Return

After the wraith met its demise, Jade who was laying in Kinuthia embrace could sense the weight on her heart being lifted up as she finally took that one step out to regain her confidence.

Leaving Kinuthia's embrace while she held his hands, she said affectionately "I shouldn't have been that reckless back then to try putting an end to this misery before any discussion with you."

"It's fine, I should have shown more concern for you back then before your strength increased rapidly ever since that day." Kinuthua told her, his hand caressing her silky blue hair.

In the past, they were both immature and young when the incident happened, allowing it to leave behind a trauma that has already been marked as a scar. If it weren't for Nightin who helped them by a stroke of luck, then they would either be dead or broken mentally.

Kinuthia being the man, decided to regain his composure first despite the heartwarming moment as he turned towards Nightin and asked seriously "Do you still want us in your sect as elders to guide the disciples? I'm sorry if this seems too direct or rude, but are the conditions that apply if we join the sect that you've been mentioning about?"

When the word sect was mentioned, Nightin could feel the strings clutching at his heart tightening, causing him extreme pain which he can't get rid of.

"What's the matter, is it some lashback from the previous battle?" Kinuthia asked in concern as he gently got Jade to stand aside as he walked up to support NIghtin.

"What the hell happened here!" Suddenly, a voice full of fear broke the temporary moment of peace, only for the sound of laughter to come from behind the closed chambers.

"It's alright young lad, you can come in now."

Walking into the room, Kamau winced his eyes and the first question he posed was actually so off topic that they were left speechless. "Why are you calling me young lad when you're much younger than me?"

"Do I have permission to beat him up until he learns his lesson?" Nightin turned back, only for Kamau to shudder in fear when his older siblings gave Nightin the green light to carry on.

"Wait a moment!" Kamau stopped Nightin before he took action as he said while running towards the door, "I just remembered that I still have some matters to attend to!"

With a swift motion, he closed the door and left before Nightin or his elder brother and sister could do anything to him, only for the shock of his life to occur the next moment when Nightin somehow left the room with him.

"There's no point trying to escape since your older siblings have agreed to the deal, but that isn't what I'm here for." Nightin says casually, his violet long hair dangling behind him as they overlapped each other.

"Tell your siblings this as I'll have to leave to deal with some matters I have at hand right now."

"Wait what?"

"Get them to head to the middle grade Inferno realm and search for the Nirvana sect, the golden tokens in your hands are the entrance tokens."

But before Kamau could ask any further, Nightin had already vanished from his sight and despite his callings, all that replied to him was his own echo, with three golden tokens with a phoenix carved onto it as a symbol of the Nirvana sect.

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Seeing that everything was in place, Nightin decided that it was time to leave as he got the Shadow Knight to bring him to Ash who should have been with Kamau. Since he didn't see Ash with Kamau just now, it can only mean that Ash must be trapped somewhere on the way to locating Kamau.

Even though the Shadow Knight did not know Ash's exact location, it had the ability to locate Ash with a single thought.

After a brief second, the Shadow Knight took on the form of a vortex and brought NIghtin along with him as they appeared before Ash, appearing from the ground as two vortexes which shocked him.

"Ash, let's go, everything has been settled."

"Wait what? You did everything without me? How could you?"

Hearing what Ash said, Nightin merely laughed it off before getting the Shadow Knight to transport them back to where Smith and the soldiers were. It's time they left this place which had no importance in their hearts. But Nightin made a vow to himself to return to this place again one day to discover the true secrets of this palace that's being hidden from the world.

When they appeared before the army once again, none of them asked how Nightin appeared suddenly despite the curiosity in their hearts. If there's one thing that they know most about Nightin, it's them knowing that he has countless secrets which they'll never discover, but that doesn't matter because everything he does is always for the best of them.

"So sect master, are you going to return to the sect after turning in the mission or are you going to keep on going down the path to become a noble because of the greater cause you told me about the previous time?"

"Home, that's where I'll be returning to, but I'll have to deal with the Voyager Emperor before this."

"Why? Is he going to stop you from leaving just because you might be able to help him achieve his goal of becoming the fifth supreme kingdom?" When Lancelot spoke, killing intent gowned the area in an electric field.

"It's fine, I have ways to make him let me leave whether he permits it or not." Nightin spoke with such confidence that the soldiers behind him didn't have the slightest worry, even encouraging him to leave the kingdom.

"Don't worry general, we'll accompany you no matter where you go."

"That's right, it was because of you that we were given this lease of life to begin with after all."

"Even if you want us to accompany you to hell, we'll do it with a smile."

"Hahahaha, don't worry, I have greater plans ahead for all of you. The Nirvana sect will only be the starting of the word rebirth, we'll show the world what it really means to start life from the beginning even when it reaches the worst period of time."

"Oh, what plans do you have for your army?" Ash asked out of curiosity, his fingers in a v shape below his cheek which added to his charm.

"A military academy for all youths regardless of their talent to join. I'll be dividing it into four sectors which will group them into different sectors based on their talent to better accommodate their growth. Speaking of it, do you want to be in charge of this military academy? I'll be sure that it's in safe hands if you're in charge."

"Hahahaha, aren't you afraid that I might turn against you one day?" When Ash said this, his face darkened and a shroud of mystery suddenly enveloped him.

"If that day ever comes, then I'll be the one to stop you with my own sword, that is the best I can do and the only option I would have." Nightin said with a cheerful smile, the solemn atmosphere in the air being lifted away by this smile of his as he told the Shadow Knight.

"I'll just call you Shadow from now on, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes general, you have the absolute authority to call me as you deem fit, but I hope that whatever you call me won't be too offensive." When Shadow said this, everyone broke out in laughter upon recalling just what type of soldier he is. Is someone cold who treats everything with a nonchalant attitude seriously asking for them to not sully his name? But still, all of them have already treated Shadow as someone who is one of them, which is why they'll treat him equally just like how they treat the others.

"No problem, I'm sure everyone here is willing to treat you fairly as long as you don't act all arrogant and treat them as your servants." Turning behind to look at the soldiers from both armies after assuring Shadow, he asked them "Am I right?"

"Of course, as long as he has the intention to blend in with us, we'll definitely be willing to accept him into our circle." One of the younger soldiers with spiky hair stood out and said, a headband red in colour tied around his head for some reason.

"Thank you."

Those were the final two words that the Shadow Knight said before he transported everyone back into somewhere near the Voyager kingdom so that they can return to the kingdom gates on their mounts to avoid suspicion while he can just blend in as one of the soldiers.