Duke Of Absolute Darkness

Splash!!!!

A mass was thrown down from the side of the cliff into the water body below—that was rael's body.

The trio had decided to discard his body in the forbidden sea below,it was home to powerful beasts,and formidable life forms.

Damian,looking a little frightened at what they just did,voiced out his concern, "what if he survives??",we would be punished several times than if we just turn ourselves in",

Lucien calmed him down,sensing his worries,

"Don't worry little bro,the hungry beasts down there barely get any human flesh,I'm sure they would help us rip him to shred immediately they set thier sights on his body,if what he is still counts as a body though,hahaha—I'll like to see him come back from that…".towards the end of his speech,Lucien's voice became cold,chilling even his companions.

He started making his way back to the forest where they came from,both Alan and Damian following,he suddenly paused,looking sideways at them he said,

"If word of this were to ever see the light of day in this lifetime—I will have your head,regardless of familial ties….",

The duo nodded profusely,staring at his departing back in fear…

....

In the deep see bottom,where light thrives not,the radiance of the sun fears to approach..

There was an abyss,it was so dark that even the darkness around were being devoured by that very abyss.

The marine life forms around behaved strangely,it seemed like they were turned mad by the strange energy emanating from the abyss…

From within that eerie abyss,an ancient voice called towards the mass of flesh that was falling towards the bottom…

"Hehehe,the body of fate??,what a great surprise…hehehe",

Tendrils extended from the abyss,grabbing the body and dragging it into the abyss.

RUMBLE!!!

Suddenly the Abyss started to quake violently,its intensity increasing by the second,

"Huh?,no no no,noooo,"

"This is supposed to be my time to rise again,wait—this..this…this is not the body of fate,….."

"I curse you boy,arghhhhhh,you duped me,all my hard work has gone to waste—urghhhh,noooooooo—i can't accept this…"

The eerie voice faded.

Suddenly the rumbling calmed down,and then the Abbys abruptly disappeared,in its place was Rael's body complete healed and naked,the surrounding sea beasts were too scared to approach him,sensing that his level of danger was even higher than the abyss he replaced…

Rael drifted around the sea floor,while transformations occurred on his body..

His jet black hair became longer,and fuller,his lean body became more defined,giving him a fit muscular build and most importantly tattoos that resembled chained dragons and phoenixes were snaked around his arms up to his shoulders…

He was undergoing a qualitative transformation,one that would forever change the course of his life forever…

....

Back in the clan leader's mansion,at the servants quarters.

There was a woman crying just outside a house that was dilapidated,she had black hair,but strands of white where already showing up,showing that age was already pushing down on her,she had high cheek bones,a small nose and beautiful hazel eyes,she looked very beautiful even when Middle Aged..

No wonder the clan leader took a liking to her,she must have been a city toppling beauty when she was younger,

But as they say,to own a treasure is akin to a sin as a poor man.

This was Rael's mother,prina.

she had heard about what happened at the talent assessment grounds,though she felt sad at the results,she waited for her son to come home,but unexpectedly he didn't return that day….

She panicked a little,but reasoned that he must have gone to vent out his emotions before coming back home..

The next day passed again,he was nowhere to be found,then she realized something was wrong,rael wouldn't avoid coming home for two days just because he failed an assessment test…something must have happened to him…

She hurriedly informed the few people that interacted with her and rael,out of pity,they helped her,creating a small search party,but due to thier limited strength and numbers,they were unable to achieve anything,it wasn't until after another day did someone said they saw him go towards devils cliff…

Immediately she heard that information she collapsed,

She knew that her worst nightmare just came to pass…..

Rael was most likely attacked by beasts in the area,and without having any form of cultivation,he would be quick work to even the weakest of beasts…,

She wailed uncontrollably,the servants around looked at her pitifully…

"she has lost the only thing that kept her going in this pathetic life"

"She would most likely sink into depression now,what a pity",one of the servants shook thier head,leaving..,

In minutes she was the only one left in her small compound area,she cried bitterly,thinking back to the fond memories she had of her son..,

"Why did you have to leave me rael,

Didn't I warn you not to go to the talent assessment grounds??,look at what you've done to us,sob..sob..sob..sob

Why rael,why,whyyyy,huh..sob..sob..sob…

She sat outside her hut's door…looking out into the street,unfocused…

It looked like she aged more in a matter of minutes,her grief had affected her state of mind,destabilizing her….

....

In an unsuspecting place,a boat drifted on the river,a middle aged man and a girl no more than 18 years of age accompanied her father on a fishing trip,the girl was pretty for her age,having a fair skin and red hair,she had a well rounded shape,perky busts and a plump derrièr,all where enclosed in a large traditional robe she wore,which couldn't fully conceal her shape underneath…

They had been fishing all night,and they caught nothing.

"It's as if all the fishes were frightened away by something—this had never happened before…",said the curvy girl.

With a contemplative look on his face,the middle aged man thought for a moment before replying

"Thinking about it,what if a large beast ate or probably drove all the fishes away,I didn't quite think of it before,but then we would be in danger….",

"Anyways let's reel in our net and go back home,we'll survive on the remaining fishes we have for now",

"But then you won't have any money because we haven't made any sales,how are we going to survive",the daughter complained…

"Is money,or your life much important atlara??",

The pretty girl's name was atlara….

A testament to the relationship her dad shared with the sea.