Chapter 938 Sovereign of Bulwark (2)
The truth was that Kyran did not mine the spirit stones. Instead, he assigned several puppets he acquired to do it. novelbin
As for the Armakeans guarding the mines, they were either knights or high-ranked officers who were all bound to Aran by the pact. After being released, they were similarly confused and lost at what to do. But because of the knights' discipline and the officers' dignity, they still diligently guarded the mines.
When Kyran arrived, they were initially wary.
Not wanting to start an unnecessary fight, Kyran called Filren and had him speak with the knights. He also summoned Breira and asked to take them back to their temporary base.
He then ordered the puppets to mine while assigning two automatons to supervise them. After that, he returned to the Magical Beast Community to check on the three magical beasts, who were busy dealing with the situation.
Actually, the three magical beasts were flexing their strength rather than going on a massacre. Because of this, several feral and magical beats surrendered and willingly accepted Kyran's mark.
Kyran had no intentions of turning the beasts into Sigils. Instead, he wanted Max to tame them once he summoned the latter in Somuli in the near future. So, leaving a mark and having others monitor them was enough.
As for the leaders and remaining magical beats, they fought bitterly against the three and were fatally injured. Kyran initially planned to kill them because of what they did to Chrysanthemum and her people. However, he changed his mind after learning that those responsible for torturing them were only a few magical beasts and upper-ranked leaders.
Once he learned the names responsible for their torture, Kyran disintegrated them, not leaving even a trace of their existence behind. His action made the remaining leaders and magical beasts tremble in fear.
Like the others, they accepted Kyran's mark without raising a fuss.
By the time the Magical Beast Community's incident was resolved, it was already in the wee hours. If this had happened in the Human plane, it would have taken a couple of days to fix everything, including mining the spirit stones. But because of Somuli's longer time cycles, everything was resolved in a day.
Having limited knowledge of the Magical Beast Community, Kyran allowed the leaders who surrendered to take care of the aftermath. To ensure they would not think of anything funny, he left three automatons, each commanding a group of ten puppets, to oversee them.
With nothing else left to do, Kyran prepared to return. However, before he could warp back to the temporary base in Larkring's northern forest, he was stopped by Ruin.
Kyran knew Ruin had been following him since leaving the underground shelter. He did not know how the latter managed to track him because he would sometimes warp at long distances, but he did. Then again, the latter might have used his gift to track him down. But Nolan had previously sealed it, and Kyran also enhanced it using his own means. How could Ruin still use it to track him?
This was one of the things Kyran hated about Ruin. The latter had so many cards and hands to play, making it hard for the former to grasp the latter's abilities and innate magic completely.
To avoid a constant headache trying to figure Ruin out, Kyran decided not to take everything Ruin did to heart.
With a rather mischievous grin, Ruin appeared before Kyran and said, "You sure look after your people well. I almost wish to be part of it. But I must say, I am surprised you found some of White Lily's kind here."
"What do you want?" Kyran replied, not bothering to indulge in idle talk with the latter.
Ruin's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression changing to one who appeared offended.
"Are you sure you want to use that tone when talking to me? Are you not afraid I'd do something about your precious people?"
"If you touch even one strand of their hair, I'll kill you. I'm not afraid of you."
Ruin burst out laughing, "Ahahaha! Good, good! I like you even more~ I think I like you more than your predecessor!"
Kyran ignored him and was about to leave when Ruin stopped him again.
"Don't go yet, Dark Sage. I have something to say."
"If this is about your proposal—."
"No~ it is not. Let me finish speaking."
Kyran almost let out an aggravated groan upon realizing this. Still, his expression remained indifferent.
Enjoying the look of nonchalance on Kyran's face but knowing deep down he was rattled to his core, Ruin added, "Because you let her escape, she can report to the other two leaders of Flos's faction that it was you who killed him and Obstruction. If she also tells them that you are still in Somuli, they will likely send a group to deal with you to ensure that the sovereignty of Flos's and Obstruction's planes has not been transferred to you. Otherwise, they will be waging a fruitless war against the other Sovereign factions if you did gain sovereignty over Flos's and Obstruction's planes."
It went without saying, but if Flos's faction did decide to send people to deal with Kyran, another war would happen in Somuli. But at that time, the scale would be more extensive.
Somuli's Sovereign would not be able to protect the plane by then because his Sovereign's Cradle was fragile since he was a fake.
Ruin waited to see a look of despair fleet through Kyran's eyes. Unfortunately, the latter remained indifferent, albeit his eyes were still cold.
A little annoyed and confused at Kyran's lack of reaction, Ruin said, "You're pretty calm. Did the beating you received from one of Deus's creations destroy your sense of danger?"
"You know Deus?"
Ruin raised his brows and repeated his question, albeit emphasizing each word, "Youknow Deus?"
Kyran frowned at him but did not respond.
But then Ruin's eyes widened as he thought of something, "Don't tell me he already appeared before you? No. If he did, you should not have been able to stay in one piece... but then... where is he now?"
"I killed him," Kyran replied with a deadpan tone. "Or at least, his... clone? He did not feel like an essence to me, at least."
Ruin's eyes narrowed as he repeated, "'Feel?'"
Kyran thought Ruin would react to his claim about killing Deus. Unexpectedly, Ruin was more interested in how Kyran thought Deus was a clone, not an essence.
Ignoring Ruin's question, Kyran asked, "Is that all you want to tell me? About the possibility of Sovereigns coming over to take my head and Flos's faction waging war on others who wanted to claim his and Obstruction's planes?"
"More or less," Ruin replied. However, he was still looking at Kyran with narrowed eyes as if he was still hung up on what he told him about Deus.
"Thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to deal with the consequences."
After saying his piece, Kyran left.
At that time, Ruin did not stop him anymore. It was not because he had nothing more to say because he had plenty more. However, he was slightly distracted by what Kyran meant about feeling Deus.
Fortunately, Kyran had no idea what twisted thoughts were running through Ruin's head then. If he did, he would feel a different type of fear of Ruin.
Once Kyran returned to the temporary base, Cyneah, along with Nahir and the rest of the Eidums, treated all the wounded, including Chrysanthemum and her people. At that moment, they were all resting in an area in the infirmary reserved for them.
After seeing her fast asleep, Kyran checked on them, and he let Cyneah be. Of course, that was after he created a division that separated her from the rest of the Eidums. Kyran was okay with her sleeping with the other Eidums in one big room since they all had their beds. However, Nahir's bed was close to Cyneah's, which irked Kyran.
He was not a jealous man. At least, he believed him not to be one. But there was something in how the two slept, albeit in separate beds, yet facing each other, that did not sit well with him. It took a lot of self-control not to warp Nahir back to the Land of the Eidums.
After creating the division, Kyran left to check on his Servants. Actually, he only wanted to check on Jita and Eikin because after retrieving them from Obstruction's Abyss of Despair, the two seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.
Kyran did not know this happened to them, but the two had been unresponsive to his call ever since.
Entering the Void World, Kyran went directly to the room where he sent the two. There, he checked their vital signs to see if anything was amiss.
Surprisingly, all their vital signs were typical, and they appeared to be sleeping only.
With a sigh, Kyran tried to sense every inch of their body using his magic sense.
That was when he finally sensed what was wrong.
Within their magic core, a different type of energy circulated, disrupting the flow of their innate magic.