e-booksonline Chapter 968 The Cause of the Fall (1)
Chapter 968 The Cause of the Fall (1)
Chapter 968 The Cause of the Fall (1)
Kyran continuously used the Dragon Steps, hoping to gain some distance from The Emperor. However, no matter how many times or fast he executed the steps, he could not shake off the latter.
There was still some distance between the two, but it was not enough for Kyran to warp without The Emperor's notice.
Kyran started to contemplate the consequences if he revealed the fact that he also possessed the Void core. The Emperor seemed to be keen on taking the Draconic core, but if he knew the Void core was also in Kyran's possession...
Kyran shook his head at once. He only met The Emperor, but from what he had gleaned from his short exchange with Alastor, Ames's warning, and the memory of Deus's clone, he was manipulative and would go to any lengths to get what he wanted. Although he would not disregard the laws of each realm, he would test the limits of the realm's laws— thus tempting the balance of both realms.
Kyran barely knew the Lower Realm's Law, which was why he wanted to avoid anything that would make The Emperor test its limits just to get his way. One thing he managed to glean from Alastor's warning earlier was that randomly assaulting an inhabitant of the Lower Realm was not allowed. However, The Emperor made a point by stating that there was no rule in the Lower Realm that stated someone from the Higher Realm could not retrieve what was rightfully theirs. From this, it was not wrong to assume that as long as the assault was justified, then the Lower Realm's Law would not be breached.
Alastor reasoned that the item The Emperor claimed to be his would belong to the one it acknowledges. In Shaiha's case, The Emperor could not do anything against Kyran since it acknowledged him as its owner.
But what about in the case of the Draconic core?
The Emperor seemed to have acknowledged that it belonged to Kyran since he asked him to surrender it rather than return it.
From this, was it safe to say that the Lower Realm's Law would protect Kyran and the people he cared about?
Kyran included everyone he cared about because The Emperor gave him the feeling that if he knew about them, he would not hesitate to use them in order to make him surrender the Draconic core.
If the Lower Realm's Laws would protect his people, then Kyran would not hesitate to warp before The Emperor. But if not... Kyran was not confident enough that he could protect them from The Emperor. The latter probably did not need to dispatch his forces to annihilate Kyran's people.
While Kyran acquired the automatons in Somuli and was in the process of excavating more of the lost technology buried under the Armakea castle grounds, The Emperor would not wait for him to strengthen his side. Moreover, the latter possessed something that Kyran had yet to understand.
Dimension.
Kyran learned more about Dimension from the memories he got from Deus's clone. Ames also explained the gist of it, which was why Kyran knew how troublesome it would be.
If The Emperor unleashed his Dimension, he could annihilate a whole plane without even breaking a sweat, and this was under the restraints of the Lower Realm's Law as well as the Sovereign's Cradle. For short, any type of defensive move would not work against The Emperor's Dimension.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions erupted from The Emperor's magic attack, making contact with Kryan. This caused The Emperor to frown as he realized what his target was trying to do.
'To think he noticed what I was trying to do and chose to endure my attacks rather than evade...' The Emperor's eyes glinted with amusement.
"You are quite interesting. If you surrender to me now, I will allow you to keep the Draconic core and your life."
Though The Emperor spoke normally, his voice reverberated in the surroundings and reached Kyran with no problem.
Still, like earlier, Kyran ignored The Emperor because there was no point responding to the latter's nonsense. Moreover, if there was one thing Kyran learned after being exposed to so many outsiders, whether they were from the Lower Realm or the Higher Realm, it was never to trust everything they said. He would only trust those he deemed trustworthy, like Axil and Loar.
Kyran continued to press forward while enduring The Emperor's volley of golden ray magic attacks.
The Emperor's expression darkened further as he finally realized that his target was not simply enduring his attacks but successfully moving forward.
"Do not test my patience, human. If you continue to do so, I will rip your body apart and take the Heart of the Cosmos and the Draconic core!"
Kyran still ignored him.
"You have no idea of what you are trying to keep. You are far too weak to ensure their safety!"
This time, Kyran's interest was piqued slightly. Obviously, The Emperor did not covet the Heart of the Cosmos and the Draconic core simply because he wanted to keep them safe. Nonetheless, what he said was not entirely untrue.
Once word that Kyran possessed the Heart of the Cosmos and the Draconic core got out, there was no telling if he could keep these two safe.
At least, in The Emperor's sight, he believed Kyran did not have the capability to keep them safe.
But if the Void core were added to the equation, it would be an entirely different situation. Since Kyran knew more about its nature and theories, he was more than equipped to protect himself from others coveting the Ancient Magic cores he possessed as well as the Shaiha.
"Just possessing one of the Ancient Magic Cores already poses a huge threat to you, but you also have the Heart of the Cosmos. This means that the Higher Being will also be coming after you!"