“Mother, everything is ready! The barrier will be deployed as a part of the protection formation!” Theodore, who arrived at the secret base, said as soon as he entered Ann’s office. “All we need to do now is to await the Zero hour!” he added, taking a look at Mike who was busy helping his grandmother to review some files.
“Good!” she said, taking out a pipe from her storage ring and then lighting it. “Anything wrong?” she asked, noticing his troubled look.
“I think Supreme Elder Frank and Supreme Elder Cassius noticed something… They sent most of his weak descendants out of the island on various missions early yesterday. Could it be that they know you survived?” he asked nervously.
“Unlikely… If they knew, they would do the opposite!” Ann who didn’t seem fazed said. “We are not the only players here, you know…”
“What do you mean? Another coup?” Theodore asked.
“Yup, Cassius and his band of fools had been planning this for a while now, I think they believe this is their chance…” she said. “That fool still thinks that I don’t know he married his daughter to the Von Zwei’s kid…”
“Oh…And Frank?”
“I don’t know yet… But that fox had a hidden army for years. He must be also thinking of doing something,”
“What? You let them make their own army just like that?” Mike asked.
“There is nothing against that in the rules…” Ann shrugged. “And most heirs have their own teams…” she said.
“Ah… I don’t…” Mike said. His big sister did though… And she was not secretive about it at all!
“That's because you are still young… In time, you will discover you will need one!” she said.
“So… Should we let them fight it out?” Theodore asked.
“No, it would damage the family too much… Even if we let it happen, It will be a one-sided battle, most of the elders will stand on the patriarch’s side or just watch the fun. Even Frank would probably keep out of it this time… Marcos did release that kid from prison for him after all… What was his name again?”
“TITUS!” Theodore said hatefully. Titus killed his son Nick and he couldn’t really take revenge because he had no real strong evidence except for the movie that was too circumstantial. And in the end, Titus didn't order that guy to kill Nick, he wanted him to target Victor which was almost impossible to prove.
And even if he managed to convict him somehow, the family rules didn't consider an inner heir killing an illegitimate capital crime... At most, Titus would suffer a little punishment.
“Yes… That’s the one… I remember he holds a grudge against Victor, be sure to send someone to look over his family!” Ann said dismissively.
“I already did the moment I heard Titus was out…” Theodore said. “Is there any news about Victor?” he asked.
“His Life Jade is fine, so he should be too!” Ann said. “And that kid is more resourceful than you can think…” she added.
“I know…” Theodore sighed. “Do we know what exactly happened down there?” he asked.
“The talisman he used should have been something very strong… It managed to close the dungeon’s gate but not before sucking Victor and Bruno in…,” Ann said. “According to the protectors, the gate will open again sooner or later, but it will be somewhere else… ‘Unconquered Dungeons always respawn!’ That’s how they said it. We can only pray for his safety at the moment!” she added.
“I know…” Theodore sighed again. Victor was lately becoming his favorite son.
“How is the test in your house?” she asked.
“It is perfect… I brought Rex along as a smoke screen,” he said. “Mike and Alice should join them after the purge…”
“Perfect, no one should know that the guardian heirs are destined to be the family’s new power!” she said with an evil smile. “Let those idiots think that this is just some side project of yours…”
“Yes, I am also hoping that whoever was manipulating Rex would make a move!” Theodore nodded.
“True…” Ann sighed. The family was more infiltrated than she thought. “Thanks to the info in the ancestor’s diary, now we will be able to tell those who have a problem in their practice! And from that, we might be able to get some spies!”
“Yes… I hope Mother gives this credit to Victor when he returns…” Theodore said, squeezing his fist.
“You don’t need to worry about that, I know what he wants most…” she said looking at Mike. Victor wanted shade, and she planned to give him just that. “You can go now…” she said, puffing some pink-colored twirly smoke from her mouth as she ordered Theodore to leave. He didn’t.
