A year to grieve

A week passed by the blood wraith clan in silence, over the course of this time period lord Kaldur had announced the seclusion of himn and his family for reasons unknown, due to this, bo one had seen him his wife, the princess Talia or even the mere toy she had taken in recently

Most of the blood wraiths of th house of Arzul had seen times when their monarch for reason unknown, entered into seclusion with his family, so they did not panic.

A month had passed with this strange seclusion. All oerceptive blood wraiths could tell, that the air within their clan had changed.

The entire house of Arzul seemed to be for reasons unknown, holding its breath, as if it was preparing for a great undertaking.

In the meantime, within a bleak world of darkness as single youth levitated proudly in the air. Whether his chiseled marble face or subtly glowing skin, or even the flowing dark hair tied an elegant knot behind his head, he was truly a picture of surreal beauty.

If anyone posed that throughout the universe he possessed the ultimate male appearance, very few would doubt it. He had also matured greatly in appearance. With the awakening of his power, his youthful innocence and frailty had been replaced by powerful and evil charm. Perhaps this too was caused by his drastic change in mindset.

Dark energy potent enough to rip gold rank devil gods to shred within seconds floated submissively around him. During this month he had pursued several projects that would help him with his future plans but also dedicated his time to grieving Lasyr loss and calming his soul. When his pupils opened they contained dark whirlpools of abyssal light that drew in the soul.

As a devil emperor, his nature leaned towards callousness, however the kind and altruistic nature of his best friend affected him greatly. Unfortunately now that he had passed, Canaan had no reason to suppress his evil. Sensing this, the sky above darkened even further at a remarkable pace.

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An infinity of kilometers away an elegant middle aged man in a dragon emblazoned flowing golden robe frowned slightly as he observed the skies of his realm.

"My liege?" One of the elders of his court probed.

His king did not answer as he faintly muttered. "Could it be my misconception?"

Korah had always been the most erratic and terrifying evil in this world, but at this moment he actually sensed that greater more dangerous power was brewing.

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"If this world rejects the good natured so much, then I shall help baptize it in sin and blood." Nan asserted softly as he rose to feet. A cruel smile marring his extremely handsome face.

He waved his hand. And the corrosive darkness in front of him receded. As a primordial devil emperor he was blessed with one heaven defying ability. Absolute control of negative energy. Of course, all the other devil emperors surpassed him infinitely in their strength and the refinement of their control. And among them the one whose control reached the pinnacle was the Abyssal devil emperor Hel.

Still, the current him was leagues above the other devil emperors when they were his age. In other words his talent was infinitely greater than all of them as well. The reason why, he didn't know, he only knew that he would stop at nothing until he ground them all under his foot.

Currently he could not even release his aura due to the fear of him being found. After all if he met any of the Celestial gods or devil emperors with his current strengtg once more, he would only face his previous fate.

"Come." He said in a seductive voice.

At first only the silence of billowing dark clouds responded to him. Then one by one silhouettes appeared from the broiling darkness.

Some were ghastly and vile while other reveled in their deadly elegance. In matter of minute the ground was covered in different kinds of beast. Some were wolf like and feral, while others were behemoths capable of bringing down tower with a swing of their palms. Other were insectoid and horrid, with their mouthparts dripping with venom.

And yet they all had a great similarity, they constantly released a deep aura of darkness. Of course it was a pale imitation of the darkness that naturally occurred but it was still potent and genuine negative energy.

This was what had intrigued Nan in the first place. While the negative energy eroded humans it seemed to corrupt and mutate these kind of beast. And having in habited the corrupted areas of this planet of this world even the gentlest beast among them had long since been twisted in to a feral monsters.

This was another reason why the dark lands were feared so much by the inhabitants of this world. The weakest of the corrupted beast was twice as strong as a gold rank devil god. If the corrupted beast really came out of the darkness the world would have long since been littered with corpses.

But where others only saw death, Nan saw vast potential it was only regrettable that compared to the other races the beasts were far too inferior in number. If he was right these beast from their affinity with darkness had a potential for evolution none could predict.

So throughout his stay in the dark regions of the planet, he had marked the soul of each of the hundred thousand beast with a slave mark using their own darkness as the medium. So now they saw past their own destructive instinct in his presence, and he became the brightest star of each of their lives.

Today Nan would test another hypothesis. He disappeared and appeared next to a river. Its waters were gray and murky, any one of normal constitution who came into close proximity with it would feel queasy. However to Nan, who possessed a primordial physique it was perhaps more appealing than a normal river.

