Meeting An Old Friend

[System Alert: The Connection to The Administrator's Channel has been reestablished.]

[System Alert: The Connection to The A53 Communication Channel has been reestablished.]

[System Alert: The Celestials and Stars who couldn't join before because of the sudden situation, are joining now.]

[System Alert: The other <Clans > and <Orders > are also joining now.]

[System Alert: Many Celestials are furious to see the sudden development in the A53 Channel.]

[System Alert: Many Stars are curious to know about what actually happened there.]

[System Alert: The <Overlord Clan> has filed a Formal Petition to the Administrators' Bureau demanding an Answer about the sudden Communication disruption.]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'War Loving Deity' asks the Administrators to explain the situation.]

[System Alert: The Regional Administrator 'Andrea von Rocheveron' has appeared in the Channel to explain the situation.]

[System Alert: The Regional Administrator 'Andrea von Rocheveron' explains the situation as a sudden interference of a Higher Being in the Tutorial Phase.] 

[System Alert: Many Celestials are furious after hearing the explanation.]

[System Alert: Many Stars are not satisfied with the explanation.]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'Smiling Buddha' smirks at the Regional Administrator 'Andrea' and asks why her Direct Subordinate, Observer 'Zion' is dead and lying there, pointing his finger towards a certain direction.]

[System Alert: Administrator 'Andrea' staggers while answering...]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'Smiling Buddha' openly says Administrator 'Andrea' is unfit for the job as she couldn't even save a Lord Rank Subordinate and let him perish, quite pitifully.]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'War Loving Deity' agrees.]

[System Alert: An Unknown Star also nods their head, saying that Observer 'Zion' was unlucky to serve such an Administrator.]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'Nightingale' agrees with the Celestial 'Smiling Buddha' and says without the Support of the Rocheveron Family from the Middle Heavens, she wouldn't have gained the Position of Regional Administrator.]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'Avaricious Hunters' suddenly bare their fangs looking in the direction of the Regional Administrator 'Andrea' and angrily ask if that's the Administrator Andrea's Ploy.] 

[System Alert: The Celestial 'War Loving Deity' tilts his head in confusion and asks the Celestial 'Avaricious Hunters' what are they talking about ? ]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'Avaricious Hunters' angrily says Administrator 'Andrea' must have a scheme in her mind as she previously had her eyes set on their Precious Treasure.]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'Nightingale' asks in confusion what are they talking about ? ]

[System Alert: The Celestial 'Smiling Buddha' smirks at a certain idiotic Celestial and says they are talking about the Current Jewel of the Tutorial Phase, Participant 'Raven'.]

[System Alert: A heated debate has broken out between a few Celestials.]

[System Alert: An Unknown Star feels bored and asks the Administrators' Bureau about their next actions.]

[System Alert: The Celestials has also raised questions about the current situation where an Observer has died in the Tutorial Phase this time.]

While those Celestials and Stars were still discussing those matters between themselves and asking the Administrators' Bureau for an explanation, Nehar was observing the System messages silently.

He had already come back into the outside world from his trapped condition and had taken over his body successfully, though he had to perform some shady deals...it was not the right time to talk or think about it.

'The whole situation is a mess...those Celestials and Stars are demanding answers from the Administrators' Bureau and because of that, the Regional Administrator Andrea is in a pickle right now. I guess, my plan has started working perfectly, at least for now. 

If I can keep this on, Andrea will not be able to interfere with my future plans as easily as before, which will give me some time to prepare.

And as for him...', Nehar looked towards the direction where the dead body of the Observer was. 

Right now, The Lackeys also have woken up from their sound sleep and are watching the System messages about these sudden developments with shocked faces.

They couldn't even believe that within this short period, where even two minutes hadn't passed properly, the Observer 'Zion', the right-hand man of Regional Administrator Andrea died and right now, almost everyone was blaming her for this scenario, where she wasn't able to protect her precious subordinate.

