IDOLIZING CHAOS

Choosing the King.

Hurrying along the hallway, Aeries eyes darted to and fro. Because he had to be swift, he neglected using the winding way he did before, instead moving in the open.

Who would've thought there were so many Masters around?

What gave him the confidence to continue was the blatant negligence they had towards him, thanks to his sealed cultivation.

Finally making it closer, the sounds of the skirmish made his tension loosen up.

“Brat, you should step on it. I sense some kind of forbidden array activated around here."

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“What? what kind of array could be considered as Forbidden?"

“They are many of them, as diverse as the dao itself. This one should be the Soul Body augmentation. But this Isn't the complete array, lots of parts are missing, at most, it can only bring out 10% of the real deal. but even though it isn't the complete array, any cultivator below the Martial Flying Lord Realm would not be able to last for an hour.

Even Martial Flying Lords would be killed if they do not vacate from the area of effect immediately."

"What sort of dreadful array is that?”

“This array dissolves the Qi in a cultivator's body and transfers it to the User. The most dreadful thing is that it can be used on multiple cultivators. As far as they're inside the area of the influence the array cast.

Aeries immediately had a sinking feeling, he paused a nit with frowning brows, “Where is the Aura from the area coming from?"

“Is that not obvious? Yours truly, King Fritz most likely is the main culprit behind this. So it's evident that he'll use those weak cultivators as his base for operation... They'll be easier to absorb while also ensuring they stay inside the array."

Aeries had long since been on the move... After a few seconds, he had doubled the tempo and was closing on the secret room.

[Banng!]

With a kick, the door skidded off its pivot handle and he met face first with an atrocity.

Cultivators stood in a daze all around him. Their eyes were glossy and stretched to the ceiling. Each minute, one of them would make incorrigible sounds before dropping dead on the floor, his vitality completely sucked from his body.

The whole place was covered in a bone-chilling fog enough to obstruct sight after 10 meters.

At the center of everything, a young handsome man stood with his two arms out in a praying gesture. Strands of visible energy could be seen seeping into his body constantly.

“Here was I thinking a tiger had shown up. Turns out it was just a mouse." King Fritz let out a satisfied sigh.

'Brat, you must kill him as he's still weak. Every second that passes rapidly increases his strength.'

Aeries had not planned on waiting before. He struck out with his palm at the smirking Fritz, with this shot, he had put up 100% of his strength to fully exploit the element of surprise.

“Fool! Do you believe this is your playground? Just die!" Enraged Fritz caught the bait and nonchalantly raised his fist to obstruct Aeries.

[JHonnn_——"

Aeries was destabilized. He only got his footing after taking 5 steps back.

King Fritz paid the price for neglecting Aeries still it was late. He limply woke up and spat a mouthful of blood. An indentation of a shape of a palm appeared on his chest and was printed deep in for several centimeters.

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" How could t-this be! Aargh!"

Aeries wasn't having it easier either. He greatly underestimated the strength of King Fritz.

“Peak 2nd Martial Great General Realm huh? What terrifying Array!"

At most, King Fritz should have been barely at the 1st Martial General Realm.

.

To advance for a whole Major Realm [1] in just a few hours... Aeries shuddered to think what would happen if he completed the sacrifice.

“I-I'll get you for this bastard!” With that shout, Fritz's body became elusive before disappearing completely into the snow thick layered fog. The fog increased exponentially and completely covered Aeries.

"Keke—Keke. Now that you've shown up, you're completely at my mercy. I'll suck both your body and soul before feasting on your pathetic father."

'Not again!'

Aeries started to slow down and his efforts became more docile. Just like what happened in the underground lair, his soul was slowly being absorbed, though in very minute parts.

But he had already been making preparations long before he came here. Thanks to the Yuan Coins from his successful mission, Aeries had exchanged some of them for his very first Item type... Not a weapon of a sort, but an Artifact.

The orb glowed as soon as he brought it out and he restored his calm. Immediately, the orb became a black hole that pulled every bit of energy around it.

The down point of the Energy reverse orb is that it cannot remove Energy from any stable body. Only sucking diffused energy from the surroundings.

. But this was all he needed. Every array could be activated by implanting some sort of 'energy device' in specific places.

After the Fog - which was a mass of diffused energy - was cleared, he grinned at several twinkling stones... and the now frantic King Fritz.

He wasted no time before pushing out and clashing with the King.

explosions rocked the place as both of them made several hair rising stances to propel the other.

“Why you!!! Why don't you die with me!"

In the end, Aeries wasn't a random Martial General, but one in a million genius. King Fritz was backed to a corner in a pitiful appearance... He raised his voice and screamed. Seeing Aeries cautiously backing down, he kicked out and made a feint attack, his real purpose was the door.

