"Damn it, where is that brat, did you find him?"
"N-no sir but there has been a man who keeps walking around our doors, are we not going to do something about him?" Thomas shook his head, stood up and said with an annoyed tone:
"Let him be, probably wants to buy a slave but scared to do so. Are the any changes at the Lionhart family?"
"The new patriarch was placed after the assassination of John Vic Lionhart, during this process a new member who was said to be a long lost member appeared as he married the two sisters who are Jane the mad woman and Rosa. They somehow got into a fight with Steve Yeon of the Yeon clan and he got them exiled from their own clan as for now they will be living like commoners, 2 days ago the Yeon clan was destroyed overnight and Steve was…gulp…skinned and had his limbs cut off as well as his blood drained while the other members were impaled and killed with one strike." Thomas was quiet for a while as he tried to understand the shocking and terrifying news, "Damn it, one of our loyal buyers are all dead…tell me who is this man whom you say was accepted into the Lionhart family?" Before the informant could answer, the room's atmosphere got darker as the door opened and a 239 cm entered the office. Thomas and the informant were overwhelmed in fear and unable to move nor speak, this towering figure sat down and said with an amused tone:
"Good to see you again." Thomas was dumbfounded as he heard this words and tried to understand the situation.
'Is he one of the slaves i sold out and now he wants revenge?'
"W-who are you?" The man laughed then disappeared only to appear next to him, "Who i am? I am the amazing treasurer you been searching for the past 5 years, i am Ignas Lionhart." Ignas has been missing for the past years and now a 17 year old boy who disappeared at the hospital was now 22 years old, not only that he was also a beast man or one might say a mutated human.
"I-Ignas…is it really you?"
"Of course but i came on a different matter today, i want all your slaves, to be precise i want to buy them all so how bout it?" Thomas approached him slowly and stared at him, "All of them, that will be 5 million and 749 thousand. What happened to you?"
"Hmm, take this card…it has the right amount so you informant, bring me all the slave you have now!"
"Y-yes sir." Thomas collected the pay me then returned the card before he started to question Ignas again, all the slaves arrived at the center of the building as among them were human, beast folks, dwarfs and one lesser intelligent serpent. 30 thousand slaves were bought and Ignas warped them into the Shadow world before he left, he told Thomas to stop his slavery business and focus on his other companies.
"Stop slavery? That is not for me to decide boy so i can not do it."
"I see…well goodbye and thanks for your care." He warped and left the people in shock, "The atmosphere has got better. Did you give him all the slaves?"
"No we have 2 000 left and i only bought the trouble makers…i-" A scream was heard as a woman came rushing to them, "T-t-t-the slaves are all gone!!!"
"W-what! Ignas must have stole them!!"
"Should we look for him?"
"Where are you going to start with that idiot? Sighs forget it…go buy some slaves."
In the Shadow world, a wholesome number of 32 thousand slaves were being allocated to their new homes, where the only light they get was from the inside area of the houses and the golden light from the sky.
'Now i thing i should have an army of my own' Some slaves who seemed to know how to fight approached him, thinking of starting trouble but were consumed by fear as soon as they were in front of him. "I will be appointing you as my army, all 17 thousand of you will be my warriors." Ragna emerged then said with a commanding tone:
"Follow me." Without any questions they followed, Ignas seemed pleased but a small human boy approached him and said with a shaking voice:
"M-master…i-i wish to join the army too, i-i will do my absolute best so please allow my to grow too…" Ignas looked at him and smiled, "I will make you my disciple so from now on you are out to abandon your old self and give birth to a new one, your new name shall be number 1 and you will receive a true name after i acknowledge you."
The boy was overjoyed and bowed to pay his respect to his master, "Now follow those warriors."
"Understood master." Ignas then went to his Castle and took the necessary needs that his new people who need to given out.
A week passed as Ignas found himself in the trial zone, this trial was now related to none other than war.
"I pay my respect to the emperor's successor, i will be conducting this trial." Ignas turned and looked at this person, A man who was 245 cm tall, light tanned skin, with black long hair that easily reached his waist, gold eyes and leaned body, he was wore a gold black armor and had a black sword on his waist.
