Inside Clover's body... hidden in the depths of his soul. Half of the missing obelisk was sleeping quietly. This treasure, which had caused a lot of waves among the universe immortals after it had gone missing, was actually sleeping in the body of a young immortal who had been accused of a crime he did not commit and exiled from his home.
For over a hundred years, the universe immortals had scoured the entire universe looking for only for half of it to be lying inside clover all this time. Apart from the elder immortals in the council and Clover himself, nobody knew of this information.
What everybody thought was that the obelisk was in the hands of the ghouls. Nobody had ever suspected that it was actually broken with one half inside Clover and the other with the ghouls.
If this knowledge was known to the entire immortal clan, who knew just what their reaction would be.
Clover did not know how the half of the obelisk had gotten inside his body. There was
Clover had finally discovered a realm bubble after flying for a very long time in the void between realms. Finally, he didn't have to worry stay in this depressing place any longer and he could also find a place to stay instead of staying on this ship all the time.As a young man, it was natural for Clover to be restless after staying in one place for a long time. Although Clover was a bit more mature due to his earlier experience in life, he was still a young man, so he couldn't stand being cooped up in a place for long.Right now, although Clover was still excited about discovering a realm bubble, there was still something he was worried about.Clover was worried about the status of the realm he had found. The status of a realm referred to as if they were locked or open realms. That is, if the realm has a toll where a stable passage leading into the realm is open or if the realm was completely locked out, preventing any form of entry into the realm.Nat
Clover drove the [Going Broke] spaceship to head towards the realm bubble in the distance. It did not take long before he was able to arrive close to it.What greeted Clover upon approaching the realm bubble was a shocking sight.Following the readings of the Astrowheel closely so as not to go off course and accidentally crash into the invisible realm bubble, Clover slowed down his spaceship to allow it to cruise long the determined path. Then, looking out of the cockpit, Clover's eyes widened at the incredible scene that welcomed him.Outside Clover's cockpit, in the direction where the going broke was heading, Clover could see a swirling green river extending far into the depths of space.In the desolate void between realms were all that could be seen as the dark expanse space where not a single color could be seen apart from a dull grey, this green river stood out like black paint of clean white paper creating a sharp contrast between the realm bubble
After waiting in line for a few minutes, it was finally Clover's turn to enter the toll fortress.Lightly cruising the [Going Broke] towards the entrance of the fortress, Clover finally stopped at the mouth of the fortress. As soon as Clover came to a stop, his ship suddenly jerked.Alarmed, Clover quickly checked the situation.<Warning: The ship has been affected by a strong force of gravity! Currently unable to move!><Warning: The ship has been affected by a strong force of gravity! Currently unable to move!><Warning: The ship...>As soon as Clover quickly checked what had happened to the ship, he saw rows and rows of warning messages about his ship being affected by a strong force of gravity all emblazoned in a deep red color.Shocked, Clover quickly called on his ships A.I assistant, Trudy, to question her."Trudy, what is the situation like?""Tell me why the hell can't I move the ship?"
General Esler continued watching Clover's spaceship on the screen with a pondering expression on his face. At the same time, the rest of his officers in charge of various areas in the fortress stood behind him calmly.At this moment, a soldier rushed towards the group of officers with a small tablet in his hands. Walking quickly with brisk steps, the soldier reach the group of officers and handed the tablet in his hand to an officer at the back before quickly withdrawing.With the tablet in hand, that officer stepped forward until he was standing directly behind general Esler. Then the officer addressed the general."Commander, I have with me the report you requested.""Hmm," was General Esler's only reply.General Elser's vertical irises were still staring at Clover's spaceship on the screen.Finally, after a few moments, General Esler turned around and stretched his hand towards the officer that had spoken to him before.The officer
Clover accepted the communication request and connected to the border army's channel. Once a connection had been formed, an image of a reptilian creature covered in black scales and donning the uniform of high-level military personnel appeared in front of clover.The creature on the other side of the screen kept after appearing, and he silently observed clover from head to toe.The eyes of the reptilian creature looked Clover up and down, as if he was trying to see through Clover's origin and judge where he was from. Those cold vertical slit irises that were looking at clover as if he were prey made him feel uncomfortable. But Clover did not back down in front of those eyes.He too looked the reptilian creature straight in the eye without cowering.General Esler quietly observed clover for a while. He was trying to see if he could figure out where Clover was from, but this proved to be difficult.Most of the time, it was very easy to figure out an
