Meanwhile, in the study of Euger...
Euger's full powered fist reached towards Karl's chest at the speed of light with few sonic booms. Rowanna and Erena tried to reach him, before Euger's fist lands, but it was too late. But, when it reached to an inch away from his chest, a golden shield popped up and repelled the full force attack of a Mark Condensation Realm cultivator. Propelled by the reaction force, Euger flew backward, spitting blood from his mouth. This unexpected change of events, made Father-daughter couple shocked, and in a blink of eye, Rowanna and Erena got in front of Karl, and faced Rene and Euger while calling forth their cultivation.
Tidying up his clothes, Euger stood up unsteadily and roared in rage.
" Erena, I advise you to step down. Do you think I don't dare to make a move on you? You too. Rowanna, I loved you as a father and took care of you since the day your parents, abandoned you!"
" I know, you can kill me anytime you want! Until now, you didn't do it because you never thought me as a potential force to go against you and your daughter! But, it doesn't matter, I will protect my stepson at all cost, even if I have to sacrifice my life to do so! I know you are powerful, if I'm to die here I won't let you go away without a scratch! I will not fail my sister's final wish." Erena screamed.
" Ah, Euger, I know you took me as your daughter when my shameful parents, went waste and died from an accident. But, from the day you deflowered me, I knew you are not taking care of me but using me as a tool! Master Karl, freed me from that pathetic fate of me and offered me something to be proud of. Even though I tortured him to death, he took me in and made me a prideful woman with dignity, and freed me from that hell of yours. So, no, thanks! I don't need your fake love anymore!" Rowanna yelled.
" Very well, it seems ants have also become to act brave! If it is your choice, so let it be. I will first kill you two and then go for that brat."
With this, Euger appeared in front of Erena and landed a fist covered with blue cultivation energy. Shaken by the display of his speed, Erena had no chance to defend, and instantly she went flying away from Karl. She howled in pain as blood started to flow from his head.
With leisurely steps, Euger began to close in to her. After receiving that deadly blow from him defenseless, Erena had no strength to stand up. She kept lying while looking at him helplessly.
" No, you can't! Get to taste some of my power!"
Rowanna shot at Euger gathering her every bit of strength, while burning her vitality, aiming a fist covered with golden energy at his back.
Euger didn't even try to turn and look at her. With a flick of his hand, he sent Rowanna flying and hitting the wall. She had no endurance as much as Erena had, which caused this simple act of him, to lose her consciousness while spitting blood from her mouth. It seemed, she suffered severe internal injuries. But, Erena knew she wasn't dead yet.
'Karl, wake up! We are at our limit now, wake up please!'
All this time, Rene just continued to sit and watch the scene with a lazy look on her face. It's not that she didn't want to kill them herself, it's because she had no strength to do so. As a cultivator who practiced ' Bewitching techniques' she couldn't practice any martial art to attack someone. She had some ways to protect herself, as she did when protecting Karl from Euger's palm attack, but there was no way she could even make a scratch on someone. That's the disadvantages of bewitching techniques. They could make others work for them, but they couldn't deal with their enemies on their own!
Arriving at the place Erena was lying, Euger grabbed her by the neck and lifted upwards, making her struggle to breathe.
" Struggle as much as you want! I wanted to kill you every time I saw you in my eyes. Your presence resembles that bitch.
Fortunately, she was gone for good, and now I should clean her remnants to have some peace"
When he was about to crush her head with his left hand, a haughty yet melodic voice of a woman boomed.
" Under the name of clan Sargeer, I order you to stop committing murder."
'Why all of a sudden she comes here? She is out from her chambers just to save a boy?'
Astonishment could clearly be seen on Rene's face.
A mature woman in a green attire emerged from the entrance to the room with fifteen guards. The emblem of the Empire carved into their helmets made their identity clear for everyone who were present there. Yeah, they were the elite soldiers from Sargeer clan who resided in the Neitherhood clan, protecting Abigail Sargeer, current wife of Euger Nietherhood.
Abigail Sargeer was the sister of Wongoner Sargeer, the Emperor of the Holy Land of Light, and was also a sect elder from the Sargeer Clan. It's said that she had an earth-shaking cultivation base which was only second to her brother, the Emperor. The reason she was married to Karl's uncle was a secret for everyone in the Empire except for the two clans of course.
Shortly after the sudden disappearance of Karl's parents' she was married to his uncle without any warning beforehand. Although it was very much clear that this was a result of a big scheme, none could point out a reason for this. Normally, women from the Royal clan, were married to the men from royal clans from other Empires, which was also an arrangement of peace between the empires.
Some said this was a punishment for the princess Abigail Sargeer, as marrying a person from a noble clan in the Empire was a disgrace.
To prove this suspicion, the behavior of the princess after marrying Euger was enough. She never got out from her chambers in the clan, and never attended any banquets with the reason of closed-door cultivation.
And now all of a sudden, she had come out from her lair just because of a troubled lad from her clan. These were the thoughts of Rene.
'Is it because of the seal merging with Karl? Impossible, the seal can only be used by people from Neitherhood bloodline. Then what's the reason? Something is definitely off'
Abigail Sargeer, who seemed to be in her 30s, was actually, 500 years old with a Peak Mark Condensation Realm cultivation base. She had a chocolate brown skin with thick legs and huge buttocks along with a slender face with green eye pupils which matched well with her outfit. She had an extremely slender figure and a medium height but…
She had small breasts!
Although they were considered small to her body, they gave her a unique beauty of a young virgin girl. Even though she was married, there was no aura of maturity around her which means… ugh, I guess I would rather not detail to you about it. He-he.
Right now, she had a cold look on her face, which enlarged her haughtiness around her by several folds.
" This is business of my clan. You have no authority in the matters of my clan. So please return to your residence. Lily, show her majesty to her chambers." Rene ordered one of her servants.
Of course, Abigail wasn't Rene's real mother. Rene's real mother had died from a long prevailed illness which couldn't be cured even by the Imperial physicians from the whole Holy continent. Until her death she had to spend a miserable life of pain limited in her chambers.
" Clan or not, I don't care. As long as this clan prevails in the Sargeer Empire, all are bound to obey the orders from the Sargeer Clan. As the second elder, I order you to stop tormenting Karl and his companions from now on! How dare of you defy an order from Clan Sargeer?"
" Eh, your majesty, this is not suitable for you to interfere with my clan's matters. You may be the second elder of the Sargeer Clan, but are you sure you are still in authority after your mmm… misfortune?" Euger smirked.
Instead of wavering by the insult from Euger, she showed a confident and somewhat seductive smile.
'Shit, it's a waste to leave her untouched! I still couldn't make her submit to me.'
" Euger, you don't have to worry about that. As long as someone from Clan Sargeer's Imperial Family orders you, you are not allowed to neglect them. As far as I know, I have not still been cast out from my clan, I have the authority to order you? Am I wrong?"
She was correct indeed!
'Bitch, I swear I will humiliate you in front of the whole Empire, and make you beg for forgiveness.'
Clenching her teeth in rage, Rene ordered," Father, let go of them. Let them enjoy their pathetic lives for some time. But… Your majesty, I'm afraid I can't let them leave here!"
"No problem, they will be under my care and I promise I won't give them any chance to leave here."
Seeing Abigail's absurd behavior and the expression on her face, Rene could clearly see there was something more with Karl.
"Oya… So many people have gathered here! Ugh… I hate to gain this much attention, but I guess Karma is following me towards the end. Haah, life is so much suffocating."
All heads turned to the source of the male voice, which was like some sort of soothing music flowing through their ears.