Chapter 572: Lord Telmar, The Oscar Award-Winning Actor!

[You have activated skill: Shadow Warp!]

[You have activated skill: Swift Veil!]

Whoosh!

The group of 10 assassins moved rapidly through the shadows like a battalion of rats scurrying through a mansion, going on a rampage.

Today, Sebastian got to learn another thing or two from the group of Night Rakshashas. Instead of swimming to their destination the conventional way, these 9 Night Rakshashas instead opted to move through the shadows.

Sebastian finally knew why Night Rakshashas were seldom seen though they lived in the Black Veil as much as every other predator here.

Instead of moving in the open, they preferred moving unseen in the shadows. The group of employers did not detect the Night Rakshashas as they moved through the shadows at a speed faster than normal swimming.

Through the shadow warp skill, they were able to constantly tap into the surrounding shadows to travel. Their mode of travel was like a jumping competition as they jumped from one shadow to the other.

By activating the swift veil skill, this jump became as smooth and as swift as flowing water as they ate yards of space in milliseconds.

Sebastian didn’t know if this mode of travel before but as a Night Rakshasha, once he saw the others doing it, he instinctively picked it up and started using it.

This way, the group of 10 Night Rakshashas moved so fast as they crossed dozens of kilometers in just a few minutes before finally arriving at their destination. To Sebastian’s shock, he had passed here before.

When he embarked on the quest to locate the base of the assassins where employers gave assassination jobs to them, he passed this place but despite his sensitivity to shadow magic, he was not able to discover this massive structure.

The home of the Night Rakshashas was shrouded in a thick veil of shadow that completely obscured it from vision and other senses.

When they even arrived before the massive structure, Sebastian did not know that it was there until the Night Rakshashas completed a mechanism.

Once the mechanism was completed, the thick veil of shadow opened up like a door. This was when Sebastian saw inside.

The home of the Night Rakshashas was a massive dark castle. Inside was night throughout, but as a Night Rakshasha, Sebastian could see everything as clear as day, this was a massive ecosystem of Night Rakshashas.

The massive dark castle was in the middle of this massive territory of Night Rakshashas as it seemed to be erected on a great mountain.

Below the castle were smaller Night Rakshasha mansions. They dominated everywhere; this was the lair of the greatest assassin community in Oceania.

Sebastian was so captivated by this sight that he seemed to be mesmerized by it. It appealed so much to his Night Rakshasha senses that he was struck into utter amazement, he looked in awe at this awesome sight.

Sebastian at this moment forgot everything, even his 9 teammates as all his attention was channeled into admiring this massive world that was before him.

Just a few seconds later, his admiration seemed to turn fanatical.

[Warning! You have been affected by a skill: Shadow Fanatism!]

Once his system lit up a notification, Sebastian finally snapped out of it as he immediately looked around in alarm. To his shock, he was no longer in the massive dark city, he was now shrouded in shadows from every side.

He could see no one, everything around him was utter darkness and the shadows moved closer to him as they seemed about to swallow him up.

At this moment, Sebastian was trapped in an unfamiliar world of shadows.

Sebastian got ready to fight back but before he did, he was affected by a suction force and he soon disappeared.

Poof!

Sebastian was sucked into a shadow blackhole and he immediately lost orientation of himself. A few seconds later, he found himself in a large hall full of Night Rakshashas with hundreds of shadow weapons pointed at him.

At this point, Sebastian already had a faint idea of what happened. He sighed before looking to the front where the only throne in this hall sat.

The throne was like a vampire assassin’s throne and seated on it was a massive Night Rakshasha that looked like a cat and an Atlantian merged together.

The pure red eyes of this Night Rakshasha looked straight at Sebastian with such a burning intensity that he literally felt his body heating up.

The Night Rakshasha’s eyes narrowed the next moment as he finally spoke.

"Monarch of the Leviathon Empire!"

"Commander of the Sebastian Warriors’ Army!"

"Head Anatomist of the 1st Den of Anatomy!"

"Killer of a Night Rakshasha!"

"I discovered your presence immediately you stepped foot into my outpost. I have a skill called the all-seeing eyes of shadow, I watch all my outposts and territory like an eagle, nothing escapes my sight".

"There is a rule among Night Rakshashas that we never forget those who oppose us. We are assassins and assassins never forgive".

"When you abducted, experimented on, and killed a Night Rakshasha, I saw it all and I already labeled you long ago as an enemy".

"What did you come here for? To seek your death?"

"You would not dare for fear of the extinction of the Night Rakshasha race, and besides, you cannot kill me". From the little account of this Night Rakshasha, Sebastian already had a plan on how to present his proposal.

He just felt a little surprised at how they knew all his connected identities.

The first step that the Night Rakshashas took was a show of strength to intimidate him, he didn’t cower, if that was what they wanted, he would play along. He threw his weight as the Monarch of the Leviathon Empire for the first time.

If the Night Rakshashas dared to kill him, they would face the wrath of the Leviathon Empire which would most likely result in their extinction.

Apart from that, could they really kill him?

"Where is your leader?" Sebastian asked and this question seemed to rile the Night Rakshasha on the throne as he stood up from his throne.

"I am the Monarch of the Night Rakshasha race!"

"A pinnacle Red tier predator?" Now, Sebastian was shocked, he never expected the Night Rakshasha race’s leader to still be a Red tier predator.

On seeing his shocked look, the Night Rakshasha smirked. "A lot of my opponents in the past had the same expression as you, including 3 Black tier predators but they are now in my trophy of glorious kills".

On hearing that, Sebastian calmed down. The script that he originally wrote in his head was already rendered void due to this reveal, so he improvised.

Sebastian no longer beat around the bush; he went straight to the point.

"I want to form an alliance with the Night Rakshashas. Join my train to survive the incoming greater chaos that would soon follow the world war".

"I give no damn about your words of bravado". The Night Rakshasha’s voice was loud. "I will never join the faction of an enemy who killed my family member".

Sebastian sighed. "Then, you would rather risk the extinction of your race for such petty hatred? Think, think about the bigger picture".

The Night Rakshasha wanted to speak again but Sebastian beat him to it.

"Think about your history, think about your ancestors, they’ll be disappointed that all their hard work became null just because of a foolish decision of their descendant, you’ll forever be a sinner of your race".

That succeeded in shutting up the Night Rakshasha as he contemplated. 2 minutes later, he spoke up again.

"As you said, for the bigger picture, I can sacrifice my dignity and principles for the survival of my race but you need to pay for the death of my kinsman".

"I don’t need material payment from you, that is too small".

"Night Rakshashas are some of the most unique beast races in Oceania. Due to our extreme genetic makeup and evolution over the years, we became so extreme that it became harder for us to evolve through the ranks like other races".

"The difficulty of undergoing the last sublimation evolution for a Night Rakshasha is one of the hardest and is why I need your help".

"Help me to become a Black tier Night Rakshasha, that is the only payment that I ask of you and I believe that this is generous on my part".

"..."