“Mother… Can I ask you a question?...” Theodore asked.
“...” she sighed as if she knew what was coming. “Ask…” she said.
“Who is my real father?” Theodore finally asked, making Mike who was busy look up to look at his father and then at his grandmother who seemed to be expecting this question.
“I don’t know…” she answered truthfully.
“WHAT?” both Theodore and Mike asked at the same time, not expecting her to answer in a way a prostitute would do when her child asked about his father. “With how many men… Ouch…” Theodore screamed in pain as she threw her pipe at him, hitting his head.
“Idiot! I didn’t mean that I don’t know who… What I meant was that I don’t know much about him!” she said as she grabbed the pipe Theodore brought back to her like a puppy. “I met him while exploring a ruin, the Deep Swamp in the south of the continent. I was injured back then and he saved my life. The moment we laid eyes on each other, we just couldn't resist the attraction we had. At first, both of us were very reserved as we began to travel together, but one day while being cornered by a swarm of giant mosquitos, being at the brink of death, we began to kiss…”
“Mother… Please spare me the details…” Theodore interrupted her.
“Anyway… In the end, we survived after throwing ourselves in a river and then spending an eventful night at a cave, our bodies tangling under the campfire’s light…”
“MOTHER!”
“You are no fun…” Ann who was messing with Theodore on purpose sighed. “Anyway… I only spent one week with him before we had to separate when he saved my life from a swarm of giant ants, telling me to keep running as he stood in their way…” she sighed.
“Oh… Then… Is he dead?” Theodore asked.
“He is alive…” Ann said, taking an ominous-looking black colored bell from her storage ring. “This simple artifact is connected to him, the moment it becomes gold, it would mean he is dead…” she said, glancing at the bell and then putting it back. “All I know about him is that his name is Octavius, and he seemed to be a prince of some other world… “
“Another world? Mother… Perhaps…Were you scammed…”
“Shut up!” she scolded. “It is true… He was not a human,”
“WHAT?” both Mike and his father asked at the same time.
“When he activates his powers, he gets two long horns and his eyes turn black… He told me he was a Dragonkin, and according to him, the Deep Swamp Ruin we were in connected his world to ours…” she said casually. “When I returned to the family back then, I discovered that I was pregnant with you and the rest is as you already figured out…”
“Mother… I don’t have horns…” Theodore said, touching his forehead. Mike did the same.
“Of course you don’t… I was wondering about that too…” she sighed. “In the past, I had no idea what this meant, but after reading the diary, I think it has something to do with bloodlines. You need to fully awaken your bloodline to get those… But I am not sure of the method.” she added. The family’s bloodline had always been a mystery, and while they knew it came from dragons and that it gave them superior skills, until recently they didn’t have a full framework to understand how it worked.
“Grandma… I… I awakened my bloodline…” Mike suddenly said.
“You did what?” both Ann and Theodore asked at the same time.
“It happened in the last dungeon I cleared… Inside there was this strange scorpion monster that stung me, I almost died of poisoning.” he sighed. “Back Then I hid myself in a cave and took some antidote pills then slept… The next thing I knew was that the dungeon was cleared and I was out. It took me a few days to notice it in the system Log, but there was an entry ‘BLOODLINE AWAKENED’ in it.”
“Why didn’t you report that?” Theodore added. “Was it that dungeon in the desert?”
“Yes…Father… You are the one who always tells us to keep our strengths a secret…” Mike said, making Theodore look away. “And I did consult Alice, and she seemed to have awakened hers too…” he added in a low voice.
“WHAT!” both of them asked again.
“She told me it happened in the sect… They have a tool to awaken bloodlines… Ah… And she also told me to keep this a secret…” he said nervously.
“Oh… Then don’t speak about it!” Ann scolded with a smile. “Extreme danger and experiencing death, sometimes causes awakening!” she nodded, remembering the diary.
“How does awakening feel?” Theodore asked.
