"Well, you have completed your task, Choi Seunghyuk. Unfortunately, the seal will reseal the Royal Nighthowler's ability once more after a while and to answer your question, the Royal Nighthowler whom you referred to as 'the old creature' is the first King of the Nighthowlers."
First King of the Nighthowlers, the male demon said, and Seunghyuk was completely flabbergasted.
Previously, Kwok Ryong laughed excitedly with his Demon Seal temporarily stopped and his loosened fingers regripped themselves around the hilt of his crimson black blade, rushing forward with a rush of new blood and energy gushing violently all around his body, "Atomic Pulse!"
Kwok Ryong shouted out his "new" skill that he had finally gotten access to and sent out a circular black sword ring that expanded outwards so rapidly that the naked eye struggled to follow, pulsing outwards roughly like the ruthless ring of explosion of an atomic bomb, breaking the Head Royal Guard's skill immediately and sent her flying backwards hopelessly till the sound of her armour smacking hard into the wall of the battle space was heard.
"Ho...How! How did you get so strong!" The Head Royal Guard spoke between short breaths and expressed her utter unbelievability to Kwok Ryong who only stared mockingly at the Head Royal Guard's fallen figure and spoke sharply, "Have you ever thought about your consequences before breaking a promise? The deal was three attacks! You went way past that and your reason was the King? Well, according to me, your King will soon be King no more!"
Kwok Ryong finished his sentence off roughly by sending her forceful kick across the Head Royal Guard's helmet, leaving a huge dent in it and damaging it even further than before. Both Kwok Ryong and the pained, fatigued Head Royal Guard were completely tired and breathless after that unfair and physically tiring fight as they exchanged loud exhalations across the whole battle space.
"You...You dare t... to question the King's..." The Head Royal Guard opened her mouth to speak but realise her voice came out unfiltered, revealing her real gender as clear as day, forcing her to immediately press her mouth shut, but that did not stop Kwok Ryong from ultimately shooting the currently awkward Head Royal Guard a question or rather a thoughtful speech, "A female knight, or rather a female Head Royal Guard of the Nighthowler's King, why are you walking down such a dark and dirty path? It's sad to witness the slow yet painful corrosion and diminishing of the once glorious Kingdom of Arkawarenia. King to King, it's ultimately just a fixed tradition that all royalties have to follow. Yet, I failed to realise how much one tradition could lead to the downfall of such a glorious kingdom. A Kingdom's King to the next King ultimately turned to become a Kingdom's King to a Kingdom's Rusting."
Kwok Ryong was actually speaking in seriousness and solemnity which was evident because he stopped imitating the manner of speech of the current teens and cut down on contractions, speaking deep and thoughtful while he expressed the pain and anguish that weighed heavily on his heart as every day passed by with the Kingdom of Arkawarenia that he built with his own hands worsen and worsen bit by bit. A virus that slowly spreads and infects every part of a human's body only to slowly eat off the life in the body, just like Arkawarenia.
Also Chae Myeongeun, the female Head Royal Guard, was always foolishly stubborn to protect the wrong things but she was never a person without reason or thought. Somebody does everything for a reason, no matter how much that person says it was random, everything was done for a reason. Since she decided to hide her gender from the whole world, she must have experienced something from her past and that must have impacted her greatly. Now that she was faced with someone like Kwok Ryong, not only open to the idea of female fighters without criticism, yet also full of thoughts and regrets that felt like they dated back to many, many years ago. All that feeling analysed just from the external appearances, actions and manner of speech was only possible for someone that had been through experiences of similar magnitudes like Seunghyuk who was watching the whole scene unfold through the mysterious created screen by Kang Joonseok.
The Head Royal Guard was heard sighing deeply as she pulled with obvious difficulty at her helmet before successfully removing it from her head. The helmet that was worn on her head unremittingly was set beside her, revealing her exoticly white skin tone together with her silver hair that seemed like it was practically shining and lighting up the already bright whitewashed battle space.
"Can I ask...a question...?" Chae Myeongeun spoke with obvious hoarseness in her voice due to the injuries sustained from the insane fight, struggling to stand up from her sitting position but ultimately given up and remained sitting lazily with the weight of her heavy armour pulling her body down.
"You've already asked a question," Kwok Ryong stated jokingly and the Head Royal Guard just stared blankly at Kwok Ryong's face not knowing how to react, but the awkward and uncomfortable silence was immediately broken as Kwok Ryong sighed and said, "Well, ask away."
"Hûist dapeggéro doi årdølden rõstgoyâle hûgungæ?" Chae Myeongeun spoke a string of incomprehensible words with exotic pronunciations which even involve the clicking of tongue and everything sounded unclear but one thing was clear to Seunghyuk, and that one thing was that Seunghyuk was not able to decipher the exotic language with his current Ancient Language Comprehension skill mastery only at two stars.
"Just perhaps you might be wondering, that girl asked that Royal Nighthowler if he was part of the olden Royal family," Kang Joonseok suddenly invaded into Seunghyuk's strong concentration on the scene that was playing back on the peculiar screen which Seunghyuk silently appreciated the translation and continued listening on to the conversation yet partly hoping that the translation will continue.
