Inside Amon’s chamber.

He sat quietly on the edge of his bed. His right arm was extended forward, palm open and steady. His gaze was fixed on it. A calm breath escaped his lips as he focused inward.

"Haah..."

Then he focus on his hand and activated it.

Blood Manipulation. The new ability he had gotten. For a moment, nothing visible happened. But inside his body... he could feel it.

Every pulse and flow of blood. Every movement of blood through his veins.

His eyes narrowed slightly, a faint smile forming.

"I can... feel it," he murmured under his breath.

It wasn’t like shadow or darkness. They were more hard to learn

Or maybe it’s because Amon had been using Death’s Shadow and darkness a lot. That it was easier to learn this ability.

It was blood, something that already existed within his body. Something that responded naturally.

With a subtle thought, he guided it.

From the surface of his palm, a tiny drop of blood slowly emerged.

It pushed through his skin without causing pain, as if his body itself allowed it. The crimson droplet hovered just above his palm.

Amon’s eyes sharpened. ’Good!’

He focused on the drop, trying to control it better.

The drop trembled slightly in the air.Then slowly it began to expand.

It happened because of mana. He channeled a thin stream of mana into it, carefully controlling the flow.

The blood reacted immediately. The droplet grew larger, swelling beyond its original size. It became unstable for a second. It shaked violently.

Amon’s brows furrowed. "Steady and calm..."

He adjusted the mana output. Slowly... the trembling stopped.

The blood stabilized. Now it floated calmly, a small sphere of deep red hovering over his palm.

Amon’s lips curled into a grin. "Interesting..." He pushed further. With careful control, he tried to change its shape.

At first, it resisted. The sphere wobbled, distorting unevenly, without getting any proper shape.

Amon clicked his tongue lightly. "Not like that..."

He refined his focus. Instead of forcing it, he guided it.

Gradually, the sphere elongated.

It stretched into a thin line. Then collapsed again.

Amon didn’t stop. He kept trying.

He had done this before many times with his darkness and shadow ability. Sweat formed lightly on his forehead, but his expression remained excited.

Eventually the blood responded more smoothly. The sphere flattened, then sharpened.

Slowly, it began to take the form of a small spike.

Amon’s eyes lit up. "I did it..." a smile bloom on his face.

The crimson spike hovered calmly, its surface smooth and slightly gleaming under the light.

He rotated his wrist slightly. The spike followed his movement, floating in sync with his control.

Amon couldn’t hide his smile anymore.

This was different. With shadow and darkness, there was always resistance... like controlling something wild. They obey him, but he couldn’t just do whatever he want with them. He needed to get more stronger and understand it more. To learned new things slowly.

But this this felt natural. Almost effortless.

"It’s easier..." he muttered. "Way easier than darkness and shadow."

He clenched his fingers slightly. The spike collapsed instantly, turning back into a liquid droplet.

Then it split, one became two. Two became four. Tiny floating droplets hovered before him.

Amon’s smile widened.

"With this..." He imagined possibilities.

He could easily create multiple weapons. Cover them with shadow and darkness. The strength this weapon would have was just out of his imagination.

Even internal manipulation. His heart beat slightly faster.

"This has insane potential..."

The droplets swirled slowly in the air, dancing under his control. Amon leaned back slightly, still watching them with excitement.

"I can do a lot with this...even if I had wounds and cut...I can literally stop blood from streaming out of my body through them."

His eyes gleamed. He felt satisfaction from the mew power.

He truly felt the weight of this new power. Not just as an ability. But as something dangerous.

Something... terrifying, if mastered properly.

Now he couldn’t wait to breakthrough.

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Next day Amon was ready to visit Duchy of Luminere with Selena.

Amon wore back t shirt and black pants.

Looking at his face that he consider as handsome. He spoke."I am so charming~"

With that, he turned and stepped out of his room, heading toward the palace’s main entrance.

Selena was already there, waiting.

She stood near the car, her posture relaxed yet naturally elegant. Even in stillness, she drew attention.

Today, however, she wasn’t dressed in her usual refined attire. Instead, she wore a loose, full-sleeved gray oversized T-shirt and black pants– simple clothes that, surprisingly, matched Amon’s.

For a brief moment, Amon blinked in surprise.

He hadn’t expected this.

She wore casual and normal outfit, yet... she didn’t look normal at all.

Her beauty alone made sure of that.

"Hello, Senior! Good morning!" Amon greeted brightly as he approached.

Selena glanced at him, her expression as calm and indifferent as ever, so similar to her mother’s that it was almost uncanny.

"Morning, Amon. I hope you slept well."

"Of course," he replied easily, slipping his hands into his pockets. "I’ve been sleeping great ever since I came here."

She gave a small, satisfied nod.

"Good. Then let’s go. I didn’t inform Seraphina about you. I only told her parents that I’d be visiting with a friend."

Amon’s grin widened slightly.

"Hehe... this is going to be fun."

"Yes," Selena said, a faint hint of amusement flickering in her eyes. "It is."

The two left the palace together and entered the carriage waiting outside.

As it began moving through the city, Amon glanced out the window before turning back to Selena.

"By the way... doesn’t the palace have its own teleportation gate? Why are we going through the city’s gate instead?"

Selena answered without hesitation.

"Because the teleportation station in the city is also under royal control. It’s more convenient this way..." she paused briefly, "Since we can grab something to eat along the way."

Amon nodded in agreement.

"True. We didn’t have breakfast."

A few minutes later, he could be seen casually munching on a couple of apples he had picked up on the way– simple and cheap.

Soon, the car came to a stop in front of the familiar gate station, the very same place Amon had first arrived in the city.

The large teleportation array stood at the center, glowing faintly with a blue hue.

"The portal to Helior City is already set," Selena said as they stepped down.

That meant no waiting.

Amon’s eyes lit up with excitement as he looked at the swirling blue circle.

"Okay then, let’s go!!"

"Mm." Selena glanced at him, a small trace of amusement returning to her otherwise calm expression.

Truthfully, she was looking forward to this trip as well.

Together, they stepped forward and entered the glowing blue portal.