General Deacon made his way out of his command ship and boarded a shuttle towards a certain place on the battlefield. Here there was an elevated platform similar to the floating platforms where the audience was sitting to watch the ceremony.
This was the original location where the final round of the ceremony was held in. But unlike how it was previously, right now, things were completely different. The many floating viewing platforms were nowhere to be found and the only thing left standing was the lone platform where the council members and the rulers were located.
Right now, on this platform, the council members watched the battle between the invading shades and the defending Seven Kings Army. From their place on the platform, there was a large water screen that displayed exactly what happened on the battlefield.
Normally, as Marshals, the thirteen council members were responsible for overseeing the situation of the battle in this state of emergency. But it d
It didn't take long for the aftermath of the war to be thoroughly dealt with. With the technology of a high-level civilization, the efficiency of the Aeth in handling matters was very high.Just after three hours since the shades were repelled, the battlefield had already been cleaned up and a detailed list of the casualties, along with the total costs incurred in the battle and the gains gotten from it was already fully calculated.After the battlefield was cleaned up, the Seven Kings Army gradually retreated from the area, leaving only a few warships and personnel to watch over the abyss door. They were to make sure that no shades or other parties would sneak in through the abyss door. At the same time, the Etherium was still put under lockdown, with no one being allowed to go in or out.Any operation that usually needed to be handled outside the Etherium was put on hold and most personnel outside who held relevant tasks apart from those with sensitive identit
It has been two weeks since the shades invaded the Aeth and during this time, a lot of things had happened.After the shades were repelled, things went back to normal for the Aeth. Because not many of their normal operations had been affected much by the invasion, it didn't take long for everything to go back to normal.In these two weeks, there were only a few things that happened that were of note to anybody. One of these things was the mourning service that was held on the seventh day after the invasion for those who had given their lives to resist the invasion of the shades.On that day, a realm-wide holiday was declared in all the territories under the command of the Aeth. All Aeth citizens and subjects, along with every subsidiary and affiliate power, stopped what they were doing on that day and came out on time to mourn the dead soldiers.Also on that day, as if by tacit agreement, every other civilization or organization not affiliated with the Ae
In the dark void of space, silence pervaded the area without a single light in sight. This region of space was completely empty and devoid of anything except stray space rock that wandered aimlessly in the distance.Suddenly, there was a surge of energy, and a swirl appeared out of nowhere in space. A dark mass of energy with twinkling star lights opened up a hole in space from which a figure clumsily fell out. This figure appeared disheveled and haggard. Tumbling weightlessly in space, the figure spun a few cycles around before it was able to stabilize itself.Finally, as soon as this figure stopped spinning around, it raised its head to reveal Arran's handsome face.Right now, Arran floated in the empty void of space with his hair and clothes in a mess, but his eyes shone with a bright and deep glow. Although it looked like Arran had just been through a major ordeal, his face shone with excitement and his body shook occasionally due to his excitement.I
Arran quickly checked himself, and he soon understood how he was able to survive in space. As it turns out, the milky gaseous substance around was a product of the World Essence Pulse Bracers. It was what provided him with the necessary protection to be able to survive unharmed in space.The attribute of the World Essence Pulse Bracers was space, and it could draw power and energy from planets and stars. The name Worlds Essence Pulse could be taken quite literarily as it was able to draw power from the essence pulse of entire worlds to itself and its owner. This naturally includes other celestial bodies in the universe. It was a given that it would be able to protect its owner from dying in space.This is why even though Arran was not strong enough to survive in space on their own, with the aid of the world essence pulse bracers, it was not a problem for him.Of course, this was only possible because Arran had the main body of the bracers in his possession. If i
Once Arran was up to date on the happenings of the Ether, he was most of his immediate concerns were finally relieved. Now all that was left was to contact his friends and tell them that he was okay. But just as Arran was about to call up the names on his contact list, he suddenly paused and started to think. Right now, Arran realized that he was outside. Like outside the Etherium. This meant that he was also without supervision. Ever since Arran had arrived at the upper realms from Earth, he had always been in the Kingsman academy with the other Aeth. He had never really seen the rest of the universe. The only other place Arran had been to outside earth, and the Etherium was the observation post stationed between the middle realm and the lower realms. As far as space travel was concerned, Arran had only traveled from the observation tower straight to the Etherium. Nowhere else. Right now, with Arran being outside on his own, now was the perfect time
Arran was raging inside. His current feeling was as if he had just been offered a supposedly good deal, only to find out that it was actually a scam and he had been ripped off. Thinking about how he had spent two weeks catering to the whims of a selfish and fickle creature when he could have gotten out of the sub realm with the help of the World Essence Pulse Bracers, it made Arran feel as if his life up to this point had been a waste. The worst was yet to come... As Arran was actually blaming the World Essence Pulse Bracers for making him spend two weeks in vain, it actually said something to him. "Wuwu!" The bracers transmitted a message to Arran's mind. Hearing the content of the message, Arran immediately started to flame once again. "What the hell do you mean you had an agreement with the cat to not help me get out of there. Why wasn't I aware of this." Arran was mad, and he continued to lump blame on the bracers.
"But then again, I'm surprised that using the abilities of the World Essence Pulse Bracers would consume my mental energy or that my mental energy would be too little to support even the most basic function of the bracers.""It seems I am still too weak." Arran lamented to himself.The knowledge that using the World Essence Pulse Bracer would consume his mental energy and that he didn't have enough to support the activation of one of its most basic abilities caused Arran to gain a sense of his own weakness.When Arran had first received the main body of the bracers, he had been thrilled, thinking he had gotten a powerful weapon that would ensure his safety. After all, Arran had read a few of earth's specialty online web novels. In those novels, the protagonists of the novel would suddenly stumble across a supreme treasure, and immediately, he would shoot to fame. Charming girls everywhere he wants and slapping the faces of arrogant young masters.This sce
Arran quickly made his preparations before setting off. With built up in his chest, Arran suddenly disappeared. In the next moment, Arran appeared in a completely different environment.Arran stumbled a little when he appeared once again. He was not yet used to teleportation and it would probably take a while before that would happen. steading himself, Arran quickly looked around him. Taking in the surrounding sight, Arran was immediately stunned."Wow!" Arran uttered dumbfounded praise.Arran could not believe what he was actually seeing. In front of Arran was a magnificent structure the likes of which he had never seen before. Arran was currently located in what looked like a docking bay where spacecraft landed and to offload their goods. He knew this because there were different kinds of spacecraft of various designs and class docking and taking off from the main hangar below.Having seen the docking bay of the observation tower as well as the ones loc