A few days later, Draven arrived at the Imperial City with haste.
Although he didn’t know what the emperor wanted from him, he had to go nonetheless.
All the things he cared about were in this Empire.
If he didn’t want things to go haywire, he needed to participate in this discussion regardless of the situation.
Looking at such a prosperous city, he still couldn’t help but sigh.
“The Moonshadow City is indeed different from the rest.”
The City was like a roaring dragon floating from the ground, infinitely extending as if there were no end.
Above was the Imperial Castle, floating above all, overlooking the whole continent.
At the city gate, after showing his invitation, Draven was formally escorted up to the castle.
After a bunch of ceremonial stuff, Draven was finally let inside the castle.
There, he saw nine others with the same shocked expressions, looking at each other.
“You! You’re Draven!”
“Raven, damn! Is that you?” Draven also greeted, seeing his friend.
“It’s really you!”
“Does that mean the others are also…”
“That’s right, all the people from epochs ago were gathered here,” Raven said solemnly.
“But there are only nine?”
In the beginning, there were twelve apex sovereigns in the Nexus Continent; coupled with Alistair, there are thirteen.
Seeing that there were only nine made Draven think that something had happened to them.
“They were probably late or something…”
“We can only hope so.”
“By the way, when were you resurrected?” Draven asked the group.
“About decades ago, as for my memories, I regained them ten years ago.”
“Hmm, me too!”
“It seems that we are all the same?” Draven muttered, looking at their expressions.
Their reincarnations should be staggered.
The weaker the strength, the faster the reincarnation.
However, seeing they are reincarnated at the same time, they couldn’t help but doubt.
“It’s probably the emperor…”
They suddenly realized.
For the emperor to invite them all here.
It seemed that the emperor had long known their identities.
Shaking their heads, they began to talk about what they had been doing in the past decade.
Seeing that they all reached tier 6, it seemed that they were all doing well in the empire.
“I’m just playing the game, Codoxia; my guild workshop was earning quite a lot of money,” Draven started.
Not everyone was like Draven, even though he had inexhaustible soul energy.
Raven can’t work and grind almost 24 hours a day.
He preferred a young master life, where he just needed to stretch his hand and be lazy.
“Then what did you do? It can’t be that you stole or assassinated someone, are you?” Draven asked worriedly.
Raven was the famed Phantom assassin.
In the past, Raven even attempted to assassinate Malgron; unfortunately, he failed miserably.
“Of course not; my rebirth parents are quite rich.”
“So? Could it be enough for your training?”
To reach tier 6 so quickly is not just some rich parent could afford.
“No, but being rich has its perks; that is huge funds.”
With enough money, Raven was like the shadow behind the scenes, controlling a conglomerate.
Taking his family as a front and using his brains, he was able to grow their business to one of the top today.
Given enough time, it could even rival those hegemons that had grown since the beginning of the empire.
…
A few hours later,
After seeing that the emperor who summoned them was still not here, they became impatient for a while.
Wanting to ask someone for the news, they suddenly saw a man giving off a sharp sword aura.
“Alistair? You’re still alive?”
A few hours had already passed, and seeing no one was coming in, they thought something happened to others.
“How could I die?” Alistair smirked, seeing his past seniors weaker than him.
“Still cheeky as always.”
“Haha, how about we spar for a bit?” Alistair smiled and proposed.
“Tsk, tsk, reaching tier 8 before us didn’t make you strong, you know?” Tʜe sourc of ths content s NovlFire(.)nt
“Anyway, how did you reach tier 8 so quickly? Did you reincarnate before us?”
Most of them were still tier 6; thus, seeing their junior Alistair already reached tier 8, they were shocked.
“You guess?”
“You really reincarnated earlier than us.”
Seeing Alistair’s expression, it seemed that Alistair really reincarnated before them.
“But if that’s the case, then how could we be reincarnated simultaneously and not you?”
“The emperor should know the reason,” Alistair said solemnly, seeing the man slowly walking onto the podium.
“Greet the emperor!” Doran beside Maximus reminded.
