demons go from there?" Suddenly, Narazar''s eyes flickered as he arched his head upward and saw a golden-silver spark manifesting before Elysia Gothwing appeared in her gorgeous white dress. "What are you nning?" Narazar narrowed his eyes. "I am no longer the solepetitor for this," Elysia smiled. "The guy you just observed is the second one. I am just here to tell you that I am no longer interfering in this net." "Do whatever you want," Elysia dropped herst words before vanishing, not bothering to entertain any conversation. ''Fight against Aleron, so I can see what extent of powers he got. Your desperation makes you a perfect candidate to knock senses into that foolish guy''s head.'' Meanwhile, Narazar was confused. ''Is she nning on giving up on this round of Cosmic ascensionpetition?'' Shaking his head, he didn''t bother thinking about that and decided to focus on his n as his eyes turned sharp and ferocious. The Demon King was confused as to what was happening but didn''t voice anything out regarding it and asked, "What should I do, Demon Lord?" "Since she is not going to interfere then I don''t need to prepare a way to block her from interrupting my summoning," Narazar''s eyes glinted. "Initiating my summoning as soon as you''ve gathered demons at your sacrificial site." ... Meanwhile, something crazy was going to happen in the Lightdusk continent, at the central Lightdusk region. This region was called strongest on the continent because the goddess church had five powerhouses at Primeval rank, all of thembeled Holy Warriors who usually spent time training in the battlefield zone to improve and acquire resources for their progress. As the war was nearing and times seemed turbulent, the five of them returned upon getting contacted by the Holy Pope. Unfortunately, despite being called Holy Warriors, they weren''t decent human beings, with much innocent blood on their hands. Their return only indicated more suffering for others. Chapter 117: Dreadful Encounter With the Demon Lord Narazar (1) Chapter 117: Dreadful Encounter With the Demon Lord Narazar (1) ? As Aleron was looking at his Monitor Dome to pinpoint a teleport point at the northeast direction 1500 kilometers away, which was at the end of his Monitor Dome''s range, he suddenly felt something. "Master, I felt an observation," Yueha also frowned upon sensing Demon Lord Narazar''s soul sense sweeping over them. "Someone found us." "Someone powerful if you can''t see such a big presence in your Monitor Dome." When Demon Lord Narazar''s soul sense swept over them from roughly five thousand kilometers away, Aleron and Yueha could feel it. "Someone more powerful than Ale?" Rias was startled as she looked at Aleron and saw his face turning slightly pale. "Don''t tell me..."Aleron immediately expanded his Monitor Dome to 2000 kilometers in radius and quickly looked at the new area but didn''t sense any powerful presence of Primeval- rank or above. "Demon Lord Narazar is here?" Aleron''s heart shook. "No...ording to memories, he was supposed to be summoned tomorrow and-" ''I wanted to prevent that.'' Shaking his head, his eyes glinted and he teleported 2000 kilometers away at the end of his monitor dome''s range in the northeast, but still didn''t see such a powerful presence in his radar. "Still don''t see him," Aleron frowned. His gaze swept over the map as white, yellow, red, and ck marks appeared as he was in a new territory filled with poption at various viges and towns. Rias and Yueha looked at the big screen before them as Aleron was also projecting his Monitor Dome outside while adding various details and screen sections to observe areas. "Let''s go a bit further," Aleron mumbled as he teleported 1500 kilometers in the direction again. But this time, he immediately felt a powerful presence on his radar one thousand four hundred kilometers away. Not one powerful presence, but three. Two were at Primeval rank and the third felt weird yet more powerful. Two were close to each other and Aleron immediately zoomed in and saw the Demon Lord Narazar and a Demon King beside him. "Master, please call others as soon as possible," Yueha somberly said. At the same time, Demon Lord Narazar also sensed observation from Aleron and a ruthless grin spread on his face. "What an anomaly. A peak Legendary-grade but can use such a massive amount of Magilore." His voice oozed out of the screen since Aleron zoomed in to activate the voice transmission effect of his Monitor Dome. "Is he the demon lord?" Rias''s eyes widened. "Yes, and you are going inside now, Rias," Aleron said as he waved his hand as she disappeared in the next second, sending her inside the Eldertide Archipgo. Narazar saw Rias vanishing, but he briefly caught that faint portal ring that appeared in which she went inside. Since his soul sense was covering them, he could easily feel that energy reading of the portal. "A door to a secret realm?" Narazar''s eyes showed surprise. Aleron and Yueha looked at each other. "He found out about the secret realm, Master," Yueha frowned. "That body doesn''t seem like his real body due to the strange soul reading, but I can''t be sure. I don''t know how powerful Ascension-rank powerhouses are." "It''s good he found out," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "Now, he knows we can escape anytime we want." His body burst out with a powerful aura as he started designing a powerful defensive barrier skill. Not holding back in the slightest, he spent 300 million Magilore to fuel the skill as he and Yueha were covered in a white transparent barrier with a faint rainbow hue. Sensing the amount of Magilore, Narazar''s eyes whirled with shock. Elysia Gothwing, who was also observing the situation, clicked her tongue. "What kind of Magilore pool has?" "But...his Magic potency is weak," Elysia licked her lips. "Fight and show me your full capabilities already, Aleron Rivenal." Narazar also understood after sensing the potency of Aleron''s Magilore. Suddenly, Aleron saw Narazar vanishing from the monitor and saw on the map that he was approaching him at a breakneck speed of 100 kilometers per second, turning into a crackling shadow bolt. "He ising, Master," Yueha somberly said, feeling a hint of fear as she grabbed Aleron''s hand. "We should leave." Thirteen seconds until his arrival. Aleron clenched his fist, his aura surging and his eyes glinting with power as he poured out more Magilore, empowering their barriers further by consuming 300 million Magilore more. ''Alright, I still feel good and a barrier is also in control,'' Aleron thought and took a deep breath. ''But is this enough?'' Aleron frowned and decided to go all out, continuing pouring out Magilore to empower the barriers. ''Continue until I am affected in some way.'' *Swoosh!* His aura burst out again, empowering the barrier without limit, but he stopped after three seconds as his head suddenly got dizzy. ''Damn it, I hit my mental limit again...I need to get powerful and ascend to higher lifeform ranks fast.'' ''But I actively used a bit over two billion Magilore on both barriers. This should be enough to protect us, right?'' His current barrier''s limit in the control and structure area was reached. He couldn''t empower it further even though he could consume more Magilore. "Yue, you also use your powers to defend us and stack it on my barrier. Although he will use Magilore if he attacks so your defense won''t be very effective, but it''s better than nothing." "Mhmm," Yueha nodded, using all of her Bloodline Essence and Spirit energy to use a spirit technique and her Bloodline ability, stacking another barrier around them. Ascension-rank was a qualitative leap in power precisely because in that lifeform rank, one could gain ess to Magilore, and another important aspect of power-Conceptual power. And Ascension-rank powerhouses could use Conceptual-power in tandem with Arcane sybus using soul power depending on their talent, hard work, and capability to build a new arsenal of power and skills, which were in the new realm of skills. Savant-grade skills. Aleron knew all that from Gachapi, so he also knew that despite having unlimited Magilore, he wouldn''t be able to kill a bonafide Ascension-rank powerhouse no matter how hard he tried at his current lifeform rank. But he could at least defend against an attack or two and easily escape thanks to his mastery of Space Sybus and having secret realms...or so he hoped. ''Yue, it''s time to talk. He must be interested in me since I''ve shown my power, which is quite unusual due to my Magilore source.'' Yueha felt something from Aleron''s tone and asked, ''Master, do you have some kind of n?'' ''I have thought of one, but it depends on the conversation I will have with him.'' The seconds passed as Aleron waved his hand and erased the screen monitors before him as the Demon Lord Narazar arrived and floated twenty meters away from their ship. Demon Lord Narzar looked like a handsome middle-aged with faint green skin, with entric glowing ck patterns on his body, which were his Bloodline marks. Wearing a fancy mage-like robe and his arms crossed, he looked at Aleron and Yueha, measuring them properly in the flesh with a glint in his eyes. Chapter 118: Dreadful Encounter With the Demon Lord Narazar (2), Death Play (1) Chapter 118: Dreadful Encounter With the Demon Lord Narazar (2), Death y (1) ? "Given the situation I''ve understood, you either killed all the demons in the western region or sent them into your secret realm," Narazar narrowed his eyes and his lips parted into a smile. "So you want to be a Warlord, eh?" "You are already a warlord, so why are you interfering here?" Aleron frowned, suppressing his killing intent. This Demon Lord had the ckest skull mark he had seen so far, indicating a huge amount of suffering to innocents. ''How many he has killed and despaired so far? Damned demon!'' Aleron wanted to kill him, but he had no power to do it right now. "Why am I interfering? Do you even know what is Cosmic Ascension Competition and how brutal it is? Well, you wouldn''t know since you have yet to earn the warlord title," Narazar said before he snorted. "Humph, If it wasn''t because of Elysia, I would''ve conquered this world two hundred years ago. But now that she has washed off her hands from this, I am going to get this world under me." Elysia had arrived here a bit over five hundred years ago and controlled this world for its development since many powerhouses at that time died due to Akumas who were controlling the world then before she restored the world by banishing Akumas into the Netherworld. Although she couldn''t interfere directly after getting qualified to earn the Warlord title, she made her moves using people to progress the world more and grow more powerhouses before making her grand move, but two hundred years ago, Demon Lord Narazar interfered and ruined her ns. The Heroe summoning, specialbyrinth, her Divine Blessings system, and the battlefield zone that she anchored to the Ardentia were all there to make people progress and create a brutalpetition to nurture powerhouse in a calctive way. All she wanted was for her ns to seed regardless of the cost of general lives and despair she spread, which she didn''t care about, and live a leisurely, free life here, which she couldn''t live in the higher cosmos due to her family making ns for her and dictating her life. But two hundred yearster when things were finally developing well, Aleron arrived and was ruining her ns. "Make a move, Narazar," Elysia muttered. "Attack him." She wanted to know what trump cards Aleron had and measure his capabilities. She had no desire to kill Aleron anymore after seeing him but she nheless harbored a desire to use him and acquire the strange source of his power. The powerhouses around him that she hadn''t seen before, the secret realm, the seemingly no limit of Aleron''s magilore...she wanted to know everything. "I don''t know the brutality of thispetition, but I want to know why are you adamant about acquiring this world even though you already have one," Aleron asked, his expression somber. Narazar let out a loudugh as he shook his head and said, "It''s simple. I want more poption under me, acquire resources, nurture more powerhouses, and develop some things faster. It''s not easy to raise ranks, both the lifeform rank and the leaderboard rank of thispetition." "But you are something different," Narazar squinted his eyes as they glinted with a green sheen. "Why do you have so much Magilore despite being a measly Legendary-rank lifeform?" "Why should I tell you?" Aleron crossed his arms, his expression poker face. Narazar grinned as he focused on the barrier around Aleron and Yueha, "That''s quite a stacked barrier you have." "Unfortunately, it''s of no use against me," Narzar shook his head dismissively. Aleron''s eyes slightly trembled upon hearing that. He immediately initiated Gacha Quest, ''I bet that I will survive against this Demon Lord even if he attacks me.'' [Gamble epted] Aleron quickly saw the reward and a hint of relief passed through his eyes. ''So I will get ten thousand Gacha points if I survive...which means I have a pretty high chance of survival.'' His survival chances against Akuma in the mindscape battle were low, hence the Gacha Quest at that time offered 100,000 Gacha points if he won. He overcame those odds and won. Meanwhile, this Gacha Quest offered him way less, so his current defensive preparation was not futile. "Are you going to kill me right now?" Aleron asked. Narazar nced at Yueha before moving to Aleron as he chuckled, "I can''t make a move against anyone below Ascension-rank as a Warlord, but you are different. You are in thepetition and have Magilore despite your current lifeform rank." Shaking his head, he added with an amused expression, "You are the weakest person I am allowed to make a move on. An ant. I don''t know why that goddess bitch didn''t kill you yet." "Bastard, he is a hundred times better and more powerful than you! You are not even worthy of licking his shoes, you darned demon!" Yueha was angry but also helpless. The only thing she could do was speak, and she did just that. "I am going to remember that face," Narazar nced at Yueha and coldly chuckled. "Once this is under me, I''ll make you my ything." Aleron clenched his fist. ''What do I do? Should I offer my n? But I have to hide my feelings... no, that''s not needed.'' "Honestly, if I had the power to kill you right now, I wouldn''t hesitate to erase you," Aleron said with a frosty expression, baring his killing intent without holding back. "Killing millions as a sacrifice, and spreading despair...I hate to you the bone marrow even though I am seeing you for the first time." Narazar was stunned before he burst outughing. "Don''t tell me you really saved all the demons? Amazing, I didn''t think I would meet someone like you," Narazar said as he held back hisugh and continuously shook his head, "What a fabulous joke of a human." "I suppose you know everything then. You must have read memories of those two fools," Narazar coldly smiled and pointed his finger at Aleron, "You asked me if I was going to kill you, right?" "I want to, and I will attempt, though there''s a 0.1% chance that I might not be able to kill you right now," Narazar''s eyes glinted as a thumb-sized entric dark green orb with strange ck patterns manifested before his index finger. "After all, this is just my avatar and you have stacked quite a defense there." ''Avatar?! So he is really not here in his true body, Master.'' Yueha felt relief even though she didn''t know the capabilities of Ascension-rank powerhouses. ''Yeah, then it''s no wonder the Gacha Quest''s reward is low,'' Aleron also felt relief, but his uneasiness also increased. "Although I can''t kill you, I am not going to let you interfere with my summoning," Narazar grinned. "So taste this power and stay in your secret realm obediently." ''I have to use the entirety of my avatar''s power if I want to incapacitate him. This should be enough to prevent him from interfering.'' "You don''t want to escape? You can teleport fast, soe on, at least try," Narazar chuckled, deliberately dying his attack to y a trick. ''If he falls for it, then I should be able to kill him. Better to remove him if possible.'' He wanted this under his control because it was the only one he could easily and quickly get his hands on. Chapter 119: Dreadful Encounter With the Demon Lord Narazar (3/3), Death Play (2/2) Chapter 119: Dreadful Encounter With the Demon Lord Narazar (3/3), Death y (2/2) ? Aleron actually wanted to disappear at this moment and enter the secret realm, but a strange feeling gripped his heart and he figured out why. Because even if he decided to escape and teleport into his Eldertide Archipgo, he would still be slower than Demon Lord Narazar''s attack, that tiny orb in front of his finger. The moment he activated the rune, and initiated teleport to enter the portal, he would be struck by Narazar''s attack before entering. Narazar wanted Aleron to attempt escape because if Aleron did that, his control over the barrier would decrease by splitting his focus in that brief moment and he would be able to inflict more severe damage on Aleron. Fortunately, Aleron also realized the trick and stood his ground, his focus entirely on his defense. Only after Narazar attacked and he survived would be able to enter the secret realm. Yueha was safe and she knew that as Narazar himself spoke, so she focused all defense on Aleron instead of herself. ''Master...'' "It seems that you don''t want to escape," Narazar''s expression turned indifferent as if hebeled Aleron as someone he could disregard now. "Well then, see you soon because I aming here with my main body and you won''t be able to do anything to prevent that." Narazar''s body briefly shone in a mere instant as his avatar lost thest bit of his power to keep it maintained before the attack in front of his finger struck Aleron''s barrier. *Phisss.....* It instantly shattered Yueha''s defensive measure before piercing 80% of Aleron''s barrier as he felt an overwhelming power breaking his barrier. "Arghhh!" Aleron''s eyes shone brightly as he poured in Magilore to resist the attack while blood oozed out of his seven orifices. ''What is this?!'' "That is one of my signature Savant-grade skills-Piercing Destion. Good luck defending that and surviving, so I can kill you properly when Ie here." Aleron registered the words, but his entire focus was on defending, which was getting futile each microsecond. The feeling of death loomed in his heart just like when he fought against Akuma. ''Damn it! I am not dying! I can''t defend, but I can survive!'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. Meanwhile, Narazar disappeared. Yueha stood on tethers with her fist clenched so much that her nails dug into her palms, "Master..." She wanted to help, but couldn''t do it. ''I am so useless.'' Her tears streamed seeing Aleron resisting the attack that was getting closer to him. A mere moment''s carelessness and he would die. This was also why Yueha didn''t dare do anything, not even uttering a peep in fear that it would distract Aleron. ''You can do it, Master! P-Please...you can do it.'' Aleron resisted with his full power and he could also feel the powers within this attack. ''Death element...darkness element...soul force...and this strange power that''s increasing piercing power...it must be conceptual power.'' Aleron''s body started decaying from the attack''s effect as the orb was shing against his almost-destroyed barrier. However, the Primordial Genome Whisperer''s power source had given him quite a powerful healing factor that prevented his body from decaying fast despite the massive difference in statistical power of his body and Narazar''s attack. He was turning his Magilore into holy and healing power to counter the orb, but it wasn''t proving very useful due to his low magic potency inparison to the attack''s magic potency. Narazar didn''t hold back in the slightest as a moment of carelessness against his attack would lead to to Aleron''s doom. Gachapi wanted to say something and lend a hand, but Aleron was essing his Magilore source at full throttle, so Gachapi also didn''t dare to do anything, not even speaking as Aleron was fully focused. ''I can''t entirely avoid this attack with teleport, I can''t defend against it...I can only prevent myself from dying,'' Aleron understood why Narazar said he might not be able to kill him. His eyes turned fierily determined as he decided on the risk because there was no other choice if he wanted to stay alive. The attack was aimed at his head and it had soul power, so his soul would also get killed if he died. As such, he could only keep the damage to him minimal. In the next instant, Aleron''s body burst out with power, not to defend, but to redirect the attack. Instead of resisting the attack, he led downward so his head wouldn''t get hurt. He knew that the chance of death was high even if the attack didn''t hit him in the head as he wouldn''t be able to disconnect from its effect that would affect his body. As such, he could only sacrifice a part of his body. *Shreeesh!* The attack struck at Aleron''s belly as he redirected it, and the moment it struck him he released his focus from everything and initiated teleport just for the upper half of the body. *BOOM!* A loud explosion urred in apact area, not even hurting Yueha even a bit as if this attack''s area of effect was limited. Aleron''s lower half of their body was obliterated and his upper half body appeared fifty meters away ording to his teleport. "Master!" Yueha rushed towards Aleron and quickly grabbed him, however, her heart turned cold upon seeing that Aleron''s body was entirely littered with dark green and ck cracks, sustaining serious injuries. His consciousness was barely active, so he hurriedly initiated another teleport while activating the secret realm rune and both of them entered Eldertide Archipgo. ... "Wonderful," Elysia grinned from ear to ear, his eyes glinting with fiery light. "Aleron Rivenal...that power in your body, what the hell was that? How did you get a source of that kind of body path''s power?" "It doesn''t belong in the lower cosmos!" She was excited to the point of showing a hint of madness. ''Body path''s power source of that caliber....that''s a good ticket to progress fast and reach the peak of Ascension-rank in body stats...and more depending on what power he has.'' Clenching her fist, she resolved, ''I must use him since I can''t extract that power source as it would disappear if I kill him.'' ''Aleron Riven, you better use power and show me more of it.'' Elysia grinned. ''Sorry, Narazar. You are not as attractive, so your attempt to conquer this will once again result in futility.'' s, just like she had her ns, and Narazar had his ns, someone else also had some ns. Davin Lusterbind, the 28th-ranked Warlord. His ns were to get his hands on Elysia''s hot body and bloodline, to make her his cultivation ve for his progress. Upon seeing that Narazar had made his move, he wasted no time in meeting up with him to lend a hand...nay, not a hand, but a few of his fingers. Amidst all the schemes and ns, Aleron would have to make careful and powerful moves or he would be no more than a pawn. in the secret realm, Yueha quickly contacted Enorin, wanting to use her Divine-rank bloodline''s power to heal Aleron. "Master..." Yueha''s tears flowed out seeing Aleron''s terrible situation. He was alive but in terrible shape with an injured soul. [A/N: Ayo dear readers, Aleron is in trouble. Y''all should participate in the event and lend him a hand by creating an exotic banner pool ya know? xD] Chapter 120: Recovery, Holy Warriors Chapter 120: Recovery, Holy Warriors ? A heavy atmosphere loomed over the royal bedchamber as all of Aleron''s summons faced Aleron who was sleeping on the bed. Enorin sat to his left, Angelic Golden Order divine-ranked Bloodline''s healing-type ability, Golden Tonic, to heal Aleron. Yueha sat to his right, using her Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers''s healing-type ability-Tears of Rebirth, on Aleron. Rias''s Luminus Longinus Bloodline was Mythical-rank, but it also had healing-type ability and she had exhausted her Bloodline essence already, so she wasn''t conscious anymore as shey sleeping on the bed''s other side with pale expression. Aleron''s body was no longer in half, but both internally and externally, his body had deathly ck rotten marks which were the effects of Demon Lord Narzar''s attack skill. "Master is recovering well," Enorin softly spoke with his hand still gripping Aleron''s and healing him. "Although the death decay effect on his body was strong, his natural physical recovery is able to fight the decay along with our abilities and he is steadily recovering." Everyone''s eyes showed clear relief. "On the health side, he will recoverpletely in half an hour," Yueha said, but her expression was not that of relief just like Enorin because both of them knew that the damage was more than just to his body. "His soul is injured and we need pure soul essence to heal him," Yueha looked at Darzax. "Fortunately, Master created Hell which gathers pure soul essence from wicked souls who refuse to repent by refining them. We need it." "I''ll go and collect it," Darzax nodded before he vanished from the room. "We go out. No more disturbing Master," Mei said with a clenched fist. The others shared the same thoughts and also more as they left through the balcony door of the room and arrived in the garden, including Roxen as she joined the group. "We all are worried about Master, but let''s not waste time doing nothing," Hua said as he clenched his fist. "We need to get stronger for Master so we can better aid him in his endeavors!" "We go to an Ind now," Mei said as she looked at everyone, "I found a strange ce on the ind I was exploring...one of the secret ces like the Abyssal Kingdom." "We are not as strong as you are, but can we tag along please, seniors?" Ruan said with a resolved expression. "Let us all go," Fang nodded, his expression severe, "We must also quickly master the power our Lord gave us." "What ce is it, Mei?" Riki asked as the ghastly blue me around his bald head lit up with more intensity than usual. "It''s a strange forest made up of crystals and the monsters are also made of colorful crystals," Mei said with a serious expression, "Very powerful. I killed one and it dropped this." "I was going to check, but Master''s news arrived and hurried here," Mei took out a sparkling yellow-blue crystal. "Lightning," Jiang said as his beard and eyes crackled with lightning. "This crystal contains a profound understanding of lightning." "If there are colorful crystals, then it means..." Fang muttered but he didn''t need to continue as everyone understood. "Let''s go," Hua said with fiery eyes. "Such a ce is best to improve our qualitativebat power!" Everyone had mastery of elements ording to their affinity but at different levels. The higher the level of mastery, the stronger the element''s power and control, which would open up to let them create better skills with stronger effects! Without wasting any more time, Mei took everyone to one of the seven major secret regions of this Eldertide Archipgo. As of now, two major secret regions have been discovered. First, Underworld Abyssal Kingdom. Second, the Crystal Spires of Auroraville that Mei just discovered. And now, only five remained to be discovered. 1. The Crystal Spires of Auroraville - Found. -2. The Eldertree Sanctuary-Not found. -3. The Serpent''s Spine Mountains-Not found. 4. The Shimmering Lagoon-Not Found. 5. The Underwater Abyssal Kingdom-Found. -6. The Twilight de-Not found. -7. The Obsidian Tower-Not found. ... Darzax arrived in Hell and went to the area where pure soul essence gathered after Hell refined the souls. Those willingly taking punishment and atoned gave less pure soul essence as only their evil was getting refined as they willingly epted the pain. They retained their memories and personality. On the other hand, those who refused to repent were entirely getting refined, essentially erasing their existence which gave much more pure soul essence. Darzax grabbed 100,000 Soul Essence, which would be more than enough, and hurriedly returned to the bedchamber. "I''ll infuse it into his soul slowly and heal it," Darzax said as he stood a meter away from the bed. He released a soul string made of his soul force towards Aleron and connected to his soul before slowly infusing the pure soul essence into Aleron''s soul to nourish and recover it. At the corner of the soul sea, the perpetually tortured soul of Akuma Apuch was watching everything. "This bastard''s soul is injured...what a perfect chance to take over his body," Apuch''s soul trembled with agitation and greed while getting ravaged by storms of lightning around him that Aleron had set up. s, he could only dream because he had no power to break free from this prison of torture. This storm formation to punish and inflict pain on Apuch was directly connected to Aleron''s Magilore source to keep it perpetually on, keeping him extremely weak. [Gachapi: Don''t even think about it. Keep hope of escaping, but it will nevere true, you piece of dung.] Since Aleron wasn''t using Magilore actively at the moment, Gachapi raised the intensity of punishment as Apuch''s painful screams echoed. [Gachapi: Master, get well soon.] ... Lightdusk Central region, Goddess Church. In a serene courtyard of the Holy Warriors, four people sat around a round table. All of them looked in their thirties or forties: one woman, and three men. "Sorry for the wait." A beautiful woman with long braided dark silver hair in a casual ck dress suddenly appeared on the empty chair at the table-Amelia Larsen, the leader of Holy Warriors with the power level of Peak-stage Primeval rank and strongest among the five. "It appears that the seal from Demonic Continent is broken. The demons would arrive once they are prepared for invasion," Amelia said as she leaned back on the chair, and crossed her legs. "What''s the n?" Rofus asked, his eyes glinting with an amber spark as his shoulder-length red hair also glowed as if magical. "We should initiate an attack first and kill a few Demon Kings before they gather?" Rofus Lexon, the second strongest of the five, having the power level of High-stage Primeval-rank. The other three also had a power level of High-stage Primeval-rank. The five of them were weaker fifty years ago, early-stage Primeval-rank, but they had spent the past fifty years in the battlefield zone to acquire resources with leisure and training, sessfully reaching the high stage while improving and expanding their arsenal of power. "I must talk with Goddess Elysia first," Amelia said as she closed her eyes before the ne around her neck briefly shone. Elysia already knew that the five puppies she had nurtured and given exclusive freedom into the battlefield zone that she had anchored to this had returned. She made her appearance in the courtyard as all five Holy Warriors knelt in front of her. "Rise." They stood up and looked at the goddess with respect, awaiting her words. "You have called me to give you a direction, but I cannot do that," Elysia said with a faint smile, looking divine with the halo around her and her aura. "Be aware of the continent, gather power, resist the troubles, and ovee them. How you do it is up to you. This is all I can say, my warriors." "Good luck and all the best in your endeavors." Elysia vanished, not giving a fuck about them. But there was a reason for it as well, disyed clearly after she left. "Tsk, this bitch always does this," the green-haired man looking in his thirties muttered, attracting res from others-Fecu Lence, the fourth strongest of the group. "Fecu," the bearded middle-aged man with a muscled body frowned-Kaza Hiffin, the fifth strongest of the group. "Don''t give me that," Fecu snorted. "As if you all are not thinking the same thing." A pair of ck feathery wings unfurled from his behind as he licked his lips, "It''s been fifty years since I had some fun. I have to visit the academy and see some new flowers that are waiting to get deflowered by me." "I am also going to have some leisure time, Ame," the blond-haired woman with a hot figure said with a smile. "You can call me once you have decided to take some action." Muckfil Thisi, the third strongest of the Holy Warrior. "Stop," Amelia''s aura suddenly burst out and a strange spherical domain opened that caused Fecu and Thisi to quickly resist the powerful gravity as they shot towards the ground with a thud, their feet digging two inches into the ground. "We have something to talk about. You can leave after that," Amelia said with a deadpan expression. "Sit." "Tsk, fine." The five of them sat at the table before Amelia waved her hand as a Mirage crystal flew out from her storage ring and projected an image. "The war ising and even though we are ready, our continent is not. The secret realm will open after four days for resources, and then the Grand Rado Labyrinth after nine days." Amelia narrowed her eyes, "Although we won''t benefit from either of those, it''s a must to produce more powerhouses, especially from the bunch of summoned heroes who are gathering here." "Why are you saying that while showing a random brat''s photo?" Fecu asked with slight annoyance. "Who in the turd is he?" The others were also curious. Indeed, the photo belonged to none other than Aleron. Chapter 121: Scheme of Holy Warriors, Aazaroth Making Move Chapter 121: Scheme of Holy Warriors, Aazaroth Making Move ? "He is an anomaly that we won''t be able to control and might trouble us," Amelia looked at Aleron''s image, her eyes glinting with a sheen as she activated the mirage crystals to run the video of Aleron fighting the demon. By now, the Mirage crystals had spread to all top forces all over the continent, including the goddess church. As such, Amelia was notified of this shortly after she arrived here from the battlefield zone. Everyone at the table saw the video of Aleron sting the demon out of existence in one attack, causing their pupils to shrink. "Alright, what anomaly is there? If he jumps up too much, we can just kill him," Fecu Lence rolled his eyes. "True," Muckfil Thisi nodded with a chuckle. "How strong was that demon?" Rofus asked an important question. "As strong as us or more, I can''t tell exactly but high chance he was at the peak of Primeval rank. Worse case, we have to use some trump cards to kill him." "As for why we have to remove him...well, watch further," Amelia gestured with her hand towards the screen as everyone turned their heads from her to the screen again. As they continued to watch and saw what Aleron did, Fecu burst intoughter, "This bastard... god damn, hahaha!" "So he kills people he deems bad and apparently, has a way to check that?" Muckfil made a disgusted expression, "That''s a new level ew." "Our image is good and grand to the masses, but he can ruin that," Kaza caressed his beard. "I suppose we have to remove him lest he exposes the skeletons in our closet." "We can''t just remove him," Amelia narrowed her eyes. "We have to thoroughly remove him. Nailzim City now practically worships and it''s also progressing fast. The other news is that he has an army of strange creatures called Xorg Guardians." "I''ve sent a few of my people to investigate those, so we''ll get a report soon." "It seems that you''ve already made a n," Fecu grinned. "What is it?" "We need to stain his image and make him the evil," Amelia''s eyes glinted. "He is not someone we can kill and then make up the shit like we did in the past. We have to stain him first and then kill him for public support." "And public support will be necessary in theing times due to war," Rofus nodded as he strummed his finger on the table. "How do we put dirt on him? The usual modus oprandi?" "I am more than happy to do that," Thisi licked her lips as her cheeks slightly flushed as if getting excited. She looked at the screen as her eyes reflected Aleron''s figure and face. Soon, her body also started changing in every aspect before shepletely transformed into Aleron! "Ame, can I go and have fun now?" Thisi licked her lips,pletely ruining Aleron''s kind and jolly visage with her disgusting desires and twisted personality reflecting in her eyes and face. "To ruin that bastard, we have to go wild," Fecu said with a thrilled grin, "Let''s go and start with some girls, what do you say? You do the acting for mirage crystal while I produce the results." "Go to a random vige in the northeast since he went in that direction with the princess of Longinus Empire and enjoy," Amelia coldly smiled. "Make sure to capture all the cruelty of that bastard in the mirage crystal and...don''t fuck up." ... Meanwhile, the Akuma Aazaroth who was in Draven Oborus'' body was eager to make some moves upon sensing some auras. Draven was meditating while using a resource rarely found in a ce concentrated with a particr type of magic sybus-Elemental crystal. Just like how people could scribe arcane sybi on paper, nature inscribed arcane sybi in the form of elemental crystals. In his case, he was using Blood Elemental crystal to gain insight for his Blood Sybus as he wanted to get stronger for the uing trial of the secret realm. Meanwhile, the Akuma inside him was making ns due to some new factors he discovered. ''The previous brief presence must be of that Goddess... and those five powerful Primeval-rank must be the holy warriors that were getting talked about since morning.'' ''So, the two of them left in the northeast direction and one of them gives a highlypatible vibe, krererere...this seems like a perfect chance,'' Aazaroth''s eyes glinted, and he immediately called Draven. ''Hey, brat. We have some change of ns.'' Draven''s eyes opened with a frown. ''What is it?'' ''I''ll make it easy for you because I have a good target to possess now and won''t need a person from your house, Krererere. Just follow the direction I say and do it fast. We have to depart right away.'' Draven was surprised, but pleasantly nheless. This Akuma wanted one of his family members to possess due to their Bloodline being suitable to this Akuma in exchange for helping him get Rias and protecting his n in the uing tough times. But since he decided to change his posses target, he was more than happy to oblige. "Let''s go," Draven stood up as he shot out of his courtyard and flew towards the northeast direction, a pair of crimson wings with ck patterns unfurling behind him as he sped up. ... The suspended flying ship of Aleron had started moving again as Roxen and Yueha helmed it, returning to the Lightdusk continent as it was dangerous to stay here longer. ording to the flying ship''s speed which was maximum at the moment, they would enter the Lightdusk continent after 7 hours. Aleron had sessfully recovered in both body and soul, and it was only a matter of time before he regained his consciousness. ''Master, I want to continue your work, but we are not as powerful yet and short-handed against our adversary. Please forgive us, '' Yueha clenched her fist as she felt frustration. She knew that demons would be sacrificed, but without Aleron, they couldn''t prevent it. ''It is also important that we stop him or he wille for Master when he is summoned,'' Yueha''s eyes helpless, ''But can we prevent him froming here even if we try?'' While Yueha and Roxen were helming the ship back to the Lightdusk continent, Darzax, Mei, Enorin, and others were in the Crystalspire of Auroraville, fighting against the Crystal Monsters and collecting the elemental crystals. The Crystal Monsters were not weak and even the weakest of them was high-stage Exceed- rank with nock of Primeval-rank monsters. Initially, the group encountered high-stage Exceed-rank and early-stage Primeval-rank which were not much trouble to them, but as they went deeper into this crystal forest, and saw a humongous crystal forest with stranger trees and formation of them filled with powerful auras, they soon discovered the presence of more powerful Primeval-rank monsters in high number. Upon reaching that point, the group decided to retreat and make use of the resources they had collected so far to improve themselves before proceeding again. They left the Crystalspire and arrived at a random open spot with a flowing waterfall nearby they sat in a circr formation before piling up the elemental crystal at the center. "We have to get powerful because danger is looming over our Master," Darzax said with a resolved expression, his hand gripping a Death Elemental crystal. "Let''s exhaust these crystals as fast as possible and improve." Everyone didn''t waste a single second as they grabbed the elemental crystal of their choice and began meditating. Chapter 122: Narazars Message, Recovery Chapter 122: Narazar''s Message, Recovery ? "Hey, we ain''t choosing just any random vige, got it?" Fecu said with a grin. "We have to inspect and select one with abundant beauties. I want to screw at least fifty." "Jeez..." Thisi rolled her eyes. "What Jeez? You gonna torture those men, I know," Fecu snorted. "Your hobby is just as nasty if not more." ... Fecu and Thisi were flying in the northeast direction but were soon surprised when they started encountering viges. "What''s going on with those creatures?" Fecu frowned as he floated hundreds of meters above a vige, his soul sense observing the Xorg in the vige below. "It''s powerful with stats over 100k," Thisis raised her eyebrows. "So far, all viges we saw have these creatures and each vige has people imprisoned." "That Ale-something bastard must have done this," Fecu sneered. "He wants to protect everything, hahaha." Meanwhile, one kilometer away from them on the ground, Draven was following the duo with Aazaroth''s help. ''Are you sure they won''t discover me tailing them? If they do, they won''t let me live even though I have a strong background,'' Draven was honestly scared to tail these lunatics, but he only did so because Aazaroth could hide his presence. ''Just move in the direction as I say. I told you my skill can hide your presence even from the darn goddess. How else do you think I managed to move around and reach here without getting discovered? Humph, just do as I say.'' Draven gritted his teeth and spat, "Fine." Two hours passed by and they''d crossed over a thousand kilometers. ''I am tired. When are they going to stop?!'' Draven frowned and took out a pill before popping it in his mouth to swiftly recover his Mana. ''At least tell me what are they doing,'' Draven asked. He didn''t know anything as he just followed the directions given by Akuma. ''They are looking around at various viges,'' Aazaroth snickered. ''I can''t hear their talks, but their expression and eyes tell me they are as nasty as a pile of demonic dung.'' ''But not as nasty as me, of course.'' ... After three hours, Aleron finally regained his consciousness. But his awakening was met with a nasty gift from Demon Lord Narazar. ''What''s that?'' Aleron looked at the strange soul-rted faint orb in his soul sea. [Gachapi: Master, that''s Demon Lord Narazar''s message. He sent his thought as a mail along with his attack.] Aleron frowned as he had a bad feeling. ''Let''s hear it.'' Shortly afterward, Aleron heard Demon Lord Narazar''s voice alongside graphic pictures with his provoking grin narrating his n, taunting him to no end. The more Aleron heard him and saw the pictures, the more his expression turned grave. He got up on the bed and sat cross-legged before taking a deep breath, but his eyes betrayed a hint of agitation that surged within him. [Gachapi: Master...] Aleron''s mind was currently going through a lot his various expressions appeared in his eyes as he thought about the situation conveyed by Demon Lord Narazar. What Narazar said was basically rying his preparation to Aleron, showing him in a clear- cut manner that no matter what he did, his arrival in this Ardentia world was inevitable. [Gachapi: Master, I will listen to you. I won''t give suggestions, so think. You are the most brilliant and I believe you will make the best decision.] Aleron''s tightly clenched fist rxed and he took a deep breath. ''How long was I sleeping for?'' [Gachapi: 3 hours since Narazar left.] Aleron nodded as he got up off the bed. ''ording to what he said and showed, we have the next four hours to act. His arrival is nigh, but I won''t sit still.'' Looking at Rias, he waved his hand and covered her in a strange healing bubble that had golden and ck patterns of pure light and darkness-attributed effects to speed up Rias''s Bloodline stability. Due to having read all the books in the most extensive library of this continent, Aleron now excelled in all Arcane sybi avable, his mastery of them was high, some even at peak, but not all at peak. The Arcane sybi that interested him more were mastered at a higher level, for example, his Space element was at the 10th level, the highest level in the realm of the Arcane Sybus. This was by no means easy in general. To put it into perceptive, none of the Primeval-rank powerhouses present on the Lightdusk continent had reached max level in any Arcane sybus yet. Only Ascension-rank powerhouses could begin to proceed in this 10th level in the first ce, while only fea exceptional Primeval-rank powerhouses would rarely manage to reach the 10th level in their main arcane sybus. But it was different for Aleron. Just now, he drove his entire interest into Light and Darkness, triggering his Spiritmind of Magilore along with the unique trait of his Magilore source, Devouring Abyss of Arcane, pushing his mastery of Light and Darkness to the 10th level to heal Rias. ''She recklessly exhausted her power to heal me...Get well soon.'' Aleron kissed her forehead before he vanished from the room and arrived on the flying ship. Yueha suddenly trembled sensing Aleron''s presence and turned into a mist as she appeared before Aleron and hugged him tightly. "Master!" Aleron caressed her back and smiled, "I am fine, Yue. Thank you for the help." Yueha''s hug tightened for a second before she released and smiled at Aleron with slightly teary eyes, "You really worried us, you know?" "Sorry," Aleron grabbed her hands and kissed her. Yueha felt warm, but the moment she saw Aleron''s eyes after the kiss, she trembled. ''He...'' He was using his powers already, activating his Monitor Dome and also doing something else inside. ''Nothing he can set him back...he is already,'' Yueha felt a multitude of emotions, but the main was pure veneration towards someone of great capability. "Master..." Aleron nodded and smiled, "We can''t rest yet." "What should I do? Pleasemand me!" Yueha said with fervor. "The others are working hard to be powerful as well. They have found a secret region that can increase their mastery of elemental arcane sybi." "Good." Roxen was surprised at the sudden shift, but she soon understood why. "We are going to save the demons even if that Demon Lord Narazar arrives here, "Aleron''s eyes turned fiery yet cold and calm as if he was calcting and exploring possibilities towards achieving his goal. "And even if he arrives here, I won''t let things go his way." ''This guy...'' Roxen at the side finally understood and she couldn''t help but get affected by Aleron as she clenched her fist. At the moment, she couldn''t help but produce pure admiration towards this being. "I can teleport back to the demonic continent anytime and make a move, but we have to prepare before that and we have four hours only," Aleron walked to the ship''s front before his aura surged and he started sting out various attacks with his eyes constantly sparkling deep inside. His body also started emitting heat as if he was doing something in his body. Roxen''s eyes widened, ''Is he triggering his Exceed Life Evolution to go through to Exceed- rank?!'' ''Just like that?'' Exceed Life Evolution: Bringing harmony within one''s body and Magic to trigger a breakthrough. The major benefit of entering this realm was significantly increased recovery of Magic and Bodily energy A.K.A Mana and Stamina. Of course, a breakthrough also meant their lifeform elevated and their stats could be further increased. Usually, this was an arduous and tough process. Talented ones could achieve this faster, while those distracted and less talented would take longer time. For body harmony, one had to achieve perfect control and lifeforce flow within, and Aleron was doing that at the moment. As for magic, he had already had full harmony and control over his magic energy, Magilore- due to the magilore source. As such, he was consolidating his magic source by using skills, while micro-managing his body to bring harmony to the body. This micro-management was exclusive to him because he had delved deeper into Body Path than others thanks to the Primordial Genome Whisperer. ''Once I breakthrough to Exceed-rank, some prospects will open up,'' Aleron thought as he looked at the Gacha System interface while also proceeding towards the breakthrough. [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 2 -Gacha Points: 83,520. |-Summoning Banners (5/6)-1 1. Myriad Spell Pool. 2. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines. 3. Exotic Demons of Netherworlds. 4. Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines 5. Job ss Manifesto 6. ''I need to spend gamble quests and it''s also time I create a new limited banner using the Banner Pool Creation function that can help us in this situation.'' Chapter 123: Breakthrough, Encounter With Holy Warrior Chapter 123: Breakthrough, Encounter With Holy Warrior ? Aleron continued to execute his skills while achieving harmony in the body. It only took him 3 minutes before something triggered in his lifeform and his aura suddenly burst open. [Congrattions, you have broken through to Exceed-rank. Your Legendary life rune has been upgraded to Exceed life rune. ] [Exceed Life Rune] -> +30% to Physical stats. -> +30% to Magic stats. -> +100% Mana recovery speed. -> +100% Stamina recovery speed. Legendary Life Rune already gave a boost of 30% to physical and magic stats, so this one got him two additional boosts focused on his recovery. As for breaking through to Primeval-rank, he only needed resources to increase his stats because he had alreadypleted the main requirement of breaking through to Primeval- rank, which was awakening one''s soul. |-Name: - [Aleron] |-Race: - [Human] -Lifeform Rank: - [Exceed] |-ss: - [Primordial Genome Whisperer] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Ex-1 (10,001/100,000) + 30% + 500% ] [Agility: Ex-1 (10,001/100,000) + 30% +500% ] [Health: Ex-1 (10,001/100,000) + 30% + 500%] - [Stamina: Ex-1(10,001/100,000) + 30% + 500% ] -Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: Ex-1 (10,000/10,000) + 30% ] - [Magilore Energy: ¡Þ (¡Þ)] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Ex-10 (100k/100k)] - [Soul Force: Ex-10 (100k/100k)] |-Innate Talents: [Spiritmind of Magilore], [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] ''Gachapi, what''s the level 4 system''s function?'' [Gachapi: It will be visible after you upgrade the system to level 3. I also don''t know, unfortunately.] ''Hmm, I need 100,000 Gacha points to upgrade the system to level 3. Summoning in current banners won''t yield me anything good enough to ovee the situation magically.'' [Gachapi: Yes, there''s a chance to summon Ascension-rank powerhouses, but that chance is extremely low for you to gamble with the points right now.] Aleron nodded. ''The one choice I can make is to use 10,000 Gacha points plus 5000 points for 10 tickets to make it worth it by creating a good banner.'' ''But I don''t want to summon more powerhouses yet, it''s not worth it,'' Aleron''s eyes shed. ''It''s better to empower my current subordinates in some new, unique ways that can allow them to fight better.'' ''Job ss and Bloodline work, but they are not instantly empowering them. They need to train and practice first, so I better cook something like weapons, but not normal weapons,'' Aleron rubbed his temples as he dived into deep thought to cook something new, something unique. But his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by something. ''What?'' Aleron''s expression changed. He snapped his finger and the flying ship teleported, crossing 2000 kilometers at once. He then did that again, and crossed 2000 kilometers again, directly arriving in the northeast region of the Lightdusk continent. The Lightdusk Academy was only a bit over 1000 kilometers distance away from this location. "What happened, Master?" Yueha asked as she had been standing beside Aleron, watching at the Monitor Dome. "Trouble at a random vige," Aleron''s eyes shed as he immediately felt two powerful presence three hundred kilometers away at a vige and knew the Xorg that died was stationed there. He snapped his finger and the flying ship appeared right above the vige. "Yue," Aleron turned to Yueha and grabbed her hand before using a buff skill to empower her Magic potency and physical stats. "Both of them are at a high stage of Primeval-rank, just like you. Be careful and don''t engage inbat directly." Yueha nodded with resolve. "Leave it to me, Master." A pair of dreamy ssy blue wings with fiery indigo blue patterns lit up in blue mes appeared behind Yueha. She silently vanished from the ship and flew below while Aleron looked at the screen and narrowed his eyes filled with shock, ''Why there''s someone who looks almost like me?'' But the most shocking thing was the ck marks. They had worse ck marks than the two demon kings, causing Aleron''s fist to clench in anger. ''Who are they?!'' Fecu and Thisi also sensed a powerful presence and were surprised. Thisi kept her disguise as Aleron and both of them flew out of the vige. They had just killed the Xorg here as Fecu finally chose this vige filled with beautifuldies and girls after searching for three hours. "Who are you?" Fecu asked as he raised his eyebrows at Yueha who floated twenty meters away from them 100 meters above the vige, his eyes already glowing lustfully at her. ''Damn, she is a beauty like no other! Her eyes, especially her face! Is she from another world or something?'' He immediately told Thisi via soul sense, ''Whoever this bitch is, I want her. She is at Primeval-rank of high stage like us, so she must be from some n or Empire here. Let''s talk first and then make a move to ensnare her.'' "Who am I is not important," Yueha took out her sword, her eyes cold as she looked at Thisi. "The important thing is who are you and why the hell you have disguised yourself as my Master." Fecu and Thisi immediately realized something. ''Wait, she does look like that bitch we saw in the video, but now she looks a bit different.'' Indeed, acquiring Phoenix-Rite Emporio Vers slightly changed her appearance, making her more beautiful. Meanwhile, Aleron flew down and arrived beside Yueha after telling Roxen to stay on the ship. His expression was frosty as he nced at Fecu and Thisi to measure their power before looking below at the terrified people of the vige. Several of them were also dead, most likely from reckless fighting against Xorgs as these two didn''t seem to care about their lives. He created a barrier around the vige to keep it safe and also in a 5-kilometer radius around him, spending 500 million Magilore total. He detached the outside world from this barrier,pletely nullifying external interference, be It magic-rted or soul-rted because he didn''t want to let these two ck Skulls escape. Moreover, given that one of them looked like him, he felt there was some scheme going on. Fecu and Thisi also adopted somber and severe expressions upon seeing the barrier. "It seems that you''ve already decided what to do with us, eh? As expected of the Punisher, " Fecu sneered before he took out a crimson knife of arm''s length with curved edges, glowing sinisterly with a powerful aura. Thisi also reverted to her original appearance of a hot blond with big cleavage visible of the watermelons on her bosom. She took out a powerful metallic-crystal mixed rifle with a de at the front. Its aura was even more powerful than Fecu''s dagger. Aleron''s eyes narrowed, ''Both of them have powerful Primeval-rank weapons. That rifle is as strong as my bow with a concept power in it. Yue, I have to call others.'' ''No need, Master,'' Yueha''s eyes shone. ''Please allow me to demonstrate my full power in this challenging battle.'' Just as Yueha''s aura shifted, both Fecu and Thisi made a move. Fecu appeared behind Aleron with a sh, his dagger going straight towards Aleron''s neck. Thisi''s rifle pointed at Yueha and it instantly released a whirling sphere of me and water wrapped by blue lightning tendrils. *nk!* Fecu''s dagger crashed into Aleron''s banner as sparks flew and his eyes widened. "Is that all you got, you piece of trash?" Aleron coldly asked as he nced at Fecu. "Try more before dying." Meanwhile, Yueha dodged the attack before her she appeared beside Thisi, her sword glowing powerfully as she executed her technique-Swallow Freeze sh. *Shrakkk!* Thisi''s rifle de collided with her sword as she also executed a skill rted to me and thunder power. Their sh caused big explosions before they were pushed back tens of meters away. "Bastard, you''re dead!" Fecu angrily spat as his ego was hurt by Aleron''s words. ''Good. Yue, I have provoked this trash, so kill or disable her while I keep this trash busy.'' ... While their battle began, one kilometer away from this vige, surrounded by a faint ck mist was Draven, who stood on a tree''s branch while looking towards the vige. ''What''s going on there? They finally stopped at a vige, but something new cropped up now,'' Draven frowned. Meanwhile, Aazaroth''s avatar in Draven''s mind showed somberness before his voice replied, ''Troublesome.'' ''That bastard is the one my little brother targeted but failed to possess him and died.'' ''Can you show me who he is? I can''t see clearly.'' ''He is someone you saw yesterday night in the mirage crystal.'' When Draven saw Aleron'' with Aazaroth''s help, his expression changed, ''The Punisher!'' He hadn''t seen Aleron''s true face since he was disguised at the academy with Rias, so he still hadn''t connected the two. But he knew about the Punisher since yesterday night as the mirage crystals regarding Nailzim city''s incident were spreading on campus fast. ''Yeah, the punisher you saw in the video,'' Aazaroth nodded. ''The battle has started, so it is wait and see game for us. However, I am not putting much hope to possess that bastard now.'' ''You don''t want revenge for your brother?'' ''Revenge? Humph,'' Aazaroth snorted. ''Sure I want, but not at the cost of my life. That brat is extraordinary to be able to wield Magilore to that extent. He must have some kind of treasure in his body. I want to possess him, but since my brother failed, I am not going to take the risk.'' ''Why is he not attacking?'' Draven frowned as he saw the battle with Aazaroth''s help. ''If he is not attacking, it means he can''t,'' Aazaroth grinned. ''That bastard''s power is recognized at Ascension-rank, so he must be in Warlord titlepetition for this. Unless he wants to get disqualified with expulsion from the, he won''t make a move.'' ''Wait, what? What are you talking about?'' ''Nothing that you need to know right now. Forget it.'' Draven felt dissatisfied, but nothing he could do about it. ''Fine, but what''s the n next?'' ''We wait for the battle''s result. And don''t recklessly use your Mana or that so-called Punisher will detect you. He has a massive area under his radar.'' Chapter 124: Intense Combat, Yuehas Full Power Chapter 124: Intense Combat, Yueha''s Full Power ? Half a minute into the battle, Yueha and Thisis shed against each other using various skills without consuming too much Mana as if to measure each other. Meanwhile, Fecu started feeling something was wrong and stopped his attacks as he flew back. "Why did you stop?" Aleron stood with his arms crossed, his eyes oozing out disgust and disdain as he looked at Fecu in an attempt to provoke him. Of course, he wasn''t faking what he felt towards this piece of trash. ''Yueha, I am sending your stats.'' [Fecu Lence] - Primeval-rank/High-stage. - Bloodline: Venemous Gloombark - Primeval-rank. - Physical stats: -> Strength: Prime 4.7 [478,490 +30% +50%] --> Agility: Prime 4.8 [483,800+30% +50%] -> Health: Prime 4.6 [468,423 +30% +50%] -> Stamina: Prime 4.7 [471,957 +30% +50%] - Magic stats: -> Magic Potency: Prime 4.8 [489,400 +30% +50%] -> Mana Pool: Prime 4.9 [494,932 +30% +50%] --> Main Arcane Sybi: Poison level-7, Wood level-7, Darkness level-8. - Soul stats: -> Soul Potency: Prime 4.3 [437,904] -> Soul Force: Prime 4.3 [437,904] [Muckfil Thisi] - Primeval-ran/High-stage - Bloodline: Thunderme Neozin - Primeval-rank. - Physical stats: -> Strength: Prime 4.8 +30% +50% -> Agility: Prime 4.8 +30% +50% ->Health: Prime 4.7 +30% +50% -> Stamina: Prime 4.7 +30% +50% - Magic stats: -> Magic Potency: Prime 4.9 +30% +50% -> Mana Pool: Prime 4.9 +30% +50% --> Magic Arcane Sybi: Lightning level-8, Fire level-8, sma level-7 - Soul stats: -> Soul Potency: Prime 4.8 -> Soul Force: Prime 4.8 Aleron hadpletely measured both of them during the past half a minute, while also grasping level-10 in the Arcane sybus that he sensed from them while watching their skills. Whatever magic phenomenon on which his eyesy and his curiosity piques may beprehended by him, thanks to his innate talent and Magilore''s source''s trait, and he didn''t hold back in the slightest at doing this. He wasn''t going to be able to attack anyone below Ascension-rank, but he was preparing to fight against Demon Lord Narazar. ''They are strong but manageable. And I hereby enact a gamble,'' Aleron stated, also rying his thought to Yueha. ''Yueha will kill both of them within the next thirty seconds without my assistance.'' Yueha was startled, but the fire in her eyes only got stronger. ''I will do it, my master!'' [Gamble epted] ''As expected. The gamble doesn''t have to be focused on my actions. I can gamble on anything.'' [Gamble Quest] -Task: --> Death of two pieces of trash in front of you by Yueha within one minute. -Reward: -> 5000 Gacha points. -Penalty: Yueha''s stats decreased by 30% and yours by 50%. Aleron''s pupils shrank. ''Yue, don''t hold back in the slightest. They are not easy to deal with.'' He also had to remove his buff from Yueha for the Gamble quest, but that was fine as he believed Yueha would be able to defeat them. Meanwhile, Fecu and Thisi had also discussed internally and decided to finish off Yueha first. ''That bastard is not attacking me even though he killed that demon in a jiffy. Something''s wrong.'' ''We kill this bitch first, she is not easy,'' Thisi''s voice was severe. ''She is stronger than me, especially due to the boost from her Bloodline. Her skills are also strange and I don''t sense Mana from her, but some other energy.'' As the third strongest among Holy Warriors, she didn''t think she could deal with Yueha alone. ''No wonder we felt that pressure. Her Bloodline is at the fucking fabled Divine-rank,'' Fecu''s expression sharpened. This meant that in terms of stats, Yueha was stronger than them. And indeed she was. [Yueha] - Physical stats: -> Strength: Prime 4.9 +30% + 100% -> Agility: Prime 4.9 +30% +100% ->Health: Prime 4.9 +30% +100% -> Stamina: Prime 4.9 +30% +100% - Magic stats: -> Magic Potency: Prime 4.9 +30% +100% -> Mana Pool: Prime 4.9 +30% +100% -> Main Arcane Sybi: Ice level-9, Wind level-8. - Soul stats: -> Soul Potency: Prime 4.9 -> Soul Force: Prime 4.9 ''We need to finish this fast. It''s a matter of one or two exchanges now,'' Thisi ryed as she knew the real battle would start once any one of them made a move. Indeed, the stalematested only for five seconds before Yueha made the first move, not holding back in the slightest as she used her Martial Spirit, activating her Innate Physique, and executed one of her most powerful techniques. A half-moon crystal in a crescent shape appeared on her head before enveloping in her an ethereal silver-icy blue robe, boosting her Ice power significantly-this was her Martial Spirit, Lunar Crescent. Activating Martial Spirits consumes stamina and spirit energy, but they give significant boosts in power depending on the Martial Spirit. Yueha''s Martial Spirit was pure buff-type, which increased Ice-rted potency while giving an effect called Lunar Frost, which significantly slows down the target''s movement and action speed while inflicting frostbites that freeze them if struck by her attack while her Martial Spirit was activated. Moreover, Yueha also had an Innate Physique called the Divine Frostveil Physique. On top of synergizing her physical properties with Ice, herprehension of Ice was also top-notch, already at the peak of level 9 with only needing a bit of boost to reach level-10, the final level of an elemental Arcane Sybus! As such, activating both her Martial Spirit and Innate Physique, Yueha executed one of her most powerful attacks on the duo as her sword left her hand before it spun speedily in front of her palm while facing Thisi and Fecu. ''Revolving Frozen Tomb!'' A ranging and whirling frost storm shot at Fecu and Thisi, forcing out an ugly expression from both of them as they were forced to go all out. They could feel that this attack of Yueha was dangerous, so both of them were forced to use defensive skills while also activating their Domain in burst mode to self-buff them to stat increase as Yueha''s stats were higher. But their expression turned ugly because Yeuha had yet to use her Domain to match their stats with her! Of course, it didn''t mean they gave up. *Shroooo!!* Yeuha gritted her teeth as her attack had trapped both of them in a whirling icy storm, stationing them in one ce as they were forced to defend. Working together, they burst out with full power after initial defense to keep them safe. Their weapons shone before they attacked while defending, scattering Yueha''s skill. ''40 seconds left,'' Yueha''s eyes coldly shone as she appeared beside Fecu, her cold sword glinting deadly as it went straight for him. Having slowed down and frostbitten with injuries due to Yueha''s skill effect, Fecu''s bloodshot eyes indicated he was going all out as he consumed precious Blood Essence to activate Bloodline skill, Gloombark Coating, turning his skin into a dark green murky wood with ck patterns. Yueha''s sword struck his arm as he tried to dodge it to prevent getting beheaded, but his defense proved futile, as a gnash stretched on his arm before freezing it entirely. "Die!" Before the words registered in her ears, Thisis''s rifle''s bullet bearing extraordinary piercing power filled with potent lightning and fire designed for extreme pration and focused damage shot at Yueha''s head. ''Yue!'' Aleron''s pupils shrank at the moment, but his worry was unfounded. A flowery icy disk manifested before Yueha''s head, blocking the iing bullet for 0.01 seconds before her defense shattered. However, the bullet''s trajectory was changed as it shot past her and exploded a hundred meters away. Meanwhile, her attack on Fecu didn''t slow down as she executed a technique before Fecu could do anything. He was already slowed down and spending his Mana to resist her skill''s effect before he was struck again and again. Frost Bloom. Fecu screamed loudly as his frozen arm exploded while spreading frostbite all over his body and freezing him in a second. "No," Thisi''s eyes trembled as she executed another attack, but it was already toote for Fecu as he shattered into millions of pieces with a whirling wind burst from Yueha. Aleron''s eyes shed as he captured Fecu''s soul. He started reading Fecu''s memories to find out what they were nning by turning into his appearance. Thisi had tried to be as fast as possible while resisting the slow effect of Yueha''s Revolving Frozen Tomb, intending to hit Yueha with her attack before Yueha used her Domain. s... Yueha activated her domain in burst mode to self-buff as she was ready to use it. This negated the equality in stats again as she powered up. She knew even her strongest defense skill wouldn''t be able to defend against the iing attack of Thisi due to it being boosted by a powerful Primeval-rank weapon with a concept of Compact Burst. Even though her techniques were designed with elements of Ice level-9 and Wind level-8, the opponent''s attack had Concept, which could be boosted in potency with Soul force, as such, she truly had to go all out. The iing attack struck against her flower-defense frost-wind spinning te, this time resulting in mutual destruction as Yueha remained uninjured. Thisi tried to attack one more time as soon as she could, but Yueha was faster with pure advantage of stats, executing a technique before Thisi as she appeared behind her. Nine Icygale Sheen. In the next half a second, Yueha''s sword released nine sheens across Thisi''s body. Those sheens were the thinnest possible des of ice with their surface vibrated by ultra-frequency wind movement to achieve ultimate sh pration. Thisi''s body turned frosty when those nine sheens struck as she was instantly cut into nine frozen pieces before shattering. Total duration of battle since Yueha initiated her attack: 7 seconds. "I did it, master!" Yueha said with eyes filled with a burning me, quite in contrast to her icy get-up. "Good Job," Aleron smiled. [Gacha Questpleted.] Chapter 125: Countdown (1) Chapter 125: Countdown (1) ? "So they want to make me infamous and a viin in people''s eyes," Aleron muttered with anger reflecting in his eyes after he read their memories and found the n. "How dare they!" Yueha clenched her fist. "Master, let''s go and kill them." "We can''t act recklessly," Aleron snapped his finger as both of them appeared above the ship. He also sent a new Xorg in the vige below. "Who were they?" Roxen curiously asked. "Eh, you don''t know?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "They are so-called holy warriors." Roxen''s expression changed, "They were the holy warriors?!" "Yeah." "I have heard of them, but I''ve never seen them before," Roxen frowned. "Understandable. They were gone since fifty years ago ording to the memories I read," Aleron nodded before he waved his hand and focused on the Goddess Church in his Monitor Dome as the big screens disyed the church and nearby area. "Master, are we unable to kill the remaining holy warriors?" Yueha asked with a frown. "Correct. They talked about some trump cards and from memories I read, it is some sort of artifact that can raise their leader''s power above Primeval-rank. Not to mention they along powerful weapons with the effect of a Concept power." "You are not as powerful as their leader, Yue. This Amelia is strong because she actually hasprehended a Concept called Murk despite not being an Ascension-rank lifeform. You alone can''t kill the remaining three at once, not when you don''t even have a decent weapon and they have that kind of trump card." ''So they are that powerful,'' Yueha''s eyes trembled, but she saw that Aleron was still calm, albeit thoughtful. "Master, do you have a n?" "Not exactly a n, but a set of objectives." ''Holy warriors are that powerful?'' Roxen thought while looking at the screen showing the Lightdusk Pce. She noticed something at the corner of the screen and asked, "What is that countdown?" "That''s the time frame we have toplete the objectives I''ve set," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "Once this countdown is over, that Demon Lord Narazar will arrive here regardless if I save the innocent demons or not because he has a backup n that I can''t disrupt no matter what I do. If I am not strong enough to contend with him by the time arrives here, I''ll die." "What?!" Roxen was shocked. ''But only less than four hours are left....'' "Realistically speaking, he told me how he will be summoned here because he already measured me and knows that I am not of no threat to him," Aleron clenched his fist, "He is not wrong, but not exactly right as well because I am not like others." ''I have something that can change my situation if I y it right,'' Aleron''s mind was looking at Gacha System''s Gacha Room. "Three hours and fifty-seven minutes," Aleron coldly said, "This time frame is enough for me to change my situation, save the needless sacrifice of innocent demons, and prevent an immediate war." "But it is a race against time nheless," Aleron turned to Yueha and said, "Yue, go inside and train with others at the major secret region to get powerful using those Elemental crystals. I''ll call you when you all are needed." He sent Yueha inside as she vanished and appeared in the Eldertide Archipgo. "Elemental crystals?" Roxen was startled. Aleron turned to her and said, "Rias will wake up soon, so when she does, the three of us will go to the Lightdusk Academy. Go to her side for now." After saying that, Aleron also sent Roxen inside, not letting her respond as she vanished. ''Now then...'' Aleron walked at the head of the ship before he sat down cross-legged while looking at nature''s horizon before him. ''Banner Pool Creation...I need to cook something that can significantly boost one''s power. I have read tons of books, and know many types of powers, items, and crazy stuff.'' ''As long as I can imagine something and design it, Banner Pool Creation can turn it into reality.'' ''Something powerful, able to augment an individual, able to make one contend against Ascension-rank power...'' [Gachapi: Master, creating a Banner rted to summoning people is one thing, but if you n to design a banner to summon a strong power or items, then design it carefully. After all, if you can''t use it due to some requirement after summoning it, it will be for naught.] ''Mhmm,'' Aleron nodded. ''By the way, what is the deal with Concepts? Can you tell me about it in detail?'' [Gachapi: Concepts are basically powers shaped by our thoughts. These powers are rted to our soul as a strong soul is necessary toprehend a Concept. Once we acquire a Concept, we can use it in multitudes of ways depending on the nature of the Concept and the user''s thought process when utilizing it.] [Gachapi: For example, that Demon Lord Narazar has a Pierce Concept. This is straightforward but powerful. It is an offensive concept and he uses it to boost his attack, granting them extraordinary prative power, creating a Savant-rank skill which I''ve told you about before a skill meticulously designed with abination of Concept power and Arcane Sybus.] ''Mhmm, that''s why even my max-powered stacked barrier couldn''t defend against it,'' Aleron nodded. [Gachapi: Concepts are powered by Soul source. Meaning, the higher your Soul Potency, the more effective your Concept''s power. Using concept power also requires the consumption of Soul energy. That Narazar used the entirety of his avatar''s soul energy, which should be 50% of his total soul energy, so he wasn''t exactly holding back.] [Gachapi: No one uses 50% of one''s max soul energy into a single attack unless they are determined to finish the battle.] ''I see.'' Aleron looked at the countdown and saw that two minutes already passed by. Remaining time: 3 hours and 55 minutes. ''Fifteen minutes. I will refine and design the vision of a type of power I have visioned that can change our situation.'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he began brainstorming with full focus. ... ''Are we just returning aftering all the way here?'' Draven''s expression was foul. ''Tks, what can we do? That freaky brat is still here and I don''t want to get on his radar unless I get a suitable body to possess. Now we are back to the original target, your uncle.'' ''Sure, then wait for four more days,'' Draven indifferently replied. ''You have to get me Rias first.'' ''I know.'' Meanwhile, the other three Holy Warriors urgently gathered in their private garden again upon Amelia''s call. Seeing her expression, Rofus and Kaza frowned. But hearing her next words caused their expression to turn grave. "Fecu and Thisi are dead." Chapter 126: Countdown (2), Banner Creation Chapter 126: Countdown (2), Banner Creation ? "For real?" Rofus frowned. "At least, their vital status is nulled. I don''t know if their souls survived or not. If their souls survived, they should contact us soon. If not, then they are gone forever," Amelia cidly answered, her eyes looking as if she were in deep thought. "It should be that bastard whose image we are nning to ruin," Kaza picked his nose. "I also don''t see anyone else able to kill those two aside from him." "He did kill a demon as powerful as us with one attack," Rofus nodded and looked at at Amelia. "Did you get the report on him from Nailzim city?" Amelia didn''t answer until one full minute passed by, after which, she looked at the duo in front of her and said, "We will stay here and continue with our rest." "As for that guy''s report, yeah. His name is Aleron Rivenal and if what the report says is true, then he wille straight for our throats given that Fecu and Thisi died," Amelia''s eyes glinted. "So we will rx here until he arrives?" Kaza raised his eyebrows. "Exactly. Now go and rest until he arrives here to die at our hands." ... Ten minutester, Aleron had finalized his vision. Soon, the information appeared in the [Banner Pond] panel after he redirected his vision to the pond using the function. [Banner Pond] -Core Theme: -> [Symbiotic] -> [Transformative] -> [Augmentative] -Summon Theme: -> [Monster] -> [Eldritch] -World Background: -> [Random] -Additional Input: -> [Growth] -> [Modifiable] -> [Rted to Body Path, Soul Path, and Arcane Path] As he read the keywords, Aleron''s eyes couldn''t help but glow. ''Perfect. It created core details ording to what I designed.'' [Gachapi: Wow, Master. You cooked something crazy I feel. Let''s quickly begin its creation.] Aleron nodded and didn''t waste a second more as he initiated the Banner Pool creation. [10,000 Gacha points have been used. New Banner creation in the process...] [1%....] Aleorn frowned. ''How long will this take?'' [Gachapi: This banner has no reference aside from your constructive imaginative input, Master. From the looks of it, it will take thirty minutes.] ''Thirty minutes...'' Aleron nodded. ''Alright, that''s fine.'' Suddenly, he got a call from one of his subordinates via the soulwork he had established among his summons. [Yorin: Master, Exceed-rank pill set is ready! I finished it seven hours earlier than expected thanks to the me elemental crystal Ruan sent me two hours ago. I managed to reach level 9 in me Mastery and speed up pill crafting significantly!] Aleron was overjoyed. Yorin the Nature''s Alchemist showed his result! [Aleron: Perfect timing, Yorin! I aming right away.] ... Aleron chugged all five pills at once before saying to Yorin while patting his shoulder, "Awesome job, Yorin. Keep it up, but rest when you get tired. No need to overwork." "Haha, no worries, boss. Odar is helping me arrange the ingredients and prepare them. Thed is a talented assistant, so I finished early thanks to him," Yorin grinned. "I''ll make a few more sets quickly." "Alright," Aleron smiled while his body started oozing out a violent aura. "I''ll go and digest the pills. You do you." "Yes, master!" Aleron disappeared from the alchemy house and arrived on top of the pce''s terrace before sitting cross-legged. With advanced biological control thanks to Primordial Genome Whispere''s source, Aleron controlled his body and made it digest the pills of Physical stat boost properly and speedily. Popping and crackling sounds echoed throughout his body while his skin turned red due to heat produced from super fast metabolism urring in his body for digestion. His foundational physical stats started shooting up fast. 11k 14k 17k 20k .. After five minutes, hepletely digested the physical stats increasing pills and also solidified his physical foundation. |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Ex-10 (100,000/100,000) + 30% + 500%] [Agility: Ex-10 (100,000/100,000) + 30% +500% ] [Health: Ex-10 (100,000/100,000) + 30% + 500%] - [Stamina: Ex-10 (100,000/100,000) + 30% + 500% ] -30% of 100,000 = 30k - 500% of 100,000 = 500k - Each of his physical stat reached 630k! His current physical stats already surpassed that of the peak Primeval-rank powerhouse''s foundational stats! ''Next.'' Aleron''s aura was still vtile but in the magic department. He focused on it and started digesting the remaining pill for his Magic Potency. He didn''t take the Mana pool-increasing pill because it was useless to him as he had no Mana pool, but an unlimited Magilor pool. With his elevated magic control, Aleron swiftly digested the pill''s effect, boosting his Magic Potency to 100k during the next five minutes! Moreover, he also constantly refined his Magic core to keep his foundation solid while the pill''s effect increased his Magic potency. As such, In the next moment, Aleron''s aura burst out as a breakthrough urred instantly! The requirement to break through from Exceed-rank to Primeval-rank was awakening the soul and he had already awakened it long ago! His Exceed Life Rune evolved into Prime Life Rune, giving an addition of 30% boost to his Soul potency and Soul force! [Prime Life Rune] -> +30% to Physical stats. -> +30% to Magic stats. -> +30% to Soul stats. -> +100% Mana recovery speed. -> +100% Stamina recovery speed. Aleron felt his soul surging with power and was surprised. ''My soul power is increasing fast!'' [Gachapi: Indeed. Primeval-rank is where the soul blooms, so your potential is bing latent. You already had a crazy soul potential, so this was to be expected. If you focus, meditate, and train enough, you should be able toprehend a Concept as well.] ''That''s good to hear, but I don''t have time toprehend a Concept for now, unfortunately.'' Aleron looked at his status and nodded. ''Good.'' |-Name: - [Aleron] |-Race: - [Human] -Lifeform Rank: - [Primeval-rank] / [Prime Life Rune] I-ss: - [Primordial Genome Whisperer] |-Physical Status: ¡ª [Strength: Prime-1 (100,001/500,000) + 30% + 500% ] [Agility: Prime-1 (100,001/500,000) + 30% +500% ] - [Health: Prime-1 (100,001/500,000) + 30% + 500% ] - [Stamina: Prime-1 (100,001/500,000) + 30% + 500%] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: Prime-1 (100,001/500k) + 30% ] - [Magilore Energy: ¡Þ (¡Þ)] -Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Prime-1 (240,400/500k) +30% ] - [Soul Energy/force: Prime-1 (240,400/500k) +30% ] -Innate Talents: ¡ª [Spiritmind of Magilore], [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] ''My soul potency increased a lot, but I shall increase it to full,'' Aleron smiled and disappeared before he entered the Hall of Secret Realms where he had put entry portals of the Secret Realm he had summoned. He entered into me ze Abode secret realm, in which his Hell was constructed, and went to absorb the pure soul essence gathered from refined souls to increase his soul power. Like a greedy whale, he sucked into pure soul essence and nourished his soul, increasing his soul power crazily. No one had this kind of soul resource unless they also killed people and refined their souls. This practice was not that umon among Primeval-rank and Ascension-rank powerhouses, but unlike Aleron who specifically targeted bad souls, most of them targeted people wantonly. Aleron emptied around forty percent of gathered pure soul essence and maximized his soul stats! By the time he was done, thirty minutes had passed by and he heard the notification. [The new limited banner has been designed into existence: Gear Factory of Mystic Symbios] Aleron quickly checked the details to see if it was constructed as he envisioned. ''And ranking...I hope It is a unique one and on a more powerful spectrum ording to my vision.'' [Banner: Gear Factory of Mystic Symbios] Chapter 127: Countdown (3), Symbios Gears Chapter 127: Countdown (3), Symbios Gears ? [Banner: Gear Factory of Mystic Symbios] -Symbios Gear: This item is a growth-type sentient item, so each one''s future potential depends on the user who bonds with it. Due to Symbios Gears'' characteristics and power structure, each one''s starting level is the same because each one''s future potential and performance depend on the user. ''Perfect,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. This was exactly ording to what he designed so far, but the real deal was about to be revealed soon. ''Symbios Gears...please be powerful.'' Aleron used the ticket and initiated this new banner''s first summoning. From the banner''s ck whirlpool that showed no glimpses of how Symbios Gears looked like, one finally spewed out and floated before Aleron. [Congrattions, you have summoned the ck Viridrake Symbios Gear.] It looked like an exotic, eldritch-themed ck-green patterned ring with a pair of folded draconic wings emerging from its sides while in between the wings, on the ring''s surface,y an eyeball with ck patterns and wooden green pupil...that glowed as it looked at Aleron before the eye blinked from sideways in inverse like some kind of beast. [ck Viridrake]-Symbios Gear Level: 1 __Attributes: Darkness, Wood, Doom Verdant. Gear Forms: -1. Lively Doom Set: Suit and Sword. 2. Lively Disaster Cannonster. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Soul stats. Symbios Trait: -> Lively Doom: The user''s mind is prone to destructive impulses, but if the user manages to resist, they mayprehend the Lively Doom concept eventually. ''Awesome!'' Aleron''s eyes shone brightly as he looked at the status of this new kind of item. ''Symbios Traits sounds dangerous, but as long as we are mentally strong, we canprehend a Concept!'' ''How awesome is that?'' Aleron was excited as his worries were going away with this new addition of power. ''It also has an Anomaly attribute: Doom Verdant...I wonder if all Symbios Gears have one? If so, that would be great.'' ''Let''s continue and summon the rest,'' Aleron rubbed his palms before he summoned nine more Symbios Gears. [Congrattions, you have summoned the Abyssal Ignistar Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Primalist Lumisyl Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Ecliptic Pyroshade Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Frostbane Eliusis Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Tempesto Nocturne Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Symphonic Melody Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Astral Reaver Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Violetant Mirage Symbios Gear.] [Congrattions, you have summoned the Lumelight Shade Symbios Gear.] ''I have to bind with one ring that''s suitable to me,'' Aleron thought as he looked at ten exotic rings floating in front of him. He started inspecting them one by one. After checking everything, there were no other options for him to choose from except for one that was most suitable. [Astral Reaver] - Symbios Gear Level: 1 __Attributes: Space, Time, Astral Reaver. Gear Forms: -1. Astral Celestial Set: Robe and Scyth. -2. Astral Celestial Revolver. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Soul stats. Symbios Trait: -> Astral Flow: Your perception of time and directions in aprehensive sense will be disoriented regrly, but if you are able to resist and act properly, you mayprehend the Astral Flow concept eventually. ''Time sybus... the only one that I have no knowledge of,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''I hope I can learn andprehend it with this Symbios Gear.'' Aleron put away the other nine rings and grabbed the Astral Reaver before wearing it on his finger. Astral Reaver''s ring looked dreamily dark-blue silver with white glinting patterns and two tiny eyes with astral ck vertical pupils that circted on the ring''s surface. After wearing the ring, Aleron heard a strange voice in his hand. ''Master, you gotta give me blood if we want to symbiosis, y''know?'' Aleron was startled. ''You are...Astral Reaver?'' ''Eggxactly.'' ''And I like eggs...I don''t know why, but I like em.'' Aleron was dumbfounded before he burst outughing. ''Alright, I''ll give you eggster. For now, absorb my blood from the finger. You can do it, right?'' ''Ye, ye! Easy peasy for me.'' Aleron felt a slight prick on the skin that the ring covered as it absorbed a bit of his blood before glowing. Aleron felt a strange sensation in his mind and soul as if he was getting connected to another consciousness and power source. ''Wonderful!'' In his mindscape, a cute chibi creature with big starry-cross pupils in its astral eyes, with a pair of big dreamy pinkish-blue astral horns on its head surrounded by its dreamy ck- violet fur. It also had a four-pointed starry symbol on its furry head. It just looked too unique and cute! [A/N: Illustration of Astral Reaver in Discord server, other characters too.] Aleron already felt his stats increasing as he entered symbiosis with Astral Reaver. Their sources connected and empowered each other! Physical Status: Strength: 780,006 Agility: 780,006 Health: 780,006 Stamina: 780,006 Arcane Status: Magic Potency: 280,001 Magilore energy: Unlimited. Soul status: Soul Potency: 532,720 Soul Energy/force: 532,720 His stats after all calctions were already in Ascension-rank lifeform''s realm, except for Magic Potency. ''I need to at least make my Magic Potency reach 500,000 in foundational stats...that way, I can leverage my unlimited magilore and sh against Narazar even if I don''t have Concept power,'' Aleron clenched his fist, his eyes fiery as he was determined to develop things as he desires! [Astral Reaver: Master, you wanna try out the robe and scythe?] ''Yeah, let''s see what you got in addition to just boost to my stats. I''ll find a ce to check out the powers,'' Aleron smiled as he left the base ind with a single teleport before locating Yueha and others at another ind where they were training in the secret region through his Monitor Dome. After breaking through twice in a row and reaching Primeval-rank lifeform, his Monitor Dome significantly increased in size. After all, his Magic Potency went from 10,000 to 100,000 in foundational stats, not to mention the 30% Life rune boost plus the additional boost from Astral Reaver Symbios! At the moment, he could expand his Monitor Dome to a 10,000-kilometer radius easily, and that essentially covered the entire Eldertide Archilepago! Heck, the size of this secret realm was actually roughly an 8000-kilometer radius! Searching for the familiar aura, he quickly saw the crystal forest where everyone had sat cross-legged at different locations in meditation, with each holding an elemental crystal in their hands. ''I can discover the rest of the secret regions now that I can observe the entire secret realm easily,'' Aleron''s eyes shed and he started searching. During the next two minutes, Aleron swiftly discovered all the secret regions before he decided to visit the one giving the most dangerous vibes. The Obsidian Tower. Aleron teleported there and arrived in front of its giant closed gates. ''What is this tower?'' Aleron wondered as he looked at the tall obsidian tower stretching 1000 meters high in the sky. Holding in his curiosity, Aleron prepared as he knew that dangersy inside the tower. ''Astral Reaver, it''s time to suit up. Let''s see what you got.'' ''Haiyo, Mastah!'' Astral yfully said before Aleron was covered in a dreamy violet-blue robe with silver patterns. [Astral Reaver Robe] Type: Defensive Armament Chapter 128: Countdown (4), Astral Reavers Power Chapter 128: Countdown (4), Astral Reaver''s Power ? [Astral Reaver Robe] Type: Defensive Armament Defense Power: -> Arcane Defense: 500,000 -> Physical Defense: 500,000 -> Soul Defense: 500,000 Skills: -> Astral Convergence: creates a field around the user that repels all types of attacks in the direction of your choice. -> Temporal Distortion: Creates a 1-kilometer zone around you that slows down everything aside from you. ''Woah! I want to see the time power,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''Once I see it, I will be able to start learning the Time sybus!'' ''As for the defensive power...I guess it will increase along with Astral Reaver''s growth to the next levels.'' ''Naw, Master. My defensive power is rted to your lifeform rank.'' ''Oh...yeah that makes sense now. Next, let''s see the Scythe.'' Aleron grabbed the scytch that floated in front of him. It was twice as size as him and its long curved de was also roughly 2 meters long! Its de was glowing with astral violet sparks and the rest of the scythe had a heavy eldritch design simr to the de''s color as if it was made of some dark blue bone. [A/N: illustration of the scythe in discord.] ''By the way, Astral. Can you make it look like I am not wearing the robe, but I can still benefit from the robe''s properties?'' [Astral: of course, Mastah! I can make it stuck behind your skin in ethereal form while still having its defensive properties activated.] ''Nice.'' Aleron saw the robe vanished visibily and nodded with a smile before he looked at the scythe''s status. [Astral Reaver Scythe] Type: Offensive Armament Attack Power: -> Physical: 500,000 -> Arcane: 500,000 -> Soul: 500,000 Skills: -> Dimensional Rend: Cut through any defense or attack forcefully and send them into Reaver''s Pocket. -> Reaver''s Pocket: capable of storing all types of phenomena in absolute stasis and can be released anytime by you. ''Nice, so I can store attacks into Revear''s pocket, which would cut off those attack''s connection with their owner and then I release it.'' [Astral: Indeed, Mastah! Hehehe, you can release them in any direction from the scythe.] ''Hmm, I should also be able to control phenomenon as long as I have sufficient arcane mastery, and...I can get that easily by observing it,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''This is perfect.'' Aleron had studied Demon Lord Narazar''s attack at a breakneck speed, which was also why he was able to defend against it by creating its counter. He could release that attack right now if he wanted to-the Piercing Destion. However, he didn''t have the Concept, so he could not perfectly replicate it. After all, Concepts are not a power of Magic Path but the Soul Path, so his innate talent and Magilore Source''s trait wouldn''t contribute to speed-learning them. But now, Aleron also had the means to acquire a Concept in a faster way at least. "Let''s go," Aleron grinned as he walked towards the door, but the distance from the door actually increased as he walked. "Woah!" Aleron was shocked as he stopped moving and looked down. "This..." [Astral: Be careful, Mastah! Hahaha, you won''t realize where you are going and also the perception of time will be lost if you are in deep thought.] Aleron gulped. "I totally didn''t realize my legs stepped backward until I saw the distance increasing from the door." "And wait, what''s the time?" Aleron quickly looked at the countdown he had ced. [3 hours 28 minutes...] "Phew...alright, the time is not that fucked up yet," Aleron sighed a relief before he clenched his fist. ''I have to keep my consciousness active and be aware of everything all the time.'' [Astral: Mastah, if you can be aware of the change before it''s going to happen, you can resist it. My trait automatically affects you, so if you discover it and familiarize yourself with it, you will gradually start learning my Concept.] ''I see. Thanks, Astral.'' Aleron smiled and took a deep breath as he cleared his mind and also sharpened it before stepping inside the tower. [Gachapi: Master, this tower looks like a Mage''s tower of a powerful Ascension-rank powerhouse. Maybe when this secret realm was open in the past, someone built it to leave their legacy before leaving.] As Aleron entered inside, the hall lit up with floating chandeliers, showing a huge tform in the middle. The tower''s hall was also 500 meters in radius, way bigger than what it appeared from the outside. Soon, a voice also rang. [Wee to my obsidian tower, challenger.] [Clear each challenge floor and get rewards. On the final 10th floor, you may have my precious treasure and legacy of Sun-Moon Revolution Art.] ''Sun-Moon Revolution Art? Sounds basic,'' Alern raised his eyebrows. ''Is it magic rted?'' [Gachapi: Master, if it''s left behind by an Ascension-rank powerhouse, then that Sun-Moon Revolution Art must be powerful. It might also contain a methodic process to learn a Concept or two if he included those in the art!] Aleron walked towards the tform in the center while grinning, "We''ll find out soon." After arriving on the tform, it detached from the floor and rose up. The ceiling formed a hole before this tform fit in and he arrived on the 1st floor. "Interesting," Aleron muttered with surprise. This floor looked even bigger and it had giant pirs with crimson patterns all over. [First floor: Defeat the Crimson Rook Dragon.] *Roar!* Aleron saw the pir''s patterns glowing before they all released energy that converged and turned into a 50-meter-long dragon with an even longer wingspan. From its aura, this dragon was in the Primeval-rank with a powerful Bloodline, though its stats were overall weaker than Aleron. It released a condensed crimson orb from its mouth towards Aleron who was waiting for the attack. ''Let''s see....'' Aleron waved the scythe while activating the skill: Dimensional Rend, consuming 50,000 Magilore. In the next second, the scythe''s de released an astral silver-violet sh cutting the space through the orb, creating a sh between the two parts of the orb it cut. That sh that cut the space had a strange power as it instantly absorbed the cut-off orb before space returned to normal. Aleron captured everything in his eyes and broadly grinned. ''Awesome!'' He learned that attack, its entire arcane sybi, and the whole structure process! [A/N: Discord server address: a4JXSQBctd] Chapter 129: Countdown (5), Clearing Floors, Sun-Moon Revolution Art Chapter 129: Countdown (5), Clearing Floors, Sun-Moon Revolution Art ? When Aleron arrived on the second floor, he got the reward for clearing the 1st floor-A skill scroll of an SSS-rank skill [Sun Shard]. [Sun Shard] Type: Offense. Effect: Creates a sun shard that you can attach to a projectile-type skill without disrupting it. Upon your projectil-type skill hitting a target or impact, the Sun Shard releases a whirling me vortex which you can control and it may synergize with your other skill for greater damage, depending on your other skill''s elemental attribute. ''Interesting,'' Aleron was surprised at the sophistication and the type of skill this was. He then looked around this 2nd floor, a in metallic hall unlike the 1st floor, and decided to sit down before beginning to learn the skill. It was only a matter of a minute after all. But of course, the 2nd floor''s challenge started as two 5-meter-tall metallic knights with a sword and shield emerged from the floor, their aura at the median-stage of Primeval-rank. Both of them attacked Aleron, one with a sword sh while the other released a piercing sword beam. Aleron didn''t bother looking up and was just learning a skill. The knights'' attacks naturally failed to budge Aleron''s defense. After half a minute, Aleron stood up and pointed his finger at the Knights. First, two thumb-sized Sun Shards conjured as they floated to his sides before his finger crackled with lightning. ''Lightning Tendril Bolt.'' The sun shards attached the lightning tendril bolts as both bolts shot at the metallic knights... or so he thought until those bolts went in another direction. [Astral: Haha, gotta be aware of attacking as well, Mastah.] ''This is so strange...but I felt it clearly this time, though only after I released the attack,'' Aleron wryly smiled as he was affected by Astral Reaver''s trait again. *Boom!* The knights'' attack struck Aleron''s barrier, but ignoring them, he leisurely released his attack again. ''Lightning Tendril Bolt.'' As soon as the bolts struck the knights, a powerful electricity coursed through them while a searing me vortex enveloped them. The synergy between lightning and me created intense heating sma that melted both knights swiftly as they vanished. [Congrattions for clearing the 2nd floor.] The tform rose up and Aleron arrived on the 3rd floor before he got the reward from a box, which turned out to be a Primeval-rank item-Ifrit''s Wrath Ring. [Infrit''s Wrath Ring] Rank: Primeval-rank. Perks: -> Increased me control while wearing the ring. -> me resistance level 9. Effect: --> Ifrit''s Wrath: You will 20% to 50% boost in me intensity in your me-attributed attack depending on your me mastery-cost: 5000 Mana. Cooldown: 1 minute. -> me Sense: You can sense fire-attributed phenomena or resources within a 1-kilometer radius for 5 minutes-cost: 1000 Mana. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Aleron wore the ring and fought with the 3rd-floor challenge, which was a Primeval-rank monster called Volcanite Bull. He used the newly acquired to ring but found out that Ifrit''s Wrath didn''t boost his me power in the slightest, while me Sense was already useless because he could sense everything in his Monitor Dome. [Gachapi: Master, such items are useless to you, who have achieved level 10 in your elemental arcane sybus.] [Astral: big bro saying it right. Only I am useful to Mastah, haha.] Aleron chuckled. ''So this ring is aimed to support and benefit people who have yet to master their Fire sybus to level 10. Welp, I can give it to others then.'' Aleron continued clearing the floor and arrived on the 10th floor after barely ten minutes. From the 3rd Floor, he got a skill called Moon Shard, which was simr to Sun Shard, except that it was Water-attributed. From the 4th floor, he got another ring like Ifrit''s Wrath, but it was a water-attributed ring called Orphus''s Rage. From the 5th floor to the 9th floor, he got a spear weapon, a shield, a pill that could heal the gravest of wounds and remove harmful effects, a skill called Sun Pierce, and another skill called Aqua Vortex-both skills were of SSS-rank. Aleron learned the skills and gained knowledge of them, especially the bunch of non- elemental Arcane sybi that shaped those skills. He was affected by Astral Reaver''s trait now and then, but he was gradually getting used to it and also managed to prevent himself from affecting when he was affectedst time on the 9th floor. Finally arriving on the 10th floor, he began fighting with two peak Primeval-rank golems. Both of them were made of mixed attributes of Water and Fire. Naturally, it wasn''t really a challenge for Aleron as tried out his new skill after learning from Astral Reaver''s skills. ''Space de Series: Dimensional Shred.'' With a wave of his hand, he executed this skill through the Astral Reaver scythe since it synergized with the space element and added its attack on his skill, however meager it was. From the tip of the scythe, two dark silver orbs with sparkling silver shards in them shot towards both golems. Aleron''s eyes shed as he was about to change his attack''s direction again, but he managed to sense it and prevented it for the 2nd time! ''I did it again,'' Aleron grinned. The orbs struck both golems before they expanded into an astral vortex filled with space des, shredding both golems in a jiffy. Their defense was a far cry from being able to defend against this bonafide pure offense SSS-rank skill of Space-attribute. [Congrattions, challenger. Sun-Moon Revolution Art is now yours.] Aleron saw a box emerging from the tform''s center before it opened and revealed a small book. Without further ado, he started reading the book and absorbed all the knowledge. ''So it''s a big skill set consisting of four Savant-grade skills!'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. Savang-grade skills meant the skills that reach new height above SSS-rank bybining it with a Concept! ''The concept is called Revolution...Alright, sounds interesting to see what it can do.'' [Gachapi: Master, know that you can''t have multiple Concepts. I mean, you can have, but not fight off the bat.] ''What do you mean?'' [Gachapi: Comprehending a Concept and establishing it takes up your soul sea''s capacity. Basically, five hundred thousand soul potency means you can have 1 concept. One million soul potency means you can have 2 concepts.] ''I see...this capacity is based on foundational soul potency or overall?'' Aleron asked while hoping for it to be overall. [Gachapi: Fortunately, it''s determined by your overall soul potency. So even though your foundational soul potency is not 500k yet, your overall soul potency thanks to the primal life rune and Astral Reaver''s boost has surpassed 500k.] ''Hmm, but I''m afraid I won''t be able toprehend a Concept in three hours even with this book, right?'' [Gachapi: Indeed. Better to focus elsewhere for now. We can''t be sure about killing Demon Lord Narazar yet, but I can be sure that he won''t be able to kill you this time. If you get a Bloodline, then the chance of you shing equal to him is higher.] ''So I can''t fight with him equally yet?'' Aleron frowned before he sighed as he understood. ''That was just his avatar, but it was still so powerful...'' [Gachapi: Indeed. Don''t forget that he also has a Divine-rank Bloodline, that boosts his stats by 100%. We can''t be sure of anything except for your, and only your ability to stay alive in front of him, Master.] Aleron clenched his fist tightly, ''That''s not enough. We have to prepare as much as possible.] He didn''t linger longer and quickly left the Obsidian Tower, onwards to making his next move. [Gachapi: Wait, master! I have a superb idea that can give you more time than what you currently have! Depending on your hard work and capability, you might even be able toprehend a concept during this time!] Chapter 130: Countdown (6), Descent on the Lightdusk Region Chapter 130: Countdown (6), Descent on the Lightdusk Region ? ''So that''s the idea, eh? Sounds great, Gachapi. But before that, let''s finish the brewing trouble in the central Lightdusk region.'' ''I don''t want to fight Narazar while some nasty assholes brew trouble on this continent,'' Aleron''s eyes shed and he teleported away, directly arriving in the Crystal Spires of Auroraville. "Master." "Lord." Everyone felt his presence and lined up before him after breaking their training session. They knew that time was tight and their Master might need their assistance at any time. Aleron felt multiple presences of power monsters up ahead deeper in this crystallized region. "I want three people out with me to finish some work, so Judging from your progress..." Well, everyone wanted toe, but ultimately, Aleron decided on Yueha, Enorin, and Mei as these three were the strongest. "The rest of you, continue training. We are going to get busyter, so power up as much as you can." ... Aleron arrived in the room where Rias had woken up and was eating food at the table brought by Roxen from the chef. "Rias, I need your presence with me. There''s some work to do that Goddess Church and the Lightdusk Academy." "Roxen told me about the Holy Warriors. Is it rted to them?" "Yeah. Finish eating and then I''ll teleport you outside." "Alright." Aleron left and arrived on the ship with Enorin, Yueha, and Mei. "Master, I didn''t tell others anything about what happened here recently," Yueha said. "What happened?" Enorin frowned. Aleron''s eyes glinted with soul force as he directly sent memories of what happened to Enorin and Mei. Instantly, both of them exploded with anger. How dare they attempt to tarnish their Master like that?! "We have to fix the problems there, so let''s get you powered up before that. I''ve already decided which Symbios Gear is suitable for each of you, so here you go." Aleron took out three rings as they flew toward Yueha, Enorin, and Mei. Primalist Lumisyl Symbios Gear. Ecliptic Pyroshade Symbios Gear. Frostbane Eliusis Symbios Gear. "This...so strange," Mei blinked as she grabbed the Ecliptic Pyroshade ring, its fiery red structure with ck patterns and a burning eye with ck pupils blinked at her. [Ecliptic Pyroshade] - Symbios Gear Level: 1 Attributes: Shadow, Fire, Pyroshade. Gear Forms: -1. Shadow ze Set: Ranger armor and Gunde. -2. Pyroshade Ecliptic Cannon. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Soul stats. Symbios Trait: -> Eclipse Fury: You will asionally lose your sense of vision and touch while getting overwhelmed by darkness, rendering you disabled. But if you ovee and resist the effects, you mayprehend the Eclipse Fury concept eventually. "So powerful?" Mei''s eyes sparkled. Enorin and Yueha checked the rings and were also shocked. "Wear it and feed a bit of your blood to them to bind," Aleron smiled. The three of them quickly wore the rings and fed a bit of their blood to the rings as their auras surged and symbiosis began. "So this also gives us an Anomaly attribute on top of the chance toprehend a Concept," Enorin muttered as her eyes shone with prism light as she bound with the Symbios Gear." [Primalist Lumisyl]-Symbios Gear Level: 1 __Attributes: -Light, Crystal, Lumisyl. Gear Forms: ¡ª1. Primal Radiant Set: Light Armor and Heavy Broadsword. -2. Luminal Blossom Harpoon. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Soul stats. Symbios Trait: -> Prism Scope: Your vision will split and break, showing multiple views that will confuse you, but if you resist and ovee the effect, you mayprehend the Prism Scope concept. "With this much of a boost, we are not losing against anyone below Ascension rank, Master," Yueha smiled, her eyes clearly thrilled. [Frostbane Eliusis]-Symbios Gear Level: 1 _Attributes: Ice, Death, Frostbane. Gear Forms: -1. cial Majesty Set: Robe and Longsword. 2. Eliusis Crystal Crossbow. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Soul stats. Symbios Trait: -> Eliusis Render: Your emotions may be indifferent and vtile, detaching yourself from others in instances, but if you resist and ovee this, you mayprehend Eliusis Render eventually. "Alright, it''s time to make the move," Aleron said before his eyes reflected the scenery of Central Lightdusk region and the flying ship vanished in the next second, appearing right above the Goddess Church. Aleron knew those three Holy Warriors were still here, so he waved his hand and enacted a barrier covering 500 kilometers of the area by consuming 500 million Magilore. This barrier of 500 million Magilore was ten times more powerful than with his Magic potency now at 100,000pared to the previous 10,000. "Show off your auras and attract the big shots," Aleron said as he looked below at the church. He didn''t float up too high because he wanted people to see. Indeed, the entire Goddess church was rmed with powerful auras of Yueha, Enorin, and Mei descending over them. It wasn''t long before an army of 50 Exceed-rank powerhouses d in metallic armor flew up, but their bodynguage clearly showed fear. "Get out, holy warriors!" Aleron shouted as he flew out of the ship and faced the Exceed-rank holy knights. Yueha and others followed as they floated beside him. "I have no business with you lot," Aleron cidly said to the group of knights, "It''s better you all go down...but not all of you." "Kill those that have marks of red and ck," Aleron''s eyes shed. In the next second, Yueha, Mei, and Enorin each made a single move, killing 17 holy knights in the next second. Aleron grabbed their souls and sent them inside while the terrified holy knights quickly escaped below. ... Amelia, Rofus, and Kaza gathered in the courtyard before looking up. Their gaze instantly met with Aleron and the trio. [Amelia] __Lifeform: Primeval-rank/High-stage Bloodline: Crystal Titan Behemoth-Primeval-rank |-Physical Status: - [Strength: 499k+50% +30% ] [Agility: 498k +50% +30% ] - [Health: 499k+50% +30% ] - [Stamina: 499k+50% + 30% ] |-Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: 500k + 50% +30% ] - [Mana Pool: 500k +50% + 30% ] -Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: 500k +50% + 30% ] - [Soul Energy/force: 500k+ 50% +30% ] ''She is powerful, almost at the peak of Primeval-rank,'' Aleron thought. ''The question is, what trump cards do they have?'' "It seems we have a clear answer as to who killed those two now," Amelia narrowed her eyes before her figure was donned into a powerful Primeval-rank armor. The other two also adorned their respective Primeval-rank armors. In the next moment, they flew up and stopped ten meters across Aleron. "Your n failed, what are you going to do now?" Aleron coldly asked while his eyes judged them as ck skull marks appeared above their heads. "Pieces of trash." The public gathering below was shocked. "Did he just call holy warriors as pieces of trash?" "That guy....isn''t he the famous Punisher that''s been the talk since yesterday?" "What''s going on? Why is he here?" "I gotta have to record this. Fortunately, I have an unused Mirage crystal." Goddess Church was situated in one of the most popted and powerful cities, although it was not a trading center, it was the center of resources due to the surroundings having two Labyrinths-Underworld Infernal Labyrinth and Grand Rado Labyrinth. Thetter remained closed most of the time as it was more dangerous, but it was going to open after eight days. As such, many powerhouses along with all summoned heroes were gathering in this region. "Do you know what are you doing, heretic?" Ame asked, her expression indifferent she pointed her sword at the three. "The sin-" "Cut the crap about that," Aleron interrupted sharply while Yueha, Mei, and Enorin floated forward while baring their weapons toward the Holy Warriors. They isted their real power to prevent them from checking their true stats to make the enemy less cautious. ''We might have to use more than one trump card. Tell that pope to be ready to activate the formation,'' Amelia informed a person below. "Are you sure you want to fight here and put other people in danger?" Rofus frowned as he looked below. Aleron vanished from his spot and appeared below in the square before conjuring a sofa chair akin to a throne and sitting on it. He covered the entire city in a barrier before saying, "Nothing will happen no one, except if I want something to happen." Aleron also finished scanning the three holy knightspletely and created a sort of live power-measuring skill before sharing the data with the Yueha and others. ''They are not that weak, so don''t be careless. A momentary mistake can cost us big and I don''t want to lose any of you,'' Aleron ryed before he also enacted a gamble. ''I believe you three can defeat the holy warriors without my assistance and....without suffering a single injury or losing a sh of skills even once.'' Yueha, Enorin, and Mei were startled. They already knew that their Master could gamble and it was important that he win the gamble. As such, after the initial surprise, the trio was thrilled to make their Master win this gamble. ''We shall do just that, master,'' Enorin smiled. ''We will win for you,'' Mei''s eyes sharpened. Yueha pointed her cian Eliusis Sword at Amelia and coldly smiled, "Make your move." Aleron had sent them the stats of the Holy warriors, and after seeing them, Yueha, Enorin, and Mei were determined to win the gamble their Master had enacted. [Amelia] __Physical status: -Strength: 898,200 -Agility: 896,400 -Health: 898,200 -Stamina: 898,200 Arcane status: -Magic Potency: 900,000 -Mana Pool: 900,000 --> Main Arcane Sybus: Enhance level 10, Earth level 9, Darkness level 9, Level 8 Space. Soul status: -Soul Potency: 900,000 -Soul Energy/Force: 900,000 The other two were weaker than Amelia in physical stats, but their Magic potency and soul potency were at 900k as well. Inparison, Yueha, Enorin, and Mei were far higher in terms of stats. However, there was one thing the trio fell short against Amelia. This bitch had two Arcane sybi at level 9, and one at level 10, which was non-element, but powerful nheless. She also had Space sybi, which would prove troublesome, but fortunately, it was at level 8. ''Yue, Eno, Mei. You will be affected by Symbios Trait, but make sure you resist it. I know you can do it, I believe in you,'' Aleron encouraged the trio as he knew his words were the best tonic for it. As the fight was on the cusp of starting, Elysia Gothwing grabbed popcorn with anticipation and eagerness in her eyes. ''This bastard never fails to surprise me. What the hell were those rings? How can he get such absurd items? The rings felt alive and had a strange source in them that I''d never seen before." "Give me a good show, kiddos." Yuzu sat beside her and grabbed some of the popcorn from Elysia, "What do you think will happen, goddess? Young master Aleron can''t make a move, right?" Elysia nced at Yuzu, but ignored her impudent attitude and answered, "Those three have a good trump card stationed in my church, so I''m not sure." "It depends on their new power and their capability to improvise duringbat." Chapter 131: Countdown (7), Alerons Declaration Chapter 131: Countdown (7), Aleron''s Deration ? Yueha shed against Amelia as both began testing the waters with small shes first. Meanwhile, Mei fought against Kaza and Enorin targetted Rofus. The enemy had Primeval-rank weapons and armor, but Yue, Mei, and Eno had even better armor and weapons! Aleron sitting on the public square also attracted everyone''s attention, and soon, the holy pope arrived with a bunch of holy knights. While others were fighting above, he also had some work to do as his eyes glinted, judging every single soul in the city. "Why are you doing this? They are the holy warriors who have protected us and are essential in theing war," the Holy Pope said as he arrived before Aleron. Seeing the fat ck skull mark on the holy pope''s head, Aleron snapped and almost killed him, but he held back. ''I can''t attack these pieces of trash myself.'' He sent his consciousness inside Eldertide Archipgo to bring out someone. ''Someone scary.'' Meanwhile, the Pope continued to pop out shit from his mouth, "Heretic! You already killed many people in Nailzim City. Are you going to do the same here?" "Because of you, the demons will invade us and enve us!" The majority of the public here was obviously favoring the holy pope as they joined in. Holy Pope also needed the public to prosecute Aleron because if not, he would also die eventually and he feared that. ''From what we have discovered so far, he cares about good people. He also looks like a kid, so we need to mentally overwhelm him. In any case, we have to do something to stop his rampage or I am dead.'' He looked up and saw the shes happening in the sky, ''The formation will be ready to activate in one minute as well. They just need to hold on for one minute.'' "Do you think are God?! Our goddess is Elysia, who has constantly saved us from great perils! If you really think you are good, then why don''t you go and kill demons?!" "That''s right. You can''t just kill people!" Someone from the crowd shouted. ''Damn, if he can really see the sins, then won''t I be caught for the girl I raped?'' "You are a demon! How can you kill so many people?! I will fight you to death if you want to bring such despair to our city!" A woman shouted, with an obvious desperate glint in her eyes. The summoned heroes also spoke up, but only those who had sinned a lot. They were average people in their previous worlds, but drunk in power, many of them fulfilled their dark desires, not even sparing innocents. People started speaking up, but unironically, those people were the ones who knew that they would get punished just like they saw in the video of Nailzim City. Suddenly, everyone saw a giant fish four meters tall and two meters long appearing above Aleron, looking as if it was straight out of a horror fantasy with its scary body littered with multiple eyes and a fishing hook bulb emerged from its back and stretching two meters ahead of its head. *Screeeh!* It loudly screeched, forcing everyone to shut up as they covered their ears. "Yap, yap, yap," Aleron annoyingly said as he particrly eyed the ones who were speaking as they had red and ck marks over their heads. "You pieces of trash need to die." "Insanguish, target the ones with red and ck marks, and show them the worst of horrors without holding back." Insaguish the Angler Fish''s tens of eyes glinted, using its specialty of illusion and darkness powers on the targetted people as they immediately started screaming while rolling on the floor. Aleron snapped his finger and muted them by covering them in a barrier, rendering their screams silent. In an instant, fear enveloped everyone and nobody dared to speak, not even the Pope. "Good, now listen to me," Aleron uttered as he looked at the pope, whom he specifically excluded. "The person you call holy pope is an utter piece of trash who exploits holy maidens after rendering them unconscious during prayers. Why else do you think the prayersst for 2 hours and nobody else but him is allowed with the maidens?" Aleron had already started reading the holy pope''s memories, so he knew everything. "W-what are you saying!? How dare you use me of such sins?!" "Shut up," Aleron red at him and covered him in a barrier, muting him. He looked around and saw that no kids were present around. This city''s part was bustling with powerhouses due to the market and training zones, and the residency area was in the other part. "D-Do you have proof?" a woman hesitantly asked. "My daughter, she is one of the holy maidens...I.." She didn''t want to believe it! "I have proof as well," Aleron sighed before he looked at the woman. "I can read memories of people if I want and I did just that on this garbage. Everyone I have killed and punished deserves it." Aleron waved his hand and showed a screen disying the prayer hall with tens of maidens sitting in rows and the holy pope standing in front of them. At first, it was about the prayers, but the holy maidens started to get dizzy and soon lost their consciousnesses. Gasps of shock rang out from the public as they saw that. Afterward, the holy pope walked towards the holy maidens while skipping steps and with a nasty grin on his face, causing people to tremble as they saw it. Someone even vomited before cursing out loud, "This bastard! I used to worship him!" Aleron paused when the holy pope approached a girl who was in herte teens, his fist tightly clenched. "I don''t need to show more," Aleron waved his hand as the screen vanished. He stood up and floated up to overlook the people and let all people, both near and far, look at him. "I don''t need your consent. I don''t need your validation. I don''t need to hear your opinions," Aleron''s eyes overlooked thousands of people while his voice spread throughout the whole city as millions of people heard him. An avatar also sprang up from him, stretching a hundred meters tall so that everyone in the city could see him. "I have adopted this world and I am the ruler of it. There''s no need for any goddess or god because there is me." "And my rule is simple," Aleron''s eyes brilliantly sparkled, "Be good and spread goodness. I know it''s hard when conflicts happen, but reach an understanding and solution instead of giving into darkness and crossing lines." Aleron narrowed his eyes, "The moment you give in to the darkness and spread suffering to innocents...is the moment you will end at my hands." "So I am telling you again. I don''t care about your consent, I don''t need your validation, and I''m not interested in your opinions regarding my judgment." "If you have done nothing bad and crossed no lines, you don''t have to fear me. But if you do fear me..." Aleron''s eyes glinted coldly as he marked all the people in the city as the map painted red with marks. "Then know that your end is nigh." In the next moment, Aleron spewed out Xorgs andmanded them to capture all people he had marked red and ck. [Gachapi: Master, I have created enough serums to create 20,000 Xorgs more.] ''Good. We are going to spread them through the continent first and make sure I don''t have to worry while I fight the Demon Lord. Now that I can cover the entire Ardentia with my Monitor Dome, I can send Xorgs anywhere I wish.'' As the Xorgs began working to cull the bad weed, he looked up at the battle urring above as it was finally entering the serious phase. Chapter 132: Countdown (8), Combat Power of Yueha, Mei, and Enorin (1/2) Chapter 132: Countdown (8), Combat Power of Yueha, Mei, and Enorin (1/2) ? ''What the hell, they are strong! I''ve lost every bout of skill shing against that bitch,'' Kaza said frustratingly to his teammates as he flew back while releasing an axe-shaped projectile from his axe weapon towards Mei, forcing her to dodge. ''This shadowy bitch is too fast and slippery!'' Rofus and Amelia also gathered with Kaza, stopping fifty meters away from Yueha, Enorin, and Mei. "Tired already?" Yueha narrowed her eyes at Amelia as she internally sneered. ''She didn''t use space power even once. She thinks she is hiding it and probably wants to surprise attack, but we already know.'' ''The other two are weak. Mei and I will finish them off now,'' Enorin pointed her heavy broadsword made of strange yet majestic white crystal with golden motes shining inside it towards Kaza. *Swoosh!* Mei pointed her Gunde toward Rofus and also executed an attack, releasing a ck bullet with me patterns. Sensing the power in those two attacks, Rofus and Kaza knew they would have to spend quite an amount of Mana and soul energy to defend. But both of their attacks struck on a ck earth barrier Amelia created, sessfully defending against them. But her expression was dark after she measured their attacks'' power with this defense. ''That blue-haired angel has level 9 Light mastery and that masked girl has level 9 shadow...their skills are strong as well.'' She knew Kaza and Rofus wouldn''t be able to defeat them given the difference in stats. ''It''s time.'' In the next second, the Goddess Church''s statue on top of the building shone brightly before shooting a colorful beam of light at Amelia, Kaza, and Rofus, increasing their stats by another 50% of their foundational value, which was approximately 250k increase in all stats! At the moment, Rofus and Kaza grinned as their stats reached around 1000k/1 million, in all! Meanwhile, Amelia''s stats reached 1.2 million in all! ''So it''s an empowering formation,'' Aleron snorted and was about to destroy the formation but Yueha stopped him. ''It''s fine, Master. We will still defeat them,'' Yueha''s sword vanished before it was reced by an icy cross-bow with dark gold design and patterns, its aura terrific. 2nd Gear form of Frostbane Eliusis-Eliusis Crystal Crossbow! Amelia was fully focused on Yueha because she was the most troublesome opponent to her. ''Her attacks had a Death attribute, but she doesn''t have high mastery of it. However, her Ice... it''s dangerous. You two, finish off those two bitches quickly and swiftly by going all out before aiding me.'' "Go on and prepare. We''ll show you the difference between us," Yueha icily smiled. Her confidence was backed by statistics, skills, and a tip from her dear Master regarding the Space element! "Arrogant bitch, just wait!" Kaza sneered before he burst out with his aura and his axe glowed, even using the Divine Blessing of the goddess as he used one of his most powerful skills-Cleaving Disaster, towards Mei. Meanwhile, Rofus also burst out with his aura as his Primeval-rank spear with a Concept power in it glowed, vanishing into a blur while using one of his most powerful skills while buffing it with a skill from his Divine Blessing. "Die!" Rofus arrived right before Enorin, his spears splitting into multiple images. Thousand zing Drills. Amelia and Yueha didn''t make a move and just nced at each other, but Yueha had a faint smile on her face while Amelia looked somber. On one side, Kaza''s deadly attack shed Mei, his Domain activated in burst mode to self- boost him, and consuming a great amount of Mana and soul energy in this attack...fully aimed to kill Mei. s, Mei''s eyes glinted as she finally unveiled her aura, and using a shadow movement skill, she swiftly dodged the attack by turning into a shadow before it could strike her and arrived a hundred meters away. Held by both of her hands, a freaking ten meters long ck cannon barrel hung near her waist with zing dark orange glowing patterns on it, ready to fire. Her Domain was also activated, empowering herself further by boosting her darkness, shadow, and me power. [Mei] Physical status: -Strength: 1,255,800 -Agility: 1,255,800 -Health: 1,236,900 -Stamina: 1,243,200 Arcane status: -Magic Potency: 1,257,900 -Mana Pool: 1,257,900 Soul status: -Soul Potency: 1,260,000 -Soul Energy/Force: 1,260,000 She was summoned to an early-stage Primeval-rank, but after training and eating resources, she had reached high-stage Primeval-rank and nearing its peak! With her stats around 450k+ 30% from Life rune +40% from her Legendary-rank bloodline + 50% and 100k from Symbios Gear, her stats reached over 1 million! Her aura immediately caused Kaza''s pupils to shrink in terror. s, just as Mei was about to shoot from her 2nd Gear Form-Pyroshade Ecliptic Cannon, the symbios trait triggered! -> Eclipse Fury: You will asionally lose your sense of vision and touch while getting overwhelmed by darkness, rendering you disabled. But if you ovee and resist the effects, you mayprehend the Eclipse Fury concept eventually. However, she managed to sense it beforehand and prevented her cannon from falling off her hands and her vision from nking out by resisting it with her soul force! ''I won''t disappoint Master!'' Kaza got the time to plead to Amelia in that half a second as he turned around while exploding with his full power, fully intending to escape. ''Help!'' His eyes begging at Amelia. Amelia''s eyes flickered with shock. ''How can she achieve such a power level on her own without any external boost?!'' But of course, being wary of Yueha, she didn''t make a move nor she could make a move in time as Mei''s cannon sted an intense and condensed ck orb with zing me patterns on and inside it! Its speed caused the space to tremble as it struck Kaza''s back before exploding into a fiery ck me spectacle with dark orange sparks, killing Kaza! Deader than dead! At the same time, Rofus''s scream also rang! Two seconds ago when Rofus''s attack-Thousand zing Drills, arrived before Enorin, he also witnessed Enorin''s aura surging as a dark golden shield appeared before her,pletely blocking his attack! [Enorin] ___Physical status: -Strength: 994,400 -Agility: 948,400 -Health: 908,200 -Stamina: 942,800 Arcane status: -Magic Potency: 1,164,000 -Mana Pool: 1,164,000 Soul status: -Soul Potency: 1,780,000 -Soul Energy/Force: 1,780,000 Enorin had just recently broken through to Primeval-rank like others, but she had still reached median-stage Primeval-rank by consuming resources. Her soul potential was high after the breakthrough, so she had gained over a 100k soul potency, directly reaching 200k in soul status on top of increasing it again using soul essence from Hell from the leftover that Darzax brought when healing Aleron''s soul. As such, with the 100% boost from her Bloodline, 50% + 100k boost from her Symbios Gear, 30% boost from her Life Rune, and 100k boost from her Job ss, she managed to reach those stats. Technically, Rofus''s attack that he boosted with all of his power, which also had his weapon''s concept power-Duplicate, doubled the number of his attack projectile, Enorin normally wouldn''t stand a chance to defend it unless she expanded a lot of her soul energy to boost her defense by off-setting the power difference, even then, her shield would break. However, she surprisingly managed topletely defend against that attack with a reasonable consumption of soul energy because... Chapter 133: Countdown (9), Combat Power of Yueha, Mei, and Enorin (2/2) Chapter 133 Countdown (9), Combat Power of Yueha, Mei, and Enorin (2/2) Because¡­the shield was her job ss''s power¡ªDawnbreak Warrior! [Dawnbreak Warrior] |_Job-ss Rank: Primary |_Level: 1 [ 64/100 Warrior Exp ] |_Status Bonus: ¡ª> Physical stats +100k, Magic stats +100k, Soul stats +100k |_Energy Source: ¡ª> Fighting Spirit: [50,000/100,000] ¡ª> 1 Fighting Spirit recovery per second. |_Skill Tree: ¡ª> 1. Indomitable Spirit Shield ¡ª> 2. Warrior''s Cleave. ¡ª> 3. Intimidation Gaze. Using her new source of energy from Dawnbreak Warrior''s source¡ªFighting Spirit, and using it in tandem with Mana and soul energy, she used her Job-ss''s defensive skill, Indomitable Spirit Shield! As such, Rofus''s full-powered strongest attack intended to kill Enorinpletely failed to break her defense! Without sparing another thought after failing to kill her, Rofus screamed for help at the same time as Kaza before he burst out at his full speed to escape like a rocket with fiery wings emerging from his back. s, Enorin used her Symbios Gear''s 2nd form, Luminal Blossom Harpoon, as a sparkling crystal harpoon with golden, blue, red, and green flickering colors appeared in her hand. At the same time when Mei''s attack had struck Kaza, Enorin''s harpoon pierced into Rofus''s chest before its tip expanded into a cross-lock that squeezed Rofus''s body, causing him to scream in hellish burning pain! Half a secondter, during which Amelia thought to make a move but didn''t, Rofus''s body burned with golden sparkling mes from the Harpoon before he turned into tiny pieces of crystals. Aleron grabbed both of their souls before sending them into the secret realm, a grin on his face. ''Great work, girls!'' "Only you are left now," Yueha faintly smiled at Amelia and finally removed her suppression of aura as well, showing her true power. Amelia frowned as she measured Yueha before her eyes widened in shock. ''¡­how?!'' [Yueha] _Physical status: ¡ªStrength: 2,050,000 ¡ªAgility: 2,050,000 ¡ªHealth: 2,050,000 ¡ªStamina: 2,050,000 _Arcane status: ¡ªMagic Potency: 2,050,000 ¡ªMana Pool: 2,050,000 _Soul status: ¡ªSoul Potency: 2,050,000 ¡ªSoul Energy/Force: 2,050,000 Yueha was at high-stage Primeval rank when she was summoned and since then, she has consumed the necessary resources in Eldertide Archipgo to reach the peak stage just recently! With a 100% boost from her divine-rank bloodline, 50% + 100k boost from her Symbios Gear, and 30% boost from her life rune, she easily reached 2 million in all stats, far surpassing Amelia who had a boost from the formation. "It appears that I''ve lost," Amelia sighed as she put down her sword. "Oh?" Yueha raised her eyebrows, not expecting this, but also being wary as she knew this crafty woman deliberately didn''t show her Space powers. "I surrender," Amelia said as her sword vanished and she raised her hands as if giving up. However, she vanished from her spot in the next moment and appeared behind Yueha while holding a strange dark silver dagger with ck patterns, stabbing into Yueha''s back. ''As long as I kill her, the other two will be easy for me to deal with.'' However, her expression drastically changed when the expected blood or scream didn''t pour out. Instead, the Yueha in front of her shattered like a ss. A chill crawled down on her back before she waspletely frozen into a popsicle. With the overwhelming power of Yueha''s ice, which was further boosted by her Bloodline''s power and its anomaly attribute, Amelia waspletely frozen, including all of her vitals, mind, thoughts, and power sources! Aleron''s smile bloomed as his girls won the gamble for him, defeating the enemies without his aid and without getting injured even once! "Good work." Yueha, Mei, and Enorin arrived before Aleron and knelt on one knee. Yueha also brought frozen Amelia and presented her. "Master." The trio called out in unison, with smiles on their faces as they were happy to aplish the task and win the gamble. The public quieted down and made arge space, most of them looking awed, shocked, and amazed. "Please get up, haha. You''ve done a great job," Aleron gave a jolly grin at the trio and raised them up. "Go and get some rest. I''ll return soon." "No time for rest, Master. We shall return to training," Enorin said with a serious expression. "Yes, master. I want to break through Ascension rank before Demon Lord Narazar arrives," Yueha said with fiery resolve in her eyes. The requirements for breaking through to Ascension rank were two: First, awakening a Concept. Second, reaching level 10 in an elemental Arcane sybus! Both of them were almost impossible to achieve during the next three hours unless Yueha entered some kind of enlightenment state. "If you want to do it, then go. Use whatever you need and try your best," Aleron warmly smiled. He knew Yueha wanted to break through so she could aid him in the fight against Demon Lord Narazar. "I will try too," Mei clenched her fist. "Send us back, Master." Aleron nodded and sent them back. The trio were aware of the limited time and didn''t want to waste it. "Lord Punisher! I-I have a request," an old man looking in his eighties walked out of the crowd towards Aleron. Looking at the old man''s mark, Aleron''s eyes brightened and he smiled, "Elder, no need to call me Lord Punisher. Just call me Aleron." This old man was over eighty years old, but he had a white mark! It meant that he had practically never inflicted suffering on any innocent! "If you say so," the old man weakly smiled as he walked over and stopped before Amelia''s statue, his eyesplicated. "What is your request, elder?" Aleron curiously asked. "Amelia Warmstar¡­she was a young talented woman in her early twenties when I was a teen kid," the elder spoke, his eyes reminiscing an important moment of his life. "I first met her when I went into the forest to collect herbs. I was about to die, but she saved me with a kind smile on her face." The old man let out a chuckle, "I won''t lie, I fell in love with her at that moment." "Sigh," shaking his head, he looked at frozen Amelia before looking at Aleron, "I-I want to know if she is really deserving of your punishment." Aleron looked at Amelia''s head¡­a big fat ck skull, before he blinked and refreshed again. It was still a big fat ck skull. He sighed and said, "Elder¡­I don''t know what she has done to warrant my punishment, so how about we look at it together?" Aleron''s eyes shed before he sent a string of his soul force into Amelia and one into the elder. ''Let''s see.'' Chapter 134: Countdown (10), Dark Hearts Chapter 134: Countdown (10), Dark Hearts ? The public murmured after hearing Aleron''s words and saw him and the old man closing their eyes. "I wonder what she has done?" "Do you believe in him?" Suddenly, Xorgs arrived and started throwing people on the ground that they''d captured-all with red and ck marks. The public moved even more far away from the central square, making a space as people started forming a pile. "Uncle!" a young man from the crowd shouted. "W-Why? He is just a normal worker in the guild...." "He must have done something bad, humph." "You believe in this?" "It doesn''t matter if we believe or not because he...he doesn''t care about that." As many people were looking at Aleron and the old man, they saw their expression changing. The old man started turning pale while Aleron''s aura turned vtile, his expression turning scarily wrathful. "Damn! What is he seeing that causes him to make that face?" "The old man...he looks like he might die anytime now." Suddenly, Aleron also opened his eyes, bloodshot and angry while the old man fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes trembling as he muttered, "T-That time when she saved me in that forest...she..." ''Fucking psychopath!'' Aleron took a deep breath before his eyes glinted and he checked his Monitor Dome. He focused on a particr forest near the city, the same one where the old man was saved by Amelia over sixty years ago. ''I can observe the surface, but I should also extend my Monitor Dome to some depth under the ground...'' Aleron thought as he observed the forest''s underground area and soon found a rather big underground hall, with two women captive there from nearby viges, which Amelia had caught yesterday to resume her diabolical activity. However, at the corner of that hall...there was nock of skeletons, piling up to hundreds in number. The most tragic thing was the size of the skeletons. At least 70% of the skeletons belonged to kids. Not just kids, but rather...newborn kids of a year to a maximum of three years old. ''Why?! How can people do this?!'' Aleron questioned his own sanity as he witnessed the psychopathic acts of Amelia and also remembered a simr case of Earth in his past life. A doctor who ran a surrogating and pregnancy hospital periodically killed newborn children via a special medicine developed by him. His purpose was to extract some rare fluid that only newborn children would have and that fluid could turn into a miraculous skincare product that would reinvigorate skin and remove skin diseases. It was a horrifying case because he had been running thatb for almost a decade, building a whole facility underground. He sold the products via his rtive''s worldwide famous skincarepany and raked billions yearly. In Amelia''s case, she was more direct. She captured women with newborn children or just single women and forcefully made them pregnant using Kaza, Rofus, and her other subordinates so that she could drink newborn children''s blood-she was addicted to it. Moreover, she was also a masochist but didn''t like anyone touching her except for women who had just given birth, so she would free those women after killing their children and let them hurt her while she watched their despairing and desperate expressions twist joy on her face. It was hard to imagine the usual cold and indifferent beautiful woman like Amelia in that state. The old man totally broke apart after he found out about the heinous acts and soon passed out. "Lord Punisher, what did she do?" Someone from the crowd asked, and to their answer, Aleron also timely rescued the two women from the underground hall below the forest, teleporting them to the square before him. The young women were in theirte twenties and fearful as they looked at Aleron. "You''re fine now. No need to be scared," Aleron said as he covered them in the barrier and warmly smiled at them. "I am sending you to your respective viges, okay? You''ll be with your family soon." "W-Who are you?" "I am Aleron," Aleron gently smiled. "I am the ruler of this world from hereon and I promise you, nothing bad will happen to you again as long as I live." In the next second, both women vanished as Aleron sent them away. He also sent the old man into his house after finding it from his memories. Afterward, Aleron looked at the pile of people Xorgs captured. His eyes flickered as he read their memories and filtered them into the category as he did in Nailzim city before sending two-thirds into his secret realm and keeping a small amount here. He also sent Amelia and the holy pope in as he wanted to inflict special punishment on themter. Xorgs were still bringing in people from all over the city. Although this city was not as populous as Nailzim city, it still housed over twenty million people. Even if 1% of them were red and above marked, that still numbered over 20k, but unfortunately, the percentage was 4% of red and ck marks. Despite being the so-called holy ce, it was still riddled with corruption and sins because ultimately....it was run by people and people''s hearts had seven emotions and desires that if not reined in, would hurt the innocents. "These people will be handled by the authority of this city," Aleron said as he floated up. "As of this moment, there is no one bad enough for me to punish anymore." Aleron''s lips curved into a smile, one that was not warm, but also not cold, "Let''s make sure it stays that way right?" After saying that, he floated up high in the sky and waved his hand, consuming Magilore unrestrainedly while creating a vast metal tform in the sky above the city to enact onest grand move. Looking at the countdown he nodded, ''We barely spent nine minutes here so far. Good.'' [3 hours 19 minutes...] [Aleron: Rias, you are known in this city, so tell them about me and handle the church. I will talk in a bit more detail after I am done finishing thisst work.] While people were confused and wondered what Aleron was doing in the sky creating that huge tform, Rias and Roxen arrived in the square. Powerhouses of Exceed-rank and two Primeval-rank of the Lightdusk Academy also arrived. They had departed after feeling the energy ripplings of the battle since the distance between Goddess Church and Academy was only fifty kilometers. After meeting up with Rias, they handled the twenty-five thousand people that Aleron left in the city with the city enforcement. At the square, Rias and Kadita floated a hundred meters above to oversee the city and direct the workflow. "What is he doing by creating such a vast tform?" Kadita asked with a frown as she looked at the tform above. She couldn''t see Aleron anymore since he was above the tform. She could see the Xorgs though, as they floated at the borders of the tform. "I don''t know," Rias shook his head and sighed. "But all I know is that he is doing it for the good of all of us. Teacher, you don''t know what kind of trouble he is going to face even though he almost died in the demonic continent some hours ago and just recovered." "But he is still relentless in the pursuit of his goals and his ambition that no other dare to have," Her eyes sparkled as she added, "We are fortunate to have him, you know?" Kadita wryly smiled. Chapter 135: Countdown (11), Diving In Chapter 135: Countdown (11), Diving In ? "Anyway, let''s focus on our work, Teacher. The goal is to demolish the Goddess Church, but we can''t do it right away since many people still worship her. We have to establish that the ruler and God of this world is only one from now on." Kadita''s eyes widened, "Are you serious?" Rias looked at her with the most serious expression she had ever shown and nodded. "I will tell you the truth about the goddess, so let''s gather the top brass of the city and academy in the church hall." ... Meanwhile, Aleron floated above the vast round tform stretching ten kilometers in radius! In front of him was a dreamy screen panel showing the map of the entire Lightdusk continent, with abudant of dots at popted area. The total poption of the continent was 1.4 billion people. Since all of his stats increased drastically after two breakthroughs, his brain is way more capable and faster than before, able to process like a supeputer. Not all Primeval-rank had brain capabilities the same as him because Aleron''s brain was already more capable while acquiring the Primordial Genome Whispere job ss practically evolved it. At the moment, he processed the entire poption of 1.4 billion using Monitor Dome, which he also improved drastically than before, adding more functions to ease the work. ''I can''t hurt people....but I can teleport them from their location to here and let Xorgs handle it.'' Two thousand Xorgs floated around the tform, awaiting Aleron''s orders. Aleron''s eyes shed and glowed as he began. ''Mark targets...everyone with a red or ck mark.'' Aleron''s aura surged as he consumed Magilore and initiated the operation. In the next moment, people started appearing on the tform from all over the Lightdusk continent! Be it a n head of a powerful n, be it a vile servant somewhere, be it a vile normal person living with the masses, be it the prisons who were in jail... Everyone with a red or ck mark was forcefully teleported from wherever they were and found themselves standing on the tform one kilometer high in the sky! After ten seconds, he finally finished teleporting all the people. Their total number reached 27 million! Out of 1.4 billion people, 27 million people had red and ck marks! Looking at the clean map, Aleron felt indescribable as he muttered, "The continent clean off the dirt...I did it." "But it''s not over yet." ''Barrier,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he covered the tform in a strong barrier by consuming 1000 million Magilore, granting it all types of reinforcement avable in his arsenal of Arcane sybi. He also stationed Xorgs there to overlook them and prevent fools from interfering. Aleron didn''t have time to deal with them right now, so he decided to imprison them here while he focused on the n suggested by Gachapi to be more powerful to sh against Narazar. [Gachapi: Time to dive in, Master. I''m sure you''ll progress faster there and they should have the time-dtion stuff as well.] ''Yes. But wait a minute, I''ll have to give something to Rias so she can work on the n smoothly while I am away.'' Aleron looked below, his vision passing through obstacles and looking into the hall where Rias faced around fifteen people who were in an authoritative position in the city and the Academy. ... "Rias, what did you just say?" an old man with a goatee beard asked, his eyes widened. "You want us to relinquish the faith of goddess because there''s a man outside who is punishing people?" "The war will break-" Suddenly, the woman who was speaking shut her mouth and sweat beads formed on her forehead. Not just her, but a strange atmosphere descended in the hall because Aleron just appeared beside Rias. Everyone had seen the video of Nailzim city and also the live action in this city, so the fear they had regarding Aleron was justified. "Faith of the goddess..." Aleron muttered and ruefully smiled as he looked at the people before him. "You all have yellow marks. It means you haven''t hurt any innocent to the point of despair and killed no innocents yet, but I am sure you are missing a few colleagues among you." Aleron''s expression sharpened as he added with narrowed eyes, "You are here because you haven''t crossed the line like 27 million people above the tform. I am not interested in lording over you, nor am I interested in creating puppets like the so-called goddess." "I just wanted to remove the dirt from this continent and I just finished that." Everyone gulped, feeling both anxious and nervous. "You have been in a position of power and authority without abusing it like many others, so I only have one thing to tell you," Aleron''s aura made others feel suffocated, "Do not have new ideas just because I am changing the world for the better." "If your yellow marks turn into red, you will lose the right to your life." "As for the Demonic Continent and the so-called war," Aleron smiled. "Leave that to me. Your job is to spread the truth about the goddess that Rias will tell you soon and handle the people. Focus on progressing and developing because this world is going to change drastically very soon." Everyone quickly nodded. "Rias," Aleron faced Rias and gave her two rings. "I created these rings for your safety while I am away. This one will protect you and the other one can open a portal to the secret realm. Take note that only your Mana can activate them." Rias grabbed Aleron''s hand, her eyes filled with concern as she looked at him, "Please take care of yourself." "Once you are done showing them the proof and truth, return to the secret realm," Aleron smiled and kissed her on the forehead, "See youter." In the next moment, he vanished and arrived in the secret realm. "Let''s begin." Aleron took out the mysterious headgear of the VRMMO game of Radrata Cosmos, Combat Lords, andy on the bed. [Wee back, Combat Lord Ruinex] Chapter 136: Countdown (12), Target: 1 Billion Chapter 136: Countdown (12), Target: 1 Billion ? Aleron arrived in the bustling Zion''s shade hub where he had registered himself and even had taken 84th rank in the Hub Leaderboard. Ruinex had been the talk of the hub for a couple of days before it died down since he was not online even once after that. However, as he just returned to the game and his status turned online, Aleron was immediately flooded by a bunch of notifications, all being messages from various people! Aleron opened the mail and it expanded into tens of small screens before him, each disying a message. And this was just the first page. ''What''s going on?'' Aleron blinked as he swiped the page and quickly nced at messages. Most of their messages were him getting invitations to join a party for some activity, event, or guild. ''How did I get this famous out of nowhere?'' Aleron wryly smiled and closed the mailbox. [Gachapi: Master, let''s go to the Combat Lord center of this hub and ask about the ce with time dtion.] ''Yeah.'' Aleron teleported and arrived in front of thebat lord center''s vast gate, the same one in which he had taken thebat assessment the previous time. But a calling notification abruptly rang as he stepped inside. [Aoi Dragon is calling you. Would like to pick up the call?] Aleron was surprised. ''People can even call me? How?'' [Gachapi: Probably because of your name in the leaderboard, they can call.] He picked up the call after a moment, ''Well, I can just ask this yer about stuff as well. Maybe he will help me.'' [Aleorn: Hello?] [Aoi Dragon:...] [Aleron: Mic testing one two three...] [Aoi Dragon: cough, I apologize. I wasn''t expecting to get my call answered. Anyway, Mr. Ruinex, I would like to invite you to a certain event. I see that you haven''t joined a guild yet, so if your performance is satisfactory in the event, you can join the strongest guild of this Zion''s shade hub-Colored Mayhem Guild.] [Aleron: I can''t join any Event right now due to limited time on my hands, but can you tell me the best training ce or activity ce avable in this game? Preferably, I want a ce with a time dtion phenomenon.] [Aoi Dragon: There is a ce with time dtion phenomena, but it''s only avable in the one and only Warlord Hub. If you want to ess that hub, you have to achieve a Combat Power of 1 billion.] [Aoi Dragon: Haha, surely, you should know how hard that is for those below Ascension-rank lifeform.] [Aleron: Thank you for the information. I''ll go and see if I can reach 1 billionbat power. I will contact you again if you don''t mind. Bye.] Aleron cut off the call as he didn''t want to waste time and hurried towards thebat assessment hall before entering an unupied door. His current registered Combat Power in his Combat Card was 34 million from what he disyed in the Combat Assessment room after clearing 132 Waves. [Combat Lord Ruinex]-Profile. -Hub: Zion''s Shade. -> Leaderboard Rank: 84th. -Combat Power: 34 million. -Waves Cleared: 132. ''It seems that I''ll have to be faster this time.'' [Monster Wave 133] Aleron saw the scenery changing as thendscape became full of blizzards and fifty icy monsters manifested a kilometer away from him on all sides, half ground-type and half flying-type. ''Let''s begin,'' Aleron''s eyes looked focused and fiery, his hand holding the Astral Reaver Scyth as he quickly conjured a skill after marking all fifty monsters. ''Gravity Bomb.'' In the second, he conjured Gravity Bombs at their locations using the Space sybus. A Gravity Bomb was a structured space matter condensed in the center, designed as a sphere with extreme gravitation pull filled with greatly concentrated vtile me energy with multiple modules of other Arcane sybi to boost it and execute it in a certain way. All monsters were pulled towards the sphere and the moment their bodies touched the sphere, the Gravity Bombs triggered, inversing their structure and repelling all concentrated power into the monsters, obliterating them in a second. ''Next. Hurry up,'' Aleron''s eyes shed as he entered unlimited cooking mode to kill the monsters as soon as possible no matter the kind of monsters. While Aleron started clearing the waves, his rank once again rose up. Somewhere in a lush forest, near a waterfall, was a giant aesthetic treehouse. Unlike other treehouses, this was not built on branches, but the tree itself was turned into a house, with its trunk acting as staircases and halls on each floor due to its massive size and other rooms and things on branches. This was the guild headquarters of Colored Mayhem Build. On one of its branches stood a blue-haired man with draconic scales and a thick sky blue-scaled dragon tail. "Ruinex...so how strong is he actually?" Aoi muttered as he looked at the leaderboard ranking. In the next second, he saw Ruinex''s name jumping up again. ''Will he get into the top 50?'' At 48th rank was his own name-abat lord with 274 millionbat power. Ruinex was already at 62nd rank. In just half a minute, he had seen Ruinex reaching 62nd from 84th. ''This means he is clearly waves within seconds,'' Aoi''s eyes shook. ''So he just merely stopped in his previous attempt, not that he failed to clear the wave.'' Within the next minute, the entire Zion''s Shade hub was in uproar with everyone watching the Leaderboard. ... Ten minutester... [Monster Wave 249] Aleron faced a variety of giant ape monsters standing 50 meters tall, their aura at Peak Primeval rank as they pulsed with a powerful Mythical-rank bloodline. ''Big body, massive mass...if I need to finish them off quickly, I need to target their weakness and destroy their cores,'' Aleron''s brain swiftly analyzed them while alsoing up with a solution, all within a single second. In the next moment, those monsters began their attack, with some swinging their glowering giant fist and some releasing various long-range attacks. But just as they had begun, Aleron executed his makeshift skill. ''sma Pierce.'' 