As Degen has escaped through the shadows. The three could only watch in shock of what happened.
There is blood everywhere and there is even a decapitated head.
"My king. Let's go."
"Yes."
"Do not worry. I will let others handle these bodies."
"... I will prepare for this Mage king first. Call those in high position! Also the nobles. We would discuss this thing."
"Yes. I will do when I finished taking out these bodies."
And the king and his daughter had come out through the door on the throne's left.
"Father. Are you really okay?"
"Yes... You?"
"I am fine. That person... He could easily do that..."
"Yes. That is why we really must prepare."
"Yes, father."
"When that person arrived. I wanted you away from the city."
"Why?"
"That thing said that if his King had caused this rampage. The whole capital city would be destroyed in a matter of seconds. I don't want you to be in the city when he arrives. Will you please do that? My daughter?"
"Yes. Father."
"Thank you."
Meanwhile. Degen has emerged on the outside of the castle and materialized to mix through the crowd.
The capital is majestic. Every people seems to be in a high standard of living since he could see that every person has elegant and expensive clothes.
There are high walls that could be seen in extreme distances.
Every house and even stalls are made of high-quality materials. Much more good than what Takao did in the villages. Everything looks more like a castle. But cannot be compared to the royal castle.
"Wait... I am hungry..."
Grrrr
"*sigh* I should have asked for some money..."
"Well, everything looks good here. I should take a few moments to look into this capital."
Aside from wearing a farming village's commoner clothes. Be only have 4 coppers on his pocket.
"It can't be helped. I had to go back now."
He proceeds to an alleyway and dematerialized.
He slithers at high speed through the crowds to get through the remaining two cities as fast as he can so be could leave this place now.
On his way. There are lots and lots of good thing be could see. Being in the shadow form is truly a whole different experience.
The city before arriving in the capital is actually good too. But the city his King had been into has a lot of commoners in it.
After a few hours of travelling. More than five hours. Which is also how long he travels to get to the capital when he travels since morning. And now it is afternoon.
He arrives at the gate of the city his master has been into.
"Wait. how am I supposed to go home now!!!???"
He remembers.
"The rest of the journey is up to you..."
"What!!!???"
He then tells onto his knees.
"I, if only... This is not right! Your majesty!"
"Hey. Stop doing that. Come here."
"Your majesty?"
"Come here."
"Sorry for that behaviour of mine..."
"That is fine. Come here before someone see this."
"Yes!"
And he hopped into the portal Takao created.
He later found himself on where he is earlier in the morning.
"Your majesty?"
"What?"
"How'd you?"
"I could feel everyone that has magic. I also could track you using wind. I just knew that you had successfully got out of that gate because I felt it."
"Oh..."
"Thanks to you. I could open a portal now inside that throne room."
"How?"
"It just feels like I am there. So that when you got there since you had my magic. I could create a portal towards there now. Basically. You all are connected to me. Everyone that has magic. So when you got somewhere. I feel like I am there too."
"Oh... Wait. Where are they?"
"Doing their things. Good job on doing it."
"But... I killed many royal guards... That is rude."
"No. If you didn't. They would have hurt you right?"
"Yes. They mistook me for a monster and attacked me. I am sorry. I had no choice."
"Like I said. That is fine. You have done well. Now. Go ahead. I still had many things to do here."
"Like what?"
"I would like to turn this into a huge castle and do my things here like making rules and taking care of some things."
"I see."
"Go ahead. Be on your way. Your wife might be looking for you now."
"Yes."
And as he reached for the door.
"Just don't tell anyone. But I gave you all magic so that I could gather more powers. But it is also because I wanted to trust you guys. Since you are the first I helped and been with me."
"Yes. Nobody will know. Just don't show them first. Your majesty."
"Also. Learn from the mentor. Learn this weapon."
He generated a kama on his hand and tossed it to Degen.
"Oh... What is this weapon?"
"I already instructed the mentor. He is a genius. Even if he doesn't know that weapon he immediately knew how to use it. Go ahead. He is currently training the men on your family. From now on. The men in Dark seraph family will be in Assassin order. And for the women. The Valkyrie order."
"I see. Then. I will be on my way. Your majesty."
"Mm."
As he left through the door. A rumbling starts. As he looked back. The small house that is personally the Mage king's has transformed into a huge castle.
It is in the north of the village and nobody has been living on that part so Takao took it.
"Woah..."
He is awed as he left.
He disappears into the shadows and proceeds to find the mentor. After a few moments of finding him. He found him fighting the men in his family.
The mentor is having a good smile as he is fighting then around with one wooden kama on his right hand.
All of the men had two kamas in their hands. Same as the mentor.
Though they are using shadow magic. The mentor is so fast and strong despite old age.
"Hoho. I really missed training people."
As he grabbed the foot of someone that came out of its shadow from below.
And smashed him on the ground.