《The blood prince》 1 PROLOGUE *In a dark room* A humanoid figure is lying on what appeared to be a chair connected with large tubes, semi-conscious and groaning. the man standing beside him looks at him with an amused expression and says " i am baffled by your potential Ronin even after taking all those heavy poisons and drugs how the hell are you still alive" Ronin wanted to say something but could not move any part of his body, he felt like he was just a soul captured in a body.it has been ten years since his wrong decision got him under this situation, thinking about the past made him regretful and angry. 10 years ago Ronin was the owner of a successful bio-medical company where he and his team researched on different organisms and experimented on them to make new medicines and their biggest achievement war their medicine X-10, then he became friends with a guy named Chen at first it was all good he seemed like a nice guy full of interesting ideas so Ronin gave him a job in his company and this was his life''s biggest mistake, he could not see through Chen and was fooled by him as within half a year he got control of 42% company shares and removed Chen from the CEO''s position. When he in anger asked him about it the only reply he got was "security get him out". This was just the start of his problems as soon his mom got kidnapped his sister died in a car accident, and he was then visited by chen. He lashed out on him and as he was about to pounce on him to attack him he felt his consciousness fading away. From then till today he was kept in a room till now being experimented upon by them after they found out that his body was immune to almost any disease or poisons. Thinking about it made Ronin extremely regretful of his choice to trust Chen. as he was thinking about the past he heard a voice "Nurse lets try TLX-150 on him" and the nurse replied "but sir-" the voice interrupted her and said "i will take care of everything just do what i said" the nurse replied with pushing an injection filled with a black substance directly in his heart. the voice again said "now brief me about it if he survives or else throw him away if he dies" and walked out. Ronin felt the worst pain he felt in his entire life it was not even comparable to what he suffered earlier it was way above it, his heart was beating like it was overloaded and about to burst he felt power in his body and arms again but before he could move he felt blackness all over and fainted. *After a few hours* The nurse saw Ronin''s body turn black and his heartbeat came to a stop. she dialed a number on the phone and said "Sir subject R died" and "dispose of him" then came as a reply. Ronin felt life came back to his body in what felt like an eternity and when he opened his eyes he found himself in a bag free of the tubes and bindings. he suddenly tried to move his body and to his surprise, it moved like he wanted it to move. he opened the bodybag and saw a guard looking at him horrified GHO- before he could shout in order to silence him Ronin hit him with all his force but as his fist came into contact with his face he felt like it touched cotton and as he opened his eyes he saw a headless body plop down to the floor and an unrecognizable head stuck to ceiling. "wha-" as he saw the scene in front of him he recognized that the drug did something to his body which made him surpass human strength. As he thought about this a sudden thought of revenge clouded over his mind and in order to enact his revenge he ran towards the office of Chen as he knew the buildings complete details as it was his Underground research facility. *Inside Chen''s office* "So he finally died huh" said Chen "Yes sir came a reply "well then what abou-" BAM the wall broke and in came Ronin, Chen and Ralph were flabbergasted by the situation "how-" before Ralph could say anything his head was blown off by a punch from Ronin and as Chen saw it instead of being scared his eyes were shining like he saw a new toy. Ronin after killing Ralph glanced towards Chen and said "why tell me why did you do this WHY" Chen said in a calm tone "you dint need to know" angered by this Ronin jumped towards him. Before Ronin could reach him Chen pressed a button and Ronin felt a shock stun his body and he became paralyzed.He looked up and say Chen still smirking and said "well it came in handy" as he looked towards the remote in his hands. He then came near Ronin and grabbed his hair and said "now i can use your blood for the new serum to become invincible thanks old friend thanks, even after i kill you i will remember you as the greatest gift God ever gave me" Ronin who knew he would die just said "mom plea- please release my mom" Chen looked at him and said "oh! you did not know, yeah i forgot to tell you she''s already dead" as Ronin heard it he felt his head go blank tears came out of his eyes and his eyes were filled with anger. Amused by his anger Chen said "Just for your information your sister did not die of an accident she was killed by me" Ronin was trying to move his body as hard as he can just to tear Chen to pieces but could do nothing. Chen then said "Bye-bye MY friend" and for the last time Ronin felt his conscience fading away and in death, his eyes only showed endless anger and regret. *Somewhere in the galaxy* An old man opened his eyes and said "Finally he''s dead" and disappeared ... 2 CHAPTER 1 After Ronin died he felt like some force was pulling him up and when he tried to look around he could see nothing only darkness, he only felt the force pulling him. " so this is what death feels like " he thought , but he was not fully satisfied he wanted his revenge but alas he could do nothing . On the bright side he could soon join his mother and sister in the afterlife. Suddenly Ronin felt like the force was weakening and suddenly it disappeared and then he heard " Ha ha ha I finally got you little one ", Ronin was shocked to realize that his vision returned when he looked up he saw an old man with big beard looking at him weirdly like he''s some kind of treasure and mumbling " I still cannot believe it exists ". although Ronin was confused and wanted answers he still could not talk because he felt a massive pressure from the old man, after what felt like an eternity the old man finally talked and said " little soul I''m giving you a chance to become my disciple do you want to " finally able to speak again ronin said " what do you mean " The old man was somewhat displeased and said " I am giving you a chance to become a god you have a special soul constitution which is extremely and I mean EXTREMELY rare " Ronin somewhat confused asked " What is soul constitution "the old man replied " you see there are many types of soul and body constitutions while some souls are good with dharma energy some feed of death energy and then there is yours the eternal soul which can use any energy to turn its body strong " Ronins mind was in turmoil he thought " what is this old dude talking about, am I still alive and hallucinating this shit Yes he must be- " " IT''S NOT " the old man said in a loud voice " you are dead," he said " why should i become your disciple, " asked Ronin " its because you can take your revenge when you become powerful " Ronin remembered his mother and sister and said " i don''t want to become your disciple, i want to meet my mom and sister " the old man was finally somewhat angry and shouted " IVE WAITED A MILLION YEARS TO FIND SOMEONE WORTHY OF BEING MY DISCIPLE YOU THINK I CANT WAIT SOME MORE" Ronin was happy that the old man would let him go but the old man said " BUT I WILL ERASE YOUR SOUL " "BUT WHY " Ronin yelled. " because it will give me some satisfaction as i do not want to waste my energy for nothing " The old man replied. " This is the last time i am asking you that DO you want to be my disciple or not ". After a lot of thinking ronin sighed and replied by bowing down and shouting " DISCIPLE GREETS MASTER " When the old man heard it he was smiling ear to ear and the after a hearty laugh he said "Good Good " while nodding and then both of them disappeared from their places. __________________________________ *ON A BARREN PLANET* Both of them Reappeared on this planet. "we will start your training immediately as i don''t have much time," said the old man, shocked Ronin asked "are you going to die" the old man laughed and said " no, it''s just due to forcibly descending to dirt realm i have lost a lot of energy so i need to recuperate " " whats dirt realm master " the old man shrugged and touched his forehead with his finger and suddenly Ronin felt a lot of information coming in his head like the three realms the sub realms and he was shocked to know that earth was the lowest world in dirt realm. " Now do you understand " asked the old man " Yes master," said Ronin. "Now the let''s start your training". 3 CHAPTER 2 Ronin was sitting and meditating the ancient laws given by the old man. the old man appeared and saw Ronin meditating and asked " how is it, did you comprehend everything ronin looked up and replied, "Yes master". the old man asked " tell me, child, what is it that drives you to cultivate ", ronin looking angry and said "I want to take revenge for everything he''s done " the old man sighed and said " Child although it may look easy but let me tell you that it will be near impossible to take revenge unless you are at a supreme god level, because to ascend in a higher plane you just need to have the threshold cultivation level but to descend to a lower plane you must go against the will of the world " the old man looked up and sighed " which although was easy for me but it took a lot of energy, which you cannot provide unless you are a supreme god. So if you want to take revenge then you must wait for at least 100 years that is if you can become a god or else this will remain but a shallow dream, even if you can become a god the mortal will die till that time " . Ronin looked anxious and asked, "can you help me, master?" "well there is a way for you to kill him even after a millennium," said the old man . "what is it, master" asked Ronin. the old man said " you need to learn about the time laws , if you are powerful enough you can rewind or even skip time for a mere mortal world, but it is extremely hard to understand the will of space and time ", Ronin looked excited and said "i will do it no matter how hard it is" repeatedly. After a lot of requests from Ronin, the old man finally agreed. "now before you comprehend the time laws, come here and bind your soul to this sword after that I''ll give you my cultivation technique," said the old man and then he grabbed the air and a black sword appeared in front of him. ronin came forward and sent his spiritual will in the sword and at first, nothing happened but after some seconds the sword greedily sucked in all of his spiritual power, as he ran out of spiritual power he fainted. Ronin woke up after some time and he felt a new type of energy in his soul and when he traced it, it was the sword, he began comprehending the laws around it. the old man who was looking at him from afar was shocked he thought "it took me months to sense the will and he did it in a day". after some time the old man came to him and said " Now i will impart you with my cultivation technique, it is called the way of the sword " he looked proud while he said this, Ronin who was standing there was shocked and he asked the old man " is this it, what a boring name ", the old man''s face went red, a bit flustered he rebutted " it is what it is". Ronin began training with the old man, he taught him the way of the sword, laws of time and space, blood arts, music arts other divine arts. *after 10 years* A lonely figure was standing in front of a large boulder and then he swiped his hand in the air and as soon as he did that the boulder in front of him was sliced in half. after he did that he flew in the distance to where his master was living . after arriving on the mountain he looked at the old man in front of him and said: " Master, I''m ready ". the old man opened his eyes and said " today i will teach you my final technique THE SWORD OF DESPAIR, it has 7 initial moves and after comprehending all 7 of them you can combine them into the final move. watch carefully " and then he took out his sword and started demonstrating the moves. after teaching all 7 moves to him he said " as for the final move explore it yourself ". "yes master" said Ronin. the old man said " Them this is farewell child i hope to meet you again " and before ronin could reply he lost consciousness. *Somewhere in Heaven realm* Ronin opened his eyes and he found himself in an unfamiliar body and as he looked carefully he saw that it was the body of an eight or nine-year-old child with black hair and black eyes. Suddenly memories of the boy started flooding into his mind and he once again lost consciousness. his last thought before fainting was " What a weak body ". Sometime after he fainted, 2 men clad arrived there one clad in black another one in red they looked at him and one quickly got on his knee after him and looked at him and sighed in relief and said " thank god young master is alive or else master would''ve killed us both" the other man said angrily " even after what happened how dare they try to kill our young master " the one near Ronin said "let''s take him to master", "yes" he replied and then picked Ronin up and disappeared from the place like he was never there. After they left the place 4 men arrived there and started searching, after a long search as they found nothing the leader said: "There is no way he could survive here, some beast must have eaten him lets report it to HIS MAJESTY" and they disappeared as well. *IN A PALACE* An old man is sitting on a throne looking very worried, as he sensed someone arriving he looked up and saw the 2 men arrive before him holding a boy in tattered clothes he looked very malnourished "How is my Grandson" he asked. one of the men who was not holding the boy got on his knee and answered in a timid voice "young master is alive but he''s in a coma, we tried to use healing magic but i think his mind is injured" the old man stood up and banged the throne and it disintegrated, he screamed "HOW DARE HE" he controlled his emotions and disappeared from where he was standing and reappeared in front of the 2 men and took the child and then disappeared again leaving with "Send a message to the Human Emperor of Kai that if he does not provide an explanation i will end his empire and also tell him from now on he''s not to set a foot in the demon realm to claim Ariel if he did then even if his ancestors arrive ill end him". *Authors note* although a bit early please tell me how do you like the story till now and what are. the problems. thanks for reading stay safe and stay indoors.. 