CHAPTER 2
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EZEQUIEL opened her eyes and saw his mate was gone, only the blood stained on the bedsheet had been left. Sighing, he got up and scanned the room. There were no signs of his mate anymore. But when he looked around, he saw a necklace with a moon pendant that was on the floor.
He picked up the necklace and stared at it. This necklace was probably from his mate. It fell from Jazmin last night.
Last night… It was the best moment in his life.
Smiling, Ezequiel put the necklace on the nightstand. He entered the bathroom and took a bath. After bathing, he stepped out of the bathroom and saw a letter that appeared on the nightstand.
Ezequiel took the letter and opened it. It was a letter from his Beta.
‘Alpha King, Hunters are on their way to the Celestial Region. I humbly request you to come back and take over. I can’t handle the elders anymore.’
Ezequiel chuckled after reading the last words of his Beta in his letter.
He wanted to look for his mate. He finally met her, but his people needed him. He was reluctant to go back without his mate. But given the situation right now, it would be dangerous if he took his mate back to the Celestial Continent. Moreover, humans are not aware that a supernatural being existed.
Ezequiel let the letter disappear in his hand. He got dressed and took his mate’s necklace with him. He promised himself to come back after dealing with the Hunters.
He left the Human Race and crossed the border between the Human Race and the Celestial Continent. The border was not visible to humans, it was only visible to supernatural beings like him.
Using his unhuman speed, he returns to the Nightingale Palace in the Eastern Region, where he rules.
“Alpha King.”
“Alpha King.”
“Alpha King.”
Ezequiel nodded to the people of the palace he encountered in the hallway, greeting them. When he reached the double door of the throne room, he didn’t enter. Instead, he walked to the other side of the hallway to go to his study room. He doesn’t want to talk to the Elders right now.
“Alpha King, welcome back,” his Beta, Soren, greeted him.
Ezequiel tapped Soren’s shoulder and went to sit in his seat. “I’ve been away for a year. Tell me the situation.”
“Alpha King, the Hunters start attacking the Blue Moon Pack. But Alpha Zachariah had managed to make them retreat.”
Ezequiel let out a sigh. “Those hunters can go in and outside the borders of our Celestial Continent. They were humans. How did they cross the border?”
They have been living on the Celestial Continent since ancient times. Not until one thousand years ago, did a group of humans suddenly attack them.
Since then, they have been called Hunters because they killed supernatural beings without mercy. And since they appeared, they have become the nightmares of every supernatural being. The weak supernatural feared the Hunters.
He had investigated it; the Hunters were from the Human Race, but they had crossed the border. Even though he dug deeper, he didn’t find out who was behind the Hunters. But he has a hunch that the person behind those hunters is from the Celestial Continent. The question was, who is he?
“I continued investigating, Alpha King. I found nothing.”
“Before the Demon King went to live in seclusion, he investigated it. He didn’t find out who it was. All we know is that the person behind those Hunters was from the Celestial. But who was he? No one knows. I’m afraid these coming days won’t be peaceful anymore,” said Ezequiel.
On the entire Celestial Continent, beside the Celestial Lord who rules the Celestial Continent, the Demon King was the next powerful person, and yet he failed to find out who the enemy was lurking in the dark. How much more for him?
“Alpha King, we’ve been investigating for almost one hundred years, but we found nothing. This person was deeply hidden.”
Ezequiel nodded. “He was indeed deeply hidden. At the same time, it was scary. We didn’t know if this person was only around us, looking for an opportunity to eliminate us.”
“What should we do, Alpha?” Soren asked.
Ezequiel shakes his head. “I don’t know. The only thing I know is that all the Elders of different tribes will force the Demon Lord to return to the Celestial Continent to lead us in this battle.”
“But, Alpha King, the Demon King, was nowhere to be found now. No one knows where he went after the war one hundred years ago. No one knew if he was still alive or if he was already gone.” Soren looked away when the Alpha King looked at him after he said his last words.
Ezequiel remembered the war between Hunters and the Celestial Continent one hundred years ago. It was a bloody fight. It was a sudden attack. Many lives from different tribes were taken, and their blood was spilled on the ground. The Demon King was badly wounded and went to live in seclusion. He left the Southern Region of the Celestial Continent one hundred years ago, and no one knows where he went.
For one hundred years, hunters kept on attacking them. They were attacking all the regions in the Celestial Continent. And now a fierce battle was inevitably to happen again.
How many lives will be taken away again?
How much blood will be spilled on the ground again?
Ezequiel looked at Soren. “What about the Elders? What did they say?”
