The Tale of the Devil Sword

(Author Note:- 100 power stones in a week for 1st bonus chapter.

175 power stones in a week for 2nd bonus chapter.

230 power stones in a week for 3rd bonus chapter.)

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While both of them were struggling to get the crystal balls, Kylo was simply sitting, watching their movements.

It has already been six days since they both started their advance towards the two different paths.

To be more precise he was actually watching Nigel. He paid little to no attention towards his maid.

It was not like Kylo did not care about her. But Kylo wanted to check Nigel's integrity.

[After all, with the way she is now, there is no possibility of her betraying me.] He thought confidently.

Yes, if Kylo wants to know the truth, he can somehow just ask Nigel questions related to the topic again and again and he can see through his thoughts, but there were few risks.

First Nigel was not a fool. If Kylo continued this everytime in the future, Nigel would surely get suspicious about his behaviour and someday he will get to know about it.

[I am not foolish enough to think I can hide my scam of {Dual Contact} from that runt forever.]

[But I do not want him to know about this anytime soon.] He thought.

Secondly due to {Dual Soul Contract} Nigel will be able to feel his emotions anytime Nigel wants to. Nigel would definitely know that Kylo is suspicious of him everytime the devil asks him.

After all everytime Kylo would ask him something, Nigel could 'feel' his suspicious emotion and once he answers, the suspicion inside Kylo will be gone. It would definitely be weird if Nigel does not pick up something from this.

And lastly Kylo is not free enough check his honesty everytime. Especially when they are in life and death situations, Kylo would love to have someone's character known to him beforehand.

And his trust towards others decreased, especially when he is even suspicious of his own comrades who had been with him through every crucial points of his life.

And another reason he was checking on Nigel was because he wanted to know his strength, his real strength in advance. So that his plans in the future are not affected due to lack of information.

And sure enough he was surprised twice to see Nigel's transformation and then his strength, which was on par with a newly promoted Dao Emperor.

Even though he knew about his transformation, it was just knowledge. This was the first time seeing it with his own eyes.

[Guess I was truly lucky when they stopped fighting back then...] Kylo was remembering about the fight he had with all the strong cultivators of the province just when he arrived in this world with a grim expression on his face.

After all at that time he was not even a Soul Stage fighter! It was definitely a miracle to survive all those attackers!

He once again realised that he was too weak. Right now he did not need any epiphany or enlightenment. After all he has already gone through those stages in his 'previous life'.

All he just needs right now is enough energy and foundation to breakthrough all the stages and reach the peak of his previous life.

"But that is not enough." Kylo murmured to himself. He wanted to become stronger than he was previously was. Not just in cultivation but

[Also compared to those in the same stage as me.]

He was especially pressured after seeing Nigel's strength. If it is a life and death fight with Nigel maybe he can win with various tricks and treasures he has, but if he fights head on he is not confident.

"And that runt is injured" Kylo clicked his tongue thinking about it.

He does not have any idea how to make himself stronger than he already is right now. But he has a gut feeling he would get the answer to it, the answer to get stronger once he conquers the third path.

Many might criticize him by how desperate he seemed even though he was an emperor, but he has no choice.

[After all there are monsters around me even in this life.] Kylo thought with a sigh remembering about his comrades of his previous life.

He then turned his attention towards Avery and watched that with a smile on his face, a smile that said how he was enjoying someone's misfortune..

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"Ugh..." A beautful black haired woman with tattered clothes could be seen huffing and puffing while sitting in a manner that was unbefitting of a lady.

This lady was none other than Avery. She was actually sitting directly on the ground in a brutish way with a very tired face.

In the last six days, every time she encountered a trap, it seemed like her mentality was being tested.

It was not that that the traps were life threatening. Yes they were sneaky and dangerous but not to the point where her life could be threatened.

She was mentally tired because of

[Those goddamn treasures!] Every time she ran into a trap, she would unearth some rare treasures that could make even empires jealous of his master!

From various precious herbs to extraordinary metals. There was nothing that would not catch the outside world's eyes! And above everything else

"How come this little place has so many Glaviers?!" She felt like crying.

Even her clan only had one Formation Glavier, even after their years of history.

[And here I came across four Formation Glaviers!!] She felt indignant, even more when she thought this was only one of the three paths.

"What the hell is this place?!" She cried in injustice but unfortunately there was no one to answer.

After an hour of rest, she recovered herself to the peak. Brimming with energy she continued to advance, but her face lacked the confidence she had when she started her journey.

Those treasures really affected her it seems.

Surprisingly even after she walked for half an hour she did not came across any trap.

But this did not make her happy. Rather she became more vigilant. Suddenly a few hundred meter away she could see a glowing array formation.

Avery's eyes widened. Not because of the formation but

[What is this power?] For the first time inside the cave she felt danger. Something that could endanger her life.

Even whe she was few hundred metres away, smething inside her was screaming to retreat!

She wanted to, but at the same time she did not want to. Somehow she wanted to help Kylo.

She herself was not aware of this. Risking her life just because of some 'stranger' should be a very foolish move.

Had it been some other time she would definitely not do this. Heck she would not even had thought of it. But now she was doing it.

Unbeknownst to her and even Kylo, deep inside her heart she wanted to be acknowledged and praised by Kylo.

And thus she braved herself.

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(Author Note:- Glavier is the name of the metal. Formation Glavier is the treasure when Formation is being engraved on the metal, Glavier)