The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan looked at the strange dog-like animal and asked, " You want one of these? "

Athan pointed at the pedestals while asking.

Arcued gulped internally, but he looked at Athan and bowed, " No. I don't...."

" I can give you one. " Athan smiled and interuppted him.

Arcued was surprised hearing that and looked at Athan nervously, " R-really? "

" Of course. But..."

Athan paused for a seconds before his tone turned oppressive, " You have to become my underling. "

Arcued trembled while looking at Athan, " Underling? Do you mean slave? I-...What if I refuse? Will you kill me? "

Athan smiled and shook his head, " Not slave, but an underling. You will just make a chaos oath that you will not do anything that harms me and betray me in the future. You are free to do whatever you want, but I may ask you to do something or ask about something in the future, and you will just have to assist me in that.

And don't worry, I will not kill you even if you refuse but...If you accept this offer which is not that restrictive to you, then you can pick one pedestal and take the set on it. "

Arcued fell into thought after hearing all that.

' Oath about not doing anything that harms him and to not betray him in the future? Indeed, It's not restrictive on me at all. Since I am also free to do whatever I want, then it's not detrimental to me. If Athan asks me to do something and ask for my help, then I would gladly do it since I can make someone powerful like him an ally. Hmmm...'

Arcued looked at Athan with determined eyes and nodded, " I accept. "

He then took the oath about not doing anything that harms Athan and to not betray him in any way from now on. He then gave his contact card to Athan, and Athan also gave him his contact card.

Athan nodded with a grin, " Good. Except for that chakram wheel, You can pick any one pedestal and take a set on it.

Arcued observed all ten weapons.

The ten weapons were: A sword, A spear, A halberd, A broad great-ax, A dagger, A bow, A saber, A pair of gauntlets, A chakram wheel, And a thick and long lance. There was also a square slate floating on top of each of these weapons.

" I want that dagger. "

Arcued pointed at the dagger but didn't go there to take it and instead looked at Athan.

" Alright. "

Athan then went towards the golden platform and put other weapons and their slates inside his void region one by one, which shocked Arcued greatly.

' W-what the hell is going on? We don't have storage rings on our bodies, and we can not put storage rings inside our chaos region, nor can we store those 3-star weapons inside our chaos region...So, Where the heck is he putting all those weapons and slates? '

[ A/N: Yep. I wrote in the that it was possible to store a storage ring inside the chaos region in people's bodies, but it's not. At least, " Generally " it's not possible to store storage rings inside their chaos region. I already removed that part from the . ]

Athan put the other nine weapons and their slates inside his void region before he pointed at the pedestal where the dagger floated and said to Arcued, " Take it. This wonderland hunt will likely end after you take this last treasure. "

Arcued excitedly moved towards the dagger and used his chaos force to take the dagger and its slate from the pedestal.

Right after that, The orb of the animal inside Athan's and Arcued bodies shattered as they returned to their normal form.

The bangle they wore shined before the scenery changed in front of them, and they returned to the plaza where everyone previously gathered.

Athan suddenly turned to his left after returning and saw a contestant, ' It looks like this one didn't arrive at the golden platform to take the treasure. So the condition to finish this hunt was to take out all the treasures from their pedestals and possess them. '

" Thank you so much, Athan. "

Athan turned back and saw Arcued bowing at him. He saw a ring on his finger that was likely the storage ring since the dagger and slate disappeared.

But suddenly, Everything started to tremble as if an earthquake arrived.

" L-look. Everything is dissipating! "

Athan also saw that all those buildings and those fish-head people started to dissipate into golden light.

After just a minute, The lively town disappeared, and a barren land appeared with light red colored plants, trees, and brown ground. This scenery matched the scenery that Athan saw when he was outside of the town.

The other contestant, who had a rocky face and body but a height of only five feet, flew away after summing his early-stage 3-star chaos beast.

He felt that he might be killed by Athan and Arcued, who were clearly teamed up. So, He left the place instantly.

" What do we do now, Athan? "

Athan thought for a moment and spoke, " Find a temporary resting spot where I can check my new weapon and its weapon order technique. Let's go. "

They both summoned their chaos beasts and flew in a direction.

While flying, Arcued sighed and said to Athan, " I hope we don't reencounter something like wonderland hunt. Our bodies were changed, and we couldn't even use the mark of order to leave this chaos phenom dimension. "

" Doesn't matter. "

Arcued wryly smiled hearing Athan's indifferent response.

They flew for a while and found a raging river that had water and yellow lightning flowing in it.

Near the riverbank, There was a small hill with a cave in it.

But just like every other area, this one was also filled with danger as yellow lightning's clouds were roaming in the sky and might strike down anytime.

There were also several strong presences of chaos beast in this area.

But Arcued said that they could rest here for a few days inside the cave of this hill if he used his formation beside the hill.

" What does that formation do? "

Arcued smiled and took out five dark blue poles with patterns of order force inscribed on them, " This order formation has the function of attracting any wild chaos power. I will put it beside the hill, and if one of the chaotic lightning is going to strike this hill, then this formation will instead attract it, and we can escape in time. "

Athan was slightly surprised as it seemed useful in this situation, " How many order formations of this type you have? Because this one will definitely be destroyed after getting struck by that lightning. "

" Umm...This is the only one. I don't have any other order formation. Also, I can't put this too far from the hill, or it will not attract lightning if it strikes the hill. Still, we can instantly escape because we would have the protection of this hill from the shockwave after the lightning strikes the formation. "

Athan thought for a moment and nodded, " Alright. Arrange it and keep an eye out from the periphery of the cave. "

He put his chaos beast inside the medallion before entering the cave, ' Let's hope the lightning doesn't strike down too soon. '