CHAPTER 3

/2 MONTHS LATER - THE DEMONIC CULT'S SOUTH GATE/

I've arrived at one of the entrances of the demonic cult.

I disguised myself and blended in as one of the members of the merchants association that got invited to this once-in-a-lifetime event.

After passing the checkpoint, I entered and widened my eyes because I was welcomed by a massive area almost the size of two soccer fields. In the middle, there is a podium, and behind that podium is a throne. In front of the throne, there are a lot of mini thrones, which I suppose are for the elders and important guesses.

I snapped back out of my thoughts and realized that this place was crowded with people from all around the world, so I quickly looked for a seat and found one just right in the middle.

As I was sitting down, I was lost in my thoughts again.

I've been planning and training for a couple of decades for this moment. I've forged my mind, body, and soul only for this moment. I was determined to kill anyone who opposed me, and of course, no mercy!

I was broken from my thoughts because of the gong being sounded all around the place.

And there, I saw them, those heirs and my revenge targets, as they entered the podium and lined up perfectly. After that, what followed were the important guesses, the concubines, and the elders of the demonic cults from their clan within the cult.

After that, the whole place went silent.

After a couple of minutes, From behind the throne, two figures showed up; they were the heavenly demon guards.

And lastly, I saw him, the Leader of the demonic cult, the 'heavenly demon', and the strongest person currently in this world. I stared at him with feelings full of hatred, disdain, and disappointment.

After that, one of the elders stood up and began to explain the event.

"The event will take place in the blood forest, and it will be a battle royale, so there are only two choices: kill or be killed, the rules are no interference from outside, you can use whatever methods to kill your enemy, and once you enter the forest, you can't escape as the elders are guarding the forest from the outskirts of the forest, so this is the last chance to back up and surrender," he explained with an expressionless face.

The whole place went silent once again, and he spoke again.

"Before we begin, a word from the Leader," he said as he backed down to his seat.

The patriarch opened his eyes and stood up, leaking a little bit of his aura while being followed by the two guardians.

Before the Leader could say anything, I jumped and landed in front of the line of heirs, and I stared intently at the leader with a smile on my face.

"!!!!!"

I could sense the look on their face, full of surprise, confusion, and, of course, killing intents towards me, and I began to speak. "Long time no see...Father," I said.

"....."

He stared at me with no expression, but I could see a little bit of surprise coming from his eyes. He didn't say anything, fixed his eyes on the heirs, and said. "Let the battle begin," he said as he walked back to his throne.

Everyone couldn't utter a word at this moment, and they were lost in their thoughts, but soon the sound of a gong was resonating around the place, and they were broken from their thoughts.

As the gong was being sounded, the heirs quickly moved, running and flying with their swords, and began to enter the blood forest.

As I entered the forest, I could already sense multiple individuals coming after me.

"So be it. The hunt starts now," I said while smiling mischievously.

/1 MONTH LATER/

Currently, I am washing my body from the blood stains that I got from my last kill in this forest. After that, I dried out my torn clothes and began walking back to the cult.

As I walked back, I tried to recall everything that happened during the month.

Those MFs are cheating. Yep, they are indeed not alone; they bring their fucking clan guards with them. And on top of that, I have to deal with the assassins that are coming after me while I'm asleep. I could've killed the heirs in just a week, but unfortunately, because of those bastards, it took me longer than I anticipated.

I walked past the north gate, and I could see the surprise on everyone's faces. I walked until I was in the center of the podium and looked at the leader. He stood up and stared at me with a stern gaze. "You are the young leader now, well done." he said, and after that, he just left with his guardians.

'As expected' I thought while the crowds began cheering and clapping, but I could feel a different atmosphere around the elders and the concubines, hatred, jealousy, killing intent, and one that I did not expect, 'Fear.'

I glared at them while leaking my aura and smiled. 'This is only the beginning, as I have to find the culprit behind my mother's death,' I thought while I started walking away from the podium.

As I was walking away, one of my father's servants approached me. "Greetings, young master. I'm one of the Leader's servants and was being tasked with showing you the way to your residence," he said while bowing his head.

I twitched as I heard 'young master', sigh. I always hate and joke about them, but in the end, I become one.

"Alright," I said while following him. On the way to my residence, I asked him about the cult and everything that I needed to know about it.

After 20 minutes, we arrived at my residence, or should I call it a mansion? The size was as big as a modern-day mansion, but this one was made out of mostly wood and rare resources.

He left me, and I went in and straight up to bed since I was exhausted. The next day, I decided to go to the library, or as they called it, 'Divine Mind Pavilion. I asked the elder there, and he said that I had access to all the floors.

'Time to execute my next plan.' I thought while wearing a serious and focused gaze.