451 Tournament 1.2 (1/2)

Raven was of course surprised by the intense reaction of Albert. He could even see that even Raul and the rest of the guards were all looking at him weirdly as well. This caused him to feel a bit awkward.

”Well, I don't know him personally but he was the one who approached me first.” He replied, ”Why? Is there something wrong?”

”Of course there is! Don't you know which clan he comes from?” Albert asked rhetorically, looking at Raven as if he was a madman or something.

”Son, don't forget that Raven hasn't even been in the Divine Realm for a year.” Raul calmly commented on the side.

”Ah! Damn! I forgot about that!” Albert scratched his head and sat back down, looking a bit embarrassed.

Meanwhile, Raven didn't say anything and instead waited until they decide to tell him what's going on. Although he technically has been in the Divine Realm for a good amount of time if they were to include his previous life, it's not a good idea to reveal such thing.

Moreover, he really has no recollection of Jason at all, not to mention his clan. So he was hoping that they would reveal more to him.

”I think it would be best for you to avoid that guy.” Albert said solemnly while patting Raven's shoulder. The room became silent for a bit, causing some annoyance to rise over Raven's heart.

He wanted to know the reason why but he wouldn't understand anything if they don't tell him anything. In the end, it was Raul who sighed and decided to reveal the matters to Raven.

”It's not some big secret anyways, so there shouldn't be any problem for us to tell you. But if anything, I would really like you to reconsider your connection with this person, dear nephew.”

Raven remained quiet and waited for Raul to speak.

”Compared to the lower realms, the Divine Realm could be said to be the main headquarters for Humanity. This is a well known fact no matter where you go.” Raul stated, ”I've been in the lower realms before and through experiencing what it's like there, I had no other choice but to agree as well.”

”In comparison to the lower realms, the Divine Realm offers so much more. The resources are very abundant and the opportunities for a breakthrough are seemingly endless. Additionally, since Humanity had been inhabiting this place for the longest time, our race were already deeply rooted here.”

The things that Raul revealed to him weren't something new to Raven. He would know since he was once became the pillar of support for Humanity.

Raul paused for a bit, wanting Raven to digest the pretext he provided just now, but he had no way of knowing that Raven was all too familiar with the statement he made, even more so that Raul himself. But of course, Raven still pretended in order to not blow his cover.

After a while, Raul continued: ”Those who were currently standing on the top - the Leaders of Humanity, feared that if the competition goes on like that, too much blood will be shed and too many resources will be wasted. If that happens, then our race will continue to decline and lose our foothold on the Divine Realm, ultimately ending up to our extinction.”

'Those people actually call themselves as the 'Divine Council of Humanity' but Leaders of Humanity works too. Although they were more like couch potatoes to be honest…' Raven grumbled inwardly but didn't show any kind of reaction.

”But of course, since they were part of Humanity themselves. They don't want to see such outcome to happen, therefore they formed certain rules in order to control the situation. Hoping to extend the longevity of Humanity as long as possible. And due to their intervention, order was restored and Humanity as a whole became stable.”

'Pfft. Rules? Ha. Humanity is stable? Ha.' Raven snickered inwardly.

”That being said, there's just some people who refuses to comply with the rules they made.” Raul sighed in disappointment. ”These people didn't want to be subjected through their rules and wanted everything for themselves. They were greedy and evil, some even disregarded their own morality due to their incessant desire to dominate the entire Divine Realm.”

'So he means to say that Jason's clan is…'

”Due to their actions, many crusades began in order to hunt them down and bring justice to their victims. Unfortunately, their forces had many means of surviving and retreating. Even though most of them were already hunted down, some of them are still around and biding their time to re-surface and take over the Divine Realm.”