Regina’s hand grips the sword hilt at her waist, resembling a dark black sword with a plain wooden design, with several inscriptions etched on the sheath. “You just need to order, Liege; there will not be anyone of them left alive.”
“Why are you so cruel? Be kind and show some mercy,” Ryuk glanced at Regina, saying with a smile while Esme stood beside Regina, looking towards the dozens of figures accompanying two individuals in front, approaching them.
‘Is he Edward?’ Esme’s golden pupils coldly observed a young man with blond hair and emerald eyes, appearing extremely handsome, yet the only mark staining his appearance was a metallic hand.
‘His body is adapting,’ the first thought that crossed Esme’s mind was this.
Her ability had just attempted to guide mana around the young man’s body to create an illusion, but within moments, it appeared as if his own body had created a layer to prevent her attack.
Naturally, she had used the minimum amount of energy just to confirm her theory, but still…
‘Am I really useless?’ Technically, she had gauged the limit of her ability, which could keep the young man in illusion for a week if she used her full strength, but inevitably, his body would adapt.
“Don’t think too much; you are not my weakness,” came a soft yet firm voice from beside her.
Startled, Esme was pulled out of her thoughts by the voice.
“…I see,” Esme’s eyes reflected an orange glow as a black-masked man approached her as stood between her and Regina, offering his hand.
“This?” She asked, feeling confused yet placed her palm on the offered hand.
SWISH
“Do me a favor…” Ryuk said as he gripped her hand before both of their body started to become transparent, as it slowly started to dissapear with him whispering something in her ear.
Additionally, Regina and Drishti both disappeared from their places without disturbing the mana in that place, proving their precise control and strength.
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SWISH
Far away from the mansion grounds, miles away, dozens of approaching figures looked towards the materializing ones of four individuals.
“I am Ryuk Devereaux. It’s pleasant to see you again, Edward,” Ryuk greeted with a composed demeanor, his eyes locking with the blonde young man’s deep emerald gaze.
‘Fucking Bastard!’ Edward gritted his teeth as he saw the black-masked man in front of him mockingly laughing, his eyes looking down on Edward’s prosthetic hand.
“….You bas—”
“Greetings, Lady Drishti,” man came forward, interrupting his son, realising that despite Edward’s decision not to attack, he still tried to curse the masked young man who approached with a calm smile.
“It seems you’ve forgotten our meeting twelve years ago,” Ryuk said, looking at the man who ignored him and attempted to greet the woman standing with folded hands, observing the situation with a smile, as if waiting for something interesting to unfold.
Not receiving any reply from the woman, the man’s eyes glanced at the masked young man, understanding that he is the controller of this situation.
‘…that same aura,’ the man’s eyes narrowed, understanding the provocation placed by the masked young man, a situation created to bait them into making mistakes.
First, the young man intentionally reminded Edward of their first encounter, knowing that his own mistake of cutting off Edward’s hand had prevented a prodigy from setting a record as the first human to reach the perfect Legendary Rank at the age of 17.
‘But what if…’ For a moment, a thought crossed the man’s mind—a scenario where the mistake that occurred twelve years ago could have been a planned move orchestrated by this young man, who was already aware of the Abernathy family.
“You are right about that.”
“Huh? Sorry?” The man suddenly noticed the young man’s words, pulling him out of his speculation, his eyes narrowing as they fixed on him.
“I said, you are absolutely right about your thoughts,” Ryuk maintained a composed demeanor, calmly stating his words while glancing between the man and Edward.
‘Is it an illusion’, Regina stood still, observing the actions and reactions of these individuals.
Though confusing, her instincts told her that what she was witnessing was not what these individuals were seeing.
Turning her eyes towards the young woman in the white dress standing beside Ryuk, Regina noticed her deep golden eyes, enhanced even more by the mana flowing through them.
It was clear that these individuals were under the illusion of their own thoughts, making things much easier for her, ‘The worst enemy is one who can look into your brain.’
Not in the literal sense, but yes, the most hassle Regina ever faced was when she eradicated a continent filled with telepaths who kept playing mind games until the end.
But in the end, their fate was inevitable due to them offending Ardoros.
There isn’t anything right or wrong; it’s just the perspective one sees things with.
In conclusion, there wasn’t any confirmation about anything happening in this place, if it was real or an illusion.
SWOOSH
“…It seems true”, Suddenly man’s aura burst out after he understood the meaning behind Ryuk’s word, still let out his ZENITH ranked aura to clarify situation to that young man clearly.
At that time, he needed to prioritize his son’s safety, while being suppressed by the Artifact on Heindal, added with him letting his guard down due to seeing a mere child.
But today, the man clearly wanted to show—things will not be the same as last time.
‘….’ Ryuk calmly observed the man, then glanced at Esme, who remained composed despite using illusions from the beginning.
His words, expressions, and tone were only perceptible to Edward and the man, leaving the other Abernathy members confused, unable to understand why their masters were responding without speaking.
‘Is it done?’ Ryuk inquired, not paying attention to the interruption.
DING!
[Host, Analysis Completed, should I show the results]
‘Show it,’ Ryuk commanded upon hearing the system’s voice scanning Edward’s belongings.
╔─━━━━━━━━━░★░━━━━━━━━━─╗
ARTIFACT:: Wyrncoil (Celestial Grade)
ABILITY:: Makes all power stats become 1 for a month. ╚─━━━━━━━━━░★░━━━━━━━━━─╝
‘?!’
Ryuk’s eyes widened slightly before relaxing, realizing his suspicion about Edward was correct.
After all, how was it possible that there wasn’t any backup to protect the son of heaven?
Of course, the Artifact wouldn’t work on Ryuk due to his ability’s presence, rendering him immune to external debuffs or changes.
But now, seeing the gift prepared by Edward for him, he also needed to give a return gift, shouldn’t he?
“Regina, how far is Goblin’s Continent from this place?” Ryuk glanced at the woman beside him, inquiring while keeping his eyes fixed on Edward’s tense face.
“….Liege, there isn’t any special Continent for them, but if you want, I can provide the location where a large number is concentrated,” Regina replied, slightly confused, noticing the illusion layer on the young man’s body preventing his words from reaching anyone except her.
‘System, prepare a pheromone spray from that tea’s sample?’ Ryuk commanded about the sample he had collected from the tea mixed with Goblin feces he had fed Dreck on Ardoros.
Naturally, already anticipating a day like this, when he will need to give some gift to Edward, he had intentionally ordered the maids at that time to bring goblin shit, since it was needed due to the presence of the required pheromone sample.
[Host, what will you do with that pheromone?]
‘….’ Hearing System’s words, Ryuk’s face formed a small smile, his merciful eyes fixed on the blonde young man in front as he clarified himself, ‘Nothing, I just want to know what will happen if someone with a power level of 1, with a body which adapts, drenched in Goblin’s pheromones, went inside their lair when they will be in heat.’
[….]
[ Host, You are not just evil; you’re the architect of malevolence, a maestro of maleficence, a total monster beyond the devil’s darkest dreams. ]
‘….’
[ Should I also purchase lubricant for him?^_^ ]
