Chapter 171 - 414-427

Chapter 414 - Nightmare Continues-3

" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...." Tealery's scream resounded as Athan was healing her.

Arcued was also seriously injured and had fainted.

' Did I overdo it? But I had to do that to remove their reliance on me completely.'

Athan thought as he healed the internal mess of Tealery. Her face was full of tears and red eyes, and she would occasionally scream because of the injuries inside her body due to a crimson chaotic power with blue sparks.

Athan had released Voidlings-nano beasts inside her body that were eating away at the chaotic power while he was healing her injuries by properly spreading the power of blood recovery pills that Athan fed her.

Several meters away from them were corpses of the long emerald-horned woman and her two companions.

Athan had forced Arcued and Tealery into a fight with the long-horned woman and her group and " ran " away so they can fight to their fullest.

Naturally, He just hid nearby by using his camouflaged abilities and observed the desperate battle of Arcued and Tealery.

Both of them used their quota of immortal aegis runic ward during the fight to escape death.

He knew that Arcued and Tealery would lose and die if he didn't help them, but he really didn't help them until the crucial moment.

He also didn't help them directly and just interfered in their battle by weakening and confusing enemies slightly. After all, He wanted to test the will and desperation of Arcued and Tealery when they are at death's door.

" I...Haaaah....It hurts...." Tealery gritted her teeth and bore with pain. After all, the pain brought upon by chaotic power is really too much to their body structure.

" W-why did you do that, Athan? " Tealery asked with tears flowing from her eyes.

Athan patted her spoke with a wry smile, " To test both of you. Well, you did good proving to me that you are worth my help. "

Tealery's lips slightly trembled as she didn't know what Athan was talking about. But...she really thought that Athan abandoned them when her life was hanging by a thread that might sever any second.

' Athan...what kind of person are you? ' Tealery thought as she looked at Athan, who was healing her injuries with a helpless and confused expression. She could never predict Athan's actions and always felt a sense of madness from him. He had also changed from when she first saw him and became more overbearing in his ways. But she still wanted to stay with him. She felt that Athan would really go to great heights, and she would be able to see the scenery that even her ancestor didn't see.

' I hope that I passed in whatever way you were testing me because I want to follow you, but it seems that it will be tough for me to pass this test. '

*Crack....Dhruuuuunnnnn....*

Suddenly, The castle started to tremble, and the scepter that was in the left hand of Arcued shined.

At this moment, The cloud hovering above the castle formed giant letters [ Arcued ].

This means that Arcued became the owner of this castle.

Athan looked in the sky and grinned, ' So the clouds stay in the sky even after the castle is conquered? Nice. '

He looked at Tealery after healing her, " You are completely healed but still rest for some time until I heal Arcued. "

After saying that, He walked towards sleeping Arcued. He had already released his nano voidlings inside Arcued's body to cleanse his internals of chaotic power.

After sitting near Arcued, Athan started to patch him up using his voidpulse before feeding him some blood recovery pills.

After half an hour, Arcued was fully healed as he slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at Athan, He grinned, " Did we do good, Emperor? "

Athan wryly smiled and nodded speechlessly before standing up.

Arcued and Tealery also stood up as they knew that Athan was likely going to announce something.

" Now listen, you two. Hold onto this castle until some people come here. Don't try to keep the castle and give the scepter to whoever comes here. Tell them that you will stay here and protect the castle with them and gather points through the castle defending event. " Athan spoke with a faint smile on his face.

Arcued and Tealery were confused as Tealery asked, " Why? Can we earn enough points by completing the castle defending event every day? "

" I don't know, but they should net to a considerable amount since there's an event like this. " Athan spoke as he adopted a thoughtful expression, " There are twenty castles, and I'm sure two groups will join hands to defend their castle against people and monsters from the castle defending event since one group is not enough. "

Pausing there for a second, He continued as he looked at Arcued and Tealery, " Their partnership could be based on rotating the ownership of the castle among them. But you two don't need to do such things. Just give up your ownership and focus on surviving. The only thing you two have to do is to survive this test. "

" Survive? " Tealery asked in confusion.

On the other hand, Arcued trembled slightly with his head facing the ground, and his eyes shined brightly as he thought of something. The trembling on his body was not due to fear but excitement.

Athan grinned as he looked at confused Tealery and nodded, " Yep. Surviving is the key to win in this test. "

" But--"

" Alright, I am going now since I don't want to waste time. Remember, Survival is the key, Hahaha. "

Athan flew away with his loud laughter echoing in the castle.

But Arcued heard that as the laughter of the Demon King.

...

At this moment, Theo was trying his best to survive with the scepter in his hand at a castle.

' Just three more minutes...just tree. ' Theo thought as he flew with lightning cracking all over his body while leaving the trail of lightning whenever he passed.

Speed was his specialty, so he had done his best after finally getting his hands on the scepter in this chaotic battle at the castle.

' Sigh...I could easily become the owner if the holder of the scepter were allowed to run outside. ' Theo thought as he carefully ran around in the castle.

People ran after Theo as they released their order techniques. Some people realized the graveness of the situation and thought of a plan to set up traps in the castle. After all, One can only conquer the castle if they hold the scepter in their hands for twenty minutes while staying inside the castle.

But nobody knew that a deathly storm was approaching here.

Chapter 415 - Terror-1

" Damnit! " Theo cursed as he had no choice but to give up on the scepter to save his life. He even used a quota of immortal aegis runic ward while he was trapped, but he couldn't do anything in just two seconds. The best way was to throw away the scepter while he was invincible for two seconds and save his life.

After all, Only speed can't guarantee him to become the owner of his castle. One might need speed, tricks, and use brains to confuse the crowd and hold the scepter for twenty minutes to become the final winner. A team working together can achieve this feat, but Theo was alone.

Theo sighed a relief as he looked at the group of people running after the scepter, " Sigh...Forty-something people chasing behind you is not a joking matter. And those people...The trap they laid was really frigging tricky. I couldn't sense it fast enough. "

" Indeed. But it was good that you didn't become the owner. "

" Who?! " Theo was shocked and instantly jumped backward before turning around.

" Athan? " He was stunned seeing Athan, ' What the hell? How come I didn't even notice his presence despite standing just one meter away from me? '

Athan grinned as he cracked his fingers and neck, " It's time to hunt. Now, listen, Here's the plan..."

...

...

" H-h-he...is a devil. Somebody, please stop him! "

" Yeah! Contact the envoys and let them stop his rampage! If this goes on, my daughter will die! "

" STOP HIM! STOP HIM! STOP HIM! "

It was chaos outside, and people were shouting with red eyes as they just finished watching another massacre done by Athan.

It's been two months and seven days since the test started, and so many people were killed by Athan.

They've been shouting and protesting about Athan for half a month, and today...There was enough pressure on envoys that they had to answer their call.

Two envoys appeared outside and told them that they would try to stop Athan verbally, but they can't interfere in the test.

But A big shot from a big clan muttered something with red eyes and transmitted his voice to the envoy, " Tell him that If he killed even a single person from now on, Then I will find his family and put them in eternal suffering and humiliation. "

This big shot had a daughter and a son. Both of them participated in the test, but Athan had already killed his daughter. Now, he didn't want to see his son getting killed by Athan.

The envoys looked at each other after hearing the voice transmission of the big shot before they slowly nodded.

On the other hand, Yone and others were also pretending to be angry while feeling helpless internally.

' Seriously, Athan...This is a nightmare. '

Ayurin had a faint idea of Athan's plan after seeing him kill so many people, ' Athan...You already killed three hundred and eight people. Could it be you are trying to...'

When she thought of Athan's goal, Even she felt that the idea of Athan was really absurd.

...

The two envoys returned to the pocket dimension and told them everything about the situation outside—even the threats they received from some big shots that they told them to pass to Athan.

Rukia lazily snorted, "A bunch of useless people. "

The two envoys felt a wave of helplessness, " Rukia...You already know what they want. Anyway, What do we do about this? "

Rukia didn't even look at them and just watched on the screen as Athan just survived his catastrophe, ' That was his second catastrophe in the test. The gap between the two was fifty days; how strange that he experienced a catastrophe in such a short time frame. '

Rezy looked at Rukia, who was not responding to the two envoys and shook her head with a sigh. She then looked at the envoys and spoke in a cold tone, " Go and tell Athan to stop. It's good if he stops, and if he doesn't...then we can't do anything. "

The two envoys nodded, but just before they went, Rukia spoke, " Ask for his reason about his actions. Although I can already guess the reason, I still want to hear it from his mouth. "

*twitter...*

Pausing there, She let out a soft giggle before speaking, " Proceed with the threats too. I want to see his response to those threats. "

...

At this moment, Athan had just finished passing his random catastrophe and was moving in a certain direction, ready to continue with his plan.

But while flying forward, He narrowed his eyes as he saw two people floating in the air straight ahead in his path of flying.

He soon recognized them as the envoys and continued flying forward towards them.

It was pretty obvious that the two envoys were here for him since they specifically floated in front of his direction of flying...Well, That's what the envoys' thought because...

Athan just passed by them by slightly changing his path and continued flying forward.

The envoy looked at each other with a dumbfounded expression, ' What the fuck? '

They both turned around and blocked Athan's path with perspiration on their face, " Kid. Why are you ignoring us? You obviously knew that we have some business with you. "

" But I don't have time for chit-chat as I need to kill more people. Anyway, Since you are here, then it must be something important. So, whatever it is, let's finish it quickly. " Athan stated indifferently.

