Chapter 11
Ace woke up and he was in a dark room that he could easily escape, but he chose to stay inside.
[Black Shadow sub-skill Night Vision has been activated]
Ace looked around and he was in a surgeons room completely covered with blood, all the tools were covered in blood, the walls, everything.
"What the..."
As he muttered that to himself a man with silver eyes and crazy hair came inside.
"Monarch."
He only said Monarch over and over again.
Soon some people entered the room and they did not speak like that man at all, they spoke like normal people.
"This is the Monarch?" Man A
"He looks weak." Man B
While they continued to gossip about Ace and how much of a weakling he looked like the man finally said something other than Monarch.
"Go away. He is the Monarch from the revelation."
They pouted and walked out the door while the man stared at Ace, just stared.
Ace stared back at him and after a few seconds he clicked his fingers.
"You really are a Monarch, not the one I expected but one."
"I don't know what a Monarch is."
Ace lied as naturally as he breathed. Although he did only know of the Shadow Monarch.
"I believe you. The one I'm talking to is not you but the one inside."
"There is no one else."
"It's an obvious lie, besides I misled you here. Guess who's got your skill book."
"What skill book?"
"This one."
The man brought out a black skill book, one that looked like Ace's first book.
"You need this skill book don't you?"
At that point as he said that Ace's head fell and hit the chair and then like usual he would come up as the Shadow Monarch.
"Give me the skill book and you will get what you desire."
"What is it that I desire though?"
"You desire power! The power to turn this world upside down."
"Wow you guessed right, how'd you know this?"
"These are things I just know."
"I was lying. What I desire is not power, if I were someone else this would work but I'm not."
"You're not normal. Even in the pre-apocalypse there were very little like you."
"I know. But you see what I want is to use this skill book."
"Do you know what will happen if you use that skill book?"
"Everything will be in disarray."
"Then why will you do it?"
"I want to fight on equal terms with the other monarchs basically to say... I want to fight with you."
"I don't accept, that book is a part of my soul and I can't let you take it from me."
Shadows soon engulfed the room and exploded the chair while he walked up to the man and a dozen of spears appeared behind The Shadow Monarch.
"Do you really think I'm that weak?"
"All are weak in front of the Monarchs."
"It's been 100 years, I wouldn't say so."
Suddenly a giant ray of light appeared at Ace's stomach and the shadows were all torn to shreds.
"You..."
"Yes I know, this is supposed to be forbidden."
"How did you..."
"You see I'm different. This is the possibilities when 2 Monarchs have children."
The Shadow Monarch was in disbelief as he stared at him.
"You wouldn't know how this happened, Shadow Monarch."
The Shadow Monarch was just in disbelief that still he couldn't speak but that soon came to an end when the man was about to absorb the skill book.
"You can't do it you know. You're wasting your time, you do not have my blood, you cannot inherit my skills."
"You see Shadow Monarch, you are too broad minded, all the things that you believe can and can't be done can easily be torn down to reveal a whole new reality."
The Shadow Monarch was confused as ever, and when he was looking around, he realised something.
All the walls were circling around very fluently and silently to the point you wouldn't realise unless you looked closely.
"I'm surprised you actually managed to fool me."
"I am the child of 2 Monarchs after all."
The Shadow Monarch was back in the chair with the lights on surrounded by dozens of people with that man in front.
"Since you know of my power now, let me introduce myself. My name is Ezekiel."
The Shadow Monarch didn't respond at all and he just sat there and closed his eyes.
*boom*
There was an explosion at the wall and a woman with sexy clothing coloured in red appeared.
She glanced over at the man and her face became enraged.
Ezekiel unlocked the locks on The Shadow Monarchs chair and pulled his arm into a hallway. In that hallway were men in black navy seal like suits with guns coloured red.
They were stuck in the middle but for some reason no one attacked.
The Shadow Monarch and Ezekiel stood there calmly while all the people were jittery.
Finally one screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Shoot!"
They all started to shoot but still they weren't fazed as a big wall rose up from the shadows onto the right side.
On the left side were bullets coming towards them but even so they didn't panic.
Ezekiel held his hands up and his eyes started to glow a bright golden colour.
Suddenly all the people flew backwards into the wall and they were knocked out.
"This way."
They ran down the stairs of the industrial building and they finally reached an office spacing.
"You know we've been preparing this place for you."
"You guys haven't done a very good job fortifying it."
Ezekiel looked hurt at the Shadow Monarchs words but he ran off and a few seconds later there was no light. It was complete darkness, all the shutters had closed and no light came from the windows as well.
This was a perfect environment for the Shadow Monarch and he smiled.
"This is what you meant I see."
[Black Shadow has been activated]
[Black Shadow has created sub-skill: Web Of Shadows]
All over the dark office were strings that no one could notice, even if they walked into it they would feel nothing but instead the Shadow Monarch would know where they were.
From the previous stairs that they were at came the people that were knocked out before.
"Quickly search! We can't lose him!"
They all started to run around looking for The Shadow Monarch and a few of them touched the webs.
[Black Shadow has created sub-skill: Shadow Lance]
[Black Shadow sub-skill Shadow Lance has been activated]
Four people walked over the webs and from the shadows came up for lances that flew towards the people.
Some were pinned to the ground while some were pinned into the wall.
"AHHHHHCK" Man 1
"Find out where that came from." Leader
All the men rushed over to the location of the deaths only to see a bloodbath of their comrades stuck inside walls, floors and even some just disappeared.
[Black Shadow has created sub-skill Shadow Daggers]
[Black Shadow sub-skill Shadow Daggers has been activated]
[Black Shadow sub-skill Shadow Walk has been activated]
He moved around in the shadows all around them and they were all dying, this office was dyed in blood. All the walls were burnt as well from the bullets that shot out of the red guns.
"What's happening! Where are you?!"
The leader was scared to the point his legs weren't working as he fell to the floor crying over his soon to come death.
Then The Shadow Monarch appeared and he spoke to the pathetic leader on the floor.
"If you tell me who that woman is then I will let you live."
"I'll tell you. I'll tell you. I'll tell you."
He repeated himself over and over again hoping that The Shadow Monarch would go easy on him.
"She calls herself Maldiv."
"Maldiv? You don't know anything else?"
"All I know is that she's the one that made those fire elemental guns."
"Ahahahahaha. This makes a lot of sense now, the Fire Monarch is chasing me."
The man pleaded for his life on the floor and The Shadow Monarch walked away slowly, then he turned around and grabbed the leader by his neck.
"You are my hostage for now."
He walked out of the dark office, back up those stairs and back into that surgeons room.
He saw one of Ezekiels men being held by the neck. She looked at The Shadow Monarch and that man had his neck burnt to a crisp.
"Shadow Monarch? You look a lot different compared to the legends. You look weak."
"Who are you? Fire Monarch?"
"I am her daughter."
"Oh so you aren't even the real one and you want to educate me?"
Many wrinkles appeared on her face and veins started to pop out as she became even more enraged.
"We are going to have a fun time. F-A-K-E."