Time continued to advance.
Merely 300 years later, the first Nightman reached the Eighth Realm.
As expected, the gulf in power only widened.
This Nightman was so powerful that he could defeat over 90% of all the Shields in Starbreaker Base.
Kiran kept giving them what they wanted, but he also constantly reminded them that he didn't need to do that.
He did that to form a good relationship between the two sides.
Compared to the last era, the Nightmen actually had a permanent leader.
That leader hadn't been elected by them.
He had simply become their leader because he was the strongest.
Naturally, Kiran and Nick had secretly chosen that leader and had granted him plenty of advantages.
This Nightman was especially intelligent, and he could tell that cooperation would give him more resources than just taking them.
He knew that the Nightmen needed the Extractors.
Without them, there would be no Zephyx.
