it was roughly 18:32 in the evening and Violet was reminiscing by how easy things earlier had gone.

She had invited a young boy by the name "Jain" into her palace and gave him an offer he just couldn't refuse , of course she first investigated his background and collected Intel from one of his friends , the friend couldn't refuse with shining gold coins handed to him.

In under 2 hours ,Violet had gotten the info she could squeeze out of him about Jain to the last detail , including the personal matter of his parents passing when they were young , leaving Jain to take care of his younger sister alone.

The boy was really energetic during their meeting , and of course oblivious to Violet's true intentions; he had taken the bait hook , line and sinker

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆..𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕.

Violet reminded herself of her true objective , the 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲

of course most people knew that a magic core was made when a monster died and all the energy inside it condensed into a ball

but what they didn't know was the energy itself that was in the core was powerful.

the energy was the so called 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 but not every monster core had 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 , Just monsters starting from the C+ rank and all above.

𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 ; a very special type of energy that could give people and other living organisms special and unique skills , normal people who had no source of energy couldn't absorb it into their bodies , neither could mana users - it was true, the magic core could boost your magical and physical capabilities , that is..if you yourself were a 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 user.

Violet was one of those rare people who had 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 , this meant that if she absorbed the core she would be stronger than she currently was , therefore making her ready for her Coup De Tat

She had a spy and a servant ready to join the mission too , this spy was to ensure the safety of the young boy named Jain as the boy was the only person who could carry the core to her ,in a literal sense.

All dungeon bosses had 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 in their body which condensed to form a magic core but the amount of 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 in a core varied by a monster's ranking. C rank monsters had considerably lower amounts of 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 than B rankers. As soon as mana-users tried to touch 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 , the 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 would immediately enter their bodies against their wishes and corrupt their bodies as normal humans or mana users couldn't handle 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 in their bodies , a weaker person's soul would immediately be shattered at that moment , while a stronger person could fight it off for a few hours before facing their inevitable fate of death. It was the same as touching a water bubble , it will pop and whether you like it or not - some of the water will stain you.

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but 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 users were an exception , the magic core wouldn't burst out no matter what , and had a long procedure in order to absorb the 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 in the magic core.

Violet thought she was the only 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 user in the small country of Voz , that is until that boy Jain joined the equation. He was also like her , a 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 user but probably did not know. He probably did not have a unique skill yet too , otherwise he would have notice Violet wasn't an ordinary person.

But Violet did notice that 𝙝𝙚 was no ordinary person , he had this sorta yellow field of energy which he involuntarily emitted like Aura, he wouldn't notice as he didn't have a Unique skill yet , but Violet did notice as she did have one.

Unique skills were skills only available to a single person , they were created according to an individual's desire during conflicated emotions , most likely during battle. Unique skills were really powerful , a person who had a really effective Unique skill could take on an army and still come out on top.

𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 , 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍.

Violet resolved with serious intent , she was putting the phrase "put your friends close and your enemies closer" into action , the boy brat had not developed a unique skill yet which was exactly why she needed to keep him under her watch , he was the only person that could become an obstacle in her plan , a troublesome one infact.

Which is why she gave him that knight thing offer , she could perfectly watch him from afar and also command him to do things for her , he would become a 𝗽𝗮𝘄𝗻, a 𝗽𝗮𝘄𝗻 which would dance by her tune in the palm of her hands.

There was a knock on her door , she knew it was from one of her several maids.

" he has arrived. "

the maid said. Of course she knew who the maid was referring to , it wasn't that 19 year old brat. He had left hours ago.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈.

Violet reminisced, the boy was only weak only because he couldn't use mana related techniques , 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 users could never ever use mana in any way ,the boy would be pratically defenceless in the C-rank dungeon , which is why her current guest was here.

" I'll be coming , send him to the dining hall. "

" I will , ma'am. "

the maid responded , she could hear the echoe of the maid's footsteps as she walked away.

𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝒉𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐.

her lips curled into a smile , a sinister smile which had a lot.

Violet was used to this , used to the manipulation of people to get what she wanted.

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 , 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑰𝒕'𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐..

She stood from the cushion she'd be sitting on in her personal chamber before taking one look at herself at a mirror to check how she looked.

" Perfect. Just the way I like it. "