I became a legion lich

86 The king of spirits

The reactions of Emilia and Sevenus, who had some political and geographical knowledge, were quite different.

“An exiled prince? You must have been a pretty mad bastard to be exiled by a race like the elves, who value their bloodlines so highly.” Sevenus said with a sneer, wondering what kind of atrocities Treevor had committed.

“I remember you calling yourself a descendant of the spirit king, but I thought you were just bluffing.” Emilia exclaimed in surprise.

“Hush, both of you.” Athos spoke, hushing the murmurs. “Please continue.”

“I was exiled 75 years ago, so it’s a long and sad story, but if you want to hear it, it’s up to you.” Treevor said before taking a deep breath, remembering old stories from before he was even born.

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The realm of Evergreen was a nation of dark elves, elves, high elves, and spirits, which occupied the east of the continent. The nation was founded over 1000 years ago and was surrounded by a sea of trees of over 50,000 square kilometers. The trees that grew in the sea of trees were colossal, averaging 40~50 meters tall, depending on the species.

The elves lived in harmony with nature, molding the insides of trees to make them habitable. Its capital was in the center of the sea of trees, where the bud of Yggdrasil resided. Despite being called sprout, it was over 300 meters high, its roots spreading throughout the capital’s underground.

The realm of Evergreen was ruled by the sprout avatar of Yggdrasil, the spirit king Kastil Yggdrasil, as well as a duke of each race. The spirit king was an honorable being who ruled justly, at least on the surface. The truth was, he considered himself a god and didn’t care what happened to the citizens, so most of the leadership was in the dukes’ hands.

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His spirit form, or avatar as it was called in Evergreen, was that of an elven man in his mid-twenties, with a perfectly shaped body, without excess skin or fat. His skin as well as his hair was green and both eyes were amber. He was 1.90 meters tall, tall compared to elves who averaged 1.70 m tall

Despite the fact that his position as king is only symbolic most of the time and his arrogant attitude causes constant headaches, none of the dukes dared to express any dissatisfaction. His power was so absurd that it silenced any opposition.

The dukes were fully aware that even if they gathered all their military might, they would be unable to defeat him. No, it was doubtful if they would be able to muster their strength in the first place.

Normal spirits could only spread their senses through the trees a few kilometers away at most, but Kastil was different. Like a divine spirit, his senses were spread throughout the sea of trees and he could see and hear perfectly, rather than just feeling like others. There was nothing that happened inside Evergreen that he didn’t know about.

Furthermore, he could transmit his spells and abilities through any tree, making his power absolute within the sea of trees. Every tree that made up Evergreen’s realm was its eyes, ears, and especially fists.

This feeling of omnipotence and omnipresence only inflated his ego and caused him to cause countless incidents that the nobility was forced to cover up to keep their face.

90 years ago, a certain particularly remarkable incident took place among the nobility, but the truth of the incident was hidden from the people and remained only in the memories of those involved.

The King of Spirits has fallen in love with the young Duchess of the High Elves, Selena Elfildis Elven. Despite being only 100 years old, she was one of the most powerful mages in the nation, as well as one of the most beautiful elves in the entire realm. In addition, she also had the body of mana, something rare among elves, though not as rare as among humans.

Kastil made numerous attempts to approach her, but Selena politely refused him each time. This hurt Kastil’s pride, especially when he saw her walk away and sigh in relief after refusing him.

But the situation only got worse from there, when Selena fell in love with another man. Kastil felt humiliated seeing the woman he loved being taken away by another man, a man he considered inferior to himself achieving something he couldn’t.

He watched closely the dates they had, envy and jealousy taking over his mind every time he saw the happy smile on Selena’s face and remembered the polite but cold smile he received. The love Kastil felt slowly turned into obsession with Selena, but the trigger for the incident was yet to come.

Selena officially announced her engagement to your family, causing Kastil’s envy to reach a peak. He felt that if he didn’t do something now, he would lose Selena forever. In his desperation and madness, he made the decision to take her by force.

