Chapter 114: Darkstar

Chapter 114: Darkstar

~" Amella hummed herself a song while sitting on the railing, her legs dangling over the edge of the ship.

Adam stood behind her, watching the waves crash against the hull.

The other people onboard were doing their own things, but they sometimes turned their heads in their direction, wondering what they were talking about.

Lucette was talking with Digby and Valora, not happy about Amella's presence.

After all, the Blind Sea was a large open sea, and she didn't believe Amella found them by mere coincidence.

"It's about to rain." Amella said and put umbrella over her head. "You may join me, Adam, under the umbrella."

Adam nodded and carefully sat on the railing, his hands clasped tightly around the metal bars.

Their shoulders touched as they huddled underneath the umbrella.

Amella closed her eyes with a smile on her rosy lips.

Rumble~

The sky rumbled, and then dark clouds began to pour rain, just like Amella predicted.

It started with a soft drizzle but soon turned into a heavy downpour.

Everyone on the deck rushed indoors, except the two who were sitting under the umbrella.

"Mm, I like rain." Amella said, and she put her hand out to feel the raindrops on her skin. "I feel like it's cleansing my soul."

"I prefer to stay dry." Adam said and caught some of the raindrops. "I do like water, but I don't like getting wet."

Amella smiled and turned to look at him with her pinkish eyes. Adam also turned his head toward her. Their eyes locked. Neither of them moved an inch.

"Your eyes tell me that you know who I am." Amella said. "However, I don't recall meeting you."

"Amella Darkstar," Adam said. "Guild master of the Shattered Shields."

"You're knowledgeable." Amella giggled. "You know more about me than I know about you, Adam-"

"What do you wish to know?" Adam asked.

"Where your loyalty lies." Amella said with a smile. "You know, my mother is Aria Darkstar, guild master of Darkstar, one of the Seven Ancient Guilds."

"I am aware." Adam nodded.

"You seem to be aware that our meeting here was no coincidence." Amella smiled with an intrigued expression.

"A while back, I felt a tickling sensation on my neck." Adam touched the back of his neck. "It was your Kiryoku, I assumed."

"Interesting..." Amella kicked her legs back and forth playfully. "Good senses."

"Did your mother send you here?" Adam asked.

"Yup." Amella nodded. "I have to listen to her orders or she'll marry me off to the King like she did with my sisters~"

"Yeah, I heard about that." Adam said with a sympathetic smile. "Your mother sent ten of her daughters to marry the King, so that they would have his son one day, with the blood of the world's greatest genius."

"Yep, I was supposed to also get married to him, but I ran away because I didn't want to be a part of that plan~"

"You grew powerful enough to make your own guild to avoid the marriage, but she is still ruling over you."

"What did you do to him, you monster?!" Digby screamed.

While he was dining inside, he felt Adam's aura grow weaker and almost vanish completely.

He knew something had happened.

"No..." Lucette walked indoors with rain mixing with her tears. "I knew it. She must've killed

him! I can't sense his aura anywhere!"

"Fucking Monstrym whore!" Valora screamed and drew her sword.

Every member of Crimson Hounds surrounded Amella from every direction, their faces red with rage. This happened on their home turf, basically.

This was one of the biggest humiliations of their lives, with a crimson cloak on their backs.

They finally acquired a monster with a limitless amount of talent that could bring their guild to the top, and now he died during their watch.

"Why..." Digby asked while staring at the pink-skinned woman. "Do you think this will be left unpunished? The King himself wanted him there, and you slayed him! Do you think your guild will survive this?!"

"I had to make a choice." Amella said and using the umbrella, she started floating up. "I did not want this. If you want to blame someone, blame my mother."

"Lucette, don't let her escape!" Valora screamed.

"I won't!"

In Lucette's hand, a wand made out of blackwood appeared. Its tip was already glowing.

"Prison of Martyrs!"

A prison made out of black energy bars started to appear all around Amella. It only took a split second to appear, and they started to close in on her.

However, before it could finish closing in, Amella flew out of the trapment from the small

opening that hadn't closed in yet.

The prison finished closing in, but there was no one inside.

It took less than a second for the prison to finish materializing, but that was too long, as

Amella immediately reacted.

'No wonder why I couldn't sense her aura before.' Digby's eyes shrunk. 'Her Kiryoku has

reached level four!'

Amella swung her umbrella in a wide arc and created a wave of water with length of thirty

meters that loomed over the ship like a giant shadow.

Digby swung his sword and cut straight through the wave. The wave exploded into thousands

of tiny droplets, drenching everyone on deck.

"..." Amella watched as her attack failed.

She was entirely drenched by the rain, her hair sopping wet and sticking to her face in clumps.

It made it hard to see her facial expression or whether she was sad or not.

"Mother..."