Chapter 366 - 366: Daily Life of Eon

Eon lounged against the curved rib of the Fossilized Leviathan while tossing his dented tungsten ring into the sky. A spatial rift tore open above his head to swallow the alloy toy before he pointed a glowing finger at the opposite side of his bone enclosure.

A second portal ripped open to launch the metal ring directly into his waiting palm. He shoved the indestructible object into his mouth and bit down, sending sparks of violet void energy dancing across his teeth.

The dampeners forged into the metal absorbed the destructive backlash flawlessly.

Krug stood outside the star-iron bars to observe Eon. He rested his iron greataxe against his obsidian armor as Gorak and Gulag walked across the cracked marble tiles of the courtyard to join him.

Gorak cracked his knuckles to send blue electricity arcing across his crystallized right arm, while Gulag kicked a stray piece of rubble out of her path and crossed her arms.

"Eon treats spatial manipulation like a simple game of catch," Gorak noted. "Brass Construct engineered that cage to withstand a siege, but Eon could bend those bars with a single thought if he actually wanted to leave."

"Eon stays inside because he considers it his personal territory," Krug replied. "The Sovereign commanded us to forge a conqueror, and Eon understands the enclosure is his domain to rule. He simply waits for a worthy challenge."

The sky above the Gildreath palace suddenly fractured into a crooked fissure of blinding white light tearing through the clouds. The server engine generated a new automated balancing event by expanding the rift outward to reveal a swirling vortex of crimson pixels and dark storm clouds.

A Calamity-rank entity pulled itself through the breach, displaying six leathery wings and a serpentine body covered in razor-edged obsidian scales. It opened a maw filled with rows of serrated fangs to unleash a screech that shattered the stained-glass windows of the residential wing.

Krug grabbed his weapon as violet fire erupted from his eyes and cracked scales. Gorak channeled abyssal thunder into his boots to prepare for a vertical launch, while Gulag planted her hands on the courtyard floor to summon a barrage of bedrock spikes.

Before the commanders could strike, Eon spat the tungsten ring into his palm and waddled toward the edge of his playpen. He grabbed the star-iron bars locking the Leviathan ribs together and applied a localized gravitational singularity to the metal.

The enchanted steel buckled and snapped like dry twigs under his grip. He stepped through the ruined barricade to look up at the descending beast while cosmic pools of shifting light swirled inside his dark eyes.

"My turn," Eon announced, his voice echoing with an unnatural and overlapping resonance.

He raised his right hand toward the falling entity just as the Calamity-rank entity banked its wings to dive straight for him.

Eon snapped his fingers. The gravitational pull surrounding the beast inverted instantly to slam the creature into an invisible ceiling suspended a hundred feet above the courtyard. Bones snapped under the sudden impact, causing the entity to shriek and thrash its wings to regain balance.

Furious at the entrapment, the serpentine creature opened its jaws to expel a torrent of corrosive green plasma down upon the courtyard. Eon merely tilted his head and swiped his hand through the space in front of him.

A swirling black portal materialized to swallow the incoming plasma stream. A corresponding rift snapped open directly above the creature's head to rain the corrosive payload back onto its own obsidian scales.

The acid sizzled against the armor, prompting the creature to writhe and forcefully shatter the gravitational hold with a burst of crimson magic. It plummeted toward the ground in a free-fall dive, extending its talons to crush Eon into the pavement.

Eon did not move away from the impact zone. He clenched his jaw and drove his tiny fist upward to meet the descending claws.

The collision between the Calamity-rank entity and Eon's highly compressed physical mass cratered the marble tiles across the entire courtyard.

A shockwave rattled the palace foundations. The creature's talons splintered upon striking Eon's knuckles, sending bone fragments flying into the stone walls. Eon grabbed the creature's shattered wrist and channeled a surge of void energy through its nervous system.

The beast shrieked in agony as the void magic paralyzed its remaining limbs.

Eon curled his fingers into a tight fist to finish the hunt. Spatial distortions rippled across the sky before four pitch-black portals ripped open around the trapped entity. Searing chains of void magic shot out from the rifts to wrap securely around the wings and neck.

"Pull," Eon commanded.

The spatial rifts expanded and dragged the chains in opposite directions. The Calamity-rank entity tore apart in a spray of glowing digital blood and severed limbs, leaving the server engine struggling to render the chaotic destruction.

The beast dissolved into a cascade of white pixels, dropping a pulsating crimson core that plummeted toward the ground.

Eon caught the core effortlessly with one hand and inspected the radiant crystal with a bored expression. He tossed the glowing artifact over his shoulder for Gorak to catch before it hit the floor.

"The density is lacking," Eon complained. He picked up his tungsten ring and shoved it back into his mouth. "Find me a better toy next time."

Gorak looked at the Calamity core resting in his palm and exchanged an amused glance with Gulag. Gulag let out a booming laugh that echoed across the ruined courtyard.

"Eon just dismantled a calamity rank monster in under a minute," Gulag said, slapping Krug on the shoulder plate. "You raised a true conqueror."

Krug watched Eon walk back into his broken Leviathan cage to sit on his leather blankets. "Eon is exactly what the Spiral requires, and those macro-server warlords stand no chance against him.

'He is just ten years old yet strong enough to rival the Spiral's champions. In the next few years, he will become even more stronger. Perhaps, the strongest of all.'