Chapter 190: A New Era

In the far west of the Holy Sun Continent, House Bloodforge

“Is there still no news of Rowena?”

“…No matriarch. There wasn’t any”

“Just where did this girl run off to!?”

Lyssandra slammed her fists on the wall beside her in rage. It was understandable, as there had been no news of her daughter for the past three months.

The servant walking beside her sighed, this has become almost a daily occurrence. They were both walking together in the corridor of their Mansion towards the Main Hall.

Lyssandra had arranged a meeting to discuss her daughter and the current state of events and affairs.

The corridor was luxurious, and a graceful woman stepped towards the door at the end.

Lyssandra sighed as she massaged her temples; it seemed the stress was accumulating a lot lately.

Reaching the end, Lyssandra’s servant stood back with her head bowed down.

With a nod, Lyssandra pushed the door to the main Hall and walked inside.

But…

“Hm?”

But she was surprised to see that no elders stood up to greet her. Although all of their eyes lit up the moment they saw her.

When Rowena observed their faces closely, she couldn’t help but notice their pale faces, the constant wiping of the sweat, and some sort of hope igniting in their eyes.

“Elders! What’s the matt—!!?” Just as she was about to complete her words…she froze, literally.

High above the pedestal, on the throne. A tall man sat. His legs spread out lazily on the throne. In one of his hands, he had a large jug of liquor.

Even when she had entered, he didn’t seem to notice her.

The moment the shock dissolved, an intense rage erupted from her body.

“YOU!? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!? AND HOW DARE YOU SIT ON THE BLOODFORGE’S THRONE!?”

Intense red flames erupted from her lithe body and ripped through the space in the hall, heading straight towards the man.

The Elders trembled when they sensed the intensity of the flame, even when they weren’t targeted, a spark of that heat was enough to set them ablaze and even possibly kill them.

The flames reached the man in an instant, but to the horror of Lyssandra and the present Elders, the moment those flames reached near the man…they were snuffed out.

Like a small candle flame, they were blown out the moment they were near the throne.

“W-What!?”

Lyssandra instantly came back to her senses and tilted her head towards the man.

He was still unbothered as ever, drinking and observing them amusingly.

All the Elders gulped but didn’t speak, it’s not that they wanted to remain silent. But the thing was, they could neither open their mouths nor could they move their bodies!

Finally, after five painful seconds, the man opened his mouth. “Hm, so you are the mother of Rowena”

His tone was lazy, but the moment Lyssandra heard his words, her eyes widened in shock. The gears inside her head finally turned and began spinning in a rapid phase.

“R-Rowena!? Where is she!?”

She asked hurriedly, ignoring the Elder’s expressions. The man smiled when he heard those, still in that lazy stance, he chugged another jug of liquor.

“What’s the hurry? And why should I tell you?” He smirked. When the rest heard his words, they erupted in anger.

“I do not know who you are…BUT DO NOT GO TOO FAR! I HAVE ALREADY TOLERATED YOU ENOUGH”

Just as she was about to use her mana, a calm voice rang out. “Why do you have to shout every time? So annoying. Also, you still didn’t seem to understand your situation here”

Saying that, the man snapped his fingers.

POP! SPLAT!

In an instant, all the present Elders’ heads burst apart like a balloon! There were thirteen of them

“ELDERS!? N-NO!!”

Lyssandra was horrified when she saw the lifeless bodies of the Elders.

They were the pillars of House Bloodforge, some one even older than her in experience!

Her body froze, and suddenly a chill ran down her spine as she slowly looked up.

The man was still drinking casually, as if this scene had nothing to do with him.

“W-Who…are…you”

Lyssandra finally spoke, her tone low and borderline submissive.

“Mhm, now that’s the tone I like. Should’ve spoken like that from the start”

The man nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand.

“H-Huh!?”

Lyssandra was shocked to see the space around her…freeze.

Her eyes suddenly blurred for a second. And when she opened them.

S-She was sitting on the lap of this tall, handsome man!

“W-What!? Such high-level spatial mastery! Also…WHY AM I SITTING ON TOP OF YOU!?”

