The Veilwalker

"Well, what do you know?" Alex smiled slightly, turning to face the core. "I'll be leaving for some time. And don't worry, my other vessels are around."

The core slightly spun around, expressing its unwillingness. However, there was nothing it could do. It may be the core of the universe, but its walker was now more powerful than it. It had to follow his will.

"Good boy." Alex said and then faced the expanding veil tear. "I'll handle this quickly." His figure flickered and dispelled into lights, swiftly entering the veil tear.

The tear closed up as soon as his form disappeared, leaving the lonely core behind. With nothing to do, the core hummed slightly and went into its default state.

Spacetime twisted and turned in an ever-shifting wave of energy as Alex travelled the corridor that connected his universe to the one on the other side.

'Everything is a mess here…' Alex noted with a calm gaze. 'Without the right biology and understanding, one could be easily thrown anywhere into the true void, forever missing and disconnected from home.'

Naturally, Alex also deduced several ways to traverse this strict environment for anyone who wasn't a veilwalker.

A few distance away from him was a group of void creatures traversing the corridor towards his universe. He quickly deduced the levels of the void creatures, most of them being below the Demi-god level.

"Out of my sight."

With a simple phrase, he disintegrated the void creatures, reducing them to nothing but energy. They posed no threat to him whatsoever.

After what felt like an eternity and at the same time just a second, Alex arrived at the opposite side of the veil, his form coming to a stop.

'Just behind this veil is another universe. And from what I've deduced, this connection wasn't by chance. Someone consciously did this.'

In all honesty, Alexander wasn't too pleased. For whatever reason, another universe was being connected to his universe–that could spell all sorts of trouble.

The last time something like this happened, Cassandra arrived. But that was more of an accident than a conscious decision. The small group of void creatures he just took care of was proof of his thoughts.

Alexander's expression took a serious turn as he plunged inside the tear, shortly appearing inside the universe. Immediately, the surrounding spacetime trembled on his arrival, the intensity gradually increasing.

The weaker void creatures rushing towards the veil tear disappeared just as quickly as the ones in the corridor. The creatures died without even realizing it.

'Rejection?' Alex frowned in thought, barely paying attention to the surrounding void creatures. 'Nothing like this happened when those Veilwalkers came to my universe.'

The only factor Alex found different in this scenario was his ascension and lack of a universe core in his being. With that in mind and the desire to see the state of the universe, he unleashed his aura fused with his senses.

And just as quickly as Alex unleashed his presence, the trembling came to a stop, restoring things to how they were a second ago–at least for the trembling part.

The universe around him was a complete mess. Just around him and in the surrounding galaxies were destructions happening at ungodly levels. Alex counted hundreds of Demi-god-level void creatures just at a glance, not to mention the ones trillions of light years away.

'As I thought, the void creatures were heading towards my universe.' His gaze was locked on the Veilwalker battling it out with the numerous void creatures, leaving a trail of total destruction in their path. 'Why isn't he taking the fight outside?'

At the Demi-god level, a Veilwalker was more than enough to handle Demi-god-level void creatures. They were not normal beings--they were beings with all limiters removed.

'All this loss and for what…?' Alex frowned at the loss of lives happening all over the universe. 'This has been going on for many years too.'

For some reason, he couldn't see everything in this universe--not even access its energy records. Some things even appeared blank to his senses. For instance, the core location of the universe and some other areas.

Alex didn't think too much about this as he figured it might have something to do with the rejection he was facing. However, it still made him cautious.

To make things easier for him, Alex focused his senses on a particular being and read his soul fluctuations, taking all the general knowledge he knew about this universe.

The universe was populated by two unique races: The Hulmites and the Grevilles. Both races were humanoid with some variations.

The Hulmites had dark grey skin resistant to cuts and pierces--a race of naturally bred warriors, ruthless to the core. This was the race their Veilwalker-Trohan came from.

The Grevilles were more on the gentle side with pinkish skin and membranous wings on their back.

All members of this race had a shared ability in addition to their unique ones--they could phase through physical matter with ease since the mana awakening.

Unlike Alex's universe, the races were at each other's throats, constantly fighting amongst themselves for survival. The Hulmites were a warring race and with their nature, forced the gentle Grevilles into war.

Trohan had grown up in the harshest of conditions, fighting with his own people just to survive. With such an environment, Trohan was more than likely to become a ruthless and unforgiving character.

The veilwalker had not done anything for the rest of the people, only protecting a few of his chosen, creating a paradise for himself and those he considered his allies. This was exactly what the veilwalker was fighting to protect.

'I see…' Alex noted with enlightened eyes. 'This Veilwalker isn't the kind and compassionate type. With a brutal history like that, I can't blame the walker. But…involving my universe in your skirmishes was a foolish move.'

Due to the nasty personality of the Veilwalker and some playing around, he had managed to find a way to connect his universe with other surrounding universes, sending some of his troubles over; Alex's universe being one of them.

Multiple screeches from the incoming void creatures reached Alexander's ears as if on cue. The demi-god threats were finally upon him, and while almost no time had elapsed since he arrived, his thought process was simply absurd to measure with conventional means.

He was in an entirely different realm of existence.

Still ignoring the void creatures, Alex focused on the veilwalker, watching him fight the numerous void creatures with a certain level of ease.

The veilwalker had noticed Alexander's presence the moment spacetime began trembling. However, with his hands tied, Trohan could not approach Alex.

"Let's get this over with…"

Alex took a single step forward and everything froze, leaving the veilwalker as the only conscious entity in the vicinity.