《The Demon Awakened》


 Lurking Shadows

    Whole Dragon Tail kingdom is preparing for the grand day, a day awaited by everyone for 12 years. The streets look more colorful than the Eight Divine Paintings, said to be painted by gods themselves. In between all the commotion, there stands the Heavenly King''s Castle in center. Dragon marked flags are hoisted all over the walls, which make the castle look even more heavenly. Aristocrats from all over the Xi Hai realm are arriving in the palace to witness the day which will change the whole course of history. It is the awakening day of the Prince of Dragon Tail kingdom.


    The one who is prophesied to be born to cause destruction and change, worthy of powers mighty enough to shake the Godsland. Obviously, the mortals were afraid of such a destructive devil and sealed his powers for twelve years but not anymore. He will wake up from a long sleep and carve his destiny by his very own hands.


    Shadowy sunset of the evening is moving beyond the horizon. It is common knowledge that in shadows lurk monstrosities and souls filled with evil intents but today is not any ordinary evening. People who usually return back home before dusk are still in open, chatting and having fun with their friends. Glimmer of citylights fades at the edge of Dark Demon Woods and two heavily equipped assasins are standing in between the darkness and light.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    Man wearing the dark green cloak says, "Linh, this is the biggest moment in our life, we cannot miss the chance. " The young lady in tight clothes replies, "You worry too much Nao. Believe in the belief that Cursed Shadow Cult has in us. He''s merely a brat who has never opened his eyes to the real side of world."


    "Yeah, he is no match for a master of Ancient Arts of King Cobra." Linh says, "But don''t get so cocky. I, the true sucessor of Shiny Basilisk, will be the one to slay little prince. Too bad for him cause I''ll be the first and last person he''ll ever see. Then I will tell the tale to everyone how the devil of destruction himself pleaded for his life to me. I will make him call me Heavenly Snake Princess before he dies." She then laughs with an evil satisfaction on her face. "Shh... Linh, you are too loud. Let''s move, it''s almost time for us to get in action."


    A serious look appeared on both of their faces. One could easily mistake their eyes fofor a predator''s ready to hunt his prey down. They interlocked their fingers in each other''s palm and said silently but clearly, "Hiss... Hiss... Hiss.. Hiss.. "

 Last hour of a Long Night

    In the glittering castle of Xuan kingdom, there lies a gloomy hallway hiding the resting place of prince, King Guowang Aidek specially crafted this part of manor by his own Ancient stone masonry technique and one could eaily feel a king''s strength coming from the walls. The magical traps around here and King''s Gaurd blocking the entrance to the room make any infiltration plans impossible for mortals.


    In the Care Chamber of prince, the walls are covered with Dragonstone to cover up the demonic aura of sleeping prince. Besides him, sits the cultivator cleric who has been taking care of him for 20 years now. She is the only person to see him awake, during last 12 years and this is the lunch time of Devil of Destruction. Even the royal family of Xuan Kingdom cannot handle the prince''s aura after the tragic night from past. But Zhaoli hails from a family of legendary clerics in Chin-yong kingdom and that makes her suitable for prince''s caretaker.


    The prince grunted quietly in sleep but soul sensing art of Zhaoli lets her hear it. She placed her hand on his forehead, recited the spelling "In the name of Jiang Chen, the conqueror of spirit realm. Wake up from your eternal sleep and stuff up your soul with the pills of power."Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    Prince slowly opened his eyes, unusually smiling today asi f he knew that he will be freed this midnight. Zhaoli kept two 180% effective power pills in his mouth and said,"One day, you will bring peace to this world. You must remember that you are not the monster they all think." Then she blows a kiss on his forhead and prince''s cheek blushed a little. Now even Zhaoli blushed but she sensed a lot of energy emanating by his presence, maybe the seal had weakened a bit on the final day. She took the safe decision and recited the spell with her hand on his soul centre, "Let the legendary Jiang Chen take care of you for one last time, divine young Lord." And prince slowly closed his eyes, knowing that he will wake up in a world with no cages. ZhaoLi sighed and said, "Finally, master''s patience will bear fruits and his innocent soul will gain the freedom it deserves."


    Gaurds outside the room were also equally happy to have completed the job they were trusted with. All of a sudden, a gaurd felt a very ominous power around. He looked around to see no one. This fatigue has really dampened my senses, he thought. But as the world got darker and fuzzier, the last thing he saw was a snake fang dart in his neck.

