326 Chapter 326

Thanks to this, the strength of the members of the death palace soon surpassed that of their friends and rivals, the life palace. In just a year after the bloody civil war, Kira, Kin, and Kuen broke past their limits and stepped into the gold realm, granting the palace of death three more peerless masters on their side, while the Life palace's Fernandos and Agus broke into the gold realm two years after.

A year's worth of cultivation difference!

With this not only did people see the true effects of Derik's aura but this also drove away chased away the rumors that the life and death mage was killed in their search for power. A domain cannot exist without its master, only a realm can. The fact that Derik's domain still exists meant that they were still alive.

"It's getting stronger… Very strong!" Kaido was seated on the bare floor at the underground training chamber where Derik usually stayed.

In there was the passageway to his domain and the three demonic commanders of the palace of death.

"What does that mean?" Kuen was a bit confused. Within these two years, he had grown a mustache, and just like the other cosmic spirits, his cosmic spirit is yet to speak to him.

He wore a red Japanese kimono with a black Katana strapped to his back coupled with his blazing red eyes which gave him an imposing look. Beside him was Kira whose appearance kept getting worse and worse but his strength kept rising at an alarming rate. At this point it was clear, Kira had given up on resisting Derik's aura to preserve his looks. Instead, he chose the path of power and gave up on his physical appearance forever.

His black hair had grown longer, down to his shoulders but they were more like clouds of black smoke instead of actual hair, bending to the direction of the wind easily. Coupled with his extremely pale skin was his eye sockets that lacked eyeballs, instead it was just darkness with a tiny red light glowing fiercely within. He was dressed in his normal sleeveless black mage attire with a red hood draped over his head. His exposed arms revealed numerous blood-red tattoos inscribed on his body and where ever he went, the stench of blood always followed tightly.

"Then he's actually taking the inheritance master Kaido spoke of but for how long? How much more time does the palace master need to complete this transformation and return? The empire needs him" Kin said with a saddened tone.

As usual, he was completely shrouded by clusters of black clouds so no one could actually see his body to know how much he had changed. All they could say about him was that the dark mage was just like a black hole, consuming all forms of light around.

"Soon… It won't take too long now… They are almost done..." with the voice came a powerful wave of death aura which even rivaled Derik's power.

But they weren't necessarily surprised since the existence of the guardian spirits was no longer a myth. As the end of their world drew closer the guardian spirits have been making appearances all over the world lately, especially the death god who has been visiting Kaido more often, making people wonder what kind of relationship they had.

"I see… So what do you suggest we do concerning our current… condition" Kaido didn't seem moved by the news at all.

"At the moment, the death mage and the life mage have completely consumed their inheritance yet they are still in a state of eternal sleep… They need to be woken up… They need a push…" Demos responded indifferently.

"So what do you suggest? We jump into the black whirlpool and beat them till they wake up?" Kaido raised an eyebrow while he asked the question.

At this point, he was extremely frustrated by the situation they were in and no matter how much he would love to deny it, they were outclassed by the other races, especially the orc race. Even though the people of the empire were living a peaceful and stress free life, unaware of the dangers lurking in the shadow, those at the top were very much aware of their current predicament, suffering from exhaustion due to sleepless nights and constant anxiety.

"Don't be stupid little sun guardian knight… if you jump into the black whirlpool, you will be erased from this world permanently… that will be a stupid way to go about it… even for you" Demos yawned as he spoke, infuriating Kaido even further.

"First of all, don't call me little… I'm in my mid-twenties now and by normal age grades in this world, I am an adult… As for jumping into black whirlpool… that was only a joke" Kaido growled but even then Demos didn't seem flustered.

" I know.. I know… anyway, its time for you all to make a move… gather your forces…. Pick an invader race and attack…. I suggest you wipe out the beastmen of the south first…. They are Formidable fighters and quite troublesome… the other invaders won't be offended if these people are wiped out… So you don't have to worry about others interfering" Demos chuckled.