Corruption... this was one of the innate abilities that the Shade race possessed.It was one of the ways in which they used to grow stronger naturally. By stimulating the hidden desires of living beings, the Shades are able to gradually integrate their own powers into the body of other living beings, making it so that body would be more compatible with their powers.This kind of phenomenon is usually shown in the form of an exchange of power where the Shades led their own powers to others. Because of how invasive the nature of a Shade's power is, this exchange of power can lead to some irreversible mutations happening in the target's body.This is how the fallen come about.Those living beings that become fallen do so because they accepted the powers of the Shade, causing their bodies to go through such an irreversible mutation. As for how the shades would benefit from this kind of relationship, this is done because as a Shade lends his powers to another,

Shade Lord Kremlin crashed heavily on the stage, causing a small crater to form. A large cloud of dust was whipped up in the air following his crash, and he groaned loudly. "Urgh!" "Damn, that was painful!" Shade Lord Kremlin complained. Then, from inside the cloud of dust, his large frame could be seen getting back to his feet. With a swipe of Shade Lord Kremlin's hand, that cloud of dust was dispersed. Patting himself all over his body, Shade Lord Kremlin finally recovered to how he was before. Arran could feel his teeth aching from the sight. After suffering such a huge blow and landing on the stage with such force that was enough to cause the entire stage to shake, Shade Lord Kremlin did not look as if he had suffered any damage at all. There was not a single injury on Shade Lord Kremlin's massive body... not even a single scratch. Apart from the little bit of dust that clung to his body, Shade Lord Kremlin was othe

"Abyss door!""What's that?" Arran wondered.Seeing the actions of Shade Lord's Scholler and Kremlin, Arran wondered what they were actually planning. The aura around the two of them was very strong, and they were causing a lot of commotion.Whatever it was, it was something big, and from the looks of things, Councilman Homer recognized what they were planning to do.Finally, unable to bear his curiosity, Arran spoke up at this time after keeping silent since the appearance of Shade Lord Scholler.He asked, "Councilman Homer, forgive me for interrupting. But what is an abyss door?""In the end, what are they doing?"Councilman Homer did not seem to mind Arran's question, and it didn't look like he was in a hurry to answer it too. He just started explaining things to Arran while also keeping an eye on Shade Lord's Scholler and Kremlin."An abyss door is a kind of large-scale inter-planar teleportation gate that functions specifi

Floyd...As soon as Arran heard this name, he immediately who this elderly man was.Councilman Floyd... Arran had heard of him before. He was a senior member of the Aeth royal council. Although the position of the council member was equal, with none of the thirteen being higher than the other in status, there was still a concept of seniority that was based on when a council member started their tenure and how long they had been in office.Councilman Floyd was one of the oldest council members in office. He had served in the royal council for much longer than Councilman Homer was.As a relatively new council member, Councilman Homer was mostly at the forefront of every affair involving the royal council, while older members like Councilman Floyd usually sat behind and took care of relatively simple but not necessarily easy matters.Arran smiled wryly once again.He was wondering what was happening to him today. At this moment, he was meeting

Arran continued with his analysis."After I foiled the Shades' first plan by killing Carrum. They were forced to use their backup plan. This was letting Shade Lord Scholler whose power had parasitized Carrum condense a projection and appear over here.""After this, under the cover of the chaos caused by the forced corruption of various people, Shade Lord Scholler used his projection as a medium to invite Shade Lord Kremlin and dark nether. From there, the rest is quite easy to figure out.""With the help of both shade lord's Scholler and kremlin, they set up a beacon for the abyss door to locate the exact coordinates of our world.""The rest is history."Arran finished his analysis.Finally, he turned to Councilman Floyd and asked, "Did I get everything right?"Clap!Clap!Clap!"Splendid boy!""You did wonderfully. Your analysis of the events leading to this stage was spot on. I couldn't have done it bette