Chương 11: Epocity

Noah didn't move from his spot and only raised his finger in the leader's direction...

"[Epocity]" He slowly muttered under his breath...

A small pitch-black sphere with a diameter of about 1 cm formed at the tip of his finger.

Noah released the black sphere that was attached to his fingertip and 'it' chased after the Leader swiftly.

Noah thought about how many years it took him to create and perfect his technique [Epocity] and unknowingly the corner of his lips curved into a smile while remembering the days of his struggle. [Epocity], an unnatural pitch-black sphere of dictatorial gravity force that can wipe almost anything to nothingness upon coming in contact with it.

A pitch-black sphere distorting [space] and [time] in its path chased behind a man wearing a silver mask quickly and in an instant appeared behind him.

Unaware of the black sphere chasing behind him, the Leader heaved a sigh of relief.

To him, it felt like he just escaped the claws of death and rejoiced thinking about the ridiculous amount of mana crystals that he will get from this probing attempt. Originally, he would have to share the reward with his teammates but now that all his teammates are dead, all the reward will be his and he will be settled for life now.

Thinking about this, he gave the credits for this fortune to 'Divine Goddess' since this sequence of events was completely unbelievable and unnatural.

Who would have thought that Prince Noah is hiding so much of his strength!

This piece of information can be sold like candies to everyone he has connections with.

Leaders' eyes shone with a savage glint as he thought 'Oh Divine Goddess, I never believed in you.... but today...today you opened my eyes...such an amazing fortune and I was the only one who survived...from this day forth I shall join the Holy church and..."

But-

Before he could complete his thoughts he felt a strong pulling force coming from behind which forcefully stopped him from moving forward no matter how much strength he used.

"Heeelllppppp!!!" screamed the Leader at the top of his lungs while also using [Air] magic to amplify his sound without even looking back.

He felt a chilling sensation coming from his back and even without turning around, he knew the demon was coming for him.

Unfortunately, the sound waves that would normally reverberate through the entire city also felt the same mighty force and were sucked in towards the black sphere.

The leader turned around knowing fully that the only chance of his survival is to fight back and come out on top.

He squinted his eyes forming two slits while watching a small black sphere floating in the air about 50 meters away from him.

He was expecting Noah to be there but he was surprised to see a black sphere approaching him at incredible speed.

He pulled out his spear from his storage ring but in the meantime, the sucking force coming from the black sphere also increased by countless times as the black sphere advanced towards him and now it was only 20 meters away from him

He felt like he was facing a vacuum cleaner, cleaning out trash.

He raised his spear and muttered to himself "[Airfurae]". A large 10-meter green translucent python of air formed around his spear with the tip of the spear as its mouth.

He threw the air python along with the spear with all his might to attack the black sphere while still trying to escape from the tyrannical force that was pulling him towards the black sphere.

He widened his eyes and his jaws dropped to the ground when he saw his most powerful spell along the spear evaporate into nothingness as soon as they touched the black sphere.

'Shit! what is that THING!?' the Leader felt a sense of dread he has never felt before.

Cold sweat formed on his forehead, his instincts were screaming in his mind that whatever that 'thing' is, it is extremely fatal and deadly.

He threw several spells, [Air bullets], [Air Spears] but everything was futile, he had no more time so he created several [Air barriers] hoping for the best.

"NOOO!" the leader screamed!!

At this moment he was pulled toward the black sphere and he was about to touch it but he could swear he saw a cruel demonic grin forming on the non-existent face of the black sphere before he turned to nothingness.

A few hundred meters away Noah snapped his fingers and the black sphere slowly shrunk in size before it eventually vanished.

Sigh~

"So troublesome!..." Noah said while reminiscing some bittersweet memories of his past before turning around to leave for the Palace. He cleaned himself and his clothes with water and air magic on his way back

Noah didn't know why he was remembering a specific memory of his past at this moment suddenly but he quickly cleared his thoughts before entering the Palace.

.....

On a world far far away in the 'Exiled Prison Realm', a red-colored throne was floating in the sky hovering before a portal.

Several people with pale skin were kneeling behind the throne.

Hundreds of completely dried human corpses were laying at the entrance of the portal. It looked like all the blood has been drained from their body leaving only muscles and bones behind.

"My Queen, the portal should open any second now!" said a man while kneeling beside the throne while secretly admiring the beauty of the woman sitting on the throne. All men in that group admired her beauty but only 'secretly'.

The last time someone did it openly, he was thrown in the middle of a pack of Magma Wolves where he was roasted and eaten alive.

She didn't reply and only looked at the portal with a worried expression.

The 'Queen', sitting on the throne was still anxious and she was continuously tapping her finger on the armrest of the red-colored throne which showed her apprehension.

At this moment the portal opened and the worried expression on the 'Queen's' face was replaced by an expression of urgency, madness, and...happiness...and without looking at the people behind her, she immediately rushed towards the portal at an incredibly fast pace that defied logic.

People who were kneeling behind her broke out of their reverie, also got up, and rushed towards the portal but only a few hundred of them were able to pass through before the portal vanished.