EVANDROS LINYA

It was Evandros Linya's room.

She took a sharp breath in and slightly turned her head to look at the guard behind her. She decided to use her magic on him but by the time she turned to look at him, he wasn't standing alone. There was a maid beside him and both of them were looking at her.

She was standing at a dead end.

If these people didn't go straight and took the path next to her they will immediately find out about the knocked-out maid on foot. She swallowed but her throat was dry. She can feel her palm sweating.

With no option, she slowly opened the door and walked inside. She kept her head low and swung her ponytail in front of her face, trying to hide her features as much as she can. She slowly raised her green orbs and was stunned beyond her wits by the obscene scene before her.

She snapped her gaze down at the ground and slowly walked towards the table which was placed in front of the huge window. Even the curtains weren't down. The table was surrounded by pricey and fancy candles which were enlightening the chamber.

"Pl-Please... so-mffhh.”

She heard a woman pleading on the bed as the man atop her was ruthlessly f*cking her to the point even the bed was shaking. Megara's heart was thudding in her chest...it would have been normal if it was one woman but...there were at least three women on the bed. One was knocked out, one was currently being tormented and the other was scooted into the corner waiting for her turn.

Megara licked her chapped lips and put the tray on the table. She never thought she would encounter such a shameless thing ever in her life. She was pure and did not know much about debauchery. She was never inquisitive about such things and found it extremely repulsive and shameless. 

No wonder why the maid was petrified to come here.

But this woman...don't they have soulmates? What about him? Doesn't he have a soulmate? To do such a thing in a world where only one is loyal to his soulmate. If you sleep with someone else other than your soulmate, not only you but your soulmate will also feel immense distress.

She assumed none of them had a soulmate. 

Does that mean Evandros Linya is born without a match too?

She slightly shook her head and immediately turned around to leave but before she left she heard Evandros grunting and cursing. He looked like an infuriated beast. He wasn't gentle at all, it was as if he was planning to kill the woman beneath him.

She didn't glance at them, the first accidental glance was enough to disgust her and shock her out of her wits. The room was filled with the smell of debauchery and the sound of flesh slapping against each other made her head dizzy so she quickly walked out of the room which was filled with the scent of sins.

She closed the door behind her and took a deep breath of relief. He didn't see her and the two people who were standing outside the door were gone too. She looked at the senseless maid lying on the cold ground and walked up to her. She grasped the woman lying on the ground and made her lean against the wall as she stood up straight and turned her head to look at the door. 

Her eyes saddening and there was an anonymous sentiment within those green orbs as she eyed the gate. There was a history that only she knew. She licked her chapped lips and started to walk towards her destination without a second thought.

She was on an important mission. 

There is no time to ponder something which is long gone.

She was soon standing in front of another black door in which one of the stones was kept. There was not a single soul around. Helice said there were guards guarding the stone and even a barrier. So everyone is inside the room. She took a deep breath and pushed open the door with her hands.

The clothes she was wearing were totally opposite to her personality. The way she walked, the way she looked, and the power she held were not to be taken for a 'weak woman'.  

The moment she entered the room, the guards that were standing on alert, immediately drew their weapons out, and she can see different magic dancing on the guard's hands. She faintly smirked and looked around the room, ignoring the man rushing towards her. 

Her eyes lingered on the green stone kept in the middle of the room, there was a visible barrier around it. Once the men were close enough to her she parted her lips.

"Stop."

And the room fell into silence.

She had the magic of pausing, she can use it at least six times a day. The magic works for only five minutes after that the person or thing can move freely like before. Since this kind of magic isn't a very great attacking weapon. this was the reason she learned the chain technique.

Once the room fall in stillness and everything halted, she slowly walked towards the barrier. The eyes of the man following her, they were in their complete senses but were unable to move. 

She examined the barrier, her heart was thudding in her chest. She turned around and looked around at all the men. She decided to tightly chain them up in case it takes a lot of time to break this barrier. Once she was done chaining them up, she turned around and put her hands on the barrier, licking her dry lips as she started to mutter a 'barrier-breaking' spell with her eyes closed.

