Chapter 435: Comet, Successor Of The Chaos Lord

"Hmm, so this is where the trail ends?" Muttered Elif with furrowed brows as he gently tapped his chin while eyeing the final corpse before glancing at Illumia, who nodded.

"There isn't another corpse with sword wounds nearby." Replied Illumia lightly with a shake of her, causing Elif to softly hum.

We'd been following this trail for nearly a full day, and we'd been going mainly in a straight line with an occasional slight drift, but it was still safe to say the inheritor was heading in the same direction; of course, he could've left that trail behind on purpose to trick someone, and then take off in the opposite direction, but my intuition is saying otherwise.

"What do you think, Illumia?" Asked Elif curiously as he sat atop a tree branch and glanced at Illumia, who observed the corpse.

"I think the inheritor is heading in the same direction." "Hmm, I think the same as well." Remarked Illumia and Elif, respectively, as the former raised her head and glanced at the latter, who nodded in agreement with a thoughtful expression.

"Hmm, let's see, this direction would eventually lead us to the Druid Kingdom, which isn't too far away, only four to five days out. If I were the inheritor, that's where I would first go, especially now that I'm this close; after all, cultivating a new cultivation manual will require the destruction of your current cultivation, so it's a very time-consuming process." Remarked Elif lightly as he summoned his Quạt tay and gently fanned himself while tapping his finger atop his knee, his words prompting Illumia to nod in agreement.

"I agree. After such a long time, my first action would be to acquire information, and the Divine Druid Kingdom would be the perfect place for such things." Stated Illumia firmly with a nod as she glanced at Elif, who pointed at her with a faint smirk.

"Yes, that is my assumption. Since we both agree, let's not waste any time; let us go to the Druid Kingdom." Said Elif with a nod as he hopped off the branch and gracefully landed beside Illumia, who floated horizontally in the air.

Faintly smirking, I kissed Illumia's cheek before leaping onto her back and gently slapping her plump butt, prompting her to swiftly fly through the skies after enveloping me in her Qi, protecting me from the harsh winds that would otherwise shred me to pieces from how insanely fast we were moving.

Although it would've taken me multiple days to arrive at the Druid Kingdom, it didn't even take a full hour for Illumia; once we arrived within the Kingdom's territory, it was another ten or so minutes of flying before we arrived at the nearest city, which was a bit small, but it was a decent place to start.

"Now, since we know the inheritor is human, let's check the most obvious place—the Red-light district." Stated Elif lightly as he fanned himself with his Quạt tay while gently leaping off Illumia, who landed beside him with a nod.

Since this city was on the outskirts of the Dyrad Kingdom's territory, the noble in charge of this city was nothing but a Divine Lord, so I didn't hide my cultivation, letting everyone in the City know of my presence, though it wasn't as a show of strength, I merely didn't wish to be bothered. After all, I was arguably the most popular and well-known person in the OverRealm.

When we arrived at the Red-light district, the women and men working as prostitutes went a little crazy when they saw me; the men had more self-restraint, but the women were screaming and calling my names; quite a few even stripped bare and attempted to entice with their bodies, though such things would never work.

"Hmph." Muttered Illumia with a scoff as a burst of Qi erupted from her, pushing nearly everyone away from Elif.

Chuckling at Illumia's jealous antics, I had her retrieve the manager of the Red-light district as I needed to speak with them; I didn't expect much, but I hoped to be mistaken.

'Ugh, put that thing away; no one wishes to see such things.' Thought Elif in disgust as he glanced at a man masturbating while staring at him, causing him to spit in disgust before looking away.

Letting memories of Elaine flow to my mind to rid myself of that disgusting and disturbing sight, I sensed Illumia arrive beside me with someone else behind her.

"P-Prince El-" "Shut it. Tell me when the last time a human visited." Stated the older woman and Elif, respectively, as the former's eyes widened in disbelief, only for the latter to interrupt her while eyeing her.