"Oh, hûist åltrogë doi yanjæhnt Nighthowler rœwakaëge? Akstråsh, mig dapeggéro doi årdølden rõstgoyâle hûgungæ," Kwok Ryong returned the incomprehensible question with his own incomprehensible reply that continued to baffle Seunghyuk but thankfully, he had an efficient translator demon that coincidentally speaks the language they were speaking.
"Now that royal Nighthowler expressed his surprise on how the girl is able to speak the ancient Nighthowler language and he stated that he is indeed part of the olden Royal family," Kang Joonseok did his job and Seunghyuk silently acknowledged his help once again and watched the scene continue to replay peacefully like he was watching a film with appearing and disappearing subtitles but all that casualness and peace immediately got broken by a certain someone's loud and belligerent shout that rang throughout the battle space, alerting both of them.
"Useless! What do you do when you are defeated, stand back up and fight back! Instead of fighting back, you are having a weird conversation with him? You are crazy!" The King's voice of anger was heard but behind his mad shouting, sounds of dissuasion from Duke Travessle, shouts of frustration from Jisung, chatters of gossip from the Royal members were also audible as they made up the noisy background.
Chae Myeongeun smiled but the smile was obviously forced and it was forced to the extreme. The Head Royal Guard had seemed to feel tired of her job and just stood up with the aid of Kwok Ryong, both of them heading towards the hidden door that opened up for them, leading towards the main hall.
"That is all I have gotten. I reckon the whole House is in a pandemonium now. I would not be surprised if the situation already gotten out of hand," Kang Joonseok spoke with his usual calm demeanour as a devilish smile spread out widely across his face which irritated the already agitated Seunghyuk, "Kang Joonseok! Why did you still let me watch the whole-! Damn it! How many minutes has past since then?"
"Minutes? No, no. An hour has passed," The male demon spoke mockingly and Seunghyuk's face looked like it stretched outwards so immensely that his face was going to be peeled off, "Kang Joonseok."
Seunghyuk's voice went deathly low and his flaming eyes of anger bored into the soul of the male demon, for the very first time, the male demon felt fright even if it's just a little.
"The Royal Nighthowler's Aura of Terror...hah...! Choi Seunghyuk, you really are a special one. Moving on, to save my previous life, one hour has passed inside of your consciousness which is 7 times slower compared to the real world time flowing speed," Kang Joonseok replied, still with the demonic sass and arrogance but a small bit of self-defensiveness was added to the tone of his voice, but Seunghyuk did not have the time on his hands, "So that's like 8 minutes, I'm going out now."
Seunghyuk willed himself out of his own consciousness and he found himself standing there staring into blank space while the whole room was in a huge mess. Tensions clashed against each other roughly in the air until they felt palpable. Seunghyuk had to act like he was listening in the whole time and so he immediately turned behind to face the crazy crowd that went out of control.
"Are you going to stop it?"
The room went silent for a short moment before Kim Yangwon, the King, spoke with the annoying cockiness in his voice and provoked Seunghyuk with no means to hold back at all.
"Choi Seunghyuk, I thought you were dead. Standing there and not giving two hoots about all this, and I thought you were just going to shut up. Just in case you were busy sobbing over your underhanded success, this task is not completed! Your hear me?" The King raised his voice and stared at Seunghyuk fuming with rage turning his whole face red, an accusing finger pointing at Kwok Ryong whom Seunghyuk just pitied as he opened his mouth bravely to retaliate, "Honestly, I like how beggar-ly uncivilised you are right now. Since this characterisation fits you, your should just give up the crown and go beg on the streets. I will toss you a few coins, don't worry top much about it."
Seunghyuk looked at Kim Yangwon fume with absolute rage as he shapeshifted into a Nighthowler immediately without hesitation. Seunghyuk was about to also shapeshift into a Nighthowler in order to be on equal terms with the King but he saw the crimson red glow on Kim Yangwon's Nighthowler form's right palm which glowed with a dangerous hue of red.
"The Nighthowler's Scroll Of Secret Arts! No!" Duke Travessle hollered out desperately and Seunghyuk recognised the name of the attack because it was his supposed reward after overthrowing Kim Yangwon and taking his seat as the King of Arkawarenia, but right now he was about to face the wrath of an S-Class skill, "There's no way I'm going to be so stupid!"
Seunghyuk dashed forward and threw a strong right fist forward towards Kim Yangwon's Nighthowler face which made the King smile cockily with confidence in his smile but Seunghyuk quickly withdrew his fist right when the impact was about to hit and sidestepped to the right, swinging around the King's body and temporarily shocking him.
"Old creature! You're the first King of Nighthowlers! Do something against the own skill that you've created!" Seunghyuk requested desperately right when he reached Kwok Ryong's side but Kwok Ryong not only did not reply, he still showed a face of shock which left Seunghyuk and him to stare at each other to await the arrival of their deaths.
"Wait! No, my seal strengthened itself again and my abilities have been sealed yet again! I can't do anything!" Kwok Ryong spoke anxiously as Kim Yangwon turned behind, the dangerous crimson glow shone brightly with the intention to kill, "Choi Seunghyuk! You shall die along with your teammate here alongside you!"
The crimson glow in his hands widened and enlarged, glowing with greater intensity yet not brighter but instead darker, the main hall was overflowed with the crimson red glow, darkening everything in sight.
"The Duke can't do anything, and I trust none of the Royal members or your little friend Jeon Jisung over there would dare to stop me unless they really wish to end their lives early. Well, now, are you are ready to bite the dust?"