Chapter 14: Return

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Prince Varog and Princess Reva fell beside Alu with pale expressions as their powers were sealed.

However, no matter how bad their circumstances were, not a single person from the Sacred Wind Kingdom dared to make a move.

With Prince Varog and Princess Reva's current state, Alu can kill them with just a thought. Even if there were Nirvana stage experts, they still wouldn't be able to do anything.

Alu's spiritual energy that entered Prince Varog and Princess Reva's body could easily detonate their bodies.

Prince Varog didn't say anything, but Princess Reva looked at Roux with an angry expression. "Roux how dare you do this." She gritted her teeth.

"What does he offer?" She then asked.

Before Roux spoke, Alu had already spoken to answer Princess Reva's question.

"I'm only offering you." Said Alu in a relaxed tone.

"As long as Roux helps me catch you, I promise to help him own you completely."

Princess Reva's eyes widened when she heard Alu's words.

Actually Princess Reva herself had long been aware of Roux's feelings, but she just didn't take Roux's feelings seriously. After all, whether it was status or strength, Roux was below her.

Princess Reva never thought that the quiet looking Roux would take such action just to get her.

Compared to Princess Reva, the change in Prince Varog's expression was far more exaggerated.

He could act calm when the enemy caught him, but he couldn't keep calm when he heard that his fiancé would be given to another man.

"You dare." Prince Varog who was currently kneeling almost jumped when he heard what Alu said.

Seeing his overreaction, Alu sneered.

"I didn't expect your reaction will be like that. But since it is like this, I will tell you one thing. According to my observations of Princess Reva when she is not with you, I'm sure she does not really love you." Said Alu.

"Nonsense." This time, Princess Reva was the first to react.

Even though she didn't really love Prince Varog, she didn't want others to know about it. After all, tricking a Crown Prince of a Great Kingdom was not a trivial matter.

Alu didn't give Princess Reva a chance to speak.

Before Prince Varog reacted too, Alu used his spiritual energy to knock them unconscious.

As the saying goes: a cornered dog can still bite.

Alu did not want the two people to choose to ignore their own safety and act unreasonably to thwart his plan.

"Well, now is the time for us to leave this place." Alu said while dragging the two people.

The words of the two spirits earlier clearly proved that this place was made by them. Although there might have been a lake of pure energy here in the past, it was clearly being used by them.

Alu then looked at the warriors surrounding him.

"All of you go out first and tell your king; if he wants his son alive, withdraw your troops from this place." Alu shouted, making the warriors confused about what to do.

"Do you want him dead now." Alu shouted once again when he saw the warriors had not moved.

With the threat of their Prince's death, they finally move to follow Alu's words. After all, the status of a True Spiritual stage warrior like them was too low. They couldn't bear the consequences if the Crown Prince of the Kingdom died with them.

After they left, Alu followed behind them.

No worries showed on Alu's face. Since his father wanted to use Prince Varog to threaten the Holy Wind Kingdom, it meant that Prince Varog's existence was indeed very important to that kingdom. Zaden would not have given his son a dangerous mission if there was no guarantee his son would be able to leave safely.

Behind Alu, Roux followed with his head bowed. He still seemed unable to fully accept what he had done.

"You still seem to feel guilty. But as I said before, Princess Reva doesn't really love Prince Varog. If you try, you might still be able to get her love. Even if not, with Princess Reva's personality, if she has no other choice, she might still not mind having a relationship with you as long as you don't limit her freedom." Alu said as he glanced back.

"Here, you take her." Alu then threw Princess Reva's body which he was dragging towards Roux.

Of course, Roux won't let the woman he loves fall to the ground. He immediately caught the body of Princess Reva which was thrown at him.

Even though Roux seemed to have hesitated before, when he saw Princess Reva's body he was carrying, he still couldn't hide the green light from his eyes.

"Humph." Alu sneered when he saw that.

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Some time later, they finally arrived outside the cave tunnel.

The warriors and young nobles of the Sacred Wind Kingdom immediately walked out of the cave after they got there while Alu and Roux waited there.