Before the older Dryad could continue speaking, I saw a group of human men exit the brothel behind her with satisfied expressions, causing my face to twitch as I rubbed my face.

'Why are humans so lustful?' Thought Elif with a twitching expression before sighing and shaking his head.

"Scratch that. Do you keep recordings of every guest that enters the brothel?" Asked Elif lightly as he dismissively waved his hand while looking at the older woman, who gulped before nodding.

"Oh, good. Let me see them. I want to see every act up until four, no, five months ago." Added Elif blandly as he eyed the older woman, who opened her mouth with a troubled expression, only for Illumia to narrow her eyes, causing her to lower her head and sigh.

"R-Right away, Prince Elif." Said the older woman respectfully with a deep bow before she quickly entered the brothel.

"Do you plan to watch each instance, your Highness?" Asked Illumia curiously as she skeptically eyed Elif, who nodded with a yawn.

"Unfortunately, yes, I will be tainting my eyes, though I plan to remove such memories after I've finished. Unless, of course, you'd like to do so in my stead." Replied Elif lightly with a nod as he gently fanned himself before faintly smirking while glancing at Illumia, who stepped away, causing him to roll his eyes.

After a few moments, the older woman returned with a crystal ball in hand before handing it to me, prompting me to take it as I injected my Qi along with my divine sense as I viewed the oldest recording first, only to subconsciously shiver at what I witnessed.

'Oh my goodness. I thought I was being a bit freaky by wearing special outfits for making love.' Mused Elif in disgust and disbelief as he watched the video, only to quickly skip to the next one.

Thankfully, I didn't need to watch most of the videos since I only cared about the ones with humans, but even still, as I skimmed through them, the quick peeks I'd have at each one were an eye-opener to how utterly freakish some people were. Before this, I would've considered myself a bit bizarre when it came to making love, but not any longer; what Elaine and I had done so far had been extremely tame, and I had no intention of doing anything more than what we'd already done. Even the action of storing my semen and Elaine's nectar in jars for later consumption would merely be considered cute.

As the minutes ticked by, and I got more freaked out, I suddenly stopped when I saw someone too familiar.

'Comet.' Thought Elif with furrowed brows as he gazed at Comet, who was lustfully staring at ten-plus Dryads while his manhood was on full display.

Comet fits the description of the person we were looking for, a human who uses a sword and also has a companion whom only he can interact with; not to mention, I find it hard to believe why Comet would be in this specific city out of all places.

'Not to mention, his aura had changed even before this during the Spire of Generational Might. Maybe he had long since found the Chaos Lord's hidden abode and started practicing the Chaotic Scripture, but only decided to fully commit afterward.' Thought Elif with a hardened gaze as he quickly filled in the gaps with educated assumptions before retracting his divine sense from the crystal ball.

Tossing the crystal ball to the older woman, I bundled all the memories I had just witnessed, minus Comet, and removed them from my mind before destroying them.

"Haa, I don't know what I had seen, but they must've been terrible for me to do that." Muttered Elif lightly as he dusted his hands off before glancing at Ilumia, who curiously eyed him, prompting him to flash a smile while nodding.

"Come, let us visit that nymphomaniac; it would be rude of me to enter her territory uninvited and not at least say hi." Remarked Elif lightly as he flew into the air while Illumia quickly followed, leaving behind the older woman and countless prostitutes of both sexes.

Sitting on Illumia's back, she flew us toward the Capital of the Druid Kingdom while I silently hummed, singing one of my favorite songs, which Elaine had made for me during my seventh birthday when she was only three; she would always get embarrassed whenever I bring it up since she believed it to be a terrible song, though I loved it.

"Do you know who the suspect is, Your Highness?" Asked Illumia as she glanced at Elif, who brushed aside her hair before playfully teasing her cheeks.

"It's that bastard, Comet." Replied Elif with a grunt of annoyance as he poked Illumia's cheek while she silently nodded.