A Sky Ruler, more often than not, had a single Covenant that they were assimilating.
A single one.
Yet at this moment, Alexander began assimilating an additional 4 on top of the Covenant of Gold!
Four more Covenant Gems bloomed in the center of his being and pulsed with life, his whole person feeling a sense of profound satisfaction as he felt like all parts of his were rapidly drinking up the authority of these Covenant of Nature.
His Ascendant Vigor and Energeia gradually rose by whole points every few seconds.
And the authority he could wield became utterly intense as even the distant roaring figure of the Silver Ruler of Space looked in his direction with somber eyes, his expression quickly undergoing many changes!
Confusion and shock were veiled within.
What was this? Why had his aura exploded to become filled with such depth and density?!
In the middle of such chaos, the speedily moving Alexander in Dragon form didn’t relent.
Feeling his explosion of lifeforce, he freely called out something that would have cost him a great deal of Ascendant Energiea before all this.
But now, it was more than bearable!
[False Domain of Gold.]
…!
With him at the center, a circular domain of gold bloomed as it seemed to cause the very skies themselves to lose their current color and turn gold.
The Domain one could unleash after forming a Covenant Gem.
It was currently False, and one could forge a True Domain and unleash it when they completely assimilated a Covenant!
Releasing it for the first time, Alexander felt a truly unique sensation as if he had made himself grow for ten miles.
Ten miles.
In this region, he could use the dense majesty of Gold to do anything, anywhere, and with nearly twice as much force.
The amount of Ascendant Energiea he had used was also all that was required, with no other cost required to unleash and apply the Covenant of Gold in this region!
This…was a False Domain of a Covenant of Nature.
Sensing its decent, the Silver Ruler of Space roaded out with defiance and regality as he called out maddeningly.
[False Domain of Space!]
CRACK!
The gold space that Alexander had laid out faced opposition- as if another equally dominant circle- an equally dominant domain came to also place itself in the same space!
The two domains buzzed and fought against each other as soon enough, they would likely cancel each other out!
Or so it should have been.
But Alexander was no normal Sky Ruler.
He looked at the gloriously roaring dignified dragon as he felt a sense of thrill.
It was unique.
It was a thrill coming from knowing he could overcome and overwhelm a being as powerful as this, and he enjoyed this unique sensation very much as he called out consecutively!
[False Domain of Nobility.]
[False Domain of Lightning.]
[False Domain of Fire.]
[False Domain of Earth.]
…!
Atop the combating gold and silver domains, a purple one had descended as the combined force of just this and the False Domain of Gold…entirely shattered the budding domain of Space.
But thereafter, a dazzling blue domain crashed down, followed by a crimson one, and then a yellowish bronze one!
Consecutively!
One after another!
It caused the eruption of such dense storms of Covenant Authority that all other beings felt stifled.
This even included the Silver Ruler of Space who dazedly felt the overlapped False Domains of Covenants!
The moment they were laid down, thick chains of earth erupted from all directions and wrapped around his draconic body- their intricacies being so heavy that the Silver Ruler of Space felt like he was anchored in space.
Above him, thunderous flaming spears formed and thundered towards his anchored body on all sides, piercing his scales a gloriously crimson gold blood gushed out!
ROAAAR!
The heavy roar of a furious pained Dragon rang out, but all that followed was the crackling of lightning as they coursed through the flaming spears to cause them to sink ever deeper into the body of the Silver Ruler of Space!
[Preposterous! What are you? What is this?]
The Silver Ruler of Space barely bellowed out through the pain as truly, it didn’t make sense.
But Alexander wasn’t giving him nor the other enemy Dragons any time to even think of retaliating.
The ever-present allure of gold began to fall down like rain at this moment.
Rain.
Something rare on Ephesus before, and yet it seemed to be a regularity at this moment.
Rain fell, and it dropped on the scales of the Silver Ruler of Space and other Dragons within the enacted False Domains.
Anywhere these raindrops fell, the scales of dragons began to turn rigid and gold.
The rain formed into rivers and streams when it came to the Silver Ruler of Space, flowing into his wounds as if it had sentience- beginning to turn the very inner parts and outer parts of the Silver Ruler of Space into Gold.
It was terrifying.
Drops of rain, and yet the effects were so deadly that everything was being turned into gold!
[You…!]
Heavy mixtures of emotions crossed through the Silver Ruler of Space as the situation had changed and deteriorated far too quickly.
He was now chained under multiple overlapping False Domains of Covenants, and his very being was turning gold as he couldn’t even teleport away!
Yet even in this perilous situation, the Sky Ruler of Space did not lose his patience or dignity as he spoke out grandly.
[I am the Disciple of an Esteemed Void Dragon Ruler. A human like you has gained the upper hand, but it is temporary. If you proceed with your current actions. If I die….you will have the wrath of a Void Ruler on you. Nobody wants that, yes?]
…!
The Silver Ruler of Space spoke succinctly as Alexander looked towards this creature with a smile.
Its life and death were decided long ago the moment that he saw a single Ruler’s Gem that normally granted 2% increased Understanding…gave 20% under the banner of the Reformer of the Enneagram!
Alexander did not need another bound Follower, nor another Covenant.
He needed to proceed upwards rapidly in assimilation as for this, he needed the Covenant Gems within Sky Rulers that he knew nothing about!
They were the keys to obtaining a distant and unreachable power for others- the power of a Void Ruler!