“So, are you finally horny enough to use this communication skill in its intended way?” Margret asked as soon as Victor contacted her, she was wearing her crimson bathrobe and relaxing in front of her computer. She had just finished her morning shower and was in the mood for some stock trading. This was the lifestyle she always wished for!
“Ah… I have not considered that yet…” Victor seemed tempted. “Sadly, it is not the right time…” he sighed.
“Oh… Do you have a girl on your side?” she immediately asked. That was the only reason Victor would not say yes immediately to any perverted act.
“Ah… Maybe…” he answered. He clearly had more than one.
“Oh... A new one?” Margret asked.
“Is there any other kind?” he replied with a frown.
“Good point…” Margret replied, feeling a little defeated. If she corrected him she would be calling herself ‘old’! “So, if not for having phone sex, where are you contacting this lonely housewife who was left alone to rot by her husband who went away to expand his collection?” she asked. That was a mouthful.
“I am going on a trip… “ he wanted to add that it was also to expand his collection, but she interrupted him.
“You are leaving, where? For how long?” Margret snapped immediately. This was not the right time for Victor to be absent.
“Look, I don't have much of a choice here. It is to another world…” he didn’t elaborate. Choosing not to tell Margret about the scheme in the family yet.
“WHAT?” Margret asked in surprise.
“It is called Ismeralia, a fantasy world of some sort, but don’t worry. I plan to return in a month or two. I will be leaving the girls in your care…” he said.
It took Margret a few seconds to fully comprehend what he just said.
“You are not kidding?” she asked, just to make sure.
“Nope… I just contracted Lily to confirm some things, and this is the best course of action I can take in the current situation…” Victor sounded serious. “The family might presume me dead though, so I wanted to remind you to act a little sad and tell the girls to do the same or my parents might really begin to hate you…”
“I know… I know… Will we be able to contact you?” she asked with a frown as she looked at the tightly packed schemes schedule on her computer screen. She would need to change a few of her plans involving Victor. Super Troublesome!
“I don’t know yet… But we will act on the presumption that it would not be possible,” he said. “Just be prepared to implement any of the backup plans, I have a feeling that the Dark Chamber would use this chance to replace me, I would have done it that way if I were them, so make sure to warn all the girls!” he explained. “I believe the fake one will act as if he had just experienced something horrific, and fake an amnesia…”
“Don’t worry… I know what to do!” she said as she stopped modifying the spreadsheet. Fake Victor was a Victor too, she could use him. “Shall we proceed with the current plans?” she asked.
“I don’t see a problem with that, just be careful… Did you meet with the other side yet?”
“No, it will be in three days, I need to give Abe some time to read all the files on the phone…” she said.
“Good, make sure to keep Lin nearby at all times, and to inform Elise of any updates…” he said. “I don’t want to come back and have to rescue some kidnapped wives…”
“Don’t worry… The only one to be kidnapped will be Abe…” she said.
“Perfect! Remember to just make them remove us from their suspicion list and to only try to find out their identity!… I don’t like it when I am in the limelight and my enemies are in the shadows, we need to flip the situation around!”
“I know…” Margret nodded. “In fact, your absence will close one of our loopholes…” she said, readjusting one of her schemes.
“Oh… About my relationship with Crimson Pearl?” he asked.
“Yes… Don’t worry, I will tie up everything neatly on my end,” she nodded. “Would the family trouble us after you are gone?” she suddenly asked.
“Some might try… There was a failed coup attempt lately, and after this, Titus might get released as a favor to stabilize his grandfather. You have Mike’s and Alice’s numbers, just call them if that guy shows up…” he said in a worried tone. He was not sure about the situation of the family. “Oh, and if Lily doesn’t contact you, don't worry about her…”
“I never do… “
“Just tell Hilda and my mother that she went on a mission somewhere if they asked…”
“Fine… Is there anything else?” Margret asked. She didn’t like Lily much and she knew that Lily didn’t like her. That would never stop them from working together though, they did wonders in bed when they cooperated, forcing poor Little Victor to work extra hard!
“Yes, just call Alpha and the girls and inform them about my trip, tell them to be careful too…” Victor replied.
