"According to news from Elder Magnus and the others who went out, it seems like chaos is beginning to stir all over the continent."
"Plus, including the dragon empire, the kingdom of light. and at least three other minor kingdoms and empires have begun to gather troops at their borders"
"Cultists and cult organizations have begun to double in numbers as time goes by."
"Even the inhuman forces like beast-men and elves have begun to make larger moves, in retaliation for human aggression."
Dropping his pen from his left hand, Theron didn't wait for her reply, as he continued speaking.
"If we add the fact that our very own second prince and the forces behind him have still been targeting the Voss house over the past twelve years,"
"Everything points to the fact that a new era of war and chaos is about to begin, one that our Voss family is right in the middle of!"
Said Theron with his eyes glowing in a strange light.
Twelve years, twelve years they had been dormant, even knowing that the second prince was behind his ambush all those years ago.
However, because he had to seal one arm, demon gods were involved, and they would potentially be waging war against the kingdom by attacking a prince.
Theron told everyone in the meeting that they should wait, that the time was not right.
To fight back effectively, certain preparations must be in place.
Certain preparations must be done, and one of them included sending his only son away from the chaos
Only when Damien was not around could he fight without a care in the world.
And as if reading his thoughts, Elizabeth, who had been drinking tea all this while, suddenly spoke.
"Indeed, twelve years had passed, and while I don't want my baby boy to go out alone,"
"It seems we don't really have a choice."
Speaking of this, Elizabeth began to glow with a dangerous light, as black mist began to emit from her surroundings
"For making me have to send out my son so early, once we take care of them, I'm going to hang their heads in the middle of the empire."
"And once I break through seventh order, I'll launch a bloodline curse and kill everyone in the connected people's family tree."
"Be it cultist or royal family, they'll have to pay for what they've done."
"Hahaha!" laughed Elizabeth, her mind filled with thoughts of payback for the mental anguish these people had caused her
And Theron, seeing her like this, could
In these twelve years, not only had they almost killed her husband in an ambush, making her a single mother and widow
But on the orders from the second prince, seeing that we didn't attack back, he began targeting various people from the Voss family out alone
He also reduced the family's rights and resource allocation, as if to tell the whole world that the former empire's shadow and the empire had now split
A situation that had been clearly analyzed and detected by their spies.
However, to this date, there were two things that even their spies could not detect or answer.
Two questions which, even twelve years later, had no sign of being answered
"By the dear, is there any news of who or which organization is behind the second prince?"
"Also, that power that you said made you almost immortal, any progress on finding where it came from?"
"If you could master it, then even if you don't break through ninth order, you should be invincible regardless of the number of eighth orders that gang up on you."
Asking this, Elizabeth's anger quickly subsided, the surrounding mist receded, and her eyes sparkled with curiosity
A situation which made Theron's lower lip twitch wryly, as he more than anyone knew how fast his wife could change her mood.
However, seeing her do it now, he couldn't help but chuckle as he prepared to answer.
Unfortunately, before he could say anything, they both sensed someone approaching their study door
*knock* *knock* *knock*
"Hey, Old man, it's me! I'm coming in!" said the person behind the door.
words that made Elizabeth burst into a bright smile, her lips turned towards the sky
And Theron, sitting behind his desk, smiled angrily, his forehead veins popping out of his head
"This Kid," he growled with a smile
Just now, when he had sensed that Damien had already arrived, with Isabelle right behind him.
…........
Damien Pov
Walking toward the study with Isabelle panting right behind him, Damien took the time to study the surrounding mansion.
Gold chandeliers littered the ceilings as world-famous paintings took over the walls
The floors were made of only the finest marble, and a velvet red rug draped above it, as if to portray a symbol of royalty and power.
On his right and left, he saw all kinds of maids, gardeners, and mages walking everywhere as they helped maintain the place.
On his way, he even passed one or two training yards where he saw young mages, some either in battle or just meditating as they tried to break through the next realm.
Seeing all of this, it made it hard to believe that such a powerful house like this would be destroyed in
Six years under the premise of the original story
"Six years, while not much, but that's enough to do a lot of things, also the old man isn't critically injured like he was in the original novel, so even if he can't change the Voss house fate himself."
"he should be able to stop it!"
Muttering under his breath, Damien couldn't wait to set his plans in motion as long as he could leave the manor, go to the elven forest, and snatch one or two original chances from the protagonist
By then, he should be more than able to protect his family from whatever trouble may come
*however, before that, I need to get past this boss*
*father-son talk time!*
Thinking inwardly, Damien looked at the door titled 'study' with a wooden plate, which he had unknowingly arrived in front of.
Taking a deep breath, slowly relaxed before knocking on the door
*knock* *knock* *knock*
"Hey, Old man, it's me! I'm coming in!" he said, opening the door, without waiting for a reply.
With a hint of bounce in his steps, Damien could hardly contain his excitement as he knew this was one of his most important steps toward changing his fate in this new world