4 CHAPTER 3 *Somewhere In Kai Empire* "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THE DEMONS TOOK HIM" a handsome middle aged man yelled while throwing the glass in his hand towards a knight wearing golden armor, the knight hastily replied "im sorry your majesty, but the Empress ordered to remove the royal guards for the fourth prince" on hearing the knights respose the middle aged man became more angry and yelled "AM I THE EMPEROR OR HER, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GUARD HIM NOT LET HIM GET HURT" the man was exremely angry but someow he controlled himself and said "whats the response from the demon realm" to this question the knight became a bit flustered and said "IM SORRY YOUR MANJESTY , but it seems that the demon emperor knew about our spies and the last report we got was that the demon knigt of demon ream was on the move" . The Emperor sighed and said "send a party of elite knights and apologise to Demon king for letting Ariel in danger and tell him it will never happen again and escort Ariel back safely" the knight got on his knee and replied "YES your majesty" just as the knight was going to walk away the Emperor said "also ask the Empress to come to the throne room" after replying yes and bowing again the knight made his exit. *Inside the Empress''s chambers* An extremely beautiful looking woman wearing a white gown mumbled angrily "Those fools could not even dispose of a scrawny brat, how am I going to deal with this now " she looked to her side and ordered "deal with those four morons and don''t let anyone find out" a soft voice said, "yes, your highness". A woman entered the chambers and bowed, the Empress asked "What is it" the woman replied "His majesty has ordered for your majesty''s appearance in the throne room" the empress without saying anything got up and left the chambers. *In the Throne room* The empress arrived in the throne room and ignoring the Guardian knight walked to the Emperor and after slightly bowing his head said in a seductively charming voice "greetings to Your Majesty". The Emperor frowned and asked "Evelyn Why did you order Ariels guard to be put off", she laughed and replied, "your majesty we all know that you hate him and always ignore him, that''s why to save the extra manpower for something important i told the guards to go away". The Emperor banged the throne and said "EVEN if i don''t talk to him he''s still a part of the royal family you can''t just ignore his security like that, because of your acts his life was in danger and more importantly he''s now in the demon territory with unknown status" When the empress heard it she smiled in her heart but kept a straight face looked at the emperor lovingly and said "I am really sorry for my acts Harold but do you think I would try to harm him, even though i don''t like him I won''t stoop so low and try to kill him as it doesn''t even benefit me in any way" The emperor''s gaze softened and then he said "well leave it, for now, we need to escort him back from the demon realm and I hope that he''s alright" He then looked towards the knight and asked "Robin are the Knights tasked to escort Ariel ready" Robin looked up and replied"They shoul-" before he could finish his sentence 2 men ran into the court huffing and said "Sorry for the intrusion your majesty But a demon knight is flying towards the palace he''s extremely powerful, the barrier could not stop him" The emperor looked up and before he could say anything the ceiling of the throne room was blasted and a man clad in a mixture of black and red armor with a sword landed in the center of the hall. At the same time 2 old men appeared on the side of the Emperor, the emperor looked at them and said "Greetings esteemed imperial protectors" the two old men nodded then he looked towards the Demon knight and said "How dare you barge into my palace without permission, even if you are the Demon general i can kill you". The Knight looked at him and said, "Little Harold even if you can kill me with the help of those old fogeys by your side it would result in the destruction of your capital and still it may not be certain that you can win, today I am here to pass on a message from My Master". The Emperor replied "What is it that you want to say" the demon knight said in a loud voice "Listen well the emperor of Kai from now on young master Ariel will not be the 4th prince of kai, he will be the Crown prince of Azael, from today on he will no longer be a part of the kai royal family and you will not have a claim on him from now on. henceforth if you try to ever hurt him or send someone to hurt him it will be akin to declaring war on the Demon realm " Yhe Emperor''s temper flared up "INSOLENT" he yelled angrily and then he stood up and released his Saint aura but that did not even faze the demon knight, he said "Are you telling me that I THE HOLY EMPEROR OF KAI should leave my son in your hands, HOW DARE YOU" The demon Knight said "It was an order from my master and seeing the young masters condition, you should be happy that he did not declare war against you, remember the last time he was attacked. You said you would take care of him, but he still got attacked and nearly lost his life. What do have to say for it" The emperor said "He''s my son and I have the full right to decide what he does and where he stays, return him or I will-" before the emperor could say anything the demon knight started floating in the air he then looked down at him said in a chilly voice "You seem to forget that the only reason the war ended was because our young lady was in love with you, now she''s not here and the only reason master did not kill you was because young master Ariel was with you, but now he''s with us where he righfully belongs and if you try to do anything, even if the other 3 holy emperors come to the rescue nobody will be able to save you and -" and then he released his aura, everyone''s face went pale and everyone except the king and the 2 old men went on their knees, the emperor stuttered "De-de-deDEMIGOD leved" then the Demon continued "- your emipre will be gone like a speck of dust with the wind, so forget that you had a son named Ariel" and then he dissapeared. as soon as he disappeared color came back to everyone''s face, the Emperor screamed"AAAGHH ILL KILL YOU OLD BASTARD" the two old men to his side sighed and said, "Little Harold i think you should forget about that demon spawn" the empress chimed in and said, "Yes your majesty I agree with the imperial protectors". The emperor then looked to the old man and said "Bu-" the other old man cut him off and said "We cannot go to war with them, leave it Harold" after saying that both of the disappeared. The emperor looked frustrated but calmed himself down and said "PASS MY IMPERIAL DECREE TO EVERYONE THAT FROM TODAY ONWARD ARIEL IS EXPELLED FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY AND WILL BE SENT BACK TO THE DEMON REALM" the attendants bowed and left the hall. The emperor again ordered, "AND GET SOMEONE TO FIX THE ROOF". *AUTHORS NOTE* once again thanks for reading the chapter and if you like it do tell me and if there is a problem tell me about it so that i can rectify it .. THANKS for reading, stay safe. With that, I''m out. 5 CHAPTER 4 *Inside The Royal Den of Azael* A scrawny child is lying on a huge bed sleeping peacefully. A man who looks like a herbalist in plain brown clothing sighs and thinks ''thank god! he''s alive. if something would''ve happened to him the demon king would''ve grilled me for dinner''. The Old man standing a bit away from him asked in a concerned tone "How is he?" the herbalist was shocked but hastily replied, "By the grace of your majesty everything''s all right". The old man nods and orders "Ask Gran to prepare Sophie''s courtyard for him, also buy the best quality maids you can, remember they must be virgins. Now get out" the herbalist bowed and retreated while sating "Yes your majesty" After the herbalist left the Old man came closer to the boy and sat next to him, he turned to the window and asked: "Robin did you convey the message to Kai''s Emperor". A knight wearing a mixture of black and red slowly started appearing like an old photo being printed he came a bit closer then bowed and said with a smirk "Yes your Majesty the message was delivered loud and clear". Seeing his expression the Old man let out a chuckle then he looked towards the oy and said "This time he just escaped the jaws of death, If he were to die I would not be able to forgive myself", Robin came near him and said "But thankfully young master is alright" the old man said "I will not let anyone ever hurt My grandson, Robin NEVER." he looked up then thought to himself ''Sophie, I hope you rest in peace for I will take care of Ariel for you''. *Meanwhile in Ronin''s thoughts* ''Wha-what the hell happened'' he thought to himself . he then started to analyze the memories which flooded into his mind *Ariel''s POV* ''My name is Ariel Kai and I am the Fourth prince of the Great Empire of Kai, I am 8 years old. I don''t remember much of my mother as she passed away when I was four as for my father I have only meet him once or twice a month.'' At first, Ariel thought that he was a bad boy, that he did bad things was the reason for his father constantly ignoring him he thought ''I don''t know why father hates me, is it because I''m bad. No, From today onwards I will be a good boy'' and from then on Ariel started to treat everyone with respect, diligently studying and being polite to everyone. After a few weeks when he met his Father, he ran in joy towards him expecting a hug but he was stopped by a sudden pressure and forced on his knees ''What is happening'' he thought "fath-" another boy ran past him into the arms of his father, on getting a clear look he recognized him to be his Eldest brother ''Why'' he thought ''Why doesn''t he like me am I, not his son am I different from brother, but brother gets fewer marks and is rude, but still he gets hugs WHY?''. As Ariel was thinking this one more figure went past him ''Eldest Mother and Third brother'' thought Ariel and after they met up, the Emperor said something to the empress''s maid and walked away with everyone, as soon as he walked away the pressure disappeared Ariel shot up and ran towards them. But before he could chase after them a hand gripped his collar and lifted him in the air, he struggled with all his might but it was all futile he then said "Leave me, I want to eat with Father" the maid said "You will be having dinner in your room" and then even after Ariels repeated protests and struggle she took him into his room and threw him on the bed and said coldly "Stay here brat! don''t you get it, that no one likes you" Ariel was shocked but quickly retorted "NO" thinking ''even if no one likes me it''s ok as long as father likes me'', the maid laughed and said "You fool don''t you see everyone avoids you" when he thought about it, what she said was correct as everyone always avoids him. Coming to his conclusion he became sad and asked "Why do they hate me" when the maid saw him becoming said her eyes twinkled as she thought ''her majesty''s plan is flawless''. She said, "Its because you are a devil-spawn". Ariel became confused and asked "Whats does devil-spawn mean" The maid replied "child of a demon, in simple words, y-o-u-r m-o-t-h-e-r w-a-s a d-e-m-o-n so are you" as soon as Ariel heard this his mind went haywire and he started mumbling "no" continuously. After a while, he came to his senses and thought ''ill just ask father if its true or not'' and instantly became happy, he the shot towards the door saying "I''m going to meet father", but the maid caught him and slammed him to the bed and said "STAY" and left. Ariel felt pain all over his body and started crying, he thought ''where are you mother, why did you leave me I''m scared here'' he sobbed and slowly went to sleep. The next few weeks Aril became extremely quiet and gloomy. But one day when he met his father with a hopeful Expression and shining eyes he asked "Father I''m not a demon spawn right", everyone near him had shocked expression, in a fit of anger The Emperor slapped him hard and Ariel flew and hit his head on the wall, if not for him being a genius in cultivation he would have died from the impact. He was seriously hurt, he could not leave his room for 4 months. After that ariel became gloomy and expressionless the previously happy boy with shiny eyes was replaced with a stoic expression and dead eyes. *POV ends* ''So this boy''s name is Ariel, well what a sad past. Don''t worry boy from now on I am Ariel and I will get justice for you'' thought Ronin. he then started rapidly circulating the Qi inside his body, and due to the boy practicing like a madman without showing it to anyone his body was filled with Qi. ''now let''s start Recreating the body'' thought Ronin and then he started sending Qi to all the components of the body be it bones, heart, eyes or even hair. After a while ''it''s done, but it only increased a little strength. But well something is better than nothing''. *Meanwhile in the Bedroom* The boy slowly opened his eyes, he looked around and asked the old man "Who are you" *Authors thought''s* WELL, that''s enough for today. if you like it leave a comment, post a review and vote with Power Stone ... ThAnKs FoR rEaDiNg .. 