“I understand…” Margret said. “One last thing, when you finish will you return here straight away?” she asked.
“... Probably not…” he said with a sigh. “I will contact you though,”
“Oh… Good,” Margret didn’t need more. “How about we try something before you go…” she suddenly said in a seductive voice.
“Well... I….. “ he paused all of a sudden. “Something happened, I will contact you again before I go through the gate…” he said in a hurry and disconnected.
“Take care then…” she said to herself, pouting a little as she relaxed on her chair and gazed at the ceiling.
She was wondering how she was going to spend the next few months without Victor… Although she refused to admit it, She had become a little addicted.
She needed to get a bigger toy, it seemed… No, she needed to order a custom-made one, carved out of obsidian.
…
“Mistress… We found this under the rubble in a side tunnel… We think it was the artifact they were using to summon the Golems!” one agent said as they presented Ann golden cauldron.
“Did you try to activate it?” Ann, who was relaxing on a comfy sofa and observing the work around her in the tunnel while drinking a cocktail, asked glancing at the cauldron.
“There was no response… Our appraiser swears it is an artifact, but he says his rank is too low to see anything else…”
“Oh… Interesting…” Ann said. “Dust it for fingerprints and DNA samples, then send it to the vault… I will have a look at it later!” she said. She had more important things to take care of. And this vault would be a perfect trap… “Did you find Antonie’s corpse?” she asked.
“No… We believe he escaped somehow, as there was a broken part in our array that we presumed it was due to the shock earlier…” the agent answered nervously. For the last 5 hours that was the only explanation they could find.
“Oh… Find the party responsible for that part and question them…” she said just a man came running. It was Alfred who frowned looking at the cauldron then looked back at Ann.
“Is there news?” she asked. She was making him do the sensitive task instead of the injured Olaf, and although he was technically a supreme elder, he didn’t complain like the other snobby bastards.
“There are a lot of Golems at the left mine, they seem to be randomly patrolling the old chamber.” Alfred quickly reported. “The villages are all safe, as well as the miners who were locked in them…, The kids might be in trouble though…” He added.
“What?” Ann sat right up.
“The men I sent there reported that the tunnel they were in was one of the few who collapsed…“ he nervously explained.
“Continue…”
“Communications are not possible due to the nature of the minerals there, but the kids are alive, all of them, we checked their life jades… We believe that they are trapped in that chamber!” Alfred said, “I already sent the digging team but they are working very slowly clearing the rubble, but there seems to be a huge boulder that is blocking the tunnel…It is very strange as nothing is working against it…” he reported, looking at one paper in his hand.
“Did they take a sample?” she asked, relaxing a bit.
“We still need a thorough investigation, so we sent it to the surface, but the preliminary chemical analysis reported a 19.4% unknown material… The same one found in the mine in minute quantities…” he said.
“Oh…” Ann frowned. “Well, as long as the kids are fine, I guess we will have to wait… Hopefully, they will act responsibly and not make any…." She didn’t continue as an agent came running.
“What?” Alfred asked.
“Master… 30 Minutes ago... The... the life jade of Elite heir Jaiden Von Weise cracked… He is presumed dead…” the agent who came running from the communication office at the entrance said as he caught his breath.
“WHAT?” Ann frowned, she stood up and grabbed the report, taking a look at it.
“I thought you said the kids were fine?” she glared at Alfred.
“Ah… The chamber they were in is too close to the Volcano’s Magma chamber…” he suddenly remembered. “Could it be…” he didn’t continue as Ann suddenly stood up.
“Let’s go…” she said. It was not the time to lose the elite heirs now, as she was the one who chose that chamber and if anything bad happened to them, the family and the elders would definitely turn against her!
“Ahh… Where are you going?” Marcos, who was supervising the excavation by himself, asked as he noticed Ann leaving.
“To have a look at the kids!” she said in a hurry.
“The Golems are still loose down there… It is very dangerous!” Marcos said. He sounded worried. "What if Anonie still has some cards left..."
“The Golems are in the other direction… And I don't mind killing any idiot who appears before me! ” Ann said. although she might not look like it, she was an experienced player who conquered a lot of dungeons.
