Monarch of Darkness

Morning Sun came out and bright sun rays replaced the cool moon light. Aaron woke up from deep sleep. His head was still aching lightly. But he didn't care about these minor problems as he rushed out of his room to check on Evan. His heart was full of worry as he thought about previous night.

As soon as Aaron got out of his room,he saw the two Sylvia clan warriors,who were waiting outside his room. They bowed slightly towards Aaron and greeted him,"Lord Aaron". Before Aaron could ask anything,one of Sylvia clan warrior said,"Lord Aaron,please wait inside your room,prince has ordered to notify him immediately,when you wake up."

Aaron who was in a rush due to panic in his heart,stood there dumbfounded. He managed to calm down after some moments and said,"Is little prince alright,what happened yesterday?"

"Three assassins managed to enter our inn. They killed the two guards who were on their duty yesterday night. But before they could take further actions,they were killed."

"Who killed them? The guy who managed to sneak some weired stuff inside my room,was a profound transformation realm warrior",Aaron asked. He was feeling confused because he knew the strength of two Sylvia clan warriors. They both were in middle stage of Profound transformation realm. He managed to confirm the level of assassin who was infront of his room,before fainting. It was late stage of Profound transformation realm and generally it was very difficult to kill late stage profound transformation realm warriors if anyone was at a stage lower than the opponent.

"Lord Aaron,please allow me to inform prince. He was very anxious yesterday. Only after Lord Thomas assured him that you were out of danger,he slept",one of Sylvia clan warrior informed Aaron. 

"It is I who brought upon this disaster on myself. Only if,I listened to Evan, we could have avoided such dangerous situation. Fortunately, little prince is ok, otherwise I would be a sinner infront of my ancestors",Aaron thought inside his mind.

"Let's go to see little prince",Aaron ordered the Sylvia clan warrior,who was asking his permission. 

But after knocking the door of Evan,he didn't come out. So, Aaron assumed that Evan was asleep and he returned to his room. After returning Aaron wracked his brain. There were many puzzles.

First thing, everyone from Thousand swords kingdom was very careful to avoid telling anyone about Evan. So, ordinary citizens from Thousand swords kingdom had no idea about Evan. Moreover the enemies had used a poison like 'Soul eroding poison',when Evan was still inside Olivia's belly. So, enemies who were aware about Olivia's pregnancy, thought Olivia was dead and they must have thought at that time how could a dead mother birth a child. Fortunately,some miracles occurred and both Evan and his mother survived.

But despite their careful preparation, the news about Evan leaked and Northpeak emperor sent decree to bring Evan to capital. Although the emperor had said he was protecting Evan and would arrange for his learning in imperial academy, everyone from thousand swords kingdom knew it was a farce. The imperial family was using Evan to guard against revolt from the old king of thousand swords kingdom who was also the grandfather of Evan.

Aaron carefully thought about everything. He stitched the pieces of puzzles together and his eyes lit up. He murmured,"All these things are linked,what a sinister plot. Who is pulling the strings behind everything?"

First someone leaked the identity of Evan to Northpeak emperor. Then emperor ordered a golden robed envoy to retrieve Evan and when we were in our way,an assassination attempt occurred. It was obviously,a well planned plot,someone was trying to kill little prince,Aaron deduced inside his mind.

A loud knock sounded from his door and Aaron hurried to his door. When he opened the door,he saw Thomas and there were two sturdy looking warriors stood behind him.

"Aaron Jadestar,are you ok?",Thomas asked. "Lord Thomas,I am ok",Aaron replied. 

"It was my carelessness that led to such situation. When I searched for Pietro Blackrock,I couldn't find him inside his room", Thomas said in a furious voice. He was feeling frustrated because such a thing happened while he was escorting them.

"This golden armoured envoy perhaps is not a part of enemy's plan and he is feeling frustrated because someone is trying to kill the prince,he is escorting",Aaron thought inside his mind.

"Follow me to royal capital of Blackridge kingdom.I will make sure they will give a explanation to thousand swords kingdom regarding this matter. I need Pietro Blackrock infront of me,before tomorrow morning.Otherwise I will kill everyone from his family",Thomas said in a furious tone.

"Calm down,Lord Thomas,you can't act recklessly. They have seventh elder in their back",a warrior who was standing behind said.

"Shut up,Freddie,I don't need you to teach me. They are trying to use me,then I will make sure they will pay. I am not a easy one who will dance according to others. I don't care about any seventh elder,I will see what a mere elder will do to me",Thomas yelled at the burly warrior. 

The burly warrior quickly closed his mouth and lowered his head. Aaron who was seeing everything from side, felt astonished. Before today,he had only listened about the power of a golden armoured envoy,but now he was witnessing it directly. The seventh elder who was also the uncle of current Blackridge emperor, acting mightily and supressing their thousand swords kingdom singlehandedly. But a golden armoured envoy was not even putting him infront of his eyes. How could Aaron not felt surprised!

Northpeak empire who was lording over 36 kingdoms was a powerful empire where core condensation realm warriors were no more a rarity. There were nine golden armoured envoy,who were like enforcers of emperor. They had huge authority and they could kill anyone except royal family in 36 kingdoms. Seeing one using his authority infront of him,Aaron felt amazement for a moment.