《The Tales of Jan Faust: The Rebirth》


 Chapter 1: Adieu Earth

    Year 2025, the world called Earth shattered and finally ceases to exist. Moreover, its world population of approximately 8 billion are now stranded and creating a great stampede on Spirit World.


    "Humans, even in spirit form are utterly chaotic!"


    A handsome youth, bearing a majestic and dignified presence exclaimed.


    At a glance, he resembled a human but after a careful inspection, you''ll notice a golden halo swirling at the crown of his head, a noticeable difference in coloration of the iris, one dark red eye and one light gold eye, skin white beyond normal on par with milk and an almost translucent pair of wings stuck at his back.


    "Please, bear with them Great Spirit King for they are truly pitiable."


    Said by a young woman on his side that can only be describes in one word a ''goddess''.


    She is the chief assistant of the Great Spirit King and been with him since the creation of time. They were, created simultaneously and she was, intended to be his aide. If there is one person who knows all the dirt about the Great Spirit King, it will be no other than her.


    "The seed that the outsider who landed on Earth 250 years ago planted can be called as the root cause of its demise. Those mongrels were even exalted in high by humans. Branded as the family of ultimate geniuses and believes to be the one who will change humanity¡¯s history. Reigning above all, for they are blessed with thousands times superior genes than the normal human-"


    *Coughs*


    The woman''s words were, cut short by the sudden exaggerated cough coming from the Great Spirit King.


    "Stop dwelling on the past woman!"


    She stifles a giggle upon hearing this.


    It was no secret on the higher realm worlds that the ruler of Spirit World the Great Spirit King possessed a baffling hobby of world hopping. Sometimes, even leaving seeds in its wake.


    However, the Spirit King is akin to a turtle possessing no parental instinct. Digs a nest, lays egg, and heads out. Leaving the mother and the little one to fend for themselves.


    And, it just happened, that this one certain seedling''s descendant on earth accidentally detonated one of its creation, causing Earth''s combustion and a human genocide in the process. Which is truly ironic, such occurrence has not just changed human history. Earth, is really now a history!


    "Achoo"


    A frail flower boy looking young adult sneezed as he continued to remain still rubbing both his eyes and nose as he double check if he is in dreamland.


    Just as he arrived in this mystical place gradually opening his eyes and his sight slowly adjusting he was faced with a surreal scene of a massive crushed of human crowd stumbling down unceasingly like a domino. Well, they cannot really be called human, more like a bunch of genies floating around for they do not have feet.


    His mouth remained open as he studied his surroundings carefully, he noticed a signboard floating in the corner where the stampede occur saying ¡®Purgatory¡¯ the stampede is still on going by the way. Retracting his gaze he glance at the people around him, he recognized some familiar forms, a certain country¡¯s president and on the other side are bunches of well-known celebrities and some well-established rich individuals, their conversations ringing in his ears.


    ¡°What happened? Did those terrorist finally gathered up the guts to raise war against our country, humph, they won¡¯t get out unscathed!¡±


    ¡°Please, appease your anger Mr. President and I seemed to saw the Leader of the terrorist¡¯s group right over there.¡±


    ¡°What, they finally went out in the open, summon the generals we are going to beat up, I meant enforce the law to those law breaker!¡±


    ¡°Hey, where the hell is this place?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know and I¡¯m having a major crisis in here I can¡¯t refresh my Instagram. I cannot tweet either. Did my data run out?¡±


    ¡°What the hell is going on has anyone read about what just happened on their Facebook feeds yet?¡±


    ¡°I was in the middle of eating my cake. Nobody is allowed to waste cake!¡±


    ¡°Director, is this the new location where were going to shoot the next scenes?¡±


    ¡°No, my money I didn¡¯t bring cash with me hopes there¡¯s an atm around here.¡±


    ¡°I can hardly see around here why is this place so full of fog? So not Snapchat friendly place.¡±


    ¡°Look, those people in the stampede are standing up so they were not totally crushed, haha. Boy, aren¡¯t they resilient!¡±


    ¡°Quiet!¡±


    A roaring sound that feels like it comes from the sky was suddenly heard.


    ¡°You dead humans dare to cause havoc near the entrance of the Spirit World gate. Are you trying to commit blasphemy against our Great Spirit King?¡±


    When they looked up, they stared at a giant Minotaur. The bull had scarlet bulging eyes with two large horns on the top. They shivered as they saw its body, half-human and half bull which is taller than the Eiffel tower.


    The crowd cannot contain their surprise anymore as they starts to shout hysterically. No one can blame them for most if not all of them has not seen such a creature in real life. To be scared out of their wits is a normal response as no amount of sci-fi movies will prepare them for this scene¡­ Extremely frightening.


    ¡°None of them appeared to have taken notice of our arrival.¡±


    A slightly smaller Minotaur standing behind the previous one chortled. Then he waved his bulky hands to indicate silence.