In reality, they were not blaming her...they were just taking out their petty grudges and grievances against her and her Family, which is quite renowned in the Middle Heavens.

'Killing him was the best choice anyway...after I learned from Balor's shared vision that he was 'Zion'...the right hand and most trusted man of Administrator Andrea, who in the future will defect to the Evil Side leaving his trusted Master to fight alone, thus causing a huge rift between the powerful members of the Administrators' Bureau....I can't just let it happen this time.

Most importantly, in the past, Zion had never appeared in public during the Tutorial Phase or even after that. As far as I know, he only appeared in some special Missions or Quests along with Andrea, as her primary helping hand...if I had left him for now to find a chance later, it's hard to tell whether I'd even get another heaven sent opportunity like this or not....

Moreover, even if I left that bastard alone, after what happened here just now, there's no way he would've left me alone.

While sharing Balor's sight, I had already noticed that he was the only one who managed to understand the situation properly...as for his two Lackey subordinates, they were out cold after falling to the ground from above...thus had I allowed him leave, he would be the first one to sell me out to the Administrators' Bureau and those people would've pushed me through the 'Trial' actively to find out all of my secrets....there's no way I would've let that happen.

Even now, I know that I've to face the 'Trial', as the System would eventually recognize me as the Slayer of Observer Zion...the System's working is far transparent in these kinds of matters, which I'd known from my experiences in the past...but it's no problem as I've planned perfectly for that situation using Balor and his impenetrable domain for those thirty seconds.

So, even if I've to go through the 'Trial'; I'll go through it on my own accord...and not for someone else.'

While Nehar was thinking about what would happen shortly, he noticed that two Lackeys were eyeing him with deep hatred and rage in their eyes.

'Ah, they must be dying to know what actually happened. From their eyes, it's very clear that they suspect me as a potential culprit in this matter and want to interrogate me personally...but it would be impossible for them to do so, as many Celestials suddenly got involved in this matter.

Balor unknowingly helped me here a lot by not killing them at the beginning accidentally. I'll use it to safely get out from the 'Trial'.'

Nehar paid no attention to their glares, which made those two Lackeys further infuriated. But, they couldn't do anything as they've already received their next order from the above. They took the Observer Zion's lifeless body with them and activated a small device to teleport away from this place. 

This time, the device worked smoothly as no barrier or domain was preventing it from working. 

Nehar observed the whole scenario from the sidelines without muttering a single word. 

He looked around to see the condition of the others.

Many of them had already woke up from their unconscious state, looking around their screen panels with shocked faces while the rest were still struggling as they were hit much harder than others by the side effects of the energy domain.

'Huh, fortunately Balor controlled his powers and no else died other than those two...otherwise it would've been a problem...'

"Nehar...", hearing the voice, Nehar looked back to see Amelia and Grace standing behind him.

"Are you two okay?", Nehar asked.

However, he wasn't that concerned about them as he had already seen them by sharing Balor's vision when he entered that Sealed space and found there was no problem with them.

Balor's energy barrier didn't affect them much as they had chosen a different approach to sustain it and kept their consciousness intact, without fainting. 

Grace replied, "We're okay now...but we've seen you, you know..."

"I knelt and that huge pressure suddenly disappeared..", Amelia answered him.

Grace also nodded her head, as she had done the same after Amelia.

Nehar chuckled softly and replied, "I know."

"Did you see us?", Amelia asked in a surprised tone.

Nehar nodded his head without answering.

"For now, let's leave that matter aside. I'll explain everything later."

After hearing Nehar's words, both women realized something and stopped asking any more questions about that matter.

"So, what'll happen now? The Time for Tutorial's starting has already ended and the Communication Channel is in chaos. Many Celestials are asking the Administrators' Bureau for an explanation and some of them are even threatening them as they are thinking that Observer was biased and was working under Regional Administrator Andrea's order specifically to harm you Nehar."

