“... we will increase… speed up– what is going on?”Juviana raised her head from the agenda paper and arched her brow. The loud muffled outside the meeting room attracted her intention.Lumia, who was also in the room, shuffled to the door without seeking Juviana’s approval.Amusing things were, they didn’t feel the threat, yet, the fiasco outside the room sounded alarming. Therefore, all eyes were anticipating while waiting for the door to be opened.Twisting the doorknob, Lumia peeked his head outside the chamber. He met with a shocking discovery. Promptly, he pushed the door even wider and bowed his head humbly.“I greet His Highness Ali.”“Your Highness!” Juviana was amused. “... oh, does she want to meet me?” The smile faltered, and her pupils shook.“If you know…” Ali straight away turned around after completing his task.Juviana shot up as if she was sitting in the fire. “Adjourned!” She ended the meeting and left the meeting chamber.Meanwhile, Shadow was sitting on the grass,
“Should we really interrogate them?” Ibrahim wasn’t sure about it. Ali and Nathan eagerly nodded their heads, sharing a similar thought. As if their single brain cell was rotating among them. “Why not?” Her voice resonated inside the narrow path. They were already halfway inside the dungeon path. On the way to the torture cell where a few of them were held in. All of them were reluctant to insert themselves in this kind of situation. It would be fine if Shadow excluded this small expenditure. As the lords of their own kingdoms, they knew how sensitive the torture dungeon was to them. Each torture dungeon was designed for their own personal taste, including the conduction of the torture. Therefore, by exposing the elves' method, they stripped the elves bare. Shadow made it happen. If possible, they didn’t want to dive much into this unknown territory afraid it might backfire on them. And they were talking as the lords of the kingdoms. Their lives were so precious. Ali peered at
“Forgive me.” Juviana ran up to the front and guided them yet again. “Has your problem been resolved?” Juviana recalled her statement a while ago. “Do not forget. They are the benefactors that deserve our respect. While our close friends abandoned us, they came here to protect what is left. They asked for nothing but our cooperation. Please don’t ruin this pure relationship.” “We still must be aware of them, my queen.” “Unlike The Holiness, we can’t blindly trust them.” “My queen, how do you know that they are being truthful?” The guards were anxious. Their questions were also valid. They had been betrayed by their own kin. If they couldn’t trust their own, who should they trust? “I understand your worry. I acknowledge your anxiety, but we must be open. They are our benefactors.” “What if they use that against us later?” “Then, we’ll fight,” Juviana said sternly. “Even if they are our benefactors?” “Does that even matter? We kick out our own kins when they misbehave.” The
“Good grief.” She shook her head, sighing annoyingly. The glint of her red eyes changed and sparkled beautifully. “Oh well… who we got here…”The exhausted traitor sitting in the electric chair slowly lifted his head.The room was full of torture room and had already been covered with blood. The environment was so dark, befitting her malicious intent. “You… The Holiness…” The pointed ears perked up upon seeing her covered face.Wordlessly, she dragged the empty chair and sat right in front of him. Placed her knuckle under her chin, toppled her legs, and tilted her head.The elf tilted his head, his bloodshot eyes studying Shadow outright. His nose pointed at Shadow. “We– weird…” He slurred. The blood escaped his mouth. “I can tell you are The Unknown’s dog.”Shadow arched her brow, amused.‘So, it’s true. They can tell who is who merely smelled them. Weird… why does she not even distinguish the traitor that way?’“But, why do you smell… like that…?” Shadow waited for him to continue
One hour and a half later, Shadow left the underground torture chamber with distaste in her mouth. Every traitor was so cooperative to the point she didn’t know what to do. The extreme game that she wanted to play couldn’t be played because of that.“This is annoying. A bunch of cowards.”She huffed as was greeted by the other four kings.“Baby.”“Beloved niece.”“Master.”“Lord Holiness.”Ibrahim, Ali, Nathan, and Juviana smiled sheepishly at her.‘What the… why do they look so tired when I did all the work?’Her lips lifted under the mask. “What are you doing here?” She said diplomatically.“We are waiting for you,” Ibrahim answered for everyone.“Ugh!” She rolled her eyes and trudged toward the main palace where Juviana’s room was. “Let me rest for a while.”Nathan watched Shadow closely and nudged Ibrahim with his elbow.Automatically, Ibrahim carried her princess style without saying anything.Shadow reflexly wrapped her arms around Ibrahim’s neck and plopped her head on his shou
“Shadow!” She was warned by Ibrahim.Ignoring him, Shadow continued. “A finding game where you can do anything without a rule.”Nathan nodded his head vehemently.“I don’t think that is the right definition, darling.” Ibrahim tried to intercept.Yet to no avail.“What do you mean without a rule?” Ali seemed interested.“Shit!” Ibrahim cursed at the back.“A detective game.” Nathan was so excited just by imagining it.“A detective game?” Juviana seemed interested as well. She brought along the refreshment for Shadow as she promised.“Do you want to participate, Queen Juviana?” “Shadow…” Ibrahim bellowed.Ibrahim’s unnatural response drew them in even more. “Do tell us,” Ali spoke lower than usual. He had abandoned the folder at one point.“Ali– Juviana–” He called them in distress, watching the lords slowly come near Shadow. Shadow’s smile grew even bigger. “We will have a fun game. A lot of fun.”“I am in!” Nathan quickly as he skimmed through each page. “I want to participate i
