The earth trembled as millions of forces moved their heavy feet in the form of multiple Legions.

  These forces had become even larger in the past day as the Legions from the Wild Continent had merged their path and connected with the ones from the Dark Continent!

  There were powerful Golden Commanders leading the Battalions that made up these Legions, and there were the even more sagely looking DIAMOND Commanders who were floating with a milky white light in front of every Legion.

  Their expressions were those of excitement as these beings looked forward to this coming war, such an action meaning they would finally be reclaiming their right to delve into the only DIAMOND Rank Dimensional Rift within their Ethereal Realm!

  OOOOOH!

  The blood of their forces was bubbling with fervor as they moved, feeling like they were on a grand conquest that would define their lives.

  Above these forces in the cloudy skies, two beings wrapped in milky white light were looking at them while talking.

  "They've most likely seen the movement of our forces, but it should be in our favor as it took us days to pan and put everything together. That little Crown Prince who used to be a snot-nosed brat won't be able to mount up a strong enough defense in the beginning. We must use this to our advantage…"

  The Dark King was speaking to King Alexander of the Wild Continent, his eyes shining brightly as he spoke of the current Ruler of the Light Continent like he was nothing!

  Alexander nodded at these words as he looked at the forces below them, his eyes heavy as they seemed to carry a great deal of responsibility.

  "The masses of them have no idea why we are going to war……and their blood will be spilled the most on the battlefield. We couldn't have done this any other way?"

  "……"

  A look of melancholy and pain appeared on Alexander, the Dark King ruling his eyes at this being's indecision as he asked about something else.

  "Still no word on Warlord Steel?"

  "None."

  RUMBLE

  There was a period of silence between the two as a situation neither of them could explain continued.

  A DIAMOND Ranked Warlord…had just disappeared from the face of the earth just like that. They couldn't locate Warlord Steel, and didn't know the reason why he just disappeared!

  "All the Golden Commanders I reached out say nothing happened out of the usual, but the Villa that Steel was hiding in was just empty when morning came…"

  King Alexander's eyes were filled with solemnity as he spoke, the Dark King nodding as he looked towards the stretch of mountains they had to trek before they could see the outline of the Light Continent.

  "We'll reach the 10 Subjugated Cities in about a day, after that we'll look at the scene to discern our trut-"

  RUUUUUMBLE!

  In the middle of his words, the Dark King was brought to a stop as his eyes constricted, both him and Alexander looking towards the same mountains that led to the Light Continent as they felt the tumbling and heart shaking beastial aura erupt out from the mountains, seeing the terrifying creature blatantly releasing this aura a second later as their eyes shone brightly!

  "What…!"

  "This…!"

  All eyes went to the skies as even the Legions below felt the overpowering aura, raising their eyes to come face to face with the terrifying figure of an enormous Dragon that shone with a milky white light amongst all the bursts of purple Aether around it.

  OOOOOOH!

  The Dragon roared towards them as the Legions nearly felt their knees buckle, the Dark King looking at this ferocious creature that actually raised its head towards the figures of him and Alexander in the skies!

  The expressions of these two Rulers were grim as they looked over at this creature, sensing its ferocious power that they actually remembered from before.

  It was a power they had only come across when they dove into the only DIAMOND Dimensional Rift in the Ethereal Realm- the power of a genuine Rift Boss of this same level!

  "What the hell is this?!"

  The Dark King gritted his teeth while looking towards the oppressive force this Dragon released, not knowing how it appeared or why.

  Well, the why could be discerned as the creature was looking towards them with a cold expression, and this was the reason for their current grim state!

  In the next moment though, their eyes shook with even greater surprise and shock than when the Dragon first appeared, and this was because they managed to see something they had missed in the grandeur of the appearance of this Dragon- the fact that a being was being carried on its majestic back.

  The figure of a human……was being carried on top of this powerful Dragon that released an aura multiple times more dominating than a normal DIAMOND Expert!

  …!

