The Woman Ruler of the Altan Clan

Chapter 111 The Mystery of Dark Magic

Khan placed both palms against the window wall, and stared into the darkness of the night in contemplation. He had already returned to his mansion in Astrakhan after a month of fighting with a myriad of secrets that left him quite shocked.

Khan bit his lips, his mind wandering on the fact revealed from the Dark Magic Mystery book he read from the secret library in Och. The library was in the basement of her grandmother's house on her father's side in the Och suburb. Khan never knew the existence of the library, if his mother had not revealed it.

In the library there are many manuscripts, rare and ancient books that have been guarded by his grandmother's family for generations. The man just found out that many of his grandmother's family were born as Enlightenment.

Many of these groups are a group of people who are smart in various fields. If in modern terms they are scholars who are famous for their brain genius. Every clan has people who were born as these Enlighteners. These people will eventually become teachers at educational institutions.

Upon seeing the library sealed by that special protection spell when it was about to enter it, Khan still acted as usual. But as he scoured shelf after shelf and found the topic of rare books, he began to feel unnerved.

Moreover, when he encountered a covered shelf protected by layered spells, Khan became curious. The man peeled off one after another of those spells. In fact he was never told how to cast the spell.

Perhaps because of the Enlightenment blood flowing strongly in his blood, thanks to his grandmother, Khan managed to break it.

Eej, clapping loudly when he saw the shelf successfully opened. In it they found many books on black magic. And some manuscripts in their ancient languages and books on the history of the Erebos Clan that Shanum mentioned.

About the manuscripts and the black magic books Khan only looked at it in passing. He was more interested in books that seemed to be written in more modern times, containing the beginning of the formation of a blessed Clan, thousands of years ago. About the oldest clan, which first appeared, the Erebos Clan. Besides being easier to read, because using the language of the time was not an ancient language, the book was also bound more solidly than the others.

Eej, come read those books. They even discussed it. His mother knew quite a lot about the clan. Because he's heard of Khan's father. What makes Eej shocked is that the Erebos Clan was very large and had a modern government structure for his time.

The sorcery of most of the population is also strong, their leader can even raise the dead to be used as an army, and it is truly terrible.

It was mentioned there that the clan was not perverted. They worshiped one of the nine great Tngri masters of black magic. At that time each region had many specific gods that they worshipped. The gods were called "Tngri", more or less the same arrangement in a clan. There's a good Tngri or "white" and a scary Tngri or "black".

These tngris can only be summoned by great leaders and shamans. Black tngri can be summoned by shamans of black magic with the aim of fighting evil from the outside and to declare victory in war. Besides Tngri, they also worship Natigai or "Mother-Earth", as well as other gods.

As a large clan, the Erebos Clan controlled most of the highlands towards Tibet, if you look at the current geography. Many good things were also mentioned in the book about this clan. The men in the Erebos Clan were not allowed to have more than one wife.

If they want another woman, then they must divorce their spouse and pay the divorced spouse with no small amount of property. All of those things are already regulated in their laws called "Shou". In addition to marriage, protection of women and children is also regulated in the Shou.

Unfortunately, the good and strong governing structure of this clan does not correspond to the attitude of the Erebos Clan leader named Aris Magnai towards the outside world. Aris Magnai was greedy, he felt his clan was the best, so the other clans had to submit to him. He wanted to rule over the entire clan within the grasp of his hand.

Aris began launching attacks on other clans after he served for five years as the clan leader. The invasion began from the clans closest to his territory. Then after winning, he began to conquer the territory of the next clan. And so on for years.

Until one day, the four great clans that had not been successfully controlled by Aris united, and devised a special strategy to kill Aris, wanting to destroy the Erebos Clan. They search for Aris's weakness, and find it in a woman whom the man loves dearly. The woman was successfully influenced to defect to the opposing camp with the lure of a lot of treasure.

Finally, the final fate of Aris Magnai was terrible, he was killed by the woman he loved. After killing Aris Magnai, the four clans destroyed the Erebos Clan. They also killed and chased the people of the clan, leaving him none. They were worried that a grudge would arise later if there was still only one left of the clan members.

But apparently, everything written in the book about not leaving a single one was wrong. Because at this time the clan members still remain, despite being hidden and closed from the world. Even they have openly begun to show its existence, although still vague.

After reading the book, Khan grew anxious. His wife was in the middle of the bloodthirsty and vengeful clan. Until now, he had never been able to reach Shanum. There was no further communication, other than the month-long contact that had passed.

This problem is a little more complicated than what Khan used to experience. He had to deal with a clan that was already considered extinct, yet still existed. A clan that is dangerous and possesses extraordinary ingenuity.

