bookpub Chapter 349 - New Variables
Chapter 349 - New Variables
"What—"
Yu Shao Yan froze in place, her throat bleeding and restricting her movements.
Her sharp gaze was locked on the young man before her.
Despite her exclamation, he moved with calm resolve, placing his fingers firmly against her forehead.
The gesture was unexpected, and confusion clouded her mind until a strange sensation coursed through her body.
She stiffened instantly.
'!?'
"Y-you?!" she stammered, her voice trembling with disbelief.
Though she'd experienced something similar in yesterday's battle, this time was different.
She felt the very essence of her internal energy vanish in an instant, draining into nothingness.
Her body, her core—it felt as though it had been hollowed out.
The energy she'd painstakingly recovered was gone, leaving her feeling weak and defenseless.
"....."
Ryuk lowered his hand, his expression unreadable.
He stared at his fingers for a moment, clenching them tightly.
The outcome was far from what he had expected.
Though he had hoped to nullify her soul, the effect was limited to her internal energy.
It became evident that he lacked the strength needed to achieve his full intent.
Shifting his focus downward, his gaze fell on Jenny's unconscious form lying sprawled on the ground.
Without hesitation, he began to move toward her.
"W-where are you going?!" Yu Shao Yan yelled, her voice laced with panic.
The sight of Ryuk approaching Jenny filled her with dread, as if he intended to harm her in some unspeakable way.
Before either of them could act further, a sudden disturbance rippled through the air.
Swish!
A sharp tearing sound resonated, accompanied by a flash of vivid blue light.
The Bloodmoon Clan was the very group his mother had annihilated during her rise as the flagbearer.
Their presence here, in Jade Dominion, could not be a coincidence.
"They are here for you, My Liege," Regina said, her voice steady and unwavering.
Her sharp eyes remained fixed on Yu Shao Yan, who visibly recoiled.
The mention of the Bloodmoon Clan seemed to evoke a deep, visceral reaction in Yu Shao—a mixture of strange memories of battles on rogue lands.
'!'
"Y-you! Why do you want to destroy this land?"
Yu Shao Yan burst out in anger as she understood the consequences this whole thing would bring if now the vampires, which were considered one of the strongest races, were to intervene and arrive here with clear intentions of a war solely due to this man who first acted instead of remaining hidden somewhere and now had brought such devastation on the whole Jade Dominion.
'....A revenge, huh?',
Ryuk processed the information, understanding it was most probably revenge on him due to the actions of his mother, which was expected.
"How much time will it take them to arrive here?" As he further inquired, processing the time in which he would need to leave this place, or at least have enough time to recover himself after dealing with the main city inside the Jade Dominion.
The main city was the place where the monarch resided, and it appeared the attacks and source of civil war that had occurred inside the Celestial Phoenix Order were sourced from there, with him clearly preparing to first go against them, but now a variable had occurred.
Ryuk inquired before trying to understand how those people were aware of him being here.
Given that the distances would not be covered easily by any communication network, for them to know about him being here, there needed to be someone pulling the strings from behind, and that someone could inevitably be someone who wanted to see him in a broken state, either cornered or dead.
'Diana? Or the Devereux family?....Drishti',
Ryuk could only think of three entities particularly familiar with him who had clear intentions of pulling the strings due to first being obsessed with cornering him, second having hatred, and third just wanting to fulfill her interests.
But soon enough, he placed these thoughts aside as chances of Drishti's involvement appeared lower this time, given this was a war and the chances of him dying were huge.
And as per he knew her, she would rather want to watch more interesting things than wanting to put an end to an object of her interest.
"Seven days, given their speed, and another three days for their main army to arrive,"
the cloaked figure informed based on the calculations done on velocity and distance between them and Jade Dominion.
'System, how much time will it take for Diana to arrive here?' Ryuk, putting aside the information received from the cloaked figure, inquired of the system about Diana's arrival, considering that if he was correct, she would most likely be in a frenzy and clearly angered state.
[Analysing...]
[Host, it will take a total of 12 days for Diana Riantain to reach the Jade Dominion.]
'....2 days...,' Ryuk thought upon hearing the information about the possibility that he needed to hold out for two days, and with one arrow he would be able to secure two outcomes.
If everything went well, he would just need to set the vampires against Diana and leave this place unscathed.