Chapter 476 A Challenge
After confirming the domain's support, the Emperor shared all the details he had on the Cult and figures who could very well be involved in bringing down his empire before sharing his decision to act separately from Alex and his group, making his move by staying in the shadows, at least until he knew who was his friend and enemy.
So, with an agreement to stay in contact and share their finding, Alex, with two royal guard regiment captains, his two elders, and five hand-picked elites, returned to the Human Continent.
Both Royal Guard captains were early-stage Eight Rank individuals, with one of them belonging to the?Black Dragon clan, a man named Draknar, an assassin with an unusually cold and silent demeanor.
The other was named Araneth, a wood elf whom Varon appointed as the head of the operation because she was one of the most intelligent and accomplished figures in the domain.
While Alex was at the center of everything, his role was just to act as the transporter, bringing the elite guards to the Human continent every six hours because the entire operation was independent of him.
But that did not mean he did not know what was going on, and as Varon was one to give orders, Zero had no problem with Alex, and no warnings were issued to him for breaking the restrictions.
In the following two days, Alex spent his time bringing more than sixty royal guards to the human continent and then went on to do leveling, testing skills in combat, and so on, as he had nothing else to do.
A month passed without any significant event, with the only major discoveries being a few key figures of the cult and the location of many places where they committed heinous crimes against humanity.
The guards even found several strong demons hiding among the humans, but nothing about the location of the Chaos generals or the holders of the essence Conduit crystals was found.
However, on a faithful day, two great news came, at least for Alex, as the royal guards found Lerela Nilbontare, a cult elder hidden under the disguise of Perfidia Vohiti.
The other news came in the form of Champion of Greed making his location public using the players, and he came fully prepared as he was present inside the dark dome, the same that kept even Sixth Rank out in the recent demon invasion.
The first news was significant because Lerela Nilbontare was the noble demoness he needed to kill to complete the two quests he acquired from Ludrarth Forechester and his son Clifford Forechester.
One quest would give Alex access to the Nekrós legacy, while the other one would give him the location of the Ancient Human Civilization legacy ground. Folloow current novÊls on nov/3lb((in).(co/m)
While some benefits were great, the real good news was Caden Silver coming out of his rat hole, giving Alex the opportunity to settle the score and wash away the shame of his first encounter.
But as much as he was eager to visit Caden, Alex knew better than to rush in, knowing it could very well be just a trap.
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(The Demon Continent)
(Weeks Before the Present Day)
In a grand throne chamber of the demon king's palace that batheth directly under the moon thanks to its arched open ceiling, Ahrimon could be seen seated on his regel ebony and gold throne, his void-like eyes looking down at the kneeling figure below.
"So, Nothing, Huh?" Ahrimon spoke, his calm voice giving away no emotion, yet at the same time, it appeared that he was disappointed, sad, angry, bored, and many such emotions, a phenomenon that would make a sane individual question their sanity.
"My King, the rouge chaos general did not attack any of the other prisons on the human continent, nor any of the ones located on the other continents,"
"It appears he had only interest in the one he freed, and seeing he is a male and the other is a female, it could be that she is his lover, and this also explains why he broke the oath after we gave him the strength to exact some of his revenge and die a prideful death," The cloaked figure, speaking of the strange incident that foiled one of his kings plan.
"It would be true for any species that have normal desires, but for those wrathful creatures whose only desire is to destroy, it is not the last thing that I will consider,"
"So this leads me to believe they have a reason to stay calm," Ahrimon said, his voice showing many emotions, yet now interest was the dominant one.
"My King, do you mean they have a leader, like a kind, or that rouge Choas general somehow can control his emotion because he had some goal," The cloaked figure asked, wanting to learn more about the matter that interests his king.
"A Goal to keep him tamed for a decade? Maybe, But a Queen who can keep him under control,"
"Now, that is one fascinating idea," Ahrimon said, a rare smile creeping across his cold face.
The cloaked figure, undeniably strong in his own right, felt a shiver run down his spine as the mere notion of the existence of a Chaos Spawn Queen sent chills through him, given his know-how of her infamous history.
Yet, it was the rare sight of a smile spreading across his king's face that truly unnerved him, an emotion he had witnessed fewer times than he had fingers on one hand.
"Let one of the Chaos Generals go free, and make sure the Essence Conduit crystal is embedded into him, and then keep watch over him, and hopefully, he will lead us to something interesting," Ahrimon said, and the cloaked figure bowed his head before disappearing from the chamber like a ghost slipping out of reality.