As Clover was thinking about how to handle the situation he was currently in, the impatient voice of General Esler suddenly interrupted his thoughts.Feeling very disgruntled and impatient, General Esler demanded, "I will as one more time. Do you agree to an inspection willingly, or do we have to forcefully detain you until you are willing to cooperate?""You have 30 seconds to come to a decision or we will immediately detain you and forcefully inspect your ship."General Esler's words were harsh and domineering as he insisted that Clover make a choice, which was not really much of a choice for him.Clover frowned as he considered his options. To be honest, Clover didn't have many options. The only choice left to Clover was to comply or be forcefully detained.Neither of those choices was good for Clover because either way, he would not have any advantages in this situation.Of course, there was also the option of clover refusing to comply a
After Clover decided to play along with them, he waited to see what General's Eslers next move would be. He really wanted to see what this inspection was really about.Suddenly, Clover felt an abrupt tug and his spaceship jerked forward, causing him to lose his balance and lean toward the control panel of his ship. Clover quickly tried to regain his balance before immediately trying to find out what had happened.Looking up, Clover could see multiple red alert messages flashing across the holodeck. These messages kept on flashing constantly in Clover's vision, causing him to go dizzy just from seeing them popping up one after the other.Quickly closing his eyes to relieve the headache that was starting to assault him, Clover swiped his hand across the alert messages, causing them to disappear from sight. Then, while massaging his temples, Clover called out."Trudy, what just happened? Why is the ship moving?"Clover called Trudy to answer his quest
Clover's words were meant to sow doubts and suspicion in the minds towards the people of the blackthorn border fortress in the minds of the others waiting to enter into the realms. The thing is that people with the ability to travel between realms were not simple. They were usually from certain forces that had considerable influence in the universe. Although those who travel between realms by going through the void between realms would not be from powerful forces since more powerful forces had direct means to cross realms, it was still not wise to underestimate these forces. All forces, no matter how small, as long as they had the ability to cross between realms, would definitely possess certain secrets that they wouldn't want to share with others. Especially for smaller forces in the universe. Although their secrets might not be worth much in the universe, they were still the foundations on which that force relied to grow. If these secrets were leaked or stolen by o
Before Ktulu was able to call out, the Vogul had already grabbed Clover by his shoulder. He was just about to pull Clover to his side when suddenly, Ktulu, with fear and trepidation in his hand, suddenly rushed to tackle him, prying the Vogul away from Clover.Dum!There was a dull sound of collision as Ktulu pushed the Vogul away from Clover, causing the two of them to crash and tumble to the ground.This sudden turn of events caught everybody by surprise. Especially the Vogul, who felt like the wind had been knocked out of his lungs, leaving him wheezing and gasping for breath.Ktulu was not in a better state than him. In his hurry to stop the Vogul, Ktulu had not held back at all to reach him in time. Because of that, he had misjudged the amount of strength in his charge. When Ktulu knocked into the other Vogul, he ended up hurting his arm against the solid chest of his opponent, leaving him in pain and with his shoulder dislocated.This couldn't be helped at all. Although the othe
The confrontation between Clover and the Vogul drew a lot of attention, causing a crowd to form around them. The loud clamor of noise then proceeded to draw even more attention and people to them.Ktulu, who was leading the way for Clover, noticed the commotion that was going on at the entrance and his gaze was attractive over there.Ktulu had already gone a bit further away from the entrance, so from his side, he could not see what was going on clearly. But Ktulu did not appear surprised. As he looked at the crowd that was gradually forming, Ktulu also commented."Do you see this, my lord? Things like this are a common occurrence in this space station. The inhabitants here are a rowdy bunch and they like to cause trouble.""Most likely, it is some ignorant newcomer who doesn't understand the ways of the station that is being harassed right now. Serves him right!""You don't have to be surprised, my lord. Probably you will stumble across two or three such scenes like this. It might se
Past the docking bay, there was a common area. After going through a few corridors and taking a lift to the upper level of the station, one would arrive at the common area. Here, this was where most of the residents of the space station conducted most of their activities.The Houndclaw space station, as dilapidated as it looked, was still a proper space station. The size of the space station was about the same as Earth's moon. The overall structure of the space station was in the form of a rhombus-shaped brick.There were four places from which one can enter the station depending on the direction one came from. Each of these docking areas had access to an identical common area and from there, one could explore the space station. There were multiple facilities that catered to different needs in the station and, depending on what they were in need of, it was possible to get it.Following Ktulu as he led the way, Clover observed his surroundings. There was nothing much to say about it. T