She shouted, but no matter how much she tried. She couldn’t shrug him off! She, one of the strongest on the continent…couldn’t move a man!

“Have you calmed down?”

The man once again spoke, his voice suddenly shot up, holding her at the waist.

“Y-You!”

Now that Lyssandra saw the man up close, her breath hitched. She was shocked to see such a…Devilish handsome being.

If she spotted him among the crowd and had lower cultivation than her. She would definitely kidnap him and take him as her consort!

Alas, the said being wasn’t weak. In fact, even she couldn’t sense the depth of his strength.

She took a deep breath, after she wasn’t your average Lucy or Vivianne to get flustered all day.

“Who are you? And what do you want? Why haven’t I heard about you? And how do you know my daughter??”

Lyssandra asked a series of questions, ignoring his nefarious hands that were roaming her sexy waist.

But instead of answering her question, his eyes remained fixed on her waist.

“I have always wondered where Rowena got such a sexy body. Heh, now I understand it”

The man continued to touch her despite her protests, “Are you not going to answer my questions?”

She once again spoke, taking deep breaths to calm her beating heart.

Ever since her husband had passed, she hadn’t let any man near her. Let alone touching her body. Hearing her words, a wide grin stretched on his face.

“You can refer to me as your son-in-law and soon-to-be husband…Rahu”

…

It was chaotic, both in Solterra and Yvaris.

Both worlds were furious beyond any words!

None of their disciples had returned! Not a single fucking disciple.

The Supreme Elder of House Ravana, even attempted to breach the Inheritance realm forcefully, but was shocked to find that the entire Inheritance realm had…vanished.

Yes, it wasn’t destroyed nor drifted away. It had vanished. Because the higher realm cultivators could still feel the residual mana of the Inheritance realm.

It had really vanished, emergency meetings of the highest order were immediately arranged. After all, alongside their disciples, even the Inheritance was taken away!

This was an incomparably serious matter that needed to be looked into!

The situation in Solterra was almost the same, everyone was panicked beyond words. After all, amongst the disciples, some were their parents, mothers, sisters, brothers, husbands, sons, and daughters.

And the situation worsened the moment they heard that at least 60 percent of the cultivators from the Holy Sun Continent had returned! The leaders of Solterra and Yvaris trembled in rage.

And for the first time, they decided to do something that they in the past didn’t dare attempt.

…

The situation in the Holy Sun Continent was the same, the four Houses and the Major Cultivation sects were tense.

Civil wars and communal riots had become a daily occurrence.

It was all targeted towards the Divine Sword Sect. Of course, none dared attack the sect directly…but assassinations, kidnapping and assaults had significantly increased during the month after the cultivators had returned.

But the Divine Sword Sect wasn’t a pushover, Yueshan had gone alone and destroyed hundreds of Assassin sects and some minor clans on her own.

The warning was clear; since then, the assassination attempts had reduced significantly.

But the main culprits were definitely one of the Houses or the Holy Sun Empire. The only reason they had restrained themselves instead of going in full force was because of the Sect Master…Ophelia.

Her presence alone deterred the hungry wolves eyeing the juicy piece of meat called the Divine Sword Sect.

After all, news and rumours had spread throughout the entire Holy Sun Continent that the Inheritance had been claimed by one of the disciples of the Divine Sword Sect.

This caused a massive uproar, after all, even the Empire and the Divine Sword Sect hadn’t denied this.

So they were all curious…Curious about the man who had obtained Inheritance. And after digging endlessly. A bold name was pushed forward…Rahu!

The Rising Sword of the Divine Sword Sect, who had single-handedly dominated the entire Inheritance realm.

Whispers spread like wildfire; some spoke his name in fear, while some spoke in reverence. Some claimed he was a reincarnation of an Old God. While the others claimed him to be a fraud or a trickster.

But what none of them could deny was that…his name carried weight. It was heavy enough to shake the entire continent.

An unseen storm was

gathering, one that would drag the prosperous Holy Sun Continent into an era of Blood and War!

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