Chapter 1017: 16.63 First Red Star - Tears of the one left behind.

As Cardinal Darius Rueden and his and Lemuel's pupils and apprentices arrived in the Genus Academy region, word of the demise of the Templar Temple spread. Under the direction of the two cardinals' direct disciples, their little group, which had been essentially preserved in return for Cardinal Lemuel Elon's life, successfully exited the territory of the Templar Temple. Cardinal Darius Rueden, who had been sleeping the entire time, is accompanying them.

Cardinal Lemuel Elon cast a Paralysis Spell and a Sleeping Spell on him during the mending process of his wound after removing the Gu from his body. The benefits of this spell would only be lost if the caster died. They didn't know if they were lucky or not, but everyone in this tiny company was immediately transported near the limits of the Genus Academy lands. They were granted permission by the Headmaster to enter the inst.i.tution. Keylan Light was the one who requested to let these youngsters in.

Cardinal Darius Rueden had finally awoken by the time this group had arrived at Genus School. He opened his eyes in a white room that resembled a clinic. He is, in fact, a patient at the Academy's Clinic. The other races rarely utilize the School Clinic, notably werewolves and vampires who are born with the capacity to recover faster than others. This clinic was designed for average human students, but Darius is the only one who is now using it.

He sat up and noticed that his body felt lighter than normal. He can sense something alive inside his body, limiting everything in it when he has Gu in his body. Now that the Gu is gone, he can feel his blood flowing quicker and his elemental energy flowing freely in his body. Darius couldn't help but leap up in astonishment when he noticed his image in the window mirror. He appears to be younger. He was acclimated to his old man appearance, but not to his present appearance, which resembles someone in their mid-thirties.

Darius Rueden mumbled as he touched his face, "Who is this?"

The man in the mirror's reflection resembles him when he was younger. It's only that, unlike himself at this age, who appears decrepit and exhausted, this face is youthful and vibrant.

"Me?"

Darius Rueden was bewildered for a while before remembering what happened before he lost consciousness. He recalled almost everything, especially Lemuel Elon. He hurried and stood up intending to ask someone around about where he was and the whereabouts of the children that were with him. But as soon as he stood up he felt dizzy and fell, half of his body was hanging on the bed with his hand holding his head.

The sounds of something falling drew the attention of those white people who were only a few meters away from the clinic. As Instructors Armand Hemming and Klaus Zane arrived, they noticed their visitor on the floor. Darius Rueden was helped back to his bed by the two, who even chastised him.

Klaus Zane said, "What are you doing? Don't you know how much blood you lost? We are still looking for some humans who have the same blood type as you for transfusion. The first batch has been found. Please bear with it and stop moving around."

"Who are you guys? Where am I?" Darius Rueden asked. He was on guard at first when he smelled a bit of blood and beast on these two men and realized they are a part werewolves and vampires.

Instructor Armand Hemming answers his inquiries, "Both of us are instructors. I am Armand Hemming and this is Klaus Zane. He is the one who treated you. You are currently in Genus Academy's Clinic. Your disciples brought you here. As for the children with you, most of them were exhausted during your journey and are now sleeping except for two children who ask to meet your Holy Son and Instructor Keylan Light."

"Genus Academy? Impossible, I was in a Templar Temple!" Darius Rueden exclaimed and remembered that Lemuel Elon had forcefully taken the Gu in his body and fainted after that. "Lem? No! I need to return to the Templar Temple!"

Darius Rueden strives to escape, but his body fails to sustain him. As he tried to rise up again, he blacked out and fainted as predicted. Teacher Armand Hemming and Klaus Zane were perplexed by this incident. They believed he might question what happened to him, but who would have guessed that the guy would faint from blood loss yet again?

Instructor Klaus sighed, "You should get the first batch of blood. This man would definitely do this again once he regains consciousness. We cannot let him faint every time."

"Tsk! So annoying. He doesn't even have any injuries compared to the children who were with him. He is an adult but let those brats protect him instead!" Complains Instructor Armand Hemming as he heads out to get the blood donated by students with the same blood type as Cardinal Darius Rueden.

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Meanwhile at the mansion of Headmaster Ca.s.sius Ambrosia...

The three most powerful men in the world had a.s.sembled. Fenrir Skoll is the same as always, delighting just his wife and looking only at his wife. He is now offering strawberry shortcakes created with ingredients such as milk from the seven colored cows, eggs from the Phoenix race, golden leaf wheat, and crimson fire strawberries from the depths of the volcanoes.

These ingredients were all personally selected by the two systems that were slaved away as ingredient gatherers by Fenrir Skoll. They had been traveling the limited planet their Masters possessed, hunting for and cataloging all accessible raw Materials. The Ingredients used by Fenrir Skoll were only found at higher worlds even higher than the A-cla.s.s world they are in right now.

Fenrir Skoll serves his wife some cake and milk tea with a doting smile, "Baby, eat some cakes. I made it just for you."

"Um, it's delicious, A'Xia." Ca.s.sius Ambrosia said while eating the small slice of strawberry shortcake with grace.

Keylan Light who was treated as air and at the same time drooling at the cake emitting a strong aura of energy complains, "Hey! Where is mine?"

"Serve your own." Fenrir Skoll's smile fades into coldness when he glances at Keylan Light.

