[COMPLETED] TBATE | SHADOW MONARCH

Chapter 19 | Arc I

(Ashborn's POV)

A few days after I formed my incomplete Black Heart, I started to change Relictomb. Everything in Relictombs, every creation that is made there, every floor that it created was commanded by the crystal. 

Since there is nobody to take care of Relictombs now, I will just close it. Since it's my territory from now on I won't let outsiders be in it. Ascenders in Relictombs will be kicked out, and nobody will be able to enter again. 

Beru and my shadows absorbed more of my mana and started to increase their limits. Their mana-pool got bigger, combat capabilities also improved. 

The most improved one was of course Beru. If he was in my previous army, I would rank him as Marshall. It would be great if he wasn't short-tempered when it comes to fighting. 

"My liege, what is our next destination?" Beru snapped me out of my thoughts. 

"We will continue clearing Relictombs for now, but before that, I want to see what will Alacryans do about closed Relictomb." I told Beru who nodded. 

From what crystal told me. Asuras can't enter Relictombs, and reason why Vritras...

'What a lame name, Vritras...' Even I, who doesn't care about names found this strange. 

And the reason why Vritras, those who occupied this continent are sending Ascenders in Relictombs is that they want to get knowledge of Ancient Mages through them.  

'Calling themselves deities and gods when they can't even enter Relictombs built by some magus.' I found this pathetical when they can't justify titles that they gave themselves.

"My liege, maybe we should slaughter all of them?" 

"If I wanted to kill Alacryans, I would be already doing this." I answered I didn't want to start explaining my ideals, so I just closed the topic. 

"Then, my liege should we go to Relictomb?" Beru asked.  

"Not yet, we will check something first. Let's visit some towns and ask about Relictombs, how did those Vritras react at closed Relictomb." I said and Hawky came out from the shadow. 

I jumped on him and he started flying towards the nearest town. My soldiers already learned about Alacrya, they know dominions as if they were home. 

When we were flying above Alacryan land, My Alacryan servant suggested visiting some bar with a lot of people. We could get information without fights.  

"I would look like a kid in their eyes." I look like a teen and a teen entering a bar with a lot of old people certainly would be strange. 

"My liege, we can just kill one of them and they will certainly learn their place." Suggested Beru, needless to say, this was a 100% working idea, and I would definitely choose it, only if I did want blood.

"I already said it, I shall not kill anybody who doesn't deserve to die." 

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I landed near one of the towns of Vechor. Dominion of Vechor, located on the western side of the continent. 

"I remember now, I don't have any money on me." This was a problem, I don't even know how does currency looks like here. 

"My liege, we can take them from lowly creatures." Beru meant to steal from people. 

"I just need to see and I will create them from mana." 

"My liege, you don't have to waste your energy on creating such a trivial thing." Apparently, Beru didn't want me to create money. 

"Our finances are low, not just low but non-existent. We need money for information gathering." Technically I need money only to enter some pub.