Chapter 428 From surprise to surprise.

428 From surprise to surprise.

Time passed until time passed for Alvine.

Seeing that Alvine didn't show up to leave with Cindy as he had promised, Fy finally noticed this strangeness.

And since Elena was always busy with paperwork with the three generals, she had no choice but to pick up Alvine.

But when she arrived in the basement, her face became colorless when she saw Alvine lying on the floor with his body in the blood pool.

She couldn't know if he was still alive.

Looking next to Alvine, she saw Askald in the same state.

Both were no longer breathing. But the most worrying thing for her was to see that she could not feel the breath of life from both.

But just as her nervousness was going to reach its peak, she saw Alvine, still lying in his pool of blood, coughing the blood.

A black veil then enveloped his body and that of Askald before the two vanished in front of Fy.

Seeing this scene. Fy's eyes darken. 'I knew it! These two maso began their obsessions. I thought it would finally change but nothing has changed!' She slams her tongue with a bubbling rage showing up in her heart.

After an additional ten seconds, Alvine and Askald reappeared in front of her.

"Kuku, this is the first time I have had so much difficulty dealing with someone. No, it's more of a draw."

"...A draw, huh? I was unconscious and almost passed the weapon to the left; it hurts my heart to hear you say these words, my lord." Askald sighs with a dejected air when he hears Alvine's encouraging words.

Alvine's smile fades when she sees Asskald's expression. "If you had not hesitated at the last minute, you would have been able to win this duel.

"Master, you fought without returning to your original form. This duel was therefore lost in advance; as I had predicted. But my failure was not because of my weakness; I'm yet stronger than you, but your experience and strategies exceed mine; hence my defeat." He shrugs his shoulders with an ironic smile.

"However, you are my master who teaches me the... strategies. Am I wrong?" Alvine pats his shoulder with a sneaky smile.

"I have nothing to teach you when you fight alone. I gave you classes to better lead your troops; not when you fight alone." He answers with an ironic smile when he saw that Albine was teasing him.

He then continued with fierce eyes. "I would not hold you back anymore. Since I couldn't win against you, it means that you are not as weak as I thought. But pay attention to this old man's allies. They...-

"Askald, if you tell me everything, how can I be surprised once there?" Alvine cuts short his subordinate before the latter spoils him in the end.

"...Sigh, I'm glad to see you back, my lord." He mutters these words by extending his hand to Alvine.

Alvine looks at his handshake with a sneaky smile. "Heh, it's the same for me, glad to know that you were doing well during my long years of absence." He shakes his hand as if Askald were more his brother than his subordinate.

"Ahem!"

At that moment, the two finally noticed Fy who was five meters from them.

"I know you have a lot to say, But is this a reason to threaten my core with destruction?" She growls these lines at a cold and enraged pace while showing the damage that Alvine and Askald had created during their battles.

Alvine rubs his hair with a guilty smile.

"Askald, I have to leave. Take care of this while I prepare for this mission."

"Huh? With all my respect, I am not the only one who...-

"Give up, Askald, he's no longer there!" Fy mutters with more frustration when she noticed Alvine's clone replacing him without them noticing it.

'Why am I here!? However, I had asked him to let me rest!' The clone mutters in his mind before preparing to teleport.

"One minute!" Fy and Askald ridge him immediately!

He turns around and looks at both with dark eyes. "I warn you, I have nothing to do with the brothels he causes behind him."

"I know, I know. But if I were in your place, I would think twice before speaking in such a hostile tone in front of two people who are stronger than you." Askald whispers these words with a 'friendly' smile on his lips.

Seeing Askald’s menaces, the clone almost turns wild. "...You just threatened me or am I dea...-

"My subordinate." He interrupts the clone before he finishes his sentence. "Apart from my lord, I have the highest authority than anyone on this planet. But you have no title or rank; you are strong, but just enough to defeat my generals. You think you are powerful enough to force us to obey you, hm~?" Askald continues with his threats that he formulated with the utmost politeness.

The clone looks at Fy who cracks her joints; an act that testified that she was ready to help Askald if the clone doesn't help them repair the damage to his original. n0VeluSb.c0M

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While Alvine's clone suffered the consequences of his actions and was forced to do the "cleaning" in his place, Alvine himself had already landed in his apartments.

'Even if I can get rid of all the dirt with my magic, I always want to take a bath. This practice has taken root in my daily life without me realizing it.' He buzzes in his mind before heading to the Spa, which was on the second level.

But when he arrived at the Spa, he was momentarily dizzy when he noticed Lilliana in his bath. 'It's true that in addition to Sabrina and Sylvia, she also has access to these saunas.' His surprise was only short-lived before he calmed down.

Feeling his presence, Lilliana opens her eyes and looks at Alvine. But she immediately closes her eyes. "I thought I was sensing a presence but it turns out to be something else." She pronounced in a sarcastic voice loud enough for Alvine to hear her.

"..."

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'...She is still angry with me because of the intensive training she followed under Fy's supervision.' 'Uh! I'm starting to worry about the image she has of me in her mind."

"..."

'...She is still angry with me because of the intensive training she followed under Fy's supervision.' Alvine naturally knew the reason for Lilliana's coldness.

