Chapter 178 - Chapter 178: Chapter 171 Hovern Sudden Change (1/2)

Chapter 178: Chapter 171 Hovern Sudden Change

Cyart, Glenborough Province.

The Hovern family’s hundreds of core members hid in a secluded mountain range, and the Hovern people had erected powerful barriers near the cave ahead of time, with all the family members waiting for Earl Hovern’s successful ascend to the Monarch Level.

Should he reach the Monarch Level, the teetering Hovern family could continue to hold up.

To avoid being attacked, they had sought two powerful allies of low-level Monarch strength, one was “Axe of the Highland,” the next head of the Hovern branch from Vallere, and the other was a tall, masked, and mysterious woman known as “Destruction Lady.”

Earl Hovern did not choose to break through to Monarch at the family residence because it was too conspicuous, even though the barriers at the residence were stronger, but it still made for a huge target, sitting there waiting for trouble to come knocking.

The present decision was somewhat risky, but they indeed had not been discovered by the family’s enemies for an entire year.

At the entrance of the cave, an impatient man paced back and forth.

“Axe of the Highland,” a low-level Monarch strongman, was only in his thirties, dressed in a straight black suit with an annoyed expression and tightly furrowed brows.

“Your branch is really quite pitiful, all the other big families within Cyart’s territory actually isolate your existence…”

“It’s been a year; why hasn’t that old guy succeeded in his breakthrough yet, and why hasn’t he failed either…”

He looked at the blood relatives of the Hovern family and couldn’t resist complaining; the Hovern people responded with awkward smiles, not daring to rebuff his remarks.

Even though the two Hovern families have been separate for many years and established roots in two different countries, they still maintained contact, and “Axe of the Highland” was actually Earl Hovern’s nephew.

Otherwise, no matter how many resources were offered, he wouldn’t have come over to help so readily.

In fact, only the “Adranus” Meyer family and “Aether Giant Dragon” Wilson family hadn’t split, while the other eight pillar families had branched out across the Eastern Four Kingdoms, but the supportive branches that could rise were still few.

A hundred years ago, everyone was an alliance against the Lorne citizens, intermarriage was normal, so it’s routine for them to cohabit mixedly.

Therefore, during the Fifty Years War of the Eastern Four Kingdoms, the casualty rate of the nobles was very low, just as Old Ramon once said—nobles rarely kill other nobles easily; it was the commoners who suffered the most fatalities.

It was from the generation of Viscount Bast that the nobles of the Ten Great Families completely turned against each other, and the initial bonds of alliance finally faded away.

“I really can’t wait any longer; there are many things I need to deal with over there!”

The complaints of “Axe of the Highland” were justified—they established “The Oath” to come here and help, and they couldn’t leave until they saw the results.

None of them expected that Earl Hovern would be this enduring and drag things out, attempting to breakthrough for over a year without any sign, yet he never completely failed either.

It was as if “Axe of the Highland” was trapped in Cyart Kingdom, unable to return home, which put him in an aggravated mood.

The woman standing alongside, known as “Destruction Lady,” was a figure wrapped in a black cloak, who had not uttered a word for more than a year and kept silently waiting for the outcome.

There were hundreds of extraordinary exponents in the cave, and even a dozen who had reached the Transmutation Level, all of them direct blood relatives of the Hovern family—as for the extraordinary exponents from subordinate forces, they were not called here by the Hovern family for secrecy’s sake.

In the past, the members of the Hovern family waited anxiously every day, but now they too were somewhat relaxed and numb.

“Hahahaha!”

Suddenly, a loud laughter echoed through the mountain range, causing everyone to freeze before tensing up and becoming vigilant!

“Finally found you. Earl Hovern, hiding here for a year, is something many people didn’t expect.”

After a moment of silence, “Axe of the Highland” spoke in a cold voice, “Things aren’t looking good, seems like the madmen from the Stars Embrace Order have found us.”

The next moment, he had stepped out of the cave, instantaneously activating the powerful blood of a demi-god from the First Era, the Shattered Giant!

The giant, hundreds of meters tall, was covered with cracks and scars, as if he had survived countless brutal wars, and each crack released a wave of unsettling energy; the pale light seeping between the torn skin evoked thoughts of death and destruction.

Its eyes, as dark as abysses, held no emotion, only a cold void, and the giant’s form was shrouded in deep shadows.

With every step the Shattered Giant took, the ground trembled with thunderous roars, as if the entire world was affected by its presence.

“Shattered Realm!”

In the next instant, “Axe of the Highland” opened up his bloodline domain without hesitation, unleashing a terribly white force that spread all around him.

Unlike spellcasters who actively choose “Precise Inscription” spells, the domain power of Bloodline Knights was derived from their own bloodline traits.

The barriers within the mountain had been activated, an endless shield enveloped the whole range of the mountain, and any enemy would be greatly suppressed.

After activating the barrier, the people of the Hovern family felt an endless fear because, before the mountain-like Shattered Giant, all hopes seemed insignificant.

Each breath from the Shattered Giant seemed to release an ominous sign, filling people’s hearts with despair. The terrible Shattered Giant was like a harbinger of the apocalypse, its very existence a prophecy of disaster!