6 CHAPTER 5 *In the room* The old man looked at the boy and his eyes were wet, with tears threatening to come out. If anyone in Azael saw him like this they would be shocked to death cuz the man who was so emotional now didn''t bat an eye when he slaughtered an empire leaving everyone there to rot. The boy still confused asked, "Who are you?". The old man felt something hit his chest he felt some pain in the chest he was somewhat hopeful that his grandson would recognize him but alas he was too little back when they met, he cleared his throat and said in a soft voice "Ariel, I am your grandfather ". Ronin tried to search Ariel''s memory for this old man to see if he could find something and he then recalled that this old man was the King of demons and the boy''s grandfather. Ronin was still feeling exhausted due to the boy''s injuries and he wanted to figure some things so he said weakly "grandfather I''d like to rest", when the old man heard it, he was ecstatic he replied hastily "Ok, I would meet you tomorrow. Now you take a good rest . Dont worry about anything, because your grandfather will never let you get hurt, NEVER". The boy nodded, the old man got up took a good look at him and left the room. As he came out of the room, he saw the knight standing there, He ordered "If you see anyone suspicious or anyone doing something suspicious ELIMINATE them, no need to notify me" the knight replied, "Yes your majesty". After he left Ronin started assessing the situation ''The bastard of a master sent me here without any explanation, damm him''. As he recalled the memories of the child, he did feel bad for him ''he was the same as me the people whom we trusted betrayed us, our mothers died and as for father well f**k them'' thought Ronin. After coming to terms with his reality Ronin thought to himself ''It''s not like I can''t live on my own, if I escape from here I can survive but with this weak body I will die in no time, even if I have the best cultivation manuals from this boys memories, one fact is clear that in this world if you need to survive, you need strength and that''s what I don''t have right now '' he knew that if he were to leave today he would be thrown in an unknown world with unknown dangers, and then there is the old man, he helped him and from his eyes, he could feel the love and care for the boy ''but that''s for Ariel, not me, I''m an intruder, i don''t deserve his love'', his mind was a mess right now, then he remembered a piece of advice his master gave him. He said "Remember boy, every person has a path in life, some follow other''s path'' while some make their own but as long as you have faith in your path, it will never go wrong, so whether you choose to folly someone''s path or make your own path as long as you chose never stop believing in it you will succeed, because if one stops believing in the path they chose, most of the time they end up in a pit whic means DEAD", then he contemplated what he wanted to do leave or stay. After a lot of thinking, Ronin said to himself ''From today My name is Ariel and I will live in place of you little guy and I will resolve both of ours regrets'' as he said this to himself he felt a weight lifted from his chest. Now all he wanted to do was become stron, so he started to think what to do next , according to Ariel''s memory this planet was inhabited by many races but notable among them were Humans, Demons, Elfs, Beastkin, Orcs and Goblins. This continent was called Star continent with the northern side was occupied by humans, eastern by Demons, western shared by orcs and southern by beast kin. The central part of the continent was covered in Large forest Area Somewhere there on the outer edge of the Eastern side resided the Elfs and the central part was run over by Divine beasts. The Humans Had the Largest population and The Northern part of the continent was shared by the 4 Holy Emperors, Elfs were allied with the demons, beastkin stayed alone and as for orcs and goblins they were allied with goblins. Star continent was one of the main Powers of this world, it was ranked in the top 3, the other top powers were the Supreme Institute and Moon continent. The Moon continent was similarly occupied with different races but Supreme Institute was the place where every big power sent their younger generation to study after they turned 16. Ariel was a genius in cultivation but he never truly revealed his talents, at the age of 8 he was at the peak of the 5th layer of true body realm. After feeling the power in his body he thought ''how weak'', so tonight he wanted to build a solid foundation for his future. So he opened his soul space and took out 2 pills his master gave him, one was a True pill which will destroy the cultivation of the boy but will enhance all the aspects of his body and will serve as a solid foundation for him boosting his natural talents, as he took the pill, he felt the Qi in his body vanish like it was never there and an extreme pain assaulted him, but he ignored the pain and quickly took the Astral pill which contained qi, a lot of qi. If someone consumed an astral pill right after consuming True pill, it was a plain suicide as the body will explode due to excess qi but Ariel''s(RONIN''s) master taught him a technique to handle excess qi. As soon as he consumed the pill he felt his body was filled with a ridiculous amount of Qi, his body started burning up but he quickly put the technique to use and started cultivating. he felt himself advancing through the 1st level of Qi layer then 2nd and so on till 9th and soon he broke through to True body layer. But it did not stop there, he finally came to a stop at peak of 2nd layer of star mortal realm. ''Whew, that was easy'' thought Ariel but he knew it will not be easy from now on, he then realized that it was still midnight so he went to sleep. *Next day* Ariel woke up, he then looked around for a bit and then got out of the bed. He then went towards the gate, before he could open it he heard a voice "Good morning young master" Ariel was startled but he calmed himself and turned around, he saw the Knight who was standing with his grandfather yesterday. He replied "Good morning-" the Knight cut him and said "Robin, you can call me Robin" to which he nodded in confirmation. Robin said "We have an audience with the demon king soon. He will announce your coronation as the crown prince of Azael, so you should get ready" and then he disappeared but soon reappeared, but this time with 2 beautiful women in maid''s clothing and said, "they will help you bathe and get ready". Although he had his fair share of experience with women in the past, he still felt shy as getting a hardon as an 8-year-old would be awkward. He hurriedly said "No need, just ask them to help me wear the clothes". Robin laughed a bit and said, "Ok, now go and get ready. I''ll be waiting outside". *After some time* Robin and Ariel were walking in the hallways, Robin was wearing a Red and Black armor but the usual aura of death was missing and Ariel was wearing a black overcoat and with a sword on his waist, he could not be called a handsome man as he was just 8 years old but could be called an extremely cute child. if not for his expressionless face everyone who sees him would want to pinch his cheeks. Ariel asked "Uncle Robin won''t the nobles be opposed to seeing a halfbreed like me as their crown prince" Ronin looked at him, smiled, and said, "I''ll persuade them so don''t worry". Soon they reached a big gate where knights clad in black stood guard, and as they entered, Ariel could see various people in luxurious clothing standing in the huge hall facing his grandfather, who was sitting on a throne. His grandfather looked at them as if sensing their arrival and he smiled at Robin and said "thank you", Robin got down on his knee and said "It''s my duty, Your majesty". He then can ed Ariel to come and stand beside his throne. The nobles also saw Ariel, some were giving him cold looks, some were smiling while others were indifferent. Ariel''s grandfather stood up from his throne. He said "Today, I have called all of you here to announce something, which will be important to the future of everyone here as well as for the demon''s" he turned to a man ans said "announce it" and then he sat down, as he sat a scholarly looking man came forward and announced "BY THE BLESSINGS OF THE DEMON GOD, FROM TODAY ONWARDS HIS MAJESTY ARIEL, GRANDSON OF THE GREAT DEMON KING KRETOS WILL BE THE CROWN PRINCE OF AZAEL AND THE FUTURE KING OF DEMONS" as soon as he said that some people among the nobles were startled while others were chatting in quiet voices as if they already knew this, but it all stopped as the Demon king once again stood up. He said "Now that the announcement is done" he paused for a bit released his powerful aura and said "any objections". As soon as he said that some nobles yelled "WE OBJECT-" *Authors Note* So how was it,. did you like the chapter if yes please give a like, share your thoughts and add it to the library. BTW I''m asking for some advice from the readers, do you want me to skip the power up of Ariel like a direct time skip of 5 years or you want me to do it slowly. do tell me. and as for those wondering about cultivation system I''ll update world info by tomorrow so don''t worry. and lastly do post some reviews as it tells me whether you guy''s are enjoying it so far or not . Thanks for reading. Stay safe. 7 CHAPTER 6 *In the Throne room* As soon as the king announced that Ariel is going to be the crown Prince of Azael, the nobles were rattled as most of them did not know who he was but they waited for the king to ask for objections and as soon as he asked ''any objections'', A voice rang out in the hall "We object". The king squinted his eyes and asked "What is it, Duke Buenos", The duke came forward and Ariel got a clear look of him, he was short but his aura made everyone feel like he was looking down on them. ''i see,self-conscious about his height'' thought Ariel. Buenos spoke again and said "Your majesty with all due respect he''s nothing but a halfbreed carrying royal blood, and this kind is not fit to be king. I think you should give the chance to my grandson, he also carries the royal blood and I think is much more powerful than him. so please rethink your decision cousin" as soon as he said that the king''s and Robin''s eyes went cold, Robin came forward and said coldly "I would like Duke Buenos to reconsider and think clearly". Buenos looked at him and chuckled, he said "If it isn''t our little Robin, always trying to disobey Royal orders. you are lucky that you became the General or else this would''ve been like the past. You remember right, your little lover and that old bastard you called master." As soon as Robin heard it he clenched his teeth and released a bit of his killing intent, which was countered by Buenos''s aura as if it''s nothing. Just as Robin was about to go out of control, Demon king Kretos said: "Both of you stand down". He then looked down towards Buenos and said "You said your grandson will be a better choice" to this Buenos nodded and said in a condescending tone "Far better than a halfbreed". Kretos stood up and said "You know, I wanted to give you a chance but you ruined it" while looking at him coldly. Buenos was a bit confused as the king always relented to their requests after Princess Sophia died, he was like a log of wood without any expression, due to that although the nobles were still afraid of the demon king but it not to the previous degree, today was the first time he saw the same expression which they all dreaded, after a long time. But he was consumed in his ambition to make his grandson the Crown prince so he still pushed on and said "I don''t get it, your majesty. How can this halfbreed be deserving of the throne ". Kretos was angry and this time, he said "He is my grandson, and he will be the crown prince whether you like it or not" before others could say anything Kretos turned to Robin and said, "Persuade them, Robin, You are free to use any means necessary". After saying that Kretos disappeared along with Ariel. After he disappeared all of the nobles including Buenos looked at Robin, but Robin was looking at Buenos and he ordered "Knights, don''t let anyone escape. if someone tries to KILL THEM", when Buenos heard it, he was angry he yelled "ARE YOU AN IDIOT, HOW DARE YOU STOP US FROM LEAVING. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE". To this Robin started laughing like a maniac he stopped and then said "I am the demon general of Azael and -" he released his killing intent which pinned Buenos to where he was standing and continued "today i will end your worthless life". Buenos was angry and he released all of his power, he was a True saint, he thought ''Its a good chance if i kill this bastard Kretos will lose his General and it will weaken his hold on the realm. and I will finally be able to become a king'' he was happy when he imagined himself sitting on the throne clad in royal clothing. Then he realized that even after releasing his full strength he was unable to move, as he recognized the power pinning him down he was shocked "What the-" he e stuttered and said "Ho-ho-how can you become a demigod at such a young age, that''s impossible. it must be a dream, yes it must be". he heard a cold voice full of killing intent reply to him "NO Buenos its, not a dream, I did manage to become a Demigod. There is still a piece of news i want you to hear only after that I will kill you" said Robin. The nobles were shocked ''How can he talk about killing a Duke like its nothing'' but they still did not disturb them as they knew Robin was a demigod and they couldn''t do much against him. Suddenly a man came Running inside in tattered clothes, bleeding from the cuts all over his body and screamed "ITS A TRAGEDY YOUR MAJESTY, THE CASTLE WAS ATTACKED BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANT AND EVERYONE WAS KILLED", Buenos who heard this felt his body went cold, he was bubbling with anger he asked him "What about my son and grandson are they-" before he could complete his sentence two dead bodies were thrown on the floor by two knights, after they threw the bodies they kneeled and said, "General the task is complete". Robin nodded and asked "Any casualties" one of them replied "No, just some injured", Robin nodded and said "You may leave". The knights nodded and after saluting him one more time they left taking the man with them. Buenos who heard this screamed "Aaaargghhh ILL KILL YOU ILL ALSO KILL THAT HALF-" before he could complete the sentence he felt something swish by. The nobles watched Buenos suddenly scream in pain, then his arms and legs detached from his body and fell to the ground but his body remained in the air he was in extreme pain. "why" he asked weakly, Robin acted as if he has heard the funniest thing said "you killed my lover, killed my master, you introduced Sophie to Harold, you also helped her escape and now you threaten my nephew. you think that after all this I''ll forgive you, huh ". He then used his power to bring him close and then slowly took out his sword and said "I could''ve killed you before with the help of his majesty, but i wanted to do it with my own strength, as I have that strength now. I will fulfill my promise to Lilly". After that, he slowly stabbed his chest and said "this is for Lilly", he then took the sword out of his chest *BAM* Buenos fell on the floor, but Robin did not stop there, after Buenos fell down, he stabbed him multiple times while saying "this is for master, this is for Sophie and this is for threatening Ariel", only after turning Buenos''s body into minced meat did he stop. He then looked up in the air, his face and armor which still had blood on them suddenly became clean without a speck of blood. After some time he again looked to the nobles and asked "Any objections". All the nobles said unanimously "No general, we accept his majesty, Ariel, as the crown prince", Robin smiled at this and said coldly "Good, now get out". After hearing this all the nobles hurriedly left the throne room. After they left Robin looked at a Knight and said "Get it cleaned up" and disappeared. *Authors thoughts* So how was today''s chapter? like it then add it to the library and vote with the power stones. If you have some ideas feel free to tell me. Thanks for reading. 