The Monarch-Chapter 556: Time
"It seems we won’t have peace," Netero appeared floating alongside four other mages of the same level and strength as himself.
"Peace is a desire of the weak-blooded," the creature replied in the universal mana language. Neither side made any movement. The ice creatures continued to arrive, slowly surpassing this universe in numbers. They were much stronger than average.
This would be a completely unbalanced battle. It wouldn’t be something Kayden’s universe could easily hold up against; it would last for millennia. All the zone holders could sense the presence of twenty other zones on the other side. It seemed that an emperor would have to emerge from merging these two new universes.
Kayden consumed twenty billion kilometers from every side. His actions were extremely quick; even Netero, with his superior strength, couldn’t detect his movements. In fact, no one knew it was him. The mana in the entire region is concentrated in just 1,000 kilometers around them.
The high concentration made everyone immediately raise their defenses. Their sense of space was lost to a terrifying aura that surged, covering everything and suppressing all the mages in the region. Even Netero wasn’t prepared for a strong and heavy aura on his back. Just as it appeared, it disappeared along with all the mana. No one did anything for several long minutes, waiting for either side’s explanation or attack.
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No one would take the defensive and admit that they hadn’t done these actions. Meanwhile, Kayden was already entering the other universe at high speed, disappearing without a trace. No one was paying attention to the frozen universe. No one expected such a wild move. The only mage who saw everything was Thoth. The rest were completely lost.
"This is a first-contact universe. Respect the universal rules," Thoth stood out among all the mages. His appearance caused the creatures to fall silent.
"Of course, Master Thoth. Everything will be done in the proper manner," the ice creature bowed lightly to Thoth. "Who among you is the leader?" Most of the mages exchanged glances. There was no defined leader among them. This universe was too new for that.
"I will assume this position for now," Netero introduced himself and received no opposition from his universe. He truly was the strongest at that moment.
"Our universe officially declares war on yours. We are 21 zones with five leaders. We will fight for control of the zones within 100 million years. In the meantime, battles between lesser beings will take place," the creature spat out some rules, to which Netero only nodded in agreement. He had already been informed about this by Thoth.
"Our universe wishes the invaders good luck." With that, the creature disappeared while the two universes continued to merge. The mages saw billions and trillions of mages and ice creatures appearing in mere seconds. An unprecedented war was about to begin.
In the following millennia, the dynamics of the two universes changed drastically. The space was completely remodeled. What the natives had expected was a massive rift between the two universes, but in reality, the zones were fully merged. The new and old zones were completely interspersed in a chaotic war.
The high-level mages didn’t engage directly in the battles. At most, nine-ray mages and those of the nine realms were fighting for power. The true peak of the universes was simply waiting and studying the events.
Some zones were practically destroyed in just a few centuries. Although their demigods hadn’t been killed, they were completely uninterested in defending their mortals—an idiotic mistake that would cost them everything in the future. In many places in the universe, the new and old inhabitants began to merge amicably, and a new commerce emerged across the two universes.
The mages from the frozen universe were strong, but that was because they had already undergone more than one incursion into other universes. They were literally veterans of war. Their leaders already understood how things worked and simply allowed everything to unfold smoothly. Meanwhile, the mages from the native universe were developing at an extremely accelerated rate.
The only hope at that moment was the mages with incomplete laws of the stones and... Atlas. The demigods were strong, but they didn’t have much growth potential. IBecominga demigod was essentially sacrificing potential for strength. Most of them hadn’t advanced in millions of years. The only one truly continuing to grow was Netero, along with those at the top.
War made any society either completely collapse or undergo extremely rapid development. In many places in the universe, zones simply crumbled with no hope, but in others, they became highly developed. Thoth’s zone and Atlas’s were examples of this. The birth of high-talent mages with high ray counts practically doubled during this period.
Kayden was hiding in zone 21 of this universe. It was an extremely cold place and located at the farthest point of the other universe. It would require crossing at least three entire enemy zones to reach him. This effectively camouflaged Kayden 100%, especially considering that the mages of this universe wouldn’t be searching for invaders of his power level at the beginning of the war.
As each day passed, Kayden learned more about the laws of equilibrium. His mastery continued to grow at an astonishing speed due to the stone he had received. Kayden’s power was slowly reaching an incomprehensible level. The boy decided he would advance to a new realm when he fully mastered the law of equilibrium. At that point, he would be ready to enter the eighth realm and continue growing his strength.
Every time Kayden thought he was still in the seventh realm, his mind paused and trembled. If he was at this power level while only in the seventh realm, what would happen when he reached the ninth? How strong could Kayden become? For the first time, Kayden understood the fear of his potential.
Millions of years slowly began to pass, and Kayden had already become a forgotten name in the universe, Netero and no other demigod was able to find him in that period, Kayden had practically disappeared in the most turbulent time that this universe had ever seen, there was no sign of him anywhere in the universe, his area was completely untouched because it was Thoth who was administering the place and not even the craziest of the crazy dared to poke this hornet’s nest.
