The Tale of the Void Emperor

" Let's go, Emperor. It's time to display your dominance and splendor to the fools of this world. " Arcued excitedly spoke as he took out the black card.

Athan was speechless, but he just ignored him because he was tired of correcting him.

Both of them had just used the black card as they arrived at a vast ground filled with people of various mixed races.

Athan and Arcued saw people doing various things.

Some people just sat crossed-legged with their eyes closed while many people formed groups and talked. Some seem to be training physically, while some enjoyed the scenery. 

Athan swept his glance across this place filled with vibrant, full of life grassland and mystical trees that calms one's mind.

A nearby lake exuded a faint aura of order and chaos while the sky was filled with mysterious clouds that showered people with an invisible mystical atmosphere. 

" What a place. If I trained here, then my speed would increase by almost fifty percent. " Arcued muttered with envy, ' But this is just a temporary ground of Chaos Monolith Hills. If this place is already this good, then the place where Chaos Monolith Hills is situated should be something far better than this. '

On the other hand, Athan found Shiromi, Sen, and Tealery after sweeping his eyes across this land and spoke, " There they are. Let's go. "

" Huh? Oh...Yes. But who are those other people with them? "

Arcued snapped out of his reverie hearing Athan's voice and followed him. He also found Sen and others standing far away under a giant tree. But he saw that there were additional four people with them.

Athan didn't know the answer, so he didn't say anything and just walked towards them.

After they arrived near them, Tealery noticed Athan and Arcued when she looked in their direction. She rubbed her eyes to see if she was not having hallucinations, ' Arcued? How did he reach Orderic Catastrophe in three months? '

She elbowed Sen, who had an annoyed expression as she was dealing with the four people who were buzzing around them like flies.

" Hey, Sen, Shiromi! Athan and Arcued are here. "

" Hmm? did you say Athan and Arcued? Or just Athan? "

Sen followed Tealery gaze and indeed saw Athan and Arcued walking towards them.

Shiromi, who was also dealing with the four buzzing flies along with Sen, noticed them too and was surprised to see that Arcued also managed to get here.

The four men saw the three beauties suddenly looked in a certain direction with a happy expression and became irritated. They have been trying to impress the girls for almost three months now, but all they showed them were annoying and boring expressions.

All four of them had good looks and were completely human without any additional body traits.

The four of them considered themselves not bad-looking, but they were envious of seeing Athan and his mysterious and stylish outfit.

Athan didn't wear his mask right now, so his handsome face and mystical eyes were for all to see.

Watching Athan and Arcued arriving, One of four men noticed that Sen was going to speak something. Seeing that, Before Sen could utter any words, He spoke while looking at Athan and Arcued with a kind smile, " It looks like you two worked very hard and finally managed to arrive here when there are only three days left before the deadline. Not bad, Not bad. "

He had dark long dark green hair and a sharp face with dashing eyebrows. He made his demeanor seem like he was the elder brother of the sort here as he nodded at Athan and Arcued. 

But...

"Pfff...Hahaha. " Tealery laughed hearing him and looked at him as if she was looking at a fool.

Arcued grunted coldly and looked at the man with green hair sharply. A feat that he never once displayed before in his life, ' Athan is far more powerful than the likes of you. Humph, Frogs in the well. '

On the other hand, Athan just shook his head with a smile. He didn't need to take the words of ants seriously.

Sen suddenly formed a mischievous smile as if she thought of some evil plan and said to the four men, " Y'all not good-looking enough. Compared to Athan, You all seem like some chaos beast dung one would encounter when adventuring the wilds. "

She moved closer to Athan and locked his right arm. Seeing this, Tealery and Shiromi's eyes twitched slightly, but they maintained their smile.

But Sen's words had a greater impact on the four young men as they were shocked. Though their minds practically shook when Shiromi and Tealery also followed with a taunt.

