Chapter 20: Dark King's Past
Chris von Stance was the king of the Stance Kingdom.
The Stance Kingdom was a powerful kingdom during its time. It had lots of epic-tier individuals including the king who was a low-diamond rank. It was a prosperous and developed kingdom. The people were united and they supported their king out of respect.
Their king aka Chris was also a kind, benevolent, and powerful ruler. The kingdom prospered under his rule and everybody was satisfied except one person.
Chris had a brother named Jack von Stance. Jack was a very cunning and greedy individual. He was always jealous of Chris's success and fame. He always desired the King's throne but knew he couldn't have it until his brother died.
So, Jack formulated a fearsome plan. He conspired with devils and forcefully usurped the throne while brainwashing Chris.
Everything was going according to his plan and he was just a step away from his goal when his plans got exposed.
The Gods found out that the Stance Kingdom was colluding with the Devils. In a fit of rage, They cursed the whole Kingdom with [Curse of Fallen].
The once prosperous kingdom slowly died down until every citizen of the kingdom succumbed to the curse.
Various disasters struck the Kingdom and everything fell apart.
All the citizens of the Kingdom died a painful death and the whole Kingdom became a forbidden zone.
Chris von Stance, the current king couldn't even die as he became a Lich and got sealed in his royal capital.
Later, the once vibrant royal capital became an ancient ruin.
The memories ended there and a moment of clarity appeared in his eyes as he whispered some words to Loki.
"Oh, Savior! If you could cure thy's curse then thy will be forever grateful and will provide you thy's treasury."
Loki just helplessly shook his head.
A curse from a god is not something that his measly power could purify. Only another god or their apostle can purify the curse.
He was just about to reply when an intense light glowed from his palm and an illusory eye tattoo appeared on it.
The eye swiftly opened itself and gave a glance at Chris.
Chris's body bathed in the intense light and started disintegrating.
A soft thank you escaped his lips as he vanished completely.
His crown fell over and landed near Loki's feet.
[Condition Completed…]
EHHH?!...
A huge question mark appeared above Loki's head as he tried to digest the current situation.
He looked over his palm and noticed that the mark had vanished completely.
"So it wasn't a delusion," I muttered as I remembered this tattoo had appeared once on the day of my reincarnation.
Wait a Minute!
"HE DIDN'T PROVIDE ME THE INFORMATION OF HIS TRESURY!"
I spouted curses at him and bent down to pick the crown.
"Ughh.."
A painful groan escaped my lips as I collapsed on the floor.
My body twitched wildly as an intense pain overtook me. I quickly took out a healing potion and downed it.
The twitching stopped and vitality started flowing through my body.
I would have become permanently disabled before but now, thanks to this amazing physique of mine, even this level of injury can be healed naturally within a week.
I lay down on the floor and circulate [Grimheart Eden Manipulation Sutra].
Woosh
After some time, my Eden reserve was full again. I stood up and used Life-based skills to heal my body.
I couldn't regrow my hand for now as it requires a lot of energy and concentration. But, other injuries were completely healed.
"Copy Death element."
[Ding! Added Death Affinity added to host's status…]
[Ding! Evolution of Elements detected…]
[Evolving…]
[Evolution complete…]
"Status"
[Name: Loki GrimHeart]
[Age: 15]
[Physique: Deceiving Heaven Physique]
[Tier: Rare]
[Rank: high-silver]
[Affinities: Order, Creation, Yin, Yang]
[Arts]
[Grimheart Reinforcement Sutra]
[Grimheart Eden Manipulation Sutra]
[Life-Severing Sword Art]
[Skills]
[Healing Touch]
[Lifebloom]
[Aegis of Life]
[Sensory Field]
[Blinding Light]
[...]
[...]
[Abilities]
[Inspect: Host can observe other's status.]
[Fool's gaze: Host can copy the target's ability, skills, affinities, or items after the copied conditions are met or if you defeat him.]
[Deceit Robe: Host can negate any mental or spiritual ability]
[...]
[...]
Hmm?!..
Life and Death elements evolved into creation while all other elements evolved into Yin and Yang.
It should be good according to the system.
Whatever, Let's check his crown first. I have a hunch that his treasury's clue might be in this crown.
Loki scrutinized the crown but couldn't find the clue.
He roamed the palace for a while before arriving in front of the throne.
A weird diamond-shaped hole was found behind the throne.
He took off the diamond from the crown and placed it in the hole.
It was a perfect fit. The throne shook slightly and a passage appeared under it.
Loki dived inside the passage and found himself in a dark room.
He ignited his aura slightly and passed through.
The passage was a dark alley full of traps. Some of them were dangerous even for an epic-tier.
Loki cautiously disarmed the traps one at a time and moved forward.
After thirty minutes of walking, he arrived inside a room.
"WOW!"
An amazed look appeared on his face as he glanced inside the room.
It was full of tools and armor. Various weapons were placed on a glass case showcasing their glory.
Most of them were epic-tier artifacts.
He stored everything inside his storage ring. His subspace has grown a lot bigger after continuous absorption of other storage items.
(Loki's weapon grows more powerful as he feeds it more artifacts.)
He cleaned the room thoroughly and continued moving forward.
He needed to find the treasury room as it might contain the item that he was searching for.
He stumbled upon other rooms including food storage rooms and alchemy rooms on his way. He stored everything valuable and left the useless ones.
A golden door appeared far right from his vision. It was a big door with intricate runic design all over its surface.
Loki calmly grazed his fingers through the doors and pushed them open.
"HAHAHAHA…I'M RICH!!"
A laughter echoed from his lips as he glanced inside the room.