100 Vtile ck spears made of space with smic purple re brightly concentrated within them conjured above Aleron before vanishing into space and appearing before the chest of every monster and piercing in. *Boom!* Upon impact, each spear exploded with a terrifying power in a perfectly spherical shape of a 10-meter radius,pletely obliterating their core with the spear''s dreadful pure offensive power as they died instantly. Two secondster, the next wave began. [Wave 250] ''Rain ck Ruin,'' Aleron waved his scythe as it glowed and the Astral Flow also triggered, but it didn''t matter this time and Aleron didn''t resist it. The number of monsters was high in this wave, reaching 10,000 in number, so Aleron created a wide-area skill that dropped ck rain, with each drop like a ck hole containing concentrated pure offensive power mixed with Fire, Lightning, and Ice that would explode in arge area of 50 meters radius. He adjusted those elements'' structure in Magic Board in a way to bring out the most vtile and offensive reaction when those three elementsbined using various Magic Symbols designed from his Arcane sybi knowledge and structured imagination. But the shocking thing was he finished these designs within 1 and a maximum of 2 seconds tops and each of his skills was in the realm of SSS-rank! Naturally, he had been using his Symbios Gear since he began fighting and resisting the Astral Flow trait effect of his gear. Astral Flow: Your perception of time and directions in aprehensive sense will be disoriented regrly, but if you are able to resist and act properly, you mayprehend the Astral Flow concept eventually. The sense of direction changing was dreadful because it affected him from his very consciousness. If he failed to sense it before it triggered, his attack wouldpletely fail the mark, thereby wasting time, unless he used an area-of-effect attack. But as he continued to clear the waves and sh with the Astral Flow trait, something happened during Wave 298. As Aleron was designing the skill swiftly, he was suddenly drowned deeper in it without realizing and three seconds passed by instead of the usual one. The monsters'' attack reached him, exploring his barrier, and only then did he snap out. [Astral: Ayo, Master. It''s happening now.] Aleron quickly killed monsters with an existing suitable skill he created on floor 253rd to kill these flying monsters instantly. ''What''s happening?'' Aleron frowned. ''I''ve never felt like this before.'' [Gachapi: This concept is no normal concept, so you are getting affected by it in a true sense now that you''ve resisted its basic effect so far.] [Astral: Big brother over there said it right, Mastah. Gotta be careful now, but also in focus.] [Gachapi: Yes, Master. From now on, you''ll be able to sense this Concept''s power in a true sense, so you need to begin to understand it as well.] ''Alright, I understand.'' [Wave 299] ... "This can''t be happening!" "Holy shit! Who is his new Apex?" Not only the entire Zion''s Shade hub, but other Hubs were also in uproar by now! "The yearly Warlord Esport Event is around the corner and this guy is entering the field now! Who is he?" "Was he living under a rock or something toe out now? He is obviously a fucking apex Primv-rankbat lord. How did he reach here without even entering the game once?" "Rank 2...do you think he will take that top spot?" Naturally, the shock of people was understandable. Combat Lords was a game that was the core of Radrata Cosmos, involved in every person''s life regardless of their race. It was the main source of people''s training and resources once they began their path to power and reached the Adept-rank lifeform. Unless one was born into a well-fare family with resources and riches, which was usually 5% of people out of 100% on every, the other 95% of the poption earned their resources and got strong with Combat Lords VRMMO! Moreover, reaching the peak of Primeval-rank without even once appearing on the leaderboards was a strange thing, almost unheard of because it was simply deemed impossible with how most of the resources were tied to Combat Lords VRMMO-after all, this game was the manifestation of Radrata cosmos'' will to make its people stronger by providing them opportunity andpetitions. Thes in this cosmos didn''t havebyrinths or dungeons, and such phenomena were filled with resources, but they had Combat Lords VRMMO. Meanwhile, Luoshak Cosmos, which housed Ardentia World where Aleron was, providedbyrinths and dungeons ons for resources. As such, the shock brought by Aleron was justified to the people of this game...as they finally witnessed Ruinex taking the top spot on the leaderboard. Rank 1-Ruinex - Combat Power: 860 million. "Is he really going to reach 1 billion and enter the League of Combat Warlords just like that?" Aoi muttered with a nk expression. He thought it was a joke when he heard that! Chapter 137: Countdown (13), WTF Chapter 137: Countdown (13), WTF ? It had been 25 minutes since Aleron began clearing waves. During his journey in this wave clearing, he gradually evolved hisbat style. At the moment, he sat on a throne, which was actually a support-type skill called Arcana Throne. [Arcana Throne] -Type: Support -Rank: SSS -Effect: -> Elemental Symphony: Creates reserves of elemental energies by infusing Mana/Magilore to experiment with synergies of elements. --> Elemental Sigils: Creates elemental sigils of the desired elemental synergies, that can enchant a skill. He got the idea of creating this skill from the Legecy skills he got from Sun-Moon Revolutionary Art. Basically, after he designed a skill, he could enchant it with an Elemental Sigil that could bring out abo of elements for more powerful output! He had a limit on his skill creation due to Magic Board''s size, so this Enchantment support made his skill even stronger! The experiments were like 70% water energy + 30% me energy would result in ultra mist that could invade through armors of monsters and deal damage from inside if he pped this Mist Sigil on a suitable skill he designed against tough-armored monsters! For insane, he created a poisonous mist bybining a poison-type cloud skill with Mist Sigil, resulting in killing tough-armored monsters! 70% of fire energy + 30% of water energy could result in bubbling hot steam holding a high amount of condensable energy to fuel an attack. A steam-powered magma st produced an ultra-high temperature semi-liquid that turned monsters into ashes in a jiffy! He had been using sma for a while, bybining Fire energy with lightning energy, and its sigil could produce the highest amount of short-burst offense phenomenon. pping it on any short-burst offensive-style skill like he did initially with sma Pierce could result in instant destruction in a small area, best when targetting weakness or dealing fatalities. Aleron was exploring all things magic has to offer by sitting on that Arcana Throne, his eyes constantly shing as he killed cleared monster waves one by one. And now, after 25 minutes of continuously creating skills and destroying monster waves, he faced his toughest wave and also the ticket to achieve 1 billionbat power. [Wave 499] After he cleared this wave, he would have 999 millionbat power registered, and then 1 billion after clearing wave 500. Thest ten waves were anything but normal. The monsters didn''t die in one hit of his attack as all of them were in Ascension-rank and each wave produced 5 to 10 monsters. Their defenses were tough, and Aleron had to utilize his Arcana Throne, creating skills to reduce their defenses, dodge or defend their attacks because he couldn''t afford to take multiple hits, and finally kill them after 2 or 3 skills. The monsters at this level were so fast, that they could actually react to point-nk skill projectiles he teleported near them. As such, it was a heatingbat every wave. The Wave 499''s monster manifested, all in early-stage Ascension rank with one Concept power, powerful bloodlines, one elemental arcane sybus, and two or more non-elemental arcane sybus at level 10, and Magilore at their disposal! Since all 10 monsters were different and had different sets of powers, it made the challenge all more difficult. Since thest five waves, Aleron had utilized a set of skills at the start to get the upper hand. ''Thousand Mirage Illusions.'' Utilizing his level 10 Light element sybus, level 10 water elemental sybus, level 10 Blood elemental sybus, and ten other non-elemental level 10 Arcane sybi, Aleron created mirages that looked exactly like him while he also masked his aura using another one of SSS- rank skill-''Istion Bubble'' by utilizing space element to iste himself from the rest of the world''s spaceyer. Unless a monster had Space element + some non-elemental arcane sybus of detection-type and sufficient mastery in soul path to have a Savant-grade skill of scout-type, it would be impossible for them to detect Aleron. So although each monster had one or two Savant-grade skills, none of them were scout-type. As such, while the monsters chased after his mirages, Aleron unleashed his makeshift SSS- rank skills, each designed to strike the weaknesses of the monsters as he had analyzed them within a second with his Monitor Dome. His Monitor Dome was a fully automated spell now, integrated with supeputer-akin features to quickly scan all monsters, their attributes, bloodlines, their proficiency in elements, and other things. Although full scan was only possible once the monsters used their skills because detecting non-elemental arcane sybus could only be done after analyzing their unleashed skills. As such, once monsters made their moves on Aleron''s mirages, Aleron would have analyzed their attributes and body structures before moving to design skills. His skill creation speed was so off the charts that it could be considered cheating if general top Warlords found it out. Although his Magilore Source made a significant contribution in granting him this level of mastery over magic, it was also Aleron''s own talent and brain that put him into this absurd realm of magic mastery. His first innate talent was proof of that. Although the trait of Magilore of Arcane Lapis granted highprehension and control towards Magic, it couldn''t be this high without Aleron''s own innate talent, Spiritmind of Magilore, and natural innate talent like this could only awaken by most extremes of one''s personal aspects. In short, even if some other person acquired Magilore of Arcane Lapis, it wouldn''t mean they would also awaken this innate talent. They wouldn''t reach level 10 in Arcane mastery as easily as Aleron was reaching. From level 9 to Level 10 was a big wall that was multi-fold tougher than the difficulty of going from level 1 to level 9. Level 10 was a matter of affinity and building up an affinity to a certain level for said element or non-element arcane sybi by pouring their passion, desire, and hard work into it. But to Aleron, his passion regarding it was all he needed because his brain and soul had awakened that innate talent that increased hisprehension of magic to the absurd realm. As such, despite being statistically weaker than these monsters, Aleron managed to erase all ten with two sets of skills. His crazy high level of skill was actually way past SSS rank because each of his skills had applications of over ten and even fifteen level-10 Arcane Sybi! It would take years for Ascension-rank powerhouses to reach level 10 in that many! But Aleron had every single fucking Arcane sybus to exist at level 10 by now! All Are sybi learned from libraries, and all new ones he created with his imagination as Magic symbols when creating new skills, were all at level 10! He had used everything he had learned and more during thest 25 minutes against waves, with a singr focus on getting strong! He wanted everything of magic to be his! And it showed: The first set of skills was to expose all ten monsters'' weaknesses and weaken their defense as he had analyzed their bodily structures. After all, some monsters had Fire attributes, earth attributes, nature attributes, crystal attributes, poison, shadow, and such advanced attributes, and all had multiple attributes along with their bodily evolution also giving them innate talent with some getting scales, terrifying wings, and such exotic additions to their arsenal of powers. Aleron analyzed all of those things before designing the skills aimed at their weakness. At the basic level, it was like fighting fire with water, but at this advanced level, Aleron utilized tens of Arcane sybi. Blood Clot Explosion. Steam Poison Laser. sma Void. Shredding Sword mestorm. Tempest Shatter Punch. Gravity Split Wave. And more and more makeshift skills. After these first sets of skills exposed all monsters'' weaknesses and reduced their defenses, his second set of skills obliterated them. His second set of skills was simple. It was a pure offensive skill set aimed right at where his first skills struck and exposed them. All ten skills had the fastest execution and aimed at the perfect destruction of their core. *BOOM!* Ten explosions rang, all ten dead. [Wave cleared] The time it took him to clear this wave was 10 seconds, but six seconds were spent designing those two skill sets. [Wave 500] Aleron''s eyes were singrly focused, fiery, and raring as he waited for thest wave. ''Hurry.'' ... After ten seconds, a huge announcement rang in the Radrata cosmos. That''s right. It rang in all 1000 hubs of this cosmos. [Congrattions to Combat Lord Ruinex from Zion''s Shade Hub. He has ascended to the Warlord Hub, bing the 156th Warlord of this season!] But the next announcement that rang made everyone''s jaw drop to the ground, from kids to elders, from Adept-rank to Ascension-rank at the top, all of whom were aware of this unknown Combat Lord rising in all hubs. [Additionally, he has broken the record of average wave clearing time, shattering the previous average time of 31.34 seconds and achieving 3.39 seconds per wave.] After hearing this, everyone entered a strange synchronization state and uttered. "What The Fuck!" Chapter 138: Countdown (14), Warlord Battlefield Chapter 138: Countdown (14), Warlord Battlefield ? Aleron exited after he cleared the 500th wave and immediately got a notification. [Combat Lord Ruinex. You are qualified to enter the Warlord Hub. Would you like to proceed ahead?] ''Yes.'' Aleron replied without a moment wasting as he disappeared and appeared on a grassy in and clear sky, with a totally unsuitable building twenty meters in front of him. It was the Warlord Center of this Warlord Hub. "Wee to the League of Warlords, Ruinex." Aleron was greeted by a middle-aged man wearing a suit, a scarf around his neck, and holding a cane. "Thanks. You are?" Cane smiled and gentlemanly bowed, "I am Cane, the administrator of this hub. If you have any questions, you can ask me. Before that, allow me to brief you about the situation here since you are not from this cosmos." Aleron''s eyes shed. ''He knows.'' [Gachapi: That administrator is basically an extension of this cosmos''s will.] ''Damn.'' Aleron suddenly saw the scenery changing and found himself in the hall with a big screen in front of him. "This is this Warlord center that you saw from outside. Now, allow me to tell you about the Warlord Esport, which is the main event we have every year." "Wait," Aleron interrupted Cane with a wry smile. "I would listen to you if it was any other time, but I don''t have time right now. Since you already know I am not from here, then I''ll be frank. I am in trouble right now, so I need to get powerful." "That''s why I am here. I want to know how to ess a ce with time dtion, so I can train longer and awaken a Concept," Aleron said, his expression dead serious. "Help please." Cane raised his eyebrows before he gently smiled and nodded, "There is such a ce where the flow of time is adjustable. One hour inside is merely one minute in reality." "What?!" Aleron was shocked. "That''s such a big-time dtion." "Indeed, but you won''t be able to ess that big of a time dtion dimension," Cane said before he tapped his cane on the ground and a screen popped up before Aleron. [Warlord Battlefield] -Fight with other Warlords and defeat Trophy Monsters to acquire Warlord Points. -Killing a Warlord grants 10 points. -Killing a trophy monster grants 100 points. -If you die, you must wait for 10 minutes to respawn on the battlefield. -Each death increases respawn time by 10 minutes. Resets every 24 hours. "Now that you are a Warlord, you can enter this battlefield to acquire Warlord points," Cane smiled. "The only way you can ess the time dtion dimensions is by using these points." Aleron''s eyes glowered. "Send me there immediately, please." "As you wish," Cane smiled and tapped his cane on the floor before Aleron saw the scenery changing before his eyes as he arrived in andscape ofva andva-exploding mountains. [Protection time initiated: 30 seconds.] Aleron was suddenly sted by a glowing frost star with orange patterns that momentarily blinded him due to the intense sh. However, he was unaffected. "Tsk, I thought it was a respawn." Aleron looked at the fair-skinned ck-haired woman wearing a majestic admiral-like cape with a white skirt and a hot blue shirt. She had a pair of ck rabbit ears and a tail. As he looked at her, a screen popped up before him. [Warlord Luna- Eternal Winterstar''s Glory] -Warlord rank: 3rd. -Poprity ranking: 2nd. -Power level: 2.7 billion. -True Power level: ??? "So you''re the new guy, eh?" Luna''s eyes icicle dark blue eyes with six-pointed ck star patterns looked at Aleron''s eyes piercingly as if measuring him. "You look interesting." [Astral: This woman gives me da chills, Mastah.] [Gachapi: That...well, it''s no wonder there''s someone like her in this advanced cosmos. You should be able to feel it, master.] "I am the new guy, yes." Aleron conjured his Arcana Throne as he entered his battle mode, sitting on it and leaning in a rxed position as his pupils showed aplicated circr pattern, glowing dreamily blue. He at his rxed was him at his peak. When it came to purely learning and improving to get stronger, the more fun he felt, the more he progressed. "Please give me pointers," Aleron grinned, his eyes dancing with excitement because the power he was sensing from this girl felt terrifying to him! ''She has a powerful Body Path''s power source...She definitely has something crazy.'' [Gachapi: It''s rted to the Genome power. She is a descendant of a higher cosmos being, so she is an inborn monster. Well, given how advanced methods this cosmos has for ascending its people to higher cosmos, and all other stuff, it''s no wonder. Sometimes, higher cosmos beings who were from this lower cosmos would send children down here in case they were in trouble there with their enemies or other conflicts, though only a very high level of existential beings can do that, so her background must be scarier than that of Elysia Gothwing, that''s for sure.] ''Interesting. It seems I can learn much from her as I expected,'' Aleron was thrilled. [Gachapi: Cough, you''re in for a surprise, Master.] "Haha, now that''s some kind of guts I like," Lunaughed as she flew down on the same level as Aleron before sitting on an icy throne in front of him. Putting her right leg on her left leg''s thigh, she licked her lips while looking into Aleron''s eyes, "Luna Winterstar. Nice to meet you." "Ruinex," Aleron smiled as he looked at the protection time. "Since we have time, say hi to my people here," Luna showed a screen that disyed Aleron in it, while a chat box at the side was filled with peoplementing. He was dumbfounded seeing that because it looked like she was streaming! Suddenly, the screen flooded with various kinds of emojis, mostlyughing and some sending hearts and such as if finding Aleron attractive. He recovered from his surprised expression and grinned, "Hello strangers." "Chat, Warlord Ruinex might show us something interesting," Luna grinned as she looked at the countdown above Aleron. "Just twenty seconds left." Luna''s Dog#74: Our empress looks excited to fight this guy. That''s rare. Is that Warlord really that impressive? Lolkas: He is a new Warlord who just joined today, but his record is crazy already. Dsi''s Lamp: I heard that news while I was on my way back from the office. It''s indeed shocking. Luna''s no.1 cat: Humph, sister Luna can easily beat that record. She just didn''t have to clear those waves because she reached a 1 billion power level when she was fifteen years old and in school! Aleron captured that and was dumbfounded, ''She reached 1 billion power level that fast?'' [Gachapi: Well, that''s because of her bloodline, physique, and innate Genome Tree she inherited from her parents. She purely reached a 1 billion power level with her physical body''s prowess and power source.] ''Holy shit! What kind of body path powers she has?! I want!'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled. [Gachapi: You have something better, Master. You just need time and hard work to utilize it.] "Hey, chat, I think you are underestimating the new Warlord here," Luna chuckled. "He is a Primeval-rank lifeform and his foundational stats are just early-stage Primeva-rank." "You know what that means, right?" Instantly, the chat flooded with various kinds of shock and horrified-expressive emojis. NoBalls: My balls just shattered. TruthSeeker: That can''t be right, right? Luna''s No.1 Dog: Woof! Woof! Woof! Kk: No.1 Dog lost his mind. I think he is an Early-stage Primeval-rank powerhouse if I remember correctly. Luna''s Dog #12: Brother No.1 Dog! No!! Lulul: Fantastic, mindblowing, outstanding, Sir Ruinex. Luna''s Dog #34: He doesn''t have his Warlord title yet. Guys, we gotta make one for him after this battle...let''s make the worst one possible and spread it. BurningButt Hole: I sense someone''s butthole burning, which dog is that? Chapter 139: Countdown (15), Crazily Powerful Chapter 139: Countdown (15), Crazily Powerful ? "Your viewers hate me already, eh?" Aleron wryly smiled. He had scanned Luna, so he could finally see her stats. Luna chuckled, "They are dumb dogs, forget about them. Anyway, ten seconds are left until your protection time is off. Get ready." "I am ready," Aleron''s eyes glinted as he nodded, the Astral Scythe rested on the throne leaning cross-way as he was ready to unleash some of his best skills. [Warlord Luna] |-Race: - [Supreme Lapin] -Lifeform Rank: - [Ascension-Early] |-Bloodline rank: - [Divine - Umbral Ice Vorpal Lapin] -[?????? (Suppressed)] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: 2.1 million] - [Agility: 2.2 million ] [Health: 2.1 million] - [Stamina: 2.3 million/Vigor energy: 2.3 million] |-Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: 1.1 million] ¡ª [Magilore Energy: 1.1 million ] |-Soul Status: [Soul Potency: 1.5 million] - [Soul Energy/force: 1.5 million] |-Additional: [Body Path power source-Sovereign ck Frost Genome Tree] [Innate Physique - ???] ''Well, I won''t be able to win against her right now. That''s for sure.'' [Astral: For real for real, no cap on god, all fax no post, Mastah.] [Gachapi: Where are you learning these things from?] [Astral: Eh? Those people in her chat are saying it, big bruv. All fax.] With his Magic Board''s size at 100k Magic potency, he had added a multitude of augmentative magic symbols and arcane sybi at level 10 to design extremely powerful skills for each type. But even if he leveraged his Magilore to maximum and powered up those skills as much as possible, it would barely scratch Luna. Ten seconds passed by in the blink of an eye, and the anticipated battle began with Aleron vanishing from his spot and appearing 1 kilometer above where he isted himself while 100s of his mirages appeared and surrounded Luna. Luna grinned and vanished from her spot while dodging a spaced de that Aleron had aimed at her. In the next moment, Aleron''s eyes shook as he felt Luna''s aura extremely close. He saw her punching the space where he was hidden! Her fist glowed blindingly before it broke through the istion barrier and struck his perpetual heavy-duty barrier. Aleron was pretty confident of this new heavy-duty barrier that was condensed with 5 billion Magilore at 100k magic potency, with every possible defensive arcane sybus synergized for this barrier added into it until his Magic Board couldn''t fit any more functions of this defensive skill. But the moment Luna''s fist struck his barrier, the point of impact spread cracks and Aleron felt a biting chill, but he barely escaped by teleporting away. But shockingly, Luna appeared right where he teleported, her index finger pointing at him as it shot a blinding frigidser with ck sparks spiraling around it. It pierced through his heavy-duty barrier and then his shoulder as he tried to dodge to prevent it from hitting his -chest. In an instant, he felt an irresistible force freezing everything in that shoulder and spreading fast, but he also reacted fast and erased the shoulder and affected part brutally using an urate space cut before teleporting away and creating a bunch of mirages again. Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''Attack.'' His Aracana Throne''s patterns lit up as he activated tens of skill runes and conjured tens of SSS-rank skills of various types, all bombarding Luna! ''Rapid Blinks. My space istion is useless against her, but that''s fine.'' In the next moment, Aleron set over one million space points in arge area and set it such that he would randomly teleport from one point to another as fast as possible, constantly to prevent Luna from catching him! Luna''s viewers were shocked and Luna was surprised as she saw Aleron''s position changing constantly in her detection-type skill area''s radar. She received a bombardment of Aleron''s attack but didn''t bother defending with a barrier and took on all attacks. ''So much Magilore energy? He should be dried right now...especially after I shattered his thick barrier,'' Luna''s eyes glinted while her excitement rose. ''Interesting. I knew he had something strange in him, but to think his skills are so sophisticatedly created with such abundant mastery of magic...awesome!'' [Is he really early-stage Primeval-rank? What''s with those skills?] [What I am surprised his barrier didn''t entirely freeze and shatter. He should be eliminated with that first attack if he really was a Primeval-rank] [Stats just dropped. Are my eyes ying tricks?] Strength: 780,581 Agility: 780,581 Health: 780,581 Stamina: 780,581 Magic Potency: 280,081 Soul Potency: 1,000,000. [Crazy. Y''all seeing his stats? They are so much lower than Empress Luna! How is he able to do all that?] [His skills are on a different level... his magic mastery is likely in the absurd realm like how Empress Luna is a monster when ites to Vigor techniques.] At the moment, Luna wasn''t able to pinpoint Aleron''s location with his position changing constantly and even if she attacked, it would not reach Aleron unless she managed to hit him after Aleron teleported to a location she predicted. To other people, they had to worry about their energy, but Aleron didn''t hold back and poured out his Magilore without worry! However, Aleron also saw on his radar that Luna waspletely unaffected by his attack skills! ''What''s going on?'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he saw Luna''s body coated with a faint glowing ck-blue phenomenon. All of his skills struck her, be they in energy form like Gravity Hell Spheres, Inferno sts, Dimensional shes, or in conjured physical form like ck Drill Pierce, Thousand Frigid Swords, Star st Hammer, and whatever the kind of skills. All of his skills were actually instantly frozen and shattered the moment they struck her! [Gachapi: As expected. Her defense is practically impregnable. Even if she was hurt, her crazy physical power source would heal her instantly. Your current power can''t hurt her.] Aleron looked at the countdown and nodded as he teleported and appeared right before Warlord Luna. "Let''s call it a draw," Aleron cheekily smiled. "You won''t be able to catch me and I can''t hurt you." Luna chuckled and nodded, "Not wrong. I also need to get more powerful to catch you. But I am shocked. How do you have such an abundant amount of magic mastery? All of your skills, oncebined with a Concept and Vigor energy in a sophisticated way, can be considered peak Savant-grade skills easily." "Well, I happen to understand Magic pretty fast," Aleron chuckled. *Roar!!* Suddenly, Aleron sensed a powerful source of energy two kilometers away. ''Trophy Monster?'' His eyes glinted and he instantly vanished while his words lingered in the air for Luna and her viewers. "I am short of time and I need points to use the Time Dtion dimension, so I''ll be taking my leave. Nice to meet you, Luna. We shall spar againter." Luna licked her lips, "It looks like we have an interesting Warlord among us now." [Nooo! Not our Empress Luna taking an interest in a guy! This is not possible!] [Hehe, I am happy for sister Luna. She is the youngest Warlord of our cosmos and still one of the most powerful, while this new guy is giving the same vibe.] [Humph, stop dreaming. That guy is probably a thousand-year-old hermit who came out of nowhere.] Luna shook her head at the chat and left the Warlord Battlefield. [Luna: Hey, Cane. What''s the deal with this new Warlord? Who is he? Where is he from?] Luna bombarded Cane with questions in [Cane Chat] as she returned to the Warlord Center in the Warlord Hub. [Cane: He is physically not present in this cosmos, but he bears a great path ahead of him. It would be wise for you to make him your alley, Luna. The Chaosverse above is a brutal ce, and him bing your alley will only bring benefits.] [Luna: You''re singing great praise of him, eh? That''s rare. So, what''s the deal with his magic power source?] [Cane: That would be a dead cosmos'' power source. It grants him a limitless source of Magilore. Although this wouldn''t be useful in Chaosverse, I am not talking about this in the first ce. He has something else that is of a great deal, not to mention, he also has a body path power source that''s higher level than yours.] [Luna: What?! Higher level than mine? Why didn''t he use it then?] [Cane: It''s not that he didn''t use it, but he couldn''t use it. It appears to be in a budding phase, so he has much to learn and explore before he can utilize it.] [Luna: he is full of surprises eh? I can''t wait to meet him again and have a nice date with him to know more about him, haha.] [Cane: That aside, he has given me pretty good new knowledge. I have scanned his scythe and another power source he was utilizing. I may be able to create those unique symbionts that can enter Symbiosis with another organism and give a major boost.] [Luna: So that Scythe was like that...it did give a sense of connection to all three paths. When can you create those? I suppose you''ll give out them as rewards for some Events, right?] [Cane: I shall try my best to finish it, but the problem will be the potential of Symbiots I create. The one he has has unlimited growth potential that depends on the user, most likely. To create Symbionts like that, Ick the higher knowledge, so their growth will depend on your understanding and further experiments.] [Luna: Interesting. Well, good luck with that, Cane, and thanks for the information. I''ll go and take a rxing bath now.] [Cane: You''ve been on the battlefield for over two days, so don''t enter again for a day and rx.] *Beep* Luna woke up from her luxurious king-sized bed in an aesthetic room and put away the headgear before stretching her arms, her ample breasts rose alongside and trembled after she put her hand down and got off the bed. "Ruinex...I wonder what is your real name," Luna chuckled as she snapped her fingers and turned on a holographic TV that showed Aleron''s photo and news regarding him about record break and being a new Warlord. "It''s been a while since I found someone interesting. May we meet again soon, handsome." Chapter 140: Countdown (16), Bonkers Trophy Monsters Chapter 140: Countdown (16), Bonkers Trophy Monsters ? Aleron teleported and arrived before a 200 meters monster kin to a T-rex with draconic wings and a giant mouth filled with glowingvatic crystal teeth, ws, and the most dangerous part of its body, the tail with crystal spikes on it, that shattered a two-kilometer tall volcanic mountain! [Lava Crystal T-rex] -->Tier-1 Trophy Monster. ->Power level: 1.1 Billion. It used some kind of crazily explosive power through its tail that wasrger than its body in length! Aleron immediately bombarded it with ten Water Shurikens as they conjured surrounding the monster before shooting at it while spinning at a crazy speed for piercing and shing power. The Lava Crystal T-rex roared and swept its tail, destroying two shurikens while the other eight shurikens struck its body and exploded, resulting in thick misty vapor that further tried to melt its defense. However, Aleron was shocked to see that the monster was mostly unharmed. ''What the fuck?'' [Gachapi: Woah, these Trophy Monsters are tough, it seems you need to go a step above to pierce that crystal-scale defense.] [Astral: for real for real on god! ] ''A step above in my skills?'' Aleron frowned, ignoring the T-rex attacking him as he easily teleported away. He started brainstorming fast. ''That monster is of fire-attribute, crystal-attribute, and magma-attribute...from what I know, crystal and magma are advanced attributes consisting of different ratios of Earth + Fire.'' ''My best bet is Water and Ice, but my Water Shurikens didn''t work.'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he started cooking. ''I havebined two elements into a singr energy structure so far, but what if Ibine three elements?'' [Gachapi: It''s possible, of course. You need to cook harder for that, though.] [Astral: Time to cook, Mastah!] Aleron started experimenting with different portions of elemental synergy while dodging and defending against this T-rex. ''Water plus Darkness generally creates a poison, with the type of poison depending on additional non-elemental Arcane sybus....Fire plus Wind can also create a type of gaseous poison if I add harmful substances as non-elemental arcane sybus with them.'' ''Mhmm....'' Five seconds passed by and Aleron''s eyes glinted as he waved his hand, conjuring a giant cauldron above him that whirled with ck liquid filled with a dark green hue while bubbling menacingly. In the next second, a stream of that strange liquid poured out with Aleron''s control and drenched the T-rex with it, causing it to react with itsvatic hot body that vapored the liquid...but also reduced its defense! ''It works!'' Aleron then moved to the next step of creating an offensive skill. ''What if the Space element''s energy structure, the space matter, seamlessly synergizes with me and darkness?'' Aleron''s eyes glinted and immediately started working on it. Five secondster, Aleron seeded as his eyes flickered and fivences conjured above him. All fivences looked ck my with glowing silver borders around them and blinking silver motes inside, with each blinking silver mote showing a thread that connected them to each other. Each Lance was created with 2 billion Magilore''s worth of energy. ''Go.'' *Swoosh!* All fivences instantly appeared before the Trophy Monster, two aimed at its head, one at its belly, one at its neck, and one on its back. However, something strange happened! Thences strangely returned back to their position above him. ''What the fuck?'' [Astral: Astral Flow concept effect, Mastah! Be careful. Time and Space will affect you and your skills in a direct way now.] ''So I couldn''t sense iting,'' Aleron frowned. He didn''t waste time thinking about it and conjured five more of those Lances before attacking again. ''I''ll name this...Void re Lance.'' The moment those fivences struck, they glowed in a vtile manner before bursting forth with an intense explosion of ck me with countless silver sparks that rushed with all of the me power into the monster through its weakened defense! 32% me, 25% Darkness, and 26% space synergized together to be a new kind of energy structure for this skill, that was shaped and augmented by 17% of the non-elemental arcane sybi! The T-rex''s head was gone and the rest of the body parts were also obliterated with only some of its chunks remaining. [Gachapi: Wonderful, Master!] [Astral: Yey! Mastah did it. Dat was powerful for real, all fax no post!] ''It seems that I have to start creating skills with synergizing three elements into one from now on,'' Aleron grinned excitedly as he discovered a whole new world. [Congrautions, you have acquired 100 Warlord Points.] Aleron looked at his Monitor Dome that spanned over a 10k-kilometer radius and saw four lifeform auras in it, but they were not the Trophy Monsters. ''Other warlords.'' In the next moment, Aleron sensed another energy aura like the Trophy Monster and saw the other Warlords also instantly moving in the same direction. Aleron teleported at the monster and immediately scanned it. ''Damn, it''s a giant bird with lightning, ss, and what''s that?'' [Gachapi: Radiation.] Aleron suddenly felt targeted and saw the monster vanishing like a flicker of lightning bolt before shooting at Aleron with its eyes already releasing an intense dark yellowser filled with ck sparks. Its speed was so fast that although Aleron reacted, his heavy-duty barrier was still struck and was destroyed! ''Damn!'' [Gachapi: Its concept of power is Corrosion. Your defense won''tst against it since it''s paired with its offensive Radiation attribute.] Suddenly, he felt multiple auras approaching along with vtile sources of energy. He saw those were the skills released by Warlords, with one aimed at him as well. He instantly teleported away while a spinning golden chakram with blue patterns struck the monster before other skills and sliced it into two, but afterward, the monster was further sliced into countless pieces before it vanished. "Damn, bastard got it before us this time." "Humph, you think I am a pushover." "Anyhow, you seem to be a new face here, eh? Or is it you Zalgris, changing your appearance again?" Aleron soon faced the two men looking in their thirties and one woman in herte twenties. [Gachapi: They must be having apetition on who kills Trophy Monsters fastest after detecting them.] "I am new here, but I am pressed for time, so...see youter," Aleron said with an awkward smile before he vanished and teleported away to the far end of his Monitor Dome. If he stayed with them, he wouldn''t be able to kill the Trophy Monsters! With a whole new 10k kilometer of area in his radar, Aleron soon saw two Trophy Monsters in his radar, but he saw that they were approaching each other at a break-speed ording to the map and would sh after two seconds. Aleron teleported and arrived there. ''If they fight each other, that''s best!'' One was a gigantic four-winged tiger with an amethyst exoskeleton on its dark green fur while the other was a huge scary centipede. But in the next second, Aleron was dumbfounded. The sh he expected didn''t happen. Instead, both Trophy Monsters actually crashed into each other physically before a loud burst of light shone and they...bined into one! [Centiger Menence] -> Tier-2 Trophy Monster. -> Power Level: 1.6 Billion. *Shrilllll!* The monster turned in Aleron''s direction before releasing tens of purple crescent shes from its wings towards him. Aleron teleported away before looking into his Monitor Dome and saw another aura of Trophy Monster. He left and went to target the Tier-1 Trophy Monster. ''I don''t want to waste time on this Tier-2 one. It''s better I target the Tier-1 since I can still kill them fairly faster.'' ... Aleron avoided Warlords and targeted Tier-1 Trophy monsters, eventually amassing a total of 800 Warlord points. [2 hours and 41 minutes...] ''Alright, this is enough. Let''s see how much time dtion I can get with it.'' The Astral Flow trait was affecting him asionally, but he was done and it was time to start focusing on it toprehend that concept. Chapter 141: Countdown (17), Astral Flow Concept! Chapter 141: Countdown (17), Astral Flow Concept! ? Aleron returned to the Warlord Center and walked towards the central reception table where a woman sat idly. "Hello, how do I ess the Time Dtion dimension?" Thedy''s eyes digitally flickered before a screen popped up from the table before Aleron. "I''ve added this function to your interface. You can ess it on your own from now on." [Time Dtion Dimension] __Daily offer package: -> 500 Warlord points: 100 hours inside: 1 hour in reality. Regr: -> 100 Warlord points: 1 hour inside: 30 minutes in reality. -> 200 Warlord points: 1 hour inside: 20 minutes in reality. -> 300 Warlord points: 1 hour inside: 10 minutes in reality. -> 500 Warlord points: 1 hour inside: 5 minutes in reality. -> 1000 Warlord points: 1 hour inside: 1 minute in reality. ''So it''s like this...'' Aleron nodded. ''Not quite as I expected, but good. Daily offer is awesome.'' He immediately chose the daily offer and vanished from his spot as 500 Warlord points were deducted. After a second, Aleron found himself in outer space withs and stars glowing around him at vast distances. "Wee to my personalized universe." Cane appeared before Aleron and smiled. "You simply need to focus on a or star and you will teleport 10 kilometers across it. You have 100 hours here, so choose the ce you findfortable and do whatever you want." "Got it. Thank you," Aleron nodded as his eyes glowed excitedly. In the next moment, he disappeared and appeared on a lush green filled with only wilderness-water bodies, forests, mountains, and natural elemental magical phenomenons. "Let''s start," Aleron grinned and started unleashing skills and powers through Astral Reaver Scythe. He also mainly focused on the Time element that Astral Reaver had, learning it while using the scythe''s and robe''s skills. The Astral Flow trait triggered every now and then, with Aleron sometimes resisting it and understanding a bit of it while failing sometimes. Time passed like this as Aleron drowned himself in a singr focus on this concept. Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes into hours. In the blink of an eye, fifty hours passed by. Aleron floated in the sky, surrounded by a strange spherical field with sparkling silver and golden streams. At the moment, Aleron had actually lost the sense of time and he was in an enlightenment state,prehending the Astral Flow concept at a fast speed. On average, Ascension-rank powerhouses would take years toprehend a Concept, but Aleron was on the cusp of awakening his first-ever Concept already! Although it was thanks to his sheer focus, his understanding of Space and Time, pressure, and hard work that put him in this enlightenment, getting enlightenment was not easy. It required talent, chance, and hard work to trigger enlightenment. Not the mention, Aleron had a perfect catalyst toprehend this Concept as it was from his Symbios Gear. After several minutes, Aleron''s eyes opened as they glowed with a dreamy purple asterisk star. They glowed with excitement as the astral space-time field around him expanded into a 100-meter radius with a single thought! ''I did it!'' [Gachapi: Congrattions, Master] [Astral: Hehe, awesome, Mastah.] ''So I can do such things with this Concept....holy shit,'' Aleron''s eyes trembled. ... Aleron didn''t waste time and beganprehending another Concept! Since he had acquired Sun-Moon Revolution Art from that tower, he decided to acquire the Revolution Concept by studying it andprehending it. Of course, there was no way he would be able toprehend this Concept, and wouldn''t be able to awaken it due to his Soul powercking greatly for the second concept. The first concept could still be awakened even if one had yet to reach 500k in Soul potency, but the second concept was impossible to awaken. Still, the acquired understanding and time spent on it wouldn''t be wasted. s, fifty hours passed by and he failed to awaken it as expected. Still having 300 Warlord points, he decided to continue with the Time Dtion dimension after choosing a regr package. 1 hour inside: 10 minutes in reality - 300 Warlord points. 1 hour passed by in a jiffy and Aleron managed to understand enough to improve and create a few non-elemental Arcane sybus-rted revolutions. Looking at the countdown he still had 1 hour and 30 minutes until he had to return. "I''ll spend the remaining time in Warlord Battlefield and train," Aleron clenched his fist. "I''ll have to learn to adapt the Astral Flow concept in my skills to create better skills." [Gachapi: The possibilities born from this Concept when itbines with your skills are only limited by your logical imagination regarding how it works.] [Astral: Yeah, Mastah. Let''s create some cool and powerful skills!] Aleron didn''t linger in the hall and immediately entered Warlord Battlefield. Sitting on his Arcana Throne, Aleron found a Trophy Monster and began practicing with the Astral Flow concept. In a core sense, Astral Flow was a maniption of time and space in a personal sense. Aleron tried to use it defensively, solely using the Concept''s power to affect the iing attacks. The three-headed infernal wolf swiped its ws and released red-ck infernal w-shaped projectiles towards Aleron, but they strangely slowed down just with a thought from Aleron. ''Just applying the Concept''s basic effect won''t consume my Soul energy, huh?'' [Gachapi: Indeed. However, if you were to imbue it in a skill, you would need to consume soul energy depending on how you want your skill''s structure to be affected by the concept.] Aleron held the Astral Scythe in his hand and waved it toward the Three-Headed Infernal Wolf, releasing an ink-ck sh made of me, darkness, and space matter simr to the Void re Lance. His eyes glinted and he applied the concept on his sh, speeding up its personal space-time zone. In an instant, the skill became unavoidable as it blurred and directly struck the wolf''s belly, severally injuring it. Next, the Astral Flow field appeared to him as Aleron intended to imbue the concept''s effect to design his first Savant-grade skill. ''Interesting, I canpletely micro-control the workings of a skill''s design by applying the concept,'' Aleron''s eyes shone. ''This means that if I want to cause a vibration spin of an energy...I can speed it up to the speed of light with Astral Flow affecting its speed?! Aleron conjured a chainsaw-made ck Sheen me, which was his personal elemental energybined from Space, Darkness, and me. He had designed this skill such that the chainsaw''s de spun around like a normal chainsaw, though the de was made of wind + darkness + me as it glittered menacingly in dark cyan color, augmented by a bunch of non-elemental arcane sybus like Micro-Cutter, Maximum Cut Enhancement, Reactive micro-explosions, Spreading de Cuts, Multifold sh Manifestation and so on. The Astral Flow concept manipted the space-time of the chainsaw, causing its de to spin at literally lightspeed as Aleron started losing his soul energy, and not just this de, but this light speed was about to apply to the skill structure he had constructed! He immediately waved his hand as the chainsaw struck the center head of this Three-Head Infernal Wolf and... seamlessly, like a knife cutting through the butter, sliced it into two, before it burst forth with millions of shes ording to the Magilore he spent, slicing the wolf into countless pieces! ''Let''s fucking go!'' His first Savant-grade skill-Deathly Astral Shredder, was ready to shred everything! [Astral: Wow, Mastah. My Concept is awesome for real, no cap!] [Astral Flow-Concept] __Description: The flow of Space and Time is at your beck and call. Level: 1 Effect(s): Chapter 142: Countdown (18), OP Savant-Grade Skills Chapter 142: Countdown (18), OP Savant-Grade Skills ? [Astral Flow-Concept] __Description: The flow of Space and Time is at your beck and call. Level: 1 Effect(s): -> Astral Flow: You can manipte space and time to a certain extent without consuming any energy. -> Astral Covenant: As long as your skills and actions have space or time-rted aspects, the boost those aspects provide to the action and skills'' construct is increased by 50%. ... Aleron spent almost two hours doing nothing but fighting against various Trophy Monsters, even asionallybating and killing other Warlords, but he never let himself get killed. When multiple Warlords gathered around Tier-2 or higher Tier Trophy Monster, it would begin a chaotic battle with everyone attacking the monster while attacking each other! It was simply too much fun for Aleron as he improved and became a sort of menace because he couldn''t be hit or targeted after he created his Savant-grade movement and escape skills! All in all, he created a bunch of Savant-grade skills of various types to prepare for his uing fight against Demon Lord Narazar. *Swoosh!* Aleron had just finished off a Trophy Monster when he suddenly sensed an aura along with an attacking intent aimed at him. His eyes shed and he immediately vanished, dodging a bullet with cross-sh wings expanding from it. It came from a blond-haired middle-aged warlord''s exotic hand-cannon weapon two kilometers away. ''Tsk, he dodged that. This brat!'' [Damn, Polun failed!] [Who is this guy?!] [I just returned from watching another stream where he killed Mist de Jacob and Sorcerer Tempest Mellisa! This guy is nuts with crazy space and time powers.] ''He vanished?'' Polun''s eyes shed as he lost Aleron''s presence, not finding him on his radar. But suddenly, danger bells rang as he sensed something behind him- an exotic translucent palm-sized ck orb filled with a sparkling silver-cyan stream containing lightning-blue motes that crackled with the stream''s flow. It struck the middle-aged man''s barrier, but his eyes suddenly flickered with shock as he saw the orb erasing a part of his barrier just enough to break through and strike him! Upon getting struck, the orb expanded and became big enough to trap him circrly before countless tiny lighting explosions urred while the middle-aged man felt he couldn''t control anything as if Time was chaotically flowing for different parts of his body and thoughts! Aleron appeared from a space slit behind the Warlord and watched as he was trapped in his Offense-Control type Savant-grade skill-Temporal Rift Storm! [Temporal Rift Storm] Offense-Control/Long-range/Single-target. \_Main Sybi: Astral Flow, Time, Space, Wind, Light, Lightning. \__Main Essence: Chronoblitz Stream (A destructive energy possessing an atomic stream capable of disrupting time at the micro-level made from the synergy of wind, lightning, space, and time. \__Effect: An orb that once struck, envelops the target within a spherical rift storm filled with Chronoblitz Stream that deals constant micro-destructive burst damage through tiny motes of the stream while disrupting time of everything, including the target''s energy, thinking, movement, and action and traps target within with central gravitation force. ''This Warlord is weak...Polun Raze, ranked 136th...'' Aleron''s eyes shed as he saw the Warlord unable to break through. Well, he had poured 4 billion Magilore! Polun felt that he was going to die soon, and despite consuming soul energy and magilore to fight back against the Temporal Rift storm wreaking havoc in him, he couldn''t break free entirely. Aleron didn''t wait to give Polun time to reorganize and struck him with his Deathly Astral Shredder, finishing him off. [Deathly Astral Shredder] Pure Offense / Close-range / Single-target. Main Sybi: Astral Flow, Space, Time, Darkness, me. Main Essence: ck Sheen me-A destructive ultra-high temperature malleable energy made from a synergybination of me, Space, and Darkness. \_____Effect: A chainsaw with its de spinning at light speed bearing extreme sh pierce of the ck Sheen me de. Upon striking its target, the chainsaw cuts it along with the target''s space-time continuum to prevent external interference before producing innumerable Shredding shes bearing the same level of shing pierce power from the cut part. The number depends on Magilore consumed. [Congrattions, you have gained 10 Warlord Points.] ''It''s time to leave,'' Aleron rubbed his temples as he looked at the countdown. [Countdown: 31 minutes...] [Warlord Points: 2540] Aleron left and arrived back at the Warlord center hall, seeing a few Warlords talking to each other. "Hey, Ruinex. What are your damn skill tiers? It''s crazy." "You seem to have a higher legacy from Chaosverse like Luna, eh? Otherwise, I am not satisfied with my loss, hahaha." Aleron walked towards them while smiling and waving his hands, "Nah, I am just a genius and created those skills myself." |||| || || The four Warlords helplessly smiled in response. Two were women in their thirties, one was a man looking in histe twenties, and another was an old man with a long brown beard and bald head...all wearing their fancy robes and armor. "Warlord Ruinex, from which part of this cosmos you hail from?" Warlord Silkstar asked while caressing his beard. "I am not from here," Aleron vaguely answered with a smile that said he wasn''t interested in answering it before he added, "That said, I would''ve loved to chat with you about something if not for an emergency." "See youter on the battlefield then," Melissa smiled and winked, "Next time, you won''t escape." "That, we shall see," Aleron replied with augh and waved his hand. "See you allter." He entered the Time-Dtion dimension after paying 1000 Warlord points for 1 hour outside: 1 minute in reality. [Gachapi: Master, you''ve fried your brain and created those seven Savant-grade skills. You also spent 101 hours in singr focus toprehend Concepts. Your mental exhaustion is not small at the moment, so rest using a Time Dtion package to "Hmm, you are right," Aleron wryly smiled and stretched his arms and legs. "I should take a nap for an hour." Using water, wind, and some non-elemental sybus for chemical invocation from water and wind, he created afortable and cool jelly cloud bed beforeying on it. Only half an hour was left before he would enter into a conflict filled with development that he wouldn''t be able to expect now. It was only wise to reach his prime condition before that. Chapter 143: Countdown (19/20) Chapter 143: Countdown (19/20) ? After sleeping for an hour, Gachapi woke him up right before he got kicked out of the Time- Dtion dimension. ''I feel good. I am recoveredpletely in one hour,'' Aleron grinned. ''If only the Genome Pulse recovered within Time-Dtion space, I would be able to make some Geno Gears, sigh.'' [Gachapi: Unfortunately, Primordial Genome Whispere''s source function cannot contained by Time-Space of the lower cosmos. Time-Dtion here won''t help recover Genome Pulse faster.] ''Mhmm,'' Aleron nodded. He didn''t want to waste even seconds, so he decided to spend 1000 Warlord points more and entered the Time-Dtion dimension again, appearing on a mountain''s peak with an ocean in his view. Looking at the Savant-grade skill''s runes in the source space he had created, Aleron thought. ''I am done creating some solid Savant-grade skills, now I want to ask Cane if I can somehow acquire resources to increase my stats.'' [Gachapi: If we are able to do that, our chance against Demon Lord Narazar will increase because your current stats still put you at a disadvantageous against him in terms of speed and attack rtive to your speed and defense because of his Pierce Concept.] ''I won''t be able to defend against him?'' Aleron raised his eyebrows. [Gachapi: Pierce concept makes it tricky. Concept is the power of thoughts and it bends reality ording to the user''s thought and soul energy. It can pierce your Time-Space defense, no matter how powerful you make it.] [Gachapi: if you are struck by it, then it depends on whose soul potency, skill power, and soul energy is higher. So our aim is still to avoid and dodge, not defend.] [Astral: Is that chap Demon Lord Narazar very powerful? I feel Mastah will smack his ass, on Skibidi god.] ''Huh? Who is Skibidi god?'' Aleron blinked in confusion. [Gachapi: He must have read chats again and learned new stuff.] [Astral: I don''t know, but this Skibidi god seems famous. That one chat was spamming this shit while you were fighting that Warlord Liren.] [Gachapi: Stop learning useless stuff. There''s only one god, and that''s our Master, got it?] [Astral: Okie, big brother. On Mastah God, I swear.] [Gachapi: Anyway, Master should be able to sh against Narazar just fine and not die as long as we fight carefully, though we can''t be sure about killing him as of now because his stats are higher, he has a Divine-grade Bloodline, and he should also have some artifacts. So, we must prepare as much as possible.] ''Yep. Let''s see what Cane can do for us now,'' Aleron nodded and contacted Cane. Cane appeared and smiled at Aleron, "You really seem to be pressed on Time. Even using Time-Dtion to rest and talk with me here instead of outside, haha." "So, how can I help you, Warlord Ruinex?" Aleron wryly smiled and nodded, "It''s an emergency back home. Anyway, you already know I am from another cosmos, so I want to know if I can still buy those resources you have in Warlord Shop using the Warlord points and get them in my cosmos," Aleron added with a hopeful grin. "Please tell me it''s possible." Cane chuckled and tapped his cane on the grassy ground as some entric symbols and strange numbers appeared on a screen before Aleron. "This....seems to be some kind of space power," Aleron blinked and furrowed his eyebrows. Cane smiled, "I cannot send things from here to your cosmos even though your consciousness can enter my game through the device. However, if you can understand these coordinates and create a portal, I can send the items you buy through it." Aleron''s eyes shone." "Awesome, I willprehend this as fast as possible!" "Good luck," Cane nodded and added, "Here''s a little gift from me for your surprising performance in the Warlord Battlefield." After saying that, Cane disappeared while Aleron received a notification. [+5000 Warlord Points] "Wow! Thanks, Cane!" Aleron sent the thanks message to Cane through the message box. Afterward, he sat down cross-legged and startedprehending the coordinates. He wanted to use Gacha Quest, but he already used up the remaining two quests in the Warlord Battlefield to trigger the gamble. He won and got 6.7k gacha points total. ''This shouldn''t take long,'' Aleron thought as he wasn''t feeling difficulty understanding this. He had one hour, but it only took him forty minutes toprehend the coordinates. Afterward, Aleron opened the Warlord Shop to do the shopping. He spent all of his points and bought six items. - Strength Serum Tier-10--Increase Strength stat by 100,000. Cost: 1000 Warlord points. - Agility Serum Tier-10-Increase Agility stat by 100,000. Cost: 1000 Warlord points. - Health Serum Tier-10-Increase Health stat by 100,000. Cost: 1000 Warlord points. - Stamina Serum Tier-10-Increase Stamina stat by 100,000. Cost: 1000 Warlord points. - 2x Magic Serum Tier-10-Increase Magic potency by 100,000. Cost: 1000 Warlord points. [Gachapi: Master, there''s still 20 minutes left in this Time-Dtion space, so rest again. You are still not in prime condition even though your mental exhaustion is no longer lingering.] [Astral: Yes, yes, Mastah! I can also feel you are not in prime condition yet.] ''Alright,'' Aleron wryly smiled and nodded, though he also understood and epted the reasoning. He took a short nap of twenty minutes and woke up before leaving the Combat Lords game. Flying out of his bedroom, Aleron arrived on the garden balcony and conjured a portal using the space coordinates that he hadprehended. In the next second, six vials containing glowing liquid emerged from the portal before it closed. Aleron chugged the serums one by one and sat cross-legged, stabilizing the flow and his growing power by micro-managing and solidifying his bodily foundation to not waste time on itter. In the blink of an eye, ten minutes passed by before Aleron was done. |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Prime-2 (200,001/500,000) + 100k + 580% ] ¡ª [Agility: Prime-2 (200,001/500,000) + 100k + 580%] [Health: Prime-2 (200,001/500,000) + 100k+ 580% ] [Stamina: Prime-2 (200,001/500,000) + 100k + 580% ] -Arcane Status: [Magic Potency: Prime-4 (400,001/500k) + 100k + 80% ] [Magilore Energy: ¡Þ (¡Þ)] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Prime-5 (500k/500k) + 100k + 80% ] [Soul Energy/force: Prime-5 (500k/500k) + 100k + 80% ] -Innate Talents: ¡ª [Spiritmind of Magilore], [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] [Countdown: 19 minutes...] "It''s time." Chapter 144: Countdown (20/20), The Clash Begins Chapter 144: Countdown (20/20), The sh Begins ? Aleron''s eyes glinted and he vanished from the secret realm before appearing outside. Without further ado, he activated his Monitor Dome, covering the entire within it, and teleported to the sacrificial site where over a million Mortal-rank demons were gathered, trapped within a dome with a huge magic circle drawn on the ground. He also spent 50 billion Magilore and created a huge domain covering the Demonic Continent. He then looked at the gathered demons as his eyes glinted, teleporting 98% of them directly into the secret realm in open ground, andmanded five patrolling Death Lords to contain them. He left 2% there because they had red and ck marks. The demons were desperate, downright in despair at the moment as they knew they were going to die in the worst way. As such, he didn''t want to mix those 2% with the rest after saving them. ording to what Demon Lord Narazar left in the message, the moment he saved the 1 million demons here and prevented his summoning, Narazar would immediately sacrifice the Demon King of the south and arrive here. Aleron''s eyes shed as he thoroughly scanned the southern region of the Demonic Continent to search for the sacrificial Demon King while the four Demon Kings who were nearby flew towards Aleron. "Bastard, prepare to die. Demon Lord Narazar ising soon," one of the Demon King maliciously grinned. "This will belong to the demons!" All of them knew from Demon Lord Narazar that Aleron would arrive to disrupt the sacrificial summoning. Naturally, Aleron didn''t even spare a nce at them. He was focused on searching for the Demon King. ''I can''t find him!'' Aleron frowned and clenched his fist. He expected it, but still, he thought he would be able to find him. Suddenly, Aleron sensed a powerful presence and his new type of heavy-duty barrier shining with a colorful prism hue flickered into existence. "Rx, I am not here to fight you." Elysia''s voice rang in the air as she appeared five meters across Aleron, smiling at him. "Unfortunately, you won''t be able to find that Demon King because Narazar is already here. Do you think he would give you a chance to kill that Demon King after telling you the entire n of arriving here?" Elysia shook her head and sat on a throne-like white sofa couch before smiling. Of course, Aleron knew that, but he still wanted to try. "Anyway, I am here to watch a good show and...interfere in case some of the developments I''m expecting ur," Elysia grinned. "Good luck." Aleron snorted and started sting off his skills in the sky after summoning his Astral Reaver to consolidate his magic source which just got a boost of 200,000. "I am waiting and ready," Aleron coldly replied. He also sent a thread of his consciousness inside and contacted Yueha and others. After awakening Astral Concept, his consciousness was able to perform simple maniption of Space and Time without consuming any energy and at ease. ''Everyone, it''s time. Get some rest and get ready. I am also sending Symbios Gears there. The gears are limited, but you are more, however, look at the gears, and feel them.'' ''Decide yourself who is morepatible with the Gears and proceed to bind with them.'' [Yueha: Enorin, Mei, and I cane out now. We are ready.] [Mei: Master...we failed to awaken the Concept.] [Enorin: We are ashamed, sigh.] ''What are you saying? You tried your best, and I already know it''s not easy to awaken a concept. Anyway, don''t worry about that.'' [Mei: Master, leave the Demon Kings and other pests to us. We will erase them.] ''Yeah, I am taking three of you out.'' In the next second, Aleron teleported Yueha, Mei, and Enorin outside. It was also the moment when one of the Demon Kings insulted Aleron again. "Hey, trash. How about you plead alliance to our Demon Lord? At least, you will live, hahaha." "Who are these bitches?" another one sneered while licking his lips. "They are fine humandies. Give them us for a starter." Elysia made a disgusting expression, "Pieces of trash. Kill them already." Yueha, Mei, and Enorin looked at the Demon Kings floating there, their killing intents ring. They were pissed beyond belief and were about to obliterate those four demon kings, but Aleron stopped them. ''Wait.'' "I will provide you with Mana, so kill them without holding back on it, but don''t waste soul energy on them. Narazar wi-" Aleron stopped, his eyes glinting as he sensed a powerful presence of Ascension-rank on his Radar at the southern region of the Demonic Continent, but along with him were multiple presences of Primeval-ranks! "He is here," Elysia chuckled. "And you are right. He is not here alone." "We''ll take out the trash first," Yueha coldly said as she, Mei, and Enorin took out their Symbios Gear''s weapon form and immediately attacked the four Demon Kings. "Humph, you thin-" Before he could finish speaking, Yueha''s cross-bow released a bolt that struck the barrier that flickered around him, freezing it along with him before he shattered into nothingness. The other two were also killed by Mei and Enorin instantly. Elysia''s eyes shone. ''Fabulous treasures.'' "Quite a party has gathered, eh? Elysia, I am not here to die, so make your deal clear. What the hell do you want?" Demon Lord Narazar has arrived, in the flesh. "Hey, kiddo," Narazar ferociously grinned at Aleron. "You look all fixed now." Aleron''s expression was serene, his aura silent and conserved. ''I''ve managed to kill 17 Warlords, all of them were at early-stage Ascension power level like this guy, with two of them having Divine-grade Bloodline as well,'' Aleron thought, his eyes burning with silent fury. ''I will kill him!'' His Arcana Throne manifested as he sat on it, entering hisbat form. Yueha, Mei, and Enorin floated near Aleron, looking at approaching auras behind Narazar. "Don''t involve me in this," Elyasia said as she floated up and covered herself in a translucent dark gold barrier. "I am just here to watch the show." "That''s not how it works," Narazar narrowed his eyes. "Swear a soul oath that you won''t interfere in our battle." "Isn''t that right?" Narazar looked at Aleron. Aleron stared at Elysia, looking at the ck skull mark above her. "Swear," Aleron stated. "Or we will kill you first." Elysia rolled her eyes, "Fine." "I swear that I won''t interfere in the battle between you two," Elysia swore, but her eyes flickered with a nefarious light deep within as if she had some n. "Good," Narazar floated before Aleron ten meters across him, his aura rising as he looked at Aleron with a grin, "Don''t die too fast." "You think I didn''t improve after you left?" Aleron stated, his aura surging as the Astral Field appeared around him, causing both Elysia and Narazar''s eyes to flicker with shock. ''Hahahaha, I knew he would give a surprise, this bastard!'' Elysia''s eyes glowed with thrill. ''A Concept and this is a Space-Time-rted one! Wonderful!'' "Go on, make your move." Aleron''s eyes bore onto Narazar, serene yet cold and ready to flip the board. Chapter 145: Ardent Desire of True Subordinates Chapter 145: Ardent Desire of True Subordinates ? Narazar''s eyes flickered as he measured Aleron. ''A concept of space and time...but that''s not going to save him.'' Physical Status: -Strength: 1,460,006 -Agility: 1,460,006 -Health: 1,460,006 -Stamina: 1,460,006 Arcane Status: -Magic Potency: 820,001 Soul Status: -Soul Potency: 1,000,000 ''His physical stats are absurd for his level, but they are still lower than mine.'' Narazar smirked at Aleron and said, "I''m surprised you awakened a Concept, but bing cocky just because of that will result in the same situation as before." Aleron''s pupils glimmered with a hint of impatience, but he didn''t make a move. He wasn''t being cocky by telling him to make a first move. Instead, he wanted to counterattack because he was confident in his defense against someone like Narazar. His defense-type Savant-grade skill had flickered into existence-Numero Astral Layer, an enchantment-buff style skill that increased all elemental resistance and a thick coatingyer around the skin for high physical defense while also affecting iing attacks with Astral Flow''s temporal aspect to slow them. [Numero Astral Layer] Pure Defense / Enchant-type \__Main Sybi: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, Darkness, Space, and Time + 47 non-arcane sybus. Of course, these eight main sybi branched into others because all advanced elements like Ice, Lightning, Magma, Crystal, and such were derived from these eight elements, so this defensive skill had high resistance against all types of Elemental attributes on top of physical defense. He had also buffed Yueha, Enorin, and Mei with this skill, making them unharmable unless they were attacked by Ascension-rank powerhouses. "Make your move," Aleron said again, his expression unchanged. ''Better if he bes reckless and heated up with my attitude.'' Narazar narrowed his eyes and suddenly chuckled as he nced at Yueha, Enorin, and Mei before turning to Aleron, "Only you four? Haha, call the rest of your subordinates so we can finish them off together." As he finished speaking, the bunch of unfamiliar auras also arrived and stood behind Narzara, causing Aleron''s brows to rise. All of them were high-stage Primeval-rank Demons and they numbered seventeen. He nced inside the secret realm via his consciousness thread and saw that Symbios Gears were chosen and they were getting familiar with it. "Did you think I woulde here alone when I want to conquer this?" Narazar stretched his arms, "These are my best subordinates and they are going to wreak havoc on the other two continents...unless your subordinates manage to stop them." Aleron indifferently smiled, "Go all out and kill as many as you can." Yueha, Enorin, and Mei felt the most pressing and ardent resolve ever. It was said that a lord''s authority is shouldered by that lord''s subordinates, who are not his subordinates for money or fame, but to purely follow this one leader willingly from their heart and support his path they felt was the greatest, not just because they were summoned and his loyal, but out of their own free and independent thinking. Aleron was the greatest in their heart, so they must also be the greatest of subordinates! Their eyes resolved intensely, their aura burst out, and they...went all out with full intent of absolutely destroying the enemy. Yueha with her 2nd gear form, Eliusis Crystal Crossbow, activated its skill-Frostbane Ice Burial, based on Ice + Deathbined with Frostbane anomaly attribute. Frostbane anomaly attribute was abined power of Ice and Deathbined with the ''Corrosion'' aspect from Soul Path. She had used the entirety of her Soul energy, Mana, and her Bloodline Essence in this Frostbane Ice Burial skill as the crossbow released the mysterious icy ck arrow with glowing dark blue whirling energy patterns around it. Naturally, the seventeen powerhouses gathered behind Narazar acted to avoid the attack while activating defense. Narazar flickered away to avoid the fight, his full attention on Aleron because he could sense Aleron''s intense killing intent on him. One careless move and the bloody battle between them would start. Meanwhile, those high-stage Primeval-rank were fast to react obviously and were scattering from the arrow, but it was also true that the arrow was not unavoidable. In slow-mo, Elisia''s grin widened as she saw the arrow moving toward six Demons who were within 50 meters of each other, their defense was barely activated when the arrow into the Red-horned Demon who was in the middle of this group of six demons. The arrows burst out, instantly spreading and sh freeze within a 100-meter radius of the area, creating a giant circr block of ice with seven unique dark blue ice spheres whirling with ck-blue patterns on the frozen demons within the ice block. Elysia''s grin looked crazed while Narazar''s eyes were in the process of breaking the record of his widest-opened eyes ever-he was shocked. But this was just the beginning because Enorin and Mei had also made a move at the same time as Yueha. Mei appeared in the direction where four Demons were in the process of activating their defense skill after they scattered. Their energy surged as they used their skills, and barriers started to form, but Mei''s attack was already in motion when she appeared before them. Her 2nd Gear form, Pyroshade Ecliptic Cannon burst out with the strongest of her AOE attacks, consisting of Shadow + Firebined with Pyroshade anomaly attribute woven into- Pyroglint Devourment. Pyroshade was a ck me made of Shadow and mebined with the ''Devour'' aspect from Soul Path. The dreadful cannon released a shadow me sparks that stretched a linear shadow, enveloping the four Demons right as their defense skill also activated. Unfortunately for them, Mei had spent all of her soul energy, Mana, and Bloodline to boost this attack as much as possible. The four demons were about to turn into ck ash and vanish out of existence, at the same time as the other six Demons....because their fate was in Enorin''s hand, or more precisely, in her Luminus Prism Heavy Sword. Her sword stretched fifty meters long and its de 10 meters wide as it swept horizontally toward the six Demons at the same time when Mei had unleashed her attack. It unleashed a thin, but wide sh, crystalline and intensely golden with sharpness capable of slicing space-Severam Luminal sh, structured with Light, Crystal, and Lumisyl anomaly attribute, which boasted unique energy with ultra sharpness made of Light + Crystalbined with ''Sharpness'' aspect from Soul path. Anomaly attribute = an attribute power consisting of aspects from two or three paths, with those paths being Arcane, Soul, and Body. If the Anomaly attributes a Soul path aspect, then studying it andprehending it would lead to awakening a Concept of the same name. This was also a benefit of having a Divine-grade Bloodline as they had an Anomaly attribute. But there was an exception now because the Symbios Gears each also had an Anomaly attribute! In other words, a Symbios Gear could provide up to two opportunities forprehending Concepts, one from its Trait, and one from the possible anomaly attribute if it had a Soul path''s aspect! Enorin''s Severam Luminal sh was so fast and powerful, that it reached the six powerhouses in an instant and sliced their barriers while losing some of its barrier, but it didn''t get dyed in the slightest and cleanly sliced the six powerhouses. The sh didn''t go past their bodies after slicing them but it was absorbed in their bodies, invading their cut-off parts before bursting out with an explosion with Enorin''s control, brutally erasing them. Within 1.5 seconds, all 17 high-stage Primeval-rank Demons were obliterated, before they could unleash their full powers or use whatever trump card they had if any. Chapter 146: Terrifying Eyeball Chapter 146: Terrifying Eyeball ? Aleron''s eyes shed he snatched their souls while sending Yueha, Enorin, and Mei back into the secret realm as they were fully exhausted after brandishing their strongest attacks. On the other hand, Narazar had eyes of disbelief and brewing wrath filled with a hint of despair because among those seventeen powerhouses was also his...eldest son! He also couldn''t snatch his son''s soul before Aleron! "Ara maa~ How wonderful," Elysia burst outughing. "If you have more subordinates, then bring them out," Aleron calmly said, his icy eyes boring onto Narazar, "So that we can finish all of them at once." Behind him, one by one appeared Darzax, Riki, Hua, and Fang, their eyes intensely lit up and overflowing with mes that showed eagerness to destroy their master''s enemy. "YOU ARE DEAD!" Narazar snapped and his eyes turned bloodshot as his aura surged terrifyingly while a demonic dark violet gate with violet, crimson, ck, and green me wisps that extended the same colored patterns appeared above him. Seeing that strange gate, Elysia''s eyes showed visible horror, "This bastard! How dare you bring this disaster here?!" She instantly vanished, returning to her secret realm. *Screeeee!!* A terrifying scream was unleashed from the demonic gate as it started cracking. The scream''s power shook the space around within a kilometer radius! ''Is this his trump card?'' Aleron felt danger bells ringing. He immediately buffed everyone andmanded, "Focus on supporting me from afar. Go!" ''Magilore Armor-Maximum Overdrive.'' Instantly, Aleron felt a pressured thump in his consciousness before he extracted 30 billion Magilore from his source and turned it into the jelly armor, a concentration of pure active Magilore for him to use for his skills and connected it to his Magilore Source to keep it filled. Basically, unlike others who had their Mana or Magilore Pool inside their source space, Aleron manifested it outside around his body because....well, he had an infinite amount of it. His Aracana Throne vanished as it was not time to create makeshift skills and study, but to use his body, magic, and soul to the maximum to sh against whatever that demonic gate held. Aleron didn''t wait and unleashed Temporal Rift Storm from his Scythe, an orb that once struck, envelops the target within a spherical rift storm filled with Chronoblitz Stream that deals constant micro-destructive burst damage through tiny motes of the stream while disrupting time of everything, including the target''s energy, thinking, movement, and action and traps target within with central gravitation force. It shot towards Narazar as Aleron wanted to kill him. The energy around the gate was chaotic and the space was breaking and fixing itself around it, so Aleron didn''t want to attack there yet in case arge space crack formed and devoured a significant area while causing much destruction. It could cause unknown effects. As such, he attacked Narazar and Narazar reacted swiftly, unleashing a ck spear spiraled by a dark green energy, intending to pierce and destroy Aleron''s attack with it. s, before their sh could happen, the orb of Temporal Rift Storm vanished through space and appeared right before Narazar. "My attacks are unavoidable," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "They always hit the mark." Narazar''s eyes shook, but he didn''t appear to feel threatened and the reason revealed itself in the next moment when a Demonic Eye suddenly manifested above Narazar before he vanished, so the orb struck a mirage clone that manifested in his stead, and enveloped it in the temporal rift storm while Narazar safely escaped. "Unavoidable, yes, but undodgeable? No," Narazar sneered. He didn''t attack yet, choosing to conserve his energy and let his trump card act. *Crack...* The entric gate shattered, revealing a demonic eldritch eyeball with ten ck tendrils attached around it, pulsing with streaming patterns of violet, ck, dark green, and crimson. ''What the hell is that?'' Aleron frowned as he began to scan it, measuring its power. [Gachapi: A powerful monster from a Netherworld realm... Master, this is going to be hard.] "You love your subordinates, right? I also loved mine," Narazar spoke with his teeth gritted, his eyes bloodshot. "One of them was my son, so watch your people get obliterated first." Aleron''s senses nerved up as he saw the demonic eyeball''s two tentacles suddenly releasing two streaming thicksers of destructive violet with a crimson hue toward Darzax and Hua who were 1 kilometer away. Aleron had already reacted upon sensing the surge of aura and immediately used his Savant- grade defense-type skill-Spiraling Suction Barricade to block thesers. This barricade had Space, Time, Wind, and Astral Flow''s powers designed to create a barricade that had the effect of his Astral Scythe''s skill-Dimensional Rend, which can absorb iing attacks and send them to Reaver''s Pocket, which was his 2nd Astral Scythe skill. --> Dimensional Rend: Cut through any defense or attack forcefully and send them into Reaver''s Pocket. -> Reaver''s Pocket: capable of storing all types of phenomena in absolute stasis and can be released anytime by you. He wanted to absorb that strange Eyeball''s attack. Darzax and others also reacted and conjured additional defense, but something entirely unexpected happened. Theser vanished when it struck the giant barricade as if it were an illusion. Meanwhile, twosers from an entirely different direction manifested, striking Darzax and Hua squarely. Narazar sneered, ''Die!'' "Noo!" Aleron''s eyes trembled, ''Their souls! I have to get before their souls are destroyed!!'' Aleron quickly acted, but Narazar was also waiting for Aleron to split his attention! "Die!" Narazar attacked! Aleron''s eyes shed, activating his Savant-grade Movement-type skill-One Million Blink Zone. He was mostly uncatchable in Warlord Battlefield with this unless a powerhouse from the top 10 was present in battle, who could predict his flow of movement and target him right after he blinked away another location. Narazar failed his attack while Aleron poured all of his power towards Darzax and Hua, barely capturing their souls before they werepletely erased. He also sent Fang and Riki back into the secret realm. "Kill him!" Narazar roared and the demonic eyeball targetted Aleron next. ''Already creating two Savant-grade skills right after getting Concept....'' Narazar felt envious along with angry. ''How all of that in such a short time?!'' Aleron blinked, teleporting crazily and creating thousands of mirage illusions while he isted himself and focused on that Demonic Eyeball monster. The eyeball''s tentacles glowed and spread a strange wave in arge area, but it still didn''t attack as if waiting to get a sure shot. [Astral: We in deep shit, Mastah! =] [Gachapi: One Million Blink Zone won''t be able to confuse it longer. It will be able to attack us soon.] Aleron saw its status and was deep scanning it still after seeing those twoser attacks to identify its attributes while constantly teleporting. Suddenly, he also received a transmission from Elysia. [Elysia: Either you escape into your secret realm and let this Demon Lord have this or die along with this because that thing is a disaster you won''t be able to handle.] Aleron didn''t reply, focusing on the enemies. [Elysia: Or I can help you. I swore I wouldn''t interfere in the battle between you ''two''. This doesn''t include the Hoax Netherdoom Eye.] Aleron wavered. ''I can still kill her after getting her help.'' [Elysia: Of course, I have a condition for helping you. I will help you only if you agree to it.] Chapter 147: Drifter Ranger, Alerons New Cooking Dish Chapter 147: Drifter Ranger, Aleron''s New Cooking Dish ? Aleron''s mind buzzed with Elysia''s proposal while he felt the danger nearing. The Eyeball would finish covering arge area with whatever its power was, and by then, his constant teleports would not help in avoiding the attack. [Elysia: We can''t hurt each other until this''s Warlord is decided anyway. What are you hesitating for?] Aleron could see Narazar waiting like a hawk eyeing its prey while the Hoax Netherdoom Eye''s danger approached. [Gacha: Master...] ''Fuck it! What''s wrong with getting her help if her condition is not bad? Once the troubles are gone, I can punish her.'' [Aleron: What is your condition?] [Elysia: Make me your ally. Swear an oath that you will never harm me and even support me in trouble.] Aleron popped a vein as he felt angry hearing that condition. [Aleron: You are dreaming!] Aleron''s eyes glinted as he finally finished measuring the monsterpletely. [Gachapi: I''ve filled in the details that weren''t measured through the system. It has two Concepts...] [Haox Netherdoom Eye] \__Rank: Ascension/Median-grade Bloodline: Divine-rank \__Attribute: Illusion, Death, Darkness, Fire, Belme, Doomlight. \_Physical Status: -Strength: 2,375,009 -Agility: 2,375,009 -Health: 2,375,009 -Stamina: 2,375,009 Arcane Status: -Magic Potency: 2,320,001 \_Soul Status: -Soul Potency: 1,500,000 [Gachapi: It has two Conceptual powers, and its stats are way higher than ours. Master, we have no other choice.] Aleron gritted his teeth. ''I can''t ept her condition. Save her when she is in trouble? That''s bad.'' Aleron''s eyes glinted and he didn''t waste any more time dillydalling, ''I''ve made my decision.'' While constantly teleporting and reinforcing his barrier further in case an attack struck him, Aleron then essed the Banner Pool Creation. [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 2 (99%) -Gacha Points: 82,120 |-Summoning Banners (6/6)-| 1. Myriad Spell Pool. 2. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines. 3. Exotic Demons of Netherworlds. 4. Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines 5. Job ss Manifesto 6. Gear Factory of Mystic Symbios ''Remove Exotic Demons of Netherworlds.'' [Gachapi: Done. It seems that you want to create a new banner. Do you have an idea?] ''I want to try it.'' Aleron quickly constructively designed the idea after activating the Banner Pool creation function. [Banner Pond] -Core Theme: -> [Exotic] -> [Unique Powers] -> [Zords] -> [Wondrous Structure] -> [Sci-fi + Fantasy] -Summon Theme: -> [Monster] ->[Beasts] -> [Mountable] -> [Exotic Weapons] -World Background: -> [The Myriad Chaos Realm] -Additional Input: -> [Growth] -> [High Potential] -> [Rted to Body Path, Soul Path, and Arcane Path] -> [Wonder of Nature] -> [Extreme ss-wise partition.] [Astral: Mastah, you cooking!] [Gachapi: Wonderful, indeed. I''ve started the process and speeding it up using 100 Gacha points.] ''Fast,'' Aleron focused back on the battlefield as his danger bells started ringing again. ''It''sing. I have to go into full-focusedbat mode. Gachapi, create the banner and do 10 summons as fast as possible.'' After rying that, Aleron immediately activated his most powerful Savant-grade skill, which utilized all three paths, body, soul, and arcane, to the fullest-Super Combat Frame: Drifter Ranger! [Super Combat Frame: Drifter Ranger] Self-Enchant / Speed - Power / Long Range \__Main Sybi: Astral Flow, Time, Space, Wind, me, Lightning, Ice, sma, Metal. \__Cost: Direct cost connection to Stamina, Soul Energy, and Magilore. \__Effect: Envelops in a ranger suit made of Astral Flow and circuits of all main sybi, allowing ess to five Super Moves until exhaustion of soul energy, stamina, and magilore. -> 1. Extreme Drifting: Seamlessly move between the spatialyer and materialyer. -> 2. Astral Assault Rifle: Moving in extreme drift stores Drift Force in your rifle, empowering your Astral Bullets''s potency. -> 3. Astral Bullet-Neb Erasure: Aoe-type destructive bullet of pure offense. -> 4. Astral Bullet-Spatial Freeze: A pure control-type bullet that freezes a fixed space with extreme ice and space freezes with extreme time dtion. -> 5. Astral Laser-Ruination Beam: Unleases a light-speed instance of the condensed beam from the rifle possessing pure destructive and piercing power. "I will kill you," Aleron''s lips moved in a whisper as he aimed his killing intent at Narazar. With a scythe in his right hand and his left arm turning into an exotic astral ck assault rifle with entric cosmic sparks and designs, Aleron''s figure blurred and turned faint, entering the spatialyer. Right after that, the Hoax Netherdoom Eye released foursers towards Aleron. Narazar excitedly looked at him, ready to attack, but his eyes widened upon seeing theser just passing through Aleron. Spatial Layer was something Aleron managed to ess after awakening Astral Flow. It is completely separate from the materialyer where matter resides. It could be sensed by soul sense, but Aleron was in Extreme Drifting mode, meaning moving in a spatialyer with supposed infinite spaceyers between him and the material ne, effectively rending anything from a material ne from affecting him. With soul power, one could attack through a spatialyer, but since Aleron was extremely drifting, there was no chance of anything affecting him. But that also meant Extreme Drifting consumed energy and he also couldn''t attack while he was inside-consuming 1 soul energy per second. Magilore didn''t matter however much it was consumed, and stamina wasn''t consumed at all unless he moved. Utilizing his evolved bodily structure due to Primordial Genome Whisperer, he could energize Super Moves with his stamina, and they required his physical exertion to execute. Aiming his rifle at Narazar, Aleron''s eyes shed before he vanished and teleported through theyer, arriving right behind Narazar before releasing Astral Bullet-Nab Erasure. In an instant, Aleron had to exit from theyer as the move executed and produced a space point at Narazar''s head, intending to devour and explode the space in 5 meters radius with condensed power of Chaos Storm Energy-which was basically a synergized energy form of Time, Space, Wind, me, Lightning, Ice, sma, Metal, and Astral Flow meshed together for pure chaotic destructiveness. Narazar felt tremendously threatened, though he wasn''t worried as the Hoax Netherdoom Eye reacted faster upon sensing Aleron''s threat and saved Narazar the same way as before. At the same time, it also attacked Aleron while he was in the material ne, but Aleron turned out a nick-bit faster and barely grazed past the Eyeball''sser attack as he entered the spatial layer. ''Good. Until I exhaust my Soul energy, I can fight and... I should try to injure this eye because it''s clearly prioritizing saving Narazar.'' "Do you think only you have a trump card?" Aleron coldly whispered as he dodged the attacks in Extreme Drifts, his voice entering Narazar''s ears. "Just wait. I will erase you and Elysia both." ''Such a skill,'' Elysia was amazed as she watched Aleron. ''If he was in Ascension-rank, he would have won....'' Meanwhile, Narazar''s face was dark. ''What''s going on?! Why is this brat so powerful?! Level 10 in so many arcane sybi...'' While Aleron was proving to be a headstrong enemy, Gachapi was done with things as well. [10,000 Gacha points consumed.] [Banner Pool creationplete.] [A new banner has been created-Myriad Beast Mounts: Chaotic Reign of Exotic Zords] Gachapi bought ten tickets and immediately did 10x summons. [Congrattions, you have summoned Lastrael, the Celestial Griffin Sage.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Drakonis, the Infernal Dragon Champion.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Eldraxis, the Ancient Virident Treant.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Phantas, the Ethereal Nyxine Phoenix.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Luminos, the Radiant Omnicron Equine.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Teraxis, the Assault Titan Beetle Fighter.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Zepheremal, the Fleeting Fatality Fangs.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Neredia, the Abyssal Fetters Leviathan.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Vortiga, the Doomweaver Void Manta.] [Congrattions, you have summoned Cryoarcha, the Prismfrost Seraph Archanid.] ''Summon them all outside!'' *** [A/N: In chapter 53, it was initially said that it would take 24 hours to upgrade the system to level 3, but then I forgot. However, I''ve edited that part to make it look like It would take several days for the system to prepare its upgrade process and only then would 50,000 Points consume to upgrade it to level 3. The 99% is indication of that.] Chapter 148: Myriad Beast Mounts: Chaotic Reign of Exotic Zords Chapter 148: Myriad Beast Mounts: Chaotic Reign of Exotic Zords ? [Gachapi: Summoning them in three seconds, Master.] [Astral: Woohoo! We beatin'' that mother fucker''s eye, Mastah!] ''Yeah, hopefully, these Zords are strong.'' "How long will you keep running, bastard?" Narazar narrowed his eyes as he followed Aleron''s figure streaking across the battlefield. But suddenly, Aleron stopped attacking from his rifle and floated 10 meters across from him, while the Hoax Netherdoom Eye floated above him. The tentacle shot aser at Aleron, but it passed through him while his cold gaze remained on Narazar. "It''s time to finish this." Aleron transmitted his voice outside as the voice didn''t consume anything to pass through with his mastery of space-time. Hearing his voice, Narazar grunted, "It''s just a matter of time before you exhaust your soul energy and stamina. So what if you have unlimited magilore? You''ll still die." But right after he finished speaking, A white-gold dreamy orb shot out from Aleron and floated in the material ne above him. Hoax Netherdoom Eye immediately reacted and shot its dreadfulser at the orb...but it wasn''t even scratched! The orb expanded with a bright glow and turned into the same colored metallic sparks that burst out abundantly before forming into a meters big four-winged griffin, with its body made of strange semi-metallic luster, a unique body structure, and a lifeform. [Gachapi: I''m sending out defensive Zords first.] Aleron looked at the giant griffin, who also looked at him and soon got its thoughts. ''Nice to meet you, Master. Allow me to protect you.'' "Kill it!" Narazar coldlymanded while also releasing two bursts of piercingsers from his eyes that expanded into ten-meter-wide thicksers. ''What is that?!'' Narazar thought as he unleashed his attack, wanting to destroy this anomaly that gave him a bad feeling. Just as both his and Hoax Netherdoom Eye''s attack struck the Griffin, the strange lustering crystal scales on its body shone. Both attacks immediately bounced off! Aleron''s eyes shone as he was dumbfounded, "For real?!" [Astral: For real for real, on Mastah god! This Rizz is unreal!] [Lastrael, the Celestial Griffin Sage.] \_Level: 1 ss: Support / Defender \__Zord Form: Celestial Aegis Exorcist \__Zord Armament Form: Celestial Aegis Shield \__Source Power: Lightscale Core \_Lightscale Energy: 84%/100%. Parameters: -Attack: ?? -Defense: **** -Support: ???? -Control: \__Skills: Lightscale Recovery, Lightscale Star Shield, Lightscale Armor, Lightscale Enchantment, Lightscale Reflection. Aleron vanished and entered inside the giant griffin, arriving in a mysterious space while his senses were shared with Lastrael, the Celestial Griffin Sage. [Gachapi: These lifeforms have their special power source, Master. Once their energy is exhausted, they''ll need time to recover. But...their powers are nuts! They are like the best trump cards we can use!] Immediately after that, Gachapi sent out two more Zords as they manifested nearby while Aleron summoned Fang and others inside Griffin''s body, which had a big room actually. Outside, Narazar visibly trembled with disbelief and shock as he sensed two more simrly overwhelming auras appearing and turning into giant monsters! One was a strange six-winged phoenix-like bird made of ethereal gray, ck, and faint dark green hue. It looked semi-transparent but seemed to have a semi-thin liquid structure like a jellyfish. [ Phantas, the Ethereal Nyxine Phoenix.] \_Level: 1 ss: Control / Support \__Zord Form: Nyxine Spirit Weaver \__Zord Armament Form: Spirit Weaver Shroud Source Power: Nyxine Ember. \__Nyxine Energy: 100%/100%. \_Parameters: -Attack: ??? -Defense: - -Support: ?? -Control: ¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î \__Skills: Nyxine Dream Burst, Spirit Weaver Embrace, Ethereal me, Nyxine Rebirth. Phantas released glowing ck-green-gray tricolored threads that shot toward Hoax Netherdoom Eye, using its skill-Spirit Weaver Embrace. The Netherworld monster vanished as if an illusion, but Gachapi had sent out Phantas for a reason! Because it countered this Netherdoom Eye''s power of escaping! Phantas could easily see through the illusions as its threads shot in another direction and nabbed the Hoax Netherdoom Eye, shocking Narazar as he felt fear for the first time after arriving here. *Roar!* His eyes immediately shot towards the second monster after hearing a terrifying roar¡ªa giant zing red dragon with crimson-blue lightning scales and lightning spark patterns! Drakonis roared with fury, using its skill-zestorm Rain by consume 30% of its unique energy as six giant chunks of whirling pools made of destructive me and lightning of chaotic type manifested all around the Hoax Netherdoom Eye that was trapped and bound by Phantas. "Hold it right there," Drakonis'' raspy roaring voice echoed in the atmosphere. *Swoosh!* In the next second, all six whirling pools unleashed devastating res of zestorm power, filled with destructiveness that burned Hoax Netherwood Eye as it screamed in agony. [ Drakonis, the Infernal Dragon Champion.] _Level: 1 ss: Fighter/Destroyer Zord Form: Infernal zestorm Dragon \__Zord Armament Form: zestorm Inferno Gauntlets |_Source Power: zestorm Heart. \__zestorm Energy: 70%/100%. \_Parameters: -Attack: ***** -Defense: ¡î¡î¡î -Support: ?? -Control: - \__Skills: zestorm Eruption, zestorm Rain, Infernal Scale Armor, zestorm Nova Burst, zestorm Fury. "This can''t be happening," Narazar muttered, his eyes bloodshot. "It is happening." Aleron returned to the battlefield and floated before Narazar, his attack already in execution as a Deathly Astral Shredder manifested behind Narazar. "Damn you!" Narazar barely dodged the attack before waving his hand and unleashing five ck Piercing Spears whirling with dark green spiraling sparks toward Aleron. But the moment they neared him, a lustrous golden lightscale semi-transparent crystal armor manifested around him. The spears made contact and shattered, barely putting on a few cracks on the armor that recovered as Lastrael used its unique energy to recover the Lightscale Armor on Aleron. This sight caused Narazar to puke blood...as Aleron''s second attack struck, slicing off his leg. ''How?! That armor can block my Piercing attacks like nothing?!'' He was the master of Pierce! His skills were extremely geared towards piercing, but...he failed?! On the other hand, Drakonis continued to unleash its skills on Hoax Netherdoom Eye, destroying its vitality while Phantas kept it bound. Hoax Netherdoom Eye was trying to break free from Phantas'' skill effect, and its struggles were causing Phantas to consume its energy every second. But the Netherworld monster stopped trying to free itself since it wasn''t seeding and attacked Drakonis, with its ten tentacles shootingsers at him. "Humph, you will not!" Suddenly, Fang''s voice echoed from a powerful strange aura that manifested in front of the iingser attacks toward Drakonis. Dreamy tapestry of thick and exotic manifest joined to be a huge barrier, defending against all ten dreadfulsers of Hoax Netherdoom Eye. [ Eldraxis, the Ancient Virident Treant.] Level: 1 ss: Control / Defense \__Zord Form: Virident Earthkeeper Treant \__Zord Armament Form: Virident Whisper Robe Source Power: Lifebark Root \__Lifebark Energy: 100%/100%. \_Parameters: -Attack:- -Defense: ¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î -Support: ?? -Control: *** \__Skills: Lifebark Regeneration, Earthkeeper Snare, Virident Lifebark Bastion, Lifebark Exotic Barriers, Lifebark Pollen Burst. Narazar saw that even the full-powered attack of Hoax Netherdoom Eye failed and his eyes finally showed a hint of despair. Aleron caught that and sneered, "What''s up? Where''s your confidence now?" "Actually, I''m not even done yet." Soon, six more overwhelming auras appeared manifested into exotic giant monsters. Narazar''s eyes nked out, and the screams of Hoax Netherdoom Eye intensified as all the Zords attacked it, furiously destroying its vitality. Its tentacles were destroyed, its eyes bloodied and leaking, its aura vtile and unstable. It waspletely helpless. [Gachapi: One more thing, Master. These Zords seem to have the power tobine into a new form, that''s crazy.] Aleron grinned. ''That was in my idea, after all.'' "You got any more trump cards?" Aleron asked as he crossed his arms and sat on his Arcana Throne. Seeing all this with her jaw dropped was Elysia, feeling a strange stinger all over her body. ''Goddamn, this Aleron...what the fuck is going on?'' ''It seems that her days are finally numbered,'' Yuzu thought upon seeing the craziness in the disy screen and the reaction it brought on Elysia. Chapter 149: Alerons Law & Order (1) Chapter 149: Aleron''s Law & Order (1) ? "I shall purge it!" One of the Zord''s majestic regal voices echoed. It was a fifty meters majestic horse with golden and majestic orange-colored shining skin with translucent silver scales on it, along with silver armored hoofs, a pair of silver wings with golden-orange patterns, and a thick fluffy tail, but looking akin to flexible goldensers instead of normal fur. "Brightnova Sword Burst!" *Neighh* The steed glowed and suddenly turned into a sh of light, but if one looked closely, it had transformed into a huge sword simrly themed as its horse form. The Hoax Netherdoom Eye was totally wasted at the moment. Bounded by the control skills of other Zords. As such, Luminos''s Brightnova Sword Burst squarely struck the Eye in an instant. Its speed was so fast that even if this Hoax Eye was not bound, Luminos would have struck it! *BOOOM!* All the control-type skills'' phenomenon vanished in the st along with Hoax Netherdoom Eye, with not even a single trace of it remaining! "There it goes, ain''t he so powerful?"Aleron looked at the st, a grin already formed on his face as the situation waspletely under his control now. He also turned off his Super Frame: Drifter Ranger skill, leaving him with 38% of soul energy, and checked this Zord''s status. ''Wow. No wonder it was so powerful.'' [Luminos, the Radiant Omnicron Equine.] Level: 1 ss: Assault/Destroyer \__Zord Form: Brightnova Omnicron Steda. \__Zord Armament: Brightnova Omnicron Engine. \__Source Power: Brightnova Starfuel. \__Brightnova Energy: 50%/100% \_Parameters: -Attack: ¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î -Defense: - -Support: - -Control: \__Skills: Brightnova Sword st, Brightnova Sword Art, Brightnova Charge Shot, Brightnova Engine Drive. Narazar looked horrified as he eyed the majestic horse that absolutely destroyed one of the most powerful and dreadful entities of the Netherworlds! Afterward, all ten Zords flew toward Aleron and Narazar, surrounding them with their death res onto Narazar. "W-Who are you?" Narazar had lost his will to fight after watching the y of power outssing his knowledge. He looked at Aleron, his eyes filled with desperation and conflicting emotions. "I will tell once your soul is fully refined," Aleron''s eyes shed before he released Deathly Astral Shredder. Sensing Aleron''s intention, the conflict in his eyes vanished and he immediately begged Aleron to spare. Aleron smiled as the dreadful chainsaw paused a centimeter away from Narazar, who couldn''t try to fight back in the presence of ten Zords surrounding him. "A fool''s dream, you called it, right?" "I am a fool in the eyes of the likes of you, and that''s correct," Aleron icily smiled. "ording to the definition of being a Fool, it meanscking judgment or sense...hahaha." "Then I am indeed a fool for trying to be the judge, and I will do just that in this game of life constrained by ugly emotions and judgment of strong." "I am going to set everything straight, all to my liking for a big happy world where people won''t get sacrificed for the powerful ones," Aleron waved him and the chainsaw struck, shing Narazar along with his space-time continuum before millions of des burst out from the single cut and shredder him into the oblivion of void. "Thank you all," Aleron grinned at the Zords. "Y''all awesome." "We are because you are, Master," said the metallic purple bird in a feminine voice, with arge head donning a ck feathered crown. She had a gigantic red beak, and sharp white fangs, looking diabolical with big expressive eyes. It had elegant, metallic feathered wings and purple talons with dark crimson markings. It looked the scariest out of all Zords, and so were her power and name. [ Zepheremal, the Fleeting Fatality Fangs.] 1 Level: 1 ss: Assault / Assassin \_Zord Form: Zereef Fatality Winglord \__Zord Armament Form: Fleeting Fatality Scissors. Source Power: Zereef Fatalore \__Nyxine Energy: 100%/100%. Parameters: -Attack: ***¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î¡î -Defense: - -Support: - -Control: - \___Skills: Epheremal Fatal Strike, Fleeting Fatality Drift, Zereef Devouring Fangs, Zereef Feather Fatality. ''Another 10 stars in Attack?'' Aleron''s eyes shone. ''She must be very powerful.'' "Master, can we turn into miniature forms?" "Sure, sure. Anyway, we are going inside now in another world. y and enjoy there." All Zords turned into miniature forms the size of normal animals, looking all cute, cool, and badass. In the next second, Aleron disappeared along with Zords and arrived in the secret realm. First, he gathered soul essence from Hell and created a Savant-grade skill focused on healing Darzax and Hua''s souls. ''Their source space is anchored to their soul, so their source powers like Bloodline and Job ss are still there, but they''ll need to train from the start,'' Aleron checked their condition and sighed a relief upon checking everything. At least, they were alive and could recover soon. Aleron put Darzax and Hua''s healing bubble in the Auroraville region because it was abundant with magic and soul power. The more crystal monsters they killed here, the more soul power increased, so Yueha and others were already back to hunting the Crystal Monsters and getting stronger. The Zords also helped them by turning into their Armament form in passive mode, so as to not consume their own energy, but let the user consume their energy to utilize their Armament form''s powers. Zords'' energy was something they could only recover naturally with time, so they were like trump cards. ording to them, they would enter one day of full inactivation to recover after using up 100% of their energy. Meanwhile, Aleron conjured a projection of his image all over the demonic continent, in each one of its cities and viges, stating that no more Demon Kings would rule them brutally, and everyone would live a normal life filled with strife and trouble of their own to ovee andpete with others to rise. With the appearance of Xorgs that he started spreading again and stationing them in each popted ce, Aleron''sws were also settled after seeing how people were captured and then punished in front of them. Aleron spent the next two hours doing this on the Demonic Continent and gathered 13 million souls after punishing red and ck-marked demons appropriately. He kept 1 million ck- marked demons alive to turn them into Xorgs while putting the rest in Hell to refine their souls and gather pure soul essence. Their overall poption was lower than humans, but the ratio of ck and red marks was higher due to much of the uwfulness in the demonic continent. The weak were trampled constantly, decreasing their poption and weakening them over the decades. Aleron more and more felt like wanting to shape the world like he envisioned, where weak and strong would live in harmony to bring endless prospects in the limitless possibilities of reality, one of which was in his hands-the Gacha System. Once he was done with the Demonic continent, and every demon became familiar with his face, he left and returned to Lightdusk Continent''s central Lightdusk region. Rias and Roxen were in theirst and most important meeting regarding the fate of the Lightdusk Continent as a whole. All top forces that basically governedrge poptions and had power along with authority at their disposal had gathered in a hall. They had no choice because out of nowhere, their rtives, along with criminals, and a bunch of other people had vanished and it turned out they were imprisoned in the huge and vast tform above the central Lightdusk region. A message was sent to all of them to gather at the Goddess Church, meanwhile, Rias had also spread information about the Goddess'' truth along with the video that Aleron had given her. The video was nothing much but just his own memory of when he met Elysia for the first time extracted as a video using a bunch of Arcane sybi to turn it into something like mirage crystal. Once the truth was out, it didn''t mean people would believe directly, but just having itid out was enough for people to produce doubts. The prominent individuals gathered in the hall were watching the video regarding the goddess. Emperor of Longinus Empire. Empress of Nightwing Empire (because their Emperor was captured by Aleron and sealed) n head of Aurspec n-one of the big five. Wife of Oborus n''s n head-one of the big five. (That''s right, their n head was captured and put down by Aleron.) Levi Lexmith of the Lexmith n-one of the big five. Mnjur Shaka of the Shaka n-one of the big five. Second son of Boltrend n''s head of the Boltrend n-one of the big five. (n head and eldest son captured by Aleron.) Lightdusk Academy Principle-Kadita Manovar. Adventurer Guild''s head - Jake Karsin. These individuals represent entities that lorded over the continent. They finished watching the video and moved their gaze onto Rias as the holographic screen vanished. ''Rias, your 2nd and 3rd brothers are captured as well. I-I am worried. I don''t know what they did, but...'' Rias nced at her father and internally sighed as she ryed, ''Familial bond is not included in judgment, father. They will be judged by Aleron.'' "I''m sure you all already know the power in Lord Aleron''s hands," Rias said as she swept her nce across the important individuals in the hall. "He is in the demonic continent to prevent a powerful threat that can destroy our worl-" Suddenly, Rias stopped as she saw Aleron appearing at the end of the hall with a smile on his face. "Ale!" Rias turned into the wind and appeared before Aleron, hugging him tightly. "I''m back, and ready to finally shape this world." "I knew you would return victorious," Rias beamed with sparkling eyes and kissed him on his lips. Longinus Emperor hadplicated feelings. On one hand, having a son-inw like Aleron felt like the most fortunate thing to happen in his life, but his two sons were at his mercy. "It seems every big shot is gathered here, eh? Good," Aleron said as he and Rias walked toward the table at the end of the hall. Facing everyone, Aleron smiled and said, "I have some Law and Order to share. I''ve created them and they must be followed throughout the continent." Soon, everyone saw a big screen manifesting over Aleron, disying his absolutews and order. Chapter 150: Alerons Law & Order (2) Chapter 150: Aleron''s Law & Order (2) ? [ Absolute Law & Order] -- -Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Sloth, and Wrath. -> These emotions are a part of life, but letting these seven emotions overwhelm you and dictate your actions that may harm innocents will result in punishment appropriate to the crime, so do not cross the line! -- -Chastity, Temperance, Charity, Diligence, kindness, Patience, and humility. --> It matters not if you do not follow the seven virtues, but if you dare to deceive and harm those that follow these, and cross the line, you will be punished! - - 1. The line you must not cross. --> Killing an innocent by acting out of seven sins emotions. -> Deceiving, despairing, and mental torture on someone purposefully and maliciously to harm them. -> Rape, Killing, Torture of both mind and body, driving others to despair, snatching their hope and joy. 2. The judgment. -> Conflicts and Grievances must be settled without crossing the line, and there shall be an Absolute Judgement court present at every settlement of poption, where a judge would be assigned, with the power to read memories and give impartial objective judgment to settle the case. "Pretty simple, right?" Aleron smiled. "As long as these are followed, I''m sure everyone will thrive happily." "If everyone fears the consequence, they will remain rational, so they must also know the consequences." "Bringing such drastic changes...." Adventurer''s Guild head hesitantly spoke as he looked at Aleron. "I''ve already brought drastic changes," Aleron said as he waved his hand, showing them the millions of people imprisoned above the city on the vast metallic tform, surrounded by thousands of Zorgs. All of them also saw the red and ck skull marks above them. "The number of white marks is almost the same as the number of yellow marks, but yellow ones are higher in age," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "They are people, who, if not remained rationale, might cross the line given their situation." "Some might be on a tether ofmitting the crimes and falling into the red, but I don''t want that to happen." "Why punish when you can prevent? These are my measures for the world I want to see," Aleron''s expression was resolved. "There are no absolute rules that will bind their freedom, but there are consequences for breakingw and order, and everyone already knows that by now." Longinus Emperor''s expression turned bleaker as he felt there was no saving of his sons. "Let thisw and order be known far and wide," Aleron smiled as he snapped his finger, causing a banner to appear in all settlements throughout the Lightdusk continent. The banner was high up in the sky and looked like a huge patch of white cloth with shining ck letters that formed the [Absolute Law & Order]. "Do you have any questions as people who handle the social aspects of this world?" Aleron looked at the people before him and asked, his expression sincere. One of them was a rather young person, a man looking in his mid-twenties. He had a resolved and somber expression as he spoke. "Lord Aleron, I am Javen Boltrend, the second son of the Boltrend n," the sharp blue- haired young man said with a somber expression and cupped his fist towards Aleron. "Mhmm, speak," Aleron smilingly nodded. ''This guy is the only one with a white mark among them. Let''s see what he has to say.'' "I was made aware of my father and brother''s sinful acts a week ago," Javen said with suppressed anguish. "They are devils, but the elder''s council knew what they were doing and ignored it." "They had the power to stop the despair they inflicted on girls, but they did not condemn them and I was a powerless, weak individual who couldn''t do anything to stop them," Javen fist clenched tightly. "I want to see the world you envision, lord Aleron." "I have no question in your judgment. Instead, I want to be a part of it and help you, so that no more vile monsters may be born again under your name, who have made this new world possible." Aleron''s eyes sparked and he grinned, "Then you will be the lord and absolute judge of the Southwest region of this continent." "You all as well, return to your territory and maintain the public order. There are no more red and ck people, so the remaining ones will choose peace over chaos and those who don''t... well, they can be new examples of people who already don''t have enough." "I will also start working on a grand scale involving the whole to create a system and a merit-based hierarchy that will develop this and its poption." ''The Radrata cosmos was so advanced and they were super modern, with people choosing their various life paths, but getting stronger was the basis of everything. I can''t make something as sophisticated as that, but for such a small, I should be able to brainstorm something good.'' ''Well, this can wait until people are sorted and the new world of order and peace begins.'' "There''s one problem, lord Aleron," a long ck-haired woman in a regal empress robe said respectfully-the Empress of Nightwing Empire. "You have captured every possible criminal and sinner, even those that are unknown and have been in the dark, their true nature unknown to even their loved ones. They don''t know what you know and why you captured them, so this is bound to agitate them." "With this neww and order with big changesing over them, things might not go as peacefully as you wish them to go," she remained respectful in her tone and slightly bowed as she finished speaking. "Good question. I''m d you asked," Aleron chuckled and nodded. "I intend to provide full disclosure of everyone''s crime and sins, from their own memories. I want to do it now, but that''s a lot of work, so once I start, it will take at least half a day for me to sort everything into individual memory crystals." "Only I can do this, so just allow me to tell you how," Aleron turned to Longinus Emperor and softly sighed. "Your sons will be punished, but you must know their deeds." Locating the brothers in a jiffy. Aleron remotely essed their memories with his powerful soul sense, invading their minds and copying everything into a memory crystal, his unique product created using Magilore. With his Monitor Dome now covering the whole, and everything stored in a sort of database he created attached to the Monitor Dome, he only needed to think to focus on a target and remotely use his soul powers on them as Monitor Dome indicated his soul sense''s range. With the power of Space, he could even remotely attack anyone within the range of his Monitor Dome, by directly manifesting the attack at any point of space within the range. As such, two secondster, the Longinus Emperor saw two memory crystals manifesting before him. "These memory crystals only need mana to activate, so normal people can use it as well. You can infuse your soul sense if you want to see the content privately in your mind," Aleron said as he stretched his hand and gestured. Longinus Emperor infused his soul sense and immediately saw everything in a couple of seconds. "Just because they are prince, they lose themselves to lust and bloodthirst in a vige on their way back to the capital a month ago. They took out their frustration of loss and gave in pride, lust, and wrath. Ultimately, the whole vige was razed down and made a work of monster to remove evidence of their vile deed." "Their punishment is..." Chapter 151: Alerons Law & Order (3) Chapter 151: Aleron''s Law & Order (3) ? "The punishment is death and 10 years of their soul torture in Hell. If they repent during the ten years of punishment and be good souls, they can return to the living with a new body to serve peace and order and be with their family, but if not, then they will return to the void." ''He is being through with this all the way like....a god?'' Kadita thought as she eyed Aleron withplicated emotions. Everyone was utterly amazed, shocked, and overwhelmed with how Aleron had prepared and thought of everything to change the world, yet it was so simple with enough power to enact his will. "I understand, lord Aleron," Longinus Emperor heavily sighed putting the memory crystals in his storage ring before looking at Aleron with a weary smile. "Their crime deserves punishment of death in our court as well. But if not for you, I likely wouldn''t have punished them with death because they are my sons." "Father!" Rias shouted with trembling eyes. "But vile evil must be punished" Longinus Emperor sighed. "Their life would end in prison eventually." ''That''s right. Just because they are your family, doesn''t mean they must not be punished or be prevented from being brought to justice for their deeds,'' Javen thought as he clenched his fist. ''If this went on, the whole world would be poisoned with strong and influential people''s evil.'' "Mhmm, you are not yellow-marked for nothing, Longinus Emperor," Aleron nodded, "I hope you have also gathered the beastfolks that I have talked about." "As for the weapon of the deal, you can take this," Aleron said before he presented his Primeval-rank weapon, the Echostorm Starwink Bow. "You all as well, the merit system is for those who want to see the wider and vaster horizons," Aleron smiled. "The world is not confined to this, so those who wish to be on the path of power must work hard." "Labyrinth and the secret realm will open as scheduled for the qualified, and I will also add more secret realms for people to brave dangers for reward and rivalry." Aleorn smiled and waved his hand as he erased the screens "Now, I''ll leave you all to settle in the new world and rte with people in your domain. I n to distribute memory crystals of every person I have captured to their family members as well. I''ll finish this at the fastest, so that''s four to six hours." Rias walked in front of Aleron and sternly said, "That''s right, so rest for now. You just returned from a big battle, after all. We will do our best to maintain order because you''ve already done the most important things." "I am perfectly fine and energetic," Aleronughed. "I''ll return to finish the memory crystals soon, so you should also return soon." "I''ll make a schedule for youter or you''ll overwork and overtrain," Rias rolled her eyes. "Remember, you want to have fun and enjoy life too, right?" Seeing them, the others in the hall felt various emotions, but mostly envy towards Rias. ''Your daughter sure caught the brightest star, Longinus Emperor.'' ''A matter of fortune, hais.'' ... Aleron didn''t rest. After returning to the secret realm with 24 million people, he brainstormed hard for half an hour beforeing up with an idea. Just like how theputer had various programs that would execute the work in seconds with pre-determined parameters and algorithms, Aleron also built magic software and imbued it in his Monitor Dome. The magic software''s work was simple. Step 1: copy a target''s memory. Step 2: Create a memory crystal. Step 3: imbue the memory into the memory crystal. Step 4: Create a file with the target''s full name and put the memory crystal into the file. ... The whole continent remained unrest, but this unreset only stemmed from 10% of people, whose rtives were among those 24 million people. Out of 1.4 billion people on the continent, 24 million were red and ck, and their rtives consisted of barely 10% because not all of them had rtives in the first ce. The chaos and worry that the big shots expected actually didn''te because the majority of people were normal people and weak ones. Their lives were constantly suppressed and troubled by the powerful ones. Like a vige working for a noble''snd at poor wages. Forced to work and ve. An evil vige chief exploiting the vige people. Gangs harassing people in towns. Cruel powerhouses and nobles who troubled and despaired other people at whims. The people who knew their close ones were subjected to cruelty by the powerful ones, but were powerless to change felt liberated upon finding out that those evil people had disappeared forever. The weak people always lived in a passive, suppressed state, because justice was non-existent for them...until now. ... Aleron''s work sped up with his new improvement. His source space had a new structure regarding the Monitor Dome, with millions of memory crystal files stored there. After Aleron finished an hour of nap, his magic software had finished creating 24 million memory crystal files. During the next two hours, Aleron split his consciousness into 100 and started reading 100s of memory crystals each second and teleporting them to their loved ones based on their memories. ... Ignoring the unrest of 10% of the people, the remaining people had the most peaceful night of their lives upon learning that all of their troubles had actually vanished. The people also got memory crystals and saw their loved ones'' vile deeds, giving them a reality check and proof. To the majority of the people, it was a profound experience that suddenly descended on them. The people of town opened their shops as usual. The vigers went working as usual. The adventurers went to brave dangers in the forest, defending viges, escorted caravans, and various people at all hierarchies and professions who just lived their lives honestly and peacefully started living unbothered. The bullying that would drive people insane and despair had vanished, while those who did bully, but didn''t cross the line entirely stopped. The majority of people who only wanted peace and happiness for themselves and their families in their lives began to feel peace like never before. Chapter 152: Alerons Law & Order (4), Frustration Fuelling Resolve Chapter 152: Aleron''s Law & Order (4), Frustration Fuelling Resolve ? After sending out memory crystals to all people rted to those 24 million criminals, Aleron separated them, keeping 3.3 million ck ones for Xorg transformation, and sending the rest who were red ones into Hell for another chance at life, depending on their nature. When he was done with that, he finally shut his eyes in his bedroom and fell asleep soundly. Rias had nothing more to do after that, so she also returned to the secret realm using the ring Aleron gave her. Seeing him sleeping soundly on the bed, Rias kissed him. "Get plenty of rest and sweet dreams," Rias softly giggled looking at Aleron''s sleeping face. Afterward, she left with Roxen towards the Crystal Spires of Auroraville where others were training. But when she arrived there, the atmosphere sensed was heavy and suffocating. Everyone didn''t speak at all, and just purely focused on their training loop. Kill crystal monsters. Get their elemental crystals. Use the elemental crystal to increase their elemental arcane sybus level. So far, it required 4 to 5 elemental crystals of the same element to reach level 10 from level 9 in that element''s mastery. Yueha was done reaching level 10 in Ice and Wind. She didn''t continue with elemental sybus training after that but focused on awakening her Concept, wanting to be Ascension-rank as soon as possible. Mei reached level 10 in Darkness and Fire before she began training for the Concept of her Symbios Gear like Yueha. Enorin also did the same after reaching level 10 in the Light and Lightning attribute. Darzax and Hua were recovering as they almost died. Fang, Riki, Ruan, Lee, Ying, Liang, and Jiang were using Elemental crystals in cross-legged positions at various spots in the forest near each other when Rias and Roxen arrived there. The atmosphere oozed out depression, so the duo didn''t speak or converse with others to disturb them. The duo sat down under a random crystal tree, ready to use the resources they brought from the Empire-most notably, the Soul Break pills. ''I wonder what happened to them?'' Roxen silently asked Rias. ''Didn''t young master Aleron win and things developed in his favor?'' Rias wryly smiled as she could understand what was happening based on the nature she had observed in Aleron''s subordinates so far. ''They are dissatisfied and angry at themselves for not being able to help Aleron much...but this feels familiar,'' Rias looked at the moment she asked Aleron to let her help. ''You just want to help the person you love and be worthy of him, especially when that person is someone like Aleron,'' Rias sighed and took out the pills. Handing a bunch to Roxen, Rias popped the pills in her mouth one by one and entered meditation. ''Let''s get stronger.'' Both of them were at the early stage of Exceed-rank due to having broken through recently, and now they bought Exceed-rank pills from Longinus Empire''s treasury to increase their stats. These pills were stashed away and stored for years whenever they acquired Exceed-rank resources and crafted them into pills. In the royal family, only worthy ones would get the pills to fasten their growth in Exceed-rank. Rias bought a set for herself and Roxen both, effectively draining the Empire''s most valuable treasures. Naturally, the Empire had no problem with that and that was purely because of Rias''s ties with Aleron and theing new world that Aleron had promised while Rias had assured them of that. An hourter, Fang, Riki, Ruan, and the rest of them opened their eyes, their Elemental crystals turning to dust and scattering away from their hands. As if coordinated, they vanished and went deeper into the crystal forest, where thergest and most strange area of the forest was located. It had a strange glowing crystal tree that was 100 meters in height, taller than any other tree, and it created a mushroom-like shade from above, covering a 500-meter radius of area. The group had cleared all the crystal monsters outside of this area and were approaching the final ce of this secret realm. They formed their soulwork, so they talked with each other with it for fastmunication. [Liang: We are entering the finalyer of this forest. The auras I sense consist of the peak of Primeval rank as we expected.] [Fang: How many?] [Liang: Scanning. The area is big and it goes under the ground at the end where thergest number of crystal monsters seems to be present.] [Ruan: I''ll go and enter first to set up some chaos.] Ruan said as she adorned her Symbios Gear''s first gear form, a beautiful dark pink and violet colored frock with a crystalized design. Her Symbios Gear was Violet Mirage, an apt one for her as Ruan was an illusionist specialist, and so was this Symbios Gear''s attribute and trait. [Violet Mirage] - Symbios Gear Level: 1 _Attributes: Shadow, Illusion, Violet Enigma. Gear Forms: -1. Violet Mirage Set: Armor and Illusionist''s de. -2. Violet Phantasm String. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Intelligence stats. Symbios Trait: -> Violet Enigma: You must navigate the risk of losing touch with reality or bing ensnared in your own tricks, but if you may resist and seed, you may harness the power of shadows and illusions in entric ways byprehending Violet Enigma, allowing for masterful deception, Nobody intended to stop Ruan as they knew she could roam around undetected while deceiving crystal monsters with her mirage clones to stay unharmed. [Liang: Take this buff before going, Ruan.] Liang''s guqin rang silently, only to be perceived by one''s soul as her Symbios Gear''s anomaly attribute activated as she used her Gear''s skill-Symphony Boost, affecting Ruan''s soul and mind to produce new effects from her soul path power, granting her two buffs. These two buffs were invoked by Ruan herself, so they were suitable and rted to her own powers-this was the power of Liang''s Symbios Gear. Chapter 153: Alerons Law & Order (5), Fully Focused Chapter 153: Aleron''s Law & Order (5), Fully Focused ? [Symphonic Melody]-Symbios Gear Level: 1 _Attributes: Sound, Light, Symphonic Brilliance Gear Forms: -1. Symphonic Melody Set: Layered robe and Radiant Sword. -2. Symphonic Light Guqin. