"Your Highness... I..." The dragon, who had just died seconds ago, came back to life. But before he could understand something, Empress Sylvara stopped him.
"Enough, Tera. There is no need to say anything," Empress Sylvara said, while thinking, "This human is definitely not in his right mind. If he thinks after all of this, our relationship with the Zenith Empire will remain the same, no, it won't."
"It will remain the same because if I felt even the slightest change in the relationship between your empire and the Zenith Empire, then it will not be good news for any of you. Please don't challenge my patience. Also, as for me, I'm not from the Zenith Empire. Enough with that; let's do this. You forgot I did anything here; I'll give you something that will make your empire safe," Azkar said, while thinking, "I really don't want senseless killing, but if there's a way to solve the problem without using it, then it's not a bad idea."
"What did you say?" Empress Sylvara was speechless because she had never seen such a shameless human before. Forget about what happened here; she wanted to kill the person in front of her, but she couldn't because she was weak.
"You need this crystal to protect your empire, right? I'll just give you something that will do the task the same as the crystal. But listen, I'm not good with words, and I don't do this kind of chit-chat with every person I meet," Azkar said, while smiling. But he was wearing his mask, so no one saw his smile.
"...I accept your offer," Empress Sylvara accepted the offer because there is no other choice, she thought, "What can he exchange with the crystal? There is no way he has something that can hold the same value as the crystal. Forgive me, dear, but it looks like I really lost everything today. If I lose the crystal, how am I going to protect my empire, my people..."
"I'll make you a world-rank expert. I mean, you are at the peak domain rank already; you just need a little push. And I have something that can help you. When you become strong, you can protect your empire yourself. There's no need to rely on cheap tricks like using the crystal to protect your empire," Azkar said while he took out one True Blood Pearl and one Soul Pearl. He thought, "This will do the job, and I'll not lose anything. Also, if she becomes powerful, I can use her in the future."
"What..." Hearing Azkar's offer, she was stunned; she even doubted that she heard this correctly.
"No need to be shocked about it. I mean what I said. Here, use this; it will help you. Also, your subordinate did something which I didn't like, so as compensation, I'll need one of your islands," Azkar said while giving the things to her.
"I accept your offer. I'm grateful you spared my empire and my life," she said while thinking, "If he's giving me something that will make me a world-rank expert, it means he is way stronger than world-rank. I wanted to achieve this rank, and I did everything, but I never thought that I'll get such a chance."
"You really are a good leader for your people," Azkar said while he saw her smiling, which is pretty unusual given that she had seen her advisor die just seconds ago. But he decided not to dwell on it.
After both of them had a good talk, Azkar headed towards the island he demanded from the empress.
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Azkar was now floating in the sky. Because of the high altitude, he was able to see the island completely. He checked and found out that this island is pretty big; it can easily house millions of people.
'Mr. Astrophel, do you want me to make your residence on the island?' one of the royal guardian dragons floating beside him said, while thinking, 'Why did his highness agree to give this human this island? Something's not right. Why did he ask his highness to evacuate everyone inside the island? What is he going to do with this? Is he going to live there alone?'"
"No, you misunderstood something, and there is no need for you to do anything. Wait here, don't move from here," Azkar said while he saw the island from the sky, which looks like a very small landmass in the middle of the ocean, which he can grab as he pleases. But in reality, this island is so big it can house millions of people.
Azkar snapped his fingers, and a black barrier began to condense, covering the whole island. Azkar went inside the black barrier. This barrier will block any prying eyes because he cannot allow anyone to see what he is going to do with this island.
"System, prepare everything inside the halo. I'm going to absorb this island into my halo. Manage everything inside and also prepare for the advancement of my halo," Azkar said to his system.
[ Command Accepted ]
Azkar was now going to absorb this whole island inside his halo because it has nothing inside it. But if he absorbs this whole island into his halo, then he can create a land inside his halo where living beings can survive. It will definitely cost him many cosmic points, but if he succeeds in this, he'll become powerful enough to protect himself against a true world-rank expert. In simpler words, he'll have a 1% chance of escaping from the world-rank expert, and he'll have a place to stay. If he comes across any scenario where he needs to put any living being inside his halo, they will be able to survive inside.
Azkar came back into his real form, his figure donned in an all-encompassing black robe adorned with celestial infinity symbols. He's wearing a white full-face mask, revealing only his eyes—red with the Metatron's Cube symbol in both pupils representing the Origin Codic Particle. His long, flowing white hair magnifies his divine aura, while large white Wings of Codic Origin open gracefully behind him. A short black halo spins gracefully above his head.
He thought about two abilities that will help him in the process, and a golden panel appeared in front of him.
[ Absolute Absorption [Active]: As the living embodiment of the Fundamental unit of existence [Origin Codic Particle], you can absorb anything to the fundamental unit of existence level. ]
This ability is part of his 'Codic Eyes of Origin,' giving him the power to absorb anything at a level that no one can even hope to achieve. It encompasses the fundamental building blocks that make up this reality. What Azkar is going to do is not just absorb the island; no, he is going to absorb everything. This will make the island disappear from this reality as if it never existed before. This is what he is going to do with his 'Absolute Absorption' ability.
But to do this, he needs an immense amount of mana to make this process successful. Here comes his second ability, which is part of his "Wings of Codic Origin," and it will solve the problem.
[ Mana Absorption (Passive): This ability can absorb a large amount of mana from the surrounding area to recover your mana. With this, you can fight until your last breath, and you don't have to worry about mana while fighting. ]
Using this ability he can Absorbe the mana contained inside the " Crystal of Apocalypse" which now he has two of them, so he fulfilled the condition about mana consumption and he also has limitless amount of soul value, so he don't need to worry about anything. everything now come to the point he can take this crazy step. because he also understand that directly creating a planet inside his halo is not a good idea not like he can create one because he need world core to do this , but he decided to first he'll create a land mass inside his halo them he'll become world rank expert in the future.
[Master, all the preparations are completed.]
"..."
"Let's do this, then," Azkar said while smiling devilishly.
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