Chapter:113
Title: "Throne of the Monkey King"
Chapter Title: Throne of the Monkey King
Darkness engulfed everything.
Sakamoto stepped through the black hole, its swirling energy phasing across his skin like smoke and oil. His vision drowned in shadows until—suddenly—his boots touched solid ground. A faint crackling echoed around him, and orange light bloomed from flickering flames.
He was standing inside a massive cave.
Ancient, hollow, and alive with power, the chamber glowed from a fire pit at its center. The walls were etched with primitive carvings and tribal patterns. Smoke curled toward the high ceiling. Around him, dozens of monkey-like warriors—each scarred, armored, and uniquely monstrous—stood in silence, forming two lines that stretched to a towering throne made of ancient wood and stone.
And upon that throne sat the one they all bowed to.
The Monkey King.
A hulking, monstrous figure cloaked in dark, scaly armor—his physique blended man and beast. His glowing eyes glared like suns from beneath a white mane of untamed hair. Spikes jutted from his armor. His clawed hands rested upon a grotesque double-bladed chain-sword. His expression was unreadable. Dangerous.
Sakamoto stepped forward.
The monkey warriors remained still, some nursing wounds, others watching him with blank stares. A few held fractured flags, their tribe broken and in hiding.
"I assume you're in charge?" Sakamoto asked calmly. "What's your name? I'd like to know who I'm speaking to."
The King raised his head slowly. His voice was like thunder echoing off stone.
"You may call me the Monkey King. I do not find you worthy of knowing my true name."
Sakamoto smirked. "I see."
The Monkey King's eyes narrowed. "Where is your king? This portal only permits royalty to enter. Only those who carry the Supreme Color should've survived the passage."
"I'm not sure who your 'king' is," Sakamoto replied. "And I don't know anything about a 'Supreme Color.' I came here because I wanted to know what's going on. My friends are stuck outside."
A brief pause. Then, the King turned to his warriors.
"Kill him."
The order was simple.
The warriors roared in unison, unleashing deep, primal growls. Four leapt at once, their swords raised and teeth bared—but as they neared—
"Shadow." Sakamoto muttered and In an instant, invisible tendrils rose around them and then formed into one of Sakamoto's shadow.
SNAP!
Their necks twisted mid-air. One by one, they dropped, unconscious before they hit the ground.
Sakamoto stepped forward, his tone sharp.
"I'm going to ask you again. Why did these black holes appear?"
The Monkey King stood from his throne.
"You dare challenge me? "
"If that's what it takes to get answers," Sakamoto said, his voice steady, "then yes."
The ground rumbled beneath the King's massive frame as he approached. His presence alone drove the surrounding monkeys backward in fear.
"Why do this warriors serve you in fear?" He asked
"You want to know why they fear me?" the King asked, voice low. "Because I am evolved."
"Evolved?" He asked
"Yes an evolved Version of them I am human like and that's what makes me King and I will show you exactly that" the monkey king said.
Suddenly, an oppressive wave of black energy burst from the King's body—his Supreme Color( in the monkey bride it's known as Shen) . The aura cracked the ground, made the flames hiss, and forced even the bravest of monkeys to duck away.
Sakamoto gritted his teeth. The pressure was immense. His knees buckled. Sweat beaded his brow. His body collapsed to the floor.
"Kneel," the Monkey King growled, "before your superior."
"So this… is Supreme Color?" Sakamoto coughed, still resisting.
The King vanished from sight—his speed instantaneous—and reappeared above Sakamoto, blades aimed to cleave him in half.
BOOM!!
The swords crashed into the earth—but Sakamoto wasn't there.
A hidden shadow clone had taken his place and thus he had exchanged himself .
Sakamoto reformed a distance away, breathing hard. "Shadow Swap," he muttered.
The King smiled. "Teleportation, . Very well."
With a blur, the King moved again—this time so fast he became invisible. Blood burst from Sakamoto's chest as a blade sliced through him before he could react.
"G-Guh!"
He was sent skating around and then He dropped to his knees, clutching the deep wound.
"You asked why they follow me?" the King said, looming behind. "Because I am speed incarnate. Because I have evolved beyond limits."
Sakamoto's vision blurred. Then—
Everything stopped.
He found himself inside his shadow plain—a pitch-black realm of infinite space. Before him stood four shadows, and one humanoid in form. One of them was unmistakably Ark Angel Michael, now chained in the dark, part of Sakamoto's essence.
One shadow stepped forward and knelt.
"My king," it said. "Let me bear this pain for you."
"What do you mean?" Sakamoto asked.
"No king should bleed. Let your shadow take it on for you."
The wound on Sakamoto's chest closed instantly and The shadow's body absorbed it instead—and it dissolved into smoke.
Back in reality…
The Monkey King raised his sword again—when suddenly, his arm froze mid-air.
"What?!"
A tendril of shadow had wrapped around him, holding him still.
And then—
WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!
Sakamoto struck 32 Shen points across the King's body in less than seconds,The King gasped. His limbs locked. His body dropped like stone.
"What… what did you do to me?!"
Sakamoto stood over him and used every strength he had to deliver a devastating punch that sent the monkey king skating backwards and hitting his throne.
"It is Shen Blocking,but I doubt you would know anything about that now would you?" He asked.
The King couldn't move. Couldn't breathe right. Fear crept into his eyes for the first time, Sakamoto grabbed both fallen blades and walked forward.
"Answer my question. Why did you come to this planet? What are the black holes?"
The King stammered, "We… we were fleeing."
"Fleeing from what?"
"From… them. The Celestial Ones."
The name echoed in the cavern.
"They destroy and devour planets. We lost our home. We waited for a sign—the Harmony Eclipse—a prophecy that one day, the Cursed Sun Lord would return and destroy the Celestial once with his new warriors and give us a new land that the signs will be there with a portal opening."
Sakamoto's heart pounded. Cursed Sun Lord. Rajesh had mentioned that.
"You said a portal would open?"
"Yes," the King nodded. "And it did. So we came here. But we can't return… not anymore. Please…"
Sakamoto's gaze softened.
"You can't stay here either," he said. "But I have a place for you and your tribe."
He raised his hand.
SHHHH-BWOOOM.
Darkness erupted.
Every monkey warrior—including the King—was absorbed into Sakamoto's Shadow Plain, their bodies becoming extensions of his realm, From carrying four shadows… Sakamoto now held an entire tribe.
Outside, the black hole began to shrink. In India, Russia, China, America, and Seoul—they all closed one after the other.
Back in India, Rajesh and Jayesh watched as Sakamoto emerged from the collapsing portal.
Rajesh stepped forward. "What happened?"
Sakamoto smiled faintly.
"I made some new friends."
End of Chapter