A Demon's Journey

Shun\'s task was rather simple. He knew a lot of 5 Star Warriors who were loyal to the King. He was going to inform them of a very interesting rumor. A rumor which stated that the king could make them break through and reach the 6 Star Rank as long as one served him earnestly.

There were bound to be some people biting the bait. And Shun would personally follow them and find the Secret Royal Treasury.

Shun knew that these people couldn\'t realize his true identity. He had to do this very smartly and prevent any name from coming up. This would be the case of creating something from nothing.

Many people found out about this secret scheme as the news spread. The news went a bit out of control as more people found out.

Thus, many people approached King Valliadis as they wished to break through to the 6 Star Rank. Most of them were rejected by King Valliadis.

King Valliadis wasn\'t stupid. He could sense a scheme in the air as so many 5 Star Warriors approached him to help them in their breakthrough. This meant someone had found the secret.

\'But why would he reveal this information to the public and raise my guard?\' King Valliadis wondered.

In reality, Shun knew that this would alert the king and prevent him from acting for a short while. However, he knew that the King wouldn\'t be able to resist the temptation for too long.

He knew King Valliadis quite well and knew that his greed mostly overwhelmed his intelligence. The same thing occurred in this scenario.

After nearly five days, Shun received a report that three warriors he had chosen were summoned by the King. These three disappeared after the king summoned them.

Shun had a bright smile on his face. He decided it was time to enter the Royal Palace, and he knew the perfect way to get inside.

It was through Ellen Valliadis that Shun stepped inside the Royal Palace.

Ellen Valliadis was more than delighted to help Shun. She procured a guard\'s uniform for him and began roaming the entire Royal Palace. Shun followed her closely as her personal guard and observed the entire Royal Palace for any hints.

However, Shun didn\'t find any hints in the Royal Palace. Fortunately, this wasn\'t the end of their plan.

The two headed towards the Great Hall, where those warriors were summoned. Ellen was heading to the Great Hall for a trivial matter. It was something along the lines of meeting her dear father and asking if he had any mission for her. She wanted to help him in this war against the Glerian Kingdom as best as she could.

The King was bound to praise his daughter for her eagerness to assist the Glerian Kingdom. During that time, Shun analyzed the interior of the Great Hall from the entrance.

Shun soon noticed a faint smudge and thought \'The path is through this Great Hall. Most likely, a secret passage that nobody but the king knows. The only way he can create a secret passage and keep it hidden from everyone else is to make it deep underground.\'

And Shun now had a slight idea of the Secret Royal Treasury\'s location.

He returned to his room and gathered the list of abandoned underground mines near Mesenana City. He was sure that this Secret Royal Treasure was situated in one of these abandoned mines. In fact, the report about the abandoned mine could be a complete fake.

Fortunately, Shun could use Earth Ardor and sense the vibrations under the ground. He traveled to the location of these abandoned underground mines. Actually, he went to their position right above the ground and tried to sense vibrations or so.

He knew that there was a Secret Royal Treasury under the ground; someone must be guarding it. The individual was most likely a 6 Star Warrior. And even a 6 Star Warrior couldn\'t prevent the vibrations from occurring due to his movements.

After checking all the spots, Shun found the exact location of the Secret Royal Treasury. However, he was rather worried as it was guarded by two individuals. And both gave a terrifying feeling to Shun. They were most likely 6 Star Warriors absolutely loyal to the King.

In fact, they must be one of the warriors who had signed a slave contract with the King as their master. Even though they were the weakest 6 Star Warriors, they were still a bit stronger than Shun.

Actually, Shun didn\'t know his current strength after connecting himself to three new stars. He knew it had reached an absolutely terrifying level, but he guessed it hadn\'t bridged the gap between a 5 Star Warrior and a 6 Star Warrior.

\'I have to find their identities. I will need to infiltrate into the tunnel somehow,\' Shun thought as he created a plan to enter the tunnel.

He could use his Earth Ardor to create a path to enter the tunnel, but that would create a huge commotion, and these 6 Star Warriors would be alerted by that commotion. He couldn\'t possibly fool them after that.

Suddenly, Shun was struck with a rather amazing idea as a massive, excited grin appeared on his handsome face, "Yes! I can do that!"

Shun asked for a dear friend\'s assistance and registered a company under his name. He also informed him of the risks to his friend. His friend might need to stay the rest of his life deep undercover.

Naturally, Shun struck a deal with a Noble Family and requested them to provide asylum to his friend.

In reality, every Noble Family knew of Shun and was absolutely terrified of him. Even more so than the king.

By now, they had all found out about his grudge against the Nathan Noble Family and the Renner Noble Family. They knew that the destruction of these Noble Families so quickly in that civil war earlier was likely related to this man.

No one in their right mind would offend this man at any costs! Besides, it was just providing asylum to a commoner. This was something they could do with the turn of their hands.

After his friend had gone deep undercover, Shun recruited many warriors using the registered company\'s name.

All these warriors were Earth Attribute Warriors who were proficient in digging and maintaining a foundation for a building.

Shun ordered them to dig at particular points at the same time. Nearly hundreds of Earth Attribute Warriors got to work. He had already informed them to just do the task they were asked to do without asking any questions.

These Earth Attribute Warriors sensed the presence of two people underneath the ground, but they guessed that Shun must be planning to kill those fellows. Thus, no one asked a question.

If any of them knew that these two belonged to the King\'s faction and were 6 Star Warriors, they wouldn\'t have dug the Earth even if someone beat them to death. But ignorance is bliss.

Shun dug the Earth until a particular depth at a specific point before moving to the next one.

The two warriors belonging to the King\'s faction sensed the Earth tremble. They could sense that something was happening above the ground.

They believed it was either the king\'s plan or a battle was going on. They never imagined that someone was executing a plan against the King. The person was just courting death! And nobody would be doing that, right?

Shun had anticipated their mentality when he prepared this plan. He also knew that the king\'s sensors must have sensed the shifts in tectonic plates and were bound to come and investigate it soon.

After nearly 3 hours of work, Shun\'s entire team managed to utilize their Earth Attribute to dig nearly 30 spots.

This plan was going to advance to Phase 2.

Shun released a tremendous amount of Ardor and controlled the Earth over those 30 spots. He applied an unprecedented pressure over the Earth on all those 30 spots.

The blocks of earth started slipping. The 6 Star Warriors underneath noticed that the tunnel was actually collapsing!

They immediately released an Ardor field to protect themselves from the Earth Blocks. The Earth Blocks were destroyed as they came in contact with their Ardor Field.

Soon, the two warriors noticed hundreds of warriors above the ground. They all wore rather traditional clothing and had shocked expressions.

"I will stay behind. Go find out what is going on," One of them spoke up. The other immediately flew in the sky with an ashen expression.

The 6 Star Warrior immediately asked these Earth Attribute Workers what was going on. These workers started informing him of the whole story. That they were recruited by a company and asked to dig in specific spots and so on…

Meanwhile, underneath the ground, Shun\'s eyes shone with faint killing intent as he jumped toward the second 6 Star Warrior.

"Star Walk: First Step – Silent Steps!"