Zol and his crew had to make only one jump to cover the distance of 500,000 light-years. Hyperdrives were powerful enough to cover millions of light-years, so the short distance barely counted. However, the time spent in the wormhole increases as the distance increases.
........
Within the void, in the surrounding areas of the Fornax Dwarf galaxy, now a dead zone of chaos, a wormhole opened, and a ship zoomed out and came to a stop a few tens of billions of kilometres away from the destroyed galaxy.
Zol was notified of their arrival and quickly changed into his battle suit, a suit that combined protection with aesthetics. It had green and black hues over its parts. Unlike the armour worn by other hunters below the Class S, the preference for the armour of Class S hunters was made with protection, manoeuvrability, and communication.
Class S hunters were a higher form of life compared to other hunters and humans. Due to this, they were unharmed even in the cold void of space and did not require oxygen to live. The elements barely had any effects on them as well, at least, not from those generated from abilities.
Zol quickly exited the ship and left instructions to his men to be ready for anything while he went and checked on the veil tear.
Once outside the ship, Zol flew the rest of the distance to the galaxy in front of him. His speed was way faster than light speed as he covered a lot of distance in a short time.
To the normal eye, the galaxy appeared normal, except for the explosions happening. However, when one had the ability to see the entire spectrum, what they saw was entirely different. It was a whole new world of colours.
Zol observed the waves of mana and explosions within the galaxy with his piercing gaze that could see far distances. Amidst the chaos, his immediate attention was captured by a massive circular veil tear, which appeared in an assortment of colours. Its beauty was mesmerizing, but it concealed great danger.
"Mason, I'm here. Where are you?" He focused on his heads-up display already connected with Mason's. A few seconds later, a reply came in.
[I'm still on my ship. I've already noticed your arrival and making my way over.]
And speaking of void creatures, the ones in the Fornax galaxy were busy devouring and destroying anything in sight. However, because they mostly ranged from Class F to Class C, the rate of destruction they caused was slow and it would take them forever to completely devour the galaxy, or in this case, the combined might of multiple parts of other galaxies brought together.
"Mm... Is the council informed already?" Zol asked again. Though it was only a few hours since the phenomenon was discovered, information had already reached the council.
"Yeah... Those old geezers never let anything bypass them. But I doubt they will do anything since we're already here."
Zol listened to his words and then sat cross-legged in the void. Since there was nothing happening right now, they might as well wait here. Their missions sometimes keep them in space for long periods.
"..." Mason was speechless. Why sit right before the spooky area? Even as they floated in the void, the aura from the veil tear constantly washed over them.
"Is there a reason why you're seated here instead of returning to your ship?"
"When have you felt an aura of such intensity before?" His words made Mason think briefly. He turned his attention to the pulsating tear, observing it calmly before sighing.
He didn't have to be a genius to understand what Zol's intentions were. Getting used to such aura in a way, increased their tolerance to it. And while it was not the energy itself, it was more than enough to help them increase their strength even just a little bit.
Naturally, they had to keep an eye out for any void creatures and cosmic mana waves that may come their way.
Mason sat crossed-legged beside his companion and began to cultivate.
'Hopefully, it's not what I'm thinking.'