The Tale of the Devil Sword

"Well I heard a rumor from someone in the palace" An old man who was caressing his beard replied.

"Huh? You have someone you know from the palace old man?" the middle aged lady asked in a surprised tone.

"Un." nodded the old man before continuing "I have a relative there working as a knight so I know inside stories"

"Ohhh a knight? Then his story should be reliable." Replied the first man with curiosity in his eyes.

Everyone kept silent indicating the old man to continue but the old man hesitated.

"Now now, no need to keep us in suspense. Tell us the story of your knight already" the third man said in an impatient tone.

"Lady give the old man a drink. I will be paying for him, or else he might not open his mouth" The first man said laughingly.

"Sure" The old lady started preparing the drink.

"No need no need" the old man replied waving his hand with a light smile on his face before continuing "Well the news is big so I am hesitating a little"

It seemed the old man finally made up his mind and said in a low voice "I heard that His majesty and young mistress Freya both died while adventuring near the phenomenon."

Silence.

The entire tavern went silent. Even other tables where people were talking stopped their conversations.

"I heard it was a young man named Kylo, who came in this domain through some spatial treasure. All the powerhouses of our province got greedy and in order to snatch the treasure they all attacked him together.

That young man, Kylo got angry and aggressively repelled them and in the process killed 2 of them.

I even heard Senior Malkam had to prostate in order to save his life."

It was only after a minute of silence that...

"W-w-w-what are y-y-you saying old man!!!!" ...the second young man exclaimed in an anxious tone.

And before anyone could reply old man continued "Yes that is the truth. Not only that you will also see dozens of spirit realm masters sent by various powers of our province in the area of phenomenon to protect that place so that no one intrudes foolishly and disturbs the young man."

It seemed that the old man was finally satisfied with everything he said since he had a huge smile on his face.

After a moment silence everyone in the tavern started shouting.

"Dammit old man if you want to die, just go and die alone."

"Yeah, do not drag us you crazy old man."

"What the heck is everyone doing someone throw him out "

"See if there is someone from the royal clan around first."

Finally the middle aged lady picked the old man and threw him out of the tavern before saying "Do not do something that will cause your death. Run before everyone comes to kill you."

The old man coughed and stood up before walking away.

The reason why everyone was so agitated was because speaking ill about royalty is capital offense.

Even if it is the truth, saying your ruler is dead means cursing the family of ruler and unless said by the family themselves, the person is punished by death.

That is why they wanted to kill the old man to save their necks. But the middle aged lady was kind enough to let the old man escape before everyone comes to their senses from the shock.

But the bizzare thing was, the rumor did not stop. Maybe someone from tavern or someone else who knew the same rumor started spreading in every part of the province.

It even started spreading in the nearby provinces.

The province which had just regained little of their calm in the 3 days had gone into mayhem once again!

And this mayhem is not the one which will stop just after few days of calm!!

The name Kylo became a Hot topic. A young man defeating a bunch of seniors sparked a curiosity in the hearts of all the cultivators.

But slowly some big shots started retaliating towards the common cultivators who talked about the rumor. No one knows why but thisl which further proved the authenticity of the rumor. Malkam especially, since he was humiliated the most in the rumor.

And the name 'Kylo' slowly made its way from a spark of curiosity to nightmare to finally a taboo in the Zahrah province.

***

In next three to five days many strong people started appearing in the province. Most of them were heading towards the Xia state, but all the strong places of the province had some unknown cultivators heading there

Many started appearing near other middle power regions as well. No one knows what the motives of these people are.

Or maybe some already knew!

Whatever the reason is it is surely not good for Zahrah domain, that is what everyone knew for sure!!!

(Author Note:- KYLO is now a nightmare huh...)