Even those in the kingdom’s interior were still densely populated, this wasn’t normal at all, it was probably so plan of rlin’s, Kayden didn’t care about that.
The process of crossing the border was smooth and Kayden didn’t even need to say his na to do so, just Thomas’ emblem was enough for him to get in, they only traveled a few dozen kiloters before Kayden detected a person in his spiritual sense.
"Apollo, it’s been a while now," Kayden murmured to the wind that carried his words for a few kiloters when driven by mana, the prince was surprised, he expected to catch Kayden off guard.
"Indeed, I see that you are still a monster", the prince said as he got closer, he had the sa friendly and calm smile he always had, but his expressions and features were those of a grown man who has been through a lot.
"You’ve gotten better too", Kayden said and just waited, he didn’t introduce any of the people to him, he didn’t see the point in extending a friendship with the prince, he no longer cared about other people’s strength.
"I got six lightning bolts, it took a while but I caught up to you, can we do a strength test? I admit that you were my imaginary rival during these centuries" Apollo tried twice as hard to see soone unknown take the lead in the world of geniuses, his ego was hurt, and his beliefs were destroyed.
"Of course, co on," Kayden said nonchalantly making the prince feel slightly insulted, he began to gather mana and... instantly found himself kneeling on the ground supporting the mana of a mountain on his back.
He couldn’t even react, he didn’t see Kayden manipulating the mana, he was kneeling on the ground without knowing how he got there. When he looked up, he saw Kayden calmly, flying in the air in an unshakable and omnipotent manner. A few seconds later he felt the pressure leaving.
"You are still a monster", Apollo had to admit, there was a sadness in his voice, he had tried hard all these years and still hadn’t succeeded, he was currently the strongest genius in existence, but it appeared that title was taken from him at that point.
"Does the Ashford family still exist? I plan on visiting them," Kayden changed the subject.
"Yes, my grandfather stopped anyone from touching them, he said that one ti or another you would co back, we all thought he was crazy", Kayden ntally thanked the forr king for doing this favor.
"I’m going to decimate them, I hope I don’t have any problems with the Sun Kingdom", Kayden’s tone was overflowing with arrogance, he didn’t say what he expected in a tone of request but rather in a threat, Apollo understood imdiately and... just let it go On the other hand, he wasn’t a kid to get in trouble for that.
"Of course, co, I’ll take you to them, on the way we can exchange a little knowledge", the prince said in a friendly tone, the trip only lasted one day, but Kayden revealed almost nothing about where he was, while Apollo delved deeper the new relationship between them.
The five found themselves floating in the air on a huge plain with a small village in it, within the village were a few hundred people, mostly workers, while the rest were direct mbers of the Ashford family.
The houses were all perfectly balanced and structured, there were several gardens and sculptures made of gold and other precious materials, and the environnt demonstrated wealth and power, sothing consistent with the position they occupied during the centuries in power.
Kayden detected Kevin in a room with two won, he also saw Duke Ashford, for these two Kayden would be a little more cruel, for the rest he just started throwing hundreds of aura cuts and massacring everyone.
There was no rcy, be it children or the elderly, everyone was being killed without rcy, the guards couldn’t even understand what was happening, and so third-party mages managed to react but were killed almost instantly.
Those in the fourth realm, which were about 4 people, a considerable increase from the last ti Kayden was here, he left these mages for his subjects to train a little.
anwhile, Kayden pulled the two to the heavens, Kevin appeared to be middle-aged, and his aura was that of a fourth-realm wizard, Kayden could identify that he only managed to get where he was through abundant resources.
While his father followed the sa pattern of red hair and yellow eyes, the difference was that he already appeared to be advanced in age, similar to soone in his 70s, Kayden also noted that he was a sacrificed wizard.
In short, the two were practically toys in his hands, logically he still needed to use all his ability to jump a rank so easily, but it was nothing to worry about.
Kayden didn’t say anything, the two recognized him and tried to free themselves from his control, they were going to start screaming at the young man, but the mana in their bodies began to be taken from within them, for the first ti in their lives an unparalleled pain appeared.
For every second that passed, the pain worsened, Kayden maintained a constant suction and rest, and their bodies automatically took the mana from the environnt again, and then Kayden took this small amount.
The minutes began to pass, and everyone around Kayden began to look at him in fear. The pain he was inflicting was palpable to everyone and the worst part was that he had no expression on his face. There was pleasure, anger, disgust.
There was simply nothing, it looked like he was doing a daily activity like making a cup of tea. Ti passed quickly, the first to break was Kevin, he no longer had any reaction and his body absorbed a smaller amount of mana.
"One hour? How pathetic", Kayden muttered as he took all the mana out of Kevin’s body, this last step caused even the broken mind to show pain, it was sothing inhuman, everyone saw as Kevin began to bite himself to end it. your suffering.
Even his breathing was stopped and even though it was almost impossible to kill himself due to lack of air alone, he was very close, but Kayden stopped him from killing himself and continued taking away the mana. It was another 10 minutes of suffering before he died.
Kevin’s father lasted another hour and a half, much more resilient than his son, Kayden didn’t care and gave him the sa treatnt, the screams of pain caused sympathy in any of the people who heard it, it was sothing inhuman.
The pain seed to co from the depths of the soul, even Apollo, who had his fair share of tortures, could not understand how they broke so quickly, normally it took a few days or weeks for those in the fourth realm.
As soon as this was over, Kayden began to burn the entire village, in a few minutes there wasn’t even a single structure standing, everything was charred to ashes, for a few minutes Kayden just rembered where it all started.
"Now you can rest in peace," he said softly as he rembered his brother, it was such a long ti ago, but the images were still vivid in his mind. After a few minutes, Kayden recovered from his mories.
"We can go to the capital now, I have to talk to Sarah", Kayden said to Apollo, the ntion of his first girlfriend’s na made Milena frown, but Kayden didn’t pay attention.
The trip there only took a few hours and Kayden saw the imnse walls again, he noticed the absurd amount of people, there were at least twice as many buildings and almost four tis as many people.
Kayden asked Apollo this and his only answer was that he didn’t know, not even Azir was sure, but those were the instructions they received from superiors, the prince couldn’t say directly, but Kayden knew he ant rlin.
"I’m going to explore the place a bit," Felix said and disappeared into the shadows of Kayden and everyone’s spiritual senses. Apollo was surprised and then afraid to have such a strong beast walking around the city.
"You two are free to walk around or accompany ," Milena and Astolfo chose to stay with Kayden. He said goodbye to Apollo after exchanging a few more words and headed towards the duke’s house.
The house looked the sa with several perfectly crafted statues, even after centuries Kayden couldn’t find any mistakes in these sculptures, the path was highlighted by several perfectly placed trees.
The green grass along with these statues gave a feeling of tranquility and peace, the path ended at an ancient Greek-style mansion. Kayden still had respect for other people and just buzzed in at the gate. As this was a noble area that few people had access to, the intercom was answered just a few seconds later. A strange voice, which was not strange to Kayden, ca from inside.
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