Death… and me

Chapter 2622  Welcome Party

Kafan then took his attention away from where Roan and Rugo were located. Roan wasn’t wrong. As soon as Kafan arrived, the other Semi-Celestials noticed the change in the laws. Kafan could already feel some of them opening Spatial Gates to come where he was.

A few minutes later, the first Spatial Gate appeared, and Himmel came out. He was the Regal Phoenix, the only Semi-Celestial of the Demon Beasts. “Now, there is a face I haven’t seen in a while. Gragatou told me that you would finally show yourself after we found the Hidden Realm. Seems like he was right.”

“Hahaha!” Kafan laughed, finding it amusing as well. “It’s not like I could have done much more, right? But then again, if you truly wished to talk to me, you just need to manipulate the laws.”

“Why should I forget my laws just to hear you?” Himmel asked. “Anyway, don’t you have something to say?”

“To say?” Kafan got confused. “Long time no see?”

Himmel felt helpless. “I don’t need that! I’m talking about the laws that we had to change to contact you and find the Hidden Realm. How about some compensation for our efforts?”

Kafan shrugged his shoulders. “I brought nothing with me. First of all, you know very well the other side hasn’t had an iota of Divine Energy for countless years. Do you think it would have anything of interest for a Semi-Celestial on this side?”

“Well, that’s true,” Himmel felt a little disappointed.

A moment later, another Spatial Gate appeared, from which Gragatou came out. “Himmel is here already, uh? Whatever. I just need to warn you, Kafan. You heard about the other Universes, right?”

Kafan nodded. “Yes. When you guys manipulated the laws to contact me on the other side, part of the message was about Turen’s warning and the fact that Hyeoumu seemed to believe it, too. Was that a joke, or could we truly expect them to come?”

“It’s not 100% confirmed,” Gragatou didn’t lie. “However, chances are very high since even Senior Hyeoumu knew about it. That’s why we accelerated the process to find the Hidden Realm. We need the Chaos Laws inside to see if we can use them to breakthrough into the Celestial Realm.”

“Still, that was way faster than I expected. After all, there is half of an entire Universe on this side.” Kafan arrived this earlier exactly because of that. Even he thought it would have taken several years after acquiring the aura from the twins’ Dimensional Realm.

Suddenly, another Spatial Gate appeared. However, this time, it wasn’t someone from the Realm of Gods who came out. Instead, it was Dalquiel, the Archangel from the Heavens.

Yet, the angel barely had the time to look at Kafan when another Spatial Gate appeared. From inside, a Devil came out. Turen would have recognized him. It was Sansara.

Kafan found it weird. The Underworld and the Angel Realms were much further away from his entry point than the Realm of Gods. These two shouldn’t have arrived so fast if they weren’t in the Realm of Gods to start with. However, he was an old fox like everyone there, so he quickly understood. “Let me guess, you had help.”

Gragatou didn’t deny it. “Exactly. The only way we could have enough power to scan this entire side of the Universe was to join hands with the Devils and Angels. Well, unless we sacrificed a huge amount of our conprehension to do that alone. But if we did that, even if we accelerated time to recover our laws faster, it would take well over ten years. The visitors will arrive way before that.”

Kafan nodded and looked at Sansara. “Hey there, Kid. You are new…”

Sansara’s mouth twitched. He was definitely millions of years out. However, in front of Kafan, he might as well be called a kid. He wasn’t even born when Kafan was already a Semi-Celestial. “Wanna give this kid a try?”

Kafan shook his head, though. “My old bones can’t take it. I would be defeated in seconds, so let’s not do it.”

Not a single soul there believed Kafan’s words. If anything, Kafan might be within the top three of the strongest Semi-Celestials of the Universe. It’s just that no one has been able to verify his power since the division of the Universe. “So, how has my Underworld been since the Extinction Sphere?” Kafan changed the topic. He was a Death Spirit, after all. It’s just that Kafan didn’t seem to care about such things anymore.

“It is not yours,” Sansara answered. “Also, I bring a message from Black Locust. He asked if you were willing to return to the Underworld after all of this is over.”

Kafan immediately shook his head. “My place is not there anymore. Don’t worry, though. I have no intention of allying with any side. Whatever your Realm of Gods, Heavens, or Underworld do, it has nothing to do with me. I’m neutral, just like I was back then.”

“Hmph! I wonder if that’s truly the case,” another voice suddenly appeared as a Spatial Gate appeared nearby. This time, it wasn’t anyone from the three higher realms. Instead, it was a member of the Vruve Organization.

Kafan recognized him. “Bracius, you are still alive? And here I was, hoping you had died during the events of the Extinction Sphere. You do know that it was your Wafrol Organization’s intervention that caused the Universe’s division, right? Oh, no. You changed the name to Vruves, right? Anyway, don’t you feel ashamed of showing your face in front of me?”

“Ashamed?” Bracius snorted. “Those idiots were trying to change the Natural cycle of life. Someone had to stand against them.”

Kafan narrowed his eyes. “Natural cycle of life, yea? I’m sorry to say this, but… I still don’t believe this bullshit of yours. Was it truly because of that? How about you come out in the open and tell us the real reason?”

“If you don’t believe me, that’s your problem.” Bracius quickly denied it.

Seeing that would have no end, Gragatou intervened. “Enough with this. The reason we joined forces was to explore the Hidden Realm. Let’s not start a meaningless fight here, especially considering what is coming for us. Now…” Gragatou opened a Spatial Gate. “Come with me. I’m getting tired of this place. We would do much better to discuss while drinking some tea.”

Kafan just nodded, and so did the others. Just like that, they all left.