1 Prologue

Asterisk, Uvrohan Kingdom(Underworld)

"Did you find it, Serpes?" a man wearing a black robe, seated on a stone chair said, his hooded face devoid of any emotions. He carried a stick in hand and poked a fireplace in front of him trying to heighten the temperature of the cold and dark room. The stone walls were doing their best to catch the heat coming off the flames which illuminated only half of the room revealing it to be void of any objects.

"Yes, Your Highness, we finally succeeded."A man wearing a brown heavy armour knelt beside the stone chair, head bowed and one hand clutching the helmet of his armour while the other resting on his chest. He was a middle-aged man with dark skin, a clean moustache and a big nose. His wide eyes looking down, he waited for the cloaked man to answer.

"Where?"The man asked with the same emotionless voice even after finding the object of not only his pursuits but his whole kingdom that they had been searching for years. They had searched far and wide in the underground realm and the surface realm. And now he seemed to have finally succeeded after decades.

"It is in the far east archipelago kingdom named Lamar kingdom in the surface world, your Highness."The knight replied, still kneeling on the ground.

"Are you sure that it is the place we have been looking for?..... Bear in mind that Father won't be happy if it's not."The cloaked individual said, his voice finally fluctuating.

"Yes, I am sure, your Highness. It perfectly matches the description that you gave me but ....."The kneeling man named Serpes reassured the man but he couldn't complete the sentence as if he didn't have words to describe what he wanted to describe.

"But what?"The man asked as he slowly turned his head towards Serpes.

"We were scouting the Island but ran into a problem, your Highness.....we found a human there And..... when we were spying on him.....He looked straight at us and said"It's all yours" before he suddenly vanished right in Infront of my eyes.....I didn't even see how he did that, he was too fast for me."The kneeling man named Serpes explained with confusion apparent in his voice. He kept his head bowed and waited for any kind of explanation the prince of the kingdom he served, could provide.

"What did the man look like, Serpes?"The prince asked, his voice now rising, excitement coursing through him.

"I only managed to see that he had red hair before he suddenly vanished, your highness"

"YESS.....Ready the troops and march towards the island."Rather than explain, the cloaked man abruptly shouted and stood up from the stone chair. The prince turned his head towards Serpes revealing a young face with dark skin and brown hair. His eyes which didn't have any whites glowed darkly for a second.

He smiled and said "Count yourself lucky, Serpes. you survived an encounter with the progenitor." He said in a jubilant voice, unlike the cold persona that he had been portraying before and vanished in a cloud of black smoke leaving Serpes kneeling on the cold stone floor, confused.

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"FATHER...WE FOUND IT." The prince appeared in an empty throne room, his loud voice echoing off the dark stone walls of the room.

"Subdue your excitement, my child." An aged voice suddenly echoed in the room, almost a whisper but heard clearly in every corner of the massive hall. A swirl of black gas appeared on the empty throne and vanished leaving an old man carrying a bone staff sitting on the throne. His murky eyes slowly shifted towards the prince, who was now kneeling."What have you found, Zahar?"The old man said.

"We found the island of Kohul." as soon as the words left Zahar's mouth, he felt a gust of wind hit his face. He slowly lifted his bowed head.

"Where?"He heard his Father, The great Mosak Uvrohan, the sovereign of the Uvrohan kingdom and the ruler of the underground realm almost growl, his face almost touching Zahar's. Unbeknownst to Zahar, Mosak had arrived in Infront of him in the blink of an eye. Mosak stared at Zahar with his murky eyes unnerving his son greatly.

"It is in the far east kingdom named Lamfar, Father."zahar said as he again bowed his head, unfamiliar with this version of his father who had always been composed no matter what happened. And now he was getting excited more than Zahar himself.

"Did you see the progenitor?"Mosak asked as he slowly backed up and climbed back the steps leading to the throne.

"Yes, my knight informed me of his presence but he vanished after making contact with my people.....And my knight also heard him say"It's all yours" before he vanished."

Mosak sat silently on his throne, thinking. Zahar remained kneeling on the floor as he waited for his father to come out of his trance.

"He doesn't care, huh...Ready the troops. You shall visit the island and see what kohul, The Shadow and The Great Necromancer have left for us. You shall bring back the grimoire at any cost. "Mosak said as he stood up from his throne.

"The grimoire shall be mine."He added silently before vanishing in a cloud of smoke just like he had arrived.