Finally, after walking for the entire night, except for a short break, they were able to escape Juviana’s kingdom. Due to exhaustion, none of them were fitted to create any spatial door anything, hence they were running through the kingdom the entire next.They went south.“I know where we are going!” Exclaimed Juviana out loud.She was so familiar with this path.“Don’t tell me…” She eyed Shadow, shock was evident on her face.Shadow didn’t even bat an eye at her. She continued advancing to her destination.Unlike the western continent, the kingdoms Ali, Nathan, and Ibrahim ruled weren’t as massive as the western continent. The distance was also longer.However…“What the…”“Terrible…”Shadow’s tiny group was all shocked once they entered the unknown region.Black smoke.They would need to travel another day to enter the territory that she desired, but there was a lot of black smoke approximately where the place she desired should be. They also could see some of the fire, not far fro
Due to that, Juviana had to use her brain. Shadow left her with nothing but an important inquiry. ‘Juviana, think, think, think.’She used to be the wisest yet, the clever yet.‘So… please think.’The nature of the fire was so wicked. It was extremely hot, even hotter than usual. It spread around but stayed still once for a long time. It was raining, but nothing could exterminate it. A realization dawned on her almost instantly.“Black mana.” Black mana! The corrupted mana used the blood of sacrifices. The ritual of the demon. In other words, black magic. “Correct. So, what is the method to extinguish the fire?”“Pure magic.” Shadow shook her head. “Just magic, in general. But, pure magic is extremely good as well.”In other words, pure magic was expected to be used in this situation.“I see…” She said slowly.As an elf, who lived secludedly with nature, the mana bestowed upon her should be the greatest. Elves were great with nature which was also supposedly pure. Hence, elves u
Black and Teal landed at the training ground where Shadow was. Their clean attire fluttered around, eyes focused on Shadoe who was harassing her sparring partners which consisted of Albert, Firash, Aidan, Dhia, and also Musa. Watching those people's haggard faces and tattered clothes, Teal covered her mouth as a nostalgic feeling crept under her skin. It was not a great experience. Although, it increased her prowess, power, ability to wield her GIFT, and strength. Still, it wasn’t a pleasant experience knowing how brutal Shadow could be. “I think we need to rescue them.” “Should we?”Black mumbled while stroking her chin while Teal shivered at the thought alone. Then, both of them wavered their hands as those people took notice of them and pleaded with their eyes.“Should we?”“... we should, should we?”Black asked cunningly and Teal sighed in resignation. If they don't save them, they might hit their limit soon. In normal circumstances, it would be ideal, however, not right now.
“Hmmm… are those the ships that we need to destroy?” “Apparently so, Blue.”“Seriously?”“Yup, yup.”“... that thing is gigantic. What the…” “Fu fu fu. Believe me, I thought so too, Blue.”Blue and Pink were standing right in front of the naval ship. Blue was standing on top of the ice he created while Pink was flying, fluttering her flower’s wings behind her back.They were in the middle of the sea with nothing in it. They were sure that the mermen would be ambushing. They expected it to a certain extent, however… what they didn’t expect was the oblivious approach.The naval ships filled with countless beastmen, no. hundreds of confused beastmen. Both Pink and Blue didn’t smell particularly strong.Blue seemed delighted but Pink was quite vexed. “Did we get the weakest link?” She flipped open her paper fan and fanned it harder.“I don’t know. Feels like I am in heaven.”Pink gnashed her teeth and glared at her partner.“What?” Blue acted innocent.“You and your stupid attitude.” S
“Look. there’s an ass picture of the supposed dragon lord.” Green mumbled next to White.“I can see that, Green.” White tried to control her lips from vomiting.“Just alerting you.”“Thank you.”Green and White were disguising themselves as a wizard and a witch. Wands at each hand.“Young man,” a soft touch was placed on Green.Green reflexly turned his head at the old lady next to him. His green eyes dilated a mere second before a sweet smile emerged. “Yes, beautiful lady?” “Ho ho ho,” the old lady that looked not more than 70 years old radiantly chuckled. “How sweet you are.” White looked away, acting like Green and she wasn’t related. The old lady might appear 70, but she knew better, that the old lady was centuries old.“Do you know what is the meaning behind this painting?”Green stroked his chin, pondering at the ass painting – again, the supposed dragon lord. He wasn’t sure what to say. It was literally the buttcrack of Ferdinand. How’d he know? The description was literall
Bzzzzzzt~The sharp sound of electricity traveled across the metal factory.Unlike Grey and Brown, their destination was a metal factory. Thanks to kind-hearted Grey, they changed their destination. It was the closest and it was on the ground.Everyone knew Orange didn’t do well underground due to old trauma. Hence why Grey decided to give in. As always. Also, they all knew that Orange was Grey’s favorite. Of course, Grey denied the claim and the issue died there. As usual.They strolled inside as if they were visiting the factory, not invading. Meanwhile, the enemies were panicking.“Abad’s been hit. There’s someone out here–” The voice that was shouting through the radio before cutting out. Huh? The fuck? Abad’s hurt?“Captain Ayham, the left side is clear,” Barqi said right after that. “We’re moving, heading to the main pathway.” Ayham gritted his teeth.He was in the controller room. CCTV captured the activities inside the factory. However, the place where the enemies were situ
Tap! Both of them landed right in the middle of the nothingness. It was barren. Sand, rock, and cactus. That’s all.It was a freaking desert.“This is the right place.” Brown adjusted his mask.Grey raised his arm into the air and pulled out his middle finger and felt the air.“Why must that one?” Brown was tired of his antics.“As long as I can do my work,” retorted Grey nonchalantly. “What about your situation?” Slightly turned his head at Brown.“I have a clear vision.” Brown closed his eyes, feeling the movement underneath. “How many?” He tilted his head. Something was wrong. The weather felt wrong for some reason. The density of air was different than usual.“Approximately 50 beastmen on each floor. I could be wrong.”“And how many floors do they have?” He opened his eyes and stared at the sky.“Approximately… three.” Grey counted the clouds in the air. “Three? Are you sure?” Brown tilted his head and set his jaw, feeling the vibration even the smallest one. “Wait a minute!