In no time, sweat started to roll down her forehead and her back was completely soaked. This barrier was wrapped in forbidden and dark spells and it was taking a lot of her stamina. 

She did not step back and concentrated as much as she can. Her eyes snapped open as she heard the sound of chains behind her. She snapped her head back and saw some of the guards had already somehow managed to get out of her chain.

In case she was forgetting, the more powerful the opponent the earlier he will break free from her magic and some of them were already making their way out of the chains.

This means these guards were not just ordinary guards, they were high-level forces. She was already close enough to break the barrier, and with no other option in mind, she opened her lips again.

"Don't move."

She said and everything fall into stillness again. The guards were literally throwing daggers at her with their eyes. She turned her head back and concentrated on breaking the barrier.

By the time a crack appeared on it, she was already out of stamina. Such a tricky man Evandros is. With this stamina-sucking barrier, one was literally serving himself on the tray for the evil man to butcher him alive. 

This barrier is cast by Evandros.

Once it breaks, he will be standing in front of her in no moment and now she cannot use her pausing magic as this tricky barrier sucked all of her strength.

"Come on."

She whispered under her breath and shortly the barrier cracked into pieces, as a black mist evaporated out of the window. She gasped and rushed towards the stone. Her heart was thudding in her chest and her ears were buzzing. Since she wasn't wearing her original clothes and this maid robe had no pocket she shoved the stone into her clothes between her breasts as the maid clothes were pretty tight on her, it won't loosen and fall out.

She turned around and saw guards rushing inside the room. They were shocked to see their comrades standing like statues as one of them pointed at Megara. His eyes held burning flames in them and they were slightly watery for some reason. 

"Seize her." He exclaimed and the guards who just rushed in started to run toward her to seize her. She parted her lips to pause them but instead of words came out a mouthful of blood. 

Her eyes slightly enlarged and without thinking much she rushed towards the window and looked down. The guards were rushing here and there, they were everywhere. She swallowed down the remaining blood in her mouth. Her throat was burning and she decided to take off to the rooftop of the mansion.

They got to know about this way earlier than her anticipations as if they are always on alert. 

Without thinking much she jumped out of the window, chains that were wrapped around her wrists as bracelets in case she goes out of stamina and is no longer able to use a spell or magic, these chains around her wrists will help her. She was falling and the white maid robe she was wearing was fluttering in the air. Some guards standing down pointed out at her but before she could actually land on the ground and die, the small chain bracelet around her wrists suddenly increased in side and its ends were especially sharp. 

With her remaining strength, she swung the chain in her hands and threw it up at the rooftop, the sharp end of the chain dug into the cement wall as per her guide. She could at least control the chain with her remaining strength.

Her body received a strong pause, almost breaking her back and neck. She slowly turned around and looked down at some guards who were ready to throw weapons, fire, and some other attack at her.

She swore under her breath and kept dangling there for ten good seconds. She needs to leap up right now but she has no strength. She looked down and tried to use her pausing power since she was not far away from the guards. But when she tried another mouth full of blood gushed out of her mouth. Her throat was on fire, she took out her handkerchief from the thin belt around her waist and whipped the blood away from her mouth when all of a sudden she felt the chain shaking from above. 

Her eyes widened and she snapped her head up only to discover someone grabbing on the sharp end of her chain. It was no longer in the cement wall but in someone's hand. If he let go of the chain, she will die.

But he didn't. Instead of letting go of the chain, he started to pull it up with his hands at a slow pace. She was stunned by his strength. He was pulling her up as if she was a bucket. The pace was slow as if making sure her blood is drained in dread.

She went pale when all of a sudden he severely pulled the chain, and the next thing she knew she was flying in the air and then landing on the rooftop with such force, she could hear a cracking sound coming from her left arm, it was the first thing that hit the harsh ground, with his immense force and the cold ground she ended up damaging her arm.

She cussed under her breath. He swung her around and threw her on the ground as if she was not a living human being. Her eyes became watery due to the pain but she did not shed a tear.

