"Lord Yi, there is a town below, do you wish to visit it?" Narberal Gamma, one of the Battle Maids of Nazarick, spoke as she controlled the carriage pulled by three level 80 Draconic Horses. These horses trampled the clouds beneath themselves, as they came to a halt.
These Draconic Horses are half dragons and half horses. They had the appearance of a large horse with two curved draconic horns on their heads and yellow reptilian-like eyes. Black scales instead of fur, that reflects light.
The carriage was a small 20 meter long and 3 meters tall carriage created fully from gold. The carriage looks like a miniature palace, with an oval top. The sides had cravings of dragons, phoenixes, and many sacred creatures. The windows were covered by red curtains that had pictures of ocean waves.
Opening the curtains of the carriage, Chu Yi looked down through the clouds at the town in wonder. He and Momonga had been curious about what the inhabitants of this world would be, would they be humans or something else? Along with this curiosity comes fear, what if even the weakest beings are level 100, what then?
It's been more than a month before Chu Yi and Momonga realize that without leaving the Great Tomb of Nazarick, they will be sitting ducks with limited amounts of information, so Chu Yi decided to leave and see this world for what it really was.
Chu Yi had thought about this for a while before choosing himself to leave. First, he was the most powerful being in Nazarick and the most readily available person.
Second, the NPCs' views are not exactly the same as Players like Momonga, they had deeply rooted prejudice against outsiders, even without meeting them.
Third and finally, he was bored staying either inside Nazarick or the Expanse. To be showered in praise and to be welcomed by reverence gets old and stifling after a while, thankfully he had Momonga to vent to but even that gets boring.
As for the operation of Eternal Expanse? Chu Yi gave Momonga control of it, allowing him to witness the legendary Guild within a Guild. However, Chu Yi warned Momonga that the Eternal Expanse must not be opened. He wanted the Guilds to function separately until he found a way to allow the two to complement each other. Both Guilds had weaknesses but if he could eliminate them by using the others' advantage, the two would benefit.
Chu Yi noticed that all the creatures he was seeing were humans, whether they be old or young.
Chu Yi felt like he had traveled back to the ancient times of the western world as he looked at their facial features, hair and eyes of many prominent colors.
Chu Yi's eyes narrowed as he looked outside of the town, he saw a man who looked normal by every standard of the word, but Chu Yi eyes saw a faint shadow hovering over his body. 'From my eyes, he seems to be using some kind of disguise to blend in amongst the humans. I need to know the strength of this world, and his purpose, so I will test him.' "I will visit this town, Naberal."
"Yes, Lord Yi." Urging the horses to descend, Nabarel guided them towards the entrance of the town, where the humans were already kneeling in fear.
Touching down, the horses began to walk towards the town with heads held high in pride.
These Draconic Horses were not simply beasts but powerful creatures with high intelligence, rivaling even the smartest humans but that doesn't mean they are absent of pride.
Opening the curtains, he saw the humans but he really didn't feel anything, not even pride in the fact they were kneeling to him.
More creatures had kneel to him in the Expanse but it was not out of fear but reverence, even then he felt nothing like it was to be expected. Heaven's Blazer was a ruler, a Creator, so it makes sense to feel above weak creatures.
"Naberal, I permit you to capture that mortal, i need to know what he is hiding as well as test his strength, he should be the strongest here." Chu Yi closed the curtain and bagan to write down some information into a notebook.
The location, what kind of creatures are there, threat level, geography of the area etc, everything he had seen he wrote down, so when he returned he and Momonga could decide on the next course of actions.
"It shall be done, Lord Yi." Naberal bow, before teleporting into the skies, looking for the strongest mortal in the town.
Naberal easily found him, since his presence stood out like a bonfire amongst candlelight, even if he tried to hide it.
Unaware of what was going on, a man wearing a black cloak sneak into the town, looking for easy prey, he stopped moving as his hair stood on end, as if death was looking at him. Before he could turn to the source, he briefly saw a blue flash, before everything turned black.
Naberal look baffled at the outcome, wasn't they supposed to exchange attacks? Even if they were weak, as they weren't creations of the Supreme Beings, this was too weak.
Shaking her head, she put away her golden staff plated in silver into her inventory, before reporting back to her Lord, "Lord Yi, the opponent was too weak, he died from a low tier spell, please forgive me." She felt very awkward, she was following orders but she still failed, but was it her fault that the opponent was too weak?
