The Dark Demon Lord - Chapter 73

Arnin followed behind Fae with eyes that resembled a hungry beast. Fae decided not to look at Arnin anymore because of those terrifying eyes. For some reason, his new Runic Eye’s made her extremely scared, as if she was looking at some ruler.

“W-we will arrive at the location in about an hour.” Fae decided to break the stifling silence. It was suffocating her and just the glare that Arnin gave her made her want to die.

Arnin didn’t reply with his mouth, rather he just smirked and nodded his head. His eye’s never left Fae’s back, he just kept staring. This caused the latter to tremble a little, however, she kept her composure.

‘What the heck is going on? Why is this kid’s stare so weird and terrifying?’ Although she loved to tease Arnin and even get close to the latter, right now that wasn’t the case. She wanted to be far away from Arnin.

“Fae, I have a question for you.” Arnin finally spoke after a few minutes of silence.

“What is it?” She asked after some hesitation. Unknowingly, she shivered when Arnin spoke.

“I just wonder, where did you learn that lullaby?” Arnin smirked and watched Fae’s back tremble slightly.

“Oh? Are you interested in it?” She asked with a shaky voice, however, she still tried to tease Arnin a little in order to hide any changes to her voice.

“Very,” Arnin said a single word, however, Fae felt as though she was being judged by the devils themselves. “So? Are you going to tell me or are you going to leave me curious?” Arnin spoke again with great interest.

Fae didn’t turn her head and took a deep breath. Although she was still quite shaken, she kept her composure on the surface to the best of her abilities. “Well, if you are that interested, then I don’t mind telling you.” Fae put on a ‘gentle’ smile as she continued to jump from branch to branch.

“This lullaby was created by me.” When Fae said this, she secretly turned her head and glanced at Arnin. She tried to be as discreet as possible, not wanting Arnin to see her actions, however when she turned her head to see Arnin, her whole body froze.

A towering image of a Demon with three horns. A long white saber in one of the hands of that Demon. This was what she saw behind Arnin. She blinked a few times and the image disappears, however a manic smile appeared on Arnin’s face.

Sweat fell from her forehead and even her clothes were getting a little wet because of that. ‘What the hell was that? That image!’ She kept these thoughts in her mind, however, she decided not to speak anymore. She wanted to report everything to the headmistress and see what would be needed to be done about Arnin.

Arnin felt his blood boil as the runes in his Runic Eyes began to twist and turn. Of course, this was not seen by Fae and would be impossible to be seen by many people.

His blood rushed and he felt his heartbeat accelerate. There was fear and also great excitement in his eyes. He continued to look at Fae and licked his lips.

Arnin began to calm his breathing and reverted back to his previous state of calmness, however, no one could understand how much his heart was rampaging at the moment.

‘This little thing really surprises me. To think that I would be able to find another person with that devilish physique. Last time, I wasn’t able to get a hold of the physique because of that woman’s early death, but this time I need to make great preparations.’ Arnin’s thoughts began to turn like a gear.

A single woman appeared in his mind. There was no love or hate when she appeared, however, the only thing that ran through Arnin’s mind was obsession and greed.

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An hour passed and Fae finally led Arnin out of the forest. When they escaped the large forest, the first thing that caught Arnin’s attention was a certain smell. He sniffed the air a couple times before he looked at Fae with a smirk.

“It seems that this place is not as clean as I thought,” Arnin spoke with a smirk. Fae was shocked at Arnin’s words before showcasing one of her famous smiles.

“No wonder you are different from other people. You really are a special case. You probably have figured out that the smell is of blood, am I right?” Fae looked at Arnin while maintaining her smile.

Arnin didn’t answer and only smiled back at her. This time, Fae noticed a change in Arnin’s eyes. In the past, there would always be some disgust and annoyance hidden in his eyes when he looked at her, but now a completely different sparkle was present.

It was dangerous and Fae couldn’t help but take a step back, however, this was an unconscious action. It was as if her survival instincts were warning her to stay away from Arnin.

“Well, since we are here, would you mind telling me where this is?” Arnin turned his head and looked at the sight before him. Other then the smell of blood, he could distinguish that there was a lot of sweat and other kinds of nauseating stenches in the air. However, Arnin didn’t find any of the smells annoying rather he continued to maintain his smiling expression.

The place that Fae brought him to was different than expected because all he could see was a large hill. This hill was different from other ones because of the tens of holes that were on it.

“This place is one of the hideouts for the academy I am from,” Fae spoke with a casual tone. She, however, kept an annoying smile planted on her face.

Arnin nodded his head and began to closely examine the area. Everything else seemed normal, however, he felt a threatening aura from one of the holes in the hill. It was the hole directly in the center, plus it eh smallest of all the holes.

“If you are going to continue lurking in the dark, then I might take that as you being hostile.” Arnin smiled before speaking in a loud voice.

Fae looked back at Arnin before looking at the smallest hole. There was some surprise in her eyes, but she kept it hidden. “Headmistress, this is the boy. You can come out now.” She also knew that someone was hiding in the hole but that was only because of the person releasing there aura purposely for her to detect, but she had never thought that Arnin would be able to detect that subtle aura.

“Hehe! This boy is really something different, I never thought that he would be able to find me so easily.” A woman’s voice came from the smallest hole. Arnin Kept his guard up, however, he kept a mocking smile on his face.

