"Sit."

Mylos blinked, then sat down on the chair facing that of his father. He stared into the man's eyes, his brows were furrowed and shoulders tense. He seemed anxious, but did not give himself away with any strange action.

"Father, I—"

The Chaos Eminence waved his hand, causing Mylos to shut his mouth and look away. After he had given his son the signal to shut his mouth, the Chaos Eminence drops his hand and laid it upon the table between them.

"Don't bother yourself…" The Chaos Eminence sighed as he closed his eyes and laid back in his seat, "A large number of them had attacked the building you told me you would hide in. I guess, that was a very smart move."

"No father. This has gotten to something beyond what I am able to handle." Mylos cut in after listening to all his father had to say, his brows still furrowed as he was still in deep thoughts, "I believe you know what I saw there."

The Chaos Eminence smiled warmly as he picked up a glass cup filled with water and raised it to his mouth for him to drink. He closed his eyes as the cup neared his lips, and prepared himself to sip from it.

"I saw everything. It called it, “ Reality”. I believe that it's the truth of why they are trying their best to kill me. You should know what I saw too, right?" Mylos knocked his finger on the table, and a light flashed in his eyes.

The glass cup in the Chaos Eminences' hand exploded, and water splashed all over table. Clenching his fist with a frown on his face, he locked his gaze with Mylos and a cold feeling rose up in his heart.

"We were weak. Your mother and many others were not anything but sacrifices for us to survive his wrath." With a cold gleam now in his eyes, The Chaos Eminence left the water on the table and simply dropped his hand.

"Hah! Sister, too? She was sacrificed by the church to a mad god! I saw their faces — I know where they are, and I swore to tear down their castle!" Mylos stood up from his seat suddenly, causing his chair to fly backwards.

"Mylos…"

Mylos scoffed, then he turned around and gazed into a window by the side. He stared aimlessly at his reflection for a few seconds, then his expression turned ugly, "The bastard hunter that killed my mother is still alive."

"So is the Eminence that promised to seal you up the second he considers you a threat to his Alliance!" The Chaos Eminence growled without standing to his feet, "You have so much information, and so little strength."

So little strength? He really believes that I'm too weak to defeat a group of pathetic humans—!

"You can't do anything, but die before your enemy. Do you expect to avenge your mother and sister without an ability or a trump card under your sleeve?" The Chaos Eminence spat coldly as he watched his young son.

"I…" Mylos shut his mouth as a realisation struck him, causing his brows to furrow and a frown to form on his face. He knew deep in his heart that he could not defeat anything without power.

"You're weak, pathetic and useless. If you're not any better, you'd be killed soon and forgotten in a week, or maybe a few days more." The Chaos Eminence waved his hand, then sighed deeply.

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Mylos's eyes flashed in a calculative light. His father was not wrong, and he could not find many words to argue. He was weak. All he would be reduced to was nothing but an undying test subject.

In the face of an Eminence? He could not stand his ground as he did with the Sword. Mylos knew that a serious Sword Eminence would reduce him to bits in just mere seconds into their exchange.

As for more powerful eminences like Destruction or Death? Even his father? He wouldn't even be strong enough to stand a single strike against them! If they were to attack him now, all he could do was sit down and die to avoid any unnecessary pain.

Mylos found himself calming down considerably as he thought everything through. He would be just as weak in front of the church and their massive base of stronger heroes where he stood as fodder.

"I see you've come to a realisation, youngling. Now that you've put some thought into it, what will you do?" The Chaos Eminence stared intently at Mylos, a number of thoughts running wild in his head.

Mylos' gaze softened for a second, but as scenes of the past flashed past his eyes again, his will to battle with the Eminences was reignited. He was weak, but that didn't mean he would sit down and remain weak forever!

"I won't back down." Mylos' straightened his back and clenched his fists. He was not going to surrender to any of them! He wasn't going to lie down and die while the souls of the forsaken cry out, still.

Mylos turned around, and bolted out the door, leaving his father to stare at his escaping back with a stern light in his eyes. As soon as he had ran off, his father finally stood to his feet with a frown on his face.

"Mylos!" The Chaos Eminence shouted, but didn't give pursuit. His face went from stern to exhaustion in a blink and after a while, he looked concerned, "Follow him. He looked as if he was going to do something very stupid."

Just as soon as Mylos ran out, a bespectacled feminine demon walked into the room with some papers in hand, bowing down to the Chaos Eminence before dropping the papers, then giving her lord a questioning stare.

"He will do something stupid. I want you to follow him, and protect him from doing anything stupid without the backing of this family." The Chaos Eminence sat himself down, then picked up some papers and began reading.

"Should I kill if considered necessary?" With a confused gleam in her eyes, she watched the Eminence whilst her mind wandered to how she would scold Mylos later, "I'll also need permission to beat some sense into him."

"You can kill anything you want, I don't care. All you are ordered to do is to protect Mylos. It's up to you, Aysla whether to beat the living daylights out of him, or not."

A light flashed in the Chaos Eminence's eyes as he lifted his head to flash Aysla a warm smile. Within the warmth of his expression, Aysla could detect the piecing cold in his eyes and was unable to respond with a smile.

"I understand, lord." Aysla face remained as cold as ice as she turned around, and bolted out the room. She was able to follow Mylos by tracing his scent with her overly sensitive sense of smell.

"With the Church of Heavens under ‘attack’, I can only expect the number of Eminences willing to lend 'helping hands’ to it." The Chaos Eminence shook his head as a thought crossed his mind, "This city would be painted with blood soon enough."

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Mylos on the other hand, grabbed his sword and bag of some clothing and accessories, then barged out through the front door. He had changed into a thick hoodie for concealing his face, and strapped his sword to his waist.

He wore the bag over his back, and tightened it's straps across his chest. After ensuring everything was prepared properly, Mylos narrowed his eyes and calmed the storm in his heart before dashing forth, breaking into a sprint.

From just muscle memory, he knew that the church had a base some hundred kilometres away from this mansion and understood it was heavily guarded. He also believed the number of hunters in that area to quadruple.

With his bag of useful accessories for blending into the tight human crowds, he believed he could reach there a few days ahead of those who weren't. He also believed he would have to shake off a few “bugs”.

As for destroying the church? Haha!

Father told me I wouldn't be able to destroy the church with my pathetic strength and nonexistent army? If that is the case, then I'll build an army from the ashes of the hunters after my life — and tear down the church!

With the church torn down, I can expand my army and reach towards more empires of light. Once I've rid this city of the hunters and popes, then I would strike down the Eminence manipulating my assassination attempts.

I will put an end to all these... Soon enough.