71 Holy Father

Dante was seated in his room, looking at a writ with careful prodding expression. It has a confirmation for Lucas' demonic relation. Then Brian came into the room, with a solemn look in his eye.

"Master, Asmodeus wants to accelerate the plan...." He said in a calm and even tone to not disrupt Dante

"ahhh." Dante sighed as he massaged his temples, over the course of the years he felt more and more pressure from Asmodeus. But he couldn't exactly just run away as he still needed him.

"No need to call me master, no one is watching."

"Got it, Dante, but anyway Asmodeus said he needs the offerings soon," Brian said in retort

"Does he think that all these years of planning are for nothing? The items he is asking for are tough to get, I have to use a few favors and wait a while." Dante said in a dire tone

"I understand, but they accelerated the timeline due to the anomaly," Brian said saddened

"What did they say it was this time?" Dante said almost angry

"Didn't specify this time, said it was too sensitive." Brian shrugged

"Alright, we'll just have to do it faster then!" Dante said

"How has your cultivation progressed?" Dante said strangely eager

Brian released his icy magical aura, that twisted the void around him and froze part of the room.

"Peak level 27 utterly amazing, you outshine even the flame princess and the sword king. We just have to wait, when you become a true knight....." Dante said eager and enthusiastic

"We'll be free of that demon, I know Dante. I will make sure to do so before he descends." Brian said in a cold monotonous tone

"Alright, I plan on going to the ruins, I have lost a lot there. But I gained you so it was worth it...." Dante said

"You really remind of my younger self," Dante said in melancholy.

"Master, I also hope to go into the ruin with you," Brian said smiling mysteriously

"With your origin, you must enter that ruin. Otherwise, it is just a waste of a heavenly gift." Dante said proudly

"I'll give you some hidden cards before you leave," Dante said as he looked outside peering into the unknown land in the Dread Empire and shivering for a moment.

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In the throne room, the king, headmaster, blood drop holy daughter, and a few grand knights of the kingdom were gathered. Behind the holy daughter appeared a distinguished old man, he had the majesty of heaven with the humble origin of the earth.

Truly a great scholar and an immortal rolled into one. The grand knights' faces became stressed, even the king looked a little on edge. Everyone looked at the old man went and sat down in front of the throne.

"Excuse this old man for sitting, but my feet hurt from the long journey." He said in uproarious laughter, as he massaged his calloused feet.

"Marcellinus, we would never have such disrespect for such a 'distinguished' figure." The king said as he masked the fluctuation in his voice

"Marcellinus is too long call me by my title that is enough." He said laughing further

"I understand, Holy father." He said almost mocking the holy in his name

"I think you know, why you were called here." The king said in an aloof tone

"A holy realm prophet assaulting a commoner right?" The holy father said mocking the accusation.

"Not a commoner, a top genius of my Rain kingdom. Also, not just assault but she tried coercion." He said stressing the coercion, all pinnacle experts hate their free will being deprived without reward.

"Alright cut the crap, what do you want in exchange?" The holy father interrupted with

"Leave the Dread ruins to the Dread and Rain, the holy realm has fingers in every pie. So just give this to us and we'll forget this and a few other offenses." The king said unhesitantly, the holy realm didn't know of the research paper Lucas had released.

So they didn't think too much of the exploration of the ruin. The holy father looked conflicted for a moment before he nodded his head in agreement.

"I assume that this includes, that incident from the last ruin exploration." The holy father said almost uncertain

"Even though the holy realm has a strained relationship since then, we are ultimately all humans we can forgive each other." The king said in a happy tone to cheer up the room, a few grand knights expressed similar sentiments.

The holy father grabbed the prophet and her guard taking them away in an instant. The king kept up his prestige as he talked to the experts in the room to organize the ruin exploration.

"Magic Vessels?" A grand mage said in confusion

"With the help of Dante, we were able to create a preliminary version contain magic power in an area." The king pontificated, as the grand mage's eyes glimmered with fear.

Magic power was the source of his importance, if it could be stored then isn't he useless? The king noticed the anxiety on his face and quickly consoled him.

"Relax they take too many resources, and they still require a mage to activate magical phenomenon." The king said as the grand mage's eyes glittered again

"It will help deal with some of the dangerous tests of the ruins that we couldn't pass last time due to lower cultivation."

"For now, get your younger generation ready. We start in 2 months, show the valor of my Rain Kingdom!" The king said as everyone's blood boiled in greed and nationalism.

The experts left the room, with just the king and his guards left. The king finally relaxed his body, he felt utterly terrified under the presence of the holy father. But he had to hold his fear back otherwise he would be prey to that jinx.

It was hard to imagine that, that old man is the only knight in the past 1000 years to become a Legendary knight. The day he broke through the heavens sang, and he was declared to be the holy father. But he was the most debauch and unholy of them all reveling in slaughter and murder.

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In the Magus Circle's quarters, was a distinguished young man. He was meditating as a fierce current of telekinetic energy swirled around him. Getting near him would make you one of the objects in his control with his terrifying mental prowess. Behind him appeared, the yellow tooth expert from before covered in all black.

"Young master he has left, I noticed something interesting about him though.....hehe." The expert said to the young man

"What?" Gavyn asked in confusion

"He was a part of the Silent Blades guild." The expert said in laughter

"Was? How do you know that?" Gavyn asked in further confusion

"He has the mark, and I went to one of the bases. There was a kid kicked out 3-4 years ago that matches his description." He said in further laughter

"What does that matter? With the immense talent he has shown, the school won't care for such an insignificant background. They'll even play it off, saying he was just a child back then." Gavyn insisted

"No, I mean I love hunting thieves. It reminds of the old days, just sharing some info and fun." He said as his smile widened

"Just get rid of him, he's an eyesore and a future threat. With him off the campus, you should be able to deal with him." Gavyn said almost disinterested.

"Of course, young master with my strength would I lose to an inner reformation kiddie?" The expert sneered in further laughter

"Don't look down on him, he's proven himself far more than inner reformation in terms of strength," Gavyn said with caution

"I've fought many who were called talented, and they all ended up dead. I have nothing to worry about...." The expert said as he left the room.

"Ughhh, a level 29 failed knight acts so cockily. If higher level knights weren't so expensive, I wouldn't have hired you." Gavyn thought in disgust

The expert was the type to act haughty, and never learn from his mistakes. He engaged in debauch behavior and wasted his life away because he has nothing to do anymore.

"But at least father, and mother will sleep well." He said as he felt reassured of his goals, he has a family to safeguard and he would do anything to keep them safe. Lucas decided to make a dangerous relationship, so he has to cut him off before he could harm his family in anyway.

"Though it feels like such a waste for a good talent," Gavyn said with a disappointed sigh

"At least compared to Raynard...." He said in anger, Raynard had given up on training and left the school to find himself. His father told him not too but he did it anyways and disappeared. They still don't know where he is and are worried about his health every night.....