Apex Star

52  Arriving at the Capital, Destiny's identity

Destiny was shocked hearing him casually say that he would rule all the continents. In her mind she thought that he was joking until she saw his confident and carefree expression.

"Are you crazy?! Conquering the continents? How could you be so calm??" She was still incredulous about Nova's statement. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"It's okay, when I arrived in this world I was very weak. But look at me now in less than a week I'm a Middle Nebula Stage. Not to mention that I have over 5 months until my time here is over." Said Nova without giving it much thought.

After he talked with the Apex in his Soul World, Nova decided to give his all to pursue his goal of becoming the strongest and reviving Logan. How could a world that barely has a few Peak Universe Stages, even weaker that the region he came from? One of the countless regions that existed.

It was to be remembered that he was the wielder of the Apex Star of Origin, the strongest star to exist from the beginning of all life. Won't he make a fool of himself if he couldn't even do a small task like this?

He even wanted to finish his task earlier, so he gave himself 3 months, not 6.

After thinking for a while, Destiny accepted the truth as Nova was right, when they first meet he was only a Stage 9, look at him now, standing tall in the Middle Nebula Stage.

He even unlocked new techniques, now his Apex Index could be said to contain two sections. Apex Blessings and Star Technique.

The Apex Blessing section has techniques like Apex of Strength, Speed, Senses, Body etc, that was kind of a 'Word Empowering' which could potentially heighten said word. Obviously 'Apex of Strength' will bring Nova's power to the maximum his body could resist, this limit will go even higher using 'Apex of Body'. Of course there is a limit to it, that being his energy.

But with his Devouring Ability that's not a problem anymore. While Devouring could help Nova grow in strength, it also made him like a never-ending tank of energy as not all energy he absorbed will be converted to strength, a portion of it will be stored and used in case Nova's own energy is almost depleted.

The Star Technique section gave Nova access to only 3 techniques, namely Star Chasing, Star Wings and Starburst.

Star Chasing was a technique that improved his speed by a few times, it will make wonders when used with Apex of Speed in a battle.

Star Wings is the 'coolest' in Nova's opinion as it would give him the chance to fly in the air, only a World Stage powerhouse is normally capable of such a feat, both in this world and Nova's region outside.

Starburst, as it's name implies is a concentration technique used to combine different energies together without problem which could be released at will. It's forte was that no matter how many energies one possesses. From the informations Nova received, it was even possible to combine Laws of Universe.

His understanding of Laws was so shallow that it was almost inexistent, one could learn Laws only in the Universe Stage. Still, he would make sure to ask his master when he gets out of this world.

Shaking his head to forget all these unnecessary things, Nova used Apex of Speed, Star Wings and Star Chasing together to reach his maximum moving speed.

"Brace yourself, I'm going to increase my speed." He warned Destiny.

She didn't say a word, but was surprised to see wings made of light appear on Nova's back. Without a warning she was forced to grab Nova's clothes because of the sudden acceleration.

"Wah! What is..." Destiny was forced to close her mouth and eyes as the speed they were moving at was incredulous. And of course it was, maybe not even a Middle Galaxy Stage was capable of being as fast as Nova.

In two hours Nova slowed down a little and deactivated his Star Wings as he could see a big city in front of him. He was still 20 kilometers before the grand and majestic city in front.

After stopping for a while he decided to ask Destiny as he wasn't sure. "Is that Capital City ahead?" Said Nova pointing at the city.

Destiny's eyes lit up and she hurriedly nodded.

"That's right! And we arrived so fast!" She was genuinely surprised by Nova's speed and could barely contain her excitement for finally arriving at her home.

In only a few minutes they were standing in front of a closed gate. The guards were alerted as they saw two unknown individuals before the city gates and prepared to warn them. Before the guards on the walls could say something though, a strong voice was heard shouting.

"Captain Destiny, you're back!" A burly middle-aged man could be seen shouting and getting closer before he actually jumped from the 50 meters tall wall.

BOOM! His landing was so strong that the ground creaked a few meters around him, the man exuded a strong World Stage.

"Marquis Bernon! I'm glad we meet again. This is my friend Nova, he saved my life when a World Stage Monkey King tried to kill me." Destiny was surprised to see Marquis Bernon as he was kind of a mentor to her when she was little.

Hearing that a World Stage beast was sent to kill Destiny, Marquis Bernon exuded a strong killing intent, displaying that his power wasn't a joke, but accumulated from the battlefield.

He controlled himself before looking towards Nova and giving him a grateful smile. "Boy, I must thank you for saving Destiny's life. Who knows what the Emperor would've done if his single adopted daughter has meet misfortune."

When Nova heard that, he remembered that Destiny's identity was a bit special. When giving some thought, he also told her with pride that he will rule the continents.

When he looked towards her, Destiny looked smug and gave him a beautiful smile. Nova felt his face starting to burn a little, considering the fact that if Destiny told the Emperor his plans, he would probably slap the current him to death.

As the two were thinking about Nova's words, Marquis Bernon was looking at the two's changing expressions, especially Destiny's smile.

"Has the little princess taken a liking to this boy?!"