'Phantom has returned...!'

Phantom – or known as Alexander by few, got tired after the meeting with his three Priestesses.

Violette led Alexander to his own personal room, which was over 100 square meters. The room was made out of gold and each of the furniture was made out of Elder Tree, this value of this room alone was more than what the Four Kingdom could earn in over five thousand years.

After Alexander closed his eyes, Violette left the room quietly. Violette's eyes narrowed slightly as she hurriedly walked towards the Throne room. It didn't take Violette ten seconds, she sat on her red throne as she glanced at Sarah and Elizabeth.

"Is he asleep?"

Sarah asked in a soft voice, but her eyes were also slightly narrowed.

"Yes."

Violette nodded without thinking twice.

"I checked his breathing, Master went into deep sleep. It seems like Master was way more tired than what we thought."

"It seems so."

Elizabeth nodded, her eyebrows were furrowed, but she managed to keep herself calm.

"As I mentioned earlier, the 'aliens' are not our only problems."

Sarah was the first one to speak about the previous discussions.

"The other Kingdoms are not weak at all, we need to decide. Either usurp everything by force, or keep them in check."

"Humph…!"

Violette snorted as she glanced coldly at Sarah.

"You want to keep the ones who's looking for Master's Kingdom in check?"

"No deal, I will massacre them all!"

"For once, I have to side with Violette."

Elizabeth opened her mouth after Violette finished speaking.

"We can't have ourselves be distracted by them if we get attacked by those 'aliens'."

The more Sarah heard, the more she smiled.

"Good."

"This is good…!"

"Hehe…"

Sarah started laughing in a very low voice.

"I will make all of them regret ever setting their eyes on Lord's Kingdom!"

"Cough."

Violette faked a cough as she glanced at Sarah laughing like a maniac.

"Many should have already noticed Master's return, what should we do about that?"

"As far as we personally know, only those 'rulers' in the other Kingdoms should know about it."

Elizabeth nodded slowly as she thought of the problem.

"Then, why not let everyone know it?"

"Let everyone know that 'Phantom' has returned. Those on our side will see this as a blessing while our enemies will fear us."

Violette nodded in approval at Elizabeth thought, but she didn't voice out her thoughts yet.

"Elizabeth, your idea is good."

Sarah let out a small smile as she said that. But, her smile turned into a grin for a moment after that.

"They do fear 'Phantom' for his raw strength, but they are not afraid of him…"

"We know that Lord is strong, but it is not his time to step on the battlefield yet. His battlefield is against those 'aliens', it will be our battle to fight the three other Kingdoms."

"You are right, Sarah."

Violette finally voiced out her thoughts before continuing.

"None of the other Kingdoms are pushovers, but we can't let Master step into the battle. We might not be strong as that Demon, or as many as those Elves, nor do we have the equipment like the Humans, but… we do have something stronger, a lot stronger…"

While speaking, she sent glances towards her own sword, Elizabeth's bow and Sarah's spectre.

"Each of our Divine Equipment have strength beyond what we can imagine."

Elizabeth nodded as she continued from Violette.

"After each generation of the Priestesses, the previous one has always imparted their knowledge about the Divine Equipment and their way to grow stronger."

"That is our advantage…"

Sarah spoke as she lowered her head.

"With these advantages, we can fight against anyone who had thoughts about coming for Lord on this world."

After a moment of silence, Sarah continued.

"But, we can't make the first move, or the three Kingdoms will make an alliance to destroy us."

"Hump!"

Violette narrowed her eyes.

"I will wait patiently for now…"

A cold aura spread out from Violette's body.

"But, when the times arrives, I will kill them all…!

The Throne room staid silent before the three Priestesses walked in their own direction.

In another room, Alexander laid with his eyes closed. Alexander slowly opened his eyes, smiling weakly.

[Is this the feeling I have been searching for?]

[The feeling when having someone looking out for you…]

[Father was right. Strength might give you the power to rule others, but having loyal people to help you selflessly is clearly more emotional. Hah, I think I can understand why Father never ruled with strength, but with his love to everyone…]

The more Alexander was thinking, the more tears started running down his cheeks.

