The One Above All (2)

The silence that followed Rood's words was palpable, so much so that it felt like they could hear each other's heartbeat echoing as the after-effect of the information disclosed. All eyes were fixed on either Ashton or on Rood.

On the other hand, Ashton remained unaffected by the revelation, at least on the surface. But a lot was going on inside his mind. [The One Above All], he had heard that name countless times by now, and every time he did, it seemed that man's power had grown even more. 

Before his encounter with Kro'Han, Ashton had assumed that [The One Above All] was another Precursor as, in his eyes, they were the strongest creatures to have ever existed. 

But after hearing what Rood had to say, he was even more fascinated with such a being. Someone who was stronger than the Precursors... someone who could defeat kro'Han in the blink of an eye.