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Dexterity stats. Symbios Trait: --> Symphonic Melody: The melody you produce affects your mind to transcend, and might drown you, but if you resist and prevent it from happening, you may wield the spiritual sound in a myriad of ways to invoke symphony in everything byprehending Symphonic Melody concept. Ruan left with the buffs that improved her swiftness and illusion-rted aspect. On the other hand, Liang''s sound wave from her guqin continued to prate allyers and scanned everything in great detail. Everyone''s soul senses were suppressed here due to the strange soul power phenomenon in this forest of Crystaspire of Auroraville, but Spirit techniques or spells of scouting type worked if they were good enough. Her Symbios Gear-Symphonic Melody, also had the attribute of Sound like her, along with Light, and the anomaly attribute-Symphonic Brilliance. She finished mapping everything and ryed it to the group. [Liang: The first section under that gigantic tree has 9 Crystal monsters, with an additional two monsters aptly hidden as crystal trees.] [Jiang: Good. Then we''ll do as before. Iste this area with Liang''s istion barrier, and kill all Crystal Monsters in this section.] Everyone acted swiftly after finding out the situation. Ruan had entered the first section and began chaos by attacking all Crystal monsters with her illusion mirages, gathering them at one spot while she escaped deeper into the second section. On the other hand, Fang was the first to arrive as he activated his Symbios Gear''s second gear form-Lumecaster Shade g. [Lumelight Shade]-Symbios Gear Level: 1 _Attributes: Light, Water, Lumelight Synthesis Gear Forms: -1. Lumelight Shade Set: Light leather robe and Handfan. -2. Lumecaster Shade g. Symbios Perks: ->50% +100,000 Physical stats. ->50% +100,000 Magic stats. ->50% +100,000 Stealth stats. Symbios Trait: -->Lumelight Shade: Your techniques and skills may scatter and dissolve due to this trait, but if you can resist the effect andprehend the conceptual power that causes that, you mayprehend the Lumelight Shade concept, allowing for the synthetic mimicry of your skills. Fang unleashed a skill of his Job ss-Chaos Choreographer, and interacted with a huge chaotic array that trapped all gathered beasts. Liang strung her Guqin to release spiritual sound waves that formed into a huge istion barrier to prevent their powers and various skill effect auras from spreading toward other peak Primeval-rank crystal monsters. Everything within this barrier waspletely isted from the rest of the world. Afterward, Ying, Lee, Jiang, and Riki unleashed their offensive skills immediately, targeting all crystal monsters to gain the upper hand. Soon after that, Fang and Liang also joined inbat to swiftly kill the crystal monsters. The crystal monsters were peak Primavel-rank with their strange bloodline also boosting their stats significantly. Although everyone had broken through Primeval-rank, they were still in early-stage of Primeval-rank, with most of them not having a Bloodline. Without Yueha, Mei, and Enorin, it was going to be hard to kill these Crystal Monsters and they knew that, but they also knew they were still kible. All of them had worked hard in the crazy drive toprehend the level 10 elemental sybus and gain mastery. Those with spirit cultivation paths had the same system ofprehending elemental powers, but they just called them elemental masteries instead of elemental arcane sybi. Fang, Liang, Riki, and Ruan had Symbios Gears to more than makeup for the stats. Jiang, Ying, and Lee didn''t have additional boosts, but their focus on their own techniques was more so they also created stronger techniques capable of injuring peak Primv-rank if they went all out. Fang and Riki were the most destructive and were the main damage dealers because both of them had Symbios Gears, Job sses, and Bloodline. As such, theirrge and powerful skills were the main factor that allowed others to attack freely. In ten minutes, all 11 Crystal monsters were destroyed as the group basically toyed with them, and didn''t suffer any major injury. Each crystal monster dropped 2 elemental crystals instead of one, surprising the group. [Riki: Aight, this is great. It seems peak Primeval-rank crystal monsters drop two guaranteed. Let''s start training right away.] The group didn''t continue and sat down in the isted barrier. They formed a circr group and piled elemental crystals in the center before grabbing one each to use. The group had internalpetition and it depended on that to decide who could get more elemental crystals. They could choose whatever they wanted, and could only choose a second crystal after they finishedprehending one. As such, it depended on who could use up an elemental crystal fast byprehending it before choosing second. Ruan also returned after two minutes. She had found something strange at the end where Liang had mentioned thest section under the ground but decided to report about thister after finishing this training session. She threw a Light elemental crystal and a water elemental crystal into the pile before picking up the Shadow elemental crystal and joining the group in training. By the time they would finish elemental crystals, their Mana, spirit energy, job ss''s unique energy, and soul energy would have recovered to full for another short but intense battle against crystal monsters. On the other hand, Rias and Roxen had their stats elevated to the peak of Exceed-rank lifeform by eating various pills. It took them half an hour to digest everything before they moved to the consolidation phase and started sparring with each other. They exerted physical prowess and magic prowess to full while fighting to consolidate their physical foundation and magic core foundation. After half an hour, they were finally done and sat down cross-legged again before popping the final pills. Soul Break Pills. Usually, it would take months and years for average people to awaken their Souls to break through to Primeval-rank from Exceed-rank. However, the Soul Break pill could immediately trigger the soul awakening! Chapter 154: Alerons Law & Order (6) Chapter 154: Aleron''s Law & Order (6) ? Naturally, the resources to make Soul Break Pill were hard and only found in the trial of Azure Shard Moon''s secret realm which opens every decade and was going to open again three dayster. The Empire had acquired resources from there three decades ago when Rias''s father and mother went inside as a talented younger generation of that time, but no allowed participant was in Exceed-rank at that time, making it easier whenpared to the uing Azure Shard Moon trial. The matter regarding this trial was also handled by Rias and Kadita, the principal of Lightdusk Academy since the Goddess Church was no longer operative. ... Half an hourter, Rias and Roxen finished their breakthrough to Primeval-rank by awakening their soul. Rias acquired 96k Soul Potency right off the bat ording to her potential. If she naturally awakened, she would have surely gotten a 100k bonus. On the other hand, Roxen acquired 89k soul potency, which was also pretty high. Considering the breakthrough was using the Soul Break pill, the result was good. "Let''s go and join them now," Rias said as she stood up. "We have to get powerful and we can do that by following in the steps of Aleron''s subordinates." "Alright," Roxen cracked her fingers and grinned. "That thirst they are showing to get strong is also affecting me." "You mean the elemental crystals?" "Hahaha." ... Meanwhile, Yorin was in his private alchemy house that was constructed in the open ground between the Beastfolk vige and the Necropolis in the north for extra space in this direction. His house was surrounded by a field of gardens containing various resources with Odar''s assistance, while he focused on concocting Primeval-rank stat-increasing pills. Aleron had spread over 50,000 Xorgs throughout the Lightdusk continent, at every settlement of humans but there were thousands in making every minute by Death Lords assigned to do this. Gachapi had created enough Xorg Serum to create 10 million Xorgs and around 6 million ck-marked individuals,prised of both humans and demons, were ready to be Xorgs! Due to not having enough space in the Colosseum for all of them, Aleron had shifted them to another ind before he went to sleep. As such, all new Xorgs went to various inds in groups of 50 or more to collect resources, so that they would be fine and easily escape even if they encountered Primeval-rank monsters. Stat-wise, all of them were in the realm of early-stage Primeval-rank and had naturally tough durability due to their strange structure, so as long as they stayed in a group, they could roam the inds and collect resources. That was their only job-collecting resources and bringing them to Yorin''s Alchemy House, where Odar was sorting them, and assisting Yorin to turn them into pills. It was heaven for Yorin whose passion was Alchemy, and his potential was bursting out as he drowned himself in this art. ... Aleron had a deep sleep of 10 hours after a long time. As he had no more lingering trouble or worry in mind about anything, he had a peaceful slumber and woke up feeling refreshed. "That was a good dream," Aleron whispered while smiling with hints of red on his cheeks as he reminisced about the dream. Walking out in the balcony garden, Aleron looked at his domain and also activated his Monitor Dome that covered the entire Archipgo. He saw Fang and others sleeping in meditative-state in Auroraville Crystalspire forest''s depth. ''It seems there''s something strange there. Well, I''ll leave it to them to explore.'' Smiling, he shifted his Monitor Dome by sending out his consciousness from the portal to Ardentia outside. He looked at the map and it looked beautiful with no red or ck dots in the Lightdusk and Demonic continents. Closing his eyes, a smile hung on his lips, ''I can feel the vibe and emotions in the atmosphere produced from all people...'' He was observing the entire world under his overly detailed radar, so he could indeed feel the general vibe and emotional atmosphere of various ces, which stemmed from people''s lives and emotions. ''Everything is good and everyone is at peace...except for some,'' Aleron sighed as he could feel a few lingering resentments in some ces and he knew it was rted to criminals'' families. ''They better understand the objective justice I have brought if they want to enjoy life. They did bad and you know it now.'' The rules,ws, and justice were there, but it wasn''t exercised by the powerful ones like Aleron did. But when it was exercised, it brought peace to all and he could feel it. ''Now then...the next andst thing to do before I be the Warlord,'' Aleron looked at the Northern Star Continent, filled with abundant ck, red, yellow, and white marks. He focused there before contacting Arran''tel. [Aleron: What''s up, Arran? I assume you have grasped the situation of the northern continentpletely by now.] [Arran''tel: I have thought of a rather good approach to conquer the continent and win people''s hearts here alongside your own approach, Master.] [Aleron: Go on.] [Arran''tel: The only thing worshipped here is power. Might make right for the beastfolks. That is why, things are rather ugly when you consider their inherent nature.] [Aleron: That is why the number of red and ck are higher in ratio there. I want to know more about them, but my moralpass still stands against them and some lines must not be broken by beings of higher intelligence and emotions as they can exercise control, which includes Beastfolks.] Aleron''s eyes zoomed in on the cluster of red and ck dots in a ce full of white and minor yellow dots, feeling as if something was about to happen there. He zoomed in further and his eyes glinted sharply upon seeing the situation there. [Aleron: I''m on the Northern continent and will begin my cleaning of red and ck. I''ll read memories to know more about them and learn about them. Meanwhile, your job is to send an invite to all the most powerful big shots to gather at a suitable ce. You have a prominent position there, so this should be easy.] [Arran''tel: That is a good idea-Spare the big shots for the rest of the poption and have them defeated in front of all to establish your power. I shall search for a suitable area and send the invites.] Chapter 155: Alerons Law & Order (7), Northern Star Continent Chapter 155: Aleron''s Law & Order (7), Northern Star Continent ? "Stop!" Aleron''s voice echoed in the town while a barrier also appeared around all the white and yellow-marked beastfolks. The situation in the town was indeed bad. A group of fifty meleon Race beastfolks had routed up the entire town, trapping them in vines with the intention to burn all of them for a minor matter. From the memories Aleron read, it appeared that the town chief''s son had offended the meleon Tribe''s princess when she was passing by the town in her carriage. The town''s chief and his son escaped right away after the town chief found his son''s deeds, but this army appeared, the supposed elite army of the meleon king himself. This beastfolk race was almost humans with human skin, but they had fiery orange and red hues of hair, a fiery lion tail, and nails capable of extending ws, along with a Legendary or higher-ranked Bloodline. These fifty powerhouses consisted of Exception and Epic ranks with one Legendary-rank leading them. All were members meleon race and powerful enough to wipe out the entire town without breaking a sweat. The beastfolk town had both furry and skin types of beastfolks living, and it was under meleon Tribe''s territory but bordered at the northwest against Icewing Tribe''s borders. Furious with the town chief''s son, the king sent his elite warriors to bring him back for punishment. However, the town chief''s family was gone and the army threatened to kill all of them unless they revealed the location of the town chief''s son. In fact, they had already killed six beastfolk guards and a few others to submit the rest. Understanding all this, Aleron descended while everyone''s gaze focused on him. "A human? Humph, you better not poke your nose here." The leader meleon snorted with mesing out of his nostrils and his mane-like hair oozing mes. He was the only Legendary rank among them. Aleron didn''t want to waste his breath on them, so he simply waved his hand and teleported all fifty meleon powerhouses into a forcefield of space above him. They struggled to break free and used their powers but to no avail. Afterward, Aleron looked at the few red dots among the town people and directly teleported them into his secret realm while creating memory crystals of their deed and ying it on the town square. Without saying anything, he left and also found the town chief and his son. ''Tsk, both bastards are ck,'' Aleron''s mood worsened. He chained both of them, along with the six guards as they were also red, and sent them into the forcefield that contained meleon beastfolks. "Kill them," Aleron said. "This is the vige chief and his son." The legendary-rank meleon blinked and asked somberly, "Will you let us go after that?" Aleron''s expression darkened, "No. You all are going to hell. Wantonly raping normal beastfolks in viges and killing them whenever you roam outside...pieces of trash, your fate is sealed now." He had read all of their memories and knew none of them were worthy of forgiveness. ''My judgment is correct,'' Aleron had memories of the townspeople as well to know more regarding his own judgment. His thoughts and what he thought morally dictated his Eyes of Absolute Judgement, and his judgment was partial and objective as he considered everything. Upon some memories of the yellow-marked one, it was simr to when he read memories of other yellow-marked humans and demons as in, simr cases. It was not like some yellow-marked people had never killed others, but those who had, and remained yellow, were special. Their case was mostly out of necessary revenge and killing of evil ones, who were red or ck. They sought peace after killing the ones who had made their loved ones suffer, remaining yellow or even turning white as time passed. But he had also read memories of some people who, after taking necessary revenge, fell into the dark path and started inflicting suffering on innocents. ''I have to learn more about a certain situation...it should have on at least one person,'' Aleron thought as he looked at the map. ''Arran''tel is five hundred kilometers away from here,'' Aleron looked at the map of the Northern Star continent. ''Hmm, I''ll do the mass teleportation of all red and ck like I did on the Lightdusk continent and read their memories to separate them. Arran''tel should also be done by the time I finish this.'' Out of the three, it was the biggest continent and had a beastfolk poption of 4.8 billion, not to mention other billions of beasts and monsters. However, the number of ck and red dotsbined reached around four hundred million! [Gachapi: Master, the system is long finished with its upgrade preparation, since 9 hours ago. Now, it only needs 50,000 Gacha points to level up to 3, so you can upgrade it any time you want.] ''Yeah, I''ll do it soon, but I want to see a type of situation first.'' Aleron was high in the sky, and he also selected all the people with red and ck marks of the Northern Star continent, teleporting all of them into the massive space forcefield suspended in the air above him, spanning 100 kilometers in radius. It was plenty for 400 million people to camp in groups, because that''s what they would have to do in this temporary prison until the final event. Naturally, he specifically spared some ck and red marked ones, and those were Primeval- rank and Exceed-rank powerhouses. He also found a few humans, though they were in Exceed-rank and one in Primeval-rank, presumably arrived here decades ago on their own by crossing the Starlit Ocean. Aleron floated twenty kilometers high in the sky and split his consciousness into multifolds. His capability didn''t wane even if split, but the splitting was limited. So far, he tried and the maximum he could split his consciousness was 100 as it was rted to his soul potency, which was currently at 1,000,000. He began reading memories and understanding situations at astonishing speed, courtesy to both his soul and his brain, which was boosted by Primordial Genome Whisperer''s source. He also had to read memories of yellow ones and after half an hour, he finally collected the types of situations he was looking for. Chapter 156: Alerons Law & Order (8/8) Chapter 156: Aleron''s Law & Order (8/8) ? [Case 1] -A young man named Karl saw his mother getting killed by a tribe leader''s son. -Karl was loved and lived peacefully with his mother in the vige until this tragedy happened in his life when he was 14 years old. -He lived for revenge after that, focusing on getting strong, but not hurting innocents for it. He was kind. -He ultimately killed the tribe leader''s son before settling to live peacefully with his family. -But, the reason the tribe leader''s son killed his mother was that his mother had sinned in the past, killing that tribe leader''s children out of wrath because she was a pampered princess of a tribe at that time. -But her act was shunned by her own family and she was kicked out of the tribe to live on her own and repent for her actions. -She matured as she lived alone and became kinder and better, starting a family in a vige, but her past caught up to her, and resulted in this case. -The tribe leader''s son was mostly innocent, but he wanted revenge for his siblings and killed Karl''s mother before he also was killed by Karl for revenge. But Karl was yellow, despite killing the tribe leader''s son, who was another yellow mark, as he also acted for revenge. ''Revenge is justified...'' Aleron sighed. In hisw and order, revenge was justified. And he agreed to it. ''The root was Karl''s mother, who killed innocents but repented in her life and wasn''t a bad person after that...but sins can''t be denied. If the gods, heaven, and hell really existed, then after her death, she would receive appropriate punishment for a limited time and then move forward into a rebirth cycle or whatever there is.'' ''But if it was up to me...'' Aleron frowned, his mind thinking. At the moment, the yellow marks all over the maps were flickering. ''If it was up to me...now that I have my own hell and this world as my heaven, then I must establish my own cycle.'' ''If someone like Karl''s mother was alive in another town or vige...she must be red even if she is now kind and loving, and hasn''t spread suffering.'' ''But her red would be the lowest, and after an appropriate punishment in my hell, she can return to live...'' Aleron''s eyes gleamed. ''Committing crime unknowingly andmitting crime knowingly ys a part...the reason and emotion behind it ys a part, all of this decides whether they be yellow or red, and then the punishment duration and type of punishment in my hell.'' ''Committing a crime unknowingly and identally deserves a red mark, but it can turn yellow if they repent and regret their action that caused it and be better.'' ''But not repenting, giving into certain emotions, and bing bad after that will get a red mark, thus punishment in my hell.'' Aleorn nodded to himself. ''Hell is another chance in my domain. If they repent in hell and be good souls, they can return to live until their natural lifespan ends.'' ''Good,'' Aleron looked at the map. The number of yellow and white marks didn''t change, which meant this was what he thought in his moralpass that dictated the Eyes of Absolute Judgement. ''Now then, one more riddle...the tribe chief''s son hasn''tmitted a crime, but took justified revenge, so he is yellow.'' ''Karl, who hasn''tmitted a crime, but took justified revenge, so he is also a yellow.'' ''But...this is not entirely correct,'' Aleron frowned as he felt doubts. The map''s yellow marks once again started flickering. ''To Karl, whose mother was everything to him, it is justified that he took revenge, and to the tribe''s son, what he did is justified because Karl''s mother gave into petty emotion and ego that killed two innocents.'' ''If I was that tribe''s son and if I found her after decades, what would I do?'' Aleron frowned. ''I would...forgive, but this is wrong for me. I need to be objective for the future poption that I would add under me, so should I let the natural flow dictate it?'' ''Now that Karl has killed that tribe leader''s son, they also want revenge and are finding Karl.'' ''But under my domain, this must be resolved in my way,'' Aleron''s eyes shone. ''Past must be evaluated and present must be solved in present in my domain.'' ''Yes, this is how it should happen. I will not let the tribe chief get revenge, but Karl will repent because he has also killed a yellow mark who had a loving family. If Karl wants to live peacefully with his family, he will repent and ask for forgiveness because he is alive and has a life to enjoy.'' ''And the tribe chief must forgive and resolve it, and his demands to a certain extent must be met by Karl because if he is also a good man, then Karl, another good man, will also ept the demand. The broad picture is to resolve this peacefully because forgiveness to a certain extent is justified, for the peace and future of both.'' The flickering on the map stopped and the number remained the same. Aleron heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. ''And I need to hear the voice of Undead in the Necropolis. Darzax has taken the lives of innocent and given them a new life with no memories of the past, but that must be resolved properly.'' ''The people will decide if their present is more beautiful and pleasant than the past, and what they think about dying like that. Based on that, I will take punishment alongside Darzax in Hell,'' Aleron nodded as he resolved to himself. [Gachapi: I guess you are satisfied after all this thinking, eh?] Aleron grinned, ''Absolutely.'' [Astral: Me shocked, I no understand much. But me will obey Mastah.] Aleronughed and patted Astral, "Yeah, that''s best." [Gachapi: Worry not. Your judgment is best because you are creating a sphere revolving around it, around peace and prosperity of life, my dear master.] ''Humu! That''s the way! And now, we shall upgrade the system,'' Aleron smiled and commanded. [Gachapi: Yey!] [Astral: ...Yeeey? Am I also going to get upgraded?] [Gachapi: Nah, you chill, lil bro. It''s my turn.] [50,000 Gacha points consumed.] Chapter 157: System Upgrade, The Gathering at Raqian Wilderness Chapter 157: System Upgrade, The Gathering at Raqian Wilderness ? Aleron heard the notification of 50,000 Gacha points consuming, followed up by the notification of the system upgrade. [Ultimate Gacha System has been upgraded to level 3.] [3 x Banner slots have been added.] [You have gained 1 Banner Renewal, which can renew a limited banner without consuming 10,000 gacha points.] [The Gacha Quest generation is extended to 4 per day.] [Gacha Roulette has been improved.] [Summoning Shop now sells a random item from Gacha Roulette''s pool of rewards daily aside from Summoning Tickets. This random item will be announced when it is generated.] [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 3 -Gacha Points: 17,120 |-Summoning Banners (6/9)-| 1. Myriad Spell Pool. 2. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines. 3. Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines 4. Job ss Manifesto 5. Gear Factory of Mystic Symbios 6. Myriad Beast Mounts: Chaotic Reign of Exotic Zords 7. 8. 9. -Additionals: -> 1x Banner Renewal. [Gacha Room] -1. Summoning Shop. 2. Gacha Roulette. 3. Banner Pool. -4. Genesis Forge. [ Requires level 4 system] -5.??? [Locked. Requires Level 5 system.] [Banner Prints] -Lords of Arcane -Arsenal of Elemental Armament. -Yin-Yang Martial Convergence [Limited]. - Exotic Demons of Netherworlds. Aleron looked at the upgraded system and wondered, ''So that 4th function finally revealed its name. Origin Forge, eh? What does it do?'' [Gachapi: No idea. That''s something the system created based on you, so it''s for you to find out, master.] ''Interesting. Then that aside, I got a good thing,'' Aleron grinned as he looked at the Banner Renewal. ''Now I can renew a limited banner without spending 10k Gacha points. It''s either Job ss or Zords for sure. I also want a bloodline though...hmmm, I''ll decideter. It can be used ording to the situation.'' Looking at the points Aleron wryly smiled, ''I need to gamble and gather points too. How much does the next upgrade cost?'' [Gachpi: 100k.] ''Alright. Well, I have an idea to gamble well, so I''ll do thatter. For now, let''s finish the matter here.'' Aleron teleported and arrived at the location that Arran''tel told him. Raqian Wilderness, the central part of the Northern Star Continent where no civilization of beastfolks was established due to the high number of powerful monsters and beasts there. It was also the perfect ce to hold the challenge. Aleron arrived there first along with over 400 million Beastfolks imprisoned in his forcefield above him. He sat on his Arcana throne leisurely and started preparation, setting up the screens all over the Nothern Star continent, at every ce where beastfolks were located so that would be able to see the known big shots of their world getting punished and submitting. The beastfolk all over the continent were already in uproar because many Beastfolks had vanished suddenly. They were surprised to see big screens appearing out of nowhere, but their surprise turned into shock when the screen showed the 400 million beastfolks trapped in the sky. At Beast Empire Wildroar''s Royal Pce, the Beast Emperor Raghara looked at the huge screen in the sky with narrowed eyes, "That area is Raqian Wilderness ording to the stars." He was a ck tiger beastfolk with golden patterned fur, possessing a powerful Primeval- rank bloodline. "Didn''t Arran give us an invitation to go there just now? Seems to be rted," Beast Empress Tni frowned, her white tiger ears with ck stripes twitched. "The people were suddenly teleported away, but only that Primeval-rank Silverwing Hawk who lives in Raqian Wilderness has space powers. Even so, this scale of teleportation shouldn''t be possible for that monster," Beast Emperor felt doubtful. Silverwing Hawk was a powerful Primveal-rank monster living in the wilderness, but it just lived its life, eating and sleeping daily without bothering others since there was nothing else to do and no usable resources present to get more powerful except for the passing of time. "That invitation could be a trap, humph. No need to go there. I''ll contact that bitch Nerathi and see what is her man up to with this invitation provoking us for a challenge," Beast Empress Tni snorted. ... Aleron had only targeted Beastfolks below Exceed-rank, so a small amount of red and ck marks were still present on the map. It was also not the case that all Exceed-rank and Primeval-rank were red or ck marks. He saw a couple of very powerful auras having yellow marks. After all, simply killing others wouldn''t warrant them a red mark, but only if they killed someone innocent. And in this path to power where the strong shed against the strong for resources andpetition, death was normal. But if they spread suffering and despair to innocents, who didn''t do anything bad to them, then their mark would turn red. Beastfolks worshipped power, so dying in a fair fight andpetition was justified for them, just like the monsters in the jungle who fought against each other for territories and resources all the time, but still continued to live. Revenge was a notion to monsters, albeit a distant and ethereal one because their present life and peace were more important due to their wild nature. "Master, I am here." Soon, Arran''tel arrived and floated before Aleron and bowed. "I''ve sent invites to all and worded the message in a way that would provoke them, thus making haste to arrive here." He looked above and blinked his ck oval pearly eyes filled. "I''m sending you the memory of everything that happened so far, digest it first," Aleron said with a chuckle and sent memories and information of everything that had happened so far. ''Gachapi, start the memory extraction program of those four hundred million beastfolks using my Monitor Dome. I''ll gather the people here since they seem slow,'' Aleron said as he looked at the map and saw none of the powerful auras moving. He was getting impatient as he had other things to do, but most importantly, he wanted to be a Warlord and gain some kind of new ess to the cosmos only exclusive to Warlords from the will of this cosmos. Arran''tel had sent invites to all of them to arrive at the Raqian Wilderness region, but it wasn''t like they were moving right away after getting the invite. As such, Aleron decided to bring all of them here. He selected all Exceed-rank and Primv- rank beastfolks in his radar before forcefully teleporting them in front of him. The number of Exceed-rank powerhouses was 68, all beastfolks. The number of Primeval-rank powerhouses totaled 8, among which seven were beastfolks and one was a human. Startled, all the powerhouses were immediately wary and distanced away from each other before looking at the imprisoned Beastfolks. ''What the fuck?!'' the Human primeval-rank powerhouses started sweating buckets. He had been hiding here for three decades as he had arrived here when he was Exceed-rank. He also became Primeval-rank after stumbling upon a secret realm that manifested at the right time a decade ago at the far east of the continent, allowing him to be a Primeval- rank powerhouse. Nobody knew about him and he roamed beast folk''s cities disguised as a beastfolk while the secret realm''s entrance was also aptly hidden by him, but now, he was suddenly teleported here when he was not in his disguised form and was meditating at his ce... ''It seems everyone''s focus is on them,'' Varhen thought as he looked at Aleron and Arran''tel. ''Damn it, will they notice me if I suddenly put on my disguise beastfolks now?'' "Your powers truly know no bounds, my lord," Arran''tel said with amazement washing over his eyes as he got to know everything. "Arran? What''s going on?" Monster Head Nerathi, the beautiful serpentdy and Arran''tel darling, asked with confusion. "Is he the lord you talked about?" The other big shots warily looked at Aleron and Arran''tel. ''His aura is that of early-stage Primeval rank. He can''t be Arran''s lord, right?'' Nerathi thought. "The challenge you all received from Arran was from me," Aleron faintly smiled as he faced them, and rested his elbow on the Arcana throne''s armrest while resting his chin on his balled-up fist. All the screens all over the continent showed Aleron and the big shots in wide-angle, allowing everyone to see both parties before Aleron dropped his statement. "Let me begin by saying that the Light dusk Continent and Demonic Continent arepletely under my rule at the moment." "And from now on, this Northern Star Continent will be under my rule, in which everyone will flourish and thrive." The big-shot beastfolks were shocked and dumbfounded at his statements. "A mere early-stage Primeval-rank dares to boast such ims?" Beast Head Alysia snorted. She was a blue-skinned beautiful and busty beastfolk woman with six eyes like a spider and the rest of the body like a human. Aleron''s eyes shed and he isted the space around everyone before him, including the human. "Try to break free, but don''t struggle too much to waste your energy or you won''t be able to fightter on." At the moment, all Primeval-rank and Exceed-ranks showed utter shock in their eyes as they werepletely bound, suspended in the air as if the space itself as constrained them. While they began to try to break free, Aleron nced at eleven powerhouses among them who had yellow marks. Those two Primeval ranks and nine Exceed-rank powerhouses disappeared and found themselves appearing before Aleron just two meters away from him. The two Primeval ranks were Monster Head Nerathi, the leader of Monster Paradise Guild. She had established a guild for beastfolks and intelligent monsters who could shapeshift all over the continent who were discriminated against and subjected to violence by other pure lineages of Beastfolks. She was a good ruler who didn''t spread suffering to the weak and innocent. Aleron smiled. Aleron finished reading Nerathi''s memories in a jiffy and understood everything about her. ''It''s good that I don''t have to punish Arran''tel''s wife, hahaha.'' The other primeval rank was the human and he was finally in the spotlight as the beastfolks were confused as to why such a powerful human was here in the Northern Star Continent. ''Varhen ke, what a lucky guy,'' Aleron internally chuckled as he finished reading Varhen''s memories. Nerathi and Varhen both felt something fleeting but didn''t know it was Aleron reading their memories. ''I guess only Ascension-rank can iste and defend their souls from getting scouted or that these Primeval-rank haven''t learned how to iste their souls,'' Aleron thought. Of course, if his Soul potency was weaker, then he wouldn''t be able to enter their soul sea even if they didn''t iste their souls. "The eleven of you are spectators, not participants," Aleron said to the seven of them with a faint smile. "I am going to free you, so don''t try to escape or do anything foolish because it is futile." "Nera, listen to him, please," Arran said with a serious expression. Nerathi pouted at him before turning to Aleron with a confused expression, "So you are his Master, eh?...why are you weak, yet so strong?" "You will knowter," Aleron chuckled and freed all of them. Chapter 158: Level up, Desires Chapter 158: Level up, Desires ? Goddess Pce. Elysia was looking at the screen showing Aleron speaking, her expression in yet a bit thoughtful. From the screen, Aleron''s voice sounded and he even asionally nced at the eye as if he had discovered her winged eye that was observing him. ''Well, not that he needs to do anything. The Warlord title is in his bag.'' ".... And that''s why I have captured these beastfolks. I know many of them are your loved ones, but they are nightmares to them and for the peace of all, their vile deeds must be punished in the hell." Yuzu looked at Aleron, and then nced at the goddess, "So it''s over, right? What will you do now?" The other girls and women in the hall had their ears perked up. Only Yuzu dared to be casual with the goddess, and although they hadn''t seen Elysia minding it, they didn''t want to do it. "I''ll do what I need to do to aplish my goals," Elysia''s eyes glinted while a faint smile hung on her face as she continued to watch the screen. "...And that is how my hell works. There will be full disclosure of their deeds and you will find that after a few hours. Now that you all understand the system,w, and order that''s about to descend here, it''s time to start." Aleron looked at the big shots of this continent and coldly smiled, "You all also deserve to be up there in the prison but to establish my power, you will fight with my subordinate who is also of Primeval-rank." "Although you are not winning this, let''s just say that I''ll let you go if you win," Aleron swept his nce over every one of them. "Humph, I will fight! Bring it on," Beast Emperor Raghara grunted coldly. ''I can''t break free from this restrain... Will he really let us go if we win?'' Aleron smiled and said, "This is not one versus one, but all of you versus just one Primeval- rank powerhouse." Hearing that, Beast Emperor Ragha and Beast Empress Tni had their expression turned ugly. Beast Head Alysia''s eyes red up at the underestimation they received, her six eyes glowering red. The Beast Lord Deathcrow Langan, and the one known as the toughest Beast Lord, Terrasteel Vicerox, roared at Aleron as they had never been looked down on like this before. ''Oi, oi, is your Master underestimating them or what?'' Nerathi nced at Arran''tel and asked telepathically with a speechless expression. ''I''m afraid not, honey. Well, we shall witness his statementing true soon.'' Aleron looked at their reactions and chuckled, "Calm down and stop wasting your energies. Recover it fast, so we can begin." ... Under a certain crystal tree, Enorin, Yueha, and Mei took a break after sparring and trying toprehend their Symbios Gears'' concepts. "What? Y-You really did that with Master?" Enorin gasped. "Of course, hehe. You also shouldn''t hold back, you know?" Yueha grinned and winked. "I''ll show you that side of Master, take a look." Enorin saw the memories of Yueha and Mei in the bedroom, causing her ears and cheeks to turn red. "Cute," Mei giggled seeing Enorin like that. Enorin''s eyes zed as she saw Aleron''s new side and muttered, "I want master to love me too..." Suddenly, all three of them saw Aleron''s consciousness avatar appearing before them. "What''s up, girls?" Aleron smiled. He noticed Enorin''s face and blinked, "What happened?" "Nothing, Master. What brings you here?" Yueha asked with a chuckle. "There''s a tough battle ahead, and I was about to ask one of you to fight it. Five Primeval- rank powerhouses, with three of them being at the peak, and fifty-seven Exceed-rank, though these Exceed-ranks should be like ants for you, so they don''t matter." "Let Enorin fight," Mei said with a nod and patted Enorin''s back. ''This is your chance, Eno.'' "I will fight, Master," Enorin stood up and nodded with a resolved expression. "I shallpletely and utterly defeat them. My job ss also leveled up to 2, so I am stronger." "Yeah, we actually lost against her two versus one because of her new skill," Yueha wryly smiled. "Job ss powerful," Mei seriously nodded. "Oh? What is it?" Aleron''s eyes sparked with curiosity. Enorin showed Aleron the rune of her Job ss right away. [Dawnbreak Warrior] |_Job-ss Rank: Primary |_Level: 2 [2/1000 Warrior Exp] |_Status Bonus: -> Physical stats +100k, Magic stats +100k, Soul stats +100k _Energy Source: -> Fighting Spirit: [200,000/200,000] -> 2 Fighting Spirit recovery per second. |__Skill Tree: -> 1. Indomitable Spirit Shield -> 2. Warrior''s Cleave. -> 3. Intimidation Gaze. -> 4. Beyonder Combat Spirit (Passive). "This new skill makes me very powerful," Enorin smiled and showed the details of the skill. -Beyonder Combat Spirit: The longer you fight, the stronger your physical stats will be until they reach 50% of the extra boost. After reaching 50% of the boost, your attacks will contain Dawnbreak Essence which will ignore 10% of all types of defense. "Wow, it''s awesome, alright," Aleronughed. "True, true," Mei nodded. "Job ss is powerful. Master, when will you summon more job ss?" Yueha and Mei didn''t have job sses as they didn''t select from the remaining four due to not being suitable. "If all goes right, I''ll summon more Job sses after Enorin''s fight because she will be winning a big gamble for me," Aleron grinned. He had naturally started a gamble in this fight and if Enorin won, he would get 15,000 Gacha points. "I will do it, Master," Enorin said with resolve, her eyes fiery. Aleron warmly smiled and nodded, "Then if you win, you can ask me for anything." Enorin''s eyes instantly sparkled and her ear tips turned red, "...then I will ask something later." "Oh yeah, you won''t be fighting entirely alone by the way," Aleron chuckled and called one of the Zords. The Zords were roaming around the secret realm, ying and enjoying on various inds. Aleron contacted one of them, who was suitable for Enorin, and teleported it above the forest. It was a giant exotic beetle with ck and golden patterns caprices, two horns, and two big de-like mandibles. Lastly, its four wings from the wingcases glowed beautifully in dark gold luster as it floated in the air. It was none other than, Teraxis-the Assault Titan Beetle Fighter. "Master? Are we going to fight since you called me?! Hehe, I am ready to beat anyone to a pulp!" This Zord''s voice was cute and childish, totally not matching the appearance. Chapter 159: Zord Armament Form, Elysias Chosen Path Chapter 159: Zord Armament Form, Elysia''s Chosen Path ? [ Teraxis, the Assault Titan Beetle Fighter.] Level: 1 \__ss: Fighter/Berserker \__Zord Form: Titan Irond Beetle/Humanoid. \__Zord Armament Form: Titanite Exo-Armor. |_Source Power: Titanite Core. \___Titanite Energy: [100%/100%]. \_Parameters: -Attack: ???? -Defense: ¡î¡î¡î¡î -Support: - -Control: ?? \__Skills: Titanite Crush, Irond Fortification, Titan Shield, Titanite Sword Art, Titanite Madness Burst. "Yep, you are going to fight," Aleron grinned. "Turn into your Armament form and adorn yourself on Enorin." "Yey!" Teraxis cheered before its giant body glowed and shrank into a blob of dark golden light with ck and faint dark blue patterns. It shot towards Enorin and entered her before Enorin was covered in a badass ck armor with dark gold patterns and hue. It had spikey shoulder tes on a white cape-like addition that extended outward, matching the wings behind. Two ck curved horns on the cool helmet adorned her face, and the bottom part of the armor was more like a frock withyered armor cements, with a white- goldyer to the sides. Lastly, two ck swords with slightly curved tips appeared in her hands as the final addition of Teraxis''s Armament form. [A/N: I have a good illustration for this, so check it out in the discord.] "Holy Angel...you look awesome!" Aleron''s jaw dropped at the badassness of the look this transformation had on Enorin. Moreover, he knows that Zord''s armament''s design would appear differently for everyone because he had imaged that perk when creating the banner. ''And powerful! The Armament gave an additional boost of 50% to her stats,'' Aleron grinned. He looked at the Gacha Quest and saw that it didn''t have any change in the reward. "Master, I am ready," Enorin said as the two swords in her hands turned wobbly and wrapped around her arms like a chain while she summoned her Symbios Gear''s first form''s weapon- the Primal Radiant Heavy Broadsword. Teraxis was also capable ofmunication as its voice rang from the glowing horns. "Master Enorin, check out my skills first, so you can use them, hehe. My favorite is Titanite Madness Burst. You will be suuuuper powerful once you use it, but it''s hard to remain in control while it is activated, so be careful." "Understood," Enorin nodded. Aleron grinned, "Alright then, let''s go." "Master, I want to watch the battle." "Me too!" Yueha and Mei wanted toe, so Aleron brought the trio outside, teleporting them right beside him. "Nice to meet you,dy Yueha anddy Mei," Arran''tel greeted with a smile. "He is Arran''tel, who has been on a solo mission here," Aleron introduced him to Yueha and Mei. Yueha and Mei nodded while smiling. "We meet again," Enorin said as her helmet vanished and she greeted Arran''tel with a nod. "So this was you, haha. Indeed,dy Enorin. Your powers have made quite a leap sincest time," Arran''tel chuckled. "You also have a Divine-grade Bloodline like Enorin," Yeuha raised her eyebrows. "Once Master bestows you one of his boons, you''ll be way more powerful." "Yep," Aleron chuckled. Like Yueha, Arran''tel was directly at the high stage of primeval rank when he was summoned. Although he hadn''t made progress so far due to not using any resources, it was only a matter of time because Arran''tel was very powerful on his own. Arran''tel modestly smiled and bowed like a gentleman in response. "I am Arran''s wife," Nerathi arrived and locked her arms with Arran''tel while smiling. "Nice to meet you." She looked at the trio and curiously asked, "So who is fighting them among you?" Enorin turned to the face of the Beastfolks powerhouses twenty meters away in response and adorned her helmet once again. "I am." ''Cough, Enorin, don''t use Teraxis''s skills because those are simply too powerful against these Primeval-ranks. It will be over in a blink and be boring.'' ''Understood, Master. I shall physically beat them to death with my normal skills.'' ''Humu, that''s best!'' ''Master...this is rather easy now with Zord''s boost, so will I still get the reward?'' ''Of course! What do you want?'' ''I want...I will tell after this.'' ''Alright,'' Aleron chuckled. ''Anything you ask, I will give, mdy.'' Enorin''s face turned red and her heart raced to hear that. ''Master Enorin, you''re getting excited or what?'' Teraxis asked before adding, ''Fighting this bunch shouldn''t be fun, but beating them to a pulp sounds good, hehe.'' Enorin calmed down and said, ''Teraxis, can you remove the stat boost I get from you? I have higher stats than them either way, so I want to fight properly.'' ''Aye, that sounds fun! Alright, done.'' "Hey, how much time until you recover?" Aleron asked impatiently and checked their status. "D-Do you seriously want us to fight in this battle?" one of the Exceed-rank beastfolk fearfully said while looking at Enorin. "W-Why don''t you leave us to an Exceed-rank subordinate of yours? This is unfair." Aleron raised his eyebrows, and then blinked as he smiled, "You''re right. Even if all of you support those five, it will only hold them back." "But I don''t have an Exceed-rank subordinate to fight you, so off you go," Aleron''s eyes glinted and he snapped his finger as he teleported all 57 Exceed-ranks into the secret realms. "Thanks," Beast Lord Deathcrow grinned. "They were going to die as coteral damage if they supported us in the battle anyway." "Hurry up," Aleron rolled his eyes. Suddenly, Aleron felt a new presence and turned to his right as a white-golden throne manifested beside him, on which Elysia soon appeared and sat. "Hey, handsome. Mind if I sit here?" Aleron''s expression turned cold, "Your days are numbered, you know that, right?" ''That...'' Beast Emperor Raghara''s pupils shrank. "Goddess Elysia!" Every beastfolk was shocked upon hearing that. Was this the so-called goddess they had heard about? "Ara, nice to meet you, soon-to-be-dead folks," Elysia smiled at the beastfolks and nodded. "Your ancestors should have taken up my offer, but instead, they fueled you into hating me. Tsk, how foolish." "Do you have any more tricks? If so, then bring them out fast," Aleron snorted. "Oh, darling, I don''t have any tricks." Yueha, Enorin, and Mei felt a vein pop up as they heard this bitchy goddess address their Master as darling. Elysia nced at them and rolled her eyes before turning to Aleron and smiling, "I am not going to obstruct you anymore, but I want your help." "Dream on," Aleron sneered as he looked at her ck mark. It wasn''t as deep ck as Demon Lord Narazar, but it was ck nheless, which meant she had spread suffering to a great number of innocents throughout the years she had been here. Elysia looked at Aleron''s eyes and knew he was determined to punish her, but she was also ready to carve a path so that she could aplish her goals. "Hear me out first, handsome," Elysia said with a weak smile. "You punish people in your way and also give them a chance." "So, here, I am going to present my soul to you to determine my sins," Elysia''s eyes faintly glowed as she sent a soul string to Aleron for him to connect. "I don''t want to die, nor do I want to join hands with any other Warlord even though I can because you are one of a kind," Elysia smiled. "You have a power beyond my imagination, and that is going to help me live my life the way I want." "For that future, I am willing to take punishment and repent in your hell. Soe on, judge me and give me your sentence, Mr. Absolute Judge." Chapter 160: Deadly Encounter Chapter 160: Deadly Encounter ? "....what?" Aleron blinked, his expression speechless. "Are you serious?" Elysia rolled her eyes, "Do I have any choice? Doing bad things is an easier way to get things done and reach goals, but the current path in front of me requires me to follow you if I want to live and aplish my goals." "So..." Elysia looked at Aleron with a somber expression. "I am willing to repent and take punishment. I''ll preserve my body in my source space, and let you have my soul." "You really trusting me with that soul of yours?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. Elysia was putting her life in his hands. If he wanted to, he could just erase her soul to kill her, but of course, that was not how things were done in his kingdom. "I have seen enough of you to know you''ll keep your word and judgment," Elysia smiled resignedly. "I''ll finish a bit of my work before turning myself in, is that okay, Mr. Judge?" "Alright, that''s fine unless you n to add to your sins," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "Of course not," Elysia said before her eyes faintly glinted and a piece of soul essence flew towards Aleron. "I''m sure with your current mastery of Space, you can teleport me to your side using my soul." "What? I can''t do that unless you are on my radar." Aleron frowned. "Yes, you can," Elysia chuckled, "You just have to figure out how. So, see youter." Elysia vanished into sparks disappeared. ''Guess that''s one big matter settled.'' "Master, since you won''t have much work after this, you have to rx and enjoy, okay?" Yueha said with a pout. "That''s the n," Aleron grinned. "We''ll go on a cosmic adventure to have fun." A few minutes more passed by before the Primeval-rank Beastfolks returned to their prime condition and fully recovered. "Beat them to half-death, Eno. I''m going to turn them into Xorgs, so I can see how powerful Xorgs of Primeval-rank powerhouse be," Aleron looked at the beastfolks while icily smiling. - While Enorin proceeded to beat those five Beastfolks, Fang and others finished resting and continued to the final section of the Crystalspire Auroraville. The group had destroyed hundreds of crystal monsters and gathered even more elemental crystals during their expedition in this major secret region. By now, each of them had at least 2 elemental arcane sybi/mastery at level 10, and with so much fighting, they had several non-elemental arcane sybi/mastery at level 10 as well. "The final area has a strange energy source," Rias raised her eyebrows as her eyes flickered. "Yeah, it''s vtile," Ruan nodded. Inside the big underground area''s deepest section, the group faced a strange blue membrane, with a strange energy source behind it. "Something''s happening," Jiang''s brows crackled with lightning as he enteredbat stance. The others also sensed the energy behind the membrane turning more vtile and got ready. Suddenly, the membrane glowed before it spewed out a giant crystal monster, which answered everyone''s question as well. Fang waved his ck and white handfan as a chaotic swirling vortex straight-up devoured the Crystal Monster from one side before releasing its broken pieces along with two Elemental crystals from its other side. "So the crystal monsters are produced from there," Liang blinked and sent her guqin''s waves toward the membrane, trying to create a stable tear into it. "Let''s see what''s behind." They couldn''t sense or see past the membrane with scout-type skills except for the aura of a strange energy source behind it, so the only way was to break it. With Liang''s stable tearing waves of sound, the membrane tore open a perfect hole. Everyone immediately used their scout-type skills and finally saw what was behind them. It was a ten-meter radius semi-crystalized transparent orb with spreading out faint waves of blue mixed with silver and white sparks. But it didn''t look like just a simple energy orb because it showed the scenery of apletely different world! "Does that mean those crystal monsters areing from there?" Roxen asked in surprise as she looked at the scenery of a crystalized forest with three suns in the sky. "That''s a different world right there!" "Do we....check it out?" Ruan swept her eyes at others as she asked, but her eyes curiously showed curiosity. "Of course, we check it out," Riki said as he flew forward. The nine of them-Riki, Fang, Jiang, Liang, Lee, Ying, Ruan, Rias, and Roxen-stepped cautiously through the shimmering crystal orb portal, entering the crystalized world. The air was cool and crisp, with an otherworldly hue cast by the three suns in the sky. The crystallized forest around them glittered and sparkled, each tree and nt reflecting the light in myriad colors. "This ce is incredible," Riki marveled, his eyes wide with wonder as he hovered just above the ground, surveying thendscape. "Stay sharp," Fang warned, his ck and white handfan ready to execute his skills. "We don''t know what kind of dangers we might face here." They moved forward as a unit, each member of the group using their scout-type skills to scan the area. The environment was beautiful yet eerie, the silence only broken by the asional tinkling sound of crystal branches swaying in the light breeze. After walking for about an hour, they reached a clearing where the forest thinned out, revealing a crystalline river flowing with liquid light. The group paused to take in the sight, mesmerized by its beauty. "Look!" Ying pointed towards the far side of the river where a group of five humanoid figures stood. They were over a kilometer away. They were crystallized, their bodies reflecting the light like living statues, aside from the regr humanoid structure of two hands, and two legs, their face had three eyes, a single radiant colorful horn, and a long crystal tail. "They''re some kind of humanoid crystal species and their aura..." Rias''s expression turned slightly grave. "We should escap-" "Watch out!" Without warning, the crystal beings turned towards the group, their eyes glowing with a fierce light. In a blur of motion, they moved, covering the distance between them and the group in seconds. "Defensive retreature!" Jiang shouted, lightning crackling around his fists and his face grave. The crystal beings attacked with surprising agility and strength, their limbs transforming into sharp, crystalline des and other exotic attacks like sts, bombs, and various such attacks of different elements. Riki and Fang quickly engaged, using their abilities to counter the attacks as the two strongest of the group. The others were barely defending themselves from the onught. Fang''s vortex swirled around one of the beings, attempting to crush it, but the crystal entity surprisingly absorbed the attack before its body glowed and redirected it, sending a powerful st back at the group. ''They''re converting our attacks into their own power!'' Liang warned as she yed her guqin, sending sonic waves to disrupt the crystal beings'' energy flow. ''Alright, this works, but only slowed down my attack''s absorption instead of properly intercepting it.'' ''Their energy is clearly stronger in potency than ours and their stats are higher. Full focus on retreating, but careful of their attacks,'' Ying said as his spirit weapons techniques couldn''t prate them at all. Despite theirbined efforts, the group found themselves struggling against the relentless assault. Rias and Roxen took heavy hits, their defenses barely holding up against the onught. Ying and Lee fought back-to-back, their movements synchronized, but even their teamwork couldn''tpletely fend off the attackers. ''We are close.'' ''Fall back to the portal!'' With great effort, the group managed to pull back, using their abilities to create abined stacked barrier between themselves and the crystal beings. They hurriedly retreated towards the portal, the crystal beings in hot pursuit. Just as they were about to reach the portal, a massive crystal being, twice the size of the others, appeared, blocking their path. It raised its arm, ready to strike, but Ruan quickly used her illusion domain, going all out and using all of her powers to affect the crystal beings'' consciousness. ''They can''t absorb soul-based attacks.'' ''Go, go, go!; Ruan urged as she maintained the illusion that those crystal beings were now attacking twenty meters away thinking they were there. The group finally leaped through the portal, emerging back into the underground area of Crystalspire Auroraville. They copsed on the ground, panting and nursing their injuries. They had to go all out and maintain an ultra-focused state or those crystal beings'' attacks could easily fatally wound them. "That was too close," Rias said, wincing as she clutched her side, a gaping wound on her stomach''s side. She quickly used her healing skills and her Bloodline essence to heal faster. Fang and Riki were also severely injured near the end as they were frontline warriors who took most of the onught of those crystal beings. Liang also helped everyone and herself recover by buffing them with one of her Symbios Gear -Symphonic Melody''s skills as this one was a support-type skill with the effect of healing, boosting healing processes, and increasing the potency of recovery-type skills on target. Meanwhile, on the other side of the crystal orb, at the mysterious new world, or to be more precise a. The five crystal beings looked at the crystal orb portal and could see Fang and others in the cave. One of them stretched a hand towards the orb, but when it entered within a meter of it where the blue energy waves filled with silver and white sparks flowed out, that crystal being''s hand started breaking down and dispersed its fingertips. "We still can''t enter through this damn thing while those crystal mutts enter easily," the tall crystal being cursed in a raspy middle-aged voice as he quickly took the hand and started healing his fingers. *Crack...* Suddenly, they saw faint cracks appearing on the orb, surprising them. "Hmm? This is strange..." the muscr crystal being frowned. "Let''s call an elder to see if they can know what''s going on. I doubt the other side only has those people." "If we can enter, then we should take initiative, yes. Better to attack than defend." "Yeah, let''s return and report this." Chapter 161: Pseudo Warlord Chapter 161: Pseudo Warlord ? "Holy shit!" "She is beating those with close-range skills like handling kids!" "If she alone can contend against those overlords of our continent, then how powerful is her master?" "Damn, she is pping them with her broadsword''s de on the t side instead." "Those five are the most powerful in our continent, right? So, why do they look so weak right now?" "They are not weak, kid. But she is simply too strong and more skilled." The Beastfolks all over the continent watched Enorin beating the crap out of five Primeval- rank powerhouses in a cool way. They were like a bunch of pros fighting against a true pro inbat. Enorin routed all of them in 1 versus 5 battle until they were beaten to half-death and exhausted. Enorin used minimal energies but peak efficiency, using stamina more than Magilore and soul energy as she had higher stats, betterbat ability overall, and senses, not to mention, she surprisingly awakened her first concept halfway through the battle while resisting andprehending her Symbios Gear''s trait! Symbios Trait: -> Prism Scope: Your vision will split and break, showing multiple views that will confuse you, but if you resist and ovee the effect, you mayprehend the Prism Scope concept. Upon awakening the Prism Scope concept, her eyes could see from various angles and all sides passively, on top of giving a unique effect to her attacks and skills, giving them the power to arbitrarily split, multiply, and cause reactions of elements uponing into contact with anything, based on user''s Mastery of Prism Scope. Her attacks be wholly unpredictable after awakening this concept, and it could also be used as a defense power because this concept could dismantle iing energies into sections forcefully, effectively reducing their effect and essentially semi-disrupting them. After the show was over, Aleron wrapped it up with a little jolly speech of a good future like he did on the Lightdusk continent, along with a subtle necessary threat so that people would think more than twice before breaking a line of hisw and order. Not to mention that criminal activity harming innocents and vile behaviors leading to violence and acts of sin reduced dramatically in Light dusk and Demonic Continents with all bad apples gone, and the ripe apples choosing to stay ripe instead of rotting. After the little speech was over, Aleorn removed the screen all over the continent. He sent the beaten-up primeval-rank beastfolks into the secret realm before looking at Nerathi, Varhen, and the eleven Exceed-rank Beastfolks. "You all can return to your areas. After observing the Lightdusk continent, the people have managed themselves and doing good even after losing the so-called leaders who were bad apples," Aleron smiled and added. "I''m sure this continent''s poption will stand up fast because the infrastructure is running just fine." The infrastructure of the society was filled with the majority of weak people, so everything was just fine. It was paused and slowed, but it would get back on its speed and develop even more now that the bad apples that were spreading rot were gone. "You fifty-seven can return to your ces. I''m sending you back to locations where I''ve picked you up," Aleron said before snapping his finger, causing the eleven Exceed-rank powerhouses to disappear. "Do you two want to be my subordinate?" Aleron asked as he looked at Nerathi and Varhen. "By that, I mean- " Aleron frankly added. "-I want followers more than subordinates, meaning people who willingly want to work for me and I''ve introduced myself in all capacity enough for you to make a judgment." "I am willing," Nerathi said as she squeezed her arm with Arran''tel''s with a grin, "I was going to be one because of my hubby here, but I want to willingly be your follower. I feel good this world under your rule, under yourw and order system you are going to establish." Nerathi had built an organization for the oppressed and weak and made it so strong that it stood up to par with the other two biggest forces of the continent. Her yellow mark with that development of her life indicated that she was more than likely to be a willing subordinate. "Nera, take the oath," Arran''tel said as he nodded at Nerathi. Nerathi took a soul oath to be Aleron''s subordinate, sealing her inclusion without worry and doubt. "I appreciate the offer, but I want to settle and live leisurely on my own like before," Varhen respectfully said as he cupped his fist. "Under your rule and order, I will assist you in any matter if it''s within my capability." "Alright," Aleron nodded with a smile, "your life, your choice." The matter was over, so Aleron sent Varhen back to his location as well. A moment after that, Aleron got the notification from the Luoshak cosmos'' will. [You have made adequate progress in the Warlord title acquisition period, surpassing yourpetitor by arge margin. Ardentia progress: 67%.] [Please dere your organization, kingdom, n, or whatever structural entity with you as the head to register your subordinate under you. You may have multiple organizations under you.] ''Let''s call the first one, The Golden Fool''s Club. Sounds good for what I want to do with it as I presume''Aleron''s eyes glinted. And those who consider him a fool would either enter the Golden Fool Club or get rightfool closure under his judgment. [The Golden Fool Club has been duly noted. Bing a warlord will make your organizations bonafide cosmic organizations.] [Aleron-Pseudo Warlord] \(s): -1. Ardentia (67%) \_Organization(s): -1. The Golden Fool Club. Subordinates: --> Primeval-rank = 14/20. -> Exceed-rank = 4/500. --> Legendary-rank = 1/10,000. [Recieve 70% support of the''s poption and acquire the required amount of subordinates to be the Warlord.] ''Cool.'' Suddenly, Aleron received a soul message from Riki. [Riki: Boss, there''s a problem here. An emergency one.] Aleron observed the secret realm sending his soul sense and immediately saw the group recovering from injuries at the underground area in the depths of Crystalspire Auroraville. "Let''s return to the secret realm for now," Aleron said before he teleported everyone into the secret realm, right in the underground area where others were recovering. "What happened?" Mei blinked and asked, surprised at the group''s condition before looking at the membrane. Enorin immediately sat down and started recovering her energies silently in meditation while Yueha, Arran''tel, Nethira, and Aleron looked at the membrane as the anomaly appeared to be behind it. "We might have uninvited guests," Fang wryly smiled. "They are powerful," Rias somberly said. "That world felt strange." "It was as if that world''s structure felt heavy on us," Ying added with a nod. "The phenomenon of our skills, including our radar, were limited or rather less effective in that atmosphere of this world," Liang said, her brows creased as she appeared thoughtful for a moment before her eyes glinted and she added. "Yes, it was like if we are fighting on the ground in our world, then in that other world, it was like we were fighting in the water." [Gachapi: Alright, I can guess what kind of world that is and it bores mixed news for us.] Aleron learned about the situation from Fang and others in the next minute, prompting Aleron to sh the membrane before he manipted the space there to create a perpetual space-tear-door past it. "Seems like this crystal forest was encroached by this other world and turned into this," Arran''telmented. "If they are powerful as Fang and others said, then we must go prepared," Aleron said as he looked at the strange orb disying scenery of another world. Aleron teleported Zords as they floated around them in their tiny miniature form the size of palms. "Let''s go," Aleron went inside first after using his buff defense-type Savant-grade skill, Numero Astral Layer, on everyone. Yueha, Mei, Arran''tel, and Nerathi followed after him along with the nine Zords. Enorin nned to enter immediately after recovering, while Fang, Riki, Ruan, Lee, Ying, Liang, Jiang, Rias, and Roxen also arrived and sat in front of the orb to recover so they could observe the other side. [Gachapi: Damn, just as I expected. This is a Midworld!] ''So, what''s the mixed news about this?'' [Gachapi: Good news is that since this is a Midworld, the beings living here wouldn''t be able to pass through the portal until the first bad newses into y, which is...] Chapter 162: Midworld Chapter 162: Midworld ? [...which is this Midworld''s prolonged anchor to the Eldertide Archipgo secret realm has weakened the portal''s dimensional barrier enough to break it, allowing the residents of this Midworld to invade our secret realm.] ''We can just defend, fight, and you know, I do my magic,'' Aleron grinned as he activated his Monitor Dome at 100% capacity. [Gachapi: Well, it''s not going to be easy. Far from it, actually.] Aleron realized this to a certain degree immediately because his Monitor Dome''s radar at 100% capacity should be able to cover a 15,000-kilometer radius, which didn''t happen here. ''Only 5000? The effectiveness is reduced to one-third of its original.'' [Arran''tel: Do we kill those crystal monsters? Their bio-structure is unique.] [Yueha: Let''s refrain from wasting energy on them for now. We might encounter those crystal humanoids.] [Mei: Skills are weak here as Liang said. Not good.] ''What''s this world, Gachapi?'' Aleron asked while he observed the Monitor Dome and shared it with others, expanding their radar to his level as they indeed saw a spot filled with around a million living auras, dotted red on the map. ''I got discovered,'' Aleron sensed his Monitor Dome''s radar discovered by another radar. He felt a pressure in his soul as both radars shed and the dots in his map started vanishing as the opponent prevented Monitor Dome''s radar from discovering that area. Aleron''s expression turned somber and he told everyone to stand by at the crystal portal so they could retreat anytime. ''Zords, transform and get ready forbat.'' The Zords turned giant and transformed into their Zord forms as well. [Gachapi: Master, I''m done inspecting this Midworld. Let me start by telling you what exactly is a Midworld.] ''Share it with others. I''ll connect you to our soulwork.'' [Gachapi: We are currently in a Midworld. A Midworld exists between the Lower Cosmos and Chaosverse, so it''s basically a higher dimensional ne than the lower Cosmos. Its atmospheric power is higher than in lower cosmos, which is why all types of phenomena we release are reduced in all parameters.] "It feels like a secret realm than a like Ardentia world," Yueha said. The group gathered at the orb portal while looking at Aleron''s radar and listening to Gachapi. [Gachapi: Midworld is a next-level version of the secret realm. When a secret realm, or in other words, a pocket dimension, is a closed system like a but its dimensions are unique instead of spherical. This one has the dimensions of a because this Midworld has an owner who shaped it for better development for its inhabitants.] "Sounds fantastic," Nerathi said with a thrilled glint in her eyes. "From one secret realm to another of higher level that has a whiff of extraordinary riches... Wow, is this a newbie surprise for me or your regr adventure?] "Master, I hope to apany you more from now on, if you would agree to this humble request," Arran''tel said as he took down his hat from his head towards his chest while bowing. Aleron heartilyughed and said, "If we are going on new adventures, we are all going together for sure." [Gachapi: This adventure is going to be cut short for now.] Gachapi speedily continued with an urgent tone with slight worry [Gachapi: There are two conditions for a secret realm of lower cosmos to be a Midworld, a world existing at half a higher ne of existence. First is to increase the secret realm''s energy system''s capacity and second is to increase its Entropy level. This can only be done after someone refines a secret realm''s core and bes its owner so they can evolve it bybining it with another secret realm''s core.] Everyone was surprised. Nerathi eximed in surprise, "Secret realm mixing? Damn." "Now, this sounds exciting to me," Aleron grinned. [Gachapi: This Midworld''s Entropy level is 8.8E, which means it has devoured at least 8 secret realms like our Eldertide Archipgo. 10E to 100E is basically the average Entropy in different areas of the upper cosmos while Chaosverse has an Entropy level of exactly 100.] Just as Gachapi finished, everyone suddenly felt a powerful aura pping towards them as all of them were physically pushed back just by the outburst of that aura! Their danger bells rmed rang crazily, including Aleron! [Gachapi: Yep. Time to dip, quick!] Gachapi didn''t have to tell this because their first reaction against this aura was nothing other than retreat, but of course, Aleron had other ns too and he fully redirected his radar and focused on the source of that aura before retreating. What Aleron saw was a three-meter-tall crystal humanoid with a sleek humanoid crystal appearance with decoration-like crystal additions on arms, shoulders, and a spikey crown above its head. Its body crystals changed their color dreamly and subtly, appearing different each second, with different patterns and crystal designs. [Gachapi: That''s a death right there.] Yueha, Mei, Nerathi, and even Arran''tel sweated a bucket in that short second after that dreadful aura hit them. "That was indeed death," Arran''tel''s eyes slightly trembled. "That aura''s dreadfulness matched that of an entity a cult tried to summon in my previous world, though they ultimately resulted in the destructure of half of the even though its presence only descended for a few seconds." "What is it, Gachapi?" Aleron asked with intense curiosity bursting in his eyes. ''It felt so powerful! My Magilore, my Monitor Dome were snuffed like as if that monster blew off a candle.'' [Gachapi: You can say that it was a powerhouse from the upper cosmos, a bonafide one that''s one rank above Acension-rank-Paragon-rank but the difference between Ascension and Paragon rank lifeforms is that of day and night.] Gachapi continued, tone grave with urgency. [Gachapi: This is one powerful Midworld with sufficient force to destroy our Eldertide Archipgo in seconds. We have to do something because this orb''s dimensionalyer that''s blocking the entry of this Midworld''s residents isn''t going tost long.] [Gachapi: This usually doesn''t happen, but this secret realm was anchored to that Midworld for who knows how long, which also exins why this secret realm has such abundant resources and high energy capacity.] "Is it possible that this secret realm would eventually be a Midworld if it continued to remain anchored with this Midworld via this orb?" Aleron wondered. [Gachapi: That was likely going to happen, but this cosmicyer that prevents life from living higher ne of existence from entering secret realms of the lower cosmos is weakened.] [Gachapi: This is pretty much this Midworld''s work. When its portal appeared, someone sent this strange orb here that passively heightened the Entropy of Eldertide Archipgo and its energy capacity, thus weakening the dimensionalyer with prolonged connection and encroachment.] "What do we do then?" Aleron frowned. "We can''t let theme here." [Gachapi: There''s only one way and we likely have no other choice but to follow this one way if they manage to breach right now.] Everyone''s eyes were on the semi-crystalized orb and their pupils shrank simultaneously as they saw that three-meter-tall humanoid crystal being with ten others behind him! "Tsk, those humans escaped. I really want to fight with them, sigh." "Elder, can we break thisyer this time? It''s cracked for the first time...like finally, so we might seed soon." Chapter 163: Deadline Chapter 163: Deadline ? "Not yet. Theyer is still too strong." The Aurocrist-race elder determined after inspecting, the news dousing everyone''s excitement. They wanted to go to the other side and explore that new world, but it seemed impossible for now. "Elder, how long until we can break it ourselves?" "It shouldn''t be too long thanks to those cracks appearing right?" The elder narrowed his eyes as he looked at Aleron and others through the crystal orb, his gaze meeting Aleron''s, finding wariness and curiosity in them. "Four months until it bes breakable." ... [Gachapi: They are members of the Aurocrist race. They are born Exceptional-rank right off the bat, and they have an innate talent of high resistance against arcane powers, especially elemental ones, they awaken various innate talents. In Arcane Path, Aurocrists are one of the more talented races.] [Gachapi: We have two options right now, either we abandon this secret realm or destroy this crystal orb.] "Do you have a rough estimation of when they will be able to break thatyer, Gachapi?" Aleron asked after seeing that those crystalized race members leaving. [Gachapi: Maybe in three or four months, they might be able to break theyer, depending on the level of the strongest Paragon-rank powerhouse they have.] "So, what will we do, Master? Destroy it?" Yueha curiously asked. "I want to go inside and explore it too. It would be a pity to just destroy it right now," Aleron pondered and weakly chuckled. "Well, that is only if I have the power to defend against that Paragon-rank Aurocrist, which I have not." [Gachapi: Master, to destroy this semi-crystal orb without beginning self-destruction of this secret realm, you have to be its master first. In short, refine its core and make it yours. It shouldn''t take long for you now that you are powerful enough.] "Good. I''ll do that. As for you all," Aleron smiled and conjured a screen showing a roulette. It was not the Gacha Roulette, but a simple round spinning roulette he designed on his Magic Board with four sections on the board. Each section disyed the name of a major secret region in Eldertide Sanctuary. Out of seven, three were already explored: the Underwater Abyssal Kingdom, the Obsidian Tower that Aleron cleared on his own and acquired the legacy, and this Crystalspire Auroraville. The remaining four major secret regions were as follows and disyed in the roulette: The Eldertree Sanctuary. The Serpent''s Spine Mountains. The Shimmering Lagoon. The Twilight de. "You all can rest or you want to do some activity, then explore the remaining secret regions, starting with..." Aleron spun the roulette and itnded on the Serpent''s Spine Mountains. "We''ll do something interesting once I am done refining this secret realm''s core, camp at the Serpepnt''s Spine Mountains for now. Let''s make sure there are no dangers in other secret regions." Aleron left after saying that, directly connecting his consciousness to the secret realm''s core and beginning to refine it. The refining process had two steps: Step one, infusing his Magilore into the core to take control of the untamed energy nexus within it. Step two, create his soul brand using soul energy in the now-controlled nexus afterpleting step one. ... Yueha, Enorin, Rin, and others went to the Serpent''s Spine Mountains and soon arrived there by riding on Zords who were way faster than them at full speed travel speed. Serpent''s Spine Mountains was indeed a suitable name for this region. As the group arrived at the location Aleron pointed them to the secret realm''s map, they immediately recognized the unique set of mountains. In constructive terms from a higher view, it looked like two columns and forty-nine rows of mountains: the first row''s mountain on the first column, the second row''s mountain on the second column, the third row''s mountain on the first column, and so on. They were in a zig-zag shape in a vertical line as if a snake was slithering forward and suddenly turned into a statue, but in this case, a set of 49 giant mountains, each one around five thousand meters tall. To the left and right of the Serpent''s Spine Mountain was a barren drynd, but the aura of resources on those 49 mountains was abundant. Actually, the entire ind waspletely dry and barren aside from these 49 mountains. "Such a rich aura," Rias was stunned as the section of the sky above the mountain actually had a magical phenomenon appearing and disappearing due to the high concentration of magical energy there. "The danger is also higher. Such a resource-rich area must have powerful monsters," Ying said, but despite his words, his eyes showed eagerness to fight as he was also a bonafide fighting maniac like Hua. "It''s time to reach the peak of primeval rank here," Enorin said with a hint of excitement in her eyes. "Let''s camp at the first mountain and collect resources." "Look at you getting giddy about bing first to reach Ascension rank," Yueha snickered. "But I am also close." "I first," Enorin was determined as she turned into a streak of light and vanished, eager to collect resources and directly absorb them to increase her stats. Although it would be a waste, they didn''t have any other choice. Not to mention, this secret realm was truly resourceful with nock of natural treasures up to Primeval-rank. Yueha also shot into the first mountain and immediately entered a meditative state, diving deep into meditation to awaken her first Concept. "Yorin should be able to make Primeval-rank pills soon. Let''s collect a big batch of Primeval- rank resources first and send him so he can train," Fang said and everyone nodded. The group flew towards the first mountain and spread out to scavenge for resources while killing monsters birthed there. Surprisingly, all the monsters they had encountered were unique types of snake, lizard, and dragon-like. After half an hour, they routed all seventeen Primeval-rank monsters and in the next half an hour, the entire first mountain was cleaned off every single flower and fruit. Even the lowest-ranked resource was Legendary-rank and they found plenty of Exceed-rank and Primeval-rank resources. The Zords were just flying around or digging down, exploring, and doing whatever they wanted without using their core energy. Enorin was already on the second mountain, sitting on a big boulder and absorbing the resources she collected on the first mountain to increase her stats to the peak of Primeval rank. Absorbing resources raw had two problems. First, the efficiency and effect would be lower inparison to pills concocted from the same resources. Second, after absorbing raw resources, they would also need to consolidate their physical body and magic source foundation. Soul-type resources were different as one had to properly refine and extract pure soul power from them before absorbing them because absorbing soul-type resources raw was not feasible. Arran''tel and Nerathi were already at high stage of Primeval-rank, near the pick, so they also absorbed the resources raw. "Finally, I can increase my stats..." Nerathi said with teary eyes as she looked at the golden- ted fruit with red and blue patterns as if it were the most valuable treasure in the world. "Haha, I wasn''t expecting this as well," Arran''tel heartilyughed. He had stayed in the Northern Star continent ever since his arrival, and he knew that the situation there was extremely dry for Primeval-rank beastfolks. It had been decades since they hadid eyes on a Primeval-rank resource! Well, Elysia hadpletely blocked them from acquiring resources because Beastfolks were the highest in numbers and also the strongest among the three races of the, so she needed to stop their growth. Chapter 164: A Short-Cut To New Planets Chapter 164: A Short-Cut To News ? "Enorin and Yueha arepeting, but let''s give them an upset by breaking through first, babe," Nerathi said with a grin. "I''ve done nothing but meditate to awaken a concept and enjoy life past decades, so I will awaken a Concept soon." "I am also close as I had the idea of the Concept I wanted to awaken before I died in my first life due to an unfortunate reason," Arran''tel wryly smiled. "Let''s start." Arran''tel and Nerathi began absorbing resources after collecting like Enorin. Rias, Roxen, Fang, Riki, Ruan, Ying, Lee, Liang, and Jiang cleaned off resources from the 2nd and 3rd mountains after an hour before sending all of the resources to Yorin with a Zord''s help that could travel long distances in a blink. This was a powerful Zord with features resembling a Manta ray, but of course not a normal manta ray. Vortiga''s skin, semi-metallic body structure, and neon-style silver and dark blue patterns on its ck body that had four wide wings instead of two like a usual manta ray. Vortiga, the Doomweaver Void Manta. [Vortiga, the Doomweaver Void Manta.] Level: 1 ss: Support/Conjurer. \_Zord Form: Voidweaver Manta Ray. \__Zord Armament Form: Doomweaver Chain-sickle. |___Source Power: Doomweaver Nexus. _Doomweaver Energy: 100%/100%. \_Parameters: -Attack: ****** -Defense: - -Support: ??? -Control: ? \__Skills: Doomweaver Enchant, Void Weaved Vortex, Doomweaver Charm, Shadowbinder Obscure, Doomweaver Eclipse, Doomweaver Sea. Having Space-rted powers and expertise, Vortiga could easily teleport without consuming energy like Aleron as long as the teleport''s location was within its radar''s range. Yorin received a big batch of Primeval-rank resources and he was overjoyed because his stock was nearly depleted. "Master, I concocted it!" Odar excitedly said as he looked at three Epic-rank pills in the cauldron. "Good quality. You can now move to practice concocting Legendary-rank ones." At the moment, there were more people working in Yorin''s alchemy house. Two beastfolks and a few talented Alchemists from the necropolis were picked up by Yorin as personally went to look for assistance and students. The beastfolks interested in Alchemy were already learning at alchemy houses in the Necropolis, so Yorin picked up the most talented ones among all the alchemists after testing them. The Alchemists in Falran kingdom were not that good, merely able to concoct up to Legendary-rank pills, but not at a high quality. However, after turning into undead and bing more powerful, many Alchemists progressed and broke through. With nock of resources in the secret realm, and having their endurance increase as the Undead-race''s specialty, many vampires, werewolves, and lich Alchemists were able to craft legendary-rank pills with ease. A few were already beginning to craft Exceed-rank pills. Meanwhile, Yorin was close to grasping mastery of concocting Primeval-rank pills. The timely rain of resources he just received was going to be put to proper use soon. "Master Yorin is amazing...I didn''t know one could do something like this." "Only he can do it because of his innate talent." "Innate talent is only one of the two factors. The other factor is the spirit techniques of his spirit cultivation method. I am able to cultivate it too." "I sucked at it, so he gave me another cultivation method. Sigh, I feel like a bum." "That''s natural since everyone has differentpatibility, so don''t sweat it. You are justpatible with another method more, that''s all." Yorin''s students numbering sixteen looked with awe in their eyes as they saw ten cauldrons lined up in a row before Yorin as he simultaneously concocted pills in all ten cauldrons! ... Aleron finally finished refining the Eldertide Archipgo''s dimensional core after seven hours. [Gachapi: Now that you can control and aid the foundational structure of this pocket dimension, destroying that crystal orb that''s anchoring that Midworld here won''t cause damage and chaos, Master.] Aleron nodded with satisfaction. "Now we don''t need to fear unexpected invasion. I''ll ce a Bomb-type formation around that crystal orb." [Gachapi: Sounds like you want to cook something.] "Fang is an expert in formation, but I have learned the basics enough to create a formation- type skill," Aleron grinned. Aleron went to the underground section where the crystal orb was stationed and began cooking a skill. After ten minutes, he was done. Around the crystal orb on the ground, ten beautiful ck flowers bloomed, glowing with subtly shining patterns of fiery orange, dark blue, and dark silver. The trigger condition of the flowers was simple. All ten flowers had their roots connected to a faint magilore screen Aleron created around the crystal orb. If the other party was going to break theyer and enter, it would obviously change the flow of energy and turn the crystal orb''s function slightly more vtile. As such, in case theyer was broken, the ten flowers would immediately trigger a destructive explosion that would obliterate a 500-meter radius area into absolutely nothing with the power Aleron had cooked in this Hell-Flower Bomb formation as he called it. Once he was done, he postponed his main task again and entered the Realm of Living Genomes using his job ss, Primordial Genome Whisperer. His Genome Pulse pool was fully recovered, so he wanted to use up all of it since it took over a day to fully recover. He physically appeared in this strange realm where strange existences like Living Genomes lived, that constantlybined, evolved, and transformed. Aleron began to kill the Living Genomes using his Genome Pulse to collect the Genome Mods. He spent all of his Genome Pulse and acquired a grand total of 37 Genome Mods, which was quite a good haul. In his previous session, he collected 29 Genome Mods, but he was more proficient in his second run. Aleron eagerly wanted to work on these 66 Genome Mods, but that also required Genome Pulse, so he returned to begin the main task. Aleron disappeared from the underground cavern and arrived in the necropolis, inside the Hall of Secret Realms. The hall had six portals, with five of them leading into the secret realms and the sixth one being the exit out of Eldertide Archipgo to the Nailzim city''s sky portal. "My Hell is in the me ze Abode, so let''s secure it first," Aleron said with anticipation as he entered the fiery portal. [Gachapi: Being an elemental-type secret realm, we have to close all of its portals.] "Not in a hurry," Aleron grinned and activated his Monitor Dome at full power, but he was surprised to find that this secret realm''s size was bigger than Eldertide Archipgo and nt Ardentia! [Gachapi: Elemental-type pocket dimensions are usually bigger because of their unique dimensional structure. Usually twice the size of normal pocket dimensions.] Indeed, this world was 98% made of me elements. Of course, not purely me elements, but be it forests, mountains, rivers, floating inds, and other various phenomena of nature, all of them had a part of me attribute in them in their core foundation. "Found it!" Aleron''s eyes glinted. "Not one, but three, and I also sense a bunch of presences. There are about three hundred people on my radar. Wait, are those elves? Nice!" Naturally, Aleron activating his Monitor Dome also alerted a few powerhouses who were in Ascension rank! The majority were Primeva-rank and Exceed-rank, with zero legendary-rank present due to this secret realm being dangerous for them. They would automatically burn to death due to atmospheric heat and natural me elements of this world. While those Ascension-rank powerhouses became alerted, Aleron made his way towards one of the portals, the one barricaded by elves. ''Time to visit a new! I''ll go in to scout first before going together with others.'' Chapter 165: Powerful Owners Territory Chapter 165: Powerful Owner''s Territory ? "Someone''sing here." The Primeval-rank elf with short blond hair and a muscr build alerted the base they had set up around the portal. "What happened, senior Derlen?" But a second after that, Aleron was already there, just ten meters away from the senior Derlen. It wasn''t long before Aleron was surrounded by four Primeval-rank powerhouses and six Primeval-rankrge-winged green-white feathered swallows. [Gachapi: It looks like they have a beast breeding ground for those Windmist Lefage Swallows. Good, these beasts have a strong bloodline source, all having the Primeval-rank Bloodline.] "Rx,dies and gentlemen," Aleron smiled. "I am Aleron, a human and a visitor. Nice to meet you." The weaker elves in the base looked above at their seniors surrounding a human and they burst into a chatter of spections. "What business do you have here?" Aleron looked at thedy elf, who also seemed strongest out of the four Primeval-rank elves. The other three were at the median stage of Primeval-rank, but thisdy was at the high stage of Primeval-rank. "To be honest, I am here to get to know you and enter that portal to see a new world," Aleron said with a grin, his eyes clear and honest. Getting no response, Aleron figured they were talking internally in their soulwork. "Why don''t we sit and talk? I have no hostile intentions against you," Aleron sat on his Arcana Throne and conjured a table using Magilore, along with four seats. "Marlina," thedy elf with long bouncy blond hair and a shapely figure introduced herself after two seconds of looking at Aleron. She sat down at the chair across from him before the other three followed suit. "Just so you know," Marlina''s expression was somber, "If you try to forcefully enter that portal or show any hostility, the portal will be closed instantly." Aleron was surprised at the caution, but a light bulb lit up a secondter as he understood why. ''So it''s for defending from invasion. Well, there were other bases at other portals with a sizable amount of presence, so they must be cautious of each other.'' "I am not here to fight or cause trouble," Aleron showed them his right palm before taking a soul oath, which was the best way to ease their worries. One of the elves, senior Darlen, burst outughing, "Taking soul oath of that? Well, that we can believe." "So, why are you here?" Marlina curiously asked. "Same reason as I stated before," Aleron smiled. "To get to know you and see a new world." [Gachapi: Might be a warlord-owned. Also, the Ascension-rank powerhouses can''t enter this secret realm, so take note of that, Master.] "We can also conduct some business if you like to," Aleron added. ''He is a Primvel-rank, but can''t measure his power level properly.'' ''He is not an average Primeval rank, that''s for sure. His vibe is different.'' ''Although he is really not here with hostile intentions, he doesn''t see us as a threat at all, as if he doesn''t care about our power, thus our stance against him.'' ''He must be powerful enough to deal with all of us. There was no fear even when ten Primeval-rank aura oppressed him from all sides.'' "Vestelon n," Marlina said before a symbol appeared before her for Aleron to see. "We belong to the Vestelon n on Restia and this secret realm is our n''s property. As you have no hostile intention towards us and swore an oath, we can indeed conduct a business." ''So, they are interested in business deals, eh?'' "Of course, I am willing," Aleron chuckled. "I''ll apany you, please follow me," Marlina nodded. Aleron followed Marlina into the portal and arrived in a wooden room. Arriving outside, Aleron''s eyes sparkled at the scenery of this wonderful forest. The huge trees spanned up to a thousand meters tall and had thick and wide branches, perfect for the hundreds of big and small treehouses he was looking at. Each branch was at least 20 meters wide and more in length! There were also multiple branches extended and turned into a big vige-sized area with an exquisite wooden castle-Vestelon n Castle. [Gachapi: Alright, this is a Warlord-owned and plentifully connected to a star system. This warlord is set...] Indeed, in the sky, Aleron could see another big close by with a huge track connecting them, along with a bunch of floating satellites of various sizes, shapes, and colors. [Gachapi: The is wonderful as well-a tier-1. Alright, from what I see, this warlord is in the top 20 in the cosmic warlord ranking at least, Master.] "Come with me, I''ll show you the special products that we cultivate in this forest." But just as the duo was flying toward the Vestelon n castle, an rming sound suddenly echoed everywhere,ing from the huge bell dangling in the center of this n''s territory, it handed at a wooden bar connecting to two tree trunks. *Roar!* *Roarrr!* Along with the bell sound, loud roars also rang in the sky. Aleron looked up and saw hundreds of wyverns along with humanoid draconic figures. Most of them were in Exceed-rank, but 21 of them were Primeval-rank, not including the wyverns. "Damn it, this is the third time this month!" Marlina cursed out loud as her face morphed into a wrathful one. Aleron felt tons of powerful auras suddenly exploding from the ground, prompting him to look below as he saw elves emerge from underground, all of them being Primeval-rank and xceed-rank. ''Holy shit, so many Primeval-rank already?'' Aleron was stunned. net Ardentia was like a dry wastndpared to this! It barely had 30 Primeval-rank powerhousesbining all three continents, not including Aleron''s subordinates. Meanwhile, just the Elfs and those Draconitesbined were easily over fifty! Aleron didn''t stand on ceremony and activated his Monitor Dome, but didn''t suppress others'' radars and kept his above them, slowly extending it instead of fully opening it. Peak Primeval rank could only have their radar up to 1000 kilometers. It was the usual limit, but Aleron''s radar overpowered due to the design he made that was exclusive to his specialty -the unlimited amount of Magilore since it consumed a hundred thousand Magilore per second, which was an impossible feat for others due to unfeasibility. ''I want to interfere,'' Aleron thought as his eyes glinted, marks appearing over the target and invoking his impulse to act. [Gachapi: You can if you want to, but we have to be low profile and elusive or it could be bad. We are a very strong territory that has a proper hierarchy structure. This is a good ce to learn some things regarding this Cosmic Ascension Competition and its scale, Master.] Looking through his Monitor Dome, he could see that all present Exceed-rank and Primeval- rank powerhouses of this Elf n were in battle against the Draconites, but were lower in number overall. Their wyverns fought against the Windmist Lefage Swallows of the elf n, but they were just barely equal in number. [Gachapi: These two ns seemed to be in fight.] ''Found their n.'' When Aleron''s Monitor Dome extended to 1000 kilometers, he found this Draconite n''s territory, at a huge volcanic valley surrounded by two mountain chains with mixed types of mountains, with the majority being volcanic mountains. Most of the wyverns and draconites had red, and various shades of red outer body, and their bloodline and main attributes seemed me and blood. On the other hand, the Elves were diverse in various elements, but all of them had wood elements inmon as their strongest. Their Bloodlines were also majorly wood-rted. The most heated battle included a handsome elf using a bow and sword in tandem, moving swiftly and fighting flexibly with a versatilebat arsenal. He was the n head, and he was fighting against a three-meter-tall draconite in shining dark bronze armor with crimson and golden patterns. He was an aggressive fighter, speedy and destructive, breaking all tricks and attacks of his opponent while continuing his relentless assault at every chance. Both of them were at the peak of Primeval-rank,cking only a Concept to awaken for a breakthrough. ''Alright, I''ve decided,'' Aleron cracked his finger, his eyes narrowed as he saw three draconites breaking through the elven formation and releasing their attacks on the house. Aleron restrained those three draconites, binding them in a skin-stuck space forcefield while their attacks were blocked by the n-wide barrier that flickered into existence when those attacks entered a certain range. ''Three ck marks gone for starter,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''Gachapi, I want to y dirty.'' [Gachapi: Understandable.] Aleron began marking individuals...from both sides. ''I have to be discreet.'' He marked only ck and red individuals., which were around 189 of the individuals out of 418 total, not including beasts. ''I am already judging them,'' Aleron''s eyes showed a sheen at depth as he read their memories. His soul power was superior, so it was easy to sneak in, not to mention they were in a heated battle against each other. ''Well, they gotta die then.'' Suddenly, the causality from both sides started showing one by one. Aleron carefully selected timing while intently watching the battle. When a ck-marked individual was about to get killed, but escaped if given a chance, he would deny that chance by restraining them. In short, hepletely paralyzed ck and red marked individuals at crucial moments in their fights and sighing their deaths. Sometimes, when two ck-marked individuals fought, he made sure both killed each other or at least, the survivor would get fatal injuries so that a white or yellow-marked individual nearby could finish them off. ''They are really killing each other though,'' Aleron saw bodies falling and the battle turning more intense. [Gachapi: Hrious, Master. That''s because you are doing it.] Moreover, Aleron made sure that white and yellow-marked individuals from both sides didn''t die by defending them. He would just sneakily absorb most of the firepower of attacks through space. At the moment, these Eleves and Draconites couldn''t fathom just how they were like dolls with their strings attached to a puppet master,pletely directing their battle to his desired oue. Chapter 166: Decision Chapter 166: Decision ? The battle raged on under Aleron''s puppetry and to finish it faster, Aleron decided to make a move himself, to make him stand out. Since he had read memories, he also knew why this battle was happening. It was about a Dungeon Gate that appeared at this forest''s edge two years ago. It belonged to this elf n since it was in their territory, but that Dungeon Gate evolved ten days ago, now giving resources of Exceed and Primeval rank. Draconites wanted that Dungeon Gate to themselves as a matter of course, at any cost, which led them to continuously harass and attack the Elf n. ''I want to resolve the issue and make peace between. Let''s see if I can do it,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted, feeling some excitement in anticipation of how this would unfold. [Gachapi: Not too high-profile, Master. We have to remain outside of this Warlord''s radar.] ''I got it.'' Aleron conjured a pole, metallic silver with ck patterns as a juke while using his overwhelmingly powerful Savant-grade skill of pure restrain-type to stop the battle happening above. Naturally, the visual effect was that the pole he threw released hundreds of strings that bound all of them as if someone used a precious artifact to stop this battle, in other people''s eyes. Draconites, Elves, Wyverns, and Swallows, everyone fighting justpletely froze in their position in the sky as if they werepletely glued to the space. ''All red and ck died except for one,'' Aleron thought as he flew up and floated beside the pole. Everyone''s eyes were on him, but he preferred silence so he hadpletely isted everyone as well. ''I wonder how it would feel not to have unlimited Magilore? Without it, I can''t stop a battle like this, with a snap of my finger,'' Aleron looked at everyone before focusing on the leader of Draconites who was fighting against the n head of this Elf n. [Gachapi: You''ll feel it in the Chaosverse, Master, where this Magilore''s source won''t be useful. Well, a long time till we go there, so no worries.] ''But it''s going to be useless in a higher ce anyway. I guess I''ll need to prepare a powerful force and more arsenal to achieve what I want once this unlimited magilore source loses its value.'' Aleron moved his gaze from the Draconite leader to the Elf n head and finally spoke, "I''m going to free you, so kill that Draconite." The n head Eustus was able to move and speak. Surprised, he immediately asked, "Who are you?" Marlina''s expression was changing, but she didn''t hide things and sent her thoughts via soul sense to Eustus since she couldn''t voice them out physically. "I guess you know now," Aleron smiled. "I''m Aleron. Now, end that Draconite and let the rest leave. This battle ends here now, what do you say?" Eustus''s face showed clear gratitude as he bowed, "Thank you." He didn''t want to fight as well, but these Draconites were attacking them to eradicate them. This was already the 3rd attack and it was most brutal because many died, though it was courtesy of Aleron that many died as he wanted to eliminate red and ck-marked individuals. Aleron removed bindings from the Draconite leader so that Eustus''s attack could touch him. After all, being isted by his space power also meant having a defense until someone broke thatyer that bound them, which also protected them. Aleron could see confusion in the Draconite''s eyes. It screamed, ''Why me?'' "Why me?!" the Draconite roared as soon as the istion wore off him. "Because you deserve to die," Aleron indifferently uttered, his voice cold. "Fuck you! My elder brother is a General and he won''t let you go once I die! Not you, not this n! No one!" Eustus hesitated and didn''t attack him right away because that so-called General was also his main fear and the main strength of the Draconite ns. "General? You mean that Ascension-rank brother of yours that working for Warlord Graystar?" Aleron raised his eyebrows, feeling Eustus''s gaze on him. "You are hoping that I would help you all the way, eh?" Aleron could read Eustus''s intentions easily. "N-No, I," Eustus stammered, feeling ashamed. Aleronughed and flew towards him, stopping a meter away and then turning to the Draconite leader, "Kill him." "I-I have to consider," Eustus''s expression looked defeated. "We don''t have a backing as tough as theirs. The Dungeon Gate is in our territory, but they want it from us and this battle will continue until we hand it over." "What have you decided?" Aleron calmly asked. Eustus looked at his n and houses, with kids and adults poking out from the windows of their houses or looking from their balconies. It was a poption of around a hundred thousand elves. "We hoped to receive the backing of a General by producing a talented heir, but the most talented ones of my n didn''t catch any General''s eyes in the yearly Talent Dusting Tournament," Eustus sighed as he looked at the Draconite with mixed feelings. General was a big term on this and others under Graystar Warlord''s territory, as it was only referred to Ascension-rank powerhouses under Graystar Warlord. ording to the information Aleron got, this Warlord had seven Generals, which means seven Ascension-rank powerhouses as his subordinates! "That''s right! You don''t have a fucking choice," the Draconite leader grinned ruthlessly. "But if you want us to live alone, then you have to give up more now! You''ve tasted our patience and this battle also killed many of my kin." "The price has increased now!" ''Here we go,'' Aleron rolled his eyes. [Astral: Kekeke, he wouldn''t have a ck mark if he wasn''t bad, Mastah. Piece of trash he is.] [Gachapi: Unfortunately, his intimidation is working on this Elf.] "What do you want more?!" Eustus asked, anger and helpless both. "One elf female every month, and start this with your wife," the Draconite leader demanded, his tone firm. "Unless you want tounch an all-out attack between our ss, which will end inplete eradication of your n, you will give us the Dungeon Gate and this demand." "Kill him," Aleron snorted. "I''ll protect you." Eustus was seething with rage and disgust. "Protect him?! Fat dreams, bastard. You''re just a fucking Primeval-rank weakling, What the fuck can you do?" the Draconite leader sneered at Aleron. "Yeah, this artifact is quite good, but it''s useless against my elder brother, who is the General!" Eustus''s hope dimmed as he realized something and looked at Aleron, "Do you have the power to contend against a General?" "You won''t kill him if I said no?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "I don''t want to ept his demands, but if I don''t, no one here will survive," Eustus''s dead eyes looked despairing as he looked at his n. "Until we gain power or backing of a General to contend against them..." "Peace for years, but one Dungeon Gate evolves and it bes a matter of survival for one hundred thousand people," Aleron''s face scrunched up. "I hate this." "But I hate you more," Aleron coldly looked at the Draconite leader. "Kill him. Your n will be fine. No need to fear his elder brother." "Bullshit!" the Draconite leader cursed loudly, his eyes bloodshot at Aleron, "Bastard, you''re dead once I die! Dead!" "Yeah, sure. I''ll wait for your brother," Aleron smiled and turned to Eustus. "Finish him off." Eusus clenched his fist, nodded with determination, and released a powerful attack. The Draconite leader''s head blew off and Aleron captured his soul like others. However, from his soul, a light shot out and struck Aleron. Chapter 167: Full Measure Chapter 167: Full Measure ? "Death Curse talisman!" Eustus''s eyes shook. "He targeted you." Aleron was surprised as well. [Gachapi: his soul brand on you, which means if his brother must have a skill that can track his brother''s soul brand on you.] ''Interesting. I can''t destroy it, eh?'' [Gachapi: Not yet because the talisman was made by his brother, who has a bit of higher soul power than you, Master. But once you get through to Ascension rank, you can destroy it.] ''Gotcha.'' "I don''t fear his brother, so don''t worry," Aleron confidently smiled looking at Eustus before he turned to other Draconites. "I am going to release you all, so quietly go back, alright?" "I''m going to resolve this issue between your two ns, that''s my first quest here," Aleron grinned. ''That''s my gamble as well, that I will resolve this with no more innocent death urring in this conflict.'' [Gable Quest initiated.] ''8000 Gacha points if I win? Not bad.'' ... The Draconites left while Aleron went to the Vestelon n castle with Eustus and other Primeval-rank Elves. In the garden balcony, Aleron sat down with Eustus and four other high-grade Primeval-rank Elves for a meeting. "So, how do you get the backing of a General?" Aleron asked before taking a bite from the cupcake. ''The smell was great, but the taste is even more delicious than I expected.'' "Every year, there''s one or two tournaments held by a General. This tournament is usually apetition of multiple rounds that test individuals of Exceed-rank. The winner and one or two individuals more if the Generals take liking are taken in as Knights." "The knights can follow the General and get ess to resource-rich ces and better training. They are seeds who can be the next Generals and Graystar Warlord''s subordinates." [Gachapi: This Warlord breedspetition like this to get subordinates. You also have to do something like this, Master. You''ll get ess to some new stuff from this Cosmos''s Will once you officially be a Warlord.] ''I want to talk to this Cosmos''s Will like Cane. Cane is a chill gentlment, haha.'' [Gachapi: This Cosmos''s will is not that mature. Its ways are different, but well, they get influenced by us in the first ce, so we can do something out it once you be more and more powerful and take high ranking spot in the Cosmos leaderboard.] ''Can''t wait for that.'' "Alright, so here''s what we gonna do. You let me worry about that Draconite''s brother, and we are also going to be allies. I''ll make sure that one of your Elves catches a General''s eye," Aleron proposed the n with a grin. "I have plenty of resources and means to make someone very powerful in every way." "But you surely must want something in exchange, right?" Marlina asked. "Well, I am not doing this to get something from you," Aleron shrugged and leaned back on the chair while looking above the castle. "I''ll make my pce there and live here for a while. Choose the elf you want to nurture." Aleron''s eyes glinted in the next second as he began designing his pce. Soon, there was an aesthetic wooden-crystal mixed pce, 100 meters tall and 100 meters in radius, with draconic decorations and sakura trees. "You really don''t want anything from us?" the dark-blond-haired elf in his forties asked in doubt. "Actually, I want something from you," Aleron smiled as he narrowed his eyes at this elf. Everyone was surprised and attentively looked at Aleron. ''Should I bring this up now?'' [Gachapi: Your choice, Master.] [Astral: Yes from me, Mastah. We don''t have anything else to do except for fighting boredom, so we can clean up before settling in a new home, right?] ''Indeed, I am bored, until Yorin finishes the pills and I reach the peak of Primeval rank to break through and be Warlord.'' ''Good thing that most of the bad apples died in that battle. The general public is good with very little red and just one ck.'' "What do you want, Mr. Aleron?" Eustus asked, tone solemn. "As long as it is possible for us, we willply." "Kill him," Aleron said while eyeing the dark-blond-haired elf. "Kill senior Remos? Why?" Marlina asked in shock. The others were also startled. "W-What? Why?" Remos asked, clearly taken aback. "I know it''s a private affair, but you guys should read each other''s memories..." Aleron wryly smiled at Eustus. Remos'' expression changed, "You read my memories?" "Yeah, you raped two girls and killed them in some vige called Tureta," Aleron icily said. "And that wasn''t the first time you did that to young girls, you trash." Remos looked at others and saw their disgusting faces. The ones who could support him in the meeting were dead in the battle just now, thanks to Aleron. He delivered the justice. But this Remos wasn''t here during the battle and returned from a big city through the teleport formation of this n just a minute ago. "Kill him and I''ll help you," Aleron repeated, snapping them out of their daze. "Stop joking!" Remos stood up, his expression ring up. "I am a goddamn senior of this n. You are going to kill me just because I ended some lowlives?" Aleron''s eyes shed as hepletely restrained Remos and looked at Eustus. "Read his memories. I''ve lowered his soul defense," Aleron coldly said, "What if he did this to the girls of your n?" "Your conscious would fucking wake up if you hear that?!" Aleron shouted, fuming at their uncertain expressions. ''That''s why they are fucking yellow, huh? Kinship....'' ''Damn, I hate this!'' "We should kill him," Marlina said with a disgusted expression as she finished reading the memories. "n head, I don''t want such a person in our n." "He was not alone, but those who were like him are dead," Aleron said with a t smile. "I was interfering in the battle, that''s why people were dying." "Let''s just say that all those that deserved to die are dead...except for a few." Everyone was shocked again, their yellow-marks flickering! Chapter 168: Revealing, Distributing Remaining Boons Chapter 168: Revealing, Distributing Remaining Boons ? "You did that...?" the fourth Elf, a man in his thirties called Sergor stared at Aleron, in disbelief, but also believing because it made sense. "I am not going to lie or hide," ALeron cleared his throat, his expression serious. "The people from both sides got killed fast because I was controlling the battlefield. I let the ck and red marks die while saving yellow and white marks." "Red and ck marks?" Eustus confusedly asked. "N-No wonder I felt something was off," Remos looked at Aleron with fear. "I wondered how my opponent suddenly couldn''t dodge or use his skill to defend." "I also remember having a simr experience, but it was in the full heat of battle," Marlina muttered before looking at Aleron, "And it''s because of red and ck marks?" "What''s that?" Lena asked. She was thest elf at the table. Long blond hair, looking in her mid-twenties with a shapely figure, at median-stage of primeval rank. "It should be easier if I just share some memories with you," Aleron wryly smiled. His eyes glinted before soul strings entered into Eustus and the other four, showing them the core things of what he did on Ardentia. "Once you''ve digested the information, you cane to talk to me about your decision," Aleron said with a smile before he vanished from the table and appeared inside the pce he structured. His pce was the highest distance from the ground, and a barrier covered the entire Vestelon n''s territory in this area where the Elves lived. Entering the pce, Aleron created a room on the ground floor at the furthest, behind the hall. ''Let''s make it,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted before space matter formed two meters in front of him, bending and twisting space before a tear opened and formed into a stable, perfect portal leading back directly to his Eldertide Archipgo. ''Perfect.'' [Gachapi: Power of Astral Flow concept is making creating portals so easy for you, Master.] [Astral: Ye, this stuff is easy for us, hehe.] Aleron left the room and arrived in the hall before sitting on a recliner couch he created conjured with his usual semi-liquidfy stuffingbo of using water and a bunch of non- elemental arcane sybus to make his couch asfortable as possible. His consciousness, a part of it, drifted into the Eldertide Archipgo, checking on everyone. Just as he looked at the Serpent''s Spine mountains, an explosion of aura urred. ''It''s Arran''tel,'' Aleron chuckled as he saw Arran''tel breaking through to Ascension-rank! But he was surprised to notice one more powerful aura that was already established in the Ascension-rank. "Eno?" Aleron arrived on the first mountain and saw Enorin in meditation. She opened her eyes and saw Aleron''s avatar in front of her, a smile blooming on her face, "Master, I broke through to Ascension half an hour ago. Just stabilizing my aura now and then I can join you...right?" "Of course! This is great," Aleron grinned, overjoyed as Enorin broke through and became super powerful! "Heck, if you go all out, you can even hurt me for real," Aleronughed. [Gachapi: For sure, she can kill you in a single all-out attack thanks to the boosts you have given her.] "Alright, focus on stabilizing. I am opening a portal here to a new ce in a new world," Aleron grinned. "Come once you are done stabilizing." "Yes, Master!" Aleron also talked with Arran''tel but didn''t disturb Yueha, Mei, and Nerathi who were in meditation to awaken their first Concept. The concept was indeed a bigger hurdle. Some could get lucky in a way, like Aleron and Enorin to have an epiphany andprehend a Concept fast. Then there were people like Arran''tel, who had lived for a long time, making it infinitely easier toprehend a Concept that synergizes with their heart, thoughts, or expertise. Nerathi was also in that field, so it was only a matter of time before she Awakened a Concept. Aleron went to the 27th mountain and saw Fang and others fighting against a bunch of Primeval-rank sma-Drill Giant Ants. It was a big nest, so the group was fighting strategically, retreating and attacking. Fang''s formations were truly useful, especially after hebined them with his Job ss''s skills-Chaos Choreographer. Conceal-type Formation and Maze-type Formation he created were perfect to confuse and lure away Ants while they dealt with however many they could. ''I should distribute the rest of the stuff I have to the rest,'' Aleron smiled and looked at his inventory. -Bloodlines- [Exceed-rank Bloodline: Astral Titan Zephyrvale.] [Legendary-rank Bloodline: Verdant Light Whisperwood.] [Legendary-rank Bloodline: Thunder Sunlit Serenade.] [Primeval-rank Bloodline: Crystal Kraken Prismalith.] [Legendary-rank Bloodline: Emberdusk Glimmer Fang.] --Job ss--- [Primary-order Job ss: Heavilist Mage.] [Rare-order job ss: Astral Weaver.] [Primary-order job ss: Aurora Shaman.] ''Alright, aside from this, I have two Symbios Gears as well. ck Viridrake is suitable to Hua, so that''s saved for him.'' ''As for Abyssal Ignister...Darzax doesn''t have his Symbios Gear, but this one isn''t suitable for him. He and Hua will have to start over anyway.'' ''But ck Viridrake is suitable on Hua, so he should get it.'' Aleron thought for a bit and observed the group''sbat before deciding to give the Abyssal Ignistar symbios gear to Ying. Ying''s main attributes were Darkness and Metal. He was an exotic weapon user with mastery of several weapons, fully aggressive assault oriented. ''Abyssal Ignistar is suitable for him,'' Aleron nodded. ''This Symbios Gear has Darkness, Light, and me attributes, in addition to the Ignistar anomaly attribute. Perfect to boost his combat style.'' Fang and others also decided to retreat as they exhausted themselves soon after Aleron made his decision. After meeting with them, Aleron took out the job ss runes and bloodline orbs. "Jiang, you take his Job ss, Heavilist Mage. This is suitable to you from what I observed so far." "So, it''s the power Fang, Liang, and Riki unt usually, haha. I gratefully ept the boon, my lord," Jiang heartilyughed and bowed before epting the job ss rune. "Next is Aurora Shaman job ss," Aleron smiled as he looked at Ruan, Lee, Ying, Rias, and Roxen. "Not me," Rias immediately said when she saw Aleron''s gaze lingering on her, her smile slightly awkward as she added, "I mean, your subordinate deserves your support first, so don''t take me into consideration." Chapter 169: Breakthrough Soon Chapter 169: Breakthrough Soon ? Rias and Roxe already knew the crazy powers Fang, Riki, and Liang could output, especially Fang and Riki because both of them had a job ss, a Bloodline, and a Symbios Gear each. Liang didn''t have a Bloodline yet, but she was still vastly stronger than others with the two additional power sources that others didn''t have: Job ss and Symbios gear. Ruan had a Symbios Gear, but not Job ss and Bloodline, but even just the Symbios Gear caused herbat power to outss Rias, Roxen, Lee, Ying, and Jiang. "Aurora Shaman is a mixed-type ss, having support and control-type skills of secret arcane knowledge from what I see," Aleron rubbed his chin. "To be honest, Rias, you''re the only one suitable for this job ss." "Do not worry about us,dy Rias," Lee chuckled. "If Master feels this job ss is more suitable to you than us, then you should take it." "This is the best course of action," Fang nodded. "Even though I don''t know the details of the job ss, Lee, Ying, Ruan, and Jiang don''t fit the ss''s name," Rikiughed. "You are a mage,dy Rias, and it sounds suitable with the Shaman." "If you practiced sword for a thousand years, but then you got a hammer as your weapon in battle, that would suck right?" Aleronughed. "That''s why,patibility is important." Rias sighed and smiled as she nodded, "Alright, I will thankfully ept this, Ale." She took the job ss rune and infused it into her source space, soon enveloping her in a powerful aura as she sat down on the ground in meditation like Jiang. Afterward, Aleron gave the job ss: Astral Weaver to Ruan. This job ss was offensive and control type from what he saw and felt it would be suitable and more useful for Ruan. All Job-ss runes he had were distributed. Now, the only ones who didn''t have job sses yet were Yueha, Mei, and Lee. As for Bloodlines, Aleron didn''t distribute all five of them. Out of five Bloodline orbs, he kept two for experiments to do using his Primordial Genome Whispere''s power. He kept the Primeval-rank Bloodline: Crystal Kraken Prismalith, and Exceed-rank Bloodline: Astral Titan Zephyrvale. The remaining three Bloodline orbs were of Legendary rank. He gave Thunder Sunlit Serenade to Jiang and gave Emberdusk Glimmer Fang to Lee. Those two had one or two attributes of the Bloodline matching their main elemental mastery, making it morepatible. As for the third legendary-rank Bloodline: Verdant Light Whisperwood, he decided to give it to Yorin, who was working non-stop on alchemy. Its power seemed more useful for Alchemy due to the Bloodline having the supportive ability and attributes of Light and Wood. "The rest of you can get a Bloodler once I summon more," Aleron said before he took out a mysteriously glowing orb containing a unique and cute wonder-creature looking like a drake with glistering orange scales within-the Symbios Gears. "This is Abyssal Ignistar, a Symbios Gear," Aleron said and the orb flew off from his hand before moving towards the group. "And from what I saw in the battle, Ying is more suitable with this." "Me?!" Ying''s eyes light up, practically on fire. "Really, Master?" "Of course, it''s yours." "Damn! Thank you so much, Master. I''m going to absolutely destroy our enemies with this!" Ying got his first boon from Aleron and eagerly absorbed the Symbios Gear before he was wrapped up in the cocoon. Aleron wanted to distribute Abyssal Ignistar and ck Viridrake Symbios Gears when he gave the Symbios Gears to Fang, Riki, Liang, and Ruan, but he had decided who to give those two Symbios Gears and withheld them. Once he was done here, Aleron''s avatar teleported and appeared in the Yorin''s Alchemy House. "Master, you came at a perfect time! I''ve already concocted three pills to make your foundational stats reach the maximum of Primeval rank," Yorin said with a broad grin as he presented three ss vials containing a pill each. "Each one will increase your strength stat by 100k, so these three pills will help you reach the peak in strength stat." Aleron''s eyes lit up, "Finally. You''re awesome, Yorin." "That''s my duty, Master," Yorin thumped his chest with gusto. "Now that I acquired mastery of crafting Primeval-rank pills, I am going to prepare a batch to make your stats reach the peak of Primeval-rank as fast as possible." "How long this will take?" Aleron eagerly asked while dumping all three pills in his mouth. His ass was practically on fire as he eagerly wanted the remaining pills to break through to the Ascension rank. [Gachapi: We should gather Gacha Points by doing some gamblings in the new world after this.] ''That means we are going to have fun soon and that''s the n in that new,'' Aleron grinned. "Yorin, take this Bloodline orb," Aleron took out the Verdant Light Whisperwood Bloodline orb. "This will make you stronger in all ways." "Wonderful," Yorin''s eyes lit up as he could feel the surgingpatibility of the bloodline orb resonated within him. "Thank you, Master. I am going to concoct pills in the jiffy. You need 3 Agility-Strengthening pills, 3 Health-strengthening pills, 3 stamina-strengthening pills, and 1 Magic-potency surging pill, all of Primeval-rank." Yorin somberly dered, "I will finish these pills within one and a half hours max, only after that I will absorb this Bloodline orb." After saying that, he left the hall and went to his private Alchemy room. "Boss, I got a knack in Alchemy and cksmithing, I think," Odar arrived and said with a grin. "Also, how is it going with the outside world now?" "You can go out to participate in the Grand Rado Labyrinth opening if you want to," Aleron chuckled. "You''ve already broken through to Exceed-rank." "All thanks to you, boss," Odar saluted Aleron with a grin. "And I would love to enter the Labyrinth and test my powers. I got not muchbat experience, after all." "That''s right. It''s going to open after six days, so you can go a day earlier and see the new world outside." "Awesome. Thanks, boss. I''ll go back to work now. I love this new life, haha." Aleron left and looked around at other ces everyone working and living merrily. Truly, the Necropolis, Beastfolk vige, and the Demons in the other continent, everyone was busy and jolly with their new lives in exploring this new world and a new path of their lives. Lastly, Aleron went to the Ind which was exclusive for Xorgs. He had shifted everything Xorg-rted in these Inds. The ck-marked individuals were all turned into Xorgs, totaling 4 million so far. Although there were very few soul-rted resources to increase soul potency, this was no longer a problem for Aleron''s people. Hell had over twenty million souls and all of them were getting refined, some less and moderately while somepletely to give more pure soul essence. There was nock of pure soul essence, so all of his subordinates could easily reach 500k soul potency and it would still be like a bucket of water was taken from the big well of pure soul essence that was filling up every day from millions of souls. As Aleron finished the tour, he focused back on the new world. Eutus, Marlina, and others floated outside of his pce, requesting a meeting as they hade to a decision after discussing the fate of their n based on the stuff Aleron showed them. ... In the space station above, "Lord Graystar, I need permission to take leave for a few days," a Draconite warrior with a powerful aura said while looking at a crystal orb in front of him. A gray-skinned handsome man with starry gray eyes on his long and shapely face appeared in the crystal orb. "Why?" Warlord Graystar asked his expression deadpan. "My brother was killed on our main..." Warlord Graystar narrowed his eyes, "You know the rules, Karthos. If the killer is a talented seed under a General or marked by one, you will not do anything." Karthos firmly nodded, "I will abide by the rules." "Go and finish the business," Warlord Graystar nodded. "We are getting more guests from the upper cosmos. They are seeking to create a cooperation between the top forces and the Cosmic Will might get influenced by them as well." "Make sure to get more talented seeds for our forces." "Understood. I will hold a tournament as well," Karthos nodded. "Once you are done, we are going to target a territory that lost its Warlord." "Oh? Who died or got ved by another?" Karthos asked in surprise. "That Demon Lord Narazar. I knew that Ant was going to get stepped on sooner orter. If not by others, then by us. Anyway, hurry up with the business there because the conquest of that territory will start after five days." "We are up against three more Warlord factions who want a piece of that territory and poption." "I shall quickly finish my matter," Karthos nodded, a glint in his eyes. ... "Sit," Aleron sat back on hisfortable couch chair while creating three chairs before him for Eustus, Marlina, and the guilty Remos who was still restrained by Aleron''s skill. "So, what have you decided?" Aleron asked, his eyes narrowed and sharp. "Just know that regardless of your decision, this Remos here is going to die." "Will you kill others too?" Marlina asked, her expression somber. Aleron calmly smiled as he answered, "Unless circumstances that render me helpless arise, I won''t stand by and let go of the bad apples I encounter." "We have decided to..." Eustus finally spoke, his tone firm, but eyes shaking. Chapter 170: Fun Waiting (1/2) Chapter 170: Fun Waiting (1/2) ? Vestelon Elf n had watched the crazy and bold feats of Aleron and his power. After they had considered everything, they didn''t need to think much about making their decision. "We have decided toe under your rule, Lord Aleron," Eustus expressed solemnly. "I hope that if troublese to us from Warlord Graystar''s Generals, you will take our n to your secret realm for safety." Aleron smiled. This was indeed the pie they sought. Their survival was not guaranteed with the troubles they encountered and having no backing for safety, but with Aleron, their n''s survival was absolutely guaranteed! "If the need arises, I will teleport your entire territory that is within my barrier into my secret realm in a jiffy." Eustus and Marlina felt relief wash over them as they heard that. They knew people with Space mastery could do wonders, but Aleron''s mastery was way higher than what they had heard. "Now that you have decided, you can pick an Elf you want me to train. Just send your candidate here, and I''ll keep the door open," Aleron grinned and stood up before looking at Remos. "I am going to imprison this Remos and forty-eight other Elves in your territory in a floating prison," Aleron said as his eyes glinted, marking all people and creating their memory crystals as forty-nine thumb-sized blue-white crystals appeared in front of Aleron. "These are memory crystals that contain their memories of them doing the deeds deserving of punishment." Aleron sent Remos and forty-eight other Elves into the prison he conjured beside his pce. "So you want us to handle and inform our public? Understood," Eustus put all memory crystals in a ss jar he conjured and nodded. "Just inform people of their deeds. These forty-nine Elves deserve to die, but only kill them after I return." "Understood," Marlina nodded. Aleron disappeared while Eustus and Marlina looked at the memory crystals. "We won''t need to fear Draconites now," Marlina joyfully said. "We have a strong backing now." "He is going to be a Warlord, so if Warlord Graystar found out about this, the trouble would be big. We have to maintain secrecy about him," Eustus somberly said. "But why did he go to the Draconites?" "Should have asked when he was still here," Eustus wryly smiled and stood. "Ring the n Announcement bell. The people are already getting restless about the prison that appeared and the elves Lord Aleron imprisoned." -- Aleron appeared in the Draconites'' territory, it was a big city in a huge valley housing over five hundred thousand Draconites. The structures were made of stones and crystals, mostly fire and earth attributed. [Gachapi: Are you here because of the Mark?] ''Yeah. If that Generales to me and a fight breaks out at the Elf n, they will get coteral damage despite my barrier.'' Aleron overlooked the territory from the sky and descended leisurely, not hiding his presence or aura. He floated 200 meters off the ground, above a tower at the city''s center, and sat on his Arcana Thrones. The Draconites soon gathered and immediately appeared fearful when they saw Aleron. They remembered how nobody was able to move or do anything because of him. Aleron knew these people wouldn''t obey him like the Elves did even if he showed them the memories. This n was headed by an Ascension-rank powerhouse, a General under the Warlord Graystar. If he exposed himself here and the talk reached the Warlord, Warlord Graystar would focus on him, which he didn''t want. As such, Aleron leisurely sat on his Arcana Throne and told the Draconites to ignore him. Naturally, they didn''t ignore him but kept watch over him while also rying the information to their n''s General who wasing here. "Hey, you want to y a game?" Aleron teleported beside a White-marked Exceed-rank Draconite, startling him. "G-Game?" the Draconite stammered as he flew back a bit from Aleron, clearly scared. The other twelve draconites who were watching Aleron twitched and quickly gathered there. "Rx," Aleronughed. "You all are good Draconites, that''s why you are not dead." Hearing his words, the thirteen Draconites were stunned as if they got the final piece of the puzzle they were trying to find. Over sixty powerful Draconites, both of Exceed and Primeval rank had died in that battle. It was a massive loss that they hadn''t seen for years in any battle. But some of the survivors were wondering why only bad apples among them, with bad personalities and nasty pasts, died while they survived. Some of them felt they were saved, and now they finally confirmed it. "What is your n? Why are you here?" the Draconite near Aleron asked after mustering courage. "I''m here to have fun," Aleron waved his hand and created a board game and a dice. "Come, let''s y." Aleron truly had nothing to do at the moment. He had mastered all magic there was to learn in the entire cosmos. He was capable of creating secret and forbidden knowledge himself based on theprehensive magic knowledge he possessed. Watching the battle between Elves and Draconites, he had already learned their specialties in Arcane path. As such, Aleron had nothing to do while waiting for the pills. He also didn''t want to go anywhere before meeting the Ascension-rank Draconite who was on his way to hunt him for revenge. "Four people can y at the same time, so I want two more. Who is willing?" Aleron asked with a grin as he looked at others. "If you want, I will give you a Forbidden Magic Tome." Aleron quickly cooked a secret arcane sybus,bining me, Earth, and Wood Arcane sybus with a bunch of non-elemental Arcane sybi and cooked ten SSS-rank skills. "What magic tome?" "You are kidding, right?" Aleron smiled. He took a few more seconds and was finally done cooking as a dragon-themed fiery scaled patterned book conjured before him. The Draconites felt a powerful aura from the magic book, their eyes shining as they felt esoteric power within it. Chapter 171: Fun Waiting (2/2) Chapter 171: Fun Waiting (2/2) ? "This is zeburst Tome of Arcane Inferno," Aleron thought of a cool and opened the book''s first page as it radiated the unique elemental energy he created. "Learning this will allow you to create the zeburst Essence that fuels ten SSS-rank skills of different types in this book. It requires me, Earth, and Wood affinity to learn, so not all of you can learn it, but once you learn it, it''s more powerful than your n''s secret magic art." These Draconites used two magic arts that fueled their skills, first Magme Essence and Crimson re Essence. Crimson re essence was of higher rank, but it was still weaker than zeburst Essence Aleron created. It was on the same level as the Shadeblitz Abrration essence of the Eldritch Tome of Arcane Aberrations, which containedbined aspects of Shadow, Lightning, and Blood Sybus. These Draconites were Exceed and Primeval-rank, so they could clearly sense the powerful arcane essence of this magic tome Aleron showed. "It''s a real deal!" "I have all three elements, so I can learn it!" "How do we win that?" "I will y!" The Draconites became excited, their wariness disappearing. Aleronughed and said, "Only two more. Not all of you need to y, but even if one of you wins, this Magic Tome is yours." In the end, the Draconites decided the two more yers using rock, paper, scissors. The board game was an adventure game with each yer having Health Points and Gear Slots and they would wander in the big world of peril and fortune by rolling dice. The first one to reach the 500th step would be the winner, but with many obstacles and random stuff in between, it was fun. "I got six!" The 3D model character on the board moved six steps, arriving on a mountain peak disying an embedded sword with lightning crackling on clouds. It was all life-like since Aleron created it like that. Soon, a monotone voice rang. [You acquired a Thunderfell Sword, Attack+30.]" "Wow, that''s good" "Finally got a second gear. This one is good." "My turn." [Fell into the Swamp of ckrot, you lose 23 health points.] "Pff, keep this up and you''re dead." "He''s lucky he got armor-type gear in the previous turn or he would lost more health points." While ying, half an hour passed by and the winner was about to be decided. Aleron was second to lose all of his health points, so only two Draconites were racing to reach the end. The Magic Tome was already theirs, but everyone was absorbed in the game, wanting to see who would win. Suddenly, Aleron felt Enorin''s presence appearing in his pce in the elf n and teleported her beside his Arcana Throne. Enorin was surprised, but only her eyebrows moved up before she calmly asked, "This is?" Aleron grabbed her wrist as Enorin felt a pull, but she didn''t resist and let him lead before she found herself on Aleron''sp. "Wee, Eno. We are ying a game here." Enorin saw what happened on the board after a Draconite rolled the dice and understood the game. "I understand now," Enorin nodded. "It''s interesting." Aleron grinned and poked Enorin''s stomach from the sides, "It seems you were eager toe here and didn''t stabilize fully." Enorin''s cheeks turned slightly pink, "I thought I would stabilize the physical body by fighting here, and... I wanted to be with Master fast." Aleron heartilyughed and hugged her tightly with his arms around her stomach, "You''re too cute~" Enorin felt as if thousands of horses were running over her heart, her cheeks flushed and stomach like a burning stove. "I won! Let''s go!" "Damn it!" "Six to end, hahaha. What luck." "This bastard became lucky halfway and never backed down." Aleronughed as he watched them getting worked up. "Here''s your reward," Aleron snapped his finger as the magic tome appeared again. The draconites looked at it with fiery eyes as the book flew towards the winner draconites. "Thanis, take it and learn," the Draconites gave it to another one. "You''re most talented in our n, but you didn''t have a chance to learn outside in the city for better skills." "That''s right. Thanis deserves it most to learn first. The n head''s son took the quota even though it should have Thanis." Thanis was moved to tears as he heard all that and grabbed the Magic Tome with trembling hands. Aleron saw that the guy was an Exceed-rank and was also the youngest in the group. "Nepotism runs everywhere, aye. Hey, Thanis, if you can learn that Magic Tome and all of its skills, I''ll give you one more reward." Enorin was smiling and also rxed now, her eyes were to her left where Aleron''s head was resting on her shoulder. "We didn''t even ask your name, benefactor," Thanis respectfully said and bowed, "Thank you and would you honor us with your name?" "The name''s Aleron, nice to meet you," Aleron grinned. "Lord Aleron, I-I shouldn''t say it, but General Karasen wille here soon," Thanis said as his eyes dodged around. The others also turned silent. "Yeah, I am waiting for him here," Aleronughed. "No need to worry about me. Anyway, let''s go for the second round." "I''ll make the board bigger to include all of us inside. Let''s see.... This time, I''ll give you a powerful one-time use magic item that can stop time within an area for one minute." || || || || While Aleron, Enorin, and other Draconites started ying the second round of the Bizzare Magic Adventure board game, the other Draconites began gathering watch as well. Naturally, among the higher-ups of the Draconites, there were a few bad apples remaining. One of them was a Primeval-rank powerhouse who had stayed there and was angry at Aleron and others for ying. ''Did they fucking forget that the n head died!'' ''Damn it!'' The dynamic of this Draconite n was a bit different. Their n head was not good and the majority of Draconites were naturally oppressed, their city running with corruption and unfairness. ''They will be punished once General arrives here!'' He didn''t want to make a ruckus in fear of his death, so frustrated and angry, he went to a residential area in the city, about tomit his usual atrocity. Chapter 172: General Arrives Chapter 172: General Arrives ? Aleron wanted to make the red and ck disappear, but he, of course, was patient because he was keeping tabs on them. "Damn, I am winning this one," Aleronughed as his Dice rolled 4 and hended in a Treasure Cave. "Boss, you gotta deal with the monster before you get the treasure. Time to check, hahaha." [Three-Tailed Demonic Fox revealed.] [After a struggling fight, Aleron killed the monster and acquired Chalice of Immortal. Health filled to full and gained 100 maximum health points.[ "Holy shit! This is one of the top-tier items." "Lendrel got one, and now boss Aleron also got one. We have to do something or we''ll die in the Forest of Dark Whispers." The group continued with the 3D board game, but suddenly after a minute, Aleron''s eyes suddenly frosted over, his body oozing pressure as everyone was taken aback and turned to him. Aleron snapped his finger angrily before everyone saw a middle-aged Draconite man appearing in the center of the board game. "Elder Rikal?" "What happened?" Aleron cleared his throne andposed himself before saying, "He has raped your n''s women and got rid of a few of them. At the moment, he was at one of the houses and was about to force himself on someone." "He didn''t like what we were doing here, so he took out his frustration on a woman, beating her up, so I stopped him and brought him here," Aleron coldly looked at the Rikal. The Draconites were shocked, but half of them were not surprised as if they knew what kind of person Rikal was. "And if you want proof, here it is," Aleron waved his hand and showed the house where he entered and beat up a woman, about to rip her clothes off. "T-This can''t be..." Thanis''s voice trembled, his eyes bloodshot as he watched. "M- Mother..." The other Elite Draconites were also startled. Half of them knew Rikal was bad, but he was a strong Primeval-rank powerhouse and close to the n head and other scums that had died, so they couldn''t do anything. At the moment, Rika was in charge of the n matters as the strongest among of them after others died. But they didn''t know Rikal was abusing Thanis''s mother. From the video, they could clearly see that it wasn''t the first time Rikal had gone there. Naturally, the truth came to light immediately with Aleron''s help. It appeared that Thanis'' mother gave in to Rikal''s abuse in exchange for getting Thanis better training and resources, so he could get stronger. Behind Thanis, he threatened her that if she didn''t listen to him, he would kill Thanis secretly when he was doing some task or training outside and no one would know. "I deserved it, but y-you..." Thanis tremblingly pointed his finger at Rikal. "I was the best! I deserved those resources and opportunities from the n, so why?! Why did you torture my mother like that?!" "Why?" Rikal nastily grinned. "Because I like it! I like to manipte women like that and abuse them! It gives me joy, you dumbass!" Aleron sealed his mouth and called a Zord from his secret realm. Zepheremal, the Fleeting Fatality Fangs. The dreadful-looking bird arrived in its cute miniature form and perched on Aleron''s shoulder. "Zepth, turn into your Armament form." "Okie." Soon, a metallic mirror with white fang patterns on its slick and sharp de with a micro fang-like structure on its de''s edge appeared, with dark blue and crimson designs on the rest of the part. "Here, kill him," Aleron waved his hand as the Fleeting Fatality Scissors floated before Thanis. "This bastard has ruined and killed many innocent women. It''s time to end this." "Kill him, Thanis!" "That''s right! This rotten scum needs to die!" "I think we should wait..." Thanis screamed and drove the Fleeting Fatality Scissors into Rikal''s chest, his eyes bloodshot. "Die!" The scissors shone as Zeph used its power and shredded Rikal before devouring him. Aleron captured his soul and sent it into his Hell. "Don''t worry, he won''t get peace with this death since he had caused suffering to others for years," Aleron patted Rikal''s shoulder. "He will rot in my hell for 50 years with constant torture before either disappearing forever or turning new." "Cough, since we''ve done this once, how about I bring out all the bad apples of your n?" Aleron asked as he looked at all the elite Draconites who had gathered due to thismotion. "..." "Really?" || || Aleron rubbed his palm and smiled, "Alright, then let''s do it." In the next second, 9439 people appeared in a group, everyone hidden or non-hidden red and ck marked Draconite was captured from this Mave Draconite n''s territory, from this huge city housing over five hundred thousand people. [Astral: Ayo, it''s going to be a massacre. Will this people like it?] [Gachapi: Tough question.] Aleron looked at their reactions and only their expressions changed while silence remained in the sky. However, the uproar had begun to form in the city below. "Lord Aleron, this..." Thanis turned to Aleron while pointing his finger at the crowd of 9439 people. "Are they all bad like Rikal?" "I recognize most of the rtives of the n head and Rikal in this." "The head of Rasjel house, the business executive of our n is there." "What the hell is going on?" "Are we going to listen to this outsider?" Aleron was looking at everyone and hearing the uproar, but he was silent as if thinking something. Enorin looked to her left at Aleron before asking, "Master, should I execute them?" "No need." Aleron''s eyes glinted and he finished creating memory crystals. Thanis and others saw thousands of crystals floating above Aleron. "These crystals contain their memories of the vile deeds that are fully deserving of death and their ce in my hell," Aleron''s voice rang. "Take it and judge these people yourselves. They are yours." After saying that, Aleron grabbed Enorin''s hand before both of them vanished and appeared tens of kilometers above, over the clouds. "So, did you decide what you want, Eno? I remember the bet and promise I made." Enorin''s eyes lit up as she looked at Aleron, causing him tough, "Say it. What do you want?" "I...I want to stay with Master forever," Enorin said, cheeks painted red. "L-Like sister Yueha, I want to be intimate with you and love you." "You''re making me blush!" Aleron got up and hugged her with a broad grin on his face. Enorin felt warm and happy in the hug, and she also actively squeezed her arms, feeling blissful pleasure. Alsa, the moment didn''tst long because danger bells rang in their brains and a powerful crimson-ck beam struck them from the sky. Aleron''s expression was serious and Enorin could feel death itself. Theser was powerful enough to breakthrough Aleron''s heavy-duty perpetual barrier, but it would have still given enough time for Aleron to teleport away with Enorin. However, Aleron suddenly didn''t require it as he met it head-on in a new way. The seemingly powerful sh of the dreadfulser against Aleron''s barrier was totally one- sided as theser couldn''t go past one inch of distance that appeared infinite between the barrier and theser. Aleron could already see the person who attacked him, one kilometer above them. ''This guy sensed my radar and concealed himself up to here. Looks like a Draconite and has Ascension- rank lifeform base, so that should be the General.'' As if the opponent sensed the futility of thisser attack, it stopped. "Impressive. Still in Primeval rank, but such a powerful Concept and skill already." Aleron and Enorin saw a three meters tall Draconite with a muscr frame and in a silver- ck metallic warrior, armor set floating ten meters across them. "Why did you kill my brother?" Karthos asked as he eyed Aleron, measuring him and Enorin. ''That woman is dangerous, and the guy is giving me strange vibes...'' Karthos''s expression was somber. ''It seems this won''t be as easy as I thought. Who are they?'' "Well..." Aleron narrowed his eyes and it focused on a big fat ck mark above Karthos. [Gachapi: We can kill him if you want to, and then escape fast. But we should take both ns into the secret realm if we are going to kill him.] [Astral: This dude is weaker than Demon Lord Narazar, so it should be easy.] "I killed your brother, for a good reason," Aleron''s eyes glinted before suddenly a huge domain expanded from Aleron, turning a kilometers radius of the area into a strange ck space of absolute darkness with flickering lights. This was his Arcane Domain that he should have created when he broke through to Exceed- rank but was toozy to work on it. However, he decided to finish it when he was watching the board game. "We can''t risk him giving this information to Graystar now," Aleron''s voice rang and Karthos could hear it, but he couldn''t detect Aleron''s presence or Enorin''s at all! ''What the hell is this Domain?! How can it be so suppressive?!'' Karthos was sweating buckets just by being in this strange. Even though he wasn''t targeted or attacked by anything, just being in his ne of existence that was someone''s Domain made him feel death. He tried reaching outside to form soulmunication because it was entirely blocked. ''These two are working for a Warlord and I have to inform Lord Graystar,'' Karthos''s aura became more vtile, his eyes glowering as he prepared to go all out to break through this Domain. However, he suddenly felt danger and finally felt a presence as his pupils shrank. In the next second, powerful shes began ringing in this Domain between Enorin and Karthos. Aleron was present everywhere in this Starry Astral Domain, and because of his unlimited Magilore source, he had toughened this Domain and its parameters to the highest possible by pouring 100 million Magilore. Chapter 173: Big Win Chapter 173: Big Win ? ''I can''t escape, damn it!'' Karthos thought before he was struck by Enorin''s sword and thrown away, his armor slightly cracking. Karthor could feel heavy blows of each skilling at him, and failure to parry them as he kept umting injuries. Aleron watched the battle and made a bet as well to activate a Gacha Quest. ''Eno, finish him off without getting injured in the slightest if possible.'' Enorin''s eyes suddenly shone a savage glint, going all out on Karthor as she used her job ss skill-Warrior''s Cleave, inbination with her own crude Savant-grade skill-Blooming Shiv Flower. It was her Concept, Prism Scope''s power weaved into her skill-Light Burst de. In the next moment, Enorin''s heavy board sword unleashed a cross-sh, but with strange mirroring phenomena on its front and back, which reflected the cross-shes'' four points, and suddenly, the cross-sh transformed and bloomed into a hundred-petaled flower with this Prism Scope''s effects. Each petal was a projectile akin to a sh, golden and sharp with golden lightning crackling around it, condensed with great power and mastery. Karthos had no choice but to take it head-on as this sort of skill was easily controlled, and dodging was no solution unless the attack struck something else, but there was nothing inside this Domain but darkness and emptiness. Aleron had removed suppressive effects from Karthor as he had made the bet for Enorin to defeat Karthor without his help and without getting injured even slightly. The sh urred as Karthor''s defense met Enorin''s attack, his fiery-red scaled barrier and shield blocked the attack, but not for long. The metallic-shining crimson magma shield cracked and shattered along with several petals of the flower, Karthos groaned as he poured in more energy into the barrier, but it was only a matter of time before it broke, so he decisively used a movement skill and dashed to the side while his barrier broke and exploded, destroying half of the petals. But it was not over and Karthos knew that as he sensed the two attacksing his way, one was the flower and the second one was Enorin''s second attack as she was a meter away from Karthor, her intensely glowing broad sword with lightning patterns searing into it with thest bit of her power in this two-pronged attack. Karthor had a trump card, a one-time use defensive item. ''I lost tons of energy in the previous defense...what do I do?'' The barrier from a four-pointed blue crystal with a golden metallic border in his ne shone and formed a honeb-structured barrier around him as both attacks struck him. *Crack...