Chapter 552: A Second Incident

A few minutes later, both of them were sitting on the edge of the field.

The defensive lights of the arrays had turned off, and the servants had still not come to repair the damage.

Seris threw a bottle of water to him, and Lian caught it, took a few sips, and his eyes rested on the girl beside him for a moment.

Her Evolution was truly powerful, just as much as he expected, Kain and Roderick had no chance against this girl.

During this whole month that she had been in Enerva, it was clear that she had absorbed a huge amount of resources and had at least raised her stats to 8000.

The problem was that Seris’s standard of comparison was no longer normal people, of course, it had never been, and she knew this herself, and apparently, this was exactly why she was trying to catch up to Lian.

But Lian had no idea that this was not the only reason, she did not want to fall behind him because she wanted to stay beside him.

Silence covered the area, and they did not know what they should talk about, everything they wanted to tell each other, they had already shown each other during their battle.

Young Vorhelm finally added,

"Anyway, we have a debt, I think it’s time we deal with it."

"What?" Young Pendragon looked at him.

"Dreadmaw Sovereign."

The expression on her face changed at that moment.

It was as if Lian had mentioned the name of something that brought a terrible smell from her memory.

"Don’t say the name of that thing."

"You still hate it that much?" Lian gave a short laugh.

Seris gave him a cold look.

"Did you forget what we saw in that village?"

"I remember."

He also remembered this part unfortunately.

Dreadmaw Sovereign was one of the few monsters that was not only dangerous, but truly disgusting.

"So, what do you think about getting our revenge?"

Seris did not even think and nodded, then calmly added,

"This time, I’ll break its jaw first."

Both of them had become strong enough to face that monster.

At that moment, the sound of footsteps came from the entrance of the field, several members of the young Pendragon generation entered.

Caelen was among them, and when he saw Seris and Lian together, his movement slowed for a moment.

Then his eyes moved over the damage in the field, it was clear what had happened.

"Seris."

Seris turned her head and looked at them, but that look was cold, and there was none of the softness that existed when she was beside Lian.

Caelen took a few steps forward.

"I didn’t think that after receiving the Ancestral Mark, the first thing you would do would be a private duel with a Vorhelm."

"Now you know." She added calmly.

"The ceremony is not finished yet."

"I know."

"And the family is also in the middle of a security crisis. Maybe it would be better—" He slightly tightened his jaw, he wanted to say that at least as a true heir, she should go and take care of the guests.

"Caelen." Seris’s voice did not rise, and the man became silent.

"If I need your approval for my plans for the day, I’ll tell you myself."

The two people behind Caelen exchanged a quick look, Caelen said nothing for a few seconds and then moved his eyes toward Lian.

Not enough to be a threat, but there was no interest behind it either.

"Whatever you want."

He turned around, and the group with him also moved.

Lian watched them until they left the field and then said,

"He’s not happy to see me."

"Ignore him."

"I think he’s not the only one."

"Ignore them too."

They said nothing after that, but Young Pendragon realized that even though she did not like it, she had duties that she probably had to handle, at least some of them.

Especially when a member of one of the six great families had been killed in one of the safest cities in the world.

The next few hours, the investigation continued in the background.

Lian did not go after the reports, he did not need to.

In a closed city with thousands of important guests inside, information moved fast enough.

By noon, it had been confirmed that the murdered Valemont had been found inside his own room, no unauthorized entry had been recorded, and there was no sign of a long struggle either.

The murder had been done quickly.

And all the first investigations still showed one thing, Stormheart.

When Lian heard the report, he did not think about it for more than a few seconds, only the same feeling from before returned.

It was too obvious.

Someone had killed a member of a great family in the heart of Pendragon territory and had left exactly enough evidence for even the first investigation to connect the killer to a specific family?

Maybe one of the Stormhearts had really done it.

It was possible.

People did not always act logically, and maybe the goal was to make everyone know.

Even so, he did not think about it much, it was not as if it had anything to do with him, as long as a Celestial was handling this matter, why did he need to interfere?

In the afternoon, he and Seris were walking around the old part of the estate.

She had also left all the duties she had to Aurelia, and she had no other important official work.

Because of that, they had strangely peaceful hours together.

They crossed a stone bridge with a narrow channel passing under it.

"Where did you go after we separated?" she asked after some time.

"I stayed at the academy for a while, and after that I returned to the Ruined Realm."

"Where in the Ruined Realm?"

"That part is long."

"The story is long, but I met the natives there."

Lian thought for a few seconds and then started, he told her about the Silent Light city, the Sanctuary, the natives of Region Three, and his battle with the Wolf Of Eight Disaster.

And he saw something very rare, this girl’s jealousy.

"I feel like you had fun while I was in isolation the whole time." Seris said with a little regret, she loved fighting, fighting was peace for her, excitement, happiness, and yet she had done nothing for a whole month.

But he had gone through many battles during that one month.

"Well, I guess you should get used to it, you will definitely become the Pendragon heir, and with all the duties you are going to be given, you are not going to be as free as before, which means fewer battles."

"Really?" Seris’s eyes became empty for a moment.

Seeing her reaction, Lian laughed, apparently teasing this girl was not difficult at all.

"Why are you laughing? If I really become the heir, I won’t be able to fight whenever I want anymore?"

"Of course I’m joking, your family definitely won’t limit you, at least not until you officially become the next leader of the family."

"....."

That answer did not make Young Pendragon feel more relieved at all, on the contrary, she felt that she definitely needed to talk about this with Aurelia and her father.

They had told her that even after she became the next heir, she did not need to worry about restrictions and could freely follow her ambition, which was becoming the strongest.

While they continued their conversation, the sound of fast footsteps came from the stone path.

An officer from the Pendragon inner forces was coming toward them quickly, and when he arrived, he stopped directly in front of Seris.

"Lady Seris."

"What happened?"

The man controlled his breathing.

"A second attack has happened."

Lian’s eyes fixed on him and he asked,

"Was he killed?"

"No."

The officer shook his head.

"One of the representatives of the Twelve Ancient Guilds was badly injured, but he is alive."

This time, there was a witness.

"The attacker?"

"Not found."

The man paused for a few moments and then his eyes unwillingly moved toward Lian.

Lian immediately understood that the next part of the news was related to him.

"Continue." Seris also noticed the look.

"The victim was able to describe the attacker’s fighting style before losing consciousness."

"The investigators also confirmed the wounds..."

"The attack was caused by the Vorhelm Seven-Doomsday Warform."

Even Lian was surprised, had the Vorhelms attacked one of the Twelve Ancient Guilds?

Could a real Vorhelm be behind the attack?

Of course.

The family delegation was already inside Verendal.

He had no reason to remove this possibility only because of their family name.

But this was not the fighting style of their family, no matter how much he disliked his family, they would never do something like this.

And two attacks against two great powers with two completely recognizable signatures, in less than one day, and inside a city that had been closed after the first attack, this was far beyond coincidence.

"The elders have asked all the Vorhelms to attend the meeting." The officer said.

Who was stupid enough to try to frame them in front of a Celestial, when such an obviously stupid plan would definitely be exposed?