The Innkeeper - Chapter 1283: Overlords

Even if Lex ignored the fact that the Midnight Inn was literally training its workers inside the Temple of Fasting, which was a temple specifically made to train humans, and contained the heritage of all thirteen of the first humans, his presence alone would be enough to get them pulled into this war.

If the enemies of humanity, whoever they were, operated with the agenda to eliminate anyone with immense potential, then Lex would be at the top of that list if they ever discovered him. No wait, if any Jeffrey clones survived, and had the memories of him from back in the Trial of Eternity, then Lex should operate under the premise that news of his potential had already spread, or was eventually going to be spread.

After all, that’s what Lex would do if he had an enemy he couldn’t kill himself. He would make sure that anyone who might seek to harm his enemy would be equipped with the most accurate, up to date knowledge.

Then there was also the fact that Z had obtained the heritage of Zarek, the eleventh human ever born. Then there was the fact that a majority of the staff in the Midnight realm had undergone countless baptisms of spiritual energy, raising their potential to the absolute limit.

Lex was certain that there were very few forces in the entire universe which had as many high potential humans as the Midnight Inn.

“Who are these enemies of humanity you keep talking about? How can I avoid them if I don’t even know who they are?”

Jotun shook his head disappointingly.

“I myself do not know. If the Henali know, they have not told me either. I only know that the Sephore family was being attacked by Beasts when we were evacuated. To be specific, we were being attacked by Felines. But it is likely that those beasts were just subordinates to whoever was targeting humans to begin with.”

Lex sat back in his chair and thought about things for a moment. The Midnight inn sought to be a neutral organization, but there was no neutrality in the universe. By birth alone, he was already within the camp of the humanoids, and had to prepare to be targeted by unknown enemies.

He turned and looked at the emperor, a mighty cultivator in the celestial realm – an heir from the Sephore family. Now he was just a subordinate of the Henali. Celestial immortals, for all the power they held, were still just subordinates to Dao Lords.

“Why do you say that as long as I stay in the Origin realm, I’ll be safe? Aren’t there Beasts here as well?”

“How familiar are you with the powers of the universe?” Jotun asked, before replying.

“Not much,” Lex answered, without revealing any specifics.

An illusion appeared in front of Lex of a star system, conjured by the emperor who leaned forward and pointed to the world.

“Let me give you a small refresher about how civilizations are ranked – though, instead of civilizations you should think of it in terms of greater powers or organizations. An organization that is limited to the surface of their originating planet is at the Ground level.”

The illusion changed, and small ships moving between the planets became visible.

“An organization that can move between the planets within a star system is at the Sky level. An organization that can travel between different star systems is at the Star level.”

The illusion zoomed out, and two star systems appeared side by side, with ships traversing between them.

“An organization that can move between galaxies is at the Galactic level. The Jotun empire is a Galactic level empire.”

The illusion zoomed out some more, and a number of galaxies appeared side by side.

It was then that Lex was reminded of the fact that while he was proud of the Inn for how large it had grown, it was nothing compared to the Jotun empire, which spanned multiple galaxies.

“How do you manage something so vast?” Lex could not help but ask as he tried to visualize how vast the Jotun empire truly was. He could not. He simply could not imagine.

With the help of the system he had now built numerous cities already to host the hundreds of millions of guests that occupied his Inn. He had cheats and he had a competent staff that never caused internal problems, and even then Lex knew that he wasn’t giving his Inn enough time to run things properly. That was one of the reasons he wanted to create clones so much.

Yet when compared to the emperor, who was controlling a much vaster empire, it was still insignificant.

The emperor smiled. It was good to know that there were some things which could still impress Lex. The young man had incredible exposure, but that also made it hard to have a normal conversation with him.

Considering the fact that he had literally been instructed by the Henali to have a good relationship with the Inn, he had never appeared in front of Lex as an emperor, but as an equal. That did not mean that the emperor was an ordinary person.

“It’s very easy. Be the strongest one around, with no one strong enough to counter you. If it weren’t for the Fuegans, I could expand the empire even more.”

“But how would you manage such a vast empire?” Lex asked, then realized they were getting sidetracked.

“That’s easy too. Just as there are sword cultivators, and formation experts, I have nurtured an army of administrative cultivators. Their cultivation is uniquely suited for managing my empire. If you wish, I can introduce you to some.”

Lex shook his head.

“We’re getting distracted. Continue, after the Galactic level is…”

Jotun nodded, and his illusion shrunk even more, showing hundreds, then thousands, millions and then possibly even trillions of galaxies, before they shrunk even more, and instead were replaced by a flat board.

“Beyond the Galactic organizations are Overlords, who control entire realms. Having at least one Dao Lord is the minimum requirement of such a force. But do you know? There are even organizations above Overlords!”