Reaper of the Martial World

Book 10: Chapter 47: Fusion (2)

Dyon stood stunned as he watched Lilith’s figure flash into the distance. It was as though she had forgotten she was a mighty Dao Formation Realm expert. Her speed was no faster than a normal mortal girl, dashing away from a broken heart.

Dyon’s mouth hung open. By the time she finally disappeared from his sight, his lips had slowly closed, but a deep frown set into his brows.

Why did he feel so… uncomfortable?

Had he felt bad about scheming against Lilith back then? Of course not! That girl tried to take his life because she believed him to be a detriment to their scheme. Why would he hesitate to use her for his own benefit?

What did he care if Lilith was taken advantage of by Sokzac? Even if that scumbag took all her firsts, he wouldn’t care. The world was filled with beauties, but he already had his wives. He couldn’t take every gorgeous woman as his own, right? How ridiculous.

Plus, Sokzac was already her fiancé. One day, she would be his anyway. For a woman who tried to murder him, why would he care if her precious things were snatched a few years earlier than they otherwise might be?

The matters surrounding the Devil Quadrants were too important to Dyon.

Now, Higher Existence Ravana was faced with problems from all sides. There was the Mathilde Clan that was likely already distancing themselves from him, and now there was also the Fulgur Clan lurking in the shadows.

On one hand. Eldaernth didn’t have any good enough reason to destroy the Fulgur Clan. Even if he could prove what Sokzac did to his daughter, so what? Sokzac was a mere member of the younger generation, he could hardly represent his whole Clan.

Plus, it was very obvious to everyone that Lilith was still a virgin. At high enough levels, seeing this only took a single glance. Who would believe that Sokzac had used suggestion tactics on his own fiancée, yet actually left her completely untouched?

They couldn’t possibly know that despite his suggestion techniques, Lilith also felt an innate revulsion toward Sokzac and didn’t even let him touch her hand. Because Lilith was always more powerful than him, even after he broke into the celestial realm, even if he wanted to force the issue… he simply couldn’t!

Unfortunately, all of these tiny details would be washed away. This left Higher Existence Ravana with his hands tied. He already had one of his four pillar subordinates in the Mathilde Clan no longer truly willing to follow him, if he then killed off another one of these four pillars without sufficient reason, what would happen? Wouldn’t the whole of the Devil Quadrants collapse?

It was true that in the face of absolute power, all of these things were meaningless. But there was the matter of Faith to take into account! If Higher Existence Ravana really did these things… The Faith of the Devil Quadrants would plummet!

And the best part about this scheme? Even if Eldaernth knew about it, there was nothing he could do. In fact, due to the existence of the Devil Vein, he even had to compromise and ally with Dyon!

This was the power behind Dyon’s calculations. When two intelligent people were fighting a war of the minds against one another, the only way for one to win was to force the other side to willingly step into a trap!

With one move, just a single choice made several decades ago, Dyon had crippled a mighty outer quadrant. For his Mortal Alliance, this was a great victory that came at the cost of no lives. In the future, when they inevitably had to turn their swords away from the Failed Clans toward each other, Dyon would now have a massive advantage.

So why was he frowning?!

No matter what, Lilith was a grown woman of almost fifty years old… Crying because she fell for someone’s scheme… Wasn’t that a little too exaggerated?

Where was her pride? Dammit!

Later that week, Dyon learned that Lilith accepted to marry Junior. This at least allowed him to sigh a breath of relief, especially when he saw that little guy’s wide grin.

Dyon would be lying if he said he didn’t feel a bit uncomfortable, though.

It wasn’t actually about the marriage. It was rather that he was worried if he was spitting on his own moral code.

He had said that the marriage would only go through if Lilith agreed, but was it actually Lilith’s choice? Or was it because of Dyon that this happened? After all, Dyon had pushed the Devil Quadrants into a corner, maybe Lilith felt this was the only path left to her, the only way she could help her Nightmare Palace.

“The early bird catches the worm! See, this husband of yours warned you. You two lagged behind too much, now you’ll have to settle for fighting for second wife.”

Junior laughed as he ran away from Mia and Bella’s rain of small fists.

Dyon couldn’t help but smile as he watched on, feeling quite comfortable.

To Dyon and his inner circle, Junior was his little brother. But, to the world and even to those of the Mortal Alliance, Junior was actually Dyon and Madeleine’s son. Even Lilith and Eldaernth believed this.

Of course, the true details of this marriage couldn’t be publicized to the tower quadrants. However, it was still a grand occasion for the Mortal Alliance.

The engagement party was broadcasted for all to see. A happy air enshrouded the Mortal Alliance.