There was a line outside the Houndclaw space station, where a simple check was being conducted. Every ship that wanted to enter the station would have to go through the check before being permitted to do so.But like was said, the check was simple, and it was mainly to register the ships that were docking in the station.Unlike other space stations that were very strict, the Houndclaw space station was quite lax in its management. This was because the main population of those that resided in the station was made up of outlaws, pirates, and fugitives of the law.The good thing about this is that there was a minimum guarantee of secrecy when business was being conducted at the station. But as a consequence, the security in the station was terrible.Clover was not concerned with all these factors. He was rather satisfied with the place. Due to how lax the security was in this place, it made it easy for Clover to avoid his pursuers and lie low while attempting to fix his ship. With this s
The process of absorbing the life force from the obelisk was very fast. Over time, the feeling of his life order increasing that brought so much pleasure to Clover gradually faded, and the look of pleasure on Clover's face eventually eased. Very soon, Clover let out a breath as everything ended and he quickly composed himself once more. As Clover opened his eyes, there was a dazed look on his face as he recalled the feeling he had just experienced. It wasn't the first time Clover was absorbing life force, but every time he did it; it was still as intense as ever. Clover thought by now he would already be used to it, but that wasn't the case. Every experience was more intoxicating than the last, and the feelings that came with the process sought to overwhelm Clover's will. This feeling was very addicting. Some times, Clover felt like every time he absorbed a bit of life force from the obelisk, a part of him felt lost like something was missing. This feeling came from Clover's body an
Clover looked inside him at the obelisk fragment in the white space. The fragment of the obelisk was irregularity shaped without any well-defined dimensions. It was like a block of twisted metal and it could not look any more ugly. Anybody that saw this object would never have thought that it was a fragment of the legendary artifact, the obelisk.Right now, the fragment revolved on its own axis while giving off a dull resplendent glow as it floated while suspended in the air. Looking at it, the fragment could not look any less remarkable. The only thing that stood out about the fragment was the faint mysterious air that surrounded it.After looking at the fragment for a moment, Clover quickly turned his gaze away. This was not the first time Clover was seeing the obelisk fragment, as it had been with him for more than a hundred years. In all this time, the fragment had not changed, and it remained exactly the same unless for a few rare occasions.This time, what clover was interested
Due to the importance of the obelisk, it was kept closely guarded by the universe's immortal clan. But despite its abilities, the clan never used it. The reason was that using the ability of the obelisk to absorb the life force of other living beings to refine it was the same as killing them. This means if the universe immortal clan wanted to use the obelisk to grow stronger, they would have to constantly kill living beings in the universe to absorb their life force.For a clan that advocated balance in the universe and considered themselves the protectors of life in the universe, this was something that went against their bottom line. They would never consider turning against every living being in the universe just to increase their strength.Even if they wanted to do that, it was certain that other races in the universe would not allow them and they would fight back to destroy this clan of immortals that saw them as prey. This is why the obelisk was also a taboo artifact that was fo
For the past 3hrs, while he was meditating, Clover had been waiting for this piece of news and now it was finally here. Not wasting any time, Clover no longer paid attention to his still world for the time being. Instead, he looked deeper within himself.Soon, Clover's vision shifted and the scene of his still world changed and was replaced by a completely white space located somewhere inside his body. Clover didn't know where this space was in his body. He only knew that it existed and that inside it, his most important treasure and asset rested.The space was not large, about one cubic meter, and inside it, the fragment of the obelisk that was broken from the main body and fused with Clover floated.The obelisk was the most important artifact of the universe immortals. because of an accident involving Clover and his parents, it was broken and scattered all over the universe with a fragment of it fused with clover and becoming a part of him. The abilities of this artifact were heaven
The journey to the Houndclaw space station was uneventful. After settling Ktulu down somewhere on the ship, Clover went back to his cabin to rest and meditate.Having set the coordinates of the space station in the ship's navigation system, Clover didn't have to worry about anything and he could leave the ship to Trudy to watch after. If anything happened during their journey that Trudy couldn't handle on her own, she would inform Clover. Only then would Clover have to come out to deal with it.With everything set, Clover went into his room and started meditating immediately. He was still exploring the changes that had happened in his still world. During the process, Clover found out that the efficiency at which he visualized the vitality of the universe had increased greatly. This made Clover's connection to the universe even closer, and he was able to reap multiple times the harvest during his meditations compared to before.This sudden boon excited Clover, as it meant his strength