Ulmer reached the location where Dylan was.Dylan was sitting on top of a blue crystal that was floating on top of the waters. It was a broken piece of the firmament. Dylan was holding a dark spherical marble.“What’s that?” Ulmer asked.“The Darkness System…” replied Dylan.“Huh?” Ulmer was startled. “Why do you have that? Didn’t it get destroyed alongside the dragon?”“This thing is pretty crafty,” Dylan said. “It probably left the dragon right before its death.”“It did?” Ulmer found that hard to believe. “I didn’t sense it though.”“It’s darkness, so how can you sense it when you’re not focusing on it?” Dylan said. “Anyway, I will give this to my shadow knight. If it’s him, he should be able to tame this thing.”“Your shadow knight… Why isn’t he guarding you right now?” Ulmer asked. “Why did he stay back and let you fight the dragon alone?”“I told him to protect the royal repository,” Dylan said.“I thought he’s supposed to protect you. Isn’t your life more important than the roy
A few minutes later.Not far from the colosseum grounds, Regina and Neodus met at a hideout, where Vincent was brought.Vincent was in a bad shape, and they had to use all kinds of medicine available to be able to better his condition.“What happened to that bastard?” Vincent asked. “Who beat him?”“The first thing you ask about is him?” Regina hissed. “Nobody won the competition because during the final round, dragonworms attacked.”“D-Dragonworms?” Vincent looked confused. “You’re trying to joke with me right now?”Dragonworms would avoid populated regions, so Vincent didn’t believe them when they said that the dragonworms attacked the colosseum, especially when powerful people gathered there.“Your mother is right,” Neodus said, while smoking a cigar. “If I wasn’t present there myself, I wouldn’t have believed it, either. Seven dragonworms attacked us. The entire colosseum got destroyed, but that’s not the real issue.”“There’s more?”“After we dealt with the dragonworms, the apoca
Brianna was looking everywhere around Syslon using her teleportation, but she couldn’t find any traces of the emperor or the dragon.“Did they really leave the city and go somewhere far away?” she bit her fingernail in frustration. “But what about Ulmer? Where did he go? He said he’ll go after my dad, but he didn’t. He tricked me and then probably went to meet my grandpa. As long as he doesn’t talk about the harem system, my grandpa won’t be fooled by Ulmer’s words. But if he mentions that system…” Brianna frowned. “I can’t let that happen. As much as I want to go to the family where Ulmer has been living with during his stay in this city, I have to do something else first.”Brianna used her teleportation ability to return to the capital city. She reached the royal palace in no time.She came through one of the secret pathways under the royal palace and arrived at the big metallic door decorated with golden designs. She could feel the invisible barrier, but still smiled. “The barrier
The moment Brianna saw a glimpse of desire in Michael’s eyes, she smiled, and BAM!Michael’s expression froze completely like that of a statue.Brianna walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder. “Just be a good boy and stand guard here. Don’t let anyone enter until I come outside.”“Yes, ma’am,” Michael replied.Brianna then entered through the gate with the proud feeling that she was able to hypnotize an assassin in level nineties the moment they let their guard down.A few moments passed.Brianna came out and then brainwashed Michael to forget ever seeing her or talking to her now. And he nodded slowly.Brianna blew air at his shoulder, where she had touched him before, so as to not leave any of her scent linger there. She even controlled the temperature and the air in that tunnel to not leave any traces of her ever being there. She had to take such measures because Michael had extraordinary senses and the instincts of an assassin, so he could figure things out if she were
At Ayana’s house.It was night time, and though everyone was sleeping, Ayana was sitting outside the main door, waiting for Ulmer to return.Two squirrels were playing in the distance, scurrying up and down the trees, but Ayana couldn’t be bothered to even glance at them right now.With wet eyes and a sad, dull look on her face, Ayana waited. She hadn’t eaten anything, but her hunger pangs didn’t bother right now, either, because her worry dominated everything else right now.Every second felt like a long time for her, and it wasn’t easy to sit there alone, not knowing if Ulmer will return or not. She wanted to cry, but she tried not to. She clung onto the hope that Ulmer would surely return.As time kept passing, she saw someone walking down the road. It was a junior officer, who was making a public announcement in the middle of the night, saying, “The dragon of doom has returned. The emperor is fighting that great dragon, but everyone is advised to stay inside their homes and not co
Dustin and Robin also woke up because of the announcement the junior officer had made in the middle of the night.Ayana was yet to tell them that Ulmer’s clone had disappeared. They were under the impression that she sent him out on some small mission, and that he was being late.As it started to rain heavily, Robin saw that Ayana was now sitting outside under a tree. She quickly came to Ayana and said, “He’s going to come back, so you should come inside. Eat and get some sleep.”“I will be waiting here,” Ayana replied.“In the rain? For how long?” Robin asked, covering her eyes with her hand. “Do you think he’d want you to not eat and sleep? I’m happy that you love your husband and miss him so much, but it’s not like he’s gone on a long mission. He’s going to come back soon. He told us that himself. Don’t you trust his words? Don’t you believe in his strength?”Robin’s words made Ayana remember that Ulmer’s clone was able to fool Alveron, so how could anyone easily kill such a guy? E
A bolt of lightning fell and hit the big tree that Robin and Ayana were sitting under. It happened so suddenly, and the tree burned and split in two and fell on either side of the mother and daughter, leaving them speechless and out of breath.The bowl in Robin’s hand had long dropped, and she looked at her daughter in shock.The shock on both their faces soon turned to amazement, as the wooden tree that had fallen on the ground was still burning. Had that tree fell on top of them, they would have both died for sure.Both of them looked up at the sky, ignoring the rain crashing on their faces, and thanked God with tearful eyes for protecting them, and then Robin took her daughter and ran into the house just as Dustin came out to check on them.Somewhere else in Syslon.Ulmer was on his way returning to his home, but then heard a cry from below. He couldn’t ignore that cry and came down to that spot, where he saw an old lady had just fallen to the ground and bruised her knee.All the w
On his way, Ulmer thought about his grandmother. He wanted to meet her and see how she was doing.“They would have known by now that parents and sisters have died,” he thought, frowning. “I would be considered a runaway or something. Would my uncle stop caring for my grandmother now?”When Ulmer’s dad was still alive, Ulmer’s uncle kept his emotions in check and treated their mother with just enough care. Now that Ulmer’s dad was no more, who would question him if he were to treat their mother poorly?Ulmer still didn’t forget the big fight his dad and uncle had over splitting property and more. They even attacked each other physically.“Should I send a clone to check on my grandmother?” Ulmer wondered. “What do you think, Dove?”[If it’s going to help you be at peace, then you should do so.] Dove opined.“Mm…” Ulmer then made a clone of himself and made it go through a portal. “I hope Grandma is still safe. I will see what’s happening with her. If it’s necessary, I’ll bring her away