"Naberal it's okay, you have accomplished your mission, it's not your fault that the enemy was too weak, next time, use your lowest tier magic before increasing your strength. Move on to the next town, I still need to send a report to Momonga." Chu Yi signed slightly, at least this proves that the current possibility of a great number of beings being at level 100 is very low. However, until he could confirm this, he must be cautious.
"Yes, Lord Yi." Naberal mounted the carriage again and urged the horses to move. The horses stomp on the ground, causing the ground to quiver a little, before threading through the skies, trampling the clouds and the heavens in their wake.
The ride was long and boring, but eventually they stopped once more above a town that was covered in clouds. Even with the gaze of an Eternal Bright Lord it was slightly difficult to look through it, but it was understandable since he was in his sealed form, if he unseal himself, this town, along with the clouds would evaporate.
Just as before this town was filled with humans, with no obvious signs of any other creature. As he looked around, Chu Yi spotted an old man walking around with a walking stick. This old man also had a shadow hovering above him, but instead of black it was gold and bright. Just looking at the old man, he felt a slight threat, a little weaker than from Rubedo, but a threat nonetheless.
The old man stopped and looked above the clouds with a slight frown before vanishing with a bolt of lightning, appearing before the carriage with a different form and presence, "Which god is this? I don't sense the presence of Olympus on you."
"How dare you speak this way before a Supreme Being! Know where you place filth!" Naberal stood up from her position, summoning her staff. Her aura was frightening, which would cause many to quiver in her presence, but the man didn't even frown.
"Naberal, calm down, he means no disrespect." Chu Yi signed inside, it seems no matter where the NPC are from, they act in a similar manner. They cannot tolerate any disrespect towards their Creator or superior.
Naberal shivered and bowed, "Lord Yi, forgive me for my outburst, this subordinate will reflect on this." How stupid can she be? She failed two times in a row but how could she allow a human, a lower life form, to speak in such a tone in the presence of a Supreme Being, the summit of all beings?
The man ignores Naberal for the most part but he still absorbs some information, 'Supreme Being? Lord Yi? Narberal? I have no information about this faction, I must be wary of their purpose, I can sense that Lord Yi is very powerful, more so than this lesser god.'
Stepping outside the carriage, Chu Yi's imperial robes fluttered in the wind, and his golden eyes looked at the man before focusing on Naberal, while thinking, 'She had exposed some of our information but it's not too important, she is too easy to influence, we need to remedy this.'
"Naberal, you haven't done anything wrong. Now then, this gentleman, who might you be? Oh, you already asked for my name, I'm Chu Yi but my servants call me Lord Yi. I can assure you I'm not a god, I'm a Supreme Being, similar but different." 'Since she had exposed this information I might as well use it to our advantage.'
Bowing, Naberal floated behind Chu Yi, showing her status as a maid or servant to something higher than herself.
The man was confused, 'How can he say he was not a god, that power has to be divine power? However he also said he was similar to one as a Supreme Being, I need to know what this is.' "I'm the King of Kings, the Thunderer, the Great God, Zues!" As if affirming his statement , lightning shook the clouds and surged through it.
Chu Yi nodded, willing to accept this, but he was confused why was Zues so weak? Maybe he was in a weakened state? He wanted to ask but he saw a bolt of lightning coming in his direction and so he pointed at it, "Disappear, !" A small black flame emerges from his finger , burning a hole into the clouds with its appearance. The lightning was devoured as soon as it approached the flame.
Opening his mouth, Chu Yi inhales and swallows the flame. 'Interesting, an increase in something but what, is not clear, another thing to research.'
"So what is the great Zeus doing amongst some mortals?"
Zeus' blue eyes flash with thunder but when he saw the calm and indifferent look, he became even more wary, not many could remain calm before him, "I'm here for personal reasons which are not of any concern to you. However, if i'm not mistaken, we gods signed a treaty not to step into each other's lands, so tell me, why are you here?!" While the mortals would not know, there are many gods in this world, but each faction or Pantheon signs a treaty, distributing the lands. Mortals can cross into another gods domain but gods are forbidden from doing so as a divine war could start between them.
Chu Yi remains calm as he absorbs the information and organizes it. First, even when he made it clear he was no god, Zeus believed he was, secondly, there are many gods in this world, which is both exciting and worrying as they could all be over level 100. Deliberating for a moment, he spoke "How can I sign a treaty with your Pantheon and what would happen when it's signed?"