The first envoy was human, while the second envoy looked like a red-tree man because his body was wooden, but that wood was red.

" Well...The thing is, You should stop killing more people. There were a total of four hundred and sixty-one participants, and now only one hundred and two people are alive. Among the three-hundred and fifty-nine people dead, You alone killed three hundred and eight people. " The human envoy spoke as he looked at Athan carefully.

" So? "

Hearing the cold and indifferent response, Two of them became speechless.

The red-tree man coughed and spoke, " Well, You should know that all those dead people have backing behind them, and you have already offended many major powers from the three continents, your family and the organization behind you will be in danger because of you. "

He paused for a moment to see Athan's expression, but it didn't change one bit, which made him confused, " You do know the consequences of your actions, right? "

Hearing that, Athan's face finally changed but not into one expected by the envoys.

Instead, A wide smile formed on his face before he laughed out loud, " What a joke. I had planned to do this later, but since you are here, then I'll state it right now. "

The two envoys were confused as to what Athan was talking about.

Athan looked around before asking the envoys, " The people outside can see me, right? "

The envoys nodded.

" Can they hear me? "

" Nope. They can't hear you. " The human envoy answered while shaking his head.

" Well, Then make it such that they can hear me and see me clearly because I want to say something to those who are trying to find trouble with me. " Athan stated in an icy voice and cold eyes that matched the devilish smirk on his face.

Chapter 416 - Inbreeding Terror.

" Carve whatever I'm about to say in your thick skull. If you forgot about it by chance, you would find yourself drowning in the river of regret. "

The crowd saw the cold face of Athan on the giant screen with a hint of a carefree smile on his face.

The crowd became incensed seeing him like this.

Right now, The sections on the screen were no more as it returned to full display with only Athan and two envoys visible in it.

The envoys went along with Athan's wish as they were also curious about what Athan is going to say to the crowd.

But they were dumbfounded by his first sentence.

At this moment, Athan continued as he formed a grin on his face, " Are you all angry that I killed many of your relatives here? "

The crowd instantly became rowdy as they hurled curses at Athan. Actually, There was also a screen in front of Athan that envoys conjured so he could also see the crowd.

It turned out that this type of mystical screen was also possible thanks to a certain kind of runic ward.

Athan laughed out loud seeing the crowd's reaction before speaking, " Actually, I am not going to stop killing until there are only fifty people left for a certain reason. Hahaha, I'm sure many of you are eager to find my family and the organization I come from, right? "

The envoys looked at each other in shock, and Rukia, who was eating fruits, laughed out loud after hearing what Athan said.

" Hehehe, I knew it. So that's why he was killing people left and right. " Rukia stated with a giggle leaving her mouth.

Rezy frowned as she also figured it out, ' So He wanted to kill until only fifty people are left...Just so that all his teammates can pass the test regardless of their points. What a guy. '

In the end, A smile formed on her cold face because she was impressed by Athan's resolve to offend almost every powerful organization for his teammates. But that's all; She still felt that what Athan did was beyond reckless as all the close ones to him will be put into danger because of his action.

" I have two families, and both are in the Chaosverse. The organization behind me, more specifically, a special group within it, is my second family. The name of that organization is Youhan Tree, and it's situated in the Dosflame region of the Vaiklaid Continent...Now you might think that you can take your revenge...Hahaha, right? " Athan stated with a grin stretching on his face that turned into a burst of loud laughter at the end.

The Audience, Envoy, Rukia, Rezy, and every single person, became bewildered and dumbfounded. Why would he reveal such information himself?

Is he mad? Did he lose his shit and turn insane? What the actual fuck is going on?

Yone and Zank looked at each other with shock, ' What the hell is Athan doing? '

Ayurin was also speechless while other members of the hidden dragon troupe were sweating buckets.

What the hell is Athan thinking? This is like indirectly giving them a death sentence.

Everyone was silent except for the wicked laugher of Athan and...the slow emergence of black aura from his body.

By now, Everyone was familiar with this black power of Athan that was unstoppable. They saw Athan using this black power in various ways to commence massacres with his bank of techniques and wits.

The black aura gathered behind Athan while he laughed and turned into a void beast with white eyes and creepy white teeth that covered him like a damn blood-thirsty coat. It made people tremble involuntarily.

" Haha-ha-haha..,haha Well..." Athan stopped his laughter before a gleam of black and white flashed in his eyes. He shook his head while smiling, " Actually, You can't do anything to my family. You...shouldn't even be thinking about doing anything to them, even in your fucking dream! "

Athan's voice turned deep, and his eyes glowed very faintly. The void beast behind him and the black flamy aura around him created a terrifying scene to look at.

The beast's eyes also pulsed as if it was alive and growled lowly as if it was hungry and ready to devour everyone.

" If something happened to anyone that is close to me, then..." Athan grinned and cracked his finger as the void beast roared loudly that spread a black aura around him and covered the whole screen.

" ℍ?~~??????~~"

Athan's voice completely changed along with the screen as only a figure akin to a demon lord was visible in it with the terrifying beast's glare at them.

" ? ????ℝ ?? ?? ???ℕ ????....?ℍ?? ?? ?ℕ??ℍ?ℕ? ℍ?ℙℙ?ℕ?? ?? ?ℍ??, ????ℍ ???? ?? ?ℍ? ????? ?? ???ℝ ℂ?ℕℂ?ℝℕ!!

? ???? ?ℝ?ℕ? ? ??? ???ℕ ℍ??? ?ℙ?ℕ ??? ???! ??? ???? ???ℍ ??ℝ ????ℍ ???ℝ? ??ℂ?ℕ?, ??? ??? ??ℕ'? ??? ??! ??? ???? ?????ℝ ???ℝℕ???? ?ℕ ?ℍ? ???? ?ℍ?? ???? ??? ?ℕ? ℝ?ℂ???ℝ ??? ???ℝ? ???.

*Growl*

???? ?ℍ?ℕ ??? ?ℍ?ℕ? ?ℍ?? ??? ???? ??? ?ℕ? ??ℕ???? ?? ℝ??????? ?ℝ?? ?ℍ? ℍ?????ℍ ??ℝ??ℕ? ?ℍ?? ???? ??? ??????, ??? ???? ??ℕ? ???ℝ???? ℙ?ℝ??ℂ??? ??ℕ?, ℝ???? ??ℝ ?ℕ??ℍ?ℝ ℝ??ℕ? ?? ℙ??ℕ???~ℍ?????ℍ~??ℝ??ℕ?...??? ???? ?????ℝ ?ℍ?? ??? ??ℝ ???ℝℕ???. "

*ROARRRRRRRRR....*

At this time, The whole screen was covered in flaming darkness, and even Athan was not visible anymore as only the roar of the beast lingered in the air.

...

In the testing ground, Athan's face turned indifferent from his previous maddening shout that seemed to come from abyssal hell itself.

The envoys had their jaws dropped to the ground, and they didn't doubt a bit that Atan wouldn't hesitate to work on his words in the future.

" Close the screen. Let the crowd sink into the hell brought upon my words. "

The envoys snapped out of their thoughts before one of the envoys waved his hand and deactivated the screen.

Athan nodded towards them and continued moving in a certain direction, which he hadn't explored yet to work on his plan.

The envoys didn't say anything as they got all the answers and just watched Athan leave before they also left.

The crowd had a blank expression on their faces as Athan's terrifying voice and words echoed in their heads. One could see apparent fear in their eyes because they knew....they fucking knew that Athan had the power to do what he said!

They had seen his methods and actions in the last two months to know that he was absolutely a devil that didn't bat an eye to even his own injuries and suffering to meet his goal. It was damn certain that he would pass this test, go to Chaos Monolith Hills and become even more powerful. The way he was unstoppable was for all to see and...

They weren't so blind as to not see his terrifying potential!

Yone, Zank, and other people of Youhan Tree looked at each other with shock in their eyes.

Ayurin wryly shook her head to remove Athan's lingering image from her mind, ' Brilliant. '

...

" Brilliant, Hahaha! " Rukia laughed out loud after watching Athan's performance. The way his expression and demeanor changed when he finished speaking showed his equally terrifying mentality.

After all, She could see what those people outside couldn't see. She saw Athan changing his face instantly after he finished inbreeding his terror into those people.

' It looks like it will become very lively when he comes to Chaos Monolith Hills, hehehe...'

...

There was another person watching this, and he was having second thoughts about his plan to take action against Athan.

That person was none other than Denfroz.

At this moment, All people forgot about revenge. The deep, devilish voice of Athan and the fear they experienced were not fake. They saw with their own eyes that every single person was wiped out by Athan's dark powers with not even their ash remained. They also saw Athan seemingly regrowing the limbs of his teammates with a wave of his hands.

Death will be the least of their concern...Indeed. With his power, Death was really not the most terrifying part. He could let them devour slowly by abyssal darkness and regrow their existence with voidpulse just so they can experience the torment of getting devoured again.

Chapter 417 - Conclusion Of Test. Confused Winners.

" Arcued...It's almost the end of the test. Are you sure about Athan's plan? Is he really going to kill people until there are only fifty people left? "

At this time, Tealery and Arcued were standing in the corner of the castle. There was another group consist of three people in this castle, and they were the owner of this castle since Arcued followed Athan's advice.

" I am not sure, but that should be his plan. He...is doing this for us. He is killing people until only fifty people are left so that we can pass the test regardless of our points. " Athan spoke with shining eyes as he felt a deep respect for Athan.

