---- hand.


    No munchkin...no...


    you cant do that...L..


    You......we need to hurry...


    I will bring her back...


    will go to thend of darkness myself...


    But Sir- Pushing himself up from the chair, he was going to prepare to go after her when the door ms open and a guard rushed in, breathing heavily.


    L bring dire news, Sir.


    Adrian''s emotionless eyes stare at the man nkly.


    What could be more dire? It feels like he was already on the edge of loosing everything.


    Speak.


    The messenger hesitated, clutching a scroll.


    It''s spreading, sire.


    The sickness.


    Entire viges are reporting the same symptomsfever, weakness, and the ck veins.


    Adrian''s jaw tightened.


    ---- Tow many have fallen? Dozens in each vige, Your Majesty.


    But it''s worsening.


    Those afflicted...


    they be violent.


    Their bodies twist unnaturally, as if...


    something else controls them.


    Adrian''s hands clenched into fists.


    And the source? The man shook his head.


    We dont know, sire.


    But whispers say they are men...


    eho have been spreading this...


    however we haven''t been able to get hold of any till now.


    They operate from the shadows.


    Adrian rose, his towering presence filling the room.


    cing his hand behind his back, he orders.


    Summon the High Council.


    Immediately.


    We''ll stop this before it consumes the kingdom.


    Yes, Your Majesty.


    The guard turned to leave but froze when Adrian added coldly, Send scouts to the infected viges.


    I ---- want proof.


    Burn the bodies if necessarythis sickness must not spread further.


    The guard fled, leaving Adrian alone with his thoughts.


    He closed his eyes, inhaling deeply.


    The word "shadows" resonated within him, awakening a memory he had long sought to bury.


    They attack from the shadows.


    His fingers curled against the table''s edge.


    He hadn''t touched that power in years, but it seemed there was no other choice now.


    If there is one man who knows and controls the shadows, its him.


    He closes his eyes and focusses on the shadows.


    Come on.


    There must be something! A ss breaks with his concentration, a crack develops in the window  S.


    And that''s when he sees an image.


    ---- Chapter 427 A Man...


    no a monster, with red eyes and dark veins running all over his body, was lurking in the shadows .running towards something, A werewolf settlements.


    His footsteps echo.


    But his steps weren''t alone.


    Behind him were simr monsters, not in hundreds but in thousands! And they were all growling and proceeding to rip apart the werewolf settlements.


    Adrian''s eyes snap open and he freezes.


    This wasn''t a natural disease.


    No.


    Tt was induced...


    man-made epidemic.


    Simr to the one...