[-Around the courtyard of the castle-]

The courtyard of the castle of Lucius was wide and spacious.

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It was a place where rogue warriors supposed to train and spar for training.

"Uggh!!" King Viktor pushed his son towards the side of Lucas.

The Alpha King of all Alpha Werewolves was agitated with the interference of his own son.

"Today is the day … You will pay for your sins, father! For killing countless lives, including our mother, just for power, wealth, and prestige. I loathe even the thought of being called your son." Prince Miryo expressed his spite and hatred towards his father.

He gathered all his strength and prepared for an all-out battle with his father.

-Swoosh!-

Blood splattered on the ground. Blood coming out from his mouth.

Dripping from down from his chest.

Prince Miryo felt a sudden pain from his chest and his life force was starting to diminish.

His eye sight became blurry but his spirit wolf giving him all the remaining reserved spiritual energy they had.

Though, even in his hardest efforts … his life force continuously diminished by the second.

He looked at the cause of his sudden lethal injury.

And there he was … Lucas!

With his arm yanked from Prince Miryo's back.

"Youuu!!" King Viktor wanted to help his son but he was reminded of his own resolve. A point of no return.

Reminded himself that his own son is not an ally but a liability. An obstacle to his own plans.

Even the Alpha King himself, shocked at the display of treachery from Lucas.

The new rogue king just wounded his own ally for his own sake.

"I have no choice but to use your life force to strengthen my own. Since the day I ascended to darkness, my soul craves for a powerful life force to feed my own. Your life will not be futile, you will be my sacrifice for my full power to be activated." Lucas whispered to Prince Miryo.

Instead of cursing the treacherous act of Lucas, the new rogue king, Prince Miryo's eyes remained firm and filled with fire.

"Then … m-make use of it to the b-best of your abilities. P-please end h-his t-tyranny …" Prince Miryo's last request to the new rogue king.

Prince Miryo smiled to his father and said,

"E-even in my last moments … you remained as a worthless father!" Prince Miryo's last words as he looked at his father.

Lucas did not expect for Prince Miryo to be willing enough to sacrifice himself. But the prince already knew that it was pointless to struggle due to the fatality of his wound.

All Prince Miryo could do was utter his last request and willingly give his life.

"I am impressed! I thought I have seen enough evil. Looks like there are still things that can surprise you …" King Viktor smirked at the display of treachery in front of him.

As if the death of his son did not matter.

"Oh, I learn from the best!" Lucas, the new rogue king, retorted from the remarks of the Alpha King of all Alpha Werewolves.

As soon as Lucas successfully got what he wanted, he immediately fused the new life force and magical essence which he forcefully took from Prince Miryo.

Making him more powerful than ever.

"I am enjoying this sight!" King Viktor remarked at the sight of Lucas.

Massive energy was surging all over the body of Lucas.

"Time to kill you! And fulfill my revenge!" a voice filled with frustration and hatred.

Both powerful beings clashed and caused an intensifying surge around them.

The lifeless body of Prince Miryo was on the ground while the two exchanged powerful and swift strikes.

A spear of energy blast was released by Lucas which impaled King Viktor to the ground.

Despite the powerful blow, King Viktor regenerated just quickly enough and launched another attack against Lucas.

It was a never ending exchange of powerful attacks.

Then it dawned upon Lucas that it was pointless as well.

No matter how powerful his attacks were, King Viktor instantly heals himself making any of his powerful attacks useless.

The Alpha King laughed at the reaction of Lucas realizing the level of strength and power of King Viktor.

"Now … You finally realize! Hahahaha! I am the first pure blooded werewolf to ascend close to immortality. This is my path to immortality. After all the lives and souls I have taken. Darkness has become my bridge to immortality! And I would not let anyone ruin my own path. Once you become an obstacle, I will gladly remove you from my path! Even my own blood … I can forsake!" King Viktor revealed to Lucas.

Looking dumbfounded and running out of options on how to defeat King Viktor by himself.

Before he could even come up of a new plan in defeating King Viktor.

The Alpha King took advantage of the situation and swiftly moved towards Lucas.

Faster than the usual.

-Swoosh!-

"Ugggghh!!!" Lucas was surprised from the sudden attack of King Viktor.

Blood was dripping on the ground.

