In fact, it was relative, as a journey of magicians in the ninth kingdom involved shorter and faster passages, consequently they could suffer from more attacks from abominations and void pirates. It was all a matter of perspective; a journey of mages from the sixth kingdom would be considered the greatest adventure in the life of a mage from the fourth kingdom, for example, it all depended on who was behind each opinion.
"Can you reveal your identity? We don’t accept criminals and wanted people," Kayden heard this phrase a few dozen times while wearing a mask and camouflaging any mana fluctuations in his body. Unfortunately, he had to move on; his identity should not be revealed easily. This meant he would not go on respected ships. After a few hours of searching, he found a slave transport ship.
"Strength?"
"High, peak sixth realm combat mage." Kayden wouldn’t give too many details, but he didn’t need to either. This was a ship that recruited any person; it was a ship over two dozen kilometers long.
Kayden got a room and had to sign an oath of silence about anything he saw on the ship. Furthermore, he was obliged to participate in any combat that appeared; Your only payment would be shipping. It was practically a perfect deal for Kayden. On the ship, there were some social establishments for the crew, but these were ignored by Kayden; he didn’t want to make friends or entertain himself to pass the time.
The journey would take around five years, a relatively long time. Considering the speed of the ship, they would traverse a ridiculous amount of space in that time without any pause. Time passed quickly; Kayden was studying space and emptiness at every moment. He had already abandoned the idea of learning about his path without being able to increase his life expectancy first.
His goal was not something he could do in just a few tens of thousands of years, so his focus was on gaining strength and taking a little time to understand his life force. "The captain is calling everyone to a social event," Kayden received this message inside his room. He could ignore it, but he also didn’t want to risk the wrath of his employers.
The party was being held on top of the ship. The environment was decorated with several food and drink stalls, in addition to the infinite space of emptiness that stretched on all sides, but there was something strange... The number of slaves seemed greater since Kayden’s last count. He didn’t know how long he had stayed inside the room, but it wasn’t that long. After listening to some conversations with his spiritual sense, he understood.
The captain found a ship wrecked in the void completely filled with women and men with slave chains. They still had many guards from the sixth kingdom, but they were such a small minority that they were easily surrendered. This find was ridiculously rare, much like finding a needle in a desert thousands of miles away. Kayden sat in a random spot camouflaging his presence, just listening and studying the environment.
The men and women seemed increasingly intoxicated and let their carnal desires run wild in a pathetic manner. Kayden long ago abandoned the idea that living things became better with increasing kingdoms; in the end, they were pathetic in any realm.
"Teacher! Wouldn’t you like a drink? Or…" An elf with white skin and blonde hair appeared in front of Kayden, "use me?" his proposal was made with a beautiful and inviting smile. His words were filled with mana and would take down even the strongest of men, especially considering that they would be off guard. Hundreds of such cases were happening around.
The majority of the crew were falling for these tricks like ducklings; even women were being won over. In the end, sex meant nothing; rationality was destined for mediocrity. The captain was one of the only ones who still seemed completely sane. He was also the only seventh realm mage in this environment; the rest would not be a problem for the plans of these intruders.
"Take me to your leader, I have a proposal for him." The elf’s eyes flickered, but before she could move...
"Or I can kill every one of you in this environment." Kayden removed any camouflage from his aura and let only the elf feel the weight of an abyss over her existence. His eyes seemed to have a hypnotic effect where only death was visible. The elf felt every inch of her body being bitten by small teeth. Kayden looked like a god in front of him; In his aura, giants and dead monsters appeared, spinning and screaming.
"Come with me," the elf replied a few seconds after Kayden withdrew his aura. His mind wasn’t even thinking properly anymore. The woman was just an ordinary mage from the sixth realm. Kayden was taken through some tables and ended up in one of the cells. Inside it, there were some guards from the sunken ship. It didn’t take much effort for Kayden to identify the leader.
"Hello," Kayden greeted directly the woman with red hair and bunny ears sitting in the far corner. His attitude made everyone around him startle in surprise. Your boss should be unrecognizable at this point.
"As?" Kayden only felt the auras in front of his presence, nothing more than the basic observation of an ancient fighter.
"Does not matter. I’m here to make a deal." Kayden responded and felt the guards tense around him.
"Unfortunately, we don’t plan to leave any potential gains..." the woman couldn’t finish speaking. Kayden released all of his aura and killing intent on the group.
It seemed as if a god of death had descended among them. The time Kayden spent watching Amanda kill herself increased his killing intent thousands of times; he practically exuded the feeling of being dead. The environment around him became distorted, and the image of giants and gods screaming in agony appeared, all buried under suffering and death. Kayden stood in the center like a pillar that made all of this seem insignificant when compared to his eyes.
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