8 CHAPTER 7 Ariel and his Grandfather were walking side by side in the garden and both of them were talking about something when suddenly Robin appeared. Kretos looked at him said "So, how was it" Robin smirked and said "Easy as swatting a fly your majesty", Ariel did not know what they were talking about. So, he was a bit confused and asked "What happened Grandfather" to this his Grandfather smiled and said "it''s nothing son ". He then looked towards Robin and said "and by the way fom today you are in charge of the Ariel''s cultivation", Robin nodded and said "Yes your majesty", while both of them were talking Ariel, interrupted "Ummm anyone asking for my opinion on my cultivation", to this both Robin and Kretos replied in unison and said "no". Kretos then looked towards Ariel and said "Now don''t ask questions and go and start training seriously as the Royal fest is coming, there I will introduce you as the crown prince to the public, it will be your first appearance and although you are young, heirs of large clans will challenge you and you''ll barely be able to survive their attacks with your puny true-" he then looked at him again and said, "HOW is this possible". Robin also looked at him carefully and said "hmmm. indeed, I also failed to notice. ", he then asked Ariel "Boy, how did you advance from the 5th layer of true body to 2nd layer star mortal in one night". Ariel inwardly panicked, he thought ''Now how the hell do i answer that, hurry think think think... .... .... IDEA'' he then looked at them with some hesitation and said "when i was 5 years old I met an old man while walking on the streets of Royal Capital of Kai, Keltia. I met an old man. he was injured so I helped him and from then on I went there every day for the next two weeks and helped take care of him", after saying this much Ariel paused. Both Kretos and Robin said in unison "then what", he continued "then one day after helping him I was walking back to the castle and I was attacked on the-" Robin interrupted and said "why were you walking and what about the guards where were they". Ariel sighed and said "I was a prince only in name and everyone knew that. So I was not given a royal wagon for traveling and as for the guards they only went with me sometimes." , when Robin heard this he was angry, killing intent was Bursting out of him which made Ariel shiver, as soon as he noticed it he calmed himself down and then got on his knee and said "Ariel remember this that from now on your uncle will protect you, no one would ever be able to harm you. If you want to, i would go and lay waste of the Kai empire and that doghshit of a father." Ariel looked at him with a firm gaze and said "No need uncle, I will do it myself, you just help me get stronger", his grandfather laughed and said "Well, that''s the spirit. now tell me what happened afterward". Ariel nodded and said "Just as they were going to kill me the old man appeared and killed both of them, he then asked me if I wanted to worship him as my master to which I agreed, then he taught me how to cultivate and after teaching me for 2 and a half years. Half a year ago, he vanished without a word" Kretos nodded after hearing this said "Well I will thank your master personally for taking care of you. If you meet him in the future do invite him to the castle. He can stay here as long as he likes. now then-" then he turned to Robin and said, "Now go and train him properly". Robin replied " Yes Your Majesty" and then turned to Ariel and said, " Now, let''s go and train ". *In the training grounds* Robin has changed his attire from the armor to a scholarly looking white robe, he had a wooden sword in his hands, there was a table between both of them and all kinds of weapons were placed on it be it a sword, a spear, knives, a bow, and other weapons. Robin turned to Ariel who was standing there and said "from what I have observed, you seem to be proficient in the way of sword. Am I right" Ariel nodded, he continued " now I''ll give you a chance to skip the basic body training,that is, if you can land 1 hit on me I will skip training for you and we''ll straightaway jump to sword and cultivation techniques and other advanced stuff. Now go, pick up the sword and attack me from wherever you want however you like". Ariel nodded and picked up the sword and said "I''m going to attack now". *BAM* Something hit his head, he turned and saw his uncle standing behind him holding the wooden sword, he said "What was that" Robin answered "1st lesson, never announce your move before attacking. because A, it gives opponent time to prepare and B, it looks and feels stupid. Now get up and attack again". After that Ariel attacked him multiple times from every direction but his uncle always dodged it and whenever he dodged an attack he had a mocking smile on his face which seemed to say ''is that all you got''. His last attack was also dodged but this time Robin kicked him in the back and Ariel fell onto the ground. Ariel got up and thought ''DAMMIT, I''m fed up. let me show you my most powerful attack. you won''t remain smug after that'' he then got up and held his sword with both hands and used the first move of Sword of despair, Robin felt an unusual amount of sword qi gather around Ariel, even he felt a bit excited by it ''i see, a special move. His master must have taught it to him'' he yelled: "COME ON SHOW ME WHAT YOU''VE GOT". Ariel jumped forward with inhuman speed and unleashed the 1st move of Sword of despair, the sword moved towards Robin in neither a slow or fast pace, it felt like it was slow but at the same time fast, nothing could stop it and with a swish it went towards Robin, in response, Robin threw the wooden sword and pinched towards the incoming sword. *BOOM* an explosion occurred and Ariel was thrown backward to the ground by the shockwave. The sword he used was obliterated as it could not handle the power of the move, Ariel looked up to where his uncle was expectantly but he was disappointed as he saw him standing there smiling and looking at his thumb. ''Not even a speck on his clothes.'' thought Ariel. But suddenly he heard his Uncle calmly say "you passed", he was a bit confused and asked, "but how". Robin came near him and helped him get up then he showed him thumb and said "Look carefully and be proud, that you''ve managed to injure a demigod level cultivator" . If you looked carefully there was a fine cut on his thumb. Although Ariel was disappointed, he was a bit relieved that he would not have to go through training by his uncle, because before coming here he has heard that his uncle trained people in a very brutal and inhuman way many of his students dropped out before completing the training. Ariel was not afraid of hard work he just did not want to waste time in training his boy, he wanted to increase his cultivation as soon as possible as fast as possible. He asked "So I passed right", Robin said "Yes you did pass, but you still have to go through body training" Ariel objected "But why, I can do the same thing with Qi", Robin retorted "Boy, you don''t understand. you see, Cultivation can increase your qi but to use that qi effectively and without any backlash you need a strong vessel which is your body. now get ready". Ariel looked a bit down but still said "Yes Uncle" *After 3 weeks* For the next 3 weeks, in the morning, Ariel Trained trained and trained. His uncle made him run continuously wearing a 1000 kg weight suit without using Qi and then he would make him swing a 500 kg sword and he increased the weight by 100 kg daily. Ariel would throw up most of the times but he never stopped as he felt himself getting stronger and faster even without the use of Qi . After completing his run he would study war tactics and different languages and in the evening before training, he would attend meetings by his grandfather''s side. After that, he would go and fight with 10 knights on the same plane as him. at first, even with all his techniques, he lost badly. but slowly but steadily he started to change the defeats to a win. Although he could have won if he used Sword of despair but his uncle told him not to use any techniques that required Qi. During these 3 weeks although he did not cultivate much his cultivation still achieved some breakthroughs and he was currently at the 4th layer of star mortal realm. Ariel was standing opposite to his Uncle. Robin said "Now show me what you''ve learned. COME" *Authors thoughts* There is the 2nd chapter of the day. How was this. Please share your thoughts as it helps to encourage me. Like it then add it to library and vote for the book. if you want to support me visit: https://www.p-a-t-r-e-o-n.com/Xerulo (remove the ''-'' of course. ) 9 CHAPTER 8 *In the training grounds* Robin looked at Ariel and said "COME, little boy. Show me how much you''ve improved", But Ariel did not move from his position, He just stood there with his sword calm and ready. Robin continued taunting him but he did not move, He was waiting to strike at the perfect chance. Robin sighed as if extremely disappointed and said "Now, this is boring.", as soon as He relaxed his guard, Ariel attacked. He ran forward with his speed pushed to the limit and arrived in front of his uncle almost instantly, but instead of attacking he suddenly stopped and pushed his feet into the ground, Ariel knew that his uncle was observing him curiously and would not attack him. A pile of dirt was formed under his feet till he came to a halt while sliding, He thought ''Well then let''s just hope it works''. He kicked the pile of dirt towards his uncle, Robin who saw what he was doing, was genuinely disappointed. He said coldly "You''ll have to do better than that to defeat me" and then he waved his hand towards the incoming dust cloud. But instead of dispersing, a frightening amount of sword qi was released by the cloud and it exploded, Robin was startled ''what the-'' He has never in his entire like seen someone use this kind of weird attack. Although the explosion did not even manage to move his hair it did, however, damage his clothes, ''Interesting''. As He was thinking about the weird attack, He suddenly felt a sword incoming from the back aimed straight at the neck, He smiled and stopped the sword with his index finger. he then turned to Ariel and said: "Fast and precise. Good, at least you''ve learned something in the past few weeks". He then flew a bit farther from him and said: "Now then, use the same attack which managed to cut me". Ariel nodded but this time He decided to test his limits and use the second move of the sword of Despair. As He performed the attack, unlike the previous movie, This one drained his energy till nothing was left and produced a brutal and powerful slash of Pure sword Qi which quickly arrived in front of Robin. Robin sensed that this attack was different from last one, If the last one was like a calm river, this was like a brutal waterfall, but He was prepared he coated his hand in lightning Qi and waited for the attack to collide with his hand and as soon as it touched his hand he closed his palm, instantly destroying the attack. This time Robin was genuinely surprised as eve nafter preparing for the attack it still managed to injure him, which was evident from the cut on his palm, Hppe thought ''what kind of freak is Ariel''s master''. he then walked towards Ariel who had fainted and was lying on the ground. He picked him up and left the training grounds. *In Ariel''s Room* Ariel woke up after resting for some time, He still felt a bit dizzy. As He recalled his duel with his uncle, He thought ''So I still lost huh, well I guess I am not strong enough yet''. Robin who was standing there came near his bed and asked "What kind of attack was that sand coud". Ariel looked at him and answered "It''s simple, while I was sliding on the sand I sent a large amount of Qi in it, as much as possible which made them overflow with sword Qi and as you know if a huge amount of Qi is transferred into a small object. If it''s not strong enough it can burst". Robin was impressed he thought ''This kid is a genius''. Ariel looked at him and asked "Uncle I have heard some things about you from the Knights, I want to hear about it from you. Can you please tell me how you Became The Demon general". Robin laughed and said "Ok, You see, my parents were mercenaries, they went out on missions to earn a living. Life was going perfect for me everything was good but one day it all went crashing down the hill when my parents lost their lives in on a mission. I lost everything that day, my relatives kicked me out and I was living on the streets, I had to beg for food and was going to commit suicide, but then I met my master.". "He was a retired mercenary who had to retire after losing his leg. He taught me how to cultivate, and gave me shelter in his home" Robins eyes now were filled with longing,but He continued "There I met his daughter Lilly, It was love at first sight. But I didn''t have the confidence to pursue her, due to my status as an orphan, so I started working extremely hard on my cultivation, and by the time I was 16 I had turned from a broke homeless orphan to a successful mercenary". "And then one day I confessed to Lilly to which she surprisingly agreed. But I think my life was meant to be miserable. One day when we were on a date, a