The Young Master in the Shadows

Sebastian chased Alpha like a maniac into the forest. That was until he lost her… Those damn talismans she kept using were the reason… Where the hell did she get all of that? Even he, one of the elites of the eternal sect, only got 3… and one of those was given to him by Hana.

“Damn it,” He cursed.

He was really pissed at Alpha. Not only because she helped trap him before in the dungeon, but also because she killed his new friend Troy, the heir to the high prince’s chair, in front of his eyes. He was introduced to him by Evan.

Troy was a little arrogant, but he could easily get along with Sebastian who was Evan’s “Disciple”.

He was supposed to help him keep an eye on Hana, as according to him, he also hated Victor who killed one of his men. So they shared an enemy.

“Damn it… “Sebastian cursed again as he looked around, He had no idea where Alpha was… He had no idea where He was.

He was about to turn around and go in another direction when he noticed the shadow of a blonde girl that was running away… Alpha!

Without hesitation, he summoned a fireball and threw it at her. The girl burnt and fell to the ground as she screamed.

He quickly hurried to her side to find that she was not that girl Alpha, but a white-haired one… He quickly put down the fire by flicking his finger… He made a mistake due to the darkness. This girl was one of the girls from the auction bought by Troy.

“Sorry, I was not aiming for you, but that Bitch.” He said as he checked on the girl.

Half of her body was completely burnt. Her hair was completely gone and her face was badly scarred. He could even see the charred bones of her left arm where the fireball hit her.

She didn’t scream any longer. He could see that her throat was already burnt. It was a miracle she didn’t die already.

That’s what happens when a player attacks a normal person… He was tempted to give her one of his precious healing pills but shook his head after thinking about it.

Healing pills can’t be given to mortals, they would explode due to the excessive energy… And healing pills were not cheap!

He felt sorry for the girl who was now breathing with difficulty…he was also surprised that she didn’t faint and kept glaring at him angrily with her barely opened eyes.

“Look… I said… I am sorry.” He said then hesitated, “This area has many wolves… I will spare you the suffering,” he said as he kneeled beside her as she opened her eyes in shock realizing what he was about to do… He was going to kill her… She didn’t want to die.

“This is a poison pill… It’s very fast, It will kill you in seconds.” He said as he pushed the pill into her mouth…

She bit hard on his finger, making Sebastian retract his hand quickly as she spat the pill.

“Och…F*ck.” He yelled as he looked at his bloodied finger.

“What a b*tch.” He kicked her… “That’s what you get when you help a b*tch.” He added as he turned around… “Let the wolves eat you… What an ungrateful girl…” He screamed as he walked away angrily, leaving the girl to die… He had no idea that his soul injury due to the evil souls' curse was affecting his temper.

The girl could not speak, but if she could, she would have cursed back at him… He just burnt her, then expected her to accept his apology? He wanted to kill her and when she defended herself she became the evil one? Was this kid’s head screwed or something?

The poor girl didn’t know that Sebastian was raised in a traditional martial sect, where the strongest sets the rules… Where mortal human lives are dispensable.

If someone died there, then too bad, he was too weak… Or his daddy was too weak… No one kills someone with a big daddy.

And Sebastian was not a kid as he appeared, but a grown man who killed many enemies as he grew up arrogantly. He has no naive thoughts about human life.

…

Nightshade got really desperate as she watched that cruel kid disappear… Only once before in her life, as she felt like this… She thought she was ready, but she was not.

All of her life she believed that she was unlucky… Now she was sure of that.

She grew up in the streets, like a beggar, a thief. She got hit and abused repeatedly by older thieves and crooks all the time… Despite that, she lived. She survived for one reason and that was revenge… against those who killed her family. That night when her hair turned white.

After a year, she got lucky as she saved a blind beggar who turned out to be an old crook. She stayed with him for a few years where he taught her many of the industry tricks. She learned from others on her own.

The beggar died a year ago, and that’s when she decided to pursue her revenge. She forged a few documents giving herself an older age, and she got accepted into the police academy. The white hair made her look older.

She graduated with honors. Got assigned to her dream job at the mysterious crimes unit, the one she wanted.

That unit was created secretly to investigate the many strange phenomena and murders around the country… That’s what the chief told her, but she could tell from the looks of the officers there that they were all a group of misfits that no one cared about.

And as expected, she was discovered pretty quickly… Those guys were the best.

To her surprise, after confronting her and hearing her story, the leader of the unit decided to help her hide her true age. He said that he needed someone like her.

That’s when her undercover mission to unveil the secret of young girls' kidnapping and suspected sex trafficking that was getting rampant recently started.

With her unit’s help, she managed to enter an orphanage that was suspected of being a front for the underworld… They were right.

The orphanage turned out to belong to a slaving gang… Where she was sold in just a few days.

She didn’t care as she was sure that her unit was following her, as she saw signs of their operation.

All that changed when an old man bought her… He used some kind of a strange device to test her before taking her away without her being able to notify her unit… He removed the hidden implanted tracking chip on her.

That’s how she ended up in the auction house where she realized that magic truly existed… They branded some kind of a curse on her. She couldn’t even think of escaping without having a headache… That made her really troubled but really excited too. At last, she found a sign about the men who killed her family… They used curses too to torture them back then as she hid in the closet.

In the end, she was auctioned. She hoped to get bought by some idiot young master so that she could contact her team. That one who was screaming about Vibrating girls seemed idiot enough, too bad she got bought by another man. Apparently, she was not Vibrating enough.

