The princess summoned me from the quarters I had been given. I wasn’t really psyched to be working for her, but I reminded myself that it was only till after we stopped the invasion. I had managed to get a decent amount of information from Kawaii till this point, but she was still out scouting for more information.The princess had led me to a part of the palace where I could sense incredibly dense mana. There were several people with large quantities of mana practicing magic or doing research. The agent theorised that this was the source of the leylines. It said this generated the basic magic structure, but them powering it at all times was unlikely, meaning there was another source that powered their magic circle and allowed for the leylines to be active at all times.‘Why are we here?’I asked the princess, but she ignored me and kept swimming. Her mind was completely blank, meaning she was still on-guard around me. Although, I hadn’t seen the guard from the day before around. He q

In a dark alleyway on the streets of Yorul, a person wrapped in a cloak moved silently.It was very hard to find a place as dark and filthy as this in Yorul, which was the capital city of Atlantis, named after its founder. Since it is the chosen ground of the highly exalted founder, the residents try their best to ensure that it was safely and cleanly kept. It was seen as a sort of Holy Land that the purest and wisest of the 3 original merfolk, Yorul had decided to set up his kingdom to ensure his people flourished.Eventually his followers became so numerous, they had to create additional cities chosen by Yorul himself, which began the five nations of Atlantis. Since his death, the residents refused to create an additional city since they assumed it would be an offense the first king.So, they ensured that their cities were clean to the best of their abilities. They monitored the increase in size population and came up with magic for that problem. The monitored the increase in crime

I returned to the others after finishing off the assailant. They had surrounded the princess and put up a magic barrier to prevent any further attacks. Maybe they should have done that while she was giving her speech.“When did you-”Sunalla approached me to ask some questions, but now wasn’t the time in my opinion.‘I know who did this. Is it alright if I go handle them?’I looked at the princess for confirmation and she mauled over it for a while.“Who did this?”‘The Sikari Guild from what I gathered.’“Huh? If it’s someone from there, I doubt you would have gotten any answers.”‘I can read minds.’I gave her that simple excuse. It would probably be a bad idea to tell them I eat souls to acquire information I’m seeking. Just imagine you had been insulting someone who could kill you at a moment’s notice without blinking. You’d put your guard up around that person, no?“Even if you know who did it, what good does it do us when we don’t know where the Sikari guild is? For all you know

“[Corrosion Arrows]!”“[Body down]!”“[Wall of Magic]!”“[Cyclone cut]!”I heard different magic skills being shouted out with magic circles popping up around me. They were using Rune magic so they didn’t need to chant the spell, yet here they were shouting it’s name.[You have been afflicted with [Weakness]][Your physical stats will go down by 10%]‘What?!’One of the spells had weakened my body. I looked up, searching for the one who cast the spell, but all I got was green slimy arrows heading for my neck and a dark blue slash.Using [Shadow Travel], I reappeared behind one random member and tried to cut his neck, but once again, my sword simply passed through him. Rather, he grabbed my wrist and flipped him over, slamming me into one of the pillars.[You have lost 20 health points]Barely an amount for me to even be bothered about. With [Auto Regeneration], that recovered in an instant. Since at its current level, I’d recover 500 health points in a near instant.While I was thinki

After realising my [Devil Light Manipulation] at maximum power, I had noticed I was the only one present in the temple. Their astral forms had returned to the actual bodies, which I couldn’t sense anywhere near this place.Still, the fact that all that was here was their Astral forms suggested to me that they either knew something like this would happen or they were busy elsewhere and simply sent their forms here to pray. The most logical was the former, but the most likely was the latter.I couldn’t wrap my head around the reason they really weren’t here. Possibly assassination missions? Whatever.I left the temple to go see how my shadows had handled the entire situation. At the bottom of the temple, the generals were kneeling down, awaiting my return.‘Honestly, it would have been better if they came down there to help me.’I begrudgingly realised how easier that entire scenario would have been if they came down there to help me.“AS EXPECTED, THE PRINCESS HAS DELIVERED US WITH AN