The World Serpent

Within the Clan of Noir, in their clan hall, shadowy figures found themselves crushed under heavy pressure. They couldn't believe that such a being dared to pressure every umbra near the clan hall in front of the Lord of Noir. It might not end well for the two separate parties, and all of them had known such a simple fact. That was what the umbras thought, but the Mythical Daemons of the Realm of Piksyon had different thinking than normal. 

'This power... It's enough to rival the ancient clan lords, including my father. Where did they come from? Was my theory actually true? There are tons of powerful beings outside our world and are waiting to be discovered?' Zella had numerous thoughts within her mind while gritting her teeth. She was barely standing upon the pressure brought upon the clan hall. After a while, the dark figure sitting on the throne spoke with a calm voice. 

"Is there something you want visitors? I might not be able to get you what you want. After all, I am sure that you had already known the current situation of the clan." The Lord of Noir sighed after saying his words. Persia smirked as she stopped giving off the heavy pressure. She then walked forward and spoke with a serene voice. 

"There is only one thing I want, Lord of Noir. I want information about every ancient clan within this world. I am quite interested in them, especially after one of them dared to invade my realm." A cold smile formed on Persia's face. The shadowy figures slowly stood back up while Zella felt her cold sweat dripping from her forehead. 

"Hmm... Information is what you want? Giving information to outsiders of this world is not a taboo topic as no outsiders dared to enter this world. But, if they found out that the Clan of Noir sold information about them to foreigners. What do you think would happen?" The Lord of Noir said with a serious voice. What he said was logical though there was one thing he didn't consider. Persia wasn't asking.

"I am not asking you to release the information. I am forcing you with the entire Clan of Noir as a hostage. You must know the price of fighting against someone at the same level as you, right? The devastation brought upon by power. What a wonderful yet horrifying thing." Persia had a sly smile plastered on her face upon saying such words. 

"Y-You...  What arrogance!!!" A shadowy figure shouted while pointing its finger towards Persia. After his words, many shadowy figures followed after him. "How dare an outsider speak such a way to the Lord!!!" "You are courting death, child!!!" "Go back to where you came from, foreigner." There were a lot of voices covered in simple tones. It was easy to make them fall into silence. It only takes a single flick of Statera's two fingers. 

After Statera flicked her fingers, the shadowy figure who started the chaos faded and died in front of everyone. It wasn't anything flashy. It was but a simple movement that killed the shadowy figure. Zella, who saw such a thing, couldn't help but have her heart beating wildly. Even her father didn't have that kind of lax expression when killing someone that was comparable to an elder. 

"It appears... It only takes that simple gesture for all of you to be quiet. Let me remind you of one thing. We aren't here to negotiate. You were the first ones we saw. And as we were interested in your clan. We didn't annihilate you the moment we saw your clan." Persia said with a cold and serious voice. She wasn't joking when speaking of terminating them at a moment's notice. 

That was the kind of person she was. She wouldn't do anything that wastes her time. If she did anything that might waste her time, it would be due to interest in the spoken subject. The moment that interest fades, they would simply be nothing but uninteresting insects for her.

The dark figure sitting on the throne shook its head and finally spoke with its calm voice. "Then, I'll give you the information you need. I simply want you to not say anything about us releasing the information, and I also want you to spare us. I hope that you would follow these simple favors." 

"I am a lady of my word. There is no need to break a simple promise." Persia smirked as she turned her gaze towards Statera. Statera then nodded and flicked her fingers once again. The shadowy figure that died emerged once again, He got brought back to life by Statera's simple gesture. That kind of thing was enough for the Clan of Noir to understand the power of the three visitors in front of them. 

At that moment, they swore within themselves not to mess with three visitors in front of them if they wanted to continue standing. Such were the thoughts of every shadowy figure within the clan hall. Zella, on the other hand, had an expression of amazement. She wanted to become like the visitors in front of her. They were like people with complete freedom to do anything.

"Then, let me start." The dark figure sitting on the throne said with his soothing voice. It looks like he wasn't that much bothered by releasing the information about the ancient clans. To be honest, being bothered would be quite a sight to see, especially when it comes from the Lord of Noir. 

"There are 12 ancient clans that inhabited this world. They were the Clan of Rouge, the Clan of Bleu, the Clan of Vert, the Clan of Jaune, the Clan of Noir, the Clan of Blanc, the Clan of Brun, the Clan of Mauve, the Clan of Gris, the Clan of Rose, the Clan of Monstre, and the Clan of Esprit. Such were the 12 ancient clans, and in the current times, only 7 of them are active, including ours." 

"There has been a lot of things happening in the recent centuries. Ancient clans fell and got devoured by everyone and everyone. Others rose though they were still an ant compared to the ancient clans. The tree of power was complicated as the highest branch could fall if it wasn't strong enough to handle its weight." 

"If you are curious about the remaining seven ancient clans, they are the Clan of Rouge, the Clan of Noir, the Clan of Mauve, the Clan of Rose, the Clan of Monstre, the Clan of Vert, and the Clan of Jaune. All of them except the Clan of Noir have started their invasion on the neighboring worlds. We were planning to invade though the words of our ancestor stopped us."

"He wasn't simply our ancestor, but the progenitor. He was the strongest umbra that even the ancient clans would tremble in his name. Before he died, he stated an eternal decree that banned us from invading other worlds. But as one would think, when push comes to shove. Even the eternal decree would hold no meaning." 

The Lord of Noir gave his short explanation about the current situation of the world. It was a good explanation as Statera, Persia, and Drya had finally known the powers of this world. The only thing they needed to do was to destroy such powers. Even Persia could devour them in order to grow even stronger. 

"I believe that the eternal decree given by your ancestor was a good thing. You don't know where you are going when trying to invade foreign worlds. You don't know the power that controls them or the power that influences millions of worlds. Basically, worlds like yours are the first ones that collapsed. As your light goes brighter and brighter, many others would notice you in the dark void."

Persia smiled while saying such terrifying things. What Persia said was half-truth and half-lie. The power that controls such worlds would be the World Administrator, while the power that influences a million worlds would be the Gods. The lie was about the revelation of their world. Persia wasn't sure whether or not she was correct, but since this world in front of her had already done it. The only thing she needed was to observe the effects of revealing itself to the void.

"Anyhow, do you know of monsters between 10 kilometers and 20 kilometers?" Persia asked a simple yet dangerous question. While saying such words, even though she was smiling, A cold pressure was escaping from her body. The dark figure sitting on the throne thought about it for a while and replied with a calm voice. 

"Monsters of such size, the only one I can think of is the 12 Generals of the Clan of Monstre. Are there any reasons why you ask such a question?" The Lord of Noir questioned as Persia replied with her nonchalant voice. "There isn't that much. We simply found ten bastards trying to invade our world. They had such sizes, so I was curious where they came from."

When every umbra heard the words of Persia, they couldn't help but get shaken. The Ten Generals of the Clan of Monstre died like bugs at the hands of the Supremes. The ancient clans wouldn't stand a chance against the foreigners that visited the World of Exterreri. 

"If you don't mind before we start everything. Can we stay in your clan first? We need more information about this world. I am curious about a lot of things. From the flying islands, the dark void, and the strangest dead feeling of this world. I do hope you won't mind.." Such strange familiar words. Maybe, Persia learned some negotiation technique from her seniors?