Brad Saloman, the heir to the Firebird city, was sitting inside his chambers reading a book. He had a glass of wine on a table beside him.

The atmosphere was very peaceful, until a knock on the door broke the peaceful silence.

Brad closed the book with clear irritation , and called out: “Come in”.

The door opened and a figure walked in, the figure was wearing black hoodie over their head. And was covering all of their body with black robe. It was impossible to tell what gender it was, but the way they walked signified that they were a very big deal. They walked with such confidence mixed with arrogance. Brad knew who they were.

“ What brings a powerful person like you to my chambers? Also why does one of the leaders of the Giants syndicate come personally to my chambers? Isn’t it very dangerous for you to come here?” Asked Brad with a calm, almost amused voice.

The figure just walked and sat in the chair in front of Brad. They then spoke: “ The reason I came here it’s because I think I found a way for you to achieve your goal” Their voice was also hard to determine if it was male or female.

At the mention of his goal, Brad sat straighter in his chair and his eyes started to drill a hole in the figures in front of him.

“Tell me everything!” He said with gritted teeth. This goal has been his obsession since 4 months ago. When a certain person showed him a power he dreamed of having.

“ I was able to find a certain “thing“ that could help you in achieving what you want. But the way to get it is very hard and filled with blood. So before I say anything, are you willing to do it?”

Brad thought about it for a second, he was OK with killing, he was the heir to the Lord. He was trained from a young age to kill without any hesitation, without mercy. Because a Lord that can give mercy to his enemies is not a good Lord, they will turn on the first chance and will bite you in the back. So dispose of them first before they dispose of you.

So he nodded his head in agreement.

Seeing his agreement the figure sighed and started explaining: “ The thing I spoke with said that the only way for you to gain power is to kill and then consume the souls of people. But you should be warned this act is considered demonic cultivation in the Magus world and it is very frowned upon. It is considered so because the demon world and Demons use this type of cultivation methods to get stronger and then the Magus got their hand on it. But no one uses it because it is very very dangerous and if it’s not controllable it’s gonna kill you or even make you go insane.”

Brad listened closely, he has always dreamed of being a Magus. But reality wasn’t what you wished. He found out that he was not qualified to become a magus so he did what he could and he trained to be a knight. But then four months ago a person came into his family‘s palace and showed him his power,and then charming his sister, his mother, his brother and his father. It made him jealous and he wanted this power for himself. He has been looking for a method for him to get such power and couldn’t find it until he contacted one of the people in the Giants syndicate to find him a method and it has worked as of the news now.

Even though the method was demonic he was very intrigued. He has done worse things than the things he should do to get power so it was not a big deal for him to kill people.

The figure stood and started walking out of the door, but before he got out he turned and said: “You should know, when someone uses demonic cultivation to cultivate they radiate a specific aura around them. And any Magus even if it was still a magus apprentice can sense it. So you should be careful unless you want to be hunted by both dark and light magus and then crucified or worse.” After saying that the figure walked out the door then closed it behind them.

Brad sat down in his chamber alone wondering if he had the heart to do it. He knew he had the heart but there’s still doubts inside of him. What if the Magus discovered him? It was too risky, the magus are not very tolerable people. They will kill you if you get anything that they consider treason or even distrusting like demonic cultivation which is one of the biggest taboos in the world.

But the image in his head with him standing and fire burning around him, people kneeling under him. Was just too appealing to him. He always wanted to be a king and he knew that if he had this power he could definitely achieve it.

That decided, he now has to think about how to get the souls. It was another not a very hard thing for him to do, he was after all the heir to the Lord so he can definitely get away with everything he wants to do. And the Firebird city is a very big city and no one would miss a person on the streets.