“Why weren’t you watching him?” Riollo demanded. The nurse was quivering before him, already on her knees. The sheer force of his power was enough to shake the walls. Before he had suppressed it, not Riollo was letting it out more and more.

“Master Riollo, He will not be pleased if you ruin this hospital, control yourself.” The man speaking was one of the Awakened of Song, Venus.

“My brother’s body is lying on the floor,” Riollo cut off his aura before he killed the mundane nurse. Even if he destroyed this building, his brother was still in the dream world. ‘Damn it.’ Why now, of all times. If Seishen had waited to meet that man, if Riollo spent a little more time convincing Nico. Riollo picked up his brother’s limp body and ordered the awakened to take it to a sleeping pod.

Riollo wanted nothing more but to find his brother, but the dream realm was vast, and even if he found his brother, he still needed to find a citadel. All these things came crashing down on Riollo’s shoulders.

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Venus eyed the master, almost smirking, but not daring to show it. Riollo checked his ruins, the cross was missing. He had told his brother that their father kept the charm active, but it was him. That useless man did nothing but reap the rewards.

Riollo pushed the thoughts out of his head and calmed himself. There were three things that were happening that he had to deal with. His brother was in the dream realm alone, and it was not the solstice, so there’d be no other sleepers around. The Song family was preparing for war. And Antarctica was about to be crushed by the spell.

Riollo watched the hospital staff load Nicollo into a pod.

‘I have to believe in his strength. The flaw was a reflection of powers. If he had such a flaw, there is no predicting what power he could wield. Riollo smiled.

War with Valor, that should help my brother when he gets out. Riollo pulled his communicator out and called.

A carefree and tied voice answered.

“Venus, how do you want to die?”