Chapter 539 A tricky event (part 2)

Chapter 539 A tricky event (part 2)

A couple of seconds later Daimon found himself in a zero illuminated dimensional tunnel, floating comfortably, the distance between the royal castle and the northeast part of the city wasn't that big, so Daimon was a bit confused about why Rita didn't instantly take him to his destination.

The undead head maid slowly emerged from within Daimon's shadow, which was surprisingly visible even within this dark space, with an apologetic expression on her pretty face to then say.

"Sorry, this happened because my skills are lacking, there are too many detection arrays and deviations on the space that surrounds our destination so I had to move through a large amount of virtually non-existent breaches, we'll be arriving in five minutes, I'm willing to accept any punishment from the young mast...", before she could finish her sentence, Rita heard Daimon saying.

"What are you saying, if even Rita has trouble to not get detected that can only mean that where we are going has something that the White ancestor doesn't want others to see or know about, I'll grant you a reward later for this discovery".

Rita's eyes sparkled as she brightly smiled.

"Thanks Daimon!", she said before diving into Daimon's shadows once again while happily humming, which made Daimon chuckle at the fact that a second ago she seemed as if she was about to cry.

'For an undead who is supposed to be insensible, she is quite a worrywart, especially since for the first time my instincts told me that if I was careless when using blink, I might have been detected...', thought Daimon.

The level of spatial arrays in Neptune is way lower than that of the four galaxies to begin with, not to mention that Daimon's spatial skills have yet to be detected or negated by anything so far, that being said there has been one time where the range of teleportation was reduced, and that was... at the tunnel that led to Dima's den.

Of course, that doesn't mean that if he tried to sneak in, he was going to be discovered, but if he wasn't careful, there was a chance of "something" different being detected by the formations, and that will be a pain in the ass.

Such was the usefulness of Rita's shadow portals, she found a way to infiltrate that was flawless though she had to take some time, such an achievement was worth a reward in Daimon's eyes.

'Well, that snake woman could probably do the same for you, but she would have pierced through the restrictions instead of evading them, so this maid of yours certainly obtained one of the best abilities to be of help for you as long as you keep her by your side at all times of course~', jokingly said Evangeline.

Daimon inwardly chuckled but then returned to reality as he saw the dimensional tunnel ending, the White ancestor wasn't at where they will be appearing, since earlier Rita confirmed that the old monster was staying in the underground quarters of the royal castle, naturally Rita shared her senses to directly show it to Daimon.

In fact, according to the recognition that Rita has done beforehand, there were no signs of living beings at where they will be appearing, but that only makes it more dangerous.

Daimon's invisible figure thanks to the bracelet and the hollow suit, emerged from the shadows at a corner of a room, and he naturally first observed his surroundings to decide which course of action he should take.

The White ancestor might have been inactive during the past years, but he didn't completely disappear, Annete told Daimon that he participated through a communication device as a voice only, a couple of times in the past, not to mention he even congratulated the crown prince before, also Triten and Tideus were allowed to go and see him at his private chambers bellow the castle where he supposedly lives.

But, the place at which Daimon just appeared, has a certain peculiarity, Daimon's sclerae turned pitch black, a sign that Rita he was using Rita's senses to inspect his surroundings, after a couple of seconds he couldn't help but smirk.

'Uwah, you really need to correct that bad habit of yours, for a hero of "love" like you, your smile looks too evil', said Evangeline, which made Narasha giggle. Updated from n0velb(i)n.c(o)/m

'Mm, Daimon's smile does really make him look like the bad guy', she said.

Daimon cleared his throat, he couldn't help it, since he seemed to hit the jackpot this time.

'This place is right below the territory where the royals live, so as expected, above of us there are countless of different energy firms, including the one of the king, as a proof that he frequently visits those who live there, but in comparison here... there is only one', he thought.

Back at the royal castle, at the private chambers that were where the White ancestor supposedly lived, Daimon could detect three energy firms, the king, the captain of the royal guard and the one form the White ancestor.

Which meant that the White ancestor only met those two there, in other words Daimon found his secret stash, as no one else knew about this until now.

"Let's see, the area where the residual presence of that old man is most noticeable is...", mumbled Daimon as he traced this underground complex, which consisted in three floors, one dedicated for training, one for living and the other one was a massive office, surprisingly there was no treasury here, but Daimon already expected that, that cunning old man probably kept all his riches in his storage ring all the time.

Of course, a ring with that capacity would be astronomically expensive in Neptune, but the White ancestor has had access to the resources of the royal family for quite a few generations, since the position of queen has belonged to the wife of the king until the appearance of Annete.

Having found his target, Daimon calmly walked out of the room where appeared, which was a place to store food and another miscellaneous things, he didn't use blink because very much to his surprise there were so many traps and arrays that a little mistake might trigger an alarm.

Naturally the door that was at the other side of the room led to the kitchen, which again was filled to the brim with arrays so after making sure there was nothing worth the hassle, he continued his way, this was the living floor, besides the kitchen there was a living room, a large bath and a luxurious bedroom, as expected Daimon didn't find anything, so he just descended to the second floor which was the training area.

