A few minutes ago…At the moment the decadent horror was defeated and sealed away, in a place far far away, across trillions of light years, indeterminate dimensions and countless realms, a dark gaze opened amidst an endless sea of fire.A figure sitting on a throne of obsidian and bones awakened causing haunting wails and sorrowful howls to echo in the backdrop like some soul-stirring BGM dedicated to the character.Kasack, his gaze lazy and pained seemingly awakened from a dream. His consciousness hazy, the Shade lord looked around his lair as if to reorient himself.Many things have changed since the last time we were introduced to the inner sanctum of the Dark Star planet. The frenzied roar of the countless Shades and dark creatures subordinate to Kasack was gone, replaced instead by the screeching of undead souls tragically sacrificed to Kasack’s power’s growth.The flames in the pit burned hotter, emitting a dark blue tint at the bottom that made the lair darker and more siniste
Somewhere else…In a hall filled with stark opulence and moderate allure, thirteen seats were arranged in a row elevated high above the ground, of which all but one was empty. An elder with a grizzled but vibrant visage looked down on two slender figures below, his eyes shaded and lips drawn back in a smile as he spoke in a hearty voice.“Have you too made up your minds? Do you still want to venture forth knowing the dangers involved?”One of the figures below answered without hesitation, her voice carrying a sonorous overtone like a bounding whale song, filled with vitality.“Yes, Grandpa Floyd. We understand. We’re ready!”Sigh!Councilman Floyd sighed in resignation, unwittingly accepting the answer. Then he said, “In that case, forth with confidence. It is time for this universe to remember the true strength of Aeth.”…Back on Earth…Arran wallowing in his weakness reflected on his mistake but as time wasn’t on their side, he couldn’t continue in his self indulgence. Instead, Arr
Arran flew above earth, his body giving off soft milky starlight that wasn’t as intense as before. With a thought, a stream of that starlight separated from Arran and streaked toward Earth.Arran began carrying out the plan to stabilize Earth using the World Essence Pulse Bracers. In no time at all, the stream of energy entered Earth, disappearing just as it touched the barrier around the planet. There was already a connection between Earth and Arran so using this connection Arran could locate the core of Earth’s energy easily. That is the spark of origin.For the first time, Arran witnessed firsthand what the spark of origin looked like. This was Arran’s first glimpse of what origin looked like in its true form. The Essence of origin that was contained within the spark on earth opened a whole new world to Arran.Arran, whose intrinsic law that was awakened after opening the reality gate, was the law of origin. This was a law that contained the primal essence of all things. It was imp
Over the past year, humans and most living beings on earth had grown numb to chaos and disaster after the apocalypse had arrived. Almost nothing could get a reaction out of them, whether it was the attacks from mutated creatures and criminal meta-humans, exploitation from those that wielded incredible powers over them, or the constant struggle for survival. Most humans were no longer moved by them.The previous earthquake that shook the entire earth was the only major thing that had caused the entire earth to become alarmed, causing many to take action, thinking that a new apocalypse was beginning. But even that hadn’t terrified many as the sudden descent of darkness that currently consumed the entire earth did.The total loss of light was reminiscent of the night it all began — a year ago when the apocalypse started.Without the ability to see, everything descended into chaos. Mortifying screams of terror and roars of panic rang constantly like the clarion call of disaster inviting d
There was nobody around except for Arran and the other Aeth, who looked at him with concern.“Your Highness, are you still hearing the whispers?”Joyner’s words were filled with a lot of concern for Arran’s condition. None of them thought he was making things up or going crazy.Everybody fully believed that there was something about this darkness that was unnatural so naturally something had to be behind it. What they couldn’t understand was why only Arran could detect this thing — and in such a bizarre way, too.Arran was just about to answer when he heard a voice this time, not just a whisper anymore… but before he could do that, the voice returned once again.“Don’t bother telling them about me. None of them can hear me remember. It’s only our fate bonds that allow us to communicate in this manner.”Once Arran heard this — as much as he wanted to deny it — he knew the voice was correct.Those words just now confirmed that it was truly through his heart that Arran was hearing that v
Fortunately, the darkness couldn’t reach into the light of the bracers being emitted from Arran’s body. Like a steadfast ray of starlight radiance banishing the darkness, the light prevented Kasack’s powers from reaching Arran and the others.Meanwhile, Arran with his heart in his throat, observed everything with rapt attention.After calming down from his incensed emotions, Arran realized what he had done and had been nervous that Kasack would truly appear and attack him. But seeing as nothing happened except for the roiling blanket of darkness threatening to consume them but failing to even gain ground, Arran was relieved.Then he realized something.Arran wasn’t sure if what he thought was true but he wanted to test it out so he said, “You can stop wasting your time doing that. It won’t work. After all, you’re not here, are you? So you can’t do anything to me but make threats.”As soon as Arran said this, Kasack’s voice sounded once again, swearing vehemently.“Damn it! Bastard! Co
“Hahahaha…” Arran laughed mirthfully, his tongue drooling with derision as he denounced Kasack.“Look at you, you say that the destiny I own is not mine but was given by others, yet you claim to know my destiny, too. How different are you from the ones you so righteously rebuke?”“Whether my destiny is mine or not isn't for you to decide. But know this, someday you shall perish at by hand… and that is your destiny.”Arran defiantly proclaimed to kill Kasack, to which the Shade Lord sitting on his throne multiple dimensions away chuckled with amusement.This time, Kasack wasn’t angry at what Arran said. He felt it beneath him to squabble with an insect. Yet Kasack could not let Arran have the last word, so he said to him.“You speak of destiny so casually, yet you do not understand its power. Very well. We have both acknowledged our intent to kill the other. Then, as destiny proclaims, we shall see who lives and who dies.”“Be proud, young insect, for a mighty being has accepted your c
With Kasack leaving, the darkness disappeared, leaving an ominous enemy in its wake. This was a decadent horror much larger than the previous one that was giving off much more powerful waves of pressure than the last, too.With the appearance of this new horror, the Aeth who weren’t privy to Arran’s and Kasack’s conversation immediately panicked.When the darkness first began retreating with nothing extraordinary happening, the group had been relieved, thinking that this episode was going to end smoothly only to realize that they had shot the gun too early. Now they were faced with an enemy much more powerful than the last. They didn’t know how they would face it.Everybody was tired. The last battle had drained most of their energy, leaving them with barely enough strength for a last desperate struggle. But they couldn’t back down now. Even if it was a fight to the death without any hopes of winning, it still had to be fought.At that moment, Arran opened his eyes and beheld the gift