Yet he had the information that did just that, and when he could not win, Aldrich made it his goal to simply call for the destruction of the Novus Galaxy through the hands of others!
Noah also understood where this information came from as while Aldrich was journeying throughout the Celestial Realm, the technologies of the Warsh.i.p.s and Realm Dreadnaughts as well as the techniques of the Law of Fate were not the only things given to him.
Noah used the word given because it was actually just that- all that Aldrich found during his exploration were simply things he was allowed to have, those he wasn't allowed to have being placed behind a golden barrier that he never crossed!
Information about Terrors and even the small tidbits of information about the Novus Galaxy itself and the working of the barrier protecting it...they were all spoonfed to him by a single entity- the Novus Galaxy itself.
This was why the Terror of Aether had turned towards the Central Realm while sending out accusatory words.
This was why he blamed the happening of the shattered area of the boundary of the galaxy...on the Novus Galaxy itself!
It was an event that sent a signal of their location to the wide and dangerous Universe full of things they had no knowledge about, and now that this signal had been sent out...something was coming!
"Why?! Why would you do such a thing!"
Noah continued sifting through the memories of Aldrich as the red eyes of the Terror shook while his voice continued to resound across space.
"Why subject us all to death?! Why seek for more? Are we not enough for you?!"
Words that were filled with extreme pain and shock left the Terror of Aether as the reality of what this event signified fully settled in all their hearts, their many questions wanting to at least be answered as they looked towards the Central Realm.
"What goal could you possibly have to invite such a disaster towards us…"
The voice of the Terror of Aether had turned dejected as the shattered space on the barrier became completely stitched up, the powerful gravitational force stopping as everything seemed to have gone back to normal.
But each of them knew that nothing would be normal again as in the foreseeable future, something they had no knowledge about would be descending upon them soon enough.
OOOM
The essence of the three Terrors was flowing wildly as with the closure of the shattered space, their eyes turned fully towards the Central Realm as they portrayed emotions of anger and frustration, emotions of unwillingness and non-understanding as Cthulhu's voice rang out once again.
"Why-"
[Quiet.]
RUUUUMBLE!!!
Space seemed to shake and tumble as the Terrors felt searing pains in their minds, Noah being in the same state as he felt like his head was burning the moment this voice erupted out!
That's right! It was a voice!
A voice that felt familiar in Noah's mind, yet at the same time, it felt extremely foreign! A voice that seemed to resonate with the very deepest parts of the Origins of the Terrors and even Noah!
…!
Noah's heart was beating wildly as this voice erupted out, the Terrors beside him turning mute as it was only Cthulhu with his shaking red eyes still actively moving, the enormous tendrils of Aether coiling around him shaking with wild destruction as he actually disobeyed this voice and continued.
"No! You have freely done unexplainable things for centuries and I have kept quiet while following orders! You have let unneeded wars and deaths occur by uncountable numbers on the same creatures living within you over the millenniums. This time I will not just sit idly by, this time I at least want answe-"
RUUUMBLE!!!
A magisterial energy erupted out of nowhere at this moment as it wrapped and bound the body of the Terror of Aether, his eyes trembling in shock as these energies ignored his balefully destructive Aether and even his identity as a Grand Controller, his enormous planet sized body being covered by these unique energies entirely as his figure disappeared in the blink of an eye!
Gone!
Noah sensed the fluctuations of a huge spatial movement as the entire planet sized Terror of Aether, Cthulhu, was forcefully teleported away from this position instantly!
[Anyone else feel like talking?]
"..."
"..."
The Terror of the Void and the Ancient Terror shook fearfully in their position as they actually got into kneeling positions, their eyes bowing down as not a single word was heard from them.
Noah saw this shocking scenario as his own heart continued to beat wildly, his gaze still on the thousands of miles where a terrifying Cthulhu used to be, yet this same being was forcefully taken away in less than a second by the entity whole voice was permeating in the surroundings- by the Novus Galaxy itself!
[Go back to your posts.]
RUMBLE!
Without so much a millisecond delay, the remaining two Terrors moved away as they turned into streaks of lights, spreading to different directions as they went back to their original positions in the Letalis Expanse without so much as another word.
Noah floated at the same spot as he ridiculously just watched the shocking set of events playing out, waving his hands as he sent his two clones back to the Time Space of the Infinite Realm so that they could go through the memories of Aldrich faster, his gaze looking towards the void of space and the boundary of the Novus Galaxy near him as the shocking voice that seemed to cause searing pain in his mind every time it rang out expressed itself again.
[You have questions.]
"..."
Noah closed his eyes as he felt the searing pain in his mind dim little by little every time the voice spoke, his eyes squinting coldly as he looked towards the Central Realm while activating Apathy to calm his rapidly beating heart.
Damn right he had questions. He had a whole lot of f.u.c.k.i.n.g questions!