  With expressions of utter shock, they locked on to the figure of a man that could barely be considered to be entering his 20s, his fair face being spotless as his eyes glimmered with an intense blue light.

  Hair as dark as night stood atop his head as this being……looked towards the Dark King and Alexander with exceedingly cold eyes that were filled with utter disrespect and coldness!

  "Who are you?!"

  RUMBLE

  The grim looking Dark King bellowed out as the Legions below them came to a halt, his bellow being answered quickly as all 7 streaks of milky white lights that were leading the Legions below came up to float beside him.

  All of them……Blessed at the DIAMOND Rank as their faces were those of middle aged men that had seen the vicissitudes of life!

  But at this moment, they had grim expressions when staring at the DIAMOND Rift Boss as they felt like they were returned back to decades ago and they were facing the Boss of the Diamond Rift they were trying to reclaim.

  The being atop the wondrous Champion of Aether, Noah Eckert, looked towards the Rulers of the Dark and Wild Continents with exceedingly cold eyes as he had yet to utter a single word!

  Only when the 6 DIAMOND experts of the Legions of the Wild Continent also came up to float beside Alexander did he speak.

  "This is everyone?"

  "……"

  RUMBLE!!!

  Words of utter dominance and disregard flowed out as Noah's voice traveled all across the skies, the expressions of the 15 DIAMOND experts in the skies darkening at them as the Dark King was the one to step forward!

  His eyes blazed with a wrathful light at this scene he couldn't explain, his brain churning out thoughts and possibilities as he looked towards this being.

  They could fight him and the terrifying DIAMOND Dragon below him, but it would require that 10 of them mobilize and spend the next hour draining the energy of the creature before they could bring it down!

  They didn't have such time on their hands so he thought of alternative ways!

  "What can we do for you, friend? I haven't seen nor heard of someone like you in our Ethereal Realm- are you a visitor from the stars?"

  THRUM!

  His words were careful as he tried to ascertain their situation first. His words caused the eyes of many beings to shine as if they finally understood something.

  The being in front of them could not be from their Ethereal Realm, as it was someone that seemed less than 20 years old and yet had the strength to control a DIAMOND Rank Dimensional Rift Boss!

  Noah looked at all of them with impassive eyes as after counting the 15 of them, he nodded his head while replying coldly.

  "I'm not a visitor."

  …!

  THRUM!

  His reply caused the expressions of the DIAMOND experts in the skies to change once more as they looked towards him with shock and hate!

  "I was a nobody from a small city called Academy City- one of the first among those you all commanded your attacks to start on."

  RUMBLE!

  The faces of many beings began looking at Noah incredulously, Alexander and the Dark King only becoming grimmer at these words as time passed, the others merely finding them unbelievable!

  "Impossible!"

  A Warlord bellowed out as he looked over the terrifying Dragon below the feet of the young being.

  If he was truly within the first few cities they sent these forces in, none of them would have managed to succeed under his strength!

  Yet now…!

  "We have no ill will with you, and do not wish to use our forces to fight a battle to the death here when our enemies are at the heart of the Imperial Capital."

  RUMBLE

  The Dark King spoke with a cold expression as his body began to bubble with immense power, the dark skies becoming even gloomier as the Inherent Skill of this being that forcibly became a Ruler of the Dark Continent was extremely overwhelming!

  "A battle to the death?"

  Noah said these words as a sharp light crossed his eyes, tendrils of blue light beginning to be released from them as he waved his right hand.

  SHAA

  A light of teleportation flashed out as……another terrifying purple glistening Dragon appeared with a wave of his hand!

  …!

  "This will not be a battle to the death."

  RUMBLE!

  He waved his hand again as on his left side, another fearsome Dragon nearly identical to the first two appeared!

  With every Wave of this hand, a terrifying monstrosity appeared in the skies as it caused the hearts of the DIAMOND experts to sink more and more, their gazes looking towards him being those of stupor!

  "This will just be a massacre."

  …


  WAA!

  What was this?! Just what the fuck was this?!