Void Evolution System

Chapter 1849 The Crown's Shadow [5]

Chapter 1849 The Crown's Shadow [5]

Returning to his abode, Damien was greeted with a lot of stares.

'I must have been gone for some time.'

His assumption was entirely wrong. Since these experts were able to hide their emotions, they didn't show anything, but they were feeling something inexplicable from Damien.

If he was their equal before he left, he was clearly superior now. It was to the point where those who didn't speak to him as often were hesitant to even watch his training anymore.

He was an Emperor while they were merely nobles. That was the difference they felt.

It was almost disrespectful to thoughtlessly interfere with the training of someone like him.

None of them liked the feeling that invaded their hearts, but they couldn't deny it.

The few who did converse with him regularly came up and said a few words as they always did, but there was a subtle distance in their interaction that Damien felt clearly.

'I guess it isn't necessarily a bad thing.'

It would be a shame if there were hard feelings about his early departure. He only just came to this island and he'd already reached a level that the rest of them could only dream about.

It was better for him to disappear quietly. It was better if they assumed that he went and killed himself in the Sea of Nothingness, since that was easier to handle.

'Well, quietly may be impossible.'

The moment he escaped, a huge phenomenon would encompass all five islands. Damien heard of this from the first island, so it had to be true.

Rather than leaving quietly, it was more like he wanted to disguise the fact that he was the one leaving.

'This island...isn't it too pitiful?'

When it was naturally accepted that absorbing energy was the right method and there wasn't a way to go back and tell people it was wrong, was it right to blame these experts for their current situations?

Sure, it was partially their fault, but it wasn't enough of a blunder to turn this place into their grave.

The experts on this island had different personalities, goals, and interests, but each and every one of them was worthy of being a Supreme. Damien could tell that their journeys through the four islands before this one changed them all into decent people.

'It would be a missed opportunity if I left them all here to rot.'

The people of this land were all upright practitioners even if their pasts didn't assume the same. Perhaps it was stupid to say that all of them were good people, but he knew that they were all at least sane.

Plus, their talent was undeniable.

At the moment, he wasn't too much stronger than them, so it was impossible. When he became Absolute, that would change.

Just as people started investigating the palace and realizing its worth, a massive flash of light appeared from the shoreline.

"Wow..."

How long had it been since the last time?

Somebody was ascending and escaping this realm.

And that flash of light...for some reason, it felt extremely warm.

Because that man knew, and everyone else would soon come to know.

That light was the first of many.

The fifth island was finally going to be revitalized. As for the person who created it...

He was content with leaving a small piece of himself for future generations.

Without regrets and without hesitation, he returned to the world from which he came.

He had a lot of work on his plate, after all.

***

See, that was what Damien thought was the end.

It made sense, right? Now that his adventures in the Land of Nothingness were over, it was time for him to focus on the events in the True Void Universe.

That statement wasn't necessarily wrong, but his long yet short trip caused a few problems.

Damien returned to his isolated training room. He could tell from the air that time had not passed.

But, clearly, something had changed.

The universe rushed to read his existence. It was extremely confused by his current state, but it was forced to acknowledge what he'd achieved in only a single second.

Almost exactly when Damien appeared, he was swept away again.

But this time, he was not taken out of the True Void Universe.

Merely...

He was once again in a place that other people could not reach.