167 How Power Moves

As the two powerhouses that are Nala and Verena began their talks so too did many Major Powers within the Dragon Empire.

Those from the Emperor's Faction being both the Joas and Miller Clans as well as the Dragon Clan that absorbed the Obsidian Dragons into their fold under direct order from the Emperor himself.

Those from outside powers were also moving after hearing about the return of the Emperor from the frontlines in the other Realms.

This news was big as the Emperor had left everything in the Mortal Realm under the control of the Dragon Clan, many of those with the Emperor's blood in their veins. Were either with a Major faction within the Dragon Empire or out in the frontlines of the many wars.

Now that the Emperor has taken a step back and returned to the Mortal Realm many of those new to the Dragon Empire wish to pay respects, as for the others they were here to see the Emperor and make a good impression.

For a select few they were here to cause a scene.

Taking this opportunity like most Major Powers to show off how much they have grown, was the new Legion that was under the control of the Demon Clan.

They were not the only ones doing so, those from HighRise did their best to rush here as well to show their growth and power to all the others, as they wanted to show that they were the Emperors new Sword.

Unknown to many of the Powers that remained behind to keep the planet and the Realm under control, was the shocking news of a group of youths that held the Emperor's seal and were going around poking into each of the factions and taken out talents that they liked.

Leading the group of youths was Grady and his son Trent.

Many were unfamiliar with this group of newcomers, this was especially so for Grady as he was being seen and greeted with unusually high amounts of flattery.

Even Elder Elwin(Geryon) was seen by many and was here to welcome Grady with open arms.

It was as if the two were long lost brothers that have finally met after so long.

Along with them was another youth that the two seems very protective of.

They heard that this youth was named Osie and Grady placed great importance on developing him, they also saw how Grady was introducing Osie to Greyon one of the most powerful of all Demons.

\"This is Osie, Geryon. I have heard that you have inherited the Demon Clan's legacy much like myself.

I have been given the power my father cherished with his dying breath and I now have to teach 2 struggling youths how to control this power. The storm within me is raging at just the thought at being able to train them both into powerful men that will shake the frontlines.\"

Geryon only looked at Osie in shock as he knew from reports and the talks he had with Grady in private that this was one of Dashnell's reborn powers that was given life, one of his children.

His thoughts were wild as he began to think if the creator of the Demons would also be somewhere reborn, he wanted to rush away and ask the Emperor as soon as possible but he knew it would be rude to leave while Osie and the other youths were being introduced to him.

The thought of meeting the Creator of the Demons as well as his Grandfather being reborn brough Geryon a smile that was hard to hide and was shown to all as he went sightseeing around the Dragon Empire with Grady.

Many of the other factions saw this as a sign that even new powers that were just added to the Dragon Empire were treated with importance and it pushed them to search out all those from new Realms.

The sight within the Dragon Empire's Capital was that of people frantically trying their best to meet with any and all major and minor factions that came from the many different Realms.

With so many Different Races gathered up together, many were marveled at the sight.

This was their chance to gain a powerful ally that was part of a different Realm.

Everyone taking advantage of the sudden flow of many foreign visitors were those who wished to stay in power and to grow their own influence and networks. So many of the old powers were doing their best to set up meetings with those from the newly conquered Realms.

They even witnessed someone request a duel with the Emperor and to many the knowledge that this has happened again made many rush to the Capital to witness the (fight). Everyone of the Old powers and current high ranking officials knew that Empress Erida had once done the same.

None of them could stop thinking about the mess she was in after the duel.

A bloody pulp.

Beaten half to death.

On the verge of death.

These were the things that they remembered from that, but they also took notice that this newcomer was a young male who was treated vastly different than the Empress was long ago.

Even so this did not stop people from gossiping about what had happened to Erida, and as a Void God the young man was able to hear and listen to all of this.

No one tried to hide it as many meeting in this place were the truly powerful and warriors from the frontlines, these were the ones who were responsible for taken over the other Realms or convincing them to surrender.

While some were like the Mortal Realm that required little to no effort and only required time, there were other Realms like the one the youth is from were they were already unified under a single power.

This is were a war had to take place and battles had to be fought as none of these powers wanted to be ruled by anyone and wanted to rule others. That was until they came face to face with other Void Gods and were shown that they were still far behind when it came to power.

