Monarch of Darkness

Evan looked through the informations sent by the Shadow rats and his expression turned grim as a result. "What, even uncle Lucas is seriously injured now! What is going on?", Evan muttered to himself anxiously. He didn't want to reveal his presence. So, he didn't use his soul consciousness in this place but after learning the overall situation from Shadow rats, he felt worried.

Evan decided to check the situation by himself. He thought, "Even if my soul consciousness got discovered by any hidden Nascent soul stage expert, I can leave immediately using the night as the cover." 

His soul consciousness swept past the distant army camps and he felt astonished by the sheer number of injured soldiers. Some had lost their limbs and were being treated. The atmosphere in the army camps was heavy.

"Damn it, those Golden orb bastards are playing it dirty. They never dare to fight us directly. Instead, they were using evil means to weaken us", one of the injured soldier grumbled. "Who would have thought that there are such fierce beasts in their side. Moreover, they are using them simultaneously with elite wizards", another soldier who was lying nearby added. "We have many warriors on our side who does not fear death but how many warriors are needed to be sacrificed to kill such monsters", another soldier whose hand was wrapped in bandages lamented.

Evan observed them a bit longer and shifted his attention to other camps.

There were total seven separate areas which were covered by camps. Evan scanned through every army camps. There were many kinds of structures in the army camps. Some were meant for those with higher positions and majority were meant for ordinary soldiers' accomodation. Evan observed one common point across all army camps and that was no one with good health was asleep at the moment. All were prepared to battle at any time.

Evan saw Sylvia clan warriors in an army camp. There were several of them who got injured. He saw granny Adaline treating the injured warriors. Then his gaze fell upon a girl who was dozing off by the side of granny Adaline. A smile appeared on his face after seeing her. "What is sister Sophie doing here?", he muttered to himself.

"Now it is time to check the enemy camp", Evan thought to himself after he scanned through the Thousand swords kingdom side. He commanded the purple striped thunder tiger to move ahead and soon he crossed past the Thousand swords kingdom side without alerting anyone.

Evan went ahead using the White Orchid forest as the cover. He was carefully observing the surrounding with his soul consciousness when he noticed a big disturbance ahead. "These guys surely know when to act", Evan muttered and commanded the purple striped thunder tiger to stop. Then he commanded the tiger to enter deep into White Orchid forest.

Evan kept observing and soon a fierce looking gigantic beast appeared in his sight. It took the same path which Evan was taking previously. It had dark red eyes and there were many sharp spikes all over its body. It had the size of two ancient mammoths combined and it had two gigantic blood red coloured wing. Evan recognized the magical beast at first sight. It was a Blood wyvern which had a shallow lineage of dragons. There was a gorgeous looking woman riding it. She was wearing black clothes and a long purple robe. She was holding a black staff in her hands and looking toward the area where Thousand swords kingdom soldiers were staying.

From her attire, Evan easily deduced her identity. "She must be wizard Elina of Golden orb kingdom", Evan thought to himself. He had already learned about her from the talks of soldiers. She was an early stage Core Condensation realm wizard who was giving trouble to Thousand swords kingdom since the start of war.

Four more flying beasts were following behind the Blood wyvern and there were three warriors atop each flying beasts. Evan looked at the four flying beasts who were following closely behind the Blood wyvern. These were Cloud hawks, a flying type magical beast of Northern mountain range. Evan waited patiently without taking any action. He knew there must be other enemies who would come through land and there must be Nascent soul stage expert who would come with enemies.

Evan didn't have to wait long. Soon, he sensed a powerful soul consciousness rapidly approaching his location. Evan quickly retracted his soul consciousness and the enemy expert crossed past him within blink of an eye. After some time Evan sensed another disturbance. There were rapidly approaching figures atop mountain horses. A grin appeared on the face of Evan. He waited for some time and when the last of enemies crossed past him, Evan followed behind them stealthily.

"It seems the Golden orb kingdom is quite cautious", Evan thought to himself. He saw three enemy experts appeared some seconds after the group of enemy soldiers. They were moving stealthily behind the other soldiers who were currently riding the mountain horses. They were carefully observing the surrounding and they all were at middle stage of Profound transformation realm.

Evan knew they were arranged to prevent any sneak attack from Thousand swords kingdom. Initially, he was thinking to dispatch the purple striped thunder Tiger but didn't act after seeing this group of enemy experts. He only stealthily followed behind them.

Soon, the group of enemy soldiers reached the location where the Thousand swords kingdom army was camping. Evan saw the enemy wizard Elina, launching a magical spell upon the location of Thousand swords kingdom. Evan thought how to stop her but a sudden sword attack prevent her to proceed further with her plan.

The army of Thousand swords kingdom came forward and soon a huge war erupted before the eyes of Evan. He saw many soldiers of Golden orb kingdom, got down from their horses and currently trying to sneak towards the army camps where the injured soldiers were located. His eyes turned frosty after seeing this. He commanded the stronger Shadow rats to prevent them and he himself moved toward the location where the enemy horses were kept.

The purple striped thunder tiger seemeed to be excited after receiving the order from Evan. It attacked the group of mountain horses and soon broke down necks of many mountain horses with its bloody mouth. Evan didn't mind at all. He himself joined the tiger and started to kill retreating enemy soldiers.

The enemy soldiers who were left behind to watch the mountain horses, started to run away at the sight of purple striped thunder tiger but they couldn't get far away. Two lightning speed sword strikes came from behind and lifeless body of two enemy soldiers fell powerlessly to ground. Evan used the Shadow ghost dance technique and started to fight randomly. Every kill have him a sense of enjoyment and Evan felt more excited as time passed by. Slaughter energy started to assimilate into his body and a thought appeared in his mind, "Although it is dangerous but war is also an opportunity for me to increase my strength."