"Greetings, so what is this war about?"
"It occurred a thousand yeas ago as this will show you how the five great empires came to be and you will be inhabiting your predecessor's body then complete this humble trial."
"Humble you say, oh well i do not mind starting now so can we begin?"
"Of course, let us begin." Ignas was dropped into a dark eerie lands as he saw the races of all living beings on the planet clashed in fury, he watched thousandth of people died every day until the four azure dragons approached him, not in a friendly manner but with the hope of killing him.
He unleashed a powerful roar that made a war come to hold, eyes were on the five beasts that clashed in the sky, fear brought upon by them drowned the soldiers of each race. No one dared to intervene and no one dared to stand near them as countless of techniques were being unleashed. Ignas was fighting a battle of 4 vs 1 and he seemed to be on the losing side but with all the wounds he received and the blood he was losing, he decided to use his humanoid form in order to properly defeat his enemies. The four azure remained in the sky as he remained on the eerie land, hiding his presence so he slowly healed,
"Status window."
[ Name: Ignas Lionhart]
Age: 22(22/100 000 years)
Race: Shadow azure dragon
Synchronization:75%
Risk: None
[Attributes: Shadow warp, shadow creation, shadow's authority, the promise and shadow's guardian.
Shadow warp: moves freely by jumping from one shadow to another without entering the shadow world.
Shadow creation: allows you to make shadow being and what ever you wish freely.
Shadow's authority: control over shadows including wild ones.
The promise: As my successor you are bound to me as I am to you, bondage of what you promised….DEATH TO THE EMPERORS(active)
Shadow's guardian: only actives when you are in danger, the wild shadows will protect you regardless of your concern or acknowledgment.
Abilities: Black Lightning, Intermediate shadow's swordsmanship, Unseen, Magic converter, Shadow seeker and Fear of the dark.
Black Lightning: Made by Ignas with curiosity, he made a magic spell that can kill an army in one shot.
Intermediate swordsmanship: Legacy left behind by Shadow emperor, this swordsmanship can not be countered if you master it( advance sword is currently being made by the successor).
Unseen: Hides your presence nor can they hear you.
Magic converter: Allows your to change magic into shadow magic.
Shadow seeker: Allows you to adopt shadows without a masters, but they will be eaten by your shadow as it allows it to grow.
Shadow slots (0/100)
Fear of the Dark: Cause enemies to be unable to move in terror from your shadow aura.]
He thought of using magic converter to take on their attacks and make them his own, he used Black Lightning to attack them but the storm azure dragon stopped his attack, "He used my own ability to attack us! We should not be attacking him recklessly. We should use our humanoid forms to deal with him once and for all!" They land on the ground and unsheathed their swords, Shadow who is also Ashen came to light with his sword unsheathed and warped behind the water azure, he cut her arm off then moved to the earth azure and kicked him in order to remove him from the ground before he tried to cut him in half but was intervened by the flame emperor.
They fought for a decade without any withhold nor time to breath, Ashen(Ignas) was badly wounded and so were the four azures but their battle raged all across the Del continent and somehow they tore the continent into five regions without realization."Are you not tired Shadow? A lazy bastard like should have kicked the bucket by now, why are you still fighting?!"
" Hahaha….why stop what i am enjoying brat! I have been bought for a long time so now entertain me!!!"
The four azure decided it was time to end the battle as they unleashed their ultimate techniques, Ashen saw it unfold and waited for them to attack him. The techniques were built up on the last mana and with it released, they simply hope he would be dead but he was not. He was covered in a barrier made from shadows and managed to remain unscathed. "Wow that was one hell of an attack, seems like you are out of mana so what now should i kill you all or should i make you cripples?"
"How about we discuss about the new continents we somehow made?" Ashen looked around and had his eyes glued on his territory,
"That is for you not me to discuss, i will see you next time oh try not to invade my territory again. You might die…" He entered the eerie lands and was never to be seen again.
[You have completed the second trial Reward: Guardian of the eerie lands]