Right, the place where Damien ended up was the Sacred Abyss Universe.
It wasn't an accident either.
Damien arrived just as he wanted to, carrying with him everything he intended to take away from the Heavenly World.
'With a slightly volatile grenade…'
Damien looked at his left hand, where a yellow orb the size of a bath bomb calmly pulsated as if it wasn't made of Godly amounts of chaotic energy that could blow at any second.
'...and some sort of interdimemsional cosmic entity…'
Damien looked at his right hand, where he held that beasts contained in a barrier of Existence. It was trapped for now and wouldn't be able to do anything he didn't let it.
'...I think this is going to be a pretty fun roadtrip.'
Damien's disappearance. It was partially out of necessity, and partially because he figured out a great way to use his time.
While he took the entity from his mother, he also purified her body with the concept of order, which completely absolved all of the problems she'd had.
And when he had the entity trapped in his grasp, he realized that killing it wasn't the best option.
Especially not when he had this much rampant energy around him.
He had to find a way to get those things out of the True Void Universe. That much remained true. However, his decision to come here was a bit nuanced.
The battles he had to fight…he figured he'd get them over with as soon as possible.
This was the Foreign Nobility's home ground, so they had somewhat of an advantage.
But he was also able to approach them as he wanted to. He didn't have to be trapped in their schemes anymore.
And more than anything else…
'...there's almost nothing to lose here.'
Thalia and the Gehenna Tribe wasn't related to him in the eyes of everyone else, so as long as he stayed away from them, they would be safe too.
The main point was that Damien could fight here without worrying about any outside factors.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})'So I should use the things I was given to wipe out the Foreign Nobles.'
Malefice's core explosion was right about powerful enough to kill a Supreme God, right?
'And while I'm at it, maybe I should try to meet that Dark God of theirs.'
Damien wanted to end things here and now so current events wouldn't repeat themselves.
His goal in this place was the complete elimination of all hostile Foreign Races.
'It's just like my time on Al'Katra, except…'
Damien grinned to himself.
'...unlike Al'Katra, I don't plan to do any sneaking around here.'
He was just continuing the combat circuit he never got to finish.
'For now, I should put these away.'
Damien stored the "grenade" of Malefice's power in a safe storage space he created specifically for that purpose.
As for the dark beast, he just threw it in his proverbial pocket, since the Existence barrier was all the containment it needed.
'Learning from last time's experience, killing a Noble means I inherit their territory. I already have Count Verex's land under control, but I guess I should go see what Horacio was up to before he joined our side.'
Damien immediately vanished from his position, wherever he was.
All he knew was that he wasn't anywhere near Count Verex's territory, and he could feel the direction of Horacio's territory.
Nevertheless, he had to move.
'They should know I'm here.'
With how they'd locked onto him, there was no way they didn't feel it when he arrived.
'I just have to control our encounters.'
He had to be the one in charge of it all.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})'This territory…'
It must've belonged to a Viscount. It was quite small as if to further that assumption.
Damien wasn't subject to the territory boundaries that held him when he came the first time. He didn't use a Dimensional Crack, after all.
As such, he was able to move through the Sacred Abyss Universe just as easily as he could the True Void Universe.
'Is this place…also one planet?'
It was a thought Damien couldn't help but have. This land was so expansive that it could truly compete with the Heavenly World.
However…
'...the stars in the sky are real.'
There was truly a horde of celestial bodies floating through the void of space. It was completely different from the artificial skies of his home cosmos.
'This planet belongs to the Foreign Nobility, but it's not lacking other peoples. If this is where the majority of civilization is, then what's out there…?'
It wasn't a question he could answer right now, but he did plan to have it answered before he returned to his homeland.
'Okay.'
Everything was set. Plans had been properly made. Now…
'...let me return unto them the things they did to me.'
It was going to be an exciting few months.
'...let me return unto them the things they did to me.'
It was going to be an exciting few months.
***
That was when it started.
A wild goose chase with disastrous consequences.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})The Foreign Nobles could sense Damien's position, but they didn't have an exact measure of it. Especially since he zipped around so fast.
Damien never stayed in a single territory for too long. Any time he senses incoming presences within a few tens of millions of kilometers, he'd warp away, leaving them completely unaware of his position.
When it came to running, there was really nobody who could defeat Damien. At this point, it might've been better to stay back and try to triangulate where he'd appear next.
But even that became difficult.
Because Damien wasn't just running around for fun.
There were 128 Barons, 64 Viscounts, and 32 Counts before they'd met Damien.
That number had slightly decreased through his interactions with them, but it was nowhere near the catastrophe he'd caused them since he came back to their world.
There were now 68 Barons, 12 Viscounts, and 15 Counts.
Those were all Nobles he'd killed while the others tried their best to catch up to him.
The low-rank Nobles were easy to kill. Especially the Demigods, who couldn't last more than a single attack from him.
Damien was able to move quite fast since he didn't have to be too focused during battle, but he still had a lot of distance to cover.
It was almost like this world had been divided in such a way that would cause Damien the most trouble. The weaker Nobles were all separated, strewn about in random parts of the world.
Meanwhile, the more high-class nobles remained concentrated. It was almost impossible to attack one without being spotted by the others.
But Damien had it all planned out. He was slaughtering the low-
rank Nobles just for convenience. His main goal right now was information gathering.
By the time there were only Dukes and Grand Dukes remaining…
'...I'll be well equipped to make sure they join their friends in hell.'
The Foreign Races didn't know what kind of enemy they'd made out of Damien.
The Dark God didn't know the consequences of attacking the True Void Universe.
The anomaly they'd encountered this time wasn't a person they could defeat with the strategies they'd used previously.
No, if it was Damien at the center of everything…
Nothing more needed to be said.