Tealery covered her mouth in shock because, according to her, it was an absurd plan with unimaginable consequences.

But she was also overjoyed regarding it since Athan really dared to do something so grand for them.

...

At this moment, Athan was moving with Shiromi, whom he found right after he terrorized the people outside.

While on the way, Athan saw a person far away and instantly increased his speed to the fullest.

Seeing that, Shiromi sighed and also increased her speed, ' It looks like Athan is hell-bent on his plan. But how many people are left until he completes his plan? So far, He has killed fifty people with me. '

Shiromi followed after Athan while thinking.

On the other hand, The envoys in the pocket dimension watched with speechlessness as Athan killed the woman after catching up to her.

" There goes the last one. Now can someone go and tell him to stop fucking killing? For god's sake, now only fifty people are alive in the testing ground. "

An envoy who had pink skin and a black horn on her forehead spoke. She had a curvy body, but she looked scary with her wide mouth and sharp, long teeth.

Rukia grinned and waved her hand to stop the envoy who was going to tell Athan to stop killing, " Conclude the test as well. No point in continuing since only fifty people are left. "

...

At this moment, Everyone's card shined, and they started to get enveloped in the strange energy released from the card.

One envoy also made the announcement that the test has been concluded to the crowd, and another envoy informed the participants about it.

Most of the crowd had left with a dead expression on their faces. Only those whose sons, daughters, and relatives survived Athan's onslaught stayed.

They sighed in relief and counted their lucky stars. After experiencing those dreadful three months, they constantly worried for their sons and daughters. They didn't know what to feel now that everything was over.

In the last month, They only prayed that Athan would not encounter them.

The screen was still there, but it showed the fifty winners standing on the ground and the twelve envoys facing them.

Rukia stepped forward with a smile as she glanced at Athan for a moment before speaking; her voice spread far and wide, " Congratulations, You are the winners. You will be coming with us to Chaos Monolith Hills after three hours. You can spend some time here with your family and close ones because you won't be returning here for at least five years. You might even die there before five years are up, so...go and spend some time with your families. "

The winners were bewildered. Why would she say it as they will most likely going to die? What the fuck?

All of them were still confused as to why the test was concluded before the three months. There were still some days left before the deadline.

One of the winners raised his hands with hesitation on his face.

" Yes, Mr. Potato? " Rukia spoke with a grin as she pointed to him with her finger in gun-shooting form.

" Pff..."

Everyone laughed at this as the tense atmosphere was somewhat lifted, but the description was pretty accurate as the man looked fat like a potato and had light brownish skin. He also had a thick brown tail.

Mr. Potato's face turned dark brown, but he still coughed and asked, " Why did the test conclude early? I...I actually felt that I wouldn't be able to pass the test with my strength, so I was trying to find a hidden method while hiding from others and roaming. I finally found something like that today, but surprisingly, The test was concluded, and I was included as one of the winners. What's going on? "

The envoys looked at each other with a wry expression on their faces.

On the other hand, Rukia chuckled and glanced at Athan before speaking, "A straightforward answer to your question. The test was concluded early, and you all became winners because...one person killed more than three hundred and fifty people. This means that you fifty are the final survivors in this test, so...hahaha, You all passed regardless of your points. "

*uproar..*

Everyone became shocked while Tealery, Arcued, Sen, Shiromi, and Theo looked at Athan with a weird gaze because they knew that it was Athan who pulled out that nightmare.

...

" Alright. I'm sending all of you out. We will leave after three hours. "

Rez coldly spoke as she waved her hands to do something as the black cards were once again activated that released strange energy and enveloped everyone before they disappeared and appeared outside.

The crowd was watching everything, so they looked around and found fifty winners appearing on the ground in the east direction.

" Well then, Athan. I'll go meet my father. "

Theo spoke as he saluted Athan with two fingers with a smile and went towards his father.

All other participants also left, but the crowd's gaze went to Athan, and they had evident fear in their eyes.

Athan, Sen, Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued also walked towards Ayurin, Yone, and others who were coming towards them with a smile.

But the shock they felt still didn't leave their eyes.

At this moment, The winners also noticed the gaze of their families directed Athan and asked about it.

" What happened, Father? Why are you looking at him like that? "

" Cough...Well, Be sure to get on his good side after going to Chaos Monolith Hills. Even if you don't want to do that, Never become his enemy. Understood? NEVER. "

" Daughter...I hate to say this, but...If he becomes your man, then you will live a grand life. Try to get him to like you after going to Chaos Monolith Hills. "

" What are you saying, Mother? Humph. You forget that I am also a genius with exceptional essence chaos physique. Wait...you saying such things means that is he the one who killed-"

" Indeed. "

" But He had courted his death by offending so many peoples. "

Chapter 418 - Where Is The Chaos Monolith Hills?

" Nay...He hasn't courted his death but...sigh.You were inside, so you don't know what he did, have ever wondered how he was able to kill that many people in less than three months? Did ever wonder why the news about his killing didn't spread around? He was like an unstoppable force of nature.

Not a single person managed to escape his grasp and that's why the news of a devil like him didn't spread around in the testing ground. He also told the crowd...sigh forget it. I can still feel his malevolent display and that terrifying voice. Anyway, Just don't get on his bad side after going to Chaos Monolith Hills. "

...

Talks like this were happening in the crowd while Athan, Shiromi, Sen, Tealery, and Arcued met up with Ayurin, Yone, and the group as they talked to each other.

After Ayurin put up a barrier, none of the people could see or hear them.

" Damn, Athan. You were really scary there. When did you become like that? Hahaha. "

Athan just faintly smiled but didn't say anything. Instead, He took out two pills from his void region.

" Here is the pill I borrowed from you with interest. " Athan grinned as he waved his hand to let the pills float towards Ayurin.

Ayurin was visibly shocked to see the pills, ' How is this possible? I'm sure he directly went to testing grounds from CPD. What's going on? '

She looked at Athan deeply for a moment before smiling, " It seems like there's no end to your miracles. "

...

Everyone talked for three hours before finally it was time to leave.

The twelve envoys appeared in the sky along with a shining bridge that seemed to appear out of nowhere.

There was a giant round hole in the space, and one could see a bridge coming out of it. The bridge extended towards the ground from the giant round hole that displayed another scenery from the other side of the bridge. It was truly a mystical sight.

There was also another person floating near the bridge beside the envoys from Chaos Monolith Hills. From the symbol on his clothes, He was a person from Great Bridgade Palace.

" Proceed to the bridge, Everyone. It's time to see a bigger, vaster world and expand your horizons. " Rukia stated with a grin as her voice reverberated everywhere.

" Yeahhhhhhhhh! "

" Let's Goooooooo..."

All the winners who passed cheered loudly with excited faces. After all, They are going to one of the ancient powers of the Chaosverse that rarely held their recruitment process like this, where they took in many people at once.

Sen, Athan, Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued bid farewell before walking towards the bridge along with other winners.

The ten envoys remained for a while to announce and give the actual rewards that will be going towards the organizations and families of the fifty winners.

But those were of no concern to Athan and others as they walked over on the bridge and appeared at the other side filled with entirely different atmosphere and scenery.

There was a man and a woman waiting at the other side of the bridge whose clothes as the symbol of Chaos Monolith Hills.

Both looked like normal humans with no additional features.

Seeing the fifty winners, The man sighed a relief, " Finally, the last batch is also here. Now, we can finally return. "

The woman nodded with a wry smile as both of them waited for the fifty winners to move out from the bridge before finally speaking with a faint smile, " How are you feeling? After eventually joining the so-called ancient power of the Chaosverse? "

The fifty winners looked at each other while Athan just looked at the scenery.

Currently, They were in the vast grassy land with mountains, rivers, jungles, and ponds.

There were no buildings to be seen anywhere on the ground that indicated that they arrived at an ancient organization.

But it was an entirely different matter in the sky. Several majestic mountains and giant ancient manors, castles, pavilions were floating far away in the sky that looked like tiny dots when seeing from the ground. It was another world entirely far away in the sky.

That's why none of the winners noticed them even though they looked in the sky.

One of the winners questioned with confusion, " Where is the Chaos Monolith Hills? "

" Hello, Miss. My name is Midrit Nimpere. You are truly beautiful, and I have fallen for you. Would you mind spending some time with me to get to know each other? "

What the hell? Thought the winners as they looked at the handsome man with dark green hair.

Sen, Tealery, and Shiromi speechlessly exchanged a glance with the expression that said, ' I knew it. '

At first, They were surprised to see colorful clowns of the Nimpere clan among the winners, and when they saw the beautiful lady at the end of the bridge, They somewhat guessed that those clowns would really start their usual antics.

" That's unfair, Eldest. We promised that we would work together to find our life partners. Look, Miss. We four brothers are handsome and talented. You can spend a month or ten days with each of us and select one of us. After that...hehe..." The dark red-haired clown blushed at the end before continuing, " After that, you can introduce your fellow girl-friends to us and help the remaining brothers find their life partners. "

The man and woman from the Chaos Monolith Hills looked at each other with speechlessness.

The lady coughed before smiling wryly, " Sorry to break your young hearts, but the person beside me is my life part-"

" Sister! I am very sorry about my two stupid brothers. They are always hasty about such things and can't control themselves when they see someone beautiful. " The dark blond hair, Gidrit kneeled on the ground before speaking loudly.