* ''Shit!'' Looking at Enori, he was terrified at the sheer and pure focus in her eyes with an unadulterated desire to obliterate him by giving her all. The barrier cracked even more under the pressure of both attacks, so with no other hand, Karthos gave his all, pouring his energies to toughen the barrier andyer more defense, but the helplessness in his eyes couldn''t be more obvious now. He was in the death''s maw. Unable to contact outside due to this Domain, and using his one- time use defensive item, he was on hisst legs by trying to dy his end. "FUCK!" Karthos roared before his barriers and defenses shattered, along with the Blooming Shiv Flower, but Enorin''s sword struck him and exploded like a nuke, bursting out a lightning explosion that obliterated Karthor and his gears. Enorin''s vision blurred and she fell a bit, but she felt her butt on Aleron''s thighs and rxed as her head rested on Aleron''s chest. Sitting on his Arcana Throne with Enorin on hisp, Aleron patted her head and said, "Good job. You really went all out there." Enorin''s win granted Aleron a lot of Gacha points! To remain unharmed in front of an equally strong opponent was not easy. Even though Enorin was more powerful due to her Divine- ranked Bloodline, Symbios Gear, and Job ss, her stats were still around the same as Karthos, some even lower, because Karthos also had Divine-ranked Bloodline and his foundational stats were higher than Enorin''s since he had progressed in Ascension-rank lifeform while Enorin had just broken through and only had the passive increase from Ascension Life Rune. The bet was difficult due to the condition of Enorin not getting injured in the slightest, and Enorin knew if she lengthened the battle, she would lose her Master''s bet. The only way was to go all out. The edge in power went in her favor because she had two Anomaly attributes that boosted her power, one from her Bloodline and one from her Symbios Gear, not to mention, her weapon-the Symbios Gear''s first Gear form, was stronger than Karthos''s weapon. But to ensure her victory and fulfill Aleron''s bet, Enorin squeezed everyst drop of her energy and went all out. She hadpletely exhausted her Stamina, Magilore, Soul energy, and even her Bloodline Essence in thest attack to boost it to kill Karthor, after which she waspletely drained and weakened. "You really did good, Eno," Aleron kissed her forehead and whispered, "Take rest and sleep...i will join youter." "Mhmm," Enorin nodded. Aleron gently put his hand over her eyes before she found herself in the bedroom in Necropolis. The exhaustion and drowsiness hit as she quickly went into a deep slumber. On the other hand, Aleron looked at the Gacha Points and sighed in amazement. ''I didn''t think she would do it without getting injured, but awesome. I got 30,000 Gacha Points in this quest.] [Astral: Fantastic, mindblowing, outstanding, Mastah.] [Gachapi: Master, we should escape now, quickly. Take both ns with us or they might face Graystar''s wrath." ''Right.'' Without asking questions or informing anyone, ALeron teleported all the people of the Elf n and Draconite n into his secret realm. The Draconites and Elves were startled and panicked as they suddenly found themselves in a huge barren ck ground with a chain of volcanos a kilometer away. This was one of the many Inds in the Eldertide Archipgo. Aleron exined to them why they were here, and not surprisingly, both ns were more than happy to settle in a world-type secret realm with abundant resources and opportunity under this new ruler who didn''t seem bad. The Elves''s leaders were already willing from their previous interaction with Aleron while Draconites were half-willing and half-helpless. After talking a bit more, Aleron shifted the Elves to another ind which was more in line with their affinities while Draconites stayed on the volcanic ind. Aleron got an idea, so he also decided to arrange something fun. Looking at the screen before him, Aleron nodded with a grin as he finished preparation after ten minutes. Demonic Ind - 1,974,322 Demons. Elven Ind 264,403 Elves Draken Ind - 510,399 Draconites. All three inds showed a big screen disying Aleron and a big portal above the screen. "The portal you see leads to another secret realm called Whispering Hollow. It''s not as big as this and the monsters and resources there are only upto Exceed-rank. So, those of you at Exceed-rank or below can enter inside to explore and acquire the resources." "What you all get is up to you. Conflicts and all to acquire resources are fine, and if you die, you are responsible for it, but...death is not the end here. Your death will only arrive when your lifespan of soul runs out or your soul gets destroyed." "As such, even if you die, the only price you need to pay is that you will need to start from scratch in a new body. I haven''t learned how to create a properly functional physical body yet, but I n to do that eventually." Chapter 174: Merge Wonder Chapter 174: Merge Wonder ? "I will hold a tournamentter and winners will get a fortune that will make them strong and even have a chance to be part of the Elite Clubs directly under my care." Aleron grinned, "Enjoy and good luck, folks." ''I will open portals to enter this Whispering Hollow secret realm on Ardentia as well, so everyone below Exceed-rank canpete in apetitive environment.'' It was perfect because only those at Exceed-rank and lower could enter this secret realm. It also only birthed resources up to the peak of Exceed-rank and resources'' rank also capped at Exceed-rank. Aleron wanted to merge this Whispering Hollow with Eldertide Archipgo after he learned about Pocket Dimensions recently due to encounters with those Aurocrists in Miniworld, but using it this way to nurture more powerhouses was better. Soon after he finished and was looking at Yorin at the final cusp of finishing his pill set, a ck watery portal opened beside Aleron from which Arran''tel and Nerathi emerged. "Quite a nice arrangement you''ve made, master," Arran''tel chuckled and bowed, "We have stabilized ourselves at Ascension-rank and can assist you now." "Master, have you really mastered all arcane knowledge like Arran told me?" Nerathi stared at Aleron, her eyes curious. "Why would I lie?" Arran''tel pinched Nerathi''s waist. Aleronughed. "Well, I can indeed master all magic-rted knowledge rather quickly." "Can you create this?" Nerathi''s eyes glinted before a wisp of gray-colored me with a dark green hue appeared. Aleron looked at the wisp of me, his eyes sparkling as if magic was brewing in them. Two secondster, he grinned and snapped his finger, as the same type of me appeared, "This elemental power is created from the synergy of the Fire element and Death element. Deadly if you have suitable SSS-rank skills as well. No wonder you were one of the big heads." "Wow..." Nerathi was shocked, "This is Ruination Ignis Essence from Ruined ze Art of Burning Demise. I got this magic tome when I entered a secret realm in the forbidden zone and managed to learn it after painstakingly learning the Death arcane sybus by doing stupid things that almost made me kill thousands of times." "You worked hard," Arran''tel chuckled and patted her head. "Indeed, good work, Nerathi," Aleron grinned. "Also, there''s a secret realm''s portal there? I didn''t find it on my radar." "It was there, but not anymore," Nerathi wryly smiled. "I only entered once, and I arrived directly into a ruined castle. After I got that magic tome while exploring a bit, I returned and didn''t enter again because there was no telling when the portal would disappear and indeed, it disappeared three dayster after I entered." "I see..." "So, Master, are you going to do anything right now?" Arran''tel asked. "Yep, I am going to empty the secret realms, so I can merge them into this Eldertide Archipgo," Aleron grinned. "You two can''t enter in elemental secret realms since only Primv-rank and below can enter, but I have a new ce for you to venture." Aleron opened the portal to the Graystar Warlord''s. "This is dangerous, so I have a few things for you," Aleron conjured two cloaks and two round badges with a star-patterned design that resembled a swirling portal. "These cloaks have a runtime of 20 hours. Keep it activated when you travel so that no one can discover your presence and power. These cloaks have the power topletely separate yourself in a parallel spatialyer. No one can discover you unless someone has mastery of space and a powerful scout-type skill." "But of course, if you use your skill, then your presence will permeate outside and you will be discoverable, so take note of that." Arran''tel and Nerathi nodded. The cloaks were soft and had a semi-energy structure, looking dreamy and magical. "These two badges can be activated two times. You can use it to open a portal leading back here. The cloak will run for 20 hours, so return before the time runs out." Arran''tel nodded and said, "We shall settle in a big city and gather information." "Yep. I wille to you when I am done here and we''ll think what to do next. I want to look at that Warlord''s territory while I am not a Warlord yet." From Narazar''s memories, he already knew some rules of Warlords, one of which was that if a Warlord entered another Warlord-owned territory, it would cause Cosmic Will to trigger notification to the owner Warlord, along with the live location of the Warlord that invaded. "Don''t expose yourselves and stay safe." Arran''tel and Nerathi entered, both thrilled to begin the new adventure. Meanwhile, Aleron entered me ze Abode and teleported all Elves who were training here to the Elven Ind in his secret realm. Afterward, he drove away the rest of the people at various portals throughout the vast me ze Abode''s world. It was twice as size of the Eldertide Archipgo, but all Elemental-type secret realms were usually this big and they were meant to be conquered and absorbed into world-type secret realms. Elemental-type secret realms were capped at Primeval rank while world-type secret realms were upgradable, eventually turning into Miniworlds that could exist between higher and lower cosmos. However, if an Elemental-type secret realm''s core was absorbed into a World-type secret realm, then the world-type secret realm would upgrade and it would also bloom the power of the absorbed elemental-type secret realm''s core. Aleron wanted to follow up on his idea and n after he got information about the secret realm upgrade process from Gachapi-he wanted to modify Eldertide Archipgo and create a vast ind bybining a bunch of inds and concentrating me ze Abode''s dimensional core''s influence within confines of this one vast ind. He wanted to create the biggest and most powerful Forge on this ind as well, to craft exotic weapons and items! It would be a hub of cksmiths and people to reach level 10 in me Mastery by training on this ind. ''Let''s start.'' Aleron drove off every single living being from the me ze Abode with his overwhelming mastery of space and time, mainly thanks to his Concept''s boost. No one could move or fight him and whether anyone wanted or not, they were sent back into their world through the portal. He finished the work in thirty minutes, sending everyone out and closing off all portals before finally starting. Aleron''s consciousness entered into the secret realm''s core and he started pouring his Magilore to refine it, taking the core under his control. [Gachapi: Haiz...people take months and years as they work together by supplying constant Magilore to one person, who would refine the core in full focus so as to not lose control, but all of that doesn''t concern our Master.] Aleron had unlimited Magilore, the highest form of control, and super prodigious talent of magic path, that he awakened. His refinement speed was going off the charts! [Astral: That''s a big disparity, big bro. If others saw Mastah like this, wouldn''t they puke blood?] [Gachapi: Indeed.] [Astral: kekeke, it seems like Mastah will finish this in ten minutes.] Chapter 175: Secret Realm Fest, Breakthrough Chapter 175: Secret Realm Fest, Breakthrough ? Aleron finished refining the me ze Abode''s core, grasping it within his control. Afterward, he directly linked its core with Eldertide Archipgo''s core, beginning the assimtion. This wasn''t something he had to oversee, so this was one task done. ording to Gachapi, it would take over a day to finish the process of Eldertide Archipgo''s core to absorb the me ze Abode''s core and upgrade itself. But Aleron wanted to re-design this secret realm as well and began by shifting tens of inds together to form a single big ind, using abundant magic to mend the problems if any arose before he finally finished the design. The huge ind spanned 2000 kilometers from north to south and 2200 distance from east to west. This huge ind became the target of the influence that the upgrading Eldertide Archipgo would spread. "This ind will be called me Forge Ind," Aleron dered as he looked at it from above with a smile. Since the process started, the number of fire elements on this ind had already increased. During the next 24 hours, this ind wouldpletely change from fundamentals. "Since I am here, I might as well create more of such big inds." Aleron then made four more giant Inds and positioned them such that they were in a five- pointed star position with nothing in the center except for the all-permeated ocean of this secret realm. Aleron also had to control the waters due to his ind shiftings or the whole secret realm''s inds would be flooded with tsunamis and bring aquatic monsters on the ground. All in all, a huge chaos would have urred if he hadn''t prevented tsunamis from forming. By the time he finished this arrangement of inds, Yorin was done creating the pill set. Aleron went there and chugged the pills one by one as his stats boosted crazily. "Awesome, Yorin. These pills are great." "Thank you, boss. I''ll proceed to make big batches of Primeval-rank pills, using the tons of resources we have," Yorin grinned. "Good," Aleron''s eyes shone. "We can use these pills as a reward. We can use pills of all ranks as rewards to boostpetition." ... Aleron didn''t linger and went to the second secret realm. He was still processing the pills and didn''t n to stabilize his foundation until he finished assimting the remaining elemental-type secret realms with the Eldertide Archipgo. Dark Tide Ind-Darkness-elemental realm. Terraflux Grove - Earth-elemental realm. After he finished assimting both of them, Aleron fell into thought, ''Should I summon more secret realms from the banner?'' [Gachapi: You should, Master. There are many elemental-type secret realms, in hundreds, but we should get all elements avable-Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Darkness, and Light. The rest of the elements are essentially the product ofbinations of these elements.] [Gachapi: Just like the Magma and Crystal elemental sybus was produced from abination of Earth and Fire in different ways, the other advanced elements are the same.] ''Yeah, I get what you''re saying. We should have those six elemental zones at least for people to train in. From those six, the rest would be up to people to master on their own.'' [Gachapi: Exactly.] ''Alright, let''s summon. I need the Light elemental secret realm and the Wind elemental secret realm. Hope we get it in without wasting too much Gacha points.'' Aleron bought two tickets for the banner-Secret Realms: Fest of Demines. [... You have acquired the secret realm: Rising Crow''s Nest-Dungeon-type.] [... You have acquired the secret realm: Ventus Sky Windward-Elemental-type.] ''Damn, we got lucky. Now we only need Light.'' Aleron bought three more tickets and summoned more secret realms. [...You have acquired the secret realm: Spectral Overlook-Primeval-rank/World-type] [... You have acquired the secret realm: Wraithwood Grove-Exceed-rank/World-type] [... You have acquired the secret realm: Ebon Crypt-Dungeon-type] ''Ouch.'' [Gachapi: Let''s not summon more. Who knows when we''ll get the Light elemental secret realm.] -Gacha Points: 56,620 ''True, the chances are low now but let me do three more,'' Aleron decided after looking at the remaining Gacha Points. ''If we don''t get it, then screw it.'' Aleron summoned three times more. [... You have acquired the secret realm: Thundering Mesa-Elemental-type] [...You have acquired the secret realm: Luminous Cascade-Elemental-type] [...You have acquired the secret realm: Mizupa Aquadome-Elemental-type] ''Holy shit?!'' Aleron''s eyes shone. ''This is more than what I asked for!'' [Astral: Wonderful.] [Gachapi: Let''s finish it. We didn''t need Water-elemental, but we also got it. Let''s just assimte it to the water source of Eldertide Archipgo.] ''Haha, this is amazing. d I summoned.'' [Gachapi: True...] [Astral: Kekeke, big bro got busted.] Aleron went to both of those secret realms, cleaned all the people inside sent them back before closing portals, and finished refining the secret realms after half an hour. Once he was done, he sat down in meditation to stabilize his foundation. His physical body''s foundation was consolidated quickly with his high mastery of Body Path thanks to Primordial Genome Whisperer''s knowledge and power. Ten minutester, he began consolidating his magic source and was done with it ten minutes as well. His soul source was already at max stat points and consolidated, so the moment he finished with his magic source, his aura exploded and his lifeform evolved, breaking the limits and opening new ceilings. He had already met the main requirements to break through long ago, so he instantly broke through to Ascension-rank after reaching the peak of Primeval-rank. [Gachapi: The main struggle starts now, Master. There are no Ascension-rank resources because they are only avable in Ascension-ranks and in control of this Cosmic Will. In short, only a Warlord can begin to acquire it.] [Gachapi: It''s like how Cane gives Ascension-rank resources as rewards for variouspetitions and challenges in Radrata Cosmos, this Cosmos Will must have something as well.] ''And we''ll only know that after bing Warlord or...checking out another Warlord''s turf,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted and a thrilled glint appeared in his eyes. ''Time to meet up with Arran''tel and Nerathi.'' Aleron stillcked some subordinates to fulfill the requirement to be a Warlord. He could be one if he just visited Elves and Draconites and added them as members of the Golden Fool Club, but not yet. He wanted to visit Graystar Warlord''s turf and look around personally first. Aleron opened a portal and left while five Inds were undergoing foundational changes along with the upgrade process of Eldertide Archipgo as it was assimting seven cores simultaneously! Fire, Earth, Wind, Water, Light, Darkness, Lightning. Water element was already present heavily in the Eldertide Archipgo, but now it would be even more prominent as the Mizupa Aquadom''s core power would permeate throughout the sea. After Aleron was done, he checked on Enorin but didn''t wake her up and let her rest. Yueha and Mei were stillprehending their Concept, while Fang, Riki, Ruan, Lee, Ying, Liang, Jiang, Roxen, and Rias were clearing up Serpent''s Spine mountains one by one and sending resources to Yorin. The group was training hardcore and was improving tremendously inbat art while increasing their proficiency in various fields. ... Graystar Warlord''s Star System, Zerbris. Arran''tel and Nerathi had already roamed in towns to find general information before they departed in the direction of Zerbis Great City. This under Warlord Graystar''s rule had established dynamics for poption. Great Cities-only three existed on the whole, but they were jointly handled by Generals and Warlord Graystar himself. These cities were thergest in infrastructure and poption, a hub where resources were distributed and events were held. Aside from the Great Cities, the rest of the poption was allowed to form Sects or ns to live their life and progress in any way they liked. net Zerbris was a Tier-1, ten times the size of Ardentia while having abundant resources and development. While Arran''tel and Neranthi were traveling, Aleron appeared out of nowhere in front of them before the trio began traveling fast with Aleron''s teleport, soon arriving at one of the three Great Cities-Candloom City. It appeared massive in size and housed 740 million poption, causing Aleron''s jaw to drop to see the city of such a massive scale. It appeared semi-sci-fi with a mix of technology vibe and magic vibe in terms of appearance and infrastructure. ''There are over ten thousand Primeva-rank powerhouses in this city!'' [Gachapi: The city has many portals and some strange phenomena, which I believe are boons for Warlords. Thisrge poption means this Warlord has ess to huge resource sources.] ''Like how I have Secret realms?'' [Gachapi: Yes. I think it must be rted to Warlord status and the perks thate with it. We''ll find outter.] ... While Aleron was touring this Great City with Arran''tel and Nerathi, an emergency meeting was held in Warlord Graystar''s Space Castle which was situated between his threes. "Karthos is dead. He died on Zerbris. I can''te there right now, so investigate this thoroughly." "What?! My lord, are you saying Karthos was killed in our own territory?" "At his own n. I have already found out that his n and the nearby Elf n are no longer there. Something has happened and I want to know what as soon as possible." "How is meeting going over there with the big shots, Lord?" "The visitors from the higher cosmos want to y a dangerous game in order to enve this Cosmos'' Will. The discussion is still in process with the top 5 Warlords. Get the job done fast, I am cutting off." Graystar''s screen vanished and the Generals furrowed their brows. "The Cosmic Ascension Competition''s next round is going to start soon and now this..." "It feels like something big is about to happen." "Whatever it is, we need to finish the task first. Let''s go." The other General''s screens also vanished while one physical present in the meeting room left as well, returning to work. Chapter 176: Inspection Cut Short Chapter 176: Inspection Cut Short ? "It''s good that they don''t have a unique currency to pay for stuff here," Aleron looked at the menu and saw the price of food started from 1 SSS-rank magic stone up to 1000. Arran''tel, Nerathi, and Aleron sat at a table in a fancy restaurant in the city, with beautiful elves as waitresses, high-quality dining tables,fortable chairs, and aromatic dishes. They''d been in the city for two hours and looked around at everything and everywhere, but didn''t find much information in the scale of the cosmos or rted to Warlords. All the news they found was about events, conflicts, and the emergence of prodigies, such usual mundane things. Aleron wanted to read Karthos'' memories, but he couldn''t yet. His soul was in his confines, but it was still protected by a stronger soul potency that he possessed. He would have to absorb pure soul essence from his Hell to get Karthos'' memories, which he decided to do after returning. "Master, what are we doing after this?" Nerathi asked. "I want to finish three more Gamble Quest of today, so we''ll be going to the Arena and betting on people," Aleron grinned and added, "but I''ll be kind of cheating." "What is your n, my lord?" Arran''tel curiously asked. "Well, there are red and ck-marked people and even though I want to punish them, I can''t right now," Aleron said with his fist slightly clenched. "However, I can make the just people more powerful with a snap of my finger." "People keep knowledge secure to make themselves and their group more powerful than others, but I don''t need to do that," Aleron smiled, his eyes glinting, "I can make tailormade Magic Tomes and magic-rted boons for people with a snap of my finger. Teach a skill or two directly into their mind by sending knowledge directly into their brain." "That''s going to be fun," Nerathi chuckled. "The Arenas we saw were brutal and people died inside. I also felt like some were forced in there." "They were forced in there," Aleron''s eyes turned icy. "But I already fixed some of their problems while we were roaming." Arran''tel and Nerathi were surprised. "Yeah, some of them had their families kept hostage, forcing them to fight. The Primeval- rank that won that fight was one with family and he was forced into there." "And there were more like that...." Aleron sighed. "You want to save all, but how many will you save before you get tired, Master?" Nerathi asked with a wry smile. "You won''t have any time left for you if you keep doing this." "I have to agree with this, Master," Arran''tel said with a nod. "We need a better measurement to enact your rule and order." "I have an idea regarding that, involving the Cosmic Will and establishing the same system I set up in Ardentia World in the whole cosmos," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "Well, I have no idea how I am going to do that yet, but that''s the n." [Gachapi: Master, we are in trouble.] ''What happened?'' [Gachapi: The''s closed. All portals have vanished and no portals will open up unless you can do it forcefully, which is not possible.] Arran''tel and Nerathi were also informed as they were in the soulwork. ''So, we can''t return for the time being?'' Arran''tel raised his eyebrows. ''But they can''t keep this closed status for long, right?'' [Gachapi: Closing off a like this seems to be one of the perks a Warlord gets from this Cosmos Will. In essence, this is done by the Cosmic Will, and this status can remain closed for as long as a Warlord wants.] ''But that would be foolish considering the importance of portals, so the will open up eventually,'' Nerathi shrugged. Aleron finished off an exotic veg roll of some Primeval-rank vegetables before saying, ''That''s true. They can''t keep this closed. Just this city alone has over fifty portals, most of them leading to other ces on this while others are secret realm portals. Their resources would be cut short if they maintain this.'' [Gachapi: So, we''ll have to remain hidden properly from now on since they will definitely be searching for Ascension-rank powerhouses on this.] ''We are not in a hurry, so let''s finish the Gacha quests first. And then, we''ll decide what to do.'' The trio finished eating soon and went to an Arena in the city. Two hourster, Aleron had finished three gamblings and acquired 14,000 Gacha Points. Afterward, the trio sat down in a park at a table with a small water stream nearby and small domesticated animals roaming around. ''We can''t stay here for too long, so we''ll have to find a way to return,'' Aleron said in the soulwork. ''Do you have any solution, Gachapi?'' [Gachapi: Only one way for now. You have to exit this to open a portal.] ''Then let''s do it?'' Nerathi spoke. [Gachapi: The restriction of no-portal is up to the Exosphere of the, so exiting means passing through it and going to outer space. If we pass through Exosphere, we''ll be directly discovered and attacked, but we should be able to escape.] Aleron, Arran''tel, and Nerathi looked up and saw that the outer space around this was not empty at all. Tons of space structures, satellites, and space castles along with huge space portals for spaceships to travel. ''Alright, we are going to make a break for it,'' Aleron narrowed his eyes. ''You two just rx and let me handle our travel.'' Aleron''s eyes glinted before another Aleron appeared beside him and flew away swiftly while concealed. Arran''tel and Nerathi''s eyes shone as they understood Aleron''s n. ''Master, you will use clones to cause distraction below and then escape. That''s perfect,'' Nerathi grinned. ''Indeed, I didn''t know Master had such an impable cloning skill,'' Arran''tel nodded. ''It''s thanks to my job ss that I am able to thoroughly study biology,'' Aleronughed. ''I can make perfect clones and give them sufficient power.'' Each clone at his current level cost him 1 billion Magilore, something no other Ascension- rank could possibly do. In a sense, this cloning was his unique power because he replicated his body entirely and created it by creating flesh, blood, genes, and everything using elements of Arcane, on top of giving them power reserves. Aleron created ten clones and sent them in different directions. ''Let''s start.'' Chapter 177: Incoming Danger, Lore of Magic: Magilore Chapter 177: Iing Danger, Lore of Magic: Magilore ? After all the clones had left the city''s area, he ordered his first clone to unleash a powerful attack by exhausting all of its energy. The Generals who were sweeping for Primeval-rank aura immediately found a huge surge of energy matching the level of Primeval-rank and rushed there. But after a few seconds, another explosion rang in opposite directions. Meanwhile, Aleron cooked a Savant-grade movement skill called Windride Stream, making it as seamless as possible for it to merge with wind and atmosphere while moving in a separate spaceyer that was merged with the wind aspect to make sure they were not discovered before crossing the Exosphere. Aleron sted clones one by one every second, and after ten seconds, they arrived at Exosphere. [Gachapi: Fast, Master. Use a powerful skill to make a hole. Full power. Don''t hold back.] Aleron unleashed a Savant-grade skill of pure offense-Void Driver, sharpened with metal and space elements, and spinning with Time eleration to achieve the highest possible piercing momentum, the Void Driver struck the Exosphere''s barrier and broke through it in an instant. Aleron was able to use his space powers and instantly vanished along with Arran''tel and Nerathi as they sessfully returned to the Eldertide Archipgo. The Generals realized the ploy when they got notification of Exosphere breaching, and immediately deactivated the restriction and arrived at the ce outside Exosphere where Aleron, Arran''tel, and Nerathi vanished. There was already a person there, an avatar of Graystar Warlord. "They escaped. One of them has powerful space mastery and a Concept rted to it as well," Graystar''s eyes coldly swept through the general before stopping on a silver-haired woman looking in herte twenties. "Silvena, I am sending you spatial coordinates of the portal he briefly opened, the satellite captured its frame. I want you to work on it and create a portal leading to them as soon as possible." "On it." "The rest of you, return to your work but be ready for deployment. Once Silvana finishes her work, I want tounch an all-out assault to destroy whatever ce the portal leads to." The Generals nodded before one of them asked, "Should I include the Ascension-rank Beasts we have tamed in this all-out assault? If so, I''ll have to retrieve two of them from our Ally''s territory." "Do it fast. We''ve lent them for enough time already." ... Unaware of the impending attack, Aleron, Arran''tel, and Nerathi went to the Hell that Aleron had now put at the corner of me Forge ind from me ze Abode. The trio absorbed pure soul essence for half an hour before the entire reserve became empty. "It looks like it won''t be easy to reach the peak of Soul source in Ascension-rank," Aleron muttered. |-Name: - [Aleron] |-Race: - [Human] |-Lifeform Rank: - [Ascension]/[Ace Life Rune] |-ss: - [Primordial Genome Whisperer] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: Ace-1 (500,001/1,000,000) + 100k + 600% ] - [Agility: Ace-1(500,001/1,000,000)+100k + 600% ] [Health: Ace-1(500,001/1,000,000) + 100k + 600% ] [Stamina: Ace-1(500,001/1,000,000) + 100k + 600%] |-Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: Ace-1(500,001/1,000,000) + 100k + 100% ] - [Magilore Energy: ¡Þ (¡Þ)] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: Ace-1 (949,990/1,000,000) + 100k + 100% ] [Soul Energy/force: Ace-1 (949,990/1,000,000) + 100k + 100% ] -Innate Talents: - [Spiritmind of Magilore], [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] [Gachapi: With this much soul power, you will be able to contend against other Warlords on equal ground in one field at least, and you can have more Concepts now.] ''Yeah, gotta have to work on it. Each additional Concept is a huge boost to overallbat power.'' [Gachapi: Exactly. If you awaken a Pierce concept like that Narazar, I bet your offense will be top-notch since it would do well with your Astral Flow concept as well.] [Gachapi: Awakening Concepts that can boost each other is the way to go, hough bing choosy like this requires us to work hard towards the Concept we have visualized if we want to awaken it.] ''What about higher Arcane mastery after level 10? Is level 10 the limit in lower cosmos?'' [Gachapi: Nope, that is not the limit. Arcane Sybus or Mastery, whatever people prefer to call it, is the basic section of Arcane Path in the grand scale of things.] [Gachapi: However, the step higher is not controble or achievable with just effort. Do you know why Magilore is called Magilore?] Aleron''s curiosity was piqued because breaking down the Magilore word results in-lore of magic. ''Why is it called that?'' [Gachapi: Magilore energy itself contains all knowledge of magic that is possible to invoke by interacting with the world. Wielding this energy is possessing the knowledge, hence it is a lore of magic and called Magilore.] ''Bingo. I figured as much.'' [Gachapi: Indeed, but here''s the bomb. Magilore energy has 9 levels. Lower-cosmos only have level 1 Magilore energy, the most basic. Your unlimited Magilore source is also of level 1 Magilore energy, so it will be useless in the upper cosmos.] ''Woah, 9 levels?'' [Gachapi: Yes. All nine levels of wielders are present in the Upper Cosmoses and Chaosverse. But the other levels arepletely different and the path of Arcane also turns entric after level 1 as I said.] ''So how do I go beyond the first level?'' [Gachapi: You have to call upon the Magic from your heart and call it verbally...a string of words thates from your heart that will shape your Magilore Book. Yes. From the 2nd to the 9th level of Magilore that I mentioned are all personalized ording to individuals in their Magilore Book.] ''That''s some crazy unga bunga I feel there,'' Aleron rubbed his chin. [Gachapi: Well, after you awaken your Magilore Book, the only magic you can use would be from your Magilore Book, but it would be highly powerful. Magilore Book would automatically create Spells based on your experience, and these spells can be used by you to create skills more powerful than Savant-grade skills once youbine them with your Concepts.] ''Let me get this straight first. 2nd Level of Magilore is Magilore Book, right?'' [Gachapi: 2nd to 9th level are all in your Magilore Book. I can''t tell you everything and there''s no need for you to dwell on it, Master. For now, just know that you have to call upon the Magic and you can do so by beginning to meditate while infusing your consciousness with Magilore energy that you have.] [Gachapi: You have to reach its depths and call upon the Magic, only then you would break through and earn the string of words that will awaken your Magilore Book. The string of words would be rted to the awakening of your first Magilore chapter, which would contain your first Spell.] Aleron''s eyes shone. ''I really want to do this now, but I guess this process begs time, right?'' [Gachapi: Indeed. Time and effort in tandem.] "Master, Nerathi, and I have stabilized our soul source after this boost. Do you have any instructions for us? If not, then we''ll begin training and think about what Concept we want to awaken next." Arran''tel and Nerathi got about 300k Soul power each, 100k short of Aleron. "Nothing to do, so yeah, focus on the next Concept," Aleron nodded. "I''m going to do the same, so I''ll join youter." ''I''ll read that bastard''s memory as well. Let''s see what Warlord Graystar is cooking.'' Chapter 178: Warlord Status, New Project Chapter 178: Warlord Status, New Project ? Soon, Aleron finished reading the memories and was stunned. [Gachapi: This....is something big, Master. You should be a Warlord and join the race to know more and progress faster. If we don''t do something about this, a disaster will befall.] ''Enving the Cosms Will...who the hell are those people that Graystar talked about?'' [Gachapi: Matters of the higher cosmos areplex, and things like this are not exactly rare. By enving the cosmos will, they can shape this cosmos'' development to their liking and get the poption to themselves.] ''Like cannon fodders?'' [Gachapi: Yeah. Weak would be cannon fodders while strong would be...well servants at most unless they manage to be independent. Basically, this cosmos is heading towards bing a ve to a single force of the upper cosmos. Ascension to a higher cosmos would be controlled, so we will directly appear in their territory instead of safe zones.] ''Damn, we have to do something then. I wanted to be friends with this cosmos will and tell it my n, but these bastards want to enve it. This can''t happen!'' ''First of all, we have to get powerful....'' Aleron looked at the Hell''s working. Millions of souls were being punished while being refined or repenting, and that gathered pure soul essence in Hell''s soul essence reserve, slowly filling it up again. The entire reserve of pure soul essence was absorbed because the trio was in Ascension rank. In just numbers, it gave them a total of 1000k Soul power, but this 1000k was equal to 10,000k if it was absorbed by Primeval rank powerhouses to reach the peak! The output of Hell appeared around 500 soul power per minute for Ascension rank, though it would gradually slow down unless he dumped in more souls in Hell for punishment. But the more powerful the soul, like if it belonged to a Primeval-rank or Ascension-rank, the more pure soul essence they would give. ''Time to be a Warlord and officially enter the big picture,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted and Magilore surged before a big screen appeared in front of him, showing settlements of Draconians and Elves from their respective inds. Big screens also appeared above their settlement, with Aleron''s voice attracting everyone''s attention before he announced the recruitment for his Golden Fool Club. "Only those at Legendary rank and above can be members and there will be a leaderboard for each lifeform rank." "The leaderboard will determine your ranking and rewards that you can get monthly and other perks that I will announceter." Safe to say, the recruitment went very well and everyone wanted to be a member. Mave Draconians and Vestelon Elves were the strongest forces he had. Their babies were born at Exception and Epic-rank right off the bat, and with resources avable on Graystar Warlord''s, they had more powerhouses up to Primeval-rank. It could be said that Aleron had stolen two powerhouse nurturing ns from Graystar Warlord, one of which was his General''s home and his General also died. After getting this much damage, it was no wonder Graystar Warlord wanted topletely crush the people who did this to him. s, Aleron didn''t know that. He added the members to his Golden Fool Club and fulfilled the requirements. [Aleron-Warlord] \(s): -1. Ardentia (87%) \__Organization(s): -1. The Golden Fool Club. \_Subordinates: -> Primeval-rank = 59. -> Exceed-rank = 2810. -> Legendary-rank = 34,839 [Congrattions. You have sessfully acquired the title of Warlord.] Right after Aleron got the notification, his Warlord Status opened up. [Aleron-Warlord] Rank: 284th \__Warlord Points: 0 _Ability points: 0 ->-Restriction-10 points per 24 hr, Dungeon Spawn-100 points, Labyrinth Spawn -1000 points, Secret Realm Spawn-10,000 points. \__Warlord Events: ->(Warlord-only) ck Myth Ruins - 8 days until it starts -> (Subordinates-only) Cracks of Wild Labyrinth - 37 hours until it starts. Aleron got information about the new stuff directly in his mind. Warlord points: Earned from Warlord Events and ying other Warlords. Warlord points determined the Warlord ranking and once the Cosmic Ascension Competition ends, the top 10 in ranking would be able to ascend. Ability points: Earned from Warlord Events and ying other Warlords. Ability points could be used to use Warlord Abilities. ''So, participating in Warlord Events is a must, eh? Sounds exciting.'' [Gachapi: We saw Karthos participating. It also seems that during Subordinates-only events, the Warlords'' avatars can gather in a single to interact with each other and watch the Event.] ''And all of the top Warlords are actually willing to work with the people of higher cosmos to enve this cosmos will.'' [Gachapi: The benefit would be that instead of 10 Warlords Ascending every 100 years by this Cosmos Will, more Warlords would be able to ascend to higher cosmos after this force from the higher cosmos enve this cosmos will.] ''And no Warlord would say no to this.'' [Astral: Sounds like a good deal to me, Mastah. No wonder they would agree.] [Gachapi: But they are just jumping into the maw by doing this. I am 90% certain that 90% of them will regret this because they would be ves of that bigger force, living a worse life than ever.] Aleron cracked his index finger as his face formed a grin that oozed out thrill and his eyes anticipation, ''I...am not going to let this happen.'' ''It''s me versus everyone who agrees to that higher cosmos force.'' [Astral: Let''s fucking go! I like this idea more.] [Gachapi: Well, this is the only way for us. We must not get caught by that force from the higher cosmos because we have powers unlike no other, something that will invoke irresistible greed that will make them do anything to get us.] ''That''s true. I must not let that happen.'' Aleron teleported and arrived in his bedroom before sitting cross-legged on his bed beside Enorin. Enorin was sleeping soundly in a floral gown that Aleron had created when he returned earlier since he didn''t want to her sleep in hard armor. With this space mastery, he could easily shift anything inyers without touching it or disturbing it. It was really handy. ''While waiting for her to wake up, I''ll work on my new project.'' [Astral: New project? What''s that, Mastah?] Aleron grinned. ''Project: Super A.I.] [Gachapi: What''s that for?] ''This is an Ai that has all of my magical knowledge and ess to my Unlimited Magilore source. Whatever I can do, it can do, so I don''t need to do the minor stuff myself and can just command it.'' [Gachapi: But what will be its range and source?] ''For now, it''s me. The range within which it can work is the range of my Monitor Dome, but I want to build something like a station at multiple ces and secret realms, allowing it to work anywhere while having its source maintain a connection to myself.'' [Astral: Soundsplicated.] [Gachapi: This is usible, as long as you find a way to maintain that A.I''s connection with your Magilore source.] ''Yep. I''ve run simtions in a Magic Software I made, and that connection is the main problem in all simtions, but I am going to solve it before Enorin wakes up. This boost in soul power I got would help with unraveling its solution for sure.'' ... Time passed as seconds turned into minutes and minutes into hours. Three hourster, Yorin had created batches of pills for everyone who was training at Serpent''s Spine mountains. There were still five mountains left for them to extract the resources, but everyone decided to eat the pills first and reach the peak of Primeval-rank before continuing their conquest. Thest five mountains also seemed bigger and more dangerous with thousands of Primeval- rank monsters and resources, so it was a good ce to consolidate their body and magic by fighting there. Yueha was still in meditation while Mei stopped and ate the pills to reach the peak of Primeval-rank and joined others to consolidate her body and magic source. Darzax and Hua were still in recovery and it would take a day more before their souls finally mendedpletely. Meanwhile, Aleron was still working in the bedroom, sitting cross-legged in meditation with simtions running in his Mindscape toplete the Super A.I. project. He had great sess during these hours and was close topleting the main problem of connecting the Stations acrosss and secret realms. As he was about to begin the next simtion after he made adjustments to the design of the A.I. station, he felt something opened his eyes. Enorin stirred awake slowly, but her eyes were still closed as she stretched her arms. "Good morning." Enorin felt something on her lips as she heard the words and opened her eyes to see Aleron sitting on her thighs and looking at her. "Master..." "How was the good morning kiss," Aleron yfully smiled. Enorin''s cheeks were red, but her words were in contract, "I want it again." Aleronughed and leaned forward before kissing her again, this time a long one as Enorin reciprocated. Enorin''s heart was pounding in excitement and pleasure as her arms wrapped around Aleron''s back, her ample bosom squeezed on Aleron''s chest. After a minute of intense kissing, both of them looked at each other, their face flushed and eyes zed. "It was amazing, right?" Aleron grinned. "Mhmm," Enorin meekly nodded, but her eyes were clear and longing as her heart continued to pound. "Master, I want to be one with you...I want to give you my body and soul with all my heart, will you ept?" Aleron lovingly smiled and leaned forward before kissing her forehead, "Yes, my dear angel." Right after he replied, Enorin oozed out a strange yet deeply affectionating aura towards him, prompting Gacha System to notify him. [Enorin''s Soul Trait awakens-Angelic Bond, and it activates with its target being you. Would like you to block this or ept it?] Chapter 179: Enorins Love Chapter 179: Enorin''s Love ? Aleron epted it because it couldn''t be anything bad. However, when he saw the effects of this soul trait, he was shocked. [Angelic Bond]: Enorin''s soul power is increased by 10% of your soul power and vice versa. In addition, if you receive a fatal attack in your soul that kills you, you will remain unharmed as Enorin will take the damage instead, wherever you are. "Enorin, what''s this?" Aleron expression turned somber, "Remove it, please." "No," Enorin said without the slightest hesitation. "I will obey your orders, but not this one." "Why?" Aleron weakly smiled. Enorin smiled, "Because I love you." "Me too, that''s why I don''t want this, please," Aleron pleaded. "Master," Enorin stretched her hand as she got up and caressed Aleron''s cheek while smiling, "If something happens to me, you can surely do something about it. So, please..." Aleron hugged her tightly and whispered with conviction, "I''ll make sure a situation like that never appears." Enorin pushed Aleron in the hug as hey on his back on the bed and Enorin was now on top of him, sitting on his thighs, her smile charming yet cheeks slightly pink, "Master...love me." Enorin''s gown vanished in the next second, turning fully naked as her porcin white skin which had been covered from other eyes for as long as she remembered, was now exposed to another pair of eyes. As if blood circted fast, very faint red and pink hues appeared on her skin while her beautiful perky breasts and the pink cherry nipples on them slightly moved. Aleron gulped, his eyes first caught her cute face and flushed smile, her slightly watery eyes filled with anticipation and adoration as they met his eyes. Then, his eyes moved down from her neck and towards her ample bosom, where his hands reached towards and slightly squeezed, causing a slight moan to escape Enorin''s mouth while she trembled as an electric pleasure coursed through her with the touch. Enorin saw a bump turning bigger on Aleron''s crotch right in front of her, her eyes directing there and prompting her to poke it with her finger. Aleron chuckled and made his clothes vanish as his growing meat rod bared before Enorin. Enorin grabbed it in her palm. "It''s hot...and it''s getting stiffer." "Of course," Aleron grinned as he squeezed her tender and big breasts in his hand, causing Enorin to tremble slightly again. Enorin boldly moved forward from Aleron''s thighs and stopped after her pink lips at her crotch rubbed on Aleron''s meat rod. "I am feeling strange but good, Master," Enorin murmured as she put her palms on Aleron''s chest, moving to and fro as her pussy rubbed on upon Aleron''s dick. "I can feel that," Aleron chuckled as he felt Enorin''s pussy leaking some juice as she was getting wet. His hands moved at her buttcheeks as he pressed them as they moved to and fro before his hands moved upward at her back. He pushed her and pulled her in his embrace, her breasts squeezed against his chest and his lips meeting hers. "Mmmf..." Enorin muffled moaned as she trembled as the constant friction of her clit and pink lips against Aleron''s meat rod piping hot and stiff meat rod caused her to leak more juice. She squirted. But she was not alone as Aleron was also about to ejacte, but he remembered something and held back. His hands moved at her butt cheeks as Enorin was twitching because she squirted and he pulled her before sliding his dick inside her pussy. Enorin felt a swift sting of pain as her hymen was broken, but then her insides were flooded by pining hot semen that overwhelmed her with warmness, power, and...pleasure. "Arghh...sorry, Eno. Yueha told me my semen is very powerful, but since it''s limited, I thought I shouldn''t waste it," Aleron spoke with a red face and an apologetic smile and felt bad as he felt her tremble again. However, when he looked at Enorin''s face, he was surprised to see that Enorin''s eyes were closed and she appeared...in great pleasure. Her body faintly shone a secondter before she opened her eyes and looked at Aleron, giving him a merry smile, "It''s okay, Master." "Now....I want to feel it inside," Enorin moved up and down as Aleron''s meat rod hit her deepest part, sending a jolt of pleasure into her as she moaned. Aleron''s eyes rolled upward in great pleasure as well. He got up and wrapped his hands around her before he also started moving his hips in rhythm, skin to skin and lips to lips, the duo went on for a few minutes before Aleron teleported with Enorin and appeared at a wall. With Enorin''s back facing the wall, her legs held by his hand, Aleron started moving his hips faster. "Aahh...M-Master..." Enorin moaned as she wrapped her arms around his neck and felt the pleasureful thrusts in her pussy, sending waves of euphoria into her. Aleron''s mouth grabbed her right breast and started sucking vehemently as he moved his hips. Amidst the moans and groans as Enorin''s pussy tightly wrapped around Aleron''s meat rod, the climax arrived after several minutes and flooded. "Annnhhh~" Enorin trembled in the ultimate pleasure as her pussy was flooded with Aleron''s semen while her juice was also released, giving the ultimate satisfaction to both. Both of them looked at each other with misty eyes before lips met for a long passionate kiss, while Aleron''s dick rested inside her pussy with its tip kissing her deepest part and releasing the hot white essence that strengthened her Bloodline for the 2nd time. ... After two hours, Aleron and Enoriny on the bed, with Aleron''s mouth at her breast as his tongue yed with her erect cute nipple and his head embraced by her. At the same time, the raging meat rod inside her pussy that was vibrating and moving up and down without Aleron moving his hips, using his non-elemental arcane sybi to apply vibrations and controlling his pelvic muscles, gave Enorin constant jolts of pleasure and ultimate euphoria. She was on cloud nine. And Aleron was in the sea of pleasure, intending to make Enorin climax first in this passionate battle. Aleron gently bit her nipples and suddenly started thrusting fast, causing Enorin to moan loudly as she quivered and trembled in pleasure, her eyes rolled upward and she climaxed. Right after that, Aleron groaned as he stopped holding back and opened his floodgates, releasing his 10th load into her, which he felt was thest as he had squeezed every drop of it in this session. "M-Master...I''m going crazy..." Enorin quivered as her watery eyesid on Aleron who had squeezed tightly in his embrace as his dick released shots that turned into power essence absorbed by her Bloodline. "Me too," Aleron spoke as he made a few strong thrusts before stopping again and finally rxing. Enorin''s sexy and slender legs entangled with Aleron''s while theirher regions stayed glued and soon, both fell asleep while swimming in the sea of pleasure. [Astral: Big bro, that was crazy. Both of them looked deeply in pleasure and satisfaction.] [Gachapi: That''s called Sex and it''s supposed to be like that.] [Astral: Sex...Sex...] [Gachapi: Stop it.] [Astral: How to have Sex? I don''t have a body like that.] [Gachapi: You don''t...or maybe you can by joining with another Symios Gear or something? I don''t know.] [Astral: Damn, really? I have to ask Sheryl.] [Gachapi: Who is Sheryl?!] [Astral: She is Miss Enorin''s Symbios Gears. We''ve been talking while our Masters were having sex.] [Sheryl: Hi...] [Gachapi:...hi.] [Astral: Sheryl, big bro said that it''s called Sex. When we connect next time along with our Masters, we can try something, what do you say?] [Sheryl: Okie...I don''t mind.] [Gachapi:...] [Astral: What you say, big bro? Any idea?] [Gachapi:...] ... The duo woke up after two hours. "Let''s go have a bath," Aleron grinned and teleported, as both of them arrived at the hotspring hill. "Let''s make this water cold, Master. We''ve been too hot for long already," Enorin chuckled. "True,"Aleronughed and snapped his finger, causing the water to turn cold. He stepped in first and stretched his hand at Enorin. Enorin took it and followed Aleron into the pool. Aleron sat down at the edge before Enorin sat between his legs leaning back on his chest. The cold water wasfortable and Aleron also made it morefortable by using magic to cause moving water turbulence at micro-level so that it would rub on their skin. He just tried it out, but it felt great. "Master, you get strange, but good ideas all the time." "How about this idea?" Aleron''s hands kneaded her breasts gently, his fingers brushing her nipples as they started erecting. "Good idea," Enorin merrilyughed, it sounded like melodious pearls, containing joy and mirth. "Master, I am...very happy." "Thank you." Aleron wrapped his arms around her and kissed her neck, "Thank you too, because I am also happy, my angel." Enorin closed her eyes andy in the embrace with peace. Suddenly, Aleron got a notification. [Your Genome Pulse has recovered to full.] Aleron was startled, ''It hasn''t been 24 hours since I depleted it!'' [Gachapi: Apparently, your semen can affect Bloodlines profoundly, while you can also absorb the essence of females to speed up the Genome Pulse and recover it faster.] ''That''s awesome! I can finally experiment with Bloodlines. I''ll have to waste a Bloodline orb, but Genome Mods are strange things. I can fiddle with a Bloodline orb and possibly find a way to create Bloodlines and evolve them using Genome Mods.'' ''Oh yeah, I wanted to ask, what is a Soul Trait? Howe Enorin awakened something like that?'' Chapter 180: A Way to Create and Evolve Bloodlines Chapter 180: A Way to Create and Evolve Bloodlines ? [Gachapi: Soul Trait is something people awaken once in each lifeform rank from Ascension to further. It''s a trait and it can be anything. It manifests automatically.] ''I see. Well then, I''ll focus on the experiment for now.'' Aleron''s consciousness arrived in the Genome Field, a vast canvas of whiteness where tens of Genome Mods he had captured floated aimlessly around the mystical Genome Refining Pond. He brought in both Bloodline Orbs he had saved for experiments, but of course, he didn''t want to waste both of them in the experiment. [Exceed-rank Bloodline: Astral Titan Zephyrvale.] [Primeval-rank Bloodline: Crystal Kraken Prismalith.] He decided to unveil the Astral Titan Zerphyrvale bloodline through experiments, aiming to learn how to create a Bloodline and evolve it using the powers of Primordial Genome Whisperer. ''Let''s see what happens if I try to infuse it with a Genome Mod. Aleron picked up a random Genome Mod and brought it near the Bloodline Orb. The Genome Mod instantly went inside the Bloodline Orb, causing the orb to glow in a vtile manner as it pulsed strongly. ''Something''s happening,'' Aleron quickly focused and observed the internal structure of the orb. It wasplicated but understandable to him, who had acquired abundant knowledge regarding Body Path due to having Primordial Genome Whisperer job ss. ''Interesting...the Genome Mod is like the most fundamental thing, able to synergize easily with the Bloodline orb, but the Bloodline orb is rejecting it.'' ''The issue seems to bepatibility...'' Aleron extracted the Genome Mod and looked at the bunch of Genome Mods floating around. ''That one...it seems it might bepatible.'' Furious Gale. ''That one too. This Bloodline has me, Light, and Wind attributes while having body path traits of explosive and erging muscle power...'' After infusing Genome Mods in the Bloodline Orb one by one, observing how it reacted and resulted, Aleron understood one thing. It was possible to create a wholly new Bloodline using Genome Mods! The core structure that shaped a Bloodline''s source was something that was usually born from one''s Blood essence naturally when one became powerful, but he could create that structure using Genome Pulse. ''This Genome Pulse energy is crazy. It''s so handy and powerful.'' [Gachapi: Of course, Master. Genome Pulse is one of the two highest levels of energy of the body path. The other one is Chakra.] [Gachapi: This is the reason why this energy doesn''t recover faster even if you are in a time- dted area. This energy is of the upper cosmos.] ''Noice. I''m going to use up all of it for experiments. It''s gonna be fun.'' Aleron drowned himself in the research for hours until he ran out of Genome Pulse to use for experiments and research. The Astral Titan Zephyrvale bloodline was totally useless, with its orb broken apart and several Genome Mods wasted, but Aleron was satisfied with his hours of research. After all, he had found a way to create a Bloodline and his next quest was to create a super awesome Bloodline for himself! The new day began as well with time 12 o''clock hitting and Aleron getting a notification about the new day. Enorin had already left while Aleron was experimenting, joining Arran''tel and Nerathi as the trio shed against each other and trained to awaken their next concepts. Aleron wanted to finish his Super A.I. Project after he was done using up all of his Genome Pulse, but he decided to freshen up and get some activity as he also joined the trio. He also wanted to use today''s Gamble Quests, so he tried one during the sparring to see how many Gacha Points he would get in casual gambles. Unfortunately, it was as he suspected. Unless there was a risk and estrange factor in the gamble, the Gamble Quest would be low in terms of rewards. However, he decided to try something innovative in sparring to spice up the gamble quest, and it worked. "This is good," Aleron''s eyes glinted. "Enorin and Arran''tel, now you two fight each other, but the rules this time would be to make sure you strike each other in a way that makes you crash into the barrier I created. The first one to crash the opponent five times would be a winner." Aleron bet on Arran''tel to win and the Gamble Quest popped up. If he won the bet, he would get 5k Gacha Points but if he lost, he would lose ess to his soul power for 10 hours. Of course, if he told what he bet to Enorin and Arran''tel, which would make it a rigged bet, the Gamble Quest would be canceled, so he had to take the risk and let them fight on their own to decide the winner. The good thing was that losing a Gamble Quest in this manner wouldn''t result in annoying penalties. As Enorin and Arran''tel fought each other, Arran''tel had an advantage. The first was that he had higherbat experience than Enorin and the second was that he had a pretty good grasp of his Concept power and how to utilize it. Suction. Arran''tel was using the Suction concept in unique ways in his skills and had already crashed Enorin three times into the barrier while Enorin crashed once. Enorin managed to crash him into the barrier a second time, but he was caught in his trap right after that as a dark whirlpool sucked her inside and threw her right at the barrier before she crashed in again. Her usual deadpan expression and eyes had slight frustration in them, but more than that was the thirst to improve. In the end, the match ended with Arran''tel winning with the score of 5:3. "Don''t mind it. My concept power had an advantage in this set of rules," Arran''tel chuckled. "No, I lost. Fair and square," Enorin shook her head. "I need to improve in the usage of my concept and create better skills." "Master, who did you bet on?" Nerathi quickly asked Aleron with curious lights in her eyes. "Cough....I bet on Arran''tel," Aleron coughed as his eyes dodged between Enorin and Arran''tel. Chapter 181: Shocking Reveal From Elysia Chapter 181: Shocking Reveal From Elysia ? Enorin pouted, but a hint of yfulness could be seen in her eyes. "I-I mean, I also felt Arran''tel had an advantage, so..." Enorin arrived before Aleron and yfully hit his chest with her fist before whispering with a smile, "It''s okay, Master. Your win is my win." Aleron smiled and kissed her lips, "You also did good and improved much, Eno. Good job." Suddenly, a wave of strange power flooded towards them from the direction of Serpent''s Spine Mountain. "Yueha," Aleron eximed, his eyes shining. "It seems that she entered into an enlightenment state while meditating to awaken her Concept." [Gachapi: Enorin also awakened it with a sudden insight. I think those with Symbios Gear who experience their Symbios Gear''s trait have a high chance to enter enlightenment to awaken the Concept of those traits.] ''True. That''s uber good, haha. Everyone will at least awaken their first Concept pretty fast.'' "You three take rest and recover while I''ll go and check on others. Once you have recovered fully, we are going to explore that Battlefield Zone and explore that forbidden zone that Elysia had sealed." "Understood, Master." ... Aleron went on the check on Yueha and others and saw that everyone was meditating on different mountains. All of them including Rias and Roxen, had reached the peak of Primeval rank thanks to Yorin''s wonderful pills. They had also consolidated their bases while clearing thest five mountains as only after that they entered meditation to awaken their Concept. He didn''t want to disturb anyone, so he left after checking on them. After half an hour of roaming around and meeting with others and checking things, Aleron went back to Enorin, Arran''tel, and Nerathi who had recovered to full and left the secret realm. Arriving in the central light dusk region, Aleron''s Monitor Dome covered the whole. Azure Moon Shard, the secret realm that was going to open in 14 hours had caused much traffic in this region ever since he had changed the entry requirement. This secret realm was something Elysia had arranged, making it such that the threats inside were up to the early stage of Primeval rank by removing all stronger threats. The rewards and resources inside were of course up to primeval rank. Moreover, he had also found out that this secret realm was basically the moon that was rotating around Ardentia, hence it was named Azure Moon Shard. Elysia had just created a portal connecting the two ces and called it a secret realm when it was not a legitimate secret realm that existed in another spatial dimension. There was no reason for him and Rias to enter anymore, so he left it to people all over the. He wanted to let Beastfolks and Demons join in thepetition to acquire resources and riches in this secret realm alongside humans, but he removed this idea. Although he had united the, the races might not unite with each other so soon. He didn''t want to rush things and make it worse. Northern Star Continent had severe scarceness of resources, so Aleron had cleared up the forbidden region and shared that secret realm that one hidden human was hiding for his own. It was just a waste to let him keep the whole secret realm to himself, after all. The Demonic Continent had a Demonic Nexus and a secret realm as well, which he had shared with everyone. ''I''ll also have to visit a Netherworld through that Demonic Nexus, butter. For now, let''s see that forbidden zone Elysia had hidden since forever.'' Aleron contacted Elysia. [Aleron: We need to meet.] [Elysia: I was waiting for your call, darling~] Elysia appeared before Aleron and others with a smile and snapped her finger as a portal also appeared beside her. "That''s a secret realm''s portal," Arran''tel''s beady eyes narrowed. "Bingo," Elysia smiled as she winked at Aleron, and a rune released from her forehead flew towards him. Aleron raised his eyebrows, "You want to give me this secret realm?" "What would I do with it since I am going to die and get punishment in your hell?" Elysia wryly chuckled. "There are some kittens inside in my pce, waiting to be employed elsewhere, so I leave them to you as well." "Alright," Aleron nodded and handed the rune to Enorin. "Enorin, this secret realm is yours. I can''t take any more secret realm runes in my source space anyway." Elysia''s expression turned weird, "You what? Don''t tell me you have 10 secret realm runes already in your source space?" "The limit was ten, but it increased for me and now it''s fifteen, so yeah, I have 15 secret realm runes in my source space," Aleron smiled and his eyes narrowed, "Anyway, there''s one more thing you need to do." Enorin crossed her arms under her breasts and asked, "What?" "That forbidden area that you have sealed in the northwest area of this continent," Aleron said before he snapped his finger and teleported everyone right above the forbidden zone, a small forest spanning 10 10-kilometer radius area covered in thick gray fog with a powerful magic formation. "Seems powerful," Enorin''s eyes glinted. "Indeed," Nerathi nodded. "I doubt I can break it even with my full-powered attack with my concept." "I guess it''s no wonder you took interest in this," Elysia weakly smiled. "But, you shouldn''t let me open this." "Why? What is in there?" Aleron was surprised. Elysia''s eyes faintly glowed as the gray fog scattered away and everyone saw a strange chaotic tear in space in the center of the forest. "That..." Enorin blinked, surprised. Not just her, but Aleron, Arran''tel, and Nerathi were also startled. [Gachapi: Damn, this is crazy. I never expected she descended to this lower cosmos like with this method...] The area around the strange space crack was...unrealistic. The trees, nts, rocks, and everything appeared chaotic as if it didn''t make sense, their fundamental structures werebined together into different things. A tree that was made of rocks and bore liquid jelly fruits. A wooden rock that sprouted branches, that sprouted flowers. A stream of faint water lit up things on blue fire wherever it traveled, but that fire actually froze things. "Something crazy is happening there," Aleron''s eyes sparkled with curiosity. "It''s from that crack, right? What''s that?" "That...is my entry point," Elysia wryly smiled. "And it leads to the Chaosverse. You might not know, so let me exin in brief." "Although there are multiple Upper cosmos, their structure, and dimension arepletely different than here. There are a total of 999 Upper Cosmoses and 1 Chaosverse." "Chaosverse is a vast uncharted space even for big shots of the upper cosmos and the only ce where I could stay hidden and escape. I used an artifact I stole to create a crack leading down here and arrived on this." Elysia looked at the crack, "This crack was bigger, but it''s been shrinking ever since, slowing mending. Since this crack is from Chaosverse, it will still take hundreds of years more before it is fully gone." "That''s great," Aleron''s eyes glinted. "I want to go to Chaosverse." Elysia rolled her eyes, "If you go there, you''ll be like an ant. It''s not a ce where you can survive on your own. In a nutshell, you''ll have to join a Faction there just to get food and shelter to survive or you''ll die within a day." Chapter 182: Visiting Earth Chapter 182: Visiting Earth ? "So how powerful do I need to be in order to go there?" Aleron looked at Elysia. "What do I need to survive there?" "For starters, only Paragon-rank lifeforms can survive there. I managed to go there because I had a maid at Paragon rank, and she kept me protected from the Chaosverse''s atmospheric pressure and power," Elysia smiled. "If you go there right now, you''ll die within seconds." Aleron was more curious about other things as he asked, "But what kind of world is that? Are there some special entities or beings, like what kind of crazy things are there? Send me some of those memories if you have." "You are going to read my memories for judgment anyway, so go on." Elysia tugged at Aleron''s soul with her soul, her soul defense nonexistent for him to read her memories. [Gachapi: I guess you''ll learn a lot of things from this, Master. You''ll be able to know what to do next after this.] ''That''s what I feel, especially now that I can actually summon a Paragon-rank powerhouse if I want to. [Gachapi: Which, you''ll have to do in a Miniworld, Upper cosmos, or Chaosverse because if a Paragon-rank powerhouse appeared in lower cosmos, he would be obliterated in an instant, as per the cosmicw.] ''Yep. That''s why I want to turn this Eldertide Archipgo into a Miniworld. I''llbine more secret realms into it until it upgrades to Miniworld.'' Aleron''s eyes shone with anticipation as he dug into Elysia''s soul and saw her life. After five minutes of silence with his eyes closed, he gained much knowledge and learned things about the upper cosmos and the chaosverse to a certain degree. "Alright, I''m done," Aleron nodded. "The battlefield zone dimension was also something you anchored to the, but it''s just a dead piece of a broken dimension pocket." "Nothing groundbreaking to explore there," Elysia shrugged. "It was a big war, but this section only had a powerhouse of Primeval rank, so there are only weapons and items up to that level." "By the way," Elysia quickly added, "Since you became Warlord, you should be able to see the Events, right? Do you want me to participate in Subordinates-only events before I go take my punishment? "Let me think," Aleron smiled and added a secondter, "No." "Alright," Elysia smiled and closed in towards Aleron, stopping half a meter away from him before she looked into his eyes and asked, "I don''t mind taking punishment and repenting, but before doing that, I want to clear some things up." "What?" Aleron frowned. "Your subordinate also killed a lot of people and turned them into Undead, so why is he not taking the punishment?" Elysia blinked. Enorin, Arran''tel, and Nerathi looked at Aleron. Enorin wanted to say something, but she didn''t in the end. "He will take and I also will," Aleron crossed his arms, his expression serious. "And I will do that once his soul is fully mended. I will judge us by asking those undead after giving them the memories." "I see...then, why can''t you dy my punishment for your benefit?" Elysia asked with a smile. "If you think I will pull some tricks, then I can swear soul oaths about this so that I won''t ever betray you, but if this is not the case, then why?" Aleron opened his eyes, but hesitation flickered in the light of his eyes. "I know why," Elysia narrowed her eyes. "You''ll feel like a hypocrite since you readily punished everyone given preparation and chance, right?" "Right, I suppose, but...not right anymore," Aleron turned his head at the empty space, looking at the vast world. "Elysia, you will participate in theing Warlord Event of Subordinates and then enter Hell." "This world is better than before, as I have proof of it," Aleron looked all over the via his Monitor Dome, looking at people, all of them in varying situations. Some people were happy, some sad about other problems, some excited, some tired... But there wasn''t suffering to people or despair anymore. There were no more hidden or open predators, tyrants, or bullies. There was more harmony than ever, with much work to do and make progress in their new lives under this ultimate freedom. Everyone was free to make mistakes and sin, but they might get caught before doing so and go to hell for judgment with Aleron''s new system running on the, which he was going to upgrade soon with Super A.I. "My judgment is correct, and I won''t say I am doing this purely out for the happiness of other people," Aleron smiled. "That''s a part of course, because-I- want that to happen and I am using my means to achieve that." "There won''t be anyone crossing the line in my world anymore, and I am also going out there, and capture everyone who has crossed the lines as they will go to my hell, to either ultimate damnation or repentance." Aleron waved his hand as a giant mystical metallic white tower appeared, a hundred meters in length and 50 meters thick. Not just one, but ten such towers appeared at different ces on the. Aleron''s palm pointed at the tower before him as a strange pixted flow of power shot from his palm into the mystical white metallic tower, causing digital pixted colorful patterns to appear all over it. "What''s that?" Elysia blinked. "He is using his soul force and Magilore in entricbination." "No idea," Arran''tel shook his head. "You know anything, Enorin?" Nerathi curiously asked. "No, but it could be a project Master mentioned that he was working on." Aleron was indeed conjuring the Super A.I. into existence. After two minutes, he was done and a middle-aged man wearing a butler outfit manifested before Aleron. "Alfred," Aleron grinned. "At your service, Master," Alfred. "Maintain monitoring in the world and make sure thew and order is upheld. If there''s anything else, I''ll tell you," Aleron said. "Understood." Aleron returned to the group and told them what this tower was and about the Super A.I. "Once I''ve found a solution to cross-dimension connection between the stations, I''ll make stations in my secret realm as well, so Alfred can work on boths." "So, what can it do, Master?" Nerathi curiously asked. "Alfred," Aleron called out and Alfred appeared before him. "Once the Azure Moon Shard event ends, create a huge colosseum in all three continents and hold a tournament for Epic, Legendary, and Exceed-rank sections. You can interact with people and make adjustments and arrangements. For now, select good spots to create the stadiums, announce the tournament, and promise great rewards." "My knowledge and unlimited Magilore will be at your disposal soon after I figure out the cross-dimension connection, which should be within a day at most." "Understood. I may consult you for some thingster, Master." "You have a direct connection with me, somunication is not a problem unless I am in a different cosmos," Aleron chuckled. "Feel free to consult and develop further." Alfred bowed and vanished. "That''s impressive," Elysia was surprised. "You created one heck of a butler for your world. With this, your management is already on par with top Warlords'' territories or maybe even better." "Thanks, and on that note, I am going to return to my previous because I know where it is after reading your memories," Aleron said as his eyes glinted and a portal opened before him. A portal leading to Earth. "Follow me." Aleron stepped inside, followed by Enorin, Arran''tel, Nerathi, and Elysia. Aleron and the other four emerged from the portal high up in the sky amidst clouds of the net Earth. "This universe doesn''t have a source of Magic from the Cosmos since it''s notpletely formed yet, which is good for summoning them into Ardentia world," Elysia informed. "The people''s souls I transport from here arepletely intact and pure because of no magical idents." "What''s that?" Aleron frowned as he felt some kind of magical soul formation on the moon. "That''s my formation that initiates the summonings," Elysia wryly smiled before she checked something and frowned. "But...it seems to have been tampered with." [Gachapi: I did, Master] ''I see,'' Aleron chucked. ''Thanks.'' "Anyway, I want to meet someone first," Aleron said before he opened the screen and showed the city view, disying a street filled with pedestrians and a restaurant on a four-floor tall building top. Aleron looked at the restaurant, particrly at an old man working as a chef, doing live cooking along with two more chefs. It was a luxurious restaurant. ''It seems he is doing good,'' Aleron smiled as he saw Alfred working. He changed Enorin and Elysua''s get-up into casual floral dresses with hats and he also changed into a white shirt and rough brown trousers, but he still appeared like a model on vacation with his short messy white hair, and lean physical body in this outfit. "Arran''tel and Nerathi, I want you two to make some chaos," Aleron smiled as a deadly glint passed through his eyes. "You both can''t appear among humans because of your appearance, but you can appear in front of certain groups." "Your wish is ourmand, my lord," Arran''tel chuckled. "What must we do?" Aleron exhaled and pped his cheeks with both of his hands before he muttered, "I''m ready." In the next second, he opened his Monitor Dome, covering the entire and its 9 billion poption. His innate talent activated as well, as every single individual was judged with marks appearing above their heads, but now...there was one additional color of mark aside from white, yellow, red, and ck. Gray. It was between yellow and red, to those who have crossed the line once, but not again, and even regretted and repented. Previously, these people were also considered red-marked, but with Aleron reading memories, he could properly give his verdict for punishment in hell before freeing them. But now, he separated these individuals into Gray marks and his innate talent responded to this change ording to his desire. "There are deadly and evil forces in this world that stay in the shadow and inflict suffering on others. I''ve marked their locations, so visit them one by one, and destroy them," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "You can also see the marks, so only kill red and ck marked ones. They are the ones who have willingly crossed the line and continued to cross it." "I want to know how this world responds to my swift justice because I am going to clean this net as well." Arran''tel and Nerathi ovepped Aleron''s map with their radar and vanished toplete their mission. Meanwhile, Aleron, Enorin, and Elysia arrived at the restaurant. "Let''s eat some food here." Chapter 183: Gods Eye Chapter 183: God''s Eye ? Aleron, Enorin, and Elysia sat at a table and ordered food as Aleron told them about Alfred. After eating, they sat on the balcony section on the rooftop for an evening view. It was sunset and the restaurant would close after sunset, so Aleron decided to wait there. Aleron was watching the world through his Monitor Dome and wanted to take action to remove the evil of this world as well as make it better, but not in his usual way. "I''ve decided," Aleron''s eyes became steadfast, "I am not going to reveal myself or make a big scene. Instead, I''ll give them a real god, one who punishes the wrongdoings instantly and maintainsw and order." "But they will still fight among themselves, scheme and plot against each other, betray and harm others for petty things," Elysia shrugged. "I know. That''s life, after all. However..." Aleron narrowed his eyes. "No one will cross the bottom line or harbor evil intentions with the Super A.I. watching over them. Technology is advancing fast with people being able to travel to others in the sr system. The current bottleneck is an efficient way to store the sun''s energy as a fuel." "I''ll fix this problem and let humans here harbor a dream of living on others and a better future. Once the technology of sr fuel ispleted and Super A.I. makes sure no people turn red or ck, people will live in harmony, right?" Aleron muttered as he looked at the setting sun as if asking himself. "Only time will tell that," Elysia chuckled. "If they have someone like you watching over them, then surely they will, Master," Enorin grabbed Aleron''s hand, her words holding a belief. *Whistle!* A blond-haired man in his mid-twenties wearing a suit and boot with another man of simr age and outfit walked at the table. Behind them were two bodyguards as well. "Wow,dies. You both are truly beautiful," the blond-haired man grinned. The ck-haired guy shed a dashing smile and said, "Would you two like to have some fun in Zen Vegas? Today''s a special concert of the Echo Bee band and we have a VIP booth to ourselves." "No," Enorin replied with a deadpan expression. "Get lost, little boys," Elysia rolled her eyes. Aleron stood up as he had just seen the marks above them. In the next second, he grabbed both of their heads, causing the bodyguards to quickly pull out guns as they aimed at Aleron. "The guns won''t work," Aleron spoke while both guys tried to break free and struggled, but couldn''t budge Aleron''s hand grabbed their heads. "Put them down!" "Release them or we''ll shoot you!" The restaurant became chaotic. The manager called the police while customers got up and left. Aleron looked at the bodyguards and then focused back on the two guys who had ck marks on their heads. He had read their memories and knew they were sons of big businessmen, often hanging out at this restaurant. However, they were also monsters as they had ruined the lives of many girls. "Don''t worry, all ck sheep like you will be punished," Aleron finished speaking and in the next second, he smashed both of their heads against each other, but not powerfully enough to kill them and also sent them into his secret realm, onward to turn into Xorgs. "W-Where did they go?" "What the fuck?!" One of the bodyguards ran away while the other one tremblingly pointed his gun at Aleron, sweating bullets and fearful. "Go. No need to take bullets for the wicked anymore," Aleron inly said, "Go back to being a boxer. There won''t be the corruption that made you stop it anymore. Not after today." The bodyguard put down the gun and ran away. Aleron looked at Alfred and some people who were there, looking in his direction. He teleported and appeared a few meters away from them, causing people to run away in horror at the magical feat Aleron disyed. However, Alfred didn''t run. Instead, he stood there stunned, his eyes filling with shock and disbelief. Aleron looked different than before, but he still had traces of his previous look. Alfred had taken care of him for 15 years and he saw that this person in front of him heavily resembled Aleron. "Hey, Alfred," Aleron smiled as he rubbed his nose and sniffed. "I am Aleron. I''m not dead." Alfred shook and his lips trembled, "A-Aleron..." "Let''s change ces since the police will being here soon," Aleron chuckled and snapped his finger, causing all four of them to teleport as they arrived inside Alfred''s home, a small apartment where he lived alone. Alfred was startled to arrive in his own home in the blink of an eye, but he knew it was Aleron''s doing. Aleron had already read Alfred''s memories, so he knew where his ce was. "Let''s sit and I''ll show you everything that happened after I died," Aleron smiled. Aleron told everything about him to Alfred, his new life in the new world, and showed him many things directly in his mind. Alfred cries tears of joy for Aleron and they talk for an hour, about new things and old things. "So, Alfred. I want to ask you, do you want toe with me to the new world?" Aleron''s eyes sparkled. "You will be powerful and live longer as you reach higher lifeform ranks." "I want to," Alfred nodded as he wiped his face. "If you take me with you, young master, then I will serve you again." "You can be younger looking and find a wife as well," Aleron cheekily grinned and stood up. "Come, let''s go right now. I''ll set you up there with a guide. Better to start with eating some pills to get super healthy first." ... Aleron took Alfred to the secret realm andmanded a Death Lord to finish all the procedures and steps to make Alfred reach the Exceptional-rank lifeform. Afterward, Aleron, Enorin, and Elysia returned back to Earth again. The Earth Union and Underworld were already in chaos due to big incidents happening at multiple locations. Arran''tel and Nerathi were destroying the big wicked forces of the world, killing all red and ck people while their souls were transported to Aleron''s hell automatically. Since the was under his Monitor Dome, his software was already working, picking up souls and sending them into Hell on the me Forge ind. Meanwhile, Aleron, Enorin, and Elysia sat atop Earth Union headquarters tallest tower in camouge, with no one able to discover them. Here, Aleron selected all ck and red-marked people from the. Only a flicker of this thought and all those people would be sent to his secret realm. But before that, he wanted to make the dramatic entrance of god and for that, he needed to solve thest hurdle of Project Super A.I. ... The sun was gone from his part of the world and the night had descended. Aleron was focused for two hours while Enorin, Elysia, Arran''tel, and Nerathi sat behind him in meditation since there was nothing else to do. Aleron had been in meditation for two hours, trying to fix the problem and he finally finished it. ''And I found the solution in something that Elysia told me before,'' Aleron wryly smiled. Elysia had given him a wisp of her soul and told him that he could teleport her to him using that soul wisp wherever she was. Naturally, he couldn''t do that at that time and she told him he should be able to do that if he tried. He also believed he would be able to do that after exploring how to interact with the soul path and magic path jointly to bring out new possibilities. And during this hurdle, he remembered that thing because the current problem was also simr. He had to make it such that Super A.I. would be able to oversee Ardentia, his secret realm, and multiple such ces on different dimensions, not letting the dimensionalyer block Super A.I. Activity and the energy it requires from his Magilore source, wherever he was. He finally fixed the problem by creating a robust connection, which he decided to call Spatial Soul Crystal. A crystal weaved with the arcane sybus of space and intricate power of the soul that can resonate and connect with another crystal of the same kind, no matter the location. With this crystal as a medium in the A.I. stations, Super AI would be able to maintain its activity in all locations where he nted A.I. Stations while having ess to his unlimited Magilore source, no matter his location. ''With this breakthrough, I should change A.I. Station''s shape and structure as well since it can be better now.'' Aleron opened his eyes and stood up. "This world changes from now on," Aleron''s eyes shone with a golden hue while a huge golden eye appeared in the sky, big enough to be visible to all people below, but high enough that no structure or mountain could touch the eye. The eye looked mystical and dreamy, but it was made of metal and earth, along with some other magic stuff to make it look like that...with the Spatial Soul Crystal at the center of the eye. It was the new design of the A.I. Station! Enorin and others opened their eyes and stood up. "What''s this, Master?" Nerathi asked. "It''s the A.I. Station, but in a new design and a new name," Aleron grinned. "God''s Eye." Aleron waved his hand at the eye and a huge golden stele appeared with words carved on it, "And God''s Law and Order." "I am taking away all the red and ck rotten apples with me," Aleron muttered. "Let''s see how it develops from now on." Aleron snapped his finger as all the people he had selected vanished while he also left the knowledge to achieve efficient sun fuel in a group of honest and good scientists under Earth Union before leaving the Earth. Until next time, when he would see the result of the changes he made in the future. Chapter 184: Vigor Source Chapter 184: Vigor Source ? After returning, Aleron first nted God''s Eyes throughout Eldertide Archipgo and also in Ardentia world after removing the previous A.I. Stations. Enorin, Arran''tel, and Nerathi decided to collect resources from the remaining major secret regions of the Eldertide Archipgo since there was nothing else to do. Elysia also joined them since her punishment period was dyed until the Warlord event. Meanwhile, once Aleron was done setting up the Super A.I., he decided to try something. "Alfred, create a temporal formation enveloping my Hell such that the time flow within is 100 times faster than reality time," Aleronmanded with anticipation. Alfred appeared before him, his eyes shing while Aleron felt Magilore extracting from his unlimited Magilore source. ''I haven''t created a temporal formation that can change an area time like this, but I have theorized it and have the knowledge to create it,'' Aleron thought as he looked at Alfred who seemed to be in trans, as if researching. ''Alfred has ess to all my knowledge and my expertise. He is connected to my soul and brain. If he can create this, then this project super A.I. is sessful.'' Aleron patiently waited, and after around ten minutes, Alfred''s eyes regained previous rity before he bowed. "I shall finish the work within an hour." Aleron grinned, "Wonderful. Get on it and inform me once it''s done." Alfred vanished while Aleron was thrilled. ''This is awesome.'' [Astral: for real, it is, Mastah. You created someone who can ess your powers, intelligence, and knowledge.] [Gachapi: Fortunately, Alfred is soul-bound with you. Otherwise, someone might hack into him and it could result in bad things.] ''Haha, that''s true.'' "Master-" Aleron was suddenly wrapped by a pair of arms around his stomach while two soft something pressed on his back. He knew who it was from the voice. "Yueha," Aleron turned around while smiling and wrapped his arms around her waist as well and kissed her lips. "You look good in Ascension-rank." Yeuha grinned, her cheeks red and looking joyful, "So, what are we doing? Did I miss anything?" "I finally became a Warlord," Aleron waved his hand as he showed the Warlord status panel. "And there''s going to be an Event for Warlord subordinates soon," Aleron went on to exin the things regarding the two types of points, Events, and the big n that was happening in the background. After they talked for a bit about recent events, Aleron and Yueha talked about cultivation as Aleron wanted to form a spirit core and also let everyone have 2nd source of energy to increase theirbat power. Yueha had tried and she could control and use Mana to a certain extent, but couldn''t form a Magic core that would allow one to have a Mana/Magilore pool. Both spirit core and magic core were the same, yet different applications of Arcane path. Both couldn''t exist at the same time, so it was either spirit core or magic core, not both. Moreover, Gachapi told them that the Paragon-rank lifeform was a point where the Arcane, Soul, and Body paths converged into one, and gave rise to a multitude of options for the path ahead depending on individuals, closing the case about having multiple orthodox power sources of the same path. "Alright, if this is not possible, then let''s explore the Body path," Aleron smiled, "Vigor source. People of Radrata cosmos have a Vigor source, Magic Source, and soul source of all three paths." "Elysia also has Vigor Source, and I learned from her memories and already know how to awaken it, so let''s start." [Gachapi: That''s good. As far as I know, not many people know how to awaken their vigor source, and all those Warlords who know are keeping it secret. I suspect it should be top five or top ten because Graystar Warlord''s subordinates didn''t have a Vigor source.] ''True.'' Aleron called Enorin and others as everyone gathered at a random mountain peak with a beautiful view. Clearing the center of the mountain peak, Aleron created small mattresses for everyone to sit cross-legged. Elysia sat away under a tree in meditation since she didn''t need to learn this. Enorin, Yueha, Arran''tel, and Nerathi sat in front of Aleron, their soul sense observing him from outside and inside. ''Vigor is always hidden within us, in our cells and we never spend it. When our cells get reced, that energy is dispersed from our body.'' Aleron''s thoughts flowed into others as they listened.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om ''The first step is to entirely close off our body so that not a speck of our aura is released outside. All pores must be closed, breathing must stop, eyes, nose, ears, all orifices, and everything else must be closed offpletely.'' ''The next step is to focus the entirety of our senses inside our body so that we can move to the third step.'' Aleron did what he was saying to others and entered the third step while exining to others. ''The next step is a long process. It requires a high level of concentration to evenly squeeze every cell of your body at the same time. Sometimes, it''s just a feel and you know you''ve achieved it. People who can awaken their vigor source naturally are considered geniuses because they just have that much attunement and natural control, but if not, then we do it methodically using magic." ''We''ll use Magilore and apply it like a coating to every ce of our body''s internal structure and then apply even pressure to squeeze out that hidden vigor energy. Now, this vigor energy is cohesive. It is present in each cell, and even though cells may be separate from each other, the vigor energy within them is not.'' ''Unless we apply even pressure to all cells, not even a drop of vigor energy will release from any cell.'' ''There''s a requirement on how much vigor energy we need to squeeze out such that it would form a Vigor source in our body. As such, we have to maintain this even pressure for a minimum of 5 seconds for our cells to ooze out enough Vigor energy for the body to form a vigor source.'' Chapter 185: First Body Gate Chapter 185: First Body Gate ? ''The best case scenario is to squeeze out every drop of vigor energy from our cells, which would take around thirty seconds depending on the power of even pressure we apply to our cells. Make sure that you don''t apply strong pressure in concentration or you''ll end up losing cells, which would be like getting severely injured.'' ''The benefit of squeezing out everyst drop of vigor energy from our cells is that once a vigor source is formed from that amount of vigor energy, our cells are infinitely closed to bing dead, which would put us at death''s door.'' ''But at that death''s door, while our vigor source is awakening, we''ll automatically unlock our First Body Gate: Vitalum Gate.'' Aleron got this knowledge from Elysia. Vitalum Gate was a cheat-like power because once that gate was opened, it would increase stamina recovery, vigor recovery, and Bloodline essence efficiency by ten times, an increase of 1000%! ''Master, what does this Vitalum gate do?'' Yueha asked. Aleron told them and all of them were shocked. But with that shock came doubt about the sess rate, which Aleron answered truthfully. ''The sess rate is not high because squeezing everyst drop of Vigor energy from our cells is by no means easy. You''ll realize when you apply the pressure evenly and feel that energying out of the cells. It is painfully ''Those who naturally awaken their Vigor source can''t open their first body gate. This boon is only granted by the method I told you.'' Every nodded. ''I''m going to start now. Let''s see how it goes,'' Aleron took a deep breath as he began putting even pressure on all of his cells. It was painful because he was using Magilore, but to awaken the first Body Gate, he must do this. Usually, Body Gates were opened by Paragon-rank lifeforms, but it was possible to awaken the first Body Gate in Ascension-rank because only when one evolved into an Acension-rank lifeform, would their body form the potential gates. Elysia''s memories showed this method to awaken the first body gate in Ascension-rank and this could only be done when awakening one''s Vigor source. Those already possessing a Vigor source wouldn''t be able to open their first gate because when every single cell of the body is near death or rather, stasis death because at that point, the body would be dead in a way with all organs and brain ceasing their functionspletely. Once this dead-cell body state is achieved, the only way to return to life from this state would be that one moment when someone awakens their Vigor source, which would fill every single cell with vigor and activate them to function. And only at that moment, would one open their first body gate: Vitalum Gate. Aleron applied pressure evenly in absolute focus, ignoring the pain while maintaining the magilore coat so that the pressure would continue to apply evenly. Faint golden string, liquidy-like, but so micro that it would be impossible to see it unless someone used soul sense. Enorin and others observed Aleron as they saw the golden liquidy threads gathered at Aleron''s stomach, forming a golden orb with golden cloudy steam forming around it. Five seconds had passed by and the core could already form, but since Aleron continued, this primal vigor energy from cells turned into that cloudy steam around it-which would eventually invigorate all cells once he stopped and bring the cells back to life, more energetic and powerful than ever. But he had to continue until he squeezed all vigor energy from his cells. From outside, Aleron was shrinking and rotting as if all life from his was vanishing. After twenty seconds, Aleron''s brain stopped functioning, but he had to make sure that he still continued to apply even pressure using Magilore. He had to set it that way.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om 25 seconds passed by. 28 seconds passed by. When thirty seconds passed by and Aleron squeezed all vigor energy from his cells, the process finally stopped. In the next second, a powerful aura exploded from his body, indicating his Vitalum Gate opening. The vigor source appeared in his source space as he awakened it. The Vigor core shone with an abundant brown-golden glow while the cloudy steam spread throughout his body andpletely energized it. Aleron''s body came back to life, his skin shining, blood flowing and aura appearing full of life and vigor. A smile spread on his face as he felt the powerful source of additional power. ''Congrattions, Master.'' ''Congrats, my lord.'' Everyone congratted Aleron and opened their eyes, seeing his appearance that looked more dazzling than before despite having no apparent changes. "Vigor energy''s power and quantity is tied to our bodily stats, so I already have five hundred thousand Vigor energy," Aleron grinned. "You all, do the same as I did and awaken the source plus open the gate because this is going bring a big boost in ourbat power." [Gachapi: They won''t be able to do this in the first attempt. You made it look easy even though it''s not, Master. It will take time for them to get the hang of such precise Magilore control and also achieve endurance to pain.] [Astral: Mastah''s pain endurance is crazy. I was feeling hellish pain during that process before even five seconds passed, so I had to disconnect my pain nerves symbios state.] [Gachapi: you''re a poopie new lifeform who hasn''t felt pain at all, so of course, you don''t have much pain threshold. Still, it will take some time before Enorin and others seed.] ''I hope they do. I want them to open the first Vitalum Gate because it''s just so beneficial,'' Aleron looked at Enorin, Yueha, Arran''tel, and Nerathi as they began from step 1 and started their first attempt. Aleron stood up and walked towards Elysia. ''Vigor energy is used to fuel physical attacks or hybrid attacks. I need to create Savant-grade skills that can utilize vigor energy as well.'' [Gachapi: You got some examples from Elysia''s memories, so you can try.] ''Yeah. I''m going to have her apany me in training once I finish settling matters regarding her secret realm.'' ... While Enorin, Yeuha, Arran''tel, and Nerathi began their Vigor source awakening process, Aleron took Elysia to her secret realm to employ Elysia''s former employees elsewhere and let his Eldertide Archipgo absorb this secret realm''s core. Chapter 186: Warlord Event Starts Chapter 186: Warlord Event Starts ? Aleron and Elysia entered her Goddess Pce in the sky of her secret realm. Yuzu and others saw theming, their eyes on Aleron as he entered the hall.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om "Fifteendies, eh?" Aleron smiled as he looked at thedies ranging from their twenties to thirties. Yuzu and others looked nervous but also filled with anticipation for their future. They were finally going to get away from this shitty job. "So, what are you going to do with them?" Elysia casually asked. "Nothing," Aleron chuckled as he swept his eyes at them and asked, "So,dies. What do you want to do? You are free to choose your future." "I want to help you, young master Aleron," Yuzu spoke first as she stepped forward with a determined expression. "You all stayed together for long and have experience of working together. For starters, I''m going to give you houses in my new city and two Death Lords who can heed yourmand," Aleron grinned. "I''m aware that you are from other worlds, so I want you to head the development of this city." "We have nock of resources, so you can be stronger at your own pace as well." Yuzu and others had their eyes lighting up hearing that. It was finally time they moved to the next phase of their lives which showed them a much better and optimistic future. ... Aleron settled Yuzu and others on a new ind which he nned to make livable for all races together. This ind was one of the biggest as well, and he wanted to make it the central hub of this secret realm. At the center of the ind, Aleron cleared enough space for a beautiful pond and fifteen aesthetic wooden houses surrounding them for thedies. Yuzu and others stood before Aleron as he told them about his ns and gave them a sophisticated design program he created, which contained a myriad of possible structures, designs, and infrastructure ideas for the city. "Death Lords won''t be able to make all things, so when that happens, just call Alfred and he will finish the task in seconds," Aleron said as he handed them the gloves. "The hologram and design user interface I showed can be activated with these gloves and that portal can lead to the necropolis, which is a fully functional city with much to do and enjoy there, but know that folks there are former humans but present Undead races." "Thank you, young master Ale," Yuzu excitedly smiled. "We will build a wonderful city with the tools you have provided." "This location is also superb. Now I am finally living a life in another world, haha." "True, that shitty goddess didn''t let us go anywhere outside of her pce and had to work all the time. Eat, shit, and work, gosh. I swear I was going to kill myself soon if not for young master Ale." "Cough, young master Aleron, I can also be your personal maid. I know how to cook and dress up someone," Yuzu said with a cheeky grin. "I was a designer and then became CEO of a beauticianpany in my previous life." Aleron lightlyughed and said, "That''s good to know. I want someone with a knack for designing outfits. Alright, make some outfit designs for me when you get time." "Leave that to me," Yuzu patted her chest with a big smile. ... (Subordinates-only) Cracks of Wild Labyrinth - 1 hour until it starts. "Alright, everyone. There''s only an hour left until the event, and we have its details." On a terrace high up, Aleron sat on his Arcana Throne while a mystical portal had formed behind him, with [0/5] floating wispily above it. "The portal behind me is the entrance to the Event and these are the details," Aleron waved his hand as a magical hologram appeared before Aleron, facing his subordinates for them to read the details. Not all of his subordinates had broken through to Ascension rank. For now, the ones who stood before Aleron were Enorin, Yueha, Nerathi, Arran''tel, Fang, Ruan, and Riki. Riki didn''tprehend his first concept through his Symbios Gear''s traits, but heprehended the Sword concept, which synergized with his specialty tremendously. Moreover, Riki and Ruan also managed to awaken their Vigor source and open the Vitalum Gate a few hours ago. Fang fell short as he didn''t have time, but Enorin, Yueha, Nerathi, and Arran''tel had sessfully awakened their Vigor source and opened their first Gate ten hours ago. However, looking at the event details, it seemed that only five of them could participate. [Cracks of Wild Labyrinth] \__Event-type: Subordinates-only. \_Participant Pool: Rank 200th to rank 284th Warlords. \_Participant number: 5. Event Rules_ 1. Each group will spawn randomly in the Wild Labyrinth''s peripheral area. 2. The goal of each group is to reach the center of the Labyrinth through traps and troubles, with shes against other groups as they near the center. 3. Warlord points and Ability points will be distributed ording to the order in which they reach the center. The first ten groups will be awarded Treasure Chests, with the rank first gaining 10 treasure chests and the rank tenth group gaining 1 chest. "I am not going to choose who is going to participate," Aleron smiled as he crossed his arms. "It''s up to you all." The folks looked at each other with wry smiles. "I''m out," Fang said as he shook his head and stepped backward. "I am weakest among this group right now." "That''s not necessarily true," Rikiughed. "Your formations can be very handy in thebyrinth, I feel." The others who had seen Fang''sbat ability couldn''t help but agree. "So, who is going to go? I want us to take the first rank for master. Anything less is not eptable," Yueha crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes. "There''s one way to get ourselves a good group," Arran''tel suggested with a faint smile. "Let us fight to in a battle royal and hurl everything at each other. That is the best way to finalize a group of five among us." Arran''tel''s suggestion was epted by all and they began fighting each other in the sky, using purely their skills and expertise, but not going all out. Half an hourter, everyone stopped and discussed before finalizing the group. Fang the Chaotic Array Master. Enorin the Angel of Divine Sunderer. Arran''te the Dethpless Gloom. Riki the Deadly de. And finally... Yueha the Vars Empress. The five of them entered the portal and arrived at the avenue of the Event with twenty minutes left before it started. This new world seemed to consist of mountain peaks with clouds covering the rest of the world below the peak. Each peak seemed to hold a group of subordinates of each Warlord between 200th to 284th rank. Enorin and others immediately sat cross-legged to recover their Prana, soul energy, and Vigor force they spent. ''I have twenty minutes. That''s enough to make a single attempt,'' Fang thought as he looked at the countdown. ''If I fail, I''ll be weakened for a bit but that shouldn''t be a problem for long,'' Fang''s eyes turned firm. ''I must do this and seed. I don''t want to consider the option of failure.'' ''Do it, Fang!'' ... "Master, I want to return to check up on my Monster Paradise guild if you don''t mind," Nerathi said. "Hmm, how about you bring all the people under you to my secret realm?" Aleron thoughtfully said. "I''ll make a Beastfolk Ind as well since I have Elven Ind, Draconite Ind, and Demon Ind." "Really?" Nerathi''s eyes light up. "The atmosphere of this secret realm is stronger and better, so I''m sure my people will be happy here. And don''t worry master, we''ll work hard for the resources." "Humu, let''s bring them over," Aleron nodded before he turned to Ruan who was looking at him intently. "What do you want to do, cutie?" Aleron chuckled. Ruan shyly yet mischievously smiled and said, "If you ask me like that, then of course I want to be with you, Master. But since you are going to watch the Event, then I''ll obediently train and wait for my chance." "You cane with me if you want to," Aleron grinned. "I can bring over your avatar with mine to watch the event." "Ohhh, then, of course, I want to watch! Thank you, master." "Alright, then wait here. Once the event starts, we''ll go. Meanwhile, Nerathi," Aleron looked at Nerathi, "We''ll go now and bring over your territory''s poption here before the event starts. I''ll leave their settlement to you." ... After Aleron brought around two million Beastfolks into his secret realm and put them on a new ind in the surroundings. Nerathi tended to them and organized her people. Aleron also created a portal there as he created in other inds so that Exceed-rank and higher could explore the new secret realms he had summoned for resources andpetition. Nerathi also exined to them about the uing tournament, so everyone was raring to train now that they could gain resources by exploring and fighting in new areas. Meanwhile, Aleron and Ruan sat cross-legged beside each other before their avatar emerged from their bodies. ''Leave your Avatar''s movement to me. This unique portal that the cosmos will create only allows avatars to pass through. It''s an amazing use of soul path and Arcane path, and I learned it as well, haha.'' ''Master, you can really learn everything so fast, it''s amazing.'' ''You know how to butter up, eh?'' ''Hehe, I just adore you so much, Master. Please let me stay by your side forever,'' Ruan cheekily said. ''As if you are going anywhere,'' Aleronughed. ''I am keeping for you for myself.'' ''That''s good to know, my dear master~'' At that, Aleron and Ruan''s avatars entered the mystical portal and arrived in a huge hall with tables, with Warlords ranging from all ranks already present or arriving. Chapter 187 Upcoming Turbulence. Chapter 187 Uing Turbulence. Aleron and Ruan arrived at the spectator''s hall, right beside a table that seemed to be theirs as it had a number te atop it. 284. It was his current Warlord rank. Aleron and Ruan''s avatar sat at the table while a hologram screen lit up on it, disying Enorin and others who sat on the mountain peak in meditation. Two minutes left until the Event starts. ''Master, the tables are going higher and higher in height, with that furthest table being 10 feet above the ground,'' Ruan looked at the hall further. Their table was at the very least, with three other tables in their row with several meters of distance between each. ''Yeah, it seems to be based on ranking. Most of the tables are empty, though.'' Aleron realized that this Event wasn''t worth watching for most of the Warlords. ¡­ The event began as all participants disappeared from their respective mountain peaks and arrived randomly in a huge Labyrinth. For the starter, each group directly encountered a group of Primeval-rank monsters after they moved from one cavern to another. Many groups didn''t waste much energy on them, using tricks and efficiency to destroy the group. In Aleron''s group, Fang used his Chaotic Formation, using very little energy to make the monsters fight each other and destroy themselves. The countdown was 5 hours, which meant that the Event would be finished after that. Those who reached the center of thebyrinth before the countdown would be considered winners and ranked in the order they reached the center. After watching for an hour, Aleron realized that this Labyrinth Event wasn''t much of a challenge for Enorin and others. They performed vastly superior to others from what he observed in the screens at other tables. Moreover, only his team had all subordinates at Ascension rank! The other groups actually had one in rare cases while the rest of them were Primeval-rank. ''This is going to be too easy, it seems,'' Ruan chuckled. ''Yep.This Event''s participant pool is 200th to 284th rank, after all.'' After an hour, many of the Warlords had already left. Aleron didn''t want to leave even though it was going smooth sailing for the group. He wanted to watch it and see if something happened in this hall. From the memories of that Graystar Warlord''s subordinate, the Warlord actually held a meeting together somehow. He didn''t know how, but this spectator''s hall seemed to be a good ce where all Warlords could gather together despite the vast distances between them. Soon, another hour passed by. The event was about to end for him because Enorin and others were near the Labyrinth''s center. They had encountered other groups, but they easily won against them and smoothly proceeded ahead in thebyrinth. No traps or troubles could stop them. ¡­ [Congrattions, Your group is the first one to reach the end of the Labyrinth.] [You have been awarded 1000 Warlord points and Ability points for taking 1st rank.] [You have been awarded 10 treasure chests.] [You have been awarded an extra 500 Warlord points and Ability points for exceptional performance in the event.] n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "Great job, everyone." "It was too easy master," Fang wryly smiled. "True. This wasn''t much of a challenge for us. We were worried about nothing," Rikiughed. "Well, the next event is about to start after two days," Aleron said as he looked at his Warlord status. "There are two more events for Subordinate-onlying soon. The first one after two days and the second one after four days. Our Warlord ranking reached 259th rank, but that''s not much. We have to grind until we reach the top 100." After Aleron talked with others for a bit, everyone scattered away to train on their own and spend time while Aleron took Elysia to Hell. "You knew it wouldn''t be hard for me to take first rank, but you still offered yourself for the Warlord event," Aleron snorted. Elysia yfully chuckled, "Well, I wanted to see what would you do and I am not disappointed. I''m more sure of my decision to suck up to you instead of fighting you." "But¡­" Elysia''s expression turned somber. "You''ll encounter trouble soon. There''s a Warlord Alliance of Warlords ranking between 50th to 100th rank. They know Ardentia''s location and I''ve been ignoring an annoying guy''s contact." Aleron raised his eyebrows. "Who?" "Davin Warmair," Elysia''s eyes coldly glinted. "He wanted me for my Bloodline and body so he can have fun in exchange for helping me destroy you, but that fool''s dreaming if he thinks I would give up my chastity and pride like that." "Anyway, thest message I got was just after this Event. He knows I''ve lost and a Warlord has been decided for this through the Event that we just finished." "He¡­is going to attack this," Elysia waved his hand and showed a screen that showed Davin''s face and his voice as he dered he was going to attack and take her with him by force. Aleron watched the video message and after it finished, a ferocious smile formed on his face, "Well, well¡­It seems we are going to our first war with another Warlord." "He is not alone," Elysia shook her head. "There are fifteen other Warlords with him and they are eager to recruit more, but as the head of this alliance, this Davin feels as if he is a big shot." Elysia snorted and continued, "That piece of trash doesn''t know his worth and let me tell you, Aleron, that he is even worse than Demon Lord Narazar." Aleron fell into thought for a few seconds before he snapped his finger, causing him and Elysia to vanish from the Hell''s region as they arrived back at the royal pce''s terrace. "Change of ns," Aleron sat on his Arcana Throne and looked at Elysia, "We are going to prepare for their attack, and your punishment will be dyed until Ipletely destroy that Warlord Alliance." "Opportunistic bastard," Elysia grinned. "Fine. Use me as your bait to rattle Davin and his alliance. He will make irrational decisions for me, I''m sure." "Why?" Aleron curiously asked. "Is it really because of your Bloodline only?" "Of course," Elysia rolled her eyes. "My Bloodline is precious. Right now, it''s only in Divine rank, but that''s not its highest rank. I was born with this Divine-rank Bloodline, but its true rank is higher. It''s suppressed right now since I don''t want my family to find me, which they can do through the Bloodline." "I see. Well, thank you for the heads up about Davin, and yes, I want to use you as bait," Aleron looked up at the sky. "For starters, I want to create some satellites that can observe and sense things from afar." "Good," Elysia nodded. "They wille through big spaceships, right from a wormhole that would open a bit away from the. If you can destroy them in outer space, that''s best." "That''s the n," Aleron narrowed his eyes. "I''m not going to let themnd on my." Elysia grinned, "Show them your crazy power. It''s a war of Warlords, so you can freely attack the enemy Warlords and kill them, but don''t hurt anyone at Primeval rank or below with deliberate intentions. Doing so would reduce your Warlord points and Ability points, but if they die identally during the fight, it''s fine." "Got it," Aleron nodded. "Well, you are free to move again, so go. I''m going to prepare satellites and some defensive measures in case they attack the." ¡­ Aleron finished creating magi-tech satellites and even gave them defensive and offensive features. He built something like a Magilore battery for the satellites, which could recharge with Magic Stones. Higher-graded Magic Stones would charge it faster. The benefit of using this Magilore Battery he created instead of directly using Magic Stones was the difference in efficiency and power. The energy from his battery empowered the satellites''s defensive and offensive abilities more than Magic Stones. Once he was done, he finally began opening the Treasure Chests he got from the reward. He opened the first one and it spewed out a mystical green root with blood-red patterns on it. [Viris Blood Root] _Rank: Ascension-rank. Yorin was in meditation toprehend his first Concept. He didn''t have a Symbios Gear or anything, but he already had a vision of what kind of Concept he wanted. _Effect: Permanently increase Health and Strength stats for Ascension-rank powerhouses. _Note: If this is processed by a proficient alchemist into a pill or a portion, its effect can increase in potency. Aleron''s eyes lit up. He quickly opened the remaining nine treasure chests and got a bunch of resources at Ascension rank. ''Yorin can practice and learn. Even if he wastes a few Ascension-rank resources, it''s fine as long as he learns how to process them into pills or potions,'' Aleron grinned. However, he suddenly remembered that Yorin had paused his production of pills after he had made enough for the gang to reach the peak of primeval rank. Yorin was in meditation toprehend his first Concept. He didn''t have a Symbios Gear or anything, but he already had a vision of what kind of Concept he wanted. ''Good. He needs to break through to Ascension-rank if he wants to concoct Ascension-rank pills with ease,'' Aleron nodded. The power and potency of these Ascension-rank resources were nothing to scoff at. To handle them, one required better control of Magilore and a higher capacity of Ascension rank. With nothing else to do, Aleron stored the resources as he didn''t want to use them raw. ¡­ Four days passed in the blink of an eye. The next two Warlord Events also went well as Aleron''s group acquired first rank in both. Three dayster, his own Warlord Event was about to start where he would have to participate himself while the next Subordinate-only event would start after a week. But while Aleron and his gang were training and progressing at their pace, the other pieces that would soon sh with him had started moving. Warlord Graystar''s territory, "Lord Graystar, I''ve acquired the spatial coordinates of that portal. We can open it anytime now." Chapter 188: Complete Dominance Chapter 188: Complete Dominance ? "Warning!" Alfred, the Super A.I., observed the breach being made into the Eldertide Archipgo and immediately alerted Aleron, who was in the middle of creating his Bloodline. At the same time, Aleron got a notification from cosmos will as well, telling him that a Warlord had invaded his territory. Aleron immediately looked at the portal through his Monitor Dome and was startled. ''The spatial coordinates of this portal are familiar...'' [Gachapi: Shit, it''s Warlord Graystar!] From the portal, lights shot out at swift speed along with a bunch of mini-spaceships and flying vehicles. The portal was also 10 meters in radius, making it easier for other things to enter. Aleron''s eyes glinted as he immediately sealed off a big area where this portal appeared while he teleported and arrived there, exploding out his aura to attract the invaders. Elysia, Yueha, Enorin, Ruan, Liang, Nerathi, Arran''tel, Riki, Fang, Lee, Ying, and Jiang also arrived there a secondter as Aleron teleported them beside him. The Zords who were all over the secret realm also arrived, transforming into their big forms as they floated behind the group. "Master, what''s going on?" Yueha asked "We have uninvited guests bearing ill will towards us," Aleron narrowed his eyes as he saw people gathering before him. The strongest aura was that of Warlord Graystar, as his shiny gray hair settled around his shoulders, his aura oppressive and his arms crossed as he seemed to inspect the group a hundred meters across from him. Behind him floated 17 Ascension-rank powerhouses, including the seven Generals under him and hundreds of Primeval-rank powerhouses with weapons and armor, with half of them having exotic flying vehicles. [Gachapi: This bastard has Ascension-rank ves. They are probably former Warlords and their subordinate that he had defeated. And those monsters at Ascension rank seem tough as well.] Above the army of Primeval-rank powerhouses floated five giant beasts. Four-Winged Thunder Frost Panther. Scaled ze Turtle. Pentawisp Death Chimera. Green Mist Python. Sunbane ck Bear. All five at Ascension rank, with two of them at the Median stage of Ascension rank! "So you are the sneaky rat who came to my world? Well, well, I wasn''t expecting a Warlord since I wasn''t notified when you arrived," Graystar icily smiled. "First, congrats on bing Warlord." "Second, be my ve and you''ll live." Enorin and others immediately snapped and their auras exploded as they wanted to attack, but they naturally held back and looked at Aleron. Aleron floated ahead towards Warlord Graystar and stopped when he was just 5 meters away from him. Graystar raised his eyebrows. "I''ll have tomend your courage." Aleron''s expression was cid as he asked, "Is this your entire force here?" Graystar chuckled, "I always attack with my full force, even if I am going to beat a sneaky rat." "Very good," Aleron nodded and snapped his finger, using histest control-type Savant- grade skill-Infinite Prison Realm. In the next instance, Aleron expended billions of Magilore energy while a strange bubble formed around every single Ascension-rank powerhouse, including the five Ascension-rank monsters. Right after that, hemanded in the soulwork. ''Destroy every single Primeval-rank individual first.'' ''Zords. All of youbine and transform into a Mega Zord.'' Graystar''s expression was peculiar when he was hit by the skill, but that peculiar expression turned into a somber one. ''Lord, I can''t escape this bubble! What''s going on?'' ''My attacks are not even reaching the end of the barrier and the projectiles are traveling too slow!'' All Ascension-rank powerhouses panicked while the monsters yed and flew around, but nobody could escape the bubble or move its position. It was a strange site where everyone looked as if they were moving and traveling in the bubble, but the bubble never moved its position. While they panicked, Enorin, Yueha, and others didn''t use much energy and just used their Symbios Gear''s weapon forms to massacre the Primeval-rank powerhouses. ''The portal is closed!'' ''I can''t open it again. Some other spatial power is interfering, lord Graystar!'' Naturally, Aleron also closed the portal as he didn''t want any of them to escape. In the domain of space and time, none here was his match. ''Not one of them must escape,'' Aleron stated in the soulwork while he calmly sat on his Arcana Throne before Warlord Graystar, whose expression was now dark. Graystar was powerful. In terms of Magic potency stats, he was more powerful than Aleron and he also had two Concepts, but Aleron was more powerful in terms of soul and physical stats. But Aleron didn''t use any soul energy when executing Infinite Prison Realm and still, it was simply too powerful. The size of this bubble looked small from the outside, but from the inside, the space actually lengthened to a million kilometers of distance from all sides, moreover, the time flow was also slowed down specifically whenever a movement was made, taking it way longer if they wanted to move or shoot their attacks to the end of the bubble. Five seconds had passed since Aleron used the skill and took the initiative to attack this arrogant Warlord Graystar who looked down on him and the result? All Ascension-rank powerhouses and monsters were struggling to escape while the army of Primeval-rank was decimated. How could they match his subordinates who were at Ascension rank? On the 7th second, Graystar seemed to roar and exploded out an attack by reluctantly using more soul energy than he wanted to, and broke free of the barrier. Without hesitation, he directly attacked Aleron with a probing attack while releasing 22 attacks that destroyed the bubbles around his subordinates. ''Damn it! It seems that this won''t end as well as I assumed,'' Graystar saw Aleron simply vanishing and appearing on the same spot, easily dodging his attack. But right after that, his attention was attracted to a dangerous source of power behind Aleron, causing his pupils to shrink tremblingly. ''What the fuck is that?!'' A giant metallic humanoid with exotic wings, standing 800 meters tall andnding with exotic powers¡ªthe Mega Zord formed from abination of all ten Zords! "Ooo, it''s dangerous, right?" Aleron grinned. "I also don''t know its power, so shall we check it?" Warlord Graystar''s subordinates, monsters, and ves of Ascension rank went after Aleron''s subordinates once they were freed, but in the next second, the Mega Zord vanished from its spot and arrived before Graystar, throwing a zing punch that used three different Zords'' energy sources¡ªall pure offensive-into this single skill. Graystar was prepared with his defense when he sensed that threatening aura as he enacted his full-powered defensive skill, not holding back on his soul energy and spending half of it in the defense, even if he didn''t want to. The moment Mega Zord''s punch struck, the Mega Zord also released 22 projectiles from a missile-likeuncher that sprung up from its shoulder. Naturally, it didn''t release missiles, but powerful skills akin to missiles that homed towards all 22 Ascension-rank powerhouses, trapping them into three different kinds of binding effectsbined into one. Yueha and others immediately took the chance to attack while a huge explosion rang at the location where Warlord Graystar stood. His subordinates looked there and saw Warlord Graystar turning into a shooting star while his barrier and armorpletely shattered, his eyes briefly lost light as his consciousness was rattled. ''What is their energy?! What is that power?!'' ''What the fuck?!'' Warlord Graystar entered into a full-blown panic mode as he lost all of his shit when he took on Mega Zord''s attack that he failed to defend and lost half of his life along with important energies. But suddenly, he felt space churn around him and he instinctively resisted, but failed and was forcefully teleported right in front of Aleron. "Wait! We can make a deal! There''s no need for us to fight!" Graystar immediately shouted before he puked some blood. His eyes were bloodshot as he felt the residual offensive energy of Mega Zord''s attack wreaking havoc inside his body. Without any other choice, he had to spend soul energy, Vigor energy, and Magilore to fix his internals. "Deal?" Aleron raised his eyebrows before he smiled, "Only three of your Ascension-rank subordinates are alive right now." Mega Zord had targeted the Ascension-rank monsters after attacking Graystar with a super offensive attack that made him wet his pants ording to Aleron''s instructions. The monsters were like cats and dogs who had encountered a massive lion, feeling a threat to their lives that awakened their fear. Instead of fighting, they were escaping away from Mega Zords, but Mega Zords was deleting them one by one with a single attack each. "I-I don''t care. Please don''t kill me. There''s no need for us to fight when we can benefit greatly by working together, right?" Graystar forced out a smile. Internally, he was shocked, enraged, and in denial of his disbelief because things happening to him were true. ''Who is he? His subordinates have auras of those who recently broke through to Ascension rank, but their power aura indicates they have higher stats and power.'' ''Their weapons and outfits have strange powers as well,'' Graystar could naturally observe everyone within his radar, getting more shocked. ''Who the hell is this?'' Graystar looked at Aleron who was smiling at him and felt fear. "There is indeed a need for us to fight or more like a need for me to kill you," Aleron spoken/o/vel/b//in dot c//om with an indifferent smile. "No wait! There''s something big going on in our cosmos. The next meeting is during the top 100 Warlords'' Warlord-only Event, which starts after fifteen days and-," "Stop," Aleron interrupted him while using his skills to trap Graystar, using a considerable amount of his soul energy as well to make sure no mishap urred. He didn''t want Graystar''s soul to escape or ry anything outside. Graystar''s eyes showed despair as he felt the restrictions around him. He was low on soul energy, so he couldn''t fight back against Aleron''s powerful skill that imbued his mastery of Space and Time. "I know about the n of enving this Cosmos Will, but I am not going to partake in it," Aleron icily stated. "I''m going to prevent it from happening." Graystar''s eyes showed madness along with despair as he heard that and he startedughing loudly. *Plop* The Mega Zord arrived behind Graystar and used thest bit of its energy to attack, finishing off the defenseless Graystar who had already lost the will to fight further. Aleron captured Graystar''s soul, intending to read the memoriester to finally get clear details about the Enve n of those people from higher cosmos. "Master, we''ll need a week to recover our energy after this transformation." "True, this was fun but we are now exhausted, haha." The Mega Zord dismantled into 10 Zords as they floated before Aleron in miniature forms. "Good job, everyone," Aleron smiled. "Go rest and rx at your leisure. I won''t call you for seven days." But right after that, Alfred notified Aleron about something else. "Master, a giant wormhole has opened outside of the, and fleets of spaceships are pouring out of it." Chapter 189: Obliterated (1/2) Chapter 189: Obliterated (1/2) ? "Davin, are we really going to destroy this?" "It seems a waste to destroy a popted indeed. We should put a person from our side to be a Warlord of this instead." Davin stood at the front of his spaceship, with the dark matter of outer space brushing past his barrier. Looking at the Ardentia, he had a grin on his face as he heard his colleagues. "Nope. We are going to destroy this. Launch all Titan-ss spaceship''s omega cannons and empty all shells on this." "Right now." In the next second, all 10 Titan-ss spaceships''s mouths opened. Ten magitech-engineered cannon barrels with exotic magic patterns on them glowed from their mouths. After three seconds, they lit up fully and released ten destructive orbs. But the moment they reached the periphery of the''s stratosphere, a barrier flickered into existence through the satellites Aleron had created. The orbs struck the protective barrier, resulting in huge explosions that bloated a huge chunk of sky for the poption of the. They felt terrified and panicked, but upon seeing that nothing was going past that barrier, everyone gradually calmed down. Meanwhile, Davin narrowed his eyes as he felt a bunch of presences appearing as the explosion''s smoke and particles scattered away. Aleron arrived with his gang, including Elysia who floated beside him with a provoking smile aimed at Davin. *Crack....* *Crunch...* "What''s going on?!" "What the hell?!" "The spaceships have gone out of control!" Aleron''s eyes glinted as he shrunk and twisted space around all ten Titan-ss spaceships that were 2 kilometers long and 500 to 900 meters in height, made of heavy exotic metal of high tier. Despite their size, those spaceships were folding as if someone was folding a piece of paper, causing mass panic among people inside and the Ascension-rank powerhouses on it. The total number of Ascension-rank enemies numbered around 43 in front of Aleron, with 27 of them being Warlords and others being non-warlord Ascension-rank. All of them were in the top 100-50 ranks in the leaderboard. Aleron gauged their powers and knew there was no way they would lose. ''Everyone, fight to your heart''s content and destroy them,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he executed his Savant-grade skill, Numero Astral Layer, giving protective buffs to everyone. ''Gamble...we shall win this fight without any casualty and within 10 minutes.'' [Gamble epted.] Aleron had already gathered over 97k Gacha points by doing random gamblings the past four days, though he had decided he would only upgrade the system once he got 150k gacha points. On the other hand, Davin''s eyes glinted ruthlessly upon seeing the group before him with Elysia. "It seems they want to fight without talk, heh. Well, then...." Davin grinned as he ryed to others. "Ya''ll! Destroy that bunch in front of us, but leave that white-haired woman to me. She is mine," Davin licked his lips, his eyes stered on Elysia. Elysia''s expression turned frosty, "Master Aleron, I want to personally show that piece of trash his ce if you don''t mind." "Go. There won''t be any interference," Aleron stated as he sat on his Arcana Throne while Yueha, Enorin, Mei, Ruan, Liang, Nerathi, Arran''tel, Riki, Fang, Lee, Ying, and Jiang entered theirbat forms and shot at the enemy. [Yueha: Let''s see who gets the most kill count.] [Ying: Ha, bring it on!] [Enorin: Don''t lose focus and don''t be reckless. They are high in number regardless of theirbat powerpared to us.] [Liang: I am going to fully focus on supporting you all.] [Fang: Same here, but I will be focusing on disrupting enemies with my chaotic arrays. Let''s kill them all wlessly.] [Arran''tel: That sounds good. Only a wless victory shows our worthiness to the boons and opportunity our master has provided us.] [Nerathi: Jeez, you all are too powerful with those things you call Symbios Gears. What are those weapons made of?] [Riki: Hahaha, no idea, but I love them to death. The little one with me is as feisty as my de arts.] Everyone''s Symbios Gears had their forms like how Astral was to Aleron. Riki had activated his Symbios Gear''s 2nd form-Nightfall Thunder Dual des and unleashed a cross-sh by shing both des at the same time, unleashing his most powerful attack to date. The cross-sh bearing tremendous power of lightning, death, and darkness, and the anomaly attribute of the Symbios Gear-Tempestuous Harmony, struck the three Ascension- rank powerhouses who had joined together to form a defensive triangle while supporting her. s, Riki''s attackpletely sliced all three of them with minimal power absorbed by the barrier as the cross-sh made clean shes. Those three who were cut in half didn''t even get a chance to re-attach or recover because Fang''s chaotic array bearing a pure-offensive whirlpool of me and wind surrounded them and destroyed them. The space outside the was filled with colorful lights, projectiles, explosions, and fast- moving lights which were the Acension-rank powerhouses. Aleron didn''t fight and just sat on his throne. If he fought, he could easily end this within seconds. Putting aside the fact that he had unlimited Magilore, his skills were fine to the extreme and he had utilized space and time attributes in all of them due to his Concept. ''Good. I am already in the top 50 thanks to Warlord Graystar,'' Aleron looked at his Warlord Status. His rank shot up after he defeated Warlord Graystar. Graystar was ranked 23rd, unlike the top 15 that Gachapi initially thought. And since he defeated Graystar, his rank directly reced his, bing 23rd as he acquired all of Graystar''s Warlord points and remaining Ability points. Moreover, the events assigned to him also changed after his rank reached 23rd. The Warlord- only event he had since the start remained, but the two Subordinate-only events changed and he got an additional Warlord-only Event. [Aleron-Warlord] \_Rank: 23rd Warlord Points: 141,382 \__Ability points: 38,299n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om ->-Restriction-10 points per 24 hr, Dungeon Spawn-100 points, Labyrinth Spawn-1000 points, Secret Realm Spawn-10,000 points. Warlord Events: ->(Warlord-only) ck Myth Ruins - 4 days. -> (Warlord-only) Utopia of Damned - 15 days. -> (Subordinates-only) Ruler of the Hill - 2 days. -> (Subordinates-only) Trophy Hunt - 5 days. Chapter 190: Obliterated (2/2), Emissaries of Higher Cosmos and Top 25 Warlords Chapter 190: Obliterated (2/2), Emissaries of Higher Cosmos and Top 25 Warlords ? Naturally, Aleron didn''t waste time just observing the ongoing battle. He was also digging deeper into the mastery of space and time while asionally giving support to his side on the battlefield. Instead ofprehending a second Concept, he had decided to reach 2nd level in the Astral Reaver concept first because the difference between 1st level Concept and 2nd level concept was massive, to say the least. The major benefit of a 2nd level Concept was a reduction of soul energy when utilizing the Concept''s power. The reduction was massive 90% in the 2nd level, not to mention the increased potency of the skills that utilized a 2nd level Concept. ''Graystar was 23rd rank, and he didn''t have a 2nd level concept, but I have to assume that the top 20 must have a 2nd level concept.'' Aleron thought as he looked at the battle. ''Even with my unlimited Magilore, I might struggle to defeat Warlords who have a 2nd level concept, and it''s highly likely that they also have two or more Concepts. [Astral: Heh, I am the most powerful Concept, master. We shall defeat everyone in our way.] [Gachapi: Well, the Concept that maniptes the flow of Space and Time is indeed the cream of the crop even among the myriad of possible Concepts.] Aleron chuckled, ''Can''t deny that. I am feeling like a God with its power.'' Aleron was weaving space and time attributes in new ways and his attention was drawn to the battle between Elysia and Davin as it seemed to near the end after five minutes. Their confrontation seemed intense at first, but then Davin gradually started feeling suppressed. Moreover, the panicking and troubled voices of the Warlords who were getting dominated by Aleron''s summons filled the soulwork as well, distressing Davin. "Bitch, didn''t you want to kill that kid? And why the fuck are his subordinates so powerful?" Davin cursed as he desperately unleashed a powerful attack, pushing back Elysia. Elysia icily smiled as she sessfully defended. "You are an insect, Davin. One that only knows how to leech," Elysia waved her hand, conjuring five spears made of golden me with ck patterns that flickered onto the outward aura. "So, just die like an insect." Davin''s expression was as ugly as it could be, with desperation flooding his eyes. Within five minutes, 29 Warlords were already dead and the rest were desperately working together to fight off against Enorin and others. Enorin, Yueha, and others were also low on energy after killing so many, so the battle at the end was intense, but it didn''t seem like they were losing. The enemy''s morale was down and half of them were already showing despair. With Aleron supporting them, there was no way anything could go wrong.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om Aleron had collected the souls of everyone who died and absorbed their memories. With that, he also acquired the coordinates of theirs-which meant more souls in his hell and even more people with peaceful and better lives under his rule. A minuteter, all of the Warlords and Ascension-rank powerhouses of the enemy werepletely obliterated while their storage rings and intact items were looted by Aleron. "Where''s your smug smile from before?" Elysia sneered as she suppressed Davin, treating him like a ragdoll as he was fully forced on the defensive with severe injuries umting. Ascension-rank powerhouses didn''t even have pills and potions that could recover their injuries. Those were rare due to the scarcity of Ascension-rank natural resources that could only be gained through Warlord Events. Savant-grade healing skills could work, but no one was left to heal him, and he couldn''t heal himself with the onught from Elysia. ''Damn it! Damn it! Godamn it!'' Davin''s bloodshot eyes trembled and shook as he desperately tried to fight back, but failed. He could feel a bunch of gazes on him from all sides that clearly told him that his fate was sealed. "FUCK YOU, BITCH!" Elysia indifferently released two golden-ck chakrams, shing away Davin''s defense before a sun-like spiky orb struck his chest,pletely obliterating him as he had lost all of his soul energy in defense and Vigor energy he used to recover his umting injuries. *BOOM!* ... Inside a huge exotic crystal-wooden castle suspended in outer space. Three people appearing in theirte twenties to early thirties sat at a table at one side while 25 holograms formed in front of them. However, one of the holograms was nk, which drew a frown on the faces of three people at the table. "Emissary ckstar, the 23rd ranked Warlord, Graystar, is dead," the person in 25th Hologram, a Dark Elf, stated with a somber expression. The other Warlords were startled. "What do you mean, Warlord Ven? How could he die like that?" the 24th-ranked Warlord asked in disbelief. "I got his message an hour ago, stating that he was going to attack a secret realm that had invaded him. He appeared confident that he would be finished by the time this meeting began. And knowing him, he surely went with his full force, but...he and his force got wiped out instead." || "Tsk, that''s why we shouldn''t include the trashes above the top 10 in ranking-They are unreliable," a beautiful woman with long ck hair and red eyes with long eyshes clicked her tongue-7th ranked Warlord, Renia Nyxwist. "I would have to agree with Renia." "Well, this was our first official meeting after the emissaries arranged this, but it''s already spoiled." The dark blond-haired woman at the table raised her hand, "Silence." Afterward, the silky brown-haired man beside her opened his mouth while smiling, "Even if we arecking a member, we will begin the meeting. The reason you all are facing us right now is simple-we require you to summon this cosmos will with a method." "The method is tricky because the will of this cosmos is like a juvenile with some in-build responsibility to ascend Warlords to a higher cosmos. It doesn''t take a form or is active even." "You can say that the will of this cosmos is half-asleep as it just let the system of Cosmic Ascension Competition it built run automatically." The brown-haired man stopped speaking while the 3rd person at the table continued with a wave of his hand, showing all Warlords a mystical orb with strange flowing particles that changed colors constantly. "Cosmos Core. The location of this core is nigh impossible to find unless a Paragon-rank lifeform makes a scan here, but that''s also impossible because Paragons cannot descend to the lower cosmos and make such a scan. This is the rule of the Cosmos Realm." "As such, we will first have to awaken the Cosmos Will fully and have it manifest itself before us." "The aim of this meeting is to decide on a way to wake it up-An event that demands its attention and...such events can only be achieved with very few means." ... "So, it''s time, eh?" Elysia smiled as she looked at Hell. "It''s time," Aleron nodded. "And I might join you for a bit soon because I am going to enact judgment on myself for what happened at the start of my arrival." "Well, the good thing is that you sped up the time in Hell, so although people inside would take full punishment, you can benefit from them faster," Elysia cheekily grinned. "Indeed," Aleron chuckled. "And, I also want people who repent to begin their new life soon in the real world," he added. Chapter 191 Self-Verdict, Top 50 Warlord Event Chapter 191 Self-Verdict, Top 50 Warlord Event After Aleron sent Elysia''s soul to Hell for punishment, with the verdict being 92 years of punishment. However, due to the temporal shift in Hell, the time that passed in reality would be around a year. After he was done with her, he went to Hua and Darzax who were in their soul forms. Those two were hanging out around the necropolis and other inds, using their soul energy since they were fully recovered. Aleron met with them and talked for a couple of minutes before he and Darzax arrived at the necropolis. Aleron gathered all undead, the native residents of the necropolis by teleporting them. The people looked happy and greeted Aleron and Darzax in their cheerful ways. Their new lives are better than ever, with all collectively living leisurely and busy lives. But they don''t know their previous lives. Aleron nodded at Darzax, ''Dax, it''s time. I know you did it for me, but we have to do this.'' Darzax smiled, his soul avatar looking exactly like his real self, though appearing ethereal with faintness to it. ''My lord, I have once been a kind man who lost his all. From then on, I stopped at nothing to take my revenge and didn''t consider other people''s lives important.'' ''For you, I will still take any measures even if they break your ideals, but I still will follow your ideals because they remind me of my past life and my wife. I shall take punishment numerous times for you.'' ''Born in the grave, I would only end my life for you, my lord.'' Darzax then unleashed a skill, unsealing all memories from the undead of the necropolis. Aleron felt something strange as he heard Dax, new thoughts stirring his mind. ''He would break my ideals¡­for me? If that''s the case, then I have to make sure the errors he makes for me are solved in my ideal world.'' ''Just like I am doing right now,'' Aleron looked at the people of Necropolis who had turned silent and nk as their memories were unsealing to them, remembering their past lives. Aleron and Darzax patiently waited as the undead regained their memories. After several seconds, Aleron spoke to them andid bare his thoughts about how he wanted them to make the judgment. The reason he asked was to let them run their minds while he read their minds to know their thoughts. All undead of the necropolis had noints, resentments, or regret of what happened to them. They expressed that they were far happier than their previous lives, and their families were also with them. Darzax had also only sacrificed nobles'' souls who were in the royal chamber at that time, so the plus point was that those he had truly killed were evil and deserved in the first ce. None of them wanted Darzax or Aleron to get punished. They know their Absolute Justice system and hell. They were with him from the start, so they knew. But they didn''t want Darzax or Aleron to get punished. Aleron and Darzax left after that, and Aleron sent them back to their previous locations to resume their lives, but it was not over. "Dax, I know they don''t want to get us punished, but we have to get punished." As if Darzax already knew, he merely chuckled and nodded, "I''m aware, my lord. So, what is my verdict?" "Our verdict," Aleron grinned. "You did it for me, so I shall bear it as well." "Although none of the innocents truly died and just turned undead, the turmoil and pain they felt during transformation were no small, as it also applied to kids and babies who turned undead." Darzax sighed and nodded. Even though it was short, they still suffered. "You removed their memories so they would also forget this pain, but they regained it and still forgave us." "But we shall not forget ourselves, so our verdict is nine months for the pain they suffered." Darzax smiled, "Then let us get the taste of your hell, my lord." "That''s going to be painful," Aleronughed. ¡­ Aleron and Darzax went to the section of hell designed for their punishment. It was getting yed by 7yers of ggers on their souls for 10 minutes straight before getting 1 minute of rest. The punishment was cruel as after getting constant pain for 10 minutes, they get 1 minute of rest, which would make them forget the pain. And then getting gged by the thick belts would make the pain even more terrible. ''Damn, I really designed some good punishments,'' Aleron wryly smiled. Darzax couldn''t help butugh while making an expression as if slightly crying. ''Well, this will take some time to get used to.'' ¡­ 9 months would roughly equal to close to three days in reality. Aleron would make it by the time his Warlord-only event began. While Aleron and Darzax were in hell, the progress outside didn''t stop. The Subordinate-only event that started after two days arrived as usual. Aleron took a break from Hell because he had to send them to the event venue. After he sent them to the Event, he went back to hell, not intending to watch them. ¡­ The Event was Ruler of the Hill¡ªin this, only three subordinates of each Warlord could participate. Since Aleron''s rank reached 23rd, this new event reced the old. The participant pool was smaller and higher ranked than before¡ªtop 50 Warlords. In this event, the subordinates of Warlords would fight each other to take control of the "Hill". In a huge dimension filled with dangers and disasters, a big pir of light would spring up in the sky from a random location on the map. The aim of each group is to reach the hill''s peak, a 100-meter ring would manifest and each must stay within the ring while not letting other groups enter the ring. Staying within the ring would grant points to the groups. Every 10 minutes, the Hill would vanish and appear at another random location. Dying during this event would make them respawn furthest from the current Hill instead of killing them and thispetition would run for 2 hours. The group with the highest points at the end would be considered the winner, but the real dready at the end. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om The total ranking would be 1st to 25th as 25 groups would participate, but only 10 groups would be considered winners. After the evaluation, the remaining 15 groups would fight in an all-out battle until five people among those 45 people were dead. This was the cosmos will''s way of inflicting loss that was prevented during the Event where participants would respawn instead of dying because this was a race, apetition where only the strong mattered and won for the ascension to the higher cosmos. From Aleron''s side, the three who entered the event were Enorin, Yueha, and Mei, a group with established synergy. The spectators were the top 50 Warlords and all of them were aware of the Graystar''s death and destruction of the Top 100 Warlords'' Alliance by now. As a Warlord of 23rd rank, Graystar was known among the top 100 Warlords and Davin''s alliance was also well-known as it was gradually expanding. The recent gatherings during the spectate realm''s meeting where the Warlord''s avatars gathered and talked about the emissaries from higher cosmos, with all of them sharing the same desires to ascend made them sort of allies. As such, the death of so many top 100 Warlords and Graystar was a lot of shock to them. All of them were eager to see this new Warlord. "Where is he?" "The event has started, but he isn''t here to watch his subordinates?" "Humph, not appearing here just shows his arrogance." "He might be busy, who knows?" "Well, let''s see how this new Warlord''s subordinates perform since they are here." The top Warlords were not alone as they had also bought emissaries'' avatars with them to watch. Their aim was actually to meet the new Walord who wiped out so many Warlords and jumped to 14th rank after destroying Graystar and Davin''s alliance. "His subordinates¡­" The emissaries at the table of the 1st ranked Warlord narrowed their eyes in interest as they watched Aleron''s subordinates shing with others at the hill. "What are those powers? Her weapon changed form like that?" the 1st ranked Warlord frowned as he saw his subordinate getting killed by Mei''s Pyroshade Ecliptic Cannon. "Her Concept is weird. It''s not a concept that someone would naturally awaken," the blond-haired woman, Klixia, said with a flicker of surprise, "I would believe it''s natural if she was the only one, but the other two also have strange concepts." "True. That assassin girl''s Concept makes her attack impossible to see and feel unless one opens a solid radar able to detect Conceptual powers." "Moreover, her attacks areing out of random shadows that the Angel warrior had created. That strange prism light array has a tricky conceptual power as well." Mei''s concept¡ªEclipse Fury, indeed rendered disabilities to the targets while making herselfpletely eclipsed from the battlefield. It was very hard to detect her and dodge her attack. Enorin''s concept just fueled her power more. Meanwhile, Yueha was a battle mage who froze and caused blizzards. At first, the trio was ignored because each of them had only one Concept while all subordinates of the top 20 had one person in the group who had two concepts, with one or two of them being at the median grade of Ascension rank. Having participated in events for a long, they were obviously given resources to upgrade to keep up with thepetition of others. However, it turned out that the new trio appeared in their early-stage Ascension rank but had higher stats along with tricky powers and items that brought troubles. All spectating Warlords were ckjawed as the first Hill was dominated by the new trio. But from the 2nd hill onward, they were targetted by the big yers as none of them dared to underestimate them. Chapter 192 Mastery in Body Path, Surprise From the Girls Chapter 192 Mastery in Body Path, Surprise From the Girls Ruler of the Hill raged with intensity like never before. In the end, Enorin, Yueha, and Mei secured 5th rank, shocking everyone. "It seems that we''ll have to wait for his Warlord-only event to meet him." "How strong is he if his subordinates are this good?" "This bastard just came out of nowhere. Regardless, I hope he cooperates with us in the n of enving the cosmos will." "Yeah. This is the only way many of us can ascend at once." The 2nd-rank Warlord, a crimson-haired woman with a busty figure, added, "If he doesn''t, then he''ll vanish like the previous 4th-ranked fool." After that, she vanished from the spectator hall and others also took leave, anticipating the meeting with the new Warlord after 4 days. ¡­ The trio returned to the secret realm. "That was fun," Mei said cheerfully while moving her head left and right. "I have a lot of ideas for creating my new Savant-grade skill." "True. But next time, we are going to take a higher rank," Yueha grinned with fiery eyes. "Let''s get to the training. I also want to develop a skill since I have some ideas before continuing with the second concept." "Your current state does not match the cold demeanor in yourbat style," Enorin said with a faint smile, but her eyes showed she was equally excited. The trio joined with others and shared some experiences before some of them beganbat fiesta and some continued in meditation toprehend the next concept. Time passed as minutes turned into hours, and hours into days¡­ n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Three days peacefully passed by. During these three days, ¡ªAleron didn''t feel pain after a few hours, and felt that this was not being a punishment for him, so he went for a harder punishment that that made him feel pain. Darzax had nothing but respect for Aleron, while he continued to endure the pain in the usual. Darzax''s quote, "My lord''s pain threshold was getting higher so fast as he got used to pain like getting used to bathing in cold water¡­I will never forget the moment when he suddenly startedughing due to the pain minimizing to the level of tickles for him¡­" ¡ªAll of Aleron''s subordinates developed two or more Savant-grade skills during these three days, utilizing their first Concept at a praiseworthy level¡ªsaid Aleron as he was getting bored of punishment at a higher level, so he was watching his subordinates. After realizing the folly several dayster, he raised the pain of punishment to a higher level. ¡ªRias, Yueha, Enorin, and Mei discussed a great n for Aleron. Upon his return from Hell, the girls wanted to give him a sweet and enjoyable time. Unsurprisingly, Liang unceremoniously joined the squad after detecting them. Liang''s quote, "I just wanted a chance toy bare my heart to my master like yousses, figuratively and physically. Quitely tell me what are you all nning and add me in." And then¡­Ruan joined with a big pout, "No, I am no longer waiting given this chance! I will join the harem!!" "Now tell me, who has already shared a bed with our dear master?" she added. ¡­ "Finally..." Aleron released a breath with a big smile. "Indeed, my lord. Nine months in hell was a new experience for me," Darzax wryly smiled. "Welp, I did figure out the solution to many problems in Hell, one of which will now allow me to build a perfect physical body for you and Hua," Aleron grinned. Aleron waved his hand while his eyes burst forth with brilliance, manipting Genome Pulse as hazy golden-brown energy with sparks flowed out from his hand. It transformed and formed into a sphere with exotic colorful waves, along with DNA-shaped patterns, and other symbols. "Dax, open your source space and give me a trail of your Bloodline source." Darzax immediately did as told. "Now, this physical body will be immediately attuned to your bloodline, not to mention the fundamental qualities of this body''s innate physique." Darzax''s eyes shone, "You are establishing an innate physique in this body ording to my bloodline?" "Yep! Innate physique is one of the aspects of Body path. In this path, everyone would eventually awaken their innate physique that they would then continue to develop, but some lucky people just awaken it early due to some boon or their bloodline." "But now, I can create exotic innate physiques and Bloodlines using Genome Mods, haha. This Primordial Genome Whispere ss is simply a peak tool for Body Path progression." Darzax was amazed as well. ''Lord is truly marvelous at learning things even if they are not in Magic path.'' [Astral: Damn, Mastah is crazy op.] [Gachapi: Humph, only now you realize it?] [Astral: No, no, big bro. I''m just saying it. I already knew that.] [Gachapi: Good.] Aleron finished building the physical body for Darzax. He used Genome Pulse along with Magilore and his Vigor Force, building a profoundly strengthened physical body whose stats would already start from 500k¡ªliteral Ascension-rank physical body. "Hop in, Dax. It''s ready." Darzax excitedly shot into the build, soul seamlessly establishing in the body as if it was his very own. His soul space connected to the body without a hup. His bloodline source connected to the body as Blood Essence started forming. The additional power he didn''t have before awakened, his innate physique¡ªEmber Obisidian Zhasilisk Physique. An Innate physique gave additional physical body stats, and his Innate Physique being the same rank as his Bloodline, at Exceed-rank, boosted his physical stats by 30%. After he was done creating Darzax''s body, Aleron teleported Hua''s soul which was sleeping after he exhausted all of his soul energy to fight others in soulbat since he was bored. "Hua, we are going to have some different ns with your physical body," Aleron grinned. "What, Master?!" Hua excitedly asked, his eyes showing eagerness as he really wanted his physical body like Darzax as soon as possible and run amok. "For starters, we are going to modify and upgrade your bloodline, so open your source space for me." "Alright!" Hua quickly did as told. Aleron waved his hand as released Genome Pulse that went straight into Hua''s Bloodline source. Hua already had a Bloodline when he was summoned, but it wasn''t as strong as Enorin or Arran''tel''s Bloodline. Those two had Divine-ranked Bloodline, but Hua''s bloodline was merely Exceed-rank. Aleron also nned to elevate all of his subordinates'' Bloodline by evolving them using his mastery of Genome Pulse and Genome Mods, starting with Hua. Hua''s Bloodline was unique on its own, having properly bnced aspects of the Body and Arcane path. But with Aleron''s modification and evolution brought by Genome Mods, his Bloodline reached the same level as Yueha''s Divine-ranked Bloodline, or perhaps even more powerful in terms of potential. Divine-rank Bloodline''s specialty was that they had anomaly attributes that bore core aspects of their Bloodline and they would have powers of two or three paths. Yueha''s Bloodline''s Anomaly attribute had Soul, Body, and Arcane paths'' powers, meaning that her skills that held this attribute could be influenced and empowered by all three paths'' energy¡ªMagilore energy, Vigor energy, and soul energy. Such a skill would obviously have higher potency in all aspects of its effects, than skills that utilized fewer paths'' energies and masteries. Aleron evolved Hua''s Bloodline to the level of Divine rank which held anomaly attributes rted to all three main paths. From Dragonfury Jadestar¡ªExceed-rank to Rebellious Jadestar Dragonlord¡ªDivine-rank. After he also established a physique synergizing with this bloodline, Hua''s physical body was ready. Five minutester¡­ "Holy shit, this is amazing, Master!" "It''s crazy! I want to fight someone right now, hahaha!" "Go and fight with one of your brothers or sister," Aleron grinned. "They''ll be more than willing." "Woohoo!" Hua streaked across the sky, going straight toward the group on the other side of the secret realm. "Dax, I''ll upgrade your bloodline as well, but a dayter since I''ve exhausted my Genome Pulse." "Understood, Master. Do you have specific instructions for me right now?" "Nah, just do whatever you want." "Alright, I shall work towards awakening my first Concept and officially break through to Ascension rank using my Symbios Gear''s trait." ¡­ Aleron was hungry as usual after exhausting his Genome Pulse, so he went straight back to the necropolis to eat a ton. And there, fivedies were eagerly awaiting him at the dining table. All of them were also Ascension-rank and they knew what Aleron did after he came out of Hell using their radar. Since they knew Aleron would be hungry after using Genome Pulse, they had already ordered the best chefs to cook a lot of foods. "Come here, Aleron. The food will being shortly, so start with these few dishes," Rias said with a smile as she pulled back the only chair at the table. "What''s up with the gathering?" Aleron asked as he sat down at the chair, curious and smiling as he saw them smiling at him. "Well, it''s a surprise, Master~" Mei blinked as her squinting eyes showed that she was also smiling behind her mask. "Indeed," Yueha nodded with her arms crossed and grinning. "Eat to your fill first, and then we''ll bring you a very pleasant surprise." "A period of happiness that shall make you forget all the pain," Liang chuckled in aposed manner while smiling yfully. "You''re practically spoiling the surprise with that," Enorin couldn''t help but chuckle wryly. "Trueee," Ruan pouted and then looked at Aleron with a mischievous smile, "Since Liang already spoiled it, then let me tell you that¡­we have already prepared a good event for us, master. In a big room and big bed~ I hope you are not shy when the timees." "Shy? And me?" Aleron cheekily grinned. "Well, let me tell you that I have the highest stamina among all of us right now, so¡­be prepared!" Chapter 193 Passionate Time Chapter 193 Passionate Time After Aleron finished eating, thedies took him to the hotspring hill''s peak where they had built a big treehouse. The treehouse was charming with aesthetic patterns and a round shape. It''s heart-shaped windows that permeated natural light and cool breeze inside made it afortable room. Inside, a huge ultra king-sized bed the size of 12 meters long and wide, afy square,y at the center. Aleron sat on it cross-legged with no piece of cloth on his body while his meat rody stiff in anticipation of thedies that woulde out of the room in front of him. The room''s door opened and the first one emerged, with a big pair of melons as they jiggled with her each step, her mature expression and charm matching her appearance that of a milf in her thirties¡ªLiang Fengguan. Her slightly waved long hair, full of nature''s green with hues of yellow made her look like a mother of nature. Her perfect figure with slender legs with just a tight amount of minor fat on her thighs and buttocks made her look alluring. "Am I beautiful, my master?" Liang faintly smiled, giving a mature beauty vibe with her parted wide lips. "You are alluring as if a nectar made by gods," Aleron chuckled and licked his lips, "I can''t wait to savor you." Liang arrived on the bed in the blink of an eye, gently pushing Aleron onto the bed before breasts pressed on his chest and her lips on his. Aleron''s meat rod was pressed on her pink lips that oozed out juice as she was aroused for the first time. "Mhmm¡­" Liang''s lips, now turned glossy after the passionate kiss, parted as she looked at Aleron with misty eyes filled with affection and adoration. "My young master, your dragon is raring to inside." "As if you''re not dripping," Aleron grinned as he squeezed her buttocks with his hands and pressed them downward. Liang''s red face flushed further as she meekly said, "I can''t help it. I have known about this, but never experienced it." She got up, sitting on Aleron''s thighs as she looked at his twitching meat rod before she moved up, grabbed it, and put it inside as a moan escaped her mouth. Liang felt tightness and slight pain, but she determined to sit down at once, pushing the meat rod all the way in before she slumped on Aleron''s chest. A breath escaped her mouth as a flood of pleasure rushed into her while pain vanished thanks to Aleron using his mastery of arcane. Aleron caressed her butt before he started moving his hips slowly at first. Liang straightened her head to look at Aleron with her flushed face and watery eyes, "It feels heavenly¡­" "Me too," Aleronughed and increased his speed as Liang was juicy as heaven, squeezing his dick with her wet pussy as their movement made lewd sounds. "I-I can''t move, I am paralyzed by your heavenly pleasure, so I''ll justy here," Liang grinned as sheid her head on his chest and closed her eyes. And a few secondster, she climaxed as her figure twitched and she moaned while grabbing Aleron''s shoulders tightly. Aleron didn''t stop and continued to pound Liang while tightly grabbing her buttocks, increasing his speed as he neared climax, but axed it and continued to pound for a few minutes as Liang climaxed again, her juice overflowing. At that moment, Aleron also poured his load and pushed all the way in, causing Liang''s eyes to roll upward in ultimate pleasure as she moaned loudly. Aleron absorbed Liang''s essence that she released and recovered some of his Genome Pulse while Liang''s body glowed as Aleron''s semen strengthened her physical stats, increasing them. "Come here," Aleron slid her beside him in a hug, her breast at his face that he unceremoniously started sucking. She had the biggest breastspared to others, juicy and plump with bright pink erect nipples. Liang''s eyes were closed with a blissful expression and smile on her face, still asionally twitching due to the currents of pleasure flowing in her. Meanwhile, Aleron wasn''t just savoring her tender breasts, but also using the recovered Genome Pulse, he began creating a Bloodline for her since she didn''t have any. After a few minutes, he was done creating a Divine-grade Bloodline matching her attributes and specialty. "Thank you, my charming master." Aleron kissed her lips as he got up, but before he could say something, the door''s room opened and Ruan emerged. She jumped and arrived on the bed, standing right before Aleron. "Now, it''s my turn," Ruan stood akimbo with a big grin and eager eyes. If Liang was a milf with a height of 5''9 and a sexy figure, then Ruan was a youthful girl looking in herte teens, with cute and tender round breasts the size of a C+ cup and a petite figure. "Master, it''s my first time as well, but I want it intensely," Ruan grinned, her eyes shining with a heart-shaped glint. "Love me wildly and enjoy fully, please~" Aleronughed and jumped off the bed behind her. "Come here," he said, his arms wide and ready to catch her. Ruan jumped on Aleron and he grabbed her while Ruan also wrapped her legs around his waist and arms around his neck before Aleron nted his lips on hers and started passionately kissing. He squeezed her tender buttocks and pushed her pussy on his throbbing dick, immediately causing her body to involuntarily trembled with pleasure. Liangy on the bed as she was fulfilled and still swimming in pleasure. With her eyes closed, she slipped into a pleasureful slumber. Aleron and Ruan continued with the passionate kiss for a minute before Aleron pushed her up slightly and started sucking one breast intensely, his tongue ying with her erect nipples while his hand fondled her other breast, sending jolts of pleasure to Ruan as she moaned. She shouted and moaned unrestrainedly as her pussy dripped and wet Aleron''s meat rod rubbing on it. "M-Master, it feels crazy¡­my pussy is feeling crazy¡­I want it inside." "Well then, here I go," Aleron grabbed her buttocks, raised them up, and rubbed his dick''s tip on her pussy a bit before sliding it inside all the way and breaking her hymen. The initial slight sting of pain swiftly vanished as Aleron used magic and then a dam of pleasure flooded into Ruan because Aleron started pounding her immediately, her moan echoing unrestrainedly while she spoke in a broken voice. The mind-numbing pleasure sent her to cloud nine and she got no chance to hold back anything as she orgasmed in mere seconds, her pussy juice flowing. Aleron sealed her lips and squeezed his hands at her back towards him, pulling her into a tight embrace while his hips continued to move despite her climax since he absorbed her essence. Ruan''s eyes were already cloudy and dreamy as she was on the ninth heaven of pleasure with each thrust of Aleron''s throbbing and hot meat rod in her pussy sending her unlimited waves of euphoria into her. In the next second, Aleron teleported both of them as they arrived on the bed, with him on top of Ruan. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "Hold my hands," Aleron said, his face also flushed while his dick stopped inside her pussy for a bit, but he couldn''t wait to move again. As soon as Ruan held his hands absent-mindedly with blurry eyes and mind flooding with pleasure, Aleron began his pounding again, more intense than ever. Ruan''s legs were spread wide while Aleron thrusted speedily and powerfully, causing her breasts to jiggle crazily while her eyes rolled upward, her consciousness drifting into the sea of pleasure as her pussy was filled with Aleron''s dick moving to and fro. The pleasure birthing from the friction of this hot meat rod and the fact that it belonged to her master as she became one with him made her climax yet again as she uncontrobly twitched. This time, Aleron also poured his load inside, dealing a final blow to Ruan. He pushed straight in as much as he could, his dick kissing her womb, and poured in before she slumped on her chest. "Fuck¡­" Aleron breathed out as his hazy eyes caught the erect nipple while his heady on her bosom. He opened his mouth and immediately sucked her breast while his dick released shots inside her pussy. Ruan also didn''t have a Bloodline, so while having the post-intercourse savoring and sucking her breasts, Aleron created her Bloodline. His dick slowly slumped down while in her pussy as his semen was gradually absorbed by her body, increasing all of her physical stats to a certain extent. Ruan was only half-consciousness and she was in zero control of her body because she was currently in the sea of pleasure created by Aleron. She didn''t know about anything except for feeling good and blissful like never before in her Master''s presence. "Master¡­one more..." Ruan mumbled in her sleep with a silly yet blissful smile. Aleron was done creating the bloodline and got off the bed he stretched his arms, smilingly gently as he looked at Ruan and Liang sleeping on the bed. Suddenly, he felt a pair of arms wrapped up from behind him and a familiar pair of tender and soft yet plump breasts pressed on his back. Mei''s cute voice rang from behind, "Master, now only I am left who hasn''t been one with you..." Aleron turned around and put his arms around her waist like her. He gently kissed her lips while smiling. "Mei wants to love Master, eh?" he asked with a chuckle. "Mhmm, Mei wants to love Master," Mei nodded. Her mask was removed this time, so she looked absolutely cute and innocent, her light purple eye sparkling with affection. She was tall and slender with a well-developed figure as well, creating a powerful gap contrast. "Mei also wants Master to love her," Mei cheekily smiled. Aleron gently grabbed her breast and pinched her nipples, making it erect swiftly as Mei''s face turned a shade redder, feeling an electric pleasure coursing through her as Aleron yed with her breast. Her legs started rubbing as she felt itch down there. "Oho, is Mei feeling something here?" Aleron yfully smiled as slid his other hand at her pussy, his finger rubbing there as Mei trembled. "Mhm," Mei meekly nodded, her eyes on Aleron''s eyes, amored and longing for him. "You cutie!" Aleron immediately kissed her and started a passionate kissing session. His right hand fondled her breasts while his left hand squeezed her buttock and pushed it towards him. His meat rod was stiff and throbbing again as it rubbed on her pussy lips. Mei had kissed Aleron before, so she got used to kissing fast unlike Ruan and Liang, but all of them were powerhouses with high stats in all areas, making learning things like kissing easy. Chapter 194 Black Myth Ruins (1) Chapter 194 ck Myth Ruins (1) Aleron was sleeping soundly, snoring while smiling, and radiating warmness. Enorin was snoozing on his chest, Yeuha and Ruan to his left in an embrace, while Liang and Mei were sleeping to his right. All of them were glossy and clean as washed by the purest and cleanest water, their bodies faintly glowing as filled with power. The night was long as their passionate battlested for six hours, after which they finally fell asleep and their sleepsted for eight hours. Aleron''s eyes opened first, feeling freshened and exultant like never before. He got off the bed with a blink of a teleport and began his day. The girls woke up one by one and got off as well, joining Aleron and others forbat activity. All of them were pumping with energy and refreshed. Everyone practiced and trained intensely for hours without stopping, until only 4 hours were left before Aleron''s Warlord Event began. Aleron decided to take a nap to recover in prime condition before the event. Time passed¡­ ck Myth Ruins ¡ª Begins in 15 minutes. The details of the event were also disclosed now since an hour ago. Aleron waved his hand and showed it to everyone as well, filling their curiosity because just like how Warlords could spectate their subordinates'' events, the subordinates also had the privilege to observe their Warlord''s events. However, the details of this event were quite peculiar. This Event was also the only one that didn''t change after Aleron''s rank shot up and he understood why after reading this basic information panel of the event. [ck Myth Ruins] __Rank: X __Participant Ratio: All Warlords. __Type: Reality Cosmic Myth Ruins. -Note to Warlords: This Event is of utmost importance to all Warlords as it grants unique power seeds of higher cosmos. Do your best. "Well, it seems that we''ll know the rules of this event after I enter," Aleron grinned, his eyes filled with anticipation. "I am quite excited for this." The others also couldn''t help but nod. As they talked for a bit, 20 minutes passed by quickly and Aleron entered the portal to enter the event. His subordinates'' avatars also entered a special portal leading to the spectate hall to observe the event. Soon, everyone saw their Warlords appearing in the same ce yet at different locations. All of them were inside a giant ck lotus each. Aleron also looked around and found the lotus quite interesting as it radiated a unique kind of energy. It was familiar, yet unique. ''This feels like a very strange Magilore energy that disyed these purple, golden, and sparkling brown patterns. Also, it feels like we are in a flower.'' [Gachapi: Indeed. It appears to be a lotus.] ''My Monitor Dome can''t prate this lotus, it''s tough. Welp, that''s the power of cosmos will.'' Suddenly, Aleron saw a screen floating in front of his eyes, one not from the Ultimate Gacha System. [Wee to the ck Myth Ruins.] [In these ruins, each Warlord will have a crest of ck Myth disying a value of 100. That is your Life point. You won''t get injured as long as you have life points, but once the life points turn to 0, you will be kicked out of the ck Myth Ruins.] [The ck Myth Ruins is asrge as a, with plenty of mystery-woven wonders, bearing both trouble and rewards.] [The rewards included abundant Ascension-rank resources. The longer you manage to stay, survive, and thrive, the more abundant Ascension-rank resources you shall gather.] [Scrolls bearing wonders of the upper cosmos, the knowledge that makes you definitely stronger.] [Items of power. Weapons, armors, and essories of Paragon-rank.] [Mysterious little wonders from upper cosmos and chaosverse¡ªEggs of Chaosmons, the beasts of chaosverse that hatch directly at Ascension-rank lifeform power level.] [And finally, the Esoteric Power Arts from various forces of the upper cosmos and Chaosverse. Once you master them, you can have aid and a great chance to ally with a powerful established force.] ''Wow, all of this does feel like it''s preparing Warlords, giving them a chance to get strong for a better future once they ascend.'' [After 1 minute, all of you will appear in random locations of ck Myth Ruins. Explore and proceed it well, for these ruins are in shambles of ck void. The difficulty in these ruins exceeds well beyond your capabilities, so learn to avoid and tread carefully if you want to survive longer and reap more benefits.] n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om [But do well to remember the famous phrase and its meaning¡ªFortune favors the bold.] ''Let''s go!'' Aleron was thrilled. ''I can''t wait, haha. This event is going to be awesome, I feel.'' [Astral: For real, mastah! I am excited as hell. This is going to be fun!] [Gachapi: Indeed.] What Aleron and others saw was also shown to all subordinates in the spectate hall. "Master must be excited," Yueha chuckled. "I can''t wait to see him in action," Mei appeared eager, wishing for the event to start. "Master will surely go all out in this event given the details at the end." Mei was inplete Waku-waku mode. "It seems that many people are interested in lord Aleron," Darzax narrowed his eyes as he felt many pairs of eyes boldly looking at their table''s screen that disyed Aleron. "Heh, let them see and witness for themselves that they are already doomed," Ying ferociously grinned. Despite being soul avatars, the others couldn''t help but feel intimidated by the collective intimidating aura they released, filled with their boldness and intent to fight. One minute soon passed by, and all Warlords vanished from the lotuses before appearing in the ck Myth Ruins¡ªa piece of dimension with hundreds of floating inds and ck clouds looming over. But the formation of inds was particr and in order. There were a total of 721 inds, with the biggest and most exotic being at the center, because half of the total inds were on the left side of this special ind and the other half were on its right side. There were tens of inds in each row, with the most peripheral rows of the ind being the smallest and gradually getting bigger in ind and special structures on it as rows neared the center most the ind. All Warlords appeared on various inds on the periphery rows, where their first challenge had already begun. They appeared directly inside the ruins on the inds. Aleron arrived in ruins akin to a castle. [General''s Ruined Castle.] _Challenge Spot: 0/3. _Dangerous Encounter: 0/1. ''Interesting. So this ruin has four special things.'' Aleron walked around the castle to find a challenging spot or dangerous encounter. It was a huge castle with 10 floors and quite wide as well. His Monitor Dome was shrunk to the size of a mere 100 meters here, so he also couldn''t observe everything, but the good thing was that he could inspect everything clearly within his Monitor Dome. After a few minutes, he broke a door and entered a hall since he felt it was special. [Challenge Spot: ck de Monkeys] Aleron found himself inside a huge hall with ten monkey statues in front of him, each holding a sword. The monkeys were humanoid with great postures as if each disying a sword technique. As he stood before the statues, a countdown of 1 minute appeared along with some words. [You have 1 minute to prepare before the ten ck de Monkeys unleash their techniques on you. Observe and find answers within this one minute to keep the Life points you lose to a minimum.] [00:59] [00:58] ''Interesting,'' Aleron observed the monkeys, his eyes glinting as he inspected the monkey statues. He could observe a trail of Magilore that connected all ten of them together, and also their movement and flow of technique as disyed in their postures. Aleron''s eyes shone as he could understand it, feeling amazed, ''This technique is amazing.'' ''A technique that is only executed if ten people use its portion. It''s power must be great.'' Aleron conjured a sword and held it tightly, narrowing his eyes as he stood in a sword stance, his hilt facing his eyes that focused on the ten monkey statues, his de pointing at the statues. ''I will break it.'' Aleron''s Magic Board conjured symbols as he began cooking a skill and before the 1 minute count down was over, Aleron created a sword skill. Singr Severam¡ªSavant-grade skill. _Arcane attributes: Space, Time, Wind, me, String, Multiplication, Mirage. _Body attributes: Vigor energy, Enchantment. _Soul attributes: Astral Flow. ''Thanks for this idea,'' Aleron grinned as he saw the monkeysing to life, their swords glinting coldly before all of their figures blurred, their swords unleashing ck ink-like shes that conjoined like a whirling towards Aleron at once. Aleron''s eyes remained like calm water, his eyes dim with a glinting blue light at the depth. ''Severe away,'' Aleron made a single sh, tearing off space that seamlessly turned into strings that adopted intensely hot temperature with sophisticated weaving of me and wind. As those thin strings with ultimate searing power condensed into them spread open from his sh, their-like formation entirely covered the iing ten techniques executed by the monkeys. Time flow slowed down terribly while those de stringspletely annihted the iing attack, resulting in mutual destruction. [Congrattions. In the face of a powerful attack, you choose to meet it head-on with your attack instead of defending or avoiding it, and even sessfully neutralizing it. You have gained a perfect score.] [You have been rewarded with the 10 Mystery Box containing a random number of Ascension-rank resources.] ''Damn, this is a reward from an event usually, and I already got it now?'' Aleron was dumbfounded but overjoyed. Chapter 195 Black Myth Ruins (2) Chapter 195 ck Myth Ruins (2) After Aleron finished this challenge, he continued to explore the castle and within the next fifteen minutes, he found the remaining two challenge spots andpleted them as well, gaining a total of 30 Mystery boxes from three challenges. Uponpleting the third challenge, an exit portal from the ruins appeared along with a notification. [As you havepleted all three challenges, you may have a chance to exit the ruins and head towards further inds for tougher challenges and better riches.] [You can also choose to trigger the dangerous encounter to obtain the special-tier reward and an additional benefit in this realm.] ''So, I get a special reward and a benefit that''s only useful in this realm¡­'' Aleron grinned. ''Let''s do it!'' Aleron knew that he was at the bottom of the castle, and he encountered the remaining challenges as he went up. So he continued going up while searching for things. Upon opening a door after several minutes somewhere at the top, Aleron saw a starry sky for the first time. It was a garden with a greenwn, an array of flowers in the periphery, a pond, and a huge tree at the center. ''Am I outside?'' Aleron narrowed his eyes as he looked at the sky, but shook his head a secondter. ''Nope. I still sense ayer of space above this sky.'' n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om He then looked at the most prominent thing in this garden¡ªa giant tree with horrifically twisted branches that were shaped into a half-crying and halfughing face. ''What a creepy tree in this beautiful garden.'' However, Aleron''s eyes were glinting with interest and thrill with a grin on his face. ''This is it.'' *Rustle...crack¡­* The tree shook. And moved. [You have triggered the dangerous encounter¡ªWillow of Evil Desire.] [Battle with wits or you shall perish.] Aleron pointed his hand towards the tree monster that rose on its roots wiggling like countless legs, and its branches that suddenly sprouted ck flowers and violet-colored fruits pulsing with yellow patterns. ''Astral Explosion.'' Aleron pointed his palm at the tree. In the next moment, a tiny ck dot in space formed before the monster tree Willow, before it expanded and covered the monster in a bubble. Time and space churned and twisted, painting everything ck inside with a powerful gravitation point at the center where Aleron had poured in the strongest of his energies, spending 50 billion Magilore in a single instance of a skill, which was his current limit. Since this was the final thing he had toplete on this ind, he didn''t hold back, using up 50% of his soul energy to empower the conceptual potency granted in this skill. That explosion could only be considered to be star-exploding in power. If Aleron released this attack on a, it would be obliterated without a trace. This entire explosion was contained within that bubble, with the monster tree Willow taking full burnt off it. ''It should be dead.'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he observed it, but his eyes shook in the next second. [Astral: What in the skibidi sigma bull shit is that, Mastah?!] [Gachapi: As expected. This is a chaotic being, but restricted in a way.] The monster tree Willow¡­waspletely unharmed. Instead, the previous small fruits that hung on its body were now floating with their size bing tens of times bigger than before. Willow''s big eye sockets burned with intense ck mes flickering violet and yellow res in the mix before its halfughing and half-crying face devilishly grinned, "$#&!" Aleron couldn''t understand itsnguage, but the intent behind them was clear. It just said¡ªDie. Aleron''s danger senses tingled and in the next second, those two fruits appeared to his side before exploding. *BOOM!* Aleron teleported away and vanished, but right at his position, two more fruits were already there and exploded, forcing Aleron to bring about his defense skill. Naturally, his defense was top notch and he remained unharmed, but this surprised him. ''This attack is weak.'' [Astral: But it''s so tough. Your crazy attack didn''t even make it scratch.] ''Well, let''s try something different.'' Aleron ignored the fruits as his defense could easily handle their attack power. ''Let''s try my strongest arsenal if my strongest Savant-grade attack of Arcane and Soul didn''t work,'' Aleron licked his lips as his physical aura suddenly expotently increased. A pair of dark gold wings with dreamy silver and ck patterns emerged from his back, his skin also transformed into the scales of the same design as the wings. A pair of exotic curved, looking demonic, but oozing regality emerged from his head while a draconic tail also manifested. The monster tree Willow paused, "D-Delicious bloodline¡­." Its eye sockets burned more intensely than ever. "Is that so?" Aleron''s teeth glinted with his big grin, and his eyes burned with thrill as he used his Bloodline''s power for the first time after creating it. The strongest bloodline he could create using the highest amount of Genome Mods he could in his desired synergy. 18 Genome Mods were weaved together in the source of this Bloodline, giving it the highest potential with attributes of all basic elements. [Bloodline: Atherion Astral Regalord] _Rank: Divine. _Attributes: Water, Earth, Wind, Fire, Light, Darkness, Space, Time.] _Anomaly Attribute: Atherion Epass. _Status Boost: +100% to all physical stats, +100% to Magic Potency, +100% to Soul Potency. _Bloodline Essence: [1000/1000] _Bloodline Abilities: ¡ª> 1. Regalord Battle Form. ¡ª> 2. Ability Craft. This was a Bloodline suitable for Aleron. Even though Bloodline abilities were something that automatically awakened based on its source, and Divine-rank Bloodline usually had five Bloodline abilities, this was not the case with Aleron. Bloodlines are formed with factors from multiple paths, and there is a limit to a Bloodline, with itsst rank being divine rank. Above Divine-rank, bloodline transforms into something else entirely but is only possible after one ascends to Paragon-rank lifeform. Aleron crafted his Bloodline with consideration of his capabilities, as he had already marked Geno Mods that were useful to him. At the moment, Aleron''s Bloodline was at the very peak of Divine rank and he onlycked a single thing, but the most important thing to evolve it beyond. Monster tree Willow immediately sensed it and Aleron also knew why it wanted his Bloodline. Because this monster fed on it, its source was actually a strange bloodline of higher power that he couldn''tprehend yet. However, it was also full of restrictions. And since his Savant-grade skill of Arcane and Soul path didn''t work, the only power he didn''t try was body path''s attack. Aleron attacked the monster, executing a martial technique as he appeared behind the Willow in a blink, his palm open. Vigor Energy burst forth from his body, shaped by Magilore, and enhanced by his soul power. ''Let''s call this¡­Wilting Force Palm.'' He poured his in Bloodline Essence, using Ability Craft to quickly construct an essence of power containing Darkness, Water, me, Space, and Time¡ªusing their aspects to create a power source that was converted for his Body. Wilting Force. His physical power gained Wilting Force''s attribute and was boosted by 50% of his vigor force, and its potency was boosted by using 20% of his soul energy along with Magilore''s energy. If the previous Savant-grade skill was Arcane and Soul based. This skill was Body, Arcane, and Soul based, with the primary medium being Physical Force manifested via Vigor energy that received attributes and boosts from Arcane and Soul paths. *Boom!* This time, the monster tree Willow''s back exploded and scattered while the rest of its body started decaying swiftly. "There it goes," Aleron wiped his forehead and smiled. [Gachapi: Damn, you are actually getting close to Paragon-rank''s efficiency when ites to utilizing all three paths.] [Astral: What is so special about Paragon-rank?] [Gachapi: Well, let''s just say that in that lifeform rank, you unify all three paths and open the path to the new realm of power andbat.] ''So this is the special-tier reward, eh?'' Aleron''s eyes shone as he saw the notification that appeared after he defeated the Monster Tree Willow. [You have disyed superb mastery of Body Path while utilizing the other two paths with it and finished off a challenging foe in a single attack. You have acquired a perfect score.] [You are rewarded with a Special-tier Treasure Chest, bearing a power source of higher cosmos and other rewards. You are also granted an advanced ind transfer pass, allowing you to enter Mid-tier inds by skipping the mandatorypletion of three low-tier inds'' exploration.] ''Interesting. So this transfer pass is a special benefit, eh?'' Aleron entered through the exit portal and found himself in the true sky of the ck Myth Ruins'' realm, appearing above an ind with a huge broken castle below him. ''So I was there.'' Aleron looked away from the castle andy his gaze towards the most important ind. ''That far away ind sure is big and that tower on it as well.'' Aleron flew towards it, but after he crossed a bunch of inds, he crashed into a barrier and got a notification. [You can use the pass to go past the low-tier Inds. Would you like to use it?] Aleron understood everything and grinned. ''Mid-tier inds must have better rewards and there are so many. Moreover, this is the race about who reaches that center ind.'' It was obvious that he would choose to use the pass! But before that, it was time to open the special-tier treasure chest. ''Let''s see what it contains.'' [Gachapi: We might trigger a random Banner after a long time, hehe.] Chapter 196: Black Myth Ruins (3) Chapter 196: ck Myth Ruins (3) ? Aleron opened the special-tier treasure chest. The chest opened, spewing out two colorful orbs that held something inside each of them. ''Two things, eh? Let''s see.'' At the same time, a window panel appeared listing those items in the orbs. [List of rewards from the treasure chest. ] 1. Magic Heart of Barbarian- Innate Gear. 2. Staff of Reanimation Rift-Equipment Gear / Paragon-rank. ''Wow!'' Aleron touched the orb containing Innate Gear first. It popped up and revealed a fiery red beating heart, holding immense vigor and power. ''This magic heart seems strange. What even is Innate Gear?'' Aleron curiously touched it and got information about it from the cosmos will in a panel like his system. [Vital Heart of Barbarian] -> Requires a minimum of 1,000,000 points in all physical stats. -> Gear cement: Heart/ Bio-core of a lifeform. -> Effect(s): 1. Your heart absorbs poison, curses, and other harmful effects, converting them into Strength stat. 2. You gain one Fatal Regeneration per 100% of your blood additionally stored in Vital Heart. Fatal Regeneration can be used to instantly heal fatal injuries, including even a severed head to regenerate a new head-it takes 24 hours to store one Fatal Regeneration if you eat proper food. 3. Your natural healing factor is significantly boosted. 4. Your physical stats are increased by 50%. ''Wow, this is awesome!'' Aleron''s eyes shone and he immediately used the heart by dropping a drop of his blood on it. The heart faintly glowed before it melted into his hand and reached towards his heart before beginning the process of settling it. [A new banner is in creation...] [Gachapi: It''s good we got an Innate Gear now. This product is of higher cosmos and it''s sort of like equipment, but we can''t just willy-nilly remove them. However, considering your expertise in Body Path, I''m sure you''ll be able to remove an Innate Gear once you learn how it works.] [Astral: Master''s physical is so powerful now.] ''The requirement is 1,000,000 points in all physical stats, which is the limit of foundational stats for Ascension rank. Haha, thanks to my job ss, I''ve already crossed this number in my physical stats.'' Aleron could feel his physical body getting stronger and new powers blooming in his body. [Gachapi: Innate Gears are going to be juicy. The one we got is actually considered trash-tier Innate Gear because it''s of the lowest grade. However, we will get good ones in the banner.] Aleron looked at the 2nd orb and grabbed it, popping out a staff. ''This staff is of Paragon-rank. Let''s see what sets it apart.'' [Staff of Reanimation Rift] \__Rank: Paragon-rank |_ Grade: 1-Star. \___Mystic Path: Reanimation Evolution - 2-Star Path. \_Effect(s): 1. Increase Magic Potency by 50% +100,000. 2. Grants ess to the Mystic Path rune: Reanimation Evolution. \_Skill(s): 1. Reanimation Abomination: Those killed by you canbine together into an abomination with synergized physical body, magic source, and soul power with extraordinary power without limit to their lifeform-Only works on beings killed by you, and the Reanimation Abomination only lives for 1 hour. ''Only one skill? But it grants ess to this so-called path rune. Hmm, it seems that this rune is only granted to those who bind with this staff.'' [Gachapi: Master, this Path Rune is something only for Paragon-rank, so it''s useless to you.] ''I see. Well, this stuff is suitable for Darzax, so I''ll unbind it after this event and give it to him.'' Aleron bound to the staff and soon gained the path rune. ''Wow, this is some kind of knowledge. It''s the first time in a long time that I can''t understand something easily, haha.'' [A new banner is in creation...] ''Alright, it''s time to continue our adventure,'' Aleron flew forward into the mid-tier ind zone.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om These inds were bigger than the patch of floating inds Aleron left behind in the low-tier ind zone. He flew towards one of the random inds in this mid-tier ind zone and entered meditation to recover his spent soul energy. His Magilore did not need to recover due to his unlimited source, while his Vigor energy fully recovered after he acquired the Vital Heart of Barbarian. His Vigor energy''s potency, capacity, and recovery speed depended on his physical stats, so acquiring this Innate Gear also increased those parameters of his Vigor power. After twenty minutes of deep meditation, Aleron recovered all of his soul energy and proceeded towards the ruin on this ind. It was a giant golden circr building, but with cracks and holes that constantly oozed out red and blue sparkling smoke. This smoke gathered above this building and transformed into unique visages of beastly monsters resembling wolves and foxes. ''Let''s see what this ruin got for me,'' Aleron entered one of the holes and arrived at a huge hall littered with vines, trees, and flowers. The ones releasing that sparkling smoke turned out to be this strange greenery! ''Woah, what is this?'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he expanded his Monitor Dome, which only sized up to 100 meters radius with him as the center. [You have entered the ruins of zinga Wild Enchanter] [zinga Wild Enchanter''s Academy] __Challenge spot: 0/5. Dangerous encounter: 0/1. ''So we are in an academy, eh? Let''s explore it.'' Aleron could observe the entire floor since it was around 70 meters in radius. Quite big and filled with wild but strange greenery that oozed out sparkling red and blue smoke. ''I can''t feel anything special in this hall,'' Aleron frowned. At least, the various effects within his Monitor Dome couldn''t detect anything special. [Gachapi: Master, this is a mid-tier ind''s ruin. If that low-tier ind''s dangerous encounter monster, that Willow tree monster had the power of a higher cosmos, then this ruin is more dangerous.] Aleron nodded. He remembered the warning when he entered this ck Myth Ruins event. ''Hmm...there''s something,'' Aleron blinked and suddenly found a strange pattern. All the vines had linings on them in a particr direction. All of the flowers were slightly tilted to one side. And, all of the trees had their leaves pointed to one side as well. The flowers and stuff on the left were pointing slightly at the northeast and those on the right were pointing at the northwest. Due to the formations of those flowers, vines, and tres being chaotic in this hall, this wasn''t discernable unless one paid attention to it. ''What are they pointing at?'' Aleron walked while curiously observing ahead in his Monitor Dome and found the point where all those things pointed. He teleported and arrived right in front of it-a part of the wall at the end. Just a 2-meter- wide b of wall that didn''t look anything special than the other walls beside it, but Aleron felt something. ''My guts are saying there''s something behind this wall.'' Aleron took several steps back before he stood in a boxing stance, his legs juggling and his body vibrating. ''I want to explore the power I can unleash by utilizing my physical body.'' Aleron vibrated his cells, making it such that all physical force he generated by moving into his right fist. He also used Magilore because it was his unlimited energy source. However, he also used vigor force and consumed his stamina by making this physical action. ''Not too much. Just enough that I can recover within several seconds.'' After a few seconds, Aleron was ready and suddenly threw his right fist forward, blurring as it tore through the air and even space slightly. He felt his hand entering a new realm of speed as The threw this fist at the fastest possible. *BOOM!* His fist unleashed a roaring wingless dragon in the form of impact, designated by vigor energy, and magilore, bearing all of the power he gathered and exploded on the wall, breaking it apart and revealing day-light scenery amidst this dark hall. Aleron walked inside and saw what he deduced was a ssroom. There were 35 chairs with attached tables, wide and wooden with exquisite design. In front of these chairs was a ckboard, a table, and a chair likely belonging to a teacher. ''Is this a challenge spot?'' Aleron thought as he blinked curiously and looked around. ''Why there''s a sky, sun, forest, a flowing river stream, and such things here?'' [You have triggered the dangerous encounter-zinga''s Regret] *Crack...* The sky cracked with a loud sound, prompting Aleron to look up. ''What the hell?'' A giant pair of eyes lit up from the cracks before a big chunk of the sky shattered a 20-meter tall humanoid descended, with 7 fox tails, wolf ears, and a slender but lean muscled physique adorned with exotic blue and red patterned outfit. [Astral: Damn, we triggered a dangerous encounter right off the bat due to Master''s keen insight.] [Gachapi: stop buttering up. This is a dangerous situation where our Master can lose if not careful. Master, this being is powerful.] ''Yeah,'' Aleron''s expression was absolutely somber and he was churning out defensive skills using Magilore, stacking them around him as the first thing to do after he saw this strange being. This time, he got a more detailed panel of this dangerous being with stats, unlike the Monster Tree Willow''s detail panel. Chapter 197: Black Myth Ruins (4), Record Break (1/2) Chapter 197: ck Myth Ruins (4), Record Break (1/2) ? -Name: - [zinga Wild Enchant-Avatar] |-Race: [Beastfolk] |-Lifeform Rank: - [Paragon-rank] |-Bloodline: - [Dual-Fangs Canines Bloodline] |-Physical Status: - [Strength:- 2900k] - [Agility:- 2950k] - [Health: 2500k] [Stamina: 2700k] [Vigor Energy:- (3000k/3000k)] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency:- 2500k] [Magilore Energy:- (2500k/2500k)] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency:- 2500k] [Soul Energy:- (2500k/2500k)] |-Concepts: ¡ª [Wild Enchant], [Violet Birth], [Fangs]. |- Mystic Path: - [Savage Elegance Spellde] The being that came cracking the sky, 20 meters tall with seven thick fox tails glistering with red and blue magical effects just like his fantasy royal-type outfit like a noble, bore his eyes onto Aleron. They flickered with red and blue lighting sparks and in the next moment, two violet-colored lightning bolts struck Aleron. The speed of these two lighting bolts exceeded Aleron''s reaction speed because they traveled at whooping 100 kilometers per second! Aleron''s reaction speed was good. To put into perspective, a cat''s reaction speed is around 20 to 70 milliseconds. An average human''s reaction speed is 250 milliseconds, and 1 second = 1000 milliseconds. But what reaction speed is required to dodge this lightning bolt that struck Aleron at the speed of 100 kilometers per SECOND? The answer is in microseconds-18 microseconds. And for information, 1 millisecond = 1000 micro-fuking-seconds. One''s reaction speed was determined by two aspects-Soul and brain. And then the body can take action with the soul and brain''s reaction for powerhouses at high lifeform rank who have a solid foundation. Aleron''s reaction speed was quite high. Anything he detects within his Monitor Dome, he can react to it within 0.000300 seconds-that''s 100 Microseconds given his close-to-peak Soul stats in the foundation, and high body stats. But...a tad too short to react to these two lightning bolts. Fortunately, Aleron''s defense was stacked and he also reacted even ifte, sessfully teleporting away. In the next second, zinga Wild Enchanter howled as his wolf-like ears perked up while the sword in his hand glowed, and the patterns on its de released sparks of blue and red. Those sparks swiftly gathered together to form a bunch of violet-colored Foxes and Wolvesparable to Ascension-rank lifeforms. ''Those two lightning bolts didn''t pack that much punch. Narazar could have blocked it, though he would have had to use his soul energy, but I didn''t have to.'' Naturally, Aleron had used his most powerful movement-type skill-One Million Blink Zone, after using Thousand Mirages. Thousands of his clones littered the sky while he stayed hidden in a space istionyer. The monsters were confused and zinga just floated calmly in the sky while lightning bolts struck his clones at intervals of every 1 second. A secondter, a faint gold halo formed on his head that started releasing strange waves. ''He is trying to detect the real me.'' Aleron was also doubtful. ''The lightning bolts that struck me didn''t feel as strong as his stats suggested. That''s strange.'' *Crackle...Boom!* But after two seconds, his eyes wide opened. ''Shit...'' [Astral: Damn, I also noticed.] [Gachapi: The lightning bolts are getting stronger. Each time they strike, their power increases by a fold.] It means that every second after the lightning bolts strike, they get a boost of 100% in their attack power. Aleron unleashed his attacks as well, but using only Magilore to test the waters. He used his designated ultimate skill without boosting it with soul energy and vigor energy- Super Combat Frame: Drifter Ranger. Aleron was covered in a sleek metallic dark goldbat form with a ck rifle, thatn/?/vel/b//in dot c//om unleashed torrents of drilling bullets towards zinga. They exploded in pure offense, bearing the power of Eldritch Death Ignition-the core attributes of this energy/fuel were me, Water, Space, Time, and Lightning. He used tons of applications of various Arcane Sybus, including an improved offensive version of knowledge he learned from Eldritch Tome of Arcane Aberration. Others design skills after figuring out a secret knowledge recipe to create a powerful Arcane energy consisting of multiple attributes, but Aleron figures out a powerful skill pattern and then cooks a new arcane energy as the skill''s fuel to utilize it best. In simple terms, it was like using their knowledge of water and other natural processes in arcane to create magic symbols in Magic Board to create oil and then lit up fire-thereby creating Exploding Fireball. Like that, people gradually learn more, train, and research to create unique energies, which are considered secret knowledge or forbidden knowledge to utilize the attributes and magic for powerful skills. This was the power of his Innate Talent, which he awakened, making him a master of Magic. Others unearth and create new arcane arts after years of training, but Aleron could create those in a matter of seconds and minutes. He had created this special energy for this rifle that acted as a skill-execution medium with added aspects of Space and Time to boost the offense to new heights. The speed of bullets formed from this energy... was no less fast than zinga''s lightning bolts! *Zoom!* The bullets shot at the speed of 100 kilometers per second as executed by Aleron, his eyes glinting, ''Let''s see how you dodge it.'' *Boom!* It seemed there was no dodging it. The bullets struck nzinga, exploding and forming palm-sized bubbles that enveloped his 20-meter-tall figure. Those bubbles each held pure chaoticbustion power revolving in whirlpool fashion using Temporal Wind essence that forcefully caused the rotation of the chaoticbustion happening between me, Death, Water, and Lightning while space''s aspect helped maintain it. Spin, Friction. For one full second, the time in this field was also significantly slowed down, while the time for the brewing explosion inside the bubbles was insanely fast. Spin, Friction..bustion. No matter his control, the chaos that Aleron had designed to be brewed exploded exactly one secondter, but this 1 second was 78 seconds long for the things inside the bubble while it was way slower for zinga. The explosion of those bubbles literally cracked the sky further while zinga''s health bar started lowering. ''So it brewed for 78 seconds it couldn''t contain anymore. Damn, this is too op still.'' Chapter 198: Black Myth Ruins (5), Record Break (2/2) Chapter 198: ck Myth Ruins (5), Record Break (2/2) ? Each bullet produced 10 bubbles and Aleron unleashed 100 bullets in a single burst from the rifle, costing a total of 100 billion Magilore. Yes. Just a while ago, he could only unleash 50 billion Magilore at once for a skill. But after he bound with the staff, he felt something, and his innate talent triggered something as he understood some secrets of Magilore woven into the staff. After all, the staff was of Paragon rank and was made to utilize the 2nd level of Magilore! That''s why, the trait of his Magilore source-Devouring Abyss of Magilore, didn''t help at all in this. This Magilore source was of a lower cosmos, so its trait couldn''t trigger on 2nd level of Magilore that existed outside of its scope. However, Aleron''s innate talent was scopeless! It triggered and he awakened it because of his pure curiosity and thirst for Magic, which hid no ulterior reason other than experiencing the wonderful phenomenon of arcane. This was why he awakened his talent. It was his own, his awakened genius! Pairing that with his current advantage-unlimited Magilore, he managed to further increase his control and unleashed 100 billion Magilore in a single instance! No other Warlord could unleash this magnitude of attack, as they didn''t have 100 billion Magilore in the first ce. And...this attack registered as the peak offense ever noted so far in this cosmos. [You have broken the record of the previous highest offensive attack released in a single instance. You have gained 1x Resource Treasure Crate.] "Woah, breaking records gives treasure crates instead of chests? I wonder how many rewards a crate gives?'' Aleron grinned, his eyes on the explosion zone where he released the attack [Astral: That zinga dude is in tatters.] [Gachapi: And angry.] ''Crap, he found me.'' Aleron felt danger bells ringing, but he knew that once he released an attack, he would be found out. As such, he had already started blinking teleportation. ''Eh? Why isn''t he moving from his ce?'' [Astral: Damn, that''s right. It''s weird.] Aleron''s brain gear turned and he thought of something. ''Don''t tell me that''s the strategy for defeating this guy?'' ''It''s so ruthless. I can use my unlimited Magilore to test waters, but other Warlords would probably have to use tons of potions, sacrifice items, and use artifacts to stay alive before they figure it out.''n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om [Gachapi: True. It''s practically impossible to dodge this bastard''s passive attack that releases two lightning bolts every second. It''s too fast.] Aleron grinned, ''That''s not true.'' Hisbat form changed. Super Combat Frame: Zontheos Martial. If Arcane Drifter was for long-range, then Zontheos Martial frame was to fight in close range. Aleron vanished from his spot and appeared right behind zinga, his fist striking his head with lightning speed. His hands were covered in heavy gauntlets with sophisticated patterns and processes of his arcane mastery. Crystal Lightshock Laser Fist. His gauntlets released light threads that bent by Temporal Wind essence as they got woven into a high-speed razor-sharpyer over his fist. Thosesers bore aspects of Light, Lightning, me, Time, and Space. But unlike exploding, this energy was utilized to release a wide wave of vibration frequency that sent powerful shock once stuck. Aleron''s right fist struck zinga as he used this Crystal Lightshock Lasers Fist...using 100 billon Magilore again. zinga was pretty good, as he reacted and his sword met his fist right before he struck it. zinga was staying in one ce, but he had a sword, indicating that he was a good martialbatant as well. However... *Crack..Boom!* Just half a second of the sh between Aleron''s fist and zinga''s sword resulted in the sound of a crack and then an explosion. zinga lost his weapon and Aleron''s fist proceeded to smack zinga''s head. By now, his attack''s force was scattered, but zinga still stook damage. Two lightning bolts also struck right on top of Aleron, but... ''Not anymore.'' Aleron teleported right before it attacked. But he actually didn''t react to this attack. Instead, he used magic. He created a trigger in his Monitor Dome. The moment an offense targetting him was detected, an instant teleport would trigger to take him 1 kilometer away. [Astral: Jeez, no weapon would survive this attack that also cost Mastah 100 billion Magilore, and that dude also took damage.] [Gachapi: Pff....] [Astral: Why are youughing?] [You have broken the record of the previous highest offensive attack released in a single instance. You have gained 1 x Resource Treasure Crate.] [Gachapi: That''s why I wasughing. Master just broke his own record again. The previous attack was purely magical, but here, Master''s monstrous physical attack was added due to the simple act of him swinging his fist at that speed and power that executed the skill.] ''Damn, this is a good farming method,'' Aleronughed while he focused his attention on zinga. ''He is not moving. Or rather, he is actually stuck at the same spot.'' ''And, the lightning that didn''t damage me, actually damaged him,'' Aleron grinned. ''That''s the strategy.'' [Astral: So other Warlords need to have a trigger-type skill that allows them to dodge those fast lightning bolts while havingbat ability to fight in melee so that they could eventually kill zinga while dealing damage and letting it get damage from his own lightning that gets boost every second.] ''Exactly.'' [Gachapi: This is usible for top Warlords. Even if they don''t have Space element like a master, this can also be achieved with knowledge of wind, light, or darkness elements, given that they have high mastery of other non-elemental arcane applications as well, which should come naturally for top warlords.] But for Aleron, the fight was already over. The two monstrous attacks he unleashed had hanged zinga at the death''s door. Well, it was just his avatar, but it couldn''t use its full power against Aleron''s tricks and overpowered attacks. ''The MVP of the match is Space Element''s wonders. I can''t live without it anymore,'' Aleron wryly smiled. Aleron didn''t use his Soul, Vigor, or Bloodline Essence in this fight! He defeated this powerful boss solely using Magilore''s energy! Well, it was 200 billion Magilore energy worth ofpact single instances of two attacks, which was simply impossible for other Warlords to achieve. It was like other Warlords were fighting with guns and rifles while Aleron released nuclear bombs. ''Let''s see the rewards.'' The notification of Aleron clearing the dangerous encounter rang. ... In the silent spectator hall where everyone watched their dear Warlords'' endeavors-err, no. Everyone was actually focused on Aleron, at their eyes-senses lingered at the table where Enorin and others sat. And what they witnessed caused their eyes to pop out, jaws to drop on the floor, while some tables flipped as well. "This is bull shit!!" Chapter 199: Black Myth Ruins (6), Trouble Brewing Chapter 199: ck Myth Ruins (6), Trouble Brewing ? ''I got three things from this dangerous encounter''s treasure chest,'' Aleron thought as he looked at the three colorful orbs and things faintly visible inside them. [ List of rewards from the treasure chest. ] 1. Mystic Artifact: Agram Demolition Ring-single use. 2. Mystic Path creation scroll-1 to 3 stars. 3. #### Stone. ''Huh?'' Aleron blinked. ''What''s with the 3rd item?'' [Gachapi: Interesting.] ''Let me check the other two first.'' Aleron grabbed the orb containing the ring and popped it before he wore the ring on his index finger and focused on it as a detailed panel appeared. [Agram Demolition Ring] Rank: Special. Effect: -> Code Break Portal: Upon activating the ring, it will annihte 50 50-meter radius area, be it any being or thing existing within the confines of this cosmos, and create a portal leading to Chaosverse by breaking the cosmicw and restriction. [Gachapi: What a strange reward. Why would you get this kind of ring?] ''Yeah. It''s not like I can even go to Chaosverse,'' Aleron wryly smiled. [Astral: yeah, I remember big bro Gachapi saying that Ascension-rank lifeforms can only stay alive for 24 hours without protection from existing forces there.] [Gachapi: Master, the 2nd reward is also weird. This is not something that should exist in this cosmos byw and restriction.] ''Huh? Why?'' Aleron grabbed the orb containing the scroll as it popped and saw its detailed panel. [Mystic Path creation scroll] __Effect: Using the scroll allows you to create a Mystic Path of up to 3-star grade. [Gachapi: This scroll is very valuable because Mystic Path is the core power everyone uses at Paragon-rank lifeform and above. It is also the only way to rise to higher lifeform ranks. In simple terms, a Mystic Path would be a source of power that utilizes Body, Arcane, and Soul paths inpletebination and synergy to create various Mystic Art Methods.] [Gachapi: Mystic Art Methods can be used to develop insanely powerful skills of the unique, higher energy of your Mystic Path that exists in a separate energy pool.] Aleron raised his eyebrows, ''Sounds awesome.'' [Astral: Damn, then Master can use the scroll to create his first Mystic Path and be way way way more powerful than others! Hahaha, it''s time to conquer this cosmos.] [Gachapi: It''s not possible. Only the Paragon-rank lifeform can use that scroll to activate that scroll. Mystic Path is only for those who have reached Paragon status in Body, Soul, and Arcane Path. That''s why this lifeform-rank is called Paragon-rank.] ''Interesting, and that''s why this Mystic Path began. A path of power not confined to solely three fundamental paths, but infinite possibility that can emerge from three paths'' interactions with worldly and imaginative possibility.'' [Gachapi: Indeed. You already connected dots, Masters.] Aleron chuckled, ''Because I managed to glean into the 2nd level of Magilore. It was strange because I could feel it had a high influence on Body and Soul from the insight I derived.'' He looked at the 3rd orb and picked it up before holding the mysterious faint blue-ssy stone that popped out from the orb. ''Let''s see what this is.'' However, no matter how hard he focused on the stone, it didn''t show a panel. Instead, a voice rang in his mind. [You will get information about the stone after leaving the ck Myth Ruins.] ''Huh, what''s the deal?'' Aleron was confused. [Gachapi: This is even more suspecious. It''s unheard of that a system in the cosmos handling the events would give such rewards.] ''We''ll, we will find outter, so let''s go and finish the exploration first,'' Aleron grinned. ... Aleron returned back into the hall and went down a floor after finding the stairs going down behind a wall of vines. After several minutes, he found a challenging spot. [Nomking¨DThe Rat of Umbral Light] -Task: Kill the Rat while protecting the blue crystal. It was a powerful monster, but far weakpared to the dangerous encounters. Aleron easily dispatched it to oblivion with a single attack without even looking at the blue crystal he had to protect. [You have acquired 10 x resource treasure chests.] ''Five more from the low-tier ind zone, eh? Noice.'' After some minutes more, he found the second challenge spot. [Death Wheel Fernand''s Game] -Task: Find your way through the maze while escaping from the Death Wheel. -Note: If you are hit or even touched by the Death Wheel, you will be killed and eliminated from the ck Myth Ruins. The challenge posed a tough foe because Aleron couldn''t destroy it. It had the protection from whatever created this event. But it was simply too easy for him to continue dodging the wheel while roaming the maze. He found the exit after three minutes. ''Damn, the maze was too big. Imagine if I didn''t have unlimited Magilore.'' [Gachapi: Normal Warlords would have to conserve their energies by moving and exploring slowly, so they can use their energies to escape from the Death Wheel''s sudden chases. I say even a Warlord with exceptional navigating andprehensive skills to aid in escaping the maze would at least take half an hour to exit.] Aleron grinned, ''This means I don''t have to worry about anyone reaching the central ind anytime soon. I am going to farm more Inds in this mid-tier ind zone to get resource treasure chests.'' [Astral: And treasure crates! Mastah can still break his own records, mwahahaha.] ''I''ll break records in the next ind''s dangerous encounter, so let''s find thest challenge and get out.'' Aleron soon found the 3rd challenge spot and finished it in a jiffy as he acquired 10 x resource treasure chests. As he exited the portal and left the ruin, Aleron saw the vast horizon filled with inds. [You havepleted 1 Mid-tier Ind Zone''s exploration. You mustplete 2 more in order to get ess to the High-tier ind zone.] ''Let''s start.'' Aleron looked at the bunch of inds and ruins presented on them for a minute before he picked one that piqued his interest and flew towards it. ... 1st ranked Warlord''s Space Fortress, In a garden with a view of a ssy and dreamy void opposite the sun in the sky, three people sat at a table. Emissaries of forces from the Higher cosmos. "Are preparations done?" "Done. The moment the ck Myth Ruins event began, the seal we brought here activated. As of now, the Cosmos Will of the Lower Cosmos 93rd has fully awakened, but won''t be able to actively make changes to the established system."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "Perfect. Once this event is over, we''ll gather as many Warlords as possible and begin the Enving of this Cosmos Will." "For fuck''s sake, finally. I am bloated in my progress, so I want to hurry back up and break through to Paragon rank," the dark blond-haired woman spoke with irritation. "Hahaha, you stayed at the peak of Ascension rank for a long time to nurture that baby of yours, but the moment you finished, you were sent down here for this mission. I feel bad, honestly," the bronze-beared Dwarf said with augh. "I''ll take you to a nice ce once we return, what do you say? We can also make a new baby for you," the silky brown-haired man in his thirties with a handsome appearance said with a faint smile. "Tsk, fuck off. You can''t satisfy me." Chapter 200: Black Myth Ruins (7), Abundance Chapter 200: ck Myth Ruins (7), Abundance ? It''s been an hour since Aleron was in the mid-tier Ind zone. "Huh?" He blinked his eyes at the notification and wryly smiled, "I guess this is it." [You have already explored five mid-tier inds. You can not explore any more inds here. Please proceed to the High-tier ind area.] "But still, I wanted to get more loot since I don''t know how many resources me and my subordinates need to reach the peak of Ascension rank. I guess I shouldn''t have skipped the low-tier ind zone. That''s a loss of many resource treasure chests." [Gachapi: True. If only we knew they limited exploration to only five inds.] [Astral: This is like a race to reach the central ind cause there''s a super good reward there, right? I guess nobody would do something like Mastah, hahaha.] [Gachapi: That''s true.] Total loot acquired so far: -Resource Treasure Chests x165.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om -Resource Treasure Crates x 7. (For breaking damage records seven times). -Paragon-rank items and equipment x 4 (Not including the Reanimation staff) from Dangerous Encounters'' reward. -Innate Gears x 3 (Not including Vital Heart of Barbarian) from Dangerous Encounters'' reward. Aleron passed through the barrier and arrived in the high-tier ind zone. The inds here were twice as big as inds in the mid-tier ind zone and the ruins on them were also more dangerous. [You have entered the High-tier Ind zone. To reach the central ind for abundant rewards, you only need to sessfully explore a single High-tier Ind zone.] ''Oh really? But, I would like to explore more,'' Aleron grinned and flew into his first high-tier ind. This ind was filled with a blizzard at the center where the ruin was located. It was a humongous snowy mountain made of metal and had giant statues and decorations all over it, making it look like a sort of temple. There was only one entrance at the very top of the mountain, so Aleron arrived there and entered the huge door withplete darkness that oozed out like wisps. Aleron passed through the darkness and found himself in a big cave illuminated by glowing crystals on the wall. [Ruin of Generous Alchemist Galvis] Challenge Spots: 0/3. Dangerous Encounter: 0/1. There was a pond, a bunch of trees, flowers, and nts in this huge cave that was the size of two football fields-all pure and having abundant energy. "What the hell?" Aleron was startled, his eyes widened as he looked at the things in this cavern. He quickly vanished and teleported to the area where a bunch of trees grew fruits. "This can''t be. I''m not dreaming, right?" Aleorn looked at the flowers and nts in the area to his left and inspected them as well before his eyes sparkled. [Astral: Holy shit. So these nts bearing those vegetables, flowers, and those fruits are freaking Ascension-rank resources?!] [Gachapi: Indeed. I am surprised. We didn''t get any resources from ruins of mid-tier and low- tier inds, but it just rained resources in here.] [Astral: Hahaha, this Alchemist Galvis is generous as his ruin''s name suggested. What a good boy.] [Gachapi: It''s weird to hear you call other people boys while you are basically a toddler.] [Astral: Nani?!] [Gachapi:...Stop watching Master''s Memories just because you have free ess there. Master, you have to block Astral.] [Astral: No, no, please! Master has watched so many fantasy books, I am very curious about them.] Aleron was about to grab a fruit but then paused. ''Wait, what if this is a trap?'' ''What if taking resources here can trigger some shit?'' He looked around and increased his scouting and inspection to his limits. ''I can''t detect anything nefarious. Things seem real.'' Looking at the fruit, Aleron changed the form of his hand from grabbing the fruit to pointing his index finger at it. *Beam* A controlled destructive beam of ck me struck the fruit and destroyed it. The fruit slowly andpletely dissolved. ''Damn, it''s real. I wasted a magic mango that can increase Magic potency.'' [Astral: Noice.] [Gachapi:...] [Astral: I mean, it''s nice that we can have all these resources!] Aleron''s eyes glinted as he marked all the resources that numbered 219 in total. Two hundred and neen fruits, veggies, and flowers of Acension-rank! Aleron grinned as he took all of the resources at once into his space pocket and then into his system''s storage. "Let''s go. There''s only one passage in this cave." *Dhrrrammmm* "Huh?" Aleron couldn''t move his step, nor he could teleport. Meanwhile, the cave also started shaking and trembling! Soon, the pond released colorful miasma, including a ck color that soon formed into an elf''s avatar with ck eyes and red pupils. [You have triggered the dangerous encounter.] "How dare you take all of the resources that I have pain stackingly cultivated!" [You have been cursed.] Aleron got a notification. [Your weight is increased by 21900% and you are restricted to your spot.] ''What the fuck?'' Aleron was dumbfounded. *Swoosh!* The scary spirit that emerged from the pond attacked Aleron by pointing his wand at him which unleashed a devastating spiral torrent of colorfulsers weaved around a thick ck energy. ''Shit!'' Aleron''s eyes reflected the danger bells ringing in his head while his energy churned. As his luck would have it, Aleron chose one of the most dangerous high-tier inds that had a tempting trigger for dangerous encounters right off the bat! Everyone in the spectate hall was also watching and all other Warlords'' subordinates were instantly ted seeing the pitfall Aleron fell into. ''You got a lot already.'' ''Die and leave the event, bastard.'' It was a reflective tion. They have been watching Aleron absolutely demolishing all challenges and dangerous encounters, amassing so many rewards while their own Warlords were far behind in terms of exploration of inds! They were envious of the fact that this new Warlord''s subordinates would receive such an abundant amount of resources once their Warlord returned! Their eyes were filled with hope in those microseconds as they were eager to watch Aleron get eliminated...as theser enveloped Aleronpletely in destructive blindness. Chapter 201: Black Myth Ruins (8), High-Tier island Chapter 201: ck Myth Ruins (8), High-Tier ind ? The particles and energies vanished, revealing Aleron in a cool dark gold scaled armor, shining with red patterns on it oozing a regal aura with brutality. There was damage here and there on the armor, but it was visibly regenerating. "What the heck is that?!" "Is that his Bloodline ability? What''s with that defense and regeneration?" The magic in the air indicated that Aleron had also consumed a ton of Magilore to defend himself from that deadly attack. But he was unharmed in the end. ''The attack was weaker than it seemed.'' [Gachapi: This is a crazily dangerous encounter. That attack could easily make the top 10 Warlords lose half of their all energy in defense if they want to remain unscratched and they would also have to finish off this guy in the next attack because of the immobilization curse.] [Astral: This is so cringy, as expected of a high-tier ind.] ''Alright, it''s my turn now and this guy is going to die in a single burst.'' Aleron couldn''t move from his position, but he unleashed his most powerful attack to date yet. ''One Finger Destruction.'' He had no choice but to use a skill that utilized all of his power sources-Magilore energy, Soul energy, and Vigor energy along with consuming 400 of his Bloodline essence, the most he had used in a single execution so far.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om He was now only left with 1339 Bloodline Essence out of a total of 2000. ording to stats, this Galvis was stronger than Aleron''s previous enemies in dangerous encounters, and its skills were crazily potent as well, despite the restrictions on them. As such, he didn''t hold back because he had to finish this battle in one shot, so might as well make a new damage record. ''Die.'' Even if Aleron couldn''t move, he could make his attack reach the boss. Since he had wonders of space at his disposal, he took this approach instead of conjuring and throwing a projectile- type attack. His finger entered into a portal or rather, a portal enveloped his finger, while the second portal formed right in front of the Alchemist who had his wand pulsing with power and pointed to Aleron for a second attack to kill him. Sensing danger, this Magician Alchemist actually canceled his second attack on Aleron and dodged it, but it was not a waste for Aleron because his attack was on his finger and would only activate once it touched. Aleron''s strange ck transparent-looking finger with sparks as if the universe was settled in didn''t let his enemy escape. The portal instantly appeared right above Galvis''s head just as he dodged the previous attack. s, this time, he couldn''t dodge. *BOOOM!* A burst of purple me re released from his finger, a condensed and looking neon-like star with ck and silver sparks, drowning Galvis entirely in a fiery burst of constantser explosion. Neo Astral sma energy source-Peak-grade of SSS-rank energy-Offense type. One Finger Destruction-Peak grade of SSS-rank attack-type skill. An energy with condensed heat from me and lightning, conjoined into a formation of time and space with lightning''s property to increase velocity, speed, and containment of extra energy for more damage in his finger boosted by Vigor energy. Cost of the attack: 100 Billion Magilore, 500k Vigor energy, 500k soul energy, 400 Bloodline essence. [Record breaking attack damage in a single instance of skill detected...] [You have sessfully cleared the dangerous encounter of this ruin.] ... "No way. He broke his own record again..." "Damn it! What the hell is wrong with him?" "That hole...nothing remained there except for the treasure chest. Fuck, fuck!" ''I am tempted to join him, but don''t tell my Warlord.'' ''Same. Why is he so powerful?'' Enorin and others smiled as they could chatter at other tables, though they couldn''t hear that some of them were internally talking about joining them. If they knew, they wouldugh out loud because 99% of them would be sent to hell once they came to join Aleron. ... Aleron got the first dangerous encounter reward from a high-tier ind and he opened the treasure chest after sitting down cross-legged on the grass under a tree. Rubbing his palm, he watched as the treasure chest spewed out four colorful orbs. [List of rewards from the high-tier treasure chest. ] - Martial Storm Oblivion Set: Blue Cloud Hanfu, Bamboo Sandles, Jade Storm Longsword, Vindictus Spirit Gloves-Paragon-rank (Mid-grade). - 1x Spirit Beast Summoning Scroll (Paragon-rank). - 1x Enlightenment Stone. - 1x Random Equipment Chest (Paragon-rank). Aleron wanted to summon from the equipment chest, but it turned out that he wasn''t allowed to open this chest here. Nor could he use Spirit Beast Summoning Scroll to summon a beast. Well, he couldn''t summon his Zords, so he already guessed this wouldn''t be possible. ''The rewards are nice, but I guess participants can''t use some things here during the event to power up.'' Enlightenment Stone wasn''t something to be used here, even if he clouded because once he used it he would be drowned in deep meditation for a long time. [Enlightenment Stone] __Effect: You can insert your consciousness in the stone to activate it. Once activated, your consciousness inside will see a world suitable to the enlightenment you wish to seek the most. You may spend up to 100 hours before the stone turns into dust. It was good and he nned to use itter to awaken his 2nd concept. Finally, thest item to check was the set. [Astral: That set seems juicy. Won''t that power you up crazily since it''s graded at 5-star of Paragon-rank.] [Gachapi: Indeed. Moreover, it''s a whole set.] Aleron checked the items in the set, his eyes glinting, ''it''s true that these are our first mid- grade items of Paragon-rank.'' Low-grade = 1 to 3 stars. Mid-grade 4 to 7 stars. High-grade = 8 to 10 stars. [Blue Cloud Hanfu] Rank: Paragon. Type: Armor/Garment. Grade: 5-star. \__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star. Perks: -> +350,000 Magic Potency. -> +350,000 Magilore capacity. -> +350,000 Stamina. \__Effect(s): -> (Passive) Cloud Rug: Upon getting attacked, the attack''s energy is forcefully scattered throughout your Hanfu as much as possible, reducing their potency and impact. -> (Passive) Invigorating Wind: Your stamina recovery increases if you breathe in a magic energy-rich area during meditation. ''This is awesome!'' Aleron was ted. ''This will boost my magic more, and that means my bombardment of Magilore will be more powerful!'' He had acquired a Paragon-rank armor of 3-star, but it only boosted 2 of his stats by 200k. But this 5-star grade Paragon-rank armor boosted 3 of his stats by 350k! The subordinates of other Warlords were green with envy as they saw the item. "Don''t worry. Our Warlords will also get a set once they explore a high-tier Ind." "True. The rewards are pretty consistent, except for the unusual reward this new Warlord got in his first mid-tier ind." "It should be the reward for first clear." "Wait, then what if the set is also the reward for the first clear of a high-tier ind?!" "Humph, aside from the top ten Warlords, the others can forget about clearing Dangerous Encounter of high-tier Ind unless they get lucky with some items or sacrifice a lot of their artifacts and items they brought with them." "The limit warning appeared when a Warlord used 10 items. He took 6 pills and sacrificed 4 artifacts to kill a Mid-tier ind''s dangerous encounter. After that, he got a restriction message." "That means that there would be restrictions in the high-tier ind zone as well." "Tsk, those small fries Warlords past 25th rank should just avoid triggering dangerous encounters. That''s not even a requirement to move forward in the first ce." Unaware of talks in the spectate hall, Aleron inspected the second equipment of the set. [Bamboo Sandles] Rank: Paragon. Grade: 5-star. \_Type: Armor. \__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star. Perks: -> Physical Movement Speed increased by 30%. -> +350k Agility. -> +350k Health. Effect(s): ->(Active) Bamboo Sanctuary: Consume 100k Magilore to activate the Sandles'' core component, enveloping the user in a tough wooden bamboo sphere that can absorb all attacks for 2 seconds and discharge it back to any direction in the form of raw destructive energy. ''Only one effect, but the active skill and the perks are not bad at all.'' Aleron wore Sandles after Hanfu and then looked at the 3rd item. [Jadestorm Longsword] Rank: Paragon. Grade: 5-star. \_Type: Weapon. \__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star. Perks: -> +350k Strength. -> +350k Vigor energy capacity. -> +350k Soul Potency. Effect(s): -> (Passive) Spirit of Jadestorm Dragon: Increase your soul''s sensitivity and grant increased potency to skills when using soul energy to boost them. -> (Active) Jadestorm Dragon''s Breath: Activate the spirit within the sword and it''spetent by using 500k Magilore to summon Jadestorm Dragon''s avatar that unleashes a destructive breath attack in a radius of 100 meters. ''This sword has something in it. Something living,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he could feel a spirit within the sword-the soul of this so-called Jadestorm Dragon! [Gachapi: These are indeed some fine items.] [Astral: Let''s see what''s with thest one.] [Vindictus Spirit Gloves] Rank: Paragon. Grade: 5-star. \Type: Support. \__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star. Perks: -> ess to the library of Martial Storm Oblivion Path. --> Increase potency of Lightning, Wind, and Ice affiliated attributes by 30%. --> Stamina consumption when executing physical moves is decreased by 30%. \_Effect(s): -> (Passive): Spirit Armor: Any damageing to your soul will be absorbed into the Soul Armor. It recovers automatically and if the Soul Armor breaks, it takes 3 days to regenerate. ''It seems that just like other Paragon-rank items, the Mystic Path''s information rted to it appeared in these gloves since this is a set.'' ''But it''s frustrating that I can''t learn anything about these Mystic paths since I am not a Paragon-rank lifeform yet,'' Aleron wryly smiled before he closed his eyes and started meditating to recover this spent energies. He wore this new set of equipment and boosted himself greatly as well. [Astral: Hey big bro, let''s bet on something.] [Gachapi: what?] [Astral: I bet that Mastah will be able to break his own damage record 4 times at most after this.] [Gachapi: Hmmm, since the record is only recognized when his attacknds on an enemy...I would say he can break his record five....no, six more times if he is allowed to clear four high- tier inds, which is breaking 4 records, and then one or two more in the central ind, given that he would be pretty close to unleashing his full power by using all of his energies in a single attack. ] [Astral: Damn, you calcting bastard.] [Gachapi:...you have no respect for elders.] ... Aleron explored this high-tier ind andpleted the 3 challenges without much difficulty as usual. The new set boosted his stats and gave him useful effects, making exploring all the more easier for him. Chapter 202: Black Myth Ruins (9), Esoteric Power Arts Chapter 202: ck Myth Ruins (9), Esoteric Power Arts ? [You have explored 3 high-tier inds. You cannot explore any more high-tier inds.] ''Tsk, so the limit is three instead of five like in the mid-tier ind zone.'' Each high-tier ind gave him 45 resource treasure chest afterpleting 3 challenges and additional random rewards from Dangerous Encounters. Total loot acquired so far: -Resource Treasure Chests x 300. -Resource Treasure Crates x 11. (For breaking damage records eleven times). -One Paragon-rank Set (mid-grade). -Enlightenment Stone x 3. -Random Equipment Chest x 3. -Paragon-rank items and equipment x 8. -Innate Gears x 6. From the dangerous encounter with three high-tier Ind, Aleron got a total of 3 Enlightenment Stons, 3 random Equipment chests, and 3 Innate Gears. The first high-tier ind''s dangerous encounter gave him a total of 4 items as a reward as he got a Spirit Beast Summoning Scroll, but the next two high-tier inds only gave him 3 items as rewards after winning against their dangerous encounters. Finally, it was time to enter the central tower and he was the first one. [You have arrived at the ck Myth Ind and acquired first rank in the Event. But the event is not over yet.] [This central ind is for bonus rewards. Here, you will find Esoteric Shrines at various spots, each bearing a challenge and a reward-Esoteric Power Arts.] [Esoteric Power Arts are a lesser version of Mystic Paths belonging to various forces in the upper cosmos. You can learn Esoteric Power Arts as an Ascension-rank powerhouse to increase yourbat power.] [You can take a look at multiple shrines to know about their Esoteric Power Arts, but you may only pick a single Esoteric Power Art.] ''Ohhh, that''s interesting. It did mention Esoteric Power Arts in the information panel when the event started, but this thing never appeared so far. But it turns out, this is only for those who manage to reach the the central ind.'' [Gachapi: Yeah. This is good for Warlords in general. They can learn an Esoteric Power Art here, then if they ascend, they would have an easier time building their first Mystic Path since it would be rted to their Esoteric Power Art. More so if they get support from a Faction there.] ''That''s good indeed. Let''s see how they are then,'' Aleron spread his Monitor Dome, which was limited to a 100-meter radius. He was in a thick bamboo forest on a mountain at the edge of the ind and sensed a single strange power source within his radar. With a teleport, Aleron arrived there and saw a small shrine with a statue of a lizardman with two long antennae, a muscled physique, and a spear in his hand that pointed as if attacking the sky. As he looked at this shrine, a window panel popped up in front of the shrine. [Hazeme Drake Spear Art]-1-star Esoteric Power Art. ''Nah, I don''t even want to check it. Let''s find some higher star shrines.'' Aleron continuously teleported deeper into the ind and the second shrine he encountered had a 2-star Esotic Power Art. He went even deeper before encountering a 3-star Esotic Power Art shrine. In the end, it turned out that 3-star was the limit. Aleron had arrived at the center area of the ind, and all the shrines he checked here had 3- star Esotic Power Arts. ''I''ll pick the coolest 3-star Esotic Power Art. Fuck it,'' Aleron teleported and arrived in front of a ck shrine with a wolf''s statue of ink-like purple patterns on ck fur. [Shattered Sky Broken Light Art]-3-star Esoteric Power Art. Aleron touched the statue and a notification popped up. [Do you wish to challenge the shrine?] ''Yes.'' In the next second, a portal opened before the statue, and understanding it, Aleron entered. A dreadful howl rang in the dark forest without light, with a bright light blue and purple moon in the night sky. Aleron felt waves of energy and air trembling in the atmosphere as the howl rang. [You have 1 hour to catch the Dream Wolf. If you win, you will gain the rune containing knowledge of Shattered Sky Broken Light power art.] ''So it''s this kind of challenge?'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as he fully activated his Monitor Dome to detect and scout stuff before he started teleporting in the direction of the wolf howl he heard. *Awoooo!!* ''Huh?'' Aleron stopped as he found the howl in apletely different direction. [Astral: Unga Bunga happened, Mastah.] [Gachapi: The distance between both howls is big. It''s going to be tricky to find the Dream Wolf.] ''There should be a trick to find that Dream Wolf if it''s this crazy and we have 1 hour for it.'' Aleron explored the dark forest while hearing howls from random directions every 10 or 20 seconds. The forest was lively because the nts, trees, and various wildlife he saw were magical. Since the magic beasts here didn''t attack him even after seeing him, Aleron didn''t do anything and just curiously observed them and interacted with them while exploring the forest. ''Crap, fifty minutes passed by.'' [Astral: Mastah, you have been ying and having a pic here. Time just flew by while we became forest friends.] [Gachapi: Master, you got any idea?] Aleron sat down near a river, his arm crossed and legs in the river to feel the running cold water. ''I''ve got to know a lot of things during the past fifty minutes,'' Aleron''s expression was thoughtful. ''But I feel there was some anomaly or like a pattern I observed.'' [Gachapi: Oh? What''s that?] ''I don''t know. I just feel like that, so I have to close my eyes for a bit and find it,'' Aleron grinned and closed his eyes, entering deep research mode regarding the details he absorbed of this forest. Time flew by and as Astral and Gachapi were getting fidgety due to only less than 2 minutes remaining, Aleron finally opened his eyes with a big grin. ''Time to get our Dream Wolf.'' Aleron teleported a few times and arrived in front of a flowering nt with a beautiful dark blue flower having purple and silver patterns, glowing in the dark forest. Such flowers weren''t anything special in this forest because all things were like this. Nature gave the light in the darkness of this thick forest that blocked the moon''s glow from entering. ''We''ve visited many ces we believed to be the source of Dream Wolf''s howl. We couldn''t pinpoint the exact location, but every time we went there, a flower like this would be chewed on. ''There was only one ce where this flower''s petal was found on the ground while at other ces, these flowers were always eaten away and only their nts remained.'' ''At first, I just ignored that petal because many flowers were like that, but upon some brainstorming, that petal was there because we heard that howl nearby at that time and that wolf dropped a petal while eating and escaping upon sensing us.'' Aleron vanished from his spot andpletely isted himself in a spaceyer nearby. [Astral: Ayo, Mastah. Are you saying we will wait for it toe? We only have one and a half minutes left.] Gachapi also felt that the time was against them. But Aleron only chuckled in response. ''That wolf ising here, I am 100% sure,'' Aleron grinned, his glinting, ''Because this is the only flower of its kind remaining in this forest.'' ''Maybe there''s one or two more somewhere, but I am pretty confident because although there are many colorful flowers, this particr one is very scarce since that Dream Wolf has been eating one or more flowers every 10 or 20 seconds.'' *Awooo!* Suddenly, a dreamy mist appeared near that flower and a beautiful and majestic wolf formed there. Opening its mouth, the wolf was about to eat the flower with a delightful look in its eyes. But in the next second, a fireball struck the wolf from behind, causing it to release a yelp of pure surprise, albeit an unpleasant one. [You have sessfully caught the Dream Wolf. Congrattions.] In the next second, the Dream Wolf turned into a magical sparkling mist that condensed into a rune and shot toward Aleron. [Astral: Holy shit. What if that wolf didn''t drop that petal, Mastah? Wouldn''t you have failed then?] ''Hahaha, I might have, I don''t know. But that doesn''t matter because we won,'' Aleron grinned as he arrived outside after getting the rune containing knowledge of Shattered Sky Broken Light Art. [Gachapi: Nah, that wolf would still drop that petal in my opinion. Either that or something other. This challenge always intended to give the challenger a hint to win, so it''s up to the challenger to find the hint and pave the path to winning.] [Astral: Makes sense, big bro! You are so awesome.] [Gachapi: No matter how much you bootlick me, I am not going to give you ess to Master''s memories.] [Astral: Mastah!! Boohoo T-T, tell Gachapi please.] Aleron was ignoring the squabble as usual as he had sat cross-legged to look at this so-called Esoteric Power Art. [Gachapi: Master, you must not side with him. I am just teaching him some manners. I''ll given/o/vel/b//in dot c//om ess after 5 days.] [Astral: Really?! Okie, I''ll wait for 5 days!] ''This Esoteric Power Art is interesting. The training style and the way to create its power core...one of its aspects is simr to how I create my unique energies for different types of skills.'' [Gachapi: Yes. Mystic Path is apletely different style of power that utilizes aspects of all three paths in unimaginable ways, however, training in the Esoteric Power Art, which is for Ascension-rank lifeforms, can give them some affinity and speed up the development of their first Mystic Path.] [Shattered Sky Broken Light]-3-star Esoteric Power Art. -Step 1: Create the power source of this art, Dream Wolf Force, by following the details on the Power Source Page. -Step 2: After creating its power source, follow up with the objectives set in the Training Page. -Step 3: Once you have reached the required amount of control for the Dream Wolf Force after completing the tasks in the Training Page, the information rune will unlock the Skill Learning Page for you to learn the skill. [Information Pages] -> Page 1: Power Source-Dream Wolf Force. Chapter 203 Black Myth Ruins (10/10), Preparations 203 ck Myth Ruins (10/10), Preparations ''This is great. I''ll learn this after returning,'' Aleron thought as he looked at the information he got on Esoteric Power Art. ''Now then, let''s get out since I''m done.'' Aleron turned his left and saw the portal that formed after he returned. [You havepleted the Event-ck Myth Ruins, at 1st rank. Congrattions.] [You have acquired Golden Treasure Chest, only granted to the 1st rank individual in Top-tier Warlord-events. Congrattions.] ''Golden Treasure chest, eh? We''ll see what it pops,'' Aleron chuckled and entered through the portal and arrived back at the garden terrace of the pce. [Gachapi: We should check that mysterious stone first.] [Astral: Oh yeah, that thing was suspicious, Big bro. You''re always so smart to remember these things.] Aleron took out the stone after a chuckle at Astral''s attempt to bootlick Gachapi. ''This stone is indeed mysterious. Let''s see what it got for us.'' The moment Aleron poured Magilore into the stone, it suddenly glowed and released a light that went into his head. Aleron sat down on his butt, his eyes dimly unfocused as if he was unconscious. But inside his mind, a strange ck wisp with a sharp red hue and ruby eyes appeared. [¡­Aleron¡­Master Aleron¡­.Boss Aleron¡­] [Nice to meet you. I¡­need¡­your¡­help.] [I seem to be called Rexian, the¡­cosmos¡­will.] Aleron was startled. ''What''s going on?'' [Gachapi: Seems to be a message stone to you from the cosmos will.] [I¡­am¡­.sealed. I awoken¡­and sealed.] [People¡­trying¡­to¡­enve¡­.me.] [I¡­can¡­.only¡­.trust¡­you.] [And rely on¡­you.] [Boss¡­Aleron. Help.] [I¡­sent¡­you¡­some¡­things¡­.through¡­.reward in the event.] [Use them¡­to¡­escape¡­and be¡­powerful¡­so¡­you can¡­remove¡­seal¡­and save¡­this cosmos¡­] ''So that''s why that first mid-tier ind gave me strange rewards!'' [Astral: Damn, bro Rexian is in trouble.] [Gachapi: Now, it makes sense about that reward.] 1. Mystic Artifact: Agram Demolition Ring¡ªsingle use. 2. Mystic Path creation scroll¡ª1 to 3 stars. 3. #### Stone. ''So that''s why I got Mystic Path creation scroll, to help me be stronger faster after I reach Paragon-rank.'' [Gachapi: Yep. These scrolls are not given as rewards in any lower cosmos, so this cosmos must have stolen it from one of the emissaries using its authoritative powers before it got sealed and sent this scroll along with those other two things to Master via in-event reward.] [Astral: This bro did his best to the end. I salute.] ''I got information about those people as well¡­'' Aleron was in deep thought as the cosmos sent him information it got from those guys to him. Like what faction they belonged to in the upper cosmos and chaosverse! While Aleron was thinking about things and making a n on how to move forward, Enorin and others emerged from the portal nearby, returning from the spectator room. "Master seems to be in deep thought." "Boss, are you okay?" Aleron chuckled and stood up. "Everyone. It''s time to be stronger." ¡­ 300 x Resource Treasure chests gave 1218 Ascension-rank resources! 11 x Resource Treasure Crates gave 238 Ascension-rank resources and all of them were of top quality! These resources were being processed by his Ascension-rank subordinates at Yorin''s Alchemy Pce so that Yorin could make pills of them quickly. ording to Yorin''s appraisal and calctions, he could make 24 sets of Ascension-rank pills! Each set consisted of 30 pills and consuming these 30 pills would make an Ascension-rank lifeform''s Strength, Agility, Stamina, Health, Magic Potency, and Magilore reach 1000k from 500k! The resources that Aleron got in his first Warlord-only event were ground-breaking! Of course, this particr Warlord-event was a special kind that would rarely appear, because not all Events gave this much reward, but during this special Warlord Event designed to boost the Warlord''s power, Aleron went above and beyond in performance to acquire so many rewards. Not to mention, the Treasure Crates actually gave extraordinary Ascension-rank resources, all of which were way better than resources from the treasure chests. The resources from these crates were the main reason Yorin could craft whole 24 sets of pills. It took over twenty days for Yorin to concoct those 24 sets of pills, but everyone had firmly reached the peak of Ascension rank in stats as those pills churned out daily! Due to the abundant amount of souls, Aleron got from Warlord Graystar''ss'' big poption that his A.I.¡ªAlfred was handling, there was also enough pure soul essence in Hell for everyone''s soul power to reach the peak of Ascension rank. Speaking A.I., the real Alfred was making strides in progress as he hung out in the Exceed-rank secret realm to adventure and progress. He would join random groups and everyone would wee him warmly because he was splitting the image of the governor. Governor¡ªThat''s what the Super A.I. came to be called by the people of Graystar''ss, Eldertide Archipgo, and Ardentia. Because the Super A.I. was virtually activated all the time simultaneously at multiple ces to maintain order, fix problems, and solve conflicts as per Aleron''s Law and Order. As 22 days passed since ck Myth Ruins, Aleron had also gathered 178k Gacha Points so far. He had improved everyone''s Bloodlines, making them reach Divine-rank and gave them Innate Physiques. Aleron and his subordinates would join Events as usual, but their profile was very low as per his order. Another thing he did was to make Eldertidie Archipgo reach the stage of Midworld from the secret realm¡ªthis was one of his main priorities in executing his n. After Aleron got information that Cosmos Will was sealed and that Rexian would be enved soon, Aleron knew what he had to do for the next step and was preparing for it. Crystal Spire of Aurroraville. "Are you all ready? Shoot your attacks when I give the signal in the soulwork," Aleron said as he stood in front of the mystical crystal orb connecting this secret realm to a Midworld of those crystal humanoid beings. Eldertide Archipgo was on the cusp of upgrading into a Midworld and once that happened, those crystal humanoid beings would immediately invade and attack. Aleron wanted to keep this to explore their world, but now that he had other concerning matters at hand, he decided to destroy the portal connection. ''Eldertide Archipgo is already 4 times bigger than before with many new areas due to the bunch of secret realms'' cores I fed twenty days ago.'' ''It''s producing Ascension-rank resources at core areas already even though it''s not Midworld yet.'' ''But it will be one soon.'' Aleron gave the signal. ''Attack!'' Darzax, Riki, Enorin, Yueha, Mei, Hua, Fang, Ruan, Lee, Ying, Liang, Jiang, Arran''tel, and Nerathi¡­all of themunched their attacks. *BOOOM!* Aleron focused on repairing the spatial crack and containing the area of influence caused by the attack. ¡­ After solving that problem, Aleron didn''t block the secret realm from upgrading and made it reach Midworld-stage! This was the prerequisite if he wanted to enter the Chaosverse. Because secret realms connected to him couldn''t open in the Upper cosmos. Only Midworlds can open up there and he wanted to bring his poption with him. Midworld would be a hub for him because people there at Ascension rank and below could still enter the lower cosmos and the Super A.I. would be able to maintain thes under Aleron''s banner. Of course, the connection between him and super A.I. would sever once he went to the Chaosverse, meaning, his A.I. would lose its most important power¡ªthe unlimited Magilore source that allowed it to work swiftly and efficiently. But Aleron had already figured this out. He was going to install his Magilore source into his Super A.I. As he intended to keep this source in the Eldertide Archipgo Midworld. After all, once he ascended to Paragon rank, he wouldn''t be able to use this Magilore source. He could use it, but only in the lower cosmos. In the Upper Cosmos and Chaosverse, it would be useless. And so, after he had prepared everything, it was time. ¡­ 3 dayster, Aleron had spent 30k Gacha points to summon 10 more Job sses and 10 more Symbios Gears. He gave job sses to Yueha and others who didn''t have a Job ss yet and gave Symbios Gears to those who didn''t have it before. "Everyone ready?" Aleron was sitting cross-legged in sunny weather on a grassy hill near the hot spring hill, and in front of him sat his subordinates. It was time. "We all have reached the peak of Ascension rank," Aleron serenely looked at everyone''s calm and peaceful expressions as they opened their eyes. "The requirement to breakthrough to Paragon-rank is not easy, but is not hard as well. Now that today''s meditation session is finished, we shall finish onest business." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om Aleron''s eyes turned sharp. "I paid a visit to Radrata cosmos two days ago and learned how to reach a cosmos'' core." "We are going to unseal the Cosmos Will, make it our friend, and put this entire cosmos under the rule of our kingdom, our empire, so that people may live in the true and just way of life." Chapter 204 Cosmic Changes 204 Cosmic Changes "It started," Aleron said as he looked at the 2nd portal that appeared beside him. He decided to save Cosmic Will today because today was the day of a Warlord-only Event for the top 50 Warlords. Aleron didn''t n to participate in it because he wanted to save the. Cosmic will. After all, this time would be the best to do the task. "Let''s go," Aleron waved his hand and created a portal. A portal leading to the hidden core area of the cosmos where Rexian Cosmos''s core resided. He had learned how to reach there from Cane, the cosmos will of Radrata cosmos! He entered first and others quickly followed Aleron as all of them arrived in a white space. But it turned out those were clouds and they were inside a''s sphere of influence. "That¡­is that the cosmos will?" Arran''tel looked at the sky and saw the sun. A strange white sun with entric red chains wrapping around it. Aleron blinked and grinned, "Yep. That''s it. This is a unique dimension of space that contains the core of the cosmos will." Suddenly, everyone felt three presences as they floated above, between them and the Rexian''s core. However, their expressions were ugly. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "How¡­" Aleron''s eyes coldly glinted, "kill them!" The three emissaries saw and sensed the increasingly ferocious auras of Aleron''s subordinates and gulped. It was over. The n they made and the mission they were given failed. The battle was anticlimactic. There were only three of them. Even if they were at the peak of Ascension''s rank, they were nowhere near as strong as Aleron''s subordinates. Aleron''s subordinates had boons that others didn''t have so even in a 1v1 fight, most of them would win against these Emissaries. "Master, we found this thing from that girl''s storage pouch. It feels simr to the chains on that cosmos will," Enorin flew to Aleron with a crystal ring. "Tsk, they had some artifacts and items, but nothing out of the ordinary, Boss," Riki clicked his tongue. "Same on this one," Lee said. "Well, they couldn''t have brought better items here since they are from the upper cosmos," Liang chuckled. Aleron took the ring Enorin brought and inspected it using his skill, finding powers beyond his grasp within it. "Interesting. This ring is definitely rted to Rexian''s seal." He poured Magilore into it, but nothing happened to the sealed core. "Wait, let me finish reading the memories. I''ll find something then," Aleron closed his eyes and started reading memories of the three new souls he captured. 16:14 [Gachapi: This is the influence of powerful people. Although these three have memories, if someone tries to read their memories, it would be foggy in case they die andnd in the enemy''s hand. Going forward, reading memories might not work to get information easily.] [Gachapi: Of course, it''s another matter if your soul power bes stronger than the person who blurred these memories.] ''That''s good to hear.'' Aleron smiled, ''Anyway, I found what I wanted to find.'' He opened his eyes and poured Magilore into the ring again. And then¡­ *Boom!* The ring exploded as Aleron demolished it. [Thank you, Boss Aleron.] Everyone looked up as they felt a mysterious aura. The red chains around the white core started breaking after Aleron destroyed the ring. [I didn''t expect you to save me this fast.] Aleron saw the avatar. A cute red-skinned child''s avatar looking ten years old with beautiful and me-like long white hair as they behaved like a me. His cosmic blue eyes looking as if filled with stars looked at Aleron with gratefulness and amazement. "Thank you so much, boss Aleron!" Rexian jumped on Aleron and hugged him. Aleron couldn''t help butugh. He grabbed his shoulder and pulled him apart, looking at him with a smile, "You''re wee." "But now, you have to help me," he added. Rexian''s eyes glinted cheerfully, "Of course. What help you need? As long as it''s within my rules, I can help." "How about we change this cosmos''s Warlord system a bit, and also add a system to handle the people." "You know¡­if all corrupt and bad apples existing in this cosmos are wiped out and a new order is established that punishes wrongdoings, we could have many more talented people who can be Warlords." Rexian confusedly rubbed his chin while saying, "I don''t really mind these changes. I just made this Cosmic Ascension Competition based on rules ingrained in me and then I fell asleep." Rexian grinned and said to Aleron, "If you want to make changes, then let''s do it!" "Hahaha, that''s what I wanted to hear. Let''s do it." ¡­ With the support of literal power at the cosmos''s disposal, a purge like never before took ce and changes like never before were made throughout the entire cosmos. Rexian Cosmos had 10 universe bubbles under it. Each universe had hundreds ofs filled with poptions. And now, each of thes had a systematicw and order established by the cosmos will¡­Aleron''s Law and Order. Rexian also created the screening system based on Aleron''s innate talent [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] and took it as the core to identify white, yellow, gray, red, and ck-marked people. Red and ck were transported to a gigantic Cosmic Jail, a secret realm Rexian created to hold these people. This Cosmos Jail connected to Aleron''s Hell in his Midworld with a direct anchor between them. They would get punishment, a chance to repent if they wished for a new life, and a steady supply of soul essence. An uncountable amount of the poption was freed from the oppression, corruption, and evil of others while pressure also formed on them such that other people wouldn''t go into the path of evil. Since Rexian did this on a cosmic scale, it was more thorough and ingrained. Aleron didn''t have to work hard and just had to teach Rexian and observe the process as Rexian sent him data. During this purge, most of the Warlords were wiped out. They couldn''t resist the power of the cosmos will, after all. No matter how powerful they were, they were still at Ascension rank and confined to the lower cosmos'' power level. As the curtain of peace fell on the entire Rexian Cosmos, it was time for a new adventure to begin and a new tale to imprint. Chapter 205 Chaosverse 205 Chaosverse Time passed in peace as Aleron lived a truly fun life surrounded by his loved ones. A month passed by since Aleron freed the cosmos will. He had to do some work for ten days following the freedom of Rexian to establish new rules and systems in the cosmos, but after that, he was in full leisure and enjoy mode. Gamble quests every day for Gacha Points. Meditation in the morning for five hours with everyone to break through to Paragon-rank. Combat training and Concept training after meditation. And every other night, Aleron would be fighting passionate battles with Enorin, Yueha, Mei, Rias, Ruan, and Liang. ¡­ The condition to break through into the Paragon-rank lifeform was bringing absolute harmony between Magilore energy, Soul energy, and Vigor energy to the point that once those three energies gathered together, they must form into a unique fundamental energy called¡ªChakra energy. This was easier said than done because it was hard tobine these three energy while controlling them simultaneously and bringing harmony between them. But focused training and efforts didn''t disappoint anyone. Everyone broke through to Paragon-rank lifeform one by one starting with Aleron. ¡­ In the cold spring pool, Aleron sat at the edge with Ruan in front of him and his meat rod inside her, but they were done with the action and were just chilling. Ruan''s head wasid on his chest as she was breathing peacefully while asleep while Aleron''s hand wrapped around her breast as he fondled them while having a thoughtful expression. ''Hmm, now that I''ve broken through to Paragon-rank lifeform, the items I would get would be better. But should wait more until I get to the Chaosverse?'' ''I''ve already waited for over a month and didn''t summon anything in the new banners I got since I wanted better rewards from them after the breakthrough.'' [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 3 [ 100,000 Gacha points ] -Gacha Points: 198,730 |-Summoning Banners (8/9)-| 1. Myriad Spell Pool. 2. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines. 3. Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines 4. Job ss Manifesto 5. Gear Factory of Mystic Symbios 6. Myriad Beast Mounts: Chaotic Reign of Exotic Zords 7. Manufacture of Innate Gears: Myriad Creations. 8. Oundish Crafts of Mystic Equipment. 9. Aleron didn''t even do the first free summon from the two new banners because the first summons yielded the highest rank items and he wanted to be a Paragon-rank lifeform before doing that. However, if he got better items after he went to Chaosverse, he wanted to wait! "Everyone except for Ying had broken through to Paragon rank." Just as Aleron muttered, he felt a familiar surge of aura nearby as the sky in that particr area was filled with an exotic phenomenon. Ying just broke through! ''Nghh¡­Master~" Ruan opened her lucid eyes and her body twitched. "One more round?" "You naughty little imp," Aleronughed and stood up before he grabbed Ruan''s hand and started pounding her from behind. "Aaanhhh~" ¡­ The next day, everyone gathered at the garden terrace of the pce. The Cosmic Ascension Competition was overhauled and instead of conquering the, Rexian changed the system to something simr to the Radrata cosmos so that people who are peacefully living won''t get hurt in wars between Warlords. As such, Aleron only had two ways to leave this lower cosmos. 1. The space crack leading to Chaosverse on Ardentia. 2. Agram Demolition Ring that could create a safe portal to the Chaosverse. "Everyone, it''s time to go on a new adventure," Aleron smiled as he looked at his dear subordinates who appeared equally eager to begin their new journey. "But before we go, let me share with you some information I got from Elysia and those three Emissaries about the Upper Cosmos and Chaosverse, along with what we will be doing first after going there." "First, there are 999 Upper Cosmoses and 1 Chaosverse." "The power structure there is wholly different, especially the Chaosverse." "To the people of Upper Cosmos, their cosmoses are vast and resourceful, but they are nothingpared to the Chaosverse." Aleron''s eyes glinted. "Chaosverse is better for us, so we will establish and secure our foothold there. Since we are weak, we have to keep a low profile and avoid attention from other forces." "But with this Midworld that we have, we can safely exit the Chaosverse ande here, so that''s a plus." Everyone nodded. "Now then, it''s time to go," Aleron used the ring and it shattered, releasing an energy that created a portal. It was a one-time-use item, so it was destroyed, but thanks to his Midworld''s rune, he would be able to open the portal back here from Chaosverse. Other forces there had portals to return to their upper cosmos, but Aleron also had a portal to return to his Midworld! "Let''s go," Aleron entered through the portal with anticipation and excitement. ''I wonder how is the Chaosverse.'' [Gachapi: Well, prepared to be amazed, Master.] Aleron saw the scenery shifting from brief darkness to light as he set foot on the hard ground and saw a vast stretch of me grass around him. 16:15 Most importantly, it wasn''t hot at all despite clearly looking like mes! "What''s with that sky?" Aleron blinked with confusion as he looked at the ck sky with colorful stars in it. As Enorin and others arrived from the portal, Darzax questioned with doubt, "I can feel and see the light showering in this area, but I can''t find the source." "There''s no sun," Enorin raised her eyebrows, "But there''s light and it''s not from this grassy in." "Damn, what''s with that mountain? It''s burning in blue me, but this side is cooler." Gachapi appeared in a visible form in front of others and said with a grin, "Wee to the Chaosverse where nothing will make sense except for the Mystic Paths you carve." [Wee indeed. I didn''t figure I would encounter people in this area.] Everyone suddenly heard a voice in their heads while a strange yet powerful presence enveloped them. "W-Who?" Aleron stuttered involuntarily as he felt fear of death close to him like never before. It was as if his soul was in the grasp of a power that could snuff him out any second! Everyone looked at the person or rather, a spirit? It was not human for sure. It was a beautiful woman with pitch-ck skin that had white sparks and looked ethereal while having blue-colored patterns. She had luxurious-looking pendants, nes, and other essories on her while her hair looked like they were made of mysterious energy flowing like mes in the color of pale golden, with a lustrous glow. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Not a human, not a demon, not a beastfolk, or any other race. She gave off an entirely different vibe and threat as if their lives were in her hand. [Gachapi: Shit, this has got the be our worst luck, Master! We freaking encountered an Eternal, one of the supreme beings that roam unfettered across this realm of chaos. Nobody knows about them and nobody can defeat them, not even the biggest big shots of the upper cosmos!] [Gachapi: We have to talk our way out of this!] [Astral: Time for my talk no jutsu.] [Gachapi: Shut up! We are dead meat if you speak your shit here.] [Astral: S-sorry.] Astral has entered a temporary deep slumber. *Gulp* Aleron gulped and nervously smiled at the Eternal, "Hi." And this marks our first volume. The second volume will begin from next chapter :) I_Cook_Limitlessly Chapter 206: Lavia Chapter 206: Lavia ? ''Everyone, don''t show any hostility,'' Aleron ryed to everyone after saying Hi. ''We can''t even if we want to boss,'' Lee wryly smiled. ''This fear of death is absolute, my lord. If she may kill us, our souls would obliterate,'' Darzax''s expression was somber. Everyone was dead silent with their eyes filled with fear, but that fear also reflected a resolve. "You are interesting, little man." The Eternal suddenly appeared before Aleron, her face an inch away from his. Her nce went towards Enorin and others behind Aleron as she chuckled, "Your subordinates are also interesting. Despite the fear of death, they are ready to pounce on me...so you can escape." "Say, can you escape?" Aleron saw her eyes focused on his. Forcing out a smile as he felt pressure and fear like never before, Aleron said, "I...don''t want to try, miss Eternal." "I am Aleron, nice to meet you." "Hahahaha, this is new. Your eyes, I mean." Suddenly, everything around Aleron vanished and he found himself in a strange world full of colorful eyes like the mysterious structure of this Eternal''s body. The horrors it showered on Aleron were like never before. "Why...are your eyes showing such curiosity in the face of death, little man?" "And what is that strange thing in your source space?" Aleron gulped. ''She found the presence of Ultimate Gacha System?'' ''But she is so powerful and otherworldly...it shouldn''t be hard for her to find the system.'' Aleron''s heart was involuntarily drawn to find know more about her as well. This was his nature. What powers does she have? Who is she? Can I be friends with her? "What is your name, Miss Eternal?" Aleron asked, his eyes glittering with gold and ck in a whirling fashion. He was scared to death, but he didn''t want to hold back on a conversation with such a being. Why should he?! "What is this power around me? It''s scary, but so cool! Am I in another dimension you created?" All the crazy and exotic dimensional horror eyes around Aleron paused. The scenery changed into a nightscape on a mountaintop with cute glowing insects illuminating the peak. Aleron found himself sitting on a wooden bench in front of the Eternal who looked at him with her chin on her hand and legs crossed. "Hi, my name is Aleron. I think I asked your name without telling mine," Aleron said with a grin. "I am Eternal of Synthesis and Purity, Lavia." Aleron''s eyes sparkled, "That''s a cool title full of mystery and power. I can''t even inspect you." Lavia narrowed her eyes, "Why...are you not scared of me?" She grabbed her hair in frustration, "It''s the first time someone talked to me like this." Aleron was dumbfounded, "What the hell? First time?" "I mean, not first first time, but the first time since I became eternal and I''ve been an Eternal since forever," Lavia rolled her eyes. "That''s...understandable," Aleron wryly smiled and wiped his forehead off sweat, "Your aura is too powerful and it just straight tells people you''re dead." "Urghh, this is why I hate this ce," Lavia groaned, and suddenly the whole ce turned into a cartoony style and the scenery changed. They arrived in on the rooftop of a building, looking all cartoony-like a colorful CGI world. Both arrived on afy chair facing the sea far away from the rooftop with drinks and fruits on the table between them. *Crouch...* "You might think my title and all is badass, but I am a prisoner here," Lavia said after taking a bite from an apple. "You look cute in the cartoon version," Aleron said with augh. Lavia froze...for a second and started eating an apple. "You''re weird, but I like that," Lavia said. Aleron saw her smile, but it appeared sad. ''She is so powerful, but she has the purest white mark on her.'' He looked at the beautiful and pure white mark on her head. Although the fear of death was absolute in her presence like some sort ofw, it couldn''t stop him. "Miss Lavia, I know I am weak, but I just want to say I will help you if I can." Lavia turned to Aleron and felt strange warmth looking at his gentle and earnest smile. She was stunned! ''Who is this person? It''s the first time someone conquered my presence, and he even wants to help...me?'' Aleron saw her expression changing from sad, to stunned to, now bursting into a chuckle that appeared cheerful. "Alright, I am amused." The scenery suddenly changed as Aleron found himself back to reality, finding the burning grass field and his subordinates'' presence. Lavia stood before him akimbo with her petite figure, appearing in her cartoony form that Aleron praised. "Aleron, I mark you as my candidate for the Multiverse Gauntlet. You have 100 years to reach the Chaos Fissure," Lavia smiled and grabbed his hand, "I have high hopes for you, my champion."n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om After saying that, Lavia vanished. [You have received a Main Quest.] ''What''s this voice?'' Aleron was startled, he hadn''t heard this type of voice and text panel before. [Gachapi: it''s Will of Chaosverse, Master.] [Main Quest: Eternal Candidate] [Story] -Eternals are prisoners of Chaosverse. They may choose a candidate of their liking and hope that they can defeat the Crux Lord of Chaos in the Multiverse realm''s First Labyrinth. So far, nobody has managed toplete this quest. -You are chosen as a candidate by Eternal of Synthesis and Purity. -Be powerful enough to reach the Chaos Fissure and enter the Multiverse realm to fight the Crux Lord of Chaos. -Note: You can have a choice to abandon the quest once you enter the Multiverse realm. Should you choose the abandon it, you may be allowed to live in the Multiverse realm. [Task] -Defeat the Crux Lord of Chaos. [Reward] -Freedom of all Eternals. -Demolition of Chaosverse System. -Open Path to Multiverse Realm. "Woah, woah, woah...wait a second," Aleron blinked a few times as he read. "This is one hell of a main quest!" "What happened, Master?" Enorin asked upon hearing Aleron''s surprised expression. "Take a look, everyone," Aleron said as he shared the quest with everyone. "What''s with that note? Nobody managed to defeat him...and they can abandon the quest if they want to live in the Multiverse realm," Ruan said with a snort. "I bet most people did that." [Gachapi: That''s true. Most of those powerhouses chose to abandon the quest since those who tried were met with ultimate death. The catch here is that once you abandon this quest, you can no longer challenge Crux Lord of Chaos so even if you be more powerfulter, you can''t help the Eternals.] [Gachapi: You might be killed even if you think about doing that.] "You seem to know a lot about this stuff and why that multiverse sounds stuffy? Kill by thinking about it?" Aleron rubbed his chin. "That''s crazy." "Oh yeah, where are you from, Gachapi? Is this system from Multiverse Realm?" Aleron asked. [Gachapi: Since we''vee to this information, I can answer it. This system is indeed from the Multiverse realm.] Everyone was surprised, but not shocked. They knew what this system was capable of, so it wasn''t strange. Chapter 207: Plan, Golden Treasure Chest Chapter 207: n, Golden Treasure Chest ? [Gachapi: Anyway, this is good. We eventually had to get this quest from an Eternal, so it''s good that we got it right off the bat.] "So you want me to defeat that Crux Lord?" Aleron grinned. Gachapi''s avatar grinned. [Gachapi: You''re the only one who can do it, Master. So, let''s get to it, survive, and get stronger in this Chaosverse. We''ll have to visit some special Upper Cosmoses, but not anytime soon.]n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Aleron and others decided to stay in this area after looking at the map. "We have a general map of Chaosverse thanks to Gachapi, so we can start movingter without relying on random strangers we''ll encounter," Aleron said as he shared the map with everyone. [Gachapi: We were kinda lucky and unlucky both. This Eternal was surprised because we are in the earliest location of Chaosverse. There''s nothing here. No monsters, no resources. Just in scenery of nature in chaos and nobodyes here.] "Master, this chaosverse seems to be a big t ne," Yueha said as she looked at the map. "I wonder how vast it is?" Mei wondered. "The map only shows 7 names of the area, but they must be far apart." [Gachapi: The distance is wierd here. But each area of Chaosverse is bordered by strange powers. You must enter the chaotic areas between each region and ovee the trouble inside to go to the next region. Some established teleport rings of strong forces work, but we are not getting that privilege anytime soon.] Gachapi continued to exin. [Gachapi: We are the furthest in the area at the moment. Like level o. The stronger forces of Upper Cosmoses are mostly in the 6th or 7th region. Those two regions are the richest in everything, but also more dangerous. Without the backing of a powerful force, it''s hard to survive there andpetition is fierce.] "Bypetition, you will understand soon because if we want to survive, we''ll have topete with others and establish our power, "Aleron said as he pointed at the first area. "We will start by establishing ourselves in the first region." [1st region of Chaosverse-Destion of Chaos.] "It''s over twenty thousand kilometers away, ording to the map," Aleron continued, "Our senses are limited here and powers too." [Gachapi: They are not weakened in the true sense, but adjusted to the Chaosverse. Your status screen will be different in chaosverse as well.] "As such, we will adjust to the new changes and power up ourselves before moving," Aleron said with a smile. "We are in apletely peaceful area, and I have much to do with my Gacha System." "So it''s time, Master," Ying said with a grin. "You said you would teach us how to progress in the new path of power once we arrive here." "We shall focus on it once you give us the knowledge regarding it," Darzax said, looking eager like everyone else while holding aposed smile. "The power of Mystic Paths. I got a shortcut to it, but Gachapi said that it''s best if we reach the qualification of awakening our Mystic Paths by pure training," Aleron said with a faint smile. "I also haven''t used the Esoteric Power Art I got. "I''ll give you the steps and information about how to awaken our first Mystic Paths. It will require intense training that you have to create for yourself by figuring it out. You''ll know how it works once you learn the information I''vepiled," Aleron waved his hand and gave everyone the information he got from Gachapi, Elysia, and those Emissaries. He already knew everything about Mystic Paths and how exotic and personal they were. Although Esoteric Power Art was a shortcut to already establishing Mytic Paths for some seniors, Aleron didn''t want to do that. He wanted his own Mystic path without any other help. "I''ll join you once I''m done with the system matters." Everyone nodded and sat down in meditation at different spots to absorb andprehend the information. Meanwhile, Aleron opened the system, his eyes glinting with excitement and anticipation. ''I am in Chaosverse and Paragon-rank lifeform.'' ''It''s time to open that golden treasure chest I got from ck Myth Ruins''s first rank reward.'' [Gachapi: We might get better items if we open it here since the Chaosverse System might interfere.] Aleron opened the chest. [You have opened the Golden Treasure Chest.] [You have acquired Seed of World Tree.] [You have acquired 1,000,000 Chaos Tokens.] [You have acquired...AUEHRDagger of Clora] ''What was that?'' Aleron was surprised. ''The texts suddenly flickered multiple times.'' [Gachapi: That third item got interference from the Chaosverse System. Interesting. The first two items are pretty basic.] ''Mhmm,'' Aleron nodded. From the memories, he knew that Seed of World Trees was required if one wanted to build their base here. Those seeds were sold in markets here for high prices and one could also acquire a seed as a reward by entering 1st region''s Labyrinths. [Gachapi: The Labyrinths here are true dangers and we are currently at the weakest lifeform rank in Chaosverse. We can''t enter one anytime soon, so this reward is pretty good.] [Gachapi: I bet only first ranked in special Events gets a Seed of World Tree in lower cosmos or maybe Rexian included this in your reward. All in all, this will allow us to have a rtively safe base right from the start.] ''We also got Chaos Tokens. That''s the main currency here,'' Aleron grinned. ording to the information he got, Chaos Tokens were required as an entry fee by the Chaosverse system to enter Labyrinths. Chaos Tokens could be earned by selling items to other people or destroying items to get Chaos Tokens from the Chaosverse system directly. But the main way to earn it was by exploring the Labyrinth and killing bosses inside. Sometimes, the Chaosverse system would also give special quests. Like now. "This dagger is glowing," Aleron raised his eyes as he saw the dagger glowing after he grabbed it. [You have received a special quest] [Clear the Dungeon: Clora of Crimson Marsh-Tier-1. Rmended Power Level: One Mystic Path at level 5.] [You can summon the Dungeon Gate using the dagger.] [You have 1 month to summon the gate. Should you not summon it within the time limit, a dungeon break will ur near you.] Chapter 208: Summoning, Mystic Path (1) Chapter 208: Summoning, Mystic Path (1) ? Aleron put away the dagger in his spatial storage. ''System upgrade.'' [100,000 Gacha Points consumed.] [Ultimate Gacha System is upgraded to level 4] [Banner slots have been increased by 3.] [A new function is manifesting in the Gacha Room...Progress: 1%.] [You can have 5 Gamble Quests per day.] [The upper limit of rewards from Gacha Banners has been increased.] [As you are now in a Chaosverse and have reached the Paragon-rank lifeform, the rewards from Gacha Banners are adjusted.] ''Perfect. Now I can start summoning from the new banners. I also want more powerful subordinates, so I''ll have to think of something.'' [Gachapi: We should include Chaos Beasts. If you touch an egg of Chaos beast, we can get a banner.] ''That''s great. We''ll do that.'' Aleron opened one of the new banners after buying tickets. [Mystic Manufacture of Innate Gears] -Summoning Tickets: 10. [Gachapi: We should get higher ranks of Innate Gears, unlike the rankless ones we''ve got, haha. These things are hard toe in 1st region without backing.] ''Let me see the percentage chances of ranks.'' [Mystic Manufacture of Innate Gears] - Supreme-order Innate Gear: 1% chance. - Unique-order Innate Gears: 5% chance. Special-order Innate Gears: 10% chance. Rare-order Innate Gears: 25% chance. - Primary-order Innate Gears: 59% chance. ''This thing got the same terms of ranks as Job sses.'' [Gachapi: Yeah. These five terms will be represented as ranks for most of the things.] ''Unlike with the job ss, there''s a whole 1% chance. Let''s hope I get one Supreme-order innate gear.'' [Gachapi: Whatever we get above Special-order, we''ll have to sell them anyway. Unlike with job ss that whole growable power sources, as they start at level 1, Innate Gears have requirements.] ''Oh yeah. Well, that''s fine too. We can sell the one we get for a fortune or timely aid in case of trouble,'' Aleron grinned and began summoning. Since he was summoning the first time, he was bound to get at least one Supreme-order Innate Gear! [You have summoned a Primary-order Innate Gear-Wrath of Thunder Axe / Legs] [You have summoned a Primary-order Innate Gear-Shadow Hands of Darkness / Arms] [You have summoned a Primary-order Innate Gear-Shield of Shifting Winds / Stomach.] [You have summoned a Unique-order Innate Gear-Boots of Endless March / Legs] [You have summoned a Rare-order Innate Gear-Whispers of the Phantom Cloak/Back.] [You have summoned a Special-order Innate Gear-Storm Fangs of Silver Wolf / Heart.] [You have summoned a Rare-order Innate Gear-Eye of the Dreadnought Bull / Eyes. ] [You have summoned a Rare-order Innate Gear-Rumble Core of Stone Titan / Stomach ] [You have summoned a Unique-order Innate Gear-Storm Dragon''s Wrathful ws/ Arms] [You have summoned a Supreme-order Innate Gear-Helm of the Starborn Watcher / Heart.] ''So the six innate gears that everyone could have would slot as Arms, Legs, Stomach, Back, Heart, and Eyes?'' [Gachapi: Yep. Maximum of six innate gears. Each one gives a boost in stats and effects, making you stronger than your original rank.] ''Yeah. That Vital Heart of Barbarian boosted me a lot. I''ll have to remove it and rece it with Storm Fangs of Silver Wolf,'' Aleron grinned. ''Fortunately, I''ve already figured out how to do it.'' ''Anyway, I can''t use three of those innate gears. However, I doubt we can use others as well. We have to get our Mystic Paths first.'' [Gachapi: The other banner will be useful directly, let''s see what we get from it.] ''Yep.'' Aleron spent 4500 on 9 tickets for the new banner and checked out the draw rates. [Oundish Crafts of Equipment] -Paragon-rank Equipment: 60% chance. -Unbound-rank Equipment: 30% chance. -Transcendent-rank Equipment: 5% chance. -Supreme-rank Equipment: 4.9% chance. / Blocked. -Broken-rank Equipment: 0.1% / Blocked. ''Huh? What''s this blocked?'' [Gachapi: It seems the adjustment was on banners of this type. Instead of items getting three ranks above your current rank, it''s now two ranks above.] [Gachapi: If you summon living subordinates, they''ll be at max Transendent-rank lifeform.] ''I see. Well, it is what it is,'' Aleron shrugged and began summoning. ''Moreover, it''s going to be stages of progress and have multiple tiers within one rank as I saw from the equipment I got in the ck Myth Ruins event.'' [Gachapi: Yes. The higher the stars, the better the equipment.] [You have summoned a Paragon-rank Equipment-Knuckles of the Silent''s Wail-7-star] [You have summoned a Paragon-rank Equipment-Armor of the Shattered Mountain-4- star] [You have summoned an Unbound-rank Equipment-Sword of the Abyssal me-9-star] [You have summoned a Paragon-rank Equipment-Boots of the Thunderp-6-star.] [You have summoned a Paragon-rank Equipment-Crown of the Frost King-10-star.] [You have summoned an Unbound-rank Equipment-Armor te of the Celestial Titan-3- star.] [You have summoned a Paragon-rank Equipment-Hammer of the Fallen Star-5-star.] [You have summoned a Paragon-rank Equipment-Greaves of the Windwalker-2-star.] [You have summoned an Unbound-rank Equipment-Helm of the Jadeze Serpent-6- star] [You have summoned a Transcendent-rank Equipment-Leather Armor of the Demonic Sun -8-star.] ''It seems since the banner is of equipment, we got four types of equipment to wear. Weapon, Head part, armor, and boots.'' [Gachapi: Yep.] ''Let''s check one.'' [Knuckles of the Silent''s Wail] -Type: [Weapon] -Rank: [Paragon-rank/7-star] -Mystic Path: Echo of Silent Wail-7-star. -Perks: -> +50 Strength. -> +50 Stamina. -> +50 Vigor Energy. -Effect(s): ->(Passive) Wailing Wave: When your fists strike a target or release a skill projectile through Gauntlet as medium, their interference in the atmosphere is contained and attack speed is increased. -> (Active) Returning Echo: Using a skill after activating Returning Echo will create an echo resembling the same skill effect behind the target if the skill strikes the target, be it projectile or melee. Cost: 10 Chakra energy. ''What''s with the low value?'' Aleron raised his eyes. [Gachapi: Haha, you should check your status, master. I told you that the status will be different here. Since we are in Chaosverse, it''s adjusted.] |-Name: - [Aleron] |-Race: - [Human] |-Lifeform Rank: - [Paragon] I-Bloodline: -[Atherion Astral Regalord-Divine] |-ss: - [Primordial Genome Whisperer] |-Chakra Core: -Chakra Pool: [100/100] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: 100 + 10 + 700% ] [Agility: 100 + 10 + 700% ] [Health: 100 + 10 + 700% ] [Stamina: 100 + 10 + 700% ] [Vigor Energy: 810/810] I-Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: 100 + 10 + 200% ] [Magilore Energy: 100/100 + 10 + 200% ] |-Soul Status: [Soul Potency: 100 + 10 + 200% ] [Soul Energy/force: 100+ 10+ 200% ] -Innate Talents: [Spiritmind of Magilore], [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] |-Concepts: - [Astral Reaver] ''I miss those high numbers,'' Aleron wryly smiled as he saw the status. ''And no unlimited Magilore.'' [Gachapi: We won''t get any unlimited Magilore source here, nor the unlimited Chakra energyn/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om source, which is the main energy to be used inbat here as abilities of Mystic Paths require Chakra energy consumption.] ''That said, it''s time to join the training to awaken our first Mystic path.'' ... Mystic Paths. Upon gaining harmony of three paths and awakening Chakra Core, thereby essing Chakra Energy, one could start training in their vision to awaken their first Mystic Path. The foundation of a Mystic Path is the experience and expertise of a powerhouse. The Chakra Core ys the most important part. The first Mystic Path had a proper procedure because everyone''s Chakra Core is pure and empty upon breaking through to the Paragon-rank lifeform. Sitting in meditation and opening their Dreamscape by going deep focus, one would have to do mental training while utilizing their powers. All powers they could think of, be it Bloodline or anything and just purely follow their desire and do activities using their arsenal of powers that they enjoy and desire the most. To get a better hang of doing mental training, one could also fight with another for real combat and then enter meditation. The reason they entered meditation and did this mental training was to fill up their chakra core with the experience and expertise that they earnestly practiced! Once the Chakra Core is filled up, the worldly powers would manifest a Mystic Path suitable to the powerhouse. Everyone''s Mystic Path was their most important source of power. Aleron and others spent the first day getting around the feel of this mental training after sparring with each other and saw their Chakra Cores filling up slightly. There was no concept of night or day here. Sometimes, the light would vanish, the scenery would change, and sometimes light would illuminate things again. It was chaotic. But entirely harmless. Time passed as minutes turned into hours, and hours into days. Five dayster, a new powerhouse joined them-Roxen. She also broke through to Paragon rank and arrived here. Thanks to Rexian''s interference, Aleron had his private channel connecting Rexian Lower Cosmos Eldertide Archipgo Midworld - Choasverse. Many forces also had such channels to other lower cosmoses, by either creating a contract with the cosmos'' wills or enving them. Aleron and others had built a temporary vi in their location two days after Roxen arrived here. The biggest section of the vi was hoarded by Aleron, Rias, Enorin, Yueha, Mei, Ruan, and Liang. Training was important, but Aleron also wanted other activities with thedies in the big bedroom for an hour or two daily, with one or two at a time on daily basic turns. Although they created the vi, it wasn''t easy because elements worked strangely here, Magic was unstable, and soul sense was limited to 100 meters in Chaosverse, whereas it was 100,000 kilometers in the lower cosmos. ording to Gachapi, only anomaly attributes would work, and they would have to progress and focus on their anomaly attributes and expand on themter to properly use them. But this subject was to be explored after they awakened their first Mystic Paths ording to Gachapi, and also the memories Aleron had read because the best way would be to create Anomaly Attributes suitable to their Mystic Paths. ... Twenty days passed by since they arrived here, and someone finally awakened their first Mystic Path. Aleron''s aura burst out while a mystical phenomenon manifested above while he was in meditation. The others who were in meditation quickly opened their eyes sensing the new type of power and paid attention to the phenomenon. Chapter 209: Mystic Path (2), Dungeon: Clora of Crimson Marsh Chapter 209: Mystic Path (2), Dungeon: Clora of Crimson Marsh ? Inside Aleron''s source, the new thing was Chakra Core and Chakra pool. Chakra was acquired bybining Vigor energy, Magilore energy, and Soul energy. The first Mystic Path would manifest once one''s pure Chakra core is filled up with experience and expertise. Just randomly training wouldn''t fill it. One had to act upon their desire, their expertise, and wish for the new path of power earnestly and train ordingly to gather the experience and expertise to fill up the Chakra Core. [You have manifested your first Mystic Path-King of Over-Epassing] A beautiful, bluish-purple scroll with aesthetic design appeared in Aleron''s source space. It opened, disying his mystic path. [King of Over-Epassing-10-star] -Level: 1 [0/100 Exp] -Mystic Path energy sources: - [ze of Ardent Desire]- -Traits: None discovered yet. -[Mystic Path Skills] -None manifested yet. [Mystic Path Power System Guide] ''Huh? Didn''t expect a guide.'' [Gachapi: Whether one ascends into one of the Upper Cosmos or directlynds into Chaosverse, this guide appears once you manifest your first Mystic Path.] Aleron looked at the guide with interest. [Mystic Path is the source of power awakened from your manifested potential. You can level up Mystic Path by gaining experience as your life progresses, mainly by utilizing the path''s powers in front of opponents.] [The star represents the potential of your Mystic Path. The higher the star, the more powerful your energy source. You can increase your Mystic Path''s star by increasing your potential with your desire and matching hard work towards a goal.] [Once you have awakened your Mystic Path, you can wield a unique energy source. Each energy source of Mystic Path has a higher level of power that exhausts your Vigor energy, Magilore, and Soul energy simultaneously should you use to expend that energy.] [Your Mystic Path energy source has unique traits, but you have to discover andprehend them to activate them.] [Your Mystic Path skills automatically manifest once you discover your Mystic Path energy source''s traits and envision skills based on them.] [Mystic Path skills require Chakra energy''s consumption.] [Chakra energy is automatically recovered by consuming Magilore, Vigor Energy, and Soul Energy. Another way to refill your Chakra energy is to practice Chaos Breathing Arts in Chaosverse.] [Chaos Breathing Arts can be used to absorb chaotic energies present in the Chaosverse by creating a Chaotic Vortex in one''s source space, which would refine chaotic energies and turn them into Chakra energy.] [Each Chaotic Vortex also grants a unique Chaotic trait based on the Chaos Breathing Art.] ''Interesting. So Gachapi, those Mystic Path''s skills can still be influenced by Concept, right?'' [Gachapi: Mystic Path skills are different and flexible. They are like ultra-powerful Savant- grade skills that use Chakra energy to execute, so yeah, Soul Path''s Concepts can boost them, Body Path''s Bloodline Essence can boost them, and Arcane Path''s Magic Prints can boost them as well.] [Gachapi: Three foundational paths'' Trinity: Concept, Bloodline, and Magic Prints. These three powers have aspects of all three paths in each other. Concepts are made such that they can be anything, having traits of all three paths. It''s the same with Bloodline as you know.] ''True. So, what about Magic Prints?'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''Is this the new stuff you said about the 2nd level of Magilore and onward in the path of Arcane?'' [Gachapi: Yep. Magic Prints mean creating a print of magical effect byprehending an external phenomenon or envisioning a magical phenomenon yourself and utilizing it. Bloodline Essence is a pure potency boost. The concept is a flexible potency boost. But Magic Prints are modifier potency boost because, unlike Concept and Bloodline, they can''t be changed, you can create Magic Prints anytime and delete them.] [Gachapi: Here''s an example of Magic Print.] Gachapi showed a detail panel of a Magic Print. [Magic Print: Giant Fingers of Hands] -Grade: 1-star -Effect: Increase your both hands'' fingers size by 5 times. -Cost: Magilore. ''Huh?'' Aleron blinked. ''So now it''s literal magic. You can do whatever you want with Magilore?'' [Gachapi: Laws and rules of nature no longer apply to it. Instead, it applies its own rules andws. Magic Prints have no ranks, but only stars like Mystic Path. In magic print, the star is assigned to it based on its effect.] ''Are you saying it''s possible for a genius to create a 10-star Magic Print even at Paragon rank?'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. [Gachapi: haha, not so easy, Master. Remember the levels of Magilore? Yep, that is required. At 2nd level of Magilore, you can only create 1 and 2-star Magic Prints. If you want to create a higher star of Magic Print, you must go deeper into Magilore and reach higher levels.] ''Gotcha.'' - Everyone else went back to training after seeing Aleron''s breakthrough as he awakened his first Mystic Path. Meanwhile, Aleron started ying with his newfound powers at the side. A dayter. [You have discovered 3rd trait of your Mystic Path''s energy source-Keen me: Increases sensitiveness and prativeness of your energy by 50%.] ''Another weird trait. My energy is more sensitive now,'' Aleron wryly smiled. ''Jokes aside, I am interested. This me is so pure and dreamy, that it does nothing, but when I peek inside it, It''s full of unknown. ''Unless I will it to activate one of its traits, this energy doesn''t do anything to anything.'' Aleron waved his hand, causing the energy to take on various shapes. Unlike Magilore energy which would be unstable in Chaosverse, this energy remained undisturbed. "Master, let''s fight. I just got my 2nd Mystic Path skill," Yueha said with a grin. "But don''t use your Excise Line trait, please. It''s too much powerful." *Swoosh!* Suddenly, a surge of aura exploded and attracted the trio''s attention. ''It seems he is 3rd one to break through.'' The first one was Enorin, and the second one was Yueha. Both of them got their first Mystic Path in the morning and now, Fang broke through as the night descended, surrounding himself with chaotic lights that bent and danced around him as if in a rhythm. Suddenly, one more surge of aura exploded as Liang floated in the air surrounded by a strange windy phenomenon that produced colorful waves around her while the strange wind shaped and rang in melodious chimes. "Let''s continue," Aleron said with a chuckle. "Everyone will awaken their mystic path in a few days, so we''ll still have several days for us to train and prepare for the dungeon." ... 9 dayster. Seven days ago, the remaining four of the group awakened their first mystic path, while Roxen took an extra day. She felt pressure and tension since she wasst, but that seemed to help her get herself together and she broke through. Since then, everyone has been training and sparring with each other to discover their Mystic Path energy source''s traits and manifest the skills. Aleron also didn''t miss a chance at Gamble Quest and prompted them daily. He used at least two daily at night to prompt them for some naughty fun involving bets. Moreover, he also summoned more Innate Gears and Equipment, gearing up everyone. Of course, fully gearing up with 6 Innate Gears and 4 Equipment on each was not possible, but he still made sure that each of them had at least 1 Innate Gear and 2 Equipment. The new function of the Gacha Room was quite handy in summoning things. When summoning on a banner that gives multiple types of rewards, he could use the function to lock on or lock out the desired type! For example, he locked out weapons from Oundish Crafts of Equipment, so when he was summoned, he didn''t get any weapons! There was no need for a weapon because everyone had Symbios Gear, even Roxen. As such, everyone had powerful weapons already. Aleron had some Symbios Gear stored after he summoned them a second time by activatingn/?