Kael Veyris moved through the Outerverse like a calm storm. Layers 71 to 79 were vast, chaotic, and populated with rogue gods, demonic lords, and fractured realms.
At each layer, Kael repeated the same command, his voice carrying across countless realities:
Kael (calm, dominant): Submit or die.
One by one, entities paused, trembling, sensing the inevitability of his authority.
Entities: We give up. We submit. We are under your command, Kael Veyris.
Kael nodded once, subtly, his aura flowing gently over each layer. No resistance remained. Every being, every fragment, bent under his subtle dominance.
Now, he approached layer 80 a place of near apocalyptic entropy. Shadows of collapsed stars twisted violently, and a being of unimaginable power awaited: Maldrakhos, the Obsidian Tyrant, a demon lord whose aura threatened to unravel entire realms.
Kael's expression didn't change. Calm, lazy, and lethal.
Kael: Submit or die.
Maldrakhos laughed, a sound that bent reality itself.
Maldrakhos: Submit Never You cannot command me.
Kael tilted his head, golden eyes glowing, chaos and root energy flickering faintly around him.
Kael (deadly calm): Then you die.
Without a gesture, Kael unleashed his full force a symphony of Chaos, Dragon, Root, and Multiversal Sovereignty energy.
Every attack Maldrakhos threw was folded, absorbed, and reversed.
Every attempt to warp reality against Kael snapped and returned to the source.
With a single, decisive move, Maldrakhos was erased, his essence unmade and folded into Kael's authority.
The 80th layer stabilized instantly, trembling slightly under Kael's presence but fully under his command.
Kael (to himself, faint smirk): Power… tested. Authority absolute. Resistance nonexistent.
Virelya's tendrils flicked around him approvingly.
Virelya: Even the strongest demons kneel or vanish beautifully.
Astraeia's aura flared again, amplified by the energy of the conquered layers.
Astraeia (whispering to Kael): With every layer, we grow stronger together.
Kael smirked faintly, brushing a shadowy tendril off his shoulder and looking across the newly stabilized Outerverse:
Kael: And this is just the beginning