Chapter 385 - 385: Yes, My lord!

With the dark room, in the underground chamber located right under the palace of the dead, a man whose aura kept fluctuating sat there in a cross-legged position. His eyes were the only source of light in the room and even his body was covered in thick black fur.

"Damn it… Transcending into the demigod realm is really strange… My soul is been strengthened and purified by the world energy I have acc.u.mulated so far and yet this thing… It's trying to purge the werewolf side in me since it's a curse" Derik muttered with a pained expression on his face.

The werewolf curse granted to him by Scott Lockwood had saved his lifetime and time again when he was weaker and now, this same curse is trying to kill him here. He could feel the world energy trying to expel it and the werewolf curse resisting. These two sides struggling was greatly damaging Derik's body, weakening him considerably.

at this point, his body was slowly morphing into that of a werewolf, bone-breaking sounds could be heard all over the underground chamber but Derik never cried out in pain even once. He completely focused on the fusion, trying to prevent the inner conflict rip his soul apart.

"I bet Demos didn't think something like this would happen during my breakthrough… I am probably the first being with a supernatural curse transcending to the demigod realm, that's why no one warned me of this earlier…" Derik muttered with a bitter smile on his face which was covered in sweat.

Even when enduring all the pain, the death mage couldn't help but wonder why his soul was rejecting the curse, doesn't this mean a supernatural being cannot break into the demigod realm? But he thought about this for a while and pushed the thought aside. Since there are beast men in the demigod realm, why can't there be werewolves too? Since he hasn't heard of such restrictions, Derik quickly assumed it to be false and pushed the thought aside.

Could this be happening to him because he wasn't born with the ability, making it more of a curse than an innate ability?

That will explain why his soul is desperately trying to remove the curse since it wasn't part of it from the very beginning when it was formed so why change now?

"I guess I just rotten luck" Derik laughed weakly.

"Palace Master, your orders?" Blink's voice suddenly echoed in his head, causing him to look up.

"The beast men are the targets and you know why you are doing this right?" Derik tried very hard to hide the pain in his voice.

"Yes, master" Blink replied.

"As a leader, you cannot save everyone… all you can do is minimize casualties and attain the desired results… People whom you brought alongside you will die in this fight… some will die in gruesome manners while others will die protecting you… you do not have to blame yourself for their death… blame your lacking strength rather and use the pain as a motivation to get stronger….do you understand what I'm trying to say?" Derik said while beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"I understand, Palace master" Blink kept his head low while he responded.

"Good... Good… then it's time for you to lead your people into battle… remember, everything you do now is for the powerless citizens of this empire unable to protect themselves from these invaders… Go now, wipe them! If possible, leave no one alive!" Derik growled!

"Yes, My lord!" Blink roared in response.

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Clovis and the others patiently waited for Blink to finish conversing with Derik via telepathy, a privileged which only the successors of their sect is granted.

The ability to directly contact the palace master, anywhere, anytime.

During that time, he could feel some negative emotions, spreading across the room and all of it resonating from Blake who was standing directly beside Blink with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"My, My, so vicious and impatient…, This is why Derik didn't choose you as his successor and yet you are about to commit another crime… I must warn you, Blake…. If you go through with this, you will never be able to face Derik again… wouldn't it be a waste? Not only will you fail but you will also lose your place as one of Derik's favored ones and a member of this empire" Clovis said with a sly smile on his face making Blake shiver involuntarily.

Judging by his realm, he could easily kill this kid just by flicking his fingers but the problem is, his guards, Agus and Fernandos are gold realm masters and even the undead commanders on his side will still try to stop him if he should try to kill Clovis.

By the way, even though his realm was higher, for some reason, he felt like if he were to battle Clovis here and now with no interference from any outside party. He would still lose! Each time he looked at Clovis, his animal instincts kept screaming danger and that was the reason for his fear.

"What are you trying to say? Are you saying I may betray these people I call family and then what? Where do I run to? Where do I go to? I sincerely don't know what you are talking about" Blake quickly defended himself in front of everyone.

His words may not be as reliable as that of Clovis since they have always known that Blake has always been eyeing the position of the successor for a while now but his reasoning did make sense to all those who heard him.

Even if he should choose to betray the empire and kill Blink, then what?

Where would he run to?

Which invader group would accept him and invite him into their ranks on such short notice.

And what will he gain by killing Blink and losing his identity as a member of the empire?

"You see, I am not saying you may try to betray us… I am saying you will betray us… mere hate cannot produce this much negative emotions… your killing intentions this time is not only directed at Blink but at everyone…" Clovis's eyes lit up with power as he finished that sentence.