Monarch of Darkness

'The field of Inscription is vast.It ranges from magical weapon inscription to array inscription.A inscription master can draw magical diagrams on weapons or other objects.They can draw magical diagrams only after they gain insight on the related elements'.

Evan read the book with full concentration.Their were not many content inside the book but Evan felt satisfied with the depth of content.He was always interested in the art of inscription but never got a proper starting point.Now this book provided him with some of much needed knowledge.Evan liked it despite the lack of details in it.

After reading the book,Evan closed his eyes.He relaxed his mind and started to concentrate.His conciousness spread out to the surrounding.The familiar multicolored strands appeared in his vision."Elements are the simple manifestation of heaven.To draw magical diagrams,one first have to comprehend the elemental laws with his spirit energy.Awaken your spirit,see the heaven with it",the majestic words ringed inside the mind of Evan.

Evan gradually lost his awareness about the surrounding.He entered into a wonderous state where his mind became one with his soul.Evan never got into such a close contact with his soul.He could feel his body which appeared like a empty shell to him.Inside his body,a fist sized ball was glowing with whitish glow.It was his royal devil soul which was glowing brightly.

His conciousness merged with the soul.It was the first time Evan felt how vast and how powerful his soul was.His conciousness then surged toward outside.He saw the familiar multicoloured starands all around him.He particularly attracted toward strands which were glowing with black colour.He also felt attraction towards strands with blue colour.Beside these two colours,there were also green strands and yellow strands but Evan didn't felt any attraction towards them.

He started to observe the strands.

Infront of him,black and blue strands glow more brightly.Blue strands were like flexible threads, moving around like agile snakes.Black strands were like all devouring beasts, suppressing all other strands around it.

Time passed by like the flowing water.Evan was sitting inside the small room like a unmovable statue.After an uncertain amount of time passed,he opened his eyes slowly.His eyes turned pitch black for a while.Then gradually his eyes regained natural colour.

'Gulu',before Evan could take stock of situation around him,he heard a sound coming from his belly.He took out some dry rations and wolfed down these quickly.He still couldn't satisfy his burning stomach.He walked out of room."Excuse me uncles,Can I get some roasted meat?",Evan requested the guards.Evan was never a child who behave improperly to anyone.

Smile appeared on the face of the middle-aged guards.They had already knew about the identity of Evan as the prince of Thousand swords kingdom.They agreed readily as they had no reason to not comply with the request of Evan.They were also instructed to listen to the requests of Evan by the vice principal.

One of the guard left to fetch roasted meat for Evan.Before he left,Evan handed over a gold coin to him and instructed him to buy some of the good quality roasted meat for all three of them.The guard left happily with the gold coin in his hand.

Evan started a conversation with the another remaining guard.

"Uncle,Can you tell me your name?",Evan asked.

"Prince,my name is Joe",the guard smiled toward Evan.The guard had a good impression towards Evan from his earlier conversations.

"Uncle Joe,can you tell me which day is today",Evan asked this question in a low tone.No matter what,this is a awkward question.

A baffling look appeared on the face of guard.With a smile he replied,"It is the 10th day of the month".

"What,this is already 10th day!",Evan blurted out.The middle aged guard looked at Evan with a odd look."Is this kid get some of his screw loosed while living inside the room",he thought inside his mind.

But Evan didn't give any attention towards the odd look of the guard.Now he was feeling extremely surprised by the fact that it was already 10th day of the month.

"I have joined the academy on 5th day of the month.It was the seventh day when I have started my cultivation season.It means I have sat down for three days straight in my recent cultivation",Evan exclaimed inside his mind.

"Just what happened to me? Don't tell me,I have entered the state of enlightenment  which can be achieved very rarely by a cultivator!",Evan exclaimed again inside his mind.He felt incredulous by his own idea.

There was a reason for Evan to be excited this much.State of enlightenment was something which every cultivator yearned for in this world.It was something which can only be achieved by stroke of luck.No,any other way was possible for this matter.From his condition of sitting straight for three days without any awareness of the surrounding,Evan deduced that he had entered the state of enlightenment.

Evan looked at the guard again who was looking at him with a strange look.Evan chuckled slightly."Uncle Joe,what is your rank inside the Northpeak army?"

"I am merely a vice captain of city guards but it has been two years since I have joined the Imperial academy.It is more pieceful and I love my work here.Although there is no promotion,there is also no pressure here",the middle aged guard replied smilingly.Evan could tell he was really happy from his expression.

"Then Uncle,do you know what is the highest cultivation level of the most powerful cultivators inside Northpeak empire?",Evan asked smilingly.

"There is a rumor that grand elder of Northpeak empire is at peak of Nascent soul transformation realm.But there are also ancestoral palace of Northpeak empire and the guardian beast of Northpeak empire.No one can tell if anyone has entered the legendary elemental manifestation realm",the middle aged guard replied.There was reverence in his eyes as he talked about the most powerful cultivators in the Northpeak empire.

Such was the prestige of powerful cultivators,in the world of cultivation.Power trumped over everything here.