/vel/b//in dot c//om the banner and buying tickets. He still had 3 Symbios Gears to give out. As such, he summoned a total of 40 times on the Equipment banner including the first time, and geared up everyone with Armor, Boots, or Headgear. "Everyone, the rmended level for this dungeon is level 5 Mystic Path, and our Mystic Paths are at level 1," Aleron said with a somber expression. "But we have aids, bonuses, and items, and we are strong!" "Dungeon Break will pour out a lot of monsters at once, but if we enter, we have a higher chance of clearing it and gaining rewards." Everyone nodded. "Let''s clear this dungeon and get powerful so that once we enter into this Chaosverse''s chaotic society, we can handle ourselves." Aleron activated the dagger and a malefic-looking ancient gate surging with special effects manifested. "Let''s go." [You have entered the Dungeon-Clora of Crimson Marsh.] [You are in the Cave of Howling Wind.] [Main Task: Find the Crimson Marsh and defeat the Blood Sword Clora who awaits her freedom after death.] The cavern was huge, but it was a strange one. The ceiling had five holes and the ground was barren with nothing in sight. Seeing the visual of light in those five big holes, and no other passage in the cavern, it was clear those holes were the exit. "We have to go there, but I sense danger in those holes," Arran''tel narrowed his beady eyes. "Present of death lingers in those holes," Darzax said. "Who will scout one of the holes?" "Some of us have Mystic Path skills that can scout the area. We have to use them since the original skills we created aren''t working in the dungeon as well," Rias said as she tried to form an Eye of Darkness, but failed. Mystic Path''s skills were wonderful. Even a Paragon-rank lifeform could have a powerful skill with strong effects rivaling higher lifeform powerhouses. The skill ranking was based on Stars like Mystic Path. A skill''s effective power was determined based on Physical stats, Magic potency, and Soul potency. However, since the skill''s output power was determined by Chakra consumption, their skills would still be weaker than stronger powerhouses with higher Chakra reserve due to executing them with a low amount of Chakra energy. "Allow me," Liang said with a smile. "One of my Mystic Path skills-Echowaves of Tracing, can do theplete work of scouting all five holes at once with all details." [Echowaves of Tracing] -Grade: 8-star. Chapter 210: Mystic Path (3), Darkin Dried Bats Chapter 210: Mystic Path (3), Darkin Dried Bats ? [Echowaves of Tracing] -Skill Grade: 8-star. -Mystic Path: Song of Myriad Colors-9-star. -Effect(s): -Releases waves using Chakra that passes through all obstacles and records them,piling the details of everything the waves pass through and sending it to the user. Liang used the active skill of her first Mystic Skill, sending transparent waves covering all five holes as her Chakra consumed. Aleron watched the skill effects and nodded. ''Her path is one of the strongest among for now." -Mystic Path: Songs of Myriad Colors-9-star. -Level: 1 [2/100 Exp] -Mystic Path energy source: -[Myraid of nk Melodies]- -Traits: Kind Melody, Wrathful Melody, Aura of Heart''s Sound, Demanding Melody. -[Mystic Path Skills] -Exclusive Mystic Skill: -> Malleable Melody Aura.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om -Mystic Skills: -> Echowave of Tracing. -> Vorpal Spring. -> Isted Symphony of Chaos. -> Riding the Wave. -> Folding Sounds. Everyone waited for Liang to finish scouting. After half a minute, Liang waved her hand, showing mystical holograms that disyed the secrets of the five holes. "So the holes have plenty of space to its surroundings for these monsters?" Hua grinned as he brought out his Symbios Gear''s fist form: Obsidian Drakelord Spear and Obsidian Drakelord Armor, ovepping it with the Paragon-rank Armor equipment he got. "Wait, look at the monsters'' status first. We can see it," Liang said as she showed the status. [Darkin Dried Bats (Berserk)] -Darkin Bats purposefully kept dried of blood and hibernation, so when intruders appear, they awake and thirst for blood in a berserk state. They would die just to see even a drop of blood. -[Status] |-Physical: - [Strength: 420] [Agility: 467] [Health: 203] [Stamina: 217] - [Vigor Energy: 326/326.] |-Arcane: [Magic Potency: 512] ¡ª [Magilore Energy: 512/512] |-Soul Status: [Soul Potency: 483] - [Soul Energy/force: 483/483] I-Chaos Path: -Blood Huanted Darkin. |-Skills: -1. Berserk Lifeforce. -2. Insatiable Thirst. -3. Doomed Heart. 4. Haunted Wail. -5. Blood w. "The monsters have Chaos Path?" Rias turned to Aleron in surprise. "Yep. We of Mystic Paths carve our path through chaos, but monsters in Dungeons are born from chaos and under its control, so their path power is called Chaos Path," Aleron answered and looked at the holes with a grin. "This is a good practice spot." "Stat-wise, we are weaker than these monsters, but we have two Equipment on each, so some our of stats are higher, not to mention we have better synergy and skills," Yueha said with a smile. "This will be fun." "There are four Darkin Dried Bats in each hole, so we have twenty Chaos Monsters to deal with," Aleron waved his hand as he took out a bunch of chairs. "It''s time to y a game." "A game?" Ying''s eyes glinted and he grinned. "Master, I know what you have in mind." "Good," Aleronughed and said, "Ying, Lee, Jiang, and Roxen, prepare to fight a batch of four Darkin Dried Bats." The others sat down at the chairs. "I got popcorn for us," Rias took out a bunch of popcorn tubs from her storage. "Good thing I told maids in the pce to cook a big batch of them yesterday." "Thank you,dy Rias. Just what we needed," Darzax smilingly nodded. ''It''s my favorite vor.'' Enorin, Yueha, Fang, Riki, Arran''tel, and Nerathi also grabbed popcorn tubs. "The fight won''t be easy as it is our first timebating monsters here," Liang looked at Ying, Lee, Jiang, and Roxen. "I am going to wake up bats from a hole in three seconds." The four of them nodded, activating their Symbios Gears'' first form and wielding their weapons. Jiang and Roxen took the frontline suitable to theirbat arsenal. |-Name: [Jiang] |-Race: - [Human] -Lifeform Rank: - [Paragon] |-Bloodline: -[Divine Deliverance Stormlord-Divine] (+100% to all paths) |-ss: - [Heavilist Mage] (+20 to all paths) |-Symbios Gear: [Storm Born Aurora] (+ 50% to all paths) |-Chakra Core: -Chakra Pool: [100/100] |-Physical Status: - [Strength: 100+20 +150% ] + 70 [Agility: 100 + 20 +150% ] + 50 [Health: 100+20 +150% ] + 50 - [Stamina: 100+20 +150% ] +70 - [Vigor Energy: 330/330] -Arcane Status: - [Magic Potency: 100+20 +150% ] + 50 - [Magilore Energy: 320/320] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: 100+20 +150% ] - [Soul Energy/force: 270/270] |-Innate Talents: - [Spear Master], [Thunder Zephyrus Physique], [One with Storm]. The others also had simr stats. Thanks to the pieces of equipment, the bonus that Jiang had was also present in everyone, and more stats on some since Aleron had summoned many pieces of equipment higher than Paragon-rank. Aleron had given everyone a Symbios Gear, Job ss, and also elevated everyone''s Bloodline to Divine rank with his mastery of Genome through his job ss. From this Primordial Genome Whisperer ss which only disyed crafting unique powerful gears on the surface, Aleron used knowledge of the process and learned more using its function to do much more. In fact, his progress in Body Path had surpassed his Magic Path progress, as he wasing close to breaking through Bloodline to a higher form of power. Divine-rank was the highest, but that was not the limit of Bloodlines. Aleron had found that and nned to elevate them to a new power. Since he discovered this, Gachapi also revealed the version above the realm of Bloodlines. Genome Trees! Naturally, this was a long project, but Aleron had decided to dedicate time to this as well. Not to mention, he also liked to craft Geno Gears. He had elevated most of his subordinate''s Bloodlines before ascending to Chaosverse. Roxen was the only one left, so he also evolved her Bloodline after she arrived here-of course, he elevated her Bloodline with an orb, not like how he did with Enorin and his other ladies. During the past twenty days, the one-hour Aleron spent for his job ss was mostly spent in catching Geno Mods and crafting Geno Gears. ''If anything happens, I can use Geno Gears. They aren''t affected by Chaosverse''s atmosphere and work well,'' Aleron grinned, appearing deviously excited as he considered these Geno Gears his trump cards due to their powerful and exotic effects that he himself has cooked by fishing in Realm of Genome for Geno Mods. Three seconds passed and Liang disturbed the Darkin Dried Bats in one hole. A few sharp shrieks echoed. This would''ve definitely awakened other bats and ruined their game. As such, Fang had already created a runic array barrier using his Mystic Path''s skill on the four other holes. "Good, they are undisturbed," Fang said with relief. "We knew your barrier would work, only you were worried," Rikiughed. "I couldn''t be sure since it''s our first time facing chaos monsters," Fang wryly smiled. "It''s begun," Darzax said, his hand entering the popcorn tub. *Crouch...* The four bats were big, each one had seven meters of wingspan and was three meters long, their fangs were outward and massive, while their talons were glowing with dark crimson, just like the patterns in their wings. "I gamble..." Aleron announced. "What?!" "Please no, boss," Roxen shrieked with tears in her eyes as a Darkin Dried Bat swooped at her like a sh bearing its talon at her. Shield of Hex! Roxen''s shield glowed golden with gray cross marks, enveloping all four of them since the other three bats unleashed long-range attacks in the shape of growing rings pulsing with dark crimson aura. Chapter 211: Mystic Path (4/4), Gamble ? ''Her defense is best among us since she dedicated to it,'' Aleron smiled. "I announce my gamble. I bet that you four willst for five minutes against the bats and only then kill them." Some were dumbfounded and some wryly smiled. "Now that''s the real challenge," Ying grinned with a maniacal grin and left the barrier, with his Symbios Gear''s 2nd Gear Form-Abyssal Ignistar Slime Orb. It was suitable for him who thrived at using multiple types of weapons, since the Slime Orb could take any shape. One of the bats swiped at Ying who left the barrier, bearing deadly attacks. Its speed was suddenly so fast that Ying lost its presence for a moment. Berserk Lifeforce. Blood w. Berserk Lifeforce drained the remaining lifeforce of the bats constantly in exchange for more overall power, and Blood w was a deadly attack that once struck, would cause continuous bleeding while ignoring any and all form of healing by the target struck. But a nging sound echoed instead of flesh tearing with a scream. Ying had lost sight and sense of that Bat, but he didn''t lose sight of himself. Ying, titled Chaotic Martial Weapon, had inborn berserker qualities with the sharpest instinctivebat senses. He felt threatened as clear as moonlight snowing on a clearke and acted faster than the blink of an eye. A round umbre opened right before the Blood w struck him while releasing an intense st as a counterattack. Abyssal Ignistar Symbios Gear''s trait, from which Yingprehended his first Concept-Extreme Ignis, was a pure offensive power. Naturally, Ying was sted back several meters as well and this was a prey-in-trap for the bats. But Jiang and Lee acted swiftly, right after Ying went out because the result was predictable to them.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om Storm Thunder Bagua. Jiang''s aura sted outward as he swung his spear-and used his Mystic skill, covering arge area in eight sections that caused powerful hurricanes and storms. "Woah, here he goes with his show-off skill," Riki clicked his tongue. "You lost against him, so don''tin," Darzax chuckled. "He is a strategist fighter, and his Mystic Path elevated his style to a new level." "It''s cool old man Jiang can throw stronger than him into loops," Hua grinned. "I''ll defeat him next time." "You need to work on thinking more or go all the way beast like Ying if you want to win," Mei said. "You are in the middle." "True,"Aleronughed. "Lee''s staff is as punishing as ever against the monsters," Arran'' tel nodded. Inside Jiang''s Storm Thunder Bagua, the bats couldn''t bring out their full power while Roxen, Lee, and Ying battled out without using too much chakra. Once they consume 50 chakra, they would recover it by consuming Vigor, Magilore, and Soul energy, so that those three energies could also start recovering. "How long can you hold Storm Thunder Bagua, brother Jiang?" Ying asked. "Since we have to hold out for 5 minutes for Master''s bet, I will focus solely on maintaining Storm Thunder Bagua," Jiang said as he mmed his spear''s point into the ground. "I''ll intervene if need be." "That sounds good," Lee said with a smile. ''Damn it, I am not used to this tension,'' Roxen thought while barely hanging on to avoid injuries. ''If not for this Storm Thunder Bagua, I wouldn''t have died.'' ''I have to get my shit together!'' Roxen felt frustrated but knew she had topose herself. She was here to show her worth and follow Rias to pioneer this new horizon! Time passed as the four of them continued fighting against the bats while staying in Jiang''s skill. They injured bats when given a chance but the four of them mostly focused on keeping themselves from getting injured and holding on for five minutes. As two minutes passed by, the four of them felt morefortable as they had seen all of the bats'' skills and their attack patterns. With Jiang''s storms and hurricanes obstructing the Bats, the other three could dodge and parry more easily while keeping their energy reserves in check. Energy efficiency inbat was of utmost importance in Chaosverse due to the edge Chakra energy and Mystic Skills had. Only those skills could perform in Chaosverse. Skills executed using Magilore and the other two energies wouldn''t execute properly in Chaosverse. But the good thing about Mystic Path was that it manifested desired skill ording to their vision if they worked hard for it constructing its training. The skills would be upgraded or reced with better versions as they gain insights or enlightenment. The squad managed to hold out for five minutes, but now they were in the lower ranges of their energy banks. However, the bats weren''t in good shape either! "Wonderful job, you four," Aleron spoke with a grin. "Time to finish them off." [You have won the Gamble Quest: Five Minute Struggle] [You have acquired 7700 Gacha points.] ''Woah, it''s been long since I got this many points in a single gamble. As expected. Dangers involved gives more points.'' Meanwhile, Ying, Jiang, Lee, and Roxen had their vibes changed after hearing Aleron. They screamed and roared as if letting out all bottled frustration. "Incinerate!" Lee''s eyes burned with intense golden-orange mes while his exquisite Symbios Gear-Paradox Flow''s 1st Gear Form-Paradox Flow Staff, struck a bat he had been beating back, but mostly holding against for five minutes. Mystic Skill: Brand of Sunre! The staff struck the bat''s stuck and it lengthened at lightning speed with an intense me beam around it as the bat struck the ceiling near the hole. A terrible scream echoed from the bat as its body was covered in strange exquisite sun patterns, burning and melting it rapidly. [You have killed a Darkin Dried Bat. 1x Random Box.] Right after that, Ying also finished off a Bat and moved to kill the bat near Jiang. Both of them worked together to kill it as they were low on energy by using a skill. Lastly, Roxen also killed the bat she was facing a few secondster. Chapter 212: Clora of Crimson Marsh (1) Chapter 212: Clora of Crimson Marsh (1) ? "Master, we got a random box as a reward," Ying looked at the palm-sized box and pressed the key-hole patterned button on it. [You have acquired Blood Crystal x2] [Blood Crystal] -Effect: Absorbing the blood crystal using Chaos Breathing Art can increase your physical stats. "I got the same thing," Lee said as three thumb-sized blood crystals floated on his hand. "You got three?" "I also got three," Jiang said. "I got two. It seems we might get Blood Crystals from these bats but at different amounts," Roxen said. "Next," Aleron raised his hand, "Liang, Mei, Rias, and Nerathi. Let''s see...I bet that you four will kill four bats within 2 minutes." "Ara, it seems that we have to go all out from the start," Liang chuckled. The four of them got up from the chairs and arrived at the designated battlefield at the cavern''s center. "I''ll make good use of the Symbios Gear and job ss you gave, Master," Nerathi said with a grin, her dark green hair glowering. She was a beastfolk of some kind of serpent, but after her Bloodline''s evolution by Aleron, her physiology was changed. She could be humanoid with fair jade-like skin and could transform into a scaled humanoid serpent form. "I am ready," Mei said as she vanished into the shadow of the ceiling right beside the hole from which Liang was about to disturb the bats. "Here theye," Liang said and rang the string on her guqin, focusing the waves of sound into the hole without using any energy and purely using her Concept''s passive influence. Concept, Magic Prints, and Bloodline abilities. Aside from Mystic paths, these three powers worked without disruption in Chaosverse, and all three were necessary andplemented each other. The four Darkin Dried Bats emerged from the hole and saw Liang, Rias, and Nerathi on the ground, each with their Symbios Gear and Bloodline ability activated for boost. ''Kill'' From the shadow in the ceiling above the four bats that floated, Mei half emerged with her Symbios Gear''s first form activated-Shadow ze Ranger armor and Shadow ze Gunde. Mystic Skill-Piercing ck Spiral-9-star. Mei''s Gunde released a bullet as she consumed 70 of her Chakra to execute Piercing ck Spiral while consuming 300 Bloodline Essence to boost the bullet to increase damage further. [Singr Wayfinder of Death-10-star] -Level: 1 [0/100 Exp] -Mystic Path energy source: -[Ardent Force of Demise]- -Traits: Forging Dread, Spiraling Spirit, Shadow Embrace, Peace of Death. -[Mystic Path Skills] -Exclusive Mystic Skill: -> ck Spirit Mist. -Mystic Skills: -> Piercing ck Spiral -> Shadow Station. -> Spirit Butchering sh. > Rune of Horror. -> Field of Death. Alongside Aleron, three others had managed to acquire 10-star Mystic Paths, with one of them being Mei. The bullet struck a Darking Dried Bat in the back and then unleashed a spiralingyer that put a hole in its chest that struck another bat right below it. This time, Bats didn''t get the first initiative in attack. With Mei''s attack disorienting the Bats, Liang, Rias, and Nerathi released their full-powered attack as well. Rias used her ss skill-Cloud of Confusion. Rias had gotten her job ss long ago, and since it was her most powerful aspect when she got it, she focused on it and managed to rank it up from Primary-order to Rare-order. Her job ss-Aurora Shaman-had turned into Aurora Sorceres after upgrading. Since Job ss skills also worked here in Chaosverse, this was their advantage because each job ss had its separate energy source and didn''t consume Chakara, Magilore, or other energies. With the Cloud of Confusion enveloping the three bats, Liang''s Mystic Skill-Vorpal Spring struck all of them. Vortal Spring looked like a wave of spring, circr and expanding as their waves passed through the bats while injuring them. Meanwhile, Nerathi''s attack wasst since it was a huge explosion of her direct attack. Mystic Skill: Toxic re Explosion. She released the arrow from her bow, which was her Symbios Gear-Blighted Fang''s first form---Blighted Fang Bow and Blighted Fang Coat. Mei emerged from Nerathi''s shadow right as her arrow exploded among the bats and was enveloped in her sparkling green gas. Rias also used her Mystic Skill right after Nerathi-Grasp of Umbra. From the shadows in the ceiling, tens of hands extended and wrapped around the bats to keep them within the poisoned area. [You have killed a Darkin Dried Bat. You have acquired 1x Random box] The 2nd bat also died, one that was injured by the remaining attack of Mei after she killed the first Darkin Dried Bat. The remaining two bats were still healthy and looked like they would escape from the grasp. Naturally, thedies didn''t intend to give them that chance as they were focused on them. "Rias, you kill one. I''ll kill the other. That way, all of us would get a kill each," Liang said before she used her ss skill-Song of Encouragement. Her Chronical Bard job ss was support type. Song of Encouragement increased stats of herself and another target by 50% for 5 seconds. "Great," Rias smiled, her eyes sharp and aimed at a Darkin Bat that was about to break free from her Grasp of Umbra. Mystic Skill-Surprise Explosive Missile. *Swoosh!* An arm-lengthed magic missile of golden-brown color with red patterns shot the Darkin Dried Bat, and boom! The struck bat was encased in a crystalized structure and ceased its movement before it exploded. At the same time, Liang''s Mystic Skill-Folding Sound, also struck the Bat. Folding Sound was an adjustable skill. She could manifest sound physical and shape them with her thoughts. The more sound tes she folded, the more power her product would contain. It was pure shockwave-type power condensed into the shape of her will. Liang''s Folding Sound, in the shape of a short but fat spear, struck the Bat. The fat part of the spear shaft shrank and released through its tip, prated the Darkin Dried Bat, and exploded the monster. [You have killed a Darkin Dried Bat. You have acquired 1 x Random box.] [You have killed...] "Bravo," Aleron chuckled. "Finished in less than a minute. I should have made a tougher bet, haha." "That''s right, darling," Rias cheekily smiled. "We are strong." ... After they were done, Aleron sent Yueha, Enorin, Ruan, and Arran''tel. He bet they could finish the bats within a minute. And the four of them destroyed the Bats within 30 seconds. Afterward, he sent Darzax, Riki, Hua, and Fang. "Alright, I''ve you four will finish them off within 30 seconds since the previous group did it within that time," Aleron grinned. "We shall no disappoint you, my lord." Darzax stood at the forefront, covered in his ck robe that manifested with activation of his Symbios Gear. The other three also got ready, with Fang even creating an offensive array at the hole. In the end, the four of them destroyed the Bats within 30 seconds. There was still one more hole left, and Aleron wanted to attem t it alone while betting on himself. To be on the safe side, he bet that he would kill the monsters within 5 minutes. In the end, he exhausted 70% of his Magilore, Soul, and Vigor energy and killed four Bats without using his Geno Gear within 5 minutes. During thest 20 days, he had honed hisbat and adapted to fight in this new style. His Mystic Path was also the strongest and most versatile, allowing him to be flexible. King of Over-Epassing. This name of his mystic path was not just for show, and he was immensely happy with it. "Dungeons are a good way to earn Gacha Points, that''s for sure," Aleron said with augh. "Let''s proceed." The group flew into one of the holes and arrived on the surface, only to find themselves on a cliff high in the clouds. Behind them, it was a wall of darkness that indicated the dungeon''s border. "That red aura in a vast area going upward seems to be the target location," Aleron said with narrowed eyes. "It''s far." "The journey seems to be a long one, given the dangers of death I feel in the forest," Darzax smiled. "For us, it''s not just a journey but a long, fruitful journey," Aleron grinned. "Let''s go." - Flying required Chakra, so they couldn''t afford to waste it in case they encountered monsters while flying. Unlike how it was easy to fly in lower cosmos at a low cost of Magilore, this was not the case in Chaosverse. Dungeon''s atmosphere was the same or worse than Chaosverse''s atmosphere, so they couldn''t afford to skip over the forest by flying. But even if they could fly, they wouldn''t do that. The forest was filled with monsters and dangers that could raise their power and make them powerful, not to mention that killing monsters granted random boxes. As the group descended from the cliff and entered the forest, they soon encountered monsters. They turned out to be weaker than Darkin Dried Bats but gave natural materials as rewards instead of Blood Crystals, which could raise their physical stats directly. Everyone had gotten Blood Crystals, and one of them increased Strength, Stamina, Agility, and Health, all physical stats, by 1 to 5 points at random. They continued for two hours and killed five to seven monsters asionally as they appeared in groups. They were different types of monsters, but all of them dropped Random boxes that gave raw resources of Paragon-rank. They continued for half an hour and, killed three monsters at a pond and decided to rest here. All of them were at less than 90% of the energy threshold, and this pond covered with greenery all around was a good ce to rest and recover to the peak. "Let''s camp for two hours. It would take that much if we want to recover without meditation and purely rest and chill here." "I am also hungry," Enorin smiled. "I cook some food since we can''t open a portal in the dungeon."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "I''ll help," Rias said. "I got some new recipes." "Count me in," Yueha said. "Then I''ll flirt with Master," Ruan said with a cheeky grin. "Come here, you brat. Cut these veggies here," Liang said with a chuckle. "Wu~, you''re scaring me with those eyes, elder sister." Chapter 213: Clora of Crimson Marsh (2) Chapter 213: Clora of Crimson Marsh (2) ? After resting for two hours and recovering to prime condition, everyone continued towards the crimson marsh area. Forty-eight kilometers to distance until they arrive at their destination. "Let''s resume the fun." ... The deeper they went into the forest, the stronger the monsters they encountered. Killing monsters by using their Mystic Path skills and understanding more about them gave them the experience required to level up their Mystic Paths. [Proficiency of the skill has increased.] [Skill modification in the process due to your insight.] [New skill manifesting.] And such notification greeted them as they continued. They had to rest regrly and move strategically due to the stronger monsters. Although they were growing, they were not getting stronger in terms of stats andtent power. They never encountered Blood Crystals after the initial ones they got, and the resources they got couldn''t be utilized. Teamwork and synergy increased as they had to work together to kill stronger monsters. After four days, the group finally arrived at the edge of the Crimson Marsh. They left no monster alive and explored the forest for all it was worth. Everyone''s Mystic Path reached level 5 by the time they arrived there. This was utterly important because each level of a Mystic Path increased the capacity of the Chakra pool by 100! But that was not all, each level-up of their Mystic Path increased their natural recovery of Magilore, Vigor, and Soul energy as well! They could battle longer and better, ultimately increasing their power output and chance of survival despite not getting an increase in stats. As the group arrived at the entrance of the Marsh, the red spark and mist that enveloped thisrge area started flickering strangely, and a structure came into view. A huge mountain with adder and three tforms, with one at the 50th step, the second one at the 500th step, and thest at the 1000th step. [Defeat the two Crimson Guardians and challenge the Clora of Crimson Marsh at the peak.] "That''s one good mountain for fighting," Hua said with a ferocious grin. The mountain appeared to be cut into three pieces, with onlyrge stairs connecting them. The tforms looked circr and huge, exceeding the width of the mountain with an array of trees at the border. "That''s cool, alright. Let''s march on," Aleron smiled and took the first step on the stairs as the group started moving up. ''I was thinking Stairs might have some trouble attached to it, but that''s not the case.'' The group arrived at the 50th step and walked onto the tform. A huge natural ground, approximately 2-kilometer radius with trees at the border. At the center of the ground, a three-meter tall warrior stood in rusty, full armor while holding a three-meter-long sword with both of his hands, pointing upward and positioned center. The eyes behind his helmet shone as the helmet sockets glinted rusty orange color. [Crimson Guardian-Lekaios] -[Status] |-Physical: - [Strength: 820] [Agility: 867] - [Health: 803] [Stamina: 817] [Vigor Energy: 826/826.] |-Arcane: - [Magic Potency: 800] [Magilore Energy: 800/800] |-Soul Status: - [Soul Potency: 700] [Soul Energy/force: 700/700] I-Chaos Path: -Crimson Guardian of Vexation. |-Skills: -??? "Let''s not step forward yet," Aleron said as he looked at the sub-boss monster at the center. "It''s powerful. Way more powerful than any monster from the forest," Yueha narrowed her eyes. "We will have to make adequate formation," Fang thoughtfully said. "Unless we restrain and weaken it, the chance of any one of us getting a fatal injury is high." "Indeed," Arran''tel nodded. "Alright, let''s try the ssic way to defeat the boss," Aleron smiled. "We will make three teams. One that is well synergized to restrain and debuff that monster. The second one will focus on defense and support. And third one that will bring out big guns to damage it." After a couple of minutes, the group parted into three teams. -Team Serpent: Arran''tel, Fang, Yueha, Jiang, Ruan. -Team Pdin: Enorin, Roxen, Liang, Rias, Darzax. -Team Tiger: Aleron, Riki, Hua, Ying, Lee, Nerathi. "Team Serpent, make your moves right away once we enter!" Since the boss didn''t do anything while they were outside, it would react the moment they entered. As such, the first team to enter must be Team Pdin, with preparation for defense. Although Fang and Liang were in different teams, both of them could be Team Serpent or Pdin due to their skill set specialty. "Mystic Skill: Dome of Chaotic Order," Fang waved his hand and covered Team Pdin in a unique defensive formation. "This dome is attached to you five and move with you, but don''t go too far from each other. This defensive dome will control the flow and movement of attacks that enter and prevent them from targetting you, giving you a chance. I can re- energize this dome as well, so this will be my part in defense." Fang''s eyes whirled with ck, purple, and silver-colored formation, "The next one will be to restrain the boss. Once I make it, I won''t do anything else other than providing support to both formations to keep them maintained." Everyone nodded. "Team Pdin, go," Aleron said. Team Pdin went inside. The moment they entered, Crimson Guardian Lekaios''s hands moved, and he held the sword as if intending to make a horizontal sh. Danger bells rang in the heads of Enorin, Roxen, Liang, Rias, and Darzax, but they expected a swift attack and were prepared. Mystic Skill: Shield of Muddled Light-Enorin. Mystic Skill: Barrier of Twilight Lake-Rias. Mystic Skill: Seal of Unwilling Death-Darzax. Mystic Skill: Wall of Mountain Iron-Roxen. Liang didn''t use a defensive skill but used a support skill. Mystic Skill: Isted Symphony of Chaos. Everyone''s skill suddenly absorbed the power of the atmosphere and became 20% stronger! The moment Crimson Guardian Lekaios finished swinging its sword and released a bright, thick, and intense crescent sh aimed at Team Pdin, their various defensive skills manifested. All of them used 20% of their total Chakra, which was 100 Chakra in their skills. The barriers, shield, and wall manifested outside the range of Fang''s formation, which was akin to a stretchable bubble covering five of them. *Swoosh!* The sh, one by one, destroyed all four defenses while gradually losing their power, and in hand, what was left remaining at the end was dealt with by Fang''s formation. Meanwhile, the moment Crimson Guardian Lekaios released the attack, Team Serpent and Team Tiger entered the battlefield and released their skills. Team Serpent unleashed restraining-type debuff Mystic Skills, while Team Tiger unleashed pure offensive destruction. With the teamwork synergy, the group defeated the boss without anyone getting injured even once. It was also the first time all of them fought at once against a single monster, but it went way better than they expected. Although they were weaker in terms of stats, the quality of their skills was not weak. Weaker stats just meant the potency of their skills could be resisted by the boss, but their effects would still take ce, albeit for a lower time or a bit lower effectiveness than usual, if the boss resisted using its energies. But that was enough! 1v16, they were unstoppable. [Congrattions, you have defeated the first crimson guardian-Lekaios] [You have acquired a Golden Reward Box for killing with wless-grade performance.] [The MVP of the battle is Aleron. Reward: 1x Random box (Gold-tier)] [The killing blow to the boss was dealt by Hua. Reward: 1x Random box (Silver-tier)] "Oh? The dungeons here give such an evaluation and extra rewards?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "They are more advanced than dungeons in the lower cosmos," Rias smiled. "Great. Let''s see what we get as rewards." Everyone looked at the big golden box, which was two square meters in size. They were anticipating something good since they''d been here for three days and a lot of Random Box that didn''t give any immediate useful items or new things. "I guess this is where we''ll get Chaos Breathing Art," Aleron rubbed his palm as he walked towards the Golden Reward Box and punched the keyhole button at his head''s length. *Whistle...* The box opened with firecrackers and confetti as it vanished and spewed a bunch of items suspended in the air within transparent, faintly glowing bubbles. A total of three items. [Congrattions.] [You have acquired a random Chaos Breathing Scroll x 2 and a random Item boxx1.] Both scrolls appeared pitch ck, while the item box was also ck. "It seems that the Chaos Breathing Art we get will be determined once we open the scroll," Aleron grabbed one of the scrolls from its bubble and opened it. It sparked and glowed as its ck color vanished, reced by a mixture of yellow, orange, and dark pink patterned scrolls with strange runguage as its content. [Chaos Breathing Art: Tsunami of Silent Flow] -Difficulty: Highest. -Speed: 100 per second at first stage. -Refinement: ### (Requirement not met) [Gachapi: We got a pretty good one, but the difficulty is great, and it''s a unique one that''s not practiced mainstream in this Chaosverse.] Aleron released the scroll from his hand as it floated in the air with his control for others to inspect while he pulled out the second scroll from its bubble. [Chaos Breathing Art: Vexed Vortex Art] -Difficulty: Easy -Speed: 14 per second at the first stage. "This one doesn''t have the Refinement option." [Gachapi: That''s not the only difference. The method and requirement to practice both are different. This Vexed Vortex Art and such Chaos Breathing Art without Refinement are practiced by the majority.] [Astral: What''s wrong with the refinement one? Is difficulty that high?] [Gachapi: That''s not the most important block. The difficulty is high and it may take time, but the problem is to practice this, you have to make some personal power sacrifices and troubles thate along with it. We will go this route to gain better progression, but not yet. For now, we will have to stick with orthodox Chaos Breathing Arts] "So, should we practice this Vexed Vortex Art?" Enorin asked.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om [Gachapi: It''s easy to change Chaos Breathing Art one practice, so yeah. We use what we can for now.] "Well then, we should continue and defeat the next boss after checking the rewards me and the boss got," Hua said with a grin. "Two more bosses means we''ll have more Chaos Breathing Arts." [Gachapi: We got one that we can''t use and one that''s trash. Trash ones are abundant in the market, so let''s hope we get a good one, but...don''t keep hopes high.] "Alright then, let''s wrap it up. Hua, open your box." Aleron took the item box and opened it. "It''s a Paragon-rank gun-type weapon. Who wants it?" Nobody wanted it, so Aleron threw it away in a corner of space storage where he gathered the bunch of items that were of no use except for selling once they entered a cityter. "Boss, I got a stat booster," Hua said as he took out a potion, his grin big. "It increases soul power by 100." [Astral: Gyattdamn! We finally got one.] "Drink it. It''s yours since you got it," Aleronughed and said, "Now, let''s see what I get from this MVP box." Chapter 214: Clora of Crimson Marsh (3/3) Chapter 214: Clora of Crimson Marsh (3/3) ? [You have acquired Blue Star Potion x1] ''Just one thing?'' Aleron raised his eyebrows. ''Well, let''s see what it is.'' [Blue Star Potion] __Effect: Increase your Magic potency by 100 to 300 based on absorption efficiency. "Woah, that''s good," Rias was surprised. "Indeed, that will increase Master''s overall power by a good amount," Enorin smiled and nodded. "Haha, great item. Wish we had a lot of these," Aleron grinned and chugged down the potion before sitting cross-legged. He focused and meditated to properly and efficiently absorb the potion''s power, but he was surprised to see its essence being wild. ''Interesting, but I am going to absorb you fully, and you can''t escape my body,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. The control he had over his body was far superior to his subordinates, and it could even contain andpromise magic and soul power due to his mastery of Genome. In short, if others could bring out 100% of their power with their harmony between body, soul, and magic, he could bring out 150% of his power by extremizing his body. Aleron didn''t realize it for obvious reasons, but he was already entering the realm above ''Harmony''. ''You can''t escape, my precious magic essence.'' The magic essence had no way of dispersing after entering his body, even though it was powerful and required higher control than what Aleron currently possessed for maximum efficiency. But because of his body path''s mastery, Aleron began absorbing the potion''s power into his arcane source with maximum proficiency! It took five minutes for him to fully absorb it. Once he was done, the group continued climbing the stairs leisurely while recovering the energies they spent in the battle. Once they arrived on the 500th floor, they defeated the second crimson guardian-Melgore, with the same teamwork. It was more or less the same level of power as the first crimson guardian, just bigger in size with different types of attacks, and looked like a monster with tentacles and hundreds of small eyes. MVP was Aleron once again, and he chugged a Red Star Potion this time, giving 100 to 300 stats to Strength. From the treasure box, they got after defeating the second Crimson Guardian, they only got two items, unlike the first Crimson Guardian, which gave them three items. However, the reward was still good. One Medium-difficulty Chaos Breathing Art of the orthodox method with a recovery speed of 62 Chakra each second. The other was a Mystic Artifact. [Pendent of Lost Night] Grade: Rare-order. Effect: Seal an area of 500 meters in absolute darkness and render all six senses useless for every individual inside. Duration: 1 minute. Cost: 500 Chakra. Mystic Artifacts ranged from Primary-order to Supreme-order, just like job ss, and these things could only be gained from Dungeons. It was impossible to craft them. From the memories Aleron got about Chaosverse, these Mystic Artifacts also had hidden effects, but the conditions to trigger them were unknown. It depended on one''s luck and encounters. Aside from this, the Reward box for dealing thest killing blow went to Mei, who got a Green Star Potion that increased one''s Agility by 100 to 300. Finally, they climbed up to the 1000th floor and faced the Clora of Crimson, in a ground full of red grass and a crescent crack in the sky that oozed crimson light on the boss standing at the center. She appeared 5''8 feet tall, with a crimson dress and a rapier in her hand, her face veiled and her eyes holding sparkling crimson glints. [You have arrived at the doorstep of Clora of Crimson Marsh. Hereon, only one of you can proceed ahead to fight. The fight would only stop once one of you dies.] "Huh? 1v1 with the final boss?" Aleron raised his eyebrows, his lips curling "This dungeon''s weird." "Why are you going ahead, Master?" Lee wryly asked. "Isn''t that obvious?" Aleron grinned, his Scytch manifesting his hand and a pair of shadowy wings with sparkling silver stars on his back. Bloodline Ability: Regalord Battle Form. Aleron vanished from his spot, his scythe''s de slicing at Clora''s neck. *Frooosh!* *ng!* "My, my...what a handsomed," said Clora with a wide smile, her rapier''s de protecting her neck. Aleron''s eyes disyed amazement. His scythe''s horizontal de...was blocked by her rapier''s pointy de until it bent half-away! She didn''t block it like a sword, but in a way, a Rapier would attack. "Thanks for thepliment," Aleron grinned. ''But...'' *Crr...* Exclusive Mystic Skill: Eye of Over-Epassing. Eye of Over-Epassing: Construct a detailed skill structure with your mind, with assets being your Mystic Path''s Traits, Concepts, Bloodline, and Magic Print. Vision your skill, and it shall be executed. Aleron''s Mystic Path was unique. He only manifested one skill, this Exclusive Mystic Skill: Eye of Over-Epassing. And with that...he could create Mystic Skills. He had some trouble adapting at first, but once he got the hang of it, he realized the pros and cons of his Mystic Path. The way Aleron grew powerful was different due to his talents and awakened talents. This also affected his Mystic Path as per his desire and true feelings. The pros of this Mystic Path were obvious. He could create Mystic Skills without limits. However, the cons were that he had to develop mystic skills. Every time he fought and every time he attacked, defended, or did anything that required execution of a Mystic Skill, he had to run his brain to design a skill using the assets he possessed, while others could automatically manifest skills based on their assets. The challenge that came with possessing this Mystic Path...Aleron loved it! With a battle-thirsty grin and thrilled eyes, Aleron''s eyes shed, "But how about this?" Dimensional Bridge sh. Suddenly, an after-image of Aleron in his previous position appeared and moved just as if Aleron moved. ''That''s interet- Huh?'' Clora''s eyes glinted. ''Brat.'' The view around her head turned upside down. Aleron''s scythe was in the same position, blocked by the tip of Clora''s Rapier, but a sh that traveled through space-time arrived that Clora couldn''t sense and sliced her head off. But It wasn''t over. The Rapier that was bent over half, shing with Aleron''s Astral Reaver scythe, suddenly glowed and sprung straight as Aleron was shot to the side as if a strange force pped his entire body in all parts in the same manner. *Boom!* ''Crap, so powerful,'' Aleron quickly used his Concept power, spending his thought power and stopping his movement. ''Good. The second level of Concept works with my willpower at this level of setback.'' He had reached the 2nd level of Astral Reaver Concept four days ago, and this bonus was massive. Exercising Concept''s power required soul energy, but this cost was reduced by 90%, and he could even exercise it, which cost less in the case of minor applications. ''But this won''t be possible anymore in this fight,'' Aleron looked at the Clora of Crimson Marsh, her detached head attaching right back onto her head. ''She is pissed,'' Aleron grinned. "You are quite powerful, and your Mystic Path is interesting," Clora smiled widely, cheeks painted red, but her eyes looked deadly. "Show me more!" *Swoosh!* Aleron''s pupils shrank as he felt danger bells. Mystic Skill: Counter Veil. Suddenly, the space looked as if it folded before Aleron while purple and silver-colored energies painted it. ''Again...his eyes,'' Clora''s eyes glowed and her thrill increased as her Rapier''s struck the Veil and made a hole. But from that hole, a piercing silver-purple silver shot at her, prating her chest and dealing damage. Behind her, Aleron stood, his eyes focused and targeting her head as his scythended. Mystic Skill: Ruinous Wrap. Clora turned around while a crimson-round barrier appeared above her that blocked Aleron''s scythe. *BOOM!* A terrifying whirlpool unleashed from Aleron''s scythe, bearing pure destructive power from his assets, enveloping Clora. But he didn''t see Clora''s HP reducing. "You''re faster than I expected from someone with your stats. What''s that skill?" Clora''s voice rang as the whirlpool vanished as if it was getting sucked and ultimately vanished into the crimson round shield protecting her. "It''s a perpetual skill I created to keep my movement swift and instantaneous," Aleron weakly smiled. "But how in the hell are you unscathed? I was hoping to finish you off with Ruinous Wrap since I used 300 Chakra in it." ''I can''t win anymore. I only have 64 Chakra left.'' "Don''t worry, it''s not your loss because I used something I wasn''t supposed to use to block that attack."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om Clora chuckled as her wounds started healing, and she approached Aleron dangerously close, her eyes boring into his with only an inch of distance between them, "I''ll wait for you at the Valley of End. Don''t die before arriving there." Right after she finished speaking, Clora vanished. [You have sessfully defeated Clora of Crimson Marsh] [You have gained a Golden Reward Box.] [Each member of the party will acquire a Random Reward Box (Gold-Tier) as a reward for clearing the dungeon.] Chapter 215: Biggest Scheme, Desolate City Chapter 215: Biggest Scheme, Deste City ? Clora of Crimson Marsh was defeated, but she left a mystery behind as it appeared she was a living being. Aleron felt it might be her avatar or something designated as a boss in this dungeon. They didn''t dwell on the exchange Aleron had with Clora any further and opened the reward boxes. Golden Reward Box, the boss defeating reward, gave 1000 Chaos Stones, a medium-difficulty Chaos Art with a recovery speed of 72 Chakra per second. It was slightly better than the previous medium-difficulty Chaos Art they got. As for Chaos Stones, these stones could be mined or granted from Dungeons. They were the only currency usable here to buy anything. Another usage of Chaos Stones could be found in Special Events that would sometimes appear in Dungeons or in random chaotic phenomena that regrly manifested throughout Chaosverse. On the other hand, the Gold-tier Random Reward box that everyone got gave two rewards. One, a random colored star potion among Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown, and White. Red increased Strength. Green increased Agility. Yellow increased Stamina. Brown increased Health. Blue increased Magic. And White increased Soul. Since breaking through to Paragon-rank lifeform evolved their Magic source, there was no separate need to increase Magilore''s energy capacity. Like how one''s Soul energy capacity increased as long as their soul potency increased, Arcane source had be like that because it was now in the shape of a glistering round frozen blue pond, with no separation of its core or pool of energy like before. As long as Magic potency increased, one''s Magilore pool''s capacity would increase correspondingly. The second reward they got from the Gold-tier Reward box was random. Some got high-star Paragon-rank equipment, some got Mystic Artifacts of Primary-order (the lowest grade, one grade below Rare-order), and some got a bunch of resources. ... The group left the Dungeon after going through the exit portal. Now that they had gotten stronger and adapted to Chaosverse by clearing a dungeon, it was time to leave. Aleron called out a giant Zord, one with plenty of space on its back-Drakonis, the Infernal Dragon Champion. ''Zords are unique and can level up. However, they haven''t leveled up even once so far, so I have to find out what they need to level up and measure their current power level as well,'' Aleron thought as he inspected Drakonis. "When will we arrive at the populous area of 1st region? Any idea, Gachapi?" Yueha asked. [Gachapi: With our current speed, we should reach Deste City after six days.] "The first region is also called Destion, so this must be the main city of this region, eh?" Riki said. [Gachapi: There''s only one city in the 1st region of Chaosverse, and it''s this Deste City. It''s massive, and all forces of the upper cosmos have their branch in this city.] [Gachapi: But of course, there are special locations throughout this region. The only problem is...these special locations are not permanent because they are formed via chaotic phenomena.] [Gachapi: Also, Dungeons are notmon here. We got one via a Dagger, but such items that can lead to a dungeon are exceedingly rare. As for the Dungeon Gates that randomly appear, they are also rare, andpetition to acquire them is fierce. Some Dungeons also have Chaos Veins that contain Chaos Stones, which are even more important.] "We''ll see what we do once we get there," Aleron said, smiling. "We aren''t in a hurry anymore, so we''ll stay low-key and settle down first." "That''s better indeed," Enorin nodded. Everyone soon entered meditation afterward, silently sitting on the huge back of this unique semi-metallic Dragon Zord. All of them had also decided to reach level 2 in their Main concept first, so they were progressing towards it. They were determined to reach level 2 in their Concept before reaching the Deste City so that they could better aid Aleron in this new journey. ... Among the 999 Upper Cosmoses, the first nine were strongest and had the same atmospheric power as Chaosverse. The most powerful of forces resided in these nine Upper Cosmos, but even among them, each of those nine Cosmos had a single force that reigned above them all. Competition among these nine forcessted for tens of thousands of years, and their top powerhouses were at the forefront of the Chaosverse. Most of the old forces throughout 999 Upper Cosmos that weren''t annihted knew about the Eternals of Chaosverse and the way to a better world. Many champions tried and failed or gave up clearing the First Labyrinth so they could live in the Multiverse realm. But some time ago, something strange happened. The strongest nine forces suddenly joined hands together. Conflicts ceased to exist. And...they hatched a new n from the information a powerhouse from Rostark House from the multiverse provided. This powerhouse gave up the quest after failing and remained in the Multiverse realm. Rostark House was the strongest force of 1st Upper Cosmos. It had stood alive for around ten thousand years. As such, they were also the ones who knew most about the Chaosverse, Eternals, and Multiverse. And they wanted to get out of this bubble and enter a new world-the Multiverse Realm! Hence, the grandest alliance in history was formed among the most powerful of forces. Rostark House, Meeting Hall. "How many Lower cosmos'' wills do we have under our control?" "1329 cosmos wills. We failed to capture around 10% of cosmos wills." "Do we capture the remaining ones or move forward to the next step of the n?" "The next step is controlling the 900 Upper cosmos. We have established branches of our alliance in each upper cosmos, but we don''t have enough of those ''materials'' to execute Project Madness." "Let''s start executing the n regarding Lower Cosmos Wills we have under our control. 1329 lower cosmoses are enough. If a single lower cosmos shrinks andpresses, absorbing all life and everything within, we''ll have one Cosmos Battery. 1329 Cosmos Batteries are enough for the next step of our n." "We have the majority of Eternals on our side since they also want to finish their suffering. Let''s do it properly, and we''ll seed. There''s no one who can stop it." "Good. Let''s disperse now and handle the work." ... Gachapi thought an upper cosmos force tried to enve the cosmos will to secure a steady stream of people, but the grand n was entirely different.N?v(el)B\\jnn The strongest forces of the Upper Cosmos wanted to destroy more than half of this world for one purpose-forcefully creating a stable path into the Multiverse Realm. Their champions selected by Eternals have failed in every attempt in the First Labyrinth, and Eternals were also tired. Their candidate could wield their power once they reach the Supreme-rank lifeform, but none ever seeded in defeating the boss of First Labyrinth, failing to liberate them and establishing a secure path to the Multiverse realm. As such, most of the Eternals had given up, except for a few. ... Six days passed by in the blink of an eye as the party finally saw the outline of the grand city ahead they opened their eyes after feeling the change in the atmosphere. During these six days, Enorin, Yueha, Darzax, and Jiang managed to reach 2nd level of their first Concept. "Wow, the city looks crazy," Aleron''s eyes glinted, using his Concept power to look past layers of space and directly observe it whole. If one looked at this city massive city spanning thousands of kilometers from above, only one word woulde to their mind. Chaotic. Designs and structures were all over the ce with every force and their own unique style. But there was also a useful rule in the city-No fighting allowed. As such, it was important that Aleron and others settled down in the city. This security was provided by Chaosverse itself, but not for free. In exchange, everyone had to give 10 Chaos Stones per head every month. It was a tax. As the group neared the city, Aleronmanded Drakonis to descend from the sky. The city had tons of entrances, so the groupnded at a random one. The city gates had two ten-meter-tall stone statues as guards. When the group arrived before them, both guards blocked the gate using their massive spears. "Pay the entry fee. Five Chaos Stones per head." "Thankfully, we got Chaos Stones from the dungeon," Aleron said with a chuckle and gave 80 Chaos stones to the Guards. The chaos stone vanished while they were in the air and the Guards retracted their spears. "You may enter. Attacking someone is prohibited unless both parties agree to fight beforehand. If you break the rule, you will receive a death penalty." "Unless you manage to acquire a territory in the city to live in, you must pay 10 Chaos Stones per day." Everyone was surprised at the two rules. "Death Penalty is crazy, but kinda good for weak and newbies here," Ying grinned. "Good for us." "That''s good, but territory?" Mei tilted her head. "Master, what''s that?" As the group entered the city, Aleron told them about what he knew. "Territory is basically a house for us to live in, but instead of buying it, we have to win it ourselves," Aleron wryly smiled. "Fortunately, we can initiate a challenge for territory and the other party must ept. They can''t reject." "Hmmm, the city is vast, to say the least. We will need to find proper opponents as well," Darzax said. "Since we raided the dungeon, we have tons of resources and items to sell," Aleron said "Some resources can be used for those stat-increasing potions, so we''ll visit an Alchemy house first." As such, the group entered the vast city filled with people of all kinds and races, with big and small streets and exotic structures and buildings. Fortunately, there were information boards and also guides who quickly approached Aleron and the group upon seeing them entering the city. The guides asked for a couple of Choas Stones in exchange for showing them ces they needed to go and required. This was also a way for people to make a living for a short time since those so-called Guides were also Paragon-rank powerhouses! Chapter 216: Settling in the City (1) Chapter 216: Settling in the City (1) ? "Excuse me, is this your first time in the Deste city? You must be from some Upper Cosmos venturing here, eh?" An orc woman approached Aleron and the group, bearing a jolly grin on her face. She had a muscled physique with green skin and wore a simple garment covering her chest and lower body. "It''s our first time in this city," Aleron nodded with a smile. "We are looking for an Alchemy shop." "Alchemy shop, eh? Do you want to go to a small Alchemy run by a couple of Alchemists or an Alchemy House that is big with more stuff and skill?" Orc woman asked and followed up, "Give me two Chaos Stones, and I''ll tell you which one is better depending on what you want. I''ll even take you to an Alchemy that works more honestly than others." "More honestly than others?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "Well, not everyone sells things or does things at the same price, hehe." Everyone understood what she meant. "Nice," Aleron chuckled and handed over two Chaos Stones. "Here you go, advance payment since you are not lying." The Orc woman was surprised, "How do you know I won''t swindle you?" Aleron smiled, "I just know. So tell me, where should we go if we want to sell materials andmission an alchemist to use some of the materials we have to turn them into stats increasing potions?" "Follow me. We have to walk some kilometers to get there. By the way, my name is Dana," Dana said with a grin. "Our party lost our territory, so we have been homeless since yesterday, haha." "Oh? What happened?" Aleron curiously asked as the group started walking, following Dana. "We are a party of ten Orcs and ten Elves from an Upper Cosmos called Dome of Trees. We arrived here a few months ago, but we had our first sessful dungeon raid twenty-five days ago," Dana grinned. "So, we spent all our money on some resources, eating food, and enjoying. Just as we were empty, we got a challenge and lost our turf." "So that''s why are you here working as a guide? But this is not a solution, right?" Aleron wryly smiled and asked. "Yep. Guides don''t just guide people, but we can also run some errands for some quick buck to survive a day in the city," Dana grinned. "Gotta pay the daily tax if you don''t have a territory. While some of mypanions and I are working in the city, the others are finding a location outside to kill some monsters and get some resources." "Let''s hope they find a newly spawned dungeon, and we get to it before others," Dana sighed. "I see. I also hope they seed," Aleron grinned. "Good luck." "Tell me about you, haha. Where are you from?" Aleron told her the truth that he and others were from the lower cosmos rather than the upper cosmos, shocking Dana. Usually, people of the lower cosmos ascend to a random Upper Cosmos, so it was rare for her to see people directly from a lower cosmos. "You guys are powerful, eh?" Dana took a nce at others behind Aleron, surprise in her eyes. "I for sure thought you were from a well-off organization in some upper cosmos, given your equipment and aura about you." "Haha, we got a bit lucky and met some good guys on the way," Aleronughed. Dana wryly smiled and shook her head, "It''s fine. I won''t pry much." [Gachapi: Master, don''t tell her you raided a dungeon. Even if she doesn''t mean harm, the eyes and ears here might capture that and target you. Even if attacking others isn''t allowed here, there are still ways to rob and kill someone.] ''I know,'' Aleron nodded. ''I can pretty much guess the ways. You can keep an eye on a group until they leave the city and then make a move. Also...'' "Dana, is it allowed to kill during territory war?" Aleron asked. "Oh, that''s a good question. It is indeed allowed to kill, which is why you must make decisions carefully," Dana exined. "Suppose a group came knocking on your door, wanting your home. If you think they are dangerous and you have no chance, you can outright give up." "Second, you can fight, and if you think you are no match after some exchange, you can give up to get yourself removed from the battle instantly." "Yeah, that sounds good and safe," Aleron nodded. "On that note, you must also want a territory, so I would suggest beating the bunch that defeated us," Dana grinned. "Those bastards are only five people, so it was a five vs five battle. We lost, and they took our big territory." "There not many big territories that can be easily acquired. Since you are a group of sixteen, you would also need a big territory," Dana said as she pointed at some buildings. "Those houses are small for your party." "True. How strong are those five people?" Aleron curiously asked. "Each of them has their Mystic Path around levels 8 and 9, so their Chakra Reserves are already better than our strongest members. Aside from them, they are fully equipped, and their stats are around mid-stage of Paragon rank," Dana said and continued as she calcted. "Four Equipment would roughly increase their stats by 30 to 50. Their Divine Bloodlines would also increase stats in percentage, so if they are mid-stage of Paragon-rank, they got a boost of 500 at least from Bloodlines. Well, I suppose they are around 1.1k in all stats with 800 or 900 reserves of chakra. All of them have Chaos Breathing Art of medium-difficulty, but they haven''t mastered it, so they recovered around 30 or so Chakra per second during battle if I remember correctly," Dana finished speaking and asked with a grin, "So, can you handle those five?" "That might be tough," Fang rubbed his chin. "But we have yet to visit the alchemist and chug the potions. We''ll catch up or even surpass their stats, but our Mystic Paths are not as high-leveled as theirs." "We also have to learn Chaos Breathing Art," Yueha said. "Without it, it''s suicide to fight anymore, considering everyone would have Chaos Breathing Arts." "But your Mystic Paths must be more powerful," Dana''s eyes glinted. "All of you have a mystic aura that''s distinctive for those who have Mystic Paths at a high number of stars. This was the reason I assumed you were from a pretty well-off force in an upper cosmos." "Is it hard to get higher-starred Mystic Paths?" Enorin asked. "It''s not a matter of hard or easy," Dana ruefully smiled. "It''s a matter of multiple factors that synergize with your desire and hard work, but results are unexpected. You don''t get a high-starred mystic path just because you want it." "People destroy their Mystic Paths and rebuild to get a higher-starred one, but the sess chance doing that is not defined, and sometimes, you even awaken lower-starred mystic path in your second attempt." "I see," Aleron thoughtfully nodded. "Well, it doesn''t matter, in my opinion. In the end, a higher-starred Mystic Path just means you will progress faster and have morepatibility. The manifesting of traits and skills depends on us and how we hone our craft." "Oho? You speak as if you have deep knowledge of it," Dana raised her eyebrows. "Nah," Aleronughed. "I''m just saying what I felt regarding the Mystic Path I have and how it came to be." "So? What star is it?" Dana asked, her sparkling with curiosity as she also stopped walking. "Ten, of course," Aleron cheekily grinned. "Hot damn!" -- The group followed Dana and found out more about the city and some special ces in the city, like Arena Grounds and branches of truly big forces residing in the city. It took an hour, but the group arrived at their destination at the end. Goragora Alchemy House. A medium-sized Alchemy house run by 3 Alchemists who were brothers from the same mother. They were from the same upper cosmos as Dana, so Danaing with them gave them proper deals. They sold useless Paragon-rank equipment they don''t use on the way since Alchemy didn''t deal with them. Selling those useless pieces of equipment gave them 477 Chaos stones. Selling materials not used for stats increasing potions gave them 383 Chaos Stones. The remaining materials could be used to craft stats increasing potions, a total of 23 potions. Themission to use those resources and craft 23 stats increasing potions from them wasn''t free, and it cost them 1150 Chaos Stones. The fee was 50 Chaos stones per potion crafting with materials provided. Stats increasing potions were the most expensive among other types, so their fee was also the highest. 1000 Chaos stones + 860 Chaos stones after selling items and materials = 1860. But they already spent 1150 to craft potions, leaving them with 710 Chaos Stones. Unless they got a territory, they would lose 160 Chaos Stones per day. As the group left the Alchemy House, Aleron looked at the street and people before saying, "It seems that we have to get a territory before we lose our bnce." "It will take two or three days to craft the 23 potions, so we''ll have to pay 160 Chaos Stones every day until then," Aleron rubbed his chin. "Should we try to secure a territory right away or after we get powerful by drinking potions?" "I mean, we are not that weak anyway," Rias thoughtfully said, "Our stats increased since all of us got potions in the Dungeon. If we target a weaker group, we can seed, but..." Everyone wryly smiled. it wasn''t as easy as said. The city was too big, and they couldn''t just find a territory upied by a group weaker than them right off the bat. "We still have time, so let''s go to the city mountain park," Aleron said as he looked at the mountain''s silhouette far away in the north. "Let''s start practicing Chaos Breathing Art first. We dyed it to progress in Concepts on the way here, so we should learn the breathing art now."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om Chapter 217: Settling In the City (2), Chaos Breathing Art Chapter 217: Settling In the City (2), Chaos Breathing Art ? Deste Mountain Park. It was a huge mountain over ten thousand kilometers tall and 1000 kilometers wide at the base. But it wasn''t a normal mountain. "It seems that this is our limit," Aleron looked at the mist above them after they arrived at a pond amidst woods at around 1850 kilometers mark. "Indeed. The pressure and energy required here is barely at the passing mark for us to meditate without constantly losing energy," Jiang said. The higher they went up to the mountain, the atmospheric pressure and energy draining increased. However, there was no monster on the mountain before the 5000-kilometer mark, making it an ideal ce for newbies to meditate. "Let''s start." Everyone floated on the pond in a cross-legged position, forming a circle with the scroll of Chaos Breathing Art in the middle. Everyone''s soul sense startedprehending the scroll of Chaos Breathing Art: Furnace of Fire-breathing Fish. [Furnace of Fire-Breathing Fish]N?v(el)B\\jnn -Difficulty: Medium. -Speed: 72 per second. -Method: Step 1: Comprehend the formation of the Chaotic Furnace Vortex. Step 2: Create the Chaotic Furnace Vortex using Chakra. Step 3: Run the Chaotic Furnace Vortex manually, requiring proficient control. Step 4: Once you run it manually, create a Chakra Rune infused with the method to run the Chaotic Furnace Vortex so that you can instantly run it by activating the rune to recover Chakra. Everyone was stuck on Step 1 for a few hours before they managed toprehend the formation. Step 2 wasn''t hard as they easily created the Chaotic Furnace Vortex in their source space, a huge furnace with a mystical orange fish breathing vortex. The furnace had a vortex around it that lit up in fire due to the fish, and that fire gathered in the furnace halfway before maintaining this motion. The fish would absorb the fire it breathed from the furnace and breathe out again before it gathered in the furnace again¡ªin a loop. But Step 3 wasn''t easy. They haven''t tried absorbing Chaotic energy present in the atmosphere, but now they had to. But unlike directly breathing it and flowing it in their source space like with absorbing Magilore and soul energy, they had to absorb the chaotic energy physically and magically, as in, sucking the chaotic energy through their mouth and nostrils, guiding it through their veins all over their body without letting them sh against each other, and creating an existing point magic that went through to their Source Space where they created the Chaotic Furnace Vortex. They met failure due to their inefficient and low control of Chaotic energy. The chaotic energy was also dangerous enough to burst their veins, so they had to maintain a certain level of control to guide the chaotic energy through all of their veins. This vein-traveling process was a must to refine Chakra energy from it in the Chaotic Furnace Vortex because chaotic energy outside had all properties but not an identity. Once it runs through their veins, the chaotic energy acquires the identity of those that absorb it. Only then Chakra energy, which is a mixture of Vigor energy, Magilore, and soul would form. Their Blood contained the identity of their vigor, soul, and magic due to one of the trinity of foundational paths. Bloodline. Step 3 was a process of training, learning, and improving while keeping calm and not getting irritated. Their veins burst multiple times, and their Chakra was also exhausted regrly due to using it to heal themselves. The chaotic energy bursts in their veins put external residue, so they had to remove them using Chakra. Twenty-four hours officially passed by since they arrived in the city while they were in step 3. 160 Chaos Stones were deducted as Aleron gave the party members Chaos Stones, and they paid. The pay window was 24 hours. If they failed to pay, it would result in their instant death. After paying the tax, the group continued toplete step 3 as they were infinitely close to it. Aleron finished it first one hour into the new day and sessfully finished step 4 in a minute, as thest step was easy. After creating this Chakra Rune with contained precise method on how to absorb Chakra through their veins, which he pain stackingly learned, it was on auto mode now. "Phew, finally done." Aleron grinned and let himself fall into the pond before swimming backstroke in leisure. ''I am hungry as hell. I should bring some native food here while they are still in training. They should also be hungry as hell after finishing, haha.'' The others were in deep focus, working hard to let this be theirst attempt. But a few of them soon burst their veins at thest moment, a few on the body, and a few in their head. The struggle continued while they calmed the rising anger. Aleron created a Mystic Skill of teleportation, as he had aprehensive space-rted Trait in his Mystic Path. But unlike a regr portal, Aleron created a barrier around the pond. This barrier acted as a space anchor, and people inside could connect to other space anchors marked by Aleron. With his permission, the people inside just need to think and target a desired space anchor to teleport there. There was no need to go through a portal, as this was a much more advanced method. Reaching level 2 in the Astral Reaver concept meant that he gained higher knowledge and a way to use space and time, and this was directly reflected in his Mystic Path''s traits rted to space and time! Memory space anchor. Aleron marked a location he visited in the city where he saw a street with restaurants and food in his memory, and that anchor was established there, approximately a kilometer above the ground. His Monitor Dome''s range was only 2.1 kilometers in the Chaosverse, corresponding to his 210 Soul power. No equipment boosted soul power, so this was everyone''s lowest stat. As Aleron appeared one kilometer above the food street, he muttered, ''Yorin should be breaking through to Paragon-rank soon. Once hees here, he can learn advanced alchemy here to process and handle resources of Paragon-rank.'' ''We won''t have to pay pill crafting fees once hees here.'' Aleron descended on the wide street with many people walking. The street had fancy restaurants of all kinds, be it modern-looking, hut-type designs, tree-house-type restaurants, and other exotic shapes and sizes. Some people entered those restaurants while some bought from food stalls outside and ate while walking and talking. The poption of the city was massive, and all of them were Paragon-rank. Not all, but at least 80% were Paragon-rank, while the remaining 20% were likely a new generation of Ascension-rank powerhouses of upper cosmos forces that arrived here under the protection of their seniors. Aleron walked the street while observing the exotic and unique food dishes of various types of meat and vegetables. The fragrance in the street was enough to make one drool and hungry. ''God damn, this is heaven! I want to eat many things, but....'' [Astral: I am hungry, Mastah. Eat something so I can also get a bit full.] [Gachapi: your existence is one of the factors that makes Master hungry more than regr Paragon-rank powerhouses, you know?] [Astral: Humph, but I also provide power to Master in return!] [Gachapi: I can''t deny that. Good job.] [Astral: hehe.] Chapter 218: Settling In the City (3), Food Wars Restaurant Chapter 218: Settling In the City (3), Food Wars Restaurant ? ''That one food stall is cheap. Three different dishes for 1 Chaos stone,'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled, and he walked towards there. ''This person got 30 food dishes on the menu, dang.'' The food stall was a cart and crafted aesthetically using beautiful brown and redwood. Aleron looked at the menu and ordered three dishes as the fishhead guy sitting at the table wrote his order down and passed it on to the chef in the cart. One could see him cooking from the big window at the front. He was an octopus beastfolk and had five stoves before him, so he simultaneously cooked five dishes while his other tentacles cut vegetables and prepared other ingredients he brought out from a storage pouch as per the dishes ordered by customers. ''This guy is fast, alright.'' Aleron ordered a Spring-Bird Roll, Wonder Box Fried Noodles made of some meat and veggies, and an assortment of leaf-wrapped meatballs. ''This guy is fast.'' Aleron put away two dishes in his spatial storage and started walking while eating Wonder Box Fried Noodles. ''This tastes awesome despite being this cheap, so what the hell''s with the price of those restaurants? Most of them sell a single food dish for 5 Chaos stones.'' [Gachapi: A single dish of theirs can actually make you super full and energized, not to mention some temporary buffs you gain. This is one of the reasons for the desire for food. Some established forces here have their own Mystic Chefs that cook dishes for their members.] ''But it should be the meat of powerful Chaotic Beasts. We didn''t encounter them on the way here but saw a horde of flying Chaotic Beasts when we near the city.'' [Gachapi: The ce where we came from was an empty one, and this city borders it. Once we leave the city and go anywhere, we''ll encounter Chaotic Beasts and various chaotic phenomena that change the geography of certain spots and manifest random things.] ''Like?'' [Gachapi: For example, we are going through a forest, and suddenly, a 100-kilometer radius area in a forest would suddenly turn into a desert with strange structures and a new biome system along with suitable Chaotic Beasts. This happens regrly, and the scale of phenomena is random. It can be as small as affecting a hut or as big as thousands of kilometers.] ''Woah, that''s chaotic. As expected of Choasverse, haha.'' Suddenly, Aleron''s feet paused as he looked at a huge board disying words. It was in a big restaurant that was round and looked like a small arena ground but had a tower atop it that branched externally like a tree''s branch, where small open pavilions were constructed. People ate in those open pavilions with a waiter on standby to get their order and bring food dishes. ''This ce is luxurious, and but most importantly,'' Aleron''s eyes shone. ''I can get food here for free!'' [Astral: holy moly, that restaurant is perfect, Mastah! Let''s kick some asses and get some food!] [Gachapi: That...is indeed a wonderful ce for us. Let''s give it a try.] Aleron strode towards the Food Wars Restaurant. 1. Win trials given by the restaurant and grab whatever food you like for free! 2. Challenge people who are in the Arena group. People in this group are willing to take challenges from each other. The loser pays for the food! ''Let''s go,'' Aleron entered inside and went for the Restaurant Trials first. "Pleasee this way for the trials," a cat-eared girl led Aleron into the tower. After entering an elevator and arriving on the 10th floor, Aleron saw many groups in the hall facing six different directions, facing six gates. The hall had six gates from 1 to 6. The numbers also disyed the difficulty of the six trials, with 6th being the most difficult. "Is there a limit on the trial attempts?" Aleron asked. "No," the cat-eared girl shook her head with a smile. "You can challenge them as many times as you can. The highest difficulty trial gives you a six-hour coupon. You can eat for a total of six hours here for free. The hours will start after your first food dish arrives and will end after you finish eating." "So I can visit multiple times with one coupon? That''s nice," Aleron chuckled. "Yes. Please enjoy, and good luck," the cat-eared girl bowed before turning around. Aleron directly went towards the 6th gate, which only had one group. The group had an old man whose strength he couldn''t gauge and two people looking in their twenties. "Elder Ken, do you think Krth will seed this time?" "No," the white-beared old man shook his head. He nced at Aleron, and a light flickered in his eyes. ''Interesting mystic path aura.'' Aleron didn''t heed to the group and entered the gate. It was a portal-like gate, so Aleron found himself in a forest. [Survive for 10 minutes or kill the 3 Hunter Rabits] Right as Aleron heard the notification, danger bells rang in his mind, and he instantly teleported. A thumb-sized bullet shot right where his head was, and a humanoid rabbit one meter tall with two pistoles in his hand arrived nearby. ''Hunter Rabit....these rabbits have stats as powerful as Clora,'' Aleron wryly smiled. ''Since I was discovered, it''s safe to assume they have a powerful detection ability and precise attack abilities.'' ''The other two Rabbit Hunters are same or different?'' ''Fortunately, they can''t sense me while I am in Spatial Room, but I can''t maintain this for long. It''s draining Chakra, and I would be empty after a minute. I can recover, but I''ll need to focus during that time, which I won''t get.'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''I can win by surviving. I have to kill them.'' ... "Tsk, I failed again." "Hahaha, yousted for over nine minutes, so I guess you were really close, Krth." "Still, you two seeded, but I lost even after three tries. Anyway, no more. I''ll try it after eating. Let''s go eat." "Wait," Elder Ken said calmly. "What''s the matter, Elder Ken?"n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "I want to see if that kid that went in seeds or not," Elder Ken answered. "Uhh, but why? Was he something special?" "Wait if you want to, or go ahead," Elder Ken calmly said. The trio wryly smiled and shut their mouth as they obediently waited. Chapter 219: Settling In the City (4), Invitation and Fight Chapter 219: Settling In the City (4), Invitation and Fight ? N?v(el)B\\jnn *Swoosh!* Aleron exerted his full physical strength while empowering his scythe with a mystic skill: Void de, making his scythe extremely light, sharp, and prative with extra damage stacked. Aleron''s figure turned into a gust of wind, his speed extreme as thest Rabbit hunter was sliced and vanished. A minute ago, thisst Rabbit Hunter that trailed behind him was lured into his trap, sealing it within a spatial binding. Aleron had taken this chance to quickly use Chaos Breathing Art and recover his Chakra before using Void de to finish it off. [Congrattions. You havepleted Trial 6 within 7 minutes and 4 seconds by killing all five Rabbit Hunters.] Aleron entered a portal and emerged from the gate in the hall. "What? He finished it by killing the Rabbit Hunters?!" "Those annoying bastards are so fast and perceptive....but he killed them instead." ''It seems he is very capable, especially his Mystic path, considering his aura,'' Elder Ken looked at Aleron. Meanwhile, a palm-sized cartoon-like chibi fox manifested near Aleron before saying, "Congrattions. Here''s your 6-hour all-you-can-eat coupon. The fox conjured a card before Aleron and vanished. || ''Nice,'' Aleron grinned and grabbed the card. ''Well, since I''vepleted the most difficult Trial 6, the other five should be easier.'' Just as he was about to walk, Aleron paused and looked at the old man with three people who stood there. "Hello," Elder Ken approached Aleron while smiling faintly. "I am Elder Ken, a member of Lossze Pce." ''Let''s see if he is affiliated with any organization yet.'' "I am Aleron," Aleron smiled. "Hi." ''No reaction? It seems he hasn''t heard of Lossze Pce. He must be new in the upper cosmos realm. If he ascended from the lower cosmos realm, that''s even better.'' Aleron activated his eyes of absolute judgment and saw a ck mark above the elder, making him internally frown before he quickly deactivated the eye. ''I can''t...I am not powerful enough to bring big changes yet. I need to be flexible if I want to do what I think is right and keep doing it.'' "Aleron, since you didn''t mention any organization, then can I assume you have yet to join any?" Elder Ken asked. ''Damn, why is Elder Ken talking like this to this bastard?'' ''True. He never behaved this warmly towards us.'' ''Uhh, he is not even that warm, but since he is so indifferent to us, it just feels like it.'' The trio behind Elder Ken stole nces at Aleron while conversing with each other. "Yeah, I am not affiliated with any organization yet," Aleron nodded. "Then how about joining Lossze Pce?" Elder Ken asked with a smile. "You might not know, but Lossze Pce is one of the nine main sections of Prosper Path Alliance." ''Prosper Path Alliance?'' Aleron raised his eyes. ''I''ve heard about this alliance while walking. It seems to be new and is formed from the most powerful forces of the upper cosmos, right?'' [Gachapi: That seems to be the case, indeed. Also, this Elder is at Unbound-rank lifeform, one above Paragon.] ''I see. But why does he want to recruit me?'' "It seems that you''ve heard of Prosper Path Alliance," Elder Ken chuckled. "I can feel that your talent and overall ability are powerful. Your eyes contain sagacity, and your aura is profound. I believe that joining Lossze Pce, thereby bing a part of Prosper Path Alliance, is the only path to bloom your full potential." [Astral: Yo, this guy knows how to lick someone''s butt.] [Gachapi: This guy, he wants to recruit Master, heh.] ''I feel something nefarious. It''s just my gut feeling, but my instincts tell me something''s wrong with this guy,'' Aleron thought as he looked into Elder Ken''s eyes. ''This offer and that ck mark...Tsk, I want to break his skull open with an axe and then read his soul to get all the memories, but that''s outside of my capability for now.'' Although Aleron didn''t answer, his hesitation was captured by Elder Ken, so heughed and said, "It''s fine. Here, I''ll give you this crystal. You can break it and arrive right before the door of the Lossze Pce branch in this city if you make the decision to join us." ''Here''s my final piece of bread,'' Elder Ken thought before he added, "Since I can feel your abundant potential, you won''t have to worry about survival or resources. If you can pass the special test, then you''ll be one of the elite members of Prosper Path Alliance, gaining much support and resources along with freedom." "There''s more, but I can only tell this for now," Elder Ken caressed his goatee as he smiled. "Hopefully, I''ll see you at our door. Good luck, young man." After saying that, Elder Ken and the three others behind him were covered in a whirling white cloud briefly before they vanished. Aleron looked at the crystal with an entric formation carved on it along with a symbol of stairs for a second before he put it away. ''I have an idea. But before that, we''ll have to settle in the city by getting a territory,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. Aleron went to Trials 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 in order and got a total of 21 hours of free eating in this giant fancy restaurant! ''Damn, we don''t need to worry about special food for a month with these vouchers. ording to rules, we can''t take out using the vouchers, so I''ll bring others here so they can also win,'' Aleron grinned. ... Aleron left the restaurant. He had eaten three dishes, so he wasn''t hungry anymore. As such, he decided to look for something else. Leaving the city, Aleron went into the chaotic wilderness a few kilometers away from the city in the north. ''Do you think we''ll find a dungeon?'' Aleron wondered. [Gachapi: Not sure about that, but we''ll surely find trouble, Master.] Aleron had just entered the chaotic wilderness, which had exotic nts, trees, flying rivers, and adjusting mountains. This area wasn''t empty but filled with Chaotic beasts as well. ''Hmm? Someone''s after me?'' [Gachapi: Indeed. They left the city a bit after you.] ''I remember their presence. This group was in the restaurant''s trial hall.'' [Astral: So they want to loot our Mastah, eh? Are they strong?] Aleron''s eyes glinted, and he activated an active ability of his Innate Gear, entering a shadow of a boulder several meters away. Whispers of the Phantom Cloak/Back-Rare-order Storm Fangs of Silver Wolf / Heart - Special-order. Aleron had two Innate Gears within him. Heart-slot Innate Gears were always more powerful, bearing more effects than Innate gears of other slots. That Vital Heart of Barbarian was Primary-order Innate Gear, but it gave four effects. [Whispers of the Phantom Cloak] -Rank: Rare-order. -> Requirement: 300 stats in Physical and Arcane parameters. -> Gear cement: Back. -> Effect(s): 1-Increase physical exertion, allowing you to bring out 30% more physical force extra. 2-Active Ability-Rest in Shade: Consume 1 Chakra per second in exchange for allowing you to enter a shadow. 3¡ªActive Ability-Thin Presence: Consume 1 Chakra per second in exchange for significantly reducing your presence and aura. Only the Transcedent-rank powerhouse can see through Thin Presence. 4-Increase Physical and Magic stats by 30%. -Note: Activating Rest in Shade and Thin Presence at the same time will make you undiscoverable by even Transcendent-rank powerhouses. Aleron hid himself using the Rest In Shade ability of this innate Gear. He didn''t use Thin Presence since the group after him was in Paragon-rank. "Where did he go?" "This is where his aura isst captured in thepass. Hmmm, did he sense us?" "Probably. It''s not like we were trying to hide." It was a group of four people. Two women and two men. One woman and man appeared human, while the other two were different. The second woman was a demon, and the second man was an elf. Aleron observed them and thought, ''They must be in a single party. I wonder if they have a territory in the city.'' Aleron activated his Eyes of Absolute Judgement and saw red and ck dots on their heads. ''So, I can kill them, eh? Alright.'' [Gachapi: Are you nning to fight? Their Mystic Path level seems to be around 8 or 9, so we have to deal the finishing blow quickly.] [Astral: Humph, they are no match for Mastah. It''s not like their abilities andbat arsenal are as powerful as ours.] ''Let''s see how it goes,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. ''I gamble that I will kill two of those four within 1 minute.'' [Gamble Quest epted.] ''Only two thousand points as a reward? It seems this won''t be difficult.'' Mystic Skill: Sink-Hole Maw. Suddenly, the group of four sensed something and saw pitch-ck darkness on the ground spanning a 100-meter radius. All of them were startled, but the first move was by Aleron, and all of them fell under the ground. He forced them to spatially disce themselves 100 meters deep into the ground without breaking it. As such, all of them were struck inside! Aleron could observe them, and they could also sense him now that he had attacked, so he emerged from the shadow and initiated his second attack without wasting any time. Mystic Skill: Spatial de Execution. *BOOM* *BOOM* *sh!* Two of them burst out of the ground while the other two were injured but also managed to explode out of the ground. Aleron''s strategy was indeed effective. The ground below this forest wasn''t normal. It was chaotic and dangerous in a way, making them waste their Chakra as they had to use a skill to break free and emerge to the surface. In the next second, five lights blinked and zoomed around in the forest before two of them vanished as Aleron killed them. ''This is easy,'' Aleron grinned. [Gachapi: Your skills strike them as they can''t dodge them, but you are dodging their skills with your crazy spatial movement skills. Master''s Mystic Path is truly powerful. That bastard old man must have sensed its aura and potential from how youpleted trial 6, which is why he wants to recruit you.] [Astral: Indeed.] [Gachapi:....] "So, what business do you have for me?" Aleron asked as he looked at the remaining two. One human woman and the elf man. The other two were dead, their body lying lifeless in different ces. ''Shit, shit! Why is he so powerful?!'' ''What''s with his skills?!'' ''We have to escape, but it''s going to be hard. You got any idea, Elias?'' ''Nothing, Ruby.'' "Wait, we don''t harbor any ill will towards you," Ruby quickly said as she weakly smiled. "It''s true that we followed you, but we didn''t want to kill you." "Then why did you follow me?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "It''s just that we wanted to buy the food voucher," Elias said with a sigh. "None of us have been able toplete Trial 6, and our party doesn''t have a Mystic Chef. The food there is a must before going to a dungeon or any activated chaotic phenomenon since it gives buffs." "Yes, yes," Ruby quickly said. "Paying for that food using chaos stones is expensive, after all." "I see," Aleron nodded in understanding and smiled. Chapter 220: Settling In The City (5), Visit & Tragedy Chapter 220: Settling In The City (5), Visit & Tragedy ? Aleron sat atop a tree''s branch. ''Thank you foring after me,'' Aleron said as he looked at four souls in his sea of consciousness. ''I will be using your territory and the stash of chaos coins you''ve hidden. It was nice to put a stash since even if a couple of your group dies, the remaining can use it.'' ''But foolishly, you''ve alle after me.'' ''Thank you. And I will also be using your soul to try and create something that will aid me in my endeavors.'' ''So, thank you again.'' [Gachapi: The new version is ready, Master.] [Astral: Woohoo, let''s see what kind of monster Mastah creates this time! Unlimited Cooking Works!] [Gachapi: Calm the fuck down! You''re already months old now.] ''Alright, kids. Let''s start,'' Aleron grinned. The four souls appeared in perfect appearance as their physical counterparts floated before Aleron. ''I''ve gathered tons of knowledge of body path, and I''ve used Geno Mods and infused them in a product made using Genome Pulse and Vigor Force. The structure I envisioned, traced, and constructed is perfect.'' ''Andstly, I added Chakra energy to make resonance with their power source. Chakra energy is the most powerful anchor to create new vessels of their source power.'' [Astral: Eh? Do you n to wipe out their memories?] [Gachapi: Duh, we have to kill their active consciousness, which will erase their memories and everything. A clean te for the new Genome structure filled with newborn information. We are going to see a mutation evolution of a natural soul aided by a self-created genome structure with selected geno mods to construct their new body with a seamless connection to their source.]n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om A dreamy bubble formed around Aleron as he used a Mystic Skill to iste himself from the space outside. The four souls floated a meter away from him. His eyes glinted with a colorful hue as he pointed his finger ahead. The tip of his finger lit up with a creamy glowing blue and red color bearing purple and ck sparks. The tip released that same cream in fluid motion and form as it infused within the four souls simultaneously. After a few minutes, four colorful cocoons formed after the process, each one the size of two meters long and a meter wide, like an egg. ''Lastly, the brand of the owner,'' Aleron drilled a tiny hole in his thumb using a bit of Magilore. He consumed his Bloodline Essence and formed a symbol of ownership before branding it to their soul within the cocoons. ''It''s happening,'' Aleron''s eyes gleamed as he looked at the four cocoons. [Gachapi: Their bodies and new foundations are being constructed...I wonder about the result, haha. It''s going to be awesome.] ''Yep. But this will take a few days at least,'' Aleron wryly smiled and waved his hand, putting the cocoon in a separate spatial storage with a spatialyer connection to Chaosverse so that the time would continue to flow normally within the storage. ''Now then, I also want to summon something. The maximum I will get is a Transcendent powerhouse if I summon, and to get a natural banner, we have to make a move,'' Aleron stood up and removed the istion bubble around him. [Astral: Mastah, are you nning to touch a Chaotic Beast to get it''s banner?] [Gachapi: That''s the n, but Master, before we do that, how about contacting Cosmos Will Rexian and getting the juicy pure soul essence from our Hell that he is handling?] Aleron''s eyes shone. ''There must be a huge amount of pure soul essence by now!'' [Gachapi: That''s true, but don''t keep your hope high, Master. There''s a massive qualitative difference between a Paragon-rank lifeform''s soul quality and an Ascension-rank lifeform''s soul quality.] ''Gotcha.'' Aleron executed a Mystic Skill: Voidless Wormhole. The only reason Aleron had a connection to his Midworld was all thanks to his specialty and the foundation of powers he built for his Mystic Path. The path from Chaosverse to his Midworld or Lower Cosmos realm wasn''t direct. Normal powerhouses would have to use portals established by forces of the upper cosmos to even arrive in Chaosverse. To leave, they must return to an Upper Cosmos and then ess their Midworld if they have any. But Aleron had a high mastery of space-time, and his Mystic Path was also fully integrated with the power of this field in advanced forms ording to his Mystic Path''s awakened traits. He had created a Mystic Skill capable of connecting to his Midworld from Chaosverse and gained free ess. Although he wasn''t alone in having a Mystic Skill like this, this was still an exceptional advantage. Aleron entered through the wormhole and arrived in his Midlworld. It had been a while since he met his people, so he spent a couple of hours with Alfred and the leaders of sub-forces under him. With no conflict and everything in full development, the Loushak Cosmos was thriving. Ardential became the center of the cosmos and universes under the Loushak Cosmos. When new powerhouses rise and reach the peak of Ascension rank, they could gain ess to a special area in his Eldertide Archipgo Midworld, especially for training and meditation. People could achieve a breakthrough to Paragon-rank here and then directly join Aleron''s organization in the Chaosverse! By now, 1 s Midworld was most massive territory under Aleron. It was bigger t the biggest stars ands in any cosmos since it was fed more cores of secret realms by the Cosmos Will Rexian. Aleron''s rtionship with Cosmos Will Rexian was solid! But as he met with Rexian after spending a couple of hours looking around, a dire message was delivered to him. "What?!" Aleron frowned. "Radrata Cosmos was enved?!" "Yes. I got Cane''s message. We''ve been in touch since you made a connection between us,'' Rexian said, his avatar appearing like a white sun with a cartoon-like facial structure that disyed worry. "I feel strange. There''s something going on in the lower cosmos realm." "I can visit Radrata cosmos after I seal my power to the level of Ascension-rank, right?" Aleron asked. [Gachapi: Difficult, unless Rexian helps us and uses its genesis energy. This energy is the purest and most potent form of creation energy possessed by a cosmos core. If any lifeformes into contact with it, that energy disperses like a dream after waking up, so it''s unobtainable and unusable for all except for a Cosmos Will.] [Astral: So that''s why it''s a must to enve a cosmos will if someone wants to do use a lower cosmos to their advantage.] "You can go with my help, Boss Aleron," Rexian said with a determined expression. "Let''s save Cane and his cosmos." "Great," Aleron smiled. "Also, bring me pure soul essence. I''ll absorb it and let it process while I''ve sealed my powers to Ascension-rank level, so I don''t have to waste time on it later." "Understood. It''sing in three seconds." Aleron nodded and prepared himself. Three secondster, a direct stream of pure soul essence flowed into Aleron by Cosmos Will Rexian. Aleron absorbed all of the soul essence and stored it in his source space. It strangelypressed and turned into glittering transparent milky crystals from its dreamy liquid-like state. [Gachapi: Since your source space is stronger now, the pure soul essence is into a higher version of pure soul essence, matching your current soul''s quality bypressing.] ''I see. This is good. That ocean-like pure soul essence turned into a small pond of crystals. But it seems that I''ll be full with it and will have some leftovers,'' Aleron grinned from ear to ear. His Soul State would be maxed! This was a massive advantage that not many could have. The pure soul essence that Aleron just fully absorbed came from trillions of souls or more! No normal powerhouses of Paragon rank could attain this much progress unless they also befriended a Cosmos Will enough to make it act like this. It was a massive purge in the multiple universes under this Cosmos as all ck and red marks were now in a massive hell constructed by Cosmos Will Rexian and designed by Aleron! But there was no time to be lost in this glee. Aleron quickly sealed his powers, bing a peak-stage Ascension-rank powerhouse. Without further ado, he created a portal to Radrata Cosmos and entered. ''W-What the hell?'' Aleron was shocked! [Astral: Why are there such scary holes here?] Gachapi gulped, even his avatar appeared outside, which he rarely did. Gachapi''s expression was bewildered at first, but then it gradually turned somber and then dark. "Master...this cosmos is dead, all universe within are sucked and destroyed," Gachapi said, his big eyes glinting darkly. "There''s not an ounce of Genesis energy or a speck of life present except for their residual prints, which created these holes." "It seems that this event just happened recently." The vast expanse of ckness had giant holes colored white and gray with ck in their centers, still and silent. There was no intact or glowing star. Aleron felt true emptiness looking at this expanse of space. [Astral: What will happen now? Does this mean everyone in this cosmos is dead?] "Wait..." Gachpi frowned as he sensed something. "Master, release a bit of your soul presence." "Alright," Aleron nodded and did as told. A secondter, he suddenly received something in his mind after a flicker of light that briefly appeared before vanishing. That something was fleeting but firm, and it just released a voice in his head. A familiar voice. "Hi, friend. Trouble has brewed here, and as you are witnessing now, a tragedy has fallen upon my world and its inhabitants." "I only had this much to leave before my demise, so heed my words. Something sinister is brewing in the Upper Cosmos realm. Power was used on us, a device of extraordinary capabilities. It sucked the entirety of my Genesis energy and sucked the essence of life out of everything and everyone." "I was enved forcefully, and this happened immediately after that. I only regained my consciousness for a bit before losing it all. In that brief time, I could only send some selected warriors to the Chaosverse before losing it all." Cane said as his voice expressed anguish despite trying to mask it and as he smiled, one could see it filled with sorrow. "I hope you can meet with them and guide them...and perhaps even thwart the sinister plot brewing above. I sensed something extraordinary in you, and I wanted to aid you, but s, I have ceased to exist now." "I wish, and I hope you seed in your endeavors, Aleron. Our meeting was brief, but your impression is eternal. May your hand be the one that bes the umbre of our existence." Chapter 221: Setteling In the City (6), New Companions Summoned Chapter 221: Setteling In the City (6), New Companions Summoned ? "Cane...." Aleron''s eyes trembled as he heard Cane''s message. He looked at the lifeless expanse of space, feeling overwhelmed and sorrowful. ''They just killed everyone and destroyed everything?'' ''How could they do that?'' ''Like...did they just use all living beings by killing them and the entire cosmos for some kind of energy gathering?'' [Gachapi: Master...to them, the life''s significance is only those that benefit them. Kinship is the most powerful bond and there''s no ce in humanity,passion, or sympathy for any other being aside from one''s kin.] [Gachapi: This is the absolute truth of existence. So whoever did this only considers the lower cosmos and all people as nothing more than tools to be used. I don''t know if they sucked dry an entire cosmos, but I''m sure something is going to happen because of this. Something on a big scale.] Aleron''s fist tightly clenched, and his eyes were red. Wiping away tears that involuntarily poured out, he muttered with anger, "This is wrong. We have to do something. We have to find out more about who did this and why." [Gachapi: We have to start by joining a powerful organization so we can use its connections andwork to get information.] ''Then there''s no change in n,'' Aleron clenched his teeth before taking a deep breath to calm himself. ''Let''s return.'' - After arriving back in the Chaosverse at the ce spot in the chaotic wilderness, Aleron found a Chaotic Beast and triggered a banner creation. He roamed around with his teleports and found multiple groups searching for dungeon gates or any chaotic phenomenon while waiting for the new banner to finish forming. ''Not many people have Innate Gears here.''n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om [Gachapi: The first region of Chaosverse is weakest and there''s not much chance to acquire Innate Gears unless you''re from a powerful force in an Upper Cosmos ande here with the innate gears.] ''I see. Well, we''ve secured a territory, so I''ll be going there after summoning. Since that old man introduced his organization nicely, I find it appealing for us to use it to get more information,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. [The new banner has been sessfully formed-Wild Rifts of Chaotic Beasts.] [Gachapi: It''s time. Master, you are going to witness the most badass thing now.] ''Eh? What do you mean?'' Aleron asked while he opened the Gacha System. He bought 9 tickets by spending 4500 Gacha points. [Gachapi: Master, you''ve seen the status of Chaotic Beasts before. They have Chaotic Paths instead of Mystic Paths. They are also less intelligent despite being powerful, as they are beings of chaotic minds, hence their Chaotic Paths. These monsters are born directly by Chaosverse''s will. It has a strange ecosystem that births Chaotic Beasts. So unlike the beasts in the lower cosmos and upper cosmos that can gain humanoid form and intelligence after getting stronger, the Chaotic Beasts are always chaotic no matter how powerful they get.] [Gachapi: But each Chaotic Beast gets a chance to achieve true evolution, and this chance arrives when they break through to Transcendent-rank. But this chance is tough. So tough that there''s not even a set percentage I can tell you. One in a billion? One in a trillion? Or there might be no sess of any Chaotic Beast achieving true evolution even after thousands of years pass.] ''Oh?'' Aleron''s interest was piqued. ''What''s with this true evolution? It certainly sounds tough.'' [Astral: Me curious, too.] [Gachapi: Yes. This true evolution is very tough to achieve. And if they achieve it, they can be very powerful and progress unbelievably fast. I can tell you that one of the conditions to defeat the final boss in First Labyrinth, the gatekeeper to the Multiverse realm, is to have a Chaotic Beast that has achieved true evolution at Transcendent-rank lifeform.] Aleron and Astral waited in anticipation with sparkling eyes in their mindscape where the trio sat at a table in a warm outdoor garden. Gachapi coughed and smiled, "So I am saying is, the Chaotic Beast summoned by Ultimate Gacha System will always have a 100% chance of achieving true evolution, and the one guaranteed Transcendent-rank Chaotic Beast we get will also have its true evolution achieved!" [Congrattions. You have summoned Saphire med Twin-headed Turtle-Unbound-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Sterling demaster Mantis-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Abyssal Star Serpent-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Shadowveil Stalker Panther-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Radiant Forstde Phoenix-Transcendent-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Frostforged Cyclopean Titan-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Voidborn Spectral Leviathan-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Stormbound Thunder Griffin-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Verdant Dreadwood Ent-Unbound-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Starforged Dreambloom Stag-Unbound-rank lifeform.] Aleron summoned Radiant Frostde Phoenix while he sent the remaining nine back to his Midworld. *Craaaa* The majestic phoenix cried before Aleron before nudging its head on his head. Aleron smiled and caressed it gently before jumping on its back, "Stay in this size. No need to get bigger." The Phoenix responded with a cheery cry and took off to the skies while Aleron looked at its status. [Radiant Frostde Phoenix] _Lifeform rank: Transcendent. Transcendent Core: 12% Mystic Paths: -> Level 10 Wandering Spirit Path. -> Level 10 de Zen Path. -> Level 3 Spiritze Radiant Path. Stats: -> Trinity Force: 134 --> Chakra Energy: [2300/2300] Trinity Assets: -> Concept Zone level 5 -> Blood Zone level 6 -> Magic Zone level 5 ''Wait, where are the other stats?'' Aleron asked in surprise. [Gachapi: There are no other stats after you enter the Unbound-rank lifeform. All three paths converge into a singr progress from Unbound-rank and forward lifeforma ranks. The potency of everything is sourced from the amount of Trinity Force. After entering the Unbound-rank lifeform, we have to increase our Trinity Force to progress further just like how we have to increase our stats of three paths currently.] ''What are Trinity Assets?'' [Gachapi: They are augmentations to be used to empower our skills. I can''t exin in detail, but you unlock Concept Zone once you reach level 3 in one Concept. Blood Zone unlocks automatically after you break through to Unbound-rank, and Magic Zone is basically where you can construct your Magic Prints, its level corresponds to the level of Magilore energy you can ess since the higher the level of Magilore, the better your Magic Prints.] ''I see,'' Aleron nodded in understanding. ''I know about Magic Print, but I guess I''ll have to wait until I break through to know more about Concept Zone and Blood Zone.'' [Gachapi: Yes, Master. But one thing to note is that once someone''s Blood Zone awakens, their Bloodlines take on their final form and evolution.] Aleron was startled hearing that and frowned, ''Wait, that doesn''t sound right. ording to what I researched, there''s a higher evolution of Bloodline.'' [Gachapi: Indeed, there is, but not within Chaosverse. Primordial Genome Whispere is not something from here. Although people can acquire job sses here thanks to Eternals, the job sses we got via the Gacha System aren''t limited to those granted Eternals.] [Gachapi: Actually...Primordial Genome Whisperer is a special job ss, even among others. It''s not even in its full form, which is also why you are able to extract more knowledge despite the limited skills you have with it.] Aleron was surprised, ''Wait, are you saying Primordial Genome Whisperer is from the Multiverse realm?!'' [Astral: Wooow.] [Gachapi: Yes, its source is from the Multiverse realm, but it''s sealed and suppressed to match the confines of Chaosverse so that it coulde to you. It is no coincidence that you got it. You would''ve interacted with a job ss after arriving here even if you didn''t encounter divine blessings spread by Elysia in Lower Cosmos, and once you''ve summoned in this banner, the first Supreme-order job ss would be Primordial Genome Whisperer.] [Gachapi: You can say Gachapi System can bend the rules to a certain extent, and brought this power to you because it''s supposed to be yours.] ''So it''s for me, huh?'' Aleron wryly smiled. ''Well, I have no problem with it, but I want to know if it will be possible to achieve what I want here.'' [Gachapi: It''s absolutely possible, and it will be very advantageous to us. Genome Trees usually can''t be formed by lower lifeform ranks because they require Genome Pulse as their energy source.] ''But I have a source of Genome Pulse thanks to my job ss, so I can do this...'' [Gachapi: Yes, Master :) Genome Pulse is a byproduct of Genome energy. This energy is only avable to Supreme-rank lifeforms as only they can awaken it and then proceed to begin their Bloodline''s evolution into a Genome Tree, which would grow in their Blood Zone.] ''Great, then I''ll proceed with this after settling down.'' The city came into view as they finally arrived while talking. Aleron also thought of a few names before the phoenix settled on Shelby, as she seemed to like this name. Shelby''s size was ten meters long with twenty meters of wingspan. But of course, this was not its size limit. It was a Transcendent-rank lifeform, and it had very high intelligence. It could also turn into a humanoid form or a colossus-sized phoenix that could rain utter destruction! After descending at the entry gate, the Shelby turned into a humanoid. "Master, Shelby is grateful for you summoned. Thank you," Shelby smiled and naturally locked her arms with Aleron. *Gulp* "Shelby..." "Yes, Master?" Shelby''s big eyes with sky-blue pupils shone with warm light. Shelby looked like she was in her thirties purely because of her lustrious mommy figure. Her breasts were big, her skin was milky, and her expression was caring and gentle, but her earnest cheery voice and speech were a different kind of cherry on top. Aleron let out a chuckle and properly locked his arms with her, "Well, I was just stunned by your beauty." "Shelby is happy to hear that," Shelby''s smile bloomed with her squinting. "I like this energy. We are going on an important operation, so let me brief you about it," Aleron grinned. "I just found a perfect role for you to y in this mission." Chapter 222: Settling In the City (7), Special Recruit Chapter 222: Settling In the City (7), Special Recruit ? "I understood everything, Master," Shelby smiled and nodded. "Good, then let''s go." Aleron used the crystal Elder Ken had given him to teleport right before the territory gate of the Lossze Pce branch in the city. "Looks fantastic," Aleronmented as he looked at the huge pce that was around a thousand meters tall, just like many tall structures in this vast city. The pce was made of ming crystals, giving off a hue as if it was burning in orange me, but its crystal structure was clearly visible due to the sparkling surface. The duo entered through the gates. The guards didn''t stop them after Aleron showed the crystal, and as if the crystal notified Elder Ken after he used it, he also met Elder Ken as soon as he entered. "You''re here! Does this mean you''ve decided to join us?" Elder Ken asked first before he carefully looked at another figure covered in a full ck cloak with a hood. "Well, I had to join an organization, so I thought I might as well ept a good offer since it came to me," Aleron said with a smile before he introduced Shelby. "You might be wondering about this person, haha. She is someone I met along the way outside after I left the city." Elder Ken raised his eyebrows in surprise. ''Her aura...'' "It seems that you''ve realized the potential in Aleron," Shelby said as she removed the hoody and showed him her face. It waspletely humanoid except for the beautiful faint bluish eyshes with a hue of orange and the same colored dot at the center of her forehead. "You..." Elder Ken''s eyes flickered with shock. ''She is more powerful than me.'' ''But this makes mattersplicated. Why does he have someone this powerful by his side?'' "I was saved by Shelby when I was exploring the chaotic wilderness and encountered a group that was hell-bent on killing me," Aleron wryly smiled. "I see..." Elder Ken nodded, his expression slightly hesitated as he looked at Shelby.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "I am not affiliated with anyone or any organization, but if Aleron joins Lossze Pce, then I will also join as his guardian," Shelby smiled. "That''s right," Aleron said with a serious expression. "I won''t ept the offer unless Shelby is allowed. She is my saviour and an importantpanion." ''It seems that she also judged this young man to have a high potential, thus connecting with him to ensure a better future,'' Elder Ken thought as he looked at Shelby. ''I can''t say she made a wrong decision.'' "Alright, I have no problem with this, but as Lady Shelby is a powerhouse of the higher realm, this matter will be handled by someone else," Elder Ken said with an amicable smile and turned around, "Come, follow me." The duo followed Elder Ken and went into the Pce. After arriving in the hall, they went to a corridor at the left before entering another small hall. "I''ve called the Branch Master. She will be here shortly," Elder Ken gestured for Aleron and Shelby to sit on the couch before he also sat down. But just a few secondster, everyone felt a slight flow of colorful wind as they looked at a corner and saw a beautiful ck-haired woman appearing, her pale blue eyes sparkling as they stopped at Aleron, looking at him with interest. "So he is the one?" "Yes, Branch Master Lilisa," Elder Ken stood up and nodded while smiling. "He is the one." "Aleron," Branch Master Lilisa sharply looked at Aleron. "I know that Elder Ken has rmended you, but you still have to take a test if you want to join the special recruitment of Propser Path Alliance." "Yes. Elder Ken told me I have a chance to enter there," Aleron said with a jolly smile. "I am willing to take the test." "I like your enthusiasm. Let''s go right now," Branch Master Lilisa said with a faint smile and waved her hand. Soon, a faint, colorful flow of wind enveloped the Aleron, Shelby, and Elder Ken. ''What''s your report on this woman, Shelby?'' ''Master, this woman called Branch Master Lilisa is more powerful than me. She is at a higher spectrum in Transcendent-rank.'' ''Got it.'' The group found themselves in a grassy in with a clear sky and white clouds of all shapes and sizes in the sky. "Before we begin, can you introduce yourself, fellow Transcedent?" Branch Master Lilisa looked at Shelby with slightly narrowed eyes. To answer her, Aleron nced at Elder Ken. "Branch Master, Aleron has a condition if we want to recruit him." "Oh?" Branch Master Lilisa''s eyes sharply glinted as she raised her eyebrows, her voice faintly cold. "Oh, it''s fine," Aleron chuckled. "Let me pass the test first. If I pass, then I shall speak about the condition." Branch Master Lilisa looked at Aleron for a second before she nodded. "Alright. Here''s your test." "Defeat this Minotaur." *Roarr!* The earth cracked over ten meters away, and a monstrous minotaur standing fifteen meters tall with a huge ten-meter-long giant axe in its hand emerged and roared. The minotaur, as if it already knew what its target was, dashed toward Aleron with rage and exploding aura. It vanished due to its extreme speed, bearing a devastating attack with its axe. Shelby, Elder Ken, and Branch Master Lilisa flew away while Aleron just faintly smiled. Just as the Minotaur''s attack struck at him, he teleported right above the Minotaur before waving his hand in a de-like motion. Mystic Skill: Chasm Severing. the Minotaur, cleanly it into twoyers f the A faint de-like effect sed same body. It was cut not from the middle but with a downward, horizontal sh that cut the front part of the body, separating from its back part as two halves fell on the ground. "Wonderful!" Elder Ken eximed in shock and amazement. ''Such profound power in the skill of a Paragon-rank powerhouse. His Mystic Path is definitely of 10 stars!'' "I see that it is no coincidence you managed to awaken such a powerful 10-star Mystic Path," Branch Master Lilisa said with a flicker of surprise and sightly satisfaction in her eyes. "You are indeed worthy to be in our special recruitment batch by killing that Minotaur." ''He used two skills but is constantly active in a way that doesn''t consume energy, but he can trigger-activate it,'' Pce Master Lilisa''s eyes glinted. ''Such a powerful Mystic path with traits of space-time and more... This is a rare find.'' "State your condition," Branch Master Lilisa added as she crossed her arms under her breasts. "As long as it is not unreasonable, I shall ept it." "It''s nothing unreasonable," Aleron wryly chuckled. "I just want Shelby to join as well because she is my savior and mypanion. She is a solo powerhouse who saved my life when I was in trouble." "That''s right," Shelby chuckled. "I am aware of Aleron''s potential, and he has no one here. As such, I''ve decided to be his Guardian and ride his cottontail for a better future while I continue to ensure he is safe from misfortunes." "That''s very interesting," Branch Master Lilisa raised her eyebrows. "It''s not hard to determine Aleron''s potential if it''s simply based on his Mystic Path, which is extraordinary indeed. Oh well, since you two trust each other, then I have no problem. You can stay with him in the residency we provide to him." "Then, Branch Master Lilisa, should I start the preparation for their transport?" Elder Ken asked with a smile. "It seems you are in a hurry to write your name as the referer and be a backrider, eh?" Elder Ken gulped and weakly smiled, "Haha, of course not. It is fine even if you wish for me not to include my name." "Go on, prepare their badge and everything else you have to do," Branch Master Lilisa inly said as she waved her hand. "I''m taking them to Prosper Path Branch right away." "As you wish, Branch Master. I''ll follow up on everything," Elder Ken said with a fawning smile. "Aleron and Shelby, right? You two shoulde with me for now. We have a teleport formation connecting to this city from our area, so you cane hereter if you want to finish any unfinished matter here." Aleron and Shelby nodded. ... Branch Master Lilisa took them to another room from this vast grassy in. The room had a teleport ring. The Branch Master activated it before the trio entered and arrived in a ce outside the city. "This is a secured area at the edge of the First Region of Chaosverse. No one else cane here aside from those approved by Propser Path Alliance. There are more special recruits like you in our hill abode area. Your residency is also there. One big pavilion with a private ground and a small pond." Lilisa took them there by riding in her mysterious wind that was almost like teleport, though no instant travel. "After four days, there will be apetition among the special recruits," Lilisa said with a faint smile. "Out of around a hundred Paragon-rank powerhouses, only thirty will be selected to be in our special nurture program. You have four days to train and improve your strength in your own way." After saying that, Lilisa gave a crystal to Aleron. "Four dayster, this crystal will blink to notify you of thepetition''s start. You can return to the city using the teleport ring in the pavilion, but you must be here after four days, or you''ll never be able to return here." "Good luck, and see you after four days." Chapter 223: Settling In the City (8/8), Arena Tower Chapter 223: Settling In the City (8/8), Arena Tower ? "This is pretty convenient. But we''ll only be its true members once we be one of the winners after four days," Aleron clenched his fist. ''I have to win and find more information about top forces. How dare they simply destroy an entire cosmos.'' ''Is it the only one they destroyed or more?'' Aleron sighed and shook his head as he focused on present matters. ''I''ll find out about this as long as I work in this direction.'' Aleron and Shelby entered the pavilion. This ce was beautiful and refreshing. The pavilion was aesthetic and spacy, with one big bed, a kitchen, and a small meditation hall. Outside was a training ground and a small pond. There was no fence, but the borders between other pavilions were formed by small river streams. "It seems that we are on a rather big mountain that''s part of a mountain chain," Aleron said as he looked at the horizon, painting mountain peaks, clouds, and chaotic storms that asionally formed and changed the weather. It was snowing right now, but just a minute ago, the heat was intense, and mountain bases were covered with desert sand. Aleron and Shelby didn''t stay here for long and returned to the city via the teleport ring in the meditation hall of the pavilion. Aleron contacted Enorin since she was the first one to seed inpleting the Chaos Breathing Art after Aleron and had contacted him via their soulwork while they were with Branch Master Lilisa. However, he only received the message after he returned to the city due to the distance and restrictions. [Aleron: Eno, I am giving you a map of a city''s section and a marked ce on it. In the territory, there is a house with five rooms. It''s not big, but we don''t need big. We just need a territory so that we only have to pay tax monthly instead of daily.] [Aleron: From now on, we can''t be seen together when there are eyes around us. I have assumed the role of a recently ascended adventurer with a guardian and a good bit of potential. This is to join an organization and get more information about the big game that''s possibly being yed by top forces.] [Enorin: What happened, Master? You sound slightly unsettled and sad.] [Aleron: Radrata cosmos was destroyed. The people that enved our Cosmos Will Rexian also targeted Radrata cosmos and seeded in their n that resulted in the loss of every life in the cosmos.] Enorin was startled, almost feeling disbelief, but she knew Aleron wasn''t lying. [Enorin: I understand, Master. You want to invade the upper echelon via this method to find out more information while we will continue to nurture ourselves with the sole focus of getting stronger to be your backup when required.] [Aleron: Yes. For now, go to the territory and register it for yourself because it should be ownerless now that I have killed the group that upied it. Once I truly be a member of this Prosper Path Alliance, I''ll travel a bit now and then, and pick you and otherdies with me one by one while others will run our separate organization and continue to progress alongside.] Aleron told Enorin about the n before their talk finished, and they decided to gather at a spot in Chaotic Wilderness. Chaotic wilderness was the biggest area of the First Chaotic Region and also a ce where most of the chaotic phenomena and dungeon spawn urred. Naturally, it was also the most dangerous. Aleron was previously here when he killed that group, and this was the best ce to meet since others wouldn''t be able to put eyes on them. "We have to wait, so we might as well visit the ces in the city that offer Chaos Stones," Aleron said as he looked at the Arena Tower. This was one of the biggest and tallest structures in this vast city. Only a few other structurespared to this ce are grandiose. Arena Tower. The most famous and popted ce in the city. It was also the only ce that guaranteed earning of Chaos Stones for Paragon-rank powerhouses ording to their worth. And their worth was decided by their power. Aleron registered his name on the first floor of the tower as a newbie, while Shelby got a direct pass to the top floor since she was a Transcendent-rank powerhouse. "Shelby will wait for you at the top floor, Master," Shelby said as she hugged Aleron tightly, pressing her breasts on his chest before she kissed his lips and entered the elevator. "You..." Aleron was startled at Shelby''s action. "Shelby is just trying to cheer you up, Master," Shelby smiled and waved her hand. "Shelby will spoil you more once you reach the top." The elevator went up like a beam of light while Aleron wryly smiled. ''I have moved forward positively,'' Aleron clenched his fist as he took a deep breath and opened his eyes to a fiery glint that wasn''t there before. ''I have to get to the root of this cautiously and carefully,'' Aleron walked towards the waiting area and sat down before closing his eyes in meditation. Around ten minutester, his name rang on the speakerphone in the waiting room. [No. 37 Ale Rivenal. Pleasee to the ring no. 4] Aleron left the waiting room and arrived at a huge hall approximately three hundred meters in radius size with ten floating tforms two meters off the ground ced at various positions in the hall. Aleron arrived on Ring no. 4 as the tforms had big numbers glowing on four sides around their borders. "So you are my opponent, eh? You look weak." A crocodile-head humanoid standing three meters tall with a thick tail and a big muscled spike-scaled figure stood across Aleron on the ring. He looked at Aleron, thinking, ''His stats are lower than mine...except for soul. Heh, that''s fine. With my killer move that I''ll unleash right off the bat, people weaker than me will instantly lose.'' "Mr. Ale Riven," the referee arrived on a floating ball. It was a rat-head humanoid the size of half a meter tall. "You have just registered yourself and applied for a floor upgrade match, correct?" "Correct" Aleron nodded. "Bahahaha, you just registered yourself and directly want to move up a floor?" the crocodile- head manughed out mockingly. "Quite please, Mr. Merrock," the referee tly said before turning to Aleron, "Are you aware of the penalty should you lose in this match?" "Yeah. I won''t be able to apply for a floor upgrade for the next ten days," Aleron nodded. "Good. Please stand with ten meters of distance between you and get ready. You have one minute." "Let''s just start. Who the hell wants to wait for one more minute now," Merrock grunted. "I don''t mind," Aleron nodded at the referee and stood in a simple two-fist forward boxing stance. ''I should define my fighting style for now.'' [Astral: Whyy? Mastah doesn''t need a specific style since you can create Mystic Skills and can have any style at any time. That''s way better!] [Gachapi: Stupid. Master is going into a kind of undercover mission. He needs to keep a few cards hidden, so Master will define a certain Combat style.] ''Exactly. People at Paragon-rank start to define their fighting style based on the developed traits and skills of their Mystic Paths. I have to do the same even though I don''t need to do it.'' "Alright, on the mention of ''Go'', make your moves," the referee said before he started the countdown. "Note that once you take a certain amount of damage, you will be teleported out of the ring, and that will be considered your loss." "Counting," the referee continued. "One." "Two." "Three." "Go!" Aleron''s pupils fixed on Merrock as he didn''t make any move since Merrock didn''t hesitate and was raring to make the first move. ''Just an inted noob. Humph, You won''t survive my killerbo,'' Merrock''s eyes crackled with lightning before his tail''s spikes suddenly became bigger and dangerous, crackling with lighting. ''Mystic Skill: Shredding Tail Sweet boosted by Spike Burst Magic Print, my Concept, and here goes my 100 Bloodline Essence! Humph, I am overestimating him, but better to be safe than sorry.'' Aleron saw his opponent moving, and in the next few milliseconds, Merrock''s tail with lighting-crackled spikes was right in front of his face. *Swoosh!* "Got you!" Merrock grinned, but in the next second, he felt danger bells ringing and saw that his tail didn''t actually strike Aleron at all. ''Afterimage? Illusion? Doppelganger clone?'' ''Where is he?!'' Merrock felt confused as he couldn''t sense Aleron''s aura at all! But in the next second, he quickly turned around while also activating his full-on defensive power, using a defense-type mystic skill that enveloped him in a dark green spiked cocoonn/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om with a steel-like structure. ''No....'' From inside, he could see a punching at him. A punch that threatened his life and put fear in him. ''Normal Series: Hole in the Space Punch,'' Aleron named his first punch that was designed to put a hole through space-time of fabric itself. It couldn''t do that in Chaosverse, but it had such a power. And it would attain such a power as long as Aleron continued to get strong. *BOOM!* The moment his punch struck the defense-shelled Merrock, the ring''s system detected the power was enough to breach through Merrock''s defense and even kill him. ''What the fuck?'' the Rat-head referee''s eyes almost popped out of his sockets as he looked at the numbers in the crystal pad in his hand. ''What are those traits? They have so many aspects of main elemental attributes weaved into including space and time...'' [The Winner is Ale Rivenal. You may now proceed to the 2nd Floor of the Arena Tower. Please collect your reward at the 2nd Floor''s reception hall.] Chapter 224: Clearing Floors, Renown Chapter 224: Clearing Floors, Renown ? Aleron went up to the 2nd floor''s reception desk and collected his reward. ''1000 chaos stones for passing the first floor? That''s not bad, considering we only got 1000 Chaos stones after clearing a dungeon.'' [Gachapi: Nah, our dungeon was a bit special. It was not a normally spawned one. That''s why we got Chaos Breathing Art and such rewards instead of Chaos Stones.] ''I see. Yeah, Chaos Breathing Arts are definitely expensive the more speedy recovery they provide.'' Aleron didn''t wait or spar with anyone and directly applied for a floor upgrade. There were a total of ten floors, with the 6th floor and onward having two subfloors. Subfloors have unique challenges instead of fighting with another opponent. It wasn''t long before Aleron''s turn came up, and he won the fight just as easily. Now that his soul stats had reached the peak of Paragon-rank, his senses and reaction drastically improved. His skills were already sophisticated and powerful, and now that the boost from his concept increased, thanks to his soul stats being very high, Aleron''sbat power was higher than most Paragon-rank powerhouses. The 2nd Floor gave him 1100 chaos stones. The 3rd Floor gave him 1200 chaos stones. The 4th Floor 1300 chaos stones. And the 5th floor, 1500 chaos stones. Finally, he arrived at the 6th floor, which wasn''t as easy. As his turn came up, Aleron entered a white room ording to instruction. There was a transparent ss to the left where an elvendy in her thirties stood and looked at Aleron, "The challenge is straightforward. You must dodge iing projectiles. You can use whatever skills you have to do that. Every three waves of attack, the difficulty will go up a level, and you''ll be able to see that in the ceiling." "If you are hit, the number on the hit bar will change.'' Aleron looked up and saw a giant [1] in digital style and a hit bar beside it. [Hit: 0]. "Alright, I am ready," Aleron nodded at thedy. A secondter, Aleron heard a monotone voicemencing the challenge with a countdown. [Three...Two...One...Start!] Aleron saw five spears hurling at him from the white wall fifteen meters in front of him using some kind of projection magic. It didn''t have any damage, but if a spear struck him, the Hit counter would increase by one. The five spears came in at the speed of 500 meters per second. The first level appeared a tad bit easy for Aleron as he easily captured their motion and simply moved a bit to dodge them all. The second wave of attack was five fireballs, which looked a bit tricky as their iing direction locked both sides to prevent dodging, but this was only for those that couldn''t react in proper time. Aleron easily dodged it, and the final wave attack of level 1 arrived. Seven arrows aiming at seven spots of his body at a speed of 1000 meters per second. Since the distance was only 15 meters between himself and when the attack appeared, the challenge wasn''t easy unless one had a way to perceive time faster than usual, either through their senses or through magic. As for Aleron? He had both ways at his disposal. His senses captured the attack trajectory instantly, so he could already calcte a path, and he also had the power of time at his disposal, so he could use it to affect himself. *Swoosh!* Aleron easily dodged the iing arrows. [Level 2 will start after thirty seconds. Please get ready.] Aleron stood with his arms and eyes straight at the wall as he patiently waited. Thirty seconds passed by, and after three seconds of countdown, the first wave attack of level 2 arrived. Ten spears at the crazy speed of 10,000 meters per second. Aleron saw the spears; his eyes glinted, and he teleported, easily dodging the spears. ''Teleport?'' thedy behind the transparent ss raised her eyebrows. ''It''s been a while since I saw pure spatial teleportation. As long as he has good reaction speed and skills, he might clear level 3.'' Aleron proceeded to easily dodge the next two attacks of level 2 and entered level 3 difficulty. The first wave attack of level 3 consisted of only two projectiles. Two red-lightning spears moved in uneven trajectories at the speed of 50,000 meters per second. Two shes of light and several afterimages of Aleron formed in the room as he dodged the projectiles that changed directions toe after him. The only way to dodge was to create obstacles for them to tackle on their path while dodging, so Aleron decided to dodge in a way that both red-lightning spears struck each other. The second wave attack of level 3 released four projectiles of blue lightning arrows at the speed of 60,000 meters per second. The shes of light and crackling of thunder rang amidst Aleron''s whooshing sound as he dodged with teleports and high-speed dashes fueled by a Mystic Skill: Galethunder Drift. This movement-type Mystic Skill had the effect of creating a solid afterimage that also travels after the main body after crossing the speed of 100,000 meters per second, thanks to a Magic Print he tried creating. It was a 2-star Magic Print called Tracer Image, which allowed the afterimages to remain activated to induce minor confusion. The third wave of level 3 difficulty had five projectiles of white-lightning spears that moved at the speed of 70,000 meters per second, all chasing after him but failing to hit him as he seeded in crossing level 3. "Level 4 is optional and final. Do you want to continue?" the elvendy asked after Aleron finished the level 3 challenge. "What''s the benefit ofpleting it?" Aleron asked. The elvendy smiled, "Extra 500 Chaos Stones and your name recorded for one of the best Paragon-rank powerhouses." "Sure, let''s start," Aleron nodded. The number changed to 4 in the ceiling, and the countdown began. "Holy shit! Are you serious? Did that guy just finish level 4 in the 6th Floor challenge?" "That leaderboard has a new name, so that might be the case, yeah."n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "What the fuck. His name is at the topmost spot. So doesn''t that mean he dodged better than previous ones?" "I''ve tried level 4, and it was crazy. Projectiles are over ten, and all of them are crazily fast. Even if you teleport, the projectile will sense the teleport location and directlye to you. I saw someone with spatial traits getting hit on that level." "It''s that hard, huh?" "It''s practically impossible. Only four people passed it despite hundreds of years passing, and now we finally got 5th challenger who passed it." Aleron''s action of winning against the level 4 challenge of the 6th floor got many people in Arena Tower to start talking. When he arrived at the 7th Floor and started the challenge regarding defense, the public was increasing outside the transparent room. When Aleron passed the 3rd level of the 7th floor and sessfully used his Defense skills topletely remain unharmed against the barrages of attacks, the people watching outside the room numbered almost a hundred. This 7th floor held the trial of defense. Inside the white room, Aleron would receive a single barrage of various attack projectiles that he would need to block using one defense-type skill. Only one. He wasn''t allowed to use more than one defense skill in a single wave. But this challenge was even easier for Aleron because he could have versatile defensive skills, and they were most powerful because of the time-space traits that hebined with Earth and Metal-structured defense with robust internal structure. Aleron simply made crazily tough bunkers around him, and no attack could go past it. He epted the level 4 difficulty challenge afterward, causing people to react. All challengers who ept the bonus level will have their live performance broadcast on various screens on all floors of Arena Tower. Previously, no one was paying attention, but since Aleron broke the record in bonus level on the 6th floor, many people were paying attention to the screens. The whitewall glowed before fifty missile projectiles of pure destructive power of various attributes were unleashed. Aleron''s eyes glinted before he created a bunker again but added an additional effect to it by modifying the skill beforehand. The moment all attacks struck his defense in intervals of milliseconds, the first ten projectiles exploded, and all of their power was absorbed by his defense as their energy was traveling in a temporal loop he created in the firstyer of his defensive dome. The second ten projectiles, after a few milliseconds, struck his circr defensive dome and were half-absorbed while the other half was endured by the defense. The third and remaining waves of projectiles were met with a rebound released by Aleron''s defense that it absorbed initially, creating a catastrophic explosion in the room as it was filled with colorful smoke and sparks before everything dispersed, revealing the fully intact Aleron inside his defensive dome. [Calcting the remaining energy in the defense...] [Congrattions. You have broken the previous record held by a Paragon-rank powerhouse in this challenge.] "Holy shit!" "Looks like he is a real deal." "Quickly contact melion Mansion! If he is not affiliated with anyone, we have to recruit him!" The people watching outside the room and through screens were in uproar. Many of those from different organizations wanted to meet him the moment Aleron climbed the 8th Floor. Aleron wryly smiled at the people blocking the way and announced, "I''m sorry, everyone. I am already a part of an organization so I won''t be epting any offers." "Can you tell us which organization you''re part of, please?!" "Prosper Path Alliance," Aleron answered. ''Hmm, this situation is actually good. It''s better to make myself known to as many people as possible. As long as I match my performance and build up my renown, I will have more influence overall.'' [Gachapi: This is good. We can better use Prosper Path Alliance if you be an exceptional recruit to them.] Chapter 225: 10th Floor, Luna Winterbell Chapter 225: 10th Floor, Luna Winterbell ? 10th Floor, the ultimate challenge for Paragon-rank powerhouses. To pass this floor and reach the peak of Arena Tower, a Paragon-rank powerhouse must fight against a Chaotic Beast of Unbound-rank in the 3rd stage. Facing Aleron in this challenge was a Four-armed Hammer Ape, an early-stage Unbound- rank chaotic beast. Pure statistic-wise, this monster was stronger than Aleron. It would take truly powerful skills to consume at least 500 Chakra energy to even breach the natural defense of this Unbound- rank Hammer Ape. It was twenty meters tall and its four arms were metallic giant-like hammers and its body was also metallic silver with gray and ck patterns, with four fangs out of its mouth and four eyes, giving it a savage appearance. But Unbound-rank chaotic beasts had a fatal weakness that could allow Paragon-rank powerhouses to kill them. Their Lifeform catalyst, called Unbound core. After ascending to Unbound-rank where all three paths converge into singr progress, the main core that acts as a medium to run all of one''s powers is called the Unbound core. If an Unbound core is destroyed or cracked, it will cause the Chakra core in one''s body to go haywire while they would be incapacitated with their vitality leaking. It would be impossible to flow Chakra in their body, hence disabling their skills. In a battle of Unbound-rank powerhouses and above, their Lifeform Core is given the high priority to keep safe. Lifeform cores evolve each time one''s lifeform ranks up, but their location is still physically present in one''s body, and protecting it bes a top priority in any battle. There are multiple and tricky ways people produce to keep their lifeform core safe, but it wasn''t the case with Chaotic Beasts. Chaotic Beasts instead acquire robust outer defense, but due to their intelligence being low, they can''t hide and protect their lifeform core as good as intelligent powerhouses. Aleron saw the Four-armed Hammer Ape attacking him right off the bat after it appeared without any pause with bloodshot eyes, its speed lightning fast, and the beast''s four arms glowing destructively with silver-red particles. *Swoosh!* Aleron dodged the attack before he waved his hand, using Mystic Skill: Temporal Rift des, releasing several glowing silver-white arc-sh projectiles with intricate patterns and sparks in the sh. He released five shes, with each one consuming 100 Chakra energy, but all they did was just sh the skin of the ape without even reaching its bone. ''That''s one tough defense,'' Aleron raised his eyes. Aleron''s skills were top-tier. Even if Aleron and some other random Paragon rank have the same stats, his 100 Chakra energy offensive skills could be even stronger than someone else''s 300 chakra energy skill! Without hesitation, Aleron once escaped and drifted through space to dodge, but the Ape opened its mouth right where Aleron appeared after the teleport and released apact dark silver orb with a red glow inside. Aleron''s danger bells rang loudly as he used his best defensive skill, but it immediately started cracking even before a second passed, causing Aleron to quickly teleport again while he wiped his sweat. [Astral: Master, we shouldn''t get hit. I feel like we''ll lose the moment we are hit.] [Gachapi: Yes. This Chaotic Beast has some tricky chaotic traits rted to defense-break that make defending against its attacks extremely hard. We are likely to have our defense broken against each of its attacks.] ''Then better not to defend,'' Aleron vanished and appeared behind the Ape before chopping vertically. Mystic Still: Earth Splitting Chop. This was a new skill he created from a newly manifested trait in his Mystic Path. Trait: Split-Blitz Effect: Increase probability of splitting anything being struck by a skill having this trait. *BOOM!* The chop was a two-meter-long razer with a sharp aura de with a fiery red and ck design, aiming to split the Ape into two from the middle. This trait was born out of space-time attributes, meaning the split it talked about was splitting aplete space-time area into two. Of course, it was only a probability, but this probability could increase depending on the finesse and design of skills that focused on cutting and splitting and putting work into those effects. *Crrr...