“Ahh… I don’t know… I got some new skills and my physical strength has increased tremendously… so did my libido…” he said with a slightly blushed face.
“What is the bloodline name?” Ann asked. “It should be in the Skills tab…”
“An Elder dragon…”
“Oh… This is the Von Weise bloodline, not that guy’s…” she sighed, seemingly disappointed. “According to the diary, the higher the bloodline is the stronger it is to awaken it. Some bloodlines also have stingy requirements... And Awakening has degrees… Your bloodline might not have fully awakened as according to the diary you should be able to get flight ability!” she pondered.
“Oh…” Mike frowned and nodded. Alice said the same.
“You think that guy’s bloodline is stronger than that of our Ancestor?” Theodore asked.
“Call him father!” she scolded. “And yes, The protectors confirmed it by feeling it in your body when you were born, higher bloodlines had ways to overpower and subdue lower ones… I still remember how my blood boiled and how my entire existence wanted to prostrate in front of him when he looked at me with his dark eyes while flexing his muscles!” she said as she reminisced with a blushed face.
“Agh…” Mike was disgusted, his father on the other hand had different thoughts. He froze as he remembered how he felt when Lara looked at him a few days ago… It was the same feeling Ann described!
Maybe he should test her strength a bit more and see what she can do.
…
WAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The auction hall got noisy again as the two masked occupiers of balcony 4 got another girl. Were they sponsoring a new brothel or something, needing all those pretty girls? How many clients would the girls need to sleep to recoup their cost? Can they be clients too? Do they accept female clients? Would they be able to afford it? How much would an hour cost? How about 10 minutes?
The audience, who totally got the wrong idea, had many questions, but sadly no answers.
“Finally, we present Number 71…” the auctioneer said. The dominatrix cracked her whip and a very pretty girl dressed in a red revealing ‘dress’ entered while shaking, her face down, hidden by her long golden hair. Her hands covered her private parts that the ‘dress’ she wore made sure to not cover. On her bare arms and legs, many signs of abuse could be spotted, despite being well hidden with makeup.
“Face up, bitch!” The dominatrix slapped the girl’s butt, making her look up at the audience and reveal her exquisite beauty. Biting her lip, she unwillingly walked with bare feet toward the center of the stage.
“About 95% of your beauty…” Yulian said as his drool seeped out of his mouth. He felt sorry for the girl, yet for some reason she seemed to invite a primal instinct inside of him, making him want to see her suffer more!
Lily ignored him. Her bastard brother had just reinvented the scale Victor had been using lately! She was not against it as the scale never really went above 100… And if it ever did, she would just release her bloodline and set a new limit!
As for the girl… She was the one she was looking for, one of the four demonesses of the world, Alicia the Jinx. A girl that required legions after legions to defeat.
Although she was not sure, Lily firmly believed that Alicia, like Nova, was a dark scion.
The problem with this one was that after awakening she would get the class Jinx Avatar and this class would allow her to cast the bad luck the world cursed her with onto others, creating a nightmare of an enemy.
In the other timeline, she was purchased by Titus just before he was uncovered by Victor, and this caused the girl to end up in the hands of the family.
After that, Lily was not sure what happened, as all her knowledge came from rumors and speculations, but she seemed to have ended up as a plaything for one of the elders, probably Titus's father or uncle. She stayed there in misery right until the day of reckoning when she became a player, learned how to use her skills, and planned her escape!
About three months later, using a chance when the Von Weise family was holding a ceremony, she seemed to have gone into action. Although no files remained explaining what happened, the results were known.
That elder who abused her and his entire lineage was killed. 50% of the family was decimated after the main Volcano exploded. She used the chaos to escape.
All of the family agents who tried to capture her after that were severely injured or dead, most due to falling off stairs or biting their own tongues by accident while telling her to stop.
Two of the family protectors who went to stop her seem to have also suffered some cursed luck and ended up injured. Sadly, no files went into any specifics.
