Lux ET Tenebris (Filadelfia Academy)
The Forest of Death Mist.

It's been almost two months Adria has been attending Filladevila Academy, and now it's time for someone to act.

A 28-year-old man, with a stern, handsome, dignified face, eyes as red as blood, his stare was like an Eagle, a predator who would stalk his prey. His tall body made him look perfect, let alone the Aura he had so very strong, that it made anyone around him tremble, That man was Xander Clifford, that man, A Grande Duke who controls the Eastern Region of the Devillia Empire, the loyal Dog of the Devillia Emperor who is very obedient.

Today on Monday night, one Sunday passed when Adria left for the Academy, Xander is now far more free to carry out the mission given the weary Emperor of Devilia, Lucifer Darkness de Devilia, The strongest creature in the world, in this week he has completed several missions that were decreed for him, and now is the top mission for him.

The dark sky, the pitch-black fog that blocked the view filled the area, this place was a forbidden area in the Tartarus Continent, called the "Death Mist Forest" not just anyone can enter it, because anyone who enters will surely die, because it is attacked by a very dangerous monster, and deadly poison from this black fog.

Xander cast his magic to illuminate his dark gaze, slowly he walked down the forest, tall lush trees looming, filling every corner of the forest, as well as the sounds of ferocious beasts as well as monsters that filled the forest were heard very clearly, the frailness, howls, and the gurgling sound of water rang out in his sharp ears.

"This forest is very dark, the aura in this forest is very strong and concentrated, the fishy smell of blood begins to smell by me" he said.

A very large hairy monster suddenly attacked Xander very quickly from behind, Xander looked back and immediately pulled out a sword from its sheath and slashed at the monster without budging. A lot of blood came out of the monster's body, the monster fell to the ground with its body split in two, Xander thrust his sword into the monster's body, and the monster fell into the ground, and took a stone embedded in the creature.

A dark green stone, which has a decent price, especially if sold on the black market. The stone was named Wild Stone which was in every body of the Monster and also became the core of the monster body.

Xander's mission this time is to kill 7, a monster that has a height of about 7 m, and weighs about 120 kg. The monster was named Poisen Mist Serpent, it was that monster that caused a poisonous mist to fill this Forest.

"The fog is getting thickened, what might be its location is near" Xander murmured.

Along the way Xander faced monsters of various sizes and levels, he also collected Wild Stones from all the monsters, behind which there were corpses of monsters that had been slashed by him, part of the monster's body was split apart, bleeding quite a lot, as well as the fishy smell of blood that was very pungent, along the way Xander faced off with a monster that wanted to kill him, however, Xander was, Xander killed the monster.

The atmosphere is now increasingly gripping, the night sky that should be illuminated Moonlight is actually very dark which is only covered in a very thick black fog.

"This forest is like a labyrinth, if I'm not careful, maybe I've strayed further from the Snake's nest" he said





"It looks like I'm too far into this forest"

"Where the cave is, I must quickly meet the Snake, and hand the Demonic Darkness Cristal over to His Majesty" inwardly.

*Demonic Darkness Crystal is a Crystal that is in the body of the strongest Monster in the world, usually the Crystal is given directly by the Monster to the lord he chose, he said, to be their Champions.

Xander's body had already looked exhausted as he unleashed his Strength for a full 5 hours, to dispel all of the monsters.

"It's almost close, it looks like in front of there the cave occupied by the creature" he said

"What's supposed to be so far, I need to get there quickly."

A flash of shadow came from behind, a shadowy tall man leaping from one tree to another, darting at full speed towards the Xander in front of him. The man then went down and sat giving respect to Xander who was in front of him, Xander who realized it stopped stepping and looked back.

"What are you doing is coming after me" asked Xander.

"Sorry sir, I was given an order from the Emperor to accompany you, sorry I just came now" the man said as he lowered his head covered in a black robe.

"What a noble mind really is" murmured Xander.

" The cave is 5km away from here, we better walk, because I still want to finish off the monsters that are here" said Xander.

"I will follow the orders you gave me" he replied.

"We better rest, I'm exhausted, and also my condition does not allow for the next fight" said Xander who seemed to hide his fatigue.

The atmosphere of the night grew darker, almost midnight, and the two of them made a fireplace to rest for a while, and continued the journey the next morning, Xander fell asleep while his subordinates were guarding him.

Two days ago before Xander went to the forbidden forest.

Aria, Sunday September 836.

The territory of Grand Duke Eelvia east of the Devillian Empire (.Aria Dome's)

The sound of footsteps stepping between the hallways, Sir Edward as the butler at the Eelvia Mansion walked with hurried steps, in his right hand he was holding a white letter, given the Imperial seal of Devillia, he stopped in front of his master Grand Duke Xander's room.

Sir Edward knocked on the door politely and cautiously, "Excuse me, I'm sorry Edward interrupted you sir" he said.

"What's up" said Xander from inside.

"You have a letter from His Majesty the Emperor of Devillia" Sir Edward said.

"Come in, the door is unlocked" Xander said.

Sir Edward touched the doorknob slowly and turned it around, the door opened and Xander was standing in front of a large window, he was staring at the outside illuminated by daylight. His handsome face and firmly exposed to the sunlight made his red eyes sparkle.as if only coolness, instead of the horror that Xander always let out of his powerful aura.

Sir Edward approached Xander slowly, then handed the Letter to him. Xander took it with his left hand without looking at Soe Edward who was standing next to him.

"Thank you, you can do your job now" Xander said as he opened the contents of the letter he held.

To: Grand Duke Eelvia

From: Emperor Devillia

I as Emperor Devillia sent Grand Duke of Eelvia, Xander Clifford la Eelvia. To conduct an investigation of the Death Mist Forest and also the Poisen Mist Serpent. The contents of this letter.

