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The Serpent was now safe. It was dormant and was no longer in any form of danger, and the clones happily left the room and were excited to tell their other clones about the arrival of the fathers.

As everyone left, the group suddenly slumped down as they were exhausted from their powers in combining the Realm.

"We... did it!" Gardo was amazed.

"You guys are the MVP!" Gardo laughed as he turned towards Harker and Lowengren.

"No. It took all of us. Our words wouldn't have made the enemy calm down if your Realm wasn't involved. Instead, your Path into spark laughter had made the Serpent relax and feel like he was among friends. Perhaps, this is the real power of your Path..." Harker turned at Gardo and gave him a meaningful glance.

"What is this beast?" Vender wondered as he glanced around.

"A being of metal that can spark life. This is way different than the ship that Lanterk had from the initial reports we saw. But it seems Guinevere is the key! Her power was so strange and strong that it could actually bestow not just the thought process that Lennox had. It could create Realm! No wonder Lennox and Arthur lost all traces! The power of Guinevere is too strong that Andronze couldn't afford to reveal this not just to us, but even to her Presider peers!" Harker frowned.

"Correct. A living beast like this can allow us to create monsters that can think and even assist us. I think that's how Shakstress and Lanterk managed to stay strong. The reports on the battle against Lanterk spoke of clones. How could he have divided it all? We also have the ways in how Principals like Lanterk create other incarnations of themselves. And who knows if the rest has it? It seems that this is a necessary element to be Principals." Lowengren guessed.

"Does this mean we can create literal horses? We already have Overcomers who represent the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. So it'd be cool if we gave them literal horses."

"That'll work! The Aragarians fancied Thrones. We can go against them and create anything else but Thrones. I think the power of Unity surpasses Throne technology. " Lowengren chuckled as he forced himself up.

"Shall we? Guinevere awaits!" Lowengren pointed at another door. All clones went through the east door, but there was another on the west side.

The Council of the Wicked stood up, and everyone moved towards another entrance that would bring them to the inner chambers of the Heart of the Serpent.

The main room that they were in was a massive pod that could move everyone around the massive ship. This was located at the very center of the massive serpent. The others made another exit to the hallways of the ship, but the Council of the Wicked used another door, one that Andronze herself only gave access to.

They entered the tunnel that led into the very heart. A massive gate stood before them.

"So, how are we going to trick the Serpent into opening the door for us?" Gardo asked.

The door suddenly opened automatically after Gardo said this.

Several layers of doors also opened.

A trembling was heard all over the ship. It wasn't an alarm, but since the chamber was the most sensitive part of the ship, accessing it would trigger a series of vibrations alerting everyone that it was accessed.

The clones heard it and announced all over the Serpent that these people were their fathers and were a special team given the mission to protect the Serpent itself. The clones even relayed how they managed to tame the Serpent from the attack that another Presider launched on them.

"Guinevere is welcoming us. Let's hurry." Lowengren urged, and everyone sped up.

As the group moved inside, the numerous opened doors started to close one by one. The inner chambers of the Serpent were like a different space. The entire chamber looked small from the outside, but it grew bigger and bigger inside.

"What the? Did you feel it? We are not in the three dimensions!" Vender felt a strange sensation that made his entire senses feel strange. It was as if gravity was moving all around. Everyone was moving around and adjusting to the spiraling gravity.

As everyone took a step forward, it was as if the vision and perception in the place around them began to turn. Everyone was startled and tried to keep their footing, making one step forward. But with each step, the entire place was changing, and soon, they found themselves in a dark and wide space. When they turned around, it looked like the entrance was miles away! The outer doors began to close, and they were in a world of darkness.

"We are in a space where the dimensions are all swirling around!" Harker analyzed the place.

"This is weird. Not even the Void Realm of those Assassins can make this. What's going on? What am I feeling?" Gardo was alarmed.

" It's like the planet's core! Think about it! If you could go down the Earth and appear on the other side, what would it be like to reach the exact center where gravity reverses? Whatever this room is, it's like that!" Lowengren looked around and could sense it as he tried to find things out by extending his Realm.

"This should be Principal level!" Vender was amazed.

"If it is, then this is not a tech that Andronze has. It's probably Seth." Harker concluded.

"Where is Seth?" Vender glanced around and tried to find anything. But as they kept moving, their sight was now replaced with infinite darkness.

"This is..." Gardo recalled something.

"One of my team became a sniper and trained with the Void Assasins! He was introduced to this. We can't rely on eyesight anymore! This is the Fourth Dimension!"

"Everyone! Use your soul!" Lowengren ordered as he tried to bring out the soul. Every one of the primary team had to undergo some level of Soul Cultivation and trained according to the method taught by Nogard.

"Come out, Stevie Wonder!" Vender summoned his soul.

"Really? Stevie Wonder? I figured you'd be a Luther Vandross type with the whole, Dance with my Father' thing." Gardo could help but speak.

"Focus, you idiots!" Harker cursed.

The group focused, and through the eyes of their soul, they managed to see it.

"So this is the Fourth Dimension." Lowengren was amazed. They saw themselves in a spiraling and nauseating scene in all their previous attempts. But in this world where things were spiraling, they saw stability. And what was strange, they could move in a way that transcended the directions that height, width, and length could form.

"This is like the Tesseract thing! I get it now!" Vender cried out.

"Me too. Look! Over there! There it is! A small room!" Gardo saw something that he couldn't before.

The group moved towards the location and found a door that was open. The team moved into the room, and as they took the first step into the door, the bizarre sensation disappeared. They were back in the three dimensions.

Everyone stumbled down as they walked on the floor.

"This is a place that no normal human could move into!" Harker was panting.

But Lowengren had already stood up. They had finally reached it. They were at the very heart that controlled the beast, and in it were the most secret sciences of Andronze.

There was a large glass chamber at the very bottom. In it was a tall man whose height reached over seven feet. The man released a strange aura, and the group realized it was high radiation.

But above him was a large metal ball and a small window revealed that a person was floating inside it.

"Seth." Gardo was amazed.

Lowengren moved to the nearby computers and began to access them and searched for a way to open the large metal ball.

"Then this must be..."

"Guinevere..." Vender approached.

"Everyone. Be careful! Guinevere is the very medium that somehow controls this serpent. She must be still using her link to keep the mind that Andronze left here dormant. Any damage to Guinevere's emotions could spell catastrophe!" Harker warned.

"Found it!" Lowengren keyed in the command, and the massive metal ball that locked Guinevere was now being opened.

The metal orb was transferred to the floor, and it split in two, and the two halves of the orb opened up, revealing a beautiful young woman with numerous devices attached to her head. A thick, red liquid spilled out.

Vender took off his coat and quickly placed his coat over the naked woman, but as he approached the hand of Guinevere suddenly reached out and grabbed Vender.

"You... know my father?!" The girl spoke as she opened her eyes to see Vender.

Lowengren smiled as he could see the resemblance between Arthur and this girl.

"Guinevere." Harker still could not help but marvel at the being who could control the megastructure of Andronze.

The girl locked eyes with Vender waiting for his answer. She was exhausted beyond measure as she fought off the mind of Andronze within the Serpent. And her only hope was the words that this man said.

This man knew Lennox Humphrey! This man knew her father.

Vender thought for a bit.

"No, not really. I haven't met him, actually." Vender answered and nearly made the rest of the Council of the Wicked suffer a heart attack.