“When he went to retrieve his weapon was when we attacked.”He dropped the bomb.The arena erupted into a sea of gasps. "I struck him from behind."Kael's fingers slowly curled into fists. Hilbert continued. "My attack severely injured him before he could even draw his weapon and then I gave the order to…."His voice slowed to a drag. His eyes closed. "to … kill them.""He tricked his own brother into opening the door?""That's not an attack; that's an execution."Several disciples shot to their feet, their faces drained of color.“He… he admitted it?”“The Clan Head really murdered Lord Fenrir and stole his position?”“This is treason!”“He disguised his spiritual energy and deceived his own brother?”Even the nobles who had spent years praising Hilbert stared at him in disbelief. Some covered their mouths, while others exchanged frightened glances, unable to comprehend the confession they had just heard.The elders were equally shaken. A few had gone completely pale, their expressio

Everyone understood what that meant.The Hampshire country, where the Ravenhart Clan stood, was one of three small nations bordering the expansion route of Durham.For generations, the three nations had maintained an alliance precisely because none of them could withstand Country D alone.Whenever pressure from the south increased, they stood together.Whenever the kingdom of Durham threatened to expand northward, they relied on one another and, when necessary, support from the northern nations to survive.Due to their alliance for years, Durham had remained strangely quiet. There was not even a minor move for invasion, open conflict or provocation.They just went dead silent so many had believed the threat had finally faded.But now for the first time they had been involved in something. A lord of the Hampshire kingdom had secretly been working with them?It could only make the spectators wonder what was going on. Hence the uproar. “Getting the cultivation techniques of the Durham me

Chapter 26Kael watched the scene silently. Then he let out a soft laugh.Somehow, it was more frightening than anger. “So even now you're still pretending to be a good father?”Kael's eyes settled on him and Hilbert's expression changed as he wondered what was going on in Kael’s mind.“You want to sacrifice yourself and call that fatherly love?”Kael bent lower. “You think kneeling before me makes you noble?”His gaze became colder. “You murdered my parent, destroyed my family, handed your own country to its enemy for power and now you want to die beautifully so everyone can pity you?”Hilbert's face turned pale.Kael stopped directly in front of him. “No. You don't get to choose how this ends. You don’t get to decide that luxury.”The entire colosseum went silent.Kael looked down at him. “You stole your position so it will be stripped from you. The Ravenhart family's wealth that you stole will be confiscated from your family and “Whatever punishment awaits you for murdering my par

It was the sacred guardian beast of her family. This was the same dragon that had brought him here. It was explainable that he arrived here on the back of the dragon of the belmont family. If a martial artist had enogh strength they could forcibily make tamed beasts do their bidddings but this was different. The dragon didn’t look forced instead it had reverence in it’s eyes and submitted itself calmly to Kael like they had been long buddies. It was very rare to see a tamed beast get snatched by another master the pnly way to transfer beast ownership was a complete consensual aggrement by the former and the new master. As for the tamed beast, if the martial artists has emough sould energy and strength to surpress it then it won’t need it’s permission. But this dragon was specifically in the care of the belmont sisters and there was no way they handed it just like that to Kael.That was where the shocker was. The dragon descended towards Kael and then it lowered its enormous head

Kael's eyes remained calm and aloof. Everything that Darius had mouthed about was just amusing to him. He stood there still and motionless.Darius interpreted it as fear. His confidence soared.“What?”He smirked. “Finally speechless?”He stepped closer. “You should be grateful I'm even giving you a chance.”Then Kael raised his eyes.Darius's smile faltered. For the first time, he noticed something wrong. There was no anger in Kael's eyes.No fear orhesitation. Only an almost chilling indifference.Kael looked at him as though he were something beneath notice.Darius clenched his fists. “Why are you looking at me like that?”Kael finally spoke. “Are you finished? You’re not the ome I want to speak to. You don’t qualify. I want to speaak to the head of this clan he annonced. Darius's face reddened. “What? What disrespect.””Kael's voice remained calm. “You've said enough. You have to pass me first before you get ti the main pagoda. A cultivator in your realm might pass to be a core