"You dare step into my mansion and try to steal my stone." 

A deep and hoarse voice drops into her ears. 

Her green orbs dilated once she realized it was no guard but Evandros Linya himself. Of course, nobody will possess such strength as his, or neither they will take such action to swing her around and throw her onto the dusty ground like garbage.

Of course, only one person can do it.

She gritted her teeth together and slowly stood up. Her whole body was throbbing and her throat was on fire. They didn't even properly meet and he broke her arm already.

Her back was facing him as she stood up.

She slowly raised both of her arms, ignoring the unbearable pain in her left arm as she quickly and tightly wrapped the handkerchief around her face to conceal her features from him.

Either she is dying here or he will torture her to death.

Only if she didn't lose so much of her stamina while breaking the barrier.

She slowly turned around and looked at the man standing in front of her. He was far from her and she could barely make out his expression as his long black hair was covering half of his face due to the rustling wind. He was wearing a loose black robe and his firm pale chest was slightly exposed.

"You have guts to take what's mine...not only that, you snatched what's mine while standing on my possessions." 

"Cool, isn't it?" She asked, her tone sarcastic. She knew she was dying but still it was a pretty cool thing she did right now. This was really out of her character.  "Ha...You think suicide is cool?" He questioned her back. His tone was stern and hoarse. He wasn't playing around.

He did shut her up. 

She slowly stepped back but as soon as she did in a blink of an eye he was standing right in front of her. Her pupils dilated and before she could react she felt his fist digging into her stomach the next thing she knew she was pinned onto the wall with his great punch. 

Blood gushed out of her mouth as she fall down on her knees her hands on the ground as she tried to support herself up but couldn't. She whipped the blood with the back of her sleeve under her handkerchief and gritted her teeth in pain.

"What must be your urgency that you came here? You must be very helpless." He said as he slowly walked towards them, his cold eyes watching her supporting herself up. He was slightly amused by her. He threw her around two times and she was still standing in front of him. 

She must be 'not just anyone'.

He immediately understood she was either from a sect or a clan.

She supported herself up and looked at the egoistic man walking up to her. His word shows how arrogant and evil he was. He was asking her if she was helpless to come here. It slightly angered her and in a second those two were exchanging some moves.

He was clearly powerful and due to her broken-up left arm she could barely defend herself. His martial arts were on the next level and he was nowhere going easy on her.

He didn't care if she was injured or if she was a woman. Why would he? Nobody would. 

His cold fingertips touched her neck slightly as her throat was his target or taking off her mask but she quickly prevented her neck and successfully landed a kick on his stomach. He slightly stumbled back and looked up at her. She could not see his expression clearly but she could feel her scalp going numb for some reason.

All of a sudden chain thrust out from beneath the rooftop and surrounded him. They were wrapped in a black flame, the same thing that was around the barrier. It was his dark spell...the spell he used to butcher clans and sects.

She kept standing there, watching the chain as they were coming her way at the speed of lightning but before it can touch her, out of nowhere a water barrier was in front of her. It was extremely weak against the chains but still slowed its speed.

"Master."

Megara's eyes widened and she snapped her head back only to find her four students peeking out of the portal. Panic wrote on all of their faces as they eyed Evandros through the water barrier. Ida was standing in between with her hands joined together. She was shaking.

It was her water barrier.

"MASTER COME."

All of them shouted and since the portal was just behind her, she didn't think much and rushed inside the portal. Darcy grabbed her right arm and pulled her inside. Just as she stepped inside the portal, Ida removed her weak water barrier and his chains drew back, flying in the air.

Just as the portal was about to close down near Megara's face she turned to look back at Evandros and her breath hitched when she saw him right in front of her. His dark eyes looked down into her green orbs. 

Green orbs...

Megara's eyes widened and the portal was closed. He saw her green eyes...he would know she is from the scarlet blossom clan. 

But if he wanted he could have easily drawn all five of them out of the portal with his forbidden magic but he didn't.

Her orbs throbbed as she think about it.

Maybe he needed a reason to trample the scarlet blossom clan.

That's why he let her go.