Khan was really confused, I don't know what he had done in the past to them, so this clan has a bitter grudge against him. Let alone tangent, his eyes had only opened about the clan after he read the secret book.

Restoring his hair with one hand, Khan observed the spacious backyard of his mansion. His mind wandered thinking about what steps he should take after this. The location of the clan is indeed mentioned in detail in the book. But Khan is pessimistic, their location still remains there.

Had he been the leader of that clan, it was certain that he would have moved it to a different location. Maybe he'll even take his clan on the move to avoid tracking.

But, hmm----

Khan rubbed his chin. If that clan leader was a very confident and astute madman. Perhaps, he would still stay in the same location. A very worthy place to be called home by that clan, and would be unthinkable to anyone else.

Khan reached into his pocket, pulled out his cell phone, and looked impatiently waiting for his call to be answered.

"Yes, how's the search, Dario?"

"Sorry, it didn't work, sir. We have already traced the location adjacent to the location of the previous location. Stay nil. The surrounding clan residents we met also no one understood when we asked about this clan." Dario's voice sounded tired from the phone call. The man had been helping with the search ever since Shanum was taken away by the group.

"Let's take your people to their clan's home location. Trace a trail not far from their city before it is destroyed."

"Are you sure, sir?" dario asked in a surprised voice. Dario felt that Khan had lost his mind, told him to search the location of the ruins covered in dense forest.

"Very sure. My feeling is that their location is not far from where they came from."

Dario sighs. He knew, if he had willed, Khan would have been sure to force. And if the man had acted that way, everyone would have felt Siberia move to Astrakhan, they would have frozen in another sense.

"Come right away, sir."

"And tell me about the slightest suspicious thing, Dario."

"okay."

"And one more Dario. Have you seen Taban? I just realized, he's suddenly disappeared since the attack."

"I had a chance to meet him two weeks ago, sir. It was because he called me and asked for Ulagan's cell number."

"Ulagan number," Khan repeated confusedly. "Why is he looking for Ulagan?"

"I don't know, Sir. You can try to call him if you're curious to know why."

"If I could contact him, there's no way I'd ask you, Dario," Khan said.

"Do I need to find Taban first, sir?" Dario tried to quell Khan's frustration by offering to help.

"No. You just do my orders. Taban's business let me take over" Khan ordered decisively.

"Good, sir."

Then the connection is cut off. Khan put the phone back in his pants pocket, then left the study.

His position is now on the edge of the bed, while staring at the unique frame containing Shanum's photo. Khan always stared at one of his selected photos from the photo gallery collection inside his phone.

Photos of Shanum while in the flower garden have always been his favorite to date. In the photo, Shanum looks graceful and beautiful, smiling towards the sun like a flower fairy. Khan realized that he had fallen deeply in love by then.

Khan took a deep breath, his eyes glaring withstood the longing. For a month he lost his wife. Khan was never able to get away from his wife. Even when they were unmarried, she always felt tormented if she was not with Shanum.

Especially at this time, when he already had the woman in his arms, and had already completed their perfect bonding ritual. The taste that entwined him became twice as big as before. It was as if his life had become bound by his wife.

Not to mention his anxiety that increasingly makes his chest tight. Khan was very afraid of something bad happening to Shanum. The man who possessed the black magic could not possibly accept Shanum like a great guest in his clan. That soulmate would definitely be placed in a damp, musty-smelling dungeon.

Not to mention the kind of torture that that damn man would inflict on his wife. Khan was sure, Shanum would definitely fight back. But how far his wife was able to fight and survive was wracked by the blows that came crashing against his physical and mental. Shanum was not raised to be on the battlefield. He did not understand the dangerous machinations in Khan's world.

The man smothered Shanum's picture frame on his chest, then lowered his body to be on his back on the mattress. He closed his eyes, began to sharpen his five senses, embracing his bond with Shanum.

*Please.I replied, Shasha.

How are you doing?

I'm anxious...

And miss you, baby.

You must endure, my wife.

Please*...

Khan trying. He jerked the bond until it shimmered in his inner eyes, hoping for a reaction from his wife. But after trying many times, there was no reaction from Shanum.

Sadness hit Khan. He felt useless, to protect his wife he was powerless.

Adria...

Khan flinched, he opened his eyes, instantly waking up from his position.

Shashas...

The man's eyes looked teary. He's getting tighter smothering Shanum's photo on his chest. Khan called his wife's name in their bond.

But that was the only word he could hear. After that it was quiet. Shanum did not respond anymore.

Khan threw his body hard on the bed. One of the hands rubbed a speck of water that appeared at the end of the eye. Khan's gaze led to the ceiling of the room, looking tormented.