Apeiron

* First
* Warrior
* Empress

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**Empress Apeiron** is former Emperor Philip’s younger sister and the former First Princess of the Sacred Alliance Empire. After his death, she returns from the Outlands and inherits the throne through sheer domineering force.

## Appearance

She was considered very beautiful, close to Sharon's own beauty and dominance. While her short black hair and sharp face were gorgeous, it was the purplish-black lips and dark purple eyes that were most astonishing.

### **Battle Scar**

It was only when she lifted her left arm that the first blemish showed itself: a cut about ten centimetres right under her left armpit. The wound was so deep that one could see the rib below it, but it had already dried up completely; this wasn’t recent. Apeiron touched it gently, her brow furrowing; this wasn’t just a scar on her body, but also a deep wound in her heart.

This injury came from thirty years ago and was a major reason behind her loss to Philip. It had never completely healed in all this time, but only because she didn’t even try. This was a memento when she faught Ferlyn, a reminder of Faust; having been exiled into the Outlands for an unknown period of time, she had been afraid that losing it would destroy her last connection to her past. It was a painful reminder, but a reminder nevertheless.

## Personality

She was insane and moody; her only hobby was destruction. Her solution to any problem was to just kill both sides of an argument. She often said she was reducing the number of fights that way. Thus, causing her to loss the right to the thron in the first place.

Whenever Apeiron’s eyes shone dark purple this was an indication of being in a murderous mood, bringing to mind the rumours floating around the Sacred Alliance that this was true. It was supposed to be black irises that indicated her being reasonable.

## Plot

She is considered a true lunatic, disliked by almost everyone due to her violent tendencies and mood swings. At one point, she had been at odds with Richard, forcing him to become an independent noble because of Nyris.

### **Past**

Former Princess Apeiron is Emperor Philip’s younger sister. She fought him for the throne, and dispite being stronger than him and of purer bloodline, all of the fourteen families voted for Philip to be the emperor. Aperion then challenged Philip. After the fight, Aperion left to the Outlands.

In realiry, her fight with Philip and Ferlyn was mainly due to Nyris' mother. She was still young and fell for her words, going to duel Ferlyn. That ended up in a battle with Philip, after which she went to the Outlands willingly.

However, thirty years later she would reclaim the throne for herself. As with the death of Philip came a great deal of responsibility exclusive to that of a epic being. She is also the only one capable of solving some of our current problems; they had tolook at the big picture.

Empress Apeiron had constantly been venting on Philip’s harem, already having found excuses to execute three of his concubines without so much as a peep from their children and families. Neil had gone to the Empire’s various planes to develop them, while Ryan was already showing talent after entering the Church.

While in the Outlands, Apeiron would always head to the most dangerous regions alone and have her fill of murder before she returned. She never had any expectations of keeping her life, but battle after battle on the brink of death had honed her technique until she could fight epic beings.

However, the environment of the Outlands had also wore away at her body bit by bit. It was only after returning to Norland that she had the chance to heal from numerous old injuries, slowly suppressing the laws of chaos that ate away at her life. If not for Philip’s summons, she definitely wouldn’t have returned; she had already decided to turn into a pile of bones in the Outlands.

Had she known the fatty had pulled her back to make her empress, she definitely wouldn’t return. It definitely felt like he and Ferlyn were sitting and staring at each other somewhere. Even if they couldn’t do anything, only converse, being able to see and sense each other was enough cause for happiness.

And their happiness was her hell.

### **Momentary Respite**

Apeiron ended the kiss looking calmly at a softened Richard, “I don’t love you, I don’t feel grateful to you. But for some reason, you being alive gives this world some meaning. Sharon would be better, but I can settle for you.”

Richard simply stared at the woman who seemed so beautiful and calm, a far cry from the fear-inducing lunatic she normally was. However, he still recognised that fire of determination in her eyes; she was not someone who could be swayed. He heaved a sigh, “I still need to find Master, and if I really get her back then I’ll need to go to the Darkness. My chances of survival aren’t great in either scenario.”

You mean…” Richard frowned. He understood her meaning, but their last time having sex was a failure of judgement on his part after losing to his instincts post battle. This time, they were both sober.

“You don’t want to do it?”

He furrowed his brows with doubt, “You’re not thinking of dying again, right?”

“Of course not, I’m finding a reason to live. Your Grace, if you won’t come over, then I will. Don’t call me a rapist then.”

Richard’s eye twitched. He had just regained his mobility and didn’t have any ability to fight her off. Apeiron was someone who walked the talk, and he didn’t want another partner where he felt like he did with Sharon, especially with someone he’d already defeated. He bounced forward with large strides, stripping her and pinning her down.

Things went quite smoothly, and to Richard’s surprise he wasn’t even decapitated midway through. He was basically powerless right now, completely at her mercy, but she didn’t turn out to be as evil as she supposedly was.

### **Dragon Goddess**

A team of Richard, Apeiron, Ruben, and Nasia was four epic beings breaking through into the Dragon Plane. The Five-Coloured Dragon was strong, but not that strong. Richard quickly agreed and headed back to Norland, asking Apeiron for assistance. This invitation turned out to go pretty smoothly, with the Empress lighting up the moment she heard about the enemy they would be fighting.

