Monarch of Darkness

"Let's go to another restaurant", Evan smiled at the brother and sister pair. But what he didn't expect was the unexpected tears from the little girl's eyes. "You are safe now. Why are you crying?", Evan asked gently to the girl.

"Thank you, young lord for helping us. But we didn't get any money for our work. How will we save our mother?", Evan could feel her pure emotion for her mother. She started sobbing more loudly. Her tear drops were like torrential rain which wouldn't stop in a short time. "I am sorry sister. Stop crying. It is my fault", the little boy said. He also started crying feeling guilty about before.

Evan massaged his head in frustration. "You guys stop crying already. Is not it a little money? How much you want?", Evan asked. The little girl looked at him as if she found her saviour. "Young lord, Will you lend money to us. We will do whatever you want to do us", the little girl tried to stop her tear and spoke.

Evan nodded and took out 10 gold coins from his spatial ring. He handed over the gold to the little girl and asked, "Is it enough?"

The little girl didn't speak for a while. Evan thought something was wrong and wanted to ask her again. But the little girl spoke stutteringly, "Oh my god. So much gold. Why are you giving us so much gold?" Evan laughed looking at the dumbfounded little girl. Mere gold was nothing to him. He hold the hand of the little girl with one hand and his another hand caught the wrist of little boy. He brought them to another restaurant and after having a sumptuous meal, he bade them farewell.

"I wonder if my message will reach mother", Evan mused while traveling back to the Imperial academy. Evan decided to recruit these two siblings into the camp of Thousand swords kingdom. Even heaven was jealous of talented people. So, how could he miss such a chance.

In the restaurant, Evan wrote down two letters. One was for the Sylvia clan guards and other was for his mother. In the letter to his mother, he informed his mother that he was leaving for training and he would be back after his training. He also mentioned about these two that they were two gifted genius who could reach higher cultivation levels. Only after telling the siblings about the location of the Sylvia clan warriors did Evan move away from them.

Evan didn't face any trouble at the gate of Imperial academy. He sneaked past the guards using the shadow ghost steps. He decided to take a good rest because journey of tomorrow would be a long journey.

He had just closed his eyes and a undulation came from his soul. It was the devil jade from where this failnt undulation came. After being silent for a long time, finally the devil jade awakened. It meant Evan could enter the ancestoral land of devils whenever he desired.

"This timing is too perfect, today is a good day", lips of Evan curled up into a smile. First he managed to get two hell stones which was a unexpected gain from this human world and the devil jade responded again after being silent for almost a month.

Evan woke up after a good night's sleep. His whole body was full with energy. He opened his door and walked toward the Imperial academy main gate. Chester caught upto him in the way. He looked at Evan as if he was scrutinizing a product in the market. "Are you really well?", Chester was still skepital about Evan's health. Evan could only smile as he was already tired of explanation. 

Chester and Evan reached the gate after walking awhile. There was already a crowd present at the gate of Imperial academy. All sorts of magical beasts could be seen and from the noise one could mistake this place as a rural market. Parents of many grade one students came to send off their children and although this event was named monthly hunting competition, it was only held twice in a year.

A old man walked toward them from the cloud. Some strong looking martial practitioners were following him. The old man wore a plain red robe and Evan instantly found out his cultivation level. The old man was a late Nascent soul stage expert. "Crap, why my old man is here?", a panicked look appeared on the face of Chester.

"Little brat, come here", the old man shouted at them. "Brother, I am going. My grandpa is here", Chester said to Evan and left toward the redrobed old man hurriedly.

After reaching near his grandfather, Chester greeted his grandfather and some other warriors who were following behind his grandfather. "Grandpa, why did you come here personall?", Chester asked.

"A urgent matter came up. So, I have to made a trip here. You can't practice in this montly hunting competition. I will talk with your vice principal to grant you leave. You are coming home with me", the redrobed person said in a manner which would not allow disobedience.

Chester felt confused but he didn't dare to defy his grandpa. "Brother, take care in the hunting competition. We will make after the competition ends", he shouted from a distance. Evan was also looking at his direction. He waved his hand to say goodbye. He knew he won't come back in a short period. Training in the wild and doing battles was his true goal in leaving home.

His gaze met with the eyes of the redrobed person who was the grandpa of Chester. He felt baffled by seeing the looks in his eyes. He could saw pity in the eyes of Chester's grandpa while looking at him. Evan felt odd and covered up the leaving group of Chester with his soul conciousness. He knew something was up. So, he decided to follow up the group of Chester with his soul consciousness.

After leaving Evan, Chester's grandpa led his group towards the central building of Imperial academy. "You little brat, what is with that look? I have stopped you from joining this competition for your own good", Chester's grandpa yelled at Chester who had a sour face after leaving Evan.

"You could have joined if you were not with that little brat of Thousand swords kingdom but from all of the person in the world, you decided to hang around that brat. Do you that brat has offended some people he couldn't offend. Moreover, the capital is not calm as you think. You don't know where the wind will blow in which moment. I don't want my Cornwell family to enter this turmoil", he added further.

Evan listened the words of Chester's grandpa. He knew he couldn't blame him because he was doing this for his family's safety. Moreover he also felt relieved. If Chester was with him, he would be face danger with him. For the danger, he was certain. He knew who had sent assassins for him would not let him go easily. He also remembered the venomous gaze of the fifth prince but inspite of fear he felt thrilled. His desire to battle with the enemies lit up.

Facing danger was necessary for becoming a true warrior and Evan was no coward. He followed others and rode the designated magical beast for him. The academy had arranged ride for everyone. After briefly reminding the rules about the monthly competition, the elder incharge of the students gave permission to enter the forest.

Evan followed others into the forest which was at the Northeast direction of the imperial capital. The name of this forest was great Redwood forest which covered the most part of eastern side of entire Greencloud continent.