Amelia asked.

Nehar had also seen the timer had already ended and the Tutorial still hadn't started as the one, who had the power to start the Wave, suddenly died in an inexplicable situation.

'They are discussing and berating an Administrator openly like this in the Communication Channel, where every participant in this particular Region now can see their disputes...they should've done that in their personal Channels...but still, it's better for me. The more they take my name, to defend me from her clutches, it would be much beneficial for me.

Those two Lackeys had already returned with the Observer Zion's corpse, so they did receive the order from the above. The Administrators' Bureau isn't an Organization of the pushovers which will let those Celestials continue berating and threatening them any further...at any moment, 'That man' would appear to put an end to this matter...'

Nehar looked at the messages, that were continuously appearing in the Communication Channel.

[System Alert: The Highest Rank Administrator, The Head of The Administrators' Bureau, the 'Tempest King' Roel has appeared in the Channel.]

[System Alert: The 'Tempest King' Roel advises the Celestials to not threaten the Bureau any further as the consequences for doing that would be disastrous.]

Nehar almost laughed out loud after seeing the last message.

'That's the 'Tempest King' Roel I knew from before...he is still the same as before. 

A symbol of Trust, Friendship, and Justice, who would never bow down to any pressure.

His attitude hasn't changed at all. Despite only being a King Ranked Expert for now, he is openly threatening the Celestials and Stars with consequences who are far more powerful than him...'

Nehar sighed while mumbling some incomprehensible words.

'It's good to see you after so long, Supreme Commander...'

---

Even after closing his eyes, Nehar could vividly remember Roel's figure, as he charged towards the combined Army of Destruction and Chaos with his force, the Army of Heavens to stop them from entering the Middle Heavens in a final battle.

In that disastrous battle, Roel had perished and so the most of the Army of Heavens.

But they were able to successfully stop the Army of Destruction and Chaos from entering the Middle Heavens and plunge it into despair and chaos like the Upper Heavens.

Over two hundred thousand soldiers sacrificed themselves in that final battle to provide the rear line with a period of two and half years, to prepare for future battles.

During the start of the war, Nehar was only a very low-key member of the Heaven's Army, but as more and more battles went on over the years, he accumulated Merits and successfully climbed ranks one after another to become a 'Commander', a powerful position where he could lead a contingent of thirty thousand soldiers solely under his command and also advise the three Grand Commanders in some specific matters.

When the war started for the first time in the Middle Heavens, Nehar participated in it to gain some practical battlefield experience. But after listening to Supreme Commander Roel's heartfelt speech, he thought about staying in the army for some more time...and years passed in that way.

After continuous battles with the Army of Destruction, when the Army of Chaos finally appeared on the horizon, everyone from the Middle Heavens finally understood they were going to face a huge problem, as the Army of Chaos along with other Four Armies almost annihilated the major powers from the Upper Heavens and now have come to help the Army to Destruction to conquer the Middle Heavens too.

Even in those tough times, The Supreme Commander of Heaven's Army didn't lose his courage and valor. 

He boldly proclaimed that he would protect this realm till his last breath to stop any army that wished to invade the Middle Heavens.

Nehar, who had joined the army just to gain experience at first, gradually became attached to those people who continuously fought for the survival of the people and the Realm.

He couldn't leave them even when he wanted to leave and run away at first.

Small skirmishes around the borders and Gates soon turned into large battles, and large battles finally took the shape of a Great War, 'The Second Great War'. 

Nehar wasn't able to witness or participate in the major events of 'The First Great War', as he was occupied in his Class Change Quest at that time for more than two years...but he was able to witness the severity of 'The Second Great War' vividly, as he had participated in it from the very first. 

The more he fought, the more deaths he had seen that time. 

Every day, hundreds of Warriors perished. 

Death of hundreds of Rankers and High-Rankers became a common occurrence in the battlefields.