His devilish energy sharpened and sliced across his wrist per his will. From the deep gash pitch black blood unreservedly poured. After his power awakened he had discovered that his blood had adopted that color as it contained the essence of deep darkness.

As the blood fell into the river it underwent a qualitative change as the whole river body became the color of ink. A feral thirst appears in the eyes of all the beast as Nan had predicted, however none of them dared to move without their new master's order.

"Go on." Nan encouraged, and immediately the rivers were swarmed by the demonic hordes as they unreservedly gulped down gallons of the dark waters.

Nan then bore witness into vast changes in the aura of the beast as their strength climbed to greater ranks and the aura of darkness around them became several times more potent.

Observing the feral hunger evident within the beast and their feral hunger for his blood Nan laughed evilly as his figure was surrounded in dark flames. "I look forward to your progress." He remarked as the black flames surged several meters into the air, his figure vanishing within them.

He appeared 483, 000 kilometers away. He was greeted by the sight of truly illustriously beautiful world. Unlike the domineering domain of the Arzul, this world offered a far more ethereal beauty. The air hummed with water elemental energy, staving off the planets normally putrid air. Nan was greeted by the sights of flowing rivers and vibrant waterfalls.

The houses and structures seamless intertwined with the dreamlike surroundings. The humanoids that roamed were vastly different from those in the house of Arzul.

The aura that radiated from the blood fiend was overbearing and tyrannical, any lesser being in close proximity to them would feel their hair stand on end, Whiles the beauty of the sons and daughter of the house adopted a more regal air. The beauty of the beings before him was surreal and bewitching.

Instead of the dreadful paleness present in the Blood fiends the skin of these creature adopted a rich creamy hue. Their flowing hair was such a deep and dark blue that it was almost black.

Their eyes were radiant pools of deep violet light, Nan didn't doubt that those eyes could easily charm the souls of other. Rather the overbearing martial aura the blood fiends extended this race releases a seductive and amorous miasma.

They were the water spirits of the divine world. The Nereids.

However when faced with this surreal world, a deep darkness clouded Nan handsome face. The skies above reacted to his rage, billowing restlessly in a dark storm.

He had observed them during this one month to gain a rudimentary understanding of the workings of their house and also to find an opportunity to put his plans into action. Tonight he had been given one such chance.

He could have easily destroyed the entirety of the house with a wave of his palm, but how could he allow them such an easy end. No, they needed to suffer.

Nan eyes suddenly fell onto a travelling carriage that had taken the hidden path between a grove of tree thet led past the main gate and directly into the royal palace. It was a path that belonged to the royalty. Several runes had been engraved in their path to in order to hide any carriages on the path and avoid potential assassinations.

But tonight these runes would serve his purpose. With his immense aptitude and understanding of the laws of darkness the rune carved by negative energy effortlessly bent to his will. As the luxurious carriage rode over patches of dirt the earth subtly glowed darkly.

On its own the wheels of the carriage began to corrode, due to the suddenly rough ride the carriages inhabitant an elegant middle aged man motioned for it to stop as he stepped out to inspect the wheel. He possessed a deeply entrancing face and his heavy deep blue robes marked with the insignia of the royal family betrayed his nobility.

Several figures coalesced from the night sky after sensing his presence. They wall wielded deep golden tridents and were clad in deep blue armor. As member of the royal family he naturally had his own personal guard that ensured his safety.

"My lord. It is not safe to reveal yourself." The obvious captain among them spoke with concern.

"Haha Bemul, you should be less rigid. In my own realm, who dares to harm me?" He replied.

His jovial words had barely reached conclusion when the air hummed with power.

The dry winds ignited with intense heat.

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An explosion suddenly rippled through space, the nuclear waves of atomic degradation instantly devoured everything in sight. Whether it was the carriage, the guard or the noble. They had all been burned to a crisp.

Within the now desolate space Nan's formed appeared. He had never killed anyone before, however a she cruelly ripped the life out of several souls who had nothing to do with him he didn't the tiniest iota of regret. "It was more than they deserved." He thought as his form suddenly changed. His height imperceptibly increased whiles his chocolate complexion morphed to a milky flawless white, suddenly the rage present on his face disappeared, replaced by an amiable smile that complimented his now violet eyes.

"House of Oceanus." He cooed. "I hope you are ready to accept my gratitude."