But before Alvine advances,

"This pool is full; you have to find another one." She said without opening her eyes.

"Is the saunas full?" Alvine could not help but repeat Lilliana's question by seeing her alone in a hot water basin that will be able to accommodate fifty people without problem.

He ignores her words and walks towards her.

Before he reaches him, his clothes turned into a shadow before disappearing as if they were only an illusion.

Seeing that he didn't intend to listen to her, Lilliana sighs with an exhausted air. "Are you going to leave today?" She changes the subject.

"Yes, I have to go there to handle some paperwork; nothing dangerous." He nods before going down into the pelvis, and sits behind Lilliana, hugging her.

"...Except that when you say that, I can already guess that it will be the opposite." She mutters in a sober voice.

"..."

"I can't ask you or prevent you from making this trip. But you must at least ensure your own safety first." She continues by seeing Alvine silent.

"Don't worry, I'm not so easy to...-

"But you're not immortal, am I wrong?" She halts Alvine before he finishes his sentence.

Feeling her body become stiff, Alvine sighs soberly. "Don't worry, I may be weak, but few can stop me when I try to flee."

"...tsk, you're still trying to divert the subject in your favor. But did you think for a second what will happen when you die?" She pronounces these words in a rock voice while looking into her eyes.

"...You will bring me bad luck when talking about this...

"I'm serious!" Lilliana shrieks.

"These people who are linked to you will disappear. The people who followed you and who are in the city that Shadow had moved on this planet will also be condemned. I'm not just talking about vampires, but all those who are here! Moreover, I don't even dare to imagine how I...! Sigh, there's Sabrina and the others too. Do you think that...-

"Don't think about it anymore. Take my word for it, when I say that my death is not about to arrive, I didn't say that to reassure you."

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"Why is he so long!? It's almost time though!" Cindy was going around in circles in her room while taking a few glances at her door.

After a few more minutes,

-Toc! Toc! To...

She instantly opened the door before the third blow sounded.

She frowns when she sees Heepha standing behind her door.

"My lord invites me to escort you to the throne room." She says with distant eyes.

Cindy frowns. 'Wasn't this guy in the semi-supreme rank? Why is she now in supreme rank? Tsk, I don't understand anything in this place anymore.' She mutters under her tongue while following Heepha.

Contrary to what she imagined, the girl, who escorted her, was not the person she had met; Heepha Beta, a resident of the second dimension.

As their nicknames indicate, the older a dimension, the stronger its residents were.

Being the first dimension created by Isolet, the Alpha Squad was the strongest of all.

The Beta Squad is slightly stronger than Alvine's real shadow soldiers.

Gamma: equivalent strength with their originals.

Delta: blessed with 90% shadow soldiers’ strength.

Epsilon: 50% less strong than Alvine's shadow soldiers. This factor and this imbalance of force between the shadow soldiers was due to two factors.

Seniority from dimensions and because Alvine's subordinates had spent almost all of their time hibernating during Alvine's absence.

Heepha Beta escorted Cindy to the throne room where Alvine and some subordinates were.

As soon as she entered the room, Cindy had disbelieving eyes when she saw five other Heepha standing at the corner of the room.

The hardest for her was to see other doubles whose power of each individual was not to be taken lightly.

"As promised, I would respond to your lady's invitation." Alvine's voice echoed in the throne room.

His authoritative voice forced Cindy to focus on him.

But seeing Alvine, her expression became even more stupid. 'He's stronger than when we first met. These people are aberrations or something?' She couldn't help muttering in her mind while taking a quick look at the eight monarchs behind Alvine.

Six Fys, Askald and Elena.

Seeing Elena, her heart froze. 'Ah, lady Azalea, I hope you know the consequences of your actions. Only five-tenths of this girl's aura could be measured when she was sealed!' She immediately looked away from Elena when she felt the latter's burning gaze on her.

'It's impossible that this guy, who does not even have three-tenths of this butler's aura, is his master.' She was talking about Askald who always wore his butler costume with his white gloves.

Alvine gets off the throne and goes down the steps of the stairs before standing one meter from Cindy.

"You said I was entitled to two escorts?"

"Y-yes. This is to prevent a war from breaking out during the meeting." She says with cold sweat on her forehead.

"...Very good; in this case...

Alvine turns to the others, determined to reveal the two elected officials he would finally bring with him.

'Who will he choose? There is an 80% chance that he will choose one of his monarchs or...

Before Cindy finishes her hypotheses, Alvine's voice sounds in the throne room.

"Sylvia and Linn; you will be my escorts during this trip." He said, looking at the two former Punishers standing in Sabrina's group.

Seeing the incredulous eyes of others towards the small group of ten weakest people in the room (Randolph, Serena, Ferda, Xelor, Helios, Assiaphir, Sabrina, Henia, Linnaella, and Sylvia), Cindy frowns, curious to know the identity of the two people who will have to accompany Alvine.

But when she saw two girls of intermediate transcendent rank, her heart oozed in her chest. 'He's joking, isn't he? He really intends to go so far just to insult the other guests!?' She couldn't help thinking about the problems that will occur when they reach the place.