Chapter 1685 - Halted?
Davis blinked at Princess Iesha as his mind wandered.
He then shook his head and turned to look at the incoming party of spirits.
"Entourage from the Seeker Spirit Empire, what do you want?"
Princess Iesha also turned to look at them and asked, standing in front of Davis.
"You are our Empire’s bride-"
"Sure, arrow-mark spirit." Davis grinned with a cold light gleaming in his eyes, "Take her away, and I’ll visit your empire to make a real disaster out of it."
The black-robed Seeker Spirit shook, but he clenched his teeth and spoke again to Iesha.
"You were our Empire’s bride, and I would like to make it clear that it is no longer the case."
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"Oh, that’s smart of you."
Davis smirked while the Seeker Spirit wryly smiled with a bit of trepidation in his heart. While knowing that this person wasn’t a part of the Renegade Human Shelter due to his powerful nature that exceeded the hegemons, he still didn’t want to offend him by asking his origin, although he was still badly interested to know how this human managed to pop out of nowhere.
"Thank you."
On the other hand, Iesha heaved a sigh of relief. With this, she wouldn’t be leaving with a bad name, hopefully. The black-robed Seeker Spirit also nodded, but he appeared to be reluctant.
"But a deal is a deal. Your imperial father took you back from us and lost you to this powerful human who defeated him. Your imperial father should still give us another chaste bride as he gave his word to us before. Otherwise, it is akin to offending our Seeker Spirit Empire with false promises."
Iesha blinked before she clasped her hand.
"I’m no longer a princess as I said that I’m going to follow this human who protected me. I don’t belong to this Frigid World Spirit Empire anymore. If you want to have a word about this matter, then have it with my father, not me."
The black-robed Seeker Spirit possessed a complex expression on his face as he looked in another direction.
His face looked like that he would want to have it but looking at the Frigid World Spirit Emperor, who was utterly defeated and currently recovering, he mused he was extremely angered after having his pride broken. If he went and spoke about this matter at this moment, it would be extremely dangerous as there was no telling what would happen.
"I understand."
He spoke and left with the entourage to find someone else to bother.
Meanwhile, Davis looked at Iesha in a complex manner as he heard her words.
’No longer a princess of the Frigid World Spirit Empire, huh...’
Davis inwardly nodded to her determination before he began to rise.
"Let’s go."
Iesha nodded, and Pia also straightened her back. They both followed Davis as they rose to the skies. They had already crossed a few kilometers when a resounding voice echoed.
"I’m sorry, princess. It’s all my fault..."
Pia Noel shed tears by the side while Davis felt that the atmosphere was turning more sorrowful. He was about to stop it when Iesha’s voice that was kind, turned sharp.
"Don’t talk to me, Pia. Moreover, I am not a princess anymore, nor am I ready to forgive you for what you did. You better be thankful to Davis that you still have your life..."
Iesha didn’t even turn to look at Pia while the latter shed more tears in silence from hearing that answer.
Davis could only shake his head to their fight that he felt wouldn’t last long because Iesha was still kind. Perhaps, if she had stayed in her Empire, she might’ve even forgiven her father in a few year’s time. However, that made him curious as to why she would choose to follow him, and he had this rising urge within him to use his karmic powers and examine the Karmic Threads to see her emotions towards him.
But that felt so spineless that he didn’t bother with it, especially when he knew that she was reliant on him at the moment.
’I don’t want to take advantage of her... but, does she like me?’
Davis pursed his lips before he shook his head inwardly. His main body was doing his duty as a husband to the wives, but here he was, wondering if another woman, a female spirit liked him.
’I thought I locked my heart...?’
Davis almost released an exasperated sigh at himself.
At this point, they crossed half the distance to the Hades Spawn Abyss Territory. The remaining journey towards it was fraught with silence before they reached the Territory Gate.
When they made past the Territory Gate, no spirits were guarding, which made Davis feel confused because unlike the other side of the Territory Gate, where there seemed to be a steady stream of spirits filling the towns, there was nothing here but darkness.
"What is this place? I can’t see anything past fifty kilometers away from me."
"Woah, you can see at such a long-distance?... I can’t even see past thirteen thousand meters while my father is only able to see until forty-five thousand kilometers. No wonder you overwhelmed my father whose defenses are at the top for his prowess..."
"Well, his ice was extremely hard to shatter, alright."
Davis knew that without death energy, such an easy victory wouldn’t have been possible.
Iesha nodded before she looked at the dark space that was even darker and foggier than Twilight Shade Valley.
"This is the Hades Spawn Abyss. Legend has it that there was once a powerful Darkness Elemental that could cross three levels at the Peak-Level Ninth Stage, made this Territory be covered full of its neverending darkness before it ascended to the upper world. The fact that it did not turn into a spirit means that it chose to continue on being a Spirit Attribute Source instead of becoming a spirit."
"Oh?" Davis’s brows raised, "I’m interested in capturing it..."
"Big words... You’re not even an immortal, Davis~" Iesha giggled sweetly.
"Well, I’ll get to that place sometime..." Davis couldn’t help but chuckle, causing Iesha to look intently at him.
"So, are there darkness attributed spirits here?"
"Yes, but they live in settlements and don’t really make an empire or a power of influence, although I don’t recommend disturbing them as they really... really crave silence and darkness."
Iesha emphasized while Davis grinned, feeling like he wanted to disturb them. However, since he was already here for some time, he felt that he had to return home as there were still matters to take care of.
’At this point, it is clear that I’m not going to find any hiding place, but the thing is... there might be some unearthed Immortal Inheritances in these spirit lands.’
Davis wanted to find such powers that he couldn’t help but ask Iesha.
"Iesha, do you know anything about Immortal Inheritances?"