"Death..., It's a Fickle thing no matter how much I ponder it throughout the days of my Limitless immortal life" a solemn yet flat mellifluous voice rang out, echoing in the Throne room of an eerie forlorn Majestic Balck castle.
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While, In front of the same Castle's Enormous heavy doors, stood two guards on either side of the hulking black doors, with their Black-Metal Plate armours encompassed with frozen shards as they stood stoic without flinching from the assault of the cold winds blowing by them harshly. like a statue, they stood; A statue that might have stood amidst the cold winds for decades, as their Icy-Blue radiant eyes peered through the gaps of their Black-helm and watched the snow raining down and encompassing the dilapidated wooden bridge ahead of them without a shred of emotion in their pale faces.
Just then literally out of thin air, without a hint of a minute noise almost like a ghost, a young woman with luscious golden blonde locks, dressed in a lithe yet graceful blue dress appeared before the gates, as she held a pristine white staff that was crested with a sapphire jewel atop of it, shimmering with power
She gracefully adjusted her posture and her dress, after she finished readying herself, a brilliant smile crept at the corner of her rosy lips, as she spoke in a measured tone "Good day, guards of the Apollyon Castle I, Alyssa the Queen of The Salvanguard Empire, would like an opportunity to visit her liege, His majesty Great Vampire King Neveri, The undisputed ruler of the Seven Empires and it's ever Loyal subjects"
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(Alyssa POV)
'Loyal subjects?, like they were ever loyal to a Soulless Creature like a Vampire, If I could coerce the Bloody leech into believing that Valazerheim is plotting a rebellion against his rule and have him massacre them needlessly, Then I would be able to convince the rest of the cowardly empires to lead a rebellion against the Vampire King with me as their Grand Empress' her thoughts ran rampant as she plotted her moves like a fox, While she maintained an evergreen smile on her face.
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Alyssa finished reciting the most appropriate of the words for the occasion and waited for the guards' prompt display of attentiveness and respect, she commanded and demanded as one of the Seven Empire's queen, but all she received was a deathly silence, their pupils didn't even avert to her presence as the guards treated her the same as air
As if she didn't even exist before their eyes,
Only the sound of the cold winds greeted her ears when the disrespectful scene sunken in her mind, her beautiful face contorted into a deep frown, soon her countenance changed, as a formless pressure and might gathered around her whole being while the snow failed to reach her pristine skin, as it downpours constantly avoided her form magically, as it fell around her.
"What sort of Insolent behaviour is this?, Even if you are the guard of the Apollyon, I wouldn't let this disrespect go lightly..." as she was forming the words in her mind to proceed with berating the emotionless puppet-like guards before her eyes but her words came to a blaring halt,
When she heard a single word entering straight within her mind "Enter"
her face instantly turned ghostly pale as felt paralyzed on spot, fear overwhelmed her mind threatening her like a sharp blade, as her legs trembled and shivered giving in to weakness as she staggered behind a step, she still wasn't able to realize if the word resounded within her mind or something that resounded across the whole castle's vicinity, as she lifted her gaze up and stared at the eerie black castle with fear apparent in her eyes, as she tried to ease her anxious heart that pounded vigorously,
This all happened because she was skilful enough to have sensed the tiniest bit of a thread-like bloodlust that loomed over the castle like a formless giant, it's just occurred for a fraction of a second and the next second the bloodlust dissipated without any trace like it never existed before, anyone could very easily fail to sense it if they weren't an expert that hadn't experienced countless battles, seen and experienced countless bled shed as she thought to herself "I didn't realize that he was this powerful I thought the stories about him were only a myth
If only I could mobilize the best fighting force all over the seven empires I wouldn't have to resort to mere tricks like this" Alyssa gritted her teeth in frustration, as she gazed at the flock of birds fluttering their wings frantically, racing away from the trees residing nearby the castle as if natural instincts were blaring in their senses to flee away from the place this place as fast as they could.
Alyssa felt her fear raise up by another margin, as she heard the sound of wings fluttering against the wind, it sounded even more amplified to her hears, as all her mind occupied right now was the sound of the wings fluttering and their panicked and deathly cries, the sound boomed in her ears like hypnosis as entered in almost trance like state
Before she could snap out of her trance-like fearful state, The world before her eyes started collapsing as darkness descended and encompassed her vision.
When She opened her eyes and looked down, her eyes went wide with fright as she realized that she was floating in the air, inside the barely lit throne room with her mind sinking deep in despair at the realization of her staff not being in her hands at the moment.
"How are you? Alyssa" A soothing tone rang out and reached Alyssa's ears, as she perked her head up and looked at a scene, she'll have trouble averting her eyes from
What's before her eyes is a Grand Throne that looked like it was made of Ice but the only strange difference is that the ice was dark-red in colour, almost like frozen Blood.
'I have only heard rumors that his Grand throne being made of frozen blood of the Seven Kings of the continent that he vanquished, but never in my dreams did think It would be true' Alyssa mind went blank struggling to grasp the reality of the situation she was in as she gazed at the figure gracing the throne
It was a figure of a handsome man with the sharp clear features and porcelain doll-like pale skin, red gleaming vicious eyes and slicked back raven Black hair, he was dressed in a full black immaculate aristocratic suite, that looked neat and crisp and complemented his slender yet toned figure perfectly,
He was laid back in his throne lazily with his head resting on his right hand, while he played with a Ruby crested Silver ring in his fingers, as he said almost as if he was lost in his own thoughts without looking up at Alyssa "you know, just before you came in here, I was pondering over the aspects of Death, I think you can contribute a lot in this regard"
As Alyssa floated amidst the air, in the throne room, with despair written all over her face the more she heard his soothing voice.