The Veilwalker

Void creatures, since invading their universe have brought chaos and death everywhere they went. Their presence alone was dangerous to humans, and to make matters worse, they were only susceptible to weapons made from magical energy.

While they were also classified into levels like those of hunters, the classes of void creatures were superior to hunters or awakened for that matter. A Class E void creature is more powerful than a Class E hunter.

Even the geniuses of the human race still struggle to take on void creatures corresponding to their class one-on-one. They normally had to team up with other hunters of the same class or a hunter of a higher class than the void creatures themselves had to take them.

This gap in power between void creatures and hunters only widens as the level increases. So far, humans have only come across Class A void creatures, and they were classified as the monsters of the bunch.

A single Class A void creature could destroy an entire galaxy within a decade if left alone. For Class A hunters to take them on, they had to accumulate damage to them continuously before they could kill them. Either that or a Class S hunter fights them, quickly defeating the void creature.

Now, imagine what a Class S void creature would be capable of. And while humanity had not encountered one yet, there was bound to be some out there. Their universe was not entirely explored as it was too big and while most of the regions in the universe were in chaos, they had not encountered one.

This had been one of the fears of humans over the millennia, but so far, nothing had appeared, pushing that thought far away.

A moment of silence settled in the control room as everyone waited for Zol to contemplate. His gaze was still on the feed, his thoughts unknown to the operators.

"When was this thing discovered?" He inquired after some time.

"We're not sure. The region where this phenomenon began was in a known location of a veil tear. The theory is that the veil tear in that region is what slowly turned into what we see right now."

"Mm." He acknowledged.

"What about Region 4? That galaxy is close to that region." He turned his gaze away from the display and focused on director Dirgg.

"Yes, region 4 is also aware of the issue and we believe their guardian has been notified."

The whole of Region 1, encompassing four galaxies with one of them destroyed was the territory Zol Knight was in charge of. The region was massive and it was only one of the four regions in Sector 2.

As such, each region had at least one guardian. The ones with more than one were regions with heavy activities of void creatures and needed more than one guardian.

Hearing his response, Zol nodded and looked back to the feed. Nothing may have happened yet, but everyone understood that it was only a matter of time.

"Prepare my ship. I'll be heading to the region." His commands were expected as the director responded, "We've already prepared your ship, Lord Zol."

Nodding his head, he made his way over to the Beta Orbital Ring. This ring was mostly the docking area for spaceships going into outer space and beyond and came with hyperdrives.

....

Zol's crew were already waiting for him as soon as he appeared by the docking site. He quickly entered and made his way inside.

"You already know where we're headed." He said to his captain who saluted and acknowledged his words. Zol then moved to his private chambers on the ship.

The ship was a medium-class spaceship, and unlike other medium-class ships, it came with a hyperdrive. As the guardian of a region of the empire, he was incredibly rich and could have whatever he wanted.

The trip to the Fornax Dwarf galaxy was about 500,000 light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy. With the hyperdrives, they could cover that distance in under an hour. Not a lot of distance if taken from that perspective.

Sometime later, the ship left the Orbital Ring and initiated the protocols for the hyperjump.

Inside his private chamber, Zol connected his AI to the system and instructed, "Connect me to Mason Lee."

[Yes.]

Shortly after, a voice resounded in the room.

[Yo, my man! What's up?]

Mason Lee, a Class S hunter and guardian of Region 4 in Sector 2 responded once he accepted the call.

Zol simply looked at the man in silence for a moment. Mason was a normal human with dark hair, and hazel eyes and had a height of 1.87m. He appeared easygoing and jovial, the direct opposite of Zol.

"You already know why I'm calling." He replied without a change in his expression.

[Yeah, I figured. But seriously man, you should be calling more often. I'm getting all lonely here you know…]

Mason began to rant about how Zol did not keep in touch, but Zol just waited for him to finish before continuing.

"Are you already in the region?"

[…] Mason had a blank expression on his face when Zol completely ignored everything he said and just went straight to business.

[You're no fun. How do you even get laid?] He questioned again, completely disregarding the question Zol asked before. However, Zol remained the same and waited for him to come to his senses.

[Tsk, whatever. I'm already at the location and I have to say, it's one spooky veil tear. The aura it's giving off is higher than normal.] He briefly said, his expression mirroring how he felt when he arrived there.

Zol observed his reaction with narrowed eyes. The mason he knew was always in a joking mood and never adopted a serious outlook except when he was engaged in a fight. He hardly ever showed fear as well, so whatever he felt from that veil tear must be very alarming.

'Hopefully, it won't be too problematic.'

"I'm on my way now. Expect me within the hour." Zol said and ended the call before Mason had the chance to switch back to his shenanigans.