Chapter : 395
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Chapter : 395
Ken gave her a lazy, goofy grin. "You are the absolute best, Naomi. I am going to sleep for a hundred years. Do not wake me up unless there is an emergency."
Naomi chuckled softly. "Go to bed, slacker. We will keep things quiet down here."
Ken walked past the girls. He climbed the wooden stairs. He reached his small, dusty bedroom. He stepped inside. He closed the door. He turned the metal lock. A soft click echoed in the quiet room.
The moment the door locked, Ken changed completely.
The goofy, lazy smile melted off his face. His slouched shoulders straightened up. He stood perfectly tall. His dark, sleepy eyes turned incredibly cold and sharp. He was no longer the complaining servant. He was the absolute ruler of the shadows.
Ken reached inside his navy blue suit jacket. He pulled out three thick, leather-bound journals. He had stolen these journals from Dr. Carrion's abandoned underground laboratory earlier that day. He set the books carefully on his small wooden desk.
He stared at the journals. He thought about the secret facility. He thought about the mutated people in the cages. He remembered their gray skin. He remembered the glowing green veins. He remembered the terrible pain in their empty eyes.
A deep, quiet disgust filled his chest. The corrupt politicians had committed an absolute atrocity. They stole normal citizens. They injected them with toxic Solurius radiation. They turned innocent people into mindless biological weapons. They called the monsters the Ashura.
"This crime is unacceptable," Ken whispered to himself. His voice was completely flat. "I cannot let this continue. The scale of this tragedy is massive. I need to clean up this mess entirely."
Ken stepped back to the center of his tiny bedroom. He did not need to shout. He did not need to draw a magical circle with chalk. He simply raised his right hand. He snapped his fingers.
Snap.
The air inside the bedroom instantly dropped in temperature. It became freezing cold. The walls seemed to vibrate. A brilliant, glowing green magical circle materialized directly on the wooden floorboards. The green light illuminated the dark corners of the room. It was a high-level, absolute summoning spell.
The shadows in the room began to swirl. They gathered over the glowing green circle. Four distinct, incredibly powerful figures stepped out of the darkness. They entered the mortal realm.
The first figure was absolutely massive. He was a towering, muscular man. He wore ancient, dark armor. Thick, jagged, dark red dragon scales covered his large arms and his neck. His eyes burned a bright, piercing gold. His pupils were sharp reptile slits. This was Ryu. He was the muscle of the shadow crew.
Ryu immediately dropped to one knee. He hit the floorboards with a loud thud. He bowed his head deeply.
"My glorious Master!" Ryu announced. His voice was a booming, dramatic baritone. "I have answered your call! Tell me who has offended you! I will burn them to ash!"
"Lower your voice, Ryu," Ken commanded coldly. "The walls are thin."
"Yes, my Lord," Ryu whispered instantly. He kept his head bowed.
The second figure stepped forward. She was breathtakingly beautiful. She had long, flowing, dark emerald-green hair. It shimmered like liquid water. She wore a sleek, elegant dark dress. Her skin was flawless. Her eyes were a deep, mesmerizing violet. This was Leviathan. She was the Demon Queen of the Serpents.
Leviathan did not bow. She walked gracefully toward Ken's lumpy mattress. She sat down on the edge of the bed. She crossed her long legs. She offered Ken a seductive, playful smile.
"You called, darling?" Leviathan purred smoothly. She glanced at Ryu. "Must you always scream, you overgrown lizard? The Master prefers a quiet room."
Ryu glared at her with his golden eyes. He ground his teeth together. "Show some respect, you venomous snake."
The third figure stepped out of the light. He was a tall, flawlessly handsome man. He had sharp, aristocratic features. He wore a sleek black tactical jacket and dark trousers. His eyes were a cold, calculating silver. This was Karna. He was the analytical spymaster.
Karna placed his right hand over his heart. He offered a crisp, perfectly professional bow. "Good evening, Boss. The network is secure. We are ready to receive your orders."
Then, the green light flared brightly. A fourth figure stepped into the bedroom.
This spirit had never entered the mortal realm before. She was ethereal. She was breathtakingly gorgeous. She possessed long, flowing snow-white hair. Her hair fell gracefully down her back. Her eyes were a piercing, crystalline blue. They looked like clear pools of water. She radiated an aura of absolute, untouched purity.
She wore a simple, elegant white dress. The only strange thing about her appearance rested on her forehead. A single, beautifully spiraled pearlescent horn grew gently from her skin. She hailed from the legendary, ancient Unicorn race. Her name was Selina.
Selina looked around the dusty bedroom. Her crystalline blue eyes were wide with innocent wonder. She stepped forward softly. She placed both of her hands over her heart. She bowed very deeply.
"My Sovereign," Selina spoke. Her voice was incredibly sweet. It sounded like a quiet, gentle wind. "It is an absolute honor to finally stand in your presence. I am here to serve your will."
Leviathan looked at the new arrival. The Demon Queen smirked. "Well. Look who finally decided to join the mortal world. The pure little unicorn. Try not to get your white dress dirty in this room. There is a lot of dust."
Selina stood up straight. She offered Leviathan a very polite, gentle smile. "Thank you for your concern, Leviathan. I will be very careful. Dust does not bother me."
Ryu let out an annoyed grunt. "Silence, both of you. The Master is preparing to speak."
Ken looked at his four elite servants. He completely dropped any trace of his normal, lazy self. His voice dropped into the cold, merciless, god-like baritone of the Sovereign. The deep sound filled the tiny room. It commanded absolute obedience.
"Listen to me very carefully," Ken ordered. His dark eyes swept across the four spirits. "There is a massive crisis in this city. Corrupt politicians crossed a line. They committed a horrifying biological crime."
Karna stood perfectly still. "What kind of crime, Boss?"
"They kidnapped ordinary citizens," Ken explained coldly. He pointed a finger at the three leather-bound journals on his desk. "They took poor people from the outer districts. They locked them in underground cages. They injected them with raw, toxic radiation. They mutated them into mindless, violent beasts. They call the monsters the Ashura."
The room went completely silent. The spirits processed the terrible information.
Ryu clenched his massive fists. His golden eyes burned with pure rage. "That is a coward's tactic! They use weak mortals as test subjects! They deserve absolute destruction!"
Leviathan stopped smiling. Her violet eyes narrowed. "Humans are so pathetic. They constantly poison their own kind. It is incredibly disgusting."