Despite being a Lower Class King Ranked Expert at that time, Nehar could easily feel that sooner or later, they would be overwhelmed by the opponents' sheer numbers.

Their support from the Upper Heavens had already been cut off, as the armies from the Upper Heavens were already facing the combined assault of 5 armies at the same time.

As for the Lower Heavens, Nehar already knew they would be nothing but dead weights in these high-scale battles.

At that time, he feared that if any other armies came to support the current 'Army of Destruction', their defeat would be inevitable. 

And his worst fear came true one day.

The Armies of the Upper Heavens were finally defeated by the coalition army of the Evil Gods' and four Outer Gods.

Not only they were defeated, but they were almost annihilated in the wars.

Several hundred Celestials and Stars perished.

Many Divine Seats and Divine Thrones also plummeted from their positions, almost reenacting the Ancient Event of 'The Fall of Stars'.

After soundly defeating the Army of the Upper Heavens, those existences started to get interested in the affairs of the Middle Heavens.

And, the Army of Chaos appeared on the horizon, to provide support to the weary Army of Destruction, to speed up the process of Conquest.

Seeing the Final battle was almost near, the Supreme Commander of Heaven's Army started gathering every capable warrior to fight and provide them the required time to gather a more capable and powerful force, which would be able to stop those two invading armies at least.

Wars became more severe, as tens of thousands died every day.

Not only the Warriors from the Middle Heavens, but the upright warriors from the Lower Heavens also participated, despite knowing they would be used as the Cannon Fodders.

They participated in this war, to safeguard their homes, which would be next if the Middle Heavens were to fall. 

Over nine hundred thousand soldiers died in those battles alone, even before the final battle began.

In the meantime, Supreme Commander Roel was able to assemble a powerful army of four hundred thousand soldiers, mostly comprised of High-Rankers, Kings, and Emperor-Ranked Experts, and soon they appeared on the battlefield to stop the combined Army of Destruction and Chaos.

A large battle broke out, which was later known as 'The Battle for The Gates', as the invading forces' sole target was to capture the Gates, those which connected the Middle Heavens with the Upper Heavens.

Nehar could still remember the faces of those soldiers and Experts who perished in the battle, fighting alongside him.

But among all those faces, one smiling face left him with a bitter, broken smile. 

"My Commanders, till now we've lost 6 out of a total 10 Gates, which connects us with the Upper Heavens. The Armies of the Upper Heavens are solely destroyed and we couldn't receive any more support from them. Many of them decided to hide and regain their strength to confront these invaders later. 

But now, we're facing an existential crisis. The moment we lose all the Gates to them, the security of the Middle Heavens will be jeopardized. Thus, I've decided that I'll join the battle with a force of two hundred thousand along with the three Grand Commanders, to provide you all the time you need to prepare for a protracted war.

Even if we don't want to admit it, we've indeed lost the 'Battle for Gates' and we don't have enough forces to stop their advancement in those remaining Gates. Thus, it would be a last attempt to stop their advancement in the Middle Heavens. 

After this, everything would remain in your hands, my Commanders. I hope that all of you will protect those who are in need and stop those Armies from invading our homeland, to protect and preserve the Dignity of our Motherland, The Middle Heavens.....Victory for the Heavens !!! "

Victory for the Heavens !

Victory for the Heavens !!

Wipe out the Invaders, protect the Heavens !

Slaughter the Abominations, protect the Heavens !!

Victory for the Heavens !!!

Nehar sighed as he remembered the smiling face of the friendly man, the Supreme Commander of the Heaven's Army, who didn't even think about his own safety to safeguard the Realm, his Homeland.

'Though, we lost that war and those armies invaded the Middle Heavens almost two and half years later...you gave us enough time to prepare and present them with a bloody war, which they never had imagined. 

You became a Hero for us all, Supreme Commander Roel'.

He looked at the messages from the Communication Channel with a stern, cold face and mumbled softly, "I'll not let those events happen a second time."