Monarch of Darkness

The lecture ended after one hour. Evan was fully engrossed in the contents of lecture. He pretty much enjoyed this lecture. In some points, he found the viewpoint of teacher Simon was agreeable. He was always keeping his eyes on other aspects of power beside strength. He already knew that raw strength was not invincible. There were many aspects to focus on if anyone wanted to rise to the top.

After the class, Evan walked out with Chester. They started to walk toward their personal rooms. Every student of grade one had their personal room to stay. Along the way, Evan found out the true identity of Chester. He belonged to Cornwell family of imperial city. Evan had already listened about the six influential powers of Northpeak city and one of them was Chester's Cornwell family.

Evan invited Chester to his personal room and together both of them came back to the room. As for inviting Chester to his personal room, Evan had his own motive. He found Chester trustworthy. So, he decided to ask some questions related to Northpeak empire to Chester. Evan thought some of his questions may be inappropriate to ask out in public. So, he invited Chester to his personal place.

"Brother, I wonder if I can ask you some questions", Evan looked at Chester. Chester shook his head and said, "You can't". Evan felt some surprise in his heart and blurted out, "But why?" Evan really couldn't comprehend the sudden denial of Chester. Chester paused for a moment and said with a serious look in his face, "Because you are not calling me elder brother. As long as you call me elder brother, you can ask me as much questions as you want". 

Evan felt extremely speechless by his reply. But he gave in to the demand of Chester because he very much wanted to sort out some doubts which were bothering him since a long time. "Elder brother, can you tell me about the cultivation level of most powerful existence in Northpeak kingdom?", Evan looked at Chester.

Chester looked at Evan in a strange gaze. "You are only at element sensing realm. Why are you asking about the most powerful cultivator of Northpeak kingdom?", Chester threw a puzzled look at Evan.

"Actually, it will be better if you can explain the power structure of Northpeak empire to me", Evan replied with a faint smile. Actually Evan was not holding much hope to get answers from Chester as Chester was still considered young in Northpeak empire. He was only fourteen this year.

"Brother I don't know why are you asking me this. But I know quite a bit about the power structure of the Northpeak empire", Chester smiled.

"It is obvious that Northpeak royal family has the most power in this empire. Other than them there are still some existences whom even royal family fears. I will talk about them later. First let me tell you about the common power structure of entire Northpeak empire", Chester explained slowly. Evan nodded and Chester continued his explanation.

"I have heard from my grandfather that Northpeak empire can be barely considered as a grade one force in the entire vast world. There are total three continents in our world. But other two continents are very far away from us. The name of our continent is Greencloud continent.

"Inside the Greencloud continent, the power level of our Northpeak empire can be called average. As for the details, I don't know. There are total thirty six kingdoms under the rule of the Northpeak empire. Among the kingdoms, there are still divisions according to their size and power level. There are four big kingdoms, eleven mid-sized kingdoms and twenty one small kingdoms in the Northpeak empire. As for your Thousand swords kingdom, it is a mid-sized kingdom. But I have heard from others that power level of Thousand swords kingdom can match a powerful big kingdom."

Evan had already found out the basic facts about Northpeak empire earlier but the division according to power level is something new for him. He found out the power level of his Thousand swords kingdom from Chester but he didn't understand why his kingdom is being targeted by the Imperial family.

"Can you tell me how the division according to power is decided? What level of power is needed to be labeled as a grade one force?", Evan looked at Chester curiously.

"There must be warriors who are at the fabled realm of 'Law manifestation realm' to be qualified as a grade one force. If a power does not have anyone at law manifestation realm, they didn't even qualified as a big power in the continent", Chester replied seriously.

"Thanks for the information", Evan thanked Chester sincerely. He really needed these information badly because these informations were necessary to take precaution in future. He must know the power level of enemies, before he take action against them. As for Northpeak royal family, Evan had already labled them as enemies from when they forced him to leave the Sylvia clan.

Chester left after talking for some time with Evan. Evan closed the door and sat on his bed. He didn't start his cultivation quickly after Chester left. He pondered about his preparation for his planned leaving. 

He first reviewed his cultivation level. He was still at early Meridian opening realm which could be considered low. He decided to raise his cultivation as soon as he leave the Imperial academy. Then he thought about his movement technique slaughter ghost dance. He had already attained some success in cultivating this movement technique. Combined with his wind element, this technique could be used more proficiently.

While thinking about his techniques, Evan remembered a technique he was interested in his previous life. A smile appeared on his face.

"With this technique, noone can recognize me anymore. It will be beneficial to me in the future. It will be one of my best skill to survive in the wild", Evan thought inside his mind.

The name of this technique was, 'Myriad art of transformation'.

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