The Empyreal Gem Master

Destiny was a unique Covenant of Nature to look at and experience.

Mixed with the Core Feature of the Investigator, Destiny was granted wings as what Alexander could find out exploded.

To him, after assimilating Destiny into himself, he realized that his understanding of Destiny was that of possibilities.

One could have a certain Destiny or possibility come to pass without knowing, but if they held immense understanding and had even assimilated destiny into their being, they could foresee future possibilities and future destinies!

From that moment on, they could choose which path- which possibility would be theirs to take.

At this moment, Alexander had seen a few possibilities.

An unfavorable possibility involved a scorching black sun smashing into Ephesus, and the favorable destiny…well, that was something that was too fantastical to even imagine! Continue reading stories on empire

Alexander kept this in the back of his mind as he welcomed the arrival of multiple enemy Void Rulers.

They arrived one after another, and in a matter of seconds, they exceeded a dozen.

In a short period of time, the stifling and oppressive aura of fifteen Void Rulers filled the space before them, and these were only the ones who chose to leave the vessels that looked like three mountains!

There was a Void Ruler at the forefront who had an extremely ferocious gaze as her body was swirling with particles of chaos like someone else that Alexander recalled not too long ago.

Even their facial expressions and likeness were similar as he quickly concluded that this was a family member of the woman killed by Dark Ruler Masako.

But even as he gazed at all of these fifteen Void Rulers whom he did not fear even a tiny bit, he knew that they were not the root cause of the unfavorable threat he felt before.

And yes- he did not fear them!

This was not a baseless sensation he felt, but something that he felt with confidence as his own power made it abundantly clear.

And he then had the elevated feature of the Investigator that displayed to him the very statistical values of Ascendant Energiea and Vigor of these beings, including the number of Covenants of Nature they had assimilated!

All pristinely clear.

Among the 15 Void Rulers floating before him- at this moment, not a single one exceeded even a third of the number of total Covenants he assimilated.

This was what gave him a feeling of confidence!

These entities before him, no matter how ferocious they looked, he felt that even if they came at him all at once- he would be able to withstand them and push them away.

This was a terrifying feeling of invincibility that came with having an excess of 16 Covenants of Nature fully assimilated!

Yes.

All 16!

The terrifying wonder of the Temporal Enneagram Space that to be given all the credit as what could be done within was completely shocking.

Because of it- because of what he had managed to accomplish in a short time span, he was staring at a group of fifteen Void Rulers and feeling absolutely no fear of them!

Instead, he was cautious as he waited for the true enemy that the threads of the Investigator showed to appear.

At this moment.

"I am Alasara of the Star Alliance! Would it be correct of me to assume that a little Dark Ruler like you decided to massacre our people here unjustly?!"

The woman shrouded in chaos spoke as her voice was filled with authority to ensure every single entity understood.

And Dark Ruler Masako harrumphed while gazing at her, with her eyes looking carefully at all Void Rulers here as she spoke out.

"I won't waste any of our time here. The Emerging Realm behind me is now under the banner of the Dark Rule. I killed five little hypocrites who were also here trying to claim this Realm behind us as theirs. I am Masako, the Fast Sword. The only Disciple of the Dark Sword Ruler. Any business you have, you have with me. So I ask you now, will you be attacking me? Will you fight against me?"

…!

Her words instantly caused many faces to change and become ashen.

Disciple of the Dark Sword Ruler- the Fast Sword Ruler!

They knew of her from their intelligence reports as she was a dreadful Void Ruler at the peak of power of this level, and her master was someone nearly every Stellar Ruler stayed away from!

When Alasara heard these words, she was shocked as she instantly turned around and looked towards one of the vessels behind them.

She recalled the words of a man she had just serviced within that Vessel.

A Stellar Ruler that was grievously injured by the Dark Sword Ruler- one who had sworn death to any Void Ruler he came across!

And her eyes couldn't help but flash with anger of retribution and chaos.

She looked towards Dark Ruler Masako and laughed as her figure began to burn with Chaos.

"Haha, Disciple of the Dark Sword Ruler, yes? You think your identity means shit? Today, you will learn that your name will not necessarily be something that saves you!"

BOOM!

Her figure erupted with power as she…instantly disappeared.

But she didn't attack.

Her figure entirely disappeared as Alexander looked towards a central vessel.

Everything was eerily silent as the two sides faced off, but in the next moment….

HUUUM!

The void of space began to tremble.

A horrific aura bloomed from within one of the Vessels and brightened up rapidly as it looked…like a waking star!

In the next moment, a portion of the metallic vessel actually exploded as from within, a man with a chest laid bare came out.

He had smooth black pants adorned for his lower body, but his muscular chest could clearly be seen alongside the huge wound on it, and the dazzling Gem Socket that held...a bright spinning star.

A Star!

It was a Stellar Ruler who came out at this moment, and his face was one filled with malice and madness as it instantly made Void Ruler Masako somber.

Because the face she looked at...was not that of clearheadedness!

And Alexander beside her was gazing with bright eyes as he locked onto nothing else but the brilliant star on the chest of the Stellar Ruler!