Shiromi nodded with a coy smile, " Indeed. You four looks like ugly ducklings compared to him. "

Tealery also mischievously spoke as she taunted the four men, " Yep. Now go away. Shoo, shoo. Our Athan has finally arrived here, and we want to spend the remaining three days talking with him about our private matters. "

They simultaneously looked at Athan, who now had a helpless smile on his face, and thought, ' The only thing good about him is his face, outfit, and eyes. He doesn't seem powerful or valiant—just some pretty boy who barely managed to reach the orderic catastrophe near the deadline and arrive here. '

They started to communicate with each other rapidly with some sort of technique as they were blood-related siblings from a prominent clan called Nimpere Clan.

' He is indeed better-looking than us, but...One needs strength to survive and not good looks. '

' Indeed. Father has told us to find our life partners, and It is better if we can find them in this final test to have good company after entering Chaos Monolith Hills. '

' Although there are only three ladies, so only three of us will succeed, but we haven't made much progress in the past three months. Now that we know why they didn't seem interested in us, We can make our move. We have to make them realize that one needs strength to survive and not good looks. '

' Yes! They must have fallen for that pretty boy by his good looks and seducing techniques. Let's free them from his curse. '

As such, The four siblings exchanged glances before one of them formed a confident smile on his face and spoke as he adjusted his dark blond hair, " Ladies. You need powerful strength to survive in this world. What can he do when a great danger befalls you? I bet he would be the first one to run away. We four have reached the orderic catastrophe stage three years ago and survived many catastrophes since then. "

Another one also showed a kind smile and stepped forward. He had dark red hair and red eyes and was equally good-looking as his siblings, " We four have the strength and are not bad-looking. Everyone gathered here are top geniuses who got the chance to enter Chaos Monolith Hills, and strong should bond with other strong people to support each other for future hardships that are to come. "

The last one of the siblings also stepped forward. He had dark blue hair and light blue eyes. With a valiant expression on his face, He farted, " Indeed! I have the power to protect you and also a clan that fully supports us. You will not regret choosing me. "

His gaze was mainly aimed at Tealery.

Due to these four siblings speaking in a rather loud voice, The surrounding people noticed this and started muttering. But the content of the talk made Athan and others speechless.

" Hahaha. It looks like the Four colorful clowns of the Nimpere clan are still at their antics. "

" Yeah. Those three beauties arrived just three months ago, and by that time, these clowns had already tried to woo every girl here. That's why they don't know about these four clowns. "

" Pfff...Do you think any of those three will fall for them? "

" Who knows. But judging from their expressions and uh...that cool-looking dude beside them, I doubt they would choose any of the four clowns. "

" But it's getting interesting. I wonder how that pretty boy must be feeling after they demean him to raise their status in those girls' eyes. "

But the response of Sen and Tealery turned the crowd speechless while the colorful clowns were dumbfounded.

" Hehe...It doesn't matter if Athan is powerful or not. When the time comes, We will protect him. He doesn't need to protect us. "

" Yep. We can just protect him when a great danger befalls us. "

Sen and Tealery glanced at each other after saying that and chuckled. Shiromi was speechless, but she also found this funny.

The eldest brother, who had dark green hair, pointed his trembling finger at Athan as his lips twitched, " H-he... you...Anyway..." He paused and looked at Sen, " I will take care of you and protect you. Isn't this better? "

He was looking at Sen with confusion since he couldn't understand their reasoning.

Sen just grinned and replied cheekily, " Hehe...If you all say things like protecting us, support us, and such things. Then why do we can't do the same? "

" Yeah. Do you think we are weaker than you?."

" Hehehe, just like you say that you will protect us. We also say that we will protect him and support him in times of need. "

The four colorful siblings felt their heads spinning.

With sad expression filling their face, their heads dropped with immense disappointment as they walked away to a far corner and sat down with depression looming over them.

The crowd was dumbfounded as they looked at Athan with admiration, ' What a phenomenal seduction ability. He made these girls fall for him that much? Terrific. '

The men in the crowd muttered one word with respect while looking at Athan.

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