King Samobas raises his head to gaze at the night sky, this view would be his last.
Most of the Elders started to shed strong tears as they gazed at King Samobas whom they thought had been corrupted by the Silverstar Pack. But as it turns out, he was the one that managed to save the Kingdom instead of them.
A couple of days ago, the Elders agreed to send a letter to the Vampire Kingdom.
Even though King Samobas is fixed on joining the Silverstar Pack, the Elders are not convinced and they rather report this to the high-rank Supernaturals so that if this incident ever got spread they can defend themselves and blame it on King Samobas.
The content of the letter is simple, it's a plea for reinforcement against the enemies.
It's been days since the letter was sent to the Vampire Kingdom, and there's no response from them. Although it's understandable with the Slave Marks situation that they are dealing with, this involved the well-being of the entire Tigerman Kingdom.
Most of their cities has been destroyed, only their capital city was left standing.
Without any help from the high-rank Supernaturals against the rebellion group that is backed by a superpower such as the Silverstar pack, the Tigerman Kingdom would be wiped out by the enemy's forces.
From this alone, the Elders realized that King Samobas is the right one in this case.
Knowing that the Tigerman Kingdom is on the brink of extinction yet didn't bother replying at the very least, it's clear now that the high-rank Supernaturals view them as nothing but tools of war that can be discarded.
Now, King Samobas' plan has worked and the Silverstar Pack accepted them.
In addition, King Samobas didn't even hesitate in sacrificing himself for the future of the Tigerman Kingdom. The Elders were greatly ashamed, especially if Adhara know of the letter that the Elders sent then there was a possibility that the deal would be off, resulting in King Samobas' attempt being futile.
"Hmm... you're a good King. I'll make sure it's painless" Adhara said lightly.
Adhara can see King Samobas' emotional aura, and there's not a hint of fear inside of him. It was brimming orange, the color of pride and happiness for what he has done for his kingdom and his people.
Swoosh!
With a light chant from her mouth, her white claws burn with purple flames.
Some of the Elders wanted to stop this but were stopped by the others, this is what King Samobas has worked for and if they intervene then they might jeopardize the chance that King Samobas has created for the kingdom.
"Rest in peace, King Samobas. We'll definitely fulfill our end of the deal"
After saying that to ease King Samobas' emotions before his fixed death, Adhara sighed and lowered her claws. With a decisive strike, she swung her claws in a circular arc and sliced through King Samobas' neck cleanly and easily as slicing butter.
It was done in a fraction of a second, King Samobas died as painlessly as possible.
Thud!
King Samobas' head falls to the ground under the gaze of the Elders with a light thud, there was no blood that came out of his neck as Adhara's fire closed up the wounds. Leaning down, she then grabbed King Samobas' head.
The Elders' eyes were fixed onto the decapitated head as their minds were stunned.
For a moment there Adhara didn't hear a single word, but she doesn't mind it as she already finished what she needs to do in this place. "Spread the words to your people, King Samobas sacrificed his life for the sake of the entire Kingdom. And now, the Tigerman Kingdom is a part of the alliance. The Dark Elves or the Dwarves will be here soon enough to consolidate your position"
With that out of the way, Adhara then glanced at King Samobas' corpse.
"Do you want to do a ritual for his burial or do you want me to take it with me? I can't cremate him unfortunately since he's in the eighth-rank realm" Adhara added, she wasn't going to leave King Samobas' corpse hanging like this if the Elders doesn't want to do anything with it.
As King Samobas has earned Adhara's respect, a proper burial is the least she could do.
But then one of the Elders spoke out, refusing Adhara's helping hand, "No, we'll take care of his corpse. There's no need for you to worry about it" he said with a firm tone, there's no need for Adhara's help.
Nodding her head, Adhara then disappears from her spot alongside King Samobas' head.
Since she would need King Samobas' head as proof of his death and to show it to the King of Dark Elf and Dwarf, she can't let the Tigerman have it. They would just have to make do with the rest of his body.
Completely contrary to the way she got inside, she left the capital city in complete silence.
With her work here done, there's no reason for her to linger around. As of this current moment, the outside is not quite safe for the time being and she needs to get back to the castle quickly lest the others become worried about her.
Aside from the Executor, there's also the threat from the Witch of Chaos.
Out of everything that could happen to her along the way, being inflicted by a curse is the worst-case scenario as she would quickly become unable to help much like Gistella right now. It's going to be very bad.
Insisting that in mind, Adhara picks up her pace and heads back to the castle.
Along the way back to the castle, Adhara's mind trails to the things that are stuck inside her mind. 'Just what is inside his head? A deep-blue mixed with green, I think I've seen that kind of color from someone before'
Harnessing her ability, she tries to decipher what Rex is thinking.
Since she has the gift to see others' emotional aura, there's nobody that could hide things from her effectively, not even Rex. With the emotional aura's color change, she knew that this would lead her to the answer.