Midrit and Ridrit's faces turned white as they also kneeled on the ground, " We are deeply sorry, dear sister and brother. Please forgive our stupidity. "

The man rubbed his temples and thought, ' What the hell is this drama? There was also a weird group in the previous batch a month ago, and now these clowns in this batch...Sigh. '

" Jiya, Let's finish our work here and return. "

Jiya nodded as she smiled wryly and waved her right hand in the air. Instantly, A bunch of scrolls appeared that floated in front of her.

" Alright. Now listen. Among the ancient organizations, the Chaos Monolith Hills is one of the normal ones in a way that it's an all-rounder. But surviving here is one of the toughest among other ancient organizations. "

After saying that, She once again waved her hand as the scroll flew towards the winners.

Chapter 419 - Cloud Of Chaos

" The Chaos Monolith Hill is a big organization, but...It is situated in the sky up there. " Jiya spoke with a smile as she pointed her finger at the sky.

The winners looked in the sky while narrowing their eyes, but they couldn't see anything.

" The scrolls contain a unique flying order technique that is upgradable. The current version in your hand is the common version. What you have to do is to learn the flying order technique and fly up there. "

The man spoke as he summoned a golden cloud with red sparks in front of him before jumping on it.

Jiya smiled and also summoned a cloud and jumped on it, but her cloud was light green with white sparks in it.

" But can't we use our own flying technique to reach there? "

One of the winners questioned.

But Jiya and Viker shook their heads. Viker grinned as he flew up while riding on the cloud, " You can't. You are free to try, but you won't be able to reach the Chaos Monolith Hills with your own flying methods. Though my personal suggestion is that you shouldn't waste time doing that. "

Jiya nodded as she also spoke with a smile, " He is right. The faster you learn the order technique in the scroll and reach up there, the better it will be for you. As they say, Early birds get the better worms while the latecomers get the rotten ones. So good luck and hurry up. "

Both of them then flew up in the sky while riding on their respective clouds, leaving the winners dumbfounded.

" Let's not waste any time and start training. " Athan stated before he began to walk.

Shiromi, Sen, Tealery, Arcued, and Theo followed him as they walked near a giant tree and sat down below it.

They opened their scrolls and used their soul sense in it to start comprehending and grasping the sets of the order of the technique.

Other winners also didn't waste any time and started training. But some wanted to test their luck and flew in the sky using their own flying order techniques.

But they were bound to be disappointed and filled with regret later.

Others didn't try to fly up using their current flying techniques because of the way those two spoke confidently; It was pretty clear that they wouldn't be able to reach their destination using their own flying technique.

It was not about their flying order techniques being weaker than it, but this place appeared unique, especially sky that was as clear as an ordinary sky filled with normal clouds.

It was general knowledge that the skies of each region in Chaosverse are mystical and filled with strange chaos phenomenons.

But the sky here was normal, which was strange. So it was likely that there were some restrictions in the sky, and one would need to use the so-called unique flying order technique given to them to reach the destination far away in the sky.

Many people figured it out, so they didn't waste their time trying out their luck and started training.

They opened the scroll and saw that the technique was the real deal with as much complexity as 5-star order techniques, so there was really no need to fool the winners about this simple test.

They did throw a bait that those who reach early up there will get better benefits, so some wanted to try reaching there using their own flying techniques, but...well, One can only as that they took the bait.

Athan saw that the name of this technique was described as Cloud of Chaos.

He then started comprehending the order of this technique after reading its introduction.

To use this technique, one just needed to comprehend the order in the scroll and learn to use the sets of order forces inscribed in the scroll. There weren't any sub-levels of mastery in the techniques: Just one order and its sets of order forces. It looked similar to Four Stances of Destructions, but That scroll had four orders inscribed in it for the four stances, while there is only one order in this scroll of Cloud of Chaos.

But The duo mentioned that this technique is upgradable, so there will be subsequent scrolls with additional order and sets of order forces that upgrade the technique in some unique way.

...

" How long do you think they will take to master the technique and reach up there? " Jiya asked while riding the cloud as she and Viker continued to move up in the sky.

" Same as usual. Fifteen to twenty days. I don't think there will be another monstrous genius like the one we saw in the previous batch. He managed to master the technique in just nine days. " Viker stated with a bored face.

Jiya shook her head with a smile seeing Viker like that, " It looks like you've been really bored while staying down there. Anyway, We'll be getting our reward after going up there and take up some not so dangerous tasks to relieve our boredom. "

" Sigh...Let's hope there are easy ones in the first place. Last time I almost died due to a group task taken up by our faction leader. This time, we will take a duo task. " Viker sighed.

" Alright, Honey. "

...

Two hours passed since Athan and others started comprehending the order technique.

But Athan suddenly opened his eyes and frowned.

' Those annoying catastrophes. Isn't there a way to pass them all at once and be done with my initial phase?...'

Athan stood up while complaining internally and moved far away from the group.

Inside his void region, The Catastrophe codex was bubbling with a bright orange aura with dark blue sparks.

Outside...chaotic mist gathered on top of Athan before countless small orange bee-like creatures with dark blue patterns on them appeared from the mist and started attacking Athan.

Athan had an indifferent expression on his face as he just covered himself with abyssal darkness since he wanted to be done with this early.

The bee-like chaotic turned poof as soon as they touched the abyssal darkness around his body.

This went on for fifteen minutes before the mist finally cleared up after releasing bright orange energy with dark blue sparks.

This mystical energy went towards his Orderic Codex and entered inside the bean before the vine made slight progression.

Now the whole lower body till waist of a humanoid body was visible on top of the tiny bean.

After he was done, Athan went back to the group before continuing his training.

Chapter 420 - Breaking Records-1

After Athan continued with his training, He opened his eyes once again after training for two hours.

He stood up and stretched his limbs before he grinned and snapped his finger.

*shuuuuuuaaaaa....*

A white cloud started to materialize in front of him.

After three seconds, It became a complete one-meter radius big fluffy cloud before Athan jumped on it.

Shiromi, Sen, Tealery, Theo, and others noticed the aura of order force as they opened their eyes. But after seeing Athan standing on top of the cloud and floating in the air, Their jaws proceeded to drop to the ground.

' What the damn hell? ' Theo was bewildered. It's been only four hours since they started training, and...and Athan already fucking learned the technique?

Arcued's eyes burned with worship and pride as he spoke, " As expected of your majesty. I shall not lose your face and will try my best to learn this technique as soon as possible. "

He then closed his eyes and started training. As Athan's most loyal subject, friend, henchman, and whatever else he believed himself to be, He must try his best to keep up with Athan.

" Are you kidding me? Eldest, LOOK! That pre-..cough, that gentleman already learned the technique. Gaaahhh, He already has looks and is talented too. I feel like crying. "

" We shall not lose hope, second brother. Stay strong. "

" Sigh...I just hope that he doesn't grab all the fairies of Chaos Monolith Hills. "

" Don't worry, Third. He doesn't seem like a pervert or lecher type. We still have hope. "

Other people noticed the commotion as they also opened their eyes and were shocked to see that Athan already learned the technique.

Sen, Tealery, and Shiromi wryly smiled because they knew that Athan would do it soon. After all, They had experienced his monstrous comprehension ability.

" I'll be going up there first. I want you all to be the next ones after me to learn the technique and reach up there. " Athan directly flew up after leaving those plain but provocative words.

Shiromi, Tealery, Sen, and Theo's eyes also burned with determination as they resumed their training.

...

Athan flew straight to the top while riding on the white cloud.

After an hour of continuous flying, He frowned because he still couldn't see anything in the sky.

The speed of flying was impressively as fast as the speed of sound, but it seems that the destination was still far ahead in the sky.

One good thing was that the consumption of order force to maintain the cloud was not that high, so there was no need to worry about suddenly running out of order force. Though even if such a case occurred, Athan had tons of low-grade and mid-grade chaos stones inside his void region.

After another hour of flying, Athan could finally see some things in this sky that seemed to have no end.

He could see a blanket of cloud, but there were gaps in this vast blanket of cloud, and he could see rough outlines of buildings from those gaps.

' Finally, something...'

...

Finally, After another hour of flying, He could see a whole new world in the sky.

" This...is fantastic. "

He passed through the blanket of cloud and saw a whole new world. There were majestic mountain ranges, big castles, manors, Pavilions, waterfalls, and many other things that seemed to span across this land of cloud.

Everything was situated above this mystical white blanket of cloud.

" Oh...Are you perhaps one of the people from the latest batch? "

Athan was slightly shocked because the voice came from behind, but he didn't notice any presence behind him.

He turned around only to become even more surprised.

A cloud man with white crystal eyes and teeth was floating in front of him.

He didn't have legs but appeared like a genie from the lamp.

Athan nodded his head to answer the question of this strange being.

Seeing Athan nodding his head, The cloud man appeared shocked as he started to size up Athan, " That's impressive, lad. It's been only several hours since I was notified that more people would be coming here. But here you are after just a few hours. It looks like your comprehensive ability is off the charts compared to the people of your level. Hahaha. "

" By the way, you can call me Cliggy. Since you are here, then let's go towards the main avenue for the new recruiters. I bet those other young lads will be surprised to see someone from the latest batch appearing here so fast. "

Cliggy started floating, and Athan silently followed while looking around.

There were no buildings near, but there was a mountain range to his far left side on the cloud and there seem to be buildings on those mountain ranges.

