"Word just reached us that the entire Voss family is gone!"

Not given them a chance to react, Aelinor continued to speak.

"Although I don't know what happened on your father's end, it seemed the Voss family went wild this time"

"Of the fifty-two nobles in the empire, fifty were assassinated overnight, almost instantly collapsing the entire country"

"The remaining two are seriously injured; had it not been for some special means, they too would have died"

"As for Theron and Elizabeth, they directly stormed the royal capital with their people, attacking the royal family"

"It is rumoured that the heaven and earth shook, as all kinds of hidden seventh and eighth orders joined the fray"

"Even your ancestor is said to have joined, increasing the scale of the war to a ninth-order disaster"

Recalling all the information she received, even though she was the one who said it, Aelinor was shaken.

Ninth-order war? This hadn't happened in over a hundred years.

What in the world was happening in the world?

Thinking of this, she suddenly turned to the void in front of her.

"As shocking as it may seem, I know you have a lot of questions to ask"

"Unfortunately, I'm as clueless as you. The only thing I know now is that in the royal capital of the dragon empire, all that remains is a crater hundreds of meters wide"

"No sign of life anywhere, and the former land of the Voss family, the same"

"If you really want an answer, you should ask him"

"Life sacred art: elemental bind!"

Casting a spell, multiple vine-like branches made of life mana suddenly appeared, grasping into the void.

A move that left Damien and the others confused.

At least that was until a faint figure suddenly emerged.

"Alfred!"

Looking at the figure who was bound by vines, Damien's mind was shaken.

With his familiar set of grey hair, thin physique and black suit, it was none other than his father's right-hand man, the Voss family seventh order steward, Alfried.

*Damn! Since when had this old man been hidden?*

*Could it be that my stupid father assigned him to follow me ever since we left the mansion? However, if that's the case, why didn't he help us against Charron!?*

Lost in thought, a flurry of emotions welled up from within Damien's heart.

Anger that Alfred had not helped despite all that had happened.

Fear that he had been watching him since, and his secrets might be exposed.

Hope that his father might still be okay, and Alfred would tell him everything Aelinor just said was a lie.

Lying on his bed, injured, Damien looked at Alfred deeply, his attention focused on the man before him.

And Alfred, having been exposed, just smiled wryly as he raised his hands in surrender.

"As expected of the masters, comrade, it seems that this old man can't hide from you?"

"When did you notice? Although this old man is nowhere near the master in terms of strength, in terms of stealth, I should be in the top ten on the continent"

"Also, young master, it's good to finally talk to you, although you might not forgive me, but it's not that I didn't want to help you, but the master said I could not expose myself till news of his death or disappearance had begun to circulate"

"Although I do not know why, it seems like the master had already planned to do this; perhaps this was why he let you go out in the first place"

Still bound by Aelinor's vines, Alfred showed no anger or surprise; rather, looking at his young master, he felt deeply sad.

Even though he wasn't sure what was going on himself, the fact remained that the young master at only twelve seemed to have just lost both his parents.

"Master Theron, what in the Gods' name are you planning?"

Muttering inwardly, he turned to look at the person who bound him.

Aelinor of the Elf forest, the Queen of the elves and the only living high elf

However, now such a person was staring daggers at him.

"Talk, old man, what is that bastard Theron up to?"

"Don't tell me that old man and old woman Elizabeth plan to dump their child with me and go on a holiday"

"Also, when did I notice you? From the moment you stepped into the forest, I noticed you"

"I don't know if you know this, but elves are the darlings of nature, and as a high elf, I am even more so"

"Coming into the elf forest, you were no less than a light bulb in my eyes, had it not been for the presence of Voss' mana, I would have eliminated you since"

Casually speaking, Aelinor released her restraints on him.

Regardless of what the old man in front of her said, she did not believe that people like Theron and Elizabeth would lose their lives to some trash empire; something else must be going on somewhere.

So with this in mind, she turned toward Damien, who was still in Desibelif and Isabelle, Lyra and Leona, who were shocked, unable to comprehend what they were talking about.

"I-I-impossible! How could the master and mistress be gone!"

"You must be lying!"

Shouting angrily, Isabelle instantly grew out her horns, and her whole body burst into flames.

"Isabelle! Stand down!"

Shouting angrily, Damien, who was also in shock, shouted at the unstable Isabelle.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, now wasn't the time to lose control.

"Isabelle, from now on, don't say anything; the same goes for Lyra and Leona"

"Until I say otherwise, I don't want anyone interrupting my thoughts"

Wearing a cold expression, it was clear that this news had greatly stimulated Damien.

And to make things worse, the nonchalant expressions on Aelinor's and Alfred's faces made him angrier.

However, what he failed to realise was that it was not that they did not care, but that neither Aelinor nor Alfred genuinely believed that Theron died,

After all, before he was the Voss family patriarch and a father.

He was none other than the world's strongest man!

Unless the Gods personally descended, they didn't believe anyone could kill Theron.

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