Rosie's Games

Chapter 261: The Tomb of the Dark Lord

The Aster Empire

"The Emperor's intention was pretty clear. It was" Martin Lux shook his head. "Beyond our expectations."

"That man is simply too predictable." Federico Lux was staring at the cluttered space in front of him. He picked up one map and studied it. The map was old and worn with creases and tears in the corners.

Looking at the messy table, Martin sighed. There were books stacked haphazardly and some of them opened and turned upside down. A few of the books appeared to be in texts that he did not recognize.

"You still cannot find it?" he asked.

"I am trying to."

"Perhaps, if you talk to Ena and"

"That woman does not deserve to know anything," Federico said. He wanted to find out if that person inside Dorothy was a sorcerer or perhaps the Dark Lord himself. He needed to know this before the delegates from other Empires arrived.

He ignored the mess and disarray on the table as he pulled out another map and opened it.

"The area where the Dark Lord had been buried and sealed was never found. It was believed that our ancestors purposely hid it from us because they did not want one of their heirs to unseal the Dark Lord. However, I think there might be another reason why they hid it."

"What could it be?" Martin asked.

"I do not know."

"Ena had been trying to find it as well. The Thun Family has been trying to find it for centuries but they never succeeded. Do you think the tomb is really in the south?"

"Are you suggesting that it might be in the north where the darkness is thick? Do you think our ancestors were fools?"

Martin shrugged. In fact, there were still many parts of history that even the Seven Families did not know. Some of it was purposely hidden by the first Blessed individuals. Until now, the Seven Families were still trying to dig into the past, hoping that they would find a clue about this mysterious past.

"Are the sacrifices ready?" Federico asked as he closed the piece of worn paper in his hand. He rolled it out and then tossed it on his table.

"Yes."

"A hundred?"

"Yes."

"Good. I want you to send them to the temple tomorrow night."

"All of them?"

"Yes. The Goddess needs it," Federico said. For the Goddess to hear their prayers, a sacrifice was a must. A hundred impure and filthy souls of people who had committed crimes should be enough to pacify the Goddess.

"I understand."

"What about that wife of yours?" Federico asked.

"Victoria had been going with Dorothy."

"The Foster Family failed to give us their annual contribution for the Goddess. You must remind your wife about it. How could they abandon the Goddess now? Do they want to suffer the Goddess' wrath?"

"I understand, father."

"Those people really think that they are something just because they married into our family. Without us, they would not have reached the pinnacle of the business world. How ungrateful."

"I will remind Victoria about it, father."

"As you should. That woman had been driven away by jealousy! Go ahead and tell her now."

"Yes, father."

Seeing Martin leave, Federico frowned.

"Tell me, Your Blessedness, why was it that you were not gifted with a brilliant son?" Ena Thun's voice echoed behind him. He could sense the mockery within her tone, but chose to ignore it.

"I cannot answer that question," Federico said without looking back. He then got up and walked towards the bar inside his study.

"Wine?"

"Thank you," Ena said as she revealed herself from the shadows. She removed the hood that covered her face, revealing an otherworldly beauty. Dressed in a deep blue dress that almost matched the color of her hair, she sat on the couch and gave Federico a beautiful smile.

Despite her alluring figure, danger lurked beneath her hypnotic eyes.

"You have become stronger" Federico said as he handed her the glass of wine.

"And you have become older yet still scheming. Your son must know the truth. You must stop protecting him."

Federico snorted. "I assume you did not come here to talk about your father?"

"He will live," Ena lifted her full and plump lips into a smirk. "Thanks to your Blessedness' abilities, my father will live. Still, please enlighten me why you were hiding things from your only heir. If you want power so much, why not work with me?"

"It seems that the Thun Family is indeed growing stronger and stronger as days pass by." Again, Federico deflected her question.

"You still have the chance to become like me. As Blessed individuals, we have the right to rule this continent. Do you not think so?"

"What I think has nothing to do with you," replied Federico as his expression worsened.

"It seems that you have been busy?" Ena said as she leaned back and finally changed the topic. "Is it the tomb again?"

Federico said nothing. Instead, he finished his wine.

"Lonyth did not fall, just as I was expecting."

"Was it the Duke?"

"It was. Although we were able to find out about something."

"What is it?"

"The Duke can absorb the darkness."

"Impossible."

"Someone saw it with their very own eyes. He absorbed it and survived."

Federico frowned.

"It is either that or he found someone that could absorb it."

"I have never heard of A sorcerer?"

"That is the only possibility left."

"Sorcerers do not exactly absorb the darkness. They can use it, but never absorb it. That is a fact."

"The fact that we knew, but what if there is something else someone else that found a way to do it?"

"Then we needed to find them."

"Exactly." Ena's lips thinned. "Someone that could absorb the darkness is dangerous. Don't you think so?"

"I believe the first thing that we need to do is get rid of the Duke."

"They told us never to touch him," Ena said. Every one of their ancestors had once reminded them one thing the only thing that they cannot do.

Do not touch the Wugarian Duke.

Of course, this did not stop them from sending people to try to kill him.

However, the assassinations would never succeed.

"Did that stop you?"

"No," Ena chuckled.

"Then you must send an expert to get rid of that man. It has been thousands of years since"

A buzzing sound interrupted their conversation.

Another person appeared behind Ena.

"What is it?" Ena asked, irritation apparent in her eyes.

"The tide has reached the Rakha kingdom. They are asking for the help of the seven empires." The woman behind the hood answered.

Tonight, I will write more chapters. I am going to start exercising first. :D It's almost summer so... hehehe