Cliggy and Athan were moving deeper into this mystical land of Chaos Monolith Hills.

Athan also saw several people flying and moving from one place to another on those giant mountains far away.

Cliggy took Athan to a big palace that also had a giant board outside with the words { Newbie Management Palace } written on it.

" Alright. Here we are. Now go into that palace. You will be registered, get a mark of Chaos Monolith and other shits. Hahaha. My only work is to guide you here, and since you are here so fast, you will get some good benefits. "

*poof*

After saying that, Cliggy turned poof. It seems like he returned to the blanket of clouds below Athan's feet.

Athan walked the wide stairs to the big gates of the palace. There were no guards outside of the palace gates, so he just pushed the gates, and they opened without any sound.

The scene inside the palace appeared a bit lively as twenty-something people were walking here and there.

There were also some people standing at the big round desk in the middle of the hall.

Athan saw a lady approaching him with a doubtful face. She seems to be the staff of this place because she and the people behind the desk wore the same type of clothes with little difference.

Chapter 421 - Breaking Records-2

" Who might be you, young gentleman? "

Athan slightly frowned but still answered, " You can call me Athan. I just arrived here after learning the Cloud of Chaos order technique. In your words, I am from the latest batch of recruits. "

" Ahh!... Wait seriously? " The lady had elves ear but had orange hair, and her eyes went wide because she first believed Athan but then expressed her doubt.

" If I remember correctly. It's been just four hours since the latest batch arrived here. Are you saying you learned the technique in four hours? "

Athan indifferently nodded his head while thinking, ' So long-winded. '

Mitra looked at Athan for a moment before stretching her hands in front of him, " Show me your black card. "

Athan gave her the black card, and when she grabbed it and looked at it, She was shocked and looked at Athan, " You are not lying. "

" What's going on, Mitra? "

Athan saw a man walking towards them who also wore clothes similar to the staff here.

Mitra turned around with a wry smile, " Jace, It looks like someone from the latest batch is already here. Hehe, Very unexpected. We didn't even prepare a proper guide outside yet. "

Jace raised his eyebrows in a surprised manner after hearing her before looking at Athan.

" Well, since he is here, then let's register him. Considering his speed of coming here, He had broken the previous record. " Jace spoke with a smile as he gestured Athan to follow him.

Mitra, Jace, and Athan walked towards the desk.

" Once we finish your registration here, we will move to the basic assessment phase. " Jace spoke as he walked behind the desk before sitting on the chair. He picked up a weird-looking ink brush before pointing at the slate on the table. Weird because there didn't seem to be any ink on the brush nor anywhere on the table.

" First question, Your name. Remember, this name will be your official name here. Your records from now on will be saved under this name. "

Athan nodded before answering, " Athan Void. "

" Your age? "

" Seven and a half years. "

*crack...*

Jace mistakenly put too much pressure on the desk after hearing the answer of Athan before he and Mitra both looked at him with intense doubt.

" Did you just say seven and a half years or seventeen? or maybe Seventy? " Mitra asked with confusion on her face.

Athan was speechless at their reaction. Though he still repeated with a wry smile, " It's been seven years and six months approx since I became Novice order apprentice with a Tier-1 order base. "

" A-alright. I'll write it as seven years and six months. I hope you tell the truth because it will be clear how old you are once we begin the assessment phase. " Jace looked deeply at Athan before speaking. He then proceeded to register his age, as stated by Athan.

Athan's lips twitched slightly, but he didn't care, ' It looks like reaching this stage in just seven years is indeed a bit overkill. '

" Third question, Have you been walking on the path of any order occupation? Or are you trying to learn any? "

" Nope. I haven't grasped any and didn't try to learn any too. "

Hearing that, Mitra and Jace sighed a relief.

" Giggles...It would be weird if you learned any order occupation with your current age. " Mitra chuckled before speaking.

" Alright. Now we'll go to the place where you will receive a basic assessment. " Mitra spoke with a smile as she led Athan towards the left corridor of this vast hall.

While walking, Mitra told Athan about the record-breaking feat. The previous record was learning the Order of Cloud in three days. But since Athan had broken the record, He will have his name written in the record-breaking hall.

" That's all? Just name written in the record-breaking hall? Are there any benefits about that, or is it just for show? " Athan asked with doubt.

Mitra smiled before speaking, " Of course there are benefits. Actually, each record-breaking feat has its own benefits. In your case, You broke the record of learning the Cloud of Chaos fastest. So, you will receive a complete manual of Cloud of Chaos. "

" Oh..." Athan nodded plainly.

Mitra stopped walking and looked at Athan with a serious expression, " Hey, You must be thinking that the reward doesn't seem that impressive for a record-breaking feat, right? "

" Eh...No, Of cour-" Before Athan could finish his sentence with a speechless expression, Mitra started speaking in a serious voice.

" Humph, Listen. The Cloud of chaos is a very powerful and versatile flying order technique. Usually, You would need to spend a fortune to buy the subsequent scrolls of this technique one by one. At its highest stage, This technique is considered a king-rank technique. For your information, Only fourteen people here have this technique at its highest level. Now, do you understand how great of a benefit achieving that record-breaking feat? "

" Yeah yeah, I got it. Now let's continue with our main objective. " Athan nodded with a tired smile.

Mitra pouted and frowned, " Your expression tells that you are not thrilled or interested in the reward you are going to it. This tells others how ignorant one can be. You are ignoring it because you haven't seen its true power or know its value. That's how frog in the well thi--"

" I know! I know that king-rank techniques are awesome, fabulous, and mind-blowing. Now can we continue moving already? " Athan interrupted her with a what the fuck expression on his face.

' What a pain in the ass. '

...

Both of them passed the corridor before appearing in another hall. This hall had round internal with many doors on its walls with the same distance to each other.

Mitra led Athan to the nearest room before both of them entered inside.

The room was big with several weird things in it.

Mitra first went to the table that had a square stone placed on it. The stone was glowing white.

" First, We will determine the strength and rank of your soul and...your age. "

Chapter 422 - Breaking Records-3

" Put your hand on this stone and release your soul energy into it. "

Hearing that, Athan looked at the stone for a moment before stretching his hand and putting it on the stone.

' Will it work if I use my usual soul energy? Never mind, I don't want to take the risk since If I used my usual soul energy, It might just break or disintegrate this stone. ' Thought Athan as he closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again.

In that short moment, He had completely changed his soul.

Inside his void region, His soul became golden instead of its usual black body with a white border and white organs inside the soul.

His current soul looked exactly like the soul that a normal person would have.

This is another ability he got after coming out of the cacoon. He could just turn his soul into a normal soul with normal soul energy. As for how it happened, Well...It's related to his soul.

Just like how the void outfit and mask appeared on his body while he was in the cacoon. He didn't create them, but they just appeared. However, he was sure that his thoughts had an influence on that transformation.

To him...It feels like he is slowly becoming an owner of something related to his void powers, and It is shaping to become suitable to him according to his will.

There was also another transformation of his body where patterns of black and white appear all over his body. He didn't try to test it, but he thought it would be best to do it when his life is truly threatened.

His current soul seems like a normal soul, and he can release normal soul energy too.

When he found out about this ability and the strange connection to a certain place he felt after coming out of cacoon, He felt that it was related to how his original soul was devoured before it mutated to his current state, and how he grasped this Abyssal void of Fabrication power.

Maybe...from the strange connection, He gained this ability to transform his soul to a normal soul. But this was just its outer shell in a way.

He released the soul energy from his current " normal " soul that looked just like what other normal people would have and sent it towards the white stone.

Mitra can sense this soul energy, and it appears normal to her as well. But if Athan wants to, He can instantly transform this supposed normal soul energy into his usual soul energy that is a mix of black and white. Same with his soul.

' Now, let's see how powerful my soul is. ' Athan thought while looking at the reaction of the white stone.

The white stone shined, and something started to appear on top of it.

Mitra looked at the number on the stone and muttered in a surprised tone, " So He was not lying. He is really seven years old. "

She then looked at the other words on the stone and spoke in an even more surprised manner, " 16 soul points! Damn, That's high for someone who has just broken through to Orderic Catastrophe. Monster...This is even a bit higher than those who have a special soul physique. "

Athan creased his brows and asked, " What soul points? "

" Ahh...My bad, I forgot to tell you about it. This white stone tests the power of your soul and the intensity of its soul energy. According to the soul stone, Your soul power is 16 points. That means that your soul rank is Wanderer-rank. "

" Wanderer-rank? Hmmm..." Athan muttered as he looked at the white stone.

Mitra chuckled and nodded, " Hehehe, Yep. You are still a wanderer of Chaosverse. Not powerful enough to gain a solid foothold and title to yourself. But it's pretty good. Usually, The people with an ordinary soul have five soul points after breaking through to Orderic Catastrophe, and people with unique soul physique have slightly higher soul points. "

Mitra then told more things to Athan regarding soul ranks.

Basically, Initer Soul Rank = 5 soul points to 10 soul points.

Wanderer Soul-Rank = 11 points to 100 soul points.

Scholar Soul-Rank = 101 soul points to 500 soul points.

" What is above Scholar soul-rank? " Athan asked with slight curiosity. It seems that the gap of soul points between the next ranks increases a lot.

" Hehehe, If you want to know that, then you have to go to Upper Chaosverse. Now let's assess your body. " Mitra spoke as she gestured Athan to stand in front of a black rectangle monolith.

