25-Within the Astral Realm

Rogue looked around as she heard a Nostalgic and Monotone Voice. It was something she heard long ago. She couldn't look around as she didn't feel her neck or her body. Rogue still couldn't see due to the eternal darkness that blocked her sight. She didn't want to be blind against someone, but there was nothing she could do about it. Rogue calmed herself and spoke with a calm but cold tone. 'What do you want?' She asked the voice that echoed within the Eternal Darkness. She was suspicious about the Voice. The Voice then spoke with an Ancient and Monotone Voice. It echoed in the Eternal Darkness.

*It seemed that you had forgotten me...* The Voice said as its words echoed within the Eternal Darkness. Rogue was confused after hearing what the Voice said. She knew that it was a Nostalgic Voice from long ago, but she still couldn't remember it. Rogue was thinking within her mind and thought about the Time in the Hyperion. There was a Time where she got dragged into a place called Astral Realm. A Thing was hidden there and spoke to her about reaching the Mortal Core. With this in mind, Rogue realized who it was.

'I-it's you...' Rogue mumbled within her mind as she understood what the Voice in front of her was. It was the Voice from the time where she was within the Hyperion that entered through the Warp. She forgot that it had been a Million Years. The Voice must have been waiting for her during that time. Making someone wait for you was something Rogue wouldn't bother but Making someone wait for you for Thousands or Tens of Thousands of Generations. That wasn't a good thing for Rogue.

'I apologized for being late...' Rogue said as she didn't know what to say. The Voice within the Eternal Darkness was a Monster that could easily crush her. Offending something like that by making it wait for a Million Years was unbelievable. The Voice then spoke with an Ancient and Monotone Voice. Its words echoed within the Eternal Darkness and reached Rogue's consciousness. *There is no need to apologize... A Million Years isn't something that much.* The Voice said as Rogue was in silence after hearing it. Now that the two of them had reached a Basic Understanding of each other. It would be time for them to talk about business.

Rogue wanted to speak towards the Voice, but before she could think about a Word. The Voice began speaking to her. *I have heard about the Circumstances of your Reality, The Death of your Comrades, and their Extinction. I can see that there are many of you left but still couldn't reach over a Hundred. The Krieg is a Fallen Empire, and its remaining people are now refugees amongst the Cosmos. You are the first one to wake amongst the other Kriegs who slumbered with you. Many things had happened, do you want more information about it?*

'You have information about reality?' Rogue asked in curiosity. The Voice must have been gathering information for a long time. It knew information that nobody would be able to know. *Yes, I have Information about Reality.* The Voice said as its words echoed towards Rogue. She didn't know what to feel, but she at least had someone from her time who manage to reach this time. She wanted to ask questions about the Cosmos. The Current Situation within it and the Vassal Races.

*I see... That is your question.' Before Rogue could ask, The Voice already spoke. She was surprised at what she heard. Wouldn't that mean that the Voice could hear everything about her? She shook her head as there was nothing she could do about it. Rogue then asked in a straightforward tone towards the voice. 'I want to know everything about the Current Reality and the Vassal Races that we kept.' It was a simple question with a paragraph of answer.

*Many things had happened while you were in Slumber. The Humans, Elves, Beastfolks, Dwarves, and Seraphs have created their own empires, but all of them fell. They had their Golden Ages, but they would be stunted back to their Dark Ages. It was like a cycle that wouldn't stop, but it was also an interesting cycle. The Current Situation would be the Splitting of the Human Race and the Invasion of another Race.*

'Another race? Don't tell me-' Before Rogue could continue her words. The Voice still hasn't ended the words that it was trying to say towards her. It continued speaking with an Ancient and Montone Voice, which echoed on Rogue's consciousness.

*They called themselves Gods. They are a Race that can be called the Strongest within the Current Era. They have strengths using their Followers and can destroy cities with a touch of their fingers. They could burn planets if they wanted to or destroy a Star Nation if they wanted to. They are quite annoying for the Current Era of Vassal Races. They are gaining Followers at a fast speed, and the Humans are Naive to be faithful towards them due to their Puny Power.*

'Hmmm... So it ain't the Monsters and the Undead?' Rogue didn't know what to feel after hearing such words. It seemed that another race has joined to make trouble within the Cosmos. Another Cycle was starting, and it was between the Vassal Races and the Gods. The Humans in the Vassal Races were gullible against Power. They would be the first ones that would fall. The Elves were too prideful to worship, and the Beastfolk wouldn't bother worshipping. Humans would be the perfect prey for the Gods. While thinking about the Gods, Rogue wanted to ask a simple question. 'Who do you think is the strongest... The Gods? or the Kriegs?'

