On the stage, a silent confrontation was going on between two forces.
After Arran was saved by the golden barrier, a voice called out loudly, rebuking the Shade, who was referred to as Shade Lord Scholler.
After that, like an ethereal mist, the figure of Councilman Homer appeared on the stage. He was standing in front of Arran, acting like a barrier between Arran and the shade lord.
The dark green fog was still everywhere on the stage and it blocked the vision of everybody else in the venue.
At this time, due to the sudden appearance of the Shade in the fog, it seemed like the chosen ceremony was put on hold. Signs of panic started to appear in the venue of the chosen ceremony but before it could spread any further, numerous while clad shadows appeared... effectively putting an end to the upstarts who were causing trouble.
As for Arran... hiding safely inside the barrier, Arran felt his legs go soft, and he was almost unable to keep supporting hims
"Hahaha!"Suddenly, wild bursts of laughter resounded throughout the entire venue of the chosen ceremony.The voice was loud and reverberating and although the venue of the chosen ceremony was an open one that faced the clear sky, this voice seemed to echo into the surroundings without being lost to the wind.The one who was laughing was Shade Lord Scholler and the manner in which he did it seemed very condescending and full of ridicule.Shade Lord Scholler continued to laugh unreservedly for a full minute before he finally stopped.After stopping, he trained his eyes on Councilman Homer, who had a frosty expression on his face.The overbearing aura that surrounded Councilman Homer after his previous declaration was no longer present. Instead, because of Shade Lord Scholler's unbridled laughter that completely disregarded him, Councilman Homer's aura was filled with awkwardness.Councilman Homer felt like he had lost face in front of
There was chaos outside the stage... Everywhere Councilman Homer and Arran looked, they could see large-scale rioting and people attacking each other. Most of those who had come to watch the chosen ceremony personally were panicking, and everybody seemed to have lost their minds. Arran looked at what was happening outside the stage in shock. He didn't understand how things had turned out like this without either him or Councilman Homer being aware at all. Before Councilman Homer had dispersed the curtain of fog, neither he nor Arran had sensed anything wrong going on outside at all. It was as if the inside of the fog and outside had been separated by a great deal of space, causing those who were inside to not sense anything. Thinking of this, Arran's face became even paler. He realized that he had by far underestimated the strength of true powerhouses in the universe. To be able to deceive the senses of both Arran and even Councilman H
Corruption... this was one of the innate abilities that the Shade race possessed.It was one of the ways in which they used to grow stronger naturally. By stimulating the hidden desires of living beings, the Shades are able to gradually integrate their own powers into the body of other living beings, making it so that body would be more compatible with their powers.This kind of phenomenon is usually shown in the form of an exchange of power where the Shades led their own powers to others. Because of how invasive the nature of a Shade's power is, this exchange of power can lead to some irreversible mutations happening in the target's body.This is how the fallen come about.Those living beings that become fallen do so because they accepted the powers of the Shade, causing their bodies to go through such an irreversible mutation. As for how the shades would benefit from this kind of relationship, this is done because as a Shade lends his powers to another,
Arran's mind was in a mess... he was starting to doubt his life right now.As it stood, Arran didn't know what sins he had committed in his past life for him to meet so many powerhouses right now.For a small fry like him, Arran had come across not just one but two Shade Lords. If you count Councilman Homer, who was in a confrontation with them two shade lords, that would make three powerhouses at the top of the universe with whom Arran had come in contact.The worst part of all this is that Arran was currently standing in the middle of their confrontation. If there was any time Arran resented having this golden barrier around him, it was now.In the beginning, when it was just Shade Lord Scholler, Arran could accept it and not worry too much. After all, it was just a projection of his that was present here and it was already proven that his attacks could not penetrate the golden barrier. With this, Arran had confidence that he would survive.But n
Shade Lord Kremlin crashed heavily on the stage, causing a small crater to form. A large cloud of dust was whipped up in the air following his crash, and he groaned loudly. "Urgh!" "Damn, that was painful!" Shade Lord Kremlin complained. Then, from inside the cloud of dust, his large frame could be seen getting back to his feet. With a swipe of Shade Lord Kremlin's hand, that cloud of dust was dispersed. Patting himself all over his body, Shade Lord Kremlin finally recovered to how he was before. Arran could feel his teeth aching from the sight. After suffering such a huge blow and landing on the stage with such force that was enough to cause the entire stage to shake, Shade Lord Kremlin did not look as if he had suffered any damage at all. There was not a single injury on Shade Lord Kremlin's massive body... not even a single scratch. Apart from the little bit of dust that clung to his body, Shade Lord Kremlin was othe
Facing Councilman Homer's solemn declaration, Arran stood standing on the stage with his mouth agape.He was completely awed.For the first time, Arran truly understood what it meant when the Aeth were called the overlords of the Ether!There was only one word that could explain what Arran was witnessing now.Domineering!Facing three powerful Shade Lords, Councilman Homer did not cower... not only that, but he was even threatening them with war to their faces.If this wasn't domineering, then Arran didn't know what was.Naturally, councilman homer had the right to be domineering. That is because standing behind him was the mighty Aeth civilization, overlords of the Ether. One of the many upper realms in the entire universe.Shade Lords Scholler and Kremlin had terrible looks on their faces. It seemed like they were about to say something. But before they had the chance, the hidden Shade Lord Dark Nether beat them to it and sai
"Abyss door!""What's that?" Arran wondered.Seeing the actions of Shade Lord's Scholler and Kremlin, Arran wondered what they were actually planning. The aura around the two of them was very strong, and they were causing a lot of commotion.Whatever it was, it was something big, and from the looks of things, Councilman Homer recognized what they were planning to do.Finally, unable to bear his curiosity, Arran spoke up at this time after keeping silent since the appearance of Shade Lord Scholler.He asked, "Councilman Homer, forgive me for interrupting. But what is an abyss door?""In the end, what are they doing?"Councilman Homer did not seem to mind Arran's question, and it didn't look like he was in a hurry to answer it too. He just started explaining things to Arran while also keeping an eye on Shade Lord's Scholler and Kremlin."An abyss door is a kind of large-scale inter-planar teleportation gate that functions specifi
The black dot, like a hole in space, gradually widened as if a whole new world was opening up before their eyes.Arran, who was looking at this phenomenon, was awed by the wonders of the universe.Watching the gradually widening black dot, Arran felt as if he was peering through the darkness to see the light on the other side.As if just by looking at the black dot, he could understand the mysteries of space and time.Arran could feel his head buzz and it was like a torrent of information was rapidly entering his head and he could understand a few things.Arran's vision blurred for a moment before everything went back to normal. When Arran look at the black dot again after blinking a few times, his sight completely changed.Before, when Arran looked at the world, all he saw was a world full of vibrant colors. The information his eyes could pick up and transmit to his brain was so much that his brain could not handle it, and most of that info