Son Of The Shadow Monarch

Chapter 16

Izuku sat on top of Kaisel's head, humming to himself after he had taken off with Tenko, who had been screaming until Kaisel had finally slowed down, Leaving the white-haired man clinging to the giant wyvern's back for dear life, making sure to keep his pinkie raised, silently death-staring Izuku's back.

"I can almost feel the heat from that stare, Tenko," Izuku said, not turning around and seeming to be enjoying himself, his voice being heard clearly even though the wind was wiping past his face.

"I wonder why you piece of shit!" Tenko shouted to be heard over the wind.

Izuku: "There is no need to shout. I can hear you perfectly fine."

Tenko: "How? This wind is so loud. How am I even hearing you this clearly anyway!"

"Magic is a wonderful thing, isn't it!" Izuku said, turning and smiling at Tenko, who still clutched tightly to Kaisel's back. "You seem to be having fun back there."

Tenko let go with one hand, quickly raising it and flipping off Izuku before quickly putting it back. His glare never left the smiling green-haired man.

"Oh, don't be like that, Tenko. Relax some and look around. This view is to die for." Izuku said before turning back around. Behind him, he heard grumbling that sounded like Tenko cursing his existence before he suddenly gasped. Izuku turned back to see Tenko sitting straight and looking around at the land below him. As the man sat up and looked around, he saw a beautiful sight. On his right was a snow-covered forest that seemed to stretch on for miles and shined in the early evening light, and in the distance, he could barely see a group of mountains, which they seemed to be heading for. On his left, as if defying all logic, was a deep green jungle that stretched on just as long as the forest. The only thing separating the two extremes was a series of mountains they were flying over.

"Yeah, this place is beautiful," Izuku said with a soft smile as he looked at the world around him.

"Brat, I got a question for you," Tenko said, strangely serious as his eyes sharpened on Izuku, his glare melting into a severe look. "Why did you make this world."

Izuku: "Well, I didn't make this world. Where you all live originally belonged to the original Shadow Monarch. After he passed on his powers to my father, this place belonged to him and then belonged to me after I received the powers."

Tenko: "What about the other creatures here?"

Izuku: "Those are a different story. After I killed the few monarchs I could find and separated their consciousness from their powers, their realms started to decay without the mana they supplied. So to save them, I slowly started combining the world of rest with the other realms."

Tenko: "That is insane. Could you even support all those different worlds?"

Izuku: "Easily, although right now, it is a bit of a struggle since I don't have all my mana, but as the days go by, it slowly becomes easier."

Tenko: "And what about the message I saw when I died? Was that originally there? What even is it."

izuku: "That was something I copied from the system my father had when he first obtained his powers. I used that as a template to create a system for people to have a second life if they choose. The only stipulation is that if they committed any crime, they would be punished by the system appropriately for their crimes."

Tenko: "But I haven't received any form of punishment. So what's my punishment going to be?"

Izuku: "You already received your punishment before you died."

"what do you mean the only thing that happened before my death was-" Tenko Said before slowly trailing off, a pained expression crossing his face.

Izuku: "It's exactly what your thinking, Tenko. The system deemed that discovering how All For One thought of you and how he only used you was an appropriate punishment. Not all the punishments the system deals out are physical; many are psychological. There is a man named Cardin who is currently going through punishment."