The Innkeeper - Chapter 2203 Trivial

Chapter 2203 Trivial

Daekol was occupied, that much was true. Between absorbing the nourishing energy provided to him by the Hall of Powa. It was called the Universal Harvest, for it had been forcefully harvested from the universe itself.

It was beyond rare, for it was actually unattainable. Even Dao Lords had no way of acquiring it. As far as Daekol knew, the Hall of Powa was the only place that had it, and it was awarded to those who completed the most difficult missions given out. Its value was beyond comprehension.

It played a significant role in Daekol’s plan. With the Universal Harvest, he would create the strongest foundation for his ascension into the Dao realm. He was not satisfied with just entering the Dao realm. No, his goals, his ambitions lay further, which is why he was preparing the best possible conditions for himself to grow stronger.

Getting his hands on an even stronger system was one of his requirements. He had already noticed that because of his interference with the function of the systems, it was prevented from giving him the best rewards. To do that, he’d need to play by the rules of the system itself – yet he was not interested in that. If he could raise his systems level high enough, even a substandard reward would be good enough for his purposes.

Thus, even while he processed the Universal Harvest, Daekol had not stopped working. He had not stopped preparing. Slowly, steadily, he had been gathering information on his target – on his strengths, his weaknesses, his vulnerabilities. One of the things he learned was that it was basically impossible to track Lex. A lot of the time he was found inside the Midnight Inn, but whenever he left, even Dao Lords could not track him. But then again, with the backing of a Dao Lord like the Innkeeper, such a thing made sense.

So, he had begun his preparations to find a way to lure Lex. Using his powers and privileges in the Hall of Powa, Daekol had acquired a portable Mirage – an existence born from the thoughts of a powerful Dao Lord. Anything that happened within would be hidden from detection from all beings outside, Dao Lord or not.

However, that was far from enough. He’d even used his influence to relentlessly search the universe for any weakness he could find for Lex. He did not expect quick results – he merely hoped that he’d get something by the time he was ready to move. Who knew he’d find something long before then?

A vision appeared in front of him, detected through the complex means of the Dao Lords of the Path of Chaos. The vision showed a small girl, caught in a cage, being attacked by an impure Fenrir. It was hardly enough to catch his attention. However, the defensive measures around her, especially the projection of Lex that appeared a moment later, were of great interest to him. So this small girl was under Lex’s protection? He could use that. Daekol summoned his personal guards, trained by himself personally, and sent them out on a mission. They merely had to find the girl, and make sure that Lex could not find her.

Daekol, however, continued to rewatch the vision, gleaning every shred of information he could learn about Lex. Merciless and unforgiving… those were traits Daekol had too. Moreover, he was incredibly meticulous.

While the Midnight Inn was focusing on retrieving their guests from the Dream realm, the countless forces across the universe were not at peace either. The Humanoid Alliance, the behemoth entity, had begun to move as a whole. The Alliance controlled more than just one or two Major realms. Almost all of the main races within the alliance, such as Elves, Celestial, Devils, controlled at least one Major realm themselves.

Then, the alliance as an entity too controlled a Major realm. The amount of power and resources required to control their preexisting assets was already unbelievable, which is why in this war, they had been on the defensive so far.

Now, however, many forces that had been observing and spying on the alliance started to report suspicious and unusual activity, as if they were gearing up for something.

Within Eden itself, the war between the Angels and the Seraphim was heating up. Both of them had numerous Dao Lords, but the difference was that previously the Seraphim had relied on its alliances to keep the Angels at bay. Now that the whole universe was in chaos, the Seraphim could not get as much assistance as they had previously. The general trend of the war seemed to lean in the Angels favor. It was too soon to tell, but at the current rate, in only a few thousand years, control of all of Eden would fall to the Angel race.

If that was the case, the Devils and Angels nephilim plan could proceed. That… was too dangerous a possibility, and many did not want to see such a thing happen. However, over the countless years, the Angels had not been idle either. They, too, had created many alliances in secret with promises to share in their wealth if the nephilim project was completed. The final outcome of this battle, thus, became uncertain.

Many other key battles were happening between rival races across the universe, all of which were being observed by countless forces.

However, there were a few who could not be observed, such as the Sage races, or such as the old, forgotten races that purposefully avoided the limelight of the Cosmic Ascendance Spectrum. Whether they remained idle, or they had begun to move, no one could know for certain.

That did not prevent rumors, though. Rumor had it that even the Sage races, and the old forgotten races had begun to mobilise… almost as if they had received orders even they could not reject.

It was in the midst of all this chaos and uncertainty that small, seemingly trivial events became easily overlooked. Damian Arban Williams, an unknown, insignificant thrall of the Heavenly Overlords Association, appeared within the Tyranum realm – a realm controlled by the Tyranis race. The fact that this realm was once controlled by a few, powerful human families such as the Sephore or Agnew, had already been forgotten by most.