Chapter 565 - A Long Path To Discovery (1/2)

Chapter 565 - A Long Path To Discovery

As the population of Rome reacted to Flamma's unusual triumph, Daniel's mind was busy elsewhere On a platfor the world with his watchful senses His gaze, however, was aimed at the starry sky

In the stars' slowthat his place of origin and this universe had in co was o back to the people he had left behind, yet, in his mind, he knew he couldn't

His powers as an aspect of Karma, still weak and uncontrollable, made him a menace to the other domains, to a point where his true nature was likely to be the one thing that could unite the ainst a common enemy even more than his peers, the other champions of Destiny This pressure, he knew his friends and family could not share with him

His only option was to learn how to turn these unpredictable outbursts of power into an energy that he could wield And the first step was to nurture it

To him, a planet inhabited by hundreds of millions of people who, to compensate for their extremely short lives, would strive to turn their otherwise inconsequential existence into an impactful one, was the best kind of resource One made for him to exploit the same way the other aspects of existence would their place of birth

While the latter had to wait millions of years for their power to condense and develop a consciousness, however, Daniel was the opposite His aspect of existence had taken shape with his syste consciousness Only recently had the concept of karma become a power that, in theory, could one day rival that of other aspects of existence

Although Daniel's presence on this planet was not necessary for his powers to grow, he could feel, deep inside, that such a breakthrough could not only be achieved through an accumulation of power What he needed was to understand this power better

With no clear plan in mind, Daniel slowly closed his eyes When he opened the on the patch of solidified space any on a beach

In front of hied into the storht, past the shore's edge, was a rocky cliff covered in long blades of grass which struggled to stand due to the strong winds, and standing above it, were the figures of a hundred men

These men, clearly part of a small army, shared siloves and shoes, pants of poor fabric, and a gaether a leather shi+eld by their waistline, which hid the sheathed swords hanging from their belts

While these men wore armor and carried weapons, which indicated that they were prepared for a fight, Daniel could see nothing but worry on their faces, as their eyes were ai

Noticing how these men's attention was taken by the sea, Daniel turned to look in the sa, he saw three s the waves these shadows approached the shore, becoer, until finally, they ca to hide, and showed their appearance These shadows belonged to three wooden vessels

Built in the shape of a large canoe, these shi+ps only possessed one mast, on which was tied an enormous veil Their hulls were covered in ed dozens of wooden oars used for rowing the shi+p when in lack of favorable winds The most noticeable feature of these vessels, however, were shi+ps' bow and stern, which, carved in the shape of a dragon's head, instilled fear in the eyes of those who saw it

It was clear to anyone with a basic understanding of naval engineering, that these vessels were not e numbers of people, nor merchandise, but for fast travel

These shi+ps kept approaching the shore, until finally, the water beca carried on theed the shi+ps onto the sand, and out of the water

These men, dressed in pelts and leather clothes, took their shi+elds off the sides of the shi+ps and regrouped on the shore, where they encountered the group as scanning the horizon for their arrival Once in contact, the two groups, clearly uncoan to discuss

Daniel did not bother to listen to their conversation, as the context of this world's events had long lost its importance for him After all, as for him only one blink of his eye, was almost seven hundred years of this world's history, which he had witnessed without interfering

What he couldn't understand in words, however, he couldthese ative karma, the leader of the invasors, who referred to themselves as Ostmen, approached the small army On his face a facetious smile which he used in an attempt to calm his opponents, which in turn were er stature and crude weaponry At the saed with identifying foreign dom of Wessex, tried to communicate with him

The two parties did not appear to speak the sa party was able to understand a feords Yet, he could h to understand what the royal reeve, who led the s of hiuests to visit the king of this land, as he was still under the impression that these men weren't there to invade, but to explore paths that could be used for co

As the royal reeve approached the leader of the ostifts, the latter's ed at the unprepared s a deadly conflict between the two groups