HPDBC Chapter 203: Royal Knight Training Ground - Lost Valley II
Chapter 203: Royal Knight Training Ground - Lost Valley II
They left the main room, noticing that Sibyl now looked terrified of Asura. Her body trembled, and her forehead began sweating when she saw him.
Verana didn't notice the woman's changes—instead, she gave her a menacing look. Yet the woman's gaze never left Asura. It seemed like she wanted him to give her an order or complaint while watching him with quivering lips.
However, Asura didn't comment, amused she couldn't sit to work.
"Verana, don't be nasty to the kind woman."
Asura's eyes narrowed with a wicked gaze as if he were torturing the woman, while Verana seemed jealous that he spoke for her.
"Hmm. Is that flabby woman your type?"
"As if!"
The two joked with each other while heading back to the mansion. Verana's eyes watched Asura like a hawk. Her feelings of jealousy were growing each day.
Despite this, he never tried to clarify.
Instead, he enjoyed the conflict between them.
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Once they arrived at the mansion, Verana dragged him to his room. It seemed the fact they would enter together made her excited.
'She's going to be so mad.'
"Come on, Asura. Let's go!"
Her eyes almost shone with enthusiasm while her warm hand gripped him tight. Then she pulled him across the stairs and landed before flinging him into his room with a bang.
The poor maids about to greet them could only look shocked, especially Verana's maid, seeing her lady so improperly for the first time.
"My lady..."
Asura could only prepare himself to make it up to her after she returned.
He already confirmed that many of his women gained a minor devouring ability when sleeping with him.
However, Verana somehow could do this before they slept together, which he believed linked to why she could remember their past life together.
"Let's enter on the bed, Verana. Make sure you are ready. Do you have restoratives and other items in your storage items?" Asura said while sitting on the edge of his bed.
He watched Verana before laying back on the right side of his enormous bed.
"I do. Mother always makes me carry half the palace resources in there."
Verena sheepishly climbed onto the bed beside him. Unlike her usual self, she seemed more refined and shy, watching his face as if to gauge his reaction or feelings.
Asura became relaxed, with shallow breathing and closed eyes.
However, he felt her approach and opened them. Verana jumped upon realising this and pulled back the arm that had subconsciously reached out to stroke his hair.
"Haha, you're so cute."
"Don't do that!"
"Or else?"
"I'll bite you..."
"Oh, really? That sounds kind of nice. Come, bite me baby."
Asura enjoyed flirting with Verana in this life because instead of her being the dominant one and him being passive and a little submissive.
He took the offensive and saw her many cute sides.
"Hmph... idiot. Let's enter the training realm. Maybe we can later..."
Immediately after, she took the phoenix token in her hand and placed it on her chest. Asura followed suit as a brilliant red light enveloped their bodies.
The scarlet light reminded Asura of Lorem.
"It's warm... and intense," Verana said in a whisper before her body began fading along to the melody of the crackling magic and strange runes.
'Just like my Lorem, gentle at first glance but intense and fiery when tested.'
Asura felt a sense of tingling—starting from his toes, it spread to his body and then his face.
The irritation surpassed the pain before he suddenly noticed his entire body floating in darkness with a sense of loss and despair.
'Did something go wrong!?'
While floating in the darkness, a panic grew in his chest. He worried he might never meet Mu Xue, Xavida, or Vela again. This feeling of weakness made him angry and aggressive, and he wished to destroy this cursed fate of himself.
Then.
It was the central monolith of his spirit palace.
[Status]
Name: Asura Fenix
Age: 18
Title: Divine Monstrosity (Upper realms)
Bloodline: Profane Phoenix Bloodline (37% Awakened)
Cultivation Technique: Nine Plumes of Destruction - 4th Plume (Azoth, Asura, Auros, Sura)
Cultivation Level: Fourth Layer of the Earth Cycle - Mantle
Cultivation Progress: 65%
[Elemental Affinity]
Ice: S+
Fire: Divine
Wind: AA+
Earth: C+
Darkness: B+
Blood: E-
Light: F
[Magic]
Density: 2750 (Average Stage Four 1000-1900)
Capacity: 5250 (Average Stage Four 500-1000)
[Skills]
Devil Sword Art - (Stage Two)
Elemental Sword Art - (Stage Two)
Auros Sword Art - (Stage Five)
[Monolith Status]
Devil - Stage 4(42%)
Dragon - Stage 4 (69%)
Asura - Stage 4 (22%)
Devouring - Stage 4 (88%)
Phoenix - Stage 4 (22%)
***
While eating the dogs, Asura noticed changes to his monolith system since he took charge, and it became more accessible to understand.
Because his mind controlled the distribution of all the magic and anima he devoured, more was given to Phoenix than the others because of how important they were to his survival.
'I guess I prioritise my dragon and devouring monoliths more than the others. Well, the link I have with Devil and Asura is weaker because I have not completed those plumes.'
"Azoth huh.... So those memories really are my next past life to accept and conquer."
Asura took a bite from the meat in his hand before he heard a strange sound. He focused his hearing towards the direction.
"S....top, f.... knave...!"
Although it seemed close, it was over a mile away at least.
"Protect the princess! Kill the traitors!"
"Haha, the princess dares to leave the safety of her castle and fortress and comes here. Of course she will suffer!"
It sounded like a clash between a certain princess and a group of knights that betrayed their kingdom.
'I thought only knights of our kingdom could come here... Is there more than meets the eye? Did Lorem tell a lie?'
However, the disturbance caused Asura to become interested.
He wanted to see precisely which princess could speak to the enemy, calling them knaves and spoke with such an arrogant manner.