Monarch of Darkness

Evan reached the place of Purple striped thunder tiger within a very short period of time. Infront of him was a little girl who was surrounded by two massive snow bears. Pairs of malevolent eyes were glaring at her. The little girl was not afraid of them. She was looking at the snow bears with her curious big eyes.

"Oh, no! These stupid bears will kill her if I don't do anything", Evan thought inside his mind. He used the Shadow ghost dance technique and dashed toward the little girl. Seeing another new variable, the eyes of two bears gleamed with more ferocity. They didn't play around more and directly threw their paws toward the little girl. Their goal was simple. They wouldn't let anyone to snatch their prey.

A gigantic paw flashed toward the petite body of the little girl but it collided with the back of Evan. Evan staggered forward but he still managed to save the little girl. The purple striped thunder tiger who was watching nearby, let out a furious roar. Before it could do anything, Evan got injured. Situation changed within blink of an eye.

The purple striped thunder tiger leapt toward one of the bear and bit its furry back. If it came to speed, snow bears were not the match of Purple striped thunder tiger. It bit the back of the snow bear and didn't let go. The snow bear cried out in pain. It's thick snow coat turned red at the neck region. The other snow bear got distracted as a result. It attacked the purple striped thunder tiger to save its partner.

Evan threw up blood but he still used the Shadow ghost dance technique and dashed towards the Sylvia clan. He saw the Sylvia clan guards coming from a distance. He dashed towards them and only after reaching them, his body felt relaxed.

"Little prince, what happened to you?", one of the middle aged man asked in a worried voice. "Nothing, take care of this little girl. I need a little time to recuperate", Evan smiled at the middle aged man with a pale face. He then threw another glance at the little girl and sat cross-legged. The middle aged man took out a red coloured pellet from his body. "Little prince, please eat it. It can help you recover", Evan didn't deny and take that pellet. "Oh, a level two Blood recovery pellet", he murmured and threw the pellet into his mouth.

"Go, search around. I want to know what happened here", the middle-aged man commanded. The Sylvia clan warriors scattered to check the surrounding. He looked at Evan with a worried look and then he moved his head to check on the little girl. "What! Where is that little girl?", the middle aged guard became dumbfounded. He looked around and didn't find any trace of that strange little girl.

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It took only half an hour for Evan to heal himself. While he was recuperating, he was checking his body with soul consciousness. A white stream in his blood flew to his cracked chest bones and his cracked bones got healed in a visible speed. Evan opened his eyes and looked around. The scattered Sylvia clan warriors had already returned. Now everyone was gathering around him.

"Where is that little girl?", Evan asked after looking around a bit. "She disappeared while I am not looking", the middle aged guard replied while lowering his head. The middle aged guard felt ashamed because he couldn't look after a little girl. "Did you search around?", Evan asked again. The middle aged guard nodded his head. Evan frowned and sent his soul consciousness towards the White orchid forest. His soul consciousness covered a vast area within a moment. Evan searched for a while but couldn't find the little girl. "Don't mind. That little girl is a strange one", Evan comforted the middle aged guard. "Also another thing. Don't disclose anything about my injury. You can report whatever you want beside this", Evan looked sternly towards the Sylvia clan guards. The middle aged guard who was also the leader of these Sylvia clan guards hesitated a bit but submitted under Evan's sharp glare. He commanded others to shut their mouth about the injury of Evan. Evan didn't mind other things but he didn't want his mother to worry about him.

The Sylvia clan warriors watched as Evan walked toward the dwelling place of Sylvia clan. "Captain, are you sure? You want to shut all our mouths for him! If anything happens to him, we can't shriek from our responsibility", one of the warrior asked. The middle aged guard smiled a little and there was a strange glow appeared in his eyes as watched the distant figure of Evan.

"Have you guys noticed one thing? Our prince has grown up. Although he didn't have a profound cultivation base but he now he has a imposing momentum. In this turbulent war time, our national will be happy if our prince become a worthy successor to the throne", the middle aged guard declared with shining eyes.

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Evan thought about that little girl for a bit. He recalled that the little girl didn't have any cultivation base. But she still managed to vanish Infront of a Profound transformation realm expert. Even after thinking for a while, he could not make head or tail of today's incident. So, he threw the incident of that little girl to back of his mind. After this incident, he remembered one thing. He had neglected his body cultivation for a longer time.

He was not in a hurry to go to his palace. So, he walked towards the bank of the river. He watched the flowing river for a moment. Then he untied his black robe and jumped to the river. He swam around for a bit to calm his mind. While he was swimming, he didn't notice one thing. A little girl was watching his swimming figure from a distance. She was watching the swimming figure of Evan without blinking her big, pretty eyes. Her eyes were full of naive curiousity. But what was strange that the distant guards could not notice her little figure. She was hovering in the mid-air without alerting anyone!