6 The Ancestors Recovery

Back in the village at the souma's residence, an old man can be found cultivating in a room buried deep underground and what stood above the room was surprisingly the ancestral hall.

The old man was wearing a white robe with wide tall sleeves, he had short white hair matched with a face full of scars that showed the experiences and obstacles he had lived, coupled with brown deep eyes that were emitting wisdom due to his long-lived life.

The old man slowly and steadily opened his eyes, the moment he started standing up the mana in the room began gathering around him forming a small tornado trying to devour him, but he simply gave a light smile of satisfaction.

He is a warrior that doesn't have any problems with mana, so he is always enhancing his body's muscles and skin with mana since tier 1.

Because warriors themselves can control mana the same as mages but instead of storing it into their dantian like mages and circulating it while trying to condense the thickness of their mana inside their dantian, they instead absorb the mana from the surroundings but circulate and pour it into every inch of their body.

And the increase in their tier means an increase in how much mana they absorb from the surroundings and the speed of circulation inside of their bodies, which in return will make the enhancement of their bodies faster and stronger. And that's why warriors from tier 4 and above don't lose to mages in terms of fighting capability, heck some are even stronger.

And in terms of Cultivation, mages build their dantian starting from tier 2, but warriors can start enhancing their bodies starting from tier 1, and that's cause their bodies will be strong enough to absorb the mana into their organs, skins, etc. Or else if they try to enhance their bodies at tier 0, they will burst out from the intensity of the pressure.

The old man said while failing to contain the anger in his voice. " I finally healed my injuries after 12 years. Demitri family, you will be paying for my family's destruction in Arceyna just wait till I break through to tier 3 and your whole family will cease to exist in this world".

Exactly after he finished speaking, he felt a warm liquid going up his throat. Noticing this, he directly suppressed it." fck, I almost spat out a mouthful of blood cause of remembering those days. I should first calm myself down and check how is the family doing".

After saying that, he instantly vanished and appeared in the ancestral hall, putting his hands behind his back, he walked unhurriedly but steadily to the main hall of the house.

At the same time the old man opened his eyes, at the heart of the souma's small pavilion, stood a man in a big chair facing a young man in front of him in an almost defeated manner, this scene was situated in a luxurious hall almost if not the same as big as the size of Bardo's main hall, it was decorated with all kinds of paintings and old antiques which some of them looked like they are even treasures.

Looking at the young man sitting in the chair right below him, Jesse the head of the souma's family couldn't help but start to get impatient, "Are you telling me that you wanna marry my daughter without even her reaching tier 1 and without any gifts whatsoever?. Did I hear that right Bell son of Tom? And does your father knows about your decision?".

Upon hearing Jesse's question and impatient voice, Bell simply extended his hand to the cup of tea in front of him and after taking a sip of it, he slowly put it back and looked to the man sitting on the main chair, replying with a calm expression " You heard it right indeed, it's useless to wait any longer than this, we might as well get married now instead of waiting for your daughter to reach tier 1 and don't forget that the biggest gift you received is my family choosing to marry your daughter despite your situation, so you should think it over after calming yourself down and Don't take so long since I hate waiting, I'll give you few minutes. Oh, and by the way, my father is the one who told me to say this so yeah he knows it ".

Upon hearing the young man's answer and that face of his that wore a calm expression like he is stating the obvious, Jesse almost attacked him, but he quickly calmed himself down. Since if he acted rashly then his family will cease to exist this time for sure.

The whole family is counting on Jessica reaching tier 1 and then getting married. But if she gets married before her breakthrough, then she won't be strong enough to talk to her husband and stand up for her family after getting married, at that time they will simply be subordinated to the Bardo family and the marriage between the two families will look like a joke, and that's why marrying before tier 1 for the family is basically like inviting a wolf inside of their house with a welcoming gesture. And that's why Bell wants to push the date earlier since he knows that it won't be long before her breakthrough, or better say, it is mainly his father Tom who's behind all of this but he simply lets his son do the talking so he gets experience in life.

After all, the Bardo family can't simply attack them and take everything they have, and that's because first: the Bardo family is not sure how much they lost of their fighting strength when they got kicked out of Arceyna town, it's true that they run away with little money, but the Bardo family wasn't sure if their tier 2 warrior which is their ancestor ( Jack) died back then after what happened.

After all, when Jesse lost all the money, the Demitry family took over their business in the town and chased them out of there, without forgetting to send their tier 2 mage and ten tiers 1 to deal a blow to their family in a try to kill their tier 2 warrior, luckily for them Jack managed to survive despite his heavy injuries but they still lost 10 tier 1's which was a devastating blow to them, and with an injured tier 2, they chose to run to this remote village and hide here.

The second reason and most important one is cause the Bardo family is righteous and needs a good reason if they wanna destruct a whole family, or else the village head will side with the souma's family to deal with the Bardo clan.

"Wow, youngsters nowadays are really daring and full of themselves, or is it cause of your family behind you that you are not afraid to act this way? well, in any case, there won't be any marriage, go tell your father that he should come and apologize before the end of the day or I won't mind paying him a visit " an aged voice sounded from the entrance of the hall. While the owner of the voice was still slowly heading to the main chair without bothering to even take a glance at the kid who obviously came with ill intentions.

Upon hearing the aged voice and seeing who had entered, Jesse instantly stepped out of his chair and bowed to the old man while saying, deep guilt contained in his voice and eyes, " Ancestor, congratulations on your recovery, this boy here is the young master of the Bardo family, and the marriage is already set and I don't think the Bardo family will cancel it, please reconsider your decision".

Jack, After hearing what Jesse was mumbling about, couldn't help but give him a look of disdain.

The family has reached this stage for the head of the family to dare and question his ancestor. And the reason for that is cause he is afraid of a mere tier 1 family in a remote village.

Jack didn't bother to answer Jesse, and at the next moment, he instantly vanished from his spot appearing in front of Bell and directly stabbing his left hand into the boy's chest like his bones were made of tofu.

Bell was gonna add something to Jesse's comment, but before he could even open his mouth to say anything, he looked in disbelief at his chest which had a big hole in it and a hand that penetrated him all the way till it got out from his back, he raised his head in difficulty to see who dared to kill him but only to discover that it was the old man that just spoke, and he was already retracting his hands from his chest and turning around heading to the direction of the main seat as nothing occurred.

With a loud sound, Bell's body hit the ground, undoubtedly dead with his face still maintaining his shocked expression and not even understanding why would the old man attack him after just telling him to go and inform his father.

" Okay, let's forget about your father, I'll be visiting him soon enough but don't worry I'll make sure to send him to your side so you don't feel lonely " Jack gave a casual comment while taking a position to sit in the main chair.

Jack looked at Jesse with a questioning tone and said in boredom " What did you say again because I failed to hear you".

Jesse who was still shocked at the scene that just transpired in front of him instantly kneeled to the ground, his head touching the floor like it was attempting to break it. " I'm sorry old ancestor, please punish me for being useless and destroying the family with my hands" Jesse kept kowtowing, and with each kowtow, his head will make a loud sound indicating the force he put in it.

Upon seeing this, Jack couldn't help but have an amused expression on his face so he casually said " I like that position of yours, it's useless to blame the weak. You even did well to stall the marriage till I came back and kept the family working, it wasn't your fault. Go ahead and call a family meeting, and everyone has to attend it, especially young children. Meanwhile, I'll be going to visit this boy's family, just don't forget to take the garbage out ".

After saying that, he directly disappeared from his spot appearing at the entrance of the hall, and gradually walking to the house's gate.