“Then let me quickly assemble a team and accompany you…” Marcos quickly said. “Just in case…”
“Suit yourself… But you better hurry…” she said. “Make sure to send any information about the kids directly to me!” she told Alfred as she hurried down the tunnel.
…
“Was it poison after all?” Zoe asked nervously, looking at the young man who fell on the ground with black smoke going out of his mouth an hour earlier.
Instinctively, she hurried to Victor’s side as the few eldest heirs hurried to check on the ‘corpse’ that began to turn black very quickly.
At first, everyone thought that the guy who seemed a little sick for the last hour had a heart attack or something, but a few minutes later two other heirs, the dead guy’s friends who touched him when he fell, began to show the same symptoms as he did earlier. Everyone began to panic, especially as fingertips and lips were turning black a sign of poisoning.
This made Mike quickly give them antidote pills and then order all the low-level players to stay away from them and the corpse.
“Yes… Let’s be careful and not go near anyone…” Victor said, grabbing Zoe and Kuu to his side as he appraised everyone in the room, searching their abnormal status of whether they were positioned. He quickly found four… five…. Ten… Damn, more than half of the heirs here were poisoned!
[Winged Seraph Poison, S] [ODORLESS, TASTELESS] [EFFECT STARTS AFTER 30~7 HOURS, DEPENDING ON THE TARGET STATE OF MIND] [CAN BE TRANSFERRED BY TOUCH DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS!] |
Victor frowned… and searched again searching for anyone with positioning skill.
It was pointless. Half of the heirs here had poisoning skills.
How about poisoning artifacts?
None!
Victor frowned. Then faced Mike.
“Brother, I think everyone here should take an antidote pill… what if this Poison is airborne?” he said. “What if it came from the gate!” he added. This was impossible though, the gate only transferred living matter.
Many nodded, What Victor said made sense.
“I don’t have a lot of those…” Mike said with a frown. “Only S-rank pills seem to work…” he sighed as the few who had pills like that quickly took them.
“I have some!” Victor said, “Did you forget my class!” he proudly added, taking a bunch of pills. “I will take 10000 Coins for each! I am a merchant you see… This pill not only cures 99% of all S-rank poisons, but it also provides protection for the next 10 hours! ” he added before anyone could thank him, causing many to frown. This bastard never cared about them, he just wanted to sell pills!
“Cousin… Not many have that money…” Bill, who was acting righteously, said. He was telling the truth. That much money was about half his fortune, and he was one of the rich ones!
“My brother can give you a loan! You just have to leave something with him as a guarantee…Maybe a promise for some favor...” Victor quickly replied with a smile as he took two pills and casually put them in Kuu and Zoe’s mouths. “On the house…” he said with a dashing smile.
Zoe, who was poisoned too, blushed and looked away as the pill dissolved in her mouth… If only he was not a pervert…. WHAT WAS SHE THINKING! HE WAS HER COUSIN!
Bill, who watched how Victor casually dismissed him and then began flirting with the girls, frowned… He never liked this brat! If Mike really helped those heirs, he might be able to focus them to support him later!
“Cousin, I think…” Before he could say a thing the entire tunnel shook causing the gate to expand a little as the heirs retreated toward the entrance.
BANG
BANG
BANG…
Someone was banging on the boulder from the other side, trying to break it with some skill. This was the third time they tried. And they were clearly getting impatient as the attacks were getting stronger.
“Shit… If this goes any longer, the gate might really swallow us before they reach us!” a guy said nervously as the gate began to say again.
“STOP!” someone tried to call for them, but the sound was not reaching. They have already tried communicating before in various ways from shouting to tapping on the walls, but nothing worked… Nothing unless they tapped the walls hard enough to shake the entire tunnel, and that was not an option.
Victor frowned, he needed to do something, or the portal was really going to swallow everyone here.
He quickly let go of the girls and hurried to Mike’s side.
“Brother… Give those to our cousins… we need to get their IOU before the gate swallows them!” he said in a hurry causing not only Mike but everyone else to silently curse at him…
Looking at the gate though, they all hurried to get a pill though…
If the gate was really the origin of this poison, this would be troublesome!
