Chapter 41

Thanks to the mess and destruction that Mikhail's troops had made and the information provided by two particular heroes, the armies of the United kingdom went on a full retreat.

Mind control?

mutants?

Powerful 'poisons' that could spread through an army within minutes?

common foot soldiers, that can control fire?

It was obvious that the enemy they were fighting was more than what they can handle with just a single army but they had more important matters to focus on now... Especially after they learned about their king had fallen ill!

To make matters even worse three factions have risen causing trouble within the internal affairs bringing forth more problems since there isn't a full army to protect their lands completely.

Not even a week after they retreated from the battle against the forces under the enemy whom the two heroes called 'YURI' the other kingdoms were already shaving away small portions of their lands.

Then again, not only did they lose their fasters and third strongest army that was in charge of those areas, they were no longer united thanks to the ongoing squabbles to appoint a 'temporary' king to help take control and lead the troops.

They had lost their greatest strength...

Unity.

The very person who could stop this was going in and out of consciousness, looking frail and practically skin and bones, was unable to tell them anything not even who will inherit his kingdom!

Heh, The Pale king himself never intended on relinquishing his throne because without it he won't be able to grasp his greatest wish.

Immortality!

He wanted to see more, experience more of life having a few kids was a side project as this time of crisis called for more desperate measures.

Just when it seemed like the king will never awaken, a figure of a man clad in shadows and black garbs that made him look like a beggar had appeared in the room and placed a hand that was clad in large amounts of aura, it restored some color to his face before he opened his eyes then looked at his most loyal subordinate and friend.

With the help of his most powerful aide, The king finally remained awake for enough time before Calling out the name of his long-time friend.

"Zieg?"

The man remained silent but even then with that the king understood what was going on and what this meant since he was here.

"Ah, I see... So The time has finally come, Huh?"

While most people would despair of being near death, the king just showed an annoyed look before relaying his final order with a solemn look.

"call for my strongest son to come here and bring 'that' with you."

With that, the king closed his eyes to rest and prepared for what's to come, as his face turned pale again this time stricken with pain as not only did Zieg remove his hand from the king but he pulled out a jade that was in the shape of a small heart from the chest of the king as he breathed his last.

the process was painless but even then what happened next was disturbing as the corpse of the king withered away into dust as if time sped up for him by over 10s of years per second until no traces of him remained within the room.

So with the Jade heart in hand, he headed to the noble faction's assigned leader it was the older brother of the second prince Uther, Called Jakub in the language of this world it meant ruler, so the first prince did more than live up to the name, he was trying to become it!

unlike his other siblings, Jakub raised his own private army, amassed a large amount of wealth, and surpassed his brothers and sisters in power!

He was the kind of person that wanted everything to be under him, kingdoms, the other races, heroes, even the world itself to do his bidding, right now one of his lovers happened to be one of the female 'heroes' and her ability to duplicate anything made it worth having her by his side.

So imagine how much fun it was for him when she made duplicates of herself to bed with him?

As he was about to have another 'session' with her, a man that Jakub remembered so vividly had appeared in his room, the man made no sound but his mere presence was enough to send shivers down his spine.

As for the reason?

This man who still wears rags was actually the strongest within their kingdom one of the few people in this world that had reached the 9th tier one of the pinnacles in power!

That is why no other kingdom dared to attack their castle despite the ongoing problems, that is why they slowly shaved away the surrounding lands of their kingdom to test the waters and see just what they can do before Zieg decides to intervene.

Upon seeing the man that was at the height of power, Jakub's third leg shriveled up thanks to his trauma caused by this powerhouse.

Jakub who wanted to be the ruler obviously tried recruiting Zieg, but at this time the first prince didn't know the full extent of this man's power, so upon getting rejected, he foolishly attempted to erase the possible hindrance that was too loyal to his father.

Not only did Jakub lose half of his army that took him ten years to grow which at the time had reached peak of the 7th tier, but he suffered a week of suffering under Zieg's torturous means of subduing him.

Almost every bone was broken, countless muscle tissues ripped out before getting healed again for it to repeat itself.

Zieg was a competent healer and knew how to use his aura to heal even the gravest of injuries, and capable of suppressing most poisons, but rarely does he go out of his way to heal anyone unless they were in the same position as the first prince.

Thus the uncontrollable fear that he felt for this man.

Hell, Jakub was shivering in terror right now!

"Follow me to the king."

While his words were cold and raspy, but hearing those words made him have a brain fart before blurting out a single word.

"Huh?"

"follow me or would you like another week of my 'treatment'?"

The words had gained an ominous pressure this time and when the word treatment left the lips of Zieg coldness enveloped the room which affected the prince's lover as well who shivered with him!

So Jakub quickly got dressed putting his clothes on, with a rush in a sloppy manner as he did not want to keep Zieg waiting!

After a few minutes, they reached the king's room.

The curtains were closed, candles dimly lit the area and there was one other thing that worried Jakub there was no sign of his sick father.

The first prince frowned at this as he looked around scanning the room as best as he could, Jakub wanted to make sure first before asking Zieg anything.

But that was the biggest mistake he had ever made in his entire life.

As a hand stabbed through the back of his chest!

The sharp pain made him unable to think before his blood flooded his breathing way causing him to cough, and the most terrifying part about this was what the hand held.

It was his still-beating heart as the blood from it spurted out splashing onto his face as despair filled his mind, then the hand was pulled out before he fell to the ground on his side unable to move, unable to speak.

The last thing that he saw was Zieg holding a jade that was in the shape of a heart in one hand before crouching down to him.