"We encountered a unique walker who rose to godhood, despite our presence." Aurion replied clearly. "His way of ascending destroyed the independent will of the Supreme One."
"..."
The projection said nothing for several seconds, mulling over how that was possible. Aurion and his companions dared not raise their heads.
They may all be Veilwalkers, but status still mattered. Envoys were one of the closest beings to the Supreme One himself, having been around at the beginning of his journey.
They were not clear how long this was, but they knew that time in higher universes was different from those of middle universes and below.
"Tell me everything…" The envoy demanded.
"Yes." Aurion answered and immediately delved into explaining their encounter with Alexander. He spoke about what made the three of them move in the first place.
Sometime later, Aurion completed his narration, not forgetting to include the discussion they had with Alexander after his ascension.
"You don't say…" The envoy echoed almost absentmindedly, having trouble believing how such a thing was possible. "And this Veilwalker… this Alexander says all he wants is to be left alone."
"Yes." Aurion affrimed the words.
"Hmm…" The envoy may sound like he was considering the words, but all three walkers knew it was just a ruse. There was no way in the multiverse that was going to happen.
"That is something that would have to be decided by the Supreme One." The envoy said. "That aside, you three have been invited to Universe Prime. The Supreme One will personally take a look into your thoughts."
Maeralith flinched slightly, already dreading what the Supreme One would find in her mind. She expected a lot of things, but the Supreme One skimming through her mind was not one of them.
Of course, that little detail was not missed by the envoy, but he chose to ignore it. Whatever it was, it would come to light soon.
"I will send someone to come for you. Prepare yourselves."
The projection flickered and disappeared once the envoy finished giving his directives.
A collective sigh escaped from the walkers as they slowly rose to their feet. While Aurion and Nulrex moved to sit down, Maeralith remained standing, lost in thought.
"You okay?" Nulrex asked, turning to look at the distressed elf. "It's about the mind skimming, isn't it?"
"Mm." Maeralith nodded with a sigh before moving to take a seat. "I'm beginning to question why we do all this. Why give the Supreme One all the power when we can be left alone."
"That boy got in your head." Aurion stated matter of factly. "Don't think too much about it. I have been thinking about what the boy said as well. But things are how they are now and there is nothing we can do about it.
"Regardless of how different the boy is, the strength and power the Supreme One is gathering is the only way to defeat that monster. You should know as well as I do, our strength is still not enough."
Maeralith had no words to say to that. But since Aurion had similar thoughts, then it was okay. And she also knew the Myrmidon was right.
Even with the strength they currently wielded, they had encountered some void creatures in their region that were capable of going toe-to-toe with them.
God-level void creatures.
If such creatures could rival them at their current level, then they stood no chance of defeating that monster. Only greater strength could do that.
"You guys are seriously thinking of the wrong things here." Nulrex scoffed at his companions. "We've been given the opportunity to go to the universe of the Supreme One. And may I remind you, it's the very first universe! A universe none of us has ever stepped foot in!
"Yet here you are, thinking about some small boy who did something we will sooner or later get our hands on." Nulrex sighed as he got up. "I'll be in my quarters till our escort arrives."
Aurion and Maeralith stared at the dwarf as he walked out of the conference chamber. They knew he was right, but could they be blamed? Still…
"He's right, Maeralith." Aurion leaned in his chair and closed his eyes. "We should be thinking about our meeting with the Supreme One. This may be the only chance we get at seeing him in person."
They may be connected directly to the Supreme One and could even draw power from him, but their connection was done through an envoy who came to their universe.
Most of the Veilwalkers already connected to the Supreme One had never seen him before, not even his projection. But they could feel him through their core and knew he was very real.
This was their opportunity to see the ultimate being in all realities, yet they were thinking about some small boy in some low universe.
"You're right." The elf nodded as she too got up. "I'll be returning as well."
Maeralith was still very much interested in how Alex did what he did. The boy had given them all the clues they needed to succeed, and she intended to see if she could do the same.
'Maybe if I figure it out before we meet the Supreme One, we can avoid this situation escalating.' She mused hopefully. 'Our bond with our universe core has granted us all we need to succeed.' Despite her status, she wasn't a fan of violence.
Alexander did that without even bonding with the core, learning all the secrets they knew. If they couldn't infer what those secrets mean, they might as well give up being Veilwalkers.
Clearly, they were inadequate.
A few days later, the walkers sensed a being enter the universe, arriving on the floating land almost instantaneously.
"!"
'The hell…!' Aurion's eyes widened in shock as he felt the presence their escort exuded. 'It's overwhelming!'
Extending his senses outside, Aurion noticed all vassals on their knees, forced to bow their heads without even knowing why. Some had even passed out from the overwhelming and tyrannical pressure.
'But something is different…'