Stellar Ruler Bartholomew knew full well the results of his actions.
And yet he did them regardless as what had been done to him was so demeaning to everything he stood for to the extent he couldn’t stay still!
If he could kill the Disciple of the Dark Sword, so what if there was a war? Things had already been brewing long enough.
These were his thoughts.
And he acted swiftly since he also believed her words that she had already sent information regarding everything happening here to her people.
So he moved to kill as he didn’t even pay attention to the other Void Ruler that had been beside The Disciple of the Dark Sword.
A nondescript young man in a golden robe formed from a Covenant of Nature.
He had ignored everything occurring around him as the battle began, and now…his body suddenly radiated a horrific pressure that caused even the gaze of Bartholomew to change rapidly!
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Bartholomew turned towards this young Gem Master as his gaze deteriorated even further.
He saw that at the chest of this Gem Master…a terrifying heat he very much recognized was blooming.
The Heat of a Star.
When he formed his own Star many years ago, he also remembered a similar heat, but his…was nowhere near as intense as this.
And the heat emanating from this being only continued to rise!
Stellar Ruler Bartholomew acted instantly as the black suns meant for the Disciple of the Dark Sword instantly changed targets.
For a Gem Master to daringly choose a breakthrough in the midst of battle, and for one to be this terrifying… they could not be allowed to succeed!
He was shocked as he acted, but he was not the only one. Masako looked towards Alexander in an absolute stupor as her brain buzzed.
Was this the same Ruler who was just asking her about the stages of power not too long ago?
How was he all of a sudden jumping stages as easily as this?!
There was an overabundance of questions, but unfortunately, no answers.
Terrifying black suns emanating heat and heavy gravity thundered unto Alexander, the nearest Black Sun appearing inches away from his body as he was about to be scorched entirely!
“No!” Masako bellowed out as her sword moved.
“You can only blame yourself!” The somber howl of the already injured Stellar Ruler Bartholomew boomed out.
An inch away from Alexander, as a Black Sun was about to strike…
BZZT!
The black Sun came to a stop as if it faced heavy friction. It was an action that caused Bartholomew to have an extremely ugly expression as he observed from the chest of this Gem Master…the allure of stellar brilliance.
As for what could have possibly stopped an attack an inch away from reaching him? It seemed that, somehow, his body had already manifested the terrifying Innate Gravitational Force of a star.
A hallmark for any Stellar Ruler!
But this Innate Gravitational Force was supposed to be a unique barrier that kept away minor things from the Stellar Ruler.
Minor things.
An attack from another Stellar Ruler….was not minor.
And yet this being had rebuffed an attack in such a manner that it was deemed minor!
Such a thing was utterly disastrous.
What star was this? Just what Star was this being forming?!
—
Massive Covenant Star.
The name and identity resounded in Alexander’s mind and again as this multicolored star grew bigger and bigger- his body drawing in the particles of every single Covenant he assimilated at the basis of this star as it carried everything within with heavy stability!
As the star formed, he felt the Enneagram itself gain more weight, alongside all parts of himself that felt like they were collecting and accumulating more and more power.
His Ascendant Energiea and Vigor…exploded upwards.
||A Unique Massive Covenant Star has successfully formed and is continuing to grow within your Enneagram.||
||Due to the emergence of a Unique Star within the core of your being, unknown changes have begun to take place.||
…!
The changes were too big, and the changes were too new.
The Enneagram had nothing about this in its database as he had to be the one to collect its data!
And so…
HUUM!
He opened his eyes.
Through his bodies, he saw many scenes.
The scene of the Core of Ephesus and its stellar glow.
The scene of Stellar Ruler Bartholomew and others.
The scene of the Temporal Enneagram Space and his other bodies.
He saw all of this, and his vision focused on the outer space above Ephesus as he looked at the black suns that surrounded and threatened to harm him!
Uniquely, compared to the terrifying heat and gravity the budding star in his chest gave out, these black suns…seemed so mundane.
So simple.
He looked at them as he rose from his seated position and spoke out.
“Not too long ago, Destiny showed me an unfavorable possible path where these black suns…decimated the Realm behind me.”
…!
His voice was serene.
It didn’t feel like himself.
It didn’t feel like the voice of a young man just coming of age!
It felt like the voice of an ancient being as it carried the terrifying weight of a Star!
As he spoke, his hand reached out and grabbed towards a nearby black sun- this star buzzing and rotating as it shockingly began to become smaller and smaller under his outstretched hand.
Eventually, a terrifying Gravitational force wrapped around and plucked this black sun as it came to…be contained between his two fingers!
“And then, I saw another path with Destiny. One that was much more favorable. One that was too unreal. I saw myself plucking away these black suns…with my bare hands.”
WAA!
Between his fingers, the black sun trembled and squeaked as a terrifying weight fell all around it, and it collapsed into gas and dust moments later!
It was a scene that caused utter dismay in the eyes of the Void Rulers from the Star Alliance, and the Stellar Ruler Bartholomew…
His gaze had all color draining from it as he became surrounded by a black sun that threatened to shoot out in the distance!
What was that?
That was the power of a star? That was a star?!
If that was truly the power of a star, the rest of the Stellar Rulers out there should just quit at this moment and find a new profession!