Athan stood in front of the two-meter tall black rectangle monolith before looking at Mitra, " What now? "

" Punch the monolith with your full physical strength. Don't use order or chaos force or any other kind of power. "

Athan turned his face towards the monolith and stretched his right hand backward before releasing a punch.

...Not even a faint sound was produced, but the monolith shined as some design appeared on it.

" Ehh...Your body strength is really weak. Weird. Your soul is stronger despite not having a special soul physique, while your body is weaker than ordinary people who just broke threads to the orderic catastrophe. " Mitra squeaked in confusion after seeing the result.

The design on the monolith was none other than a blue flower with ten petals.

But Athan was not surprised because he had yet to comprehend the last order level of the Heavenly Stream Pressure. He had paused on strengthening his body because he needed to break through to the orderic catastrophe to participant in the test of Chaos Monolith Hills.

" Athan. " Mitra's face turned serious as she called out to Athan.

Seeing her face like that, Athan had a bad premonition.

" Listen well...."

' Shit...Here we go again. '

" Athan, you should not neglect to strengthen your body because when you enter the body catastrophe phase, Your physical body will suffer to the limit, and if you fail to withstand the catastrophe with your body, you will die. "

" After everything is over when you complete your full newbie event; the first thing you should do is to focus on your body training. "

' Sigh...'

Chapter 423 - [Bonus ] Breaking Records-4

" Now, let's check your order base and then measure your SBP. " Mitra spoke as she went to another table in the room and told Athan to use his order force and chaos force on the square white slate lying on the table.

Athan did as told as he didn't even ask what means SBP and waited for her to explain it.

The white slate shined a bit after he used his order force and chaos force into the white slate.

Mitra looked at the white slate and was shocked. Looking at Athan, she spoke, " Your order edi- "

" It's not formed yet. " Athan interrupted her and spoke. His Order Eidos was not created after his first catastrophe.

Mitra thoughtfully nodded as she spoke, " Makes sense. You broke through too fast, In just seven and a half years. Anyway, there are cases where if people break through to orderic catastrophe fast, They will have to pass more catastrophe, and they won't have their Order Eidos developed directly. "

After that, She moved towards the most strange thing in the room. It was a mystical container with golden clouds swirling inside. The container seems to be made from transparent crystal material.

There was a table beside this container and on it was a plain black round token.

As she picked up the token, She asked, " By the way, I have never heard of someone breaking through to Orderic Catastrophe in seven odd years. So, would you mind telling me the state of your orderic codex after you broke through? Normally, Those who breakthrough have rough outlines of their Order Eidos. "

" A bean. There was only a tiny bean in my orderic codex. " Athan answered with a deadpan expression.

" Pff....hahaha, Serves you right for progressing too fast. I guess it will take longer for you to progress in orderic catastrophe than other people. " Mitra laughed at the misfortune of Athan before giving the black token to him.

Athan took the token from her with a speechless face.

" Now, we will check your SBP. Go into that crystal container. " Mitra spoke as she pointed at the container with golden sparky clouds swirling inside it.

" There's no door. How do I go in? "

Mitra grinned and spoke, " Don't worry. You will phase through the crystal. "

Athan looked at the container before moving towards it, and indeed, He directly passed through the crystal. The feeling he got as he passed through this strange crystal was that of sticky rubber.

' Strange crystal material. ' Thought Athan before he turned around and looked at Mitra with the expression that said [ What now? ]

Mitra smiled and spoke, " Now infuse your soul energy into the black token to create your SBP token. Oh...By the way, SBP means Superficial Battle Power. Your battle power will be displayed in the token after it is measured. It will be used as a reference when you accept tasks and missions. Just like contact cards, That black token and those golden sparky clouds are also a product of Boundless Pavilion. You will see their mystical uses soon. "

Athan looked at the plain black token and the clouds swirling around him with slight curiosity, ' Gauging superficial battle power, huh..'

He infused soul energy into the black token, and instantly, the token revealed golden patterns from its black surface.

The golden sparky clouds around him suddenly tried to enter inside him. But due to his void outfit, They couldn't go in.

" Stop blocking them from entering. Let them do their work. " Mitra spoke with a weird face that showed slight confusion, ' He shouldn't be able to block that energy from entering him though....strange. '

Athan was going to do it, but this Mitra just can't shut up for a second. He deactivated the power of his outfit that blocks all external things from entering inside him, and the golden sparky clouds readily disappeared into his body.

Seeing that, Mitra walked near the container and spoke, " The golden cloud sparky energy should be roaming inside your body. Let it roam for a while to measure your physical body strength. "

Athan nodded as he didn't do anything and just waited. After a while, the golden sparky energy released from his body and entered inside the token.

At this moment, Something appeared on the token.

A border with sword patterns appeared on the token with golden numbers inside it.

' 520? '

" Hey, Athan. Could you show me your token? "

Athan showed her the token, and Mitra looked at it with narrowed eyes and nodded, " Good. Now come out. We still need to continue to measure your superficial battler power since this just displays your body strength. "

After Athan came out from the strange crystal container, Mitra spoke as she moved towards a door in the room, " Now we will go into a pocket space dimension. Follow me. "

Mitra opened the door inside the room, but instead of appearing in another room, They appeared in a vast grassy plain. A clear sky, fresh air, small hills, and ponds. There were no large trees or big mountains in this land covered with small grass.

But both Mitra and Athan's attention was attracted towards their left, where a man who looked to be in his twenties just used a powerful order technique in the sky.

A roaring flaming tiger with four wings materialized in the sky before releasing a red and blue blast from its mouth. The whole tiger was red and blue with two meters long and three meters tall in size.

After releasing the blast from its mouth, The tiger roared and started to inflate like a balloon before blasting with a boom.

*BOOOOOM....*

" What are you doing here, Yenly? " Mitra shouted while looking in the direction of the two men standing two hundred meters away from them.

The man who wore similar clothes to Mitra looked at Mitra before speaking with a wry smile, " I am here to guide this new kid. Hill master Xander picked him up from somewhere and told me to complete his newbie guide. Anyway, What's up with you? The new batch of recruits should have arrived today, so what are you doing here instead of setting up the guide outside? "

He was far away, but his voice traveled to Mitra and Athan as if guided by the wind.

Chapter 424 - Breaking Records-5

Mitra flew towards Yenly and told Athan to follow her, who had a speechless expression on his face as he thought, ' This woman can't focus on doing one thing. '

After arriving there, Mitra spoke with a wry smile while pointing at Athan, " This is Athan. A newbie from the latest batch of recruits. "

Athan watched with a deadpan expression as the same shit repeated. The shock of Yenly after finding that Athan comprehended the cloud of chaos this fast, how he broke the record, his age, and such things.

After talking for a while with Mitra and Athan, Yenly waved his right hand as Athan noticed that one of the rings on his finger shined a bit.

Right after that, A door materialized in front of him that looked similar to the door from which Athan and Mitra arrived here.

After the two were gone, Mitra said to Athan, " Alright. Now we'll continue. First, once again infuse your soul energy into the battle power token. Now that the golden sparky energy entered inside the token to activate it. We can fully measure your superficial battle power. "

Athan infused his soul energy into the token, which suddenly produced the golden sparky energy.

This energy turned into a giant fifty-square-meter curtain in front of him. He also felt a simple connection with this energy that allowed him to manipulate it.

" You can feel the connection, right? Since you infused your soul energy inside it, You can control this energy. Now use your strongest offensive order technique towards this golden curtain. If your attack is even bigger in appearance than this fifty-meter big curtain, then you can make the curtain even bigger to make sure that your order technique fully hits this curtain. " Mitra spoke as she pointed at the golden curtain.

Athan nodded as he started thinking, ' My strongest offensive order technique? Hmmm...I'll use Point Zero Bombardment at its full power by consuming all of my order techniques. That should be my strongest offensive order technique. '

Athan pointed his finger at the curtain before snapping it.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM...*

After this loud blast of using the Point Zero Bombardment at full power, The numbers inside the sword patterns frame on the token changed.

It went from 520 to 1460.

The golden sparky curtain was scattered a bit after the attack of Point Zero Bombardment, but it re-arranged rapidly.

" Good. Now use your soul order technique on the curtain. If you don't have any soul order technique, then simply use a soul attack with your soul energy. Though I doubt you would have learned a real soul order technique since you just broke through to orderic catastrophe. " Mitra spoke after seeing that the numbers on token changed.

' Soul order technique? I think I had one. But it's more like a normal soul technique without any order set behind it. ' Athan thought as he used a relatively simple soul order technique that just turns soul energy into spikes to attack someone.

Athan attack the curtain with Soul Stingers as the numbers on the token changed once again.

It went from 1460 to 2670—a large leap.

Athan showed the token to Mitra before she could ask.

Seeing the numbers, Mitra nodded with a smile, " As expected, Your soul power is quite high. Anyway, So your current battle power is 2670 CW. CW means chaos warrior. On the token, The numbers are displayed inside swords patterns frame, which indicates that you are a chaos warrior with 2670 Battle power. "

After saying that, She waved her hand and activated the ring on her finger just like Yenly, making a door materialize in front of her hand.

Both of them entered through the door and appeared inside the room where Athan's assessment was held.

" The battle power will be used as a reference for yourself to do tasks, missions, and other things. so you must always update your battle power after making progress in your body strength and learn new essence and soul order techniques. " Mitra stated with a serious face while looking at Athan.