*The Strongest between the Two Races? Hmm... The Colonial Krieg would hand-down win against them without a challenge, but the Gods have an Evolutionary Trait that helped them in their Journey towards the Stars. It was called FAITH. It was something that would use the Faith of a Creature and turned it into power. The Way to destroy a God would be killing everything that knew it. That would be easy for the Krieg as they destroyed Two Major Races that would easily defeat the Gods.*

'Thank you for giving me information, but why did you bring me here?' Rogue asked as she was curious about what the Voice was aiming to do. The Voice has been waiting for her for a long time. Who would wait for someone like her. Was there something about the Voice that she didn't know? Rogue had a lot of questions within her mind. She was sure that the Voice would know it, but she pretended to continue thinking about the Voice.

*Well... That question should be something you need to speak about later. You must reach the Origin Core, and then I would answer everything you want to asked...* The Voice's Words echoed within Rogue's mind as Bright Light illuminated her sight. She didn't know what happen, but there was a possibility that she got brought out of the Astral Realm. She shook her head as she had a new Goal within her mind. It was to reach the Origin Core and face the Voice once again.

Meanwhile, in Reality, Rogue slowly opened her Eyelids which revealed her Golden Amber Eyes. She stood up and looked around as she found herself surrounded by the Droids. The Attack Drones were hovering near her as they waited for her to wake up. Rogue smiled when she saw them and said two words. "I'm awake."

Rogue was finally awake, and she felt something burning within her body. She looked at herself and found that there was something within her body. It looked like a Golden Burning Core, which represents her core. It looked beautiful and grand. It burned like the Giant Star. Rogue felt her Body was a thousand times stronger than before. It was the first time she felt like this. It must be the result of creating the Core.

While Rogue was checking on her body, Typhon's Monotone Voice echoed within her mind. "Master, Are you okay?" Rogue replied at Typhon's worry. "I'm okay... I have quite an adventure before waking up. I gained a lot of interesting information about the Cosmos. It would be time for us to rise but not for now. We need to gather power and get stronger before the enemy is aware of our existence."

"I understand. The Reinforcements are currently an Hour away from Master. They have been charging towards Master's Expedition Forces." Typhon reported that the Monsters Reinforcements were near her. Rogue nodded as it was time for her to see her army. She was interested in what they would look like. She would probably have to do a lot of things in the Future. The First thing she needed to do was to conquer the Planet Exodus. It should be like a Tutorial before starting the Real Domination.

"Typhon, Is the Information within the Message still within you?" Rogue asked as she was curious about the information given to her by Darius long ago. It was an Information about Darius's Personal Ability. It said that she needed to have a Core to use it. Now that she has a Core within her body. It was time for her to use the Skills hidden within Darius's Message.

"The Information about the Armament Skills is current within my Database. Does Master want to learn it?" Typhon asked as Rogue nodded and replied. "Yes, Give me everything about the Armament Skills given by Darius. It would be time for me to learn the Abilities of the Krieg Race."

"Understood..." Typhon said as Information about Skills entered through Rogue's Mind. It was the Information about the Armament Skills. Rogue then quickly activated the Download Ability within her and began the Downloading Process. The Armament Skills quickly got downloaded, and it was time for Rogue to opened the Archive. She wondered what kind of things change within her Archive.

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『𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞』

[𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞]

[𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐠]

[𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝: 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞]

[𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲: 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐠: 𝐋𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞]

[𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞: 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞: 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠]

[𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤: 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟎]

[𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞]

[𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞]

[𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: (𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝), (𝐔𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝), (𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞), (𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭)]

『𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞』

[𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬: 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲]

[𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬: 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞]

[𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞]

[𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞: 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧]

[𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐬]

[𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲]

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"I have gained a lot of things. I have Another Ability which is called Inspect. I have multiple Skills, which is probably from Darius. I have gained an Awakened Rank, and my Body Level has increased." Rogue noticed that she was stronger than before. It was because of the Skills she gained and the New Ability she had. Rogue wondered what she could do about it, but before continuing to look at her Skills. Rogue stared at the distance and smirked as she saw something that would make anyone Horrified.

"It has been a while, but you seem late for a Reinforcement." Rogue used her Hivemind and communicated towards the Army that was heading to her. *We apologized for being late, Emperor. We would burn and devour every creature as an Apology.* Exodus spoke while heading towards Rogue. Rogue shook her head and spoke. "That was just a tease... I'm glad to see that you have arrived."

Rogue stared at the distance and saw 10 Gigantic Figures that stood upon the Land. Below the 10 Gigantic Figures were 10,000 Ant-looking Monsters with Cannons behind their back. It was the Army that Rogue wanted to use. It was her Grand Army that would fight the Battle of this Land. Looking at the scene in front of her, She couldn't help but think about what would happen if she gained all of the Biomass needed for more monsters to be born.

"I am quite interested in the Future after this War. I wonder if there would be more Bodies that I could use as Biomass?" Rogue wanted to know more about the Planet Exodus. It has been a Million Years. There must have been a lot of things that happened within this Planet. The only thing she needed to do was to know more about it. She would probably begin exploring the Planet after the Battle. If she finds a Civilization, She would probably use her Monsters and invade it. It would be an exciting sight to see for Rogue.

"What a good day to wage War..." Rogue smiles while looking at the skies above her.