noble''s kid invited her for a drink. In a fit of anger, I beat him to a pulp." " But I did not know that this would only result in more conflict, The boy was the son of Duke Buenos, When the duke got this news, he ordered for all of us to be killed" "When my master heard this, He told us to escape, While he would hold back Duke''s men. But he could not stop them for too long and was killed. I and Lilly ran as fast as we could but they were quickly catching up to us. Suddenly we reached a dead end, Lilly looked at me with eyes filled with love and then kissed me, I was confused but suddenly she kicked me off the cliff. I was screaming her name as I was falling, but as I fell in the water i lost consciousness. "When I woke up I was no longer in the water, I was laying on the ground and a middle-aged man was sitting next to me, he said ''Thank god lad, you''re alright''. I hurriedly tried to get up, but He stopped me and said ''Boy, the girl''s already dead. It''s been 2 days since you fell off the cliff. Lay down there''s nothing you can do about it''." "I laid down and cried, I swore to myself that I would take my revenge no matter what it cost. For the next few days I stayed there and training, I battled Wild Beast''s. The man did not leave as I expected him to, He stayed there and observed me. Little did I know that due to my harsh training I was not strengthening myself instead I was harming my body. The man stopped me and told me about it. He started teaching me." "Weeks passed and I continuously trained, The man told me his identity after that. And as you would''ve guessed it already by now. It was your grandfather, He offered me a job in the palace as a knight and I accepted it" He now paused and looked at Ariel rubbed his head and said "There I met your mother, She was only 3 years old when I met her. You have the same eyes as her. I treated her as my little sister. After she ran away to marry Harold. Your grandfather cut all ties with her, But he still loved her, so every 2 or 3 months I visited her and before she died she asked me to protect you. Some years after she died, we went to war with Orcs There due to the anger of losing my little sister I killed indiscriminately. I was called ''envoy of death by everyone. After that His majesty made Me the Demon general." He then got up and said "Now it''s time for you to sleep. Tomorrow we have a lot to do. Aood night Ariel", and then he left the room. ..... 10 CHAPTER 9 *Next Morning* Next Morning, immediately after waking up. Ariel rushed towards the training grounds to meet his Uncle. Today, He promised to check his affinities. As a cultivator a person can Train in any element He wants, But if He is not compatible with the element. Then he would not be able to achieve the same power in an attack as others who have good compatibility with that element, Also if a person has a strong affinity towards a certain element Then he can use its power at will. Ariel was really excited, Although He knew that Blood and Dark Element should be his most compatible elements, His master instructed him not to train them until He is able to use the Blood Demon Sword. So He was really curious about his other affinities. He was rushing towards the training grounds when a woman stopped him, She bowed and said "Good morning, Young master", He nodded. She said "Young master, Your majesty has ordered you to go to the Elf village to escort the Elf King to the Royal capital. You will be leaving for the capital in 3 months" while she was saying this she thought ''Awwwww young master is so cute I just want to pinch his cheeks aaahhhhh. ''EASY NOW'' don''t slip out of character Raechel control yourself.''. Ariel wanted to refute this, but seeing as he had 3 months left, He had ample time to persuade his Grandfather, So He nodded and said "Sure, Thanks for informing me." and then rushed off to the training grounds. *Training Grounds* As He reached the training grounds, He saw his uncle was looking at some birds flying in the sky and smiling. He seemed to be in deep thought''s, Ariel wanted to catch him off guard. But before He could make a move, Robin turned around towards him as if he has already sensed him. At this point, Ariel was not even surprised anymore, He just wanted to give it a try . Robin grinned and said "Not bad, You almost succeded today, But then you became too excited and lost control of your aura for an instant, that was enough for me to sense you". Ariel said "Don''t worry someday I''ll get you", To which Robin replied with a provocating gaze "I''ll be waiting". Robin said "Now then, Come here and sit down. I will help you with your affinities ", Ariel was confused, He asked "Uncle where is the affinity checking Orb ?. Isn''t that necessary". Robin laughed and replied "No, we don''t need that. Although it is the quicker and safer way to check for affinities, It doesn''t draw out someone''s full potential, and sometimes it can misjudge, and you don''t really want an error, do you". Ariel shook his head, He then sat down on the ground. Robin said "Now then, Close your eyes first ... Good, Now let your qi cycle through your body as you do normally while cultivating .... Now, this is the most important step so listen carefully". "Try and find the source where your Qi is generating from, It''s like a round ball full of Qi. Try to feel the auras around it. Do Not, I repeat do not let your Qi go even a bit out of control. Now you''re on your own Good luck ". ''What that''s it!'' thought Ariel ''I thought the alternative way would be more difficult. well, Uncle never jokes about serious stuff, So let''s just try it.''. After removing all unnecessary thoughts from his mind He started cycling his Qi through his body and tried to feel the source his uncle told about. But then He ran into a problem. Even after trying multiple times He could not feel the source. A frown formed on his face, Robin noticed the frown and said in a serious tone "Ariel, This is a test of your capability. Try harder. If you can''t even do this much, Then forget about revenge as you''ll never reach the peak of cultivation". After hearing his words Ariel became angry and He was eager to prove him wrong. So, He started trying harder. Even though He failed to sense the core repeatedly, He never stopped even once. After a lot of tries, He was able to find the source his Qi was generating from, Ariel was excited to find it, but He recalled his uncle''s warning. So He calmed himself and started to feel the auras around the core. An hour passed since He found the core and started feeling the auras inside. He suddenly opened his eyes. Although He looked the same, something about him changed. It was not visible but you could feel it. Robin looked at him with shining eyes and thought ''THAT FAST, I knew he could do it, but I did not expect him to find the core so quickly.''. He said, "Now Ariel tell me about how you felt when you tried sensing those Auras.". Ariel replied "I felt a Strong tingling and Chills all over" hiding the fact that He also felt darkness all over and more than that Never ending Brutal Bloodlust which, If not for his strong will almost consumed his mind. Due to which he had taken a long time to discover other auras, if they even existed around his core. When Robin heard him his already shining eyes became brighter, He couldn''t help but laugh in satisfaction and said" Hahaha Good Good. You have excellent compatibility with Ice and Lightning. Both of which complement each other.". Then he asked Ariel to stand up and follow him. Robin then took him to The Castle, through the halls, and finally stopped in front of a huge gate. Strangely though there was no one guarding this place. He said "This is the Royal Armory, No one except some chosen people can access the armory. It is surrounded by an extremely powerful barrier, Which can only be destroyed by a Supreme realm cultivator. Ariel was a bit shocked, But not too much as He knew his Master was far more powerful than Supreme realm cultivators, He thought ''Heck, that old man once destroyed a universe''s sun just to make me a cultivation pill, as far-''. His thoughts were interrupted by Robin, He said "I wanted you to choose a sword to your liking that''s why we''re here. I''ve altered the defensive array, So from now on you can enter in here without my help. Now before you go inside, Take this-" and he threw a black colored ring towards him and continued "This is a Special Storage ring, I believe it has a storage capacity of 1,000,000 cubic meters. And as a cherry on top, you can keep Contracted Beasts inside, They won''t die in there." He continued "But remember with your current powers you can only use swords from 5th level or below that. Now go". Just as Ariel was about to enter Robin stopped him "Wait, Do one thing. Before heading to the 5th level go to the 10th level and choose a sword that you like, I''m in a good mood today so you can have two swords.". Ariel asked him "Thanks but ummm .... Are you really sure about that ?, I hate to say this but, With my current powers. I think I won''t even be able to approach it". Robin chuckled and said "Well, don''t worry. I''ll help you with that", he then put his hand on Ariel''s shoulder and Used his Qi to make a protective barrier around him "This should help, Now go". Ariel nodded and then touched the door. He felt a sudden pull and was instantly transported in a room full of different kinds of weapons. Ariel ignored all weapons in the room and started walking up the stairs, He did not stop until he reached the 10th level. On reaching the 10th level he saw a pathway leading to a door in some distance, He started walking towards the door but before he could reach it, Two figures started emerging from the ground. They were completely made out of stones with axes in their hands, one of them looked at Ariel and said "Intruder huh, Don''t worry little brother Blake I got this" and lifted his huge ax and a suffocating aura burst out of him nearly crushing Ariel to death. If not for the Protective barrier his uncle put on him he would be dead already. *BAM* Before the figure could attack Ariel the other Golem slapped him on the back on his head and shouted "ARE YOU AN IDIOT. Do you want young master to die, He is the Crown Prince and our future Master. Man, If not for you being so stupid, we would have still been alive Jake" He then glared at him. Then both of them got on their knee and bowed. Blake said loudly "WE WELCOME HIS MAJESTY CROWN PRINCE TO THE 10Th FLOOR." then followed his words in a softer tone "I hope Your Majesty can forgive my Elder brother''s disrespectful actions earlier". Ariel said "It''s ok, I believe He was doing his duty. Just be careful next time." and proceeded to open the door and entered the Room, He heard "WE THANK YOUR MAJESTY FOR HIS BENOVELENCE." before the door closed. After Ariel had entered the room and the door closed. Jake sighed and said "Guess we got lucky huh!", Blake glared at him and said "COME ON, REALLY. You attacked and nearly killed masters only grandson, If He hears about this we''re dead. Sometimes I wonder if you''re my real brother or mom just took pity on you and picked you up from the trash. If the Master kills us because of your actions ... Man, I hate you". Jake smiled and elbowed him and said: "Realyyy, I wonder who was it that joined the war with me got himself killed". Kyle just humphed and looked the other way. *Inside the Armory* Ariel entered the Armory and looked around, It was different from the First floor. There were fewer weapons here, But even with the defensive barrier He could feel the aura being emitted from them, It was rushing to attack him. If not for the Barrier He would have been chopped to pieces. Suddenly the Blood Demon Sword Came out of his soul space and started emitting its Aura. It was so powerful that the Barried was destroyed in an instant without any form of resistance, But the Aura did not affect Ariel. Some weapons tried to fight back with their power but were quickly suppressed. After doing that it disappeared again into the soul space, The weapons did not try to attack Ariel again with their Auras. In fact, most weapons were so scared that they retracted their Auras as if trying to hide. Ariel thought ''So that was a show of dominance huh'' and proceeded to check the weapons out. He found a black sword Which although it did not attack him it was still releasing a bit of its aura as if showing resistance. He smiled and said "Good, I''ll pick you as my sword". He then picked up the sword, As soon as He picked up the sword an extremely powerful pressure assaulted his hand ''Trying to resist huh!, Too bad I''ve already made up my mind'' He then proceeded to resist the pressure. After some time the sword accepted him. ''Good'' He said in his mind ''From now on you''re mine''. Ariel sent the sword inside the storage ring and happily proceeded towards the 5th level. He then proceeded to choose a Purple sword from there, And then left the Armory. After that, He went to meet his Uncle, Who then taught him some attacks based on his attributes along with some other techniques. For the next two months, Ariel worked extremely hard, along with Cultivating he learned war tactics, He assisted his Grandfather in managing the kingdom. He also asked him about the trip to the Elf kingdom. But his Grandfather Tricked him, so he could not refuse it. After 2 months of hard work, he finally was at the peak of the 9th level star mortal realm. But even after trying extremely hard to break through to the next level, he could not achieve it, He knew it was not possible for him to achieve it with simple training. He needed a Fight, A real fight where he could end up dead. One day after his training ended, He approached his Uncle and said "Uncle I want to go and hunt Wild beast''s", To his surprise he agreed, He asked again "Can I go, Even without guards".Robin nodded and said "Yes you can but on 2 conditions. 