The Innkeeper
chapter-1266

The Origin realm shuddered under the anger of those eyes, yet Lilith laughed without a care in the world. Or maybe… just maybe, it was shuddering under the weight of Lex's anger. His brain was sluggish and his body was on the verge of shutting down, but even in such a state there was a faint his of recognition within his own eyes.

It seemed like the star system had ceased to exist and the Origin realm was holding its breath. Something big was about to happen. The forces that had obscured fate and destiny had begun to move, and an irreversible change was occurring within the Origin realm.

It was not just the inhabitants who were unknowingly undergoing a shift - it was the entire realm itself. The entire realm's destiny had been changed in a way that should have been impossible - a mere immortal had interfered in the plans of beings of Dao. Yet that was exactly what had happened.

Lex himself remained largely ignorant of the magnanimous undertaking he had achieved, but others were not. Yet, for now, they were content to watch. Since Lex had begun, he should be allowed to play out his hand.

"Can you imagine that? The body of a mere mortal, housing a Demi-Dao Lord without a seal, allowing her to exist within the Origin realm without suffering rejection? It's unimaginable. Nobody else believed it either, which is why Damian was undertaking the project alone. But just thinking about it is insane."

Lex activated his right eye, creating countless formations around himself to speed up his healing and recovery.

"But seriously, none of it is as crazy as a mere immortal interfering with a Dao being. Do you realize how crazy that is? It's literally impossible. Beings of Dao will know anything and everything you do to interfere with their plans, even if you don't know you're interfering with their plans.

"I know you go around telling everyone that the Innkeeper tells you to take care of things on your own, but he must be keeping an eye on you, hiding you from view, allowing you to achieve this. Even then… man oh man. This is going to cause some waves."

The eyes had stopped trying to suppress Lilith by now. Instead, they became impassive once more. A portal opened behind it, and then another. A dozen portals opened, and then a hundred, then a thousand, and the numbers just kept increasing.

One wyvern after another flew out of the portal, in mere seconds forming an army. A million Jeffrey's suddenly arrived around Lex, all glaring at him with immense hate.

"This is so interesting," Lilith continued. "You ruined the plan of a Dao being. Now the question is, can you survive doing that as well? Will the Innkeeper interfere to protect you? I heard he's not even in the Origin realm anymore. It'll be a little tough for him to step in."

"Hehehehe looks like you've gone a little over your head," said one of the Jeffreys in a demented tone, as it turned its head and looked at Lex from an unusual angle.

"Did you know that when one Jeffrey dies, the rest of us get his memories?" asked another wyvern, this one as big as a mountain.

"You called yourself a king, right? From where I'm standing, you look like a worm to me…"

The wyvern that was speaking dissolved, and from within his body emerged another aura that flowed towards the eyes, strengthening them.

"From where I'm standing, it looks like you're about to die," said a thousand Jeffrey's at once, as their bodies dissolved as well. The eyes became stronger, which caused Lilith to frown.

She could stay safe herself, but her ability to protect Lex was quickly diminishing.

"Don't worry, after you die, we'll make clones of you too," the wyverns laughed like they had lost their minds as they died one by one. That was because each of them inherited Jeffrey's last bout of insanity before he died, and it would take them some time to recover from that. But they had no time to do that. Their plan was ingenious. Jeffrey's death would not reveal the hidden entity within, for the seal would just shift from one body to another. But by breaking the seal, Lex had interfered with carefully laid out plans.

Since the plan had already been ruined, there was no point in keeping the clones alive anymore. After all, since her aura was revealed…

Suddenly, Lilith felt it was easier to protect Lex. When she looked over, she saw two humans standing next to him. But they were not really human.

Fahad and Noor stood beside him, appearing without any signs.

"You have done well. You have completed your part of the bargain better than any imagined," said Fahad. They themselves could not contest against the aura of a Demi-Dao Lord, but they were under the protection of real Dao Lords, so they did not need to fear the eyes.

"Who are you? Why have you entered the Origin realm?" Noor asked the eyes without care or concern about showing proper respect to a Demi-Dao Lord.

"You are unworthy to know Her name!" a voice roared, and the cobra which had been suppressed once rose, and appeared in front of the eyes, as if defending them.

More and more beings began to appear in the area, some of them clones of Jeffrey, some of them members of Sanguis Pluvia, and some of them from the forces of Henali.

A grand army was assembling in this place, ready to unleash absolute devastation. The plans of a Demi-Dao Lord were ruined. How could there be no fallout?

Fahad frowned and spoke out loud to Noor.

"Her origin is still obscured. If we can trace who she is or where she came from, we can better counter her. It's difficult for a genuine Dao Lord to make a move within the Origin realm, but if we understand her more, it might be easier for someone to take action."

"You will know nothing!" The cobra roared, and unleashed its power, attacking Fahad. The battle began abruptly, yet Lex and Lilith were not affected by it.

The Henali set up protection around those two. Since they played such a critical role in revealing this illegal immigrant, then they deserved all the awards and attention such achievements afforded.

During all this, no one was paying attention to Lex anymore, which is why they didn't realize that the reason he was not speaking was because he was still recovering. The moment he recovered, he glared at the eyes that had become the center of the conflict.

"YOU!" Lex roared, raising his sword up to those eyes, his voice cutting through the noise of the war. "I recognize you!"

Suddenly, everything stopped, and everyone looked at Lex. The cobra, the eyes, Fahad and Noor, the emperor, all the wyverns and soldiers summoned to fight, all suddenly turned towards Lex, and noticed that something about him had changed.

Faced against one of the most powerful beings in existence, after suffering near death just from being exposed to its aura, Lex dared to raise his sword to those eyes, and there was not an ounce of fear in his voice.

"I saw those eyes every time I crushed his hopes and dreams. Every time I foiled his plan, he looked at me with those angry eyes. Every time he felt hopeless, he showed me those fierce eyes. Every time he faced defeat at my hands, he showed me those very same eyes!"

Compared to those eyes, Lex really was pathetically weak. There was nothing about him that could even survive their gaze without the protection that the Henali were giving him. Yet for someone at the Earth Immortal realm, which was the lowest realm of anyone in this battlefield, Lex cut an impressive sight.

The pride and arrogance of dragons that Lex claimed to be better at, in this moment, oozed out of his very skin and bones. His Domination, his Sword intent, his Tenet and his Domain all synchronized as one. Faced with an overwhelmingly stronger foe, there was no way Lex could claim supremacy. Yet he dared to challenge, nonetheless.

"When Ra messed with the Innkeeper, the Innkeeper destroyed him! When Ra messed with the Midnight Battalion, I crushed him. When Ra tried to take over my body, I ended all his hopes! I have fought his manifested clone many times, so I recognise those eyes well!

"You messed with my family, woman, so mark my words that I will destroy your family first, and then I will come after you!"

Lex, who had been holding onto his anger for so long, could hold on to it no longer! Ra had tried to take over Lex's body. This woman, who was clearly related to Ra, wanted to take over Moon's body.

An image of a sword shone deep inside Lex's eye, resonating with his anger. His heart, which had begun turning into a dragon's heart, began evolving even quicker, as if it was feeding off his anger, and beat for the first time as a proper dragon's heart.

The lotus tattoo on Lex's back suddenly recovered, causing his aura to explode. He was still nowhere near the strength of the eyes, but everyone else on the battlefield took notice of him for the first time.

From elsewhere, deep in the Origin realm, a heavy voice rumbled.

"Sekhmet, daughter of Ra, you were banished from the Origin realm, yet you dared to return? In that case, stay here forever!"