While Levi wasn’t too bothered by their followers, he would be lying if he said that he wasn’t slightly terrified of being reached out by an actual Radian or an Oblivar.
That’s why he left checking his D-mail inbox for later, not wanting to make this his problem at the moment.
"You knew this day is coming the moment you obtained the three seeds." Ash’Kral said calmly, "Show no fear... show no worry... the Radians and Oblivars do not care for you at the moment as they know that it’s going to be difficult to figure out your identity in the Boundless Expanse... Nocturn guarantees your privacy even if Radians and Oblivars sought his help to unveil you."
"I know... but still." Levi shook his head, "These are actual Celestial beings in command of dimensional sectors across the entire Nine Great Root realms... their names might seem like nothing to the likes of you, but not me... not yet."
Levi wasn’t being paranoid for nothing... Radians and Oblivars were so powerful and resourceful, it was unfathomable to think about it.
Take the Supervising Radian of the dimensional sector, where Earth was situated... the dimensional sector alone included millions of galaxies, whether habitable or not. This was just the galaxies within the Chained Universe, which was considered one of the Great realms.
In reality, a dimensional sector included a mirroring cubical dimensional area of the other realms like the Shadow dimension... the Boundless Expanse was the sole Great realm not included in this supervision zone since it was considered a neutral ground and owned solely by Nocturn.
Of course, there was a Supervising Oblivar of the same sector... the two supervisors’ territories included the same star systems in the chained universe, and any other realm their factions were fighting for control.
The only difference was that neither one of them supervised each other’s realms in that specific dimensional sector.
The Shadow dimension was exclusively supervised by the Oblivars and any other lower Realm... Meanwhile, the Radians supervised the Upper realms.
This created a battlefield in the Chained universe, the central ground between the lower realms and upper realms.
Now, Levi didn’t step on the wrong shoes of one side, but both! He had already screwed up his dimensional sector’s supervisor off Alzhukar’s wallet, which meant adding to the dread of getting caught.
"The day you get caught, is the day you mess up." Ash’Kral said, "It doesn’t matter if you use both Oblivar and Radian powers... what matters to them is for you not to spread the propaganda of peace or a union between them. So, keep your head low, your mouth sealed, play your games, and they will ignore your existence."
Levi went silent for a moment... he started to realize that the war between factions might not have hatred at its core for two opposite primordial trees. It might have started as such, but with time the nature of war was altered to resources control and maintaining their authoritative leverage.
’As long as the war remains, it’s near impossible for any other race to catch to the Radians and Oblivars’ level of authority and power... the war keeps them strong and on their toes, always. At the same time, it helps them control the population of the universe, find new resources and have an actual excuse to raid these resources without any explanation needed. Hence, there is no sight of peace and never will be as long as the war keeps them on top.’
It was never about what’s right, the good guys or bad guys, protection, conquerors or saviors, it was always about... Control .
"Ash’Kral... I never asked this because I knew you won’t answer me... but not this time." Levi suddenly asked with a calm tone, "I need to know... what’s the real reason for the war between the Primordial Trees of Life and Death?"
Hearing Levi’s sudden curveball question, the Titan, and Ash’Kral halted their game of chess and glanced at each other... in that single glance, mixed emotions were born and died as fast as the life cycle of a mayfly.
In the end, a telepathic decision was made.
"Whatever you thought of is correct." Ash’Kral replied, his voice steady.
"..." Levi went silent.
He didn’t know if Ash’Kral had confirmed his theory, or he avoided the question by giving him such a vague answer... in the end, he sighed bitterly.
He didn’t sigh because of the blasphemous implications that Oblivars and Radians were working together to keep this war alive for the sake of maintaining their control... no, Levi had a feeling that it was much deeper and sinister than that.
Otherwise, Ash’Kral’s answer wouldn’t be like that...
’Just how deep the rabbit hole goes...’