* The sh tore through the skull, but only two inches in. The Four-armed Hammer Ape roared and exploded with a powerful aura as Aleron was shot tens of meters away. ''I have to recover my Chakra energy,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted, and he isted himself before creating several mirage clones to keep the Four-armed Hammer Ape distracted. Aleron was in arge grassy field with nowhere to hide as the 10th Floor''s challenge was in a separate small dimension prepared for the battle. But he could still hide in in sight while keeping the Ape distracted. Meanwhile, most of the people on all floors of the Arena Tower were watching from the screens, including Elder Ken and Branch Master Lilisa who arrived here after finding out about the uproar of a powerful challenger breaking records in Arena Tower, only to find that it was the person they just recruited. "To havee this far, this kid is good," Lilisa grinned. "Hahaha, I knew he was special the moment I saw him," Elder Ken said with a jolly smile. "Branch Master, I''m sure he will be one of the thirty-ones to pass and be a powerful asset to Prosper Path Alliance." "I hope...you can help acquire those ''items''. My contribution should be enough," Elder Ken said with a ttery smile and a greedy glint in his eyes. Branch Master Lilisa nced at Elder Ken, her eyes showing disgust before she turned her face away, "Put a request to the alliance. They''ll ept it this time." ''This bitch... she looks at me disgustingly as if she is a milk-washed saint,'' Elder Ken internally snorted before replying fawningly, "Thank you, thank you very much, Branch Master Lilisa." "I''ve watched enough. It''s only a matter of time before Aleron defeats that Ape," Lilisa indifferently said. Elder Ken quickly spoke after hearing her, "Should I put a few eyes on him?" "Just keep his general location in mind. No need to keep a close eye on it since he''ll be able to detect it and escape the eyes easily due to his space-rted skills." "Understood."n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om ... Upper Cosmos 86th. This cosmos was ruled by the Winterbell n, a powerful force of individuals with exceptional Bloodline potency. People born in the Winterbell n quickly progress to Ascension rank without much difficulty. Their bloodline has information and it gives them enough knowledge and powers since birth that they start understanding early and be strong quickly. Well, this was the same for most of the established ns and organizations. Winterbell n was in conflict with the second-ranked n of this cosmos. Unlike the lower cosmos realm, which had multiple universe bubbles connected to them, in the Upper Cosmos realm, each cosmos had a single vast ne of existence with nos or stars. Instead, the upper cosmos is a vast geographical structure made up of elements and powers from its core, presenting a massive circr territory of floor-like sections as big as a universe. In terms of size, Upper cosmoses are smaller than lower cosmoses. Each upper cosmos'' circr spherical territory has three sections. Core section, Inner section, and Outer section. The core section is the smallest but most resourceful while the Outer section is the biggest but least resourceful. Wars of various ns and organizations to get a better position in the Upper Cosmos realm were always ongoing. Winterbell n was also in conflict with a n from another cosmos who wanted to rule the 86th Cosmos due to its beautiful territory. This was the reason why Winterbell n''s head sent its offspring, Luna Winterbell, to a lower cosmos called Radrata Cosmos. She was powerful and talented, Possessing the blood of Winterbell, she progressed fast. But a tragedy struck the Radrata cosmos, and Cane hurriedly sent Luna and others as many as possible into the Chaosverse. Luna and a few others were at the peak of Ascension rank and could break through anytime. They were about to Ascend to the Upper cosmos, but due to the untimely tragedy, they were sent to the Chaosverse. Luna and seven others among their group of thirty-eight people broke through to Paragon rank, but their luck ran out shortly after they started traveling. They had no map or anything, so they had to move aimlessly, and unfortunately...they countered a group of Prosper Path Alliance. Prosper Path Alliance made up of 9 most powerful forces in the world was up to a big scheme, and they weren''t sparing anyone as long as they were useful. They didn''t do things out in the open yet, but whenever they did, nobody else would discover what they did because they left no witnesses alive or free. In Luna''s case, she and others were captured and forcefully enved by Prosper Path Alliance to be used for the higher-ups or for other things like training if some of them were found to be talented. At the moment, the group was split into multiple with Luna and two others staying in an open pavilion in the secret base of Propsper Path Alliance...just two kilometers away from where Aleron was staying. "Luna, will they really free us if we win thepetition after four days," a girl with twin maroon ponytails asked with a worried expression. Luna appeared different than before. She looked slightly less spirited and somber, even appearing a bit thin physically. But this wasn''t a problem of not eating well since this didn''t apply to such powerhouses. Instead, it was her mental state. "Focus and meditate, Kira. I don''t know if they will keep their promise, but we have to do what we can and that''s to prove ourselves by winning after four days," Luna said with clenched fists, her eyes showing dread and anger. If she failed, she would be sold as a toy for some old man, being used as a ything, but she would rather die than sumb to that fate. Taking a deep breath, Luna closed her eyes, "Get strong. That''s the only way." ... On the other hand, Aleron finally arrived on the top floor of the Arena Tower after clearing all challenges. Chapter 226: Shelby Chapter 226: Shelby ? "Well done, young man. It''s been a while since this old man saw someone as promising as you."n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "Indeed, Old Fang. Say, Aleron, do you want to be my disciple?" "Shoo, he is already a part of Proper Path Alliance through Lossze Pce." "Ayo, that''s a ce we don''t want conflict with. Sigh, another talented gem snatched by them." Aleron met with people of the Unbound rank and a few of the Transcendent rank on the top floor. After exchanging pleasantries, he got past them and arrived in the premium cafeteria. Shelby had called him there after ordering food since she knew Aleron would be hungry after the intense few hours he spent trying to climb the tower. "Thanks, Shelby," Aleron smiled and sat down. "Shelby will feed you. Say ahh..." Shelby smiled and closed in on him before giving him a dumpling first. At another table, three men sat and looked at the scene. One of them was a handsome blond elf man, and the other two were humans. "She replied so coldly and indifferently to me, and now look at her spoiling that bastard. Who the hell is he?" the Elf man snorted coldly. "Didn''t you notice themotion when you came here five minutes ago? He is that guy Aleron who broke all records of bonus stages, and he ain''t even at the peak of Paragon rank," the ck-haired human man looking in his thirties said. "Tsk, he is still a Paragon-rank trash," the Elf man clicked his tongue, his voice clearly audible to everyone, given how everyone was powerful. Aleron enjoyed the meal with a jolly expression, "This is so tasty. You should eat too, Shelby." "Master, are you going to ignore him?" Shelby said as she put a skewered meat patty covered by leaf and seasoning in his mouth. "Hmm? Hmm...." Aleron nced at the Elf man briefly before turning to Shelby with a wry smile, "Well, his words aren''t affecting me, so I really can''t care, but..." Aleron nced at him again, this time activating his Eye of Absolute Judgement. "His actions granted him a red mark, meaning he inflicted suffering on innocent people who did nothing to him, purely for his own sake, by riding one or multiple of seven fundamental sins," Aleron''s eyes turned icy. "I would kill him and put his soul in my hell, but I can''t do it since he is more powerful." "Then can Shelby confront him, please?" Shelby stood up with a smile. "Well, I won''t stop you if you want to do anything," Aleron smiled. It would be a different matter if he wasn''t a red or ck mark. Shelby walkk towards the table of three, causing them to look at her. "W-What?" the elf man stammered as he stood up. His two friends also stood up. "You called him trash," Shelby said with a smile, albeit it was an icy smile sending chills down their spine. "So what?" the Elf manposed himself and coldly replied. "So apologize to him because he is not trash, you are." "What If I don''t?" "Then I will torment you," Shelby tly answered. "I will y you alive in a storm of des, making you wish you were dead but keeping you. And even then, I won''t kill you until you beg for death using your mouth by apologizing a hundred billion times." Let alone Elf man, the other two beside him almost pissed themselves hearing her, especially since she sounded absolutely serious! "Lay a hand on me, and you will face the wrath of Dark Leaf House," the Elf man sneered. "You don''t blow your horn anywhere just because you are a Transcendent-rank powerhouse." Suddenly, the Elf Man felt dizzy and pain in his cheeks. He couldn''t even see her but knew he was pped. "You!" *p* "Stop!" the Elf man shouted as he felt a stinging pain in both his cheeks. He was almost about to attack, but it wouldn''t be of any use. "Fighting is not allowed here," the staff member arrived and said with a weak smile. "You can use the Arena to resolve the issue if you like." "Come and die," Shelby said with a smile. "If not, your Dark Leaf House will face the wrath of Lossze Pce. The next time I visit, I wille to your organization and ask for you. I wonder if they will give up on you or not?" The Elf man felt dread. He knew the power of Prosper Path Alliance. It was a widely known fact that this alliance was currently the strongest force in the Chaosverse, even though it just came into the picture several years ago. "Or you can apologize to him and end the matter right now." Aleron chuckled, ''She really only gave one way to him.'' In the end, the Elf man apologized to Aleron reluctantly before leaving with his two friends. Shelby and Aleron finished eating before leaving Arena Tower. Aleron got a total of 13,500 Chaos Stones by clearing all floors and bonus stages of the upper floors. But as they left the Arena Tower, someone iming to be a member of Lossze Pce arrived and handed him a card. Apparently, it was a sort of money card that could be used at most of the ces in this city to pay for things in ce of Chaos Stones. The card was from Elder Ken and it contained 10,000 Chaos Stones for him to spend. His message was flowery, but it could be summed up as "Here''s some good amount of money to spend to keep our rtionship good and amicable." It was indeed a good amount. Aleron managing to earn 13,500 Chaos Stones was no small feat. Moreover, Arena Tower was the only ce that offered this many Chaos Stones for nothing other than disying your power. But the message was ignored by Aleron for the obvious reason of him being a ck-mark individual. "Now, Shelby wants to do one more thing, if you don''t mind," Shelby said with rosy cheeks as she walked glued to Aleron on the street. "I see you are thinking of something naughty," Aleron chuckled as he felt his right arm pressing into her tender breast. "Shelby wants to love master and wants to birth your child too," Shelby shyly said. "Kids, huh? I didn''t think about them, but the idea is not bad," Aleron smiled as he imagined having kids and ying with them. Not just any kids, but godlike kids with their genomes designed and developed by him to be of limitless potential. [Gachapi: Hehe, I knew this would happen. Phoenixes, especially of her caliber, need to be pregnant to go further in evolution.] ''Oh?'' [Astral: Dang, how that works, nii-chan?] Ignoring new vocabries found in Astral''s recent travel to Aleron''s memories, Gachapi continued. [Gachapi: Because when phoenixes be pregnant, they start giving all of their life and power essences to their child. Ultimately, they die the moment they give birth.] Astral was shocked, but before he could give a stupidment, Gachapi continued while sealing Astral''s mouth. [Gachapi: But that death is essential for them because that''s when they rise out of their ashes by attaining phoenix nirvana. Of course, they can attain phoenix nirvana even without that, but attaining it in death by fighting or some other idents would be less than ideal because this can only happen once, and they want to do it via giving birth to give ideal birth to their next generation and also live with them as much as their fate allows it.] Aleron was amazed. "Master, it''s fine if you want to take time to think about kids," Shelby said with a smile. "I am not in a hurry. I know your new life has just begun." Aleronughed with mirth and stopped walking before cing his hand around her waist and kissing her without care for the public. "My life has just begun, and so is yours. And I have decided to have kids, not just with you, but with everyone," Aleron grinned. "The family''s going to be bigger and more lively." Shelby''s eyes sparkled, one could see her joy increasing before she coyly said, "Then Shelby has found a good ce. Should we go there?" [Gachapi: Time to seal off Astral again.] [Astral: Noooooo!!! Not this time! I want to see! You block everything rted to project S.E.X! What is it?! I want to know!] Gachapi sneered, ''You will never know, brat. I purposely cleared everything rted to Master''s adult activity from you and all knowledge rted to it and made a project file in front of you to provoke you. You shall suffer, brat.'' [Astral: Nooo000-] Astral has been sealed for an indefinite time. ... Wonder Dream Resort. It was one of the most luxurious, rxing ces in the city. It offered aplete service of putting one in a state of high mind, increasing their senses and thoughts while letting all of them dictate in a particr direction pushing for pleasure and happiness. The cost was a whopping 1000 Chaos Stones per head for the only package this ce offered. "Well, let''s spend the free money since we got it," Aleron took out the card and gave it to the reception. "A package of two please," Aleron said with a smile. Looking at the duo, the receptionist girl said with a smile, "If you are a couple, then I can label it as a couple package for the slightly different type of services." "Is that so? Then please do," Shelby said with a smile. "As you wish." After a few seconds, she gave two bracelets to the duo, "Please wear this bracelet. You can activate it simply using Magilore to know the list of services in detail you will be provided." "Please wait a minute while a staff member arrives here. She will act as your guide." After getting two bracelets, the duo got information about the types of services from it via hologram. Looking at the list, even Gachapi couldn''t help it and uttered, "Holy Cow." "Gachapi. Time to seal yourself." [Gachapi: Roger!] Chapter 227: Enlightenment Stones, Unexpected Big Boost Chapter 227: Enlightenment Stones, Unexpected Big Boost ? Service 1: Dream Mist Cloud. Aleron and Shelby arrived in a small pocket space connected to Chaosverse. This pocket space had a small open pavilion that floated amidst the cloud. ording to instructions, Aleron lit up the incense stick on the small table in the open pavilion. It started releasing misty smoke with a heavenly fragrance. The moment they inhaled it, their mind and soul felt as if they were swimming in a sea offort. But that was not all. The two walked on the cloud, the misty smoke making their mind and soul all-time high. Their hands intertwined, their bodies aroused. Nothing adorned their figures a secondter. Their hands intertwined, and their lips stered against each other. On the fluffy cloud in an embrace, they fell while kissing. Rolling andughing, their passionmencing. ... The effect of incense and this ce, with their willingness, caused them to have an intense, passionate time for an hour before the effect wore off, and they got a voice message from the pavilion''s center telling them to exit via the portal as their first service was over. After leaving, they returned to the room full of doors where their guide was waiting while sitting on a couch a few meters away from their door. "The second service is Heavenly Spring Hill. You can stay there for two hours in the best water that''s both refreshing and intoxicating. Continue your enjoyment there," the bunny-eared beastfolk girl said with a smile. "Follow me, please." The consecutive services were at different ces with different effects on their mind and soul while also keeping them energized with whatever resources they were burning through in each service station''s specialty. Aleron enjoyed this time like never before and also had a lot of passionate battles with Shelby as ten hours passed just to reach thest service. But thest service was high-quality dining, just four dishes, but all four being enough to replenish their lost energy and vigor. After eating, they were given a bed to sleep to digest the food. Only two hours of sleep, but it was enough to make them feel as if they were reborn after waking up. "This ce is definitely worth 1000 Chaos stones per head," Aleron said with a chuckle as he and Shelby exited and started walking on the street. "Indeed. Shelby is very blissful, thanks to you," Shelby said with a content and joyful smile as she rubbed her tummy. "What are we doing next, Master?" "I have three days to get as strong as I can, so it''s time to use the rewards that Rexian gave me in the ck Myth Ruins event," Aleron grinned and said, "the Enlightenment Stones. I have three of them, and I''m nning to use one to awaken my next Concept. If I have time after that, I''ll use one more to tryprehending a higher level of Magilore for better Magic Prints." "That''s indeed a good idea," Shelby nodded before she curiously asked, "What Concept have you decided to manifest?" "I want the word [Sever]," Aleron''s eyes glinted. "Sever in the broadest sense, able to sever anything and everything. This will also allow me to create a particrbat style revolving around severing that I have in mind." "That sounds good, Master. It also won''t conflict with your Astral Reaver concept as you''ll be able to use Sever in all skills that''s applying Astral Reaver concept''s effects." "Yep." Concepts could also sh. In simple words, if someone awakened a concept called ''Circle'' and the method of applying this concept required one to have their skills in a circr shape or anything circle-rted. But if this person also awakened the ''Square'' Concept next, then both would sh. If a skill needed to be shaped in a square style, then it won''t be able to ept the effects of the Circle concept, simple as that. Astral Reaver was a concept controlling the flow of Space and Time. Sever was about cutting. Both could be included in the skills, and one could manifest unique effects in the new Mystic skills-based user''s ideas and ability. Aleron had decided, so he and Shelby went to the previous Mountain where he and the gang learned Chaos Breathing Art. On the other hand, the other gang split into two groups. Group Harem and Group Knights. Group Harem consisted of Enorin, Rias, Yueha, Mei, Ruan, and Liang. They were eventually going to meet Aleron ''by chance'' while he went out to adventure and be his woman in the eyes of Prosper Path Alliance. As such, they returned to Midworld and simply focused on things they could do there, which was getting stronger by training to awaken new Concepts and learning higher levels of Magilore. Meanwhile, Darzax, Riki, Hua, Fang, Lee, Ying, Jiang, Arran''tel, Nerathi, and Roxen formed a party and assigned a territory to their party name that Aleron told them. It was the territory of the party Aleron killed in the Chaotic Wilderness. When Aleron entered the City Mountain Park to use Enlightenment Stone with Shelby, a few from Group Knights arrived at Arena Tower''s first-floor hall. "So this is the ce Boss rmended first? Looks good," Riki said with a grin. "It seems people are talking about Master," Jiang said as he looked at the leaderboard and saw Aleron''s name at the top.N?v(el)B\\jnn "Let us three enter first. The others will starting soon," Darzax said as he walked towards the Reception Desk. "We are to explore the Chaotic Wilderness after we are done here." "Let''s see how we farepared to Boss." "Indeed." Riki and Jiang followed Darzax before applying for the Floor challenge. Aleron had told them about the Arena Tower and wanted them to climb the floors to earn the easy money first. He didn''t instruct them rigidly because all of them were intelligent and could handle themselves. Aleron''smand was only one-Survive and get strong, and if any information popped up, they would share it with each other to keep the group up to date. -- Time passed as minutes into hours, and hours into days... Aleron took two days to awaken his second Concept, ''Sever,'' but he seeded. The training he did for this previously helped him awaken it fast, even though he got a boost of insight from Enlightenment Stone. The Enlightenment Stone didn''t directly help just anyone gain enlightenment. It was especially useless if someone used it to get enlightenment on somethingpletely new. The enlightenment came from one''s training, experience, and broad understanding of anything they were passionate about and ardently desired. Just wishing for something wasn''t enough. One had to work hard for it. The better the above-mentioned points, the higher the chances of one to achieve enlightenment using the stone. With one more day remaining, Aleron decided to use one more Enlightenment Stone and entered into a trans-like state again, with Shelby guarding him. This time, he wanted to focus on diving deep into Magilore energy. The first level of Magilore was like sentences that made sense that one had to learn, floating around in a vast ne of arcane. The second level of Magilore was like individual words with their particr meanings. Understanding them allowed them to create Magic Prints. It was a new world. Then what about the third level of Magilore? Aleron didn''t know, but the answer was in the Magilore energy itself. As he deep-dived and tried to understand, the knowledge of the first and second levels of Magilore he attained started making less and less sense. The third level was a breaking point. By achieving it, one would also awaken their Magic Zone, one of the three trinity assets, along with Blood Zone and Concept Zone. Aleron couldn''t understand anything in this new realm. He could decipher no words as he didn''t see any. All he could see were strange lines and symbols that absolutely didn''t mean anything. And that was when he realized. The third level wasn''t about learning. It was about teaching. It was not about learning the sentences or words but about creating letters and giving them meaning. But he didn''t realize that his affirmative thought process in this regard propelled him higher than what he expected. Usually, people would learn the meanings of those undecipherable symbols in the 3rd level of Magilore first and then move forward. But Aleron''s talent in magic was so astounding that he learned the fundamental truth of Magilore and attained an Enlightenment that surpassed his expectations. Level four Magilore, creating new words using the new letters that enabled desired magic effects. Level five Magilore, creating new sentences using new words, enabling stronger magic effects. Level six Magilore, creating magic circles epassing multiple sentences. Level seven Magilore, transforming magic circles into simple truth of arcane - Magic Tongue, enabling the next level of magic usage. Level eight and thest level nine were also rted to Magic Tongue. Magic Tongue was an entirely new realm of power. It was the power of words, not necessarily spoken from one''s mouth, but thought in mind as well. Magilore energy couldn''t be used in Chaosverse. If it was released outside or if pure Magilore skill activated, it would be disrupted and wouldn''t disy its effects properly. But Magic Tongue was unique. It wasn''t about using Magilore to fuel a skill and then releasing it outside. No. It was about...directly bringing out the magic effects onto the world by consuming Magilore. Think -> consume Magilore -> And manifest the effect onto the world. During a battle, one could use Magic Tongue to instantly add or modify one''s released Mystic skill simply by thinking. Magic Prints would also be tremendously powerful thanks to Magic Tongue. Aleron was practically swimming in a new world of magic, gaining enlightenment like never before as he enjoyed a new high that was different from the pleasure he felt a while ago in the Wonder Dream Resort. But s, level 7 was the limit as it was time to go. Shelby woke him up and he returned to reality, feeling a certain sense of loss for a bit as he sighed and wryly smiled. He had to break the Enlightenment even though he felt he could go higher, but that was fine. "M-Master...." Shelby suddenly started feeling a profound arcane aura emerging from Aleron and asked in surprise. "What level is your Magilore mastery?" "I managed to reach level 7," Aleron grinned. "Oh yeah, what''s your level?" Shelby weakly smiled, "I am at level 6. Level 7 is a big breakthrough to attain Magic Tongue, but it''s hard." Aleron wrapped his arms around Shelby and lightlyughed, "No worries, I''ll teach you profoundlyter." He took out the crystal and looked at it, his eyes slightly shifting as it zed. For now, it was time to return to the Prosper Path Alliance, win thepetition, and be renowned enough to get the attention of the big shots so that he may find out the big scheme as soon as possible. Chapter 228: Reunion Chapter 228: Reunion ? Aleron and Shelby returned to their pavilion in the secret area of Prosper Path Alliance, away from the city. Elder Ken was already waiting there and became all smiley as he saw Aleron and Shelby appearing. "Wee back. We still have an hour before gathering, so take some rest," Elder Ken smiled and gestured towards the pavilion. "Alright," Aleron nodded and walked into the pavilion with Shelby. "Let''s create some Magic Prints since I have time," Aleron smiled and sat down cross-legged in the meditation room. Shelby lit up an incense from the small cupboard to spread fragrance while also giving effects of calming mind to enter deep focus. She then sat in front of Aleron and just watched him with a smile while he created Magic Prints. Aleron''s focus was on his Magic Zone since he unlocked it. Inside this zone, one''s consciousness would be fully active with the power of Arcane, allowing one to gain a swift and deeper understanding of magic to create Magic Prints. To create 3-Star or higher Magic Prints, Magic Zone was necessary. But that was not all. Aleron''s consciousness spoke Magic Tongue, creating entric yetplex symbols, each containing a specific effect. He could use Magic Tongue this way to create Magic Prints as well, while also directly using it to target anything, anyone, and even his ongoing skills to apply the effects with no timeg as long as he wills. For example, Aleron created a 7-star Magic Print after a few minutes using symbols he produced via Magic Tongue. 7-star Magic Prints and higher had a distinct difference from the lower star Magic Prints, which was that 7-star Magic Prints had ''Names'' because of Magic Tongue. Aleron gave this Magic Print a name, which also meant that he wouldn''t ever need to create this Magic Print again. As long as he uttered the name from his mouth or in his mind and selected a target, this effect would activate as long as he had sufficient Magilore energy. Reaching this level also meant he reached the peak of convenience like other top powerhouses -everything would be convenient as long as one reached level 7 in Magilore mastery and began profoundly using the Magic Tongue. [Magic Print: Alfertar]¡ª7-star -Type: Misceneous. -Effect: ->Create a Safe Mansion with five rooms, king-sized beds, exquisite furniture, a protection barrier with an array to absorb chaotic energy to keep it maintained, and a formation to keep it concealed. -Cost: 84 Magilore energy, 50 Chakra energy. Of course, one required a detailed vision and structure in the first ce to produce symbols via Magic Tongue. Knowledge was foremost important, but those reaching this stage would have nock of it, and it was especially true in Aleron''s case. Magic Print: Alferatar was a Magic Print that required Chakra due to some of its aspects, like the barrier and formation that made use of the chaotic energy of the Chaosverse''s atmosphere. Only 7-star and higher Magic Prints could use the help of Chakra to achieve higher and more advanced effects due to Magic Tongue. [Magic Print: Zulb]-7-star.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om -Type: Enchant. -Effect: -> Target bes the size of a bacteria while condensing physical aspects ordingly, be it a living being or non-living. -Cost: 130 Magilore energy, 20 Chakra energy. Aleron opened his eyes and saw Shelby in front of him he smiled, "Shelby, I am going to use a Magic Print on you." "Shelby is ready," Shelby chuckled, causing her big breasts to jiggle. "Zulb," Aleron muttered, using Magic Tongue and targetting Shelby. In the next second, a faintplex symbol shed for a brief instant before Shelby suddenly vanished, bing the size of bacteria. Shelby was surprised, "Wow..." And that''s when aedic tragedy urred. *BOOOM!* *Crash!* Shelby opening her mouth and uttering ''Wow'' was simple, as she didn''t use any power. However, due to her bing the size of Bectaria, her physical power was condensed, making her significantly more powerful physically. On top of that, she was super powerful because of being a Transcendent-rank powerhouse! The pavilion was destroyed, and Aleron was flung off far away just because of the sound wave released from uttering ''Wow...'' Shelby returned to her normal size after using the appropriate amount of Chakra energy to destroy Magic Print''s effect. Elder Ken rushed in, but she told him everything was fine and sent him out again while she repaired the pavilion. Meanwhile, Aleron was flinging off in the air and thought, ''Holy shit, 7-star Magic Prints are so powerful!'' [Astral: Holy moly angelina jolie! Mastah is super op now!] [Gachapi: Master...you took things lightly again because you achieved it easily. I''ll have you know that even though you reached this level, Shelby didn''t despite being a Transcendent- rank powerhouse, and nor that Branch Master Lilisa even though she is also a Transcendent.] ''True. I can make so many more powerful effects now,'' Aleron grinned. [Gachapi: Master, you should stick to showing up to the 5-star level of Magic Prints in front of others for now. Using 7-star Magic Prints while being a newbie will draw suspicion on you because, generally, only those who are reincarnated or reborn with past knowledge can be this fast. Your innate talent is scary enough to make some paranoid big shots want to remove you or control you, putting you in danger.] ''I see... That''s understandable. It''s better to hide some cards up our sleeves,'' Aleron nodded and teleported, returning to the pavilion in front of Shelby. "Shelby is sorry, I didn''t know this would happen," Shelby weakly smiled. "No worries. I''m happy I got this powerful and can make you even more powerful using my newfound power," Aleronughed and grabbed her waist before putting her on hisp while his hands slid inside her dress and started kneading her breasts. Shelby removed her dress entirely in a second as she and Aleron started kissing. ''Hmm?'' Aleron felt something wet in his finger when he was fondling her breasts around her nipples and turning her around, "Milk?" Shelby coyly said while shaking her shoulders, which caused her breasts to jiggle, "Master can drink if you want to." Aleron pressed both breasts around her nipples, causing milk to spray out. In the next second, he pushed her down and started sucking her breasts while his dick rubbed against her pussy, causing Shelby to moan with her pink cheeks. Soon, the meditation room was filled with moans and groans as a passionate battle began between the duo. ... After an hour, Aleron and Shelby left. Elder Ken took them to a ce that looked like a colosseum, twenty kilometers to the north in this special area under Prosper Path Alliance. Shelby arrived in the area of the spectacle where no one was standing while Aleron entered the battleground with other recruits. There were also seven big shots high in the sky sitting on floating chairs, their faces not visible as if they were blurred. Aleron tried, but he couldn''t see their faces. On the other hand, Branch Master Lilisa was in the audience seats as well, along with the other four Branch Masters and tens of elder-level figures like Elder Ken, who was at Unbound rank. ''Aleron?!'' Luna suddenly saw Aleron and was shocked, but she maintained her indifferent, deadpan expression. Aleron was walking towards the group in the center when he saw a familiar face and paused, his eyes widening as he looked at the beautiful silver-white-haired girl. The moment he recognized her, Aleron felt emotions welling up in him due to the tragedy of Radrata Cosmos. Not just him, but Luna''s eyes couldn''t help but tremble, but she kept herposure. However, she didn''t expect Aleron to suddenly teleport right in front of her and hug her tightly. ''Everything will be okay, Luna. If only I had visited Radrata cosmos earlier, I could''ve prevented it, but I got Cane''s message and know everything.'' Luna''s figure trembled, but she frowned and pushed Aleron before asking, "Who are you?" ''Aleron, we can''t talk about the destruction of the cosmos here. The people who captured me and enved me are from this Prosper Path Alliance.'' ''What?!'' Aleron was shocked. "It seems that you two know each other." Aleron looked up and saw Branch Master Lilisa. Luna shook her head, "I think he mistook me for someone else." Aleron yed along and looked at Luna carefully with squinting eyes before he wryly smiled, "I''m sorry." He grabbed her hands and shed a wry smile, "I thought I found someone I used to love since you both look simr from eyes to hair with just a minor difference." Luna raised her eyebrows and nced at their hands, "Why are you grabbing my hands?" "They are beautiful, and because I wanted to," Aleron smiled. "I am Aleron, nice to meet you." "Luna Winterbell." Aleron blinked and asked, "Are you single?" Luna was taken aback and frowned as she broke their hands and took a step back before saying with cold indifference, "I am single, but I don''t feel attraction to anyone weaker than me." Aleronughed and said, "That''s good. I am going to take the first rank in thispetition. If I do that, will you be my wife?" Luna showed hesitation briefly before answering, "That''s just one requirement." "Cool, then we''ll live together after I take the first rank so I can fulfill other requirements, what do you say?" Branch Master Lilisa snorted, "Alright, this is it. Thepetition is starting in a minute. Stand in a proper row, all of you!" Aleron stood beside Luna while Kira, who stood at her other side, whispered, "Sister Luna, this guy is so full of himself. His aura isn''t even that of a high-stage Paragon rank, and he says he''ll take the first rank." Luna smiled internally, but outwardly, she inly said as if she didn''t care, "We''ll see." A total of 103 people were in the battleground, all standing in a single row. Soon, 30 30-meter radius circr tform formed in front of them. "Round 1 starts now. All of you, get on the tform." Chapter 229: Sweeping Chapter 229: Sweeping ? Everyone flew up on the floating tform. "Round 1 is simple, and only fifty of you will pass it. All you have to do is prevent yourself from kneeling," Lilisa said as she floated with her arms crossed. "You are not allowed to use any skills or items. If you do, you''ll be out instantly." Everyone was confused, but suddenly, a powerful pressure bore into them to their knees as if wanting to bend them. It was as if they were holding a huge boulder. Aleron stood straight with his arms crossed, his eyes sharp. Looking at Lilisa, he asked, "We can''t use skills or items, so does that mean we can use anything aside from those two?" Lilisa grinned, "Smart. That''s right." ''Then it''s easy,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as they sparked faint blue, essing his Magic Zone and creating a 5-star Magic Print: Unbent Legs. But he didn''t use it as it wasn''t necessary...yet. The constant pressure was also consuming their stamina, but everyone was fine. However, a minuteter, the pressure increased. From one big boulder to feeling like they were carrying three big boulders. A few flinched, but nobody bent. Everyone was fine, though their stamina was consuming. Due to Aleron''s words, people were also using Magilore, Vigor Force, and soul energy in raw form into their bodies to keep themselves straight. But another minuteter, the pressure on them increased doubled. Six big boulders. *Crack, Crack....* Cracking sounds popped out here and there, with some knees getting weak, but everyone was still standing. Luna was fine. She was more proficient in Body Path than the other two, and her physical stats were the highest. Round 1 wasn''t going to eliminate her. A minuteter, the pressure increased, but not like before. It increased drastically as if boulders were reced by a mountain. Cracking and breaking sounds instantly urred due to the sudden drastic increase in pressure, making several knees break as they knelt with a thud, groaning in pain. In just a few seconds, around ten people were eliminated while many were struggling with wobbly legs, trembling yet trying their best. Aleron heard popping sounds in his legs, feeling the mountainous pressure on his knees. ''I should use Magic Print now. Better to make myself look undaunted till the end.'' He used it in his leg, boosting his legs tremendously with Magic Print''s pressure as they became steady like a pair of pirs. Luna became a bit wobbly as the pressure changed again, but she used her Bloodline essence, bing as steady as a mountain instantly. Meanwhile, around twenty more people were eliminated. After another minute, the remaining people realized that it was going to end soon. The moment pressure increased again, more people would fall, and only 50 would remain, so everyone went out, making them keep as steady and strong as possible. Time seemed to pass slowly as everyone felt pain and pressure, but the moment pressure increased, knees started breaking and bending swiftly. In just ten seconds, many were eliminated, and only 51 people remained. One more, and it would be over, but nobody wanted to be that one. s, only two seconds extended in this intense sh before someone''s knees bent. The pressure instantly vanished. "Round 1 is over. Congrattions," Lilisa smiled as she looked at the remaining people and waved her hand, removing all those eliminated from the tform. "Round 2 is also simple. It''s an all-out brawl where you will try to push others away from the tform," Lilisa snapped her finger, creating a tall, semi-transparent blue barrier around the tform. "You can use anything you want on the tform and push people out of the barrier until only 10 of you remain on the tform." A fancy sparkling countdown appeared above them inrge size. [0:10] [0:9] "The round will start once the countdown hits o. Good luck." Aleron looked at Luna and walked towards her while smiling, his eyes glinted deep within as he began creating a Mystic Skill and a 5-star Magic Print to support it. [0:05] "It seems we''ve won this," Aleron said as he stood in front of her and looked at the girl beside Luna. ''Since she is with Luna, I''ll keep her on the tform.'' [Astral: Woohoo, you are cooking an awesome skill for this round, Mastah! Let''s do it!] [0:2] Naturally, the other people also heard Aleron''s words and were triggered. It was clear the majority was going to target Aleron. Some people in the audience seat, the elders and branch masters, felt Aleron''s words disapproving. Making many enemies at once was going to cost him, was what they thought. And then the round began. [0:0] Everyone was ready, as ten seconds was enough to prepare. Most of them executed their skills aiming to push Aleron while some decided to create a defensive foothold first. s...Aleron snapped his finger, using his new Mystic Skill: Forceful Extraction + 5-Star Magic Print: Gravity Chaos Wave. Everyone''s energy control was disrupted due to the Gravity Chaos Wave, erasing all chances of them resisting Forceful Extraction. In the next half a second, everyone was forcefully teleported outside of the tform, and they fell on the floor outside. Even If the big shots didn''t sense Aleron''s mastery in Magilore in Round 1, all of them directly witnessed it in Round 2, along with the power of his Mystic Path. The round had just begun, but only three people remained on the tform, shocking the audience and participants alike while the big shots who sat on the chairs above raised their eyebrows, their eyes flickering with surprise. "How about I take first rank, Luna second rank, and Kira third," Aleron said with a smile while looking at Lilisa. ''He became so powerful...'' Luna thought, shocked as well. ''I knew he was a monster, but I doubt I can''t be his opponent as I am right now...'' Lilisa wryly smiled but felt astonishment as well. ''This brat...he can use 5-star Magic Prints, meaning he is already at level 5 Magilore?! What kind of Arcane aptitude is that?'' "Alright, with how things turned out, you three will get the top three ranks, but we still need to determine seven others who will join Prosper Path Alliance''s Special Paragon ss." Aleron, Luna, and Kira left the tform and arrived at the audience seat area opposite where the elders and other branch managers sat. Shelby stood behind Aleron, smiling as she looked at the duo, ''Way to go, Master.'' The other 47 participants went up on the tform again and started the all-out brawl. "It seems the people there don''t like us very much," Aleron felt sharp gazes on him from elders and branch masters, but it was understandable. All of them had arrived here bringing the talents they scouted. But Aleron defeated all of them. "Sister Luna, will you really be his wife now?" Kira asked with a blink. She looked at Aleron curiously, feeling awe as well. ''So he wasn''t bragging. He is so powerful!'' "Well, we can start living together now," Aleron smiled as he grabbed her hand, "so I can fulfill your other requirements." Luna''s cheeks were slightly painted red. She already liked Aleron and his spirit when they first met, but now meeting him again, she also desired someone like him as her partner. But was he serious or just acting to save her now? ''Aleron...I don''t oppose the idea of bing your life partner, but are you truly serious, or this is just a y to get us together in front of Prosper Path Alliance.'' Aleron rubbed his thumbs on the back of her hands and smiled, "I feel attracted to you, I desire you, therefore I love you, Luna. If you feel the same, then I want you as my life partner." Afterward, he honestly told her in telepathy, ''But I have more wives, and I am going bring them to me under the guise of having more wives by going outter after bing a promising recruit for the Prosper Path Alliance. Now that I know they are the culprit, I want to bring them down.'' Luna''s hands moved as her fingers intertwined with Aleron, a smile blossoming on her face, "Then I''ll be in your care, husband." ''As for more wives, I already expected that,'' Luna chuckled and said, ''It''s not strange for a man of your caliber to have a harem if you wish so, but even among them, I can feel you love everyone equally and dearly, not just collect women for pleasure. I only feel blessed to be your partner...'' ''I would want you to meet my parents, but...'' Luna''s eyes slightly teared up, but the resolve in her was still as steeled as before. ''They would''ve been proud of me to have won your heart. Proper Path Alliance destroyed my n because they opposed them. I couldn''t meet them...'' ''Tell me everything you know,'' Aleron stood beside her while holding her hand and looked at the tform. He felt intense rage toward this organization that had destroyed countless lives and was going to do something more sinister, ording to Cane. Lunaposed herself and directly shared her memories with Aleron, giving him all the information. ''Shelby, you should also take a look.'' Shelby also joined and Luna also learned about her as soon as Aleron told her. Afterward, Shelby and Aleron started looking at the memories. Learning many things, Aleron''s grip holding her hand slightly tightened as he felt sorrowful. Luna was a little girl, just three years old when her parents sent her to Radrata Cosmos to keep her safe due to their ongoing conflict. It was the time when Prosper Path Alliance was beginning to form as the top nine forces were gathering promising ns to join them. Luna had just turned twenty-two and it was finally time to meet them in the upper cosmos as she was going to ascend in a few months when Proper Path Alliance''s people enved Cane and ruined everything. Luna didn''t know the situation of her family yet, but when Cane sent her and others to Chaosverse to keep them alive, she got her parents'' dying words the moment she arrived on the Chaosverse as her parents had used some kind of Bloodline power to convey the message even after their death upon her arrival on any Upper Cosmos or Chaosverse. The message brought her the sad news and truth of Propser Path Alliance. Their ongoingN?v(el)B\\jnn conflict was because they were opposing Proper Path Alliance''s idea and also gathering more top forces to resist them. There were many powerful ns with high innate aptitude rivaling people of the top nine forces. The problem was that the top nine forces had way more people of such high caliber of talent and power than the rest. But if another strong force consisting of such top ns formed from the rest of the 991 Cosmos and Chaosverse, it could be a big obstacle to their ns. That was why Prosper Path Alliance didn''t leave anyone alive. Those who opposed them were swiftly annihted, even using dreadful powers topletely eliminate their Bloodline and the chance of revival. Winterbell n was the strongest opposing force and had managed to contact multiple ns of other upper cosmoses. s, Proper Path Alliance nipped the bud before it could bloom to obstruct them. Luna''s world was crumbling as she got the message and learned of the whole matter, but then she was unfortunately caught by a group of Proper Path Alliance that called themselves a part of Renegade Hunters and became a ve, but due to her talent, she was given a chance to be a part of Prosper Path Alliance. They didn''t know about Luna''s background, but Luna knew and she also didn''t have any other choice, but to be a part of this force and find out more for her revenge. ''It seems fate wanted us to be together, which was why we met in this ce where we will sessfully put our foot into this hateful organization,'' Aleron said as his eyes glinted coldly. ''We will bring them down, but they are too big of a force now that I learned more about them from you.'' ''But,'' Aleron''s fist clenched, ''We will bring them down and for that, we''ll have to work hard.'' Luna''s eyes turned fiery and her grip on Aleron''s hand also tightened, ''We will bring them down!'' Chapter 230: Special Paragon Class, Cruel World Chapter 230: Special Paragon ss, Cruel World ? Thepetition was already over for Aleron, Luna, and Kira. They watched until the end before the ten finalists gathered, and those who lost were sent away. The big shots who watched from the sky on their fancy chairs that looked like thrones left along with elders and branch masters. Since Lilisa was Branch Master in the Deste City and Paragon-rank powerhouses must stay in this 1st Region of Chaosverse, she took the ten winners along with Shelby back to the city, in the huge pce corporated into a small mountain of Proper Path Alliance branch. "From now on, you are members of Proper Path Alliance and part of the Special Paragon ss," Lilisa said as she crossed her arms under her breasts, "You will be allowed to go into a Dungeon and get resources from the alliance as long as youplete the tasks given to you." "For now, this is the ce where you will live, on this open floor of the Pce," Lilisa smiled. They were in the upper part of the mountainous pce, with green ground, a streaming river, and a bunch of pavilions. This mountainous pce was truly big, spanning 100 kilometers of height and 30 kilometers wide at the base before bing uneven as one went higher. In this particr East-Residental belonging to the Special Paragon ss, the pavilions were not the same size. The pavilions were built in sections. "As you can see, the pavilions are built purposefully this way, and their sizes and perks you get with it also vary. The S-rank area has at the top only one pavilion, the fancy one you are seeing that looks like a small castle two kilometers away." "A-rank area has five pavilions." "B-rank Area has fifteen pavilions." "These three areas are upied by other Paragon-rank powerhouses that we have recruited like you," Lilisa''s eyes sharply glinted, "C-rank and D-rank areas have empty pavilions." "Until you are able to break through to Unbound rank, you will live here and progress,plete tasks, and get opportunities. All I can tell you is the better your pavilion, the faster you''ll progress and the more benefits you''ll get, so fight for your ce here." "Good luck. Oh, and Aleron, Shelby isn''t allowed to fight in your ce to win the pavilion." After saying that, Lilisa simply left, leaving them to their own device. "Since we are more people, we''ll need a bigger pavilion," Aleron grinned as he looked at the biggest and fanciest pavilion at the furthest in the S-rank area. "Aleron, if you don''t mind, can Kira live with us?" Luna asked. Aleron looked at Kira, who looked like a teenage girl with small skin-colored horns with red tips. "I don''t mind, but what race are you, Kira?" Aleron curiously asked. "I am Majin race," Kira said with a cute smile. "I am fifteen years old." "What?!" Aleron was dumbfounded. ''Fifteen years old and already Paragon-rank...'' [Gachapi: Master, it''s not even been a year, and you are already a Paragon rank if you have forgotten it. But in her case, she is simply born at Ascension-rank lifeform.] ''Oh yeah,'' Aleron wryly smiled. "Of course, you can live with us," Aleron chuckled as he gently patted her head. "Let''s go. It''s time to win the best pavilion." Meanwhile, the other seven participants speechlessly looked as Aleron snapped his finger, causing four of them to teleport right into the S-rank area. "Is anyone home?" Aleron shouted, his voice booming forward. After a few seconds, the big gate below opened, and a tall man with a bald head and light blue skin with ck patterns on his body emerged, his height was two meters tall, and his physique was filled with explosive muscles. Aleron teleported and appeared two meters away from the man, smiling as he said, "Hi, I am Aleron. Let''s fight." "So you want my castle? Alright, let''s finish this fast." ''So he won''t even tell his name?'' Aleron wryly smiled. His eyes flickered as he activated the Eyes of Absolute Judgement. In the next second, Aleron''s eyes turned icy, and his smile turned cold, "Wait a bit, please. I nee-" *BOOM* The blue man immediately attacked before Aleron could finish, his fist unleashing a torrent of destructive dark blue energy that formed a dreadful vortex around Aleron. "I hate that guy," Kira pouted her cheeks. "He is going to lose badly." "Hmm, Mast-, Aleron''s disposition shifted," Shelby said, but her eyes were cold. "That piece of trash is not just going to lose." Luna also felt intense killing intent from Aleron towards this man he met for the first time today, feeling confused. "I don''t understand." "Extend your soul sense into the pavilion to see and you''ll know." On the other hand, the vortex dispersed, and Aleron was standing inside unscathed within a faint silver-blue barrier showing flowing white particles around, looking like gentle wind waves. "Wait obediently while I ask something important concerning your life," Aleron said as he took out a crystal and contacted Lilisa. ''It seems he is more than what his aura shows,'' Balgen thought as he looked at Aleron. However, the confidence and disdain in his eyes didn''t vanish. He was a 9-star Mystic Path holder and already had three Innate Gears in his body. There were only a few Paragon-rank powerhouses in this city on par with him and he was already near the peak of Paragon-rank.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Meanwhile, he could clearly see that Aleron''s aura didn''t indicate he was stronger in terms of stats. But seeing Aleron''s gaze as he talked with someone, his fist clenched as he produced killing intent. ''I didn''t n to kill you, but since you asked for you, I''ll grant it to you.'' On the other hand, Aleron finished talking with Lilisa and put away the crystal, "I''m d. I was worried we weren''t allowed to kill others here." Balgen grinned, his glowing ck teeth bare and his eyes stretched with a fiery blue me in them, "I am grateful I saved myst kill slot. Otherwise, I would have died of frustration of not being allowed to kill you." Aleron also asked the thing about this to Lilisa as he wanted to know if he was allowed to kill. Surprisingly, it was allowed but limited. Each member of this ss could only kill up to 3 people if any conflict arose. If they killed three people, they wouldn''t be allowed to kill. Doing so would instead result in death punishment. "So, are you ready now?!" Balgen asked as his body glowed and he became five meters tall, directly using his Bloodline essence and a Mystic Skill to buff himself. Aleron nced at him and raised his hand, causing ck clouds to form above them, spanning over a kilometer as the phenomenon while also indicating that he was ready. Balgen grinned ferociously as he punched forward, causing powerful winds to rustle along with dark blue inky waves transforming into a punch-shaped projectile. But in the next second, a pitch-ck lightning strike extended from the cloud at literal light speed, striking the attack. *BOOM!* Balgen''s punch was destroyed and vanished out of existence before it could touch Aleron. ''What?!'' Balgen''s eyes trembled, and he looked up, realizing the massive chasm of power that bore down on him. ''H-How?!'' *Crackle!* "You will rest in my hell from now on," Aleron said before lightning strikes shed and struck Balgen, but all of them were thinner. However, Balgen''s eyes bulged out in pain as he started screaming and paralyzed. He couldn''t even utilize his Chakra energy properly as he felt drowning in a pit of despair as he faced death''s door. Mystic Skill: Void Dismantle Thundercloud. The lightning from this cloud possessed absolute destructiveness resulting from space-time attributespressed within gravity, giving it the highest destructiveness possible, achieving the effect of ''Void'' But it also had more effects thanks to Aleron''s versatile 10-star Mystic Path, which had tons of Traits rted to all elemental effects. On top of that, Aleron used a 5-Star Magic Print: Enhanced Disability, applying it in the cloud to reduce resistance to various status effects applied on targets struck by the lighting strikes from Void Dismantle Thundercloud. As such, Balgen was constantly paralyzed with tens of lightning strikes attacking him each second while other status effects prevented him from utilizing his energies. Aleron kept the damage to a minimum to keep him alive and not kill him fast. ''Thick ck mark and the tragedy in that pavilion... It seems Proper Path Alliance really doesn''t care about anything their members do,'' Aleron clenched his fist. [Astral: Gahhh!! I am angry! Mastah, he must suffer in hell at cruelest section.] [Gachapi: Indeed.] Aleron stopped after five minutes and finished off Balgen before capturing his soul and sending it to Midworld''s Hell. Since it was a Paragon-rank soul, it couldn''t go into the hell of the Lower Cosmos Rexian. Shelby, Luna, and Kira flew towards Aleron before the four of them entered the pavilion. Shelby waved her hand and created a barrier around the Pavilion, isting them from any outside senses. "Master, should we send them to our Midworld until they have given birth?" "Yeah. They''ll get more care there." Inside the pavilion, the big hall had small huts littered, around 30. Each hut had a woman, alive but lifeless, and many of them were pregnant. All ves of various races. But the most cruel thing was that Balgen was using them for his cultivation of Bloodline. Aleron knew about such practice from Elysia''s memories, and it was considered taboo in many Upper Cosmos, but each Upper Cosmos had its ownws set by the force that ruled it. On the other hand, there were no suchws in Chaosverse. It was just strong eat weak. The Law of Jungle. Since Aleron knew about such a practice, he instantly knew what was happening after looking at the pregnant women in the huts. By making them pregnant, Balgen injected a seed of his Bloodline and his natural lifeform power, and then when they gave birth, he would absorb the child to improve his stats slightly while also making his Bloodline stronger, and if his luck was good, it could also give him an innate trait, but at a very low chance one in a hundred thousand. One could only imagine the pain of a mother who sees her newborn child bing food for that demon. They had lost all will to live and just waiting to die because they couldn''t even take their own lives. Kira and Luna were shocked upon learning the truth of this situation and felt angry. Although Kira was just fifteen years old, she had already witnessed the tragedy of her family in an Upper Cosmos being massacred and ended up being a ve in Chaosverse. But she was a kind girl and that was why Luna kept her close to save her. The four of them talked with the 30 women and reassured them before sending them to his Midworld. There were only good people there, and it was the best ce to care for these women who had suffered a lot under Balgen, as they would get the love and warmth that they needed. But there was one more problem...that Aleron had to solve if he really wanted to save them. Chapter 231: Alerons Idea, Weekly Task Chapter 231: Aleron''s Idea, Weekly Task ? Inside their new residents, Aleron, Luna, and Kira sat on the couch while watching a big screen disying a live situation in his Midworld. A portal was also opened nearby as Aleron sat with a contemting expression. Shelby was with those women, recovering them using her power and talking with them. Although those 30 women would be saved now, their feelings regarding their children were mixed after suffering under Balgen. They were living lifeless husks until now, but now that their life was better, their feelings had started surfacing...along with trauma. "Alright, that''s it. I''m going to make the fundamental changes," Aleron stood up and said with a serious expression. "What will you do?" Luna asked as she sighed. "Their children will resemble Balgen a lot, they will be of his race because of the dominant factor in the children''s embryo. What can you do about it?" The women on the screen had trauma regarding Balgen, and many wanted abortion while the rest also couldn''t bear to see children born from that monster. "I can do many things," Aleron smiled. "With my mastery of Genome, I willpletely modify and change their genes while removing every trace of Balgen''s DNA and everything rted to him. With my Genome Mods, I can give the children better genes and DNA while keeping their mother''s DNA dominant." Kira and Luna were shocked. "Y-You can do something like that?" "Yep, so I am going to do that right now. Better to do it as early as possible. Those seven of them are going to give birth around a monthter, so I''ll fix them first." Having said that, Aleron entered the portal and arrived in the Midworld. Shelby and Aleron talked with the women as Aleron told them about his n. Hearing that Aleron could really do such a wonderful thing, all of them agreed. One of the women, a human racedy looking in her thirties, said with teary eyes as she looked at Aleron, "Lord Aleron, you''ve given us a lifeline by pulling us out of the pit of despair. I''ve seen many women dying under that evil man as he used everyone as tools, and nobody here had any hope of a future." "But you have given us that hope and future, so I will live for you and work in your kingdom. The child I birth will be your soldier, and I will raise him to follow you." The other women heard her and became determined as well. Aleron was taken aback before he smiled, "I will not dictate your life because you are free here as long as thews are abided. Live your life however you want and stay happy. You will surely find your happiness here." -- This project wasn''t small, as Aleron wouldn''t be able to fix everyone''s children at once. By the time he exhausted his Genome Pulse, he had only modified four children, so it would roughly take eight days. After finishing there, he and Shelby went back to Chaosverse while the women started living in the necropolis in their new small homes with people to help and care for them. Aleron was happy to see his world happy and kind, with everyone thriving and living with joy. And that was all the more reason he was determined to save his world from whatever sinister n the Proper Path Alliance had made.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om In the pavilion, four of them sat at a table to eat since Aleron was hungry after operating on four women and exhausting his Genome Pulse, while Luna and Kira also hadn''t eaten for a few days as they only trained for thepetition. One of the perks of having this S-ss resident was free food, so Aleron ordered a bunch of dishes using Food Crystal to contact the private restaurant of Proper Path Alliance in the city. "So I only know one way to get information about their sinister n," Aleron said as he drank something from a ss before continuing, "Kill someone who knows the n and read the memories." "I didn''t know they used an entire lower cosmos to create a battery...what do they want to do using such a battery?" Luna frowned. Luna and others were sent to Chaosverse by Cane, but Cane figured out what was going on as he felt all of the genesis energy and lifeforce flowing and storing into something, so he guessed it was something akin to a battery. So far, only Aleron found out about this as Cane had prepared the message for him. "We have assumed they targetted lower cosmoses, considering that Lower Cosmos Rexian was also targetted," Aleron sighed and tore off a piece of thick meat while holding bones from both sides. "How many Cosmos did they target, and how many batteries they created? Do we even have time to grow and stop them before they execute their n?" "I want to know more, but I need to get powerful to do that." Luna weakly smiled, "Moreover, this force is simply too strong. Just us won''t be enough. We''ll need a lot of powerful allies." "I can do something about that," Aleron''s eyes glinted. "I nned to do that, but we need a secret ce to hide our growing force." "Growing force? You mean you have powerful allies already, brother Aleron?" Kira asked after suckling her finger and picking up another seasoned T-bone steak dish of some random chaotic beast. "I don''t have already, but more like I can summon powerful allies," Aleron said as he looked at his Gacha System interface. [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 4 [1,000,000 Gacha points] -Gacha Points: 198,896 |-Summoning Banners (8/12)-| "Although Gacha Point acquisition increased, I need to work on this daily," Aleron sighed. He told Luna, Kira, and Shelby about the Gacha System by directly sending information about this into their minds. Of course, he also told them to create a soul mechanism to erase all memories rted to the Ultimate Gacha System in case something bad happened. Gachapi insisted on having this mechanism as a condition for telling others, and Aleron found it reasonable because if Proper Path Alliance found out about the system, it would spell trouble. "So you need to bet on something and win to get Gacha Points," Luna appeared thoughtful, "is there any restriction or rules to what type of betting it should be?" "Nothing like that," Aleron shook his head and looked at the food before looking at Kira. "I bet that you will finish that Exotic Fried Rice Dish in one second after touching it." [Gamble Quest epted.] Aleron shared the quest with others. "So it can be anything, and this gamble quest gives you 300 Gacha Points, eh? Is that good amount or bad?" Luna curiously inquired. "Bad," Aleron wryly smiled. "I need to level up the system. ording to Gachapi, level 5 is thest level before I go into the Multiverse Realm. Once in there, the system will undergo some kind of big change." "Anyway, I need to gather one million Gacha Points, and then It''ll be worth it to use the points on banners to summon more allies for us," Aleron clenched his fist. "I can summon without limit, and the more powerful I am, the more powerful they are." Luna and Kira were dumbfounded. "This is so powerful, from the banners I saw, you can also literally summon anything..." Luna was a bit dazed. "Yep. I have one Symbios Gear for you and Kira since I have some left. After eating, I''ll give them to you, and then we''ll begin our weekly task from the Proper Path Alliance. We gotta earn Gacha Points from gamblings and bring a new wife home from this mission," Aleron chuckled. "Shelby, you should also take one. Even though you are more powerful than average Transcendent rank, the Symbios Gear will make you even more potent," Aleron grinned. "Nobody will be able to beat you in the realm of Transcendent-rank." Shelby smiled and nodded, "Then Shelby will gratefully ept it." ... The squad finished eating and left the pce as they arrived at City Mountain Park, where people usually trained and meditated. The weekly task he got was better than others as it was one of the perks of upying an S- rank pavilion castle. Not only that, he could ask for two more weekly tasks. A-rank could ask for two weekly tasks per week, while those living in B-rank and lower residential pavilions could only have 1 weekly task per week. The current task Aleron got was about entering a particr Chaotic Phenomenon formed 1189 kilometers northwest after leaving the Deste City. It just formed yesterday, and Proper Path Alliance secured it for the Special Paragon ss. Chaotic Phenomena came in all shapes and sizes with different dangers and fortunes in them, and they could be measured by the chaotic force exuded into the atmosphere. The chaotic force of 1 was the lowest, and even the weakest Paragon-rank would remain safe inside, but the reward also wouldn''t be anything helpful. Paragon-rank powerhouses could explore a Chaotic Phenomenon of up to 10 chaotic force. 10 chaotic force would also be dangerous for them as it was the highest difficulty for Paragon- rank. The task Aleron got was exploring the Chaotic Phenomenon of the 9.8 chaotic force, surviving it, and earning whatever fortunate he got from it for him. But there was one more rule in Chaosverse, set by the Chaosverse itself¡ªNot everyone can enter a Chaotic Phenomenon area except for Paragon-rank powerhouses. Paragon-rank could enter all Chaotic Phenomena because they were deemed weakest. Unbound-rank powerhouses could only enter Chaotic Phenomena with a chaotic force of 11 or higher. Simrly, Transcendent-rank lifeforms could only enter Chaotic Phenomena with a chaotic force of 21 or higher. As such, Shelby had to stay outside while Aleron, Luna, and Kira would enter. But before leaving the city, Aleron contacted his girls in the Midworld and talked to them in his mind while staying in City Mountain Park. Due to this massive mountain''s strange force field, it was the only location in the city where others wouldn''t be able to pry upon anyone secretly. [Aleron: That''s the gist,dies. So decide among yourselves who is going toe to the new home first.] It was time for one of his girls to reunite with him as he nned to summon one after leaving the city, away from any prying eyes. With how Balgen bought ves and used them, it wouldn''t be strange in Proper Path Alliance''s eyes if Aleron started making his harem. ... Enorin, Rias, Yueha, Mei, Ruan, and Liang sat in a circle under a lush green tree on one of the Midworld''s inds. "So...who is going first?" Yueha asked as she looked at others and coughed before adding, "I don''t mind if I''m first to go." "Let''s decide this with a game to make it fair and square,dies," Liang said with a smile. "What do you say?" "I agree," Enorin nodded, appearing eager just like others as she also wanted to return to Aleron''s side as early as possible. Chapter 232 Trouble? Chapter 232 Trouble? "So, what game are we ying to decide this?" Rias asked. Ruan blinked and smiled with squinted eyes as she said, "I know a game." After a few minutes¡­ Enorin, Rias, Yueha, Mei, Ruan, and Liang stood in a row facing one of the Zords¡ªZepheremal, the Fleeting Fatality Fangs. The scary metallic bird floated a kilometer away from them with six glowing ck des made from its energy. Each de had a number inside it, but the girls didn''t know which de had which number. The game was simple. Zepheremal will shoot the des high up in the sky, and the girls will pick one stick each, all at once. "We are ready, Zephy. Release them," Ruan said as she rubbed her palms while smiling. Zepheremal shot the six des upward, and the girls'' eyes shone as they used their soul energy to create spiritual hands to grab the des. Each of them grabbed a de shortly as they floated before them. Zephereal arrived in miniature form and revealed the numbers. Mei¡ª1st. Enorin¡ª2nd. Yueha¡ª3rd. Rias¡ª4th. Liang¡ª5th. Ruan¡ª6th. "Nooooo! I amst!" "Yes," Mei clenched her fist as one of her rare smiles bloomed. "Congrattions, cutie," Yueha chuckled and rubbed her head. "Take care of Master." "Well, it''s decided then," Enorin smiled. "You are the second number, so your turn will be soon, Eno," Rias wryly smiled. "Well, let''s just get as powerful as we can before our turnes up." "Yep," Liang waved her handfan as she faintly smiled. "Now then, we shall resume ourpetition of who will reach 2nd level in our Concept first." ¡­ Aleron, Shelby, Luna, and Kira left the Deste City. "Master, should I turn into my beast form and fly there? We should reach there soon," Shelby suggested. "Nah, no need," Aleron shook his head. "The distance to our destination is 1189 kilometers. We''ll take our time and see if we encounter a Chaotic Phenomenon on the way so we can add a new member while we are in there." Waving his hand, Aleron created a Midworld portal and summoned one of the Chaotic Beasts he had summoned. "This will be our mount. Wee, buddy." Starforged Dreambloom Stag¡ªUnbound-rank. This was a big and beautiful Stag with a crystal-metal light gray body and dreamy patterns of blue, light green, and such that entirely changed the appearance of the stag, making it look otherworldly beautiful. It was 500 meters tall and 700 meters long, with majestic antlers on its head. Aleron created afortable living room on the back of the Dreambloom Stag with couches and a table as their first adventure in the first region of Chaosverse began. After crossing a desertnd of a hundred kilometers, they arrived in an area of trees hundreds of kilometers tall with thick trunks, giant branches, and massive leaves. "Master, Shelby detects a horde of Paragon-rank Chaotic Beasts living in that tree," Shelby notified as she sensed their presence from a tree two kilometers away. "Ignore," Aleron waved his hand. "There''s no need to attack them unless they attack us. If there''s any resources you sense, we''ll acquire it, so look out for that." "Understood." Shelby sent hundreds of tiny, ethereal, dreamy blue, fiery birds with a wave of her hand as they flew in all directions. "Oh, you can get coverage of things outside your usual soul sense range with this, I guess?" Aleron asked as he blinked, getting an idea. "Indeed, Master," Shelby smiled. "Nice, I gotta create a Mystic skill like that," Aleron grinned and closed his eyes. "That is indeed good, I should also train to manifest a Mystic Skill like that," Luna smiled and nodded. "Fortunately, the trait I awakened called Moon Vision a day ago will aid me in this." "I will try too," Kira clenched her fist with determination and closed her eyes. While the trio began meditation, Shelby swiftly searched through all the trees they passed by to see if any valuable resource had grown somewhere. This area of gigantic trees spanned over a hundred kilometers, and the Stag was moving at the slow speed of 150 kilometers per hour on Aleron''smand. Forty-eight minutester, as they were about to exit the zone, Shelby suddenly detected a unique energy-rich spot, "Master, we got one." "Let''s go," Aleron grinned, his eyes gleaming as tiny wormholes formed above him, from which hundreds of ethereal vertical eyes emerged before vanishing. This was his new Mystic Skill: Cosmic Eye. And this was actually a super powerful skill, even better than Shelby''s skill. "Aleron, this is going to be a big weapon for us if you can make it such that others can''t detect your eyes," Luna said with a hint of thrill. "I''m sure you''ll be able to do thatter." "Yep," Aleronughed and said, "These eyes, no matter where they are, no matter how far they go, I can still remain connected due to spatial connectivity, and not only that, I can even create a portal at the eye''s location so we can directly go there." "But you need to make sure it''s not detectable," Shelby nodded and smiled, "Shelby can be a subject in this regard. As long as you can make it undetectable from me, It should work." "Alright, I''ll make sure toplete this task as soon as possible. The strongest powerhouse in this region is Transcendent-rank, so as long as Iplete this skill, we can spy on Proper Path Alliance''s exchange and get information from here." As he finished speaking, the Stag stopped as they arrived on a tree''s branch forty kilometers high on the tree, pointed by Shelby. "It is inside the trunk in this area," Shelby said as she flew towards the giant trunk and touched it. "Woah¡­the area ahead is going to be dangerous," Kira said as she looked at the sea of colorful clouds crackling with lightning while the strange ocean floated above the clouds as if defying gravity and physiques. "That''s one of the famous areas with a higher chance of manifesting Chaotic Phenomenon," Aleron smiled. "It''s also the dangerous one, but that''s perfect for us." "So what is inside this trunk?" Luna asked as she arrived beside Shelby and sent her soul sense inside the trunk. "It''s pretty resistant to soul power," Aleron raised his eyebrows as his soul sense also went in, but the tree trunk had a natural resistance to it, forcing them to use soul energy to empower their sense. But suddenly, all of them felt killing intent from behind them while a booming voice rang. "Found them!" A big airship one kilometer long was flying towards them flying at Mach 5 speed, but slowed down quickly while several powerful presences of Unbound-rank, and a couple of Transcendent-rank auras emerged. Chapter 233: Luring Chapter 233: Luring ? "What the..." Aleron frowned as he felt killing intent from the people. "Master," Shelby''s expression was serious as she quickly created a big dreamy blue me barrier covering 50 meters of radius. "Why are they after us?" Luna asked as a pair of ck crystal icy gauntlets appeared on her fists, the first form of her Symbios Gear-ckfrost Luna. They both shared a name, and it was also suitable for her, so Aleron gave it to her. Kira had a fancy dark pink neon-metallic rifle with golden and blue lighting patterns of her Symbios Gear-Deadlock X-mark. She stood in attack position as well.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "We''ll ask them," Aleron said as he narrowed his eyes. Ten Paragon-rank powerhouses, five Unbound-rank powerhouses, and two Transcendent- rank powerhouses. The group consisted of various races, but Aleron strikingly recognized the race of two who were at the forefront and also strongest. Their race was the same as Balgen, the piece of trash who previously upied the S-rank pavilion. The two Transcendent-rank powerhouses showed astonishment as they looked at Shelby and the barrier formed before them. ''Brother, she is a Transcendent.'' ''But we are two, and she is one, not to mention others. They have no chance of escaping.'' "Are you rted to the piece of garbage I recently killed in Paragon Special ss?" Aleron asked without masking his soul. "I still have his soul. It''s suffering in my hell." "YOU BASTARD!" the middle-aged blue demon shouted as his eyes turned dark red. "Give me my son''s soul, or I swear I will find and torture everyone rted to you before killing them and devouring their souls!" "You will pay the price for killing our Young Master," the other blue demon coldly said. "Young master?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "It seems they are from a n in some Upper cosmos," Luna frowned before she ryed to others telepathically. ''There''s no doubt that Proper Path Alliance would ept various ns'' people and nurture them, and these ns would definitely hug the thighs of this big force. Since they are mostly like mid-grade ns.'' "Give me my son''s soul," the middle-aged blue demon said with a darkened face. He wanted to destroy the barrier, but now that he found out that his son''s soul was still alive, he wanted it first. ''Master, what should we do? I may be able to kill one of them, but once the fight starts, I won''t be able to help you, and they have more people and stronger ones. We have to escape,'' Shelby said. Aleron turned around to look at the tree trunk as his eyes glinted. In the next second, he teleported the resource hiding inside the trunk as it appeared before him. It was an arm-sized dark brown glowing liquid with golden sparks in it. He took all of it that was gathered at one spot in the trunk and stored it in his spatial storage before turning back to the group of enemies. "If you want your son''s soul, then you''ll have to chase after us there," Aleron said with an icy smile, activating Eyes of Absolute Judgement as he pointed his finger at the upside ocean area. In the next second, Aleron used a Mystic Skill and teleported five of them fifty kilometers away, where he had sent his Cosmic Eye. He had already sent out eight Cosmic Eyes in different directions as they wandered away. "W-what?! Teleport?!" "Get back in the ship and catch them!" "Elder, the ship won''t work in that area. It''s the Malevolent Cloud Sea." "You ten, stay here on the ship. The rest, follow me!" the middle-aged blue demon barked with bloodshot eyes. "Today, they will die!" ... On the other hand, Aleron, Shelby, Luna, and Kiri rode on Dreambloom Stag at full speed, crossing five kilometers per second. "Master, we have to spread our eyes here since soul sense is suppressed even more in this area." The dark clouds burst out of constant colorful lightning that went upwards towards the ocean. ''What a crazy scenery...'' Aleron''s eyes glimmered as he looked at this wonder of chaotic nature. The clouds were below, and the massive sea, which was who knows how deep and big it was in the sky as he couldn''t even see how far up it was in the sky. ''I should also send a Cosmic Eye up there.'' This area was 600 kilometers long, and they crossed over half of it before stopping. "Is that a chaotic phenomenon?" Aleron blinked as he looked at a huge ghostly ship floating between the cloud area and ocean area, but it was riding the ocean waves upside down. The lightning from the cloud was striking it as it slowly moved, lighting up the dreadful ship that was two kilometers long and massive in size. "That is indeed a chaotic phenomenon," Shelby nodded, her eyes squinting as they gleamed, scouting it and measuring it. "But it''s dangerous. It has chaotic power of above 10, which means it''s for Unbound-rank powerhouses." "Chaotic Beasts are ratherfortable in these chaotic phenomenons, right?" Aleron asked. "That''s true. Compared to people, chaotic beasts are not harmed as much by powers and anomalies of chaotic phenomena," Shelby nodded as her eyes turned fiery. "In there, I can dispatch one Transcendent as soon as he enters. I might be able to protect you, but I can''t guarantee in that since they have more people and I don''t know the full extent of that middle- aged blue demon''s power." "Well, then...." Aleron opened the Gacha System. "Let''s call some allies. I''ll also call the remaining chaotic beasts I have in Midworld." Waving his hand, Aleron opened the portal as eight more Chaotic Beasts emerged from it after several seconds one by one. "Woah, we are almost matching them now," Luna was surprised. Three Unbound-rank chaotic beasts, six Paragon-rank chaotic beasts, and one Transcendent- rank Shelby. "I shall call more," Aleron finished buying ten tickets as he spent 5000 Gacha Points. ''Please give me one more Transcendent-rank...'' Aleron prayed as he summoned. [Congrattions. You have summoned Ashen Inferno Roc-Unbound-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Obsidian Bloodwing Drake-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Celestial Tempest Wyvern-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Eclipsed Umbral Hydra-Unbound-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Crimson Abyss Devourer-Unbound-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned cial Ironhide Behemoth-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Netherborn Cloud Hound-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Aurora Duskshade Lynx-Unbound-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Chaosbound Starre Fox-Paragon-rank lifeform.] [Congrattions. You have summoned Infernal Emberw Scorpion-Unbound-rank lifeform.] Chapter 234: Ship of Gravespirit Mayhem, Battle Chapter 234: Ship of Gravespirit Mayhem, Battle ? Aleron and the group entered the Chaotic Phenomenon with a chaotic force of 11. As soon as they entered, an unknown power ryed to them the name of this phenomenon. Ship of Gravespirit Mayhem. Shelby usually couldn''t enter, but she hadpletely suppressed and sealed her power enough to be on the Unbound-rank, peak stage to enter. The enemy''s Transcendent would also have to do the same. The moment they broke the seal and used power above Unbound-rank, they would get kicked out. "Urghh...." Kira groaned as she felt scared; her senses became wobbly, and she started seeing things. Suddenly, a rotten watermelon-sized head with two big holes instead of eyes and a mouth that formed a whirling hung upside down in front of her, prompting her to scream out loud. "Stay within the barrier. The chaotic power here seems to affect the mind and soul," Shelby said as she waved her hand, creating a barrier around Luna, Kira, and Aleron. Meanwhile, the neen chaotic beasts floated in a formation as Shelbymanded them. The eight Unbound-rank chaotic beasts floated in eight directions, forming a huge octagon with Aleron, Luna, and Kira in the middle. They were not in full body size and remained around 10 to 50 meters tall for the ease of maneuvering on this huge ship''s deck. Due to them being summoned from the Gacha System, they were not under the jurisdiction of Chaosverse will, making them different yet more powerful because all of these Chaotic Beasts had a higher chance to convert into Mystic Beasts like Shelby upon breaking through to Transcendent-rank, conquering the chaotic paths they had and gaining sentient enlightenment. The eight Unbound-rank chaotic beasts were all more intelligent and could listen to Shelby, thanks to them being summoned from the Gacha System, and they had a sense of loyalty towards Aleron. The Paragon-rank chaotic beasts also had a sense of loyalty towards Aleron, but they weren''t as intelligent as the Unbound-rank ones and had to be reined in with intimidation from Shelby to make them listen to her. This was one more perk of Mystic Beasts. They could reign in Chaotic Beasts and make them obey forcefully by suppressing their chaotic instincts from their Chaotic Paths. As such, the Paragon-rank chaotic beasts remained inside the Octagon formed by Unbound- rank chaotic beasts, their job only to protect Aleron, Luna, and Kira. The massive ship''s deck was two kilometers long, and it was roughly a kilometer wide as well. The Chaotic Phenomenon''s specialty appeared to be fear, hallucination, soul hax, and psychic interference. Aleron was curious and left the barrier made by Shelby, wanting to experience it. "Master, be careful." "Yeah," Aleron nodded as he stepped out, instantly feeling a weird pressure all around him, as if he was in thick, muddy water, making it hard for him to move. The scenery around him started bing strange and wobbly as grotesque, ghastly beings glowing with a hazy hue cyan color emerged from the floors below deck. ''Are they real or an illusion?'' *Chraaaa!* Suddenly, one of the ghastly was big on Aleron''s shoulder from behind, causing sharp pain while poisoning his mind as he felt further wobbly. ''Scatter!'' Aleron grunted as he created and unleashed a Magic Print of rank-6, Evil Erasure Fan. Since he knew what they targeted and how they formed, he created a Magic Print to counter them. A pair of giant ck war fans manifested, shining with metallic ck and carved with golden patterns. As they pped strongly above Aleron, the ghastly beings vanished. "Master, the beings you are seeing are real, but only for you. That''s how this Ship of Gravespirit Mayhem works," Shelby said as she looked below. "Its core should be somewhere below." "But before exploring this, we''ll have to deal with them," Shelby looked ahead as the group of people hell-bent on killing them entered the chaotic phenomenon as well. Five Unbound-rank powerhouses and two Transcendent-rank powerhouses. However, they were shocked to see the bunch of chaotic beasts surrounding the group. "E-Elder, this doesn''t look good." Shelby didn''t wait even a bit, unleashing one of her strongest AOE attacks. Mystic Skill: Enshrounding Tsunami. It was indeed a tsunami of high waves surging forward at a breakneck speed, but it wasn''t made of water. Instead, it was thousands of Frostdes wrapped in a fiery glow of ck me as they swam in the ethereal blue water waves. She didn''t hold back in energy, using 20% of her overall energies, and since it was arge area skill that blocked the vision of enemies, shemanded the eight Unbound-rank chaotic beasts to use their skills to block the path outside. The Chaotic Beasts wouldn''t experience the strange chaotic phenomena that Aleron just experienced. However, those Unbound-rank and Transcendent-rank would experience it. The two Transcendents wouldn''t be bothered by this at all, but this phenomenon would surely trouble the Unbound-rank ones because this was a rather dangerous chaotic phenomenon despite having a chaotic force of 11. After all, it manifested individually for each one, targeting their soul and mind. One couldn''t see, interfere, or attack the beings that manifested for another. This type of chaotic phenomenon was more troublesome because it was impossible for Unbound-rank lifeforms to help each other deal with the ghastly beings unless a Transcendent made a barrier or if one had the ability to create a Magic Print of level 5 or higher. With all these factors, the first attack of Tenebria hit the enemy hard. The Unbound-rank powerhouses were injured, not by Tenebria''s attack, but by the chaotic phenomenon, while the two Transcendents had to spend considerable energy to create more defenses to defend themselves and also the Unbound-rank ones because it was impossible for them to defend themselves. "Damn it!" the middle-aged Blue Demon roared as his body bulged, and he shot towards Shelby with both of his fists bing gigantic. Shelby''s eyes glinted as she met with his attack head-on as tworge des appeared in her hands, shing against his fists. ''What?! I can''t overpower her? But her aura is early-stage Transcendent...she has lower Trinity force than me.'' "How dare you hold your killing intent towards my Master," Shelby coldly yet slowly spoke before a huge explosion urred as both of them unleashed their second attack during the sh. Shelby was pushed back several meters before she stabilized, but the middle-aged blue demon was pushed back fifty meters with shallow wounds on his body as the des cut him. ''How?!'' ''Her Blood Zone is a level lower than mine, the Magic Print she used was the same rank as mine, so we both have level 5 Magic Zone, and our conceptual power was on the same level, so our Concept Zones are at level 5.'' ''My Trinity force is 187, and hers is lower than 150 for sure...'' ''So why is she stronger than me?'' The blue demon''s eyes showed uncertainty as he looked at Shelby, whose eyes were also coldly fixed on him. The other Transcendent wanted to help, but the eight Unbound-rank chaotic beasts had started attacking their subordinates, and he had to help. ''S-Senior Boral! These Unbound-rank chaotic beasts are tougher!'' ''Trash!!'' Boral fumed. ''Destroy their cores in one attack!'' ''B-Bu-'' *BOOM!* The sh between Shelby and Boral began again. Meanwhile, Aleron hadmanded the chaotic beasts to go all out on the Unbound ranks and that one Transcendent-rank powerhouse. Aleron had a power higher than Shelby, and both Transcendent in one area, and it was that power that boosted Shelby and his chaotic beasts, making them overpower the enemy! Rank-7 Magic Prints! Buffing all eight Unbound-rank chaotic beasts with Rank-7 Magic Prints, even that Transcent-rank couldn''t do anything. As for those Unbound-rank subordinates, they had to deal with chaotic phenomenon''s effects and attacks. They were going to die soon if this went on. A couple of them tried to escape soon, but it resulted in their deaths instead as Aleron was looking at them with hawk-eye tomand the chaotic beasts and deal killing blows. The pressure on them increased, and in just a minute, all Unbound-rank enemies died, leaving the Transcendent-rank alone as he struggled to get ganged up by eight Unbound- rank monsters boosted by Aleron''s level 7 buff-type Magic Print! As a named Magic Print created with Magic Tongue, it was a powerful andprehensive buff-type power. [Magic Print: Warrick]-7-star. -Effect: --> Any connection made with the opponent during battle, be it a sh of skills or fists, will boost your Physical power by 20%. -> The more injured you get, the higher the boost. This early-stage Transcendent had 97 Trinity force and he soon died under the bombardment from the Unbound-rank chaotic beasts. He was able to injure them with his skills, but the more he injured them, the more powerful and tougher they got! In the end, he couldn''t figure out why they were so strong and died without knowing. ''Come here,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted as an ethereal ghastly prison manifested, capturing the soul. Without a body, a soul would get weaker, but still, it wouldn''t be possible for a Paragon-rank powerhouse to handle it. However, Aleron made this Soul Prison using a level 7 Magic Print: Xalindor. Even a peak Transcendent-rank''s soul wouldn''t be able to escape his Soul Prison Xalindor! On the other hand, Boral finally figured out why Shelby was stronger than him despite having a lower Trinity Force than him. He noticed the power of Magic Print on her, but even if he figured it out, he was all alone here and losing. ''No...I have to contact my n,'' Boral gritted his teeth as he created a defensive barrier and quickly meditated, using his Chaos Breathing Art to swiftly recover his Chakra energy. Shelby also did the same right away upon seeing the barrier instead of bothering to break it. However, it was clear that she was stronger, not just thanks to Aleron''s Magic Print buff, but also her Mystic Path being stronger, meaning her skills were better! She was injured, but only moderately and she had healing traits in her Mystic Path. Boral was injured heavily and also couldn''t heal due to the effect of her Mystic Paths'' traits in her skills being more potent than traits possessed by Boral. His body was littered with cuts that were crystalized into ice, but blood still oozed out from the ice. This was one of her main effectsposed in her Passive Mystic Skill that had the power of all three of her paths. Freezing the target''s wounds, stopping them from healing, but causing bleeding through the frost as her ice absorbed blood and released it outside. Five seconds passed by as both of them focused on each other, recovering chakra. However, the moment Shelby saw that Br had recently recovered Chakra energy, using it to deal with the Frostbleed wounds, she immediatelyunched a powerful attack. ''Damn it! Damn it!'' With no other choice, Br had to prepare as his barrier was breached. Their sh resumed. ''Shelby, you want me to use a harmful 7-star Magic Print on him?'' Aleron asked as he also finished recovering his Chakra energy and Magilore since he spent tons to buff everyone and create that Soul Prison Xalindor. ''No need, master,'' Shelby smiled amidst the battle. ''He is just prolonging his defeat that is already set in stone.'' Indeed, Shelby didn''t give him any chance after that.N?v(el)B\\jnn Br had spent some recovered Chakra energy to heal himself, so he already had lower chakra energy as their second round of fight began. Shelby didn''t give him any more chance to recover after that, and he kept getting more injuries, ultimately dealing the finishing blow after a few minutes. Chapter 235: Hellsiv Chapter 235: Hellsiv ? Aleron sent all the souls of the dead into his Hell, preparing to refine them while they suffered punishment. "The paragon ranks with them didn''t enter this region, and they should have already left," Shelby said. "And now that we have killed two Transcendents and five Unbound-ranks of theirs, they mighte after us with stronger strength." "Well, let''s try asking for help then," Aleron said as he took out a crystal. But it didn''t work in this chaotic phenomenon. "Let''s explore this phenomenon first. We might get something good." "Yeah." Luna and Kira stayed on the deck of the ship, protected by the chaotic beasts. Meanwhile, Aleron and Shelby went to the first floor of the ship, entering below as they arrived in a huge hall with rotten furniture and corridors leading to different ces. It was like a maze in this two-kilometer-long and one-kilometer-wide ship. The influence of the chaotic phenomenon increased on the first floor as Aleron started seeing more ''chaos ghosts,'' as he called them, with their grotesque appearances and attacks on his mind and soul. It was particrly attacking his mind, showing him images of destruction and sadness of random people who were rtives of the ones he had punished. It was trying to seed doubt and guilt into him while attacking him. Aleron stopped moving after several seconds as the influence grew stronger, his pupils bing white. ''Guilty?'' ''I am doing the wrong thing?'' ''I am not correct?'' Suddenly, Aleron''s eyes flickered into life as a golden glow burst out from them. "I am right!" Aleron uttered with absolute conviction and confidence. "I am just!" His proof was the world he created! Evil Erasure Fan-6-star Magic Print! Screeches and roars rang as Aleron obliterated all the grotesque ghosts. "Let''s continue," Aleron turned to Shelby and nodded. Shelby smiled and nodded, "There''s a particrly nasty presence on this floor that''s materialized. We should kill it." "Sounds good." Shelby walked ahead of him as he followed her while looking around, sending his Cosmic Eyes to explore as well. Just as his head moved as he saw Shelby''s back, her head suddenly twisted, now facing him, and her mouth unnaturally opened wide. Aleron was shocked but then frowned as he waved his hand, using Magic Print as the ghost vanished. "Shelby! Where are you?!" Aleron frowned. ''It seems that a stronger entity targeted my soul...I have magic print''s power, but my soul shouldn''t be stronger than real danger here, so it''s influencing me.'' ''I have to think of a better Magic Print that can deal with all kinds of soul-rted entities...'' After all, this was a chaotic phenomenon of 11-power, meaning it was for Unbound-rank, and Aleron''s soul power was not in that realm yet. ''But Shelby should be able to save me...so what is happening?'' Aleron suddenly felt the corridor and surroundings vanishing as everything turned pitch ck. Hundreds of glowing red eyes blinked in unison around him, sending an oppressive wave of malicious intent. A chilling wind blew across the ck hall, carrying whispers that wed at his mind, each wordced with venomous spite. Without warning, the mysterious entity began its assault. A swarm of shadowy tendrils shot out from the darkness, each one aiming totch onto Aleron''s soul. As the first tendril touched Aleron, an intense surge of agony shot through him -memories of the souls he had sent to his Hell shed before his eyes, their voices twisted in endless torment, begging for mercy. The ghosts screamed usations at him, echoing through his mind: "You are a monster!" "We were innocent!" "You will pay for your sins!" ''Not this shit again!'' Aleron felt a splitting pain behind his eyes as the malicious ghost poured every ounce of guilt and anguish into his consciousness, attempting to break him. The glowing red eyes in the darkness grewrger, multiplying, their numbers endless. "Your justice is false," a deep, mocking voice whispered in his mind. "You are no better than us." ''Shut up!'' For a fleeting moment, doubt flickered in Aleron''s soul. His conviction wavered under the barrage of usations. The faces of those he had judged appeared vividly, their deaths reying in endless loops, twisted and mangled by his hellish torment. It was overwhelming. His grip on reality began to slip, the weight of the souls'' cries dragging him into darkness. But Aleron''s belief in his own righteousness surged back with a burning intensity. He knew why he was doing this and why he took up the role of absolute judge. Pain flooded his soul due to the attack, trying to make him weak, but he was focusing only on one thing: to create a better Magic print. With a snarl of defiance, he spread his arms wide, his magic pulsing violently. Evil Erasure Fan-6-star Magic Print! Golden light exploded from him, swirling like a torrent of divine wrath. The shadows screeched as the purifying power tore through the tendrils, invading his soul. One by one, the red eyes burst into mes, leaving only the blinding brilliance of Aleron''s energy illuminating the room. "I am just!" Aleron shouted, his voice booming with authority, pushing back against the ghost''s soul attacks. This gave him a bit of relief, but whatever the ghost that was attacking him continued. Yet, despite the damage, the entity pressed forward, its attacks growing more ferocious. Aleron felt a sudden shift-one of the tendrils had broken through his defenses andtched onto his soul. The ghost''s presence was invasive, trying to consume him from within. "You will join us!" the ghost bellowed as it began pulling at Aleron''s very essence. Aleron''s body stiffened, his mind drowning in shes of despair and suffering. His vision blurred as the weight of the dead pressed on him. Shelby called out, her voice distant, but he couldn''t respond. In the depths of his mind, where the ghost sought to bind him, Aleron''s spirit red with a fierce, unyielding will. He would not bend! "Join you?!" "You are going to join my Hell!" With a roar, he summoned forth the new Magic Print he created of 7-star: Hellsiv, amplifying his connection to the souls he had imprisoned. He had read their memories, and he knew all of their intentions, the evil they did. He had all the memories of them! At the moment, his soul was connected to Hell in the lower cosmos via this 7-star Magic Prints power. His Hell responded to his call, and from its depths, chains of infernal energy erupted, wrapping around the ghost''s tendrils, reversing the attack. "You want to punish me?" Aleron growled, his voice dripping with power. "I am the Punisher!" "I am the Punisher!" The chains tightened, dragging the ghost''s essence out of Aleron and pulling it toward the portal to his Hell. The ghost screeched, writhing violently as it was forcibly ripped from the chamber''s depths. Right after that, Aleron felt a burst of light as the darkness vanished. He saw Shelby''s bosom right above him as she looked at him with concern, her hand on his forehead in a gentle care. "Master..." Shelby uttered as ultimate relief washed over her. "What happened?" Aleron got up from herp and sat up while rubbing his temples. "Who attacked me?" "It was a malicious entity on this floor. I think it could invade through the individual ghosts produced via the chaotic phenomenon. It obviously wouldn''t target me given my soul power, so its only choice was you," Shelby wryly smiled. "I wanted to help, but it waspletelytched to your soul and if I did something, it could result in your soul damage. I decided to wait and let you deal with it while I observed your soul. If things went bad, I would''ve forcibly made the move to remove it, but fortunately, you won on your own," Shelby hugged Aleron. "Sorry, Master." "No need to say sorry," Aleron chuckled and patted her back. "Let''s continue." "There''s only one more floor below this and it has a more powerful entity, but we should be able to deal with it now if we make a move from the start," Shelby said with cold eyes. She had already explored the ship using her surveince skills. "You found the boss, already?" "Indeed." Aleron grinned, "Then let''s go. I have a perfect way to deal with them. I also realized that absorbing ghosts into my Hell can give me soul essence after I refine them." Magic Print: Hellsiv, was a wonderful power. Since the ghost attacked him regarding the topic of his justice and the way of life he chose, heN?v(el)B\\jnn created Magic Print after inspiring him to defeat itpletely. And now, the Hell he created, and the memories he absorbed were the foundation of this power. "I did some mysterious power surging from you briefly before you woke up," Shelby nodded with a smile. "You must have created a powerful Magic Print." "Yep." Aleron showed it to Shelby and seeing it, Shelby couldn''t help but be amazed. [Magic Print: Hellsiv]-7-star. -Effect: --> Malicious intent directed at you is attacked by all the malicious intents belonging to the residents of your Hell. -> Forcefully pulls the spiritual and soul entities who had contacted your soul via any means into your Hell. "Master, this is incredible. Your Hell is now powered by Cosmos Will Rexian''s genesis power as well, so it can surely refine all the souls no matter how powerful, not to mention that you formed a direct connection with your Hell by creating this Magic Print." "Indeed," Aleron grinned. "I can already check and found the abundance of pure soul essence that is refining from that entity I captured." "And now, we''ll get the boss of this chaotic phenomenon as well. Let''s go." Chapter 236: The Final Boss, Intense Battle Chapter 236: The Final Boss, Intense Battle ? Shelby and Aleron went down to the second floor of the ship. It was entirely different. Instead of rotten furniture, everything was strangely growing grotesque semi-bio things attached to literally everything. They spasmed as if they were alive, giving a creepy vibe. But that was not all, Aleron and Shelby saw stronger individual chaos ghosts that manifested for them. Aleron modified the Evil Erasure Fan into Evil Erasure Ward, creating a protective offense barrier that attacked any chaos entity that came close to him and erased them. Following Shelby, who was tracking the boss, they passed by the creepy structures and furniture on this floor, broken rooms and halls, and the strange pitfalls and trapsid by those creepy semi-bio entities. Aleron''s Evil Erasure Ward was strong enough to instantly kill anything that had intent to harm him, while Shelby was also the same as a flick of her soul power could defeat them despite her suppressed power. Half an hourter, they arrived at the boss area, and Shelby whispered, "That huge ck door hides the main terror of this chaotic phenomenon." "Let me recover Chakra energy first," Aleron said as he had used up much of his Chakra energy using Magic Prints by the time they arrived here. Entering meditation, Aleron recovered his Chakra energy in half a minute. Since his Mystic Path reached level 9 here, his limit of Chakra energy increased to 900. "Shelby, I want to go in alone and fight it. What do you say?" Shelby''s expression changed, her eyes showing hesitance, "I believe in your power, but the soul power of entity in there...it can affect you gravely. It will be able to make the first move no matter what you do, so it''s going to be tricky." "Yes, but I want to fight it," Aleron clenched his fist, his eyes burning with resolve. "It''s more powerful with nasty tricks up its sleeve, which is why I want to meet it head-on." Aleron stood before the towering ck door, the oppressive energy behind it growing stronger with each passing second. Shelby''s lips pressed into a thin line of concern. The dim, pulsating glow of the grotesque, semi-bio creatures cast strange shadows on the walls as if the ship itself was alive, shuddering in anticipation of the uing sh. "I''ll wait out here as you wish," Shelby said, her voice steady despite the uncertainty in her eyes. Aleron nodded, stepping forward. His hand trembled slightly, not from fear but from the enormity of the battle he was about to face. With a deep breath, he pushed the door open, and an overwhelming wave of dark energy crashed over him, chilling him to his core. Simply Magic Print wouldn''t cut it, he knew. The first move belonged to his enemy, and he would have to resist, fight, and destroy whatever that came his way. As he was about to push the door and touch it, Aleron suddenly found himself already inside. ''It started.'' The room beyond was vast and shadowy, its boundaries lost in an inky ck fog. In the center, a swirling mass of chaotic energy crackled and hissed, its form ever-changing, as though thews of reality bent and broke around it. The chaotic entity, the source of the terror that had consumed the ship, awaited him. But it wasn''t alone. Out of the shifting darkness stepped familiar faces. Darzax, Riki, Hua, Fang, Lee, Ying, Jiang, Arran''tel, Nerathi, and Roxen-his loyal subordinates-stood before him, their eyes empty, their forms twisted and translucent. Behind them, his wives appeared-Enorin, Yueha, Mei, Ruan, Liang, and Rias-each wearing expressions of cold malice, their hands reaching toward him. "Aleron..." they whispered in unison, their voices warped and echoing in his mind. "Why did you leave us?" Aleron''s heart wrenched, but he knew better. These were not his allies nor his wives. They were manifestations of the chaotic entity, illusions meant to break his resolve and shatter his spirit. He clenched his fist, his body shaking not from fear but from anger. ''It''s already into my soul.'' "I know what you are!" he shouted, his voice echoing in the vast chamber. "You think you can break me with these tricks?" The entity didn''t respond. The illusions of his loved ones advanced, their eyes glowing with malicious intent. "Hypocrite." "You are a loser, you know?" Aleron''s face darkened. He knew it was the chaotic entity of this chaotic phenomenon, but it didn''t feel good to hear those words from his loved ones. The oppressive aura of soul power weighed down on him, threatening to sap his strength. But Aleron wasn''t one to back down. He activated the Evil Erasure Ward, a powerful aura surrounding him. Any illusion that came close disintegrated, the chaotic ghosts vanishing in bursts of dark mist. However, the soul power from the entity was immense, and the illusions seemed endless. The ward couldn''t keep up with the sheer volume of them. His allies and wives reappeared, their forms reforming, stronger, darker. ''I have to find the root. If I can''t target it with Hellsiv, it won''t activate,'' Aleron frowned. For every step he took forward, the illusions pressed harder. The entity was testing his limits, trying to overwhelm him. Aleron realized he needed something more than just defense- something that could shield his mind, his soul, from the barrage of illusions and malicious. The chaotic entity, sensing his struggle, released a deafening wail. His allies lunged at him, weapons raised, and his wives'' hands reached out to crush his heart. For a moment, doubt crept into Aleron''s mind. Could he truly face this thing alone? "Focus!" he whispered to himself and tightly pped his cheek. ''Magic Print. Focus on it! ''Create something to fight it off.'' ''My Chakra energy...I can''t use more on Evil Easure Ward or I''ll trulynd in an unrecoverable trouble.'' Aleron''s heart was beating fast. The situation was tense and dire for him. ''I have to make a new way.'' Aleron let himself get drowned in the attacks while he endured and singrly focused on preserving himself while creating a Magic Print. "Die!" "Nobody loves you, Aleron." "You are just powerful, that''s why everyone follows you." ''Shut up!'' ''No, I can''t be distracted.'' ''Calm down and focus.''n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "Master, should I kill them?" Darzax said, as Aleron vividly saw him killing Yueha, Rias, and others. But Aleron didn''t waver this time. He continued in his focus, towards his goal. "Everyone is going to die because of you." "I thought you were just? Why couldn''t you save others?" "Prosper Path Alliance will kill everyone. You can''t do anything." After an unknown amount of time, Aleron''s eyes shot open, bursting out with radiant defiance. "Vihelguard!" Aleron roared, mming his hands together. The Magic Tongue''s power erupted in his new Magic Print. From his palms, a radiant seal of light burst forth, expanding rapidly around him. The Vihelguard was a sanctuary of the soul, a protective dome that not only shielded him from the chaotic energies but purified the space around him. A new 7-star magic print: Vihelguard! As it spread, the illusions flickered, their forms disintegrating like shadows under the harsh sun. The chaotic entity screeched in pain, its form recoiling as the light washed over it. The twisted figures of Darzax, Riki, and the others dissipated, unable to withstand the purity of the sanctuary. The apparitions of his wives vanished, their hollow eyes fading into nothingness. Aleron stood in the center of the Vihelguard, breathing heavily but resolute. The swirling mass of chaos in front of him pulsed, struggling to maintain its form. The entity had lost its advantage; its illusions could no longer reach him. ''But I can reach now!'' Aleron was angry, and without wasting a second, wrapped his fist in a heavy radiant gauntlet before punching the monster with a giant vertical pupil eye that extended ck rotten tentacles. It was misty and ck, nasty and malicious. With renewed determination, Aleron charged forward, his fist glowing as he first released his anger by punching it. The chaotic entity, now vulnerable,shed out desperately, tendrils of dark energy whipping toward him. But the Vihelguard shielded him, erasing the malicious chaos on contact. "Your tricks won''t work on me anymore!" Aleron shouted, his voice echoing through the chamber. Finally, he targeted it using Hellsiv, his chakra energy draining rapidly along with his other energies. A deafening wail filled the room as the entity''s form unraveled, its chaotic essence forcibly eroding as searing golden me chains wrapped around it. "Go to Hell!" *Screeeech!!* The oppressive atmosphere lifted, the shadows receding, and the grotesque semi-bio entities outside the door ceased their writhing. The ship felt lighter, as though the dark presence that had gued it had finally been vanquished. Aleron stood amidst the fading mist, his breathing steady, his body weary but victorious. He had faced the chaotic entity head-on, and despite its illusions, its overwhelming soul power, he had triumphed. The ck door slowly creaked open, and Shelby stepped inside. Her eyes scanned the room, then settled on Aleron. A small smile tugged at her lips. "You did it." Aleron nodded, his gaze still fixed on the spot where the chaotic entity had been. "Yeah," he said softly with a smile, "I did it." The hall was illuminated with hazy green and yellow lights. The ship seemed to start purifying as the semi-bio entities began vanishing. [Congrattions for sessfully exploring andpleting the Chaotic Phenomenon''s challenge.] Chaosverse Will''s monotone message greeted him and Shelby. In front of Aleron, a fancy treasure chestdened with ethereal hazy green and golden patterns appeared, ready to open. The reward from the Chaotic Phenomenon was unlike the Dungeons. Chaotic Phenomenon gave strange things, strange artifacts. Aleron walked forward, his eyes showing anticipation as he opened the chest. Chapter 237: Weekly Mission: Valley of Devouring Viridescent Chapter 237: Weekly Mission: Valley of Devouring Viridescent ? Aleron opened the chest, and it spewed out a single small glowing orb containing a strange painting inside. He touched as the orb vanished, and the painting emerged, its size being a meter long and half a meter wide. It was a painting of a big eye with a vertical pupil, extending tentacles from its sides. It looked lifelike as the eye blinked, pulsed with a red glow, and its tentacles also constantly wiggled. [Painting of Soulen Crux] -Type: Artifact. -Grade: Unbound-rank -Effect: Infuse chakra energy in the painting and face it against the target to curse their soul with [Rotten Apparition]. -> Rotten Apparition: the cursed target will see their loved ones and close people conjuring, attacking their soul and mind with negativity. "This is not bad," Shelby raised her eyebrows. "Using it on a Paragon-rank will result in swift defeat, and it would greatly harm Unbound-rank ones as well if we use it duringbat." "Yeah, I guess it was worth it exploring this," Aleron smiled. "We got a ton of pure Soul essence, which will make everyone powerful, and this artifact." ... Aleron, Luna, Kira, and Shelby once again rode on the Starforged Dreambloom Stag as they continued their journey and only stopped after they left the Malevolent Cloud Sea area. Aleron contacted Midworld and talked with the girls as he asked them who wasing first before finding it was Mei. He told her to arrive at his Hell and gave her the pure Soul essence refined from those two chaotic ghosts. After she absorbed it, Mei entered through the portal and arrived on the Dreambloom Stage''s back. "Mei, absorb the soul essence and power up first," Aleron said with a smile as he created a proper andfortable mattress for her to meditate on the back. "Mhmm, thank you, Master," Mei said with a nod, her white cheeks bearing a shade of pink. She had removed her mask and was no longer wearing it these days. "So she is one of your wives, eh?" Luna elbowed Aleron from the side as she looked at Mei while smiling. "She is a cutie." "That she is, haha." -- The group continued moving towards their destination. It took an hour for Mei to finish absorbing the pure soul essence and properly powering up, reaching 1000 foundational points in her Soul path, bing the peak of Paragon-rank in at least her Soul Path. They sped up a bit after that and finally arrived at a misty valley between two huge mountains after four hours of traveling. During the travel, Aleron focused on carving a path in Body Path, figuring out how to evolve Bloodlines into Genome Trees. He didn''tpletely figure it out, but he was making progress. As they arrived at the site, Aleorn saw two people sitting on a cloud above the valley, ying some kind of board game akin to chess, but both sides had 100 pieces, and the board was big. Powerhouses at this stage would find chess boring because, with their mental prowess, they could easily figure out all possibilities within seconds. As such, the board game being yed here was way moreplex, with more rules to make it tough and interesting. Upon sensing the aura, the two Unbound-rank powerhouses stood up and looked at the iing monster. "Did he have an Unbound-rank chaotic beast mount?" "Who knows? He just joined in the recent batch and killed the previous S-rank holder. ording to the details we got, the other two Paragon-ranks with him are also members of Special Paragon ss but live with him." "All of them are women except for him, heh. I guess we know what''s his deal." Aleron, Luna, and Kira flew toward them while Shelby and Mei stayed on the Dreambloom Stag. "This task is only for you, so the other two can''t enter," one of the men with a tiger head and body with ck and yellow stripes said to Aleron as he crossed his arms. The demonic man with blue horns beside him wryly smiled and quickly said, "That''s wrong, Daji. I got notified that the other two of the Special Paragon ss can enter with him." "The fuck? Say it earlier, Roke." "I just got notified an hour ago, and our game was going intense, so it left my mind," Roke said before he nced at the chaotic beast and then at the trio before him, "Alright, you can go now."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om The task was to explore this chaotic phenomenon with a chaos power of 9.8. Aleron, Luna, and Kira entered through the mist and found themselves in a colorful world of nature and danger. Just like when they entered that ghastly ship and got its name automatically from Chaosverse''s intent, they also got this chaotic phenomenon''s name. Valley of Devouring Viridescent. The Valley of Devouring Viridescent stretched out before Aleron, Luna, and Kira in a surreal, twistedndscape. A shimmering mist of green and gold hung heavy in the air, with enormous, jagged flora growing from every direction. Thick vines draped from towering trees, writhing like snakes, while vibrant, glowing spores floated gently, only to burst with toxic gas upon touch. Immediately, their senses heightened. The air was thick with chaotic energy, making every step into the valley feel like wading through unseen forces. Aleron''s fingers twitched, ready to use his Mystic Skills and Magic Prints as required. He had already cleared a stronger chaotic phenomenon, so this wouldn''t be hard, but carelessness could to Just as they entered a bit deeper into the valley, Chaotic nt-Based Monsters were quick to appear, rising from the ground like phantoms. A twisted amalgamation of nt and monster, their bodies resembled gargantuan pitcher nts with razor-toothed maws, vine tendrils covered in sharp thorns, and pulsating bioluminescent orbs embedded within their bodies, which were the first ones to shoot out as they exploded, covering everything in a sparkling mist, blinding their visions. One of the monstrous nts lunged at them, its massive maw snapping open to swallow Aleron whole. He acted swiftly, raising his hand to summon a barrier ofpressed space, freezing the beast mid-motion. The maw was stuck, vibrating with strain. Without hesitation, Kira leaped into action. Her Symbios Gear-Deadlock X-mark shifted into its second form, her sleek sniper rifle materializing in her arms. In a split second, she aimed at the bioluminescent orb on the nt''s chest, the soft glow reflecting in her eyes. *Bang!* A single shot rang out, and the nt exploded in a cascade of green ooze, causing the creature to writhe in agony before crumbling to dust. Luna, not far behind, already had her sights on the next threat. Two more nt monsters surged toward her, but she remained calm. Her Symbios Gear-ckfrost Luna glowed with an ethereal, frosty light. With a sh of movement, her gauntlet-d fist crashed into the earth, summoning a wave of ice spikes that erupted from the ground, freezing the creatures in ce. "Now burn," Luna muttered, snapping her fingers. The frozen nts werebusted, engulfed by brilliant blue mes that danced across their forms, reducing them to ash. Her mastery of me and ice was precise and deadly, and the enemies stood no chance. "More iing!" Kira yelled as more of the writhing nts emerged from the earth, moving faster and with more ferocity. Aleron took charge again, channeling both time and space as he executed the Mystic Skill: Dragon Vortex. With a sweeping motion of his hand, the vortex formed in front of the oing nt monsters, freezing them in time for a brief moment before a spatial rift formed in the shape of a dragon, warping the creatures into the air and scattering them across the area. In the next moment, draconic lightning arced from his fingertips, crackling through the air and electrocuting the suspended monsters in mid-air as rumbling crackles echoed. Luna and Kira moved with perfect synchronicity, using the chaos to their advantage. Kira''s Symbios Gear shifted again to its ster form, firing concentrated energy sts at the more resilient enemies, while Luna charged ahead, her gauntlets mming into any that got too close, using her star-infused punches to obliterate them. This valley wasn''t too big, and the monsters were unending as they kepting every minute while they moved deeper into the valley towards its end. "Recover your energies while I hold them off!" Aleron said after ten minutes of relentless combat. After half an hour, they arrived at the heart of the valley-an enormous tree-like monster, its twisted form towering above them. This was no ordinary nt-based monster. Its bark was made of swirling chaotic energy, and its canopy was filled with eyes-pulsing, red, vertical pupils. "This thing is the boss," Aleron said, narrowing his eyes. "Let''s destroy it." The final battle began. The Tree of Devouring Viridescent let out a deafening roar, its vine-like branches shooting toward them with explosive speed. Aleron moved quickly, warping space to redirect the iing attacks while summoning elemental storms of fire and ice using Mystic Skills. He had no limit on creating Mystic Skills and all the counters of powers as his mystic path described him aptly-The King of Over-Epassing! Kira darted around, using her sniper and ster forms in rapid session to target the numerous eyes on the tree''s canopy, each one exploding into showers of purple and crimson me sparks when struck. But the tree retaliated viciously, summoning a storm of spores that filled the air with poisonous gas. Luna, her Symbios Gear glowing, leaped into the fray, her gauntlets morphing to enhance her physical abilities. She shattered the iing vines with powerful strikes before summoning a barrage of ice shards and Starfire, striking the tree''s vulnerable spots. "We need to hit its core!" Aleron ryed as he dodged another attack. Luna nodded, gathering her energy as she charged forward. With a powerful leap, she punched directly into the tree''s trunk, Starfire erupting from her fist as she made contact. The force sent shockwaves through the ground. Meanwhile, Aleron summoned his most powerful Mystic Skill-Absolute Stasis, manipting time and space itself around the tree andpletely stopping it. Afterward, he raised his hand and executed another Mystic Skill: Chaotic Shower! A massive meteor of condensed elemental powerbining fire, lightning, and space energy formed before elerating like a shooting star right on the monster! "Luna, now!" Luna jumped back just as Aleron''s meteor crashed into the tree''s core, detonating with a brilliant explosion. The tree let out one final, anguished roar before copsing, its chaotic energy dispersing into the valley. [Congrattions for sessfully exploring andpleting the Valley of Devouring Viridescent''s challenge.] "Good job, girls," Aleron grinned. He didn''t do all the work this time as he also wanted to see Luna and Kira''s prowess, especially with the additional arsenal power that he gave them-the Symbios Gears. Seeing the treasure chest manifesting, Aleron said, "Kira, you want to open it? "Yes!" Kira excitedly moved towards the treasure chest. It was her first time entering a chaotic phenomenon and clearing it, so she was excited. Chapter 238: Weeklies Finished Chapter 238: Weeklies Finished ? Kira opened the treasure chest and got a wooden gourd with mystical green vine patterns. [Rejuvenating Gourd of Viridescent] -Type: Artifact -Grade: Paragon-rank. -Effect: Death of chaotic beasts around you fills up the gourd automatically, even if you are not the one who kills them. A fully filled gourd can recover a Paragon-rank to prime once from death''s bed while removing all types of status ailments. "This is very good. Better than the painting," Aleron raised his eyebrows. "If it was of Unbound rank, it could also cleanse stronger debuffs, but this is still good."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "Yeah, it''s good," Luna nodded. "Here, brother Aleron," Kira handed it to Aleorn. Aleron chuckled and patted her head instead of taking the gourd. "It''s yours. I don''t need it." "Yep. You keep it," Luna smiled. "Thank you," Kira bowed and dropped a drop of blood to bind with the gourd before hanging it at her waist. The trio returned to the entrance of the Valley, where Shelby and Mei were waiting with Dreamblood Stag, along with the two members of Prosper Path Alliance. "If you want to return to the city fast, enter this portal, or you can also ride your way back home." "Yeah, we''ll go through the portal," Aleron nodded with a smile. "Thanks." They didn''t want to return because of the conflict with those Blue Demons. If they attacked again with more preparation this time, they couldnd into fatal trouble. After entering the portal, they arrived directly at the Proper Path Alliance''s mountain pce in the portal hall. However, leaving the portal hall, Aleron was questioned by some Unbound-rank about the new member with them. Upon learning that she was a woman Aleron picked up on the way to join his harem, they dismissed him. He was already surrounded by women, and this wasn''t anything strange there. There were even a few women who kept a bunch of men around them, be they ves or actual harem. After returning to their S-rank abode in the Paragon Special ss area on the east side of the mountain in the middle section, Aleron first contacted Branch Master Lilisa using the crystal. Learning that Aleron was attacked by Blue Demons, she didn''t sound surprised. "That''smon. If you kill someone, then their backers will try to kill you." "And I guess I am not supposed to get any protection from Proper Path Alliance, right?" "Wrong. You can take a Transcendent-rank puppet with you from the alliance when you go to weekly missions out of the city. You can also call for reinforcement, but since you already have a Transcendent-rank guardian, I didn''t bother telling you about that." Aleron clicked his tongue. "Can you tell me what else you haven''t told me yet? We were attacked by two Transcendent as if the enemy already knew I had one with me. They were prepared. We only won because we took advantage of the chaotic phenomenon." And his Gacha System, but he obviously couldn''t expose it. "Well, you just killed him today and went to weekly mission. Someone from the Special Paragon ss likely leaked the information about that. As for how they found you, it should be the same person." Lilisa continued, "The weekly mission you went to was the same one the previous guy had, but he had yet to go there. If it was a new one, they wouldn''t have found you. Anyway, since you are fine, then focus on getting stronger. Did you get the rewards for the weekly mission?" "Not yet." "Alright, I am sending the rewards. It will be two stat-boosting potions. One potion will increase all of your stats by 10 to 30 depending on your absorption efficiency." "I also want to take on new missions. Both remaining weekly missions of this week, to be precise." "Alright. A person will soone and deliver you the rewards along with details of the two weekly missions." ... Five minutester, a turtle beastfolk man arrived with the rewards and four scrolls containing details of four weekly missions. The other two weekly missions were for Luna and Kira. [Weekly Mission: Collect the Herbs] ¡ª Kira --> Find a Lokan Tree in the chaotic wilderness and bring it back. It must be uprooted. [Weekly mission: Horns of Netherite Bull] ¡ª Luna --> Find and kill a Netherite Bull in the chaotic wilderness to collect its Horns. [Weekly mission: Pollen of Dark Hibiscus.] - Aleron -> Collect 10 grams of pollen of Dark Hibiscus in the chaotic wilderness. [Weekly Mission: City Bounty ] - Aleron --> Find a human shown in the portrayal, named Jackson Lempart, and kill him. He is in the Deste City and can''t exit but only hide. The bounty mission was unexpected and didn''t seem easy. This city was way too big. It was 500 kilometers in radius, a massive size filled with abundant buildings, mountains, and poption. To find a specific person, one would need some kind of Mystic Skill of scouting. And Aleron actually had the best one in regards to that. The scroll also had a strand of hair attached to it in case he wanted to use some kind of tracking skill. After reading the missions, the group rested in their big castle. Kira and Luna went to bathe first while Aleron ordered some food as they had a long journey and everyone was hungry. After Kira and Luna finished bathing in the big bathroom with a pond-like pool, Aleron went next, but of course, not alone. Aleron took Mei inside as well and both of them had blissful fun in there for half an hour before Shelby joined for another half an hour. Luna knew what was going on, but she was still a bit shy regarding joining the twodies and didn''t want to join before spending a night alone with him. After everyone freshened up, they ate food and slept for some hours before going out toplete the weekly missions. The sun was just peeking over the horizon when the group gathered at the castle''s entrance, fully prepared for their respective missions. Kira moved quietly through the dense, chaotic forest, her eyes scanning for any signs of the Lokan Tree. The air here was heavy with energy, and every step felt like it disturbed some hidden force. Small chaotic beasts scurried in the distance, but none posed a threat-yet. After an hour of searching, she felt a subtle pull. Her connection with the gourd had sharpened her sense of vitality, and this particr pull felt...alive. She followed it, weaving through vines and over gnarled roots until she stumbled into a small grove. In the center stood a towering tree, its bark shimmering with a faint green glow. "The Lokan Tree," she whispered, recognizing its distinct, shimmering leaves and deep roots. But just as she took a step forward, the ground beneath her feet trembled. A chaotic beast, a hulking creature covered in stone-like scales, burst from the earth, roaring its challenge. Its eyes gleamed with hunger as it charged toward her. Kira narrowed her eyes and used her Symbios Gear as a fancy sniper rifle appeared-Deadlock X-Sniper Rifle. She wasn''t here to fight, but she wasn''t about to let this beast ruin her mission either. Leading the beast away from the tree and using a Mystic Skill that confused the chaotic beast by showing it a fake appearance at another spot, she stealthily shot the beast, instantly killing it without damaging the tree. With the beast gone, Kira focused on uprooting the tree. She carefully channeled her energy into the roots, loosening them from the chaotic soil. The tree resisted at first, but after several minutes, it relented, and she managed to pull it free. Smiling in satisfaction, she secured the tree in a storage talisman and began her return to the group. Aleron, Luna, and Shelby were watching this from a kilometer away. Since it was her mission, they wanted her to do it. ... Luna prowled the wilderness, her senses heightened as she tracked the Netherite Bull. These creatures were notoriously aggressive, known for their massive horns that could pierce through even defenses of Unbound-rank powerhouses. It was their chaotic power that allowed them to simply pierce through the defense, but this only applied to their horns. As such, they were a great material to make weapons and other items. After an hour of tracking, she spotted it-a massive, jet-ck bull grazing near a stream, its horns gleaming under the light. Luna crouched behind arge boulder, assessing the situation. The Netherite Bull wasrger than she had anticipated, its hide looking impossibly tough. But she wasn''t worried. She had faced worse. With a deep breath, Luna burst from her hiding spot, rushing toward the bull with her full power she used a buff-type Mystic Skill and activated her Symbios Gear''s first form as a pair of gauntlets covered her hands. The beast noticed her toote. She leaped onto its back, driving both of her hands into it before bursting out with full power. The bull bellowed in rage, kicking up dirt as it tried to throw her off, but in the second, tens of ck frost spikes emerged from its body before it was impaled several meters off the ground. Its horns werepletely intact! ... Aleron moved with purpose through the forest, his focus solely on finding the rare Dark Hibiscus. This particr nt only bloomed during certain times in the chaotic wilderness, making it a difficult target. It only bloomed for 6 hours and its growth period was 18 hours. That''s right. These flowers grew daily but only bloomed for 6 hours before growing somewhere else. He wasn''t concerned, though. His scouting abilities were unmatched after he created Mystic Skill: Cosmic Eye, and after a short search, he found a small grove of the elusive flowers. Their dark, violet petals gleamed ominously, surrounded by a thick, protective aura of chaotic energy. Aleron smiled. "Perfect." It was time to return and finish thest weekly mission. Afterward, he could fully focus on researching the Genome Tree progression! Chapter 239: Resort Break Chapter 239: Resort Break ? Sitting on a resort hill station''s area 3 after paying for 2000 Chaos Stones, the group rxed on thefy chairs and private pool. This location was in the central part of the city, so it was perfect to begin hisst weekly mission. Aleron was on the pool chair floating and rxing while his Cosmic Eyes were spreading in eight directions around him, looking for the target. The bounty also had details. It seems that this guy called Jackson Lempart killed three people who were part of an organization affiliated with Proper Path Alliance. As such, they created a bounty on him for their members toplete.N?v(el)B\\jnn From details, he was a Paragon-rank of high-stage, but not peak. The three he killed were newbies who had recently arrived on Chaosverse from their Upper Cosmos. With those three being Elven Subus, a rare cross-breed n, Jackson raped and killed them, so they locked the entire city with a formation specifically for him. He couldn''t exit the city, nor ess any teleportation ces. Since his aura was identified, he would be found the moment he neared any exit spot or teleporters. His only hope was to find a person capable enough to teleport him out of the city using Mystic Skill, but no one was foolish enough to help him. After all, if someone helped him, Prosper Path Alliance would also target them. Alerony back on the floating chair, his eyes half-closed as he soaked in the warmth of the sun and the coolness of the private pool''s water. The gentle wavespped against his legs, but his focus wasn''t on the serenity around him. His Cosmic Eyes were at work, sweeping through the city''s central area with invisible precision. Since he had identified Jackson''s aura from his hair, he could work to find him through it. Of course, the chaotic essence within the city made it harder to track targets with normal senses, but his Mystic Skills allowed him to extend his vision beyond the physical world, probing both space and time. Hunting a Paragon-rank in a city thisrge, with its myriad hiding ces and bustling energy signatures, was no easy feat. Still, Aleron had an advantage: his mastery of space-time maniption Mystic skills. As his vision extended outward via his Cosmic Eyes, weaving through streets and alleys, he found some traces of Jackson''s aura. ''Time to use the new tracking skill,'' Aleron''s eyes glinted. Eternal Echoes of Time activated, tracing back the residual aura hints from people''s movements over the past day. It was a skill that allowed him to follow in the footsteps of his target by reviewing echoes of past moments in that area. In the distance, near the northwest edge of the city in a less bustling area, Aleron felt a pulse. It was faint but unmistakably the trace of Jackson Lempart''s aura. The target was clever, hiding within the fringes of the city, staying low to avoid detection, but he couldn''t mask his presence entirely. Aleron smirked. "Found you." He stood up, droplets of water falling from his body as he dismissed the floating chair with a flick of his hand. "Did you find him, Master?" Mei asked, adjusting her position on the chair. Aleron nodded. "Yes, he''s near the edges of the district. I''ll handle this." Luna sat up, her gaze curious but calm. "Want a backup?" "Not necessary. You two stay here and rx. This won''t take long." Aleron''s voice was confident, though not arrogant. He knew his strengths well. Target was a high-stage Paragon-rank and frankly, no one in Paragon-rank could match up to him thanks to his mastery of Magilore as he had reached level 7 Magic Zone. But even without that, he believed he was without equal in Paragon-rank due to his arsenal of powers awakened in his Mystic Path. With a graceful leap, Aleron exited the pool area and stepped into the shimmering air before. His body flickered for a moment, and the next, he vanished, using his Mystic skill: Voidwalker to teleport himself instantly toward his target''s location. The rest was anticlimactic as Aleron simply captured Jackson within a prison made from a 5- star Magic Print. He couldn''t hope to escape from that magic prison no matter what he did. Activating his eyes of Absolute Judgement, Aleron wanted to confirm and saw that Jackson was a dark red-colored individual. ''Guess I hoped for too much in this shitty world,'' Aleron wryly smiled. He thought Proper Path Alliance framed Jackson because he knew something he shouldn''t know, or just to get rid of him at the request of some nasty fellows. If Jackson had a yellow mark, he nned to kill him and throw his soul into his Midworld before giving him a new body. That way, he would escape Prosper Path Alliance''s chase and get a new life. But he was wrong. "Alright, let''s go," Aleron teleported directly to the Alliance Pce and submitted him. "You brought him alive? That''s great," the staff member said in surprise. "If youpleted other missions as well, then submit them. I''ll send the rewards after ten minutes." "I''ll submit themter since I am upied in a resort with my girls outside," Aleron grinned and waved his hand as he teleported. ... Since Aleron paid 2000 for their two hours of vacation at this resort, he would obviously want to get its worth. This hill resort had a private area covered by a formation, allowing no one outside to peep through. It had a swimming pool, a pavilion, a treehouse with a big room and fancy furniture. Returning to the ce, Aleron jumped into the pool, sshing water on everyone before he started swimming bareback. "Girls, I have a present for you," Aleron grinned as he saw their in outfits. "Since we are the ce, you ought to wear bikinis." Cooking a mystic skill using his elemental traits, Aleron created bikinis of smooth and soft fabric bikinis with slightly fancy designs. An ocean-blue two-piece with wavy white patterns for Luna. A ck two-piece criss-cross bikini for Mei. A my-dark blue patterned two-piece bikini for Shelby. And a pink one-piece for Kira. Aleron also removed his clothes, wearing only ck boxers of soft andfy fabrics. But just swimming andying in the pool wasn''t fun, of course, and Aleron had thoughts about doing something naughty. Chapter 240: Lunas Time Chapter 240: Luna''s Time ? ''Wait, I can use wormhole that way....I think,'' Aleron''s eyes sparkled. His little dragon was already big as he was thinking about naughty things, so he decided to try it. He opened a wormhole right in front of his meat rod and it appeared from the another wormhole a meter below him. ''Damn, it works!'' "Be careful, Mei. Something mighte in." Aleron started swimming in slow butterfly strokes, a mischievous smile on his face as he looked at Mei, who was swimming in backstrokes. "Hmm? What, Master?" Mei blinked and asked. In the next second, Aleron created a wormhole right at Mei''s crotch as it kissed her pink cave, startling her. She looked at it and her cheeks turned red, but she wasn''t shy about it and with a slightly flushed face, she started swimming after opening the gap. "Mhff..." Mei gasped as it entered inside and kissed her womb. *Ssh!* Ssh* Aleron started swimming fast in butterflystroke, his hips moving crazily while water sshed everywhere around him. Meanwhile, Mei was trembling in pleasure as Aleron directly started intense thrusts in the guise of butterflystrokes swimming. "Ara, that''s some innovation, Master," Shelby couldn''t help butugh. "What''s going on?" Luna asked in confusion. "Brother Aleron was swimming fast, hehe," Kira grinned and also started swimming fast in freestyle. The pool was easily the size half of the football field, so it was one of the main attractions since the water was special with buff type, said to rejuvenate mind and body both. "M-Master..." Mei''s voice was as small as a mosquito, but she also had to swim in rhythm or it would look weird with her body moving on her own! Her mind was getting numb as it was practically drowning in the sea of pleasure. And the more she swam and rhythm, the harder it became for her to hold back. The pleasure was electrifying and intense as she couldn''t help but climax after two minutes despite holding back. Aleron poured his load inside at once, his physical mastery at y and he also used Genome Pulse. Having sex was apanied by both pleasure and research to him. After finishing a round with Mei, Aleron switched his target to Shelby before he once again started swimming speedily in butterfly strokes, his hips moving intensely as Shelby''s body quivered despite her trying to swim. Her cheeks flushed, and her eyes turned misty with lust and bliss as each thrust sent her to heaven. After enjoying a round with Shelby, Aleron got off the pool with a satisfying, "Ah, that was fun." Shelby and Mei floated on the pool, their eyes closed in bliss. "I am going to the room and take a rest," Aleron said as he nced at Luna and winked at her. Luna understood and her cheeks flushed. But she also wanted to be one with Aleron, sooner rather thanter. ... In the dimly lit bedroom, Aleron sat on the edge of the bed, his heart racing with anticipation of what was toe. He watched Luna slowly undress herself, taking in every curve and sway of her wless body. Herrge breasts swayed gently as she reached up to unsp her bikini, freeing them from its confines. They hung heavy and full, pleading for his attention. Aleron grabbed them and started sucking without restraint. Luna trembled, experiencing a newfound pleasure. Her heart raced faster than ever, and she felt aroused, her pink cave below wetting up. "Soft and juicy," Aleron chuckled as he rubbed his face on them after ying with them with his mouth and looked at her misty eyes welling up with water from the bodily reaction. Her face was flushed and her white body had spots of red like her face. Luna looked at him, her eyes filled with desire and curiosity. "Come," Aleron smiled as he went back on the bed andy down, his meat rod stiff and up. She crawled towards him on all fours, her plump derriere swaying seductively. Without saying anything, she positioned herself between his legs. "You''re already wet, so do you want to enter or have some forey?" Aleron chuckled. "Enter," Luna breathed out, her heartbeat still fast as her pussy rubbed against his shaft. She grabbed it and pointed it towards her open door, ready to wee him. The atmosphere in the room was soon filled with desire and passion. As they moved together, their bodies merged into a single fluid motion. Their rhythm was wless, with each stroke deeper than thest. Their breaths were heavy, with the moans of pleasures ringing without restrain. Aleron''s hands moved freely across Luna''s body, grazing her nipples that were already hardened under his touch. In response, she arched her back and pressed herself even closer to him. He could feel her wetness against his shaft, which only intensified his desire. He pushed deeper, pinpointing her sweet spot with precision. She threw her head back, releasing a long, slow moan that sent shivers down his spine. Their movements became faster and more intense, mirroring the mes of passion that burned brightly within them. Aleron pulled away briefly, only to push back in harder, his hips grinding against hers. She wrapped her legs around him, pulling him deeper into her. Their bodies were covered in a fine sheen of sweat as they reached the pinnacle of their enjoyment. With onest push, Aleron let go and buried himself to the hilt inside Luna. They both cried out simultaneously, their climaxes colliding in a wave of ecstasy. Time seemed to stand still as they clutched each other, their hearts racing and their bodies trembling from the aftermath of their passionate encounter. Aleron''s dragon poured in loads inside her as Luna twitched each second with each load hitting her, while also feeling more powerful as Aleron''s semen was special and fundamentally boosted her body stats. Her heady on his shoulder and her arms around him as she glued him just like how his shaft was glued to her deepest spot at the moment. "One more..." Luna whispered. "As you wish, mdy~"n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Chapter 241: Evolution, Eternals Chapter 241: Evolution, Eternals ? The group returned to the Prosper Path Pce after finishing their short vacation and submitted their weekly mission objects before returning to their S-rank abode. After getting the rewards, which were the all-stats boosting potions, the trio drank those and entered meditation to absorb them efficiently. Mei and Shelby also started training. Shelby focused on improving her Concept Zone, while Mei focused on reaching the 2nd level in her Concept: Eclipse Fury. After Aleron finished absorbing the potion to increase his stats, he continued his research on the Genome Tree while Luna and Kira focused on improving their Concepts. ... On the other hand, Aleron''s subordinates had formed a party and were exploring the Chaotic Wilderness, collecting resources and bing powerful day by day. Compared to average Paragon-rank powerhouses, they were stronger because of extra boons like Symbios Gears,plete innate physique synergizing with their peak Divine-rank Bloodlines, all thanks to Aleron''s mastery of Body Path and ess to Genome Pulse, the advanced energy of the body path that nobody aside from him could ess in the entire Chaosverse and Upper Cosmos realm. Time passed as hours turned into days and days into weeks. Every week, Aleron wouldplete his weekly missions and get one more wife into his harem. Moreover, he didn''t forget to do Gamble Quest daily as it was of utmost importance. Even if he didn''t go on many adventures, he would make sure to bet on something that gave him at least 1k-2k Gacha Points. ording to Aleron''s routine, he would finish all weekly missions in one day with Luna, Kira, and the gang and spend the rest of the days training and progressing in Genome Tree. The world of Genome was vast, far vaster than Magilore. But he made progress daily and learned things, especially from the Realm of Genome, which he could ess through his Job ss. Moreover, he also crafted Geno Gears while researching and sent all of those to his subordinates, giving them an extra form of power to remain above others and progress faster. They had to pay taxes to Chaosverse with chaos stones but no longer needed to worry about Alchemist as Yorin sessfully broke through to Paragon-rank a month ago, and half a monthter, he became proficient in handling Paragon-rank resources. The entire group would gather resources, and then Yorin would craft them into potions to increase their stats. Two months passed by, and Aleron reached a peak in all of his stats in Paragon rank via weekly missions. He wanted to continue, but it seemed that Proper Path Alliance could track his stats if nothing else, and he couldn''t get any more weekly missions. Branch Master Lilisa urged him to break through to Unbound rank within the next three months if possible due to an important event, but she didn''t specify anything about that. ''Three months? I have to break through in my Genome Tree first before reaching Unbound rank!'' Right now, his semen could make his girls get strong in Body Path, and he had a Hell that produced Soul Essence for everyone to progress in Soul Path. The only worry was Magic Path, but Enorin, Mei, Yueha, Rias, Ruan, and Liang went out to Chaotic Wilderness regrly and worked with his subordinates to collect resources. They couldn''t make contact with each other in the city, but Yorin''s potions would still reach them via Midworld. Midworld was a bridge for Aleron that couldn''t be detected by Proper Path Alliance because of his space-time powers. ... Aleron fully dedicated himself to making a breakthrough in evolving Bloodlines into Genome Tree. And finally...he seeded after one month and a half. Inside his room, Aleron sat cross-legged, wrapped up in an ethereal thread-like crimson cocoon with dark gold and ck shining patterns with purple hue. His consciousness was active, and he was observing all of his changes. The source of his Atherion Astral Regalord Bloodline was transforming into a mysterious tree in his Source Space, birthing an advanced form of structure of Body Path. ''So the Anomaly attribute of Bloodlines is one of the focal points which acts as a sprouting for this...'' Aleron''s anomaly attribute was Atherion Epass, which allowed him to freely synergize all energies in harmony and elevate them in potency. His Bloodline had attributes of all foundational elements, so this Anomaly Attribute was simply made for him. His Mystic Path also manifested exotic and versatile traits, and having his Anomaly attribute, Aleron could create exotic Mystic Skills of all and any kind as he had the knowledge and ability to do that. Of course, this main contributor was none other than his job ss. He created his Bloodline with all foundational powers in mind so that he could have infinite possibilities to y with and explore, not to mention his Innate Talent simply allowed him toprehend all types of magic fast. And now...his Genome Tree was manifesting via his Bloodline''s evolution. [Astral: Master, something''s happening to me...] [Gachapi: Don''t force yourself to stay awake. Go to sleep already. You''ll also evolve since you are in a symbiosis rtionship with Master.] The surge in power Aleron was feeling was nothing like before. ''Gachapi, it feels like this is going to make me very strong...'' [Gachapi: Hehe, of course. It''s a Genome Tree, after all. We are skipping the Bloodline Refinement part and directly evolving Bloodline into Genome Tree thanks to your Job ss.] He also felt something that he had never felt before, but he knew what it was because he had been researching Genome pulse and the realm of Genome to break through Bloodlines into the Genome Tree for a long time. Of course, he didn''t know the name, but it was something that acted as his goal in this research since he could feel it was a higher form of power in Body Path. ''This is too powerful...it''s affecting my soul as well.'' [Gachapi: Usually, Genome Tree is a very exceptional thing to have in Bubble Worlds. But people can still have Genome Tree here with the help of Eternals. However, Eternals only do that to their champions and it''s not as foundational and solid as yours.] [Gachapi: When an Eternal''s champion reaches Supreme-rank lifeform and gets their Blood Zone to level 10 via Bloodline Refinement, the Eternal would use their power as they have ess to Genome Pulse and can evolve their Bloodlines into Genome Trees.] ''Interesting. But I guess it won''t be a fullyprehensive power to those Supreme-rank people because they don''t have ess to Genome Pulse like me.'' [Gachapo: Yep. Unless they break past Supreme rank, they can''t have ess to Genome Pulse.] ''My aura is getting stronger and stronger...'' If he didn''t create a solid spatial barrier around him, the pulses of powerful aura he was releasing would reach far and wide, attracting unwanted attention. Soon, his consciousness was also affected by this evolution as he drifted into a warm darkness. But...there was someone who sensed what was happening here and directly arrived in his room, looking at the exquisite cocoon with sparkling eyes.