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Chapter 678 – The Nightshadow Sect’s Fall II
*****Ayra’s lips quivered for a moment, her eyes gleaming as though blinking back flames. She seemed to be recalling a scary nightmare, one she would do anything in her life not to remember again.“But then…” she continued, her voice small, heavy, and raspy. “Weeks turned into months, and months turned into years. But still, there was no word... nothing.”She heaved a deep sigh that seemed to scream many unspoken emotions.“Soon, the discomfort grew like a cancer. The elders of the sects searched in secret, doing everything to find the Founding Father, while putting on brave faces. They lied to themselves and us that all is well. Until it was too late…” Her voice cracked, and she clenched her fists so hard the veins stood out like tree roots under her skin.“Until that cursed morning,” she hissed. “That one morning that shattered every single thing, a day that I and the rest of the sect members shall never forget for the rest of our lives.”Xavier leaned slightly forward.“I w
Chapter 677 – The Nightshadow Sect’s Fall I
*****Xavier exhaled slowly after a moment, the weight in his chest lifting as understanding replaced resentment.Maybe the old man never had time to explain. Maybe… I never asked. He had taken the token back then without question, eager and hot-blooded.He hadn’t known the burden and hadn’t cared. Not until it was already around his neck.Xavier’s hand slowly released the chain, letting the pendant settle gently against his chest. Then a low sigh left his lips.Ayra was watching him the entire time… every flicker of thought and every twitch of emotion in his eyes. When he looked up at her again, she stood at attention, expression unreadable.“I understand now,” he said, his tone calm but resolute. “Grandpa Zev meant well. He built the token to protect the position… to protect the vision he believed in.”A beat of silence.Then Xavier’s lips curled into a mischievous smirk, and he tilted his head slightly.“But tell me something,” he said, his voice suddenly laced with dry sa
Chapter 676 – The Interaction in the Dimly Lit Room
*****“This…”Xavier couldn’t help but freeze for a second, blinking as if the air had just punched him in the chest.Ayra’s explanation had left him mentally stupefied, and with this, his jaw couldn’t help but shift, his brows folding into a knot as her words sank in.“Bonded to my soul? Can’t take it off or give it to someone else?” he muttered, his eyes narrowing as he slowly turned his gaze back to her. “Doesn’t that… kind of make someone a permanent slave to it?”His voice was low and skeptical, laced with a blend of sarcasm and real concern.But Ayra only smiled gently, her expression unoffended and tinged with a trace of fondness… as though she had heard this complaint a thousand times and grown too old to argue.“Actually,” she replied with a graceful shrug, “that was the unfortunate side effect of the true reason the token was designed that way.”Her voice was soft, but it carried conviction. She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and gave him a pointed look
Chapter 675 – The Token’s Mystery
*****Ayra knelt in absolute stupefaction, staring up at Xavier as if she had just watched a goat casually solve a quantum mechanics equation.Her jaw fell so wide, she could’ve caught flies, or possibly a medium-sized mango.Her brain went on strike, arms crossed, demanding hazard pay.“You… want to reject the patriarchal position?” she finally choked out, each word sounding as though it had been dragged out of her soul with forceps.Xavier nodded his head instantly, without an ounce of drama, like he was agreeing to pass the salt.Ayra’s mouth twitched uncontrollably, a cocktail of emotions brewing behind her eyes. Was she supposed to laugh? Cry? Throw something?“Sir… do you have any idea how many people are willing to die… like literally drop dead for this position?” she asked, letting out a bitter chuckle, the kind that sounded more like someone trying not to scream.“Powerful elders and respected masters of the sect would go on a full-blown murder spree just for a chance
Chapter 674 – Ayra’s Speechlessness II
*****Ayra didn’t need to finish the sentence. The damage was already done.Xavier stood there like a statue. His arms hung by his sides. His expression was so blank that one could’ve mistaken him for an unplugged mannequin.Memories swirled in his mind… his master, the deathbed, and the tearful passing of the pendant.He could still see the old man’s wrinkled fingers clutching his wrist, pressing the pendant into his palm, and whispering words like, “Restore the sect,” and “Guide them with wisdom…”Never once did he say “Congratulations on your promotion.” Or “You are now the patriarch of my sect.”“Wait!” Xavier suddenly blurted out, startling Ayra so badly she nearly toppled backward.She looked up, wide-eyed, as he muttered to himself like a man who had just discovered his wallet had been emptied.“Now that I think about it… that crafty old man never actually said I wouldn’t become the patriarch. I just… assumed.” He paused. “I assumed wrong.”His face twisted into a scow
Chapter 673 – Ayra’s Speechlessness
*****“Hmmm?”Xavier blinked, confusion knitting his brows as he stared at Mistress Ayra, who had just dropped dramatically to her knees.Her forehead had hit the floor in a full kowtow, and now she was calling him… “Patriarch?”He remained frozen in place, struck dumb as the absurdity of the moment settled over him like a dense fog.A long, awkward silence stretched between them, his mind struggling to compute what his eyes were witnessing.“Patriarch?” he echoed slowly, his voice dry, one eyebrow arched in bewilderment.Mistress Ayra jolted at the sound of his voice, snapping her head up in alarm like someone who had just been caught committing treason.Her eyes darted upward, meeting Xavier’s dumbfounded gaze… and then it hit her.She saw it.That expression on his face.He was genuinely confused, not pretending nor being coy.He genuinely had no clue why she was groveling at his feet.Ayra’s pupils dilated as realization crept in. The reverence she had just shown? The
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