74 Lord Weld’s aim (1/2)

On top of the city wall entrance that divided the Lower and Upper North District, the father and son, Lord Weld and Marquis Gregory hid. Since no one has yet to arrive on their side and no signal has been received from the other side, the duo conversed under the rain in waiting.

”Aren't we already giving them the opportunity to make a comeback by dividing our forces, father? What is really going on here?” Gregory Weld questioned his Old man.

Lord Weld was in his mid 60s but his hair was already fully grey and skin wrinkly beyond belief. If people didn't know who he was then then with the bloody and deathly aura exuded from Lord Weld, people would think he was a hundred year old man with a half a step in the coffin.

Lord Weld might have handed over his noble status to Gregory, but he was still the real decision-maker of the family.

There were some suspicious points Gregory found in the arrangement made by his father and the other Lords.

Although the other three family's combined force should be sufficient to deal with the Duke's group, it was only by small margin. This is also under the assumption that the information they had on hand was accurate, otherwise the results could be disastrous. They should not have divided their forces. One misstep and it could spell the end of their alliance.

Lord Weld did not answer his son's questions. Instead, he asked a question of his own.

”What do you think the goal of the 4 Great Family Alliance is?”

”Isn't it to topple the Royal family and replace them as the new ruler?”

Lord Weld shook his head at his son's answer. ”The minor noble families join our alliance because they believe in such cause because they either hate the Royal family or they simply wish to protect the titles and privilege they hold. We oppose Royalty for a different cause. Seizing the throne is just a means to an end.”

”Then if we are not fighting for the throne then what are we fighting for?” Marquis Gregory was perplexed.

”What does the Royal family have besides their throne that is a great temptation to the heart of men, who walks the awakener's path? The answer is Transcendence. Do you understand what being a Transcendent means?” Greed and desperation burned in Lord's eyes as he asked his son.

Becoming Transcendent was the first step to breaking away from mortality. 100 years had been the maximum natural lifespan of a human, but a preliminary-stage Transcendent could live up to 200 years.

”Unrivalled power and long lifespan.” Realisation dawned on Gregory. His father had fought hard to raised their family status to where it was today, but he had long overdrawn his lifespan and should have returned to the earth.

There was a limit to the life extension method and the only way for Lord Weld to live longer was to become a Transcendent. However, they did not know the method to attain it.

The Hero King was the first ever Transcendent and would have surely left behind the method to attain it for his descendants. Otherwise, it couldn't explain how royalties could improve their strength so quickly.

”Correct.” Lord Weld didn't want to die. He was willing to resort to any methods to cling to life.

”Where is Alf?” Marquis Gregory asked, having realised something. Alf was their family's steward and his right-hand man and should've been by his side, but he was currently nowhere in sight.

”I've sent Alf to sneak into the Lancaster mansion.” Lord Weld answered.

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Marquis Gregory wasn't surprised by his father's answer. He had expected as such after what he had learned.

This was the time where the security of the Lancaster mansion was at their weakest. It would not be a problem for the 6th step Alf to infiltrate and search the mansion.

If it weren't for the eyes of their allies watching their every action, Lord Weld would have brought his entire force with him to ransack the mansion and turn it upside down in order to find what he was looking for.

The Lancaster family should also be in possession of a superior-grade training method to not be falling far behind the Royal family in cultivation speed.

Even if he the Lancaster's training method doesn't have the way to attain transcendence, it was still very useful in bolstering their own forces.

As such, Lord Weld had volunteered to guard the North. He knew the chances of obtaining the Lancaster's training method from their mansion was slim as something that important would be memorised by heart and taught orally. Physical manuals of high-level training methods were very rare. However, he still had to take the chance even if it turns out to be a fool's errand. It didn't cost him much to do so.