After Almond and Lily left Big D’s office, they arrived at the castle’s big garden on the top floor and sent an announcement to every member that a meeting was to be held eight hours later in the Mad Nuts’ headquarters.
The Regalons at High-Mortals and Mortals were already training in various facilities of the Academy, improving themselves since they had a hectic day in their cosmos thanks to the Griminion Tide and gained a lot to be improved upon.
But after reaching Immortal rank, using Vitalis Crucible Tower to increase their Body Constitution or using the Devil’s Playground to increase their Mental Constitution wasn’t wise because it was slow.
There were better alternatives that gave one hell of a boost, mainly the different types of Chaotic Dimensions, but it also required hard work and braving dangers to acquire those powerful and rare opportunities.
Big D’s arsenal of powers made him a king of dimensions on the second layer, the hoarder of treasure in a sense. That’s why his Academy was the biggest neutral force aside from the Big Ten.
Big D was also the oldest Supreme Emperor of the second layer, purposefully not ascending to the third layer as if waiting for a grand opportunity, which had already arrived—Almond, Lily, and the House of Regalon!
Even Big Ten clans had to ask him for the important and hard-to-find chaotic Dimensions with bountiful resources and phenomena because there was no one better than Big D at finding and capturing them.
Moreover, Big D was impossible to kill for them because of his arsenal of powers, mainly his Geneline, as he could rebirth to full power from any of his avatars, which were as many as stars.
It was safe to assume that if anyone saw a stray cat, it was Big D’s avatar.
In short, as long as Big D was on the second layer, he was invincible. But the plan to ascend and make chaotic waves had begun, with Almond, Lily, and the House of Regalon as the important and focal factors aside from his strategic moves.
…
“What do we do for eight hours then?” Lily asked as she rested her head on Almond’s lap, her eyes looking at Almond’s eyes as he watched the horizon of this dimension.
“Nothing,” Almond smiled as he looked at her. “I am trying to stay blank, completely empty.”
Lily blinked. “For Void element?”
“Mhmm,” Almond nodded.
“I want my fourth element to be Time. It’s a perfect addition,” Lily grinned. “After that, I’ll combine Time, Blood, and Darkness into my Exotic Element.”
“Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, and Darkness are primary elements…Lightning, Blood, Ice, and such elements that can be made from combinations of two primary or principal elements are Advanced elements,” Almond muttered. “Life and Death are principal elements.”
“So what about Void and is there another element as powerful as Void?” Almond fell into thought.
Lily wryly smiled, “We’ll only know after ascending to the third layer since Big D said there’s no one with Void element here as the second layer has no power of Void anywhere according to Grimworld Tree’s design.”
“I don’t think so,” Almond shook his head. “I think Void is a very special element. And I can’t help but feel I have its counterpart.”
Lily blinked. “Void’s counterpart…is creation if we go by the meaning.”
“And you can indeed create new stuff. Sure, you are combining existing data, but you are also adding your own thought power, the concepts you have thought of. That’s how you created Regalons. So yeah.” Lily smiled. “I think you got it.”
Almond nodded. “I think Spirit Animation has the power that’s opposite to Void. I have learned it and am learning it more, but it’s a pure conceptual power right now. Still, I can’t help but think that in the depths of this power lies that mysterious element, and I’m nowhere close to that. And it’s the main thing I am lacking to bring out the full potential of Spirit Animation.”
Shaking his head, Almond continued, “Anyway, I want to improve Riftveil Grimblade for now. Veil of Parallel Singularity is the trump card that I’ve never shown yet, but I need more.”
“Meanwhile, I don’t have any trump cards yet.” Lily rolled her eyes.”
“Well, yours are in the making now,” Almond chuckled. “Axiom of Target Splendor is good, but you indeed need something of a different type.”
“Mhm,” Lily nodded. “I have a rough idea one the third ability of my Axiom of Hollow Splendor ability tree, but I am thinking of comprehending the new Intent and making my Blood element into a variant first. After that, I’d have more assets to work with.”
“Well, our trip will surely help us,” Almond smiled. “Once we relax and observe mundane things and perceive the powers in different ways instead of focusing and meditating, we could get insights.”
“I’m looking forward to the vacation. By the way, we are going to a high-ranking cosmos, so we’d need money. What’s the plan on that?”
Almond grinned. “We’ll earn money there and then spend. That’s more fun.”
Lily laughed. “Yeah, that’s a fun idea.”
She turned her head in his stomach’s direction, and her hand went to the slight bulge below. “But I have a different idea right now to spend some time. How about we do that?”
“Cough…I was thinking the same.”
…
Meanwhile, at one of the planets in a random cosmos, Natalia and six other Grim Breakers were here with other members of Mad Nuts.
They had just completed a mission to earn some Academy Points to dive into Vitalis Crucible Tower and Devil’s Playground later.
At a rather fancy bar, Natalia, Maya, Marcus, Emma, Kira, and Noah, the six strongest Grim Breakers after Julian, were having a relaxed time with ten other Mad Nuts members comprised of various races.
Since everyone wanted to have some quality food and fun, they went to the best entertainment district on the planet.
“Nat, people are watching Almond and Lily even here,” Marcus said with a laugh as he saw some people watching videos of Almond and Lily’s battle.
At the table, the six of them sat while the other two tables nearby had other members of Mad Nuts. They were on a very large tree’s top floor branch, which was the most luxurious.
“Though the things are a bit expensive here,” Marcus said as he looked at the hologram menu.
“We have three hours until the meeting starts. Let’s just have a bit of fun and relax because I feel like Almond and Lily have something in store for everyone that might prevent us from having fun for some time, as always,” Noah chuckled.
“Meh, just exchange some Academy Points for Prana Crystals. We’ve earned a lot in this mission,” Natalia said as she sipped from the drink that just arrived for her.
Her eyes lit up immediately as she tasted it. A fiery yet cold stream went down her throat before spreading throughout her body, making her cheeks red.
“Fuck!” Natalia slammed the glass down, her eyes hazy. “This thing is crazy.”
“Eh, Nat,” Kira blinked as she looked at the almost emptied glass that Natalia chugged down and then at the menu. “Don’t tell me you ordered Kiss of Elarith?”
Natalia’s eyes drooped, her cheeks red, and her body fidgety. “Ehhhh, yeaa…it sounded sexy. I wanna meet this Elarith girl.”
Maya talked to the waiter passing by, asking about Kiss of Elarith.
After learning about it, Maya turned speechless as she looked at Natalia. “Do you know what you just drank?”
Unbeknownst to them, a group that had just arrived on the floor walked inside towards the section of tables. The leader of the group caught Natalia’s expression and grinned. “Boys, I think I found something fun.”