[The time is here for all the answers. Come...]
[...My Champion.]
Chapter 593 - What Lies Behind the Golden Barrier? I
Space was extremely huge and vast.
This was even more so when one looked at an entire galaxy that housed an uncountable number of planets and creatures, and it was even vaster if one took into account the unknown that lied outside of a galaxy!
Yet there existed a few specific beings that could effectively achieve a high enough level as they actually changed how vast things seemed to their perception, rising to such extreme lengths of power that even the vast distances of a Galaxy did not seem as vast as they were before.
This was the case with Noah after he achieved the level of a Grand Controller, the type of movements he could do within the Novus Galaxy expanding greatly to the point that he could not even compare it to his past self!
An example was how he and Aldrich had gone from the Central Realm and into the Letalis Expanse, and then just a few minutes later reached the bounds of the Novus Galaxy as the events that had already occurred took place.
With his position as a Controller, the vast Light, Dark, and Letalis Expanses could actually be explored by him in time as he would at most have to spend a few months or even a year or two to fully explore the entirety of the Novus Galaxy and everything that was lying within!
But at this moment...he had an enormous task ahead of him as he heard a shockingly powerful voice that had teleported away a Terror of Aether without its will, an entity that the Cthulhu had accused of bringing calamity to itself and all of them by allowing the actions of Aldrich to go through unstopped!
"You still know nothing about this?"
He sent his words towards his own Realm System, which was the integrated Infinite Realm that had all the worlds he was connected to put together as he sought for even a bit more guidance to try and understand what was about to happen.
[No. I am experiencing this at the same time as you.]
His System replied curtly, Noah analyzing the distinct differences between the voices in his mind as h
e affirmed they were different, that the commanding voice that had simply teleported Cthulhu away was much colder and emotionless, one feeling a distinct chill from it!
He glanced at the surroundings where the boundary of the Novus Galaxy had reformed, preparing himself fully as he used enormous amounts of mana to teleport directly to a single location.
Of course, his location was the wondrous Central Realm that he had left not too long ago, returning close to the golden barrier where he had left behind the Nebula Rank Infernal Lords.
The land around the Golden Barrier was already getting back to normal as the destruction his [Madness Hegemony] caused was slowly wiped away by the abundant essence of the Central Realm, the vegetation already regrowing. Noah saw the figure of the three Infernal Lord standing straight in front of the Barrier as the 1st Infernal Lord looked towards him with a smile.
"I trust it went smoothly?"
Her words were as melodious as always, Noah staring towards this woman as he nodded while speaking.
"Not necessarily. There's something about a bell being rung and all that."
His eyes were squinting as he tried to figure out the mysteries around him, wanting to see the full connection this 1st Infernal Lord had with the commanding voice that had called him a Champion, wanting to know the things that had been held in the dark for too long!
"I am in the same situation as you and many others, but I have received guidance that all the answers lie on the other side."
The 1st Infernal Lord bowed apologetically as she spoke, her hands pointing behind her as Noah saw a blinding golden light shining out, a blinding rectangular opening being created on the fearsome golden barrier that Aldrich had wanted to get behind for so long!
RUMBLE!
The golden barrier that he was completely kept out of was now opened towards Noah even though he could have just chosen to pass through it with his power as a Grand Controller.
[Communication will be much smoother the further in you are. Come.]
Noah turned his head in pain as he still felt a searing tinge every time the cold voice entered his mind, looking towards the three Infernal Lord that seemed to be waiting for him before they entered the golden rectangular opening that showed something entirely different than what Noah and many others were expecting.
He left behind his reservations as he floated down and walked through the opening, feeling like a film of light was peeling in front of his eyes the moment he passed through the golden barrier that Aldrich had wanted to get behind for long!
He began spreading his awareness out as the auras of the three Infernal Lord entered with him, his eyes opening wider at everything he was discovering as the contents within this barrier were really outside the expectations of many!
Aldrich and many other powerful Celestials had made passing this golden barrier their goal over centuries, imagining all the wondrous treasures they would be able to find in the hidden region as they used it to reach even greater heights of power.
Yet over all the years, they had never been able to achieve it as Noah was currently the only one to explore this mystery with his own eyes!
"This is what Aldrich spent his life trying to reach? This was the reason for all the chaos over the past hundreds of years…?"
Noah could not help but voice out as the Infernal Lord beside him let out a light laugh, an indistinguishable light shining in her eyes as she nodded.
"We often have wild delusions of grandeur on things we cannot get our hands on. What Aldrich sought...he would have never found here."
Noah shook his head with emotion at these words as he thought about the being that had lived over 2000 years while having the singular goal of passing through this golden barrier and putting his hands on all that lied within!
He shook his head as he confirmed with his own eyes that it was better he took away Aldrich's life with his hands, for if he had actually been able to pierce through the barrier and see what lies behind it...he might have just taken his own life right then and there!