“They wanted to speak with you, Alpha King. Maybe because after the Demon King disappeared one hundred years ago, they already regarded you as the new Master of the Celestial Continent. Moreover, the Demon King has handed you the power to act on his behalf.”
Ezequiel frowned. “Nonsense. Haven’t we had the Celestial Lord? Moreover, I don’t want to be the Demon King. I’m not a Demon. I’m a werewolf,” he said.
“But it was what they say, Alpha King. Also, the Celestial Lord had already lived in seclusion.”
Ezequiel shakes his head. Seclusion? Or was he still alive? “I won’t meet the Elders.”
Soren bowed.
“Give me all the reports from all the tribes in the entire Celestial.”
“Yes, Alpha King.”
“By the way, besides the Blue Stone Pack, did the Hunters attack the other continents?”
“Yes, Alpha King. So, the reports will probably contain complaints.”
The corner of Ezequiel’s lips curled up. “It’s not surprising anymore,” he said.
For the past one hundred years, all he has received has been complaints from all the tribes around the Celestial, such as the vampires, the witches, the fairies, the fox tribe, the Phoenix tribe, and other tribes that are being disturbed by the Hunters. They were all asking for protection and guidance.
But how can he protect them all? He was not the Demon King. He was not as powerful as the Demon King. Indeed, as one of the rulers of the Celestial Continent, it was his responsibility to protect his people, but he couldn’t protect the entire Celestial Continent.
Sighing, Ezequiel read all the reports. All the reports he received were all referring to one thing.
Hunters…
Ezequiel wrote a letter, but suddenly a letter with a golden seal appeared on his table. He was surprised when he saw the golden seal. “Demon King…”
He quickly picked up the letter and read the content. He assumed that all the tribe leaders in the whole Celestial Region had received the letter from the Demon King.
“You’re back after one hundred years,” the corner of Ezequiel’s lips curled up. He wondered during those one hundred years, where did the Demon King go to? He was curious.
FEW DAYS LATER…
Ezequiel looked at the Aetheria Palace. It’s been one hundred years since the last time he came here. And it was the same as before. Looks like the guardian of the Aetheria Palace took care of the palace while the Demon King was away.
Ezequiel hid his aura so no one could recognize him, even though many people from different tribes were passing by him.
“Isn’t this the famous Alpha King from the Eastern Region?”
Ezequiel looked at the person who spoke. It was the Vampire King from the Northern Region. The Vampire King, the ruler of the Northern Region of the Celestial Continent, Theo Goivanni Winster.
The Vampire King smiled coldly. “You hid your aura. Even I, nearly failed to recognize you, Alpha King.”
The corner of Ezequiel’s lips rose. “Same to you, Vampire King. But I have to remind you, don’t suck fresh blood here.”
“Don’t worry, Alpha King. I respect the Demon King. I will never do anything while I’m in his territory."
Ezequiel didn’t say anything anymore. He turned his back to the Vampire King and entered the palace. Theo followed him as if he was sticking to him.
“Go away,” said Ezequiel when the Vampire King was close to him.
“I don’t want to.”
Ezequiel shakes his head and lets Theo do what he wants as long as Theo won’t harm him. He found his seat and it was unlucky to say that he and Theo’s seats were just next to each other.
Theo was grinning, while Ezequiel was frowning.
Theo chuckled. “Come on, Ezequiel. Smile. You looked ugly while frowning.”
Ezequiel looked at Theo. “Shut up,” he said in a low but firm voice.
Theo zipped his mouth but was still grinning at the Alpha King.
Ezequiel looked around the hall where the meeting would be held. Most of the tribe leaders have arrived.
At the front of the hall, five seats were placed. One seat was in the highest position, while two chairs on each side, just below the highest seat, were placed. The four seats represent the ruler of the four regions. On the right was the seat of the ruler of the Eastern and Northern regions. On the left was the seat of the ruler of the Southern and Western Region. The highest seat was for the Celestial Lord, but today, he was sure the seat would be empty again, just like the previous meeting they had.
The Celestial Lord was an ancient God who disappeared after he decreed the Demon King to be the ruler of the Celestial during his absence. No one knew where the Celestial Lord was and no one knew what had happened to him one thousand years ago. He just disappeared like smoke and the rest was history.
Ezequiel took his seat. Theo did the same.
Later, the ruler of the Western Region, who was the Queen of witches.
Suddenly, the hall fell into silence when they felt the powerful aura. The double door of the hall opened, and the Demon King, the ruler of the Southern Continent, entered, oozing with authority, confidence, and power.
“He really came back,” said Ezequiel.
I hope this meeting goes well.
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