Lady Boa

The next day, Dontas prepared himself for something that he had never wanted to do in his life but knew that he was the only one that could complete such a task.

‘In my lifetime, I never thought that I would go into that place.'

He thought as he turned around and left his bedroom. It was early in the morning and he wanted to get this over with sooner rather than later. 

He arrived in front of Boa’s store in seconds and stood in front of it for some time as he looked straight at the front of the closed doors. He did not look up at the sign above but he could feel that he was being watched.

It was like the old seer was watching, a feeling he was starting to forget. He steeled himself and went in. For someone who looked as scary as he was, this scene was priceless. 

For a split second, he smelled smoothing that was like boiled rotten flesh being cooked that took him by surprise but he managed to compose himself.

“Ohh, you finally came in. I thought u might just pass by like the rest of them.”

Boa said with a lovely smile that was welcoming to even the shyest of individuals. Dontas swallowed the saliva that had just built up in mere seconds in his mouth after seeing her.

She was just like when Draka meet her, wearing the same black pencil dress, having dark lipstick on her lips and dark nails. Only this time, to Dontas, she did not look ordinary, but one of the darkest haired beautiful sexy women that he had ever seen.

In just a month since Draka had visited her, she had changed and Dontas knew why.

‘Pick of the Forth Circle of Power already?’

Dontas thought as he sensed her Defensive Field.

‘A genius?’

He thought again. It was way too first for anyone who was not royal in the kingdom’s history.

“Is something wrong?”

Boa asked.

Dontas whose killing aura that was always around him and had disappeared at that moment got back to his senses. He bowed slightly as a show of respect and spoke.

“Sorry for the intrusion Lady Boa, but I come with a request from the king.”

He said.

“Ohh, it is a first to see a Divine Raked Primal bowing to a Voracious Raked Primal and not being a royal, to say the least, but I will take the respect.” 

She said as she put the tea that she was holding on the counter and also bowed a little. She straightened up and with a bright smile like she did not hear that Dontas had come with a request from the king, she made him an offer.

“Would you like to buy a Cultivation Technique?”

When Dontas heard those words and saw her reaching for a dusty old scroll on one of her shells he cursed himself for not taking the initiative and then felt Goosebumps going all around his body.

From a very young age everyone who lived in or around the capital was told the horror stories about this store. Everyone who had ever bought a cultivation technique from it had died very horrible deaths and with some having their souls devoured.

There was an unspoken rule that now existed in the kingdom to those who knew about this store. It was to never, ever accept a Cultivation Technique from the store or you would be cursed. Even taking it out of the store was forbidden.

 To make matters worse, the Cultivation Techniques that were being sole were of the highest level with some being ancient which many Primals would fight over, but not these ones.

Many now believed that they were cursed.

Dontas quickly took out a dagger that was in his storage ring and presented it to her. When she saw it, her hand that was reaching to pick up the scroll stopped. She slowly pulled it away still looking at the dagger and then smiled.

“You had a request, you said.”

She said with a bright smile while not taking her eyes off the dagger.

Dontas breathed a sigh of relief. He had heard how persuasive this woman could be. Once she got a hold of you, she would not let go. If Arkan would see Dontas now, he would swear that he was a different person from the one that he saw the day that he was born.

“Yes a request from the king himself.”

Dontas said as he stepped closer to her. He handed her the danger to her so she could inspect it.

“A weapon artifact.”

Boa said even before touching it. After inspecting it for less than 10 seconds she lifted up her head and looked at Dontas.

“A Soul Weapon. A Weapon that grows stronger as the user that it is bonded with grows stronger and it is in good condition. The technique on how to make such weapons has been lost but many are still around, making it a low-grade artifact, but one that could be legendary for the user if he manages to get strong.”

She said with intrigue and Dontas smiled for the first time. Her voice was just made for his ears.

“So, what is the request?”

She asked.

“Any information that you can give for the hooded man that came to your shop some months ago, Draka.”

Dontas said. 

He knew that she must know his name if they were in her organization and if he was not then she would have already gotten the information from the registration at the gate. How they got that information, he did not know.