Levi murmured inwardly while shaking these thoughts off his mind, understanding that it wasn’t his business to worry about such conspiracy. As long as the Radians and Oblivars wouldn’t get in his business, he was going to keep the term ’peace’ out of his mouth to ensure it stayed like this.
The moment he made his decision, he returned to the site’s homepage and was met with the society’s slogan written in bold letters.
-The Celestial...The one to unite us all.-
He glanced at it for a couple seconds then he shook his head with a wry smile and closed the website while pulling his pants up. He didn’t flush, he didn’t need to... the dimensional worms had him covered.
’Even as a joke, don’t put such a heavy responsibility on me... I doubt I can even unite the three Origin Seeds.’
After Levi finished checking his D-mails and latest tsunami of news he released on the network, he opened his profile interface to see his latest accesses.
//Nocturnal Ring Profile Interface:
Profile Name: Three-Body Problem.
Current Rank: Baron (1000 thousand GP and two Aspect Fruits required for promotion)
Total Game Points (GP): – 240GP
Total Wins:
Total Losses: – 0
Winstreak: – 3
Map Fragments Owned: – 135 (Desolate)
Territory Units (TU): – Null
Games Played: – 3
Privileges Unlocked: – Pitculler’s Privileges(inactive), The Leviathan’s Slayer(active), Hand of Madness(inactive)
Next Rank Requirements: – 760 GP
Achievements: – Pitculler, The Leviathan’s Slayer, Hand of Madness.
Profile Title: – The Leviathan’s Slayer(active) //
"I am a Baron noble, but I doubt I will go higher any time soon."
Although Levi was happy, he also knew that it was going to be a while until he would rejoin the Nocturnal Ring to keep up his climb... all the Rifters within the Baron rank wielded a Dominion.
It was a must-have skill not just for having fair fights, but the entire structure of the games moving forward was going to change... the Dominions and Aspect Fruits at the center of the changes.
"Two Aspect Fruits collected are must condition to be promoted to the Viscount rank." Levi narrowed his brows, "It’s going to be a bloodbath inside Dominions moving forward, each aiming to steal each other’s Aspect Fruits."
Levi had watched many death games in baron rank and above... the first thing he noticed was the drastic shift in battles and game designs to support Dominions’ expression.
It was no longer a game map with a certain objective everyone was fighting to fulfill... no, the objective remained, but this time, it was connected to Aspect Fruits mostly.
Aspect Fruits were more or less the same as the Pride Fruit won by the Hound after he cleared Seraphis’ spiritual trial.
They were the same in content and appearance, but they didn’t involve one’s soul... in other words, the Rifters could actually pluck the Aspect Fruits from within their enemies’ Dominions in the games and the victim would live!
There were no spiritual trials involved since the instant a Rifter entered the Nocturnal Ring, the nocturnal contract he signed included a Binding Vow connecting all Shadowlife seed holders.
The Binding Vow ensured that all the Rifters agreed to have their Aspect Fruits forfeited in case another Rifter plucked it off their Shadowlife Tree within their dominion... When this happened, all the knowledge gathered related to that Aspect was erased from the owner’s Shadowlife Seed’s library and became someone else’s property.
In simpler terms... if a Rifter’s main source of power was a single Aspect, and it was stolen from him, it was the same as killing him.
That’s because all of his evolutionary progress would be reset... mutations, and every other enhancement he received... was gone.
He might be alive, but was he really?
In addition, the plucked fruits in the Nocturnal Ring could not be used by the Rifters... they must be collected and be used to fulfill the conditions of promotions, or in many cases as currency between them and the Platform.
All that mattered was those Fruit Aspects fall in the hands of the system.
This was the new vicious way of Death Games between ’Nobles’... it was no longer about kills, it was all about Aspect Fruits and the Evolutionary Knowledge stored within them.
He, who collected the most Aspect Fruits, deserved to reach the peak of the Nocturnal Ring and be called as... The Sovereign .