"What did you just say? Repeat it!" The Lord stood up from his throne, his voice roared, shocking even the guards in the room.
"T-these were the words that one heard, my lord!" The messenger smashed his forehead three times to the floor.
"Leave." The Lord waved his hand.
"Yes, my lord!" The messenger once more kissed the ground with his forehead, then stood up and hastily left the room.
'Who can be that bold to tell this to me.' He sat back and pondered a little.
"Guards! Bring Mivian here right now!" He commanded one of the guards.
He bowed and immediately left. The others are stood still without even blinking, afraid of if they do it, they will be executed.
The guard arrived back in mere minutes, he panted heavily and bowed to his Lord.
"My lord, Mivian is here as his majesty asked." Then the guard opened the door more.
A guy walked inside with short brown hair and brown eyes in a yellow-colored fancy cloth, emitting a strange aura that was everything but pleasuring.
He walked to the end of the rug, then stopped and bowed elegantly.
"My Lord, you asked for me. What can I do for you?" He asked with a creepy smile.
"Lead the 18th and the 15th scouting squad and find that person who caused this ruckus! You know the other sentences in this scenario." He gave out his orders.
Mivian just bowed as he accepted this mission, then left the room.
'So the Lord found a new candidate to increase his power, huh? I wonder who can be that poor soul that has been targeted by his majesty ...' Mivian thought while smiling.
This task means more benefit than any other one since the lord personally called for him. This meant to be a curse and blessing in the same hand.
If he can successfully find and bring the person before his majesty, he would give him an enormous reward, but if he fails, he would die at the hands of the lord.
It was nearly 5 years ago the new lord took the throne, yet the terror he could cause has been seen nowhere. The average people lived their lives the same, except the aura users.
Everyone who had a noticeable aura must be noted and reported to the local government, this meant taxing the aura users since their income could rival with a whole city in some cases.
The real meaning behind this registration was nothing more than just to find strong and unique aura users and use them as the Lord pleased.
But once someone with a mentioned aura has appeared and went to the capital ... well, no one saw them again, which caused a slight fear in the aura bearers.
After the first year, the registered aura users' number decreased drastically, overall by 80 percent.
And everything lead to a dark hall the lord stood before.
"Tarnak!" Mivian shouted as he walked by the living quarters of the soldiers.
A beautiful mix of sounds of rattling, cracking and clattering can be heard in a house, where quickly a middle-aged man staggered out.
A vein popped out on Mivian's forehead and grasped his hand into a fist. At the moment the called man stand before him, the first thing was he did was a big punch in the face of the man.
He rolled into a pack of empty boxes, breaking everything while a little blood appeared in the corner of his mouth.
"G-general Mivian. Your care is still the best for your subordinates as always." He told in a joking tone.
This made another vein pop out on Mivian's forehead. With a creepy and silent smile, he made his steps towards Tarnak and crouched next to him.
"What's the matter with my care?" Asked him with closed eyes.
"I-I just said you care your subordinates the best in the whole empire, General Mivian." He said in a relaxed manner while he cleaned the blood from his face.
"Hmm. Very well." Mivian spoke and stood up. "You will have a task from tomorrow, so please that whore in that trashcan at the best you can, because you won't have that much free time."
Mivian slowly walked away at a slow tempo.
'Ugh, I got goosebumps whenever I see him smiling. Urgh ... a creepy guy.' He pondered while coldness rushed through in his back.
Tarnak stood up and dusted down the pieces of the crate that stuck in his clothes.
'F*ck! He ruined my mood! I wasted 5 golden coins for nothing!' He shouted inwardly as he looked down on his pants.
"I will let my anger on those who caused Mivian's appearance today before me!" He grasped his hand into a fist and told loudly.