1st A party of knights will accompany you to the edge of the forest, don''t worry they will remain at the edge of the forest and won''t come with you. 2nd I will put my spirit mark on you so that I can come to your rescue if you meet some unexpected danger", Although Ariel was not satisfied with the conditions, He had no choice except to agree so He nodded. After that, He prepared to go to the Forest *Next day* Ariel was sitting inside a luxurious carriage that was surrounded by 10 Armoured knights who were on armored horses. Someone Knocked on the carriage''s gate and said "Your majesty Crown prince, we''re ready to leave", Ariel replied with "Ok then let''s go." The knight Shouted, "BEGIN THE JOURNEY-" 11 CHAPTER 10 *In the Royal Den* As Ariel''s convoy left the Castle, Robin was preparing to go after him. "You''re breaking your promise, you know that right." He looked behind him and saw Kretos standing there. He answered "A promise is nothing in face of his safety", He continued with a worried look on his face "WHat if he met a-a-a Dragon, Yes a Dragon. He will not be able to escape from it, and if it''s powerful enough then he would be dead before I arrive.". Kretos looked at him and smiled, he patted his shoulder and said "Don''t worry boy, His life won''t be in any sort of danger. I''ve put my spirit mark on him. If someone tries to harm him I''ll be there instantly, So don''t worry and let him have some fun". Robin sighed in relief and said, "Well, If that''s the case then, I''ll not go after him.". He then bowed and said "I still have some important matters to deal with, so I''ll be on my way., have a good day your majesty." and then left. Kretos who was watching him walk away thought ''Well I guess he still won''t listen huh. Well, I''ll help Ariel out''. *At the Edge of The Forest* After a day''s journey, Ariel along with his caravan reached the edge of the forest. As soon as they reached there Ariel hopped out of the carriage and was greeted by the knights unanimously "Greetings Your Majesty", Ariel looked towards the Leader Silias and ordered him "From now on you guys will camp here until I return. Silias I am warning you, Don''t try to follow me.", Silias bowed his head and nodded. After that Ariel went inside the forest without looking back. Sometime after he left a Knight sighed and said "Wahhh captain. He''s too arrogant" another knight added, "and too Talented". Someone asked, "What do you mean by that Brian". Brian replied "I don''t know much about him but as far as I''ve heard, He''s at least above 5th layer of Star Mortal Realm. So as far as I know, We''re going to have at least a God-level cultivator as our king in the coming years. Heck, He might even be capable of breaking through the Supreme realm". When the other knights heard him they also became excited, Who wouldn''t want a supreme level cultivator as their leader. Silias got down from his horse and said "ALL RIGHT, now stop talking and look for any demon beast''s nearby, You don''t really want them biting on your ass at night when you''re asleep. Come on, Spread out". *Inside the forest* Ariel was searching for a beast who could give him a challenge, He wanted to break through to the next level. In order to be on the safe side and avoid beasts that were more powerful than him, he was hiding his aura using a special technique. After roaming here and there for a long time he could not find a beast suitable for fighting. Most of them were either too strong or too weak to fight. Night dawned upon the forest, Ariel was warned by his uncle Not to stay outside in nighttime as it would be a certain death wish. He found a cave suitable for him to rest, and after He set up the defensive barrier He started cultivating instead of sleeping. The next morning He left cave pretty early in the search for an opponent. He kept searching till noon but couldn''t find any beast that would give him a challenge. Just as he was about to give up, He saw a huge Ape near the lake, as soon as he saw him his eyes started shining. He rushed towards the best without thinking, with the purple sword in his hand. The Ape also sensed something coming towards it, he looked in the direction from which it was coming and saw a human child running towards it with a sword in his hands. The Ape was angry that someone attacked it while it was resting, Its eyes turned red in anger and it roared furiously with its brutal killing intent locked on Ariel. Ariel was no doubt a genius cultivator, Even amongst the best of the best, He was among the top one percent. He had killed people on earth, But the problem here was, that he never experienced a malicious killing intent directed at him. That''s why as soon as the Ape roared his legs turned to jelly and he fell down straight to the ground. He was shocked to his core but before he could think of anything he saw a large fist coming towards his head, he knew that if he did not dodge the fist he would end up dying. So he kicked the ground which caused his body to propel p in the air and avoid the attack. After getting his emotions under control Ariel still felt his hands shaking ''Am I scared'' he thought, He took a deep breath and controlled his emotions ''I underestimated this world too much. I should''ve known that it was never going to be easy. If I cant even defeat this Ape then forget about going against universe laws and revenge.'' After seemingly motivating himself. Ariel rushed towards the Ape again but this time he had a plan in his mind. The Ape was angry that the human tried to attack him again so he also charged at him. Ariel''s sword was moving towards the Ape''s throat with incredible speed, but before it could reach it. The Ape attacked Ariel''s chest. *BAM* both the attacks landed at the same time, Ariel went flying in the distance but he soon got up. You could see some blood leaking from his lips but he was smiling his attack connected although not at the place where he wanted it to it still injured the beast. His sword was not in his hands, due to the simultaneous attacks it fell down somewhere. Ariel was not bothered with this as with the last strike he''s gotten his confidence back. Even though he was also hit and was hurt in the process, He did not mind it. He thought ''Now its a battle of endurance'' and rushed to the Ape who was also considerably hurt. Both of them fought continuously for an hour, landing heavy blows on each other. But Ariel clearly had the upper hand and after an hour it became apparent as the Ape fell down on the ground too injured and exhausted to continue. Ariel was also hurt, but it was not life-threatening. After he saw the ape fall down he sighed in relief. He then took a healing pill and his injuries instantly recovered. After that, he started walking towards the ape slowly and on the way, he picked up his sword from the ground. After reaching the Ape he slowly said "Thank you for the important lesson" in an extremely chilly voice and after that, he severed its head. *One month later* After the battle with Ape, Ariel stayed there for a month, Battling with beast''s and cultivating. He broke through to the Immortal level. After breaking through he left the forest and went back to the Royal capital. Immediately after his return, he was instructed to prepare for traveling again. He forgot that he had to go to the Elf kingdom to escort the Elf king. He once again became busy. *On the Gates of the Demon''s Den * His uncle also came to him before he was leaving, He said to him "Be careful, The old man''s trying to set you up" and left, Ariel was confused he thought ''Be careful of what, Well whatever ill figure it out later''. And then he began his Journey to The Elf village.... 12 CHAPTER 11 *Royal palace of Keltia, Kai* After Ariel was taken by the demons and The demon general attacked the palace, Harold has been in a bad mood since ''One day, I''ll show those demons their place. As for that unfilial son of mine-''. As he was thinking a man came inside the hall and bowed, Harold looked at him and said "What is it", He said, "Reporting to your majesty, First princess has returned.". Harold sighed, he could feel another headache coming. First princess Alice had a strong bond with Ariel. Due to her only Ariel was able to survive the onslaught of the empress. He thought ''What should I do now, She will not stay silent.''. A beautiful girl hurriedly entered the hall and said "FATHER, where is Ariel, I can''t find him anywhere". She looked about 16 years old with brown hair, deep blue eyes and a face that could cause the downfall of Empires. Harold looked at her and said in a stern voice "Is this the way you talk to your father", The girl simply bowed in response and said "Greeting father, please tell me where Ariel is I can''t find him anywhere" She had a worried look on her face. Harold said coldly "He left", Alice yelled at him "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE LEFT, HE''S JUST A CHILD. WHY WOULD HE LEAVE", Harold released his aura which pressured Alice causing her to stop talking. "He was taken to the Demon empire, He was attacked in our palace grounds and his grandfather took him. From now on he''s not a part of Kai''s royal family, he''s become the crown prince of Azael", Harold had a hateful look on his face as he remembered Robin who made him kneel. Alice had a confused look on her face and stood as if lightning had struck her. She suddenly roared at him "YOU.... THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF YOU", tears started falling out of her eyes."Had you taken care of him a little better, he would have never been attacked? To hell with your Royal family, I''m going to Azael to meet him". Harold stood up and said threateningly "YOU will not be going anywhere, Haven''t you shamed me enough. Is your father''s dignity not worth anything to you?". Alice just stood there ignoring him, seeing this Harold coldly said "If not for my agreement with your teacher, I would have married you off right now. But don''t worry the time will come". Alice fell on her knees and said pleadingly "Father I''m willing to listen to your every command, just get Ariel back from the demon empire, I will take him with me to the Acade-" *SLAP* Harold slapped her as she was speaking "Just shut your filthy mouth, You''re here for your holiday''s spend them peacefully and leave. Do not try to search for that boy again or even if it means offending the Supreme institute ill marry you off". Due to him not holding back on the slap Alice fainted. Harold ordered coldly "Take Alice to her room and don''t let her out", two women clad in black clothes appeared and took Alice and disappeared. *Black forest* Its been two days since Ariel and his guards had started their journey to the Elf village, They did not encounter any major obstacles till now. Ariel was sitting inside his luxurious carriage, he was pretty bored but as they had to travel for three more days he kept himself occupied in cultivation. Saint realm was different from the immortal realm. In the immortal realm a person has only touched the essence of divinity, but to advance into the saint realm a person has to comprehend the divine laws only then they could breakthrough. Ariel knew this and he was pretty excited because from his master''s training he got a clear idea of how to tap into divinity, and according to his current calculations. It will take him at least 5 to 6 months to breakthrough. ''Finally, I would be able to use the Blood Demon Sword, although not for a long time. But if what master said was true then within the next three years I would be able to achieve demigod realm'', he suddenly sensed something and his eyes lit up in excitement. Silias also sensed a group of people approaching them from all sides, just as he wanted to give an order to attack'' Ariel ordered: "Just defend yourself, don''t kill them now". All the Knights acknowledged his orders. After some time they were surrounded by around 30 bandits, They did not attack them, they just stood there. A beautiful woman in a red dress came forward, she had an extremely voluptuous body with her dress only covering the important parts of her body, She looked extremely hot. "We don''t want to kill you, just surrender and give us your valuables and we will let you go." Silias looked towards the carriage, seeing no response he said "We are from the royal family of Azael, We are escorting The Crown Prince of Azael, If you turn around now we will let you live or else" as he took his sword out, seeing him others also pulled out their weapons. Ariel who was inside the carriage thought ''Is he stupid-'' The woman started laughing "Well well, I didn''t know that we have a prince with us. Do you want me to bow", other bandits also laughed. "Now, we can''t let you leave without glancing at the precious prince. Hell, he might as well stay here if I like him." She started walking towards the carriage. "You''re overstepping your bounds" Silias was angered. "Stand down Silias" odered Ariel. The woman reached the carriage and opened the door. "Wahhhh he''s so cuteee" She screamed, she turned towards Silas and said "You can go, But he stays". Ariel had now figured out what to do with them, he was grinning. He looked at Silias and said coldly, "Except for the woman kill all of them". Silias bowed and said, "As you wish your majesty". The woman was confused "What do you-" but suddenly she heard screams of her companions all over, she turned and saw most of them lying on the ground, the ground painted with red blood. "Now, tell me, woman. What''s your name" "V-vi-victoria," she said, she looked at the kid who was also looking at her but his gaze was ice cold. She couldn''t imagine that this cute boy was the one who ordered her companions massacre, she was afraid and wanted to just escape. Ariel was bored and wanted something to entertain him and now he found his entertainment. He smirked. "Do you want to live" 13 CHAPTER 12 *Black forest* Victoria was shivering with fear. ''How can such a young person become an immortal'' When she heard Ariel speak. "Do you want to live" "YES" she replied while nodding furiously, the scene of her friend''s bodies around her was too much for her to bear, she just wanted to escape. "Well then, I will give you a chance of survival. RUN, Run as fast as you can, as far away you can and try to escape me. No one except me will chase after you. If you escape successfully I will let you live, If you get caught, you die." Victoria didn''t know whether to laugh or cry, As far as she could sense the boy was more powerful than her. Just his aura was able to freeze her. How was she supposed to escape from him, but she finally saw a ray of hope. Ariel got up and said "Silias, leave her and continue the journey. I will join you guys in a day or two". "I humbly ask the crown prince to rethink his decision," Silias said. "Don''t worry about me and go, do you think she will be able to harm me. This is an order", Silias unwillingly said, "Yes your majesty". Soon Ariel