Death... and me

Leaving Iolanda behind to perform her 'duties,' Lotar brought Rean and Kentucky deeper into the Chasm. There, they found out that the ground was covered in a kind of black crystal that seemed to extend to both sides.

Lotar approached the ground, and activating his Shadow Feral Bloodline, his Dark Red Energy entered the Black Crystal ground.

*Tremble...*

The area around shook. At the same time, the Spatial Powers of the Chasm seemed to receive some kind of command, everything gathering around Lotar in no time. It was quite fearsome as the amount of Spatial Power, even if in a chaotic state, gathered together in a single point. Rean and Kentucky found it hard to believe such Chaotic Spatial Power could be controlled to such a level.

Lotar then began to explain. "This Black Crystal covers the entire extent of the Chasm's ground in the Azum Dimensional Realm. It is a type of crystal that can only be created with the interaction of our Shadow Feral Bloodline. Usually, we would create this kind of crystal to help us better understand the Spatial Laws, especially for those in the Space-Time Realm and above."

Rean understood. "No wonder your race is being used to open a breach in the Azul Dimensional Realm. Just like Kentucky, you guys also have a high affinity with Space Power, even if Dark Element is your main affinity. When you include the corrosive power of your Bloodline, which seems to be even better than Dark Element alone, it makes for a great weapon against Spatial Laws."

Lotar was happy to hear that. "Exactly. I felt this Minokawa's power when he charged out of our Shadow Feral's encirclement. I can guarantee our Spatial Affinity, even if it is not our main affinity, is not weaker than his. Anyway, we worked on transforming the ground of the Chasm into these Spatial Manipulation Crystals for many, many years."

"Their main use, obviously, is to help us in opening a breach in the Azum Dimensional Realm," Lotar continued. "But above all, with so many of them, we can control a good part of the Chasm's Chaotic Spatial Power. That's what we used back then to attack the Kanlas City's Barrier to keep it occupied while we invaded the city itself."

Rean pondered a bit. "Can you do that again if necessary?"

"We can," Lotar confirmed. "However, there is a requirement: One's Shadow Feral Bloodline purity must be quite high. I, obviously, fit the description, Queen Iolanda too. Other than the two of us, there are only another seven Shadow Ferals capable of using their Bloodline to control the Chasm's Chaotic Spatial Power."

"Only seven?" Kentucky was taken aback. "But there are tens of thousands of you, perhaps even more since I didn't travel the entire Chams to see."

Lotar sighed. "That's not something we can control. Although our Queen and her assistants only accept the best Shadow Ferals to mate with, the level of Bloodline of the newborns is still up to fate. Such a method only increases the chances of them appearing. If a race could control the level of their newborn bloodlines, that race would have long since dominated the entire Universe."

Rean and Kentucky had to admit it was true. It was basically the same as saying they could create countless Regal Bloodline descendants. Obviously, the laws of the Universe would not permit such an unfair advantage. "We understand."

Rean then asked the obvious. "So, how was the Holamenor Clan able to intervene in your control of the Spatial Manipulation Crystal? I find it hard to believe they would send someone inside this Chasm with so many of your Shadow Ferals protecting it."

Kentucky had an idea. "Wait, didn't the Holamenor Clan have a trace of the Shadow Ferals Bloodline? Could it be..."

"You are correct," said Lotar. "You need a very high level of Shadow Feral Bloodline to control the Spatial Manipulation Crystals. However, there is no need for such a thing if you just want to disrupt the work of someone else. You throw your own bloodline power, regardless of how thin it is, into the mix of the controlled Crystals. As long as you are in contact with the Chasm's Crystal, it can easily be done."

Lotar thought about the past when they lost their previous Queen. "Yet, we weren't afraid of such a thing. I mean... There wasn't supposed to be anyone else out there with our Shadow Feral Bloodline. So how could anyone stop our control over the Crystals? Yet, reality was as such. And now, with Queen Ilanda confirming my suspicions, we found out who was responsible for our failure."

Rean and Kentucky nodded. Lotar mentioned he felt Fuhiro's Aura in the past, and since the Holamenor Clan does have the Shadow Feral Bloodline, even if just a trace, that was enough to destroy the Shafow Ferals' plans. "That's why you said you were fooled. The entity in that ruined city knew you could do it, so he joined hands with the Holamenor clan. In exchange, they got your Queen, Iolanda, who was given Aelrie's memory and brought away."

Lotar felt ashamed to admit it. "Yes, it was a huge mistake on our part." He then put that matter to the back of his head. "Anyway, what is done is done. Our Queen is back, and we will have new blood in the race appearing soon. So, this is how we control the Chasm's Chaotic Spatial Power. What do you want from it?"

Rean smiled in response. "Isn't that obvious? We will use it to once again attack the Kanlas City Barrier. Hahaha!"

Lotar's expression changed. "Are you an idiot? Didn't you hear what I just said? We can do that if you want, but it will be very easy for those Angels of the Holamenor Clan to intervene. Not to mention, they can do it from within the City Walls, so you can't really stop them."

"Stop them? Why would I?" Rean asked back with a cold smile. "I very much want that Fuhiro to give it a try."