Monarch of Darkness, Arsene

Chapter 377: The Sword's Coast

"Twenty years, huh?" I curiously whispered, touching my chin, studying the expression of Lilith. Guess that explains the dust I saw earlier, but it doesn't explain why she waited to tell me.

"Does grandpapa know where we are?" Lilith asked, crossing her arms around me.

"No, just me, but he is hiding in my castle."

"Hiding?" I probed, baffled by the possibility of someone of his level hiding.

"Well, unlike you two, time goes on. It seems the news of a new Celestial King did not go over well. So he is hiding from his sexy-ass wife. Bastard is so lucky I have been trying to tap her ass for so long. Care to give me tips, Arsene? I just don't see the hype about dick."

"Dear God! I swear every woman I have met since I came into this world is crazy! Maybe it's me? Maybe my mission is to plant my seed on all these crazies? To bless them! Yes, I feel like that is the honest truth. I need to bless the darkness from their black hearts. "

"Motherfucker, do I need to bring up what you did during that year of slaughter? You ripped a woman's veins out and ate them like spaghetti. If anyone here is truly crazy, It's you. I like bitches; you like... well, even I don't know what you like."Adrienne included with a self-righteous grin.

"Did it at least taste good?" Lilith bizarrely asked, as if it was customary to speak of this so openly. Although having to feast with my crazy wife, what more can one ask. Maybe she will learn a thing or two.

Touching her chin, Andrienne's expression slowly began to grim, "have you two decided what you want to do? Although I do appear a free spirit, I do have responsibilities to various realms. I have to go. You need to make a decision and quick.

"Send us to the swords coast. I will speak to Grey in regards to our blood at a later date. Lilith, will you be able to smuggle items out of Alos?" I asked, shifting my gaze to her scrunched brow.

"Yes, but I think you may be able to come and go unnoticed. If you use the Shadow Realm, not even grandfather is capable of blocking those who are capable of entering the second realm of Shadows. It will work, but I suggest we not bring my children here."

"I ditto what Lilith said. This is not like before Arsene. Alos is a realm where the most powerful reside. You will have zero power there till you become God, and even then, death is still almost guaranteed."

"Then how will they grow stronger? They will be wasted potential if we leave them on Midgard. I understand all of your apprehension, but they need to come. We cannot just baby them even if the risk of death is nighty percent. The risk of me going there is even higher. They are coming, but they will not be with us." I declared, crossing my arms.

"They are mine, Arsene," Lilith stated darkly with a sinister glint that flickered by so fast I thought I was hallucinating. "If they go... they must enter where your parents reside, and not with us."

"Why?" I could not help ask noticing the odd shift in Lilith's behaviors.

"You understand nothing about the true cultivation realm. Do you think it's like Midgard? or like Tensen Lumireis, where you never traveled about? Cultivation carries with it the value of following your baser instincts. I will not have my people turned into whore just to gain strength.

They can hide their abyssal abilities, and I am sure grandfather has something to help, but the amount of danger you will place on them who is high, and I will not have it."

Nodding her head, Adrienne nodded alongside my wife, "She is right. You are a political man Arsene. Use to control and much more, but on Alos, you will not be able to build your empire as you please. This realm runs on power, not politics. Killing a god with your words is fine, but you will need more. You think thor is terrible. Wait till you see what Lilith's father did or what their son is doing as we speak.

"So politics is useless altogether?" I inquired.

"It's useful only to those with equal power and till you ascend to the throne. You will have none. Come on, let's go, also give me a vial of your blood; I will hand it to Grey before I leave." Adrienne stated, gripping our shoulders before we could even agree.

Weaving through a spiral tunnel, my eyes grew wide as we appeared within a massive hall filled with statures of those I did not recognize, yet some of their features seemed familiar. Some were of children, men, and women, even the elderly. The marveling was exquisitely made, detailing even the pores one held.

"it's a graveyard of Grandfather's family in Elysium," Lilith whispered to me already in her Yura persona. However, I was a little confused as to how Tang Feng hasn't figured this out yet.

"The ones he slaughtered? Seems kind of nice to do such a thing for your enemies." I lightly uttered, enjoying the art within this grand room. It almost felt holy with all the white marveling.

"Feng, they are yours now! I have to go! Master is on one of his benders again!" Adrienne yelled, vanished before I could thank her.

"You kids ready?" The old man suddenly shouted with a deep sweat trickling down his brow. Looking back, he gripped Lilith and I shoulders, taking us away before saying another word.

"Grandmother?" Lilith hashed out as we teleported.

Feeling my very eyes beginning spin, I suddenly fell from the skies plopping onto the sand, watching that old bastard rest Lilith down gently.

"Yura! Hide your identity well; I have to go!"

"Wait, take the Abyssal Children to the Celestial Palace. Say they are your disciples!" She asked with pleading eyes, "I assure you they are worth it. I have never taken one. They can make their Qi into Celestrial Qi. It will be perfect."

"FENG!!!!!" A roar echoed out, shaking me in my boots as I dared not rise from the silver sand beneath me.

"Shit!" he shouted, vanishing in a flash of light.

Giggling to herself, Lilith waved, "GOOD LUCK, GRANDMAMA! KICK HIS ASS!"