The Tale of the Void Emperor

After six days of traveling, Vinery finally entered the borders of Yoloshi city.

Inside the City Palace of Yoloshi city...

The city lord of Yoloshi city was informed that City lord Vinery had arrived here and was startled, "what is she doing here?"

"Master Komin, I will return soon. Please wait for a bit," Jakal said as he bowed towards an old man with shoulder-length black hair and a long beard.

"Mhmm," the old man nodded as he continued to look at a painting.

City lord Jakal then went out of his City Palace and waited at the main gates of his city.

Soon, he saw Vinery coming toward him on her chariot.

"What business do you have here, city lord Vinery?" Jakal asked as he rested on his open-air mattress with a comfortable chair on it while floating in the sky.

"Jakal, I am not here for any challenges," Vinery indifferently said, "I am some business in your city, and you better let me do it if you don't want to regret being born in this world."

'Huh? Since when did this bitch become so arrogant?' Jakal was honestly stunned, 'she must have a powerful being behind her if she dares to speak that way despite knowing how close I am to Valley Lord Komin of Thousand Deaths Valley.'

"Hahaha, sure," Jakal laughed loudly, "you can finish your business here, but you must let me serve you a tea first. After all, it's not every day that you come to visit my humble city."

Vinery smiled nodded while sneering internally, 'if you dare to make trouble, then you won't even know how you died.'

"What's that in your chariot?" Jakal said as he raised his eyebrows after seeing a strange forcefield with a mirror box shape in her chariot, "what are you hiding in that?"

"It's related to the business that I have here," Vinery said before she snorted, "don't worry, let's go to your city palace first since I will need your help for that. You will also know about what is in my chariot at that time."

"Fine, let's go," Jakal nodded, but he also sneered internally, 'I can't wait to see your face after you enter inside my city palace.'

While entering the city and moving towards the City palace, Vinery was constantly trying to call out Athan but to no avail.

She had tried this when she was half a day away from Yoloshi City, but she failed. However, she got a huge shock when she noticed the symbols around Athan-cocoon changing from winged-tiger into golden dragon symbols.

Supremacy Symbols! These symbols are only invoked by people on the Supremacy plane.

Actually, Athan was already close to entering the Supremacy plane level of strength when he arrived here with 58% of AVOF understanding, and reaching 60% put him on the same level as the Supremacy plane being.

However, in terms of the profoundness of the techniques, Athan was quite literally the weakest Supremacy being in Outrious Expanse.

However, what he did inside the cocoon was transform himself again to improve his battle style such that...he was not weakest Supremacy being despite being...the weakest Supremacy being. After all, he readily reached 60% in just half a day after entering the cocoon and spent the rest of the days transforming his power system.

...

After a while, Vinery gave on trying to wake up Athan as she and Jakal entered the palace hall.

After both of them entered the palace ground and Vinery parked the chariot on the ground, Jakal asked, "now, can you tell me what is in your chariot?"

However, suddenly, an old man flew out from the top floor of the palace through the window and stood beside Jakal as he cast a curious glance inside the chariot.

Seeing the old man, Vinery was so shocked that her soul almost left her body, 'w-what is he doing here? Damn!!'

The symbols around the old man were of none other than tiny golden dragons.

"Master Komin," Jakan hurridly bowed as he saw him appearing while thinking, 'something that could attract Master Komin's attraction? What did Vinery bring in that chariot?'

Vinery also hurriedly bowed, "Greetings, Master Komin."

"Mhmm," Komin nodded as he pointed his finger towards the chariot, removed Vinery's blockage technique, and revealed Athan-cocoon.

"Interesting," Komin spoke as he caressed his beard, "I can't even begin to comprehend the profoundness surrounding that cocoon. It seems that one needs to be in a certain state or something even to sense that profoundness properly. However, the puzzling thing is that the symbols around that cocoon are of golden dragons and that too measly fifty-seven symbols."

Shaking his head, Komin muttered, "that doesn't add up to make sense."

After saying that, he looked at Vinery and asked, "what is it? Where did you find this thing?"

A powerful pressure bore down on Vinery as fear of death was evident in her eyes, "M-master Komin, this is not a thing but a person. While he was meditating, he suddenly turned into this."

"Oh?" Komin was startled hearing that as a hint of somberness flashed in his eyes, "a person with such profound power?"

*Crack...*

The cocoon cracked, and right when that happened, Komin's eyebrows twitched, 'disappeared. All of the profoundness disappeared...how? I can still see those energies, but I utterly cannot sense them like a second ago.'

Soon, a hand came out of the cocoon before Athan as a whole came out wearing his void robe.

The cocoon turned into motes as grey, black, and white motes entered his body.

"Did we arrive at the city? Good," Athan looked around as he jumped off the chariot and stood beside Vinery before he looked at the old man, "so are you the boss of this place?"

"Nope," the old man shook his head and caressed his beard before speaking with a grin, "however, I am the boss of the boss of this place."

"Void Emperor," Vinery hurridly spoke, "he is Master of the Thousand Deaths Valley, Master Kongmin."

"Thousand Deaths valley?" Athan raised his eyebrows before he laughed, "sounds like my type of place."

Athan observed that the old man had golden dragon symbols around him and concluded that he was very powerful. However, instead of fearing him, he was excited to battle him. After all, he had completely changed the way he executed his techniques and the production of his most powerful energy.

However, before that, he had to find Lily and others and secure them.

"Anyway, I am here to find some people, so if you'll excuse me," Athan said as he invoked his blinking void wings and flew up.

"Oh yeah, she is my person, so if anything happens to her, you die," Athan said towards the old man and Jakal with a grin before he flew into the city in a certain direction as he could sense that Lily and others were indeed in the city.

"Master Komin...," Jakal looked at Komin to see his reaction but he was surprised.

"Hoho, interesting person," Komin said with a grin, "come on, let's go inside and observe what he does in the city. From what he said, he will come here after finishing his business."

Vinery gulped as she had no choice but to follow Master Komin inside the City Palace.