The Empyreal Gem Master

A star.

This was not the first time that he was looking at a star.

But the star ahead of him seemed malevolent and filled with purpose as if it could spin and radiate a terrifying power at the will of a single being.

A being that was looking in their direction at this moment with eyes filled with rage and callousness!

In a flash, he appeared in front of the Void Rulers of the Star Alliance as he stared coldly at the figure of Void Ruler Masako.

"You say you are the disciple of the Dark Sword?"

A question of affirmation.

But it was one that caused a burning sense of danger to rise even within the heart of the Dark Ruler Masako as a sense of somberness and confusion buzzed in her mind.

This newly appearing Stellar Ruler in front of them had his eyes blinded by rage as paired with him asking about her master…

She quickly theorized a horrible possibility as her gaze changed and she spoke in a low tone.

"You are a Stellar Ruler belonging to the Star Alliance. At this moment, I see that your gaze is clouded with anger- whether that anger is directed at my Master, the Dark Sword Ruler, or any other Stellar Ruler of the Dark Rule, I ask you to see past this anger and not do something that would compromise the already unstable balance between our two forces."

…!

"No Stellar Rulers may attack those below them in power. Especially so if it is within the bounds of a Realm under the protection of a Faction. I have already sent word before your arrival here. That I may likely be coming across a Stellar Ruler as this message has been passed along to the Dark Rule and my Master. I've been documenting everything here and sending it as a feedback to a base of operations not too far from here. Anything done will be clearly known, and anything as drastic as what I fear you are about to do…will be a true Declaration of War between the Star Alliance and the Dark Rule. I will give you a similar respect that I give to my Master and ask you to act within the dignity of your realm of power."

Her words held tremendous strength and power behind them even as she studied the Stellar Ruler in front of her, his features and power swirling in her mind as she tried to identify him with those she knew.

The Void Rulers of the Star Alliance became somber at her words, but the Stellar Ruler ahead of them…

"Haha…haha!" His laughter boomed out as it was filled with maddened rage.

The torn muscles on his chest vibrated as strings of authority kept his skin together!

"You even talk like him! That sense of superiority. That sense of dignity! Who the fuck do you think you are?! So what if what I do starts a war? Will that matter to you if you are dead? You puny fucking thing, you can die so that you do not have to worry about a war later!"

BOOM!

Calamitous might erupted.

"Fool!"

Dark Ruler Masako roared out in shock as she unsheathed her sword and also took out an obsidian gold talisman that she shattered at this moment.

Opposite them, the Void Rulers of The Star Alliance looked at each other with hesitation as for people like them, the emergence of a War that they were a cause of was something too big to decide on a whim.

But since the most powerful among them, a Stellar Ruler was acting already…they could only grit their teeth and move alongside him!

Alexander watched all of this unfold as his eyes never left the chest of the Stellar Ruler that was lighting up with the might of a genuine Star.

His Gem Socket lit up alongside a disruption of power as in the next moment, a cluster of black suns began manifesting before them

Black suns!

Dark Ruler Masako roared towards such a heavy attack as her chest lit up brightly as well.

Around her, thousands of white blue swords manifested.

They lined up behind her as if they were forming a grand procession of swords where she alone controlled their terrifying might to whip out at any moment!

As she did so, her voice continued to roar out.

"Come to your senses! You are a dignified Stellar Ruler who is part of the Alliance. You know full well what your actions mean! Can the hatred you have really cloud your judgment this much? Do you truly want your name to go down as the initiator of a War across multiple sectors? Do you, Stellar Ruler Bartholomew?!"

…!

She roared out as she fully realized the identity of this being as the features he held and the black suns rotating around him made it abundantly clear.

A Stellar Ruler with a vile nature.

One that used his power to do whatever he wanted with many knowing his behaviors!

But his actions at this moment were truly too far and ignored any consequences!

And even at this moment.

Alexander observed him calmly.

He observed the burning stellar black star at the center of his Gem Sockets and how it contained the assimilated Covenants of Nature inside of it!

And at such a time…

"I see."

He uttered out with a smile, ignoring the heavy impact that would soon occur between The Stellar Ruler Bartholomew and the Dark Void Ruler Masako who was a level lower- and yet seemed empowered by a unique strength from the talisman she crushed.

In Alexander's eyes, everything seemed to slow down just a notch.

The Covenant of Time seethed all around his eyes as they were half here, and half elsewhere.

In two other places, to be exact!

One was in the depths of the Hollow Earth of Ephesus where he was granted access to see the Core of the Realm of Ephesus itself.

The other…was within the Temporal Enneagram Space where three of his bodies were in!

Hollow Earth.

In an area where only the Wills of the Realm would enter.

Not even Prototype X-1 or Ezraela were given entry here!

And yet Alexander had been led by Ephesus into an area- a domain really, where after passing storms of Covenant Authorities…he entered a space of multicolored brilliance that held the core of a Realm.

It radiated a suffocating heat and pressure just being this close to it, and yet Alexander had been studying it closely to answer a single question!

The stage of a Stellar Ruler involved fusing Covenant into one's Gem Socket and using this mixture as a spark to form a Star.

So he told himself that the first thing he needed to do was observe the core of a star.

And the other…was to clarify any doubts by observing a forged star of an actual Stellar Ruler!

He obtained even more than that as not only did he see a Stellar Ruler utilizing their terrifying might, he even saw one with their chest cleaved open and their Star visible to all.

Its workings.

He saw that the black star within Stellar Ruler Bartholomew held the assimilated fusions of 5 Covenants of Nature- with the main thing being their stability!

This stability allowed the star to burn brightly and use the power of these Covenants to grant terrifying power.

The fusion of Covenants of Nature.

Something Alexander had never tried, but it was something that Dark Ruler Masako stated that a genius Ruler who had assimilated 9 Covenants of Nature would find it easy to fuse together Covenants of Nature.

And how many assimilated Covenants did Alexander have?!

He had collected all the pieces of information that he needed.

He was even seeing the workings of a genuine Core of a Star Realm as all he had to do was base his own star on this!
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So he breathed out and placed his hand on his chest.

Behind him, the Wills of Ephesus, Dragoisles, and Alfana were looking towards him with urgency and hesitation as they felt the threat of the Stellar Ruler far above!

And yet Alexander only spoke lightly as he spoke to all the Covenants assimilated into himself.

"Let a star be formed."

…!