and Victoria were left there alone, He turned to her and said "Now GO, Run. I will give you a headstart". Victoria was waiting for him to say this and as soon as he said this she took off without looking back. Ariel just stood there with no intention of chasing behind her. ''Well then, let''s see how long can you escape'', He looked around to search for a place to rest, he saw a huge tree and decided to rest in its shade. .... Meanwhile, Victoria was running as fast as she could, But she didn''t know where to escape to. ''IDEA, I can hide in a cave and seal off the entrance'', She decided to follow this plan and started searching for a suitable cave. .... Hours have passed since Ariel let Victoria escape. ''It seems its time to start the search'' He thought as he got up. He closed his eyes and started to sense the QI flow around him. ''GOT IT'' He took off in the direction where he sensed her aura. .... Ariel arrived near some cliffs after searching for a long time, It took him the entire night to trace her exact whereabouts, and finally he arrived here. He touched the surface and tried to inject his Qi in it, But it failed. He thought ''It seems this was a cave previously and she sealed off its entrance using some defense artifact''. He punched the entrance with all his power. *BOOM* But instead of breaking through the entrance, he was blown back. ''Interesting'' He got up and attacked again, But this time with his sword. The outcome remained the same, He was blown back. ''It seems the artifact absorbs the attacks amplifies them and redirects them towards the attacker'' Ariel did not feel down instead he was excited as he wanted to find a way to break through the artifact. This time he wanted to try out a new technique his uncle gave him. ''God slaying thunder, Let''s try it out'' He jumped back and put some distance between the entrance and himself. The atmosphere around him was filled with thunder Qi, and killing intent began emitting from his body. Ariel closed his eyes and started to slowly lift the sword in his hands until it was above his head, The the aura around him Grew stronger and denser. After a few seconds, he swung the sword with all his might and a purple arc surrounded by thunder was released from the sword and flew towards the entrance. The barrier trembled violently upon impact, but it seemed as it was able to hold off the attack but suddenly a cracking sound was heard and the defensive barrier began to crack with lines forming everywhere. *BOOM* the barrier exploded. Ariel was ecstatic seeing the power of the attack, the attack was extremely powerful and did not consume a huge amount of QI. He slowly started walking towards the entrance, Inside he found Victoria in a corner crying and apparently she pissed her pants. "Ha ha ha, I finally caught you." His eyes the turned cold and he started emitting killing intent and said "Any last words" Victoria who was crying started to laugh frantically and said "If you''re going to kill me then I will take you down with me" the energy in her body started expanding apparently she was trying to self destruct. Ariel upon seeing this laughed and said "You can''t do anything, you will die only by my hands", he pointed his finger towards her and a red streak of energy flew towards her. The streak of energy entered her body and her body lost all the Qi. "Wha-What did you do" "Just a little trick I learned. Don''t worry though, your death will not be in vain as I will use you as a dummy for my new technique" Victoria was horrified "YOU DEVIL, why are you doing this" "why you ask. Well I do this simply because I want to besides you attacked me first" "But we di-" *SWISH* Ariel stapped his sword in her mouth without much care and She died with unwillingness and regret in her eyes. "Now then let''s try The Blood absorption technique" He extended both his hands towards her corpse and closed his eyes. Her body started to rise in the air and blood started to come out of her body and flew towards Ariel. Ariel was surrounded by blood and he started purifying and absorbing it. ... After an hour he opened his eyes, He saw that the corpse disappeared and was replaced by ashes. He felt his body became stronger and he was a bit closer to the saint realm. He picked up his sword and left the cave. After traveling for a day he finally caught up with his Guards. Who were happy upon his safe return, and they continued there journey. ... 14 CHAPTER 13 After the incident with the bandits, Ariel and his Guards did not encounter anything special on their way to The Elf kingdom, so he had to spend the next few weeks by cultivating and occasionally hunting beasts. Silias was also observing the Crown prince and was honestly a bit frightened and happy, happy because their future king was already this powerful and frightened because he was too indifferent about killing in general, Silias even felt that he enjoyed killing like second nature to him. But alas he could do nothing and only hope that The demon king''s ploy works . *After 2 weeks* Ariel had Arrived in the capital of the Elf Kingdom, The Royal village. As soon as he arrived the first thing he observed was that all the elves were extremely beautiful, women had an extremely seductive figure and a charming face while men looked handsome. All of them could become huge stars if they were on earth, soon servants came to inform that he could rest for a few minutes and after that, he would attend the Family banquet. Ariel preferred to explore the village as it was totally different from what he imagined, instead of stone houses the Elves preferred living in trees that were modified from inside. The entire Village looked so natural and beautiful that even Ariel was excited after seeing it for the first time. *Knock-Knock* A knock on the door pulled him out of his thoughts "Come in" The door opened and revealed a middle-aged woman she came inside and said respectfully "I came here to guide the prince to the dining hall", Ariel nodded and got up from his chair and said, "Lead the way". Ariel followed her to the dining hall, after arriving there the woman turned to him and said: "His majesty is waiting for you inside". Ariel replied with a "Hmm" and went inside. He saw a handsome middle-aged man seated on what looked like a throne made of tree branches. After he reached the middle of the hall he stopped and said politely "Greetings your majesty, My name is Ariel". The man on the throne did not reply he simply looked at him and suddenly his eyes turned cold and he released his aura. Ariel was dumbfounded ''Wha-'' he didn''t know why he attacked him suddenly. The Aura was too powerful and Ariel knew that the man in front of him was at least on the level of his uncle, He could not endure the pressure for long and his knees started to bend. Ariel''s eyes went cold, though he did not say it he swore in his mind that he will end this guy in the future and the death will not be painless. The man looked in his eyes and laughed "Whoa there, you should not show your emotions on your face too easily. If it was someone else he might have killed you by now" as he said this the pressure around Ariel disappeared. Ariel sighed in relief, He asked softly with a hint of coldness "Why did your majesty attack me just now". The man replied "I simply wanted to test you.", Ariel asked, "May I know why you wanted to test me". The man simply said "Your grandfather did not send you here for an escort mission, he sent you here for the inheritance of a supreme level cultivator. That''s why I needed to test you, If you simply kneeled without any resistance I would''ve made you return to Azael. But now you can try your luck with the inheritance". Ariel understood everything now ''So this is why grandfather sent me here'', he was confused when his grandfather asked him fir this. now he understood the reason. "I apologize for behaving rudely" "It''s not a problem, besides you can call me Uncle Steyn" "Alright Uncle Steyn" "Now, complicated things aside. You just came to the Royal village right, so you can explore it and have fun for the next few days until we prepare for the inheritance test" Ariel nodded and said "Alright, But I don''t know my way around here. So can uncle help me by arranging a guide" Steyn laughed and said "Don''t worry you will meet your guide tomorrow, Now let''s have dinner" After that, both of them went to the dining hall and sat on a table filled with different kinds of dishes. Ariel and Steyn had a casual talk amongst themselves, Ariel asked many questions and Steyn answered all of them. After the dinner, Ariel said goodbye to Steyn and was escorted back to his room. *somewhere in the royal village* Two men were in a room one was an old man in green clothing and the other was Steyn. The old man sat on a chair while Steyn was standing to his side respectfully "So how was your impression of the boy" "Pretty good, He has a strong willpower. Besides based on his age and his cultivating level the boy is an absolute genius" "Ha ha ha ha, That old bastard was right. His grandson is truly special, well this solves our worries" "fa-" "By the way how is the plan going" Steyn sighed and said "It''s going alright, but don''t you think it''s unfair for little Rose" The old man rebuked him harshly and said "Shut up, I know what I am doing. If things go wrong we can always cancel the engagement" Steyn did not dare Question him again and said "Sure I will keep that in mind father " *In the morning* Ariel did not know why but he was feeling very excited today. he thought of a reason and suddenly realized that after coming to this world he did not explore much of this world, not even Azael, due to his training, and today he had a chance to go around and experience the culture of Elfs. ''Yes that must be the case'' he thought. Although most of the time he acted cold and aloof but deep inside due to his soul merging with the child''s soul he somehow retained some of the boy''s traits. he just has not realized this yet . Ariel hurriedly got ready and waited for the guide to arrive. ... An hour passed but the guide still did not arrive, just as he was about to get up and ask about the guide, someone knocked on the door. "Come in" The door slowly opened, as it was halfway opened a small figure came in. "Ummmm, He-he-Hello, Big brother my name is Rose. Father sent me to take you around the city" "Wha-" ........ 15 Chapter 14 Ariel was surprised when he saw a small girl come inside the room. He thought ''Why is this little girl here''. "Ummmm, He-he-Hello, Big brother my name is Rose. Father sent me to take you around the city" Rose was looking at him with shiny eyes. She thought ''finally I can go outside''. Ariel got confused when he heard the girl so he asked "You, Are you going to show me around", the girl nodded and said "Yes, My name is Rose. What''s your''s". "Oh! my name is Ariel, Nice to meet you" "Nice to meet you too" Now that Ariel looked at the girl more carefully she''s extremely cute, ''Whatever, I''ll just go with her'' thought Ariel. "So, where are we going first," he asked. Rose thought for a second and replied "We can go to the market first" "Alright" Both of them left the room together and went to the market. The market of Royal village was extremely large, with most people selling clothes, food, or weapons. Ariel was not too excited for the market, but he saw that Rose was ecstatic. It felt like she came outside after a long time, so he couldn''t help but ask "Hey, why are you so excited". Rose was shocked when she heard this, She thought that she has done something wrong "Wha- I''m sorry Big brother Ariel. " "No need to apologize, I just thought that you''re too excited." "Well, my father never lets me go out, so this is the first time I came out in the last two years. That''s why I was too excited" "Oh! Well, it''s not a problem, you don''t need to apologize. We both can explore and enjoy the day." When Rose heard him her face lit up, She was beaming with joy ''Big brother Ariel is very sweet hee hee''. After that both of them started to explore the market, They went clothes shopping, Ariel even ought a ruby hairpin for her. At first, she refused but eventually accepted it under Ariel''s persuasion. They went around the market till evening. "Whew, I''m exhausted. What about you Rose" "I''m fine Big Brother" "Let''s continue tomorrow, we can have dinner now." Rose was somewhat down as the day was going to end, This was the first time in her entire life that she had so much fun in a day. She didn''t realize it yet but she was subconsciously starting to develop a fondness for Ariel. Ariel noticed her expression, He said "Down be so down, We will meet tomorrow. It''s not like I''m going anywhere for the next few days". Ariel has also grown fond of Rose.Rose''s face lit up as she asked "Really", Ariel nodded. "Now let''s have dinner cuz I''m pretty hungry" After that, both of them went to a Restaurant to eat. After eating a scrumptious dinner both of them were satisfied, Ariel paid for the food and then left with Rose. "Now then, Good night Rose." "Hu-Huh! Oh yes. Good night big brother" Ariel saw that she was sad so he pat her head and said "Don''t worry we''ll meet tomorrow" Rose''s face was red as Ariel rubbed her head "Hee hee, ok". After that, both of them said goodbye to each other and Ariel waited until Rose was out of his sight and then returned to his room. He was not worried about the safety of Rose as he could sense $ guars around them, All of them were true saints. .... While Ariel was lying on the bed he was thinking of something which has been bothering him for some time now. ''Why do I experience such emotional fluctuations everyday, Its been going on ever since I came to this world. There must be something going on'', Ariel has also begun to notice his emotional fluctuations. Like today, he was attracted to a little girl. According to his original age, he should have been attracted to mature ladies, but he felt flustered and attracted towards Rose. ''Could it be related to the soul transmigration, Maybe my soul fused with the soul of the little boy. That''s why I''m experiencing this. Right, this must be the reason.'' He thought for a solution from the things his master taught him, But couldn''t find one. ''Well let''s leave it at that, so what if I''m attracted to Rose. It''s not like we are ages apart and Ignoring my mental age, we are of the same age'' After deciding all this and after cultivating a little, He went to sleep. .... For the next few days, Ariel and Rose went around and enjoyed their time together. They were becoming closer and closer to each other. At first, Ariel felt weird due to the age difference but the feeling soon went away. Both of them were enjoying their time together, While walking they started holding the hands of each other and the same went on for around a month. After a month passed Ariel was finally notified that the preparations were complete for inheritance. Although he was feeling excited, he also felt a sense of loss as he knew that his fun days with Rose were over. He didn''t know whether he loved her or not, but he did like her. Similar to Ariel Rose was also at a loss, She also felt an indescribable feeling for him deep in her heart. When her father told her that Ariel would not accompany her from tomorrow. She started crying and both her father and mother could not stop her from crying. Finally, her grandfather arrived, he said something in her ear. After hearing him she stopped crying, Her face went red and she started smiling dumbly. Looking at Rose, her grandfather sighed ''What kind of spell did he put on her for her to be this smitten with him. Well anyway, it''s all according to plan''. He started imagining himself holding a little baby in his hands and grinned ''Truly a future to wish For'' ..... *The Next Day* "Are you ready boy" "Yes uncle, I''m ready." "Be careful while you''re in the tomb. If you feel encounter any life-threatening situation break the jade I gave you. You''ll be transported outside." "Yes Uncle" "Take care, Now go" Ariel stepped on a red magical circle and a Red beam enveloped him and he disappeared. ''Let''s do this'' ......... 