The smell of blood assaulted his nose as he looked around and saw all the bodies scattered on the ground. He couldn't believe that something like this would happen within a short amount of time. It was supposed to be a party where he could flaunt his power and his achievements but it became a massacre.
A claw appeared from behind him as it caressed his face with the dragon's body floating like a smoke behind him. "You've survived and now you can leave this place freely," the dragon whispered. His voice was enticing, "Or would like to die by my hands. I will make sure to use you thoroughly."
The owner of the manor had lost his mind as he slowly nodded his head to let the dragon take him. Ignius grinned as he once again transformed into his dragon form and swallowed the man whole. He laughed loudly after he finished with his task. His dragon eyes looked around at the bodies and was disgusted so he used his fire to burn them all.
No bodies were left after the fire disappeared and when he was satisfied, he brought out several dolls from his master. He then tapped one of the doll's foreheads that emitted a purple light after the light touch. After the light appeared on the first doll, purple lines ran down from its forehead down to its feet as it scattered around the whole area.
The purple lines touched the other dolls and they too started to light up. After all the dolls lit up, they started to move and the dragon watched in fascination whenever he saw them starting to come to life. Slowly the dolls started to move around and after a minute, human features started to appear on their faces.
The resemblance to the people who had died just now was uncanny. Even the man, who was the owner of the manor started to appear in one of the dolls. After a few more minutes, they were already talking and having a conversation with each other. Once all the humans who were dead were replaced with the dolls from the master, Ignius casted an illusion magic of the legendary class to hide the destruction of the manor.
After everything was back in place, the dragon then removed the barrier and left the manor like nothing happened. The people who were in the party enjoyed their night before returning to their own manors. Ignius landed on the master's balcony and entered the dark room which was only illuminated by the red glow from the master's eyes.
There were several screens in front of him as he watched his spies enter their houses. He had a grin on his face as he couldn't hide the glee that he was feeling after taking control of several people. Now he would be updated on any move that those houses would try to pull off.
"I am pleased with your work." The master complimented him and the dragon was happy to accept the master's compliment. It was rare for him to be giving a compliment so he would make sure to savor it.
"I am glad that you are pleased, my master." Ignius had his head bowed even though the master was not looking in his direction. His words were already enough.
"Now, we have spies within half of the nobles. I would like you to monitor these families," he pulled up the file he had and pointed at the names that weren't crossed out yet, "I want to have them monitored. Use the remaining dolls you have."
"I understand, master," the dragon answered. "I will make sure to fulfill your wish once again." He then disappeared from the room.
"Ignius is really working hard," Nina commented as she came out from one of the corners in the room. She walked towards where the man was sitting and leaned forward to look at what the master was watching. "They didn't even notice anything amiss from their families that returned, how weak," she mocked.
"That's how they have been. It is a reason why they are called weak. No one would be able to detect the difference unless they are at my level or above me or they are special." The master grinned as he swiped out the screens one-by-one. "Besides, Ignius hasn't done any work so I am sure that he was excited by this task."
"How about me, master? Do you have any work for me?" Nina asked. The lights in the room slowly returned and the master's eyes returned to their usual blackness.
"I have something from you but that won't be today. Let's wait a bit more." Cygnus answered as he stood up and went to the balcony that overlooks the now darkened garden.
"I'll be looking forward to it, master!" Nina became excited as she bid the master goodbye and left the room.
Cygnus looked up at the moon and smiled. There's no more playing because the whole kingdom of Lunaira would eventually fall in his hands. Also, those people would eventually take the bait and would fall into his traps.
At a different world, a group of men stood in a circular formation. They were wearing white robes with the sun and the sword insignia on the backs of their robes. The sun was of gold color while the blade seemed to be glowing silver. Their bodies were coated with a white light as they were chanting unrecognizable words.
A black lightning appeared on the center of their circle formation as a crack slowly formed. The crack grew into the size that could fit a full-grown man. A man emerged from the shadows but unlike the eight people, he was wearing golden armor with a white cape attached to his back. He had two weapons with him, his sword that could cut darkness and his spear that could pierced through anything.
"Is this accurate?" His deep voice asked the priests who had been assisting him ever since they were sent to kill and destroy the 'World Breaker' as they called him.
"Yes, after so many failed attempts we were able to finally find his location." One of the priests answered. They had exhausted so many resources just to find the 'World Breaker's' location and now that they found it, they won't let him go.
"Alright, let us go." The man nodded his head and led the way. He had done this so many times that he became immune to the effects of the dimensional portal.
The priests closely followed behind until they came to the end of the portal and appeared in a forest. They looked around but they found no people around. The man who was their leader did not say a word and started to walk around so that he could get a grasp of where they were. After walking for a while, they still hadn't found any traces of human civilization nearby.
"I'll use locate. There's no use in us wasting so much energy looking for people." He let his mana flow and the blue warm color spread in all directions. Waves of his mana covered kilometers and miles until he finally detected a place.
It was a small village but it was better than nothing. After that he teleported them near the village where they started their search. With their brilliance, they were immediately welcomed inside the village because the people there thought of them as heroes.
That was the first valuable information they got, heroes exist in this world and they could utilize them to destroy the enemy. They were given food and a place to stay as they asked the chief of the village regarding the world. The chief did not hesitate to answer them.
"This is the El Merey Kingdom, the closest kingdom to the kingdom of Lunaira," the chief answered. He then started to explain the situation in the place but the priests and the man were not really interested.
They did not know where the enemy was in that vast world so just like old days, they needed to find him manually and using crude methods. Despite their familiarization of their enemy's habits and movements it would still be difficult for them to locate them. The leader was also sure that the 'World Breaker' already noticed their appearance.
As the leader guessed, Cygnus was alerted of the appearance of a portal. He sighed because he already had a guess on who used the dimensional portal. In his lifetime, there was only one group who could open a gate. The group was called 'Justice of Life'.
They were a group of fanatics who called themselves priests and knights of justice. This group had been going after Cygnus for hundreds of years now and yet they haven't gotten near him even after following him through different worlds. Even though their appearance was a bit early, Cygnus was still satisfied because he would be able to get rid of them too.