Apeiron spat coldly, leaving an awkward Ruben to laugh it off before shutting up. He was a famed scholar, but he definitely couldn’t begin to compare to her in combat. The Empress was known as a lunatic who only cared about battle.

While each of those present had a strong personality, Richard naturally took the role of leader. Apeiron wasn’t good at strategy, while the Celestial Sage wasn’t good at combat. Nasia didn’t really care even if she was fairly good at both, so things fell to him.

With the plan set in place, the party flew towards the portal. There were still a few dozen saints and legends strolling through the area in boredom, mostly because the valley had been split off from Faelor once it was attached to the special zone in Faust, but that gave them the unique opportunity to witness what was about to happen.

“Empress Apeiron, His Excellency Ruben!” a saint suddenly shouted, drawing attention to the four figures zooming through the sky. Many jaws dropped as the onlookers saw just who the four were, and they immediately flashed as close to the barrier as was safe. This was three proven epic beings and one whose power could frighten all legends. This was a party with frightening power, and if they were collaborating, the target of their assault was obvious.

Many saints and legends felt themselves itching for battle. If the Five-Coloured Dragon was beaten back or killed, they would be able to reverse the tides and flood into the Dragon Plane, looting it clean!

In a rare display, the Empress was wielding an actual weapon for this battle, a near-divine shortsword that she kept with her just in case. She quickly sped up as she approached the Five-Coloured Dragon, blinking the last fifty metres before stabbing into the dragon’s back, but she was flicked away by the opponent’s immeasurable strength. Fortunately, Richard still kept the dragon tied up and left her unable to pursue.

With three epic beings now in the midst of battle, the space near the portal started to break apart. Richard, Apeiron, and the Five-Coloured Dragon came to a tacit agreement to fly into the skies where the impact could be mitigated, and while Nasia followed them upwards she continued to do nothing except adjusting her position to keep the dragon’s rear in view.

Apeiron rushed forth herself, her shortsword burning purple as it cut a large chunk out of the barrier. She jumped in to find that the interior was filled with a dense rainbow mist that slowed even her down, but the bigger threat came from the fact that the mist seemed to be hallucinogenic. Fortunately her laws of chaos helped her resist the curses within, but even she would be affected after enough time had passed.

Apeiron suddenly flew down from above and punched into the dragon’s neck, forming a mangled crater that was covered in a purple glow. While still struggling against the mist, Ruben used his experience to target the wounds that were already opened up with his nebular chains, starting to suck out the Five-Coloured Dragon’s flesh and blood.

Apeiron and Ruben stared at Nasia with complicated expressions as well. Both of them had received moderate injuries themselves; the former had taken on two breath attacks while the latter was quite weak and had exhausted most of his power in the mist. This meant that three epic beings had been injured, but a legend at only level 21 had come out unscathed.

## Abilities

Princess Apeiron was one of the biggest prodigies of the entire human race, lacking any need to temper herself as she shot towards the stars like a comet. She began understanding laws the moment she entered sainthood, and there were multiple instances of legendary beings falling at her hands even then.

### **Martial Arts**

According to Sharon, Apeiron was the fastest epic she has ever come across, and her martial arts are the best as well.Her frightening speed and unrivalled technique were almost beyond understanding; perhaps Sharon or Philip could suppress her with their sheer might, or Ferlyn could use her laws of time.

Princess Apeiron truly wasn’t an epic being yet. However, the offensive power she could muster was no different from one, while her exquisite display of martial arts in battle could make up for a difference in defences. There was no way to read her movements, and the sheer pace of her attacks showed a level of control over spatial laws. If one underestimated her purely based on level, death was certain.

Richard could see a level of similarity to his own style. This was someone who eliminated all possibility of long, drawn-out battles, instead pulling in close and forcing one to fight at full force until they made a mistake. Thinking about it for a moment, however, he realised he had to switch around that sentence. He was someone who copied Beye, and from the looks of it Beye had adopted her own style from Apeiron

Duke Orleans’s clean defeat had shown that she had strength comparable to an epic being, so there was no other outcome possible.

### **Bodily Strength**

Unfortunately, Apeiron had a weaker body than her laws and powers. If anything, it was her greatest weakness that could only be supplemented by her unnmatched speed throughout Norland. Her physical resilience left a lot to be desired.

## Trivia

* Thirty years ago in Norland Time, Philip, Ferlyn, and Apeiron were the most dazzling geniuses of their generation. All three of them would enter the realm of epic beings.
* Apeiron developed a crush on Sharon, due to the sheer might of her laws alone. It was clear that she had no intent to harm Sharon, and had in fact pointed out the stonelord for her own good. It was like she was giving a present to a girl she liked.
* Level 28 when she fought Richard.

## **References**

1. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 27
2. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 48
3. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 19
4. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 192
5. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 20
6. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 140
7. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 190
8. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 17
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Book 9, Chapter 41
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Book 9, Chapter 42
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Book 9, Chapter 43
12. ↑ Book 8, Chapter 33
13. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 28
14. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 86