'System, remove restrictions; there has been a slight change in plans.'
Leaving that place, Ryuk moved towards the opposite direction of Elysium, where the Dungeon holding criminals was located.
The architecture of the Selvius Kingdom's Royal Palace was designed in a way that the main palace was attached to the two palace's, belonging to the prince and princess.
Main palace was situated on the north side of the vast land.
On the east side, where the princess's palace stood, just a mile away was «Moonlight Elysium», a mansion even more beautiful than the main palace itself.
In front of Elysium, at the same distance from the main palace, existed the Dungeon for Criminals—an architecture designed to present a contrast between a criminal place (the dungeon) and an elegant place (Elysium), both positioned opposite each other, personally made by Alisia Von Selvius.
'System, how many points are needed to purchase an Energy Stabilizer?' Ryuk inquired about the item he had seen in the system's Shop, after it reached Level 3.
[ Host, It costs 100 Kill points ]
Ignoring the sound, Ryuk moved towards that place to harvest some points.
It seemed amusing how cheap human life was, a hundred lives for an item, though Ryuk cared little whether they were criminals or not.
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Inside one of the rooms of the Royal Palace, a silhouette seemed to be watching the entire event that had just unfolded, a smile gracing the figure's lips.
Slowly, Alisia made her way towards her table, already satisfied with Ryuk consuming the Mana Repellent.
Though she would have never tried something like this herself, right now the North was the most unsafe place.
After some time, a sudden sound from far away reached her ears.
Due to her enhanced senses, the vividness caused her eyes to narrow.
'Is he angry?' Alisia, sitting at her desk, heard screams of people filled with agony, evidence of the pain falling upon them, the direction being the Dungeon where Ryuk had just gone.
Even with the cruelty that was visible to her, she remained silent, thinking about the similarity her son shared with her.
It might seem confusing, but Alisia too vented her anger this way, which was also the reason for her to create a whole place for this particular work just a mile away from the palace.
'Princes....'
Suddenly, a sound reverberated in her mind, causing her eyes to narrow before concentrating on the voice.
""Princess , It will be harder for me to stop this guy any longer""
tap
Her fingers tapped on the table, feeling slightly frustrated due to the stubbornness of someone who was still hell-bent on coming to this place.
'Uncle Wang, tell him, if he enters Heindal, I will kill her daughter.'
A cold glint passed through her eyes; her priorities were set. The only thing that mattered to her was Ryuk.
Silence followed.
Patiently waiting for Wang's answer, who was interrupted by someone in the middle even before he could return to his continent years ago, now things seemed to become difficult.
'Your husband is testing my patience, Laila,' Alisia gritted her teeth, while clenching her hands, before turning towards the direction where she could see Ryuk.
'He will be busy for a while' Not getting a reply from Wang forced her to leave this place to deal with an ongoing problem, which she had somehow postponed for a whole six years.
SWOOSH
An intense aura surged from her, the orange hue becoming more vivid in her amber eyes before her figure shot out of the room's window.
After all, both were in urgency. She couldn't stay here now, nor help Wang in that state.
Wang had been with her from very early on, but in the end, her son was of utmost importance right now.
"Fine, but I want to meet my daughter once," Ronen's anger had not subsided, but not reaching any decision would only harm them. He could only back down and reach a decision now.
Adanyl and Yui were safe, and his wife was also fine. Everything had not been destroyed to the point of being irreparable. While observing her facial expression, Ronen remained on edge.
"Heh, you take me for a fool, Ronen." A glint passed through Alisia's eyes, already seeing through Ronen's hidden intentions.
Alisia was not stupid enough to offend the head of the Tenebri family, and now that she had already come too far, making Adanyl reach her father would be her biggest mistake.
Every Awakening of Bloodline caused a resonance with the strongest of its kind, and obviously, the strongest Tenebrial Bloodline holder was the head of that family.
Alisia knew at first glance that Ronen's aim was to stimulate Adanyl's bloodline and cause Ardoros Continent to make a move.
Without Devereaux family's support, it would be impossible to stand against those people.
Of course, she had already ensured that Adanyl could never awaken her own bloodline by feeding her catalysts to slow the whole process.
It had been six years of Alisia mixing medicines into Adanyl's food.
Several maids around Adanyl were just following Alisia's orders, feeding scheduled medicines in her food—a foolproof plan.
"What are you thinking, Alis—SCHKLT." Before Ronen could say something, a sudden force caused him to turn, but his response was late. Not because he was slow, but the attack was that fast.
"Kughh.....Y-you." His eyes widened seeing Alisia standing in front of him. Even though he could clearly see her at a far distance, everything felt too confusing.
He could clearly sense her.
But it was already too late; he could feel the sword which pierced through his shoulder was drenched in some sort of poison. It was not dangerous for his life, but it was enough to make him unconscious.
Thud
He fell on his knees with the sword piercing his shoulder. Looking down at him, a smile formed on Alisia's face. 'Guess Ryuk's technique was really good.'
Yes, the trick she used was originally Ryuk's, where he projected his energy to create a replica of his body, carrying the same replication.
With battling him for these few years, if Alisia couldn't even figure out this technique, then her title of one of the strongest Flagbearers would be a waste.
"So, you are already dead." Her gaze turned towards Wang, whose eyes were devoid of any vitality, making her sigh.
But time was passing very fast outside.
Meaning, Ronen and Wang were battling only for one year inside this place, but outside, it had passed six years.
A total of two months outside was equal to one year inside.
But now Wang was dead, and slowly the place would crumble down with the man lying on the ground in a paralyzed state.
Turning to leave, her eyes turned towards Ronen, his crimson eyes gazing at her with hatred. She only left a message.
"Ronen, We both are similar when it comes to the matter related to our family"
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"If someone asks, tell them my health is not good." Ryuk entered his room, leaving an order for the maid standing outside his room.
Technically, it should have been his personal maid, Alia, but she was on leave for a few weeks, which was unexpected for a maid holding such a position in the Royal Palace.
Ryuk also didn't care much since right now, it was good that she was not here.
He couldn't keep someone closer at this moment when he needed to fool everyone and leave the palace for some time.
[ DING!!!!! ]