Chapter 414 Second Round.

Chapter 414  Second Round.

As Darka had announced, he returned to the planet of Fy.

The first thing he noticed was that the planet was more agitated than usual.

Since Fy trained everyone, no one had time to pay attention to him. Not to mention paying attention to him, they were desperate to take breaks, but this luxury was like a plebeian who wanted to live in the king's castle.

Luna and Greed had stopped fighting after satisfying their curiosities and excitements.

And since Zakiel and Tifania had still not returned from their missions, he spoke directly to Alvine who was in one of the arenas.

...He was watching two ongoing battles.

Sabrina against Lilliana, and Sylvia against Linn.

The latter were no longer as they were; but had become monsters after reaching transcendence.

Lilliana, inheriting one of the seeds of evolution because of her countless sexual relations with Alvine,

Linn and Sylvia evolved after being resurrected by Alvine who had taken the opportunity to help them transcend the primordial rank.

As for Sabrina, the latter was full of life more than the other three. She was strong, but not enough to defeat her opponent; it was reciprocal for Lilliana too. Linn and Sylvia were also in the same cases as Sabrina and Lilliana; none of them was able to take over the other.

'The person who had had more change is Sylvia. Her powers have become immense, but she's struggling to adapt to her new powers that have completely changed in nature; from lights to darkness.' Alvine murmured, looking at the black spear in Sylvia's hand.

The latter had the same appearance as before when she transformed into her primordial form; with a close exception.

Her halo above her head was as black as that of Elena, the second monarch. Her eyes also tend to turn black when she used a large amount of energy to cast a spell.

Just like the other primordials who transcended in the rank of the same name, they were now able to maintain their primordial forms without it being voracious in energy.

Linn, for her part, managed to blend into space and be safe from any kind of physical attack, as Alvine had done several times; except that instead of using the shadow, she instead used her spatial affinity to compensate for the power she lacked.

Always true to herself, Lilliana was rather content to follow the path she followed from the beginning. But this did not mean that she did not use the donations she had received. She used her new powers to strengthen her hereditary powers (blood control).

Suddenly, Alvine felt Darka appear behind him.

"You did faster than expected." He said without looking away.

On his kneeling, Darka lets his voice ring in the vicinity while trying to report. "My lord, I told myself that it--

"I know, I know what happened on the territory of our little fairy." But Alvine interrupted him.

Following this, he looks at Darka with blank eyes.

"You did a good job, Darka. All the decisions you made during this solo trip were decisions worthy of a team leader." Alvine patted his shoulder and continued to walk on the bleacher with Darka following him closely.

"My lord, I don't deserve so much praise from you. Index had fled....?" He stops halfway through his sentence once again when he sees Alvine stop and sigh sadly

"Sigh, Darka, what did I tell you about the enemies fleeing during a battle?" He asks him, looking straight into his pupils.

Darka's eyes widen as if he had just remembered something more important.

His lips moved slowly as he answered Alvine's question: "...Enemies who flee don't deserve to be treated with more respect than the respect we have for insects."

Alvine nods with a small tiny on his lips. "I see that you still remember despite the thousands of years."

"I would be unable to forget any of your words, my lord. Your words are the wisest."

"Haha, you overestimate me too much, Darka. But it's nice to hear such flattery."

"It wasn't flattery; but--, I apologize for raising my voice." He immediately catches up by realizing this mistake that Alvine didn't even consider a lack of respect.

But he nods and looks at Darka with nostalgic eyes. "I still remember the day you reappeared before me on the planet of the Kelspies when I had not yet recovered my memories.

-But seeing you appear in front of me to protect me while I had my back to the wall against the third elder of King Kelspiens, the first thing I felt was fear. This fear that you create in the hearts of your enemies is not something that an insect as Adonis can resist." He said, tapping Darka's torso with his index finger.

He turned around and continued with nostalgic eyes. "Your intimidating look, your black armor, your giant sword that you dragged with you as you were unable to bear its weight, and your bloodthirsty and proud auras... all these facets have become important and intimidating because it's you.

Never forget one thing, Darka, you are my proud knight. No matter how you fight, no matter what weapons you use, and no matter if you manage to finish your enemies or leave them alive by choice; know one thing, I would respect your choice; you are my knight and the only one with whom I can sell myself as a knight. You will always occupy this position, forever; no matter your choices; Darka!"

Instead of continuing on the same subject, Alvine went straight to the point. Being able to feel what worried Darka, he wasted no time before reassuring him.

Darka's eyes were confused at first, but as he listened to Alvine's little speech, he understood Alvine's goal.

