Chapter 290 Ruthless
While Alex was busy taking care of things in the real world, a meeting between the demon commander, the Sin champions, and a group of cult members.
In a large room inside a cave dimly illuminated by the few light crystals ended on the high ceiling, a group of individuals was facing a man seated on the throne, and next to the throne stood a towering figure with goat-like horns, and bat-like wings, with gleaming red eyes staring them down.
"So, You are saying you failed to locate the person I sent you to catch?" A man seated on a throne adorned with gold and silver said, staring down at the towering figure kneeling before him.
The man seated on the throne was a human, exuding an irresistible charm, his attire a rich ebony ensemble that commanded attention with its exquisite details.
He had a youthful yet charismatic face with long silver hair, and his piercing whitish-gray eyes held a captivating allure, leaving an indelible mark on anyone who met him.
The man kneeling on the ground with his head down was a hulking mass monster belonging to the demi-human race, and with him wearing shoulder strap armor, his muscular body covered in cuts was on full display.
"Master, the information given to me was wrong. Rasios isn't a fourth-rank individual as we initially believed, and instead, he's a formidable fifth Rank figure."
"Because of this misinformation, my team was unprepared for his overwhelming undead horde, numbering in the thousands, and by the time we managed to handle the situation, he had vanished," The rhino said, his deep voice echoing in the room.
"I will capture him in the next few days, just give me-----," The rhino voice was cut off as a dagger gleaming in lustrous emerald green plunged into his bald skull.
"Time? Time for what more excuses?" The man said as he forced the dagger deeper into the rhino's skull and stared into his eyes filled with dread.
Before the eyes of tens of individuals present in the room, the hulking figure of the rhino started to age, his scaly textured skill shriveling like its vitality was being sucked dry, and in mere seconds, he was nothing more than a bag of withering skin and bones.
The worst part was the rhino was still alive, his unblinking eyes having a bit of light and the low screams of agony struggling to escape from his mouth.
"Useless Pest," The man said with clear disgust in his eyes as he stared down the withered body of the rhino, not even giving him the luxury of a painless death.
"Yasos, Did you gather the remaining four individuals, or do you also want more time?" The man spoke after seeing the rhino's eyes turning lifeless.
"Master Caden, I have captured three of them but could not locate the last one, the Immortal adventurer Aeon."
"However, I have found someone who can contact him, and even though the communication connection with him is not getting established right now, it is only a matter of time before it does, and then I will capture him and present him to you," A deep, disturbing voice sounded from the shadows of the room.
"Do as last time, make them join the cult, and if they don't, kill them and then present their heads to me, and keep hunting down those on the list and keep me informed on even the smallest failures," Caden said in an emotionless tone.
"You lot now tell me anything you have found about the current situation within the Gold Royal family."
"Where has that bastard King went? Why have so many of my cousins embarked on adventures one after another in recent days? Do not miss a single detail, for the consequences of your silence will be far more severe than you can fathom." Caden said, his cold and emotionless voice sending shivers down the spine of the individuals standing before him.
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It took Alex an hour before he met with the land owner, and after that, the process of negotiating the price and making the deal took little time as he offered the owner cash.
The legal matters, such as the recording and ownership transfer of land, were now being handled by advanced AI, so transference of ownership and all the other legal work was completed in just three hours.
The land Alex bought was near a large forest with a small lake going through it, filled with greenery, and was a nice and peaceful place.
Alex decided to spend some extra money on the mansion as the capital Vortarum to mark it as the teleportation location for the entry tokens and to test his new skills.
view of the place was too good to have a small estate, and with all the immediate things taken care of, he returned home.
After returning to the ancient world, Alex went to the dwarven capital Vortarum to mark it as the teleportation location for the entry tokens and to test his new skills.
Alex had told Varon and everyone else about the domain entry tokens the moment he had discovered them in the shop and his plan to utilize them, and they were on board with it.
But they advised him to only do it after he had gathered at least 100K Ruler coins because he needed at least such a large number of players to make an impact on the issue of a clan.
The other reason was that right now, in Malefis Domain, no one knew about immortal adventurers, but after they found out, many clans facing problems would offer great benefits to them to come to their clan and help them, which could create chaos and discord among various clans.
Now Alex could send a million players in one go and keep sending more by earning Ruler coins from their deeds of improving the lives of domain inhabitants and also by killing demons.
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(An Hour Later)
'Let's check the final skills,' Alex thought, staring at the towering lion reaching six meters in height, muscular pillars-sized legs and flaming mane staring him down with knees bent, ready to pounce at him.
'Darkness Embrace'
As the lion roared and moved toward him, Alex used the last skill yet to be tested, and instantly, the tranquil darkness that stretched for two hundred meters came to life.
Responding to Alex's will, Tendrills of darkness came to life as they moved at astonishing speed, catching the massive lion from mid-air and instantly dragging him toward the pool of darkness below.
The lion was an infernal mane lion, an early Fifth Rank creature and a strong one at that, and with a mighty roar, he released wild flames around him that incinerated the tendrils of darkness, freeing him from their grasp.
But his freedom lasted for a moment as more and more tendrils moved to capture and drag him down, and in just a few seconds, he crashed to the ground with panic-filled eyes roaring and releasing flames to burn his binds but to no avail.
Alex watched in amazement as the darkness that felt like it had its own mind devoured the giant lion in its entirety, entering inside its body and destroying it from both inside and outside with its corrosive properties.
'The benefits have truly surpassed my expectations, and I have yet to even learn to use the best of them,' Alex thought, taking out a mana potion to recover his swiftly decreasing mana.
Alex had asked his guardians/teachers about the absurd increase in his elemental manipulations with chaos manipulation mystery, going from minor to superior while also having gained perfect darkness manipulation.
Alex's understanding of elemental manipulation was that the higher the mastery stage, the better the individual control over that said element.
But he was clearly missing something because even though he could manifest a somewhat decent darkness spear comparable to the second Rank attack, it was nothing special.
Elder Darrien explained in simple words and cleared Alex's confusion about the elemental manipulation.
Having perfect elemental manipulation only meant having precise control over an element at a fundamental level, and it doesn't automatically translate to the ability to understand how to weaponize it effectively.
The second big reason was his own strength and currently, Alex was mortal and didn't have an ounce of understanding of the concept of the darkness, let alone the ability to manipulate it.
Alex just needed to practice, and he could freely manipulate darkness to create simple attacks like spears and darkness blasts or even more complicated attacks without the need to learn complex magic circles, but their strength would stay limited to his understanding of elemental concepts and laws.
Other than not requiring magic circles to execute skills and spells, an individual with an elemental Manipulation only needed to use a minuscule amount of mana to perform great feats because they directly controlled worldly law to achieve it.
It took a few minutes before Alex heard the notification of the lion getting killed, and without any delay, he left the area toward the capital city, Vortarum, to mark it as the teleportation location.
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