As the heirs hurried, Victor casually inspected them… Marking those who had their own pills… Only five left, one of them was probably the culprit.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The noise from outside intensified again making the tunnel shake and the portal sway. The heirs quickly stuck themselves to the walls again as the portal grew larger then smaller… This time it was a little larger than before.
Victor frowned.
The pebble that anchored the Portal was at the moment stuck at a small island of solidified rock on the face of the Magma, but it would not take long for it to be dislodged if the attacks outside.
This might appear dangerous, but the last movement of the gate gave Victor an idea about the portal’s relation to the pebble’s axis of rotation.
Thinking for a moment, he decided to try something… He was going to try this at the last part of his plan, but he didn’t mind doing it a little earlier, it was just a little risky…
Activating his disguise skill, he took out his trusty Ethereal Fishing Pole from his storage space, he aimed at the Magma and threw it.
The pole’s ethereal line flew directly, not hedging down, but up as Victor tried to make it past the walls of the cave.
BANG…
The line was cut…
Victor frowned. The wall of this cave seems to contain too much sacred Iron that absorbed the man of the ethereal line when it went through it.
He needed a physical attaching point, so he quickly looked around and found some protruding rocks, remnants of the collapse earlier.
He quickly formed a line again using his energy and threw it. Making sure not to go inside the walls, he made go just around the rocks, Barely touching them.
Then he made it move to the peddle, going around it without touching the magma, and then he made it go up again to another rock.
Slowly he began to form a web around the pebble to support it. He had just to make sure not to make it move in an unwanted direction.
BANG!
BANG
BANG…
The shaking started again…
This time though the lines successfully supported the pebble, making Victor sigh in relief…
BANG!
“DAMN!” Victor cursed.
Out of nowhere, a bubble in the magma burst, causing some splashes of hot sacred iron to touch the line… It was severed again, causing a backlash in him that sent him backward into Kuu's embrace.
He couldn’t help but cough up some blood.
“Are you ok, young master?” Kuu asked nervously as she wiped his mouth with her sleeve.
“I am fine…” he said. “This is definitely that poison. Thankfully I took the pills before…” he added, making the few who were still hesitating hurry to take some pills from Mike.
“Um…” Kuu nodded worriedly.
Victor just patted her head, then looked at the pebble. This was tricky… It seemed like he couldn’t delay his plan any longer.
Damn it… He really wanted to know the full scheme before leaving….
He sighed again and prepared this pole.
BANG
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSshshshshshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Suddenly a different sizzling sound could be heard from behind.
Looking back, Victor noticed as the impregnable boulder turned green then black before it slowly melted releasing a ton of some very nasty fumes. The chamber was full of black smoke, but no one cared, as they realized that help had come!
It only took it 5 minutes to completely be gone.
From behind Ann Von Wiese slowly entered the chamber with her high heals, followed by a group of guards and a few worried elders, including Alfred who sighed in relief when he noticed Victor.
“I SAW IT FIRST!” a large man jumped right up in front of her, causing her to kick him to the side before she made sure it was one of the heirs… It was his fault for jumping out like that.
“Sow what?” Ann, as she made sure he was still alive. This guy was as durable as a steel Dildo.
“That!” Bruno, who seemed to have lost a few teeth, said without caring, probably expecting a reward. He pointed backward, making An follow the direction of his finger with her eyes
Through the smoke, the first thing she saw was the hole in the wall…
The magma lake…
Then she saw it… THE PORTAL!
“SHIT! Everyone out! NOW!” she said as she turned around then something flashed and Ann who was not prepared, seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and she was thrown away, nearly falling into the Magma lake if she did not make a back flip and support herself in time.
As she fell on her knee, she inserted her adamantium-made high heels into the ground, supporting herself a few feet away from the cliff behind her.
Disregarding her torn dress she stood up and looked at the entrance where a new light barrier was erected, shimmering with intense energy. Behind it, a man stood straight with a victorious smile on his face.
“IT WAS YOU!” Ann who was shocked and furiously shouted. It didn’t take much IQ to put things together. The man was none other than her pushover husband, the patriarch, Marcos Von Weise.