After her escape, the family was probably unable to pursue her due to the state of the world at that time. And they, themselves, had to face their own tribulation a few weeks after that.
The next time she appeared it was with Caspian as one of his demonesses.
Now this girl was going to be hers!
“This one is our finest piece, Although she has changed hands 3 times already, it is still in high demand, searching for the owner who could really make her shine!” The auctioneer said, ”The one and only, Princess Alicia from the brown mountain kingdom! After she tried to kill her father the king, she was stripped of all of her royal rights and is now a prime example of royal disgrace!” the old lady said. “We will start with $15,000,000!” The price was cheap for a princess, but she was already considered used goods at this point.
“$20,000,000,” Lily bid directly. As expected, no one followed, not even Titus who ‘discovered’ Liam’s plot. During the auction, she proved that she had enough money to get what she wanted, and the three guys who were bidding against her half an hour ago suddenly disappeared one by one as their balconies lay silent.
“20,000,000 of the owner off balcony four… “ the old lady sighed. “3…2….”
“23,000,000!” one guy said. He was on the adjacent balcony.
“24,000,000…” Yulian replied. His sister was no longer with him.
“25,000……arg……”
“What?” the auctioneer asked.
There was no reply.
“25,500,000!” Yulian bid again. Sighing inwardly at his sister's actions. The girl was really scary.
“Ah…. 25,500,000 for balcony 4…. Anyone else?” she asked. “Then 3… 2… 1… lot 71 goes to balcony 4!” the auctioneer announced just as Lily reappeared on the balcony behind the curtain, cleaning the blood of her trusty particularly shaped dagger. Yulian didn’t even want to ask what she did with it.
“Now we thank you for attending, the won goods can be obtained in the inner office. The next auction in three months will offer………" The old auctioneer began a long farewell speech as the attendees slowly began to stand up one by one.
“Should we leave now?” Yulian asked, then was interrupted by a maid knocking on the door and then entering.
“Did you prepare the goods?” Lily asked.
“Yes… As young master Liam instructed, they are already in the truck in the underground parking lot!” the maid said.
“Perfect…” Lily smiled. “You can leave… I will follow in a second,” she told the maid who bowed and then left.
“What?” Yulian asked.
“Guard the door… Stay by it at all times...” she told him.
“Oh…” Yulian nodded then quickly ran toward the door as his sister closed her eyes and then opened them again. Her irises seemed to have turned golden and were shining with a strange light.
She began to look around the room, frowning, she took out a ring and put it on the balcony’s coffee table…She moved it around then removed it and placed it on the ground, right under the couch… she nodded as she slowly took out her trusty metal bat then struck with all her power ariming at the couch… The bat seemed to have hit something in midair right in front of the couch.
Yulian frowned, watching Lily step back, then close her eyes as the bat in her hand slowly turned into ashes.
She opened her eyes which were back to normal 1 minute later. No, they were not normal. She was bleeding from them and from her ears and nose.
“SISTER!” Yulian wanted to run to her and help.
“STOP! Don’t step on the rug…” she said in a weak voice. She slowly managed to move to his side with difficulty, then grabbed onto his shoulder for support as she took a healing pill.
“What’s wrong?” he asked in a worried voice.
“Just over-drafting my new skills…” she sighed. “Let’s go… It is time to fool some idiots!” she said in a tired voice. There was only a 60% chance, but hopefully, it would work.
…
The dining room prepared for the illegitimate heirs was huge. It had 10 rows of tall tables where all the half-brothers and sisters sat down for their dinner. Their bodies were wrapped with bandages and their eyes were listless after a long tiresome day of tests after tests!
It was like the legitimate heirs were competing with each other on who would torture them more… These legitimate heirs were even here, sitting above everyone else on an elevated ‘High table’.
They were Iris, Lara, Rex, and Max, who, unlike his skinny brother, had a large build and slanted eyes. Between all of his brothers, he was the most similar in looks to Theodore, and that seemed to be intentional as he made sure to keep his hair tightly combed and grew a light beard like that of his father.
