1463 Your Daughter…?
Crack
Azriel extended his hand and in one simple move, the space around him cracked. The Vampire Progenitors had forcefully torn [Core]’s space, breeching Nux’s last line of defence as he walked in as if he hadn’t done anything big.
Inside the [Core], Azriel saw Nux and his wives glaring at him with solemn looks on their faces, their safe haven was breached, none of them expected it.
Nux stepped forward.
“Don’t move recklessly.” He warned the women behind him.
Everyone had a look of caution on their faces as they stared at Azriel, the Progenitor, on the other hand, wasn’t thinking much. He simply stared at Nux, completely ignoring the bunch of women behind him, then, He waved his hand.
Law of Absolute.
This was the Law Azriel had comprehended.
A Law of Self created out of this Law, the ‘pressure’ an individual releases or what most cultivators call the Aura of the Law of Self, the major component that decides the strength of this pressure is the Law one had formed.
The Stronger the Law, the Stronger the Aura of the Law of Self.
As for the strength of a being who had comprehended a Law as broken as the Law of Absolute… One couldn’t even fathom it.
A simple release of Aura was enough to deal with almost any being in Yrniel, even Progenitors weren’t any different.
Yes, Azriel Ruinous only needed a release all of his Aura to deal with Yrniel’s Progenitors, he didn’t even have to move.
The difference between them was that huge.
Then what about a child who wasn’t even a Saint yet?
Was that even a question?
Azriel could swat this fly away into a paste just by releasing his Aura and that is what he intended to do. It was the fastest, the most trouble-free method possible. This is also what he used to deal with Faustina, of course, in Faustina’s case, he was a lot gentler, he made sure the woman simply loses her consciousness, not getting hurt in any way and even if Nux wasn’t there to cushion her fall, Azriel was already prepared to stop her from reaching the ground.
Of course, for Nux, he had no such limitations. He had no need to be ‘gentle’ here.
However…
Just as the Vampire Progenitor’s Aura surrounded Nux, Nux, who looked right into the Progenitor’s eyes waved his hand and, Azriel’s Aura disappeared as if it never existed.
The Aura that incapacated even the Mother of all humans, did absolutely nothing against Nux.
“Hmm?”
Azriel paused.
He was confused.
Something like this shouldn’t happen.
How come this child was able to negate his Aura…?
That is only possible if the enemy was stronger than him or the Law the enemy had comprehended was much stronger than his own.
Of course, the first case can be easily disregarded.
As for the Second…
That seemed even more absurd because the child was still a Semi Saint, he hadn’t even formed his Law yet.
Did that mean just this child’s Path alone was stronger than his Law…?
Azriel pondered.
And this gave enough time for Aeliana to enter the crack and stand in front of Nux and his group again. The pseudo-leader of the Ancestral Order glanced at Azriel and, “Lord Azriel, you still didn’t answer my question. Why are you here?”
She questioned.
Azriel’s attention was instantly shifted to her daughter, seeing as how the little girl was standing against him, he couldn’t help but feel a little proud, but at the same time, he also felt pain in his heart.
Of course, none of those emotions could be seen on his face. He simply stared at her daughter and, “Why are you to protect him?” He was curious. He wanted to know what sort of relation the two of them had.
“He is someone close to my dear friend. She would be sad if he gets hurt and I want to avoid that.”
“Your friend…?” Azriel muttered.
Vyriana, on the other hand, stared at Aeliana’s back and couldn’t help but smile inwardly. Even in front of her father, despite being outweighed by her own emotions, she still stood up to help her.
Even if she didn’t wish to admit it, she did owe her one.
“And your reason to kill is not enough. If he truly was an enemy, Lady Faustina wouldn’t protect him.”
“Are you saying Faustina i-”
“I would rather trust someone I know all my life than someone I am meeting for the first time.”
Azriel paused.
He, a being who squashed millions beneath his foot, felt thoroughly crushed when he heard those words. Memories he didn’t wish to recall played in his head and his emotionless eyes flickered.
For a minute second, those eyes turned moist, however, before anyone could see that, Azriel forced himself to return to normal before he turned and glanced at his daughter and the people in front of him again.
“…”
Aeliana was silent.
Surprisingly, the one who showed the biggest reaction to those words were not Aeliana or Azriel.
It was Nux.
As someone who had been suppressing his feelings all this while, hearing Aeliana’s words and knowing perfectly well how much saying those words pained her, his suppressed emotions burst out.
Memories of the time he spent with Aeliana were still fresh in his mind, strong emotions reflecting worry, sadness, and affection could be seen in his eyes as he glanced at Aeliana.
And Azriel, who saw Nux’s expression, narrowed his eyes.
“What relation do you have with my daughter, outsider?”
He questioned directly, this time, his voice was heavy, much heavier and threatening than before.
Aeliana, Vyriana, Nux’s wives and even the Progenitors who had entered the [Core], everyone was surprised by the sudden change in the air, the pressure Azriel unconsciously released was simply too heavy for everyone here to not feel it.
The only one who was completely immune to this pressure was Nux.
And unfortunately, he currently was not in a perfectly healthy state of mind either, “Your Daughter…?”
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