The cliffhanger is killing me, and three days is still quite a long way from here.
So from previous chapter I guess Victor will save Ann by 'sacrificing' himself to be swallowed by portal. Then Ann will subdue Marco and purge the family, consolidating her power by using the awakening artifact and blood pill given by Theo.
Part of the problem that had to be solved is Marcos is technically the Patriarch, so Ann or Victor can't straight kill him right now or they should find the next Patriarch. Thus may be a plot just to hlget Ann to kill Marcos to ignite the more chaos in the family.
The one problem I have with that idea is that pretty much every person in the room would activate a defensive talisman at the mere suggestion of Victor being selfless enough to sacrifice himself. If he is 'dying a hero' in any sense, he is 'dying' a opportunistic hero who did something he thought would help himself along with some other people that backfired on him.
@KONASBUD That is partially true, if not for all the heir witnesses who just saw Marcos trap Ann, *and them*, in the lava chamber with the portal. There will definitely still be a bit of chaos, but Ann was the stabilizing power in the first place, and the important people all know that. There would be some issue with establishing a new Patriarch, especially without Victor to guide the proceedings, but I don't see the death of Marcos being the spark that lights the fire. It is definitely destabilizing, but I think there will need to be another spark if Ann kills Marcos.
@Possibly_Real Ann could be the matriarch
@Possibly_Real
There are a tin of factions trying to take power from Ann. Ann is not technically allowed to be the head of the family, if Marcos dies the rules say they have to choose a new Patriarch. That is enough of a spark for all of the branches to attempt to take power. They are already trying to take power. In this chapter alone she is afraid of losing control if they lose heirs.
If Marcos is put in coma or dragged into the portal, that could buy her time to solidify her powerbase with the pills and the Mirror.
Granted if Marcos dies now there is a chance Mike could become the next Patriarch m, with and holding some kind of dowenger position, but that occurring after they build their powerbase up would be better.
@YahnSi5503
Not according to the rules. When Victor explains why Ann placed Marcos he states that a women can't officially be the head of the family.
There is also the issue that she has only unified all the elders in hatred.
Anne is basically woman who took the CEO position of a man-only organization, this will inspire misogynistic feelings in a lot of men. So Marcos 'killing' her means he could easily establish a new ruling faction and it won't be chaotic because he was willing and able (he could plan for it) to do a sacrifice play of the heirs (the type of poison shows this to be very likely, and the ones that have family he bought off probably have cures).
Remember, victor doesn't care about the immediate power of the family, he knows the reckoning is coming. And according to him, the organizations that survived where the ones who retreated/hid/conserved power first. If a patriarch fight has to lead to the family retreating from politics without being wiped out then he wouldn't mind that happening.
@Blueneck666 What helps Marcos as well is that he has just been witnessed standing for Ann against his own brother and she sent her loyalist away with Rita and the cauldron. Those who might stand against him are probably on the Ann side of the barrier as well.
As for whose plan it is...
@Grey_Hat
Olaf probably. Remember, Marcos was thinking about how loyal Olaf is just a few chapters ago. We thought it was weird, but if Marcos was helped with his planning by Olaf then Marcos would think that. After all who is more loyal than a co-conspirator?
.... Co-conspirators usually are not loyal, but it is human nature to think that they are because of how they are 'helping' you.
@Blueneck666
Victor dos care about the immediate power of the family to an extent.
A his father and brother and potentially mother and sisters are affected if there is a big war for succession.
Second, he wants to take over the family from the shadows, at least to some extent.
Third, the family is still Victor's public backing, if it is weakened to much he wouldn't e much of a Young Master.
There are other reason too, but while he has had the urge to just cut ties woth the family he does need them to survive and be somewhat powerful. He just needs the filth cleaned up, or at least brought to heal.
Additionally, it would be a complete waste if Victor just turned over an S-ranked Awkening artifact and a bunch of blood pills, not to mention a meticulously forged ancient diary only for Ann to ousted now. He needs to do something.