“Did father say when he will return?” Max asked as he put a piece of the mutton in his mouth.
“Yes, Master had just sent a note, due to complications in the family, he will be here in a week!” George, who was standing to the side as a butler should, answered calmly.
“Good… “ Max nodded. “Is there news about my brothers?” he asked. He heard from his butler that there was an incident in the mines and several elite heirs went missing. This was all the information he could get because of his rank.
“Not yet…” George said.
“I see…” Max swallowed. “What about Luke? Will he also get to create a team out of those guys?”
“Yes, Master Theodore is planning to bring him too, but he needs the patriarch’s permission to end his punishment first!” George explained. Luke and John will get a chance here too!
“Oh… Mother had been worried sick about him…” Max signed.
“Yes… True…” Rex nodded.
“Max….” someone suddenly said, it was Iris. She met Max for the first time this morning and she didn’t like him one bit.
“Oh… Sister Iris, what can I help you with?” he asked with a smile.
“Why did you go so rough earlier… Didn’t you read your father's letter, our mission was to just test their characters and grill them to enhance their physical strength! You went too far!” she said angrily. It seemed like she had been holding this for some time.
As soon as Max entered the mansion in the morning, he began to arrogantly torture his halfbrothers and sisters in the name of training and testing them. He forced a few poor guys to strip, carry weights, and run under the sun in the afternoon and at sunset he forced a few sisters to jump in the pool naked after filling it with ice, leaving them there for an entire hour while sitting above and sipping drinks. “Most of the ones you tested are in the infirmary… Even with healing pills, they will need three days to recover!”
“Sister… Without tough tests, how can they call themselves a Von Weise?” Max said. “You might not understand this growing up outside with the commoners and such…” Max said, casually humiliating her. “Here we value rank above all else, and we need to grill obedience into their bones! ” he chuckled. “And as long as I am following the rules, I can do whatever I want…”
“I know the rules perfectly well… “ she spat. She couldn’t wait for Alice or Victor to come here and kick his ass. As Elite heirs they had the capacity to do that, following ‘The family rules’.
Not only was Max very arrogant, having eyes way above his head, but he also seemed to like to humiliate others who were beneath him. “Sister Lara has been helping me learn those…” she said, asking for some help and making Lara who had her mouth stuffed look up and then nod.
“Oh…” Max frowned looking at Lara. “Sister Lara, I heard that you tested some of our illegitimate brothers yesterday…” he said. “I heard you fought with them in one-to-one matches and managed to defeat all of them,” he added, inspecting her with a smile that Iris didn’t like at all.
“...” Lara swallowed then wiped her mouth with a napkin. “Yes, esteemed brother… They were very weak…”
“Oh, yes, those bums are not even fit to work as cannon fodders…” he sighed. “I heard Rex no longer taught you… Is the Esteemed Father teaching you directly nowadays?” he asked curiously, glancing at Rex who seemed a little nervous.
“YES!” Lara nodded with a smile as the little maid behind her whipped her mouth and then casually shot Max a disgusted look making him feel like an insignificant insect…. Wait… No… She was smiling. It must have been his imagination.
“Did he teach you some new martial art?” Max asked, making both Rex and Iris turn and look at Lara, they were curious about this too.
Most of the Von Weise legitimate heirs are way stronger than older average humans. They were on par with world-class athletes, even before their awakening due to their bloodline and family secret arts.
Still, this had limits… Lara had displayed some strength that went beyond the family's standards for someone her age and build.
“Ah….” Lara hesitated. “Father told me not to say…” she said, biting her little lip as she looked down. She seemed to really want to answer her Esteemed Brother’s question but didn’t dare to.
“I see… It’s ok,” Max said. He seemed to have confirmed his guess from her reaction. “Then how about a little spar with Rex to see how proficient in the family arts you had become?” he asked, nodding to Rex who as her former teacher, would be able to tell a few things.
