Necromancer Of The Shadows

"Be confident, there is nothing to worry about. He won't beat you too hard after knowing you got the Enlightenment Stone," Cedar cheered himself as he walked into Sylvan's cave.

Soon he reached the end of the cave and saw the world tree glowing with different colors of light.

"Grandpa, I am ba—"

Woosh!

Before Cedar could announce his return, some vines came out from the cave walls and hung him upside down.

"What the—?" Cedar was taken aback when he was suddenly hung upside down.

"Grandpa, what are you doi—" He wanted to know what was happening, but before he could finish speaking...

Swish!

A vine came towards him like a whip and struck his butt.

"Arghh... it hurts..."

Whip!

"You damn brat, you dared to act cocky in the Star City. Who gave you the guts to steal the Enlightenment Stone in the presence of so many high-level core evolvers?" Sylvan appeared beside Cedar, who was hanging upside down and whipped his a*s once again.

Cedar was stunned when he heard Sylvan and his eyes opened wide in shock. 'How did Grandpa find out about this?'

Whip!

"Arghh... It hurts, grandpa. I'm sorry for what I did," Cedar cried in pain, but Sylvan didn't stop and whipped him again.

Whip!

"Now you are sorry you stupid brat. Do you know you could have died because of the stunt you pulled out there?"

Whip!

"Damn old man, stop beating me or I will—I will..."

Whip!

"What will you do? Tell me, you brat," Sylvan asked as he once again whipped Cedar.

Cedar's eyes turned red with pain, and he roared out loud.

"You damn old man, just wait, I am going to tell everyone about the secret stash of your book collection. I will tell everyone that you are just an old pervert."

Sylvan was about to whip Cedar once again, but his hands froze in midair when he heard Cedar's words.

"You... How did you know about my book collection?"

"Wooooh... Just you wait, old man. I am going to spread rumours that you like to watch young male Dryads bathing in the river using your spiritual senses. I am not going to spare you for whipping my butt," Cedar shouted as tears streamed down his face. His buttocks ached so intensely that he wanted to run away from there.

"You... You scoundrel..." Sylvan was left speechless when he heard Cedar, and his face turned red with anger.

It was true that he had a secret stash of books that he had collected in the last thousands of years, but what about these baseless allegations of peeking at young male Drayds bathing in the river?

Why the hell would he peek at male Drayds? He is a straight male. If he wanted to peek at someone he would peek at *cough.

"Hehe... It seems I was too soft on you. You don't even respect your elders. Let me teach you some manners," Sylvan said with a smile that a psycho would show before killing someone and...

Whip! Whip! Whip....

His hands moved at lightning speed, and he struck Cedar's buttocks without stopping.

"Arghhhh... Sorry sorry grandpa, I was wrong please forg_ Arghhhh..."

"Hahaha... Tell me, you brat? Will you tell anyone about my book collection? Will you spread the false rumours about me?" Sylvan asked while laughing and whipping Cedar at the same time.

"No no, I won't tell anyone about the secret collection of your books. Please forgive me."

While Sylvan was beating Cedar, the space inside the cave distorted, and Ashley appeared there. When she appeared, she heard Cedar desperately shouting that he wouldn't tell anyone about Sylvan's secret book collection.

She was confused as to why Cedar was shouting so desperately, but when she saw how Sylvan was whipping his butt while laughing like a maniac, she instinctively covered her own butt and looked at the old man with a vigilant expression on her face.

'It seems Cedar found out a secret about this old man that he shouldn't have discovered...' Ashley thought inwardly and gulped nervously.

Although she felt sympathy for Cedar, who was getting his a*s whipped, she wisely chose to escape and come back later.

The old man was more powerful than her; who knows if he would start whipping her as well if he knew she accidentally heard about his secret book collection.

Just as Ashley was about to flee, Sylvan noticed her.

"Oh, Ashley, you're here."

Ashley's body stiffened when she heard Sylvan, and she looked at him with a frightened expression.

'Will this old man annihilate me to protect his secret?' She thought inwardly and her body trembled.

"Wooohhh... Big sister, save me! This old man wants to increase my waist size and do lewd things to me. Please help me, wooohh..." Cedar's tear-filled eyes lit up when he saw Ashley, and he shouted in a voice that could put any damsel in distress to shame.

Ashley's eyes widened when she heard Cedar and she looked at his lower part, which was swollen like a balloon.

"You brat, you still dare to spout nonsense."

Whip!

"Woooh, sister, save me or my ass will explode."

Ashley shuddered when she saw what was happening and only one thought came to her mind after seeing this...

'Run... I have to run away from here.'

Silver light started to cover Ashley, and space energy fluctuations filled the room.

She didn't even think about saving Cedar because saving her own a*s was more important to her.

"I still need to complete the teleportation formation for the Tomb of the Ancient, so I will go first. Here is the thing that you asked for..." Ashley said and threw a crystal towards Sylvan.

Sylvan caught the crystal and looked at Ashley in confusion as she glowed with silver light.

'I will definitely pray for your innocent soul, Cedar...' Ashley thought as her body disappeared from the cave.

"Take me with you, big sister..." Cedar shouted in a desperate voice, but Ashley had already disappeared from there.

Once Ashley disappeared, Sylvan turned around and looked at Cedar with a smile on his wrinkled face.

Seeing Sylvan's smile, Cedar shuddered and started to curse Ashley for not taking him with her.