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“Artifact…? Ah, that thing? It is yours now, keep it. Consider it as your mother’s first gift.” Faustina replied and Nux’s smile widened.
He has indeed found a rich mother.
“Nux.”
Suddenly, Caesar called out with a serious look on his face.
“Hmm?” Nux turned towards his mother’s partner.
“You have defeated the Dragon Lord.”
Caesar commented. Nux frowned at that comment, unable to understand his intent, “I did.”
“The Dragon Lord was a peak existence in Yrniel.” Caesar spoke.
“Hm?”
“You can even call him the Strongest Being in Yrniel and you have now defeated such being.”
“Lord Caesar, what are you trying to say?” Nux questioned directly.
“When are you planning to leave the smaller pond and enter the bigger one, the one that you belong in?”
Caesar questioned.
“…” Nux momentarily turned silent and Caesar continued,
“You have already defeated the biggest fish of this pond, there is no other challenge left, even the Complete Cultivators here are only Complete Saints, beings you can defeat without putting in any effort.
There is nothing left for you to do here. You would only be crippling your potential here.
Don’t you think it is better to enter the bigger pond and broaden your horizons?”
It wasn’t just Caesar either,
“I agree with him here, Nux.
Staying here won’t do you any good.
You should come with us.
Of course, you are welcome to bring your wives along, I know you aren’t leaving them here anyways.
Honestly, the main reason the two of us are even here is to bring you along. All the arrangements have been made, you only have to take the step.”
Faustina spoke.
Nux stared at the two Progenitors and shook his head,
“I believe there is still a lot I can do here.”
He still had some plans of his own.
“What’s left to do here?” Caesar questioned with a frown.
“Or are you the type of person who is happy to be the best amongst the weak and tend to stay away from the strong?”
“That is not the case, Lord Caesar.
The only reason I can defeat Arcturus is because his Law of Self was sealed, I am not actually the strongest here.
There are still more 100s of people who can defeat me.
Not to mention there is also the Black Order, I haven’t even started my counterattack against the Black Order, I believe it would be better to start from here and then enter the ‘bigger’ pond more naturally.”
Nux replied, of course, he also had some other plans in his head, the most important one being chasing Vulpiana Dawnshade. The woman had been ignoring him for quite a while. He was hoping she would come to meet him, however, since she didn’t, it was time that he made the first move.
Of course, it wasn’t something he could say out loud.
After all, ‘I still have to chase some women here’ is not really an answer his ‘mother’ would like.
But suddenly,
“The Black Order? What is that?” Caesar frowned in confusion.
“You do not know what the Black Order is?” Nux tilted his head in confusion.
“There is only Ancestral Order, there is nothing like the Black Order” Caesar replied. Faustina, on the other hand, realized something as she placed her hand on Caesar’s shoulder and, “It might be something those outer children formed, I remember Aeliana telling me about it.” She spoke.
“What…?” Caesar frowned in confusion.
“Why didn’t you tell me about it?” he questioned.
“Hmm? I don’t know…
I didn’t think you would want to know…?”
Faustina didn’t seem to care much about the Black Order either.
And Nux who saw their reactions couldn’t help but blink in surprise.
The Progenitors didn’t know about the Black Order…?
How was this possible…?
Wasn’t it an organization that was strong enough to go against the Ancestral Order? How could the two of them not know about something like that? Even someone like Vyriana took the Black Order seriously, so how could… And Outer children? What does that even mean?
Nux’s head was filled with more and more questions, unable to contain his curiosity, he questioned, “Mother… you seem awfully careless about the Black Order…
Do you not see them as a threat?”
Hearing that question, Faustina couldn’t help but chuckle, “There aren’t many things that someone at our level would consider as a threat. The so-called Black Order isn’t one of those either.”
“Then why don’t you destroy them? Wouldn’t an Organization like that eventually bring harm to our forces?” Nux questioned.
“Let’s say I do destroy them, then what? Who will you or the others face?”
“The Otherworlders?”
Faustina however, shook her head,
“You are still too weak to face the Otherworlders yet.”
