The Veilwalker
Chapter 344 Losing Everything
"...I was the Veilwalker in mine," The woman steeled her resolve, her gaze locked in Alex''s.
"When I was no older than fourteen, a cosmic mana wave swept over my home world, claiming the lives of everyone, including my parents.
"I was the only survivor and that was only because I was chosen."
Everyone at the table understood what she meant as Alex had undergone the same thing.
''But she lost everything from the start.'' Alex wasn''t sure if he would have been the same had he gone through something like that. ''Compared to her, I had it easy.''
Alex came out of his thoughts as he listened to the Catwoman continue her story. Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire
"My universe isn''t as technologically advanced as yours, but we had our own ways of reaching other worlds within the chaos.
"My universe was primarily for beings like me--The Beastkins. Races with animal features and abilities. There were catkins like myself, foxkin, rabbitkin, etcetera. But that matters little now. They''re all gone."
A trace of guilt flashed in her eyes, the pain of losing everything stabbing her deeper than any knife could.
"Things weren''t harmonized like yours as well. There was conflict everywhere despite the threat of void creatures and cosmic storms.
"Greedy beings only interested in power and ruling controlled nearly all the resources. People had to fight tooth and nail just to get a bit more resources for the next day."
Cassandra closed her eyes again, the memories playing within her mind like it was yesterday.
Her words made the hunters realize just how easy they had it. Then again, they weren''t any better in the beginning and only came together to fight a common enemy.
Unfortunately, not all universes chose that path.
"Fortunately for me and unfortunate for others, I got my hands on a small void core that triggered the ability to call for a cosmic mana wave.
"That was when I began to increase my powers. And with that power..." Cassandra took a brief pause for dramatic effect. "... I forced every power to yield."
Cassandra narrowed her eyes at that reply but then a question that skipped her mind came back.
"Wait," The Catwoman raised her hand. "How many years have passed since then?" She was a little over 100 years old, so for Alex to be at the stage he was, it should be at least half a century.
However, the response she got left her in a state of absolute shock and disbelief.
"It''s been a little over six years since then..." Zol replied.
"What...?" Cassandra was in doubt. She looked at Alex only to see him nod. "Th-that can''t be true..."
She stared at Alexander like he was staring at a monster. ''Was there a difference among Veilwalkers or have things changed since I went to sleep?''
Unfortunately for her, most of her time was spent fighting instead of learning about herself and what she could do.
"I don''t know what to tell you, but not much time has passed since then." Alex shrugged. "But there are a few things missing in your narration.
"How did you know about the existence of other Veilwalkers and vassals?"
Universes he could dismiss as he had the same vision. But he only knew about what he was only after Elina told him.
And with the woman''s non-existent understanding of laws, he wondered how she knew or was even able to make vassals.
The question added to her disbelief, but it also made sense as she only knew sometime after she conquered her universe.
Cassandra regained her composure after some time and replied.
"That''s because I had a few visitors to my universe as well." She sighed. "They called themselves servants of The Supreme Walker and were a part of a coalition of universes under one banner."
"Supreme Walker?" Alex echoed with raised brows. This was news to him and the others.
"Yes." She nodded, her expression growing slightly dark. "And they were incredibly strong. They..."