It woud be nice if Ann was already aware that Marcos would betray her and she had a contingency plan. It gets tiring watching her keep getting played with while simultaneously having characters express how formidable she is.
@KONASBUD Plus a culling of the disloyal would keep her busy while Victor is away.
Also without Ann around Victors plans could be interrupted as without her in the picture they could order his family and servants around, so my guess is he'll use her escaping the trap to being pushed into the portal along with some decoys/expendable enemies.
@Grey_Hat
I'm not sure she isn't going to end up in that portal with him. But I do feel like yeah Ann's battle will be what "pushes" him into the portal.
@KONASBUD
Also it wouldn't be a big deal if the official Patriarch dies, everyone knows that Anne is in charge anyway
@Blueneck666
It would be a huge deal. Just because, everyone knows Ann is in charge, doesn't mean everyone likes it. This is an opportunity for those who want to take over to move. We know they exist we know Ann barely holds the reigns, of course they'd move. Plus they'd be bolsted by the fact that they are technically right, the rules, which they dare not break (cough cough bullshit) say they have to find the next Patriarch.
Also, not everyone knows, ony the Elders and the elite heirs know. I theory that is a small portion of the family.
Better yet using the fishing line to pull Marco into the portal with him. It wont work through the metal but will it work through a light barrier.
@Wikkr
It's ethereal so whi knows. But I doubt a light barrier would be much of an obstacle for Victor either way. The metal has very specific properties that make it the perfect counter to the fishing pole.
@KONASBUD
It would also depend on how his shadow shifting skill would work with the light barrier. maybe light is a hard counter?
Because he could use his shadow shifting skill to put the line through the light barrier if it is not.
@KONASBUD
So everyone there? His death would not be that big of a deal, because "He came with us to save the heirs and he gloriously sacrificed his life to keep the heirs out of the portal..." (fake tears).
I know that there would be infighting afterword, hopefully Marcos monologs about how Olaf is loyal to him.
But most of the people who had given him their support would be looking at the new widow Anne and wondering if just marrying her and becoming the new patriarch themselves with a preference for their children/grandchildren would be better.
Just remember, Ann has more than one husband (apparently) and Marcos isn’t the strongest of them. She could just promote another one to the roll of patriarch if/when he dies.
@BlueneHall.
I don't what family you've been reading about but even a sob story about his heroes death wouldn't stop their greed to take power. It seems to me the ones "supporting" him would know he isn't the type to sacrifice himself for the heirs. U less you mean not his conspirators but the ones who think he is the actual patriarch or the ones not there that support Ann?
It doesn't matter, the patriarch dies its time to replace the patriarch. I like the idea of sliding Ann's new spose in there but in the current climate of the family that move specifically would definitely lead to a major power struggle. Ann is already struggling to maintain her position and power. She's being press from every angle. How would the death of the figurehead not lead to an open revolt, they are already in semi open revolt.
One factor to consider is the "hidden elders" that she mentioned earlier, they may be a card she still had to play.
But I still think the best move would be for Marcos to be neutralized, coma or tossed into a "dungeon" which would give Ann time to consolidate her powerbase.
Plus no higher tier antagonists ever die in this novel anyway.
@PillzE it's never stated that the other Harem members are part of the Von Wiese family. It is stated that at least a few belong to other families.
@KONASBUD Thinking about that Marcos' brother just turned traitor, if he did try to stay as patriarch then you know without Ann in the background he wouldn't last a week. Olaf probably already planned that as it would weaken the family.
@Grey_Hat
The brother thing may not have effected his position much. He isn't really associated with the 2nd Branch, and he actively fought against him. On the surface it appeared as if his brother turned traitir against him.
@KONASBUD
Yeah, the 'Heros' death would never be believed by the Elders with the heirs right there, but it would be a 'convenient lie' that everyone would 'understand' to help keep the family together, then they would start making new schemes to try to take power, creating new alliances, considering marrying Anne and becoming the new patriarch.
The Lie would be seen as a way to prevent Civil War and from revealing weakness outside the family.
When face is important, you cover up embarrassments like when someone dies in the bed of a hooker or when someone tries to kill their wife only to be killed in turn.
Because when weakness is shown to the outside world, is when people attack to try to take everything.