 Iron Crab gets Poisoned!!*

    The Chief Gaurd, Junjie spots something stuck to the roof, something part snake, part human but 100% evil. Junjie shouted, "Soldiers!, we have a vicious visitor here. Let''s show him the power difference of King''s Gaurd and a Snake Lizard. " He turned around and the sight of all his comrades falling with a thud on ground shatter dropped his confidence as well. "Too late, King''s baby Junjie. You and your monster are going to Godsland." the assassin said with a smile.


    In the meantime Zhao Li watched her prince drift off to sleep, her mind grew anxious. She worried whether the people of Xi Hai realm will accept the Devil of Destruction as their ruler. She sensed that the price''s future will be full of struggles. That is when she heard the heavy thud that she knows too well from her Battle Experience. It is the sound of a Late Stage Qi Hai Warrior dropping dead.


    Zhao Li readied herself physically for the upcoming battle. She used the Chin-Yang style, Holy Cleansing Technique to purify the surrounding of any evil intents. As she tried to get into the Iron Crab Stance to defend the prince, she found herself unable to move due to dark Shadow Snake tentacles gripping her from below. She realised instantly that this is no ordinary threat.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    "It''s no use. Because of our Sly Shadow Snake venom, you will die within 3 poon ( For western audiences : 1 poon = 2 minutes). And that puny Chin-Yang Style Cleansing Technique will never work on our extremely high evil intentions, you stupid bitch! " comes a voice from behind. Zhao Li has defended against countless foes of even Early Stage Battle Beast realm but the Crab Stance had never failed her. This is because the spirit animal of the Chin-Yang province is Crab.


    The tightly clad young lady screeched, "Now hurry up and die, you Dirty Disgusting Dirt-Mite! "


    This is bad, how come opponents this strong infiltrated here. If I don''t do something, Shuarin may even die, she thought. Fearing this thought, Zhao Li used all her training she had gone through to muster up as much will power she could but managed to collect only 546 mindrops. Formidable, but maybe not enough to defeat a Super Silent Snake who has an advantage of knowing her weaknesses beforehand.

 Shiny Basilisk and Divine Emperor

    Zhao Li being a trained cleric keeps her calm and asks quietly yet confidently, "Who sent you to this holy care chamber? By your appearance, I bet it is the Cursed Snake Sect." Linh replied with her blade touching Zhao''s neck, "You are smarter than you look, filthy wench. I wish you had the strength to fight me but that is the not the case. Sorry to say but you are not going to see the day you had waited so long for. But you are not completely useless, I have a job worthy of your talents. "


    "What do you want me to do, you reptilian witch? " Meanwhile, Zhao Li had converted 546 mindrops into 30 pounds of spirit force in her palm, unnoticed to Linh.


    Linh said in a masterly tone, "Wake him up for one last time. Let''s play with the little demon before he drifts away to death. "


    In the meantime, Junjie and Nao have prepared for a deadly duel. Their powers were evenly matched, both at the Late Stage Battle Beast Realm. Junjie had trained under Divine Emperor''s supervision at the Royal Martial Sect and had a battle experience of 4th Sovereign of Heavens. On the other hand, Nao was one of the twelve elite assassins of Cursed Snake Cult, trained by the legendary Shiny Basilisk. He was a very stealthy rogue trained in the Laws of Shadow, specialising in Ancient Arts of King Cobra.


    As a matter of fact, Shiny Basilisk was the tyrant ruler of Green Reptilian kingdom before losing to Ming Chi, a young cultivator then and now the Divine Emperor of Mortal Realm. Since then the Shiny Basilisk has been gaining power to take his long awaited revenge. Both our


    warriors were well aware of the history and will fight not just for their lives but their master''s pride as well.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    Jungle drawed his holy heirloom passed on this by his ancient ancestor, the first and the most legendary sword wielder under the heavens.


    He definitely is not going to hold back.


    He said,"Oh holy blade, let me use your mighty powers to slay the evil and make the Divine Emperor proud."


    The sword glowed crimson in the gloomy hallway.


