Is this really a Game?!

Reign once again had a weird dream, a vision of sorts. They hadn't shown up for a long time, but now he had two visions one after the other.

There was a high mountain, it looked to be as large as a planet. On top of the mountain were a castle and many buildings from which people frequently came out and entered. Training grounds, bars, there were all kinds of facilities one could find on top of the gigantic mountain.

It was like Reign was looking at mount Olympus or the legendary Kunlun Mountains as they were once described to be places where gods resided. The clouds parted at the mountain, daring not to touch it.

The whole upper part of the mountain was shrouded by clouds and mist, letting nobody see what was above it. Even during the brightest days when no clouds were present, some would stay near the mountain, eternally shrouding it and keeping it hidden from the eyes of others.

The castle on top of the mountain was incredibly tall and its peak was almost at the same level as the peak of the mountain was, it only stood about 20 meters below it. That was from where Reign was seeing the vision, the person he was currently seeing things from was standing on top of the mountain and overlooking everything that happened there.

Not just the mountain, but the whole planet where the mountain was located at. From a glance, Reign could see that the planet was many times larger compared to Earth, even in its current state.

The people that were sparring down seemed like normal humans, even when using weapons, there was no flow of mana anywhere, of course, that was at first glance, once one looked deeper, they would be able to sense a devastating energy behind each of their hits that would shake mountains and overturn oceans.

Reign felt his soul tremble a bit as he realized it, every single one of the people that were training down could destroy him with a simple wave of their hand, not even his soul would be spared.

As for the person that overlooked them all, he was in complete tranquility. His mind was as calm as a frozen lake, there was a complete lack of any emotion inside of him as he looked at everything below him. Perhaps there was a small feeling of proudness inside his heart that barely leaked out as he glanced at the people below, but other than that, there was nothing.

It wasn't just the people down, it was a lack of emotion towards anything. He cared not for the planet and its inhabitants other than those on the mountain. Each time the person looked up, Reign was able to see the universe, millions of stars shining brightly, but even that was of no concern to the man.

It was as if he was above everything, even the stars that shone in the vast and cold universe, no, it wasn't just that, the stars were too small for him to care, he was above anything, even the universe itself.

It wasn't arrogance that led to his pride and sense of superiority, but the power that allowed him to do so. Reign didn't know why, but he had a feeling that if the person wanted to, this whole planet would crumble and disappear in a flash.

The feeling made Reign feel a sense of dread, almost as if the person was about to do so and destroy the planet alongside its inhabitants, but he didn't. The man simply continued sitting atop the mountain and overlooking everything in serenity and calmness.

The vision ended and Reign opened his eyes. This one was different compared to all the others. Every single vision he previously had was filled with anger and devastation, it showed those that broke through some kind of barrier or shackles in their anger and gained great power, but this one showed the complete opposite.

It showed Reign a person who had seemingly done everything he needed to do, someone that was at complete peace with himself and what had happened to him. But a feeling still nagged Reign as he didn't think that was completely true.

There was peace and tranquility in the man, but he could have sworn that for a brief moment, he felt something, something hidden deep inside the man's heart, something that the latter probably never showed. He didn't know what it was, and he was annoyed by his lack of knowledge, but he was almost certain that he was right.

But the other issue Reign had with the vision was the person he was seeing things through. It was the same one from before, he was definitely sure of that. Who was that person, why was Reign seeing through his eyes, and even more importantly, what had happened to that person after the fight whose beginning Reign had previously seen?

Was the scene on the mountain before it, or perhaps after it?

Reign had no clue, but he had a feeling that it wouldn't be long before he would find out.

…

"Another vision, it seems he is close," Aethion spoke as the dark copy of Reign appeared next to him.

"Yes, I was wondering why no visions were appearing, but I never thought he would actually get those, it's as reassuring as it is worrying."

"Hmm, what did he see?" Aethion asked the copy with a worried expression on his face, the copy, however, simply smiled at him before shaking his head, letting him know that he can't tell him.

"I see, well, 's nothing I can do about it, but why are you worried?"

"It might be a bit too fast, I don't know if he's ready yet if he can control it."

"Well, you're in the same position as me when it comes to that, you can only watch and hope, you did give it your all to help, I did see that much."

"I did, but I wonder if it was enough, only time will tell I guess." The copy shook his head before disappearing with a sigh.

Aethion simply shook his head before continuing to experiment with the souls he had gotten. The souls were twisted and deformed, none of them resembling how they were before.

"Well, let us continue my dears." The souls wailed as Aethion resumed his experiments, each as horrifying as the other. The souls were pulled, pushed, twisted apart, and deformed by Aethion as he hummed cheerfully.

"I wonder if I'll get my body back after that guy becomes more powerful?" Aethion stopped and asked himself before shrugging his shoulders and resuming his experiments.

"No matter, I already died once, I'll just treat this as a nice way to pass time before being sent to damnation." Aethion shrugged his shoulders before continuing with his work.

As for Reign, his eyes opened as soon as the vision ended. He looked around the familiar room in which he previously woke up, only to find that Beast and Greenie were still sleeping while the others were talking with Mia and the rest of the angels.


His movement alerted them and Shadow and the others smiled at him.

"This will be one of the rare times you didn't wake up last," Shadow said as Reign smirked at him before standing up from the bed. The wounds he had, the damage his armor had gone through, it was all gone thanks to the incredible array that was inside this room.

It was as if the multitude of injuries had never even happened, Reign only needed to take a glance at Beast to see that his feet and hands were back to normal. It wasn't only that, their armors were also spotless other than being repaired. The blood from the tiger was gone, and the armor of Wolf, Shadow, and everyone else was in perfect condition.

'How much did Drayce spend to get such a treasure, hell, if this is what a treasure that belongs to a Transcendent can do, what about Saints, or Gods?' Reign asked himself as he gulped after imagining what kinds of things existed in the universe.

What he didn't know was the fact that this treasure was given to Drayce by his master who was a god, the treasure was of a high grade and not even Saints necessarily possessed one as powerful as it was.

Not only was Drayce incredibly talented, but he had a master that doted on him greatly. His power was also not to be underestimated as he could fight against weak Saints by himself. He was one of the rare beings that possessed not 1, but 2 inherent abilities. His power over fire was the ability he was born with, while the other one was one that chose him.

About 3 hours had passed before both Beast and Greenie woke up from their sleep. Their injuries were gone and they were in perfect condition, just like the others.

Only 5 minutes passed after they woke up before the door of the room opened and Drayce walked in with swag.