Vile Rabbit-Chapter 43 - . world under the water-2

Even though Apexion didn't know the language, he understood the intent.

"Don't worry, you just have to answer some questions for me and in return, I will spare your lives." His voice echoed in their heads, and just like him, they understood his intent.

"We will answer anything you ask, just please don't kill us," said the two desperately.

"Tell me everything about your civilization, your species, your culture, your hierarchy... but before that, tell me, why your mental energy is so strong," asked Apexion as he squatted before the two.

"Mental energy so strong... I-I don't understand. Isn't this the normal strength of everyone's mental energy?" Ask the female.

Hearing her, Apexion thought for a second then spoke, "No, your species' mental energy seems to be a cut above the rest... now think, is there anything special you eat or do that can be responsible for this... think carefully because I won't ask again." His voice turned cold at the end.

They hugged each other tighter, their minds racing. They knew that if they produced the wrong answers, they might die.

They thought about everything they did in their lifetime, then suddenly the male's eyes lit up and he spoke, "I think I might know what you are asking for."

After that, he turned to the female and spoke, "Kea, let's bond."

Hearing Vana, Kea had a flash of realization, then she stretched out her hands and locked fingers with Vana.

Apexion observed them carefully. He saw that after their fingers locked, their aura became one, and then their wills combined into a floating ball of mental energy above them.

Apexion's eyes flashed with wonder. 'How fascinating. They are mating with their will, and it seems to have the benefit of slightly increasing their mental energy.' Just by observing this, he had come up with multiple theories on how he could do something similar on his own, mate with his own will. (not in a weird way or maybe).

"Stop. Now tell me about your species," he said after a few seconds.

The two stopped, and then the male started talking, "Our species, the Crystalians, is a peace-loving race. We do not like war, and we spend most of our time bonding with our life companions an-"

"Life companions?" interrupted Apexion.

"Life companions, yes. You see, we are always born in pairs of two, a male and a female. The two will share an unbreakable connection with each other. They will spend most of their lives together, and if one is hurt, the other could sense it, or even become hurt as well" answered the female.

Apexion thought of something, then he said,

"Continue."

"Ye-yes..."

....

'Crystal empire, Emperor Crysdran and Empress Crysdra,' thought Apexion. He gazed at the two for a second then vanished towards the center of this area.

The two sighed in relief then flashed in the opposite direction of Apexion.

It might be a surprise, but Apexion didn't kill them.

For there was no reason to; he had got everything he wanted and they weren't a threat.

...

After about an hour and a half above an area where the buildings were taller than the ones from before, measuring 600 meters tall, they orderly surrounded an even taller building, a kilometer tall.

Apexion hovered high in the sky patiently, and he didn't conceal his aura.

Soon, whoosh! A male and a female emperor rank appeared 300 meters in front of him. They stood on a floating grey crystal, and their bodies pulsed with the true meaning of crystal.

They held their hands tightly together and gazed at Apexion with extreme fear.

They had never seen anything like him, and the aura that he radiated was unlike anything they had ever felt. Even from that distance away, they felt their bones slightly cracking. (Note: the gap is that big because the MC is a pathfinder)

They were certain that this creature in front of them had somehow transcended the mental emperor rank/supreme emperor.

They had no hope no resisting; they could only hope that this creature would spare their lives and the lives of their species.

Apexion gazed down on them and spoke in a majestic tone.

"SURRENDER TO ME AND YOU WILL LIVE!"

As he spoke, a majestic transparent eye manifested above him.

His voice echoed in the ears of every creature within thousands of kilometers.

Hearing him, Emperor Crysdran and Empress Crysdra's eyes flashed with complications. They stared at each other for a second, then at the empire below, then at Apexion, after which they fell to their knees.

"We surrender!"

Even though they didn't know what awaited them after their surrender, they thought it should be better than death...

Seeing their leaders bowing, those on the ground followed suit.

"We surrender!"

...

At the same time on the primal continent, Alexandra once again stood before a crowd of millions. She gazed to the right where thousands of broken and bloodied enlightened ones stood.

They were the ones that would rebel in the future. Unlike the last time, she decided to get rid of them in advance. To be honest, she was surprised that there weren't more.

After all, who would be willing to accept the creatures that you despise and consider less than to now be your ruler? Plus, there was also the bloodline hate that caused every enlightened one to instinctively hate the beasts race.

And she actually somewhat knew the reason for this bloodline hate from Adonist. He said he heard it from his elders, and they heard it from theirs - a legend.

The legend basically stated that the beasts were actually the first creatures to exist on the primal continent, then came the enlightened ones, one after another.

The enlightened ones, being weaker and new to the world, became food and playthings for the beasts, and that continued for hundreds of years.

And as you can imagine, the enlightened ones of that time hated the beasts to the extreme. With each of their loved ones devoured, their hatred increased until it manifested into physical form, the form of a dark red humanoid gassy figure, known as the enlightened one's wrath.

This figure could only be manifested by the combined hate of thousands of enlightened ones.

It had the ability to strengthen the enlightened ones, and being a pure manifestation of hate, it naturally had some side effects: one, shortened life span, and two, bloodline stain. It stained the user's blood with hatred for the beasts, and every time they entered into close proximity with beasts, they entered an uncontrollable frenzy that they could not get out of unless they killed the beast...

Fortunately, over time, the side effects have weakened considerably.

...

Alexandra snapped out of her thoughts; not a second had passed. She started to pulse with the true meaning of cleaving as she spoke in a strong tone, "Let this be a lesson for those who are considering to rebel." After which she chopped downwards with her right hand, and

Splat!

The heads of the thousands of broken enlightened ones fell from their bodies; their blood flowed like a river, staining the ground beneath them.

The millions of enlightened ones shivered as they stared at the scene.

"And as of now, there will no longer be three empires but one: the Apex Empire, and all the previous empires will now be retitled as kingdoms.

For the most part, you will live just the same as you have; the only thing you will have to do is give yearly tributes to the Apex Empire.... Now I ask, do any of you have an issue with what I just said?" stated Alexandra after she decapitated the future traitors.

....

At the same time, Thallo and Iron Tooth stood in front of a huge majestic statue. The statue was identical to Apexion's original form.

Behind the statue stood a majestic shimmering golden palace that pierced the clouds.

They gazed at it with approval and worship; they felt it was fitting for a creature such as their master.

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