'When I reconvene with my followers at the Main Hall you'll know what it means to be more than dead. I'll tear you apart—'

“H-how!" He spurted to a stop. A large gaping hole had appeared on his chest... Aeries hand - the culprit - was still stuck through it.

“With a glance, I knew you wouldn't be able to self-destruct or fight to the death against me... All your previous actions plainly exhibited the same thing...

You are too afraid of death." He pulled out his arm.

—Finished!—

"H-huh? What happened?"

The dazed people came to after Aeries pulled out the strange stones...

“That bastard! He almost killed us!"

“En, us being alive is thanks to this youngster here."

Thankfully Aeries did not have to worry about explaining the whole thing to them. The excited King Fritz had made sure everyone knew how they were going to die.

Aeries propped a glance at his father, but in the end, he decided to finish matters first.

“I believe this farce should be ended forthwith, don't you all? With the first Prince being the sole competitor for the throne, there should be no more bloodshed today."

Everyone nodded in acceptance. But Aeries next words got them all stumped, “But I'm only going to allow this —your highness after we've both settled on something.”

“What is the meaning of this!" The First Prince cried out in anger...

An uproar was immediately staged with those words, “Who do you think you are? You're just a greenhorn of the Krieger's, basically a Worm in our flesh."

“We can make a consensus for you to leave if you kowtow to the new King. Don't push your luck boy!” The ones with the Purple Sash tried to give him a leeway, but the victors wouldn't have any of it,

“Kowtow? Who are you kidding? Only if he leaves one hand behind, if he doesn't then his entire house would be extinguished before dusk."

Infuriated but even more scared, Torres Krieger, Aeries father limply shouted, “Boy! what are doing not yet kneeling to your king? Everyone, you all remember I washed away this black blood from my house? He can never swear fealty to house Krieger!"

Aeries eyes turned cold, to think that even his father would give up on him at the end. One of the reasons he came here was to help the Oldman, albeit against those low odds.

To hear such colds words from the very person he bled to save, — even though it wasn't his real father — Aeries could not help but become feral.

“To see men from extraordinary houses like you, bickering amongst yourselves like strays... You all — haven't yet figured out the situation you're in?”

“Shut it, you foolish boy—"

The place turned dead silent as the crust of their situation finally set in.

To describe it in one word, —Weak!—

Frightening so.

So weak they could not stand on their feet. Weak that a normal human or even a kid of 10 can kill them with a stick.

Worse, this wasn't something that could be recovered in a short time. It might take months to heal to their peak.

One of the Red members laughed at Aeries 'joke',

“Did you hit your head somewhere? Or maybe you've gone senile, We are lords from the best houses in the Joran Kingdom. Just an affiliate cultivator [2] would chop your head off without you even knowing how. Don't be a foolish boy!"

“Oho!?"

Aeries struck out instantly, the force he used bashed the man's head to pieces. He didn't stop there, instead hefting the man's weapon; an ax, to begin a killing spree.

The silence did not last long... turning into furious shouts, and then righteous phrases... before pleas and cries when they saw that Aeries wasn't stopping, and no one came in to help them.

“Now, we can talk better... right?”

. “Yes!" Aeries noticed their eyes still spoke volumes about their new hatred for him... but he was too angered and wasted to care.

He did not waste a look at them, only staring at the sullen Prince.

“I feel drowsy calling you ' First Prince ' every time. Don't think too much, calling you ' king ' won't do too. What's your name?"

“Nan Gong Fritz!" The youth... sorry, a young man of twenty nine, replied in hostility. Who wouldn't when their big day was ruined ever so often? First was his insane brother, then there was this fool trying to be a Mock Hero.

'Patience Fritz, When he leaves and you recover your lost strength, pay back in thousands!'

Aeries pretended he did not see that look, “Good. *Phew* Gong gong. You see, I believe you'll surely hunt me down if I leave this place. What should I do then?"

“W-what do you want to do to me!? I can give you anything you want, money... Women... cultivation resources! Just let me go! R-right, I recall that my sister, the 13th princess had talked about you more than once. Since you like her, I can give her to you..."

He tried hinting.

"Nah, I always go with the term; if you can reap everything, why go for one-tenth. You, my prince, are my ticket for 'everything' I can't let you off easily.”

Aeries hand stretched out, while in his mind he interacted with the System,

[Ding! Do you want to purchase bio - Parasite; Blood Curling Worm?

Fee: 200/1 Yuan coins/One Blood curling Worm.

Accept or Reject?]

[1: Skipping a major realm. This means moving from the 9th body foundation realm to the 9th Martial Warrior realm. Skipping 9 whole levels.

2: Talked about it in some previous chapters... They are lone cultivators that decide to be hired to a House for a duration of few years, accepting cultivation resources in exchange for their skills]