Being mocked by old Tattalia in front of everyone, Holt bit his lip and held back his anger. "If you're so strong, first survive the day."

Old Tattalia gave Holt a cold look and said: "You don't even have the sense of a noble. A noble enjoys honor and wealth for a long time, and in the end, he must give his life for it."

Then, looking at the Morgan guards in front of him, he said coldly: "Today, I will lead the Tattalia family to end the mistakes we once made! Adam Morgan, will you just stand there and watch your son be attacked?"

As Tattalia finished speaking, a loud wheel sound suddenly came from the square.

Then, the Morgan guards in the center of the square moved aside.

Adam Morgan, holding his staff, stepped forward slowly, his eyes full of light. "Fredo, you surprised me. I didn't think you, at your age, would still remember your ancestors' glory."

Old Tattalia looked at the young-looking Adam, who was just like Alex, and stood in shock. "I thought you were ten years older than me. What kind of dark magic did you use?"

Adam laughed. Right behind him, a blood vine suddenly shot out and aimed at old Tattalia.

Tattalia quickly sent out his familiar, the [Ghost Carver], to fight it. But as soon as the ghost met the blood vine, it turned into vapor like ice meeting fire.

Tattalia watched his long-time familiar be melted and absorbed by the blood vine. His whole body trembled. "This… is impossible!"

Adam looked at Old Tattalia and grinned. "Old friend, do you really think the [Divine Fruit] was invented by Alex?"

Old Tattalia heard the mockery in Adam's voice and his eyes turned red with anger.

Just as he was about to fight Adam himself, Holt stopped him. "Old man, you've been played. Stand back and don't get in my way. If you get killed, I'll have a harder time cleaning up."

With that, Holt picked up his battle axe, licked the blade, and walked toward Adam.

Adam sneered. "Kill them!"

The guards around him rushed at Holt and Old Tattalia.

At that moment, the Morgan mansion was completely in chaos.

Alex took the chance and pulled out a clear crystal, starting a special ritual to absorb dark energy again.

Sophia and Lucia watched as familiar tamers fell to the ground, their life force turning into black smoke and flying toward Alex. They both looked angry.

Just as they were about to fight Alex no matter the cost, on the other side of the mansion, Adam started the same ritual.

Suddenly, all the familiar tamers who had ever used the [Divine Fruit] were hit. They fell to the ground like cursed people, dying one by one.

Even Old Tattalia, who was watching from the side, fell to his knees, pale and coughing black blood.

He didn't understand. He had never fed his familiar the [Divine Fruit]—why was he getting sick?

Adam saw the confusion in Tattalia's eyes and laughed. "Idiot. Didn't you forget that I gave you the Ghost Carver when we went to the lost world to find strong familiars?"

Old Tattalia coughed violently and his face turned dark.

He spat out some blood, stared at Adam with deadly eyes, and his whole body was filled with killing intent. "You monster! You were just a student back then, and you already tricked me!"

Adam ignored Old Tattalia's curses. "Idiot, you'll never understand our Morgan family's plan that has taken a hundred years. It's not just me who tricked you. In fact, we've been tricking the whole federation!"

He spread his arms and enjoyed the dark energy around him. "Tonight, the Morgan family will produce two Saint stage

familiar tamers. Then the council will be forever in our hands!"

He looked at Alex, who was also absorbing dark energy, and smiled. "The Morgan family is older than the federation. We've already found a way to break through the Saint level. Tonight, once I and Alex each absorb the talents of 108 familiar tamers, we'll break the limits of human genes and reach a new level of life!"

Adam said this proudly, but those words made Old Tattalia feel even more angry.

Just as it looked like Old Tattalia was about to die, a portal suddenly appeared before him.

Then, to everyone's surprise, Logan appeared in front of Old Tattalia and pushed a bottle of medicine into his mouth. "If you don't want to die in a stupid way, drink it now!"

