The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan and Drizzly arrived in front of a medium-sized booth, and there was a queue of ten people.

" Go line in that queue. There are many such booths placed in the town for the upcoming competition so that people can register themselves. "

Athan nodded and lined up in the queue.

It didn't take long for his turn to come.

The woman behind the booth wore a tight outfit and had long pink hair and a single dark pink horn on her forehead.

" Name? "

" Athan Void. "

After writing down Athan's name, She took out a token and hovered her hand on the token, which shined for a bit. After that, She gave the token to Athan.

" When the competetion starts. You will have to bring this token or you won't be able to participate. got it? "

Athan nodded as he put away the token after taking a quick look at it. It had his name carved on it and nothing else.

" Next. "

Athan left and arrived beside Drizzly, who seemed to be talking to someone through a contact card.

Seeing this, Athan remembered something, and when Drizzly finished speaking and put away the card, He asked, " These contact cards...How to make one with my contact in it? "

Drizzly shook her head and said, " It's impossible for us to make one. You will have to buy your Runic Contact from one of the branches of Boundless Pavilion. Let's go there right now as it was also in my plan to get you your Runic Contact and contact cards. "

Athan became a bit curious about this. ' From the name, This Boundless Pavilion sounds like one of the ancient organizations like The Great Bridgade Palace. '

They both walked for a while before they arrived in front of a small building.

It wasn't as Majestic as Athan imagined, but he noticed that Drizzly started to restraint what little bit of aura she was letting out. Her expression turned slightly serious as she spoke, " Remember one thing. Never make trouble when you go to any of the branches of Boundless Pavilion in any region. They have access to rune techniques and tools, and they are eccentric. Of course, each branch also has a powerhouse that's on par with the strongest person in the said region. "

Athan nodded with surprise flickering across his eyes, ' This Chaosverse is simply...I find about new things every other day. Well, I guess that's why Yone told me that this journey will broden my horizons. '

He then asked Drizzly if this organization was on par with the Great Bridge Palace, and she nodded in answer before saying, " Yep. Boundless Pavilion is also one of the Ancient organizations. Unlike the Great Bridgade Palace which is completetly hidden and only appear once in a while, The Boundless Pavilion is a bit more active as it is the sole creator and possesor of this Runic Contact. "

Both of them arrived in front of the door and knocked on it.

Shortly, The door opened, which revealed a ten or so years old boy. The boy was completely human.

Behind the boy, Further inside the small hall, An old man was sitting on a chair and seemed to be sleeping. The old man looked human in every way with not a single beastly or unique feature on his body.

But while his eyes were still closed, He spoke, " Welcome to the Boundless Pavilion. What are you here for? If you want to learn Runic Arts, then get lost. "

Athan was speechless, but Drizzly answered respectfully, " No senior. We are not here to learn Runic Arts. We are here because we need a Runic Contact. "

The old man finally opened his eyes and beckoned them to go over there.

Athan and Drizzly started walking and arrived in front of the table.

The old man looked at Athan and Drizzly before locking his sight on Athan.

" What's your name? "

Although Athan was confused about how the old man knew that he was the one who needed the Runic Contact, He still answered without wasting time, " Athan Void. "

The old man took out a small dark square box from somewhere and presented it in front of Athan before saying, " Take out a few drops of your blood and drop them on this stone. "

Athan nodded as he cut his finger as the blood oozed out before getting absorbed by the small square box.

After that, The old man's eyes started to shine a bit as he moved his finger over the small square box and started to do something at a very fast speed that Athan couldn't even see what happened.

After two seconds, The old man stretched his hand towards the hand that had this small box and said, " Done. The price is two thousand low-grade chaos stones. "

Hearing this, Athan directly took out two thousand low-grade chaos stones and handed them over to the old man.

After taking them, the old man asked with his plain face, " Two Thousand low-grade stones for the Runic contact. How many blank contact cards you want? "

Athan looked at Grizzly, who answered on behalf of Athan, " Ten blank contact cards please. "

The old man nodded and took out ten blank cards before saying, " Forty thousand Low-grade chaos stones. "

Athan was slightly stunned at the price of these blank cards.

But Drizzly felt that it was normal and took out a pouch before giving it to the old man, " Here, Exact forty thousand. "

The old man waved his hands as he took the pouch before returning her another pouch, " Thanks for the business. "

Saying this, The old man went back to his previous position on the chair and closed his eyes.

" Let's go. "

Drizzly said as both of them came out from the small branch of Boundless Pavilion.

Athan was confused about the cards as they were blank. They didn't have any pattern or design.

But Drizzly soon cleared that up.

" Take small cube is our Runic Contact. Now what you have to do is, inject chaos essence on the cube and then put it on a blank card. "

Athan nodded and put the cube on top of a blank card before injecting chaos essence into the cube.

Right as he did that, The cube shined along with the card as some wried symbols, unrecognizable texts, and patterns appeared on the card that looked similar to the cards that other members of Hidden Dragon Troupe gave him.

This continued for three seconds before the glow subsided.

Seeing this, Drizzly nodded with a smile, " Good. That's your first contact card. When they contact you, You can listen their voice and speak to them through that cube. Alright. Now give me your first contact card. "

Athan gave it to her before he continued and created another nine of his contact card.

" These are normal cards. They can only cover the distance of five thousand miles. If you are five thousand miles far from me or are in a chaos phenom dimension, then this cards won't work. "

Drizzly then chuckled and said, " Hehehe. When you get a good amount of middle-grade chaos stones, then you can buy higher grade blank cards. "

Athan wryly smiled as he knew that those higher grade cards' price would be sky-high.

In turn, He asked with a bit of curiosity, " Do you have any higher grade contact cards of yourself? "

" Hehehe. Nope. Even I can't afford them. Anyawy, Let's go and finish my task first. Once we reach at my friend's place, You can stay there and train while i finish my business. "

" Fine. " Athan nodded as he was fine with these arrangements.