Ikrei P.O.V.
Much to the displeasure of cultivator Li, we made our way back to the villa shortly after the rock show ended, I barely managed to say my goodbyes to my fellow Andurin. Training was going to start early, my consort was impatient. Since I wanted to awaken quickly, I wasn’t going to complain but her behavior was intense.
‘What the heck did Krigsain say to her?’
“I’ll go change, see you in the training circle my lord. Hazu bring out the best drinks and orgon infused light vegetables that we got for the lord.”
I left to my private room to change into the proper training gear, armor, rings, etc.
“Patron, everything is ready.” Hazu guided me to the training circle.
This was going to be the first time I was going to train with my consort. As with everything, the training circle here was different from the ones in the castle. There were no walls, it was a mini forest. Hazu activated an orgon powered formation that created a transparent barrier. The rest of the villa was visible from the circle. In other words, visitors can view the training session.
‘When will I have a place like this? Absolute luxury.’
Yun Hee appeared after a couple of breaths with a sword in hand and no armor.
“Is that a Jian sword? No armor?” I asked.
“The armor isn’t flexible enough for this. And yes it is. Be careful with the double edge my lord.”
Her outfit was a colorful version of a Hanfu. It had a very suggestive key hole.
‘This woman is beautiful no matter what she wears. Perhaps I could try testing those limits if she wears a potato sack.’
“You laughing at something my lord?” She could feel my emotions.
“Nah, just your choice of clothes catching my eye. How is this going to work?”
I was definitively interested in Krigsain’s arrangements.
“Your brother is a scary one, my lord. I know you cannot speak of many things but he seems to know plenty about me. We will be training in the mastering of dark energies and the seed of Malgrun within you.”
I felt her energy explode like a small wave around me. It felt foreboding, devoid of feeling, very similar to the energy from an evil deed. A breath later another wave of energy, this time it was fire, the fire of Malgrun.
My cheeks felt hot, I was sweating a little.
“We are special my lord. If you weren’t I would not have agreed to this. Now attack me with everything, even with the power of compulsion from the contract. Try to kill me.”
She took a defensive position with her sword, she was nonchalantly speaking of her own death.
“I cannot do that, this is crazy!” I rebutted furiously.
“If you won’t come then I will! Heeyah!” She charged at me like a bolt.
CLANG!
I blocked desperately with my two blades. Her blow was filled with power, not as powerful as Krigs but still.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
“What’s this madness? Hazu!” I shouted giving an order.
SWISH! CLANG! SWISH! CLANG! SWISH! CLANG!
The energy slashes coming from my paramour barely missed me by a couple of inches on either side.
“I cannot help, patreon Ikrei. Patreon Krigsain’s orders.” Hazu’s respond was loud.
‘What the hell?!?’
From my temporal ring I threw four charges trying to defuse the situation. I wasn’t really targeting Yun Hee.
BOOOM!
A single explosion came. The other charges were swallowed up in a dozen roses the crazy malgrunian used. The roses became ashes.
‘You can use them like that?!’
She dashed towards me. The current realm difference isn’t insurmountable, not with all the training that I have gone through. Using the Heavenly Demon’s ring for added power, I gave an order.
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“Stop, right now!” The rings shone brightly, illuminating the circle.
She did not. She reached my blind side, placing her hand on my right hand. She received a cut from my reflexive counter with my blade.
‘What the fuck?! How?!?’
I felt energy being poured into me. Dark, evil feelings began raging inside me.
Yun Hee was bleeding from her mouth. She started coughing up blood, the consequence of disobeying the order.
“Rage my lord, rage.” Her white, black Hanfu became bloodied.
Even more energy was poured into me. Our soul connection intensifying the exchange.
‘What’s going on? I feel angry. I want. I want…to kill.’
Seven breaths later, after a good amount of energy had accumulated. I couldn’t react, Yun Hee kept pouring more power. It was eating me inside
“Let go, my lord, let go and kill.” Yun Hee’s sweet voice was the last thing I heard before my consciousness was eaten up by the energy.
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Yun Hee P.O.V.
“Junbihada!” I prepared myself giving the order.
I was nervous, very nervous.
“Arraseo!” Hazu immediately split into seven copies of herself inside the circle.
Little lord’s eyes became black. He was growling, dark energy seeping everywhere.
ZEEEZ! ZEEEZ! ZEEEZ! ZEEEZ!
“Block, little miss, block!” Hazu’s shout reverberated.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
A dozen roses and a roll to my left with a hard parry with the edge of my sword. The energy slash leaving a dark mark just where I stood just a breath before.
‘He is gone. This thing wants blood.’
“Surround me! We got to hold!” I ordered.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! CLANG!
Hazu’s parries caused severe screeching. Ikrei’s attacks were fast, faster than expected.
