MIDNIGHT PRINCE: Empire of Sin

A few hours later, Adam received the delivery package from some flying drone… which worried him quite a bit…

He already had an inkling that Medusa had a certain stalker-like attitude toward him and those suspicions were confirmed a little bit more with each day. Since he had already dealt with such a case once in the past, he was not particularly surprised and just chose to focus on the product she had sent to her while throwing every other thought to the back of his mind.

"So, how do I use this?"

It seemed like it was a dissolving powder that was extremely biodegradable as well. One simply needed to cover the gory bits they wanted gone and the waste should just vanish… just like that.

As a warning, it was advised to not work with the dissolving agent if the user had any form of wounds as that would cause some unfortunate incidents.

"You got it?"

"Yeah let's get this finished."

Adam walked to his computer and put on some loud blasting music and the two changed into a pair of shorts, sandals, and finally… some disposable shirts.

"Time to clean."

"That it is."

"What the hell is going on here?"

The epic scene of the two preparing to walk up and clean was blocked off by Makarov entering the scene with a loud thud.

"Also, what is this god-awful stench? Even a group of trolls who did not bathe for a month would smell better than this??" He looked around before his eyes finally settled on Cecilia and widened slightly, "Girl, what did you do again this time?"

"Hey! I resent those eyes full of accusation. Why did you immediately assume that I was the culprit?"

"Seriously? Do I really need to say it out loud?"

He looked at her with such judgemental eyes that Cecilia was forced to cough awkwardly and look away from him and avoid his gaze,

"Well, I am technically the culprit this time… but being prejudiced like that is a bad thing, you know?"

"They ain't bad when they are right. Cecilia, I have a certain understanding of things related to you. If something explodes or is covered in blood and you are in the surroundings, then chances are that you are at least partially at fault."

"This…"

Cecilia opened her mouth, trying to refute, but on further thought, she realized that his words were technically not wrong. It was indeed the truth that wherever she went in the past, something big and scary happened. But it wasn't her wish to harm others.

Imagine going on vacation idly in London and facing the summoning of an entity that is supposed to bring the end of the world.

"Anyways, explain what is happening while I help."

Makarov shrugged and rolled his sleeves, "I have been meaning to help with the chores anyway. Though this is pretty hardcore. Heh, you get it?"

"..."

"..."

"...Haha.."

Adam just gave a low and mechanical laugh, trying to be polite and react to the joke in order to make the old man feel better but Makarov stopped him.

"Don't force yourself. Young'uns these days don't understand humor anymore."

"Pfft…"

Cecilia chuckled at the despondent face Makarov was making. It was hard to think about it, but despite looking like some ex-convict who only trained every day and thought about gains in his sleep, Makarov was someone with a very gentle heart.

"So… Shall we begin with the cleaning?"

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More than three hours later, after everything had been devoured by the product Medusa had sent to him and the entire bathroom was now smelling like a garden of roses, Makarov wiped the sweat away from between his eyebrows and stretched his back to relieve the tension. Loud popping noises accompanied his stretching motion, making him feel particularly refreshed.

Adam was absent as he went down to change the water and the ashes of the remains. Cecilia had burnt through everything the product could not clean. Her reasons were pretty simple as with this quantity of blood, it would be easy to send a Hex her way.

"In my nearly hundred years of life, I never thought I would one day watch the skin of a woman from the other side."

He massaged his forehead with his hands at the exasperation he was feeling with the current situation.

"And I never thought that said skin would be mine, old man. So enough with the complaints already!"

"Aye aye, boss. Though… Now that I look at you, it seems like whatever happened really did help you out a lot. You are even looking younger than before."

Cecilia nodded before clenching her fists; a strength that she hadn't felt in a long, long time flowing in them with just that mere action, "Now I feel like I can use my weapon better once again. At least, I can better protect everyone now."

Cecilia hesitated for a moment but just as she was about to speak, "Don't. Even if you find a potion like this again, you should use it. I do not want it nor do I care about becoming younger once again. I really don't need it, lass…"

"Makarov…"

"I can feel the fire of desperation making my skills rise to a greater height. Finally, I can envision this feeling once again. Should I stop and obtain safety, that fire would go down and the final result would only be mere trash."

"I think anything made by you is a masterpiece."

"Thanks for the compliment but it's not enough. I need to create one. One true Divine Weapon. The greatest of them all…"

A great surge of obsession and determination was shining in his eyes as he spoke.

"What about Surtr?"

"This weapon was created using the core of the true Surtr and a fragment of his weapon as well as his concept of fire. It was already a Divine Weapon before even being created and given a form. I only gave form to it to suit your standards."

Makarov waved his hand away as if doing something like that was not worth mentioning.

"What I want, is to create a true Divine Weapon from scratch, by simply using my mortal hands."

"...Very well. I am the one who called you so it would be hypocritical of me to complain now."

She scratched her head, "Do you have the coordinates for a large space upper ground where I can fight?"

"Hmm… Why? You wanna test your powers?"

"More than that. Heh, you've never seen Adam give his all, right? Why not use this occasion? I believe seeing him at his full power will be the perfect way for you to understand his powers and fighting style."

"Ohhh… That is indeed a pretty interesting thought. Wait, let me see if I have one."

They were walking downstairs, ready to change after putting down the stained clothes and burning them as well when the door was once again opened.

"Oh…"

Like a deer in front of a running headlight, Viktor stopped at the door and looked at the two of them blankly. He was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday and his hair was quite a bit disheveled.

A few seconds later, Makarove showed a proud grin as he looked at the time on the clock.

"Seems like my little boy had some good time, heh?"

Viktor had never felt so embarrassed in his entire life.

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(AN: Okay guys this is going to be long.

We are 10 days away from end of the month and I have 4.4K unlock. Firstly thanks for all those who subscribed and everyone else your support is magical. But I want to reach 10K unlock, this is one of the reasons I made this 99% off month. Which is why…I am going to try and write 3 chapters everyday for 10 days. I don't know If I will succeed but I will try. I have around 200 priv, if all of you guys unlock the chapter as they come then it won't be impossible.

This is both a challenge for me and an opportunity. If I reach 10k I will have a banner which means more promotion and ideally higher rank in the future. In the meantime, if I reach 10k, next month will still be 99% off for all tiers.

For those who are not in Priv and don't understand, 99% mean that simply by buying one of the Tier (10/20/23 chapters) you will only have to use 1 coin for unlocking for the rest of the month.

For example: With 99% off we have 444 coins base + 30 coins (If I post 30 chapters)

Without the 99% off it would be 444 coins + 360 coins (If I post 30 chapters)

I am making a great loss but if I can reach 10K unlocked chapters the Banner might be worth it. Since more readers will help, or perhaps I am just coping and it will fail. But heh, at least gotta try, right?

SUMMARY: Unlock chapters as they come, please. Sprint for 10K starting on 22. Peace.)