At the same time, a figure clad in black pierced through the space between realms at extreme speed.
As he flew, stellar gates appeared before him; he would enter and reappear millions of light-years away, then immediately enter another stellar gate.
He passed many realms, leaving markers for his armies to conquer later.
Soon, he came upon a realm that caused him to pause. This realm wasn't specifically noteworthy, but what was happening inside piqued his interest immensely.
inside the realm, a bloody sacrifice of the highest order was taking place. A suffocating stench of death and rotting blood stained the entire realm. Countless dismembered bodies belonging to various species floated the completely empty vacuum.
They floated in a specific order that formed a giant runic circle that spanned almost a light-year. These were the bodies of all the creatures of this realm.
except one.
