The Empyreal Gem Master

Covenant.

Ruler.

Terms that few would understand the profundities of unless they were beings with such distinctions already.

Even Alexander only knew it as whispers…until now!

||The Quality of Gold has been applied to you and everything bound to you.||

||Your Vigor has become augmented by the Covenant of Gold, altering the Gem Constellation- Golden Tree of Old, Yggdrasil, and increasing your durability and resistance as your Maximum Vigor Value has reached 2,250,000.||

||Your Energeia has become augmented by the Covenant of Gold, altering the Gem Constellation- Endless Glacial Sun, and increasing its strength and permanence as your Maximum Energeia Value has reached 2,000,000.||n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

||The speed of your movements and attacks has been reinforced and augmented by the Covenant of Gold, altering the Gem Constellation- Halcyon Stanchion of Light, and increasing your speed to become a thousandth the speed of light.||

…!

His synapses and thoughts were flashing rapidly.

Far too rapidly as even now, it didn't even feel like a single second had passed while he sifted through droves of information.

And the information was extremely heavy as one of the more terrifying things was the movement and attack speed of a thousandth the speed of light!

Nearly 300,000 meters per second.

Nearly 200 miles per second!

This was just him.

But the ridiculous boons of his Gem Constellations that were now painted with the terrifying Covenant of Gold also applied to his Minions.

His Undead Summons.

Just this…made his heart settle when he thought of the terrifying Black Dragon ahead of them!

And these were only part of its boons.

||Through your initial understanding of the Covenant of Gold, you have obtained a Minor Auric Covenant Manipulation Ability, becoming capable of turning many things into gold and empowering objects, weapons, and entities with Auric Bestowal as the cost of high reserves of Energeia.||

There was a lot.

Truly.

And all of it came and went across Alexander's mind, the transformation being quick as even before he did anything…

"You dare to hurt the Ascendant Master?!"

An enraged Anastasia appeared like a flash of golden brilliance in front of the Black Dragon whose jaws had begun to leak black flames.

She was far too fast as her beak struck out- a golden spear of light covered by the allure of a Covenant erupting out and shooting ahead along with her enraged bellows!

She wasn't alone.

Jujugan moved alongside her as above the Black Dragon, a blue gold sea bloomed.

"I thought Water was the path forward, but Master, this Gold…"

His Undead body was filled with golden brilliance!

His blow was heavy as storms of typhoons of a raging blue gold sea came down with it- their speed being far too fast as they smashed onto the body of the Black Dragon!

BOOM!

A gold spear. A raging sea.

They smashed into and actually pushed back the titanic body of the Black Dragon that was sauntering into the Sacred Gold Mountain, but when the dust cleared…

A dazzling forcefield of flames surrounded the Black Dragon as it looked ahead with a hint of annoyance and rage in its serpentine eyes.

[Why struggle before the Covenant of Fear? Why…!]

As flames circled around its body, its words came to a stop as it looked towards the right side- to the skies!

The Black Dragon wasn't the only one as Alexander also turned his eyes over, gold flames leaking from them as in the skies, the figures of three humans could be seen.

Humans!

But their skin shone with a golden hue as behind their backs, feathery white wings flapped serenely.

The one at the forefront was a gorgeous young woman adorned in a white robe and holding a white staff, her gaze filled with distaste as she stared at the Black Dragon burning with flames of the Covenant of Fear!

Beside her, the figures of two aged old women in white robes could also be seen, feathers also sprouting behind their backs as they helm similar gold skins- but their bodies did not radiate the power of Rulers.

[Vile beasts like you are in this new world as well? You all can never seem to sit still!]

WUU!

The words of the young woman were filled with the power of a Ruler as the eyes of the Black Dragon became firm!

Whatever was happening to Ephesus at this moment brought a great deal of entities over, and Alexander came across a Beast Ruler and a Human Ruler at this moment- and the two sides were at odds.

At this moment, the golden hair of the Ruler flickered while turning towards the rising figure of Alexander that was painted with a sparkling gold radiance.

[You seem to stand opposed to this creature. In this foreign land, shall we join forces to eradicate it?]

…!

The newly appearing Ruler pulsed with power, Nine sockets brilliantly shining on her chest as Alexander only nodded towards her while Undead Minions covered by golden light were already rushing out to cover the surroundings.

He didn't drop his caution even towards these newly appearing beings that looked like humans as to him, everyone was deemed dangerous at this moment!

[Haha!]

At this point in time, the Black Dragon laughed raucously.

Black flames intensified around its figure as above it, a terrifying flaming crown blazed as its voice dripping with dignity and power exploded out!

[Puny humans remain puny humans. Even if you gather together, so what? Two weak Rulers against the dignity of a Dragon? Let! Me! Show! You!]

It's might was indomitable!

Its aura rose to the very peak as the Ancient Vampire and other Undead Summons floated in front of Alexander seriously, ready to defend and attack as they acclimated to their new power. Explore more at empire

And…

BOOM!

At speeds that shattered the sound barrier, the massive body of the Black Dragon…instantly flickered backwards and disappeared into the roiling earth filled with mist behind them.

…!

It ran!

Its aura and words of confidence had just risen to a shocking level as it made it seem like it was about to unleash a shocking attack, and it turned tail and ran right after!

Alexander's gaze turned sour as he wanted to give chase right away.

With his speed, he would be able to catch up.

But in the gray mist and changing earth ahead of them…it was unknown what other Beasts were there, or if one would come across other Rulers!

At this moment, he didn't need to take risks.

[Dragons are full of shit, nothing like the dignified beasts they make themselves out to be. Young Friend, might you know more about where we are?]

In the departure of the Black Dragon, the three golden skinned humans floated down as they looked around the Sacred Gold Mountain with curiosity.

Alexander looked at them calmly as his Minions gathered around him.

They presented themselves as allies instead of enemies in this increasingly chaotic landscape of Ephesus.

Who were they, exactly? And which world did they stem from?