The Invincible Full-Moon System

Adhara and the others had a lot to talk about with Evelyn.

It has been quite a long time, since they felt this kind of excitement, but how could they not when they managed to achieve triumph against the opposing pack. All of them proved their worth once again.

Naturally, all of them, Adhara in particular were excited to tell Evelyn all about it.

She deserved to know as she also participated to help despite the distance.

Evelyn's evolution allowed her to flow her power into Adhara, boosting the others' powers.

However, Adhara was surprised when Evelyn walked past her.

A weird emotional aura was hoarding around her, it was a somber blue, a color that signifies sadness or worry which was weird because she should've known that the battle was won in the Silverstar Pack's favor entirely.

Opposed to being sad or worried, Evelyn should've felt elated that they were back.

But that wasn't the case.

With melancholy in her eyes, Evelyn walked slowly, her gaze never leaving Rex.

Her steps faltered as if her legs had grown weak beneath her—finally, she stopped in front of him, resting her forehead against his chest, before wrapping her weak arms around his waist, holding him close.

Naturally, her action made the onlookers feel different kinds of emotions.

Some thought she had been worrying for Rex, while some were confused about her reaction.

Most thought her reaction didn't befit to see the Emperor who came back with a victory.

"Let me stay like this for a moment," She looked up to meet Rex's puzzled gaze.

Rex was initially confused but he quickly picked up on why she was acting like this.

He decided to let her be, letting her hug him for a moment.

Seeing this, Adhara and Gistella exchanged a knowing look as their suspicion grew stronger.

However, seeing that Evelyn was unsightly to be seen publicly in her state, Adhara turned to the onlookers, Naela, Ryze, and the Dark Elf servants who gathered at the throne room after knowing that Rex was coming back this day, and waved her had.

All of them bowed a little and left, giving space for the Empress to satiate her heart.

It was only when the throne room was empty did Rex looked down at Evelyn.

"I'm sorry if I made you worry, but trust me, I'll not go anywhere. Don't you know who I am? I will always be okay," Rex whispered, giving her an assuring smile. He looked down at Evelyn and found her expression new, she was always elegant—he never saw her this weak.

Instead of answering, Evelyn stayed silent and buried her face on Rex's chest.

Moments later.

Rex went and made a speech in front of the people about what had happened.

He clarified that the one—who attacked Adhara and rendered her to such a grievous degree on that particular night, was a Werewolf called Ragnar. It was unclear what Ragnar's motives were but he was the one who did it.

As expected, the crowd was split into two groups.

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One wanted to fight for the Empress while the other feared for a potential war.

Rex had set up this reason to wage war on the Werewolf, he expected that there might be an unforeseen mishap, that would happen in his plan, dragging his people to war. But that didn't seem to be the case so there was no need to involve the people.

He continued by saying that he had taken matters into his own hands.

Now, the result was there wouldn't be a war breaking out, once again, as the battle with the Fifthborn was still so recent, but Ragnar had certainly paid the price for hurting Adhara. Rex didn't put the blame entirely on the Werewolves to avoid further complications.

If Prince Alaric played his hands correctly, the Werewolves would be under his banner.

Due to those public statements, both groups were satisfied.

As opposed to directing the people's attention to the Werewolves, Rex directed them—to be aware of the Chaos forces instead. Since the attack on the hospital, as well as the corrupted patients were known city-wide, he needed to mention this issue.

But he assured the people not to worry and mentioned the device he installed.

Kileena's Analyzer that was installed at the top of the castle.

Just like a massive clock—the people could see it from everywhere—and it would expose if a chaos invasion would occur. Rex has every answer to every problem, and the people cheered for him, glad that he was their Emperor.

Remembering how Rex's first impression went with the people, he needs to keep it straight.

He promised them a straight-forward leader and he gave them that.

It took about a strong half hour before Rex excused himself from the crowd and went back.

Sitting on a garden chair behind him demurely was Evelyn, she refused to separate from him and there was absolutely nothing he could do to stop her. But a sweat could be seen, on the side of his face, he seemed to be holding back something.

"I can tell something happened from Linthia, what happened?"

"In order to do that, Prof. K needs to be here"

"Call him, I also need to speak with him about the treasures and something else"

Upon hearing this, Evelyn turned to the side gently.

"Valthor..."

"Yes, Your Majesty?"

"Summon the professor and prepare a room for a meeting"

"As you wish, Your Majesty"

Rex sighed, and sat on the chair opposite Evelyn, putting a couple of sugar cubes—into the teacup before Evelyn stood and poured him the tea. He took a sip of the warm tea and look at the golden sky.

"I see you're accustomed to the new servants"

"Stop with the formalities and tell me about the shattered moons"

Having no other choice as Evelyn would know one way or another, Rex told her everything.

He told her about his plan to lure Yulthar and take him out for good.

Evelyn could feel a pinching sensation in her heart when she heard the entire story, tackling an actual God was too reckless, it was understandable that Rex didn't tell anyone about this as if he did, Evelyn in particular, would not agree to it.

It was too risky and the possibility of death is very high.