Even if he was not good at showing his emotions, the glow in his eyes was more than enough for Alvine.

But before he says anything, Darka kneels once again. "I should have been careful. I had not foreseen that the enemy would flee. Please punish me, my lord

"Haha, what are you talking about? Get up and stop making this head; it's not okay at all with your build."

But Darka was always obstinate. "I wouldn't have a light conscience until I had...

"Darka, you have nothing to blame yourself for. You exceeded my expectations, believe me. Thanks to you, I now know where Askald is. Thanks to you, I was able to locate the base of one of the members of the order. So tell me, what did you commit as a sin?" Alvine frowns slightly frustrated by Darka.

But the latter had another wave of shock when he heard Alvine's words.

"How!?" His voice was slightly more deafening than usual.

Hearing the question he expected from Darka, Alvine's smile became cruel.

"I'm omnipresent with each of you, just as you are with me. When your target tap your clone’s shoulder, I took advantage on this occasion to send a spy into his shadow.

As for how I was able to find Askald's location, I did the same with the Askald clone that you had captured instead. But a single clone was not enough; come with me."

While giving this order, he vanished off the bleachers of the arena and Darka followed him closely.

Both appeared in the basement.

But instead of being in the arena, they had just appeared in a room similar to the soul purification room that was on the first level.

The place was unknown to Darka since he had never set foot before. But he had an idea of where it was.

The same pillars and black chains of similar jets were in the large hall. But they were harder and full of more powers than anything Darka could believe.

But he could not pay attention to this detail, the most confusing for him was to see the prisoners who were chained on the pillars.

All the Askald clones that had tried to escape were present!

"Free me from these fucking chains! You know what it costs to imprison me!?" Another confusing thing for him was to see Adonis also present!

The latter rebelled and sprinkled all kinds of threats that gave chills to those who listened to them.

But Darka didn't care about him. He looks at Alvine with confused eyes expecting explanations.

Aware of this, Alvine smiles slightly. "I had sent Shadow to capture these people to prevent any leakage of information about you and also to learn more about what our enemies are preparing." He explains briefly.

But seeing Darka sigh, he frowned. "Take this idea out of your head. If this guy had fled, it was because he did not trust his victory, even if he had not given his all. Instead of seeing the situation in black, rather see the good things you have allowed us to accomplish. It is thanks to you that we learned that these bastards use Askald clones to put pressure on others. It is also thanks to you that we were able to capture one of the heads of the order who would provide us with more information."

"...I understand, you are too good to this knight, my lord."

Seeing Darka's eyes become as usual as he pronounced these words, Alvine nods his head.

He then looks into Darka's eyes. "On the other hand, you let out an enemy who could have given some information very sensitive to your power. This error is unworthy of someone of your caliber; so I can't leave you with this failure on your slate." Alvine's tone was cold and his eyes were threatening as he said these words.

Understanding the meanings of Alvine's words, Darka nods. "I understand, I'm waiting for your sentence my lord."

"..." Alvine turns to Adonis with dark eyes.

"Since Zakiel is on a mission, he will not be there to question this man; this is, therefore, yours right. I'm currently busy training in my training room; that's why I left this clone behind to wait for you." He said, pointing to himself.

Darka did not seem to be surprised to learn that he had been talking to a clone from the beginning; as if he had guessed this fact rather. He then asks with confusion."...And my punishment?" He has the same respect in his eyes when he asks.

Alvine's eyes become sneaky when he hears him ask a more abnormal question. "Your punishment? Hah, I like to see you take this task lightly. But be aware that Shadow was not qualified enough to destroy this man's pride and gather information. Fail this mission and you will spend a century in my own training room!"

"Your training room!?" Darka shivers unconsciously when he hears Alvine's statements.

The latter had a sadistic smile when he saw that even his proud knight had trouble staying calm in the face of this.

"Well, you know what you still have to do if you don't want to keep me company in this room." After saying this, Alvine turns his heels and walks towards the exit.

"Oh, one last thing; don't worry about him; even if he manages to defeat you, he won't be able to escape from here." He mysteriously pronounces these words, making Darka even more confused.

But not for long; when he closed the door behind him, Darka understood the meanings of Alvine's words by seeing the pillars disappear; freeing Adonis and his men.

"...I understand. Is that what he meant when he talked about washing my honor?" Darka murmured with a small cruel smile on his lips.

"It's more a reward than a punishment." He retorted by showing his black dagger and stepping before the crowd.

"Let's start the second round, Sir Adonis."