Keylan Light clicked his tongue as he fed himself, even murmuring a stingy guy between his breath as he bit into the cake he offered himself. Each food these couples share strengthens his soul and vessel, which is why the Heavenly Laws never banned him from eating. After all, the stronger Keylan Light is, the safer this small star is. Nevertheless, Fenrir Skoll has no desire to rule the world; as long as his wife is secure, he is unconcerned about anything else.

After finis.h.i.+ng their afternoon tea, the three moved on to the important matter that needed to be discussed. The appearance of Cardinal Darius Rueden at the academy surprised Keylan Light. The two cardinals are due to die, according to the scheme of the world, yet only one of them has died and the other has lived.

The heavenly laws had informed him that the world plot had been shattered by some unknown rules of existence and could no longer be followed, according to celestial laws. The only way for this universe to exist is for the Heroine and Male leads to remain alive. As long as these children are alive, Heavenly Laws will exist on this earth, and the world will continue to exist.

Pope Kenan Light is the first obstacle in the storyline. Asher Light and Amber Dawn were meant to kill this character. That is why when Fenrir Skoll beat him up, he made sure to keep him alive in the end. But now a new report from the area of the Templar Temple had come, and the report stated that the Templar Temple might no longer exist. Instead of the Holy Temple, a zombie empire was steadily enveloping the earth.

All of the priests that used to exist in that location have been replaced by undead troops, with the former Cardinal Lemuel Elon serving as the Undead commander who commands all of the undead soldiers under their empire. When he heard that, Keylan Light wasn't sure if he'd have a headache or not. After all, the story's weakened enemy becomes the King of the Dead, a devil that appears to be capable of devouring and multiplying itself as long as there is something living in the universe.

Kenan Light is now a demon, with treble the HP and MP gauges he had before. If this continues, forget about the young protagonists and heroine; Keylan Light will very certainly need to get involved personally, dragging Fenrir Skoll and Ca.s.sius Ambrosia into the fight.

"What should we do when he becomes a devil?" Asked Keylan Light.

The two big shots looked at him and said, "Just kill it." Obviously, the two couldn't understand the problem that was causing Keylan Light's head to ache every second, but when the latter saw the expressions of the two men before him, he couldn't help but wonder what if you turned the tables on them.

Keylan Light said, "Obviously, I don't know how to do it. I would like to ask, would the children be able to defeat him?"

"What kind of dream are you dreaming?" Fenrir Skoll said. Apparently asking what nonsense he is spouting just now. It's obvious that those babies wouldn't be able to do it on their own.

Ca.s.sius Ambrosia said, "The Pope is impossible for them but the Undead Commander is possible."

"Who would deal with Kenan then?" Keylan Light said.

Fenrir Skoll raised his eyebrows and said, "That's your disciple. Can't you clean up your own mess? Moreover, that thing is increasing his strength. In the end you will have to step in regardless of whether you like it or not." The Ancestor Werewolf stated. "Moreover, you still need to train the brats for them to become stronger."

Keylan Light felt depressed and said, "I can train Asher no problems but what can I teach your foster son and Athan?"

"I'll lend you Randall. Ask him to train the brats, including Mayonaka Yoru in it." Fenrir Skoll said.

Ca.s.sius Ambrosia added, "Luther will train the siblings (Amber and Esther) and Athan Vladimir."

"That's better than... I need to start their training please help me in keeping the academy safe." Keylan Light said as he suddenly left after getting what he wanted.

Fenrir Skoll and Ca.s.sius Ambrosia looked at each other waiting for the other to speak first. In the end, Fenrir Skoll spoke first and said,

"I will do as you wish. Just say the word and I am willing to do everything for you."

"I want to think about it for a bit." Ca.s.sius Ambrosia said

Fenrir Skoll kissed his wife's forehead and said, "Okay. I will wait."

They had no desire to become embroiled in the inter-racial strife. Ca.s.sius Ambrosia never cared about the world before, and Fenrir Skoll, whose soul was replaced by Ye Xiajie, doesn't care if the world falls apart. He was only prepared to make a concession if his beloved made a move. Fenrir Skoll will do anything for Ca.s.sius Ambrosia as long as he shouts the word.

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Back to the School Clinic...

As his disciple informed him what happened after he collapsed, Darius Rueden, who awoke after the blood transfusion, comprehended everything. He knew Lemuel was preparing something he hadn't told him about, but he never antic.i.p.ated Lemuel would choose to sacrifice himself in order to keep him alive. Even though there was no news regarding what occurred to the Templar Temple after they departed, he was certain that Lemuel Elon had perished.

He recognized the spells' imprints on him. Apart from paralysis and sleep, there is a protective spell that stops all types of attacks against him, whether they are physical or mental. Nevertheless, this type of magic is a forbidden one since all of the suffering from the attacks would be transferred to the caster, and the spell would only be removed if the caster died. Because the s.h.i.+elding magic vanished before he awoke, Lemuel is already dead before he ever opens his eyes.

Darius Rueden's heart was shattered just thinking about this tragedy. After all, Lemuel is the single person he values the most in his life. Darius thought himself alone now that he was gone, even if he had his students at his side. His soulmate, the most important person in his life, can never be replaced.

With tears falling from his eyes like endless falls, Darius lowered his head as he cried, "You said you will be with me until the end. You promised to be with me always. In the end, you left first and left me alone to live in this world as a lonely person. Lem..."