Chapter 594 - What Lies Behind the Golden Barrier? II
Behind the golden barrier that Noah had crossed...was a spectacular environment that had 10 times the concentration of essence as the area immediately outside of it!
Noah's awareness at the level of a Grand Controller could spread out to cover an extremely wide distance, so even though he had just entered an area that covered the remaining portion of the Central Realm that had not been explored by anyone, he was able to notice many things in the immediate surroundings!
Shockingly, those he could sense the nearest were the droves of Infernals who had been spread out across the Novus Galaxy to stop the advancements of Celestials.
The auras of the remaining 6 Infernal Lords and the hundreds of billions of Infernals that had been in all the Infernal Realms had returned into the Central Realm, into the home they had originally deep behind the golden barrier!
But this was only the first thing that Noah noticed. As he rose to the skies and watched the mystical surroundings filled with extremely tall trees that further increased the aesthetics of this surrounding land to make it seem as if he was walking through an ancient primordial land, he saw even more shocking things.
Aside from the nearing Infernal Lords, the further out that Noah spread out his awareness, the more beings he came across as he actually saw their levels of power increase ever so higher!
Some looked like Behemoths, others were creatures he had never seen before, but the most unique thing was their realm of power.
Nearly all of them stood at the Star Forging Realm, without a single one being a rank lower!
That's right- aside from the Infernals with their varying levels in the immediate surroundings, Noah could only observe a truly large number of creatures that all had their Realms at the level of a Star Forger and nothing less.
As his awareness went out even further, he began coming across the auras of creatures at the level of the Nebula!
…!!!
Even further inland where his awareness could not reach and it became foggy, he could sense the aura of the powerful Aether of Terror that was forcefully teleported away from the Letalis Expanse not too long ago.
This was why he thought if Aldrich had really been able to cross the golden barrier, he might have just taken his own life as the things within were wholly different from what he expected!
"Are there actually any truly spectacular treasures in here…?"
He unconsciously asked the 1st Infernal Lord floating beside him as he focused his awareness on the smaller details of this area past the golden barrier. It actually wasn't wrong for many beings to think that there were countless treasures past the golden barrier, as his sharp eyes actually noticed a section a few hundred miles away that had something he had taken in the past that pushed him to the World Rank- the [Luminescent Rainbow Dew]!
He actually saw these Luminescent Rainbow Dews freely coming off of extremely tall trees as if they were fruits, and there was a large number of them that they would have made any beings in the Novus Galaxy to look towards them with greedy eyes.
Yet they peacefully swayed in the branches of these tall trees among this fantastical environment filled with an overabundance of essence, making Noah look around everywhere else for treasures he did not even know about.
"Of course, there is also an abundance of treasures. All the techniques that allow one to advance through normal and Supreme Laws, even unique laws like Aether that are just a small distance further ahead than Supreme. Of course, the other things which might not be considered treasures but are abundant in nature...are the Protectors you are seeing."
The 1st Infernal Lord replied to him as their figures floated further inside, stating that the beings which all seemed to be at the level of Star Forging were termed as Protectors!
"...and the multiple auras of Nebula Realm creatures?"
His awareness was focusing on seeking out exactly how many of such creatures laid within
this place as he asked, another reply coming towards him. But this time it was from an extremely cold and monotone voice.
[Existences made for the sole purpose of Protecting. It is not hard to make many once you set restrictions on their Origins, with their greatest restrictions being bound by universal laws that they cannot escape.]
His head did not feel a searing pain anymore as he floated further and further past the area of the golden barrier, this voice being clearer as he began receiving answers from the entity itself!
[Lying just a level before Controllers, with their sole purpose to remain in the Central Realm for guard duty and nothing else. The moment they do anything else but that, their Origins implode.]
Concepts similar to what Noah had read when he achieved the Nebula Rank in the Terror of Aether skill tree rang out, an idea of how these beings came to be filling Noah's mind. He recalled the description of the ability as he continued flying towards the depths of this new land, flying over the droves of Infernals standing completely motionless below him.
[Terror of Aether] (5/5) :: An inborn ability granted to the special existences known as Terrors by the Novus Galaxy. For an extremely high price and restrictions, this ability normally granted 100% comprehension in the law of Aether. As the current user has not paid this price nor any of the restrictions and yet still holds this title, only 50% of comprehension in the Law of Aether shall be granted. The technique of cultivating Aether, [Disciple of Aether], is also granted.
Based on the description of this ability, the creatures within this area behind the golden barrier were granted their power at the Star Forging or Nebula Realm in exchange for huge restrictions from the universal laws themselves. But the ability to make these protectors as well as place the restrictions that allowed for their power...this ability was only something that the entity known as the Novus Galaxy could carry out!
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