"Ah... ah!" After drinking the medicine, Old Tattalia coughed violently, spitting out blood and suffering terribly. "This medicine is poisonous!"

Logan looked at him and said, "Drink it. This poison will take ten days to kill you. It's better than being sucked dry by Adam right now. Besides, you're just my prisoner. You don't have the right to ask me to save you."

Old Tattalia, hearing Logan's words, suddenly laughed. "Haha! Good! I'd be happy to see the Morgan family fall. Logan, end this. You can take all my memories if you want."

Logan looked at Old Tattalia, then at Adam and Alex, and smiled. "You two have been talking for so long. Why haven't you broken through the Saint stage yet? Show me! Let me see what you're made of! Don't just talk—break through!"

Alex was angry at Logan's words. "Logan! Don't be so sure of yourself. My return ritual just needs time to absorb the dark energy!"

Logan raised an eyebrow and smiled widely. "Is that so? Then I'll ask you to look up. The sky is clear and blue. Where's the dark energy?"

After Logan said that, Alex suddenly realized that the dark energy that had just flowed into his body was gone.

That meant all the familiar tamers who had ever used the [Divine Fruit] had already been drained by him and his father—there was no one left!

Alex quickly understood and panicked. "No way! I was sure…"

"You were sure you gave away the [Divine Fruit] to all the big groups, gave it as a reward to the council, and even gave some out at the party, right?" Logan looked at Alex's worried face and cut him off.

Then, Logan turned to Adam and smiled. "And some of the [Divine Fruit] Alex gave out were actually from your blood vine, right?"

Logan revealing the secret of the [Divine Fruit] in front of everyone made both Alex and Adam pale.

Logan smiled and pulled out a small test tube, shaking it at Adam. "I had people study your [Divine Fruit] long ago. What surprised me was that the ones you gave out came from two different mothers. After growing them, the researchers were shocked—they were actually seeds of a plant-type familiar!"

He shook the tube again and smiled. "So I asked the researchers to make a special inactive medicine and mix it into the wine. It killed the active power of the [Divine Fruit] so you couldn't use your ability to collect it. Oh, and some of the 'Divine Fruit' you gave out were actually replaced with [Jelly Pudding]."

At this, both Alex and Adam turned furious.

That's why so many familiar tamers in the square hadn't been turned into dark energy during the ritual.

Either they had drunk the inactive medicine Logan had prepared, or they had gotten the fake [Jelly Pudding] instead.

Both of them were just one step away from reaching Saint stage, but now they had failed because of Logan. They wanted to kill him right then and there!

"Logan! I'll kill you!" Alex yelled and released all of his familiars in a desperate move, ready to fight Logan to the death.

"Brat! You ruined the Morgan family's hundred-year plan! I'll turn you into fertilizer!" Adam's voice was cold, and he now had murder in his eyes for Logan.

But just as they released their familiars, Sophia and Lucia used all their strength to block Alex.

Meanwhile, Uesugi Shin from Edo Castle and Kevin from Storm Wind City suddenly appeared and blocked Adam along with Holt.

Seeing the two new people, Adam gritted his teeth. "Storm Wind City and Edo Castle… are you all going to interfere too?"

"Adam, you've committed a serious crime. You should commit seppuku!" Uesugi Shin threw a short knife at Adam and stared at him coldly.

"Morgan family leader, I've recorded everything. The people of the Federation will judge your actions!" Kevin, in full armor, kept his eyes locked on Adam.

For a moment, the battle in the Morgan castle was in a delicate balance.

Everyone, except Logan and his Red Flower Guild, and Evelynna with her Temple Knights, was standing face to face, ready for a fight.

But instead of leading his team to attack the Morgan guards, Logan and his group moved toward the deep part of the castle. "Natalia, Old Tattalia, come with me!" Logan called out.

Hearing Logan, Natalia and Old Tattalia both frowned. "Where are you going? Shouldn't you deal with this first?"

Logan smiled and shook his head. "The real problem isn't here. It's underground."

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