Back to Arran...
Arran was in danger. He could feel a terrifying killing intent locked on him. The owner of this killing intent was very powerful and Arran could not even muster up the strength to even think of resisting.
Danger bells continued ringing in Arran's ears and as he stood rooted on the stage shivering, Arran urged himself to move.
Apart from the incomparable sense of fear that overwhelmed Arran, there was also a powerful voice in his head that shouted at Arran to take a step forward. Just a single step forward!
As if Arran was caught in a spell and was entranced, he kept on shouting at himself, saying.
'Move!'
'Move!'
'Move dammit! If not, you're going to die!'
"These damn legs will you move... just a single step! A single step is all I need!"
Right now, Arran had fallen into an unusual state. In this state, apart from the fear he felt and that terrifying killing intent, the only thing Arran felt was
Arran frowned when he heard the evil-looking man's proposal. At the same time, he broke out in a cold sweat at the manner in which he was being propositioned.Ever since the evil-looking man's face had appeared in the fog, Arran already had a guess as to who he was. This evil-looking man was probably the Shade who had tempted Carrum and caused him to fall, ultimately transforming him into a decadent horror.This much was not hard to guess, as it was actually pretty obvious. This was why Arran was so guarded against the man in the fog.Apart from the fact that e had almost died at the evil-looking man's hand, Arran was naturally on guard due to the man's identity as a Shade. Now that Arran had seemingly caught the Shade's attention, he did not know how to respond to this.Actually, Arran was not too worried to have caught this Shade's attention. Ultimately, both the Aeth and the shades were bitter enemies and both sides would try to kill each other on sigh
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