“Ahh…” Lara hesitated. She began looking at Rex and then at Max again.
Iris did hear that Rex seemed to have thought Lara wrong before and was punished by their father. So, like others, she presumed this was the reason for her hesitation.
“It will only be a friendly match… And we will let our illegitimate brothers and sisters see our family’s art in its full glory!” Max said.
“Ah…But… Ok then…” Lara accepted nervously after a little pause.
Max didn’t notice it, but Iris, who was sitting to the right of Lara, did. George seemed to have secretly made a sign with his fist and nodded, making Lara accept.
Happy new year 🎊
And i hope we could see max and Rex questioning their lives worth in the next chapter.
I don't think Max will fight her, but Rex will probably be questioning his life choices, as he stares at the hospital ceiling.
@KONASBUD max doesn't need to fight her to do that you know. For example after fight she innocently asked her big brother max for a fight after hearing him being personally trained by her esteem father. Maybe George would instigate it as well. He clearly has good eyes unlike Theodore.
But i wonder what Lara's level would be if she was already awakened.
@Kavinka
Max has skills, we don't know his class but he has been a player for at least 6 years. Even if Lara is stronger than him which is possible she doesn't have skills and I doubt Max would fight fair. Its best to put him in his place by curb stomping his lackey, and let him know to fear Lara when she actually awakens.
I doubt Max's class is anything super exciting he only became and Inner Heir upon awakening and never made it past that. It's stated that Alice became and Elite Heir after clearing a dungeon. She has a pretty badass class so she may have even been held up a bit because she was a Heavenly Sect Disciple.
@KONASBUD tsk tsk you really have no idea how scary lara could be. Even George the head butler of one of the Von weise grand elders is scared of her. And besides would max even be able to use any fighting skills or even dare to harm Lara with them when they is a deadly thief who wouldn't mind roughing him up a bit and there is George who would kick him in the ass before he could even touch lara.
And besides attacking Lara with skills already a crime even if you ignore him using skills on a duel which is meant for mortals.
And his skills or class wouldn't be anything special as you told so i doubt he has any noteworthy things which could be used secretly on Lara who for some reason have some good resestance for almost everything supernatural.
Even using any artifacts is not a option as it will leave a trace or be in effective against lara super op bloodline.
And wouldn't el just expose him if he even took any. That girl has some crazy eyes for spotting treasures.
@Kavinka
Again we don't know what Max's class is. Max has been a player for at least 6 years, Iris the last we heard was a level 0 their. I doubt he worries about her. George yes, but he doesn't seem to be the type to concern himself with servants.
I think you underestimate skills, Lara is strong, but that is it for now. Yes she has a badass bloodline, and would probably heal immediately, if she can be harmed at all. But he doesn't have to harm her to defeat her in a spar, or worse yet embarrass her.
While Max may not have a scary class it doesn't mean he hasn't picked up useful skills over the year. Especially considering he probably has a master who can alter the family art and provide him that reduction rune. I don't think in the grand scheme of things Max is much of a threat, he is out of their league for the moment. Maybe not George's but he probably is limited in how much he can act.
And I doubt George is scared of Lara, surprised by her yes. He may react to her SSS bloodline from time to time but I doubt he fears her at all.
@KONASBUD
Or he has a little fear because of these 2 reasons. Remember a little fear is fine, it's not crippling terror.
1. The strength of her bloodline (George is a Von astrom, so he could feel her bloodline through his)
2. Her potential, she is this strong and she isn't a player yet!
@KONASBUD
Max also has some hidden support.
If he has awakened his bloodline (and it was concentrated enough) then he could kill Lara easily. Which is a very stupid idea to do in front of George.
