“What’s down there?”Leiu walked to the edge and stared at the abyss down below. It was filled with thick Void energy but it was the deafening silence that was more worrying.“I do not know.”Timos continued conjuring the portal, which soon took shape.“It is don- wait!”The Prince of Brutality was stupefied to see the Dark Knight leap into the abyss while plunging his greatsword downwards.“That’s why I like him! He ain’t afraid of a little danger. Wait for us here, would you? Ahahahaha!”The Joker grabbed the Void Overlord and jumped after Leiu, leaving only his echoing laughter.“This world is doomed. I am sorry.”Timos frowned as he did not even step close to the abyss. He had yet to recover his powers and the Void would be fatal to him, a Creation God.Just as he was about to leave, however, Timos saw a small creature appear from thin air and stare back at him.An expression of utter astonishment plastered itself on his face. His eyes were fixated on the hand-sized orange frog wi
“Do you have anything else to add? You keep dripfeeding us information.”The Dark Knight faced the Joker and asked with a slightly annoyed tone.This eccentric companion of theirs knew more stuff than Leiu and Arthur together. He was fairly knowledgeable about the Void and other important stuff.“I know a lot of stuff, but not all is relevant, is it? I mentioned the Outer Gods because I saw monsters like that before.”“Just who are you?”Arthur also joined the conversation and, with a serious face, asked.“I’m the Trickster, the Joker… the Magician! They are my titles and my names.”“...”“...”Seeing him strike a comical pose with cards spinning around him, Leiu and Arthur glanced at each other and sighed.The Joker put him arms around the two of them, bringing them closer as he laughed,“Come on now! I like the two of you alot! It’s rare to meet strong people. Usually, I quickly overpower those I become interested in. You two, however, are special. Especially you, Dark Knight.”The
Within minutes, the hordes of monsters were all killed. The Outer God’s minions were butchered, and although they weren’t individually strong, there were hundreds of them. Once the danger had passed, it was Arthur who took the lead. He had won the bet earlier, which was why they jumped down and helped the Void Overlords.Leiu and the Trickster looked none too pleased to just sit still and simply talk with the enemies, but a bet was a bet and it was decided that they shall follow Arthur’s plan.“Hello again.”The Parasite took a few steps toward the Void Overlords but that made the weaker ones, the Voidspawn, growl menacingly.The young purple-skinned girl extended her hand toward Arthur, and within a moment, a massive fireball appeared. However, before she could shoot it, the other Void Overlord extinguished it and gestured for her to not attack.“But why? Those freaks are in our home!”“That isn’t a very nice thing to say, is it? Considering the fact that you invaded the Zero Laye
1 week later“So we’ve embarked on a long journey but we still don’t know if we’ll come back to our ‘time’.”“Weren’t you excited to be fighting an Outer God? Or at least His minions.” Retorted Leiu as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.The air was stiff and the temperature was abnormally high, but what made it worse was his set of heavy armor.Unlike him, Arthur was dressed in the usual clean and traditional Chinese robe. “I mean… yeah, but what the fuck is this?”The Trickster waved a poorly-made map provided by Vehran.The First Layer was extremely big. Put simply, it was a collection of immense pieces of land separated by nothingness.“Enemies up ahead.”Arthur’s warning interrupted the other two as they all got ready. Darkness, Dark Magic, and the Joker’s diverse ‘Real Magic’ burst forth, shooting at the growling literal army of monstrosities coming at them.Such a sight, unfortunately, has become very common nowadays. The three would get attacked by hundreds of those abomin
Weeks turned into months, and months turned into years. As the Void Overlord had forewarned, the trip was going to take a very long time.Although it took the three of them half a year to locate and cleanse the first Void Crystal, the second one wasn’t as close or easy to find. Only after 3 years did they finally find it.Fighting every day, traversing vast and desolate lands utterly devoid of any signs of life. The sights quickly became monotonous, but never did they stop or think about giving up. ..6th year“You look hideous with those scars.” Leiu chuckled and looked at the three nasty scars across Wolfram’s face.“They make me look quite sexy.” The Joker performed a comical pose and even danced.“Is your armor going to hold up, Leiu?”Arthur gazed at the dented parts of the Dark Knight’s set of armor. Parts of it were destroyed and beyond repair, but it was still functioning properly, fortunately.“It’s fine.” Leiu waved his hand reassuringly and took off his helmet, which he wo
“What is this, a welcome party?”Wolfram’s mocking question received only an awkward silence as response. The Ten Void Overlords were motionless like statues, their eyes shifting between the Dark Knight, the Parasite, and the Magician.Finally, after a long and eerie bout of silence, Vehran stepped forward.“The Void’s control over its home, the First Layer, is almost complete. Things will return as they should be once the last Void Crystal has been taken care of.”“And? Why did you appear before us here and now?” Arthur, the most eloquent of the Three Brothers, took the lead in this conversation.“The Void deemed it necessary to provide you with new information about what might lie ahead.”Arthur nodded and attentively listened to Vehran.“The Outer God responsible for this is Hastur. He is an entity from the Third Layer, one who had tried- and succeeded- in bypassing the Binary Dimension and invading our home. He has created his own Domain around the last Void Crystal, so all his
The trip to the last Void Crystal didn’t take as long as the Three Brothers expected, though it was due to the noticeable absence of incessant attacks.In fact, they weren’t attacked even once, which greatly increased their traveling pace. The only issue was the regions that had nothing but blank emptiness, utterly devoid of anything, including Void Energy.These places were hard to traverse, but it was made slightly easier thanks to Arthur, who used the Blue Fire Bird to carry Leiu and Wolfram on his back.After eight months, they finally arrived at what looked like an absurdly gargantuan blob of flesh. It was bigger than a mountain, covering the sky, the ground, and everything in-between.“The Domain of the Outer God.” Said Arthur as he looked at the moving flesh, which seemed to be alive.“Once we enter, there will be no going back.”-LeiuThe Dark Knight took the lead and positioned himself close to the flesh, ready to pierce a hole through it.“I’m ready. Let’s do this, brothers!
At first, it seemed that Leiu’s attack worked: The corrupting flesh was consumed by the Primordial Darkness.However, when Anduril pierced deeper and reached the Void Crystal, the Dark Knight’s instincts kicked off, making him pull back his weapon and attempt to flee.Alas, he reacted a second too late as a thick beam of red light surged from the remaining flesh, hitting him from the front and sending him flying.“Leiu!”Arthur raised his arms and cast a tornado of flames whereas Wolfram threw a boomerang card and then swapped places with it, appearing close to the flying Leiu and safely catching his body.A suffocating pressure and an overbearing aura exploded from the Void Crystal as it started to glow with a blood-red light.The hundreds of monsters ceased moving, their fleshy bodies melting into a disgusting red ooze.Another powerful blast came forth, targeting the Parasite this time.[Eternium]Arthur transformed into a snow-white leopard, which zigzagged around and somehow mana