Athan nodded indifferently before asking, " Got it. Now, what's next? "

" The next thing is...of course, your identity card and giving you the mark of chaos monolith hills. "

After saying that, Mitra went to another table that had a small rectangle black crystal card of passport size.

She picked up the crystal and handed it to Athan before telling him to follow her.

They both went out of the room and returned to the entrance hall.

Jace smiled at Athan and Mitra as they returned and told Athan to give him the black crystal card.

Athan handed him the black crystal card as he put it over the white slate in which he wrote Athan's information.

The crystal shined a bit before white patterns appeared on its back.

He then handed back the crystal to Athan before saying, " This crystal card is your identity card of a sort. You will need it to access many things here. You can also use it to print your current level mark of Chaos Monolith Hills in your clothes once you go outside to indicate that you are a member of Chaos Monolith Hills. "

Jace explained more things about this crystal card to Athan and how to use the mark. On the other hand, Mitra left after leaving Athan in hands of Jace for further guidance of the Newbie event.

Athan nodded as he tried to use the mark first hand.

" Hey, are you sure it will work in your weird outfit? I have wanted to ask you about it. Where did you get it? It honestly looks cool. It's like your outfit is...alive. " Jace asked with curiosity.

Athan wryly smiled and shook his head, " That...It's a manifestation of my unique body physique's power. But I can make it solid on a small part on my arm sto print the mark. "

After saying that, He turned a small part of his outfit on his arm, a bit above his elbow, solid. He then put the back of the black crystal card over it.

He then infused chaos force into the black card, which activated the white patterns on the black card that was now touching the solid part of his outfit.

Athan felt something printed on his shoulder part of the outfit, a bit above the elbow. He could feel it because the outfit was a part of his body.

He removed the card and saw white clouds moving while a single small hill was floating on top of a single black cloud.

Seeing that, Jace nodded, but one could see envy in his eyes, " So how did you get this unique body physique? It really looks mystical since you could form such a fabulous outfit from it. There are cases where people can acquire unique physiques through mystical chaos phenomenons, but I've never seen anyone getting a unique body physique that can manifest such a cool outfit. "

Athan helplessly smiled and shook his head once again, " I had a terrible accident years ago where I landed in a mysterious place. I almost died in that dangerous place, but I managed to survive and managed to acquire this unique body physique. "

" Ahh...Fortune in misfortune. Glad that you managed to survive and benefited from that encounter. Hahaha. " Jace laughed as he patted Athan's shoulder.

" By the way, You can see your current information after sending your soul sense into the black card. You can check it later, so for now, let's go to the main event that will decide your standing among the new recruits. The newbie event. "

Jace and Athan both went out of the newbie management hall and started moving in a certain direction in this wonderous land on the blanket of clouds.

On the way, Jace spoke with a grin, " You will get your reward for breaking the record once you finish the newbie event. Let's see if you can break more records there. Hahaha. "

Chapter 425 - Breaking Records-6, Newbie Event Palace.

Jace and Athan entered another palace known as [ Newbie Event Palace ].

This palace was right behind [ Newbie Management Palace ]. But it was bigger and looked more like a castle.

Jace explained everything about this palace to Athan and also officially registered Athan's entry using the black crystal card. He then went back to his own place, leaving Athan in this lively palace.

Athan looked around in the palace with interest. One thing that stood out most was the giant floating light gray cloudly screen with golden names written on it.

[ Newbie Leaderboard ]

Rank-1:- Linci Crow.

Rank-2:- Ardusk Rech.

Rank-3:- Demon Gobi.

...

There were a total of hundred names on the leaderboard. All those recruited into Chaos Monolith Hills are considered as Newbie for five year period after entering.

One can either graduate from being a new recruit ( newbie ) after five years or by breaking through to the Zen order base, becoming a Zen order elite. But well...One takes hundreds of years to break through to Zen order base from the Orderic Catastrophe phase, so doing it in five is impossible.

As for the benefit of having a name on the newbie leaderboard: In these five years, They can get rewards each month based on their ranking on the newbie leaderboard. Naturally, They will first have to get their name on the leaderboard, which only has a hundred ranks.

The rewards distributed each month are different too.

Jace told him that he would have first to finish all the events in this palace to get his name on the newbie leaderboard since their ranks are determined by their scores in the various newbie events.

Athan swept his gaze around the hall before moving towards the left side of the hall and entered through the large doors that had [ Slaughter In Space ] written on top of it.

After entering through the door, He found himself in a small hall. There were four gothic-style doors and eight tables in this small lobby where people sat while waiting for their turn.

Athan first looked for the thing that Jace told him about when entering the Event Lobbies.

' There it is. '

He looked around and saw a black monolith at the corner of the hall. After walking to the monolith, He put his black crystal card on the carved slot on the monolith that fits the size of the black crystal card.

The crystal card shined for a second before returning to normal, and Athan took back the crystal card.

He infused his soul sense into it and saw information with his soul sense inside the crystal card.

[ Name ]- Athan Void

[ Monolith Credits ] - 0

[ Rank ]- New Recruit

[ Storage Space ]- 100 cubic meters. ( Currently Empty )

[ Rewards Due ]- None.

<-List of Newbie Events->

[ Slaughter In Space ]:- 0 score. [ Queue No: 19 ]

' So that's how it works. Since I scanned my crystal card at this monolith, This event was added. It looks like the score I get from the various events will determine my rank on the newbie leaderboard...Given that I could score high, hehehe. ' Thought Athan as he smiled internally. Naturally, since he was here, He will aim for the top.

He then moved towards the only table in the lobby that has one person sitting at it.

The person was a beautiful girl with ink-black hair with icy blue luster. The most distinct part of her body was extremely cute-looking furry black fox ears and the small but thick and furry black fox tail that occasionally swings behind her as she read a book while sitting at the table.

Many males took occasional glances at this beauty. But Athan noticed that they also had a tinge of fear in their eyes when looking at her.

Naturally, Athan was not affected by her heavenly beauty and gorgeous appearance, which made her look cute due to those ears and the tail. He chose that table because only one person was sitting at it while other tables had multiple people sitting at them.

Seeing Athan moving towards that table, people started to whisper to each other.

" He's done for. It looks like he will also be embarrassed by her. "

" Indeed. But...That person is exuding a calm and cool aura despite that mask on his face. His outfit is so strange but looks damn cool. It matches the black dress worn by that cold beauty. "

" Hehe...Who cares about that. Let's just watch a good show for now. "

" I bet that he will give up in 2 minutes...cough...He might reach the 2-minute mark. "

" Bah...you are giving him too much credit. Nobody lasted for even a minute until now. Why? Do you think he is powerful enough to withstand that just because of his mystical appearance? "

" Err...Actually, you are right. He does feel a bit different. That's why I betting 2 minutes. "

...

Their whispers were small sounding, but one could naturally hear them, and it made it seem like they were mocking Athan and dare him to sit at the table.

Athan naturally heard their whispers and raised his eyebrows as he looked at the silent girl who was reading the book, ' Is she trouble? Hmm...Well, who cares. '

He didn't pause in the slightest and just pulled back the chair a bit and sat down at the table.

After sitting down, He noticed something inscribed on the table, ' It seems that this table is not simple. '

[ Foods & Drinks ]- Tap on the name to order it.

There was a menu which had names of food and drinks.

Athan looked at it with interest and tapped at one name [ Burning Blast Wine. ]- 10,000 low-grade chaos stones.

' I have never actually drunk myself. When I was on earth, I was minor and in the universe...I didn't pay attention to such things. But wine here should be fundamentally different. It should be brewed with some herbs, mystical plants, or such things with similar effects as alcohol, and...it might have additional effects considering its price. '

After Athan tapped on it, a slot beside the menu shined.

Looking at the shape, Athan judged that it asked for his crystal card, ' It looks like the chaos stones will directly deduct from the storage space of the card. '

He first added 10,000 low-grade chaos stones from his void region to the crystal card. Unlike other people who have to take out things from their storage ring outside and then let them store inside their other storage rings, He can do it directly using a simple method.

Here, He put the crystal card inside his void region and then added 10,000 low-grade chaos stones into the crystal card. After that, He took the crystal card out and put it on the slot.

Right after that, A glass of wine appeared on the table that was inscribed with a slightly similar pattern he saw on the monolith.

But before he could pick this glass of orange wine that was bubbling with small dark orange bubbles, He felt the atmosphere around him change. A biting and piercing cold seems to be coming towards him from the person sitting in front of him.

Athan narrowed his eyes and grinned as he picked up the glass of wine and leaned back on the chair before looking at the girl in front of him.

The surrounding people instantly reacted to this change.

" Hehe, It started. Let's see how long he lasts. "

" Indeed..."

Chapter 426 - Wine & Girl.

Athan infused order force into his eyes to see the actual things trying to harm him and saw blacks wisps with icy blue luster coming out from the girl who was still reading the book, not paying attention to him.

He let the black wisps come near him and even touch him...but the result? Well, they just disappeared.

Naturally, that was because of his void robe. He just consumed a bit of abyssal darkness to make his void robe more defensive.

Athan moved the wine cup to his mouth as he looked at the orange bubbling wine, ' How does one drink wine? Bit by bit or drown the glass in one go? Hmmm...'

Thinking for a moment, Athan decided just to drink it all in one go.

*gulp...*

*gulp...*

Athan felt as if hot magma was rolling into his throat and then to his belly as he felt that hot blasts were occurring inside his stomach. The liquid of this alcohol got absorbed into his bloodstream as it tried to affect his brain.