@Blueneck666
He could probably kill Lara without awakening his bloodline at all. But I doubt he is willing to go that far. Killing an enemy heir prior to their awakening is a major taboo in the world. Killing your own sister power to her awakening would probably warrant capital punishment, in their family. Victor almost got sent to the punishment Hall for killing Nick a non heir semi-player. Even if the family wouldn't kill him Ted probably would, if he could survive George's attack, which I doubt.
Max doesn't seem that careless, prideful, arrogant, cruel maybe, but not careless. Plus best case scenario, he has Alice and Mike targeting him for the rest of his life. He knows he is less than them. Yes he has a backer, but that shouldn't make him bold enough to openly kill Lara.
It says in this chapter he is the type that likes to embarrass others. This match is probably two fold, humble and embarrass Lara as well as take a look at her abilities. He serves that person by pitting her against Rex. Now Lara is actually going to Molly wop Rex which will be a surprise but he gets to play the cold observer role he desires for now. He'll get his. Maybe this will reveal a bit of who was behind Rex sabotaging Lara instead of just being fan service....I was fine with it just being fan service. Hell I'm fine just jumping to Rex in the hospital and just alluding to Lara breaking him as long as I know she ran his pockets.
@Kavinka
George was only scared that how Lara is so strong without awakening and how she thinks this strength is normal.
First she was naive , now it feels op scion type naive.
Max is older than Mike , so if he is level 50 too, he should be above 150 in strength. Unless Lara progressed again, she will be weaker.
But Max can't kill her easily. Her tough skin and regeneration should help any wound or poison. I don't think he will try something in front of others.
@Vikass17
Again. What class you have dictates what attributes will grow the most.
While Ted is no great reliable source of information on the subject, he seems to believe he is in the level 20s. I think this is somewhat reliable information for 2 reasons. First, Max is a proud person and if he was really exceptional he'd want others to know, especially compared to his younger siblings. Second, status in the family. Ted is only level 57 and a gra d elder, some of that is due to his player producing skills but some of that we are told is due to his "successful" gaining authority and leveling up. If Max was comparable to say Mike he would would have at least become an Elite heir by now. Titus and Max are the same age and Titus is level 37, with a class that isn't really geared toward combat. While we can't say for sure comparing Max to Titus is probably the safest play.
With seeing things through Victor's prospective, and interacting with the people who he tends to interact with Scions family heads powerhouses, I think we have a skewed perspective of how easy authority points are to come by. Ted is considered talented, and he just got his 6th authority point recently.
No matter how strong Lara is or how resilient her body is Max could definitely kill her. Authority and points make all the difference, a full-player vs a mortal is just beyond unfair. In a spar with rules maybe Lara could come out on top, but if he cheated there just isn't much she could do even if his class was escort.
You know we've never really me ruined Max's wife maybe hos backers are is inlaws. Maybe Max isn't Ted's kid and his backer is his real daddy. He supposedly looks like Ted but maybe he just styles himself that way.
@Vikass17 depends on Max's class, which is probably a basic one as he still doesn't have a high position in the family, and rarer classes must give more attributes.
Besides when Victor reported his level after the skeleton dungeon Theodore was impressed and said his other player son, Max, was only level 20, so he shouldn't be much stronger maybe in the 30s or at his limit level 39. I can see him already at level 37 with only 3 authority, deciding to risk his brothers lives scheming against Victor and Lara's ceremony for a chance to get stronger .
But it is likely that Max's lying about his level to Theodore, as he's probably backed up by some power
@Danni_Chaos
Unless Max is lying about his level, perhaps he is a demon worshipper who had his demon bloodline unlocked as part of a plot to bring down the family.
@Danni_Chaos
I think he is probably comparable to Titus, they are both 23 years old, both Inner Heirs, and both come from important family members.
I think leveling up and gaining authority relies on 2 things. First, just your Fate/luck, some people are fated to get strong some aren't. Second we are told that those with strong souls tends to gain authority faster. What if going through life and death battles helps temper your soul. Maybe the Von Weise's method of having their promising heirs fight behind a meat wall of servants has slowly weakened their potential over the years.
