“Fufufu! There are a few more of them than what I was expecting.”
I was expecting to “see” a couple of them but these numbers far exceed my expectations however... Hehe, it seems I will be having a little bit of fun. Ah, until this point, I’ve been dealing with low level Shadows and while in this case I really can’t say that they are that much stronger, thanks to the sheer quantity of them, I will have to use much more magic. Let’s see... How can I punish these low-level ants? There are a few of them that are Ants Lords and Colossal ones but their numbers are for the extremely low side, especially when compared to the rest.
“How can I make them suffer for trespassing to the dummy’s Bubble Universe?”
The Empress brings her left hand towards her rather sharp chin, gently allowing for it to rest on top of her fingers, a few of them that is. Indeed, how can she inflict pain to those Defects in such ways that they can suffer beyond reason? Do they even feel pain? Of course, they do, all living beings feel. And while they are a cancer of the world, they still are living beings. Though, it seems she will have ample time to think about it as the army of Defects is a few kilometres from where she is. It also seems that they have yet to notice her presence and even though her current magic energy is below D rank, when she traversed to this dimension her levels were in the S+ rank realm, a level where any Defect cannot simply resist. Even if they are thousands of times weaker than their “food”, their primal instincts force them to ignore such difference, such danger even.
Ah yes, before one goes too far into a tangent… this is indeed a dimension rather than a Bubble Universe or even the real world. This is one of the many consequences that the Shadow calamity caused when it first began. Just as the nature of the Defects themselves, this dimension is chaotic, giving even said word its very own meaning. It does not resemble a scene from the real world, even a Bubble Universe has troubles being this chaotic. Where the Empress stands the area is vast and empty however, just as one said, it still manages to be chaotic. The ground is not levelled at all. Walk for a few meters and either she will have to climb a “step” or descend one and on some occasions, she will have to jump or descend down a few good “steps” all at once. The ground itself seems to be made of a peculiar rock, one that is extremely polished but at the same time it’s harsh to the touch, defying logic itself because of it. The small areas where the ground is not levelled, they have the shape of a cube or rectangle and in some cases and on top of them, more of these cubes and rectangles are present, either going upwards or downwards
Ah, just describing it is making one’s mind confused.
Right above the Empress, a massive cube is floating above this entire area. This cube seems to have no end, easily with dimensions that could crush an entire city at once. Indeed, it’s that massive but, it also follows the same material as the “ground” where her feet stand on, indicating that she’s simply at top of something similar to the one above her. As can also be expected, the cube above is not completely levelled meaning that the same phenomenon happens but thanks to the distance that it has with the Empress, only the more drastic areas can be noticed. Not only that, the cube itself is tilted to one of the sides by a few degrees and, with careful inspection, it’s noticeable that it’s floating upwards but also downwards. It goes up for a few hundreds of meters and then down a few more and so on. Its movement is not uniform and quite slow but easily noticeable to those that have sharp eyes just as the Empress.
Step!
There was not a single word from her but with the targets localized and the threat accessed, she gets moving towards them, all while keeping a low profile. Her footsteps seem to somehow echo, maybe it’s thanks to the odd elevations, maybe it’s the material itself of the “grounds” or simply it’s because this is a chaotic dimension however, it still manages to echo the sound. This dimension is not dark or anything close to it, even without Magic Sense a mere child could navigate around these parts provided that it has a way to climb or get down safely as in some very few areas, said elevations are far too drastic. It does not have a sun like in the real world but neither does it have a moon. The light that is present, one that is never changing, it’s one that is provided by the sky itself but in reality, it’s the borders of the dimension that does so. An unusual phenomenon but having in consideration that it’s a dimension and not a universe, said odd behaviours should be expected. However, even from where the Empress is, it’s noticeable that the colours of it seem to change throughout the space.
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Indicating with it that, not only is the dimension itself vast, it’s also quite diverse.
Step!
