Chapter 61 - What comes next (2/2)

Yadley smirked, but he himself probably didn’t know that his eyes glowed golden for a brief moment.

At the same time, Nala’s eyes in the carriage also glowed golden.

The news quickly spread as if everything had been prepared since long ago. This was Negary’s victory, but after this battle, very few people actually saw Negary again, the forces within Reystromia were also dealt with by the Ghostmen and their troops.

The majority of the forces and organizations were either taken in, or crushed without hesitation. The Reya that was originally slipping away from their control once again fell squarely into the hands of the Cauchy people, or to be more precise, the hands of Negary.

Smick managed to return safely to the Royas Kingdom, but due to his failure in Reya, he went under much scrutiny. Even within the Lancher family, there were those who questioned the possibility of him becoming the next family head.

…

Smick was currently sitting in his reading room with his cutlass hanging by his hip. He let out a deep sigh, in order to protect his future position as the family head, his father had arranged him a political marriage. In the future, he would most likely be known as the nobleman Lancher, rather than the military officer Smick.

But what caused him to feel even more worried was the fact that his body had already surpassed the limit of humans. When he glanced down at the cutlass at his hip, he naturally knew the reason why. Although that extreme ominous presence hadn’t appeared even a single time since then, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

Somewhere else, Jason’s body was fully shrouded under a robe, a foul rotten smell drifted from him. His movements were slow and rigid as he approached a hidden canyon where the headquarters of the organization known as the Sacred Valley was situated.

The so-called Sacred Valley was a group of mysterious killers, for the sake of a certain belief, they honed their assassination skills and travelled the world in search of a certain artifact. And Jason used to be a part of it.

「 Why have you returned? 」a voice echoed from within the canyon.

Jason took off his robe to reveal a body so rotten that it could collapse at any moment, and spoke each word with a hoarse tone: “For vengeance, I have no other choice”

“May life itself watch over me!”

…

“The political situation has changed, your existence is better off not known to anybody” due to the side effects of the Right of Sacrifice, Rivers could no longer fight as he used to, so he stepped down from being a Knight of Divine Grace.

He brought Nala a set of male clothing and spoke with a solemn expression: “You are still young enough that you can disguise yourself as male for now, while I teach you how to fight. Although your constitution isn’t suitable to accept a Grace from the Lord, you still have Chris’ [Respiratory Art], you can definitely become a strong warrior”

“I understand, Mr. Rivers, I will do my best to train” Nala nodded with an immature serious expression.

“And also, a few days later, I will have to make a trip to Tarroy” Rivers sighed. Tarroy was a small nation on the other side of Interkam.

“Why?” Nala looked at Rivers in doubt.

Only to see Rivers pull out a small chest with all sorts of items within it, including medals, bones from various animals, etc. all of them were commemorative items. Rivers replied: “These belong to Mr. Chris, and Tarroy was Mr. Chris’ homeland. He has a son who is about the same age as you, so I need to bring these things to him”

Not too long after this event, the war between Royas and Interkam finally broke out.