Shocking revelations

Bertram was so angry that he was seeing red, but Alex quickly shut him up by releasing the full pressure of his aura upon him.

"You won't even be able to lay a finger on him under my eyes, especially now considering you lack the means to do so…" Alex shut Bertram up, even making a joke out of him as he pointed at his lack of fingers.

"Continue, Kilian. I can guarantee Bertram won't be able to hurt you."

With a heavy sigh, Kilian continued.

"At first, the Count seemed rather reluctant to speak, but after Bertram affirmed his loyalty to him, he revealed his plan to us soon after." Kilian looked as if he had lived a hundred lives when he reached this point.

"He had recently come across some ancient ruins, and through his expeditions there he had found an ancient summoning formation." 

"To put it simply, this formation when activated would summon a Variant class beast matching the rank of the one who summoned it."