Meanwhile, Emperor Evergreen's eldest son, only 80 years younger than his father, was in the Green City Temple, handling his affairs within the Spiritual Church.
He, Duncan Evergreen, level 99, was the current Supreme Pontiff of that organization, someone who had left the imperial family of this state to serve only the Church.
Because of this, he was no longer part of that family, although he was a close ally of House Evergreen.
In any case, he was more talented than his father, so he was at the peak of level 99, not far from reaching what was necessary to attempt his advancement to the 11th stage for the first time.
His father was also supposed to try to do this in the future. Still, even though he was younger, Duncan would go into seclusion before his old man within the next 80 to 90 years.
Therefore, he was siding with his disciple of this generation, who he wanted to take over his duties within the Church when he left.