256 A Man That Can’t Take a Hin (1/2)
The appearance of Erhardt forced silence back on the scene. None dared make a move, and all eyes rose toward him. Meanwhile, within his golden hues, only Yvonne existed. All the rest mattered not, as if only the two of them remained in the world.
Seeing this, Hubert sighed. As one of the ancients that witnessed the events of almost four centuries ago, he, of course, recalled Erhardt infatuation. However, like all the rest, he believed those centuries of secluded cultivation would have erased those ”misguided feelings.”
For indeed, as far as the Celestial Church's high level was concerned, those were misguided feelings. Yvonne's father was a Restoration Beast descendant, a false fiend in Infernal Realm terminology, while her mother was a genuine fiend, the daughter of the Infernal Cult's fifth elder.
With such a background, even if she joined the Celestial Church and were given key training, those high-ranking spirits would never allow their bloodlines to mix with hers.
Meanwhile, Erhardt was the most gifted sun spirit of his generation, as a matter of fact, the most outstanding spirit in the last tens of thousands of years.
He wasn't any older than Olrich, but his cultivation was already at the summit of the Holy Road, only one step away from the Divine Rank. At the same time, his low-grade Divine Physique had reached the Mastered Rank. Thus, giving him a battle-power that didn't lose out to the average Divine Seed elder.
His descendants were the future of the Wirth sun spirits. How could they allow his bloodline to get tainted by a demonic lineage? Especially when they were preparing their return to the Celestial Realm.
Therefore, no one doubted that his elders' pressure would quickly crush Erhardt's insistence. Alas, they'd miscalculated.
His infatuation didn't diminish. It only grew stronger.
”A man that can't take a hint.”
Yvonne's eyes didn't conceal her annoyance. Men like Erhardt were the reason why she invented the ”if you can defeat me at the same level” challenge. But while the others couldn't bear the humiliation of defeat, it seemed it did nothing to reduce his passion.
Erhardt waved his right hand, and Amalia aside, all the surviving spirit troops that stood against the Voight turned into balls of golden flames before vanishing from existence. They didn't even have the time to scream.
Adalwin was no exception. And as the flames shrouded his body, his last thoughts went to his house which, regardless of today's outcome, now faced the calamity of an era.
”Father, brother, I am useless. Our hundred-thousand years of inheritance…collapse under my watch.”
Adalwin sighed, then perished in the golden flames.
…
Else and Verena witnessed this scene from within the Voight palace, and as the golden flames shrouded her father, warm tears filled Verena's eyes. She stepped forward, but before she could make a move, was stopped by Else.
And by the time she turned to shove her away, her father, Thorwald was gone.
”No…”
But no amount of denial could change the fact that the Kvass Sovereign Prince had vanished from this world.
…
Undisturbed, Erhardt vanished, to reappear before Yvonne, standing only several feet away from her.
”Not glad to see me?”
He asked with a smirk.
”Can't say I ever was.”
She straightforwardly replied. The words failed to offend Erhardt whose smile only brightened.
”It's fine. In the future, we will have plenty of time to fix that.”