After suffering excessive losses and failing to break through the blockade set up by the Seven Kings' Army, the shades decided to stake everything all on one Hail Mary attack.
With a single order, the commander in charge of the shade's invasion this time ordered all the front-line soldiers of the shades to charge towards the Seven Kings Army blockade and try to ram them apart. They were to ignore all risks and costs and break through forcefully.
This was a very risky and foolhardy plan, one that no one in their right minds would ever consider. Should this plan fail and the blockade was able to remain to stand, the shades would lose most if not all of their frontline combat power. The rest of the forces at the back-line would not be enough to fight on equal grounds with the Aeth at all.
But the shades had never been one to think normally. They were a bunch of self-serving people who had no qualms about sacrificing others just for their own benefit. This was espec
The war lasted for more than five hours. In the end, the Aeth successfully drove the invading shades away from their planet. When the last invading ship retreated into the abyss door, it signaled the end of the invasion. But that was not where everything would end... Although the invasion had been stopped and the shades repelled, there was still the aftermath of the war to deal with. The shades had been expelled from planet Etherium but the abyss door was still open as it hung in the sky like a huge behemoth opening its massive jaws. Due to the large amount of energy required to open an abyss dorr, it was usually very stable. It would take a very long time for the energy of the abyss door to be depleted before it would close up. Unless the Aeth were willing to bear the risks and cost of forcefully closing the abyss door prematurely, they could only dispatch a troop of soldiers to guard it strictly in order to prevent anyone or anything from slipping t
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.