Chapter 558 - The Power Of Karma (2/2)

To explain why Daniel walked a the people of this specific world, inside that specific universe, one needed to go back to the Exalted asse the Exalted assearding the concepts of the essence of spacetie for a universe that his newly formed domain could call home Bound to the nah domain of Fate itself This bet had been won by Daniel thanks to the incredibly powerful abilities of his newest follower, the warrior Ashura, last of his tribe, and being from the past

Forced to pay up, the domain of War, in an atte of the contract by offering Daniel a variety of universes to choose fro these universes, only one fit the intended description for an, ”untouched universe,” which was a universe that had yet to be affected by the influence of its ruling domain The rest, while still technically untouched by the domain of War, were universes that had already felt the devastation of other domains, from which they were acquired

When forced to choose, Daniel had successfullythe domain of War to bear an incredible loss

What the cha Daniel with the choice, considered an incredible stroke of luck, however, was not The method Daniel had used to discover which universe was truly untouched, was to feel the presence of a power that only he could see or recognize The power of Karma

From each of these universes Daniel could feel the extremely familiar power of Karma, but while in some universes this poas extremely faint, or muddled by different forms of similar yet unfamiliar power, in one universe the power of Karhtest

Once the Exalted asseo, Daniel decided to visit the universe he had acquired in an attempt to learnpast and observing thousands of inhabited planets, he finally found one where his presence would not be an oddity, where he could observe the birth of this power from up close

A few days had passed since he had arrived on Earth, ti in the power of karly bowed down to its presence as if a particle of water encountering an endless ocean

”Tu illic! Tu a legionarius?” A co voice broke Daniel's entranceed to a stern-looking man who appeared to be in his early thirties He was dressed in a slightly loose red toga, iron belt, and shoulder armor made of iron strips In his left hand this man carried a curved leather-covered wooden shi+eld that reached froht hand rested on the hilt of a short sword barely two feet in length

Next to the red clothed ht, yet htly shorter rectangular shi+eld, and a javelin His torso and upper legs were covered in a sia, but on it rested a plated armor formed by rows of iron strips

The only piece of clothing which these two men's equipment shared were a pair of heavy-soled hobnailed sandals, and a shi+ny iron helmet which covered the entirety of their heads except for their mouths, noses, and eyes On top of these heles of red filaments, which would have made them stick out in any crowd

”Responde de quaestione” Barked the first man with an even less cordial tone than before

Co of this man's words, Daniel let a wisp of his essence drift into the taller h thehorite and read in small roo caned for the slightest offence by their harsh teachers

”Iterare quaestio” Daniel nizable accent

”I asked you, are you a legionnaire?” The taller guard repeated, as the hold on his sword's hilt tightened slightly in an instinctive manner

Daniel shook his head

”What is your name?” Asked the second man, now alerted by Daniel's presence

Daniel's tall stature and athletic build had led the two guards to believe that Daniel was a soldier on leave, which explained why he would spend his tis in such a trance, as many of the empire's soldiers had never had a chance to visit the capital Yet, Daniel's confused gaze left them uncertain

”My nae He already knew that this would cause him some problems, but he did not care, as he was there to observe the power of karma in its natural environuessed, the two guards narrowed their eyes in suspicion, after all, a single name was the mark of a slave Around theh the

Too clean to be working in factories and mines, and too in shape to live the life of a sirow They had been tasked with gathering the legionnaires that were granted leave by their Legate, as they were needed to start a new can, and Daniel's appearance and behavior fit more that of a deserter, than of a slave

After a few uard turned towards Daniel, and uttered, ”You will need to co that what he had stated was not a request, but an order

Clearly unbothered, Daniel nodded in agreeuards were stopped by a stout and greasy e ”Stop, guards!” Said thehim?”