Monarch of Darkness

Evan threw cautious to the wind and vented his rage. Previously he was unsure of his soul strength but his earlier encounter with the soul conciousness of vice principal gave him an opportunity to measure his soul strength. He could feel his soul strength was just slightly lower than the soul of the vice principal. 

It was his first soul attack on a human and he got succeeded. He could feel his soul strength depleted but it was nothing to him. A satisfied smile appeared on his face. But attacking a warrior who was a level higher than him, put strain on his body because his body was not strong enough to unleash the full potential of his soul.

Evan felt excited that he could attack the profound transformation realm experts with his soul. Evan knew no one would doubt him in this incident. So, he napped peacefully. But he didn't know that it would be a restless night for the powerful experts who resided in the Imperial academy.

Soon after the guard got killed, a old man who was sitting peacefully on a chair opened his eyes. His eyes were deep and his expression was unfathomable. "Alert the principal and the vice principals, someone dare to assassinate a person in the Imperial academy without alerting anyone", he said calmly. It seemed like there was no one in his vicinity but soon a person appeared out of thin air. He bowed slightly towards the old man and left without alerting anyone. The library was as tranquil as always and the old man closed his eyes again.

Vice principal Lewis arrived at the spot where the body of guard was lying on the ground. There were five or six other person who arrived soon after his arrival.

One of the person crouched down and checked the body of the guard. He pressed his hand on the chest region of the dead guard. Soon, he started frowning.

"Mauro, how is it?", One of the person who came with others asked. "There is no injury on his body", the person named Mauro replied while frowning.

"Then how did he die?", Lewis frowned.

"Take his body to the elder association. We have to ask old man Robb", Lewis said.

One of the person collected the dead body and flew away.  Lewis started discussing with others about their immediate course of action to tackle the situation.

"Is principal Langer still in seclusion?", one of the person asked and everyone looked at Lewis. As the vice principal, Lewis had to handle the situation. "Why I have to handle everything when the situation is caused by that good for nothing prince?", Lewis lamented inside his mind.

"Yes, he is still working hard to improve his cultivation and I am the one suffering on behalf of him", Lewis grumbled. Everyone chuckled silently.

"Search the whole campus. But do not expect much. That assassin is extremely capable as we can see from his ability of sneaking around without alerting anyone. I will go and talk with the enforcers", Lewis said. Everyone dispersed gradually and Lewis also flew away.

Such a news could not be confined and News soon readched to many ears. In a courtyard of grade one students, the fifth prince was fuming. "Who dare to kill a subordinate of mine? I want that assassin alive.", the fifth prince was shouting at his other subordinates.

Actually he was just showing a brave front to everyone. He was now feeling extreme fear. He didn't ever think that someone could threaten him inside the Northpeak city. "I have to meet mother personally. This must be the work of that cunning bastard", fifth prince thought inside his mind. When thinking about the assassin a image involuntarily appeared in his mind. It was the image of Evan. He thought some expert of Thousand swords kingdom was taking action against him.

Night passed and the morning sun announced the arrival of another day. Evan woke up and he was feeling refreshed. His injuries were gone and he was now feeling completely refreshed. He didn't remove his bandages as he didn't want to alert anyone about his recovery capacity. Sometime hiding the abilities was the wisest decision, one could ever take. Evan understood this theory very well.

Evan started practicing the Myriad transformation art. He was eager to master this art to rudimentary level before entering the north-east forest. There were different grades to assess the mastery in a technique or art. The levels were Rudimentary level, intermediate level, profound level and one with heaven level. Practicing the Myriad transformation art to rudimentary level was key to disguise himself when he would roam the world.

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Fifth prince was currently standing before a mature looking woman. Her charm was like a spirit fox whoever saw her would be mesmerized by her beauty. Her body curves were exaggerated. 

"My child, you finally remember to visit me", that enchanting woman said with a slight smile. "Mother, I am planning to visit you before I enter the forest behind for the monthly practice event, but something occurred and I have to come back". The fifth prince was now like a changed child. If Chester was here, he would shout hypocrite. Fifth prince was now like a filial child who would obey every command of his mother.

"Oh, mother know about it. Let me guess. My child is feeling afraid", that enchanting woman still had a smile plastered on her face. But there was a loving expression on her face when she was looking at the fifth prince.

"Mother, do something about that Evan. That bastard didn't have any respect for us imperial family. Yesterday one of my subordinate was assassinated. It most be the work of that impudent Thousand swords kingdom", fifth prince said in a aggrived manner. He was already a fourteen year old young man but his behaviour was like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum infront of his mother.

The enchanting woman giggled slightly. Her soft laughter was like a soul enchanting tune from heaven. "Don't worry my child. No one can bully you. You don't have to attend the monthly hunting event anymore. Mother will take care of everything. I will send a fifth grade warrior to take care of him".

"Oh, I forgot. I have arranged two new personal maids for you. You can play with them as much as you please", the enchanting woman had a doting look in her face as if she was coaxing a child.