Void Creatures

They are greedy and powerful, but they do not exist in a normal world, they are creatures who exist in the crevice between illusion and reality, the weak ones are about the same as a Secret Technique user at best, the strong ones can even destroy whole worlds.

The Void Creatures warred against the Warlocks, fighting over domination over the world, but it ended badly for both sides, both sustained damage as never before, they are the Warlocks arch enemies.’

‘The Void Creatures consider us, Warlocks and Ancient Endor, enemies, they swore to hunt us down generation after generation until eternity. They swore on the name of the Mother Stream, that any creatures who inherited the civilization of the Warlocks would become their beacon in the darkness. They will follow you in your dreams, continuously attacking you, until you die.’

Void Creatures are mostly vague shadows or mist. Rarely are there any corpses after their death.

## The Wars

‘Those were two unprecedentedly powerful wars. Warlocks controlled everything, treating creatures from all other races as slaves, regardless of whether they were sentient or not. The Warlocks were at the very top, their power was limitless, their lives long and vast. In their exploration of the very fabric of life, they went further and further, eventually breaking past the world barrier, descending and infiltrating new worlds one after the other, that time in history, was also one of our most glorious eras. However…’

‘While exploring a new world once, the Warlocks encountered pioneers just like them, those were the Void Creatures.’ Black Sethe’s tone was lonely as he described, ‘The Void Creatures are powerful and greedy, they have an endless desire for domination, as soon as the two sides made contact, they began to attack each other in unison, and this lasted almost ten million years. It lasted until both sides sustained heavy losses, even losing all their legacies. That was the **First War**.’

‘And then several millennia later, our Ancient Endor slowly recovered some of our glory as Warlocks, this time we respected and worshipped the Mother Stream, and the Underworld, so we trod carefully and thoughtfully. And this time, the Void Creatures were the ones who came after us.’

‘In order to exterminate the Void Creatures’ world, the Warlocks incited the wrath of the Mother Stream, and nobody could have predicted what happened next, the wrath of the Mother Stream was far too terrifying, the Void Creatures were completely wiped out, and the Warlocks were also swallowed by a huge force, the whole civilization became history overnight. Melding into part of the Mother Stream.’

## Abilities

They’re somewhat similar to Death Apostles, but they’re not the same, the Death Apostles’ ability has a fundamental difference, the two of them have different systems.’

"How so? They both attack creatures through dreams, right?" Garen frowned.

‘No, it’s not the same.’ Black Sethe explained, ‘Death Apostles control the dreams formed by creatures themselves and sneak in, controlling their target’s thoughts. The Void Creatures, however, create illusions, not just dreams, and they can forcefully drag other creatures into the illusions they create, or it might even a product of a mixture of illusion and reality.’

‘The power of the Void Creatures’ lies mainly in confusing you as to whether they’re real or not, whether you’re living in an illusion or reality. Both are fundamentally different.’

‘The Void Creatures’ illusions have an important characteristic, which is that they fear life force. You can try channeling the life force in your arms all over your body, that way you can fight their attacks to a certain extent.’ Black Sethe did not stop, continuing on. ‘Their moves are somewhat similar to the Death Apostles of this world, but they are not the same, only the effect seems similar.

## Void Core

The **Void Crystal** also known as **Void Core**. It's a crystal produced inside Void Creatures. Some research states that it's the crystallization of Void Creature's energy of life but in Black Sethe opinion is that this is just a dense bone left over from the Void Creatures. Whatever it is, this can relieve your body's weakening condition.'

'You can eat it or use demonic technique to absorb its vitality.' In order to use it.

**Appearance:** On top of that black ring inlaid with red jewels, there was now a small purple-black crystal sticking to it. The crystal was the size of a fingernail. The surface had a texture similar to that of wood but it was translucent. Using his right hand to take off the piece of crystal, he felt that this crystal was just like it had grown out of the ring, similar to plucking mushrooms. Pinching that crystal, Garen took a sniff at it. There was a faint aroma of milk.

### Void Core Uses

* After consumption the Nightmare Weakening will not go on. It will temporarily stop and on the fifth day, it will be lifted completely.\*'The Void core. It was able to strengthen the capability of the hunters or you can convert them into life force and absorb them.' Black Sethe explained softly. 'The hunters are generally powerful in the Secret Technique realm. Although there is no minimum threshold, hunters without power or capability will die in the hands of the void creatures. The hunter's characteristics will practically change the moment they've sworn to the Mother Stream.'

* The Void core seemed to have some sort of mysterious effect on him as it could give him an endless supply of spiritual power to his consciousness. This allowed him to think at a rapid speed. At the same time, these cores were slowly shrinking.

 As Garen started to comprehend more and more, he could feel that his consciousness was flowing towards the void creatures. The Void cores seemed to have given out some sort of a radiation as his consciousness was getting more similar to those of the void creatures. This change wasn't something bad as this allowed his consciousness to achieve a calmer and faster state. To someone who practiced Secret Technique, this was an ideal state for him to understand and deduce the Secret Techniques.

 Garen started to understand why some Martial Adepts would side with the Void Creatures. The main difference between the hunters and traitors seemed to be their Vow. The Hunters seemed to have vowed towards the Mother Stream to kill the void creatures for eternity. His thinking became more and more active as his thinking in terms of the Secret Technique was very instinctive.

## Links and References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Chapter 634
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 638
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 652