Noctis imperium
Chapter: PROLOGUE
"The Shadow Behind Kurotsuki Academy"
Night slowly descended upon the city of Kuroyami.
Rain soaked the streets like a dark curtain, concealing the world's countless secrets.
At the top of the tallest building, a girl stood silently, gazing at the city lights in the distance.
Her long black hair swayed in the cold night wind.
Her eyes were sharp… cold… as though she could destroy anyone with a single glance.
Her name was…
Elvira Dravenyx Mortelle.
At school, she was known as the perfect Student Council President of Kurotsuki Academy.
Beautiful. Intelligent. Firm. Nearly impossible to defeat.
Yet behind all of that…
The underworld knew her by a far more terrifying name.
Mr. Lvi.
The shadow leader of the largest and most feared organization in the world—
NOCTIS IMPERIUM.
An organization so powerful that great families, officials, mafias, and even state intelligence agencies would rather submit than oppose it.
No one had ever seen the true face of its ruler.
No one knew the extent of its power.
There was only one thing everyone knew—
Whenever the symbol of NOCTIS IMPERIUM appeared…
destruction would soon follow.
"Target is on the move."
A cold voice echoed through the small earpiece in Elvira's ear.
Behind a massive monitor screen,
Reva Kaenyx Virelth typed rapidly as dozens of enemy data files filled the display.
"We've sealed off every escape route," she said calmly.
On the other side,
Ervan Vantrel Noctyrex wore a faint smile as he played with a small knife in his hand.
"The target's information has been completely exposed. They have nowhere left to run."
Meanwhile…
Several kilometers away, a dark organization was thrown into chaos.
"Impossible…!"
"How were our systems hacked?!"
"Who exactly is Mr. Lvi?!"
Their monitors suddenly turned black.
Then, a glowing red symbol appeared.
NOCTIS IMPERIUM
And right beneath it…
«"You made a mistake by trespassing into my territory."»
Within seconds, the entire organization's system collapsed.
The building's lights went out.
Alarms blared everywhere.
Their secrets spread throughout the networks of the underworld.
That night…
Another organization had fallen.
But what no one knew…
was that the very next morning, the girl who had just destroyed a powerful organization would calmly return to her classroom like an ordinary student.
Wearing a neat uniform.
Carrying a cold smile that no one could decipher.
Not a single person at school realized that their Student Council President…
was the ruler of the shadow world.
And behind the magnificent walls of Kurohane Gakuen and Kurotsuki Academy…
a great secret had begun to stir.
Old enemies were awakening.
Adhyaksa Varakranta.
Satria Kalasurya.
Vortex Oblivion.
They all desired one thing—
To bring down the Queen of Darkness.
But they had forgotten…
shadows cannot be destroyed.
Because when darkness arrives…
its ruler has already been waiting within.