As Noah summoned Kassadin, some strange changes occurred in the Universe.
A brand new Dimension appeared out of nowhere in this Universe, causing a ripple. Ordinary people and those with weak power couldn't detect this movement, but powerful beings from before could sense the changes happening in the Universe.
Ancient One, Odin, various Gods of the Universe, Dormammu, the Dimensional Demon of the Dark Dimension, and various Dimensional Demons—all powerful beings in the Universe—sensed the turmoil. They perceived a strange Dimensional World that had appeared out of nowhere in this Universe.
Meanwhile, Eternity, who is omniscient and omnipotent in the Universe, was witnessing the events unfold. After this Dimension appeared, He showed no emotional fluctuations. Although He had never seen this Void Dimension, which appeared out of nowhere, in this Universe or even the entire Multiverse, He made no move.
Eternity usually doesn't show Himself easily, unless there's an event that threatens the Multiverse, or like Gorr the God Butcher in the movie, someone finds Eternity's location and makes a wish, then He will appear. This time, He also didn't plan to act against this suddenly appearing Dimensional Space, only quietly observing the development of events.
As for Noah, after some of Kassadin's memories entered his mind, Noah entered a brief state of pause. A few seconds later, Noah resumed his movements.
"Ugh… it's all memories of fighting the Void," Noah rubbed his head.
In the portion of Kassadin's memories that Noah received, most were of battling Void Creatures. In Kassadin's background story, he was originally an ordinary man from Shurima with a happy and complete family; his wife and daughter were the most important beings in his life. However, while Kassadin was away working, terrible news suddenly arrived.
On his way home, he encountered some refugees, who were from his own village. According to the refugees' accounts, a terrifying disaster, like an apocalypse, had swallowed his village. Kassadin was anxious, immediately riding his horse at full speed back to the village.
But when Kassadin returned to the village, all he saw were broken walls and ruins, with no sign of life. He desperately shouted his wife and daughter's names, digging at the ruins until his hands bled, but it was to no avail.
After losing his wife and daughter, a distraught Kassadin became a wanderer. Years later, he heard a rumor that the village's disaster was caused by a prophet who worshipped the Void and used the village as a sacrifice for the Void. The well-traveled Kassadin was aware of the Void's existence, so he believed this was the truth and embarked on a journey of revenge against this prophet.
This prophet was The Prophet of the Void, Malzahar. Kassadin began searching everywhere for power he could use. He sought the blessing of Karma, the Soul Weaver, in Ionia, then forged a set of magic equipment, and also acquired an ancient artifact in Shurima: Horok's Gauntlet, which was an Ascended's gauntlet, a counterpart to EZ's gauntlet.
Subsequently, Kassadin embarked on his journey to fight the Void without hesitation, seeking The Prophet of the Void to avenge his wife and daughter.
Noah suddenly felt these memories were useless, as there were no Void Creatures here. Noah looked at a purple gauntlet that had appeared on his right hand. The gauntlet's appearance was similar to EZ's gauntlet, but its color had changed because Kassadin had been exposed to the Void's power during his prolonged battles with the Void.
Noah gripped his right hand, which was wearing the gauntlet, and a purple energy blade extended from it.
'Void Blade'
Through Noah's perception, he already had a good understanding of this gauntlet's abilities. EZ's left gauntlet focused on energy release, while Kassadin's right gauntlet focused on energy absorption. Although it could also release energy in the form of energy pulses, energy balls, and energy swords, absorbing energy was its strong suit.
"Let's try it, Lissandra, electrocute me." Noah stood up, ready to test the gauntlet's ability. However, he wasn't sure if this gauntlet, which absorbed magic, could absorb attacks like lightning, as it wasn't magic energy.
The clean, empty walls of the training room changed. Nanomaterials on the walls began to form a device that emitted electricity, and then a bolt of lightning shot towards Noah.
Noah raised his hand, opening his palm towards the incoming lightning. The lightning then collided with Noah's palm. The moment the lightning struck Noah's gauntlet, the purple gauntlet glowed faintly, and then the lightning was absorbed into the gauntlet, as if swallowed into an abyss, without any disturbance.
"It actually works."
Noah looked at his glowing right hand, then swung it. Purple energy, in the form of a fan-shaped wave, shot from Noah's gauntlet and impacted the training room wall. Fortunately, the wall was made of Vibranium, which absorbed all the energy that hit it.
"It feels pretty good. Let's see what happens when the two gauntlets are together."
With a thought, the brass gauntlet floating on the lab display immediately appeared on Noah's left hand. At this moment, Noah wore a gauntlet on each hand, one yellow and one purple.
After the yellow gauntlet appeared, both gauntlets glowed simultaneously. Noah felt that the power of both gauntlets had significantly increased. He sensed that their ability to absorb and release energy had greatly improved.
"Lissandra, let's try again."
