The Tale of the Void Emperor

Inside the castle on island bubble, everyone was sitting while watching the live feed of outside scenery through the castle windows.

"They have completely surrounded us. How did they know about our location?"

"Sigh...It's easy to find that out, considering the news spreading everywhere currently. Athan's appearance had spread everywhere from Chaos Monolith Hill, and many people saw him with Efyeed at the trading post and knew that he was the master of this Saint-realm Trestent," dean Lenix said with a sigh.

Efyeed was actually visible to everyone from outside since the giant tree was right beside the castle.

Suddenly, Athan appeared amidst everyone in the castle's hall with Primo and Taezin.

However, time supposedly stopped at that time.

Not just here, but...the entire Chaosverse stopped moving.

Even Primo and Taezin were frozen in time with Athan.

In another instance, a godly woman appeared in the castle's hall. She was the same woman who went to check the real AVOF realm.

She turned to Athan as a smile appeared on her face, and she walked towards him.

"Boy, you are really stretching it out because of others...," the woman said as she flicked Athan's forehead.

She then turned to all others in the room and waved her hand towards them.

*Shuaaaa..*

Countless white threads suddenly appeared around Tiana, Avelia, Sen, Linci, Shiromi, Drizzly, Tealery, Lady Fu, Arcued, Theo, Nimpere brothers, dean Lenix, head Zangrel, Tamiril, Yoha, Foujir, and Gouken.

After the woman covered everyone in a white cocoon each, she waved her hand as a portal appeared beside her.

At that moment, Primo and Taezin were unsealed from the time frozen state.

"Nyaa! Who are you? What are you doing?" Primo hissed at the woman while feeling fear.

"Uu...Uu..., I won't let you do anything to master!" Taezin spoke with a strong voice while trembling a bit.

"Relax, little kids. I am sending all these companions of your master to the  Abyssal Void of Fabrication realm. Your master is kind of bound by them and is progressing slowly cause of that. Don't you agree?" The woman said as she looked at Primo and Taezin with a smile.

"T-that's true. But...if you send them to our home realm, they are going die. They are too weak to stay there," Primo said.

The woman smiled before speaking, "don't worry. I have used my power to wrap each of them in a cocoon. Once they are in your home realm, their soul will get strong and adept to the AVOF realm since their soul has already turned into Void beings because of your master. Additionally, you voidlings can cultivate your powers with them to make them strong."

"However...," the woman's voice suddenly turned a bit dark as she continued, "your master needs to hurry up and reach the very top as soon as possible if he doesn't want these companions of his to turn into mindless entities."

"Shaaaaa! If anything happened to them, my master would kill you," Primo hissed angrily.

"Heh, once he fully controls Abyssal Void of Fabrication, I can't kill him, but...he also can't kill me because,"-the woman said with a smile-, "I am the Absolute Void of Stasis and Infinite. Anyway, we are not supposed to kill each other."

"Uu...Uu...Y-you...why do you want him to hurry up? It's not like you are bound by time," Taezin said with hesitation as he questioned the woman.

"We could wait when AVOF had no master. However, now it's different. The final piece has awakened, and we need him to be there as soon as possible for a grave thing. The earlier, the better for us," the woman said as her expression turned stoic.

"He can live his life to the fullest after that. He can enjoy all kinds of lifestyles with his lovers and friends in many worlds. However, if he doesn't hurry up...," shaking her head, the woman didn't continue and disappeared after sending all cocoons in the AVOF realm. She even forcefully destroyed avatars of Primo and Taezin.

Before leaving, the woman pointed her finger at Athan as a golden brilliance entered inside Athan, which...showed Athan some unpleasant memories.

After the woman left, the entire Chaosverse started moving again, and Athan also unfroze from the time stasis.

However, his eyes were red, and his body was trembling with intense anger.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, "Athan screamed loudly as abyssal darkness gushed out from him uncontrollably.

'WHY??? WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? WHO WAS SHE?'

Athan's soul burned brighter than ever as he...lost everything again. He saw with his own eyes as a mysterious woman suddenly appeared and killed everyone before taking their soul away.

He remembered those woman's words as she said that if he didn't hurry up and reach the top, she would destroy their soul entirely.

'Master, calm down. What happened?' Efyeed said as it sensed something.

Suddenly, Efyeed felt a forceful pull as the tree disappeared from its place and appeared inside Athan's void region.

On the other hand, Athan's soul burned with black and white as a cocoon formed around him once again, increasing his comprehension of AVOF due to this situation.

'I WILL GET THEM BACK! JUST WAIT FOR ME!' Athan screamed internally as he also swore to let the woman experience the same thing as he felt.

The feeling of losing everything!

...

The voidlings in the AVOF realm were surprised to see cocoons appearing there.

The true body of Primo and Taezin looked at each other as they knew what happened through their avatars.

Looking at all voidlings, Primo spoke, "Nyaa! Choose a cocoon that suits your power and cultivate your power in them slowly. Inside those cocoons are our master's companions."

...

On the other hand, the forces surrounding the island bubble saw a strange thing happening.

The island was shrinking from the middle as if something was devouring it.

The devouring speed increased as the entire island bubble disappeared in just a minute.

"What is that? That egg-like thing?"

"Someone go and take a look."

"That thing is probably responsible for devouring the island bubble. Monarch Yokki, you are the most powerful among us; why don't you go and take a look at it?"