The Lord of Darkness,

Lucifer Darkness de Devillia's.

"Why didn't the Emperor tell me to go to the empire" Xander said.

Then he put the letter into the closet next to him.

Today, Tuesday September 836.

Not felt the time changed, the atmosphere of the morning in the forest was very comfortable very different from the atmosphere of the Night which was very gripping and filled with various monsters and wild animals.

Xander and his subordinates went straight to the cave where the Snake was, just before they left their place, They both trained their mana and Qi for a few hours, meditate like everyone else to restore their physical condition.

The thick fog filled with poison still filled the forest, although the sun shone with its rays, the more they approached the cave the fog was getting thicker, the poison was no less deadly. However, they both have immunity to poison, as the Devillia knight is prepared to be resistant to any poison, to even deadly poison.

They walked for almost 1 hour, the cave began to be clearly visible even though it was faint due to the thickened fog.

The man in black who was under him followed him and remained silent in front of the mouth of the cave, without entering it. Xander was the one who would take the Stone to give it to the Emperor.

"Felix, I want you to stay here, I'll get inside" Xander told his subordinate.

"Alright, I understand" the man replied and saluted Xander.

Xander darted so fast into the cave, and stopped after he realized that the cave had a monster ready to kill him at any time. Without thinking any longer, Xander immediately finished off the monster one by one, the monster blood came out due to the large scratches made by Xander, some monsters body separated, blood splattered everywhere.

"Huh" Xander snorted tiredly.

"Is this cave still very long, I don't know how much longer I have to be like this" he said.

Xander fought against all those monsters endlessly, in fact he never expected to face the monsters in the cave, because the poison in it should be very dangerous, until it can make the internal organs rot.

Various monsters from level B to S, continued to attack, on the floor of the cave full of blood splattered from all the monsters, Xander did not budge to finish them all, he continued to enter the cave, he continued to enter, he was totally concerned about the condition of his body that looked chaotic, even very bad. This was all he did not just because of the Emperor's order, but to give the Stone to his beloved sister, a stone that could protect Adria from all sorts of dangerous forces.

Then Xander found a large door at the end of the cave, he opened it slowly with the Qi he had. The door slowly opened, inside was a silvery-white snake, silver metal scales filled each side of his body except for the bright white side of his stomach, the snake was sound asleep, in the center of the white snake was a Cristal stone named, Mythical Greatest Crystal. A stone that Xander was aiming for him to give to his brother.The stone is almost the same as the Demonic Darkness Crystal, the only difference is the core of the power contained in the two stones.

"I finally found it, I had to get the stone at any cost" Xander murmured.

His handsome face looked chaotic, blood filled his suit, his face was splashed with blood, his red eyes seemed to smolder in the darkness of the cave. However, moments later the white snake awoke from its slumber, and realized that a high-level Devil had entered the Nest.

"Scr... Sscs... Sss..." The snake is fizzing.

"Who are you, what do you want here?" ask the white snake.

Xander slowly walked up to the Mist Serpent, the Legendary Godfather who guarded the Continent of Tartarus for centuries. He was the Champions of the Devillian Imperial Empress who died 12 years ago.

"I'm sorry for being so lazy to get into your place."

"I'm Xander Clifford Eelvia, Cousin's sister from Empress Azalea Rein de Devillia" explains Xander.

"You're her sister, I haven't seen an Imperial family visiting my Nest since Leah's death 12 years ago" she said in a gentle female voice.

"Then what you need, there must be something until you have to risk your life until you have to come to this place."

"I need the Crystal stone that you have been guarding, because it is time for the stone to be given to the person that Brother Lea said." explained Xander.

"You mean, for the girl, I'll give it to her, but I want the girl to take good care of this stone, because this stone is the heart of the Empire that I've guarded for centuries." The white serpent.

"Alright, I'll tell him." replied Xander.

Then the snake turned into a beautiful adult woman, her hair and skin were white, her eyes were silvery. The woman took the sacred stone and gave it to Xander without touching the ground.

Xander accepted it with respect.

"Thank you for giving me this Stone" said Xander.

After that Xander darted away from the place, the door closed by itself. The serpent in the form of a woman smiled, then returned to its original place, and turned into a large white snake.

~~~ Empire Devillia ~~~

In the Emperor's room, Xander entered, and the Emperor was seen sitting in his red, gold-clad chair, in front of him was a golden brown table on which was a book, a pile of papers, a pen, and the Imperial Cap, as well as a glass of Coffee.

The emperor's face never aged, he looked like a thirty-year-old man, his eyes were as bright deep blue as the night sky, his black hair gleaming in the daylight sun. No one ever thought that the Emperor who was in front of Xander was very loving, which the world knew was that Emperor Devillia was a ruthless and cruel tyrant, that was a fact. However, he also has a kind and loving nature towards his people and also his family, except for outsiders. The strongest Being in the World, with his powerful and dense aura, his eyes were sharp, he was full of authority like a leader.

"Thank you for taking my orders, sorry I always bother you, because I should have gone there." said the Emperor in a stern voice.

"No why this is already my duty as one of the Imperial Knights."

"Xander, I want you to give Adria the Stone as soon as possible, I'm very worried about her. I'm afraid his power is losing control as it used to be." said the Emperor.

"Okay, your majesty, this Saturday I will go to Cylia to give you this stone."

"You can leave now, I won't give you another assignment for a few months." Strictly the Emperor.

"All right, your majesty, thank you" he said.

Xander got out of there and went to his house in Demonia. Actually bia really miss his sister, but Filadelvia is an Academy that has students from various countries, and uses the Dormitory system. when visiting there only on Saturdays and Sundays.