Monarch of Darkness

The sky was clear and the afternoon sun was shining with its full glory. Two firecloud horses were galloping at their full speed. As for the riders atop the horses, one was Evan and the other person was a robust looking young man with a stern face. As for why he was following Evan, the reason could be traced back to yesterday night.

Evan was wearing a black robe as usual and his appearance was still altered and it was the same appearance that he relied on these past few days. He gazed at the distant horizon and a place appeared on his mind. The place was a snowy valley with a small river flowing along its boundary. "Mother, wait for me. I am coming to see you", he muttered to himself.

His gaze landed upon the firecloud horse that he was riding and he recalled the intoxicating feeling he sensed yesterday night. It was a feeling which could not be described in words. That was a feeling which felt extremely pleasant to his soul.

"I never thought the feeling of slaughter would be so good", Evan thought to himself. "Moreover slaughter energy is not an element. It is something abtruse which could only be described as a some kind of mysterious power. Only powerful devils who are at Law sea stage can come in contact with it. For now it can only be used as an intimidating tool to affect the mind of enemies", Evan thought further in his mind.

In fact, slaughter energy was a kind of power which was unique to devils. With every killing, the amount of slaughter energy would increase further. It was a power which may be harmful for the god race and humans but it was extremely compatible with devil race. The devils were savage in nature and competition among devils were more cruel compared to other races. Devils prey upon eachother to advance further in cultivation and the effect of slaughter energy was suitable for their bloodthirsty nature. Many devils came in contact with the law of slaughter through killing and became law sea stage experts.

With a thought a faint murderous aura came from Evan and a smile appeared on his face. Yesterday, he was also present at the gathering arranged by the envoy of Golden orb sect. The golden orb sect had gathered many powerful rogue cultivators with the promise of rewards and there were quite a lot of rogue cultivators present at the meeting. The cultivators present were divided into groups and each group was led by Profound transformation realm cultivators.

Evan targeted the leader of his group with his soul attack and he obtained his first ever human soul slave. Together with his leader, he sneak attacked many groups and after inflicting heavy damages to the groups of enemies, he sneaked out with the leader of his group. After killing many rogue cultivators yesterday, Evan managed to accumulate a tiny amount of slaughter energy.

Their were casualties among the army of Thousand swords kingdom also but it was very less compared to the enemy group. Despite their win, it was still the lose of Thousand swords kingdom as Golden orb kingdom or the Blackridge kingdom didn't suffer any lose. They merely used the rogue cultivators as their pawns. This time Evan himself experienced the sinister planning used by human kingdoms. Although the powers of this level didn't affect the bigger picture but it was still enough for Evan to experience the intelligence of mankind and their use of plots and sinister planning to win.

The faint slaughter energy came out from Evan and even the nearby group leader could sense the chilling killing intent hidden within. "Master, what is happening?", he brought his horse near to Evan and asked. "It is nothing. Let's hurry to our destination", Evan replied after retracting the slaughter energy hidden within his body.

After traveling for seven days, a distant city wall came to their view. There were soldiers patroling near it. "Alright, we part here. Remember the tasks I have given you", Evan said. "This servant will surely complete the tasks given by master", the Profound transformation realm rogue cultivator declared solemnly. A soul slave would never go against their master and it was same for this cultivator. Evan nodded and left alone.

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The summer was at its best and it was showing its tyranny on the White orchid valley. Simple dwelling places covered the entire White orchid valley and there were some castles at the centre of dwelling places. In a certain castle, Olivia was sitting on a chair and there were some fruits infornt of her placed on a table.

"Sister Olivia, please eat something. You can't neglect your health like this", a voice came from her side. Olivia came out of her reverie and looked at the source of the voice. Her gaze fell upon the attendant who had a worried look on her face. "Layla, when do you think my Evan will return. There is only one month remained for his eleventh birthday", Olivia looked at her with a reddened eye.

"Little prince will surely return but he will be saddened to see you in this condition. So you must eat. So that when little prince will return, he will not have to be worried", Layla tried her best to console Olivia. Although she said that Evan would return but she herself was not certain. After all when Evan lost in the forest, he was only a eight year old child at that moment. But no matter what she had to rekindle the spirit within the second queen. She knew Olivia, the second queen of Thousand swords kingdom was like a delicate flower, now withering with every passing days.

Instead of eating, the gaze of Olivia shifted towards the distant horizon. She kept staring outside with a blank expression. "Olivia, see. Whom I bring with me this time", the loud shout of clan chief Lucas startled awake her again. Olivia shifted his gaze and a blackrobed teenager came to her view. Tear drops started to trickle down from her blank eyes after seeing the distant figure who was also looking at her with a guilty expression on his face.

Evan didn't know what to say either. He was feeling guilty after seeing her mother's condition. His heart was aching at the sight of his haggard looking mother. He immediately went over and hold his mother's hand. "Mother, I am sorry. Please don't cry", Evan's eyes also reddened slightly. Lucas chuckled slightly and left with a relived expression. The tear drops from Olivia's eyes didn't seized but a smile returned to her face which was absent for two years already.