Cosmic Peak

Aren leaned back on the throne and manipulated it to fly around in the room.

"There should be some kind of benefit from this throne since I feel some mysteriousness from it that I am sure of but can't observe for now," Aren murmured as he felt extreme comfort on the throne. He felt that this was the most comfortable thing ever.

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[Emporio Heart]: Innate Core gear

-First Form: Throne

As an Emporio Armalist, you can also take on the whole battlefield without moving a finger. Sit on the [Emporio Heart's First Form: Emporio Throne] and control the battlefield. This throne provides no current benefits except that it will act as a usual Articule gear. However, it will unlock its trait as you progress.

-The following forms of Emporio Heart are not fixed, and they will take shape based on your mentality, experience, and how you will traverse on this path.

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*Crack.....BOOM..*

Suddenly, the Inn started trembling as a high magnitude earthquake occurred.

Aren hurriedly went out of his room before leaving the Inn as he saw people gathering.

"A beast tide is coming this way! Let's go! It's time to harvest essence and get stronger!"

"LET'S GOOOOOOOO!"

Aren was surprised but went along with them outside of the city. The city practically became empty since everyone here was a fighter and was here to get stronger in the underworld.

*dhroom...*dhroom...*dhroom...*dhroom...*dhroom...*dhroom...*dhroom...*dhroom...*

"Holy...," Aren muttered as he saw shadows of giant beasts and many other countless beasts.

"Hey, little brother, you've just become a Supreme lifeform. You better stay behind the front line, or you won't even know how you died, hahaha," A fat man with a bear jug in his hand spoke while laughing. His aura was way more powerful than Aren's and reached the same level as those protectors of Empire who were at the Epic lifeform.

The fat man drank all of the bears in his giant jug before throwing it away and speaking loudly, "Let's go, you all idiots! Make a barricade two hundred meters at the front."

Aren saw many people going to the front but saw that approximately a quarter of the people stayed behind. They were all Supreme lifeforms like Aren; there were no Mortal lifeforms.

Some people at the Exceed lifeform also stayed behind.

*ROARRRRRR...*

The monsters were getting close, and they would reach the frontline in the next ten seconds.

"It looks like I have no choice but to accept the description of the throne half-assedly," Aren murmured before a grin formed on his face as he snapped his finger.

Scintillating blue and golden sparks oozed out from his body before a throne formed beneath him as he sat down and leaned his back on the throne while putting his arms on the armrest.

He flew high in the sky by manipulating the throne to observe everything through his Astral-X eyes.

Right after Aren flew up, five other people flew up in the sky while riding a chariot, a flying beast, a manta-ray like a beast, a flying carpet, and an open airboat.

Each of those things had two to four people on them.

Two young men on the chariot looked at Aren enviously and spoke, "that throne, are you willing to sell it to us?"

Aren shook his head with a smile, "it's not an artifact. This throne manifested from the innate path power from my body."

"Sad. However, after returning to the kingdom, I am going to craft a throne like this, hehe."

"It seems that we are both Supreme lifeforms, but you are an otherworlder. Hehe, how about we compete on who gathers the most essence?"

"How?" Aren was surprised, "can we see each other's essence gathered?"

[Jin Seth wants to arrange a competition with you on who gathers the most essence in the next six hours, do you agree?]

"It's similar to how you want to duel and trade. You just have to initiate a competition like that," Jin Seth spoke with a grin.

"Alright," Aren nodded as he accepted the competition.

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[Aren] || [Jin]

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'Nice...,' Aren thought as a digital display appeared in his mind.

"Haha, let's start," Jin spoke as he waved both of his hands, and ten penguins were conjured in front of him. Those ten penguins were different, and all of them had different weapons stuck to their hands. Their armors were different, and all of them had different kinds of stars floating around them.

"Master! It seems that our foes this time are huge in number; we request you give us some of your blood essence injection," the penguin with a regal sword stuck in its right hand and a shield in its left hand spoke.

"Hahaha, of course! I am going to give your best treat this time, so work hard," Jin spoke with a laugh as ten glittering red needles materialized before they were stuck to ten penguins and disappeared.

The ten penguins' aura changed along with their eyes that glowed red and black, "PENGOS! Let's goo!"

"EHYYYYYYY!" All penguins shouted excitedly.

Jin laughed as he looked at Aren with a grin, "what about your powers?"

But suddenly, his face changed as he remembered something and shouted to his penguins, "don't forget your limits! After dying six times, obediently activate your recall!"

"ROGER, MASTER!"

"Are those penguins related to your path power?" Aren asked with a surprised expression because he felt that the energy from penguins was unique.

"Indeed," Jin nodded with a grin, "my path is called Pengos Khaos."

After saying that, Jin waved his hand and summoned two giant flags in his hand, "these are Khaos Flags, hahaha. Let's go!!!"

Aren nodded with a grin, "alright."

*Swoooosh...Swoooosh..*

Aren summoned his Articule gears from his inner space as they floated in front of him.

"Cool, hahaha," Jin laughed before speaking, "the beast tide is here; let's start."

Aren manipulated his gears as they flew towards the battlefield while he observed everything through his Astral-X eyes and started attacking.

The war started full-on as colorful energies flowed everywhere and loud blasts and lights began dancing on the ground and sky.

*ROARRRRR....*RRRRRRAWRR...*SCREEEEEEEEE...*

*AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....*

*BOOOOOOOOOOM....*

Aren manipulated [Destructo] to only make large-scale attacks at the places with the most gathered beasts while he focused on the eyes of giant beasts through the five rings.

<Demonic Flame: Zarkhel> activated.

<Icy Enchant> activated.

"Demonic Flame? Hahaha, that's some good shit you got there," the companion of Jin spoke as he saw Aren's gears wrapped up in dark-icy blue flames.

"But it seems that your demonic affinity is still at level 1 with little progress."

"Koshin, you can speak with him later. For now, let us focus on our competition, hahaha," Jin spoke with his eyes on the battle as he waved his flags and released different shaped waves towards the battlefield. Some hit his penguins, while others hit the beasts that penguins were fighting to aid them.