From within the cave, Alu could feel some tremors not long after the Sacred Wind Kingdom warriors left. Obviously it happened because of the anger of a Nirvana stage expert. The kidnapping of the crown prince of the Kingdom would put any kingdom to shame.

But even though they were furious, not a single Nirvana stage expert had appeared outside the cave.

Now ALU only needed to wait for the arrival of the expert from the Phoenix Kingdom.

Of course, since the beginning of Alu's arrival at this place, there must have been several Phoenix Kingdom experts following him. But since before this mission had only been considered an ordinary mission, the experts following Alu weren't too strong either. Now, with so many Sacred Wind Kingdom experts gathered in that place, those experts obviously didn't dare to make a move on their own. They could only wait for strong experts to come to negotiate.

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Just moments later, the news about the Crown Prince being kidnapped spread.

The Phoenix Kingdom who knew that immediately entered into negotiations. The Phoenix Kingdom only asked the Sacred Wind Kingdom to withdraw from the Blue Spiritual Kingdom.

Even though it was a bit embarrassing for not being able to protect their allies, their crown prince's life was still far more important than their allied kingdom.

So, after asking for the assurance of their crown prince's safety, the experts they sent to protect Blue Spiritual Kingdom immediately retreated back to Sacred Wind Kingdom.

Without the Sacred Wind Kingdom's protection, it wouldn't be difficult for the Phoenix Kingdom to conquer the Blue Spiritual Kingdom. They only needed to send a few experts to capture the king of the Blue Spiritual Kingdom and force him to surrender.

...

Only some time later. The expert from the phoenix kingdom finally came to the cave where Alu was. The Sacred Wind Kingdom expert also came with them.

It surprised Alu a little because the expert who came was actually the spy leader spying on Blue Spiritual Kingdom, Vita. She currently came with several female warriors.

"Your Highness, you are indeed great." Vita complimented him with a sincere smile as Alu came out of the cave.

Vita also immediately jumped beside Alu to protect Alu from the Sacred Wind Kingdom experts.

"Hurry, give our crown prince back!" Right after Vita arrived beside Alu, the Sacred Wind Kingdom's experts were already speaking in cold tones.

Their eyes looked bulging as they stared at Alu.

"Well, wait till we leave this place. I'll leave your crown prince halfway." Replied Alu.

Alu is not so stupid as to follow their word. If they act crazy later after they secure their crown prince, they can still threaten Alu.

"You." Alu's answer angered them so much that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"I can kill him with just a thought." Alu said once again, causing the experts to immediately close their mouths.

"Let's go." Alu then said to Vita.

"Mn," Vita nodded before taking out a spiritual ship with the Phoenix emblem on its hull.

Alu and the others then boarded the spiritual ship.

As the ship left the valley of the beasts, Varog and Vera who were still unconscious also returned to their senses.

"What shall we do with them, Your Highness?" Vita then asked, glancing at Varog, Reva, and Roux.

"Just follow as promised." Replied Alu.

Alu then glanced at Roux.

"And that boy, I promised to give Princess Reva to him. You can help take care of that later."

After saying that, Alu then walked off to a room on the spiritual ship.

On the outside, the already sober Varog still seemed unable to accept the fact that his fiancé would be given to another man. So, there's a bit of a fuss out there.

And Princess Reva, who knew her position had completely changed, also began to show her true color. She seems to be starting to try to adapt to her new life. Although Roux was somewhat lacking in comparison to Varog, Princess Reva didn't seem to mind having a relationship with him.

Princess Reva is quite an open-minded kind of woman. She probably doesn't really care about the relationship between a man and a woman. As long as the man didn't interfere with her cultivation, she wouldn't try to rebel.

The commotion outside only stopped after Varog was thrown off the spiritual ship.

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Some time later, Alu was already on his way to the capital of the Kingdom of Phoenix by using a spiritual ship belonging to the Phoenix Kingdom. This time he went alone.

As for Roux, and Reva who had lost her status as a princess, Alu left them in the former territory of the Blue Spiritual Kingdom which was now controlled by the Phoenix Kingdom.

As for the fate of their relationship later, Alu no longer cares.

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