“We greet the Emperor!” like a reflex, the nine apex sovereigns knelt and bowed before Maximus.
Even Alistair was somewhat affected and bowed.
“You’re welcome; you should take a seat,” Maximus smiled, waving his hand.
It seemed that the education of their parents was working, seeing they respected him so much.
Maximus wondered how Malgron would react, knowing his subordinates were bowing to another man.
Thinking about it, his smile couldn’t help but widen.
“I summoned you all here because of a request from a friend.”
“Your Majesty, is the one you’re talking to, Malgron?”
“It seems that you are indeed keen.”
“My friend Malgron instructed that you go to the abyss and help him fight a battle.”
Hearing this, they clenched their fists with worry and excitement.
Worry that the situation of the abyss became grimmer, that even their invincible boss needed their help.
Excitement because they could fight side by side with that man again.
They, the proud Apex sovereigns of the former Nexus Continent, were brought up by Malgron from scratch.
With his wisdom and power, he chose them to witness his ever-
flowing glory.
“Your Majesty, do you perhaps know what happened to Amara and Valoros?”
Suddenly, they remembered that two individuals were still missing.
“Amara, like Alistair, reincarnated quite early; by now, she was already in the abyss.”
“As for Valoros…” Maximus paused, not knowing whether to tell them that he had killed the man himself.
“He’s gone…”
“Gone?”
“Is he dead?”
Soon, they mobilized their Battle Will to look for Valoros’ Battle Will.
However, after scouring, they found out that the Battle Will representing Valoros was gone.
“Just what happened?”
Not knowing what happened, they unconsciously looked at Maximus.
“This is quite complicated; Malgron will explain it to you later,” Maximus shook his head, deciding not to tell the whole truth.
Soon after a few more discussions about what had happened, they returned home to say goodbye to their families.
Being with them for decades, their hearts couldn’t help but soften, treating them as a real family.
Although they noticed that it was Maximus’ conspiracy, thinking of their short but happy and peaceful life.
They couldn’t deny such a honey trap.
As for Alistair, he took his time visiting the empire, looking for traces of his past.
Unfortunately, the Moonlight Empire changed beyond imagination.
From a deserted land to a prosperous metropolis, Alistair didn’t even see the similarities.
As for his sister Amara, Alistair just smiled wryly.
Amara had already told him about her identity over a hundred years ago.
Having already had doubts, he was not so shocked.
But still, knowing that his sister married another man, he couldn’t help but clench his fist.
Unfortunately, after looking around, he couldn’t find that bastard in the empire.
Alistair also didn’t dare to ask the Emperor of the Moonlight Empire.
Just feeling his overwhelming oppression earlier, he felt his back sweat.
It was like facing Malgron in full force that Alistair couldn’t muster any courage.
…
Soon, a month later.
The former apex sovereigns met up in the castle.
Seeing them arrive, Maximus smiled.
This time, not only were the former apex sovereigns going to the abyss realm, but Maximus also took his family with him.
Apparently, they missed the others staying at the abyss.
Fortunately, Maximus could go to the abyss realm whenever he wanted.
In the past, he needed to gather his mana for at least 30 years to go to another dimension.
Now, with his power of law, Maximus only needed a few months to do the same.
Seeing that they were all in place, Maximus initiated the teleportation.
…
In the Abyss, at the Shadow Hunter Stronghold:
“So this is the abyss, huh?”
“The corrosive energy is too thick. Fortunately, there is this barrier.”
Seeing the abyss for the first time, the former apex sovereigns couldn’t help but look around curiously.
Feeling the corrosive abyss aura all around, they couldn’t help but be thankful for the barrier around.
If not for it, their bodies would be slowly eroded by now.
They were only tier 6, and the corrosive abyss aura could eat them bit by bit.
“We’re here.”
“You could meet Malgron at the Battle Ax Bar,” Maximus said, waving his hand and sending them outside his residence.
This was a private residence of him and his family; he didn’t want some stranger to stay here longer.
“Now, how about we meet the others?” Maximus asked, also missing his children and grandchildren.