I'm not saying that the exceptional people wouldn't always be exceptional but say some regular heir keeps going g through life and death battles and he always seems to get that one authority point right before he hits his level cap. While another heir always fights behind a line protecting him and only kills mob monsters through taking the final kill shot. They both may have the same potential but the first heir may get 6 authority and max out at 69 and the second my only ever get 4 and max out at 49. My guess is Max and Titus are likely to be the second type.
@KONASBUD
I never really liked titus's status . I think evryone should get at least 1 stat in every category, whatever the class is.
So 15+37 = 52 strength should be normal. Even if this shouldn't be the case. They should still get higher stats in some other category.
He is low on everything, his highest is intelligence, even that's around 50.
So , it's already hard for non combat class to level up and they don't even get same level benefits.
@Blueneck666
I don't think it takes that much. He doesn't even need to lie for Ted to have it wrong, his info just needs to be outdated.
I could see him being a demon worshipper, but wouldn't Victor know what ultimately happened to him in the past life? The guy seems proud and arrogant. If he was high level wouldn't want people to know of his prowess?
I think people think because he was part of a plot against Victor and his siblings that he is some major actor. To me I think he will be just a bug who's jealousy and pride was used to target them. I think he has an inferiority competition against Elena's kids because his younger brother Mike was seen as a prodigy and select as a Patriarch candidate over him, his younger sister Alice wad recognized by the Heavenly Sect and taken as a disciple. His younger brother Victor was born with purple hair and seen as a promising heir, until he couldn't advance in the family art.
Maybe he turned to demons, but I don't think he is all that powerful, I think he is just a useful tool for someone, I doubt they gave him much power. Wouldn't a guy Luke that want to show his power to advance his position in the family? My guess is they gave him a means and a plan to harm his siblings rather than the power to build himself.
Also, methods to increase authority aren't that common, they probably have some but why waste it on a guy like him when you don't need to?
@KONASBUD
Even if he is a demon worshipper , he still can't do much against SSS rank devil bloodline.
She is almost like allrounder .
@Vikass17
I tend to agree with you amon this. I think Titus was early on and he hadn't really hashed out what growth would look like in players.
The fix could be to give him a status effect, he already has one but show that his attributes were actually temporarily reduced due to the ass whooping.
On a other note, he should be weaker, due to his punishment. They drained his "essence blood" half was taken right off the bat. That has to do some damage. Maybe if you have some left practicing the art could increase it again but that would take time.
@Vikass17
You guys keep talking about her bloodline. Yes it makes her stronger, but it isn't awakened. She doesn't have skills.
Aria had an SS ranked bloodline and was just some chick. Lily had an SS ranked bloodline and assasin training and she got curbstomped by a weak Von Weise Elder.
Lara is strong, her bloodline does make her stronger than most, she will be a powerhouse when all is said and done. It does not mean she can stand up against an experienced player, she'd get wrecked.
Also her E ranked Fate says its best to wait until that figures out where it wants to go.
@KONASBUD
She doesn't have any rank on her fate. It is kind of getting fixed I guess.
@Vikass17 She has E rank fate power, but is unstable and has no defined destiny list as Victor changed too many things around her
@Vikass17
Yes she does
FATE:
FATE’S POWER: E(?)
DEFINED FATE: NONE
[FATE LIST UNAVAILABLE]
WARNING: FATE DIVERGENCE DETECTED - FATE IS UNSTABLE
Her current Fate Power is technically still E. She has nothing in her destiny list (maybe that is getting renamed I wish he would stay consistent). Yes her Fate power is "E(?)" Which means it looks like it might be about to make a change, but all the more reason not to go around in life threatening situations until that stabilizes. That's why I said her E ranked Fate says its better to wait until it figures out where it wants to go. It's E so that's all the help she gets. It looks like it wants to get stronger but let's not put her in danger until it makes its decision.