Onex had spent the last few days connecting all of the dots or at least trying to. He even got some rough paper and started writing all the information down to try to understand it. But there were still unanswered questions, and he wasn’t sure of how to get them.

  During the past few days, Onex has taken another island. Though it was much smaller and it’s conquer went missing soon after.

  Onex rapped the table with his finger in deep thought when a folded paper appeared in the box in front of him. His eyes widened before he reached out and unfolded the paper. And to his surprise, it wasn’t from the King of Flying.

  To the King of X,

  I have taken a note of your recent activities. It’s quite impressive, for someone who’s been down here for just a couple of weeks to grow with your progress. I send this letter to you to give you a warning. If you continue to expand at your rate, the lower ranking Monarchs will see you as a threat. I recommended you play it safe,

  Signed by The Tyrant.

  Onex carefully read the letter before setting it down. He slowly looked at the window and mumbled questionably.

  “Monarch? Could that be what’s above a Conquer? This is so confusing.” Onex sat there for a second before realizing, “If Monarch is above a Conquer, that would mean the Monarchs have more information of this world. If that’s the case, then I could ask them questions about the voice and the First and 0th generation of the void.”

  With this thought, Onex was determined to become or met a Monarch. Though the fact that the first Monarch he gets a message from is called the Tyrant, makes him feel a little intimidated.

  After a bit, he calmed down. He walked outside, now with this determination to become a Monarch or find one. Despite the Tyrants warning.

  He used the masks abilities to start moving his island. It wasn’t long until he saw something in the distance, but it wasn’t an island, it was steam! As Onex moved closer to the steam, he realized that the steam was coming from an island almost the size of his own.

  But it didn’t come from fires. But giant towers made of red brick, all the buildings were made of this brick, and all stood at two stories. There were also lanterns lined up following a path of stone bricks.

  Onex was in awe by the advancements in technology this island has. But he was soon put in confusion when he saw a platform with wheels carrying a bunch of people, moving by itself, with a trail of steam following behind it.

  Onex has never seen such technology. He hasn’t even read of it. Just the idea of an object moving without something pulling it was ridiculous. Yet it was happening before his eyes.

  The fact that this island had more advanced technology made Onex hesitate to attack. It would probably be a bad idea to just charge in, so his best bet was to blend in.

  Without any better ideas, Onex took a coat from one of the people of his island. Hid his mask in a pocket and hid his sword under the coat. After doing that he made a separate island and looked for a good place to enter.

  This wasn’t hard, the towers produced so much steam. Some areas were filled with it, allowing him to sneak in.

  Just seeing all the buildings that were made of brick made his mouth drop. Back on the surface, there were few buildings made of brick because no one willingly made it. Only prisoners are forced to make it, and it isn’t made in enough quantities to build entire two-story buildings. And it wasn’t liked very much by the nobles and high class.

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  All the roads made a circle around the entire island and there were four roads the go to the center. It seemed that no one was allowed to go into the center part of the island.

  So that must be where the conquer is!

  Onex thought while walking past one of these roads.

  If he were to try to enter the center of the city. He would certainly be attacked and stopped. From where he was standing, there wasn’t a single person going near the end of the road that goes to the center, and there were also people wearing suits and top hats with swords standing all around it. This isn’t something Onex can get past by blending in.

  So, he decided to head back to his island. And get some help from some of his people to create a distraction.

  John decided to take a group and lead the group to create the distraction. Onex told them to cut down one of the brick towers and make sure it falls onto a few buildings to create the prefect distraction.

  With this plan made, Onex, John, and the group all went back onto the island and went their separate ways. Onex was nearby the entrance to the center, waiting for John to take down the tower.

  Suddenly, a loud crashing sound was heard and was followed by a massive cloud of steam and dust. Onex knew that John and the others did their job,

  The people with the tops hats tensed at this. But did not move. This made Onex a little worried that his plan wouldn’t work. But the cloud of steam and dust soon covered everyone’s vision. Giving Onex the prefect opportunity to sneak in the center.

  The center was much emptier than any other part of the island. Just a few wooden houses scattered around, there were also empty and dried up farms.

  It was empty. Not a single sign of any life, though he had to keep searching for the Conquer of this island.

  After a bit of walking. Onex finally saw someone. A tall man dressed in a suit. He wore a simple hat with a bird’s beak facing forward sown into it. The man also had a strange weapon at his hip. It was smaller than a sword, bigger than a dagger. It was made of metal that had a tube that went straight forward, and then a 90-degree turn for another piece that Onex assumed was the handle.

  “What are you doing here?” The man said, his voice hoarse and aged.

  “I’m here to conquer this land you have here.” Onex said simply while putting his mask on.

  The man did not react, “Is that so?”

  “Sure is.” Onex stated as he started to walk towards the man while unsheathing his sword.

  The man did not show fear. Instead he pulled out the odd object out of it’s holder and pointed it at Onex. His other hand pulled out a vial of steam, and he plugged it into the back of the object. Then he pulled out a few pebbles and out it in the hole at the end of the strange weapon.

  Onex was confused by these actions but did not hesitate. He raised his sword and charged at the man.

  The man still did not show fear; he simply pulled on a small level. A loud boom echoed through the empty area, and Onex dropped his sword. His arm was intense pain.

  When he looked down at his arm. There was a hole, going right through it. Onex clutched his arm, wincing in pain. The man, the conquering, becoming a Monarch, that was all forgotten in the pain.

  The pain started to fade suddenly. The pendulum was now glowing slightly, but barely.

  After a few deep breaths, Onex calmed his nerves. The man was still standing there.

  “So, are you going to leave now?”

  Onex slowly picked up his sword and got in a stance he recently made, “Hell no.”

  Right before the man could do anything. Onex activated the acceleration ability on the sword.

  Once doing so, he ran as fast as he could, paying attention to the man’s weapon.

  The man pulled the trigger. Another hole appeared, this time in his stomach. But the pendulum was nullifying the pain.

  Once he was in striking distance. Onex moved his sword back, and with inhuman speed, thrust his sword. Destroying the man’s weapon and cutting the man's arm open.

  The man’s knees buckled from the strike. Grasping at his hand in an attempt to numb the pain.

  Onex ignored this and took the man's hat.

  “Conquer.” Onex demanded.

  Once those words left his mouth, the hat merged with his skin. And the island than merged with his. He now conquered this new island with advanced tech, but for some reason, the voice of the void didn’t say anything about him conquering this land.

  Onex smiled as he stumbled, he started to get dizzy. And probably would need to go see Anna to get fixed up. But as he turned around he overheard the man mumble something.

  “The Doctor is gonna get you for this.”

  …

  The checkup with Anna lasted a few hours. Anna complained while patching him up, but the two of them did have some small talk on other topics. And once again, Onex will have to rest for a few days to recover.

  This made Onex sigh in frustration. He wanted to go and become a Monarch and met one of the Monarch’s so he could more information about the voice. But he would have to put that on hold until he recovered.