Unfortunately, there were no materials or resources to rob, so Daimon couldn't enjoy the classic looting, but not everything was a waste, because with his infinity eyes Daimon caught a glimpse of something interesting, the remaining laws that lingered in this place showed him a bit about the affinity of the White ancestor, which just like Terry or Triten, it was water.

But it wasn't regular water, at the very least Daimon couldn't precisely identify what was the property of the laws, but he was sure that it wasn't normal water, another important thing is that he didn't feel a trace of nether here, so the probability of that old man being the scheming guy hit basically zero.

"Yes and no, I ultimately choose the best thing that was stored there, by the way there was some dust so I want to wash my hands", casually said Daimon, making Vincent laugh.

"I see, okay I'll show the way to the bathroom, don't take too long, the event is about to start after all".

Daimon nodded and then they remained silent as they returned to the area assigned for the royal ball, which was basically the whole event halls on the first two floors of the castle as well as the front yard and even the living room which was re accommodated to have places for the guests to sit.

"I'll go meet those old friends, don't leave those little girls alone for too long, I can see a lot of people interested in "talking" to them", said Vincent as he left for the second floor, only to hear Daimon saying.

"It's going to be interesting once "I" join them in a moment, rest assured", after saying that, Daimon walked towards the bathroom, as one would expect the temporary changes made it so there were many private cabins available within the same space.

Daimon casually chose one and then closed the door behind of him, to then stand at the right side of the cabin.

A black portal appeared at the other wall from which a black robed figure emerged; Daimon softly laughed as he said.

"It would be interesting to see what will happen if I were to raise my voice, don't you agree, darling~".

The black robed figure cleared his throat to then remove the robe to reveal his real appearance, a masked silver haired youth.

"Luckily I choose you to impersonate me, because I'm pretty sure if Erin was here, she would have done it just for fun", said Daimon, the other "Daimon" then changed to look like the disguised appearance that Aisha was using in public ever since they arrived at Neptune, just like the Risha sisters did too.

Aisha then changed once again to a random young man appearance, to then leave the cabin first, she had to meet another person but at the girl's bathroom this time.

Daimon waited exactly five minutes before leaving the cabin too, the moment he left the bathroom, he was welcomed with a couple of lovely girls coming out from the girl's one.

"What a rude dance partner, waiting for us at such place, don't you agree Reyne?", said Aisha to which Reyne softly laughed.

"Mm, sister Aisha is right, on the other hand, it looks like he perfectly timed everything to come out at the same as us, so we should appreciate the gesture".

Daimon chuckled before saying.

"It's good to see that you two are now in friendly terms, let's go meet the others, the dance is about to start".

"Mm~", those two nodded and then followed Daimon to the living area of the first floor where all the members of the young generation had gathered, there were large tables with countless different dishes and of course groups had formed everywhere to wait for the event to start, in the meantime they drank, ate, chatted and tried to form connections with others.

Among those countless groups there were some that caught more attention than others, for example the one in which the princes were, one actually formed by young pirates, one from the neo nobles and all the high ranked nobles, but the one that the most attention was one formed exclusively by girls.

"Oi Lance, since when do you meddle in other people's business?", a slightly angered voice could be heard coming near that last group formed entirely by beauties.

"Since you became pathetic enough to try and cause problems after being rejected, in other words a long time ago", a second voice much calmer but also firmer answered the second one.

Ezequiel gritted his teeth, he just came to say hi to Mellie as it has been a while since he saw her, and also invited her to have a dance with him, but was turned down on the spot, no hesitation, no explanation, no face, so he of course asked her why and then Lance who was eating with his "musclehead" subordinates, stepped in.

"What's your problem, I'm not the only one that is going to come, are perhaps going to get in everyone's way when we are just trying to be friendly with those young ladies?", he asked, which made all the guys that were targeting Mellie and the others turn to see them.

"Of course not, I'm going to be the one to get in their way", a sudden voice got the attention of all the members of the young generation present in the room, the princes who stayed aside, despite Daphne being in that group too, included.

Naturally the one who just spoke was none other than Daimon, who casually met the gazes of all those guys with a smirk as he added.

"I heard that 1v1 duels not only are common in the Mermen Sea's culture in events, but they even encouraged, if you have something to say, now it's the time".

A sepulchral silence fell on the room, followed by clenched hands and gritted teeth, the humiliation of an "outsider" becoming the champion was still fresh on the minds of all those young nobles from high ranked families, unfortunately they also knew that speaking right now would only end in them being disgraced in front of the one their parents and elders told them to try and impress, the strongest person in the Mermen Sea, who rarely appeared, the White ancestor.

"What a shame under other circumstances I would have asked for a rematch, but the general will kick my ass if I cause troubles this time", jokingly said Lance as he nodded at Daimon.

Daimon nodded back at him and then approached the girls, just to see the crown prince as well as the twin princes, Walford and Ezequiel, also come towards him.

"What, do you want a refresh of what happened the last time, unless you become early-stage high mortal ranked beings, you aren't even a threat to me?", said Daimon at Terry whose eyes were bloodshot, he basically told them that to be his opponents they have to be a whole major rank above him, since he is simulating to be an early stage Lord rank, which is not a lie though, most people below the Arch ranks will find it hard to endure a few exchanges with Daimon.