The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

The Scarlet King raised his head the next second, and a meaningful light appeared in his eyes as he glanced at the woman, this time showing true feelings. He had not grown in love or anything like that but allowed his mind and heart to create sentiments for her. It might be just friendship or something else; only time could tell.

For the next month, the Scarlet King remained in Astrid's home. In the mornings, the duo would improve their abilities and create powerful Revolution Refinement Flames. The Scarlet King would focus on his cultivation the rest of the day and night.

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The Scarlet King and Astrid were in a quiet room, their eyes showing complete focus as they stared at the flame with 14 colors growing more and more powerful.

The duo only took a week to create a 14 Revolution Flame, but the path to creating a 15 Revolution Flame was extremely complicated.

After an entire month of trial and error, going through the formula over and over again, making adjustments, and tuning the final details, a wide smile appeared on the duo's faces as they saw a new color emerge in the flame.

Through hard work and immediate effort, the Scarlet King and Astrid had managed to create a 15 Revolution Refinement Flame!

"We did it!"

Astrid shouted with thrill as she saw the flame in the Scarlet King's hand. Not only were they able to figure out the correct attunements for the flame's formula, but they managed to go from theory to practice and create it.

The Scarlet King kept his composure much better than the young woman, but he was equally thrilled. A 15 Revolution Flame would do wonders for his foundation and talent, making him one step closer to his goal of forming a 21 Revolution Flame and repairing his Rebirth Heart.

A sense of fatigue assaulted the Scarlet King a second after seeing the flame with fifteen colors. Now that he had finally achieved that goal, all the exhaustion came crashing down on his mind and body, forcing him to stop.

Only then did the Scarlet King notice the day and hour, and he almost burst into laughter.

"We are missing the monthly gala."

Astrid had also suffered from exhaustion since, while she only had to focus on the formulas, she was a mortal and did not have the bursting vitality of a cultivator.

An amused expression appeared on the Atrox's face since she did not really care about the gala either.@@novelbin@@

However, just as the duo was smiling and relaxing, a serious expression appeared on the Scarlet King as he glanced at his computer ring.

"Is there a problem?"

"Not really, but the Inferno Daemon Imperial Family members are returning home."

"Oh, so soon. If I am right, whenever the Inferno Daemon Imperial Family engages in this sort of diplomatic procedure, they remain for nearly six months and return with the envoys after their year-long stay. It is weird for them to leave after only a month."

What Astrid said was right, which was why the Scarlet King found it so odd. There was no good reason for their travel to last so little, and he could not help but feel there was something more about it.

"I will go to my room to rest. See you tomorrow."

"Oh, it is already late. I will also go to sleep."

The Scarlet King said goodbye to Astrid, and he could not help but feel there was something he was not seeing. For a moment, he thought of trying to hijack the travel of the Imperial Family in order to return to Atlas and then make his way to Gaia. Nevertheless, as he thought of Horus' presence, he immediately discarded the idea.

Once the Scarlet King reached his room, he took a deep breath and calmed his mind before going to bed, entering a deep sleep to rest his brain and body properly. Find more chapters on My Virtual Library Empire

The next day, the Scarlet King said goodbye to Astrid, but not before leaving with the young woman a Revolution Flame of every type they had managed to create so she could inspect them and draw more analyses for the following levels. He had to return to the Magma Castle as there was a small gathering to say goodbye to the members of the Imperial Family.

Just like the last time, he just wanted to make an act of presence and not interact with anyone. Luckily, Horus was not keen on interacting with him this time.

The young man stood in his chair reading that dark book, and whenever someone would get near him, he would only glance at them, and they would back away.

It went on like that for several hours. Finally, Horus stood up and left with his sisters and brother.

The Scarlet King watched the members of the Imperial Family leave with a frown on his face. While he was relieved that an enigma like Horus would no longer be present, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off.

"The Imperial Family is truly striking, isn't it, brother? By the way, I have seen how you spent a lot of time in the Endless Forest, and I wonder if it would not be good for both of us to use this chance to test our combined strength against Wave Beasts."

Jamil spoke with a smile on his face. It seemed he was frustrated with the failure of the assassination and wanted to take things into his own hands.

Normally, the Scarlet King would have found the man's behavior amusing and played along to distract himself for a while. Sadly for Jamil, he picked the worst possible time to try and play his childish games.

The Scarlet King was incredibly bothered by being kept in the dark, so when he heard Jamil's words, he turned to him before speaking.

"I wanted to talk to you. My Master gave me something that could be useful for your cultivation, but there are too many eyes here. Let's go to my room."