The Name of the Servant and the Worth of Blood
The silence was like a lament echoing through the ruins of the house.
The monster's body — the one that had claimed to be the legendary Dark Monarch — lay lifeless, its face twisted into a mask of pain and failure. The rusted sword still dripped with a thick black fluid, and Danilo was panting, fists clenched, eyes trembling. He didn't know what he had just done — only that he needed to protect his children.
Then, a voice sliced through his mind like a razor.
[Universal System Activated]
You have slain a sealed Chaotic-Grade entity (Level 1).
Condition Met: Special Reward Activated.
Danilo didn't move. He wasn't sure this was real.
Rewards Granted:
Bloodline: Dark Monarch (Chaotic Grade – Sealed)
Primordial Sealing Sword (Infinite Scaling Damage)
Flame of Eternal Judgment
Patriarch's Seal (Chaotic Grade)
Titles Acquired:
– The One Who Did the Impossible (healing and power increase per hit)
– Slayer of Chaos (domain of killing intent)
The monster's body glowed faintly. Four orbs floated above it. One — the largest — quivered with black energy.
[System:] Would you like to use Touch of Darkness to claim the creature as your servant?
Still on his knees, Danilo swallowed hard. He looked at his children, then at the corpse.
— Yes... Let it be my servant.
The corpse's shadows flickered. A black vortex swallowed the body and reshaped it — horns, hollow eyes, skin black as pitch, and muscles wrapped in liquid darkness. It emerged slowly, kneeling, head bowed in absolute respect.
Danilo felt the connection — something primal, something beyond human.
— From this moment on… you shall be the Monarch.
🧬 Panel: Summoned Servant — Dark Monarch
Name: Dark Monarch
Level: 1
Classification: Chaotic – Sealed
Vitality: 110,500
Dark Energy: 120,200
Strength: 11,080
Endurance: 11,050
Agility: 11,020
Intellect: 11,010
Energy Control: 11,040
Active Abilities:
– Shadow Blade
– Black Blink
– Abyssal Chains
Passives:
– Shadow Regeneration
– Aura of Abyssal Fear
Danilo closed his eyes, taking it all in. There was no time to process.
Because then… hell came from the sky.
Buzzing. Sharp vibrations.
Black shapes began pouring in through the hole in the ceiling, drawn to the energy lingering in the air. Mosquitoes… the size of pigeons. With elongated stingers, red eyes, and black carapaces laced with glowing veins...
— Stay behind me! — Danilo commanded, pulling his children close.
The Monarch rose.
Without a word, he advanced. The Shadow Blade appeared in his hand. A black blur — Black Blink —
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And five heads hit the ground before the first buzz could even finish.
The creatures responded with fury, diving in with stingers and bladed wings.
But the Aura of Abyssal Fear had already begun to corrupt them — they missed attacks, crashed into walls, hesitated. The Monarch cut them down with surgical precision.
Twice, he was nearly pierced — but Shadow Regeneration closed the wounds in seconds.
Danilo watched with wide eyes. He had never seen such quiet brutality. It was like watching night itself slaughter the day.
One by one, the monsters fell.
Black blood, shattered shells, torn wings.
When the last screech faded, the floor of the room was covered.
And then...
💠 The Crystals
TING… TING… TING…
Small black stones — some spherical, others angular — began to shimmer on the floor among the corpses.
Thirty-seven crystals.
Amélia stepped closer, trembling.
— What... are these things?
Danilo didn't know either. But the system responded:
[Universal System: Vital Information]
– Defeated creatures condense their life essence into Spirit Crystals.
– These crystals are the foundation of evolution in this new world.
Crystal Level: 1
Every living being must absorb crystals to level up.
Example:
– Level 1 → 2 = 100 Level 1 Crystals
– Or 50 Level 2 Crystals
– Or 10 Level 3 Crystals
Danilo looked at the Monarch, then at the crystals on the floor.
He made his decision.
— He needs to be stronger… before I do.
[Selected Servant: Dark Monarch]
Absorbing Crystals…
One by one, the crystals began to glow and vanish into the Monarch's body. With each absorbed crystal, the black aura surrounding him grew stronger.
[Progress:] 37 / 100 Crystals absorbed → Level 2 approaching.
Danilo backed away. He sat down between his children, breathing heavily.
— This is only the beginning, he murmured.
— If you want to survive… you'll have to accept this.