Zeus smiles at the question, "You and I must speak our name before the Fates and a treaty of equals would be signed. If you break the treaty, the gods would attack you, no other pantheon would accept you, basically you will become the enemy of the gods."
'This is troubling but not without loopholes, if i sign the treaty and they attack us, then we are in the right to attack them. I must see if I can obtain some land to create a dummy Nazarick, no matter what I must not allow them to know where the tomb is, I don't want to know what real gods could do to the tomb.' Chu Yi smiles as he looks at Zeus, who was ignorant of his thoughts, "Zues, on the behalf of the Leader of the 41 Supreme Beings, the Supreme One, I, the Sword of the Supreme One, will sign a treaty with Olympus."
Zeus' eyes widened notivable, he was surprised that Chu Yi was not the leader of his pantheon. But what shook him was the fact that there were forty other beings of similar power to him with one sitting above them all. Such power could level the world if they run amok. With this in mind, he felt eager to sign the treaty and not stay around this uncertainty.
"If that's the case, I will take you to Olympus. It's about time I return, I have many affairs to deal with."
Chu Yi floated back into the carriage and saw Zues was going to fly there so he offered him a ride in his carriage which he accepted.
Sitting inside the carriage, Zeus was surprised again, as the inside of the carriage was larger than seen from the outside. There was a small pond with small fishes, a large dining hall with fancy silverware and a common area with a black throne.
Sitting one his throne, Chu Yi pointed across from him where a new throne rose. "Zeus sit, let's talk about the treaty. I have some interest in some land."
'What is his divinity? He controls fire, now even creation? What terrifying power does he still have hidden from me?' Zeus' back became cold as he didnt know he was sweating profusely. And there are forty more monsters like him!
Zeus and Chu Yi began to talk about many things, from their time in their respective 'pantheons' to trivial daily events.
Following the directions of Zues, they broke through some mysterious space, where a large mountain with rainbows and waterfall stood floating. Towards the peak of the mountains, there was a temple with many halls that surrounded it.
The carriage rode towards the peak of the mountain where the temple is located, before descending on an empty location.
They began to dismount the carriage, when Zues asked, " What kind of steed is this, it's superior to our pegasus. May I acquire one?"
Chu Yu with a folding fan in hand shook his head, "These are Divine Beasts, distant descendants of Dragons, they are called Draconic Horses. I'm afraid if i did not raise them since young, they would rather commit sucide than be used as carriage pullers." Of course it was a lie, even dragons would be happy to be used by him, let alone Draconic Horses. As for giving one away? No way, he obtained these from Gacha rolls which cost money to obtain. It wouldn't be wrong to say even their souls belong to him, he paid for them after all.
As they spoke, many people began to show up, some flying, some walking but one thing they all had in common was their strong presence. Chu Yi became wary inside but kept his calm appearance as he could tell they were around level 80 to 100.
Level 100 wasn't really a threat to Chu Yi, a little more caution is all that's needed.
However, Chu Yi sensed a serious threat from two individuals. They were emitting power around Rebedo level, meaning they were stronger than Zues. Who knows, Zues might be hiding his true strength.
A tall beautiful woman around 3 meters approaches Zues and asks, "Who are they? Is there a reason you brought them here, Zues?"
Chu Yi looked at the woman and couldn't look away, she was too beautiful. Her figure was seductive and charming. The way her floor length pastel purple dress draped over her body and her jewelry, increased her charm even more.
"Ahha, Hera, no, gods of the pantheon, let me introduce you to the right hand of the Supreme One of the Nazarick Pantheon, The Celestial Emperor, Heavens Blazer ! And his escort, the Lightning Goddess Naberal."
Chu Yi smiled as he was introduced, but his eyes had never left Hera for a moment, he already claimed her as his own. He didn't care if he had to kill Zues to get her. However, Chu Yi's smile froze when he heard Naberal's introduction, 'Lightning Goddess'? Was this because of the spell she used on that mortal or is it because Zues could tell Nabarel elemental affinity as a God of Lightning? If it's the former, that would mean the gods are far more powerful than originally thought, since I didn't send anyone observing Nabarel. However if it's the latter, it would be within the acceptable range.
Naberal was also alarmed but for different reasons, how could she dare to wear such a title without the approval of the Supreme Beings? She wanted to speak, but seeing her Lord shake his head she didn't dare to.