"How long would the law of the world lock the Lunirich Gods?"

"I don't know but long enough for me not to worry about them for a long time"

"I see..."

Despite her answer, Rex could see that she was troubled.

He could see that she was clenching both of her hands hard under the table.

"I know that I might sound like I'm lying when I told you to not worry about me, but this time, it was really the truth," Rex assured, staring at Evelyn's eyes deeply. "I'm sure you have your suspicions already but there's another power inside of me,"

"Confronting the Yule Moon God, the chances are a lot better than you thought" He added.

Upon hearing this, Evelyn frowned.

She knew that a simple Werewolf Prince couldn't do everything that Rex did, so as Rex said, she had her suspicions. But even then, going against a God is not, wise and Evelyn, was not on board with it.

Not that she wouldn't stay by Rex's side no matter what, but it was for his sake.

"Can I really trust you on this?" Evelyn asked seriously.

Rex nodded firmly, "If I say that I got this and you shouldn't worry, I mean it, and I'm sure you could tell when I'm lying through our connection. You're my Luna, you—and I have a stronger bond, unlike the others"

Seeing that Rex was being serious, Evelyn finally nodded in understanding and leaned back.

"Okay... I'll trust you," She mused lightly.

Resolving the problem between them, Rex stood up and offered his hand, "Come, he's here"

Both of them walked side by side and headed to meet with Prof. K.

I still need to train Devo and Amanir before we go to meet with the Spirit Emperor—the last requirement to heal the Countess, the Phoenix's Feather, I need to get it. Only then would I be able to ascend to the third ascension.

Just as he already decided, he would upgrade Devo and Amanir to contain more elements.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

In order to do that, he needed to go to the realm of spirits.

Other than allowing him to breakthrough his other elements to the next realms, having those two spirits stronger would definitely help him to reach the tenth-rank realm faster. As of this moment, it would take too long for him to cultivate and reach the next realm manually.

He needed to increase his talents in elements.

"Let me go to the bathroom first, I need to take a leak," Rex stopped and said.

Upon hearing this, Evelyn's eyes narrowed, "Doing it too much? I can feel it you know,"

"Who knew the Empress could still be jealous? I'm surprised," He teased.

Evelyn rolled her eyes and pushed him away—causing him to chuckle as he went inside the bed chamber to his left and headed to the bathroom. Rex closed the door behind him while still chuckling but instantly stopped when Evelyn was not in vision.

In the next instant, Rex covered his mouth and took a knee down.

He breathed heavily for a couple of seconds before he vomited blood out of his mouth.

<Notice: the pain from the Gradual Penalty is increasing!>

On the last day of his vacation in the Dwarven Kingdom, this notification greeted him.

Initially, Rex thought that it would be fine since he was accustomed to pain, but the System's warning that he could not endure the Gradual Penalty's full pain was not an exaggeration. He was suffering to the point that it was hard for him to keep it hidden.

"Not even the first threshold was hit and I'm already suffering this much?" He muttered.

Based on the System, there would be four more thresholds that would increase the pain.

Rex hadn't even gotten to the first threshold and he was already suffering, he could endure it still but his body would start to show signs of suffering. His only option was to finish the race evolution quest as soon as possible.

...

<Race Evolution Quest — 1 of 3>

Complete the following to embark on the first step in becoming an Origin:

• Achieve a tenth-rank realm equivalent power

• Harvest and devour Werewolf blood older than 3,000 years old: 100%/100% √

• Reach the third ascension in any of the Full Moon

...

Currently, there are still two more requirements he needs to complete.

He still has one auto-completion requirement from absorbing the Demon Origin Fragment—but he hesitated to use that right now, as it was extremely valuable. From the interface, the race evolution quest still has two more following quests after the first one.

Due to that, there's a possibility of an even harder requirement in the future.

If the penalty remains ruthlessly the same, he might need to save the auto-completion.

As he pondered about this matter, he clicked his tongue in displeasure.

"I should've used the Invincible II item..." He uttered aloud.

Rex was reminded of the fact that he used one Versatile Origin Fragment he gained from the System to clash against Yulthar's final attack, his right hand was still throbbing until now due to that clash.

Had he done something else, he would have to auto-completion requirements.

But then again, that was the best thing he could do in that situation.

Activating the Invincible II item might be a good idea but at that point, he didn't know for sure which one—the Invincible II item—and the Versatile Origin Fragment, was the more important item.

Since the Invincible II item had saved his life multiple times, he used the other option.

"No matter, the past is the past," Rex shrugged, focusing on the present. "If it comes down to it, if there's no other choice, I wouldn't hesitate to use the auto-completion"

Scanning the rest of the requirements, Rex fixed the first requirement.

Opening his inventory tab, he browsed through the list of items stored inside his inventory, and landed on the one he needed. A smirk bloomed on his face, he still had one method to reach the tenth-rank realm equivalent power before meeting the Spirit Emperor.

"Can she even come down with the law prohibiting her? We'll have to see" He mused

Cunningness and ruthlessness danced inside his eyes.