Nux finally realized,
“You are using the Black Order to strengthen our forces…”
“That’s correct. A little competition is needed for the children to grow well.” Faustina spoke with a smile on her face.
“You can stay here.
The Black Order is a good target, focus on them.
You can join the ‘bigger pool’ as you intend to later, we will not bother you any longer.
Though I will say it right now,
My dear son, I have taken quite a liking to you, so I will be keeping my eyes on you, if you spent too much time fooling around in this place, I will take you away myself, is that clear?”
“I promise I will work hard, Mother.” Nux replied with a smile on his face.
The two Progenitors nodded before they disappeared.
“You have formed quite a peculiar relationship.” Vyriana commented as she appeared behind Nux.
“I didn’t think something like this would happen either.” Nux replied.
“Anyways, what did you do to Arcturus?” Vyriana questioned with a curious look on her face.
“Do you want to see?” Nux questioned with a playful look on his face as he opened a Portal.
“Please.” He spoke as he pointed at the Portal, Vyriana frowned, but then decided to walk in. She noticed that she was inside Nux’s bedroom and there, she found Arcturus, unconscious on the floor.
Nux waved his hand and Arcturus stood up.
The moment his eyes fell on Nux, he lowered his head and,
“Master.”
He greeted as if he was the most loyal servant in the world.
“Meet Arcturus Blaze, my new Slave,” Nux spoke as he pointed at Arcturus with a big smile on his face.
“You altered his personality…” Vyriana was surprised.
“Since you and my new Mother seemed to hold him in such high regard, I decided that instead of torturing him to satisfy my desires, I will turn him into my most loyal servant.
The Dragon Lord Arcturus Blaze is no more, with his personality permanently altered, he is now a man who only thinks about my benefit before making a move, a man who treats my words as absolute, a man who would even go as far is killing his son again if that is what I wish.”
Nux spoke with a big smile on his face and Vyriana, who was staring at him couldn’t say anything.
Nux looked… evil…
And the more she looked at his face…
The wider Vyriana’s grin became,
“Having the Dragon Lord as your Slave, eh? Now that’s the standards a student I trained should set.”
Vyriana was satisfied and patted on Nux’s back.
Nux, of course, accepted the praise, Arcturus, on the other hand, stayed on his knees without any complaints.
…
On the other side, the 10 Divine Stage Dragons who had just returned to the Dragon Lord’s Mansion met the 15 Dragons who were supposed to guard the Void Prison, in front of theose Dragons, stood a woman they 10 Divine Stage Dragons could recognize in an instant, “Lady Ignatia.”
The Dragons bowed their heads.
Ignatia, of course, had heard the news,
“Tournament of Strength to decide the Next Dragon Lord will be held in two weeks, in these two weeks, I will be taking the command as the late Dragon Lord’s wife.
Anyone who wishes to oppose this arrangement can now step forward.”
None of the Dragons stepped forward.
The Dragon Continent had taken great losses, 39 Dragons had left, the strongest Dragon was dead, the Dragon Continent was currently at its weakest.
Internal conflicts were the last thing they needed.
Therefore, all of them decide to put their trust of Ignatia and follow her lead till the new Dragon Lord was decided, However,
“Well, I do not exactly wish to oppose it, I just have a few questions I wish Lady Ignatia can answer.”
While everyone was ready to follow her lead, a certain man, who wasn’t even a Dragon, appeared.
“Nux Leander…” Ignatia spoke with a solemn look on her face.
“Lady Ignatia, I believe this is the second time we are meeting,
I have to say, you are as blindly beautiful as before.”
Nux greeted with a ‘warm’ smile.
“Why are you here?”
Ignatia questioned directly. She didn’t have any plans on getting along with her son’s murderer.
Nux, of course, had no such plans either, with the top Dragon Beauty already in his sights, he simply couldn’t put others in their eyes no matter who they were.
He only came here for one thing,
“Compensation.”
“What compensation?” Ignatia questioned and Nux’s smile widened.
“Surely Lady Ignatia isn’t forgetting to compensate me for the emotional damage me and my people received because of the previous Dragon Lord’s action, is she?
I believe it is high time that you pay up.”
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