He stepped away from the grip of King Viktor but he received a fatal blow already.

Despite his efforts to recompose himself, his own movements faltered.

It was something he refused to accept. To lose against the Alpha King.

"I give you the props boy! You stood the longest against my opponents. No one lived after going against my full power." King Viktor proudly shared to the seriously wounded Lucas.

Lucas was on his knees struggling to stand.

"Oh, I forgot to mention. My berserk mode allows me to excrete poisonous venom from my claws. Which becomes more fatal than any wolfsbane. My own pride … My full berserk mode!"

Out of nowhere, the ground shook and slashes of wind were thrown towards King Viktor.

Surprised he may be. But he regained his defensive and firm stance immediately.

"I will not let you kill my brother!" Selene exclaimed.

Fluffy was left in the great hall to render support for Prince Alcyd who was intensely battling it out against Lucius.

"Well then … I am glad you are here! You save me some time in finding you. If no one can finish the business! I will do it myself … I can easily reason out to the public that the next chosen one is related to a mass killing rogue werewolf." King Viktor stated his future scheme once he succeeds in killing Selene.

"That will not happen because I will kill you first. As long as I am alive, you will not succeed! I am the next supreme ruler!" Selene firmly told to the Alpha King.

Behind Selene was Lucas who was barely hanging on.

A certain crossroad he was internally struggling with.

Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!

More power!

And then he completely engulfed himself into the darkness.

-Swoosh!-

In an instant, his claws found its way dug into Selene's chest.

"Agggghh!" Selene got surprised at the sudden pain.

At the same moment, Prince Alcyd was stunned from the pain and allowed Lucius to gain an upper hand against him.

Though, there was no greater pain than a betrayal from her own blood … her brother.

Tears fell from Lucas' eyes.

"My final sacrifice … my dear sister …" Lucas lost entirely any gleam of light in his eyes and went dark.

Massive energy being drawn out from Selene. Including her life force.

"Ugggh!" Selene cried in pain.

'Kill him! He is no longer your brother! He is gone' the spirit wolf of Selene begged for Selene to ward off her brother.

'I-I can't!' Selene cried to her spirit wolf.

'WE WILL DIE! YOU IDIOT!!' the spirit wolf of Selene desperate plea.

'I am sorry! I can't … I love him too much to even hurt him!'

Then a surge of light protected Selene from the vicious attempt of Lucas.

Unexpectedly, Lucas was thrown off by the blinding light which came out from within Selene.

Few meters away … Lucas landed badly with his wounds getting worse.

Now, both Selene and Lucas were on the ground.

Even King Viktor was temporarily blinded by the extremely powerful flash of light that came out from Selene.

On the other hand, Selene remembered her previous dream. A mysterious woman in her dream gave her something which she could not remember.

Fragments of her dream revisited her …

'A protection … you will need it in the future!'

'Just remember! The heart and blood are both important. You cannot sacrifice the other. In order to keep your own, both must be protected and kept.'

But the pain of betrayal of her own brother shook her core.

"W-why, brother? Was your revenge too great that you would even sacrifice your own sister?" Selene cried at the sight of her brother completely on the ground and on the verge death.

"I … am tiireeeddd … P-pleeeaaase, e-end it … While you still can …" Lucas final words to Selene.

Lucas was on his tears and barely hanging on. Tired of the hate and pain he contained inside him.

Somehow the sudden flash of light caused a break on the darkness which filled Lucas.

Immediately Selene realized that there was still hope.

Even though the chances were slim.

It was something she would risk her entire life with.

"I will not give up on you!" Selene went to her brother's side and got reminded of her dream.

The new ability she was given in her dreams. Thinking that it may be a guide for her on what she has to do.

An ability to contain massive spiritual energy and choose immense power which no one has ever seen.

"I will force my ascension and absorb my brother's darkness!" Selene uttered.

King Viktor was roaring from his temporary blindness.

All his other senses were nullified temporarily. Making him utterly in complete shutter of no senses.

Sylvia, the spirit wolf of Selene, complained.

'Have you lost your mind?'

But Selene pursued her plan.

"Ascend!" Selene forced her spiritual energy and magical essence to open her inner powers for her to ascend.

Ascension towards darkness or light!

One must choose which path.

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