[Father, are you still looking for me? Would you still look at me with those gentle eyes even after I left which led to breaking your heart…?]

Alexander shook his head, finding himself stupid.

[What a stupid question I asked, I know that you love all of your children and wives with all of your heart.]

[If… If I ever die, I will release my soul. Father, I know that you will find it, I only hope that you won't cry at that time, Father…]

Alexander's thought went blank after this and he closed his eyes, going into sleep.

The next morning.

The sun rose from the horizon, bringing a light filled with warmness over everywhere it shone.

Birds was chirping over the houses and in the trees, the wind was blowing a melody in the streets of Phanasia.

Usually the streets should have been empty in the morning, but today everyone was walking towards the city centre.

"The three Priestesses has something important to announce, please go to the city centre!"

Nuns and priests was walking around Phanasia, shouting with a gentle tone.

The priests and the nuns couldn't help from smiling. They did not know what the three Priestesses would announce, but they knew that the only times they did so, was times of great joy.

Even the inhabitants had smiles on their faces, none of them were angry about being awaken by the shouts of the nuns and the priests. Many had dark rings around their eyes, but with a smile on their face, they walked towards the city centre.

Even the rich merchants, bishops, prefects and the generals walked towards the city centre with their families without thinking that it was something unusual.

All of them respected the three Priestesses and believed in Phantom, therefore this was something usual for them.

It took over four hours before everyone had arrived at the city centre.

The city centre was very large, enough for over ten million to stand there casually. At this time, many millions of civilians and military was sitting on chairs, none of them were standing. Thousands of priests and nuns were giving food and drink to those which had arrived for their breakfast, chicken soup with bread and water.

No one complained, as this was something luxurious for most people and even the richer ones enjoyed the food.

"What do you think is the announcement? It has been over a hundred years since the last time the three Priestesses announced something important."

"I honestly do not know, but it seems like that they want most people to hear this announcement. Seeing that almost the whole capital is in the city centre."

"You are right, this can't be something like the last times, I can't help but wait to hear the announcement."

Even those who have waited already for over four hours didn't feel that their time was wasted. This was their faith, they trusted that their church would not waste their time without a good enough reason.

"Quiet down!"

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded out throughout the whole capital.

Everyone raised their heads towards the sky, seeing three figures standing on the air.

Sarah, Violette and Elizabeth stood two hundred meters above the ground, overlooking the millions sitting in the city centre.

Violette felt slightly annoyed that everyone was talking, she stepped half a step forward, speaking in a voice that anyone in the city could hear.

"I, Violette VuEhter, the 19th generation of the Demon Priestess, with Sarah Terian the 17th generation of the Human Priestess and Elizabeth Gueina the 19th generation of the Elven Priestess, will make an announcement this day!"

Violette's voice entered everyone's ears, her voice was indifferent, but everyone could feel the suppressed joy in it.

Not a second later, Sarah also stepped half a step forward while speaking.

"We have waited for a very long time, but we do not have to wait any longer."

Elizabeth also took a half a step forward, lining up with Sarah and Violette.

Elizabeth glanced at Sarah and Violette before nodding.

Sarah and Violette also nodded in return.

This time, the three Priestesses spoke in an overlapping voice.

"Because, 'he' has returned once more to us…!"

Before anyone could think who 'he' was, a dark shadow could be seen standing in front of the three Priestesses.

Not long after, they could clearly see that shadow. It was someone in a dark cloak with a mask on his face!

"Phantom…!"

Not knowing who, but someone screamed with widely opened eyes.

Everyone saw Phantom with their own eyes, Phantom wasn't releasing any aura, but everyone felt pressured by the sight of him standing on the air.

Not even knowing when, everyone was kneeling towards Phantom, barely able to raise their heads to watch Phantom.

Violette, Sarah and Elizabeth smiled gently as they saw everyone kneeling towards Phantom.

"… I am back…!"

A beautiful voice entered everyone's ears. It took everyone a second before they figured it was Phantom's voice, their minds went blank with just hearing his voice which was as gentle as the morning breeze, powerful as the sun and embracing as the moon.