*Boom!* *Duged!* *Wham!* Several explosions were happening across the 8 Jupiter-sized planets who orbited each other.
*Ginnggggggningningning* The unnerving sound of bending metal could be heard by everyone living in those 8 planets.
"Aghhh! The Gravitational Fields are breaking!!!" A Xerclodian alien shouted in a city on the 4th planet of the Octagrad.
"The great one must be angry! O great one! We beg for thine forgiveness! Oh! We are not worthy!" Another Xerclodian got on the floor as everyone on that planet did the same.
"GRAAGGHHH! The Mighty One Beckons! GRAGHHHH!" One of the Xraxx berserkers roared.
"GRAAGGHHH! To Doomgrad! DOOMGRAD! DOOMGRAD! DOOMGRAD!" Another Xraxx shouted as suddenly everyone on the sixth planet started shouting "Doomgrad!" as if rejoicing for their inevitable deaths.
Shouts and screens of terror, joy, regret, and sorrow sounded throughout the different eight planets of the Octagrad that day.
The Octagrad is a structure composing of eight different planets orbiting each other. Any physicist would deny the existence of such a weird and impossible structure as gravity would not permit it.
But such was the power of Zaldros The Destroyer, Doom of Erebos, Galactic Conqueror.
Zaldros had many names and titles as a man of his stature would, but what separates him from the other so-called "rulers" of his time was that he actually had REAL power.
Using his enigmatic god-like powers, Zaldros took 12 races of different aliens hostage.
No, he didn't send his armies to conquer them one by one.
No, he also didn't use his unlimited amassed fortune to buy them.
No... he became their ruler and inevitable God through taking "Their Planet" hostage.
Yes. He was that powerful.
The Octagrad wasn't a structure made from loving and peaceful hippie aliens who suddenly decided one day that it would be nice to unite and love each other as one.
Nope, it was all Zaldros' might that united them.
Anytime one of the alien races denies his bidding, the power, HIS power, that kept the eight planets from crashing into each other would collapse and so the other 11 alien races would attack the one race that defied Zaldros. He didn't even need to lift a finger to fix his problems.
Yes, Zaldros ruled with an iron fist of power and fear.
And the result? No wars, no famine, actually nothing bad ever happened again in those eight planets. As for the warmongering alien races like the Xraxx, they, on the other hand, bowed in front of Zaldros' mighty and divine power none of them could ever copy or even wish to attain as they kept to their selves no longer waging an endless war.
As the years pass the races of the 8 plants overtime realized that Zaldros wasn't the greatest threat they had ever faced but instead he was their greatest blessing since the creation of life and their inevitable evolution.
The result of this was the eight planets were now fiercely loyal to Zaldros. Even IF he did lose all that power most of the people in those eight planets would still probably follow him... Expect maybe the Xraxx since well you know... They're crazy... And maybe the other two planets too, but that is a story for another time as right now the man, the legend we've been talking about was having the crises of his life.
"J-janitor..." Zaldros stuttered as his deep voice suddenly went normal for a second.
"Oh GREAT ONE!" Geneva and Tynon bowed in pure awe and respect.
Zaldros calmed himself down as he asked Geneva with his trademark "deep voice": "Geneva... Are you sure this is the Thesarius..."
[What is this??? Is my lord really asking me or is this a test???] Geneva asked in her mind.
[No no... It is impossible that my omnipotent and omniscient lord doesn't know! What BLASPHEMY am I thinking! It must be a test!] Geneva rationalized.
Unbeknownst to her at that moment Zaldros was thinking: [S-should I not have asked her that? Arghhh! Did I ask something stupid?! What if her respect for me lessens???]
Yes... Indeed it was the sad truth... The Great Zaldros wasn't omniscient!
Zaldros was actually like Bop! Because he also didn't know why he was created or how he existed in the first place!
Zaldros remembered the first time he was born. A great and dazzling light blinded the Erebos as a being was formed out of a star.
The great mass and energy within the star condensed into one single being of infinite density and energy. That being was Zaldros.
The Erebos galaxy of that time was known as "The War-Zone" for there were twelve different technologically advanced races vying for dominion.
But then all that was stopped when a great light shined in the middle of the galaxy and suddenly the eight Home Planets of the fighting races were drawn into a single structure that was now known as the Octagrad.
Zaldros could still remember his thought process back then. He was now a sentient thing floating around the Galaxy and using his power he was able to see that a lot of other sentient beings fighting with his heightened sight that could see trillions of lightyears away.
And so his childish self thought "What if I bring them together? Maybe they won't fight anymore!"
Yes... sadly it was Zaldros who was the Peace-Loving hippie!
And so he used his power over gravity to "unite" the races. But instead what Zaldros saw was even more horrifying as they suddenly began to kill each other until a series of stupid and unfortunate events eventually led to Zaldros being their Supreme Overlord.
The young Zaldros was suddenly named different and scary names such as "World Destroyer" "Eater of Civilizations" "Brutal Warlord of the Xraxx" which incredibly traumatized the young Star Boy.
["O great Zaldros! (Means Overlord in Xerclodian) You are the one who has broken our will and has made us into your slaves! We will do thine benevolent bidding!"] The Xerclodian Elder at that time said to the boy dumping the responsibility of ruling to the boy, forcing Zaldros to rule.
["O Bloody Butcher! Meat Grinder! Flesh Cleaver! Breaker of Bones and of the Xraxx! Your great brutality of forcing us to fight next to each other has truly reached the pinnacle of cruelty! Your Evil has inspired and awed our lowly selves! We bend to your will!"] The Chief Brutalizer of the Xraxx at that time said as he traumatized the young Star Boy.
Seeing no other way, the young Zaldros was forced to use his great powers again to find an answer. And so the only answer he got was that he had to be a Brutal yet Merciful, Cruel yet benevolent, Crazy yet sane genius Warlord-God of the 12 races if he didn't want the crazy and scary 12 races turning on him.
The traumatized young boy could do nothing but accept his role as King since his powers suddenly weakened and he also had some sense of guilt for holding their planets hostage.
Zaldros had used his omnipotent power a total of three times. The first one was to see and know what was going on in the galaxy after his birth. The second time was connecting the eight home planets of the different races into one Octagrad. And the third time was asking his power for help and what to do next.
Now he knew he could only use his omnipotent power one last time and so he asked his power to get him all the knowledge in existence, but instead, his power gave him a sight of the Thesarius also know as The Book of Truths.
Zaldros could still use some of his powers over gravity but not to the extent of overriding his initial god-like power that connected the Octagrad. Therefore even if he wanted to, Zaldros couldn't actually destroy the Octagrad in one swoop.
He could still destroy each planet one by one but it would still take him quite the time and effort. And besides, the Octagrad was his home now. Why would he want to destroy it?
Every time his emotions get too riled up his control over his power somewhat goes awry, thus everyone now misunderstands that his sheer emotions could destroy them all not knowing that the shaking part was already a hundred percent of his power.
Over time the people suddenly stopped saying his name as they thought it invoked "Great Power" therefore only the most distinguished of people could use it. And now it had suddenly become a commodity of great value. Hence Zaldros who knew quite a bit about economic supply and demand thought it would be quite unfair towards the crazier, I mean the more hard-working ones who earned the right to say his name if everyone could say it. So he now had no choice but to be stern in using... his own name.
Poor Zaldros. The sod couldn't even use his own name anymore.
And so started Zaldros' reign as the Supreme Overlord of the Octagrad and his quest for the Thesarius, The Book of Truths.