So, Noah began experimenting in the training room again. For a while, energy shot everywhere, and the training room walls were constantly bombarded. Although Vibranium's energy absorption has a limit, fortunately, Noah's training room was entirely made of Vibranium, so its absorption limit was relatively high, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to withstand Noah's abuse.
"Phew~ That was fun shooting!" Noah stopped his actions of absorbing lightning attacks and then firing energy everywhere. He had already tested the current limit of the gauntlets. If he had had this pair of gauntlets when fighting the mutated Destroyer, Noah felt he could have defeated the Destroyer without using Runes.
"The power of Arcane Shift also seems to have increased a lot."
After testing the gauntlets' attack and energy absorption functions, Noah remembered their displacement ability. After all, both gauntlets seemed to have this function; EZ's Arcane Shift and Kassadin's Void Walk could both perform spatial jumps. He wondered what the effect would be when the two were combined.
Just as Noah was about to test the spatial jump, a system prompt appeared, interrupting his actions.
[Important mission detected, Summoner please check as soon as possible.]
Looking at the red text that appeared before him, Noah was a bit confused but quickly recovered. He opened the mission list and saw a red mission entry.
[Large Mission: Void Overlord]
[Due to special reasons, the Void has appeared in this World. Summoner, please control the Void and become the Master of the Void. Note: The Void will be affected by the current World, producing unpredictable changes. Summoner, please control the Void as soon as possible.]
"What the hell? The Void!" Noah's eyes widened when he saw the word "Void."
Noah's mind raced for a moment. Why did the Void appear? What was the special reason? Was it because he summoned the Void hero Kassadin? Kassadin wasn't from the Void; he just had some Void energy on him. How could he summon the Void?
After receiving this heavy information, Noah rubbed his head. After all, in his impression, the Void was still a very terrifying existence. Ancient Shurima, with its powerful strength, declined after that battle, and many powerful God-Warriors fell, transforming into Darkin.
Moreover, Noah was somewhat wary of the powerful monsters in the Void, many special monsters also possessed the power of infinite evolution, like Kha'Zix, Kog'Maw, and Cho'Gath. And there were also the terrifying Watchers, the strongest Void Creatures. Although they rarely appeared in the background, the only time one appeared was in Freljord, the Frost Watcher that Lissandra sealed in True Ice.
Furthermore, according to the Dragon King's background story, it can be inferred that there seems to be a power in the Void equivalent to the Dragon King's existence, but there's no follow-up on this matter, so it's impossible to know what this power truly is.
"System, does this mean I have to fight those monsters from the Void?" Noah rubbed his head, indicating he had a headache. He probably wasn't a match for the Watchers right now.
[Summoner, the Void that has appeared in this World is a brand new Void, empty and calm, and has not yet been affected by the World to mutate.]
"Huh? No mutation? Does that mean no Void Creatures have appeared yet?" Noah was surprised after hearing the system's words. The system said the Void had not yet been affected, thus mutating to produce Void Creatures.
Noah remembered that in the Void's background, it was indeed mentioned that the Void was originally a peaceful plane, then it was affected by another plane, which was Runeterra, leading to mutation, and then the Watchers were born, specifically to destroy Runeterra.
However, Noah also noticed that it was only temporarily unaffected; it might still be affected in the future for some reason. But Noah was much more relieved, as this meant he still had plenty of time to prepare.
"Control the Void… how do I control it?" Noah looked at the mission description, lost in thought. He had no knowledge of controlling planes, so he wasn't sure how to proceed.
"Controlling a plane, does that count as a Dimensional Demon?" Noah thought, those Dimensional Demons also seemed to control their own planes, like Dormammu's Dark Dimension. If that was the case, Noah felt he could ask Ancient One for advice, as she often dealt with these Dimensional Demons and should know something.
"By the way, why doesn't this mission have a rank?" Noah looked at the mission and expressed his confusion, because this mission didn't show a rank, no A, B, or C ranks.
[This mission belongs to a large continuous mission. This mission contains many small missions, and the ultimate goal is to become the Void Overlord.] (Description cannot be provided)
"Sounds like a main quest." Noah looked at the system prompt and clicked to accept the mission. However, he suddenly remembered that he had already completed his missions for the day.
[Mission accepted]
"Huh? It was successfully accepted!" Noah was surprised to see that he could still accept it even though he had no mission attempts left. Did this mission not require mission attempts?
Moreover, after accepting this large mission, a new mission appeared in the mission list.
[Void Series B-Rank Mission: First Encounter with the Void]
Void series? Was this the exclusive prefix for this large mission? Noah clicked it, wanting to see if it also didn't take up a mission attempt.
[Acceptance failed, daily mission limit reached!]
"Uh, no, then I'll forget about it for now." This was unexpected for Noah. Next, Noah looked at the last unopened treasure chest and reached out to click it.