Monarch of Darkness

The shadow commander didn't understand what happened but he immediately grabbed Evan and Alice and flew towards the wilderness which was outside the southern border of the Clear wind city. 

"Chase", a old man with tied up hair shouted. Soon all twelve Nascent soul stage experts came out of the hall and flew towards the direction where the shadow commander had gone.

It didn't take long for Shadow commander to leave the Clear wind city. He felt some formidable soul consciousness scanning him. He urged all of the essence energy inside his body and flew at top speed.

He checked the enemy experts with his soul consciousness and shivered after seeing their numbers. Although he had no fear of death but he was currently in charge of Evan and Alice.

He had never seen such a shocking number of peak experts in one place. Now that twelve Nascent soul experts were chasing him from behind, he felt hopeless.He knew the fact that even if he fought them with his life in line, it would be futile.

Evan also didn't expect to see twelve Nascent soul stage enemies in one place. He fiercely wracked his brain to find a solution but even after thinking for a while, he couldn't think of anything.

If it was him alone, then he could have escaped bit now that shadow commander and Alice was following him, he couldn't think of anything at this moment. Enemies managed to come near after some time. Although shadow commander was flying at top speed but he couldn't compare to a peak stage Nascent soul stage expert.

"Nine spear of sacred fire", the old man with tied up hair clenched his hand and shouted in a cold tone. A ball of energy gathered around his hand and it quickly took shape of nine spears. He opened his clenched fist and waved towards the fleeing shadow commander.

The nine burning spears came at a breathtaking speed and it quickly caught up to the fleeing shadow commander. Shadow commander flew downward and managed to dodge the strike in time but the old man with tied up hair seemed like expecting this.

"Futile", he sneered and threw another strike of nine spears towards the group of shadow commander.

The shadow commander felt furious but he couldn't do anything at this moment. In one hand he was holding Evan while his other hand was occupied with Alice. His only option was to dodge but the nine spear strikes were shockingly quick. When he was thinking what to do, he felt his hands loosened.

"Shit", he didn't have to guess what happened. Evan and Alice let go of his hands and fell downward. He took out a sword and managed to throw a big slash towards the approaching spears. 

The fire spears slowed down a bit but they they quickly grinded the sword slash and charged towards the shadow commander. The split second was enough for shadow commander to dodge. He dodged the nine spears and looked downward worriedly.

He saw an indistinct pair of wings behind the back of Evan and Evan was holding Alice with both of his hands. An astonished look appeared in the eyes of Alice but she calmed down quickly. She looked towards the fleeing shadow commander.

A voice appeared in the mind of shadow commander and he looked below with a startled expression. He threw an incomprehensible gaze at Evan and Alice. Then, he flew towards their opposite direction.

The sky was glowing with orange coloured fire but Evan had no time to think about it. He threw a worried glance at the fleeing shadow commander but he didn't stop. He retracted the soaring wings of sky eagle technique and dashed forward using the shadow ghost dance technique.

Evan was fleeing with all his might but his speed was negligible in the eyes of higher realm experts. "Little brat, stop already. Otherwise you will not know how you die", a sneering voice came from the sky.

Cold sweat poured out from the head of the Evan but he didn't stop. He tried to storm inside the wilderness as soon as possible. It was already night. He thought to use the darkness as cover and sneak out from this binding situation.

"Brat, I said stop already. Otherwise face the consequence", a furious voice came from the sky. This time the voice was much nearer compared to the earlier voice. 

Evan paused for a moment. From the proximity of the voice, he knew he couldn't escape from the Nascent soul stage expert. He thought for a moment and his face grew determined. He decided to stall for time untill support comes from the Thousand swords kingdom.

Although he didn't know how Alice managed to sneak everywhere, now was not the time for her to do anything. Any attack from the Nascent soul stage expert would send them to death door.

He turned around and looked towards the Nascent soul stage expert who was hovering in the sky. He put down Alice and stood there without doing anything. "Good boy", the Nascent soul stage expert grinned at him. He knew they couldn't escape. So, he turned his gaze towards the distant fight.

Shadow commander was in a precarious situation in a distance. He was now fleeing inside the wilderness. Evan could understand his thought process. He chose to fly towards the opposite direction because he wanted to divert the enemies attention from him and Alice. Unfortunately, his wish didn't come true. One enemy expert chose to follow him and Alice. They were caught within no time.

As for fleeing in the wilderness instead of flying in the sky was to avoid being a target practice for enemy experts. At least the wilderness could provide some resistance from enemy attacks.

Evan saw the enemy experts surrounding the shadow commander. Enemies were bombarding him with various types of attacks but shadow commander was still holding on untill now. The patch of forest was being destroyed anywhere the shadow commander wanted to go.

Evan felt a smooth feeling on his body and turned his head to look. He found a robe which was covering both Alice and him.

"Hush!", Alice gave him the signal by putting a finger on her mouth. Evan knew what to do. So, he didn't ask anything.

Alice came to his back and hugged Evan by one of her hand. Before Evan could think of anything, they started to fly. Evan looked at the Nascent soul stage expert and surprisingly his gaze was still not on them.

They started to fly slowly. Till now, the Nascent soul stage expert had not turned his gaze towards them. After few moments, he saw the Nascent soul stage expert looking at them. Evan's heart skipped a bit but what made him speechless was the fact that he didn't focus his gaze on them.

He looked at every direction and eventually a frown appeared on his face. "What happened? Where are the brats?", he murmured in a barely audible voice.