CHAPTER 9: ENDEAVOUR

past trauma that chases her even in dreams resurfaces again the moment she saw the silvered white hair of the young man who appeared to the back of their leader out of nowhere

Because this was her second encounter with a nightwalker, she fled without anyone noticing and didn't hear the young man's invitation to the whole group, and because of this, she safely escapes in the clutches of death.

"did he already disappear ? "

the girl hiding on intertwined vines off the tree pokes her head and observe the surrounding, still unsure if Wynn(the young man/ the nightwalker) is truly left.

"Nope, I just deliver the bones they needed, and I come back to fetch you… can you come with me?"

Cynn is sitting comfortably on the top of the tree wearing his signature smile while looking down on the desperate woman hiding down there.

"Hello, can I get your name first before we go?"

Cynn said while happily swinging his feet

Nevertheless, despite being jolly and friendly, the woman can't hold back her fear of him.

"E…e…Evelyn "

"whop"

he jumps near Evelyn and taps his newly acquired uniform.

"Ohh Evelyn, look, we have the same clothes; it means from now on we are friends."

Then Cynn raises his pinky finger to her.

Evelyn also slowly raises her trembling little finger to meet his pinkie; when she does it, his expression becomes more brighter, but it is different from Evelyn's because she is on the verge of crying right now.

Although Cynn is childlike, he was a 6 feet tall teenager with a face that possessed a hard to describe cuteness but still, he was a little bit psychopath.

"let's go?"

"Hmm"

"Did you think that my king would be glad if I said to him that I make friends with you?"

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- CALIX PERSPECTIVE -

When I came to this place, I thought that I would face a lot of trouble before getting all the basic things I needed. It was so convenient to have some assistant by my side, and I think I can also trust them whole-heatedly

They were working hard to all my cause without any complain or resistance, with these reliable subordinates of mine...I think I can be a big force on this world in the future,

It was all thanks to the dark heart.

I gave it some little test for me to know all its capabilities.

At first, I thought it was only used to sustain the undead's soul. Still, I was greatly mistaken because it has a lot of potentials

with this, I can see the things they called mana that was also foreign to me

it was mixed in the air and had different kinds of colors. It means it has also many variants of mana, and I can easily manipulate them. as of now i cant fully comprehend what is the extent it could the mana do and what its origin, i think i need to leave that for the days come.

Based on the information we gather as of now.

A mana manipulation wasn't an easy foot that a novice magician could achieve.

So it was a clear advantage I must use,

not only that the with the privilege given to me by the dark heart I can see the soul of a person and with that,

I can see their life expectancy and their nature. so, my eyes can see if they were lying to me or telling the truth.

the perks of dark heart was a praiseworthy thing.

Although I'm grateful for all these things that happen till now I'm still doubtful

all the sequence of the events was so perfect, like something was manipulating my arrival to this world.

"My lord, it seems that this place was slowly catching the attention of different kingdoms and they were started to monitor this place."

A black-haired woman dressed in a black robe. her face was covered in a dark veil kneeling on the floor with a respective bow in her head

"It's already time for us to leave this place, most likely if they discovered us we will face their retaliation and we don't have enough power yet to face them "

In my previous world, these kinds of power I possess can surely attract the greedy eyes of many people who hold enough influence.

I think it was not that different to this world because no matter where you go, humans cant be humans without greediness in their hearts; they always desire to have the power to dominate others.

I'm no different to them either it is just a matter of time before I overrun them.

" By the way, Melisa, do you have any suggestions where we will go next? "

I look to her with a soft gaze because they were the main reason for me to have the confidence to face my future enemies who will hinder my goals in the future

" Oumm my lord, I highly suggest to take over first a magic tower, for us to have a great access in the field of magic, that would be a great help for us to gain a knowledge in many things especially in necromancy my lord "

I pounded it for some time. before I gave her a reply, and I'm quite amazed at things she considers on how she handles a lot of information in my stead and not only that she has already gained this much cognitive ability and deduced the problem rationally

" That's a great idea, I will take your suggestion, but if we will take over a magic tower, that means we will also attract much attention, and it will cause their hostility to turn to us earlier, and that was riskier for us, most likely we will be killed if we are not properly prepared to face that kind of situation "

" I'm sorry, my lord, for my shortcomings. I didn't intend to put your life in danger. I'm just merely voicing out my lowly opinion to give a little contribution to you, my lord."

Ohh, I think she was overacting it too much.

" Calm down, I'm the one who asks your opinion, and I'm not mad, in fact i like your plan, and I absolutely agree with you to invade a magic tower. However, before we do that, we need to take a proper plan or at least a stepping stone for us to get a footing in these messy worlds."

" What was your plan, my lord? "

"Simple... Let us brew some schemes first..."

" Schemes?... My lord?"

I'm going to harvest the fruits of the hellish training we undergo in my previous body. It was beneficial to have an arsenal of skills that can be used in crucial times like this.

" Follow me... I'm gonna show you."

I'll show this world a tactic beyond the grasp of those so-called kings and a piece of knowledge that far surpassed this age.

I will dominate them by the accumulated knowledge from my era. All I needed was hard work to make all that come to reality, and lucky for me, that kind of thing wasn't hard to come by.

Undead worker an inexhaustible workforce that I can rely on