345 Atlas Star Fragments (1/2)

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The Divine Realm is a one massive plane of land littered with many fantastical creations of shapes and sizes. It's the true paradise lands for humans and the place they govern for the longest of time.

It is safe to say that the Divine Realm is specifically created for humans, and due to their rule the race as a whole experienced a great transformation and became one of the leading races over all. But even in a place teeming with crouching tigers and hidden dragons, there are still some existences that shouldn't be disturbed unless one wants to court their own deaths.

These existences might be in a form of a sect, organization, clan, and etc. And they mostly mind their own business and will only interfere if the situation calls for it. It is also common for these existences to stay away from the spotlight and control things behind the scenes, they also usually reside in a very isolated or off-limits places.

One of these sleeping giants is called the Old Elysium Sect that resides in a place called the Atlas Star.

This sect is one of the most secretive sect but also one of the most terrifying ones. Raven didn't have much information about them but he could remember wanting to join them before due to a simple rumor that he heard during his past life. The rumor was that, the Old Elysium Sect raises War Gods.

This rumor was baseless, but the neither confirmed nor denied it. But back then, there are three known War Gods, when someone asked whether they hailed from the Ancient Elysium Sect, these people refused to give an answer, which made the gossipers even more curious.

He had seen the capabilities of these so called War Gods, and their title accurately fits their strength. One of these War Gods became one of the closest friend of Raven, because of that Raven came to know that the rumors were true. That being said, he didn't ask many things since it wasn't his business, but for a sect to raise three people that will be known throughout the whole Divine Realm, it's quite obvious that they are formidable.

His friend once told him this: 'It's a pity. Should you had the chance to posses a piece of the Atlas Star, then we might've been Sect Brothers. With your attitude, you'd be a perfect fit for a War God position as well.'

He laughed at him as a response, but inwardly he was wishing for the same thing as well.

But who would've thought that he'll be given a second chance? More so, encounter the very thing that will allow him to do just that?

Fate really loves toying with people sometimes…

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Each bag these people possess contains a piece of Atlas Star. Raven had taken them out one by one and had been staring at them for a while now.

Raven wasn't able to deduce much, but he is sure that these are pieces of the Atlas Star. He had seen one before and he even seen the entire thing with his own eyes so he had no doubts about it. And of course, he will taking this from the hands of these people.

And just as expected, they cannot be stored inside a spatial ring. Thankfully, Raven could just place these at Spatial Abode and leave it here until he could interact with it safely.

Once he got over the rocks, he then turned his attention to the people he abducted.

He walked towards them and since they were still unconscious, he could still do anything that he wants to them. He placed his hand on the head of one and started scrying his memories. Raven wanted to find out more information, he wanted to know where they found these stones, what are their plans for it, and more.

Raven scanned the memories of each person and managed to get some answers.

They excavated these in place not too far from here, they were given orders by the emissaries to gather the stones in secret, offering a high reward to those who could bring them back unscathed to their camp. Of course, since this is the depths of the Red Zone, this mission was incredibly dangerous. However, they also couldn't ignore those rewards, so they swallowed their fear and attempted the mission.

A pity, they almost made it back. They just had to encounter Raven of all people…

”So that's how it is.” Raven said as he gazed coldly at the unconscious enemies. ”Who would've thought that there is a camp nearby? What to do, what to do?”

A sneer appeared on his face as he lifted every single one of these people. He then went out of the Spatial Abode and threw them on the ground.

The force of the throw managed to wake them up, but they were still oblivious about what's going on. Raven fired several beams of light using his fingers and each beam struck the groggy minions, causing their consciousness to awaken due to a painful sting on their abdomens.