The news of the assassination of memphis zaichi spread like wild fire, since memphis zaichi is one of the top most powerful merchants in the west and also the prime minister of the vorgan empire.
The death of such an important figure became wildly known but the killer wasn't known!
When the deathmaker killed prince adrian, there were a few soldiers who were witnesses to that. They saw the fight between prince adrian and the deathmaker before he was killed by the deathmaker.
But there were no witnesses during the assassination of memphis zaichi, so no one knew who exactly killed him. The vorgan empire started investigating the death of their prime minister while rumors were going around.
Of course, the deathmaker is one of the suspects, but many were suspecting other merchants of the west who wanted to get rid of memphis zaichi. Memphis zaichi personally controls cities that aren't even in the vorgan empire.
He owns shares in the grand slave trade business, so there were many who looted him and would want to kill him, but no one knew exactly who killed him. Thus, this became an even hotter topic.
meanwhile: the north
The stench of blood filled the air as hundreds of dead bodies littered the battlefield. There were hundreds of horsemen seen holding their spears and weapons while searching for any survivors of this slaughter.
The flagbearers demonstrated the flag of the house castle!
There were thousands of soldiers present in the battlefield. Their armors were all soaked in blood after fighting against a clan. The house castle is the ruling house of the ambrosia clan!
A battle between clans led to the destruction of a clan without hesitation, a war that the house castle could never lose. House castle has never lost any war in their lives because of how strategic they were.
There were scouters sent to search for any survivors and wipe them out with ease when footsteps could be heard within the darkness. They all sensed the presence of a powerful being when they positioned themselves.
Drawing their swords and ready to cut down this enemy when rey castle stepped out of the darkness with smiles on his face. All the soldiers were shocked to see rey castle when they immediately fell on their knees.
"greetings to you, young master rey," the soldiers greeted with their heads bowing before him.
"he-he-he-he, I can see my brother made a huge mess here. The noten clan was quite daring while standing against us, but I didn't expect them to receive such brutality when it comes to battle," rey spoke out.
"young master rey, the second commanding prince terry only did what he was ordered to do. Lord benjin chose him to command this war, and he has done a great job," one of the soldiers spoke out.
Trying to defend their commander in front of the young master!
Lord benjin castle, the only s-s-s class assassin and the chief of the assassin guild. He is also the lord of the house castle and the ruler of the ambrosia clan. He is a man who has fifteen children!!
Fourteen of them are his blood, while rey castle is his adopted son, who is also treated well by the house castle since he is quite skilled. The one in charge of this operation is the second son of lord benjin castle.
The second commanding prince... terry castle!!
"oh? So terry is the one in charge, huh? Take me to him now," rey ordered when he was taken to the commander by one of the soldiers present. He is also a young master, so he is treated with honor.
Rey, who is seen holding a bag on his shoulder, suddenly stopped when he looked at the wall of bodies piled together. He was surprised when he slowly looked up to see a being seated on the pile of bodies.
The dead bodies were piled up together to create and form a throne!!
"it seems you are still at it, huh? Your signature move... the bloody throne. Creating a throne through the bodies of those you considered. You are cruel as ever... big brother terry," rey spoke out.
"oh? Is that who I think it is? The youngest, cutest brother ever," the voice of terry castle was heard when he looked down to see his brother rey castle standing before him. His legs were crossed when he grinned evilly.
"stop calling me cute, terry... I returned back to the north when I heard that we are currently engaged in a battle against the noten clan. I wanted to see the aftermath," rey castle spoke out calmly.
"you wanted to see the aftermath, huh? Did you think I would lose?" terry calmly asked.
He jumped down from the bloody throne, landing heavily on the ground right before rey castle, causing the ground to shake vigorously as the wind blew tremendously, scattering the bloody throne.
The heavy wind blew the dead bodies piled up together without hesitation when terry castle grinned evilly as he stood before his brother, a man who is six feet and four inches tall with a body of a monster.
To him... terry, who is just five feet and eleven inches, seems like a dwarf!!
"did I think you would lose? There has been no son of the house castle who has ever lost in battle, and not to talk less of the children who were born to the knight of destruction. We are bred for war," rey castle answered.
