"We're here, Lord Gray."
Mike's words snapped Alex out of his chaotic thoughts. The sudden enlightenment caught him off guard. He wasn't sure if it would amount to anything, but he would give it a try at a later time.
"Right."
Alex replied, but his thoughts were still raging. What he had just thought of was absolutely insane, dangerous even. It could end his existence if his theory was wrong.
'When has that ever stopped me.' Alex affirmed his determination, looking ahead to see the universe coming up. 'A mid-level universe?'
Alex wondered what one of the hands of the Supreme One was doing here. He doubted someone like Drakmor would originate from this universe.
The enforcers swiftly tore the veil of the universes and expanded it until it was big enough for a normal humanoid being their size to pass through.
"After you, Lord Gray." Mike gestured to the tear. "The chief awaits."
Alex didn't immediately enter, focusing on the laws he just witnessed. It was primarily more robust than the ones he knew.
'It's probably why they have stronger presences than the average veilwalker. Veilwalkers like me would have to use more energy and effort to bend the laws than natives.' Alex wondered for a while, then he looked behind for the last time before plunging into the tear.
The enforcers wasted no time and followed after him, the veil tear closing behind them.
Alex would have felt the rejection of this universe had he not had his domain unfurled. He made sure to make his presence inside the universe nonexistent.
This way, Alex could only be perceived with the eyes and nothing else. The universe core could not detect his presence even if it attempted it.
And because he limited his domain to about 5 kilometres in radius, his senses were restricted. While he could go further, he didn't want to waste energy unnecessarily.
"This way…"
The enforcers flew forward, disappearing in a blink. Alex didn't linger around for long, following close behind them.
While the flight only lasted less than a second, it was more than enough time for Alex to look around the universe with the power of his eyes.
'There's not a lot of difference between this universe and mine.' It was only larger. 'And they're humans too.'
It wasn't much of a surprise, given this was the multiverse. But what surprised him were the records he peeked at.
'They were already utilizing mana before the calamity, capable of reaching Class B. But it didn't necessarily mean easy.'
The trends he picked up showed this universe had to fight higher-level void creatures from the start.
'If this is just a mid-level universe, I can't imagine what high-level universes had to deal with.'
As soon as they arrived at the location of the chief, Alex noticed his Nexis Radiant failed to engulf the chief.
'No, that's not it.' He came to a stop, staring at the impressive figure of Drakmor. 'A dragon…'
It wasn't that his Nexis Radiant failed to encompass the dragon. Instead, the being's presence made it impossible for his domain to affect them. The dragon was in the domain alright, but the presence he gave off was the problem.
'It's still possible to cover the dragon, but it will require a whole lot more energy than what I'm currently releasing.' He quickly deduced with a frown. 'This can't be good.'
Even though Alex saw the flaw in his domain, there was still a problem. The dragon could brute force his way over to him if he failed to raise the quantity of his Nexis Radiant in time.
A being like him could finish him off before he could blink or react. The crazy theory he just came up with just got the motivation it needed for Alex to push through.
"Chief"
The enforcers took a knee in the void, paying their respect while they waited for their next instructions.
"You may go."
"Yes."
The enforcers disappeared a moment later, leaving Drakmor, Alex and Andrew alone.
Alex recognized who the human was the moment he saw him. He didn't pay much attention to him because there was nothing to pay attention to — not when a four-meter god stood before him with piercing gold eyes.
The veilwalker Alex promptly deduced their name to be Andrew was at the level of a Demi-god, something Alex found mildly strange, but barely gave it any further thought.
Andrew on the other hand looked at Alexander like he was looking at Drakmor.
'So this is the Alexander I keep hearing about.' Andrew gulped, feeling inadequate. 'I can't sense his presence at all! Just how powerful is he?!'
His eyes shifted to Drakmor to see his reaction, but the dragon remained expressionless. Unfortunately for Andrew, he was just too weak to see anything.
Drakmor was greatly surprised, more so than he expected to be. Just like Andrew observed, Drakmor could not sense Alexander at all.
The person was right in front of him, yet he could not sense him!
'Unbelievable…' Drakmor inwardly muttered. 'My aura can't reach him at all. Is this an effect of his unique energy?' He wondered.
The dragon could not sense the energy anymore. And the fact that his aura was not affecting Alex in any way shocked him more than any other observation.
As a veilwalker and a fully realized god with 256 universe cores, his presence was more than enough to crush anyone below his level. Even just his own universe core should be enough to suppress Alexander.
But there Alex stood, showing no reaction besides the flicker of surprise he revealed the moment he laid eyes on his giant form.
'Just what the hell is he doing differently?' Drakmor genuinely wondered. 'The Supreme One will most definitely want to find out.' Even he was dying to know that answer.
After several seconds the two God-level veilwalkers took to analyze each other, Drakmor broke the silence.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Alexander Gray," Drakmor spoke in a gentle tone, his demeanour revealing no hint of the shock he was reeling from. "I must say, you're more than we expected."