"So, you're saying that you got nothing?" Reign asked Eigol as the man's lip twitched in slight frustration.
"Yeah, you're the first one to have something like this, at least from what I know," Eigol said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Anyway, just be careful of the copy, but if things are really like what you have said, I don't think there is any need to worry."
"Alright, I'm off then, there are some things I need to check out related to the territory." Reign said as he got up.
"I presume you are interested in how the monsters were able to come here without getting a penalty from the system?" Drayce asked Reign who stopped and looked back at him.
"Do you know anything about that?"
"Nope, not a clue."
"Me neither, haven't gone the slightest idea," Eigol added from the side as both men raised their hands in the air.
"Right … well, I'll be on my way then." Reign said as he looked at the two with suspicion before leaving the office.
"So, what did you think, what did you really think?" Drayce suddenly turned serious and asked Eigol who was looking up at the ceiling.
"I didn't lie about him being the first one that has done something like this, as for his copy, there are a couple of things that I think could be the reason for its behavior, but I don't know anything for certain."
"So it's really a first for you to see someone like him, that's … surprising, to say the least," Drayce said in a solemn voice as he crossed his arms and leaned back into his chair.
"Time will tell just what is happening with that boy, but since he has already been able to take a part of the other side and make it his own, I really do believe that he won't find it difficult to achieve balance, it's just that it's way too easy for him, not at all how the other Nephilims had done it."
"Most will spend years slowly taking parts of the dark side and making it their own while ignoring the copy or sometimes even fighting against the copy in order to weaken its power, but this kid has done so without any difficulty, not to mention the fact that his copy is so cooperative."
"It's not normal, in any way you look at it, it's just not the normal way of progression for a Nephilim, but I guess that is to be expected of someone that has 'his' name."
"Hmm?" Drayce didn't miss the way Eigol had said the word 'his' and knew that there was an underlying meaning to his sentence, but Eigol simply shrugged and didn't elaborate further, making Drayce interested in what he meant by that.
"Don't overthink it, even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to tell you, so just forget about it, or rise to a high enough realm so that I can tell you," Eigol said before Drayce nodded at his words.
The two had been together for quite a while now, and Drayce knew that if Eigol was not telling him something, it was either because it wasn't important, or because he couldn't tell him because he would be in danger simply by knowing it.
"Anyway, things are progressing quite fast on this planet, the third phase should be nearly upon them, right?" Eigol asked Drayce who sighed.
"It should begin any day now, I doubt the third phase will change everything right away, but those that had lived in fear or comfort will find their lives overturned after the announcement, it will only be those like Reign that had managed to gain power and create their own territory that will be able to continue acting normally."
'This whole planet was overturned by the system's arrival, and it will now be forced through yet another change, and that is coming right after people had gotten somewhat used to such a life."
"It really is brutal, completely different from how the system usually does things."
"Well, the Alliance is in a hurry, the Dark Ones have started using even more brutal methods in order to gain more planets and power under their scope of influence, if the Alliance doesn't at least do this much, they will be left behind by the Dark Ones and will ultimately be finished."
"Shouldn't they try to employ more neutral factions, from what I know, there's still quite some left, right?"
"Those that are left are too powerful to be moved by the Alliance, hell, some of them are even more powerful than the Alliance or the Dark Ones, what reason would such factions have to join when they could singlehandedly get rid of the other one if they wished to?"
"Right, but hasn't the Immortal already moved, you told me that he has gone to the Alliance to speak about this planet, wouldn't his cooperation change things immediately?"
"Well, in a way, the Dark Ones have already slowed down their activity and tried sending envoys to his holy mountain, they're doing everything they can to get him to stay neutral or join them, but he is completely uninterested."
"Well, that's to be expected, that man will not move for anyone, but for him to put a claim on this planet, that is truly interesting," Eigol said as Drayce raised an eyebrow.
"You already know why he did it, don't you?"
"Maybe, or maybe I don't," Eigol said with a smile as Drayce simply shook his head.
"Well, it is to be expected that a person that was once such a powerful figure would know more about him," Drayce said before getting up.
"So, still no information about my master?" Eigol suddenly asked as Drayce shook his head.
"Honestly, I can't even find any information about your 'legion' or anything connected to you, it's like everything you told me has been wiped out of existence, I even asked my own master, and he had no idea about it either."
"That's … worrying," Eigol said as Drayce nodded his head.
"Yeah, if things are like that, then there is definitely someone powerful behind it, someone that doesn't want any information about you guys to ever be known to people."
"There could be people like that, but eons have passed since that 'event', I doubt any of them are still even alive, the things that happened that day were, well, they were enough to shake the entire known universe, so even if someone was to try and cover it up, there should be traces of the event at least, but there's nothing."
"Still, both of us are only Transcendents, even your master is not really at the level where he would know the true secrets of the universe and its many races, so the more powerful we become, the higher the chance to get answers."
"And if someone powerful is hiding those answers?" Drayce suddenly asked Eigol who smiled with bloodthirst.
"Then I will rip him apart with my bare hands before getting the answers straight out of his mouth."
The bloodthirst that Eigol had released was enough to make even Drayce gulp while the entire temple was able to sense it, many people started shaking slightly without knowing why.
"Sorry about that," Eigol said as he suppressed his bloodthirst.
Back in the territory, Reign was checking out the traps that had been set off by the monsters that had approached the territory before making his way to the surrounding area and checking it out as well.
Everything was the same as always, the monsters that resided in the areas around the territory were at the same level they were supposed to be and nothing out of the ordinary was happening.
Reign decided to try and get some information from some of the more intelligent monsters, he hunted down some orcs and questioned them about the events that took place in his absence, but they were as confused as he was.
He even made his way over to their base inside the region and met with their chief. Well, he forced his way inside the base and released a part of his mana to make them all drop down to their knees before entering the hut where their chief was located in.
The chief, after sensing Reign's power, was very cooperative and confirmed that there had indeed been sightings of monsters that were much more powerful than those in this region, but he was also confused as to how they got inside.
It was after the chief and Reign had finished their conversation that an orc entered the base and started shouting about how he had important information to tell the chief.
He was allowed to enter, and upon seeing a human inside the hut, he was confused. The chief told him to speak and not mind Reign, and upon hearing his words, both Reign and the chief were surprised greatly.
The orc finished speaking with a bloodthirsty smile on his face while the chief was visibly worried. Suddenly, the orc's head got separated from its body as Reign stood up.
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