He invited her to the sprout of Yggdrasil, which was also used as a royal palace and where important meetings were held, with the excuse that a messenger from the wild people nation had visited and they needed to discuss the contents of the message. Selena was surprised that Kastil even bothered to set up a meeting, but she went anyway.

She arrived at the Yggdrasil sprout, but the government officials who would normally be working were nowhere to be found. The only time they would be let go is when an extremely important meeting took place or when Kastil had a tantrum when things didn’t work out as he wanted.

Selena figured it was the first option and advanced to the throne room, but she was confused to enter and not find any of the other dukes. There was no one in the hall, only kastil sitting on his throne. Selena felt a shiver as she looked into his eyes and saw only madness and desire in them.

She tried to turn and run, but the roots sealed the hall doors, as well as any visible windows or exits. Kastil rose from the throne at that moment and walked slowly towards her.

Selena didn’t try to argue with him, just cast her strongest dark sun spell, but nothing happened. All the energy around the world was under the control of Yggdrasil’s sprout, so the magic was completely ineffective.

Kastil released a small fraction of his aura on her, forcing her to her knees, covered in cold sweat. He lightly touched her cheek tenderly, but the madness in his eyes only increased.

“Why did you choose him? Why did you choose that lesser man when you could have had a God on your side?” Kastil asked, the anger and madness in her voice causing an earthquake throughout the capital, but not a single hair on Selena’s was affected. Realizing that she wasn’t responding, he remembered that his aura was still impeding his movements.

“I’m sorry honey, I ended up pushing you-” Kastil suppressed her aura again and offered her hand to help her up, but Selena jumped up and kicked her in the face with all her might. The blow sent shock waves through the hall, but it was a futile effort.

Kastil held her ankle with a single hand gently, blocking her attack without even using force. He touched her ankle tenderly, but Selena was unable to pull her leg back, no matter how much force she put into it.

“Let’s stop this little game. You can’t beat me, so just answer me honestly. Why did you choose him and not me?” Kastil released her ankle and shoved her lightly, hurling Selena against the wall at the speed of a cannonball.

A white flower was conjured on the wall to dampen his body, before roots made of light trapped all of his limbs. Selena fought with all her might, but the roots didn’t budge. Even so, she glared at him defiantly, refusing to give in.

“If you don’t tell me, I’ll be forced to use force.” Kastil said with a crooked smile as he snapped his fingers. The flower left the wall and moved to the floor, before Kastil climbed onto it. He slowly placed his knee between her legs, chuckling every time she shivered despite her spunky facade.

Kastil ran a hand lightly over her garment, ripping it piece by piece, enjoying the moment. Her dress was actually a magical artifact with a defense superior to a fortress, but it was just a slightly sturdier piece of cloth in Kastil’s hands.

“It’s much better up close.” He let out a pleasant sigh after completely ripping Selena’s dress. The smile on her face only intensified when he realized that her eyes were wet with tears.

“If you’re scared, just say what I want to hear and I promise I’ll be kind.” Kastil whispered sweetly in her ear as she removed Selena’s underwear. The latter responded by spitting in his face, causing Kastil’s face to twist into a grimace of rage.

“You know what? Fuck what you think.” Kastil’s last shred of patience was cut and he didn’t care about anything else. He shut Selena’s mouth tightly, before removing his own clothes. For the next few hours, Kastil violently raped her, not caring about anything else.

Selena struggled with every second, but it only spurred on Kastil and made him even grosser. Regardless, she refused to stop fighting. Selena had arrived at the bud at around 8:00 am and it was almost dusk when Kastil lost interest.

When he finished, Selena was semiconscious, with bite marks and bruises all over her body, a pool of blood forming in her groin.

“If you had done what I told you, it would have been as good for you as it was for me.” Kastil spoke, smiling cruelly at her. With a single thought, his avatar was squeaky clean and he got dressed, before waving his hand and healing all of Selena’s wounds.

“You can go now. But if you tell anyone what happened here, that fiancé of yours will pay the price.” Kastil said, dispatching the semi-conscious Selena.

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