The frenzied little lord sent dozens of charges our way. The attack was fast but Hazu took the majority of the charges, that didn’t stop the explosions from going off.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
We moved together, the seven Hazu’s and I. I was trying to catch him off guard for a hit.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
More dark energy slashes all around. Hazu’s two realm difference was of great help.
“Creating an opening, miss!”
Hazu attacked Ikrei without mercy. Kinetic palms aplenty.
DOOONG! DOOONG! DOOONG! DOOONG! DOOONG!
The resonance of the strikes and Ikrei’s defense manifested.
‘Energy barrier?!’
“Again!” Another order.
Hazu attacked again. This time there was no barrier he just evaded wildly.
ZEEEZ! ZEEEZ! ZEEEZ! ZEEEZ!
“Now!”
Hazu also used charges from her ring. In the midst of the explosions I dashed in for a cut. It had to be me, the one to do it. Time to test the Fùchóu Zhi Rèn.
BOOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM!
“First form, Xuè qiè, blood cut!”
A red glint appeared on my double edge metal.
SPURT!
Clean strike.
An intense growl came from whatever was inside little lord.
“Maechunbu!” A bestial guttural voice that wasn’t pleasant.
“Insulting won’t do you good, dark one.” I slipped away laughing.
‘This thing is terrifying. Night Queens must be fearless! Come on, Yun Hee, fighting!’
It gave chase, the hatred and resentment became palpable. The energy was engulfing the entire barrier of the circle.
‘It is mad from the intrusion with my energy.’
Hazu poured attacks on it repeatedly, orgonoid charges, kinetic palms and energy slashes. The training circle was shaking a little.
Obviously I kept striking with the fist form of the Vengeful Blade. Lots of blood on the floor.
Seventy breaths later. The darkened version of little lord fell to the floor.
“He’ll get up in a few breaths. Let’s get ready for the next round.” Hazu proclaimed.
“We have several Hanfus like this one, correct? I kind of like this one.”
“I’ll make sure to have more like this one later miss.”
Black eyes Ikrei stood up.
The special training resumed.
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Ikrei P.O.V.
‘My head’s hurting. What’s going on?!’
Massive headache. My vision was blurry to say the least. I couldn’t feel my body, or it should be stated as a question.
‘Do I have a body?’
“HA HA HA HA!” I recognized Yun Hee’s laughter instantly.
A growl, a heavy unnatural growl.
“What’s wrong, darky? You sad?” She was jokingly tossing around.
I was attacking Yun Hee. I could feel our connection and what was happening without really being able to see.
‘This is painful.’
I started to scream crazily. Internally, externally, I couldn’t make heads or tails. All I knew is that I was incapacitated.
SWISH! CLANG! BOOM! DOONG! ZIIING! CRASH!
I felt my body crash unto something. My vision came back.
“Bleurgh!” I threw up blood.
On the floor in all floors I realized that I crashed and rebounded unto the barrier.
“You are back, my lord.”
Hazu was standing in a defensive position. The many copies of her.
“We are going to keep doing this until you can remain conscious during battle my lord. Hope you are ready.”
“Wait. Stop! Stop! I order you!” I shouted at the top of my lungs.
She touched my face while our rings shone with light once more.
She infused more of whatever dark energy she had inside her that I didn’t understand. She puked blood like a fountain. I became drenched.
“HA, HA, HA, HA!” Crazy consort laughed.
“We’ll take care of you patreon.” Hazu was gentle but it felt discouraging.
“STOP! STOP!” The rings activated again.
More power, more dark energy, more blood on my face.
‘Contract? Ring? It’s useless! She’s insane! I don’t want to kill her.’
“Kri…gs…ai…nnn!” I blithered out as the energy took over once more.
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Yun Hee P.O.V.
“What was that? You crazy woman?!”
He was angry, reeling on the floor. We had spent the last ten hours on his special drilling.
“Your brother warned me of not explaining much and I don’t even know the details but I have an idea now. if you insist I can show you what happens if someone does.”
After a while Ikrei nodded. He was fed up; the feeling was so intense that my hand shook.
I started pointing at my blood soaked clothing. I was trying to prepare him slightly.
“You have a spirit—” Ikrei’s screams stopped my explanation.
“AAARGHHH!” “AAARGHHH!” “AAARGHHH!”
He started bleeding from every possible orifice. Ears, nose, mouth and even his eyes. He was trembling all over. Screams and scratches on the floor. It was a far more excruciating version of my condition from over exertion from the demonic ring. The deadly type.
“Hazu.”
She began emergency procedures giving him orgon infused concoctions forcefully, many, many immortal level pills and one very special unknown one-time use alchemical fluid provided by his brother.
As expected, he passed out with heavy convulsions.
“Take him to his room. Call me when he wakes up. I need to change.” I ordered our attendant.
I walked away.
‘Krigsain is extremely dangerous.’