The Monarch-Chapter 561: Time
Every mage who trained under him achieved extraordinary feats and reached heights far beyond the ordinary. Atlas was one of his best examples, but he could also mention Han and dozens of other mages who attained nine rays in the ninth realm.
"This is something I’ll have to think about," Marco said, falling silent. The two waited, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed as they sat at the same table. Time seemed to flow differently for such individuals.
"I can accept this, but I want an oath that you will guard the secret of this technique with your life and use it only as a study model." Kayden didn’t hesitate for even a moment before swearing.
"I swear by the heavens to use this technique solely for study and to protect its secret with my life." Kayden nearly smiled, knowing he was deceiving two beings who might be even older than himself.
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"The technique is only passed down orally. One of our elders will accompany you for the next millions of years to teach it to you. In return, we want three mages honed to the extreme of their abilities." Kayden nodded. "How quickly can spies be produced?" Kayden wasn’t certain of the answer.
"I’d say between a hundred and two hundred per century, depending on the complexity of the souls you provide," he replied, lying partially. The truth was that it depended on both the complexity and the time he would dedicate to it, though he didn’t plan to invest much time.
"Your protection will last as long as your services are needed." Kayden added another measure of security at that moment.
"I want 100 million years of peace between us after our agreement ends."
"That can be arranged," came the response. Kayden truly wouldn’t leave any loose ends.
Kayden settled into the city for the next few million years without altering his training routine. He only had to leave a few times a year to produce perfect mage spies and to train the three geniuses Marco had chosen for him.
One of the geniuses was merely a child, a few decades old and in the second realm. His talent was high but seemed ordinary in Kayden’s eyes. He wasn’t even strong; this was undoubtedly a waste of his services.
Another student was an old man with incredible potential. Kayden had to admit this elder was on par with Atlas in terms of talent. Although in the seventh realm with nine rays, his aura was intimidating. Furthermore, his age seemed far greater than even Kayden’s, and his soul was so ancient that his past lives were dimmed compared to his current one.
Finally, Kayden’s last student was none other than Jormund. A genius mage on the same level as the elder, though slightly superior. Being Marco’s son had granted him immense benefits; his body and soul were meticulously honed. Even so, Kayden managed to elevate him to another level through their sessions.
Each of his students grew in strength at a pace that surpassed other geniuses by dozens of times. Their natural talents were taken to another level, and techniques that had once been complex became increasingly simple. Jormund practically tripled his strength in an extraordinarily short period. While millions of years were insignificant for someone of his caliber, the progress he achieved during this time should have taken billions—or tens of billions—of years.
Kayden’s value was now considered equal to that of an entire zone. His power was being concealed by Marco and Jormund, but they knew this secrecy wouldn’t last forever. Inevitably, the information would leak once people connected the dots regarding their rapid growth. However, this would likely take billions of years.
The spies Kayden produced were also flawless. At first, he spent hours on each individual, but now he barely took seconds to craft a prosthesis in their souls to mask the cold laws. It was a minuscule addition that fed on the person’s own soul. The drawback was a slight mental strain, but it was of no concern to Kayden.
Unbeknownst to either side, Marco was taking his first steps toward conquering multiple zones in one fell swoop. In the universe of war, information was power, and he was already light-years ahead of all his opponents. Not a single mage could match what his empire was achieving, and the best part was that it was all hidden in plain sight.
Kayden’s name practically faded from common memory over time. Only mages above the seventh realm still remembered him; the rest had never lived during his era. However, in certain corners of the universe, his name still echoed in nicknames. Moreover, all the elite mages of the universe knew his story. Kayden was practically a living legend, especially when it became known that gods were after him, yet he had survived.
His strength was unfathomable, but everyone remembered the time Kayden conquered a zone as effortlessly as someone taking a slice of pizza from a box—as if it had always been destined to be his.
Kayden’s progress continued with the Law of Balance. Moreover, he was expanding his sixth sense at a slower but steady rate. By now, Kayden had reached 23 billion kilometers, but he no longer found it useful. He simply needed to master the Law of Balance to advance realms—a process that would take tens of millions more years.
In the blink of an eye, those tens of millions of years passed. The two universes finally began their war—a ceaseless onslaught of destruction and death on both sides, but especially for Kayden’s home universe, which lacked the same proportion of demigods as the mages of the tenth realm.
This situation meant that only those in the top 5 demigods and Atlas were able to maintain their zones, the latter in particular because he was not suffering as strong attacks as the other zones, in addition he was just below the top 5 demigods, apart from these there was no one else capable of rivaling him, in 100 million years he was able to raise his strength to another level, this time he was confident in facing Kayden, but he knew it was not the time to look for his greatest enemy.