“Wild Bunny, gather!” Black clapped her hands, calling the rest of the restless members.“What are we? Fucking school kids?” Orange murmured silently, his steps still trudging toward Black.“Shut your stinky mouth.” Brown clicked his tongue.“What a fool.” White shook her head.“You’re the last thing I want to hear.” Teal groaned.“We ain’t fighting.” Pink pushed both their heads at once while walking past them.The rest of them were laughing inwardly.Once they gathered, Black placed a transparent bowl with numerous folded papers in it. Her black eyes latched on each one of them, wriggled her brows petulantly.“As usual, we’ll choose our area the Old Way.”“Ugh! I hate it.” Blue murmured amongst them. The voice filled with annoyance.“We must use this method to ensure fairness, Blue Bunny.” Blue rolled his eyes shut and slumped his head on Pink’s shoulder.“I’ll pick the paper for us.” Pink raised her hand.“Me… will do.” White raised her hand as well.Gold nodded at Black.“Alright
Flashback! “Hey! Do you want to hear a secret?” Shadow asked right after her wedding took place.All the Underworld family gathered around. A secret? Just you, and the rest of us? Ehe., hehehe. Oops. sorry that had to come out. Go on.” Brown and Orange clasped their hands in full happiness.“What is it?” Black swallowed hard. “Don’t tell me…”“Something is wrong.” Captain from Mandrill Monkey arched his brow in anticipation.“I also can feel it in my dick.” Daddy from Mandrill Monkey stroked his chin.“God damn it, Daddy.” “I am only telling the truth. My dick can feel it.” He had no remorse, no shame.“Please don’t talk about that in the open, I guess?”“About what? Dick? Why? Because we have ladies here?”“Yes, and it is inappropriate.”“Why? They can talk about their vajayjay if they want to.”“Damn it, Daddy! Stop it!” Captain clasped his mouth and dragged him away.The rest of the Mandrill Monkeys were cackling as if there was no tomorrow. “After analyzing the movement of the
“Sniff… really?” Phantom rubbed his nose against Shadow’s neck.“Yes. I can’t live without you. I swear.” She tried to appear convincing.“But will you die?” He was adamant about Shadow’s life.Why wouldn’t he? He was there when Shadow was at the bottom. He was there when she was suffering. He was there when she died hundreds of times. He could do nothing but watch her from afar. He had no physical body nor the capability to protect her. He was a mere artificial intelligence living in the system. “Phantom… I will cease to exist following the promise of the previous lord. Abah. I can’t die before that. My body has been programmed to do so.”It was her sad life. Cease to exist. She would never experience death like others. She would cease to exist when the time was calling. Her death would be a mysterious death. A sudden death. Abah had promised her up to 1000 years old. She knew her body couldn’t hold that long. According to her calculation, she had 800 years more to go. Plus and min
“Have you improvised their ID card or something?”Shadow turned her head at her desk. Phantom was seen sitting on top of his folders, crossed legs, and caned his chin with his hand. He was grinning wide.“You’re here?” Shadow rested her head on the visitor chair in front of her desk.Phantom’s foot was wagging back and forth, right in front of Shadow. Yet, the girl said nothing to reprimand him. She was just extremely.Phantom waved his hand, some sort of greeting or whatever.“No, the upgraded version. As soon as the card seeped into him, his whole existence was inside the system.” She answered.“When did you develop the new version?” It piqued Phantom’s interest.Shadow merely scoffed and shut her eyes. “Mind checking how well the information settles in?” She meant all the information regarding Amari’s body.It felt like time stopped momentarily. Phantom lost his smile. The usual playful vibe was killed. Phantom killed it. Anger gradually flamed inside his eyes.“Whatever you mean