The Vanquished

After 2 whole days of rest in the Holy Lands, it was finally time to leave.

"I'll miss this place" "me too" were the only cries coming from the crowd.

"Well well, We shall begin our journey after 5 hours! Pack your stuff and be ready to move on!"

As Kuramoto said that, A black hooded man listens to the speech from a distance.

"So this is where you were, I would like to kill you now to avoid the threats in the future." He takes off his hood, Turns out it was Higashi.

"I will look for a chance to assassinate him" he said.

Kuramoto looked to the direction in which Higashi was walking towards.

"You! Stop!"

"Where are you going?"

"Shit" thought Higashi.

"Face me."

Higashi puts his hand on his face and swipes up to down and changes his face to a old man.

"Long live his highness! I am an old senior citizen from your clan!"

"Hmm, I have never seen you before, Who are you?"

"I'm Fe Yun, A 86 year old man who was in the party of Timothy when I was young."

The crowds were discussing about whether anyone knows him or not.

One of his companions from the crowd screamed "His highness! I know this man! He is my grandpa!"

"Is he?" Kuramoto's eyes gets smaller in doubt looking at him in serious doubt.

"Yes!" Said both of them nervously.

"Very well then, You may go."

"Long live his highness!" Said both of them and went away.

Higashi removes his disguise, "You have done well! You are indeed compatible for a suitable vessel of the mutated Demonic beast!"

"Oh no,You have embarrassed me!" Said the companion chuckling.

"Hah! I am never wrong!"

"Let's stick to our plan, They will leave after 5 hours, 4 more hours, and Kuramoto will be dead!"

"I will grant you immortality once I convert into the king!"

After 4 hours.

"It's time."

"Let's go master!"

Higashi creates a magic circle with a white powdery substance.

"Stand on it."

He walks towards the circle and stands on it.

"Very well! Let us commence our plan!"

Higashi slashes his finger with a sharp daggar with blood's drops flowing down.

Higashi places one of his drops on the magic circle.

The whole magic circle was surrounded with a purple ray arising from it.

Soon a dark blue colored Fog surrounds The Test Target.

"I feel it! Something is happening inside me! I feel awesome!" The man was soon covered in dark brown fur and then grew a tail, grew super tall with wings appearing on his back and a face like a wolf.

"HAAA!" growled the mutated beast.

3 assassins appeared with sharp blades with a upside down holding style soon pierced through the demonic beast.

The demonic beast died in vain as Veronica appeared amidst the dark fog.

"Aiming to hunt His Highness? Will not happen with me around him!"

"My plan has failed, I see."

"I will be sure to take revenge for my companion later."

Higashi disappeared into thin air casting a magic spell and teleporting somewhere else before the 3 girls could penetrate his insides.

"M'lady, We have failed."

"I understand, You have been dismissed! Keep on high guard, Protect His Highness no matter what!"

"Yes My lady." The three girls soon disappeared with the same spell as Higashi.

"Those girls sure have grown." Veronica said, smiling.

Higashi appeared in the valley of death where the Dragon Kuramoto killed resided.

"Kuramoto, I will kill you with my own hands!" He said angrily.

"Veronica, Where had you been?"

"Did His Highness miss me?"

"I told you not to call me that, I'm just Kuramoto for you."

"Okay then, Kuramoto, what are your plans from now on?"

"I will build a disciplined and strong army, even if it turns out weak, as long as there's discipline, everything will work out"

"And how do you intend to do that?"

"Just wait and watch."

"Anyways, Some black hooded guy was summoning a mutated Demonic beast through some magic rituals, Thankfully my assassination troop killed it before it could fully mutate, But the black hooded man escaped, The only thing I saw was, He had brown medium length hair"

"No way, When did he teleport!?"

"About 20 mins before the current time."

"Quick! Take me to that place!"

"Follow me!" She opens up a teleport gate to the place where Higashi was last seen.

"There is this paper here.."

Kuramoto picks it up and reads it.

"Your subordinates ruined my goddamn plan, You will pay for it!"

"Huh?"

"Are 3 of our members under your guidance of becoming an assassin?"

"Yes, They're doing quite well."

"I would like to mert them as soon as possible."

"I will try." As soon as she says that, she walks back 2 steps and disappears with just white fog left behind.

"Hmm, They might have seen something."

"Let's just wait and see."

After some time, Veronica arrived the assassins in training.

"The trio greets His Highness."

"The pleasure is all mine."

"Please tell me about what you saw when you were killing the beast."

A red haired woman spoke up, "Sir, All I saw was that he had a strange menu before him and he could interact with it like it was visible and after tapping a few buttons, He had transported himself to a different place."

"So it is the same type of menu as me." He murmured to himself.

"Did you say anything?"

"No, Nevermind it, Go back to work, we are leaving now."

"Yes sir, By the way I am Sylvie" She introduces the other girls with the names of "Lightning" and "Cara."

Lightning, An average girl with blonde hair, with the passive ability granted to her from birth, Light:She can control light as it is her own part, Speed and abilities are enhanced with the time of the day, works best at day.

Cara, A short haired woman, White hair, Passive ability/Element:Snow, She can control and summon Snow at her will, Can also move extremely fast, leaving behind just a silhouette of her afterimage crafted with snow.

"These girls will be helpful to me in the future."

"Veronica, Are you here? We are setting out now."

"Yes, I will go inform it"

After 2 days of walking back, They finally reach home.

"These days were awesome." Said Yuta.

"I know, Let's go on more adventures like these." Replied Yuki.

"Calm down, As long as I'm here, we will go on more adventures."

"Best Leader! Our old leader was so strict and rude, We hated him."

Veronica, Filled with anger, Had a fake smile on her face and said "As long as Kuramoto is here, You don't need to be worried anymore."

"You guys are dismissed, tell everyone to spend the nights with their friends, Today is a free day, There will be no more work today."

"Alright then!" Yuta and Yuki walk out of the mansion.

"Alright then, Veronica, I have decided."

"What have you decided?"

"I will create a world filled with no discriminations, There will be no gender inequalities, and every race can live happily with no fear."

"And I want you to help me make this dream come true."

"You talk big for someone who started ruling this clan only some days ago."

"Well, It isn't really possible to soon, But I know that I can achieve this."

"So what will be the name of our empire?"

"The Xin Zian Empire."

"You really have a weird naming sense."

"I know that, But as long as people can accept this reign, It will be no problem."

"You should take rest too, We have walked for too long."

"Alright then, You too, Don't stay until midnight Kuramoto."

Veronica leaves the mansion after saying that.

"Ah, Well now that everyone is gone, Let me try bringing my System to reality.

Kuramoto taps a physical button present on his cloak and it appears before him.

"Name: Kuramoto Katsuo

Power Level:1000 Million

Abilities unlocked:23

Special Grade

Teleport waypoints"

"So I can teleport anywhere I want, I see"

"Ah, there is one more option here."

"Dimensional Rift"

"Dimensional rift? What's that?" Kuramoto clicks it and it summons a black hole that sucks Kuramoto inside it.

"Huh!? Such a place existed!? Time slows down here so I can peacefully train myself!"

"To go back.... This button!"

He clicks "Return" and finds another black hole that transports him into his current location.

"This is awesome! I will mess around it a little more later!"

To be continued.