The Tale of the Void Emperor

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. '