Putting her finger on her chin, she started to think deeply about the colors.
Although she can't quite remember clearly, she feels like she has seen the exact color that Rex has projected at that moment. 'Hmmm...? Who is it?' she thought in great ponder, but then she suddenly remembered, 'I think I've seen that color from father!'
It was quite a long time ago, so it's quite hard to remember.
Now Adhara is sure that the exact color that Rex has at that moment was once projected by his father. Realizing this, Adhara frowns remembering the moment when his father projected the exact emotional aura.
Just then, she remembered that it was after her mother's death.
Exactly after her father finds out that his wife was dead, Adhara can see the exact color of the emotional aura that Rex has projected out of him. But it doesn't last long as her father started to be engulfed with a bright red emotional aura due to the hatred and anger he felt against the Supernaturals.
But this might be the lead she needs to know what is inside Rex's mind to make him say that.
"I wonder what Father is doing right now," Adhara thought aloud. "He must be fine..."
Adhara then smiles wryly remembering the fact that makes her nervous, "I wonder how he will react to me co-existing with Supernaturals? No, I know him, he'll probably flip out in anger. On top of that, how would he react if he know that I'm a Werewolf? I hope he won't hate me"
Knowing how her father is, she feared that he wouldn't want to meet her again.
Yet regardless of what he would feel about her being a Werewolf and living amongst Supernaturals, Adhara would definitely bring him here which is safer instead of the human territory that is now governed by the ruthless Executor.
Swoosh!
Dashing forward through the open orange plain, she picks up her pace once again.
But then out of nowhere, her eyes dilated seeing a black object shooting towards her from the right. It was weird that she sensed nothing from this black object, and this caught her off guard as it hits her right on the side of her body.
Bam!
"Eurghh!" Adhara grunted as she got flung to the side.
In a swift and smooth motion, she did a somersault to save herself from crashing into a nearby boulder after being struck by a black object. Dusting off her clothes and regaining back her feet, she looks around for the attack with fierce sharpness in her eyes.
No matter who attacked her, she would let it go without consequence.
Since the black object is quite fast, Adhara didn't have the time to get a good look at it surprisingly. It was because of the aura-less state of the black object which makes it this hard to locate that black object.
Daring her eyes left and right, she keeps her body on full alert.
Adhara also didn't wait for another second to transform into her Werewolf form, anticipating if the black object is quite strong even for her. Looking around, she can't help but frowns, 'I can't find it anywhere, is it just my imagination?' she thought.
But looking down at her body, she can feel the spot that got hit is still throbbing.
It's clear that the black object that attacked her was real, and she was just unable to perceive it properly due to it having no aura or even scent to smell. For the first time, her senses were useless in a fight.
Swish!
Upon hearing a sharp sound piercing the air, Adhara raises her arm in reflex.
Slash!
Thanks to her very fast inhuman reflex she was able to block the attack from the black object again, and now her eyes widened trying to see what is the thing that is attacking her. 'What is that...?'
Adhara was surprised to find that the black object turns out to be a bizarre creature.
Its ghastly appearance makes it looks like somekind of Ghost race like Nymphs or Banshees, but none of those creatures are capable of being this strong. As they are categorized as low-rank Supernatural, this creature is surely not a Nymph of a Banshee.
Despite its ghastly appearance, this creature doesn't quite resemble anything that Adhara knows. While it may have the look of a ghost race like Nymphs or Banshees, the strength it's displaying is far beyond what any of those creatures are capable of.
Since those creatures are categorized as low-rank Supernaturals, it doesn't add up.
From the strength it possesses as it can hurt Adhara who is an eighth-rank realm entity, it's clear that this creature is something entirely different, and more dangerous than she had anticipated.
Not intending to be put on the defensive, Adhara reaches out her hand to grab the creature.
But she was caught in surprise once again when she was not able to properly grasp the creature, her hands just went through its body as if she was touching nothing but air. She definitely encountered a bizarre creature.
Just as the creature disappeared once again, Adhara looks at her right arm.
At the exchange they did earlier, the creature managed to inflict quite a gruesome slash which is being healed by her regenerative ability. "Who are you, and what do you want? I can assure you that you're making a mistake by attacking me"
Upon hearing this, an eerie chuckle reverberated in the surroundings.
It was weird because Adhara can't pinpoint where the eerie chuckle comes from, it sounded like the eerie chuckle comes from everywhere and prevent Adhara from locating the black creature that is attacking her.
Soon enough, the black creature appeared across her and exposes its appearance.
Adhara can't help but frown as she gazes at this black creature, something that she has never seen. "Give up and let yourself be taken, Female Alpha. I need a small favor from you..." the black creature said with a rasping voice.
Now that she can see the creature clearly, Adhara can't help but become alert.
'It's a cursed creature...'
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