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "Impossible...how can you ess Genome Pulse and even evolve your Bloodline into a Genome Tree while being here?" "I knew something was special about you, but this..." The one in his room was none other than Lavia, the Eternal of Synthesis and Purity. But soon, the room was filled with more presence, the exotic beings with various forms rted to their names. Gaelia, the Eternal of Growth and Vitality Nocturna, the Eternal of Night and Dreams Thaloran, the Eternal of Oceans and Depths Ignara, the Eternal of mes and Rebirth Zephyra, the Eternal of Winds and Freedom Letheris, the Eternal of Bnce and Duality Chronis, the Eternal of Time and Sands Vespera, the Eternal of Twilight and Transition Umbros, the Eternal of Shadows and Secrets Terramis, the Eternal of Earth and Stability Luxara, the Eternal of Light and Illumination "This is a miracle." "He is the one." "Turn into small forms or you''ll destroy the room, you idiots!" "How can he achieve this while being a lower-lifeform resident of this bubble here?" "He has a strange power in him, likely from Multiverse Realm." "Whatever that is, I don''t care. The madmen of this world are trying to do a stupid thing, and we can''t do anything because we can''t interfere." "Lavia, remove his name from your tablet. I will make him my champion and he will definitely defeat the Crux Lord." "No. I will make him my champion." "Clearly, I am the most suitable. He will be my champion." Suddenly, everyone heard a cute "Shut Up" and turned silently, looking at Aleron. Not at Aleron, but a mysterious ethereal figure above him, flickering. It was Gachapi, in its big eye with sparkling ck pupils and a golden slime-like appearance. Every Eternal''s pupils shrank while their eyes widened. "You bunch of idiots. Get out of this room, or I''ll make sure he won''t save you! Gathering here like this...what if a Supreme rank of Proper Path Alliance sensed some anomaly?!" "Get the fuck out, NOW!" In the next second, everyone vanished. "S-Should I leave too?" Lavia asked while rubbing her index fingers against each other with nervousness. "Pour in Genome Pulse in him," Gachapi said with a serious expression. "My Master broke through in his research faster than he leveled up his job ss, so hecked some Genome Pulse required to finish this process." "Pour in until I tell you to stop." "Okie!" Lavia nodded with determination and started pouring Genome Pulse into the cocoon. After Lavia poured in around fifty-thousand Genome Pulse, Gachapi told her to stop. "Thank you. You can leave for now ande back after five or six hours if you want to talk and see his progress. He''ll be done by then." "Roger!" Chapter 242: Genome Tree, Crazy Power Up Chapter 242: Genome Tree, Crazy Power Up ? *Crack...crack..* The cocoon cracked after six hours, and a hand emerged, peach pale with the ruby hue of the blood flowing below and hair strands on the surface, silky and leaning at one time. Soon, Aleron fully emerged from the cocoon, his appearance not the same as before. His muscles were lean and fleshed out, and he appeared in histe twenties with a height of 6''5. Be it men, women, or animals, the aura of his body and his appearance screamed wild beauty, attractive to all. His white hair was longer than before and now silky, shining faintly with a silvery hue. "I feel good like I''ve been reborn," Aleron said before he was surprised by his own voice. It was slightly deeper and more soothing than before. [Gachapi: Congrattions, Master. You also broke through to Unbound-rank, by the way. The requirement was to simply form an Unbound Core andpletelybine the three path sources to form the Sea of Trinity. Since you had a perfect foundation, I decided to help you with that andpleted that.] Aleron smiled, "Thanks, buddy." He blinked in curiosity, his eyes now had royally dark gold pupils, glinting faint golden as he looked at his status. "It seems Astral hasn''t woken up yet." [Gachapi: He''ll take some more time to finish the evolution.] [Aleron] |-Lifeform rank: Unbound -Unbound Core: 1% |-Mystic Paths: -> Level 10 King of Overepassing. |-Stats: -> Trinity Force: 507 +507. - Body: 1439 - Arcane: 771 Soul: 21 -> Chakra Energy: [1000/1000] -Trinity Assets: -> Concept Zone level 2 -> Blood Zone level 10 -> Magic Zone level 7 |-Innate Talents: ¡ª [Spiritmind of Magilore], [Eyes of Absolute Judgement] |-Concepts: [Astral Reaver] "I can''t begin to measure my current power at the moment," Aleron wryly smiled. "Help me with that and this new stuff, Gachapi." [Gachapi: Hehe, of course, Master. Ahem, so take a look at your Genome Tree first.] Gachapi showed Aleron his Genome Tree with the detailed status. [Genome Tree-Atherion Astral Regalord] -Level: 1 -Attributes: Water, Earth, Wind, Fire, Light, Darkness, Space, Time -Anomaly Attribute: Atherion Epass. - Status Boost: -> +200% Trinity Force. Genome Essence: [1000/1000] Genome Abilities: -> 1. Regalord Battle Form. -> 2. Ability Craft. -> 3. Regalord''s Throne. -> 4. Regalord''s Domain. [Gachapi: Ahem, so your Genome Tree doubled your Trinity Force and made your body crazily strong. Now be careful, Master. A slight careless action from you can bring destruction right now and attract unwanted attention. So first, suppress your body power that you are feeling it.] [Gachapi: Your Body is simply too overwhelming at the moment, so your soul is out of bnce, and your Unbound core might also shatter, so bring your Body stat below 1000, carefully and slowly.] Aleron nodded and closed his eyes. He could feel his blood and body had a new type of power residing. He waspletely and fundamentally transformed or, rather, evolved. And he could indeed feel his soul out of bnce. It was getting squeezed, and he had a hard time utilizing his Concept power. It was housed in a body that was simply too strong, causing it to bepletely suppressed and out of bnce. After all, Aleron''s body was no longer simple. It was a wonder of nature and power at this stage of evolution. He was impervious to all types of damage and attacks below a certain threshold. Transcendent-rank''s attacks wouldn''t even scratch his body, and it would be easy for him to take on Supremre-rank powerhouses''s attacks. However, he wasn''t a match for them yet because his soul was still too weak. His soul could get killed still, and it would be game over if that happened. [Gachapi: Good. Continue this way. You have topletely seal away the extra power. 1000 is the limit here. Above Supreme-rank is the Broken-rank lifeform, thest lifeform rank in this world, and without it, one can''t enter the First Labyrinth that exists in the Multiverse Realm. Only Eternals can make people reach that level by evolving one''s Bloodline into a Genome Tree, thus drastically increasing their Trinity Force like how yours is doubled. At the moment, your body is in the realm of Broken-rank lifeform, Master.] Aleron understood his situation for now and focused, sealing his bodily prowess and bringing it down to the same level as Arcane stat. [Gachapi: Great! Now, to exin the newfound powers. First, Trinity Force is what decides the potency of your Mystic Skills. It is the force of Chakra energy. The higher your Trinity Force, the stronger your Chakra energy.] [Gachapi: Unbound core is your lifeform crux, holding together the Trinity Force that stems from your three paths that are nowpletely intertwined. If it shatters, you will start losing your stats. As such, our next step is to refine and strengthen the Unbound core. It is refined by Trinity Force, and yours is already strong enough, so it will reach 100% refinement soon.] "Do I do it now?" [Gachapi: Yep. Breaking through to Transcendent rank requires some soul conditions and reaching level 3 in one Concept at least, but we won''t be doing that. We are unusually fast in progressing in Unbound core to 100% due to abnormally high Trinity Force, but you can simply suppress your aura, so others won''t be able to tell.] Aleron didn''t waste time and started refining his Unbound core after sitting cross-legged. A few minutes passed by as Aleron was already close to refining his Unbound core to 100%. Just as he was almost done, Enorin entered the room. "M-Master?" Looking at the otherworldly handsome man who looked like Aleron, Enorin was startled. Her cheeks slightly flushed as he waspletely naked, with his holy dragon standing like an arrow. Aleron opened his eyes and looked at Enorin before grinning, looking even more dashing with that smile. "Haha, surprised?" Enorin blushed and nodded. "You finished your Bloodline evolution....you look very very handsome, Master." Aleron stood up and walked towards her, now he towered over her unlike before and slightly bent down before kissing her lips while his hand closed the door. "Then how about you have a taste of my evolved body, my cute Eno?" Enorin''s heart raced, her eyes like a nectar of love as she nodded, "It would be my pleasure..." Aleron''s lips nted on hers as a passionate kiss began while Enorin''s outfit vanished, her milky figure and big melons bare for Aleron''s other hand to fondle and caress. Shortly afterward, Aleron grabbed her waist and pulled up, her back against the wall and her legs widened. Enorin''s pink cave was already wet from his kisses and touch. His stiff dragon entered inside as Enorin moaned, her arms around his neck and hands balled into fists. Aleron opened his mouth and started sucking her breast while moving his lips as Enorin moaned and gasped, her eyes rolling upward in ultimate pleasure as she climaxed in a minute. But Aleron continued as the sound of flesh hitting flesh reverberated in the room, though not going out of the barrier ced by Aleron. After a few minutes, Aleron walked back while Enorin was still attached as she hugged him. Aleron grabbed her buttcheeks and intensely started moving his hips, thrusting hard as Enorinpletely lost it, her consciousness drifting into the ninth heaven of pleasure. ... After half an hour, Enoriny on the bed, sleeping in the pleasure of the ocean after the passionate battle with Aleron''s dragon. Her body was covered in a semi-transparent golden membrane as her body was gradually bing powerful. "It seems I can''t evolve others'' Bloodlines as I did mine since they don''t have a source of Genome Pulse that can stabilize them and keep them safe from that influx of power," Aleron muttered. "I''ll have to go through a different and a gradual route with them." [Gachapi: Yes, Master. You have to seal their Genome Trees like yours.] "I have an idea," Aleron smiled. "I am going to make a Genome Serum that can trigger their Bloodline''s evolution into the Genome Tree. This way, I can have spare Genome Pulse to use during their evolution and seal their growing power before theye out of the cocoon." If he carelessly evolved their Bloodlines into Genome Trees like his, the likely result would be that the moment theye out of their cocoons, their souls and bodies would explode, simply ceasing to exist. "By the way, what about my job ss''s boost, Gachapi? I think it''s not applying anymore," Aleron saw that the source of his ss-Primordial Genome Whisperer, was no longer boosting his Body. [Gachapi: Yeah, it won''t boost, but no worries. This Job ss was adjusted to match your previous level since its source was Multiverse Realm. However, now you can simply craft some higher versions of Geno Gears and make it level up so that it matches your current level.] "I see, well, that''s good." Aleron sat down cross-legged and finished thest few percent of refinement of hisn/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Unbound-core sessfully reaching 100%. "I am still behind others in one aspect, and that''s important," Aleron said as he looked at his Mystic Path. [Gachapi: Yep. It''s time to manifest your second Mystic Path, so you can have more Chakra energy reserve.] [Gachapi: Also, let''s go somewhere far since we''ll have some visitors and we don''t want their presence here.] Aleron looked at Enorin and felt that it would take some hours for her to absorb the power of his semenpletely. He created a barrier around the room to prevent anyone from entering and contacted otherdies via telepathy since they were somewhere in the castle, either training or sparring. [Aleron: I am going out for a bit. Will return within half an hour. Also, Enorin is sleeping in the room. I''ll share the good news after returning.] [Shelby: Should Ie with you, Master?] [Aleron: It''s fine. What to say, I am kinda powerful now, very powerful, haha.] After rying that to everyone, he teleported away. Chapter 243: Meeting the Eternals, Training Chapter 243: Meeting the Eternals, Training ? Aleron swiftly arrived around a thousand kilometers away by teleporting and spending half of his Chakra energy. Seeing the chaotic wilderness around him, Aleron was about to check out his current prowess by fighting a chaotic beast when he suddenly saw a familiar figure manifesting before him. "Lavia," Aleron smiled. Seeing Aleron, Lavia''s eyes sparkled, "Wow, you are so handsome now." Suddenly, more beings started appearing around him, maintaining several meters of distance from him while sizing him up. "Genome pulse is flowing through his body." "Marvelous. He is the one, I say! He is the one!" One of them, a tall figure with glowing eyes, stepped forward slightly, gazing at Aleron with reverence. "Look at the aura surrounding him. It''s practically overflowing with power. His transformation is... beyond anything we''ve seen." "Brother, how about you be my champion? My boons would be of great help." Another, a being with wings shimmering like silver, nodded in agreement. "The strength of his Chakra is immense, even after teleporting such a distance. Only someone of his caliber could achieve such feats with ease." "I think you will find my boons much more lovely and helpful, how about you be my champion, friend?" A shorter, more mysterious figure with shadowy tendrils murmured, "His presence... it bends the very fabric of reality. It''s as though the universe itself acknowledges his potential." "Young brother, given your grasp of space and time, you will allure to my boons more than others." "Every step he takes reshapes the energy around him," said a woman adorned in silver and gold, her voice filled with admiration. "Hemands the elements without even trying. Such control is beyond even the ancients." "Hey, handsome, I think you will love my boons and benefits," she winked and added. "How about you be my champion?" Aleron was dumbfounded. "SHUT UP!!" Lavia shouted and created a dreamy transparent bubble around Aleron and herself. "What''s going on? Are they all Eternals like you?" Aleron blinked and asked as he looked around at their figures, exotic and powerful, each one different from the other. "Yeah, they are. And they are eyeing you, humph. But you won''t leave me, right?" Lavia said with ssy, puppy eyes. "Hahaha, of course not," Aleron said with augh and grinned, "I am not one to change my decisions like that. Anyway, what''s the deal with everyoneing to visit me?" "Come on, open this bubble. We won''t try to poach him anymore." "Yeah, let''s get to the main point." Lavia red at others and harrumphed before dissolving her bubble. Shortly, the group began discussing. "Aleron, do you know about the current ongoing scheme of the Proper Path Alliance?" "Yeah," Aleron nodded. "Wait, what? You know already?" "I mean, I don''t know in detail, but they did some horrible things," Aleron''s face turned icy. "I want to stop them and punish them." "Let us fill you with the details first." "They have already started targetting lower cosmos and, so far, destroyed over five hundred lower cosmospletely, sucking them dry and using all of the soul energy of poption and genesis energy from the cosmos core to create a battery." Aleron nodded, his expression somber, "I was informed by a friend who died at their hands that they made something akin to a battery with that act of destroying the entire lower cosmos." "A cosmos will?" Lavia asked. "Yes," Aleron sighed and nodded. Another Eternal sighed and added, "As we speak, they are currently doing the same thing to other lower cosmos." "You can''t interfere to stop them, right?" Aleron frowned. "Unfortunately, we can''t stop them or use our powers freely like that. We are prisoners, and this Chaosverse is our prison. We can''t go to any lower cosmos or upper cosmos, and our powers can''t direct there." "We aren''t allowed to kill, but we can still pull pranks on people with our power. However, if a life is lost because of us, we immediately cease to exist. We were twenty Eternals at the start, but eight died because of interfering." "So we don''t do anything anymore, except for our main job, which is to ept someone as our Champion, help them evolve Bloodline into Genome Tree, and grant them our boons so they can fight in First Labyrinth of Multiverse Realm to make a path and save us." "I see, what do they n to do with those batteries?" Aleron asked while frowning. "It has to be something bad." "Well, it''s not bad for them, but for others." "Indeed. They want to use those batteries to forcefully unleash a power of a high magnitude so they can bore a hole through to Multiverse Realm." "They have already found the edge of the Chaosverse since we have been sending our Champions to Multiverse for millions of years." Aleron''s lips twitched, his eyes ring with anger," They can''t defeat the damn First Labyrinth''s Boss, so they want to do this?!" "They killed uncountable people and spread so much suffering for this!" Aleron clenched his fists and took a deep breath. "I am confident of defeating the First Labyrinth...but even if I say it to them, they won''t budge, I guess?" "They have already started destroying the lower cosmos, so they won''t stop midway," Lavia sighed. "We had already given up, but you made me see some hope because of the strange power in you," she continued with a smile. "And I was right." "But time is not on our side. I figure that they will destroy the remaining lower cosmos within a year at most." "And one more year to prepare for the medium to unleash all that power, which we think will bring mayhem in Upper Cosmos to prepare for that." Aleron felt his soul sinking. "They have already started their domination, forcing various ns and organizations to join them or meet their ends...." "I-I have to do something. There''s no time," Aleron felt agitation as he found the time frame for their grand n was much shorter than he expected! Just two years! "That''s why all of us will help you," Lavia said, her eyes burning with mes of resolve. The other Eternals also nodded,mitted and determined. "We will aid you and make you progress faster. We know about Chaosverse more than anyone and you will be stronger faster than anyone!" "Your body hasn''t properly stabilized, Aleron. Here, I am granting you a talent rune for now. Fight against the Chaotic Beasts of Transcendent rank with your physical prowess only, and consolidate your new foundation." Terramis, the Eternal of Earth and Stability, pointed his palm at Aleron. He was a tall mountainous man with a muscled figure, a bare upper body with his geo-brown skin, and wearing gem-adorned trousers. "Talent rune?" Aleron raised his eyebrows as he looked at the mystical symbol approachingn/?/vel/b//in dot c//om him and entering his Heart. Once it entered, Aleron started feeling calm and serene, his body appearing much more in control. "You will have to learn many things, but let''s go with Terramis'' training to make you use your Body Ki," Lavia nodded. "Using Body Ki is basically utilizing your physical body to the maximum. Your physical prowess will manifest outwardly, and you will be able to basically double your physical attacks'' power whenever you use Body Ki." "I can feel the Body Ki in a small amount because of that Talent Rune, "Aleron nodded with a solemn expression, "What do I have to do?" Another Eternal waved his hand and created a ck portal, "Just fight against monsters in this area. They are all as strong as you physically or stronger. Of course, you can unseal a bit of your prowess slowly as you encounter stronger chaotic beasts." "And you don''t have to worry about your soul getting injured. I''ll protect it. And once you are done with this training, we will bring you to a ce where you can absorb the purest of soul essence and refine your soul to make it more powerful." "Alright," Aleron nodded and entered the portal without hesitation. ... As Aleron stepped through the portal, the chaotic wilderness expanded before him. He could feel the weight of the atmosphere, thick with wild, unrestrained energy. Around him, dark, twisted trees reached skyward, and the ground pulsed as if alive with dormant power. The air was humid, carrying the distant roars of beasts that stirred within the shadows. Suddenly, arge figure emerged. A hulking creature, its body made of molten stone and crackling with electricity, lumbered towards Aleron. The ground trembled beneath each of its steps. This was no ordinary beast- it radiated a chaotic energy that seemed to disrupt reality around it, flickering in and out of view like a living nightmare. Aleron rolled his shoulders, his body still adjusting to the Talent Rune from Terramis. He could feel the new power surging within him, his muscles humming with restrained energy. But this battle was about testing his physical prowess, not the overwhelming power he couldmand with his Chakra or other abilities. With a deep breath, heunched himself at the creature, his body moving like lightning. The creature swung its massive arm, but Aleron ducked beneath it, feeling the air shift violently as it missed him by inches. He twisted his body mid-dodge, mming his fist into the creature''s side. The impact sent shockwaves through the beast, cracking its molten hide. The monster roared in fury, staggering back, but Aleron didn''t relent. His body moved with practiced ease as he followed up with a powerful knee to the creature''s chest, driving it back even further. His strikes were swift and precise, utilizing his enhanced martial prowess, each punch carrying a heavy weight. But then, the beast retaliated. It roared and swung both arms at Aleron, forcing him to leap back. The creature''s molten skin hardened, bing even more resistant to damage. Lava-like cracks glowed from its chest as it charged at him with renewed fury. "Time to test this Body Ki..." Aleron muttered. Focusing inward, he activated his Body Ki for the first time. Instantly, he felt a surge of strength flood his limbs. His body seemed lighter and stronger, his muscles bulging with raw power. The air around him crackled as his physical prowess doubled. When the beast charged again, Aleron didn''t dodge. Instead, he braced himself and met the charge head-on. His fist collided with the creature''s molten body, and this time, the force was devastating. The entire battlefield shook as the chaotic beast was sent flying through several trees, its body erupting in a burst ofva and stone. "Body Ki really does pack a punch," Aleron said, admiring his fist. Before Aleron could rx, the ground began to shake. From all around, more chaotic beasts emerged¡ªeach one more twisted and monstrous than thest. Some had spiked armor, others were cloaked in shadows, and a few shimmered with unnatural light. Their roars echoed through the wilderness, their hunger for battle clear. "This is going to be fun." He wasn''t using Chakra energy or any other energies at all. Purely using his body to fight and feel the impact at this level of prowess was a new and invigorating experience, which was bound to bring him fun. Chapter 244: Plan Chapter 244: n ? "Good. Keep this up," Terramis appeared and said with a grin. "You''re improving fast." Aleronughed and shot forward like a sh of light, d in Body Ki, he pierced through a chaotic beast before his sparkling punch smacked another one, sting it. His body was shifting gears as he continued to fight. His Body Ki increased in intensity and amount each second as his evolved cells revved up and activated. A new horde of chaotic beasts appeared, and Aleron resumed his brutal dance with fists and kicks as they unleashed in yet fancy projectiles, causing utter mayhem. *BOOM!* *BAM!* *SMACK!* *THAT!* *ALL* *ON* *THE* *FLOOR* *SMASH* - After an hour, he rested inside a cave attached to a huge mountain. Terramis floated before him, his eyes glowering as he scanned Aleorn, who was lying on the floor with his tongue out, utterly exhausted. "Wonderful. You have activated 100% of your Ki Paths. You can double your physical prowesspletely now, and your Mystic Skills can also be enhanced with your Body Ki if they are attack-type." "Oh, right, you need to eat. Every cell of your body is hungry as hell right now." Terramis disappeared and brought chunks of chaotic beasts before processing them into fine meat pieces with a wave of his hand. Lavia appeared and pouted. "This is too much." She processed the meat into raw energy for his body using her special powers and directly infused energy into Aleron''s body, invigorating his cells. Aleron got up and looked at the meat before he started eating ravenously. "Aleron, you finished your training of Body Ki, so it''s time to improve your soul. However, this will take some time, so how about you talk with your people before doing this?" Aleron looked at Lavia and said, "Can''t I bring them along?" "You can, but not now," Terramis said as he shook his head. "The ce we are going to is dangerous even for Supreme-rank. Not in the sense of monsters, but in the sense of atmosphere. Even Supreme-rank powerhouse would lose their body there in a matter of seconds." "Woah, what kind of ce is that?" Aleron asked before he continued eating with gusto. Everything he ate was instantly digested as his cells absorbed the energy like a hungry pack of wolves. "Just like how you felt your strong body overwhelming your soul, that ce is the core of where Chaosverse births soul essence from its genesis core to produce chaotic beasts. Normal physical bodies without Genome Trees wouldn''t survive there. They would disintegrate," Lavia somberly said. Terramis nodded and added, "If you can evolve your subordinates'' Bloodlines into Genome Trees, they can also enter there." "Good. I nned to do that anyway," Aleron grinned. "I''ll make myself powerful first, and then I''ll focus on my people. Once they get their Genome Trees, you all have to bring them there, okay?" "Of course," Lavia smiled. "The more, the better." "But you''ll take at least a month to fully refine your soul to the limit. And you also need a second Mystic Path to increase your reserve of Chakra Energy." "I have one and a half months of free time before I have to report to Proper Path Alliance''s branch manager that I reached Unbound rank. There''s some kind of event in the Second Region of Chaosverse. By the way, which region is this?" "We are in the third region''s corner, a rather hidden ce," Terramis smiled. "ess to here is difficult for even the Supreme-rank powerhouses. Basically, this ce is where Transcendent-rank chaotic beasts are birthed." "Chaotic Beasts are just amalgamation of chaotic energy and information that Chaosverse builds and produces, but some chaotic beasts at Transcendent-rank and higher can get enlightenment to be like that subordinate you have." "Yeah, she told me that," Aleron nodded, his eyes glinting. "In fact, we should build an army of enlightened Chaotic Beasts to fight against them." Lavia and Terramis were stunned before they wryly smiled. "It''s not that easy for chaotic beasts to be like that," Lavia shook her head. "Nope, it is easy," Aleron grinned. "For me." Waving his hand, he summoned the chaotic beasts that he summoned from the Gacha System. Seeing them floating outside the cave tamed and with the light of intelligence in their eyes despite them being at Unbound rank and lower, Lavia and Terramis were dumbfounded. "That...h-how? How did you gather these Chaotic Beasts who all seem to have a high chance of bing enlighted..." Terramis mumbled as he tried to decipher the secret, observing them. "They are strange, they have something that Chaosverse''s chaotic beasts don''t have," Lavia''s eyes glinted, finding the strangeness.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om As expected of Eternal of Purity and Synthesis. "Let''s see....I can have hundreds of such chaotic beasts," Aleron faintly smiled, "And not just at Unbound rank." ''Once I get more powerful, I will also get Supreme-rank chaotic beasts!'' "Anyway, bring me more food, please. We''ll discuss about thister." ... After Aleron finished eating, the Eternals sent him back to the first region of chaosverse. Aleron returned to the city and teleported directly into his S-rank abode as he notified his girls about the current situation, and that he would return after a month. However, he also informed Eternals to keep their eyes on his people and notify him if some troubles arise during the month. After he was done with the preparations and notifying his people, Aleron left again and met up with the Eternals in the chaotic wilderness. "Alright, so before we go there, I wantplete information about that ce and the various kinds of activities possible to do there," Aleron said, his expression serious. "Since I''ll be staying there for at least a month, I''ll let you know that I must bet on something, anything, and win that bet." "You can also create some kind of games or challenges for me so I can do bettings. All in all, I must bet five times daily." "But why?" Ingara, the Eternal of mes and Rebirth asked. The others were also curious. Chapter 245: Soul Genesis Nexus Chapter 245: Soul Genesis Nexus ? "Just know that doing something like that will give me something that will allow me to get more of those enlightened chaotic beasts and more amazing things," Aleron smiled. "It must be rted to that strange power inside you," Lavia said. "Yep." "So it''s about gamble, eh? Very strange, but alright. We shall help with that," Chronis, the Eternal of Time and Sands, said with a smile. "We shall prepare challenging activities." Aleron was a bit excited. These Eternals had higher ess to powers and knew many things, so they were bound to give him thrilling challenges that could earn him more Gacha Points via Gamble Quests! "Shall we go now, brother Aleron?" Umbros, the Eternal of Shadows and Secrets said with anticipation. "Let''s go." ... They emerged into a realm unlike anything Aleron had ever seen. The ground was a shifting mass of energy, glowing with ethereal light. The sky was a swirling vortex of colors, constantly shifting between dark purples, violent reds, and piercing whites. In the distance, massive orbs of soul energy floated, each one a core of raw power. "This is it," Lavia said softly. "The Soul Genesis Nexus." Aleron nodded, taking in the strange, almost surreal beauty of the ce. He could feel it already the pressure on his soul, the way the energy tried to pull at his very essence. But he stood firm, his Genome Tree providing him with the necessary resistance. "Now," Terramis said, turning to face Aleron, "you''ll need to focus on refining your soul. This ce will help, but it will also test your limits. You must endure." Aleron nodded, his eyes glinting with determination. Without hesitation, he sat down, crossing his legs as he entered a meditative state. The moment he did, the energy of the Nexus surged toward him, flooding his body and soul with overwhelming force. His cells, already supercharged with Body Ki, began to resonate with the energy, but it was his soul that was the real target. As the energy flowed through him, Aleron''s mind was flooded with visions-memories, fragments of his past, glimpses of possible futures, and visions unrted to him, trying to rece him. It was as though the very fabric of his soul was being unraveled and rewoven in real-time. "Focus," Luxara, the Eternal of Light and Illumination spoke, her soft voice piercing through the chaos, guiding him. "Don''t let the energy overwhelm you. Let it flow, but keep your core intact."N?v(el)B\\jnn Aleron gritted his teeth, beads of sweat forming on his forehead as he fought to maintain control. The pressure on his soul was immense, but his training, his battles, and his relentless drive to grow stronger were more powerful than that. Aleron was using this purest kind of soul power to refine his soul. Each second he refined it, his soul got more powerful, surging with more power and energy. After an hour, he had stabilized, and his expression was serene. The flood of energy was in his control as he began refining his soul at a certain pace. Another hour passed by as his Soul stat finally reached 50. "Alright, let''s pause for here. We''ve prepared a challenge for you," Thaloran, the Eternal of Oceans and Depths said to Aleron. Right as he finished speaking, a deep rumble echoed through the Nexus. Aleron opened his eyes to see a massive creature materializing in the distance-a chaotic beast of immense size, its form constantly shifting as it drew power from the Nexus itself. Unlike the other chaotic beasts Aleron had faced, this one radiated a different kind of energy -soul energy and one more additional energy that he wasn''t familiar with, Genesis energy. "That''s a Soul Warden," Terramis said, his voice low. "It guards the core of this realm. We''ve awakened it for you while suppressing its power just enough to give you trouble and some nightmares if you lose." "You have to use all of your foundational arsenal of powers to defeat it. This is also a chance where your second Mystic Path will start shaping up." Aleron stood up, his body still glowing as he coated himself with Body Ki and his Magic Prints ready. He could feel his soul straining under the pressure, but he wasn''t about to back down. "Alright then," Aleron said, a grin with thrill forming. "Let''s see what this Soul Warden''s got." ''I gamble that I will defeat this soul warden in one minute.'' [Gamble Quest epted.] ''What? 15,000 gacha points?!'' Aleron was stunned. It had been a while seen he saw this many gacha points as a reward. ''This is going to be fun.'' The Soul Warden roared, its form rippling as it charged toward Aleron with blinding speed. Aleron''s body surged with power as his Body Ki red to life, and he shot forward like aet, meeting the beast head-on. The battle was intense, a dance of power and will. The Soul Warden unleashed waves of soul attacks, each one riling his soul and body, subjecting him to shifting realities to shatter his focus, to tear Aleron''s soul apart, but he stood firm, his will unbreakable. A minute was about to pass, and Aleron went all out with his final, earth-shattering punch, his fist empowered by two level 7 Magic Prints, named Hanuman'' Might who in one of the legends of his previous world had devoured the sun as a child out of curiosity, and almost brought the destruction of the world, and second Magic Pring being Argon Light, a Magic Print with the effect of snuffing out all impure, negative, and harmful thoughts and increasing attack. On top of that, he also used a Mystic Skill: Astral Layer Gauntlets. The intense sh shook and shifted all the colors and phenomena of this realm, his fist releasing such a powerful impact that it pierced through the Soul Warden''s core, shattering it into fragments of light. The beast let out a final roar before dissolving into the energy of the Nexus. [Gacha Questpleted.] Lavia smiled, and the other Eternals exchanged knowing nces. "We have some games in mind. Let''s see if you can keep up with our challenges." Aleron''s grin widened. "Bring it on." "Yep, but we''ll do that after you increase your Soul stat by 10. Each increment of 10, sometimes 20, and we''ll y a challenging game." "Sounds great!" Chapter 246: One Month Chapter 246: One Month ? Aleron''s soul, looking at him but sitting in a meditative cross-legged position in his sea of consciousness, was surrounded by whirling soul energy he was absorbing. Using that pure soul essence from this mysterious area, he refined his soul. This process was simple but painful and slow, depending on multiple factors. Upon reaching Unbound-rank, one''s soul is alreadyplete. It had fully formed. To make it more powerful, people must break their limits and make it more powerful via Soul Refining. In simple terms, it was the same as when a cksmith heats the iron and then smashes it. Of course, the result would be different between this cksmith process and Soul Refining. Here, one forcefully infuses pure soul energy into their soul that usually couldn''t handle more soul energy. After that, one would have to "burn" their soul using their Chakra energy, stretch it, and make it bigger and stronger, allowing it to house more soul energy while also fundamentally "strengthening" the soul. Initially, Aleron took over an hour to increase his soul by 10, and in the second hour, his soul increased by roughly 20, reaching a total of 50 soul powers. Afterward, he finished off that monster, won the bet, and began the second round of soul refining. He was familiar and more proficient with Soul Refining this time as he increased his soul power by 25 in an hour. Since he had just begun refining his soul and his potential was high, the process was going smoothly. Aleron finished off another challenge presented by the Eternals and won 25000 Gacha points. It was race with Zephyra, the Eternal of Winds and Freedom. Zephyra kept the same stats as Aleron during this race thatsted for an hour. It was a tough race initially with his arsenal of powers at that time, which was why the Gacha System awarded 25000 Gacha Points. But it was an hour-long race, and Aleron''s main power was improvising himself with his versatility, so he created new Magic Prints and Mystic Skill during the race to win sessfully. When Aleron''s soul power reached 100, his speed began to slow down, but that was expected. It was going to get harder the more it increased, which was why the Eternals said it would take a month for him to get his soul power at 700. After all, 500+ Trinity Force was already in the realm of Supreme-rank lifeform. 10 to 100 was Unbound-rank. 101 to 500 was transcendent rank. And 501 to 1000 was the realm of Supreme rank. The body needed Bloodline Refinement to improve. Arcane could be improved with theprehension of Magilore. And Soul needed Soul Refinement to improve. All three were equally tough and usually took years upon years to improve. Arcane could be improved faster with enlightenment, which not many could get. Bloodline Refinement and Soul Refinement required resources, patience, and hard work. However, Aleron''s path to power was slightly different. He directly evolved his Bloodline to Genome Tree, skipping the Bloodline refinement and getting an overpowered, evolved body. He gained enlightenment in Magilore, reaching level 7 Magilore and entering the realm of Supreme rank in terms of Arcane Power. And now, he had help from the best ce to refine his Soul, allowing him to reach 700 soul power in a month. -- A couple of Eternals were watching over his subordinate''s Guild and his S-rank abode in Prosper Path Alliance, where his wives lived. They also kept in contact with them secretly. A few of those Eternals were particrly good at keeping themselves hidden despite making contact with people, so it was simply impossible for Supreme-rank powerhouses to find them. Umbros, the Eternal of Shadows and Secrets Nocturna, the Eternal of Night and Dreams These two were the ones maintaining contact, and if they didn''t want to get sensed by others, it was impossible for others to sense their presence. Aleron also knew that his world was finally producing the powerhouses after Yorin, so he created a portal device that could open a portal to Midworld and allow people who had broken through to Paragon-rank to join their Guild. Half a monthter, three people had arrived. One was a Draconite female-78 years old. Another was an Elven male warrior-97 years old.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om These two were from the two ns that Aleron had saved from another Warlord''s world and settled in his Midworld. The third one was someone familiar. Kadita Blueshade- a human female in her fifties. She was the principal of the Lightdust Academy and teacher of Rias. But this was just the start. After these three, those peak Primeval-rank powerhouses were nearing the peak of Ascension-rank and breaking through because of the unification of the entire lower cosmos under Aleron''s rule and handled by Rexian, who followed Aleron''sw and order, this lower cosmos had be much like Cane''s cosmos. Resources were distributed ording to hard work and talent, and everyone who desired to get strong was getting stronger fast with intensepetition in the form of games designed by Rexian. During the next half a month, six more people arrived as they broke through to the Paragon- rank, joining the guild helmed by Darzax and others in Deste City. Their force had be considerably powerful, with everyone exploring Chaotic Wilderness in groups and participating in spawning Dungeons to get resources. Aleron''smand was also to maintain a cordial rtionship with Proper Path Alliance. They were not yet big enough to attract their attention, but they were bound to get their attention sooner orter. Moreover, Darzax, Riki, Hua, Fang, Lee, Ying, Jiang, Arran''tel, Nerathi, and Roxen were getting names in the city already because of theirbat power and records in the Arena Tower. They had Symbios Gears, top-notch bloodline, and Geno Gears from Aleron. They were the cream of corps among the Paragon rank powerhouses, so they were already attracting the attention of various forces. On the other hand, Aleron had reached 689 as a month had passed by. He was close to reaching this goal, while he had already achieved two other goals during this month. The first was Gacha Points! [Ultimate Gacha System] -Level: 4 [1,000,000 Gacha points] -Gacha Points: 1,218,390 |-Summoning Banners (8/12)-| 1. Myriad Spell Pool. 2. Secret Realms: Fest of Demines. 3. Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines 4. Job ss Manifesto 5. Gear Factory of Mystic Symbios 6. Myriad Beast Mounts: Chaotic Reign of Exotic Zords 7. Mystic Manufacture of Innate Gears. 8. Oundish Crafts of Equipment. 9. 10. 11. 12. ... Two dayster, Aleron finally hit 701 in soul power and finished his training. He also initiated the Gacha System upgrade, deducting 1,000,000 points in a second. However, this upgrade was going to take time because it was thest upgrade to be allowed while he was in the Chaosverse. And this upgrade would also allow Gachapi to physically materialize outside. It was going to take a month to finish the upgrade ording to Gachapi. The second goal was a manifestation of his second Mystic Path! This was influenced by his recent activities of crafting Geno Gears, and Aleron also kept that in mind and spent time on this daily while he was here. He wanted a Mystic Path that helped make him stronger in this area, and he seeded! Mystic Path: Phantom Artisan of the Ethereal Forge-10-star! [Phantom Artisan of the Ethereal Forge-10-star] - Level: 4 - Mystic Path energy source: -[Spectral Anvil of Dreams]- - Traits: Dreambound Craft, Astral Infusion, Echoing Forge Aura, Phantom Smithing. [Mystic Path Skills] -Exclusive Mystic Skill: -> Spectral Forge Mastery: Enables the Artisan to summon a forge within the ethereal realm, allowing the creation of weapons, armor, and constructs that exist between dream and reality. Crafted items possess phantom-like qualities, intangible until willed into physical form by the wielder. -Mystic Skills: 1. Ghostde Tempering: channels the energy of the Spectral Anvil to imbue ethereal weapons with raw spirit energy. These weapons can cut through physical and spiritual matter alike, leaving a haunting trail of energy with each strike. 2. Armor of Shifting Wraiths: Conjures an armor set crafted from ethereal threads, which constantly shifts between corporeal and phantom forms, providing unmatched protection against both material and magical attacks. The wearer bes partially intangible for brief moments, evading otherwise fatal blows. 3. Phantom Crucible Strike: The Artisan summons the essence of the Phantom-forged hammer, crashing it down upon their target. The force of the impact creates ripples in the fabric of reality, distorting time and space around the strike zone, trapping enemies in phantom echoes. 4. Dreamsmith''s Command: A technique that allows the Phantom Artisan to summon ghostly constructs¡ªphantom soldiers, weapons, or structures directly from their forge, each capable of briefly interacting with the physical world before fading back into the dream realm. 5. Spectral Smelting Overdrive: Unleashes the full power of the Spectral Anvil of Dreams, heating the forge to its maximum capacity. For a limited time, the Artisan can rapidly craft an array of weapons, armor, and tools, each one charged with heightened ethereal energy. Crafted items gain increased durability, speed, and lethality. This was apletely new arsenal of power for Aleron, and he had many ideas on how to use this in tandem with his Geno Gear crafting to make items that would be stronger than all items! The items crafted via his Mystic Path were strange, and they were in Rune form in a way, so he could attach them to his Geno Gears! Not to mention, Aleron nned to learn to craft Innate Gears, but not normal ones. Instead, he wanted to craft Innate Geno Gears through his job ss, so that he could gear up his people! When the time arrived, the Proper Path Alliance was going to be in for one hell of a surprise. But for now, Aleron returned to his home and spent the whole day with his wives in private resorts for rxation. He was training non-stop for a month, doing various activities daily, so he wanted a full day''s rest to refresh himself. Once he was done, Aleron suppressed his stats between 44 and 38 in Body and Soul, while he put his Arcane at 539 since it was already revealed that he had reached level 5 in Magilore. With that, his Trinity Force rested at 207 and finally contacted Branch Master Lilisa. ''Let''s see what''s the so-called event she talked about. If I can get further deep into Proper Path Alliance and make them think they can use me in their scheme, that would be best.'' Chapter 247: Second Region of Chaosverse, Doombound City Chapter 247: Second Region of Chaosverse, Doombound City ? [I''ve edited the previous chapter''s ending. You will understand as you read ahead about Aleron''s stats.] Aleron arrived in the mountain''s top section where Branch Master Lilisa''s pce was located and entered. Lilisa was sitting on a chair behind her table, her chin resting on the back of her hand. "I saw your appearance in the mirror when you came here, but this...what happened to you?" "You look considerably different. Did you just decide to change your physique?" "Yep. I thought it was time to up my appearance," Aleron grinned. It was strange for one to keep their appearance however they wanted, especially for Unbound-rank. Since Unbound-rank hadpleted path convergence, they could alter their physical age and appearance freely and very naturally. However, the eyes, hair, and familiarity of their face wouldn''t change unless they did something like magic stic surgery. "Your appearance aside, that''s a pleasant progress you''ve got there," Lilisa smiled. "Your Arcane power directly reached above 500 because of your level 5 Magic Zone, causing your Trinity Force to average out at a higher number. There''s no other Unbound-rank like you at the moment." Aleron smiled, "Thanks." ''I wonder what her reaction would be if she finds my real stats.'' "We are departing tomorrow. It''s time to settle you in the second region of the Chaosverse now that you are an Unbound rank." "Luna and Kira will being with me," Aleron said as he stared at her. "Right?" "Of course," Lilisa dimissingly waved her hand while smiling. "I''ve transferred their ve status'' owner to you." Aleron frowned, "I can remove that status, right?" "If you want to, yeah. Do you want to do it now?" "Sure." Lilisa took out a card and activated it as she contacted someone and spoke some words before putting the card back. "It''ll be done in a minute." "Thanks." "Now, let''s talk about the event. Basically, it''s a special dungeon event for Unbound-rank lifeforms. Special dungeons are rare as they appear once a year or two only in each region." "First region spawns special dungeons for Paragon-rank, second region spawns special dungeons for Unbound-rank, and so on until the fifth region, which spawns a special nightmare dungeon that only peak Supreme-rank powerhouses clear, and that too with a fifty-fifty chance of sess." "Interesting," Aleron blinked. "So I am going to enter that special dungeon for Unbound- rank?" "Yep. The people allowed to enter this dungeon are limited. This one has a limit of 100. Whether the dungeon is cleared or not, it disappears within a year or when 100 people have entered inside." Lilisa smiled, "The alliance had already announced that it would send a group of 100 people after three months, which is why I had you hurry for the breakthrough." "I see," Aleron nodded. "Entry is after 18 days, and 100 people are already selected. The selection process was over one month ago." "Eh? Does that mean I am not selected?" Aleron raised an eyebrow. "Don''t tell me I have to fight for a spot?"N?v(el)B\\jnn "Exactly. Well, this is easy for you because you are the most powerful Unbound rank among them. The only thing you arecking is Innate Gears, but I have prepared them for you. You''ll get them once we arrive at the second region''s city." "Cool," Aleron chuckled. "Thanks." Well, he had a gacha banner that could summon Innate Gears, so he didn''tck those, though it was true that he only had two Innate Gears in his body. Anymore would arise suspicious because it was generally impossible for a newbie ascender to have Innate Gears quipped in all six slots of the body. "Go and prepare whatever you want. The ship will be hovering above your house after 24 hours." ... Aleron left the city and contacted the guild, which was named [Path Guild]. He summoned 10 Symbios Gears for the guild to spark furtherpetition. At the moment, Darzax and others were leading figures, considered Executives of the guild. The Symbios Gears wouldn''t be given to just anyone but to those who contribute most and be stronger faster. Aleron told them to hold a tournament regarding that and give out three Symbios Gears first to the top 3. Once he finished meeting with the Executives and told them he was going to the second region, he returned to his home. There wasn''t much to prepare in the first ce. The morning arrived and the flying ship flew there, hovering above the castle. Aleron, Enorin, Rias, Yueha, Mei, Ruan, Liang, Shelby, Luna, and Kira flew up and boarded the ship before it shortly departed. Their journey to the second region was going to be three days long, uninterrupted. The group just did meditation training while any outside troubles from chaotic phenomena or chaotic beasts were solved by Lilisa who was moving the ship. Three dayster, they arrived before a huge wall of darkness that perpetually extended upward, left, and right side seemingly infinitely. The ship paused there as Lilisa gathered everyone on the deck. "The divide here won''t be kind to us, and especially you girls who are still in Paragon rank. The external troubles will be solved by me, but you will get mental and soul attacks, so you''ll have to endure them until we cross the patch of darkness." Aside from Aleron and Shelby, everyone was still in Paragon rank, so they were bound to get some challenges. But this was also an opportunity because enduring the path of darkness within the great divide would actually refine their souls, increasing their soul power. And everyone was ready to focus and grasp this opportunity. The ship began moving after a minute and entered the wall of darkness. It was 10 kilometers long, but the Great Divides were mysterious areas that allowed everything to move at its absolute pace. The ship''s speed was locked at 1 kilometer per minute and everyone inside would face special chaotic attacks of both physical and ethereal ones that directly affected one''s soul and mind. This was considered a kind of test as only those who endured were allowed to pass through it and go to the next region. Losing consciousness inside would result in instant expulsion, returning to the first region, and this would also result in damage to the soul. The ship moved while various kinds of colorful attacks within the realm of Paragon-rank started hurling at the ship, ording to the number of people. Lilisa and Shelby created barriers that rendered all those attacks useless, so others didn''t have to worry about those. But then came the focused ethereal attacks, directly entering everyone''s mind. Aleron didn''t have a problem with this as he easily dealt with them. However, the girls were frozen in battle urring with their sea of consciousness. The ship continued to move while the girls continued to struggle and fight off, their souls getting refinement at each attack they managed to resist. A minute seemed like an hour to them, but they lost track of time in this battle, ten minutes eventually passed by with everyone remaining conscious. Kira held out only until the end. The moment they emerged from the darkness and weed the colorful and lively atmosphere of the second region''s starting area, she fainted, entering a slumber. "Good job," Lilisa looked at the girls with surprise. "It seems you didn''t just collect beauties." She frankly expected most of them to expel, but these girls turned out to be more tough than she thought. "Of course, they are my women," Aleron chuckled. The girls had different reactions, some smiling, some slightly blushing, but they were exhausted, so that made a slightlyedic scene. Sitting in meditation, they focused on resting and recovering, settling their surged souls. "We''ll still need two days to reach the city, so rest and rx back into the room." "Alright," Aleron nodded with a grin and snapped his finger, teleporting everyone to the room. ... Second Region of Choasverse, Doombound City. In terms of size, it was bigger than the Deste City, spanning around a thousand kilometers in radius. This was the protected area designated by Chaosverse like the Deste City as no Chaotic Phenomenon or Choatic Beasts would spawn inside. The tax was higher, bing 20 Chaos stones per head per day without owning or bing part of a territory. But otherwise, it was 20 per month. The biome diversity in this city was way higher than in Deste City. One could findvatic areas, areas covered in frost, high mountains, flowing rivers, hills, and all kinds of biomes. Proper Path Alliance''s territory was in the northwest, once again a big mountain that had various structures built on it. The only difference was that this mountain was bigger than the mountain in the Deste City. The nearby territory of a hill hignd was also there, roughly spanning 10 kilometers. There were huge colosseum-like structures and other small structures there. "You''ll fight someone in that colosseum to snatch their spot," Lilisa said with a smile. "And I''ve already decided on a target for you. That brat is selected by someone in the Alliance I don''t like, so he''s going down." Aleron wryly smiled, "Alright." "But for now, we are going to your new home on that mountain." They soon arrived at a ratherrge green ground with a streaming river flowing through it and a bunch of beautiful houses built. The ship flew towards the best house, which was basically a mansion in this area, but they were stopped by two guards, making Lilisa frown. "Why is that mansion upied?" Lilisa asked with a cold expression. The guards were nervous and didn''t say anything as if waiting for someone. Lilisa also knew about that as her eyes glinted, "Better show yourself before I make a mess here." "Geez, you''re the same as always." A rather slim with green hair, wearing a red suit and a red hat suddenly arrived before the ship. "What''s the meaning of that, Clown? I said my candidate is the strongest and I''ve reserved that building." "Well, your words are not that important, you know? And don''t call me, clown. I am Sid Meyfil, the one who defeated your sorry ass if you''ve forgotten about it," Sid sneered. Chapter 248: Treasure Palace Chapter 248: Treasure Pce ? ''It seems both have a strong animosity,'' Aleron thought as he looked at the duo throwing daggers at each other with their eyes. "Since that''s the case, then let''s start," Lilisa calmed down and smiled. "As per rules, we can challenge anyone, including the current number 1 strongest Unbound-rank we have, who is your candidate." "Bring him out." "Cool down, why are you in such a hurry?" Sid coldly smiled. "There are still many days left, and it''s me who will decide when there will be a fight, Mrs. Branch Manager." ''It looks like this Sid holds a higher position than Lilisa in the Alliance,'' Rias thought with a chuckle. ''Well, husband will surely disappoint him.'' ''Dying his suffering,'' Ruan snickered. "So when is it going to be held?" Lilisa asked, her eyes narrowed and irritated. "That''ll be after seventeen days," Sid smiled. ''I''ll make sure your participant won''t get a chance to participate at all.'' Lilisa was dumbfounded, her eyes twitching, "What did you say? Seven?" Sid''s n was simple. He had the authority to decide when the match would be held, and if he held it just one day before the entry and Lilisa''s candidate lost, it would be over. It would be thest match before the entry because fighting for spots wasn''t allowed for 24 hours before the entry of participants. "Seventeen. The battle will be held one day before the 100 participants enter the dungeon." Lilisa''s lips twitched, and a hint of a smile appeared in her eyes, but she decided to y the game, "I suppose meining to higher-ups won''t change this date, right?" "Correct," Sid sneered. "Humph, then we''ll see," Lilisa adopted a stern and dark expression as she snorted. Aleron and the girls looked at each other, feeling like they wereughing. "Come on, we''ll go a better ce than this in the meantime," Lilisa moved the ship as they left the area and went further up in the mountain.N?v(el)B\\jnn Soon, they arrived at a big and beautiful courtyard with three different types of aesthetic traditional wooden buildings, a mixture of the pavilion and the eastern castle. The courtyard also had a big pond with a small open pavilion in the middle, apparently a dining table to eat. On the other side was a clean green training ground with trees to sit and meditate as well. "This is a personal courtyard of mine, but you all can live here. It''s big enough." "That it is," Aleron was impressed. "Thanks. Anyway, since we are finally here, what''s the next n?" "I would have wanted you to enjoy after finishing the match, but I don''t want you disying your power until the match," Lilisa said with a wry smile. "So, we''ll get a stroll in the treasured pce, get you Innate Gears in all slots, and then you will just train or do whatever you want as long as you don''t disy your capabilities." "Great. Then I''ve already thought of how I would spend the next seventeen days," Aleron lightlyughed as he looked around. "This is a good ce to meditate and train. Hopefully, I can break through to level 3 of my Concept as well." He had been trying to do that along with everything else. "Good. Look around and pick your rooms...wait, you''d want one big room or?" Lilisa blinked as she looked at Aleron and swept her gaze at thedies. "We''ll need one big room and multiple rooms both," Aleron smiled. "Alright, choose your rooms, mine is already fixed. It''s on the smallest building''s top floor. The entire top floor is mine." "Gotcha." Soon, everyone picked up their rooms, and Aleron also marked them, sort of like having Cosmic Eyes there so that he would be able to teleport there instantly. After around ten minutes, the group left on a smaller vehicle-a flying carriage, but it was still big enough for them to sitfortably. They just went to another ce on the mountain via the carriage and arrived at the treasure hall. Aleron and Lilisa went inside while the girls had to stay outside as they weren''t allowed to enter. The Treasure Hall''s Innate Gear section was a mysterious pocket dimension with many Innate Gears floating around while disying their characteristic effects. "Now, there are some special Innate Gears as well, ones that could grow stronger and evolve. These are rare ones directly gained from Dungeons and Chaotic Phenomenons as rewards. But those only appear for selected individuals." Lilisa said as she looked around the Innate Gears. She released herprehensive aura slightly, and suddenly, over ten Innate Gears arrived like streaks of colorful lights and started floating around her. The final amount settled at thirteen Innate Gears with growth potential. "Interesting," Aleron nodded with raised eyebrows. "So I guess we have to release ourprehensive aura to attract them, eh?" "Yep," Lilisa smiled. "Let''s see how many you get." "How many of such special Innate Gears are there?" Aleron asked. He didn''t release hisprehensive aura yet. "There are over a hundred for sure, but less than one fifty." Aleron cracked his finger and grinned, "Well, let''s find out the exact number." He had a strong feeling that he was about to attract each one of those special Innate Gears. In the next second, he released hisprehensive aura. There was a silence for one second before the whole dimension started strangely vibrating. [Gachapi: This is going to be fun.] The normal Innate Gears, be it Unbound-rank, Transcendent-rank, or Supreme-rank, started going away from Aleron as if scared. However, powerful auras started glowing from deep within the dimension, and soon, the sky and groundless space below them turned colorful, with various types of colors, textures, and effects as if belonging to a multitude of those special Innate Gear. "Shit..." Lilisa realized something, and she quickly sealed the dimension''s door that was open to prevent the aura from leaking out. Something big was happening, and she didn''t want anyone to know that, especially Sid! *Swoosh!* *Swoosh!* From all directions and sides, be it top or below, powerful Innate Gears streaked towards Aleron, maintaining a respectful distance of ten meters from him, and began arranging in a circr globe manager while rotating around him. Each one was oozing out a wisp of their aura and disying their special effects in visuals as if appealing to Aleron. There were already over a hundred, but then came some kind of strange Innate Gears looking humanoid, but in a set and without anyone equipping them. The sphere of Innate Gears made way for these Innate Gear sets as they stopped five meters away from Aleron. A total of four Innate Gear sets hovered around Aleron. [Gachapi: Welp, I guess we are getting a new banner for Innate Gears, the true Innate Gears, which will help us develop our own special Innate Geno Gear better.] ''The Proper Path Alliance is really helping me in this quest to stop them,'' Aleronughed joyously inside. "What the fuck..." Lilisa uttered as she looked at the Innate Gear sets, her eyes disying pure shock as she mumbled, "I thought this was just rumors..." Aleron looked at the four Innate Gear sets and could feel their extraordinary powers and potential, "What are they? Seems like even more special than special Innate Gears." He was getting a feeling from these Innate Gears that all of them wanted to get into his body. His physique, his body, appeared too attractive to these special Innate Gears. "Those are Sovereign Innate Gears...theye inplete sets of six and give way more boost and power than other Innate Gears, but..." Lilisa looked at Aleron, her eyes in disbelief, "From what I know, only those Champions could wear them and actually acquired them in the first ce." "These Sovereign Innate Gears can only be acquired from the toughest Dungeons and Chaotic Phenomenon in the 5th region of the Chaosverse, and those could only be cleared Broken- rank powerhouses, the Champions of Eternals. Even a peak Supreme-rank powerhouse would die once they entered those dungeons and phenomena." "I''ve read about them from books, yeah," Aleron nodded. It was true. He had also visited a few ces and a library in Deste City where there were books on this topic of champions. "So these are those, huh? It seems that they are willing to be my partners," Aleron chuckled. "Can I take them all?" "You would die before you could do that," Lilisa rolled her eyes. "You can only pick six or... well, one of those Sovereign Sets since you managed to call them. It''s been over three hundred years since someone managed to call them, but the one who previously called was a descendent of a champion, and he was a supreme rank." Her eyes glinted as she looked at Aleron, "But you....your potential is way higher." "Thanks," Aleron faintly smiled. [Silencing Crimson''s Raven Ravager] This was a ck-red designed and patterned Innate Gear set with a furry carved pattern and metal feathers but no actual fur. A metallic-looking leather-metal mix of armor, boots, gloves, a mask, a pair of wings, and a heart. [Blue Destruction''s Whirling Madness] [Luminous Tempest''s Shifting Cyclone] [Obsidian Titan''s Fortress Lord] The other three were also good, but he liked the Silencing Crimson''s Raven Ravager set more. "Alright, I''ll choose this," Aleron pointed at the Raven Ravager set, causing a loud humming to echo from other Innate Gears that felt sad. But they still scattered away while humming as if weeping. Meanwhile, Raven Ravenger''s set vibrated as if oozing out joy. "Well, it''s fine, you got it, but hide it well. Don''t reveal it before the match," Lilisa said, her smile weary yet excited. "I''ll inform higher-ups about this." "I feel like there''s going to be trouble," Aleron blinked as he captured that from her eyes. "Well, Sovereign Innate Gears are not to be given to just anyone...this Treasure Pce is connected to all Treasure Pces across the branches, so you can say we literally only have four sets of Sovereign Innate Gears, not count the ones that are already owned by others." "Anyway, the point is that you''ll have to join the Proper Path Alliance properly. Otherwise, they wouldn''t be happy to part with this." "But am I not already a part of this force?" Aleron raised his eyebrows. "You are, but not at the level where you are allowed to take such a precious thing," Lilisa wryly said. "I''ll convince them that you''ll be a core part of the Alliance, and you will also show a great result in the Dungeon, so get ready." "Once this is over, you are going to have to take a soul binding to be a part of the alliance." "I''m fine with that," Aleron smiled. ''Soul Binding? The fuck''s that? Gachapi, that won''t interfere with our n, right?'' Gachapi snickered. [Gachapi: If we didn''t have the backing of Eternals, it would have interfered, but not anymore, hehe. Soul Binding can screw itself.] ''Nice. Now, let''s see how powerful this is. It automatically adjusted to Unbound-rank from Broken-rank, heh.'' [Silencing Crimson''s Raven Ravager] Rank: Unbound. Chapter 249: Alerons Aim, Battle At The Arena Chapter 249: Aleron''s Aim, Battle At The Arena ? [Silencing Crimson''s Raven Ravager] Rank: Unbound Effect(s): -1. (Core) Heart: Pumps out a sharp aura that coats the user as stamina is consumed, increasing physical power by up to 200%. This state can be kept while recovering stamina as well if you can control it. -2. (Mask/Hat) Eyes: This piece can either be a mask or a hat, depending on the user''s taste. Allows the users to see through any phenomenon, invisibility, and effects as long as the user identifies the attributes. Increase the sensing range of the user''s scout, vision, and such types of skills by 50%. -3. (Gloves) Arms: shing in melee weapons while wearing the gloves will store impactous energy within the gloves, up to three charges. Each charge can tly increase an offense-type skill''s attack power or pure physical attack by 100%. -4. (Trousers) Legs: Increases power storing capabilities of legs by a fold, allowing the user to exert double powers from the legspared to other body parts while also allowing the user to instantaneously move in any direction with instant reflexes at 100% extra speed than usual at the cost of higher stamina consumption. -5. (Vest) Stomach: The vest transforms the stomach area, providingprehensive defense, but most importantly, it allows the user to absorb an attack''s energy or any untamed energy to a certain limit and covert it into stamina. -6. (Long coat/Wings) Back: You can extend a pair of wings from the back as well. Allows the user to turn into an absolute silent state at a low consumption of Chakra energy. Erases the atmospheric pressure or resistance to almost null when flying and reduces stamina consumption of any activity by 20%. ''This is kinda crazy. It directly boosts my power in many parameters along with additional boosts...damn!'' [Gachapi: This is indeed wonderful.] [New Banner is in the process of creation...] Aleron''s whole look changed as he wore the set, looking badass because of his height and enhanced physique that made him look super handsome. "This is cool," Aleron grinned and snapped his finger, creating a red-ssed round spectacle, hands in his pocket and buttoning the long ck coat with big cors before he walked out the portal. "You look like a viin in this," Lilisa chuckled. "I guess I am a viin for many," Aleron smiled, his eyes glinting. "Anyway, since we are done here, what''s next?" Lilisa was to say when she noticed something and nkly stared at two floating Innate gears, "W-What did you do? How the hell did you remove your innate gears?" "Oh, I already had them almost removed, at least I separated them while we were on our way here since I was nning to change my Innate Gears and get a full set myself anyway. I know how to do that because of my body''s fine control," Aleron smiled. "I don''t need help in this regard." Lilisa was dumbfounded. Innate Gears required precise and careful extraction to remove them. A mistake could cause severe injuries since they werebined into important areas of the body. ''Damn, this was a close call. d I responded naturally with a decent lie,'' Aleron wryly smiled. ''It''s not strange that I could learn how to properly extract Innate Gears given the brilliance I disyed so far...right?'' [Gachapi: Yeah, it should be fine.] "Well, I somehow don''t doubt that," Lilisa wryly smiled. "You''re a monster. Anyway, next would be a weapon if you want one." ''I don''t need a weapon since Astral''s Scythe would be perfect after his evolution, but I shouldn''t reject free stuff from this alliance.'' [Gachapi: For sure, Master.] "Well, let''s go and take a look at the weapons," Aleron smiled. In the end, Aleron picked up a rather valuable weapon, though not as valuable as the set of Sovereign Innate Gears. "Aren''t there some special type of weapons just like those Sovereign Innate gears?" Aleron asked as they walked out of the weapon pce. "There are, of course," Lilisa smiled. "But, you are not allowed to pick one of those. For that, you need to rise higher and be a rather important member of the Alliance." Aleron chuckled and said, "Great, how do I do that?" "For starter, take number ce in the Dungeon Exploration." "That''s easy." ... After returning to the courtyard, Aleron started training in the Concept. Five hourster, he finished a session and started experiments on Innate Gears and Geno Gears,bining the two somehow topletely create a new type of gears. Geno Gears were externals; they couldn''t enter into one''s body, but they held wondrous powers, and Aleron could give desirable powers to them by fishing for Geno Mods in the Realm of Genome. They were more like artifacts with special effects while being weapons, armor, and more. Innate Gears could settle into one''s body and fundamentally enhance them, giving new effects and powers. As such, Aleron wanted to create Innate Geno Gears. Instead of just providing boosts and effects, what if one''s body or any part of it could freely turn into a weapon capable of releasing various powers like Geno Gears on top of giving boosts like Innate Gears? Aleron spent five hours experimenting and exhausted his Genome Pulse before he moved to a different training. Combat. He spared with hisdies as they also wanted to battle and gain insights into his or their Concepts. It was usually best tobine meditation and battle both in order to progress. Sometimes, one could get an idea or a sh of inspiration while sparring. In this case, Aleron and others only used the powers in which they wanted to progress so they could explore it more and reach a higher understanding. Just like that, hours turned into days, and it was time to fight Sid''s candidate. The stadium was not full, but there were still tens of thousands of public in audience. Not all of them were members of Prosper Path Alliance, of course. Most of them were actually people living in the city. Sid''s candidate, Romellus Contista, was a rather famous individual in the city. He had records in Arena Tower here and was also said to be the strongest Unbound-rank in the city. "Whoever challenged him today is either stupid or lost his mind." "Who is Romellus fighting anyway?" "No idea. Some nobody, but the fight is doubted to be interesting." "Image if Romellus loses this match...won''t he miss his chance to enter the special dungeon?" "Romellus! He is here! Use your Spiral Dragon Vortex Beam this time and finish the nobody in one shot!" "That''s his strongest attack. Why would he use it to fight right off the bat, heh?" "Romellus! Romellus!" Aleron also entered the crowd after Romellus, hearing the people''s cheering for Romellus enhanced by their powers as it boomed around. "Geez, people are really excited because of that guy, eh?" Aleron muttered while looking around before focusing on the front. Romellus was a handsome, lean, physique man like Aleron, but he had slightly curly blond hair and ruby eyes, wearing a thin dark silver armor and holding a cknce with green and red glowing patterns. Aleron was in his new look, leisurely walking into the battleground before floating up slowly to be on the same level as Romellus, his hands in his pocket. At the edge of the stadium, Lilisa stood with Aleron''s girls and Kira as they watched. "You know how to do this, Aleron. Just like we nned," Lilisa muttered. "I want a brutal defeat." Of course, that was up to Aleron''s decision. ''She wants me to y with him and defeat him without getting a scratch,'' Aleron had an amused smile on his face. ''That''s gotta be humiliating considering his fame.'' He would do that but on his condition. Aleron''s eyes glinted, activating the Eyes of Absolute Judgement. The mark above Romellus was.... ck. ''Everyone i checked is ck or red. Is everyone like that here?'' Aleron''s brows slightly creased as he looked around at the audience. ''I guess not.'' Half of the audience was yellow, while the other half was mostly red, and a couple hundred ck. There was no white-marked person here, but that was expected. ''I guess only those innocent people and kids brought here as ves would be white...'' Aleron shook his head. "What are you thinking?" Aleron turned to Romellus upon hearing the question and smiled, "Nothing." The referee arrived, who was none other than Sid, as he floated above them and took out a coin. "Are you two ready?" "Yeah," Romellus nodded, hisnce firm and his posture in a stance. His eyes bore into Aleron''s as his aura surged. Romellus appeared ready to attack as soon as the battle began. "I am ready," Aleron nodded, his hands still in his pockets. Instantly, the audience started booing Aleron because of his casual and leisurely appearance. "Kill him with one shot!" "Destroy him, Romellus." Romellus narrowed his eyes, "You are very disrespectful, I see." "Yes, towards certain people, I am," Aleron chuckled and nced at Sid. "Anyway, can we start?" Sid''s eyes gleamed darkly before he spoke, "The battle will start just as this coin touches the ground." He tossed the coin before it started falling. Aleron and Romellus looked at each other, focused. The moment coin touched the ground, Romellus vanished from his spot, surging at Aleron like a milky blue lightning bolt with sparks, hisnce straight at his head. *Crackle...BOOM!* Aleron was pierced as a loud burst of lightning reaction exploded along with a st. However, Aleron''s voice approached his ears from back, startling Romellus as he swiftly retreated a hundred meters away. Aleron was floating in the same leisure posture while the one that was destroyed was his clone mirage.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "You have to be a bit more fast than that," Aleron smiled. "Come on, let''s try one more time, shall we?" At his words, the arena fell into a deathly silence. "You''re dead!" Romellus uttered under his breath, his aura surging exponentially. Chapter 250: Forgone Conclusion Chapter 250: Forgone Conclusion ? "You''re dead!" Romellus growled, charging forward again. Hisnce glowed with a mix of green and red energy, spiraling with chaotic power. The ground beneath him shattered with each step, leaving cracks as the shockwaves from his aura expanded. *BOOM!* Romellus thrust hisnce with blinding speed, but just as the tip approached, Aleron vanished again, reappearing casually above him. Without even facing Romellus, Aleron spoke in a bored tone. "Too slow again." Romellus''snce struck the ground where Aleron had been, sending a shockwave that tore through the arena floor, but it was futile. The audience gasped in disbelief as Aleron floated above,pletely unfazed, hands still in his pockets, a smile ying at the edge of his lips. Romellus clenched his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead. His pride, built from years of being the strongest in the city, was cracking with each failed attempt. *Whoosh!* Aleron dropped down,nding softly on the ground right in front of Romellus, whose aura red again. With fury, Romellus swung hisnce wildly, shing the air with deadly precision. Yet, Aleron dodged each strike effortlessly, sidestepping or weaving through the attacks as if it were a simple dance. Every time Romellus swung, Aleron moved just slightly enough to avoid it, his smile never fading. The power scattered around, but it was as if Aleron was in an invisible barrier that prevented him from getting hit, not even by debris. "Come on, Romellus," Aleron said, sounding almost disappointed. "You''ve got to do better than this. Maybe try your Spiral Dragon Vortex Beam? Isn''t that what they''re cheering for?" The Colosseum was deathly silent before some people started muttering. "W-Who is this guy?" "So powerful..." "But w-what is happening? Why is he unscathed?" Romellus''s eyes darkened, rage overtaking him. Without hesitation, he raised hisnce high, the energy around it building into a swirling vortex. The very air began to distort from the overwhelming power being gathered. Lightning crackled, and the sky above the arena darkened as his most powerful attack took form. "SPIRAL DRAGON VORTEX BEAM!" He thrust thence forward, unleashing a titanic st of energy shaped like a spiraling dragon. The beam ripped through the air, its sheer power warping the atmosphere itself to make its bid as it headed straight for Aleron. The audience roared in excitement, expecting the fight to finally turn in Romellus''s favor. But many also had a bad feeling. Aleron''s whole being just oozed out the vibe of being utterly invincible. It was like a battle between a tiger and a kitten. *CRACK-BOOOOOM!* The beam exploded, creating a blinding light and deafening sound. Dust and debris filled the arena, and the crowd held its breath. As the dust settled, Romellus breathed heavily, a smirk forming on his face. But then his heart sank. Standing right in the center of the destruction was Aleronpletely unharmed. Not even a scratch. He hadn''t moved an inch, still with his hands casually in his pockets, as if Romellus''s most powerful attack had been nothing more than a light breeze. "That was cute," Aleron said with a shrug, his tone mocking. "But you''re not getting anywhere with this." ''You''re a ck mark, and you will die.'' [Aleron: I can really kill him, right?] [Lilisa: Yes, you can.] [Aleron: But I''ll take his soul.] [Lilisa: ...fine. Given what you''ve disyed to the bigwigs, you are allowed to trample anyone here.] Romellus staggered backward, hisnce trembling in his hand. His mind raced, trying toprehend what had just happened. Impossible...how? His breaths came in ragged gasps as panic set in. "Is that all?" Aleron asked, tilting his head. "I was expecting more from the strongest Unbound rank in the city." Romellus''s face twisted in frustration. He unleashed everything he had, throwing wild strikes, each one more desperate than thest, hisnce glowing with every ounce of power he could muster. But no matter what he did, Aleron remained out of reach. Each swing was met with empty air, each attack deflected with the barest of movements. It was as if Aleron was toying with him. "You''re weak," Aleron finally said, his voice cutting through Romellus''s growing despair. "And I am bored." Romellus''s mind began to crack. The cheers from the crowd grew faint as his thoughts drowned in the humiliation of his helplessness. Every ounce of his confidence, built from countless victories, was shattering with each passing second. His aura flickered, weakening, as the reality of his situation set in. ''I can''t hit him. I can''t... do anything...'' Romellus gritted his teeth, feeling the pressure in his chest tighten as he realized just how outssed he was. His mind was a storm of disbelief and frustration. How could this nobody be so much stronger than him? He couldn''t even figure out what Aleron was doing. "Giving up so easily? You know it hasn''t even been five minutes." Romellus roared and started attacking Aleron again. However, Aleron was simply using him to improve himself. He was only using aspects of the Astral Reaver concept in this fight. Whatever Romellus threw at him, Aleron would use the flor of space and time to resolve it. But Romellus was losing his will to fight at each setback he received, and two minutester, he stopped moving, his eyes nk and head facing the ground. "Time to finish this." With that, Aleron vanished again, reappearing behind Romellus. Before Romellus could even react, Aleron delivered a single, powerful strike with his foot, sending Romellus crashing into the arena wall with enough force to crack the stone. BOOM! Romellus coughed up blood, slumping to the ground, hisnce falling from his hand. His body was battered, his pride in ruins. The audience was in stunned silence, unable to believe what they had just witnessed. ''W-What?'' Romellus felt his life force seeping away. ''What did he do?!'' ''No!'' ''I don''t want to die!'' Aleron casually floated down to where Romellusy, looking down at him with cold, emotionless eyes. ''It''s time to go to hell, Romellus.'' Aleron turned his back on Romellus, walking away with his hands in his pockets. Meanwhile, Romellus''s core was shattered, and his soul was gone. "Stop!" Sid arrived floating before Aleron. "Give back his soul," Sid hissed as if suppressing his anger, his face dark. Aleron looked at Sid, feeling zero threat from him. His eyes flickered and bore down the judgment as one of the thicker ck marks appeared above Sid. ''I can actually kill him with a punch...'' [Gachapi: Not yet, Master.] ''I know.'' Aleron knew now was not the time to bring hisws and order into this world. "Hey, back off, Sid." Lilisa arrived and floated in front of Sid, her arms crossed and expression stern. "Tell him to give the soul back," Sid''s eyes darkly glinted. "That''s not going to happen," Aleron said with a smile. "Anyway, we are done here, so I want to go back." Sid wanted to make a move, but Lilisa was right in front of him and a few Supreme ranks were also watching.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "Get lost," Lilisa smirked. ... Aleron returned to the abode and also sent Romellus'' soul into his hell. The girls and Aleron had dinner since the battle was held in the evening and then the group started training. Enorin, Mei, and Yueha broke through to the second level of their concepts, while Rias, Ruan, and Liang were close to breaking through. Shelby was focused on improving her Magic Zone, and Aleron helped her with that by giving her his Magic Prints for research. Meanwhile, Sid went to the higher-ups because he wanted to get Romellus'' soul back. Chapter 251: Unmatched Excellence, Veil of Zeliander Chapter 251: Unmatched Excellence, Veil of Zeliander ? He entered a in, but aesthetic room belonging to a Grand Elder, a Supreme-rank powerhouse overseeing all activities in this second region of chaosverse. However, when he entered, his lips couldn''t help but twitch while a re of anger appeared in his eyes. ''Why is this bitch here?'' Lilisa was already there, talking with the Grand Elder Madelin, a woman in her forties with a busty figure covered in a long-sleeved robe. "You''re here? I was waiting for you," Lilisa chuckled, albeit it appeared deviously. "What''s the matter, Sid?" Grand Elder Medellin raised her eyebrows as she gestured him to come. Sid bowed. "My disciple was killed and I wanted his soul back," Sid respectfully said. "Please help me get his soul back." "That is not possible, Sid." Grand Elder Medellin calmly said. "But why?" Sid''s voice cracked. "He is a talented man. His future is bright." Grand Elder Medellin shook her head and sighed, "No matter how bright his future is, it''s merely a flicker of wisp in front of the bright sun that is Aleron." "He is once in a millennium prodigy. If he wants Romellus'' soul, then he has earned it. You know that''s how things work here," Grand Elder Medelin''s voice was sharp and firm, and at the end, her eyes coldly bore down onto Sid. He wanted to rebuke in this regard but didn''t dare to. He could only nce at Lilisa, his eyes venomous. "Can''t we do something about that? Like, giving him Innate Gear in exchange or a better Chaos Breathing Art? I''m sure that''s way better than a soul," Sid turned to Grand Elder Medellin. "I am willing to pay from my own pocket." "That''s up to him to decide," Grand Elder Medellin indifferently said before turning to Lilisa. "What are his thoughts?" Lilisa lightlyughed and shook her head, causing Sid''s hand to clench tightly. "I am willing to pay for the best weapon and Innate Gears." He wanted Romellus, who was his future! Romellus was talented and progressed fast. He was a promising powerhouse! "I''m afraid he won''t ept that," Lilisa answered after she finishedughing. "Grand Elder," Sid turned to Medellin. "Aleron may be a prodigy, but he is just one. And he is only well-versed in Arcane. He just gained enlightenment and reached level 5 of Magilore, but Romellus has even potential in all three paths." "You''re mistaken, Sid," Lilisa smirked. "That outfit Aleron wore, you didn''t find any anomaly with it, I presume." "Outfit?" Sid frowned. He remembered it. It was a rather cool outfit. "What of it?" Grand Elder Medellin smiled and said, "That''s a set of Sovereign Innate Gears." "What?!" Sid''s voice went up several notches. "I-Impossible." Lilisa waved her hand and disyed the event that happened in the Treasure Pce. Sid''s eyes turned there before they widened to the extreme. "W-What the..." "He is surrounded by every special Innate Gear that we have, including the four sets of Sovereign Gears. And look," Lilisa fast-forwarded to when he selected the set. Seeing how all Innat Gears clearly expressed sadness, his jaw dropped to the floor. "This is his excellence in proof. The mastery he has in his body is no less than that of Arcane. The same goes for his Concept. His concept is one of the most powerful ones to exist. It controls both space and time, and it won''t be long before he reaches 3rd level in it." Sid''s eyes were trembling. "Who is he? What is he?! A human?!" Grand Elder Medellin dismissively waved her hand, "He has agreed to be soul-bound to our alliance. If he wants a hundred more Romellus, I will give him. He is a force that we need, especially after we seed in our n."N?v(el)B\\jnn Sid''s head was down for a few seconds as he digested the bombshell. He then bowed and said, "I understand. I won''t pursue this matter further." "You can go now." Sid nodded and quietly left. "I shall also take my leave, Grand Elder," Lilisa smiled. "If you want, we can proceed with Soul Bound before he participates in the Special Dungeon." "No hurry," Grand Elder Medellin waved her hand, her mood clearly good as she thought about Aleron. "We''ll do that after hees out of the dungeon. It''ll be a child''s y for him anyway." "As you wish." Lilisa left as well and contacted Aleron, telling him to rest and rx until tomorrow. ... Aleron continued with his daily schedule. He wasn''t going to rest simply because there was a big day tomorrow. When it was time, he slept with the girls and woke up six hourster. The training and sparring continued as usual before it was finally time to enter the special dungeon. A hundred people gathered in the same arena with a big gate-shaped portal in front of them. Grand Elder Medellin, Lilisa, Sid, and other Transcendent-rank figures stood before them. "This special dungeon is called Veil of Zeliander. The structure of space-time is warped inside, and you will find different gravity points where inds, grounds, oceans, and other phenomena would be floating." "The rewards are abundant, but so are the dangers. The number of chaotic beasts and the variety of it you will encounter inside is in a very high number. You will have to move inside with caution and not attract a huge amount of monsters, because they would gather fast." Many gulped, slightly fearful as they had heard of Special dungeons. These were super rare, and they were considered lucky to have the opportunity to enter them. After all, only 100 could enter, and it would vanish after that. Only one attempt and it was given to them. "Interesting," Aleron smiled. "But I''ll explore this entirely and bring out every single treasure there is. Otherwise, there''s no point." "That, we very much look forward to, Aleron," Grand Elder Medellin smiled and waved her hand, "It''s time." "Enter, explore, and be a victor by sessfully returning from this dangerous trove of treasure." *** [Author Note: Hello, dear readers. I have a new book with 43 chapters, 2/chaps a day rate. It''s litRPG with a unique twist and MC that grows fast. I would appreciate it if you give it a try and support it if you like the book. Thank you. Book Title: True Awakening: Ascending the Grimworld.] Chapter 252: Big Trove of Treasure, Clearing Surprise Chapter 252: Big Trove of Treasure, Clearing Surprise ? Aleron arrived in a world of chaotic wonders. Inds floated, all in various shapes, with each having a gravitation center, much like a in space. Oceans hung and flowed circrly and other types of flows, defying physicalws. The air was heavy, and chaotic energy swirled and transformed all around into various things. But most importantly, each ind and any phenomenon one could see had a variety of chaotic beasts housing. Many were floating around as well. Others may be overwhelmed by their numbers if they didn''t exercise caution, but Aleron didn''t bother with that. He first spread out his Cosmic Eyes, hundreds of them. He created Cosmic Eyes until he emptied his Chakra energy. Afterward, he used Chaos Breathing Art and quickly recovered his Chakra energy. With two Mystic Paths and the second being at level 4, he had a total of 1400 Chakra energy. "Alright, you are first," Aleron looked at the biggest ind he could see and flew towards there. Chaotic Beasts were alerted, and a horde of 100 chaotic beasts that were flying on the way immediately started chasing Aleron and releasing their attacks. Aleron didn''t bother with them, teleporting swiftly a few times as he entered the Ind with weird mountains, rivers, and a chaotic biome mixture of flourishing spring and blizzard. After searching around, looking for something extraordinary, Aleron found an ancient rundown ruin. A small town with a castle in the center. He arrived here by going through a small and hidden cave. With his omni-dimensional sensing aspect of Cosmic Eye, he found all suspicious-looking caves and stuff before hitting the jackpot after half an hour. He encountered strange types of monsters in the ancient ruins. They were stronger than regr Unbound-rank chaotic beasts, but that didn''t make any difference to Aleron. He killed and destroyed all the obstacles before finishing the final room, which had a treasure chest in the castle. The treasure chest gave a bunch of resources and also a mysterious crystal that seemed to help in Soul Refinement, given its name-Soul Refinement Stone. One could absorb the energy from it that was simr to the pure soul essence Aleron absorbed in Soul Genesis Nexus to speed up soul refinement and progress faster. Naturally, this was a limited resource as the crystal would turn into dust after absorbing whatever amount of pure soul essence it had, but it was valuable nheless. "If each ind and various phenomenon I see have such a treasure chest hidden, then this is indeed a big trove of treasures," Aleron grinned. Even if he didn''t need them because he had already progressed considerably, these resources could be used by his people! "Alright, time to hunt in hardcore." ... Time passed as minutes turned into hours and hours into days. Special Dungeon''s exit point was unique. If one just thought about exiting, a portal would appear close to their skin, and they could just enter and finish their exploration. But the catch was that one could only call upon that exit portal one time. Uponnding in thick trouble and almost dying, many participants started leaving, with the first one leaving three dayster. And then, people started leaving one by one. By the 5th day, 76 people had already exited, while eight had died inside based on the soulmps'' indication outside. A few more people left on the sixth day, and ten people exited on the seventh day. On the 8th day, only one person was in the Special Dungeon. Aleron was clearing all the inds and phenomena as if he were strolling through a park. He had hauled rewards from eighty-seven Treasure chests so far, and he still had many to explore. Aleron started taking it leisurely after a few days because there was no danger here that could threaten him. Of course, he wasn''t idling, but he was clearing ruins and getting treasure at a certain pace. Once he was tired, he would find a spot and recover to prime condition before going again. With his Cosmic Eye spreading everywhere and marking each ind and phenomenon, Aleron just needed to teleport to go to the next destination. Eight more days passed by, and Aleron had just cleared thest ind, sessfully getting its treasure chest and rewards inside. He had gotten all sorts of items and resources, including Special Unbound-rank Innate Gears, Chaos Breathing Arts, weapons, other items, and a myriad of resources. "I guess this is it," Aleron smiled as he put away the rewards into his spatial storage. But suddenly, everything started trembling. It wasn''t just the earthquake on this ind, but the whole dimension was trembling. [You have sessfully cleared a Special Dungeon with a 100% exploration rate.] [This special dungeon will proceed for upgrade and be a Transcendent-grade Special Dungeon.] [You will be exited from this dungeon after five seconds.] "Interesting," Aleron was surprised. "Isn''t this very good?" [Gachapi: Well, well, well...Proper Path Alliance is going to benefit from this a lot.] Aleron blinked, his eyes glinting as he grinned. "Not if I be a transcendent rank and enter this." Suddenly, Aleron felt something awakening in him. ''Eh? It''s Astral''s core.'' [Astral: WOOONDERFU-] Aleron exited from the dungeon as five seconds were up, cutting off Astral''s grand entrance after his awakening. - Outside, Aleron was alone at the gate, but he could feel auras approaching. Grand Elder Medellin also arrived here in a jiffy, looking at the Dungeon Gate with interest. "What''s going on?" After all, the Dungeon Entrance was undergoing changes, aplete transformation. Lilisa, Sid, and others also arrived. "It''s changing...this has never happened before," someone muttered. "No...this has happened before, but very rarely. So rarely that thest time it happened was thousands of years ago," Grand Elder Medellin said as her eyes glittered. Turning to Aleron, she said, "You cleared the entire dungeonpletely." "That''s right," Aleron modestly chuckled. "It''s going to transform into a new special dungeon, but a level higher, at Transcendent grade." The Dungeon Gate finished its transformation with fancy purple and brown wood texture, demonic blue wisps floating around it, and entric carvings on it. But suddenly, it started turning faint. "Contact the branch in the third region right away! We have to find this Dungeon Gate somewhere there," Grand Elder Medellin hurriedly said before she pointed her finger at the Dungeon Gate, a tiny de manifesting that shot at the Dungeon Gate''s pir, making a mark. A secondter, it vanished. "I have to go now. Handle the matters here, Lilisa. And send someone in your stead in the first region''s branch." Lilisa was overjoyed. "As you wish." Turning to Sid, she smirked, "Sid, how about you be the Branch Master? Depart right away." Sid was internally fuming, but he had no other choice. ''Damn it! Damn it!'' Sid also left. However, the other four elders at transcendent rank looked at Aleron, their eyes containing greedy lights. One of them coughed and asked, "So what did you acquire in the Dungeon, Aleron?" "It must be quite a big haul, right?" another quipped in.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "Usually, we don''t ask for rewards, but considering that you don''t need all of those resources, how about we buy them from you? Of course, we''ll buy it at a cheaper price, considering you''re part of the alliance." Lilisa snorted loudly, "He isn''t selling you anything, not you." "Lilisa, that is up to him." Aleron lightlyughed and shook his head, "Sorry, but I am not selling anything." "Anyway, can I go now?" he added as he turned to Lilisa. "Yeah, sure. Go get rest and rx. All you have to do is to focus on getting stronger. If you want to process some resources into pills, I''ll handle that. Just contact meter," Lilisa smiled. "Great. I''ll do that, thanks." "Oh, and your new home is the mansion that I showed you first." "Got it." ... Aleron arrived at the grand and aesthetic mansion. Seeing that Luna, Ruan, and Liang were bathing in the big bathroom with a pool in it, Aleron mischievously smiled and directly teleported there. Well, the atmosphere soon turned passionate as various kinds of moans filled the bathroom. Aleron had fun with Luna, Ruan, and Liang for two hours before he rxed in the pool with them. "So what were you doing? Seemed like you were exhausted," Aleron asked. Liang to his right and Luna to his left, his arms around their shoulders while his hands were yful, touching and ying with their supple breasts. Meanwhile, Ruan was between his legs and her head rested on his chest, dizzy and half- sleeping as she was still swimming in pleasure. "We were out to explore a chaotic phenomenon," Luna grinned, her smile like a fresh breeze in an open in. "It was fun, and now we are fully recovered, thanks to you." "Everyone only needs some resources now, and we can break through to the Unbound rank, so Lilisa arranged a mission for us," Liang said while smiling, her head resting on his shoulder. Suddenly, the door of the bathroom opened as Enorin, Mei, Yueha, Rias, and Shelby arrived with towels wrapped around their bodies. "We were tired of waiting, so we decided to juste in," Rias cheekily smiled. "Master, I hope you are ready for a long battle," Yueha grinned. Aleronughed with gusto and stood up as he teleported Ruan into her room since she had already fallen asleep. "Well then, let''s start." Luna and Liang also had enough, and they wanted to properly absorb the power Aleron shot into them and consolidate their body, so Aleron also teleported them away before a new round of passionate war began. Aleron and the girls were ying naughty games in the bathroom, having fun with all of them one by one for six hours. Chapter 253: Astral (1/2) Chapter 253: Astral (1/2) ? After rxing and resting for a day, Aleron began making his move. He kept enough resources required for the girls to reach the peak of Paragon rank and then Unbound rank before sending the remaining to the Midworld. Aleron told Darzax to pick up the cargo so they could use them on Guild. [Aleron: You can sell useless weapons and other equipment in exchange for other things.] [Darzax: Understood. But this is really a lot, Master. How did this happen?] [Aleron: Haha, we are going to get even more resources after a few months at the level of Unbound-rank and more of Transcendent-rank. You all better breakthrough to Unbound- rank fast.] [Darzax: One-month maximum, and we all will be at Unbound rank with the number of resources you gave us.] [Aleron: That''s good. Also, if there''s any problem that the guild can''t solve, don''t forget to contact any Eternal or me.] [Darzax: Understood.] After talking with Darzax, Aleron sent the resources he kept for the girls to Lilisa to process them into pills and potions. There were other resources like Soul Refining Crystal, Bloodline Stones, and Enlightenment Fragments. Enlightenment Fragments were smaller versions of the Enlightenment Stone that Aleron had. A single Enlightenment Fragment could heighten theprehension ability of a person for one minute. One minute. During this minute, someone like Aleron could enter deep focus and trigger Enlightenment if it was an area he was talented in. Which he did. He used an Enlightenment Fragment the next day to break through to level 3 of the Astral Flow concept, he did that in a jiffy. Within thirty seconds, he was in aplete trans. Space-Time around him waspletely absurd, and no one could approach or see him. It was just a strange, dreamy orb with silver ssy fragments and golden sparks whirling inside in a strange fashion. Aleron wasn''t visible, but one could see him in those ssy fragments and golden sparks as if he was being reflected. "Master is really so talented..." Liang chuckled. "Alright, one more try. We have to do it in this," Enorin said, her expression severe as she picked up another Enlightenment Fragment from the pile in the center. Aleron and the girls had formed a circle with the pile of Enlightenment Fragments in the middle. A total of 24. He had acquired a total of 104 Enlightenment Fragments, so he sent the remaining eighty to the Guild. Aleron seeded in getting enlightenment in his first Enlightenment Fragment, while all girls failed. "We have two more tries at maximum," Yueha''s eyes were somber. "Let''s do this." The ideal would be to trigger their enlightenment with the second Fragment and reach a higher level in Magilore, so they could use the third try onprehending their Concept to level 3. All of them had reached level 2 on their Concepts. Their next hurdle was level 3 of their Concepts, but this was not why they were using the Enlightenment Fragments. Instead, it was forprehending a higher level of Magilore. The girls closed their eyes, and their consciousness connected with the small crystal in their hand, the Enlightenment Fragment. Suddenly, Shelby''s aura shifted as she floated, covered in a cerulean blue orb with various hues of blues flowing inside. Triggering her enlightenment, she was about to step foot into the 6th level of Magilore! In reality, everyone was feeling pressured. They had fear and uncertainty. But these emotions were solely for the reason of staying with Aleron, by their Master and husband''s side. All of them were determined not to fail anymore, and it showed. After Shelby, the others started triggering their Enlightenment one by one, entering a state ofplete trans, absorbing the world of Magilore that opened in their mind. Time passed, and two hourster, Aleron returned from his enlightened state as he sessfully reached level 3 of the Astral Flow concept! [Astral Flow-Concept] Description: The flow of Space and Time is at your beck and call. Level: 3 (max)n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Effect(s): -> Astral Flow: You can manipte space and time as easily as breathing and blinking. -> Astral Covenant: As long as your skills and actions have space or time-rted aspects, the boost those aspects provide to the action and skills'' construct is increased by 100%. ''Wonderful!'' Aleron''s entire perception regarding space and time elevated. He could see through theyers of chaosverse. Without consuming any Chakra, he could teleport anywhere, even in Chaosverse''s atmosphere, within his fundamental soul sense range, which was not that big at the moment since he had suppressed his soul. Astral Covenant boosted space-time-rted aspects'' benefits in skills by 70% in level 2, but it increased to 100% in level 3. It was a huge boost! Aleron looked at the girls and grinned, "Nice, they are also doing well." He covered them in a solid spatial-temporal field to protect them and then used a Voidless Wormhole as he arrived in the Midworld. He went to his Midworld''s Hell and sped up the time ratio inside with his improved Space- time mastery. With this ratio, Elysia would finish her punishment after three days instead of two months. Of course, for her, it was two years and eighty days. Afterward, he also transformed the lower cosmos Hell that Rexian ran. It was for people for Ascendent-rank and below. He changed the time ratio there as well so that people outside could wee their loved ones early if they repented and became good, while those who repented would still go over the full punishment. Their mentality would have improved, and surviving in Aleron''s hell would undoubtedly make them stronger and give them higher potential. So far, the rate of people turning good while getting punished and repenting wholeheartedly was a mere 8%. It meant that for every 100 evil people, a maximum of 8 would decide to be good wholeheartedly and get a new life. Turning evil and getting punished with degrading thoughts would make it easier to live in hell as the pain from various hellish punishments would reduce in the degrading mentality, so only those who resisted the temptation and repented would seed. On the other hand, those who repented wholeheartedly with no evil in their mind and cast away the vileness resulted in honing their soul and higher pain threshold because they were absorbed in repentance and not punishment. Aleron saw many people repenting, numbering in billions. But this was expected since the total poption in lower cosmos hell was in trillions. ... Aleron returned and arranged so that Elysia would join the guild after her return. Three hours had passed by, but the girls were still in enlightenment. It couldst for days even, so Aleron left and arrived in the Doombound city. He hadn''t explored this city yet since he was training all day after arriving here. "Nice, I can explore the entire city with my heightened space-time powers," Aleron smiled. He covered the whole city, stretching a 700-kilometer radius, using a single Cosmic Eye after unsealing his soul to its original power. Despite this, his aura waspletely in the fold. [Gachapi: Nice, with your current mastery of space-time, even Supreme-rank wouldn''t be able to easily measure your aura even if you unseal your soul and body to the same level as your Arcane.] ''Not easily, but a Mystic Skill could help them.'' [Gachapi: Yep. We shouldn''t take any risks yet.] [Astral: Master....] ''Hey, buddy.'' [Astral: You know...I evolved, Master. Why don''t you use me Q-Q] ''Hahaha, there''s no need, so not yet.'' But Aleron''s vibe shifted soon...he was watching over the city and decided to make use of the Emotional Series Mystic Skill that he had thought of. It was based on the soul. The first one he created was Mystic Skill: Despair Detection. He used it in tandem with his Cosmic Eye, which scanned the entire city and observed everything, be it above or below. And just a few momentster, he detected an overwhelming amount of Despair in a northwest part of the city. "It seems I''ll have to use you now, Astral," Aleron muttered as he stopped walking in the middle of the street and focused on that ce. He had changed his appearance and put a veil over him that made him look like a vige boy with a white shirt tucked loosely into brown trousers because he was kind of famous and many people knew him. However, Proper Path Alliance was keeping the trail on him. It was a device, a rather high- tech, and they called it a watch tower. He couldn''t escape its detection. But Astral could do that. [Astral Reaver] - Symbios Gear Level: 2 _Attributes: Space, Time, Astral Reaver. Gear Forms: 1. Astral Celestial Set: Robe and Scyth. -2. Astral Celestial Revolver. 3. Symbios Avatar. Symbios Perks: -> +50% Trinity Force. The third form Astral Reaver acquired after his evolution, Astral Avatar, could be described in one word. Overpowered. And it''s Symbios Perk had also be overpowered. A direct 50% boost to Trinity Force. "Astral, you know what to do," Aleron said as his eyes glinted coldly. [Astral: Yes, sir, yes!] From Aleron''s shadow, a silverish-purple sh with a golden hue released, going straight into a spatialyer, a parallel space that only he could observe. Well, those with higher space mastery could also do that, but Aleron could hide things even from them because he had space mastery as well as the Astral Flow concept''s power! [Gachapi: This is overpowered as hell indeed.] Symbios Avatar. An avatar of their symbios gear, who had a symbiotic rtionship with their host. They shared everything, hence the boost. And now, this Symbios Avatar could take on a unique humanoid form while hosting the Mystic Skills of their host! Whatever skills Aleron could use, Symbios Avatar could use the same at the same level of power! There was only one problem, which was that a Symbios Avatar could stay activated for one hour only and then would need two hours of cooldown. It could stay activated for 24 hours max, but then it would need 48 hours of cooldown. But this was still overpowered gear form...especially for Aleron''s symbios-Astral Reaver! Chapter 254: Astral (2/2) Chapter 254: Astral (2/2) ? In the northwest part of the city, two hundred kilometers away from Aleron, there was a huge entertainment building. It was fifty floors tall and 400 meters wide, built like a cyborg tree with its branches being boxes of buildings and each building having various entertainment avenues. Casinos, restaurants, spas, and many other things. The overwhelming amount of despair was from there. More specifically, it was below it in the underground part of this building. On the 10th floor''s branch building, a party was eating food at a window table. An elf girl looked outside to see the view but suddenly saw a humanoid figure two meters tall. The figure had a distorting purple-violet long robe and a strange mask with a beak covering his face. This figure seemed to be looking down. At his back was a pair of distorting and flickering violet wings with silver sparks, but it was suspended, not pping at all. The girl blinked and suddenly saw the humanoid''s face turning to her. "Damn, he scared me." The others also looked at the humanoid, surprised. "Who is he?" "Looks badass, though. What kind of outfit is that?" "I sense space powers...." Astral looked at them and grinned as he waved his hands, "Bye bye."N?v(el)B\\jnn In the next second, Astral vanished and arrived in the underground area, arge hall with prisons on both sides. Aleron was also seeing everything through Astral''s eyes, and seeing the captives, a vein popped up on his forehead. Suddenly, two people entered the hall. One was a demon, and another was a beastfolk. Astral hid himself in in sight, entering a parallel spaceyer. "Alright, we need a human baby and a five-year-old dwarf baby." "Our stock of baby elves and horse beastfolks is decreasing." "We have no more Titan Demon babies. Note that." "No worries. Our Lower Cosmoc Farm must have birthed many by now. Food supplies won''t go down." Aleron was cursing under his breath as he realized what these kids and babies were for! Fucking food supplies! The kids inside the prison seemed to know what their fate was, hence the overwhelming amount of despair he felt from this ce. There were around ten thousand of them in this vast hall filled with prisons! [Aleron: Kill those two and teleport their souls to me. As for the kids, send them to the Midworld.] [Astral: Roger!] Astral quickly destroyed the two men with a flicker of his eyes. At the moment, Astral''s stats were not suppressed. He was actually at the original stats of Aleron! 1.4k Body! 700+ Arcane! 700+ Soul! ording to the Cosmic Eye''s scan, there were a few Supreme ranks in this city, but none of them were as powerful as him. There were just 500+ and around 600 in the Trinity force. Astral quickly finished his task. He directly sent the kids to an ind and contacted Super AI to make arrangements for them. Super AI informed many people, especially those who were living peacefully with the intent to help others. It wasn''t strange that Aleron had a welfare organization run by people who wanted to help those who had suffered at the hands of evil. ... After Astral was done transporting all the kids and the whole building was alerted because of that, Aleron gave one more order. A cold and ruthlessmand. [Aleron: I am sharing my Eyes of Absolute Judgement, Astral. Kill everyone red and ck marked and send their souls to Hell. Find the owner of the building so we can ess their portal to their lower cosmos that''s used as a breeding farm.] [Astral: You mean, I should kill customers and any other people in this building as long as they are ck or red?] [Aleron: Yes. Do it without holding back. Use your physical body more and use Chakra to on skills to keep away yellow-marked people.] [Astral: Roger, sir!] In the next second, Astral flew up while his senses captured everyone. He marked all yellow- marked people and directly sent them away from the building, including all yellow-marked people who were outside and walking in the street. Not surprisingly, the number of red and ck marks was higher in the building than in yellow-marked. Afterward, he created a huge barrier to prevent anyone from going out oring in. [Aleron: Good. Now, destroy everything.] The group that was eating and saw Astral suddenly appeared outside the barrier, along with their table, and their expressions turned dumbfounded. "What''s going on?" "Look! It''s that person we saw!" Astral was floating in front of the 25th floor in a boxing stance. "Ultimate Power Punch," Astral grinned and punched with all of his strength; his Body Ki materialized as it took the shape of a thirty-meter-wide fist projectile that swiftly struck the building. *BOOOM!* The building''s automatic barrier didn''t evenst for a moment. It was destroyed instantly before the building had a huge hole in the 25th-floor''s trunk, shooting out debris as the part that touched the fist projectile was obliterated and smashed into Astral''s barrier. People behind the barrier had a real scare at the sound and speed at which the destroyed building''s part struck the barrier most of them fell while others were scared shitless. The huge building fell off as it lost its bnce, the people insideing out in droves as they started floating. After all, most of them were Unbound-rank powerhouses, with some of them being Transcendent-rank. The number of Paragon ranks was small inparison. In total, around two thousand people were floating while some instantly died in that first punch. Astral sent their souls into Hell directly from the parallel spaceyer, where he created a portal directly into the Midworld. *Crash....* Astral''s eyes glinted as he opened his palms as if he was going to p, and the same thing appeared on both sides of the building as two giant palms made of Body Ki manifested. Everyone was horrified as they quickly scrambled away from the palm and building, shooting straight towards the barrier and trying to escape. Some of them, mostly Transcendent-rank, actually attacked Astral during the process, but those attacks only disyed their special effects. They didn''t, or rather, couldn''t even scratch Astral. The palms moved and pped, utterly destroying the entire building and the people who were inside, if there were any. It didn''t matter because he had sent out all yellow and white marked people outside. "W-Who are you?! Please spare me!" "You don''t know who I belong to! If you kill me, you''ll pay the price!" "You think I care who you belong to?" Astral''s voice cut through the noise like a de, dripping with disdain. One of the transcendent ranks, a woman with scales covering her skin, rushed forward, a powerful energy st forming in her hands. "You''re dead!" she screamed, her aura ring up as she unleashed the attack. But before the energy could even reach him, Astral waved a hand, dispersing the st into nothingness as if it were a puff of smoke. "I don''t have time for this." He clenched his fist, and instantly, the woman was crushed by an invisible force. Her body crumpled mid-air, lifeless, and her soul was pulled from her corpse and dragged into the portal leading to Hell. The remaining people were horrified. She was one of the strongest present, which meant that the person in front of them was a Supreme-rank powerhouse. Astral turned his gaze towards a group of Transcendent-rank figures who had gathered together, seemingly trying to form some kind of resistance. They were casting spells,bining their powers, hoping to create a barrier strong enough to contain him. He scoffed. Without warning, Astral shot forward, moving faster than their senses could follow. In a split second, he was among them, his fist mming into the ground below, sending a shockwave that rippled through the air. Their barrier shattered like ss, and the Transcendent figures became puddles of exotic blood, their souls thrown into hell. He didn''t stop there. Astral moved swiftly, his body flickering in and out of sight as he struck each one of them down with ruthless precision. Souls were ripped from their bodies and sent to Hell with each death; the process was as efficient as it was terrifying. [Aleron: Something''s strange with that guy. He is not that scared, and... he can use space.] Astral''s eyes locked onto the figure. A ripple in the space on the far side of the area. His instincts red. [Aleron: That''s the one. He should be the building''s owner.] Astral approached the ripple in space, and with a twist of his hand, the space folded, revealing a hidden chamber, a rather luxurious room. Inside, a man sat alone, his face darkened and eyes filled with wrath. ''He discovered me. Who the hell is he?'' He stood up and emerged from the space ripple, his aura was immense, far beyond the others Astral had faced so far. A supreme rank with Trinity Force of 640. A mix-breed of human and elf from his appearance. "Do you have any idea who I am?" the man said, his voice calm yet venomous. His eyes glowed with an unnatural power. "And what you''ve done here?!" Astral tilted his head as he removed his mask, revealing a goofy face with purple hair and a wide smile. "Do I look like I care whoever the fuck you are?" The man''s expression darkened. "You''ve meddled in affairs far beyond your understanding, and now you''ll pay the price. Your soul-" Astral appeared right behind him, the Supreme-rank unable to catch up with the insane physical prowess of Astral. When he finally noticed something, Astral''s hand had pierced his heart from the back, and he could see his own heart as he looked below. But that wasn''t all. He could feel that his mastery of space was like a joke. He couldn''t do anything! His entire body was sealed such that he couldn''t do anything. [Aleron: Kill him, scan his soul for memories, and find the lower cosmos that he uses as his breeding farm. Make a portal there and send our best Ascension ranks to help there. Tell Rexian to connect with the cosmos will of that lower cosmos and make sure that no one else from the upper cosmos can create a portal to that lower cosmos. Change the coordinates of the lower cosmos by working with both cosmos wills, and all of this should happen within 24 hours.] [Astral: Roger, suprememander!] "Time to evaporate," Astral grinned as he forcefully twisted the man''s head to face him. ... Astral vanished toplete the mission, as he only had 24 hours to do everything. [Gachapi: Haha, With great poweres great responsibility. Time to work Astral''s ass off.] Aleron wryly smiled, but he couldn''t deny it. Astral was simply too useful right now because he could do everything for him while remaining a hidden powerhouse, unable to be traced. Chapter 255: Lower Cosmos Nezarex, Proper Path Alliance Executives Meeting Chapter 255: Lower Cosmos Nezarex, Proper Path Alliance'' Executives Meeting ? What Astral did was shocking, to say the least. Something like this has never happened as far as the people of the city remember. Such a huge massacre alerted all top forces, including Proper Path Alliance. Aleron was watching the news while sitting in a pub. Supreme-rank powerhouses of various forces had gathered at the destroyed building, trying to find any trails or hints to follow Astral. Naturally, it was impossible for anyone to track Astral and Aleron, who had space and time at their beck and call. All connections between them were severed for others. Astral was a figurepletely unknown and came out of nowhere, wreaking havoc and destruction in the wake. Looking at the people talking about the incident and people siding with those who died, Aleron coldly smiled. It was presented as such that Astral was some kind of Supreme-rank powerhouse who had gone insane. This caused most of the people to get scared, and everyone wanted to quickly find that mysterious person and kill him. Lilisa was also there, along with other Supreme-rank powerhouses, Prosper Path Alliance. "Elder Markenz, weren''t you affiliated with this ce?" Lilisa asked as she turned to a Transcendent-rank member of the Alliance branch in this city. "Yes, acting Branch Master," Elder Markenz nodded. "It was an order from Supreme Liyung Rose." "This is strange. ording to the witnesses and those that survived, they were forcefully teleported out of the hotel, and a barrier was ced after that," Lilisa said as her eyes showed confusion. "This is not how a maddened Supreme rank works." "He came here with a clear goal," a white-robed man with a white beard said as he approached them. "He killed those he wanted to kill and spared those he wanted to spare."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om "White Hill Master Yorai, if I remember correctly, you were in conflict with this Star-High Entertainment Tree, right?" Elder Markenz narrowed his eyes. "Perhaps you know who did this?" White Hill Master Yorai''s expression changed, a mixture of fear and anger, "It''s true that I was in conflict with them because of their vile deeds. I have tried to stop them, but given the backing this ce had, there was no way I could do anything!" Lilisa raised her eyebrows, "What vile deeds?" "There is a secret menu for the premium customers there," Yorai said with an ugly expression. "They serve babies of various races, cooked into food dishes." Lilisa was taken aback, "Is that true?" she turned to Elder Markenz. "It is true," Elder Markenz calmly said. "But this was approved by Supreme Liyung Rose." "If my information is right, they have a whole lower cosmos as their breeding farm. They capture babies and kids of various races from there and put them in prison under the ground," Yorai said as he pointed his finger at a ce. "You should know now why there''s a huge hall with prison chambers there." Lilisa''s stomach churned. "It looks like someone was angry with that and decided to destroy it," Lilisa muttered. Turning to Elder Markenz, she indifferently said, "I won''t be taking part in this manhunt. You can do that if you want to." Elder Markenz was calm, and he simply took out a crystal, "I just got an order passed down from Supreme Liyung Rose after I informed her of this incident." The crystal shone before it produced a hologram of a beautiful woman with dark red hair, dark green marks in her eyes, and wearing ayered kimono-like dress but a bit different. "Acting Branch Master Lilisa, I order you to use the full force of the Alliance branch in that city to find the culprit. Don''t let me catch youcking in effort for this manhunt." Lilisa could only obey, her expression deadpan and t as she nodded, "Understood." White Hill Master Yorai shook his head with a defeated expression and simply left, his voice entering Lilisa''s ears. ''I can feel that you do not like this as well. But Supreme Liyung Rose is one of the ten divine seats in the alliance. It''s impossible to stop this.'' Lilisa clenched her fist tightly, but what Master Yorai said was true. 10 Divine Seats, the top most powerful Supreme rank of the Alliance. Liyung Rose was the matriarch of the Crimson Rose House, a powerful organization in the 9th Upper Cosmos. Based on modern world terms, this organization could be termed Mafia, Triad, or Syndicate, a hugework of all pieces of trash gathered from various upper cosmos. It was fearful throughout hundreds of Upper Cosmos as they took money and resources in exchange for helping various forces. 9th Upper Cosmos had another strong force, a stronger force than Crimson Rose House, but it strongly opposed the Proper Path Alliance''s n, so it waspletely destroyed. Crimson Rose House rose using this opportunity and helping the Alliance secure the 9th Upper Cosmos, and due to its power increasing even more, with Liyung Rose being a peak Supreme-rank, she secured a position among the ten Divine Seats. ... Aleron chugged a wine ss as he turned away from the useless news. His eyes faintly flickered as he synchronized his vision with Astral through the space-time continuum. Around two thousand Ascension-rank powerhouses joined in this operation from his world. With the entirety of resources in one bag, and everyone getting an opportunity, the speed of progress andpetition was producing powerhouses faster in Rexian Lower Cosmos. Astral had already made sure that no portals would open up in this lower cosmos. With Rexian''s will by his side, they first discovered this lower cosmos'' will that was sealed. Naturally, Astral had topletely seal off his powers to enter the lower cosmos, bing peak Ascension rank. If he disyed even a spec of power that indicated power above Ascension-rank, the default cosmicws would immediately eject him from the lower cosmos. [Aleron: Don''t get excited only to get ejected. You need to be here to block the portals from forming.] [Astral: Yes, sir, yes! I will not disappoint you,mander!] [Gachapi: This kid seemed to have assumed some kind of identity in his first mission.] [Astral: Shut up, I am the strongest soldier under Commander Master!] [Gachapi: Yes, yes, good work. Now continue, and don''t make any mistakes.] It wasn''t long before Astral and Rexian unsealed this lower cosmos'' will. "Thank you for freeing me...the children of my world are suffering too much, and I could only watch, sigh... I, Nezarex, will do anything you say as long as you help this world and its people, I beg of you." This cosmos will appear to be middle-aged with a unique ck-red outfit and strange neo- ck-red colored digitized patterns on its beak. It was like a futuristic mix of crow, eagle, and humanoid in the mix with some cyber tech. Astral grinned and said, "Don''t worry, everything''s going to be fine. We''ll start by destroying the enemies stationed here." Rexian nodded as he opened a portal connecting to his lower cosmos. "Once we free the people, we''ll send them to my cosmos. I have prepared several bigs." After all, once Astral left, the force handling this operation would get Nezarex Lower Cosmos''s location again. It was impossible to escape from them. Lower cosmoses were in the lower ne, appearing like orbs to the forces in the Upper Cosmos. They had Nezarex Lower Cosmos'' details, and they could trace the kind of unique aura belonging to Nezarex Lower Cosmos since each lower cosmos was different due to their Cosmos Will''s influence. The only way to save people of this cosmos was to send them to the Rexian lower Cosmos. ... Aleron watched as Astral and residents of his lower cosmos and Midworld who had reached Ascension-rank attacked at once. With Nezerax''s help, who could overlook his entire cosmos and knew the position of all enemies, they directly teleported there so that Nezarex would open and kill the enemies while freeing people. The operation was swift. The only Ascension-rank powerhouses in this cosmos belonged to the people of the Upper Cosmos. The natives of this cosmos were suppressed for over a hundred years, and the strongest among them was only allowed to reach Exceed-rank lifeform. The reason was simple: upon reaching Exceed-rank lifeform, one would undergo fundamental changes and awaken their Bloodlines. Bloodlines affected their descendants as they would be born with a Bloodline, making them more delicious. It was clear that Liyung Rose had made this breeding farm way before Proper Path Alliance had formed. With the natives suppressed at Exceed-rank and lower, the Ascension-rank powerhouses she sent could easily rule over the whole lower cosmos after sealing the Cosmos Will. But with over two thousand Ascension-rank powerhouses attacking each of their breeding farms one by one, with theirmunication blocked, and portals from the upper cosmos restricted, it wasn''t long before the mission waspleted. Within twenty-one hours of non-stop action, Astral and other people had killed every single enemy presented, freed all the people, and sent them to the Rexian Lower Cosmos! ... 1st Upper Cosmos, Executives Meeting. The twenty seats in this room at the big round table were all filled except for one. A curly blond-haired elf with dark skin and demonic horns entered and filled thest of the twenty seats. These twenty people were executives of ten Divine Seats, all of them were also Supreme-rank. "We have sealed the cosmos wills of the lower cosmos that managed to resist in the previous batch, but we have one minor problem," the mix-breed Blondy said before narrowing his eyes, "We couldn''t open our portal in that cosmos." Several people raised their eyebrows while one of the others spoke, she was a pure human with a sharp and cold aura around her, "That''s rather strange, Dartin. If I remember correctly, the lower cosmos can''t block our portals." "Correct, which means there''s a strong powerhouse in Upper Cosmos or Chaosverse who has high mastery in space-time topletely prevent any portal from forming," Dartin said with a nod as he nced at others, "What should we do about that? Ignore that one or do something about it?" Chapter 256 Big Progress, Soul Bound Oath 256 Big Progress, Soul Bound Oath "We can only ignore it for now since we can''t do anything about it." "The Divine Seats are focused on creating the weapon that utilizes Genesis energy with other Supremes. Supreme Jigen Lokesh is the most well-versed in space, but he should be most busy in this research." "His role is necessary in creating that weapon." ¡­ On the other hand, Aleron had returned to his mansion, but the girls were still in enlightenment. It had been well over a day by now. Aleron ordered some food the noon next day after researching in Genome in the morning, and when the food arrived half an hourter, Shelby had finished her enlightenment, reaching level 6 in Magilore. Throughout the day, other girls woke up one by one, all having reached the 3rd level of Magilore and having different amounts of progress in the 3rd level. Everyone took a day''s break, while Kira also returned from her solo mission near the end of the day. The next day, the girls, including Kira but not Shelby, used the remaining Enlightenment Fragment, this time improving their Concepts. Two days passed by while they were in the enlightenment, and the resources that Aleron had given to Lilisa also returned in the form of pills and potions. At the same time, Aleron was finally done crafting his own potion¡ªGenome Tree Awakening Potion. "Shelby, let''s start." Shelby nodded as she down cross-legged, and Aleron sat behind her, putting his hands on her back. Although this was a potion, Aleron''s role was important in this process. Without him, this potion was useless, or more like, a death''s invitation. With Aleron''s help, Shelby absorbed the potion that started affecting her Bloodline and whole body. Aleron guided the burst of Genome pulse in her with his control, evolving her Bloodline gradually while stopping Shelby''s body from exploding. [Gachapi: Master, we are in a pinch.] At the moment, Aleron was on the second floor''s hall in the mansion, inside a powerful space-time barrier that separated them from the material spaceyer of the Chaosverse as their aura or whatever they did inside wouldn''t get sensed or leak outside. But Lilisa just arrived and entered the mansion, calling him. Aleron quicklymanded Astral, ''Astral, hurry up and kill a few Transcendent-rank powerhouses of Proper Path Alliance. Make sure that the Elder Markenz also dies.'' Astral appeared beside Aleron and then vanished, starting his entrance with a loud bang as he destroyed the elder''s area. Lilisa was shocked and quickly left the mansion before looking up to see rubbles of buildings in the air. "What the hell?!" She quickly flew away and saw the destruction along with Astral, who faced around eight Elders who were present. All of them were scared shitless, but so was Lilisa. "W-What do you want?" one of the elders fearfully asked. "You don''t know who you''re messing with. Don''t do something that you''ll regretter," Elder Markenz said, his expression dark. Astral burst outughing, his sound drowning the surrounding area. Lilisa was about to speak but had to stop, and others also shut up as they felt scared shitless hearing Astral''sugh. Why would heugh after Elder Markenz said that? Didn''t that mean he didn''t give a fuck about Proper Path Alliance? They were scared! Nobody dared to move, while the attempt atmunication was severed because of the space-time severance barrier that blocked all forms of contact outside. Suddenly, Astral stoppedughing after five seconds and conjured two big starry-steel ck des in his hands. "I am going to kill three of you, guess which ones?" Astral asked with a grin. The elders and Lilisa were startled before fear filled them. Who was he going to kill?! But a secondter, Astral vanished and finished his attack as three darkest-marked elders died. Their bodies burned in a starry ck me as they screamed, but their scream onlysted for half a second because they were getting erased at a breakneck speed. In just three seconds, the me shrunk to the size of a fingernail before vanishing. Complete obliteration. Of course, Astral snatched their souls and sent them to hell. Aleron couldn''t afford to look here since he was focused on Shelby''s evolution, but Astral returned shortly. [Gachapi: Good, but don''t disturb Master anymore. He is at a critical juncture.] Shelby''s bloodline was evolving, and its genome essence was already pouring out, whirling around her. Aleron was suppressing the growth of her Genome Tree, sealing it in a way such that it wouldn''t directly form its initial power after she came out of her cocoonter. He limited its progress such that her Body power would stay below 1000. After that, it would automatically increase as her Arcane and Soul power catches up and increases alongside them. Half an hourter, Aleron stood up as Shelby was in her cocoon, a dark blue scaled cocoon with light blue patterns and glowing wisps on it that pulsed every second. The next day, the girls finished their enlightenment session, and all of them except Luna and Kira seeded in reaching level 3 of their Concept. But it was given. They were familiar with their Symbios Gear and the Concept they hadprehended through it for a long time already and had plenty of practice and insight into how it worked. Luna was new, and her previous main Concept was Frostfire Spark, which was, in fact, not worse than Symbios Gear concepts. It was at level 2, but Luna focused on her Symbios Gear concept this time and reached level 2 in it as well. Aleron''s second concept¡ªSever¡ª was still at level 1 since he hadn''t trained in it, but that was his next target since he had nothing else to do. The girls started devouring resources to reach the peak of Paragon rank. The next day, Aleron had finished one more potion and used it on Enorin since she broke through to Unbound rank first. The others were also close to breaking through as they had reached the peak of Paragon rank after getting resources. Shelby was still in the cocoon. The process was slow because Aleron made it that way. Unlike the six hours that he spent in the cocoon, the others would spend 2 days. Everyone else also broke through to Unbound rank at different hours on the same day, including Kira. Aleron could only make one Genome Tree Awakening Potion per day, so he evolved the girls one by one every day. He would spend the rest of the day practicing the Sever concept and training to unravel deeperyers of it. Meanwhile, the outside world was still discussing about Astral and trying to locate him. Twenty days passed by, and nobody knew that a bunch of monsters were living in a mansion at the Proper Path Alliance. The Eternals helped Aleron bolster his forces as they had taken the girls to the Soul Genesis Nexus a day after each one came out of their cocoon and familiarized themselves with the newfound power. In twenty days, everyone''s Body power stood between 700-800 based on the suppressions of their growth, while their souls were around the same value. The main focus now became Arcane, everyone was in meditation most of the time, delving into Magilore. During these twenty days, Aleron had also crafted seven more Genome Tree Awakening potions and reached level 2 in Sever Concept. Grand Elder Medellin also returned, and Aleron was called on the same day. At the top of the mountain, in the grand pce, Aleron stood before Grand Elder Medellin and Lilisa. It was for the Soul Bound Oath. "Aleron, are you ready to take on the oath?" Grand Elder Medellin asked with a solemn expression. "I am," Aleron nodded, his face somber. Internally, he was scoffing. ''Fuck your Soul Bound Oath.'' The Eternals had already given him a method on how to bypass it, and he was long prepared. This Soul Bound oath was basically an oath that bound his soul to obey it. If he broke the oath, his soul would self-destruct. N?v(el)B\\jnn But Aleron had cut off a tiny piece of his soul while suffering pain and even kept it connected in a way. It was painful but necessary. Now that he had a tiny piece of his soul, he would initiate the Soul Bound Oath through that piece. Of course, this was not all. He had to do one more, which was to shift the Soul Bound Oath to a fake soul. The first measure only prevented his soul from destruction. If he went against the oath, only that tiny piece of soul would get destroyed, but in the process, this would also rm the Proper Path Alliance because they had a way to find when someone broke the Soul Bound oath. The second measure of shifting the piece of soul bound by the oath to a fake soul was necessary if he wanted to stay in the Alliance and lie through his teeth while opposing the Alliance, which he would need to do, and that would break the oath multiple times. "Let''s begin. Touch this orb and speak after me." Aleron nodded as he touched the orb Lilisa brought to him on a cushion te. [Gachapi: Yep, this is a tricky item. They will know when someone breaks the soul-bound oath because of this.] "I will never harm the interest of Proper Path Alliance." "I will never oppose the Proper Path Alliance''s path." "I will do my best in the quests that Proper Path Alliance has taken for a new future." "I will never betray the Proper Path Alliance." Aleron finished the oath while the orb glowed throughout the process. "Good, you can take off your hand now," Grand Elder Medellin smiled, but a glint passed through her eyes shortly. "Now then¡­there are two things that require your attention, Aleron." ¡­ Meanwhile, Supreme Liyung Rose was in an extremely unpleasant mood. Chapter 257 Trinity Assets, Tasks 257 Trinity Assets, Tasks "What two things?" Aleron curiously asked. "First, the special Transcendent-rank dungeon. We have found it and secured it," said Grand Elder Medellin. "Many wanted to enter as soon as possible, but I''ve held it off for four months." "Your feat has impressed everyone, and your potential is worth that wait, that''s why I managed to persuade them. Reach Transcendent-rank within four months if you want to enter that Transcendent-grade Special Dungeon." "I''ll do that," Aleron nodded with a faint smile filled with confidence. "That''s plenty of time." ''Plenty of time to make my people stronger.'' "And the second thing," Grand Elder Medellin''s eyes glinted. "What''s your mastery of space? The spatial capabilities you have disyed are nothing to scoff at despite you being an Unbound-rank." Aleron raised his eyebrows. It was true that he had only Space powers majority because he wanted to hide his true capabilities. The aspects of Time he used were subtle and only a couple of times, so it was overshadowed by the Space mastery he had shown. ''I can''t lie right now. If I do, the oath will break.'' "Hmmm, my space mastery is kind of good because I have a Concept rted to it," Aleron grinned. "And it''s at level 3, so yeah." "I see. That''s one max concept you have already. What level of affinities do you have in other foundational elements?" "No idea," Aleron shook his head. He had mastery in all elements, but he didn''t know what level of affinities he had, and he didn''t bother finding that out, so he wasn''t lying. "My suggestion for you is to acquire an Ethereal Elemental Concept next," Grand Elder Medellin waved her hand, creating a light red me with orange and blue hue with sparks. "The element must be an Exotic element, which can only be acquired through the conceptual way. Solid imagination filled with details and desire." "Exotic element?" Aleron blinked as he looked at the mysterious me-like energy around her hand. [Gachapi: It''s when youbine three elements'' powers in your way and solidify them with your imagination and desire to awaken a Concept. This is a good idea for your third Concept.] "Ethereal Elemental concept of Exotic element is powerful. Your Mystic Skills will be more powerful. Space power can harmonize with anything in its way and make it powerful. It''s a support power, so if you have an Exotic Elemental concept, you will be more powerful." "I see, I will try to awaken one," Aleron nodded with a spark in his eyes. "Thank you for the help." "Mhmm, focus on getting powerful. I assume you have enough resources as well, so all you need is just training." "Yes." "Good, go and reach Transcendent rank before the deadline." ¡­ Aleron and Lilisa left together as she asked, "How confident are you to reach Transcendent-rank in four months?" Aleron tilted his head, "One hundred thousand percent." "¡­" Lilisa couldn''t help but chuckle after being speechless, "Alright, that''s good. I''ll also be entering that Transcendent-rank dungeon, so I need to start getting powerful as well." "Good luck." Lilisa left after that while Aleron teleported to the mansion. The girls were practicing in Magilore as it was the only area they werecking in. Their Soul and Body had reached the realm of Supreme-rank, though they were suppressed to Unbound-rank right to prevent anyone from sensing their true strength. [Gachapi: Master, although an Exotic Elemental concept sounds good, it''s not useful for you.] ''Oh?'' [Gachapi: Yes. That''s because you have the highest mastery in all elements, and in that case, your first Mystic Path is simply overpowered as it has all possibilities due to having synergy with all foundational elements. King of Over-Epassing is a Mystic Path that is the strongest out there, there''s no doubt about it.] ''Wait..'' Aleron''s eyes widened as he realized something. ''I can fucking make Exotic Elements directly¡­.'' [Gachapi: Exactly! Hehe, you can simply make any number of Exotic Elements via your Mystic Path. Just visualize a Mystic Skill and your traits, vo, you got an Exotic Elemental Mystic Skill without adding Conceptual power to make it one.] ''By the way, what''s the maximum amount of Concepts I can have at Supreme-rank?'' [Gachapi: Not Supreme-rank, Master. Although I said one concept slot for every 500k Soul power when you were in Ascension rank, the maximum limit is actually five Concepts.] ''I see.'' [Gachapi: Concept Zone is rted to the increased power of the Soul like how Magilore''s level influences Magic Zone, and your Bloodline''s power dictates Blood Zone''s level. The higher your soul power, the higher the level of your Concept Zone, as you already know. But all three Zones have their active functions. You already know Magic Zone''s function, as it allows you to create Magic Prints. At level 7, you start creating Magic Prints instantly because of the massive perceptive time difference when your mind is in there.] ''Yeah,'' Aleron''s eyes shone. ''What''s the active function of Concept Zone and Blood Zone?'' He really couldn''t explore those much at a higher level since he was suppressing his power, making his Trinity stay at a low level, not to mention he was busy doing other things. [Gachapi: Concept Zone''s function is to make you have no limit in the Conceptual powers. It''s very important. Whatever you think, whatever you imagine, it can be conceptualized in the Concept Zone, which you can use to influence your Mystic Skills, making it powerful.] Aleron was surprised, ''So it''s like unlimited level 1 Concept in that?'' [Gachapi: Bingo. Magic Zone allows you to create named Magic Prints at level 7 because of the asset, Magic Tongue. By the way, level 7 and above Magic Prints are actually considered Spells in the Multiverse realm. Because you can activate them with their unique names that you give via Magic Tongue.] ''Cool. Wait, is there an asset like Magic Tongue in Concept Zone?'' [Gachapi: Hehe, of course. It''s called Concept Tool, but unlike Magic Tongue which unlocks at level 7, this one unlocks at level 10 Concept Zone.] ''Oh, so what does this Concept Tool do?'' [Gachapi: Magic Tongue is a magical power, but Concept Tool is a general term. In the concept zone, you will create Concept Tools that are like specialized items that epass an idea of multiple concepts solely to release one Mystic Skill in your way, in a boosted form. For example, your Deathly Astral Shredder Mystic Skill will be like a skill stone that can be embedded into a Concept Tool. The Concept Tool can boost the skill in a way that you have designed the Concept Tool. It will be aplete package, from how it appears to how it is executed to its additional effects on top of the skill''s original effects.] ''Interesting. So I can make personalized skill shooter items for a specific skill, boosting it in power more than usual¡­awesome!'' [Gachapi: Yep. Except that you can shoot the skill without holding that concept tool in your hand. You just need to think and it will be executed or you can also make its image appear if you wish.] ''Sounds great. What about Blood Zone?'' [Gachapi: Blood Zone below level 10 is simply used to generate your Bloodline Essence faster. Naturally, this is important because Bloodline Essence can''t be recovered easily otherwise, and Bloodline Skills gives a significant boost to one. But at level 10 of Blood Zone, a whole new realm of power opens.] Gachapi suddenly showed some images to Aleron. It was of a man floating in the sky who suddenly produced an ethereal being epassing him as an avatar. It looked inhuman and absurd yet abundantly cool to Aleron as it reminded him of one of the oldest Manga he had read, where a Uchiha n of ninjas could manifest an avatar with their eye power. ''Damn, what is this, Gachapi? It Looks awesome.'' [Gachapi: Hehe, it''s the asset of Blood Zone called Ichor Avatar. Your Body is a hose where you learn Magic and rest your Soul. These three are connected, and this is reflected in both assets. Just like that, Ichor Avatar is a trinity asset as well, but very different. Using it consumes Genome Pulse, and you can use it all the time, but once you use it, you will be a god. You will get a huge boost in Trinity Force, and you can make the avatar in a specific way, targeting some Spells and Concept Tools of your choice, so when you use Ichor Avatar, some of those can directly be twice as powerful.] ''Ichor Avatar...Ichor means blood of gods if I remember correctly, so this really fits it.'' [Gachapi: Yep. There are three stages of Ichor Avatar. You can make an early-stage Ichor Avatar. It will be smaller, consume less Genome Pulse, and will only boost you by 50% in Trinity Force while boosting only a few Spells and Concept Tools.] ''I can''t create Concept tools since my Conecpt zone isn''t at level 10¡­well, it''s fine. I will delve into my Trinity Assetster. For now, I''ll focus on the more important matter.'' Aleron rolled up sleeves. ''Let me note down my tasks.'' [Tasks toplete] ¡ª Make Innate Geno Gears by utilizing, Geno Gear''s knowledge, Innate Gear''s knowledge, and second Mystic Path: Phantom Artisan of the Ethereal Forge. ¡ª Reach level 3 in Sever Concept. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om ¡ª Reach Transcendent-rank. Meh, this is easy. No need to write it. ¡ª Don''t forget about daily Gacha Quests. ¡ª Create more Genome Tree Awakening Serums to evolve the subordinates. [Total Serums so far: 12] ¡ª Check out the newly acquired memories of Transcendent-rank elders Astral killed. ''Oh, I got an idea!'' Aleron grinned and added thest task. ¡ª Afterpleting the first Innate Geno Gear, trigger a Gacha Banner of it. [Gachapi: Nice, Master! You won''t have to craft Innate Geno Gears yourself this way.] ''Eggzactly! Alright, let''s finish reading the memories first and then start some serious brain-smelting to create Innate Geno Gears.'' The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!