The Empyreal Gem Master

A single change could change things so drastically that it leaves others astounded.

A single change.

At this moment, that change was witnessed clearly as Ascendant Gem Masters watched the tide of a war where their very lives would have been taken…become one of utmost standstill.

Beasts didn't dare move.

And seeing the destruction dealt by the forces this young man commanded, even the Human Gem Masters found themselves not moving a muscle subconsciously!

It was only the Ascendant Branch Leaders who had power and dignity ingrained in their bones who quickly reacted as the woman who had white flames dying down around her body asked hesitantly.

"You are…"

She was cautious because this being came with powerful Beasts that caused her skin to crawl.

But he was clearly on their side as she had to ask.

And down below, Alexander collected all the Gems from the late Beast Lord Dread, barely glancing at the bisected body of this Tier 7 Beast Lord as he rose up to the skies effortlessly.

"Alexander. Alexander Asmodeus. I'm sorry for your losses."

Words that caused immense relief to all Human Gem Masters were heard.

He spoke succinctly without gazing at the Ascendant Gem Master, his eyes intent on the large silver Gem in his hands as he was looking at its details!

At the same time, he had to give the battlefield below a direction as his voice echoed out commandingly.

"All Beasts are to retreat from the Stronghold- kill any who resist. Anastasia, brief these Branch Leaders with the same information I exchanged with The Ascendant Lord Gannicus. I'll be back."

…!

He was actually leaving the battlefield behind just as quickly as he came, delegating the brunt of the work to his Minions!

"Yes, Master!"

Anastasia seemed more than happy as she transformed into her humanoid form and flashed right in front of the two Tier 7 Branch Leaders as she smiled towards them.

"Listen without any interruptions, please. One for the Four Human Lineages of Ephesus, Galanis, has already aligned with the Beast Races…"

Horrific information began to be exchanged as the gazes of the Branch Leaders changed, while Alexander's figure rose ever higher until…

PAH!

He broke into the layers of dark clouds above.

His figure disappeared from everyone's eyes as he looked at the cloudy skies around him, turning his gaze ever higher to observe the distant outline of space.

Confidence in his power was at an all time high, but it wasn't so obscene as to make him think he could delve past the layers of atmosphere to look into the expanse of stars above.

He stopped right within the clouds as he shook his head from any ideas of stars and instead focused on the silver Gem in his hands!

[Summon Undead]:: A rare Ability Gem that was born in a Domain filled with death and destruction. Once socketed, it allows you to summon a base of Six Undead Minions, with the possibility of additional underlings based on the number of Support Ability Gems connected to this Gem. The Undead Minions will have 30% of your Vigor and Energeia Values, and they will be supported by the rare element of Death that can easily penetrate weaker elements. The type of Undead Minion summoned is heavily dependent on what initial Vigor Values they will have. If 30% of your Vigor Values are below 5,000, Average Tier Undead(Skeleton Knights, Wraiths, Zombies) will be summoned. At the demarcation of 30,000 Vigor, Lord Tier Undead(Dullahans, Vampires, Draugrs) will be summoned. At the demarcation of 90,000 Vigor, King Tier Undead(Lich, Death Knight, Undead Dragon) will be summoned. At the demarcation of 270,000 Vigor, Emperor Tier Undead(Night Walkers, Vigor Flayer Lich, Abyss Knight) will be summoned. There is no limit of duration for the summoned Undead Minions, and they can be retracted and sent back to the Undead Space within the Summon Undead Ability Gem whenever they're not in use…

…!

An utterly appetizing detail of a new Gem unfolded before Alexander's eyes.

He couldn't help but look at his Enneagram and the thin outline of the heart shaped Gem currently being broken down and assimilated.

A sliver of it remained as from his isolated space, he took out yet another Ascendant Life Gem to increase the rate of this process as he wanted to see what this new Gem held in store as quickly as possible!

This was because in its details, it stated that the type of Undead Minion to be summoned relied heavily on what their initial Vigor Values were.

At base, it was 30% of Alexander's.

With his own Vigor currently approaching 140,000, their base would be a bit over 40,000 Vigor.

This meant that [Lord Tier Undead Minions] would be summoned.

Something far exceeded the measly Skeleton Knights that the late Beast Lord Dread was able to summon!

But…there were then the effects of Alexander's Gem Constellations to think of.

With the Vigor and Energeia of those connected to him multiplied by at least a factor of 2, would the initial Vigor of the Undead Minions not get close to the 90,000 mark that would allow King Tier Undead to be born?

This was possible Undead Dragons! Liches! Death Knights!

Such Minions caused Alexander's mind to buzz as he was sure he could exceed the 90,000 Vigor mark after the capabilities of the Summon Undead Ability Gem were further modified and elevated by Support Ability Gems.

And the late Beast Lord Dread already had fairly decent prerequisite Support Gems geared towards this as he could start right away.

He felt the rapidly spinning illusory Sockets of his Enneagram.

He felt the Main Ability Gem and Support Ability Gems of the Scion of the World Tree become increasingly thin as if they were about to disappear, and he already had the decision to turn this Gem Recipe into yet another Gem Constellation!

How terrifying would a Gem Constellation from a Variant Ability Gem be? Especially one that was geared towards increasing Vigor and Energeia?!