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
With a single motion, Arran exerted his power to pull the two figures from Earth. In the next moment, Poltergeist and Colonel Vehe, who had been trudging through the atmosphere to ascend above Earth, appeared beside Earth.When they appeared, the two of them bore looks of confusion on their faces seeing the unfamiliar environment they were in. Previously, they had still been a long distance away from exiting Earth’s atmosphere but in the blink of an eye; they had arrived in a place that was space.The round blue planet below their feet was evident enough that they were no longer on Earth. How this happened baffled them. It was like they had been teleported, which indeed they had.Setting himself as an anchor point, Arran had displaced Poltergeist and the colonel to his position using Magnetic Shift.There was no time to waste so Arran quickly said, “Both of you, why have you come here?”Poltergeist and Colonel Vehe were still confused and didn’t react to Arran’s question immediately.
Arran inspected the duo before him. He observed them quickly, making out the expressions on their faces and trying to guess their feelings. His mind skimmed the surface of their psyche, reading their every thought as he contemplated the plan in his mind.Thinking of the plan in his mind, Arran was reminded of Joyner’s words — about doing what he could do — and Arran turned towards the distance where the battle was raging fiercely and desperately.By now, the horror had already materialized completely into this space and was fighting Arran’s teammates with all its might. Indeed, just as they had all expected, this horror was much stronger than the previous one, although its abilities were mostly the same, just with a lot more power and potency.By now, all the five fighting the horror sported one injury or the other, which while not being serious, still showed how serious the battle was.Fortunately, with their experience fighting the previous horror, the five of them could stand their
Arran’s plan was simple. Grant Colonel Vehe and Poltergeist the power to help them in this situation so that they can fight the decadent horror and buy time for reinforcements to arrive.But how to achieve this was the tricky part…Arran carefully explained his plan to the colonel and Poltergeist.You see, to grant Colonel Vehe and Poltergeist enough strength to battle the decadent horror was very easy. They just needed to possess the World Essence Pulse Bracers, which could enhance and strengthen the powers of others to unimaginable levels. But the problem is that the bracers already had an owner.The Guardian of the bracers was effectively the artifact's owner who could use all of its powers without limitations. There can only ever be one guardian for any of the seven ultimate artifacts at any given time.Once the status of guardian is given to another, then the previous guardian seizes to be the owner of the artifact. That was how Arran’s mom, Azalea, was the previous guardian and