He could stop this effect pretty easily by consuming a bit of chaos force, but he let it affect his mind to get the feeling of getting " drunk. "

But unfortunately, His body's self-defense factor automatically prevented the effect of this liquid from affecting his brain, even though he didn't block the power of this wine from affecting his brain.

' The taste was good, but it looks like I can't get drunk. ' Thought Athan as he once again looked at the menu.

The people at other tables, who were waiting for a good show, were slightly dumbfounded.

" Why does it seem like he is not affected in the slightest. Every other person before him was directly affected and started trembling. "

" Indeed, They all tried to act tough and endure, but none of them lasted for even a minute. On the other hand, This person...He seems oblivious to that aura. "

" Well, Just like his outfit, he is not simple. Hehehe. "

" Stop with your lame joke. I don't believe that he is not affected in the slightest. I think he is just better than others and is suppressing the effect. "

" I wonder what his Superficial battle power is? "

...

Athan once again started looking through the menu.

" The one you brought, Burning Blast Wine, is not that great except for its taste. Someone whose body strength is in the Blue realm can't get affected by Burning Blast Wine. Try Venomous-Thunder Wine; It will get you affected if you don't block its effects. "

Athan raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him who was looking at him with her alexandrite cat's eyes that were black and blue. She had put away the book and was looking at Athan with a small smile filled with curiosity towards Athan.

When Athan looked at her, She stretched out her hand for a handshake after putting a barrier around them. With a faint smile, She spoke, " You can call me, Linci. "

Her expression then turned a bit helpless as she continued, " I am sorry about those wisps trying to attack you. I actually can't control them. Once someone appears within the range of two meters around me, They will automatically attack them. "

Athan was surprised at that revelation. He was actually going to teach her a lesson for attacking him, but from the way she spoke and her expression, She seems to be speaking the truth.

He then stretched his hand out for a handshake, and Linci just shook her hand slightly before taking back her hand.

Athan raised his brows because he felt biting cold and penetrative power trying to invade him when he did handshake, but before it could do anything to him, Linci took her hand back.

' Interesting. ' Thought Athan as he looked at her before asking, " Why is something like that happening to you? "

Linci shook her head with a smile that appeared a bit sad, " I was born with it. There's seems to be some strange power inside me which I can't control. But it acts as a protective shield for me. "

A helpless chuckle left her mouth as She spoke, " Once someone tries to attack me, It flares up more violently than what is currently happening right now. But I am very surprised that you are not affected by it. "

Athan grinned and spoke, " Well, I also have power that protects me from external things and prevents them from entering my body. That power blocked those strange wisps of yours from entering inside me. "

" Ohh..." Linci was surprised. But she then proceeded to shake her head before smiling grimly, " But I think you should go to another table. The longer you stay within two meters of me, The more this strange power will react and become stronger. Sigh...This is a blessing and a curse both. "

" Blessing and Curse both? " Athan muttered as he looked at Linci.

" Wait...Since you can't control it..." Athan realized something as he felt slightly shocked.

Linci nodded as she stood up with a smile, " It looks like my turn has come up. "

She held the black crystal in her hand that was pulsing with a red sheen in the center as she moved towards one of the gothic-looking doors from which a person just came out.

On the other hand, The other people sitting at other tables were truly dumbfounded now.

" She just talked to him. What's going on? "

" Yeah. I don't understand. She ignored everyone else who sat there before. "

" It's pretty obvious that she talked to him because her strange powers couldn't affect him. "

" Dang...If that's the case, then we got another new recruit monster. "

" That's not certain yet. We all know how powerful she is. Maybe, He is like some of those top-rankers who could handle her power for a minute to act natural and good around her. "

" Yeah. That seems to be the case. But still, If he is that good, then he will also get a spot on the newbie leaderboard. Let's see how much score he can get. "

Athan ignored the chitter-chatter of others and looked at the menu.

' Found it. Venomous Thunder Wine. Ehh...This thing cost ten mid-grade chaos stones. '

Athan was a bit speechless at the price of wine, but he still bought it.

' Let's see how this one tastes. '

Chapter 427 - Slaughter In Space

Athan's eyes were closed as he leaned back on the chair with a smile on his face. He felt a bit of heaviness in his mind, but he remembered his time with Avelia, Tiana, and others in this drunken state.

' I'll get you back. '

Athan stretched his hands in the front as if grabbing something with his eyes still closed.

Naturally, Other people were talking about him due to his actions.

" It looks like that dude let himself get drunk. "

" I wonder what expression he is making? I can't see anything due to that mask. "

" I think he wants something since he just made a grabbing motion with his hands. "

...

Suddenly, Athan felt some kind of signal from the crystal card. He snapped out of his stupor and cleared all effects of wine from him.

Looking at the crystal card, He stood up and moved towards one of the gothic-looking doors in this lobby.

Athan's black card had red light pulsing with a red sheen in the center, indicating his turn has come up. He then entered the door from which a person just came out and was surprised to see the scenery.

He appeared in the strange sky filled with black and white clouds below him and...he started to fall down.

But he used the cloud of chaos as a white cloud materialized below his feet that stopped his fall and rode on the cloud while looking around.

" Hello, Newbie. "

Athan looked below him and saw a black cloud genie flying up towards him before floating in front of him with a smile.

" We can start the event when you are ready. The rules are simple. You just have to kill as many monsters as you can while surviving for one hour. You are not allowed to use chaos stones to refill your energy.

But I guess it won't come to that point unless you are versatile and strong both. kakaka, Just like those top hundred on the newbie leaderboard. Anyway, even If you use chaos stones, the Force Detection Runic Ward will know right away, and you will be banned for a month from participating in this event. "

Athan looked at the black cloud genie with a smile and spoke, " I want to test something. "

The Cloud genie raised his cloudy eyebrows and asked, " Test what? "

" The function of this Force Detection Runic Ward. How will it check If I used chaos stones directly from my inner body space? "

Hearing that, The cloud genie was visibly surprised, " You have inner space in your body? But how could someone of your level comprehend the order of chaotic space of Chaosverse? Your Chaos region shouldn't be able to store anything inside it at your current level. "

Athan smiled indifferently and spoke, " I was born with a unique body physique with inner body space. "

" Oh...Well then, lad, You still don't have to worry about the Force Detection Runic ward. Khakhaka, If you used the technique using the energy from chaos stones, It would detect it. " The black cloud genie laughed as he spoke.

But Athan appeared a bit doubtful, " But we first pass the energy from chaos stones into Chaos Curtain to turn it into Chaos force and order force. It becomes the same as the chaos force and order force we produce. "

" Khakhaka...There is a deep imprint of Chaosverse in the chaos force and order force you get from the chaos stones, and Force Detection runic ward can detect it. I guess you don't know much about runic wards yet. Well, Let's focus on the event first. You will find about runic wards later anyway. "

" Oh...Alright. " Athan was surprised and nodded since that made sense. He then told the genie to start the event.

" Good luck, lad. Let's see how much you score in an hour. Just kill however many monsters you can kill in an hour while surviving. If you want to give up, then speak about it and I will disperse the monsters. " The black genie spoke with a grin as he dived back down the blanket of black and white clouds.

*Roarr....*

*Screeeeeeeeechh.....*

*Grrrrrrrrrr....*

Suddenly, Athan saw multiple monsters...more like monsters transformed from the clouds coming out from the neverending blanket of black and white clouds below him.

' Those clouds literally transformed into monsters. ' Athan thought as he snapped his finger while looking at the monsters.

' Point Zero Bombardment-Twenty points. '

There were twenty monsters, and he predicted their movement towards him and assigned twenty points of Point Zero bombardment on their path before they could reach him.

He wanted to check how much damage that needs to take to destroy one monster. That's why he only used the power of a single point on each of them.

*Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....*....

*Screeeeeeeeechh.....*

*Grrrrrrrrrr....*

*Rawrrrrrrrr...*

*heeeeeeeeeeeee.....*

All monsters survived the single point-zero blast. Athan narrowed his eyes as he looked at the damage taken by them and snapped his finger once again while finally riding his cloud since the monsters would soon catch up to him.

This time, He assigned two points of point zero bombardments on their path after roughly predicting their movements.

*Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....**Boooom....*....

Athan saw the result and stopped moving as he just stood on his cloud of chaos, ' So it takes three point-zero blasts to kill one. '

After the twenty monsters were killed, Forty monsters came out from the black and white clouds to attack Athan.

' Hmmm...I can't afford to waste time. I have to kill fast to kill more in one hour. ' Thought Athan as he crossed his arms while standing on his cloud of chaos.

This time, Some wolf-type monsters with two heads opened their mouths and released a chaotic attack of blue and yellow towards him.

Athan was thinking of the best way to destroy more monsters and grinned after a moment as he decided on his plan.

He first rode his cloud of chaos downwards as he moved near the blanket of the black and white clouds while dodging the simple attack of the wolf-type monsters.

' Arachnid's Demon Web. '

He then used a 5-star body order technique he learned during his 1.5 years of training order techniques.

Spider webs shot out at a fast speed towards the monsters from his eight fingers and two thumbs.

Naturally, he consumed his abyssal darkness to coat these webs in a black aura by going all out.

He constructed a giant web structure around him using Arachnid's Demon Web order technique.

The forty monsters were instantly killed after they got pierced through by the webs coated with abyssal darkness.

And...by staying near the spawning place of the monsters, He started an instant slaughter-fest.