In a room where light could not reach, an old man with a beard as long as his chest and pristine white hair that matched his white suit sat in the middle of the room with his eyes closed and his breath steady.
But, only he could be seen in that darkness, nothing else. He shone as if he were a bead of light in the world of darkness, an angel who let out a gentle light that served to make the world brighter.
Soon, his glow began to cover the entire room. After about ten minutes, the entire room was now shining in bright white light. The pristine and white walls were without a stain. Nothing could be seen in the room from the furniture or decoration.
However, these weren't the striking aspects about the room. What was most interesting was the lineup of corpses neatly piled up in front of the old man.
A corpse of a handsome young man, followed by another corpse of a man with exquisite features, and then a rather fat man who was very, very ugly. Next to him was a girl with features to make a man forget about the fear of god. Next to her were the two bodies of two more men who were unbearably handsome as well.
All of them were clean and pristine, with not a blemish on their bodies and dressed in pure white robes.
Even their bodies shone with a glow that served to illuminate the already luminous room. Among them, the body of the woman shone the brightest, signifying her specialty over the rest of the bodies.
The old man slowly opened his eyes and looked at the empty space before him before he stood up on his feet, his tall and muscular body denying his withering age.
He knelt down in a kowtow position until his head was on the ground as if he were a commoner greeting the king.
"I greet his majesty, the Holy Emperor of the Central Plains." The old man said in a robust and precise voice, once again defying his old age.
"Raise your head, Bang Yu." A voice, a voice that incurred the inherent fear of a human being came from nowhere and everywhere. The old man, Bang Yu, couldn't tell where the voice was coming from. Whether his ears were picking it up or the voice was directly being transmitted to his mind.
He didn't know. All he knew was that it was just another wonder of his master.
"I have longed to hear your voice, my king." Bang Yu raised his head but still remained on his knees.
"Haha." A gentle chuckle resounded as the man who spoke like a stream of flowers simply said, "You should say such things to a woman, Bang Yu."
"Have you been married yet?" The man asked in his gentle voice.
"I have been too busy to focus on the trivial matters of life, my king." Bang Yu replied.
"Those are not trivial moments. Take it from me, having a woman you love and children to brighten your days is the greatest feeling in one's life." The gentle and soothing voice came.
"..." Bang Yu, however, remained quiet. When the topic of the man's children was brought up, he knew he would have to tread carefully beyond that point.
"What happened to my children, Bang Yu?" The man asked.
"Imprisoned. Betrayed by the very people they helped to confine to throw you off your throne." Bang Yu replied with slight anger in his voice.
"Do not hate my children, Bang Yu. They were just sweet youngsters, too focused on the ideal life of justice to know what was truly at stake." The man defended his children even now, and that enraged Bang Yu even more. Still, since his master had asked him to forget his grudge against his children, who was Bang Yu to question that order?
"I see you have prepared a gift for me." The man once again said, diverging from the topic.
"Yes, my king. Six children of destiny. The apostles of the very ones who imprisoned you." Bang Yu said.
"And the one who killed them all?" The man asked.
"Forgive me, my king. But I do not have any insights into him. All I know is that for some reason, he can kill them. The divine protection around the apostles doesn't protect them from him." Bang Yu explained to the best of his ability.
"In a world of a perfect program, a glitch. He must be an outsider. That must be the requirement." The man said before he corrected himself, "Or would an 'Invader' be the correct term?"
"He indeed is an unexpected variable." Bang Yu said.
"Mmm." The man mused for a while before he asked, "And what of the Supremes?"
"They still cower in fear of you, my king." Bang Yu replied.
"Haha." The man chuckled softly before he got to the main issue, the instructions for what Bang Yu had to do now, "Get in touch with the invader. Try to entice him. Bring him to our side if possible."
"And if he doesn't?" Bang Yu asked.
"Well, you cannot kill him, that's for sure. He is the only one capable of killing the children of destiny after all." The man said before he added, "Just assist him as you see fit."
"Understood, my king." Bang Yu replied before suddenly, the glow in the room flickered. As if a light bulb had been cut off from the power supply for a moment due to a glitch. For a moment, the darkness of the room returned as it was before.
"Oh. It looks like time for our meeting is nearing its end." The man said in his gentle voice.
"Before I go, Bang Yu," The man said before he asked, "What of the eldest?"
"..." Bang Yu truly remained silent this time. Among his lord's children, he didn't think anyone was worthy of being called his kin, but there was one, just one, who had the potential to surpass his king. He was the sole reason the Supremes had managed to imprison his master in the first place.