............"Boommmn...!!""Noooooo... Lady Emilia...!!" The mourning scream echoed as the dust and debris flew around after the attack landed on Emilia. The people behind her screamed in horror, seeing their Lady Emilia getting attacked, thinking her getting injured badly pained their hearts.Clenching their fists in rage and hate, they looked toward the Plague God's Cultist who stood there with his hands still raised towards them, waiting for the dust to settle down before striking her again to finish her off for good."We failed to protect Lady Emilia, what should we say to Our Lord?" The Elandor's people, who weren't able to arrive on time to shield her from harm, blamed themselves for not following their Lord's orders."Whooosh....!!"Just then, the dust slowly settled down, revealing Emilia who stood uninjured, being protected by Aarav Veridian who had arrived at the nick of time to take the full brunt of the attack on himself and shield her with his body, enduring the injurie

............"Darius Blackthorn, farewell... Oh, Mr. Evil God, I know you have been watching us for a while now, and I also know you are connected with this body somehow. That's why I have a very special gift for you...!!" Aarav muttered the name he thought he had forgotten long ago; seeing him reminded him of how his journey had begun, from a naive, young, and broken man to his current status as a God's Heir.Aarav's eyes sharpened as he grabbed Darius’s body by the throat, keeping it locked with his Divine powers while he spoke to the entity that had been controlling the body all along."Hahaha... Good... very good, Elandor! You bastard, you sure have gotten a good Heir. What a pity he won't be able to succeed you." A deep and gruff, ancient laugh sounded from Darius’s frozen mouth as Sylvanus spoke in a sarcastic tone, looking deep into the source of Aarav’s Divine power."Huh... what the hell are you muttering about? Whatever—I don't want to get caught in your tricks again, so ge

............"Clash...!!""What... What's going on...!!" they hurriedly opened the door and entered the cottage, asking in anxious voices."Huh... you are...!!" Just as they entered rudely without informing the owner, the owner—an old man with golden hair, a healthy complexion, and bright eyes—stared back at them in confusion.Leander Leo, Patriarch of the Leo family, wondered who these people were, as he felt a slightly familiar presence from them."Ahh... our apologies, Patriarch Leo. We are the True Warrior Order, who serve the Lord Heir. And I am Grandel, Chief of these men. Once again, we apologize for disturbing your family outing, but we were given a specific task from Lord Marcus himself." The burly man stepped forward and bowed in apology together with his men before he introduced himself and explained why they were disturbing them."Oh... I remember you, Chief Grandel. No need to apologize; it was my fault for reacting like that, which alerted you guys. Please be at ease; y

............"Nothing much. It's just that our Lord Marcus organizes sparring matches for competitive purposes from time to time, and these kinds of injuries are common here," Grandel explained, scratching his head. He didn't know that Aarav was quite surprised to hear the calm tone in his voice, wondering if broken bones and tendons were considered common here, what a serious injury might be.Shaking his head to clear those unnecessary thoughts, he started to treat them one by one.But after treating just a few men, he felt it wasn't efficient enough, so he started using an area-of-effect heal to deal with a large number of people in less time. Even though it took a large amount of energy out of him, it needed to be done to save time.Half a day later, he had healed everyone before asking Grandel to lead him to the next location."Yes, Lord! As you asked previously, I relayed your orders to my subordinates and they have efficiently executed them. We only need to reach the next locat

............From the center ship, Aarav watched the chaos ahead and squinted his eyes as he noticed something on the sea creatures.His eyes glowed with a faint, divine light as his newly refined fourth-stage perception mapped out the battlefield. He could see exactly where the warriors' muscles were tearing from the heavy impacts and how the sea monsters were getting mopped back into the sea.In all the sea monsters, he noticed that same disgusting and foul energy coming from their bodies which he had seen during the last fight against Sylvanus's men.Just then, a massive, sperm-whale-like beast breached right in front of Aarav’s ship, its shadow looming over the deck. It opened its cavernous mouth, preparing to swallow the front of the ship whole."You really picked the wrong opponent," Aarav muttered, and was about to unleash his newly developed attack, but someone beat him to it.Aarav didn't have the brute physical strength of the warriors, but his control over his divine heali