"you haven't answered my question, little brother rey. Did you think I would lose?" terry castle asked when rey grinned evilly, commanding officers of house castle are forbidden to join the assassin guild!
"not at all, big brother terry... you are a man known as the mad slayer because of your brute force and your swordsmanship. I doubt there is anyone who could defeat you," rey castle said with smiles on his face!!
"he-he-he-he, that's my boy... facing against the noten clan was me merely having some fun killing the weak. This worthless clan thought they finally had the power to defeat us in battle. Isn't that shocking?"
"a lower ranking clan like the noten challenging us. I wonder where they finally got the balls to do that," terry castle spoke out while laughing out loud. All eyes were fixed on him because of his hysterical laughter.
"be calm, big brother. I came here for a reason... I heard of something rumored as the demon fruit. Can you tell me what that is?" rey castle asked when terry calmly placed his hand on rey's shoulder.
A normal person would have been instantly crushed by that hand!!
"the demon fruit? Ah yes, I remember. That's where the noten clan got their balls from. There have been rumors of a secret organization selling out demon fruits to clans and warriors as long as they were stacked with money."
"i thought the demon fruits were merely rumors, but father is too smart enough to understand it is real. He sent me to battle out the forces of the noten clan because they were in possession of this demon fruit."
"and I saw it with my eyes... the commander of the noten clan faced me after devouring the demon fruit in hopes to destroy my forces and kill me in single combat, but even with his demon fruit..."
"I butchered him without hesitation... isn't your big brother so great? He-he-he-he," terry castle bragged out loud, although he had a few scratches on his body, but he completely overwhelmed the one who devoured the demon fruits.
"you are great, big brother, so tell me... you fought someone who devoured this demon fruit. Can you tell me what you saw?" rey castle asked.
"well, after devouring the demon fruit, although he still remained a human, but he was already releasing demonic ki like he is already a demon. His strength became chaotic just like a demon," terry castle answered.
"I see... although they would still remain a human, once the demon fruit has been devoured, the human would possess powers just like demons, right? I wonder who is responsible for the creation of this disease," rey castle said.
"he-he-he-he, tell me rey... how was it?" terry calmly asked.
"how was what?" rey asked in confusion!!
"the death of memphis zaichi is the topic of the west, but there is no known killer of memphis zaichi. But the way he died, I'm certain you were the one who killed him, right? Why didn't you reveal yourself to them? Are you becoming scared of the west?"
Terry castle asked when he gazed at his little brother gently. Rey castle took a deep breath when he sighed. He slowly walked towards the dead corpse of the one who devoured the demon fruit.
"the west are weaklings, so why would I be scared of them? I only refused to let my name be known because I have a plan. There are five targets, and they are all connected to each other. Two of them are dead."
"prince adrian of the vermax empire and memphis zaichi of the vorgan empire. If the remaining three connect all the dots together, they may trace it down to the baylor slaughter incident, and they will go into hiding."
"I have no reason to start chasing those who are hiding from their deaths, so I would like to hide the fact that those two were killed by a single assassin, which is me," rey answered gently.
"he-he-he-he, that's true... what of father?" terry calmly asked.
"father remains at the blood tower for now
He is meditating but there are important things I have to discuss with him when I arrive at the assasin guild, this demon fruit....it's just like qi technology but with a different recipe," Rey Castle stated.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Terry Castle asked.
"Qi technology transforms a demon body into battle suits and demon hearts into core to enhance the strength of a human after breaking down all the toxic demonic ki that could corrupt a human."
"But this demon fruit is devoured by a human to receive greater powers, it merges with the human system but it is also formed from demonic organs which is the demon brains but it increases the darkness of a human."
"Whoever is responsible for this demon fruit, they are using qi technology but with another formula then that person must have been related to the Baylor clan to use it to this extent," Rey Castle said.
"Oh? That's quite a smart way to put it, so what are you going to do now?" Terry Castle asked.
"I recently killed another single horned demon and like I said, there is something I would like to discuss with father, I will get to the root of everything and destroy the source of this demon fruit," Rey Castle answered.
"Creation of the demon fruit.....this is the work of a dark mage!!"