NOVPUB"Yes" a horse inhuman voice resounded from inside the tunnel repling the young nan in the vine shroud.
"Ahhh, thank goodness, we heard about the attack and couldn’t help but fear that the worse might have happened" the young royal said In relief before saying.
They weren’t quick enough to determine where the battle with Damien had started until Alvin showed up and told them about the monster that appeared...so they immediately sprang into action.
The faystone ancestor was awake and was in trouble, the royalty had an obligation to protect him and the passage to the royal Palace.
"I handled it," While still being in the dark covers of the cave, the Kaga puppet sat on the floor cross-legged as if trying to heal.
"Ah....that’s good" with a slight nod, the royal agreed....the faystone ancestor was lord over the faystone household and controlled everthing in it, he would definitely be able to handle most threats.
"Oh, yeah I forgot to explain" as the royal mused The side of his eyes fell upon Alvin’s silhouette standing there with caution.
"Come here Alvin, and pay respects to your ancestor" the royal beckoned the young lord over. The old monster had been hibernating for years and as such didn’t know Alvin.....and neither did Alvin know him.
This was the best opportunity to bring them together.
"Ancestor?" Alvin frowned. In the faystone family there was only one person with the right to be called ancestor and that was the legendary vlad faystone.
But this guy had lived about 300 + years ago. There was no way he was this monster here.
"Yes, this is vlad faystone, the brute of duan city." The royal explained. In the royal Household the younger generation would frequently be given hidden information about the kingdom the further they went on the path of power.
So he knew the stories of how vlad gave up his mortality to secure this entrance to the royal Palace.
Involuntarily, Alvin stepped forward and kowtowed to the silhouette in the shadows. His great ancestor and probably the only living member of his family after the massacre. He had to pay respects....he didn’t know that this was but a corpse puppet under Leon’s control.
"Hehe, we will deploy some men to help guard the household so you can be at peace sir faystone" Seeing the emotional scene before him the royal shook his head and suggested.
They couldn’t leave the faystone mansion unmanned, they would have to send troops here to help with security.
"There’s no need....I’ll take care of it myself.." The cracked voice of the puppet resounded again forcing the royal to pause.
"You’ll take care of security yourself?" With a massive frown on his face the royal Duan Di asked. He didn’t quite understand, wasn’t the ancestor going back into hibernation like before?
"I’ve heard the news, the warlocks.....their rebellion, I think its best I stay awake to do the protecting myself at least you won’t be so understaffed then" the figure of the faystone ancestor explained.
The duan royal family was meant to handle the security of this place if his family memebers couldn’t. But they couldn’t do even that properly leading to the death of every single member except one, it would be unwise to keep them in charge once again.
Of course this was a clear insult to the competence of the royal guard. But instead of annoyance, the royal duan Di was elighted. The faystone ancestor staying awake meant one thing.
They had gotten another peak level 3 fighter.....and not just anyone, one that given the right circumstances could rival a level 4 existence. This was a good outcome no matter how one saw it.
"This is a welcome development elder" the royal smiled and slightly bowed. He didn’t show any respect previously by calling this man who was older than his great grandfather sir....but now seeing that he would be of more use he changed it to elder.
The royalty only respected those they could use.
"Yes, you may leave now" the faystone ancestor said causally before slowly closing his eyes. He wasn’t going into hibernation, he was just meditating.
Seeing this, the royal packed up his men and left. There was nothing to do here anymore, but back in the royal Palace alot of people would be happy to hear that another powerhouse had joined their cause.
And just like that it was over.
The sorcerer whom had tormented Leon and faceless mercenary company was successful imprisoned in Badur’s gates. The faystone family ancestor had been refined into Leon corpse puppet allowing him to gain a peak level 3 servant essentially.
But the most precious thing he had gotten wasn’t any of these things. It was this passage to the royal Palace.
He would slowly explore it....and plan accordingly.
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A week later.
Inside the faystone family main hall.
—click
The door to the main hall swung open and three figures made their way into the hall. Two of these figures were people Leon knew all too well.
They were from Leon’s Misson with Evil Peri and the kentow family. They were part of the city guard previously, but after Carlson received a certain level of power in the waterway family, they quit and became full fledged guards of evil Peri.
The benefits were much larger there than being a mere city guard.
As for why they were here? Well it was easy, Leon had presented an opportunity for growth, he offer Peri managerial rights of some sections of the faystone household. In return she would amass funds for him.
Them being here was a result of this agreement, as for Alvin, there was nothing he could do about this. His ’ancestor’ authorised Leon’s actions.
"So what do you think?" At the helm of the hall Leon could be seen seated like a king looking down at the new Arrivals.
"It’s wonderful, the land mass is massive and the resources....so many exotic creatures. I don’t know how its possible, but if its business you want, you got it" Peri beamed.
When she received the message from Leon asking for a favor, she was a bit annoyed. Leon had guilttripped her into giving him 50,000 gold coins, and she was still recovering from that, now he wanted more money? Fat chance!!
But when she got here, she was shocked to see the massive business opportunity here.
Exotic animals and rare herbs, this forest was a wonder land.
"Good, Alvin will get you whatever you need, just make sure you turn over a profit. ..there are alot of things we need to renovate here" Leon smirked and explained.
This was his "reason" for exploiting the faystone land. At least that’s what he told Alvin. But of course he was lying, everything was going into him getting stronger.....and some other things.
"Hm!!" Alvin nodded and lead Peri and the rest out.
"Uhhh why are you standing way over there?, come take a seat" Leon looked to the side of the hall where Arian stood with her hand on her sword. She was acting like a body guard again.
"Hm? Don’t be a pervert" Arian looked at Leon and frowned....flowing which a little redness appeared on her face.
When Leon said come take a seat, he was pointing at his lap, it was very despicable of him. But then again...
"Hehe, such a shy beauty...." Leon teased Arian, they had Been on this journey for a while now and each step of the way she had been loyal....naturally this had to do with the seed of the seven deadly sins.....but he could tell that there was more to it.
(I should investigate this sin thing some more)
Leon thought in his mind.
But before he could completely rationalise his thoughts, a knock resounded at the door of the hall.
"Hmmm, come in" Leon said echoing through the hall.....
—click
once again the door opened, but this time, the person that entered was an old man with a weirdly shaped helmet.
This was the old man Alvin had imprisoned when Leon and the rest got here. Who would have known that his imprisonment would lead to him escaping the massacre that happened here.
His ignorance of the massacre was also the reason why he brought this person behind him into the faystone family household.
"Brother Badur, I don’t know what exactly happened and the agreement between you and my father. But we need your help now more than ever"
Before leon, a faceless lady in a white vail fell on one knee and requested for his help. Beside her, was the blade Demon, and Darknorth.
"Hmmmm" Leon smirked bitterly behind his mask.
The situation of the faceless mercenary company was dire, with several fcations fighting for power after damien was captured. Leon knew of it, in fact the great mage had also predicted that something like this would happen....the question was, would Leon interfer?
