Blood Assimilation

With that decision, she made up her mind not to use force next time to poach Randy to her side. Because as she had witnessed personally, it would only backfire on her. Having decided on a course of action, she waved her hand elegantly, and then calmly walked away with a determined look on her delicate face.

“Let’s go!”

She commanded, and her entourage followed closely behind her without delay.

They saw an ordinary-looking carriage that was parked nearby in the distance shortly after coming out of the alleyway.

Under the instruction of the Crown Princess, the coach disguised their luxurious and flamboyant carriage in order to not draw any unwanted attention.

Thus, the coach silently and inconspicuously followed behind them in the distance as the Crown Princess who had disguised herself and her entourage tailed Randy the entire time. However, the coach couldn’t enter the alley when he arrived. Therefore, he had no choice but to park at the corner of a building and proceeded to wait for them.

As he waited patiently, he was shocked to see the Crown Prince enter the alleyway by himself, and then come out shortly after. Though he found it very odd, it wasn’t his place to question what was going on with the two Royal siblings. As such, he continued to wait until he saw some figures coming out of the alley shortly after the Crown Prince had vacated the scene.

“Your Royal Highness!”

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When the coach saw the Crown Princess and her two bodyguards approaching in the distance, he bowed solemnly and greeted them respectfully.

The Crown Princess nodded perfunctorily in response. By the time she got close to the carriage, the coach had already stood up and opened the door, and released the stairs into the carriage. Meanwhile, he stood at the side with his head bowed down.

After the Crown Princess had gotten inside the carriage, her two guards sat outside on the left and right sides of the coach. Moments later, the coach grabbed the reinforced and enchanted reins, and under his skillful control, the magical beasts started moving. They departed and headed for the Royal Capital without delay.

“HYAH!”

…

A while ago.

In the sky above the clouds, a figure had carefully concealed their presence. They hid behind a smog of clouds as they silently and keenly observed the scene below unfold with interest. Unequivocally, the scene they were observing below was the battle between Randy and the mysterious young woman.

The hidden figure emerged from the concealment and hovered in the sky shortly after the battle was over. It was none other than Great Lord Yonder. He had been in hot pursuit of the mysterious young woman who had managed to escape his clutches earlier.

However, when he found her, he saw an interesting scene unfolding and decided to watch it instead of pursuing and killing her. The end result was worth it, as he got to closely observe both the newbie and that obnoxious woman exchange deadly moves one after another. Their fight could serve as a battle reference for when he meets or faces either of them in the future.

What surprised him throughout his observation was Randy’s legendary-rank armor and his strange abilities that did not seem to conform to the rules of the humans of Acruxia. His abilities seemed to be neither spells nor regular skills. Instead, they were oddly similar to the innate skills of the demons of this world. There was also that inscrutable power fluctuation he sensed briefly when he fought the mysterious young woman.

Furthermore, he could tell that Randy still had more abilities he had yet to use during his battle. According to his deduction, Randy appeared to be restricted in the deployment or execution of his other abilities. His opponent was far too strong for him to handle. They didn’t give him much room for breathing, much less utilize his abilities.

Aside from all that, what surprised him the most was the boundless surging murderous aura he released during his encounter with the Crown Princess. He noticed that his dense murderous aura was full of negative auras of resentment and many other baleful and enigmatic auras that were interwoven seamlessly together.

That mysterious aura was what piqued his interest when he first saw him through his clairvoyant spell. However, it was much more enigmatic up close than what he initially thought of it at that time when he observed it from afar.

This discovery further proved to him that he was right in thinking about using the newbie as a specimen for his next experiment on negative energy. He would, without a doubt, serve as an irreplaceable specimen who would contribute far more than he initially anticipated. It was even possible that his contribution would allow him to understand the power of those ‘Outer Monsters’ he faced back then.

He couldn’t wait for the right opportunity to capture him. Before that, he still needed to make sure he wasn’t entangled with some powerful backings he couldn’t offend if he were to solely rely on his current and incomplete achievement in power.

Regarding the audacious young woman, he, unexpectedly, discovered a shocking connection between her and those ‘Outer Monsters’ whose source power he had been researching with little to no results. Earlier, he had failed to notice the source of that mysterious young woman’s power as he was furious about his Mystic Domain being broken through by her.

However, during her battle with Randy, he slowly analyzed her powers and noticed that she had the same source as those ‘Outer Monsters’. It was full of pure negativity, nihility, and destruction. The dark mana in Acruxia world didn’t have such properties.

Despite being considered evil energy, dark mana in Acruxia was mainly composed of darkness and shadow source energy. Though there was a destructive and corrosive source in the dark mana of Acruxia, it wasn’t potent enough to cause total destruction by itself. Furthermore, such properties could easily be neutralized by light mana.

When he discovered the shocking truth, he was no longer surprised or infuriated that the mysterious young woman was able to break through his Mystic Domain. Not to mention that his Mystic Domain only had one thousandth of its original power. Instead, he became alert to a possible threat to his life.

He chose to tread lightly and find an opportunity to find traces of those ‘Outer Monsters’ before engaging that mysterious young woman. Otherwise, he risked getting killed by those ‘Outer Monsters’ if they were somehow involved in this world. Though he had a backup plan to save his life, he would rather not risk it.

With that decision made, his figure instantly disappeared from the sky, leaving behind ripples in the atmosphere that scattered the smog of clouds. He made his way back to his mansion. He did not bother to chase after the mysterious young woman for now.

Even though she had destroyed her body and scattered her essence to prevent his tracking spell, he could still locate her before she could return to her true source. However, he decided against doing that out of caution and fear of the unknown, especially when those ‘Outer Monsters’ might be involved.