“So, it seems like you are the big dog around this place? Why the need to hide? I don’t bite.” Arnin spoke ruthlessly. He didn’t fear being attacked by the other party since that would be detrimental to them. Arnin already figure that the other party had some uses for him, so there was no way they would attack him,

“Little boy, you need to watch what you say. You never know when those words could cause your death.” The woman’s voice had no fluctuation, it continued to hold some interest.

“Maybe, but will you kill me. Rather, can you?” Arnin shrugged his shoulders and didn’t intend on backing away.

“Haha! You really are a funny one.” The woman’s voice sounded out from the hole. There was no anger in the voice, it continued to be playful and interested.

Finally, the woman who was speaking from the center hole walked out into the open. She looked around her thirties, but Arnin could feel that she was much older than that.

The woman had short silver hair and chocolate skin. Her eyes were ink-like, however, something that made her threat level really high was the fact that Arnin was unable to sense her power.

‘Interesting.’ Arnin smirked when he was unable to tell what cultivation realm the woman was at.

“I presume that you are the leader of this so-called cult?” Arnin continued with his sharp words.

“Hehe, you are right. I am the leader, or you could say the principal.” The woman didn’t get offended and just continued to casually speak with Arnin. Fae kept her silence, however, something that surprised Arnin suddenly occurred.

The woman walked out of the hole and when he thought that she would leap onto the ground, he found that she began to slowly step on the air. It was as if there was a platform hiddenly put on the air for her, however, Arnin knew the real reason for this.

‘Flight!’ Arnin was only shocked for a moment before smiling inwardly. The real reason he was shocked was not because of the hidden cultivation realm of the headmistress, rather because of the low cultivation realm needed for flight.

From his knowledge, almost in any world he visited, the ability of flight was only possible after one reached the Fusion Realm, which was only two realms lower than the Emperor Realm. However even achieving this would require a talented person at least a few tens of thousands of years.

Arnin knew that there was a possibility of people being in the Fusion Realm inside Afloria, however, he was certain that the headmistress was nowhere near that level.

‘Seems like the order in this world is a little different than the outside. This weird power continues to intrigue me more and more.’ Arnin couldn’t help but smirk when he thought of the weird energy that powered Afloria.

“Since you are here, let me introduce myself. I am the Headmistress of Thorn Academy.” Arnin nodded his head before looking at Fae with a smile.

“Does that mean that this so-called Academy is a part of the group that opposes Lepidoptera Academy?” Fae nodded her head with the same irritating smile, however, this time Arnin did not scoff. He continued to star at Fae and even licked his lips in front of her, allowing her to see every one of his actions.

Fae couldn’t help but tremble slightly at such a sight. She quickly looked away and continued to stare at the headmistress.

“How much did Fae tell you about this place and the two opposing sides?” Arnin felt everything distort in front of him before finding himself standing inside one of the holes. Beside him was the headmistress who looked at him with a smile.

“I know nothing of this place and only know that there are two opposing powers in the Academy Alliance. She has told me nothing else.” Arnin pointed towards Fae with his thumb.

“Than, let me clear some things up for you. The two opposing sides have different methods of teaching the students. The side that Lepidoptera Academy chose was a gentle, yet snake like method. I won’t go into to too much detail though.” Arnin nodded his head. He knew that right now was not the best time to know everything. Plus, he would be able to figure out things himself later on.

“As for Thorn Academy, we have a more aggressive teaching style.” The headmistress spoke with a mysterious smile.

“When you mean aggressive, do you mean” Arnin caught on quickly and also smiled somewhat. The headmistress gave an approving nod to Arnin before pushing his back slightly forward.

“Keep walking straight, you will see what we do here.” She spoke a little more before vanishing into thin air.

Arnin nodded his head and walked into the dark tunnel. He didn’t have much hesitation, rather he felt some adrenaline. He already had a feeling as to what he would see, so he felt a little excited.

Half an hour passed and Arnin noticed a light in the distance. When Arnin saw the light, he noticed a small red gas appearing around the exit. Arnin sniffed and smiled.

‘Blood!’ Arnin walked closer and suddenly a few sounds landed in his ears.

“Hiya! Hah!”

“Take that! ARG!”

Arnin walked towards the edge and when he saw the scene in front of him he nodded his head in satisfaction. It was a scene that he loved to see.

Desperation. Fear. Anxiousness. Bloodthirsty. Excitement. Horror. Despair.

These expressions that appeared in the faces of others were things Arnin enjoyed to see. Especially when he was bored out of his mind.

In front of him, thousands of people were having a bloody battle. Death and tears were everywhere. Every single person on the ground was between the ages of twelve and twenty.

There were blades in some hands, while knives in others. People were screaming in both fear and excitement. Others were crying with blades either entering their bodies or another.

The sight in front would have broken down many people, and probably would have angered them, however to Arnin, such a scene was nostalgic. It reminded him of the battlefields that he would go to during his time as a Demon Lord. Of course, back then things were much more horrifying. Death was a wish many had back then.

Suddenly, Arnin felt something tap his back, pushing him forward, towards the battlefield. He turned his head and saw the Headmistress looking at him with a smirk. “This is a test for you. Make it out alive and prove to me that I didn’t waste my time.” She then disappeared.

Arnin ignored the Headmistress’ words. He wasn’t going to do things for her, rather he wanted to join the battlefield in front.

‘Although I am losing essence quickly and death is near, that doesn’t mean I cannot fight. Let’s test out how great this new body of mine is!’