" Greetings to the young master and my king." Black now had turned into a shadow of Ash. With the addition of Black, Ash now had six 9th rank experts under his control. Ash power was more than enough to create a S class clan.
Green, Eva and others came out to find Ash was sitting on the dead body of Black. A shadow who had the same shape and size as Black's corpse was kneeling in front of Ash. Isabella and Meg instantly understood what happened to Black.
"With every fight, Ash gets stronger and stronger. Turning his enemies into his shadows and expanding his force. It won't long before the whole continent shakes because of the Shadow Monarch." Isabella said while walking towards Ash.
Although Isabella was a Elf, she didn't hate Ash because of his shadow, using corpse to increase one's strength. Elf are noble and pure race, so by nature Elves hate black mage because they use corpses of dead people for practice. But Isabella was different, her mind changed after she stayed with Ash.
Isabella was not disgusted nor hated Ash. Instead Isabella wanted to increase her strength so that she could stand proudly with Ash. This was not her purpose before she came her. Before Isabella only wanted increase her strength so that she could return home. But now, Isabella thought herself as part of Anderson clan.
Meg also had the same thought as Isabella. Meg wanted to become strong enough to stand with Ash. Meg watched the figure who was sitting at the edge of mountain. This was the same boy whom she had fallen in love with.
" Young master, are you alright?" Green asked worriedly. Green knew that Black was very strong compared to Sword Orgin. So this whole time he was worried that something might happen to Ash.
Ash looked at Green and smiled. "I was fine. I was just thinking about the future."
Ash stood up and stored Black's dead body in his inventory. "Young master, no that you have killed Black, the last remaining 9th rank expert of Purcell clan. What are we going to? L" Eva asked. Green, Isabella, Aiden, Ethan and Meg looked at Ash.
Ash thought for a moment and asked. "Black, who sent you here?" Black was kneeling in front of Ash.
" Young master, Ivan sent me here. He wanted to vent his anger and frustration on the Anderson clan." Hearing Black's words Ash's eyes flashed cold light.
" Young master, I think we should just destroy the Purcell clan already?" Green angrily said. "I agree with Grandpa." Isabella said. Eva and others also agreed with Green.
" No. Don't forget, Ch'ang O is related to Purcell clan. If Ch'ang O wants her business to expand throughout Purcell clan territory the she will need Purcell clan's support."
Ash and the Anderson clan needed Ch'ang O. Ch'ang O valued friendship more than profit than why Ash agreed to do business with her. She would never betray a friend because of money. Ash trusted Ch'ang O. If were to expand her business throughout the entire Purcell clan, Ash can supply more products and earn more money.
Everyone understood what Ash was trying to say. " My king, Before I came here I was originally planning on entering the Carrion Swamp and explore it." Ash's eyes light up.
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Black returned to Purcell clan. Ivan was sitting in front of him. "Have you destroyed the Anderson clan?" Ivan was always arrogant. So arrogant that he never showed respect to Black who was a middle 9th rank expert.
" I didn't find the Anderson clan in blackwaste. I just saw some ruins and few half eaten dead bodies."
Ivan understood that Anderson clan was destroyed by the undeads spirit attacks from the Carrion Swamp. "Hahahaha! Good, Good. You can go now. Don't spend too much time inside Carrion Swamp." Black nodded and left the new Ivan's mansion.
Ash was gritted his teeths in anger. Earlier, Ash had used his transformation jutsu to change his appearance to Black. Ash gave false Intel about Anderson clan and made them think that Anderson clan was dead. Anderson clan would be safe for a long time.
After returning to Iron mountain, Ash let one black remain on the Iron mountain and guard it. Black would able to sense if any enemy were to attack the Iron mountain.
9th rank experts possessed divine sense. A divine sense is a ability that allowed 9th rank experts to sense all living beings energy within a certain range.
After the battle with Black, Ash realized that he can't always depend on his inner gates. He needs something else. The only power that comes to Ash's mind is Sage mood.
" Host currently doesn't have enough Black gold coins to learn Sage mood." The system poured cold water Ash on.
" I need money, lot of money... But how.....yes. I know what should I do."
A cold smile appeared on Ash's face. " it's time to destroy the Robert clan and plunder everything."
Robert clan was one of the few enemies of Anderson clan. Ash had no tracc to mercy for the Robert. This time Ash was going to collect the interest.
Ash already had sent a shadow of his to Robert clan. This time Ash plan was to use directly attack the Robert clan. Ash had seven 9th rank experts including himself so Ash had nothing to fear.
Which group in this Purple Star empire has seven 9th rank experts? Even the king himself doesn't have that much experts. If Ash wanted he could have easily made a appearance with his Clan and destroy the whole Purple Star empire.
But Ash doesn't want to do that. Currently Ash needs to act low key and keep his identity hidden. Ash wants to slowly destroy the 3 remaining pillers of Purple Star empire. Which would bring the Purple Stsr empire to its knees.
If Ash makes a appearance now then he is 100 percent sure that all the 3 old clans and the purple star emperor would do anything to destroy Ash. They would say.. 'We can't let Ash and his Anderson clan grow any longer. They already have six 9th rank experts.....'
Green and Eva was repairing the area near mountain which was badly damaged during the battle between Ash and Black. Isabella and Meg went back to space. Aiden and Ethan was looking after the new salves.
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Name:- Ash Anderson
Wealth:- 20.9 million BCG
Chakra reserve:- mid ANBU rank
Powers:-
Crystal release
Tenseigan
Rasengan
Shadow Clone Jutsu
First five gates of the eight inner gates
Ruler's Authority
Shadow Extraction
Shadow Preservation
Shadow Exchange
Monarch's Domain
Longevity
Immunity
Detoxification
Tenacity
Immense amount of strength
All versions of Chidori
Lightning Release Chakra Mode
Wood release
Flying Thunder God
Hell Stab
Total number of Shadows:- 13,456