Her new owner was to her surprise none other than Prince Troy! She had read a report about him in some magazine before. They called him the best gentleman… Then genius… All was a lie, he was an absolute scumbag. She could tell from the moment he bought her and began to molest her and the girls, seemingly enjoying their powerless protests.

She could also smell it on him, the same smell as those criminals in her youth. The smell of death… Troy was not a good guy at all.

Then that blond girl came and magically killed those men… She had two choices, she could use this opportunity to run away and maybe lose all tracks or she could follow that girl… She might lead her to discover deeper secrets. To her surprise, the girl didn’t refuse her… But she turned out to be a scumbag too. She used the girls as a decoy.

She could feel the blood pooling in her throat as she lay on her back and watched the stars in the sky twinkle between the leaves. She couldn’t move at all, and she knew that she was dying.

Thankfully, her body no longer hurt. Most of her nerves were probably burnt.

That’s when she heard a sound… Was it a wolf? Will this be her end?

She panicked then relaxed as a blond girl landed beside her… The same girl who killed the men in the car.

“You are here too?” The blond girl said in surprise as she knelt to her side, making her realize that the blond was hurt too. A weird-looking barbed spike was sticking from her abdomen.

“Sorry for implicating you.” The blond girl said with a frown as she sat beside her checking on her situation, then took a pill and intended to put it in her mouth…

She closed her mouth… even now, she refused to die.

“This is a healing pill.” The blond girl said, “It will not hurt normal people… That bastard, despite being a pervert, has some useful things….” She cursed at someone.

Nightshade hesitated then swallowed the pill… Hopefully, the girl was not fooling her.

She didn’t die. The girl was actually helping her.

She quickly began to feel better, but this was only temporary, as the pain attacked her again stronger… She could feel her body this time… It was rotting as if something was moving in it.

“What kind of sick bastard would use such an attack?” The blond girl yelled in shock, “That bastard contaminated his attack with some curse… How did you survive until now?” She added, Nightshade couldn’t answer. She didn’t know why she lived… Why does she keep living and all around her die?

After hesitating for another moment, then seemingly making up her mind, the blond girl took another pill and a talisman.

“This is going to hurt you a lot, you might die… It is not meant for normal humans, but it should have enough energy to stop the damage.” She told her as she put the golden pill in her mouth.

The healing began, faster this time. Before the rot attacked again, The blond girl pushed the talisman she prepared on Nightshade’s burnt hand, at the exact point where the fireball landed.

“This is just temporary. I can’t dispel the curse on you.” The blond girl said, “That bastard Victor might have a solution though. Bear with it” She said as Nightshade felt a cool wind in her veins at first, then the burning sensation came… She wanted to scream but couldn’t… It only lasted for seconds but for her, it seemed an eternity.

“You have some very strong bloodlines… Don’t worry the pain will subside in a while” The blond said,

True… a few moments later the pain began to dull.

“I will drag you to a nearby cave, then I will make sure you survive…” The blond began to drag her somewhere with difficulty…

Nightshade was surprised… Why was that girl helping her? Unlike that kid. She quickly remembered something and began to resist.

“AAAAA.” She suddenly made a voice and pointed with her eyes at a spot on the ground near her.

The blond girl frowned and stopped dragging her while looking where she pointed. There, on the ground between the grass, there was a ring full of blood.

“This is Sebastian’s ring! Was he the one who did this to you?” The blond girl asked, making Nightshade frown. “Sebastian is the kid from earlier.” the girl clarified.

Nightshade nodded, She unconsciously took it when she bit his hand and then spit it with the poison pill…. It was a bad habit from her street days… That kid was so angry he didn’t notice that at all.

The blond girl smiled as she looked at the ring, Then frowned… Her face became very ugly in a few seconds.

“We need to move. That guy will definitely return for his ring once he notices it’s missing.” She said as she put a pill in her mouth. She was eating them like candies, but they didn’t seem to work.

“I will carry you on my back…” The blond began to say but didn't continue as she suddenly fell on her knees while grimacing in pain, Nightshade suddenly noticed that black blood was oozing from her stomach wound… She was poisoned!

“Master, why are you moving slowly?… That bitch who took my ring is still there.” Sebastian’s voice came from a little far away. He couldn't have picked a worse time… It was as if he was destined to arrive at this moment.

“Damn it…” The blond cursed as she sat with difficulty then leaned on a tree trunk as she popped another pill in her mouth.

“It seems like I can’t save you after all.” She chuckled despite her pain, “I can’t even save myself.” she added as she tried to stand up but failed.

Nightshade frowned… Why did this girl want to help her? She couldn’t ask.

“Master… are you sure you are ok?” Sebastian’s voice got closer.

“Yes… I will be fine in a while….” Another tired voice said.

“Sorry.” The blond girl suddenly whispered to her, coughing some blood… “I promised to lead you to safety earlier and failed.” She added as a spear materialized in her hand which she swung and then pushed into the ground. She was preparing to fight to the end.

“Careful with that thing? Do you want to castrate this young master before his wedding?” A familiar voice scolded, frightening the two desperate girls.

The blond sighed as Nightshade gasped.

A purple-haired handsome youth appeared out of thin air… the sharp spear was a few inches away from his crotch.

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Sorry for the delay, had to rewrite this chapter...

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