The Mantis Monarch was shameless, but this rare trait was what saved his life from the claws of the indomitable Lord of the Shadow Realm.

Lord Elrond of the Wood Elf variant human race was already a powerful opponent to go up against for this Mantis, adding Sebastian into the equation was overkill and he knew his limits when he saw it.

The Mantis Monarch didn’t even deem it right to at least put up a fight, once the 2 enemies appeared, he surrendered in the most shameless way possible.

Sebastian was left speechless and surprised after the Mantis Monarch was done, but by then, all his animosity towards it already evaporated like the wind.

Sebastian only needed to think a bit before he arrived at his decision.

Unlike Lord Elrond, the Mantis Monarch was indeed shameless for calling himself a Monarch. Unlike the Wood Elves, Mantis was uncommon in Oceania, they were a rare specie of beasts in Oceania with some of the lowest populations.

The Mantis City that this Black tier Mantis ruled over was only barely a city with a few thousand Mantis predators, he evolved to the Black tier realm due to a stroke of luck, something that even more talented predators have not experienced.

Once Sebastian thought a bit, he easily decided that, unlike the decision he took with Lord Elrond, he was going to get his first Black tier subordinate.

Compared to other Black tier predators, the Mantis Monarch was at the bottom of the spectrum but he was still a Black tier predator which meant a lot.

The Mantis Monarch was shameless and had a submissive personality when meeting a superior, he was wise for keeping his city alive for so long, and he had all the qualities that Sebastian wanted from an ace subordinate.

Sebastian wondered what this predator did that made an enemy want him so dead that they issued a bounty but he didn’t care anymore.

The Mantis City was erected upon a floating island, this was an island that was cut off from a seamount by the Mantis Monarch.

This construction highlighted the intelligence of this beast again as this way, he could escape fast with all his kin when met with terrible danger.

The construction of this floating island already gave Sebastian some ideas about his future plans, he smiled which caused the Mantis Monarch to shudder in fear before he opened his mouth to speak.

"What is your name, your real name?"

"Pendam, my name is Pendam".

"Good, from today, Pendam, you will be my first official Black tier subordinate. Join my sailing ship and bear witness to the rise of the first Ocean Master in the history of this world!’

"It will be my pleasure, master!"

Sebastian felt a little uncomfortable at being called master, but after being a Monarch for so long already, he already developed the thick skin to absolve it.

After his last Black tier mission quest came to an end, Sebastian finally parted ways with his ally after thanking him. Lord Elrond returned to his Empire while Sebastian departed with his new subordinates to the Dungeon of Souls.

This journey became Sebastian’s most fruitful journey in a while.

By completing the 2nd Black tier mission on the list of bounty missions, he already succeeded in developing an even more tyrannical reputation for the bounty organization that would spread their infamous tyranny far and wide.

This increase in reputation did not just increase the fame of the Demon Inter-racial bounty organization, it also increased the notoriety of its leader.

The Shadow Lord’s name was already being feared far and wide due to his rampant hunting for the past few weeks, this added more tyranny to it.

Apart from these immaterial benefits, Sebastian also got material benefits in the form of the 50,000,000 Oceania Credits that were quoted on the head of the Machine Mercenary who he already killed.

By now, his rampage could no longer be hidden, the news of the death of the notorious Machine Mercenary already spread far and wide.

Lord Elrond took no credit for the kill, and once the world knew that the Shadow Lord was the culprit responsible for the assassination, their fear of him rose to a peak that has never been seen before.

From just the first 3 Black tier bounties that were issued to his organization, Sebastian benefited a lot from getting an ally to getting a Black tier subordinate, to getting a more notorious reputation, a lot of money, and inspiration.

Yes, Sebastian already got inspiration for his next living doppelganger.

After battling against the Machine Mercenary, Sebastian got all the inspiration that he needed for his next living doppelganger.

According to the system, the shark’s race was an alien metal shark. Sebastian have not heard of this before and from the abilities that were revealed by the shark, Sebastian became determined to make a body with such abilities.

Though his Atlantian body was already captured and was being tortured, Sebastian no longer gave a damn.

Without his Atlantian body, with his Water Transmutation skill, he could still dissect perfectly and engage in anatomy experiments.

During the time that Sebastian intended to level crazily to the peak of the Red tier realm, he also wanted to fill up all the quotas for his living doppelgangers.

When the quota was filled will he truly be at his strongest state.

Due to not killing the Mantis Monarch, Sebastian still had a few levels to get to the peak of the Red tier realm but this did not discourage him.

On getting back to the Dungeon of Souls, Sebastian delegated the Mantis and his race to the Sebastian Warriors Army. Apart from Captain Omega, the Mantis was going to be the 2nd backbone Commander of the Army.

After delegating duties to his new subordinate, Sebastian locked himself in as he started meticulous research and experiments on the most powerful and peculiar beast and variant human species in all of Oceania.

For this task, Sebastian called both his Leviathon and main Megalodon body to help. Due to the lack of time, he intended to work with all 3 bodies on this one task to maximize the time as much as possible.

For a week, Sebastian spent all his time locked inside a cave as he researched and experimented while giving orders to his subordinates to fulfill.

When the 2nd week passed, Sebastian came out of the cave as a different breed of beast. After 14 days of no sleep, non-stop experiments, and crazy dissections, Sebastian came out of the cave as an owner of 50 living doppelgangers!

[You have achieved a legendary feat of creating 50 living doppelgangers!]

[Congratulations! You have gained the mark of Oceania!]

[You have fulfilled all the requirements to be the Lord of the Doppelganger and Invisibility unique skill!]

[Congratulations! You have gained the mark of Oceania!]

Sebastian killed 2 birds with one stone unexpectedly as once he came out, he got the remaining 2 marks of Oceania that gave him the qualifications to vie for the Black tier breakthrough.

Sebastian did not hesitate after coming out. With 50 bodies now, he theoretically had 50 times faster growth speed than other predators.

Once Sebastian sent all his bodies out to hunt, all he needed was an hour for him to level up multiple levels to the peak of the Red tier realm.

Sebastian was now ready for the ultimate sublimation evolution!