@KONASBUD He did so by admitting that his branch were weak, now knowing this his support may let him get rid of Ann but the best the family can hope for if that happens is for him to become the puppet of someone else they fear. If not then rebellion and the family falling is guaranteed.
@Blueneck666 I think this is where you and I are at an impasse, you think they are looking for reasons not to "revolt" and I think they are looking for an opportunity to do so. I agree with maintaining fave, but most of the factions are backed by an outside force so maintain family unity isn't important to those factions. And it could be just as appealing to some factions to take command of the family and show their power.
We've watch factions betray and sell out the family for an opportunity to "lead" it, so I doubt they wouldn't jump at the opportunity. The best weapon for Ann if Marcos were to in fact die would be to play the other factions against each other, for the time being. However, that only works if they don't go after the strongest faction first then target each other.
@Grey_Hat Marcos's original branch was the 2nd branch, but now he has 5 sons and a daughter and a bunch of grandchildren, at least as far as they are aware, in the main branch.
Granted I agree that he will be trading one master for another, but from the perspective of the family, that isn't there, he will still be the head of what is left of the main branch.
It's a dumb plan, if the goal is to keep the family together and strong. Even if he only kills half of the Elite Heirs, he's sacrificing most of the strength of the next generation. Granted they live for hundreds of years so from his perspective this may just be a small sacrifice.
You know Bill maid a Comme t a while back about getting rid of Victor's filthy bloodline. There may be a lot of people in the family that know Marcos isn't Ted's dad and they all may be in it together to get rid of Ann and Ted's stronger kids.
@Grey_Hat oh yeah, all heir of Marco descendant should have an antidote pill with them, but the poison shouldn't be able to wipe out all main elite heir as Mike has an antidote ready with him, and they can be a witness on how Marco set up Ann
@vvibulo
He probably assumes he doesn't need the poison to kill the heirs he opposes. There is also the option to throw them into the gate. The poison just needed to start killing off heirs to draw Ann into the trap.
@KONASBUD
The poison is way too virulent and powerful. Airborne and transfers by touch with a 24 hour kill time frame with a rank of S? Yeah, that is to wipe out a lot of people. Nobody should have expected that Victor would have enough Coins or have access to that many antidotes.
@Blueneck666 I'm talking about why he acting the way he is now, after the poison didn't work.
Plan poison the heirs, draw Ann to them when she starts seeing them drop. Attack her when she is dealing with them, kill her or trap her to get sucked into the "dungeon". Provide antidotes to co-conspirators ahead of time, tell the same story after the fact.
He shows up and more heirs are healthy than expect. Doesn't matter toss them in to the gate or kill the ones who were supposed to die by poison.
@KONASBUD Just wondering now what would happen if there was a bubble in the lava flow that caused the pebble to jump over the rocks in its way. How would Marcos react to that.
Also realizing how foolish it was telling Zoe to look after Kuu. Scion + Portal to world of possible treasures = Zoe coming along.
@Grey_Hat
I assumed Zoe would end up in that portal. Kuu is an Elf bloodline with a S Fate taking to an Elf world would probably be good for her.
Are scions Scions in other worlds or are they just S ranked bloodline holders with strong destinies?
@KONASBUD
Scions are Scions because the world gives them an extra blessing/fate because it finds their current (Super string) fates advantageous to the worlds continued existence.
So why wouldn't other worlds do the same?
@Blueneck666
You just said it. The gives them extra blessing/fate, why would another world give this world its world assist while they are there. Why would this world give a Scion from another world a world assist while they ate here?
I could see them attaching some world fates to a powerful Scion to accomplish things in that world while they are there if that is possible.
The simple version of Scion is S or higher fate + World Destiny/fate of "Scion....", so do World Destinies count in other worlds?
@KONASBUD Remember the spider.
@Grey_Hat
I do and that is first thing I thought of, but there are clearly ways to enter other worlds without having a dungeon formed around you. Maybe the world has to be awakened?
@KONASBUD If its a 'Kill Demons' fate any world would give a scion fate to an S fate.
@Blueneck666
Not a demon world.....destiny.