The Broken Halo

Lucien and Ymir were still in shock after hearing Simon’s words.

Lucien thought Simon was going to take Ymir for himself since Ymir was extremely valuable and since Simon enslaved him and named him.

Even Ymir himself thought he was going to be with Simon after being named by him. Though, a part of him was worried that Simon planned on killing him and consuming his heart.

”Do you really mean it that I can have the Winter Monkey?”

Lucien had to ask once again to be certain that Simon did not make a mistake or that he was not hearing things.

Simon raised a brow.

”I am, and call him Ymir from now on. Not the Winter Monkey.”

Lucien glanced at Ymir who had an absent-minded gaze, then he slowly nodded.

”Alright.”

”And make sure you don’t kill him or hurt him. If you do, I’ll kill you.” Simon said with a completely indifferent tone, but Lucien felt a chill across his spine when he heard Simon’s words.

He hurriedly shook his head.

”I never planned on killing him or hurting him, I needed him for something else.”

Simon raised a curious brow.

”What?”

”Ah.” Lucien exclaimed when he realized that he had just shot himself in the foot by saying he needed Ymir for something else.

It was a secret that was only known by his parents and other Frostborns he trusted immensely.

’Damn it.’

Lucien gritted his teeth under Simon’s gaze, then he finally spoke.

”I found a book containing a dual cultivation technique for ice elemental users. It’s a technique that’s meant to be done by a demon and demonic beast, or a demon and another demon with a demonic beast bloodline.”

Simon’s expression instantly became strange, and he could not help but glance at the baffled Ymir, then look back at Lucien.

His expression became even weirder.

”A dual cultivation technique? Between demons and demonic beasts?”

Lucien nodded. ”Yes.”

”...”

Simon’s mouth opened slightly, then he glanced at Ymir once again before looking back at Lucien.

”Isn’t Ymir... a male?”

Lucien had a baffled expression.

”Yes. He-”

He paused, then his eyes widened in realization, schock, and disbelief.

”The fuck?! It’s not that type of dual cultivation technique!”

The Frostborn prodigy quickly shouted in anger and shame.

Simon raised a brow.

”Then what type of dual cultivation technique is it? Dual cultivation techniques usually involves sex or something sexual after all.”

”Huh?” Ymir’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he heard Simon’s words.

Even with his injuries, he could not help but take a step back while looking at Lucien with a wary expression.

Lucien gritted his teeth when he saw this, and even though it was extremely cold, fumes could be seen coming out from his ears.

Ever since Lucien met Simon, he had been losing control of his emotions a lot more often.

If his parents or his people ever saw his current expression, they would be stunned since he was always calm.

”You bastard.”

He growled.

”The dual cultivation technique only requires Ymir and I to be in contact and for us to be circulating our energies in sync and harmony!”

”We can either hold hands, our backs can rest against one another, or he can sit on my shoulder to perform the dual cultivation technique!”

”We do not need to have sex or perform anything sexual to perform the dual cultivation technique!”

Simon blinked as he looked at the fuming Lucien.

”Are you sure you’re a Frostborn? The Frostborns I know are usually calm? Maybe you’re not a pure blooded Frostborn?”

Snap

Lucien snapped.

To Simon’s slight surprise, he brought out a spear and his killing intent flared like the sun.

”I’ve always wanted to leave holes in your body after you killed Elder Mulon. I won’t stop myself anymore.”

Simon’s lips could not help but curl into an amused smile.

Lucien gripped his spear tightly and was about to take a step forward and stab Simon, but Simon’s eyes flashed with a blakc glow.

A fraction of a second later, Lucien fell to his knees and screamed.

”AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!”

He felt like his brain was about to be split into countless pieces as the beast Wills in his sea of consciousness started wrecking havoc inside his sea of consciousness.

”STOP! STOPPPPP!!!”

Simon chuckled softly while shaking his head, then he stopped the chaos in Lucien’s mind.

”Hahh! Hahhh! Hah! Hahhh!”

Lucien panted heavily with his clothes drenched his sweat.

”What you were about to do was cute, but what I just gave you is a taste of what’s going to happen to you if you ever betray me.”

Simon’s cold voice drifted into Lucien’s ears, and he could not help but tremble slightly.

”Get up. Or would you like me to use these black wraps to help you get up?”

The moment Lucien heard ”black wraps”, he quickly got to his feet in the blink of an eye.

He was extremely fearful of the Chaos Wraps.

Simon chuckled softly, then he flicked Lucien’s spatial ring to him.

Lucien caught it, but when he saw how empty his spatial ring was, he nearly fainted once again.

’This monster. This demon. This evil bastard with no heart.’

’This bastard took the most valuable things and left me with nothing!’

Unfortunately for Lucien, Simon was greedy and would not care even if he knew his thoughts.

”I left the things that would be helpful to Ymir’s recovery and development in your spatial ring. And I also saw that you have an artifact that can teleport you somewhere, most likely Gondor City or another safe place that’s owned by House Mercer.”

Lucien froze at Simon’s words, and he quickly looked into his spatial ring.

When he saw that the artifact was still in his spatial ring, he was relieved.

The reason why he never used it when First Blade was present is because it took time for it to activate, and First Blade would definitely interrupt the process or destroy the artifact.

If that should happen, then it would be disastrous for him since leaving this frozen expanse was definitely not going to be easy.

He looked at Simon with a slightly complicated expression.

”You’re letting me and Ymir leave?” He asked.

Simon nodded. ”Yes.”

”And you’re not coming with us?”

Simon shook his head.

”No.”

Lucien tilted his head slightly, then he looked around.

”How will you leave then? I’m from the north, but I’m not even certain of where we are. And all I can see is ice and glacier. We might be in the middle of nowhere.”

Simon smiled.

”Don’t worry. I have my way. And I have a few things to do, so I’m staying here for now.”

Lucien frowned, then Simon patted his shoulder.

”You guys should go, and make sure you don’t forget everything I told you. We’ll be in touch.”