“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
A couple of hours passed since the Minstrel of Ages had begun playing the violin. He would take short rests and then resume the soothing melody.Jia grew more and more suspicious and dissatisfied with this mortal human, whom the Void paid great attention and care towards.Still, she kept her mouth shut and simply listened.“...”Eventually, however, something did happen. It wasn’t just Jia, all other Void Overlords were rendered speechless as the Natural Laws appeared. It was truly a sight to behold as thick lines of pure elemental energy descended from the heavens, dancing to Aerin’s tune in unison.Beginning from his position, the land started to turn green: Grass grew, flowers bloomed, the sky turned clear blue, and a gentle warm breeze washed over them.It was as if the land itself was being reborn.“Impossible…” Subconsciously muttered Jia as she watched the Natural Laws spread to all directions.Although they expected such an outcome, the Overlords were stupefied by the breath-
After the Minstrel of the Ages had finished his melody, the Natural Laws grew stronger and started bringing life and stability to the First Layer.The Void was also increasingly growing stronger, thereby affecting and weakening the Outer God ‘Hastur’.The Ten Void Overlords were teleported close to where the battle was happening.They saw the devastated land, the split canopy, the flattened mountains, and the clashing of myriad energies.Once the Dark Knight rejoined the fray, the Darkness exploded forth, rising to the sky and emitting an ominously chilling aura.“You were right, Jia.” Spoke Vehran as his eyes focused on Leiu.“Hm? About what?”“He truly is a monster.” Veteran voice was low but filled with admiration and shock.They all looked at the Dark Knight, who had large arms made of Darkness protruding from his back and attacking the Outer God on their own.Hastur kept his fierce retaliation, leading to a truly world-shaking battle.Booming sounds echoed across the region, the
One the Outer God’s body vanished, the Void Crystal appeared, no longer corrupted. It hovered inches above ground, emitting a pulsating and distinct dark violet light.Not even the active Natural Laws, which were bringing life to the First Layer, were able to fix the absolute devastation wrought by the battle.“We did it… huff huff…”Leiu put all his weight on Anduril, which was stabbed on the ground. The Harrowing Gloves were holding the greatsword’s hilt, though the fingers were shaking and twitching.Arthur and Wolfram were both on the ground, riddled with wounds. The latter fared slightly better, a laughter coming from his mouth.“Sons of bitches! We killed an Outer God! Ahahahaha!”“N-no need to… insult…”Arthur wasn’t even able to finish talking, his hand moving on its own and letting out Life Energy to hasten his recovery and heal the wounds.A short while later, as the Three Brothers were still recovering, twelve Void Overlords appeared.They stood next to each other in an ord
Before long, the Three Brothers were sucked into a black whirlpool, finding themselves in an empty space with only a massive Void Crystal in sight.Merely calling it a crystal seemed to be a huge understatement. It was, quite literally, as big as a planet.Arthur, Leiu, and Wolfram were a distance away from it, but even then, they couldn’t see all of it.The ‘space’ they were in was akin to the space in the First Layer, but it lacked the countless shining stars that filled the pitch blackness.‘You have done your job well.’ Spoke the Void, its disembodied voice directly inside of their heads. “Now will you tell us how to return to our time? And everything else?”Leiu was the first to speak, his dark eyes fixated on the absurdly gargantuan crystal, which was the true Void. An omnipotent embodiment of it.‘We will. You are present here only in your Spiritual Forms, brought here to witness rather than affect history.’“But why? What was the point?”-Arthur‘We do not know. The Watcher b
Once the Void was done giving the much-needed exposition regarding the Layers and the Outer Gods, it maintained a long silence as it waited for them to ask. Leiu, brow furrowed, opened his mouth, “You said the Watcher brought us here to witness history but not affect yet. I will not give you the details, but in my time, the Void is more of a threat than the Outer Gods. In fact, I’ve never heard of the latter. If the purpose of our coming here was to know the true enemy, then what do you expect us to do in our time? I get that we are strong, but you cannot expect us to abandon our own troubles and problems and simply work together to save the world.” Wolfram, as if he had goosebumps, rubbed his arms while grimacing “Don’t say ‘save the world’... I’m cringing so hard. Bah! Aren’t I from another timeline altogether? This is a true clusterfuck.” The Void gave a response almost immediately, ‘We didn’t bring you to the past, the Watcher did. You have proven your Might, so you must be su