Chapter 693 693. Void Supreme 1
Supreme Council Meeting.
Virtual Universe.
The universe Supremes were currently seated at a round table at the moment. Their expressions were extremely pensive. Several stared at the holographic displays.
"All of us are already dealing with our fair share of supreme level vimodials. If that vimodial and his band of sentient vimodial beasts manages to advance into the territories of the Universe Alliance, the consequences will be catastrophic," one of them spoke.
Everyone nodded. "Seriously, why did this have to happen now?"
"What the hell are we supposed to do?"
If anyone saw these fellows panicking, they would lose all hope. These were the strongest beings in the Universe Alliance. And they were scared?
"Look, no need to panic," one of the supremes said. "I'm sure Kailen Darkhaven will be out of seclusion soon. It's been ten years since he entered seclusion. Considering his cultivation speed, he will be a rank 7 supreme stage universe level powerhouse by the time he emerges. It sounds impossible, but this is Kailen Darkhaven we are talking about."
Everyone nodded at her words. It made perfect sense.
"That's if he makes it in time. At this point, we can only have the rank 7 supreme stage universe level powerhouses below our level deal with that fellow and his army of vimodial sentient beasts."
"No doubt, they won't last a single attack from that fellow."
"But it's worth it. They can at least buy Kailen Darkhaven some time. The fate of several civilisations are at stake here."
Suddenly, everyone's comms glitched.
"Shit. The bastard is advancing into Astral Empire Territory?"
"Are we too late?"
"No, we are not. There's something else."
"Kailen Darkhaven, he has returned."
"With him around, and the shadow creatures he commands, he's the nemesis of that bastard."
"Right. I failed to kill him back then even though I seriously wounded him and I sustained some injuries too. To think he would not only recover and rally his pirate horde of sentient vimodial beasts, their numbers would be more staggering than before. Only Kailen Darkhaven can deal with him."
"Indeed. I suppose this could be the perfect time to showcase the strength of Kailen Darkhaven to the universe, since he will be joining our ranks. He's literally a supreme now."
"Right, he was already terrifying as a rank 1 supreme stage universe level powerhouse. There's no doubt that he's on our level now. Perhaps he's even stronger than all of us."
"I agree."
"Let's broadcast this."
"We should wait for their battle to end. Then, we can invite Kailen Darkhaven to the supreme council."
"That's if he does not die. That fucker has the law of gravity after all."
"He won't die, Begola. You are always assuming the worst among us. He also has the law of space. He can just meld with space and disappear."
"Right. Shut the fuck up, Begola."
"You guys should keep quiet. The stream is about to start."
****
Kailen stood in his room in his villa in the royal palace of the Arman Empire.
The moment he emerged from seclusion, several of his shadow creatures covertly surveilling the surrounding regions outside the borders of the Astral Empire sent him thought transmissions and memories of what they had picked up. Everything was fine.
However, suddenly, he looked through the eyes of one of the shadow creatures. A vimodial horde. He could not call it an army. It was a horde.
The person leading the horde was humanoid. He was tall, and had fair skin. He looked very handsome. However, his eyes pulsed with deep malevolence. He was clad in a black robe, and had a slight smirk on his face. He was seated on some sort of ginormous anaconda, the size of which Kailen had never encountered before.
Behind him was a horde of several sentient beasts, several hundred thousands of them. The beasts in the horde radiated a suffocating aura. Each one of them had grotesque appearances. They looked like they were spawned straight out of a horror or dark fantasy movie. All of them were at the rank 7 supreme stage universe level.
"This fellow would have been terrifying to deal with. I'm afraid even the thousands of shadow creatures I left behind before I entered seclusion would have failed to stop his advance into empire territory. Fortunately, I arrived on time," Kailen thought.
Quietly, Kailen melded with the void and disappeared from the room.
****
"I heard this place is very dear to Kailen Darkhaven," Morfang chuckled as he petted the head of his python. "Perhaps killing everyone he holds dear will draw him out. Then, I can absorb his life force. Rumors are that he has an extremely potent life force. A taste of that won't be bad," Morfang added.
In several regions of the universe, a rare sight occurred. The id slot screens of several individuals were interrupted. Everyone's screens switched without their will to a terrifying scene. Some tried to cut off the stream. But it didn't work.
Everyone realised: only the Virtual Universe Network could do this. Also, why would the Virtual Universe Network/Association intrude on their privacy? Many did not read too much into it. Their focus switched to the livestream they were currently forced to watch.
The stream was not tagged with anything. No one had also been informed beforehand as to why this had happened. The comment session was overflooded.
"What the hell is that?"
"Who is that terrifying fellow?"
"Where is he going?"
"What's that? Are those sentient beasts?"
"How can there be so many?"
"I've never seen a python as large as that before! This is literally causing chills to crawl up my spine."
"Is this some sort of special effect? I'm not imagining things, right? What are those horrifying-looking things?"
"Wait, are they heading to the Astral Empire borders?"
"They are heading to the Astral Empire!"
"I don't know, but whoever he is, he's dangerous."
This was when they heard the words of the person on the anaconda.
"I heard this place is very dear to Kailen Darkhaven," the fellow chuckled as he petted the head of his python. "Perhaps killing everyone he holds dear will draw him out. Then, I can absorb his life force. Rumors are that he has an extremely potent life force. A taste of that won't be bad," he added.
This fellow was a vimodial. And… he wanted to wipe out the Astral Empire to draw out Kailen Darkhaven? How powerful was this fellow? Somehow, everyone believed he could pull this off.
This was when the stream was finally tagged.
[A supreme level vimodial appears near the borders of the Astral Empire, with a horde of rank 7 supreme stage universe level vimodial sentient beasts]
"A supreme level vimodial?"
" All the beasts are at the rank 7 supreme stage universe level, apart from he being a supreme level threat himself?"
"What the hell?"
"Is this vimodial as strong as the universe supremes?"
"It seems so."
"Is the Astral Empire not screwed?"
"Kailen Darkhaven is still in seclusion, right?"
"He's definitely powerful, feared by even rank 7 supreme stage universe level Powerhouses after what he pulled off in the Ensi Demihuman Imperial Empire ten years ago. But even he is not at the level of the supremes. There's no way even he could have handled this if he were here."
"Right. But can't any of the other supremes step in?"
"They are already dealing with threats of their own for the sake of the UA. It seems the Astral Empire is gonna be destroyed this time."
In the Astral Empire, panic had spread everywhere. Also, those in the Arman Empire were equally scared, including Kailen's loved ones. After all, no one knew Kailen Darkhaven had come out of seclusion yet. Even if he had, would he have been strong enough to deal with a supreme level threat?
There were no signs of mobilizing armies, or awakeners trying to do something to resist this. Was there any point? This was a supreme level threat. What could they do?
At the moment, even Kailen's loved ones, his grandparents included, were about to use teleportation devices to teleport out of the Arman and Astral Empire territories, alongside as many citizens as they could.
But just then, something no one will forget happened.