unmasked

Frank was standing before the projection of the first prince. 

The first prince had already left the base, so they had to communicate through sky watch. Frank had already passed on everything regarding the discussion that he had with Dror to the prince. 

The Prince stood there pondering with a frown on his face.

Frank spoke up " My Lord if you are troubled, why don't you consider someone else for the position..."

Prince replied in an unpleasant manner " like who that idiot Raimond. If that barbarian was not a perfectly suitable candidate for the position... I wouldn't even give a glance towards him.

You should know that the position of the Young dragon is not given just based on strength. 

  the person should be courageous and should have certain accomplishments .... If we can't find any other suitable candidate we will forfeit the seat to the moderate faction or the king's faction will make the decision.... we can't let this chance go .... we will accept his terms on the surface and use other methods to tame this wild barbarian and make him a loyal servant... let him do as he pleases for a little while more"

Frank: " Then I will make the arrangements, your highness..."

With the approval of the prince everything was smooth sailing for Dror, he was made a Captain in the army of rebel base Earth.

  Even though the salary was not high there were many other perks to the position like the cultivation room, cultivation mantras and the authority exercised by a captain.

While Dror was meditating in the room, a new storm was brewing in the outside world and the person who started it was the first prince.

The first prince publicly announced that The infamous Barbarian who has created great trouble for the alliance government was one of his men from the beginning.

The barbarian was under a secret mission to damage the unruly alliance forces and now the warrior has returned to his base completing his secret mission and taken on an official position in the army base.

The ordinary people of the rebel base cheered for the new hero, while spies of the alliance government had already delivered the news to their higher ups.

In one of the 8 central cities Tarnish, inside the biggest mansion of the city the Lomba mansion. 

A clean shaved middle aged man was seated on a throne like seat, what stood out about this man was his green eyes and a scar on the left side of his forehead. 

This was the family head of the Lomba family, Manuel Lomba.

He was reading a report that had just been delivered to him and as he continued to read, his breathing was also becoming more ragged due to anger. 

The Lomba family had taken special care to suppress the matter's regarding their conflict with the barbarian, so that they wouldn't lose face, but now everything was out in the public .

Manual " where is Mike and Claudius... bring them here right now "

Mike and Claudius were standing before Manual with bowed heads within minutes.

The anger inside Manual's body was starting to flare out... and he started yelling.

" You two good for nothing, you have brought the prestige of the lomba family to the ground.... The commoners are laughing at us, the rebels have publicized that the young master of the Lomba family is a coward who ran away from the battle with tail between his legs and the commander from Lomba family is a good for nothing who lost an entire squad of air ship fighting against a single barbarian.... what do the both of you have to say about this whole incident..."

Both Mike and Claudius were in shame and couldn't utter a single word.

Before Manuel started yelling again, another person entered the room.

  It was a well built young man whose facial features were much similar to Manuel and had similar green eyes.

Manuel's anger subsided a little after seeing the new figure. 

This was the eldest son of Manuel and his pride, Maxwell Lomba. 

Unlike Mike this person was more mature and composed.

  He was considered as one of the young geniuses in the entire alliance, his cultivation reaching 8th level of True warrior realm at the age of 26.

" Father please calm down, even though younger brother and commander Claudius have their faults, they can not be blamed for everything ... We should not underestimate our enemy.

  Even though he is known as a barbarian he is nothing like his name suggests, he is a very cunning and tricky opponent . His strength is also not so simple..."

Manuel was pleased by Maxwell's way of thinking " It's good that you don't underestimate your enemy... but your younger brother doesn't have your patience or maturity..... Mike you will go into solitary training until you break through to the True warrior realm and reflect on your mistakes. As for you Claudius, the resources allotted to you will be reduced to half for the next three years... now both of you can leave.."

Mike and Claudius bowed and left the hall.

Manuel spoke in a serious tone " I want you to deal with the barbarian, do you have any idea in your mind.."

Maxwell replied " the barbarian is very intelligent and cautious. On top of it he is now under the protection of the rebels..... i think we should increase our surveillance and not act impulsively... we should wait for the right chance and make sure when we make the move, it should solve this issue forever..."

Manuel " I have got information that he was also involved in the matter related to the bloody church...deal with it, the way you want it to. 

But remember I won't tolerate another failure or embarrassment to our family name... "

Maxwell had a hidden glint in his eyes " yes father.."

....

Similarly the news of the barbarian joining the rebel's reached all the other main families and they were having different reactions, somewhere intrigued, some wary and some were secretly laughing at the demise of the Lomba family.

There was one other family that was as angered at this matter like the Lomba family. The Marcus family.

They had already got confirmation on the role played by the barbarian in the Bloody church incident, but their hands were much more tied after the incident because too many eyes were secretly watching them.

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