The Monarch

Chapter 315: Criminal

" Why? What’s the point of this desperate search for power? What’s the point of power if your strength is already enough to provide you with everything?" Kayden couldn’t answer what he thought.

If he spoke his true motives, he would be branded a monster by her, and he knew it. In the end, Kayden had what led the human race always to excel even though it was the weakest: infinite ambition.

"I promised my father that he would breathe again. I need a strength much greater than my current one to go against the laws of nature," he said, with sweet words filled with feelings.

Triz regretted asking Kayden, even more so when the boy’s face became closed and he stood up.

"I’m sorry, but I need some time alone. I’ll be back in a few days," he said, leaving without letting her respond as if this conversation had affected his emotions. When he found himself alone, Kayden laughed at the situation; he became a master of lying.

After cultivating for five years, Kayden understood that he would need about 10 years for each level, assuming he stayed in high-density rooms all the time; otherwise, the time would be much longer.

With this realization, it became obvious to him that he needed to continue his relationship with Triz. So he visited the girl constantly over the next few days, whether to have lunch or just sit together.

It seemed like the millennia they spent apart didn’t even make a difference. Kayden improved his relationship with her with each passing day. Furthermore, he obtained the right to use a high mana density room in the same location as the academy meeting.

Time slowly started to pass. Kayden timed each level exactly, and after another five years, he reached the second level of the fourth realm. The boy did nothing more than that during these years.

Merlin hadn’t spoken to him again. Merlin’s decision would take a few more decades. Kayden also hasn’t made any headway in figuring out how to utilize his path like before.

Ten years later, he achieved another level. At this time, his relationship with the royalty of the elven race increased considerably. He went with Triz to several events, and their relationship went from just hooking up to permanent boyfriends.

In the fourth kingdom, he continued unmatched; not even the strongest of elves were capable of facing him in the same realm. But Kayden also discovered another fact: he wasn’t able to jump a realm like previously.

Fortunately, the problem was not with him, but with the difference in powers between the fourth and fifth realms. In the fifth kingdom, magicians were supported using truths, a level of strength much higher than concepts.

Furthermore, Kayden’s strength was constantly declining. He might be leveling up his realm, but he was slowly moving concepts out of his way. This action caused his strength to swing downwards.

After 25 years of relationship with Triz, they had their first sexual relationship. Kayden prepared everything so that it would be something magical and please the woman. Even though he didn’t have strong strength or resources, he had experience, and sex was something basic that didn’t need anything complicated.

This would be the most peaceful period of Kayden’s life. He had no worries, his life was not at risk, he had everything at his fingertips. Triz was madly in love with him, and that guaranteed the support of the elven race.

He planned to continue managing to increase his level. The loss of strength bothered him, but he didn’t care about it; a thousand steps back so that one can only take 1001 forward would be worth it.

When Kayden reached the fifth level of the fourth realm, he was practically naturalized into elven culture. Triz was not seen in public without Kayden. Their romance has written thousands of books and films; it was practically every young elf’s dream.

Kayden felt the time was right to marry Triz. The problem was that he didn’t have the resources to give the girl a gift. Only one person could help him at this moment, and that was Merlin.

The boy had to negotiate an irrefutable favor in exchange for what he wanted. Kayden asked Merlin for something unique: an entire planet in exchange for a future favor. Merlin recognized Kayden’s value and, in the end, he also knew that everything was under his control.

Giving the planet to Kayden did not represent any loss for him, as in the end, he was only handing over the right of possession and not the planet. The god could retrieve it whenever he wanted.

This was the perfect gift to propose to Triz in front of the entire elven race during one of their biggest events, a competition designed to find the genius of the century, where only elves could compete.

Everything went perfectly well and Kayden’s name rose even higher. This was practically the greatest proof of love in the entire solar system: a planet in exchange for a hand. Not even Conor did this in his youth; the emperor had already accepted Kayden at that point.

Time has proven that Kayden was a good man with character and talent. Furthermore, he never did anything in his past that incriminated his morals. Kayden had a few incidents, but no one was going to find out when everyone they knew was dead.

The only problem during this time was that Kayden began to feel restless. The easy life was leaving him feeling bad. Kayden felt like a flower growing in a greenhouse.

As the elves were one of the dominant ones in this solar system, he had no enemies and no planet that he could go to fight on, especially considering that his strength was much higher than average and he had no way of jumping kingdoms. Right now, his opponents were just helping him train. Kayden hadn’t felt the sensation of a life-and-death struggle in decades. He was looking for a solution to this problem, but there was nothing that could be done.

Kayden was quietly cultivating. At this moment, he was at the eighth level of the fourth realm. His strength was very similar to when he had just advanced. He only got six mana folds when he broke through to the seventh rank, but that wasn’t important.

The mana within his body would become irrelevant when everything became mana within his reach. Kayden had already gotten all the concepts out of his way. At this moment, his strength was still superior to most people in the fourth realm, but those with five or six lightning bolts were very close to beating him.

Furthermore, he was not able to crush those with six lightning bolts in the same way as before. What many would consider rock bottom, Kayden considered the peak of his existence. Everything was going exactly well.

At least until ridiculously high-pressure drops across the entire solar system. Practically everything was frozen. It wasn’t mana, it was something higher. Simply nothing was able to move. It seemed like time had frozen.

Merlin appeared next to Kayden along with two other gods. One of them with a wolf’s head and the other with a sheep’s head. They were the gods of balance, one of the strongest in this universe.

The two were just dressed calmly and had extremely toned bodies. One of them was completely white, while the other had a black body. Their race was something Kayden had never seen before.

"Kayden Heart, you are being arrested for the intergalactic crime of reality manipulation." Kayden couldn’t respond. The situation was very fast and he was still under mana pressure.

Merlin didn’t say a word as the two gods picked up Kayden and began to leave the solar system. They couldn’t fly at full speed until they were outside the area where they exerted the freezing spell.

After decades, Merlin decided to take the easy way out and chose to receive resources. Betting on Kayden was something he didn’t find advantageous after seeing the boy’s strength continue to decline for decades.

"Criminal Kayden, you have the right to present your defense and exchange your knowledge for freedom regarding contracts, but you need to go through the council’s judgment. Do you know the reason for your crime?" As soon as they stepped out of the solar system, the wolf-headed god spoke to Kayden.

"I don’t know," Kayden replied calmly. He had already accepted the situation.

"You turned reality into mana. This is a universal crime that cannot be done under any circumstances," the god replied politely. Kayden found all this education with a mortal strange. What he didn’t know was that those representing the council were extremely professional.

"What is the usual punishment?" Kayden asked and watched his hope die.

"Freedom to live the rest of your life or join a special organization, and in the worst case you will be killed" The boy was quiet, the two gods were surprised by Kayden’s calm occurrence, but they didn’t care enough to ask .