    Mao was carefully analyzing Jujie''s powers and said,"That''s a very fancy weapon you have, I think good enough to please master Basilisk. Let''s see how long will Divine emperor''s training keeps you on your feet. His final words echoed in the narrow hallway and Mao united himself with the shadows around. Woosh! And he disappeared into pitch black darkness.


    Junjie said, "That won''t do you any good because me and my heavenly sword has sworn to kill you." He thrusted his sword with all his might, in the ground and a squashing sound came."And the oath to my ancestors is fulfilled like always, you are dead now."


    Nao appeared out of darkness, unwounded and said, "Your blind belief in powers of this legendary sword got you killed. One must remember, a sword is only as capable as its wielder. "


    Junjie saw that his sure to kill move ended his tip of blade in a cobra''s mouth and slowly his senses got dull, not because of some poison but by mere shock of realizing that he is weak. The worst death a Battle Beast Swordsman could have was a death filled with regret and shame. Junjie realized that his fate was to die such a death.


    Nao said, "That is the Ancient Art of King Cobra. I don''t sense any will to live in you. That makes you as good as dead. Haha, this is one more victory against Divine Emperor. I wish he had trained you well enough to match my powers. Oh and if you don''t mind, that sword is mine from now on. "


    Junjie said, "Wait... I wa... " But before he could finish, the rouge had finished him in a fast elegant movement and thus ending the intense bloody battle.


    Nao walked away with pride to the Care Chamber and said while walking, "No last wishes granted to the weak defeated losers like you. "


    He heard a hissy voice, filled with pain of his partner Linh from prince''s room. He rushed to the voice with all of his shadow snakes behind him.

 Sun rises in the Midnight

    Nao entered to find both ladies on their feet and Linh wounded on her right arm. He quickly made ropes out of his snakes and tied Zhaoli in the Arcane Rattling Cage. Linh said," To concentrate 546 mindrops in such mental state, this bitch has a very high spirit cultivation level. Much higher than what one would expect from a mere caretaker. Just kill her and don''t worry about me, my evil spirit will heal these holy magic wounds in no time. "


    In all this commotion, a very deep and fearsome voice came from the bed, much too mature and malicious to come from a 20 year old child. The voice said, "Release me Zhaoli, these persistent pests will be slayed at my hands." Both Nao and Linh stood by there, shell-shocked. Zhao Li uses this opportunity to muster all of her remaining spirit energy to perfom one last Forbidden Divine Technique.


    This is it, there is no other choice, thought Zhao Li as she prepared to open the seal that separated the mighty and malevolent Shuarin from the rest of the world. Doing so will leave a minute of demon inside the prince, but was very necessary to defeat these slimy snakes. She knew that there is a VERY HIGH chance that she might die opening the seal, but her prince''s life was just too important to her. She would fight an entire herd of Shuo Lin storm beasts to protect his life.


    "Oh No" Nao and Linh said at the same time, "It looks like she is forming the Divine Seal of Unsealing Evil with both of her highly hardened hands." Zhao Li felt her every muscle of body tense with the essence of her sacred sacrifice.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    As Linh returned to reality, she lunges at Zhao Li to prevent her from completing the technique but she got deflected by the Ethereal Divine Aura Barrier around her. Linh said with a frustrated look on her face, "Get out of my way, you busty bitch. You are in my way of becoming Heavenly Snake Princess. "


    Zhao Li completed the Unsealing Evil technique and let a sigh. She was now in a dilemma if unsealing the unknown force of malice in prince Shuarin would cause perils to the world. Maybe kingdom''s shifu (master) will never forgive her for this decision but her love for Shuarin made her mind very clear. Only the dark hidden powers in Shuarin, the prophecised strength could save the prince from these filthy infiltrators.


    She placed all five fingers of her left palm on the central spirit gates and thumb of the right hand on the demonic seal on his navel. She enchanted, "Oh holy Jiang Chen, you have taken enough care of my little Shuarin and the darkness within. I beg of you to give me sufficient strength to unleash the evil beast, to keep my beloved prince alive in exchange for my very own worthless life. I trust you to take care of him and guide him to the Divine Martial Path when I''m gone. " Ending her last words, she channeled all her sacrificial spirit energy into the demonic seal.


    Both the assassins moved in a scared way behind Zhao Li and killed her with a fatal blow. But watching the look on awakened prince''s face made them realise that they had made a mistake by letting her live that long.