But in this case, the entirety of the sky is coloured with a grey colour plus a few different shades of it. The ground however, it’s coloured in a bright grey colour. None of this seems to impress the Empress as she casually keeps on walking towards those Defects. In fact, the only reason she stopped moving was because of something rather peculiar. Indeed, just as one mentioned before, where she stands it’s also another massive cube and she simply has reached the end of it. In front of her a kilometre or so, a massive rectangle is present and at top of it, lies those Defects. From the edge of the cube, these Defects seem something akin to a black dot in the distance, telling those that see it that it’s far away from them. This massive rectangle is the opposite of the cubes, meaning that, it’s neatly levelled, almost as if someone or something removed those imperfections by hand. The perfect place to gather all of the trash together and of course, invade other universes.
Ah, her targets are a sight.
“Hmm, I’m still a little far from them... But the real problem is, how do I get to them? Without warning them that is.”
How am I supposed to do this? I could teleport there but the moment I do so, all of them will notice me and if that happens well, I will blast every single one of them into the Void in an instant and that’s no fun at all! No, I want them to suffer, even if they can’t, I will find a way to make them suffer in the most torturous and agonizing way possible. Ah, I can always hide myself with the spell Conceal, just like they did to the entrance to this dimension. Nothing too complicated in fact, it’s already done. Now I’m completely invisible to them if they don’t physically see me that is. That won’t happen though, as I won’t be near enough for such to happen. Instead, I will gain some altitude and from there... Well...
They will feel the wrath of the Void.
Step! Magic noises!
And so, that’s what the Empress does. By using the Void, she starts to gain some altitude while at the same time moving forward towards the Defects. She’s constructing small platforms in the middle of the air and from there, as if she’s climbing stairs, slowly but surely, she starts to gain said altitude while at the same time moving forward. However, she does so elegantly and the opposite from before, the sound of her footsteps are not echoing anymore. The sound is not physical, no, what’s making the sound is the small platforms themselves, each time her foot hits it, a magical like sound is created, one that is gentle and elegant. Indeed, it’s as if someone is playing the same set of keys in a piano, ones that are slightly acute. After doing this for what seems to be for 5 minutes, she has stopped gaining altitude and now, she’s simply walking forward towards the Defects. Just like before, each time she takes a step forward, a small magical platform is created but since one didn’t mention before, a platform that is made of purely magic and with colours that resemble her golden eyes. This time around, it took her 20 minutes to reach her destination and while she was doing so, more of those despicable Defects have gathered in the meantime.
Yes, they are preparing to launch another attack; however, it’s too late as they are about to be judged by an irregularity of the world. Indeed, one that has a tremendous amount of power. One whose strength compares even to my Hero.
Ah, how will she pass down her judgement upon these despicable beings?
“Fufufu! More of them have gathered and it also seems they are mere moments from creating another path to the Bubble Universe. Now that is something we can’t have, right?”
She gives a soft laugh at the beginning of her sentence. A laugher that truly is soft, quiet and extremely feminine but with it, only the word horror can describe what followed said laugher. A magical aura surrounds her by entirety, one that is coloured with the same colour that paints her eyes but one that is slightly darker. The spell Conceal was quickly shattered into nothing the moment this aura was formed, all because the magic present on it far exceeds the limit of said spell. And because of it, a fraction of a second later all of those famine foul beasts notice such tasty food. Indeed, all of them immediately stop what they are doing, something that they did in complete and utter union, resembling a set of musicians playing in an orchestra. Afterwards their ugly and disgusting gaze turns upwards, towards where this tremendous amount of magic energy is coming from. Ah, confusion hits the lower-level Defects as they cannot physically see the small dot in the horizon however, they can feel the gigantic amount of magic energy surrounding said dot. She’s roughly a single kilometre from them or in other terms, far enough for the naked eye to have troubles seeing her. Though, that cannot be said about all of them as those whose level surpasses the A rank, they on the other hand, seem to be able to fully see who or what that dot is, giving them even an understanding what they are about to feast upon. The delicious, never ending food, one that only on their “dreams” they have ever hoped to come across such delicacy but, to be able to actually lay their catholic fangs upon it is on another level all together. Ah, a bunch of fools that are about to learn the true meaning of the word-
Fear
