<h4>Chapter 862 The Queen And Her Shadows</h4>


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    Several shadows moved across the interior of the Luminous Kingdom''s Castle, a beautiful woman with long, crimson-red hair nced at the approaching figures, as they swiftly stopped their charge, emerging from within the darkness. Their entire bodies were covered on ck clothes, though she could see their crimson eyes clearly.


    "My shadows, how was it? I did hear a bit from my husband and David, but what did you see?" The woman asked. She was nobody else than the current Queen of the Luminous Kingdom, Cami.


    "Reporting in, mdy." One of the shadows spoke. "Lord Magica did indeed create a pact with the cultists. He had be subject to their experimentations."


    "He became, ording to hisst words, the first subject to their new experiment, a demonic heart crystal capable of transforming people into Lesser Demons, not just chimeras or monsters."


    "It seems the Cultists true goal is to merge bothher and miasma to create some sort of demonic connection to The Other Side, they aremuting with the Great Forbidden One within its depths, seeking his powers."


    "…" Cami squinted her eyes. "I knew that their goals and ambitions were more than just serving the Demon King of Miasma. The more loyal subjects of this Demon King died alongside him, when they tried to bring him to this continent through the Forest of Beginnings. nta and her friends managed to stop that, thankfully. However, it seems that their leader is dead set on achieving even higher goals. Are they truly trying to be Demons? But why?"


    "Aside from the incredible power they would gain… They might want to rebel against the System set in ce, mdy. They want to break through the boundaries they''ve been sealed, or something like that."


    "I see." Cami nodded. "Were there any residual pieces left of Magica we could take to examine in detail?"


    "Yes, although Lady nta purified the ce, we managed to stealthily take a few small shards of his chest crystal and some of his flesh and blood." One of them, resembling a little girl, brought to Cami a crystal ss with the materials.


    "Excellently done." Cami nodded, she seemed pleased, until suddenly, she red angrily at them, her Shadows suddenly felt a tremendous pressure surging from her body, making them tremble in fear. They felt they couldn''t breath and their bodies werepletely paralyzed. "However, you could have perfectly helped nta defeat Lord Magica before he transformed to begin with. Why did you choose not to aid her, when I explicitly told you to do so when needed? What do you have to say for yourselves?"


    Suddenly, several other Shadows that didn''t go to that mission appeared around her, dozens after dozens of Vampiric figures, ring at the ones that went with their judgmental crimson eyes.


    "T-That''s… Ugh, because we thought it was unnecessary to reveal our presences yet." Muttered their leader, the smaller of them. "Lady nta and her allies… defeated Magicus, even after his transformation."


    "We thought… it would be convenient to see how far he could go, so we could better gauge his… power."


    "We apologize for acting on our own… But we did so think about you, mdy. We wanted to bring you better results."


    Cami''s pressuring aura slowly receded, as she sighed, amodating on her seat and then crossing her legs, she nodded, as she waved her hand.


    "Very well, I understand." She smiled, approaching their leader and caressing her chin, and then grasping her little neck tightly. "Whenever you decide to act on your own, think about the consequences of what your actions will bring, alright? I will not be so merciful next time."


    "Y-Yes, understood, mdy."


    She let them go, as they quickly dispersed amidst the darkness, Cami sighed, not really liking to y along with the whole merciless and ruthless vampire queen, but if she wasn''t like this, her Vampires would do whatever they wanted, so it was better to keep them on check.


    Pretty words usually don''t work well on them, they''re beings of darkness and bloodshed, they will only value those that are strong above all things. Therefore, she always has to show off her strength to make sure they don''t try anything funny.


    They have been her most loyal NPCs since she started her path to be a Vampire Queen though, and she would rather keep it that way.


    "How is the squadron sent to spy on the Magician Tower?" She asked, the shadows surrounding her quickly twisted, four vampires emerged out of them.


    Unlike the rest, these four were wearing fancy-looking clothes, showing they were of a much higher rank than the previous group, long silver, purple, or red hair covered their shoulders. Sharp crimson eyes glowing brightly. The one leading them, however, had purple eyes instead.


    "Yes, mydy." He said, he was tall and rathernky, with long silvery-white hair, and long, purple nails. "We''ve been unable to break through the detection wards set up around it. If we ever dare to enter, we will be instantly found out."


    "Hmph…" Cami sighed. "There should be a way to disable the ward. Or do I need to do everything myself? Are you that useless?"


    "W-We apologize…" The man kneeled. "I will do my utmost best to find a way to disable the ward and also to not be detected!"


    "You better do, Hendrick. I have a lot of patience, but even you know it has a limit." Cami sighed. "By working on this, you''re also helping the Kingdom, you know? Because if I truly wanted, I could simply rampage the entire tower and find out anyways- But that wouldn''t be elegant, especially for a Queen such as myself. Let''s do things a bit more… decently, shall we?"


    "I am well aware of your prowess, my queen." He nodded. "We will prove to you that we are more than just petty servants. We will bring you results no matter what. To leave you do everything yourself would only make us feel useless after all."


    "Good, then go." She nodded. "Hush."


    She waved her hand, all the shadows disappeared, seconds before a little child with blonde hair came rushing inside of the throne room.


    "Mama! Where are you? Oh!"


    "I was just admiring the moonlight, dear. Have you not gone to sleep yet?"


    "Aww! But I wanted to practice swordsmanship!"


    "It''s already getting quitete, time to go to bed, Gustav~"


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