The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan facepalmed when he found out that the Nimpere brothers went to purgatory hill.

"Guess I'll have to delay a bit more. In the note, they said that they would come out sooner as their plan was to come out earlier by breaking through to Zen order. Oh well..." Athan muttered as he shook his head with a wry smile.

...

Days passed as it was finally time for the opening of the void pavilion.

A lot of people flocked to Chaos Monolith Hill, but Dean Lenix knew that and limited the entry to only seven hundred fifty people. Those who arrived after that were not given entry into the Newcomers Abode area at all.

The rule was to buy a set of four voidling-zoids, and only one set would be sold per person. As such, with the entry of seven hundred and fifty people, all three thousand voidling-zoids were sold.

The majority of them were zen order elite, and there were even three people at Evagon-stage among the entrants.

All in all, there were 248 Orderic Catastrophe people, 317 Zen order Elite, 104 Zen order Masters, 78 Zen order Grandmasters, and three people at the Evagon stage.

After everything was sold, Athan earned 496,000 middle-grade chaos stones and...whooping 1,227,000 high-grade chaos stones!

...

After a month and a couple of days, Athan, Tiana, Avelia, and Linci flew towards purgatory hill.

Today was the day Sen, Shiromi, and others would come out after training in purgatory.

Athan and others stood a bit away from where some other people were also waiting.

Naturally, Athan became the center of attention after he arrived here, but his focus was on the Diablo-style door suspended in mid-air.

A few hours passed before finally, the door opened...

The door revealed a portal as people came out from it one by one.

Soon... someone familiar came out, Theo. After that, one by one, others also came out.

"Athan!"

All of them noticed Athan instantly since his group had more space around it as if people gave them more space out of respect or...fear?

Athan, Tiana, Avelia, and Linci smiled as they looked at Sen and others possessing solid and powerful aura despite being obviously exhausted.

"Emperor, I-"

"Stop!" Athan spoke with a stern voice as Sen, Shiromi, Tealery, Arcued, and Theo closed their mouths and looked at each other with confusion.

Seeing that, Athan's expression changed as he smiled and said, "No need to say anything. For now, just come with me."

...

Athan flew forward while others silently followed him. They went deeper into cloudly land.

On the way, Sen and others noticed a strange thing. Why is everyone so familiar with Athan? They are even greeting him with respect.

After flying for a while, they finally arrived at Travelling and Transporting Hill center.

"Are we going outside, Athan? But where?" Sen asked with a curious and nervous expression.

Although they could go outside since five years were up, they still felt something weird since this Midgard continent was not the same as other continent zones in the lower-Chaosverse.

Athan smiled and said, "Just relax. I have arranged everything, and after going to a place and staying there for some time, we will go to the Vaiklaid continent zone and meet your master and others at Youhan Tree.

"What! Really? Hahaha, I was also missing my master," Sen said with an excited smile.

Shiromi and others also smiled hearing that.

...

Everyone entered the Travel & Transport Hill center, and after entering the vast central hall, Athan took out a contact card and said, "Is everything ready, dean?"

Dean Lenix--"Yep, just come to section-3. I am waiting there."

Athan--"Alright."

After that, he put the card away and told others to follow him as they started walking towards section-3 of this hall.

After arriving at section-3 hall, They saw dean Lenix talking with a middle-aged woman.

Noticing Athan and others, dean Lenix turned to them and smiled, "Meet lady Furicent; she will act as your protector in your journey."

Madam Furicent looked like she was in her thirties. She looked elegant with her simple but exquisite dress. She had a furry and thick foxtail and a single horn on her forehead, both of them were dreamy orange with red patterns.

She looked at Athan and smiled, "Nice to meet you, Athan. You can call me Lady Fu."

Athan faintly smiled and nodded, "We will be in your care for some months."

He and others then walked in front of the portal.

Lady Fu nodded with a gentle smile before she turned to dean Lenix, "Then we will be going, dean Lenix. If something arises, then I will contact you as you said."

Dean Lenix nodded with a smile before he looked at Athan and said with a wry smile, "If you are going to make some big trouble, then inform me beforehand."

"Hahaha, I doubt that would happen. We are going to relax and visit the vaiklaid continent before returning after a few months," Athan said as he laughed out loud.

Dean Lenix shook his head while smiling, "Even if you don't invite trouble, it might invite you instead. Midgard continent only has one rule, strength above everything else—your backing's strength, connection, etc. The place you are going is especially filled with powerful people, so just..."

Dean Lenix didn't continue as he just looked at Athan and smiled, "Anyway, you already know what I mean."

Athan nodded with a grin, "Got it. While I am away, you can start registering the people who want to buy voidling-zoids. If someone's voidling-zoids were killed or simply ran out of fuel, you can also register them. After returning, I will fulfill all quota since even while moving, I can still produce them."

"Alright," Dean nodded before he looked at Lady Fu, "You know where to bring them."

Lady Fu nodded as she entered the portal.

Afterward, Athan also told others to enter inside.

...

They arrived inside the big ship after entering through the portal, which was connected to a big ship's portal formation.

Lady Fu led Athan and others towards a hall with all facilities and said, "You all can relax here while we arrive at Tranquility Region. If you want anything like food or such things, then you can infuse your order force in that slate and tell your needs."

"Understood," Athan nodded before he remembered something and said, "You should know about voidling-zoids, right? do you have a set?"

Lady Fu shook her head, but she gently smiled as she exuded a confident aura, "I know about the miraculous voidling-zoids but...chuckles* I wouldn't need them to protect you all."

Athan smiled carefreely and took out four thumb-sized balls as they flew towards Lady fu, "Can you fight against two Evagon-stage people? or someone at Dean Lenix's level?"

Hearing that, Lady Fu was stumped as she smiled wryly and shook her head as she caught the thumb-sized balls, "I am at median echelon in Evagon stage, so there are still more powerful people, but..."

Athan smiled and said, "it seems like you do not fully believe in the capabilities of voidling-zoids. Did the dean not tell about it?"

"Well, you are right. I could ask the dean, but I didn't. Anyway, the three evagon stage people who bought your voidling-zoids will soon give information on how effective they are for people at our level."

"Fine, but you can keep them and test their effectiveness yourself when the opportunity presents itself," Athan spoke lazily before he sat down on the couch.

Lady Fu smiled and nodded, "Alright, then I'll take up on that offer since you are giving them for free."

After saying that, she left the hall after telling them to relax.

On the other hand, Sen, Shiromi, and others were shocked to find that the lady was on Evagon stage, and they were especially speechless at Athan's carefree attitude against someone of her level.

"Humph, that's how our Emperor should act," Arcued muttered as he clenched his fist.

"Athan, we know about voidlings, but what is voidling-zoid?" Shiromi asked with a curious expression. She felt that it should be something important and valuable considering Lady Fu's last words.

"Haha, yeah. It sounds cool and powerful," Arcued said with a laugh.

Avelia and Linci smiled as they started telling them about all the things that happened while they were in purgatory.