Grady had been the leading Void God fighting most of the other Void Gods the Dragon Empire ran into, and this was because he wanted to gain more experience as the youngest Void God the Dragon Empire possessed with Verena and Veshara being the oldest and strongest respectively .

As the youth made his way into the Thousand Empress Palace he was escorted by Palace maid Natasha, to many's surprise the youth was respectful to the maid unlike Erida and was even wary of the woman.

Some of the others who were also powerful decided to check Natasha's level of power, this would not be a rude thing to do as they have always been granted permission to do so.

When they began to scan Natasha, she gave them all a bright smile as they started back in shock.

Others who were to weak to scan or those who knew their scan would fail asked the Void Realm General how strong the Empress had gotten since they last saw her.

His only response was the same as the youths being lead to a battle platform within the Palace.

Pure shock was on the Generals face as he struggled to say.

\"Void God Realm!!!\"

Silence was followed by his words as many stopped their chatting and looked ahead at the now very focused youth.

Inside the youths head he could not understand how a Palace maid was a Void God but he soon heard many of the Ministers and Elders as well as Generals refer to his maid as Empress.

He would not look down on the maid before him or the others he saw within the hall as they were all within the Void Realm and some he could not even tell how strong or weak they were.

He even started to hear that every woman here be they a maid or a guard were all the Emperors wives and each left with him once he started his war with all the other Realms and only returned as he did.

Understanding this he was at a lose at how the Emperor had so many of his wives at the Void God and Void Realms, he as a youth but he had obtained many encounters that allowed him to grow and even stuck down a few Void Gods who had come to his Realm to cause trouble.

That was until he was defeated and had to surrender to the Dragon Empire and learned that the one who defeated him was not even the Emperor of the army that was lead into his Realm but a detached army lead by the Emperor's daughter Vesta.

Vesta was the one who defeated him and he could not let it slide when he heard that power ruled the Dragon Empire and that the Dragon Emperor himself was not yet at the Void God Realm and he would be able to challenge for the Throne.

Having held this in his head he gathered all the information he could and knew that the Emperor had no challengers as no one within the Mortal Realm or the Teress Realm would ever oppose the Emperor and all the other Realms held no actual competition that could fight again him.

This youth was and is the acting representative of the Realm of Souls.

Having climbed all the way to the top and fighting in many large scale wars that had many Gods and True Gods fall he was one of the strongest entities of his Realm. Becoming the SoulBearer, the equivalent status of a Void God to those of the Mortal and Teress Realms.

His followers were with him as well and knew of the way the Dragon Empire was ruled by might, so long as you wanted power within the Dragon Empire all you had to have was sufficient power to gain whatever it was you desired.

Marriage into the Royal family, becoming a General, owning land, becoming a noble... Anything was possible for anyone who had power and who worked for it.

The thing this youth desired was to rule the Soul Realm as its one and only ruler and to no longer be under the control of the Dragon Emperor.

His plan was simple he would fight the Emperor and demand for a truce long enough for him to become stronger than the known Void Gods under the Dragon Empires control.

This was his plan but as he got closer to the place where he would fight he found more and more Void Gods within the crowd.

Not only was the Emperor who was rumored to not yet be within the Void God Realm a Void God, his Generals and quite a few of his wives were also Void Gods.

The youth had already fought Vesta a few times and even bested her before coming here and he continued to train and fight every other Void Realm Creature and Void God he came across within the Mortal Realm.

He was sure he could beat the Dragon Emperor who should have recently become a Void God and if he could not he would try again later as he knew he could surpass him like he surpassed Vesta.

His reason was his talent and his treasures he found in his world, within the Soul Realm he found a legendary artifact that millions of Powers within the Soul Realm would die for.

Many thought this treasure to be lost but he found it in a ruin when he was on the verge of death and he rarely used it but after his defeat by the hands of Empress Vesta he could not let it rust away and used it once again.

As he came closer to the battle arena he found that it was currently in use, and the person on it was a youth no older than him on the platform and in a battle against an elderly man.

Before he could ask his people and those who showed him in, who the two fighting were he heard the cheers from the crowd that was all around.

\"Go!!! Dragon Emperor! Show that old shit your might.\"

\"You can do it Lord, teach these savages that the Fairy Realm is to be ruled by none other than the Blessed One.\"

As this was said the Old man who was referred to as the Blessed One, was sent flying off the battle platform and into the arms of the youth who held the title of SoulBearer.