In the sky, three people floated, releasing an undiluted aura of regality.
One had golden hair that cascaded down her back, with large golden pupils.
She wore a blue dress that stopped at her knee.
Beside her was a man with silver hair that reached the back of his neck and sharp blue eyes.
He wore a white shirt with a pair of black trousers.
A black coat was draped over him, reaching just past his knee.
A sword was sheathed at his side and he rested his palm on the sword’s hilt.
On the lady’s other side was another man, less imposing, but still far stronger than any regular person.
He had brown hair that reached his collarbone and brown eyes.
He wore a blue shirt and a pair of black trousers.
"Young Mistress Celeste," Levi said, turning to Celeste.
"What is it?" She asked, her head tilting around as if looking for sothing.
"Why did you stop the Orion Sector Governor from coming to pick this boy?" He asked.
"We can talk about this later. We should ensure he is safe first."
She looked at the person standing beside them calmly.
This was Silas’s bodyguard.
They had saved him while he was fighting three Paragon tier cultivators outside the planet.
Celeste suddenly stopped, narrowing her gaze as she saw sothing.
"That’s him," Celeste said, pointing toward a place on the earth.
In a flicker, they appeared on the floor beside Silas.
They looked at Alia, frozen in place.
"He seems fine," she muttered. "Except for the bruises."
"What’s your na?" She asked Silas’s guard.
"Asher," he replied, almost fidgeting.
"You can resu ti now," Celeste said, smiling at his reaction.
Naturally, it was only right for him to fear people who could kill Paragon rankers with a snap.
Almost instantly, ti snapped back into place.
Everything resud and the planet continued at its normal pace.
Alia stumbled to the floor from the sudden disorientation.
But she could not stand.
Looking at the people standing close to Silas, her gaze shrank.
"Who are you?" She asked, backflipping and landing on her toes.
A katana appeared in her hand almost imdiately.
Levi looked at her, his gaze cold and chilling.
"Kneel."
A simple word, one that had not required any strain from Levi.
Alia’s knee buckled.
Her body moved against her will.
She fell, her knees eting the earth with a loud thud.
Celeste did not look away from Silas.
"He had a heart failure," she muttered.
"Sirris, give the heart attack potion," she said.
A vial appeared in her palm not long after.
Her finger slid across Silas’s lips, pulling them down slightly before she poured the contents into his mouth.
After a while, the vial was empty.
She looked down toward his hand.
Her brows furrowed as she saw the weapon.
’Isn’t it the sa one spoken about during the family eting?’ She wondered in surprise.
But she stopped thinking about it quickly.
She looked back.
"You don’t have to always act this way, Levi," she said, standing up.
Levi stepped back as Celeste walked closer.
The burden on Alia was released almost instantly, pulled back as if it had never been there.
"Sorry about that," Celeste said, crouching in front of Alia.
"What happened here?" She asked directly, not wasting ti on pleasantries.
Alia blinked.
Although she did not know who these people were, they were clearly very powerful.
After all, even the governor of their own planet, hailed as the strongest, could not make her kneel with a single word.
But what was more shocking was the fact that they seed ignorant of what had happened on the planet.
’Unless they were living under a rock, or...’
Alia’s eyes widened as she thought of another possibility.
"Aren’t you from this planet?" She asked slowly.
Celeste shook her head.
"So, what happened?"
"A criminal organisation called the Crimson Fang started a mutiny."
Alia said only that, but it was enough for Celeste to understand the full situation.
But she was not focused on the mutiny.
The na sounded familiar. Too familiar.
"It is the organisation that has been opposing the empire for over a hundred million years now," the voice said in her mind. "They are now called the Anti-Empire Alliance."
"Ohh," Celeste exclaid. "To think they have reached this planet too."
"Young Mistress Celeste, we should start going now that we have seen the boy," Levi said calmly. "The Patriarch must not know of your absence."
"The Sector Governor told us he is not the only one. We cannot go with just him."
Before Levi could reply, a sound ca from behind.
Without looking, he knew who it was.
Silas stood up, his brows drawn close together.
He looked at the new faces, slightly shocked.
Until he recognised them.
"Lady Celeste," he said, his breath hitching as he looked at her.
Celeste looked back with a smile.
"You are awake," she said, rising with a graceful effortless motion.
"We are here to take you to the Imperial Academy," she said directly, disregarding Alia completely.
Silas blinked. "Are you the Sector Governor?" He asked.
"No, I convinced him to let bring you there," she replied, shaking her head.
"I am also heading there, so I thought I might as well bring you along."
Silas nodded, but he could not help but wonder why soone like her would co to pick him up personally.
"Aren’t you staying in the capital sector? Why would you co back to pick when you are already so close to the academy?"
"Let’s focus on other things," Celeste cut him off, pointing toward Asher.
Silas looked at him with furrowed brows.
"He is the guard sent from the Order of Truth," she said. "We t him just outside your planet fighting three Paragon tier cultivators."
Silas’s gaze shrank.
"Now that I think about it, they might have been sent by the Anti-Empire Alliance to take over the planet completely."
"Anti-Empire Alliance?" Silas muttered, confused.
"You should rest," Celeste said, not entertaining any more questions.
Alia looked at both of them with surprise.
She was shocked at how Silas had t these people.
Silas was about to speak when Celeste spoke again.
"Levi, these people."
She did not say much.
She did not need to. Levi understood her imdiately.
But even he did not move.
He remained as calm as ever.
Then a green aura spread through the entire planet in a blink.
The aura seed to know friend from foe.
Everyone on the planet who had been killed in the massacre, as long as a part of their body remained intact, began to revive.
Those who had no bodies regenerated from the only limb they had left.
Silas and Alia stared in shock, their minds overwheld by the sheer power one person was releasing.
But looking at him, he barely considered it worth acknowledging.
He had not moved from his position from start to finish.
All around, those who had been knocked unconscious began to open their eyes.
Miller looked up, his hand touching every part of his body, trying to confirm he was truly alive.
"How?" The words forced their way out of his mouth.
The guild masters were no different.
They could not help but look at their own bodies in disbelief.
How were they still alive?
No, they had believed themselves dead.
What stunned them was the fact that they had been brought back.
Alfred looked at his arm, completely restored.
Everyone’s gaze shifted instinctively to Silas’s position, but none of them looked at him.
Their eyes were on the three people standing next to him.
Celeste and Levi brushed the attention away without sparing them a glance.
"Where is the governor of this planet?"
"He should..."
Alia cut in before he could finish. "He is unconscious," she replied.
Celeste scoffed.
’A whole governor, not even lasting till the end of a battle that would decide the fate of his planet,’ she thought.
"Where is he?" She asked.
Alia was about to reply.
But there was no need to.
Space warped as a new figure appeared in that spot.
It was Max.
He appeared beside Levi.
Silas turned, then nodded in acknowledgent before looking back at Celeste.
"It has been a while, Celeste," Max said.
Celeste looked at the person who had spoken.
For a mont, she did not move.
She stood there, eyes wide, body trembling from a pure rush of emotion.
"Max, why are you here?" She asked.
Levi looked at Max for a mont and said nothing.
Then he raised his hand.
It was a handshake that said everything about how close they were.
Levi did not hold back. He pulled Max in, their shoulders connecting.
Alia was the most dumbfounded person in the conversation.
She had witnessed everything from the start. Their power. Their relationship with Silas. How they healed the planet. And now Max too.
"What is going on here?" She asked, her voice barely above a whisper.
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