As soon as he said the name ‘Draka’, her face changed. The happy welcoming smile turned into killing intent and the room went cold.

Dontas was a killer and was not scared by anything except for the king, but at that moment he felt like a predator was looking at him both from his front and back.

Boa was a whole level behind Dontas, but just like the queen and king, she was not a normal cultivator and everyone who knew her and her father knew that. The king wanted to kill her, but doing so would mean war unless it was someone completely unrelated to him or could not be traced back to him.

The problem was that Sneak Eyes was just too good at investigating and they already knew his personality. The king was an envious person, but not stupid.

Dontas held his ground. He had stepped into the sneak's den and just like a Primal’s tower, fighting them in their territory was a death sentence for any stupid person who does so. This was one of the reasons he did not want to go there but had to.

Dontas was here on business, so he did not pull out his weapon. He knew that Boa would not attack him unless she wanted to start a war. 

“Tell your king that if anyone touches Draka, poison will sip into this land until all is dead or dying and another cursed land will for formed in Eldier.”

She said as her eyes started to turn until they were like that of a sneak, making her beauty terrifying as her hair started to flout. She was letting out her mana and ready for anything.

The dagger floated into Dontas’s hands as he stared into her eyes and it was then that he knew the gravity of the situation that he was in. He was now sure that if they fought on an even field, even though he was at a higher circle than her and had more experience, there was no guarantee that he would win.

The reason was that he could not differentiate whether those eyes he was now looking at were sneak eyes, or dragon eyes.

He took the dagger that was now floating in the air and put it in his storage ring, bowed, and turned. As he turned, he could swear that there was something there that was also looking at him, ready to attack at any time.

He walked to the door and left.

He again got to the castle in seconds even though it was kilometers away. He found only the king this time around.

He told him what happened and Lady Boa’s reaction. The king sneered and called off the dinner appointment for Draka and the First Section Lord. It seemed that he would have to let his curiosity go this time around.

He let Dontas go and took a sip of his drink.

‘I see now why kings have children and make them take over the kingdom. Being a king is bothersome.’

He thought. 

There was nothing more than he wished for to be able to do anything that he wanted, but ruling over a kingdom did not let you do whatever you wanted in this world unless you wanted to destroy that kingdom.

Historians had written about reckless selfish kings and even crazy and bloodthirsty ones. All of their kingdoms fell in less than 6 months of their rule. Every kingdom, Organization, and Primals is always looking for resources, and a badly ran kingdom is always right for the picking.

They would pounce before that kingdom or organization organized itself or removed that person.

After he left, Boa’s eyes returned to normal and she clicked her tongue. The thought of the King wanting Draka or the blood that he had with him infuriated her beyond belief.

She was sure that they were fishing but what she could not understand was why now. It had been over two months since his visit.

‘The queen returned yesterday.’

She thought. 

At that moment she thought that the queen had something to do about it, but was hesitant to conclude as such.

If the Queen had something to do about it then she was sure that she would have captured Draka before she came back and they would not have been fishing.

‘Draka.’

She thought again. 

The first time she heard the name, she instantly thought of Draga’s weakling brother.

‘Did his name somehow just reach the kings ear?’

She thought. 

She was sure that the man she met was powerful, but could not tell how powerful he was. She was sure that he was more powerful than her and he was one of the unique ones just like her, the queen and the king.

This meant that he was also good at hiding if the now nowhere to be found seer could not find someone as unique as him for all those years unless he came from another country.

‘They must have been giving the king a report of her journey and the organizations she encountered together with other kingdom spies who would want to harm their child yesterday.’

She thought.

‘Somehow Sneak Eyes was mentioned and since they are always watching me like a hawk, they mentioned Draka.’

She thought. 

She was that smart and also had a high enough intuition to deduce such matters. 

‘It must have been the name. I wonder why he chose such a name. Is it his real name? Regardless of the nature of his name, I can’t let a future Honourable Member of Sneak Eyes be bullied by a king.’

She thought as she turned and walked towards her back room and she said something.

“If they try anything, I will show them my fangs.”