Dark Harvest

Moments later the man who guarded the forest gates entered.

"Oh finally up Basara." Said the old man "Please leave us, don't let anyone enter" said the Headmaster.

He then turned towards me and said

"How are you feeling?"

"Not good! Terrible actually," I said not hiding the fact that I was in pain

"Well, it is a miracle that you still live," said the headmaster as he got a chair and sat next to me.

"Listen, I have some things to tell you first." Said the headmaster explaining what happened when I was unconsciously embarrassing myself with infinite screams.

So it seems that the school is trying to hide the fact that one of its staff was one of them. I would understand that, and the headmaster even agreed to buy my silence. A silence worth 50 000 points. Well, I wouldn't say no to that. However what was interesting what he said after that… the girl I was with, Lady Lissandra had vowed to take me as her husband, Hah! Me! A god damned orphaned child, with no family! No background! A king of the country! What a load of unbelievable horseshit…

"She is only using me for power, isn't she? Woman are strange things, the first day I met her she wanted to kill me, the next time she wanted me to go out with her for a date and now she wants to marry me?! Sigh"

"Indeed, women are fickle beings, however, you need to understand her reason behind this. I wouldn't say anything to deter you from this chance you may become king one day, however, that is only if you prove yourself to truly be the next Conqueror. Now for the more pressing matters. What was that thing you used then?" said the Headmaster.

"Dark Harvest," I replied

Huh? What? How would I know what was that spell's name?

'Relax Basara, that was an old spell of mine, it helps a lot against them but the cost like you saw is immense. Why you know it is because your mind understood a bit more about the book, some spells will come to you like this don't worry"

"Huh, Dark Harvest… so indeed you are using the same abilities of the old conqueror… Now I don't know what that man wanted to do with you, but it seems that your book has brought you some unwanted attention… some school staff began asking questions about your origin… even some wanted to see that book of yours, I don't know how the information got to them… but seeing that one of the school's staff attacked you bring me to the conclusion that.." yet before he could continue

"There are more of them in this school," I said

The Headmaster had a solemn look on his face while he nodded.

"Indeed, but I can't locate them, if I did I would personally handle it, but now I can't trust anyone. You should probably leave this school and go back to your dwelling… it is dangerous for you to remain here."

"No need, I can see them," I said

"Really?" said the headmaster with a shocked expression

"Yes, I saw many of them the day of the entrance. Even more amongst the students…" I said

"Why didn't you say anything?" said the Headmaster

"Would anyone believe me?" I replied "And the school was festered with them, saying this to the wrong people might get me killed. Hell, I don't even know if you are with them or not." I said as I looked the Headmaster I the eye

He smiled and said

"Didn't I just fight one of them in front of you?" he said

"Well it could be just a trick to get to me wouldn't that be a possibility," I said with a smirk.

I know what I am saying is stupid but I felt that I had to say it, to know the headmaster's true colors if he truly was with them, then there was o need for me to remain alive in the first place. However, his next words will prove some things for me if my speculations are correct.

"Hmm, I cant say if you are an idiot or a genius really, divulging this in front of anyone might be dangerous however you need not fear anything. I personally loath those beings, he said. Use your ability to see my Qi flux it will explain a lot" he said

Using monochrome vision I understood what he meant.

His Dantian… it was shattered

'That is a grave injury… he should no longer be able to cultivate… that must have destroyed his path to power…' said Nocturne

"Your Dantian…"

"Indeed, when I was younger I suffered a terrible injury against them, though I can use powerful attacks it is only temporary as I only use external Qi, I can no longer assimilate nor harness Qi. It is something that made me loathe those beings. I have as many reasons to hate them as you do right now Basara, they want your life, and I want theirs." He said with a more serious tone.

'That injury can be fixed, however' said Nocturne

'really?' I said

'Yes, but it will require a lot of recourses… and one of them you already saw… a thrall's fang…'

"Headmaster… you should know my objective within this school right?' I said

"Master Shen had spoken about it. You need the enforcer's medal… to become free right?" said the headmaster.

"Yes, however, the price for that is quite huge… but I have an offer for you… I believe I can heal your injury and you can resume Assimilation…" I said with a smirk

'Kekekeke you are using your head the right way Basara'

'Yes, not everyone can use me however they like, I can do that too'

"Lies!" said the headmaster angered "Don't give hope to someone who discarded it!" he said

"I don't lie. Truly I can help you, but if I do what shall be my reward?" I said

"If your words are true. Then I will do my all for you to obtain that medal."

"Very good then we have a deal, however, I will need you to acquire some things for me first."

"What do you need?" said the old man with a glint in his eyes, it seems that finally hope was restored to him

'What are the ingredients Nocturne?' I asked

'A thrall's fang. A bloodied demon's heart, a heavenly tiger's wing, the essence of purple jade and a silver stone of nightmares and a phoenix's feather. They will make a pill of the eight-tier, it can restore the Dantian and reconstruct the body, reinforce it and make it more powerful than ever, a body fit for a deity while the Qi will retain enormous purity' said Nocturne "Its called the pheonix's seed'

"You will need, two thrall fangs, two bloodied demon hearts two wings of a heavenly tiger, a large amount of purple jade essence and two stones of nightmare and finally two pheonix feathers," I said with a smirk

The headmaster understood immediately what I intended to do but didn't say anything

"hmm. The resources you are asking are fairly difficult to obtain… even more so… double the amount, I can manage to obtain the ingredients for creating one pill… the second, however"

"There is no problem. I will make yours first." I said

"Very well, I know about your pill making ability, Lady Lissandra of the royal house vouches for it and I made sure that it was true. Now, it seems that your body needs to be restored to a better condition first before you can make the pill, I am afraid with your current body condition it might be difficult for you to…" however before he could continue

I concentrated for a second and forced Qi to accumulate within my body. Surprisingly the amount was much larger than before and the particles began healing the damaged meridian of my right leg in no time

"You said?" I said with a smirk

"Sigh, nevermind. I have enough resources in store for you to craft a body and Qi restoration Pill, consider it a gift from me due to having rescued a royal member. I will also give you immunity towards matches for the next few weeks I don't want to see you forced to fight in your current condition. I really do hope that the pill you will make for me is the real deal. Both for my and your sake" said the old man with a serious tone

"Don't worry I won't cheat you, you saved my life after all." I said with a smile.

The old man gave a long sigh and left the room.

'With a Qi and body restoration pill you will be able to regain your former strength and more, it will help a lot with what you will be training in first. However, you must first take note of all those that infiltrated the school.'

'Yes, I was thinking about that too. I will make a list of all of them then discuss it with the headmaster. Now that I have a method to become an enforcer my objective is much closer than I hoped for… however'

'Yes…However, you still lack the strength for it…'

'Sigh, it's going to be another arduous training session right?" I said with a dispirited heart.

'Kekekek, indeed, a hellish training awaits you, Basara, hurry up and fix that body of yours so that I can show you a real nightmare!" said Nocturne with a morbid laugh.

God my days are only going to get worse…