How I Became the Strongest Sovereign

Chapter 90 - Hostile Takeover III

"What do you know about the potion of life?" I asked, looking at Alfreda.

The others had already slept, so it was just us 2 awake. 

"Why do you want to know?" She yawned, answering my question with a question.

"I heard it's some special liquid. I want to know if it's a myth."

"You're right, it is a special liquid. It can revive magical beasts from the dead. It's something that can only be found in the Elven Kingdom and it's heavily guarded. 

"There's a special tree, older than the kingdom itself, that releases that very liquid from the tips of its leaves. The potion of life consists of the tree's secretion and it's stored in special viles." She answered.

"Where is this tree situated?"

"Y-You're asking me too many questions." She yawned once again, rubbing her eyes.

"Where can I find it?" I asked her again, urgency resounding in my voice.

"The Elven For-" She fell asleep mid sentence, lying her head on top of Michelle's.

God. This woman! I think she said The elven Forest. I had to head there, and for this special tree she was talking about, it was most likely a Yggdrasil tree. 

Things were getting interesting…

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Boom! Boom!

The ceiling shook and specks of dust from the ceiling of the basement. Everyone woke up abruptly at the sudden noise. The ceiling shook one more time and cracks started to form.

"What was that?" One of the little ones asked, hugging Michelle.

"We need to get out of here. This place is crumbling." Alfreda commanded getting up.

I nodded in understanding and helped the others up. Alfreda opened the hatch carefully then climbed up first. We followed her, until we were all on level ground.

A large explosion broke the windows and I shielded the kids instinctively. Michelle gave me a look of gratitude before pulling out some masks from a rucksack she was wearing. She immediately attached the see-through masks to Myshal and Pyshals' mouths.

"Let's move." I said, taking the lead. Alfreda looked a bit offended but followed me anyways.

The small group followed behind me as I created a pathway for us breaking one of the walls of the houses.

"There are still peasants there! Kill them!" A demonic voice shook the atmosphere. The kids buried their faces into their siblings' arms in fear.#

"Which way is the Elven Forest?" I asked looking back.

"It's a couple kilometres west." Alfreda answered quickly, "And we're definitely going there."

I pulled out a portal artefact from my dimension ring and gave it to her. 

"This portal will take you to the human kingdom, to my house. It's a huge mansion and my mother will be there to help you if anything happens; tell her I sent you." I said.

"How do we know he's not lying?! Why didn't he use this when his friends were in trouble? This is stupid! It's a trap." Michelle shouted over the explosions.

Alfreda assessed all the variables then gripped me strongly with her hands. She glared at me for a good couple seconds before smiling.

"I'm sure he has his reasons for what he did. The kid may be a cold blooded killer but he's got good intentions with us." She smiled before activating the blue portal.

"Hurry! They're getting away!" Trampling footsteps were coming in our direction. 

"Let's go." Alfreda said, taking her siblings with her into the portal, "And Thank you."

The portal shut off behind her and only I was left. I ran in a different direction jumping from building to building. 

The reason I hadn't used the portal before was because it still was recharging. Portals needed to recharge before they could be used and their long recharging time didn't allow our escape.

"Where do you think you're going?" A dark figure appeared in front of me. It had a powerful mana pressure and its demonic aura was oozing out.

I wanted to run in a different direction but I was surrounded by a bunch of soldier class demons.

I took off my eye patch, cracking my neck left and right before getting into a fighting pose. Streaks of lightning circled me like wild snakes and my dark hair rose due to the static energy.

"Lucifer! No. He's an imposter. Lucifer didn't have any offspring." One of the demon soldiers gasped in shock. I still didn't know who this Lucifer guy was but at least he was a famous demon. Better to be mistaken for a powerful individual than a weak one.

The strongest one folded his arms; he wore a dark robe covering him from head to toe. I could tell he was almost as strong as me, he was a step below me. 

"Get him." He ordered stepping back and watching the fight unfold.

The demons roared their battle cries as they charged at me. 

'Shambles!'

I froze half of the demons down to the molecular level then shattered the iced figures into smithereens. The strong one at the back chuckled at his subordinates' deaths like he had found it amusing. In a matter of seconds I killed half of them.

[You have used a 1000 MP]

[You have earned 5000 EXP for killing a Soldier Demon!]

[You have earned 5000 EXP for killing a Soldier Demon!]

[You have earned 5000 EXP for killing a Soldier Demon!]

'Almighty Pull'

The remaining shocked demons were pulled towards me like I was the centre of a black hole. 

'Kuroi Hono.'

Black lances of burning flames spurt out from my body and impaled the demons in multiple spots. Purple blood and organs fell everywhere and the remaining pieces of their lifeless bodies were burnt to ashes.

[You have used 750 MP]

[You have earned 5000 EXP for killing a Soldier Demon!]

[You have earned 5000 EXP for killing a Soldier Demon!]

[You have earned 5000 EXP for killing a Soldier Demon!]

I panted, getting my breath back. Conjuring black flames was a high level spell and it required precise mana control and output; without it the flames would go out of control and even burn me to death.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

The remaining demon clapped his hands in appreciation.

"That was a good show. You can even use Black Flames. I'm impressed, I must say. Well, time to have some fun." He cackled sinisterly, taking off his hood.

His slender figure, his pale skin, it all made him look like a vampire if it weren't for his horns; he did look around my age though, hopefully he wasn't experienced. 

He took out a long dark coloured staff from his dimension ring and got into a fighting pose. 

Great. A staff user.

He thrusted at me with his spear rapidly, but I dodged most of his strikes and parried others. I leapt back then cloned myself. 

"What?!" He said confused, his devilish smile now gone and a face of confusion filled him.

This was my first time using Blake's cloning skill.

The me's circled around him making him choose which one to fight but instead he conjured a wall of Earth between him and my clone, then intercepted me. 

I parried his staff and punched down at his face, my fist imbued with lightning mana.

He fell backwards, spitting out one of his teeth.

"You've done it now." His eyes glowed an intense red and his mana pressure blew me back.

My clone returned to my side getting in a fighting pose..

"Return." I said and the clone's cells started to join back to my body. 

The demon disappeared out of my sight and suddenly appeared back in front of me. A hit from his staff made me crash into a building. 

Oof! That one hurt.

[You have suffered 700 damage]

I still needed enough mana for another fight, staying here and fighting this freak was wasting time. I had to run.

"Where do you think you're going?" He smiled at me, kicking me from behind as I tried to run.

"We don't even have to fight. Why are you being such an annoying brat?!" I said, annoyed, punching his head. He flew backwards like a bullet crashing through several houses.

He appeared out of the rubble, blood dripping down from his head.

"I'm going to kill you!" He roared charging towards me.

In the time he was out cold in the rubble I had already forged up a plan. Now to put it into action.

"And how are you going to do that? You ugly, worthless pile of meat! 

"You're so ugly when you tried to join an ugly contest, they said: Sorry, no professionals!" I antagonised him, making him roar in rage.

His swings became wild and predictable and I began laughing at his fit of rage.

"You're so ugly, your pillow cries at night! Hahahahaha!"

"SHUT UP!" He yelled, thrusting his staff towards my head.

Bingo.

I froze him momentarily with 'Gravity Zone', before right hooking his jaw so hard it dislocated and he immediately dropped like a dead fly.

"Sorry kid." I said, running off.

Sadly I didn't get any Exp for beating him but that was fine. I didn't like killing young kids like him anyways, adults on the other hand were different.