In the lich village in a rented room, two people were on a bed. The difference between two of them was that one of them was asleep while the other was watching over the one that's asleep.
After the battle with the corrupted the previous day, Vernox hasn't woken up and stayed asleep.
Minova didn't leave his side and stayed beside him throughout the night. It was morning already and Minova was wondering when Vernox would wake up.
...
*Inside Vernox's head*
"So that's what I have to do." Vernox said as he turned to look at the white haired, beautiful angel in front of him.
No... This time he's really looking at an angel. She had a beautiful face, well defined features and a very hot gown which hugged her curves.
The gown didn't go below her knees, revealing her pure white and flawless skin. Vernox didn't even have time to digest this beauty as he has just received the shock of his life.
"Yes. And also be careful while you are going to the forbidden forest." The white haired beauty said with a gentle smile.
Vernox's heart quivered when he saw her smile but he immediately shrugged off the feeling.
"Since when did you start caring about me Ariel?"
The beauty didn't say anything and made a cute pout before saying, "I've been tasked with guiding you, so of course I have to care about you. Even when I told HIM that I didn't want to do it he forced me."
"And who is this HIM you are talking about?" Vernox asked confusedly.
"Don't worry. You'll meet HIM one day, when you're strong enough." Ariel said.
Apparently Vernox has to increase his power in this world as much as possible before the disaster that will happen, takes place.
Unfortunately Ariel didn't reveal to him what this disaster will be and only told him that she will guide him.
Vernox already thought that the Corrupted curse was the problem of this world, and hearing that the disaster has not yet come, Vernox was confused.
"What about the corrupted curse?"
"The curse? I suggest you stop it first. Because when the disaster comes, if the corrupted are still terrorising this continent then it will be worse for this world."
Vernox shuddered in fear as he heard that. He just fought a low level corrupted and he struggled so much, and there are higher level corrupteds roaming this continent.
"What kind of world was I brought to?" Vernox mumbled in a sad tone as he shook his head.
"The kind of world where you can have anything you want if you have power."
Vernox heard a soft voice, followed by a soft hand caressing his cheek.
He looked up to see Ariel looking at him with a caring gaze. Vernox smiled as he said, "Is that your way of telling me to work harder?"
"No. That's an invitation." She whispered in his ear.
"What...?"
"It's time for you to wake up." Ariel said as six golden wings sprouted out from her back and she flew backwards.
"Wait a minute! What do you mean by invitation?!"
"Leave that for another day Vernox. You can still communicate with me telepathically."
And like that, Vernox's vision blurred.
...
Opening his eyes in the real world, Vernox saw a pair of red eyes staring at him.
"Oh, hey Minova." Vernox greeted her with a gentle smile as he tried to sit up.
"Are you okay? You've been out since yesterday."
Hearing her words Vernox checked himself. He didn't feel any pain anymore and his energy seem to have recovered automatically.
"Huh! I'm fine!"
Minova was happy as he was fine this morning. She couldn't think about walking out of this village on her own.
*Knock knock*
Vernox and Minova looked back as they heard a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
As Vernox said that two people came into his room. One of them was a lich while the other was a green skinned demon, a lady at that.
The lady demon carried a tray of food as she entered.
The lich then stepped forward and bowed down 180 degrees.
"My prince, I am the village head. I came on behalf of the village to thank you for saving us yesterday. Although I don't know why a Corrupted will suddenly come here, this is our thanks to you."
The lich then gestured to the lady to keep the food on a table beside the bed. The food looked very fancy with vegetables and meat and other stuff.
Vernox didn't pay attention to the food and was busy checking the lady out. As she bent down to drop the tray of food Vernox had a good look at her boobs that wanted to fall out of her tight dress.
He nodded his head as he made the right decision to save his eyes when that Corrupted wanted to pluck it out.
"Yes. You're welcome." Vernox said and dismissed the village head.
Vernox and Minova had a very rich meal that morning. After eating the both of them went to the stable that was at the edge of the small village. He retrieved the black horse given to him in Azure and mounted on it.
Vernox looked at Minova and saw her looking at the horse curiously.
"What?...you've never ridden one before?" he asked.
"No, my Lord."
"*Sigh*..come on."
He grabbed her hand and put her behind him on the horse.
"You can hold my waist for balance if you are not comfortable."
To which she held his waist almost immediately and with that he rode the horse out of the village towards the next stop point before he goes to the forest.
...
In the kingdom of Jornix stood a grand and majestic castle in the middle that can rival the beauty of the demon castle too.
Four hooded people could be seen entering the castle doors. They went straight upwards towards the throne room of the king.
Inside the throne room sat king Edrid the king of Jornix.
Jornix kingdom was one that deals in the trading of demon slaves, and they have been doing this for quite some time now.
Inside the room, the king seems to be discussing with some other people who were dressed extravagantly.
"Haha...I'm telling you. They'll soon arrive bringing good news of the destruction of the demon nation"
The people all chatted with the king. Suddenly the doors of the throne room opened and a guard came in.
"My Lord, they've returned!!"
"Send them in!!"
The king and his elders were all smiles as four hooded people came in. Upon reaching before the throne they all knelt down on one knee while removing their hoods.
"My Lord...I'm afraid, the mission was not successful."
The king frowned upon their statement.
"What do you mean?"
"The creature was slain by the first prince of Azure."
The king's hand was shaking as he heard that.
"You mean the demon prince Damien. He hasn't been making any external appearances and our info broker said that he has become weak."
The king panicked. There was a short period of silence as everyone was shocked by what these sorcerers were saying.
"He was by no means weak my king. He killed the beast in a very short period of time. And also, we saw his familiar... the white dragon."
The king, upon hearing this explanation was afraid that his kingdom was going to be in trouble.
"Were you caught?" the king asked in a rushed tone.
"No we weren't my king."
Upon hearing that the king managed to calm down a little. If they were caught that would mean that war could break out anytime.
"You're dismissed."
He sent everyone, including the nobles out of the room. Soon the king plunged into a series of thoughts.
'Does this mean that the prince Damien has reached the level of soul emperor'
The king was shaken a little. The ranking system for this world is soul awakener, soul Hunter, soul specialist, soul master, soul king, soul emperor, soul monarch, soul saint and soul God.
The most powerful person in this world now was the king of Camelot who have reached the level of soul saint.
Because of his strength he gained enough power and influence and now Camelot was the kingdom with the most strength in the entire world.
Soul gods were myth as far as he can tell.
The king was very wary now. He needed to take down Azure to expand his kingdom.
"Tsk, they didn't still succeed. I'll just have them try again"
He wanted to bring Azure down since he was lacking demon slaves as well as land to expand his kingdom into.