220 When Heaven Wants to Destroy You, It First Drives You Mad (1/2)

Following Olrich's bout of madness, the first thing Konrad did was to have Krann bring Adelar's Essence Concealing Ring to Yvonne.

The second one was to secure Nils and take all of Olrich's children into captivity. The reason was simple. Attempting to take all of the women away, one after the other, was a pipe dream. He could only rely on Yvonne to buy time while setting up a foolproof plan.

Of his nine children, there were two Olrich couldn't afford to lose:

Nils and Elmar.

If they died, it had to be by his hand. As for the five that now remained, while Konrad realized that their lives mattered not, he could use their deaths to showcase his seriousness.

Krann currently held them all and used Flesh Transformation to have three helpless eunuchs assume the shape of Nils, Elmar, and Holger. The real ones were pocketed. If need be, they would first kill the real princes to cover for the false ones.

In any case, Holger was Konrad's servant. Killing him was redundant while Elmar was a talent with sizable future achievements. With the right resources, he could at least become a Sage. Subduing him was more valuable. As for Nils...was that even a question?

Meanwhile, he'd contacted Wolfgang and had him deliver one of their last, cutting edge products to Hubert.

Even if Olrich were sufficiently crazed to forsake the life of his children, as long as Hubert could refine the product in time, the von Jurgen would be forced to back off.

And indeed, Olrich floundered. Though rage still seethed within his veins, when his holy sense swept the imperial palace, and he realized his seven remaining children had all disappeared, his eyes went wide with fright!

”Nils, Elmar…damnable!

Moreover, although Klemens can't be killed, if his abilities are revealed, the captor will never let him go!”

Klemens von Jurgen was the sickly eighth prince. Born with a congenital disease that kept him bedridden, to the world, he was known as the von Jurgen tragedy.

After all, even the average cultivator's house would rarely if ever see a sickly infant. To say nothing of the imperial family. In their hundred thousand years of history, Klemens was the only such case.

And while his disease was no fabrication, it stemmed from a cause Olrich kept hidden from the world. The eighth prince, Klemens, possessed a one in a billion Holy Physique. That physique made him unable to cultivate and acted as a congenital lung disease.

But at the same, it gave him an unparalleled ability!

Beneath the Divine Seed Rank, absolutely no one could injure him, and all blows would return to the sender!

Although his physique was currently just at the Holy Rank, throughout the three realms, it was one of the most dreadful, and classified among the three Forbidden Physiques.

Those three physiques could not be inherited, and because of their horrifying after effects, many viewed them as nature's curse. But Olrich saw it as a blessing in disguise! As long as he could find a way to absorb the physique without the aftereffects and upgrade its rank, in the future, who could rival him!

For that reason, the eighth prince remained in close custody, protected by a carefully selected group of loyal retainers. His mother was also killed to protect the secret.

Never did he expect that while he faced those traitorous sluts, someone would rob him!

”It has to be the same person. It must be that man! No mistake is allowed. Retreat, I must retreat.”

Olrich resolved. But at that time, Adelar's voice echoed!

”Why hesitate?

Why falter?

Because of a few insignificant sacrifices?”

At that time, Olrich could see Adelar standing before him. Naturally, Yvonne, Else, and Verena couldn't. This was a product of his imagination!

”Without them, our rise…”

Olrich began, but before he could carry on, Adelar interrupted:

”Nonsensical.”

He jeered, then vanished to reappear at Olrich's right.

”Don't you see the truth yet? The truth you've been hiding from yourself? No? Alright, allow me to enlighten you.”

Adelar placed a reassuring hand on Olrich's shoulder, then carried on.

”They are worthless. Having refined me, having obtained my foundation, besides a fast cultivation breakthrough, there isn't much you can gain from them.