441 Strife of the Princes Part 2 (1/2)
For the first time since his arrival, Ube's face contorted into a frown, and his pulse quickened. He could ignore everything…beside those four words.
Alas, he couldn't form a retort. And as he floundered within his mind, a peal of laughter rang from Helmut's lips.
”Hahahaha! Well said.”
Helmut guffawed, and at Ube's astonishment, rose from his knees to stand straight like an arrow. Blood still trickled from his lips, but the purple veins covering his snow-white flesh no longer pulsed, and his eyes shone with battle will!
”But Elia, rebels and other treacherous creatures will always find the means to justify their insurgence. Arguing with them is pointless.
Like father said, if you want something, snatch it! Whatever stands in your way, smack it! You need no reason but Will and Ability!”
*BOOOM!*
Alongside Helmut's proclamation, his devil force erupted, sending Ube, his familiar, and the four treacherous eunuchs spiraling backward to crash against the wall!
But even the pain of the impact couldn't grab Ube's attention, for he was startled to see Helmut's cultivation not merely back, but breaking through to the late-stage of the Heart Devil Realm!
”How…how can this be?”
He stammered, unable to believe his eyes. Why could Helmut whose Devil Heart's control lay in his hands, break his influence and instantaneously break through? What sorcery was this?
”Foolish creature. Have you learned nothing from father?”
Helmut began while taking casual steps toward his befuddled brother.
”The Heart is the Dao, and the foundation of the Devil Road. If the heart doesn't flinch, doesn't bend, doesn't crackle, and remains as inflexible as a mountain, none can pervert it! A Devil tames and rules his demons but is never ruled by them! With your paltry Devil Will, how could you possibly assume control of my unwavering Devil Heart?!”
Helmut snapped, and threw a casual palm strike!
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
Devil force erupted and shockwaves unfurled as six black light palms flew at the rebels, directly turning the four traitors into blood fog! The familiar burst into light particle!
Alarmed by the blow's might, and before it could reach him, Helmut released the power of his Epoch Writing Quill upon the two but was startled to see it drop from the sky and land without a sliver of Devil Force! His jaw almost dropped on the ground...
*BOOM*
...And a massive black palm slammed right into him, encasing his form deeper into the wall!
At that time, in a twister of silver light, a man appearing in his early twenties with shoulder-length silver hairs and eyes of Paragon Spirits landed.
Seeing him, Ube surged with hope while Elia and Helmut's eyebrows rose in consternation.
”Adoptive brother?”
Helmut uttered, for indeed, that man was Yvonne's adoptive son and chief of staff, Wenzel von Jurgen. Although in the moments before Olrich executed him, Wenzel's Dao Heart was sublimated, and now fully apt to complete Devil Conversion, Konrad never gave him the chance.
The reason? Vindictiveness. For Yvonne's sake and his own 180-degree turn, Konrad could resurrect and have him serve in the Dynasty. But to give a Devil Seed to a former male enemy was out of question. If he did, then the Kvass, the von Jurgen, von Gradl and all those former and future enemy houses related to his consorts were qualified for such treatment.
That just wasn't feasible. Not keeping them six feet under was mercy enough. Still, having eaten his fill of God-Fruits, Wenzel now stood at the early-stage of the Nihility God Rank as a high ranking official.