16 CHAPTER 15 ''Where is this'' Ariel looked around and found endless darkness around him. It looked like the world was made of black colored liquid with a fire burning in front of him. ''Where the hell is this, It looks like the world''s power comes from the fire'' he started walking toward the fire, It was a blue-colored fire. Just as he was about to reach it, an extremely strong pressure assaulted him. He was thrown back, his orifices started bleeding from the pressure. ''What a strong aura'' He thought, Except his Master he did not think anyone he ever met could''ve withstood the pressure with ease. "Huh, what are you doing here" Suddenly he heard a thundering voice, The pressure further intensified the fire started growing and a face emerged out of it with purple eyes. Ariel started slipping further. He used all of his power to firmly plant his feet on the black surface, still, he was slowly being pushed back by the power. "I came here for the Inheritance of the Thunder King," he said carefully. "Hmm, so you came here to inherit my powers." "Are you the Thunder King" The figure was looking at him like he was an insignificant ant. He repeated his question with more pressure "Answer me first, Boy." Ariel thought for a second and replied: "Yes, I came here to inherit your powers". The figure started laughing, his laughter was like thunder. His voice carried the intent of thunder and it was extremely pure, far more pure and powerful than the thunder intent he used to train himself. ''Awesome he''s extremely powerful, and his power is extremely pure'' The figure stopped laughing and looked at Ariel and said coldly "Get out, you''re not qualified to inherit my powers" Ariel was stunned "Wha-" this has never happened to him, he never expected Thunder King to say no. "Why do you say that I''m not qualified," He asked. "Your mindset is not right, You''re too soft. Now go, don''t waste my time" after saying this the figure disappeared and the pressure also vanished along with him. "..." Ariel did not leave, He wanted the power and so he decided to remain In the tomb and train. ''Well that went downhill'' He remembered the Thunder King''s intent, It was extremely powerful. He himself got some enlightenment just by experiencing it. So he sat down and started to gather all the thunder Qi in his body in his hands. As it was concentrated between his hands, It formed a ball of pure thunder and sparks were generated from it. Ariel observed it and frowned ''No, Its entirely different. His thunder Qi smooth and mine''s chaotic''. He started trying different ways to increase the purity of his thunder Qi. He started using little strands of Qi to make more powerful strands and then repeated this process until he found it impossible to merge. ''Hmm, It looks better. But it still feels like something is missing'' ...... Days passed and Ariel improved at a slow but steady pace. But he did not stop, He even started to increase the intensity of his training and was on the threshold of Saint realm. Ariel was practicing his sword and was distracted by an extremely loud sound. He looked towards the center of the world and saw that the blue fire was reignited. The figure rose again from the fire, this time it was bigger than the previous one. It looked down at him, but this time there was no oppressive force. "Why are you still here boy" "Well, I want to inherit your powers" "Hmmm, although you''re not qualified to inherit my powers, your dedication has impressed me. How about you take a test, If you can pass it. I will pass on all my powers to you" "What kind of test" Ariel asked carefully. "It''s an extremely dangerous test and you''re bound to lose tour life if you take it, So think carefully whether you want to take it or not" Ariel was in deep thought, He was contemplating whether he should take the test or not. After thinking for a brief period of time he said in a determined voice "I will take the test" "Well, It''s your choice. Don''t blame me if you die" "I won''t" Thunder King pointed his finger toward Ariel and said "Good luck boy, I hope you succeed" As he said that Ariel was enveloped by a strange power and he disappeared from there. ....... Ariel appeared in a hall of some sort. He looked around and discovered that there was no exit from the hall there was just a stone in the center of the hall. The stone was impaled by a rusted sword of some sort. "Don''t look around boy and come to the center of the hall and try to pull the sword out, If you can do it consider half the test done" Ariel did not say anything and walked towards the sword. As he was walking close to it he began to feel the atmosphere around him become heavier and heavier, Until he could only walk step by step slowly. He arrived in front of the sword, It looked rusted and weak, but he felt that if he were to touch the blade he would lose his hands. Suddenly he felt the Blood Demon Sword tremble inside his soul space. He felt like it wanted him to use its power to pull out the sword, At first, he didn''t pay any attention to it and held the hilt of the sword. *Boom* He felt like his mind exploded and his hands and arms were bleeding, his sleeves were torn and it felt like his fingers would detach at any moment. He wanted to let go of it and Qui the test, He wanted to return to Rose ''Its too powerful, I want to give up. But if I give up so easily now then what''s the use of cultivation. The Thunder King is right, My mentality is too soft'', He held the Sword tighter and started to pull on it. His mind was assaulted with unbearable pain, his hands felt like they would fall off any second. But Ariel still didn''t give up, His blood started dripping from his hands onto the hilt and flowed down on the blade of the sword. Suddenly Ariel saw something unbelievable. His blood disappeared and the sword slowly started to come out from the rock. soon the entire sword was out. Ariel was ecstatic, he lifted it up to get a good look at it *SNAP* Ariel felt a thunderclap in his mind and he suddenly lost consciousness. His body fell on the ground but he didn''t let go of the sword. The Blood Demon Sword Started to tremble more violently. Ariel''s body suddenly was enveloped in a pure blood-red aura and started to hover in the air. The sword in his hand suddenly attacked his hands and Ariel''s right hand was detached from his arm. The hand still didn''t let go of the sword. The sword flew back to the stone. Ariel who was in the air started to come down, his eyes were closed and the Bloody aura didn''t vanish, It further intensified. He landed on his feet and started walking towards the sword and unlike the previous attempt, this was like a walk in a park. As he arrived in front of the sword he stopped and just stood there. "How dare you hurt my master you puny sword, I''ll show you your place", A feminine voice carrying absolutely horrifying power reverberated in the hall. It was so powerful that the floor around Ariel cracked. Ariel opened his eyes and as soon as he opened his eyes, His hair turned red, His eyes were completely red. He slowly lifted his right arm toward the sword and placed it near the hilt which was held by his hand that was cut off previously. His arm and the hand started reattaching at a visible speed and were one in merely seconds. Ariel opened and closed his hand a few time and the held the sword again. *CRACK* 17 CHAPTER 16 *Somewhere in Kai* "Your majesty I just got the news that Young master Ariel is attempting the test for Thunder King''s inheritance it seems he is a genius in cultivation, also our spies also informed that he is close with the Elf princess" Harold frowned and said in an angry voice "No need to call him that, also who knew that the brat was talented in cultivation, Send a marriage proposal to the Elf king for the elf princess and my 3rd son." "Yes your majesty", the man in front of him bowed in acknowledgment. "As for Ariel.... Clean him up, Don''t get caught. Remember to hire assassins anonymously, Kill the one who hires them. No one should be able to trace the source. Got that" The man was a bit shocked ''Even if he hates him, That''s his son'', But he still nodded. "Don''t send someone too powerful or it can alert them, Send someone at True saint realm. Attack when he''s alone. I''ll be waiting for the good news" The man in front of The Emperor bowed and left the room in a hurry. As soon as he left a woman came out from the corner and walked up to the throne. "That was well done my dear" she said seductively. "Eve, Why do you want to kill him so badly?" Harold asked. Yes, the woman who requested Ariel''s death was none other than the empress. Evelyn made a pouting face and sat on Harold''s lap, she put her arms around his neck, looked in his eyes and said "Because he''s a danger to you and the empire, I''m becoming a sinner to protect you and you''re doubting me." "No no no, I never doubted you, He deserves to die", Evelyn looked happy and she kissed his lips. Harold was a bit surprised but quickly his lust began to take over him. Their tounges started intertwining with each other, Harold impatiently tore her gown and started sucking on her tits. "Aahhhh Yesss suck harder", Evelyn was moaning in delight. As time passed their clothes disappeared. Harold then picked her up and mercilessly penetrated her from behind. "!!!" She gasped with her eyes going upwards and her mouth wide open with her tongue sticking out. She wanted to scream, but no sound came out, as she was so shocked by the sudden invasion that she''d lost her voice and nearly fainted. Not even a minute had passed since Harold started moving his hips and she was already on the verge of cumming. And her hands were tightly holding onto the throne''s armrest, as she was afraid of falling off from the intense pounding. "Ah¡­ Ah¡­ Faster mess me up!" An indescribable feeling of pleasure assaulted her body when his rod touched the tip of her flower bud, sending a wave of pleasure in her mind, making her tremble slightly. "Ah! Yes! Harder! Don''t stop! I''m cumming!" She suddenly moaned loudly. A few seconds later, her body trembled violently, and water sprayed out of her lower body, drenching the floor below. "Haaa¡­ Haaa¡­ Haaa¡­" Evelyn began panting heavily after the deed, But her eyes showed that she wasn''t satisfied yet, "Honey lets'' move to my chambers". Harold picked her in his arms and disappeared from the hall. ......... *Thunder Purgatory* *CRACK* Ariel didn''t pull the sword out instead, he pushed it even further inside the stone ultimately cracking it in half. "WHO DARES" A loud voice filled with anger echoed in the hall as Thunder king appeared, He was extremely angry. "HOW DARE A LITTLE SWORD SPIRIT INVADE MY WORLD" Ariel looked at him and said coldly "Shut up" and the red aura surrounding started to extend towards the Thunder king. The old man was shocked as he sensed an unstoppable force exerting pressure on his body, he wanted to escape but his power felt like it was not in his control. *BAM* He was slammed on the ground. He looked at Ariel who was coming towards him with the thunder sword in his hand. "Why are you doing this". Ariel came near him and looked down "Why you ask, Did you think I wouldn''t notice that you wanted to kill my master and take over his body. You think I would let him die so easily." "Please spare me, I will pass down all my powers to the boy" "No need, you can be on your way" Ariel pointer his left hand towards the old man, both of them were lifted in the air. "AHHHHHHHHHH STOP ARGHHHHH CURSE YOUUU" The old man started wailing, his face started losing vitality. As he was being drained of energy at an extremely fast rate his soul was extinguished quickly and he was erased from the world, His world started collapsing and would soon disappear due to his death. Ariel looked at the sword in his hands and said "Master has me so he probably doesn''t need this fragile toy" and he crushed the sword into pieces. "Oops I guess I overused my powers, Don''t worry Master well meet soon" Ariel collapsed in the air but his body didn''t fall on the ground it remained floating, surrounded by the red aura. As the hall was about to collapse his body disappeared. ......... "Your majesty The thunder King''s world collapsed" "WHAT... Where''s Ariel" "We don-" As he was about to answer him Ariel appeared on the ground. Both of them rushed towards him, Steyn picked him up and sighed in relief "Thank god he''s alright. Let''s move him to the palace". ......... Ariel slowly opened his eyes and sat up, his head was hurting. He tried to remember what happened but everything was foggy, he looked around and found himself on the bed. ''Strange how did I arrive here'' He heard the gate open, "BIG BROTHER ARIELLL" and he felt his body got tackled by someone. ........