    ¡°Greetings Earthlings, we are the checkers that are assigned to you. My name¡¯s San and that is my twin younger brother Pedro,¡± he said pointing to the large bull.


    ¡°Apologies to my brother¡¯s crusty manners we are new recruits and this is actually our first time handling a large amount of deaths and spirit forms so were a little giddy. However, worlds shattering and the catastrophe that befell on its dwellers are not uncommon. But what happened to you earthlings is truly fascinating.¡± He laughs wiping tears off the corners of his eyes.


    ¡°Genocide by neither invaders nor natural cause but by a single individual in which he has not even intended. Hehehe, shattering Earth, slaughtering all mortals without their knowledge and dying as well. Ending a whole realm by accident. Pitiful, sad and fascinating, haha.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s enough San, get to the point and be done with it!¡± The younger twin brother bull called Pedro scolded.


    ¡°Okay, okay, you little fellows form a single line and we¡¯ll be checking and reviewing the karma merits rendered by each one of you before deciding and sending you out to your new places. You came from Earth that is one of the lowest world realms. Therefore, the choices that are available to you are also worlds of the same caliber. If you choose not to be reborn, you can also head to the three special world realms that is, if you have earned enough karma merits to enter in there you will be granted immortality. The Heaven World, the Hell World and the closest here, which is the Spirit World if you¡¯re going to ask me which is the better choice of course it¡¯s the Spirit World. It is also the easiest realm to enter out of the three that is because upon entering, we are task to be the delegates of the dead and it is where the road of life is located. Also as a person of Spirit World, we are, given the liberty to go in and out of the different low world realms haunting and scaring those living mortals out of their wits is one of our top favorite things to do.¡± He ended with a thunderous laugh.


    Upon hearing, the words that the bull brothers just said cause the frail looking flower boy to shiver all over. It was as if an electrical bolt passed through Jan Faust¡¯s brain. ¡°Earth shattered?¡± This question keeps echoing on his head repeatedly as the shock gradually subsided and he sobered up.


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    His vision grew blur as he thought back over to all that had happened during his previous experimentation.


    As Jan Faust, he was constantly on heavy pressure being born on the world-renowned family of geniuses and scientists with a motto of ¡®we will change human history¡¯.


    Devoting all his time studying doing research and creating inventions made him a young recluse. With a family where you barely meet with each other and if you did, all you¡¯ll ever talked about was inventions and endeavors on ways to better human life isn¡¯t really helping. Everyone is competition.


    Added to the fact that the new generation¡¯s intelligence quotient is on the decline, each IQ scores are lower than the previous. From generation to generation it keeps falling down at a steady rate indicating that genes that are pass along the off-springs are getting thinner and him belonging to the younger generation has to put more effort than the other in order to keep up. To make matters worse their family has longer life span than normal making life much harder.


    Growing up Jan Faust showed the lowest aptitude out of the younger generation with the smallest contribution barely meeting the standard of the family. Having the last name Faust is like a synonym to researcher and inventor to the whole world so he had no other way around it unless he wants to be mock.


    Being reprimanded every time for his lack of talent and he could not agree more. He just seemed to not have the knack for technological inventions. While his great, great grandfathers invented flying cars, virtual reality, cure for cancer and along with others.


    Just weeks before his birth date as he was contemplating on his quarter-life crisis of not being fated to be a technological inventor and was on the verge of giving up as an inventor and researcher he suddenly had an epiphany.


    He found out that there is a different type of energy contained hidden in the environment everywhere either in land, heaven or sea. He tried to collect that type of energies on each elements as much as he could find, mustering all his strength and knowledge to unceasingly analyze each of its atoms and molecules to reveal their corresponding usage.


    All of it weren''t in vain for all of his labor finally bear fruit as he found out that they weren''t harmful to humans instead gave a different type of power boosting the human anatomy.


    Finally, to commemorate his 25th birthday he decided to carry out his biggest discovery yet. By attempting to combine all of the energies into one entity everything was proceeding smoothly at first but then he wanted to make big and went on to proceed to a large scale experiment to see if there could be a bigger reaction.


    ¡°Experiment. Detonated. Earth. Shattered. Genocide. Death.¡±


    As he organized his thought putting all the pieces together, it suddenly made sense. The little experiment he did on his birthday gave out a reaction more than he could ever expect. Surprising the life out of him, literally.


    ¡°I¡­I¡­ am¡­dead?¡±


    He mumbles softly to himself. Humanity¡¯s egotistic behavior at its best or he just took after a certain someone with a golden halo, only caring about oneself. He just subconsciously neglected the fact that he also caused the death of more than 8 billion other humans in his head.


    As he was engrossed in his recollections, he felt a force tugged behind him making him take giants steps forward. ¡°Move you¡¯re next.¡± Looking around he noticed that he was the only one left. ¡°Yes you are last that means you¡¯re the person who died last in Earth. Name?¡± Gazing in front, he saw a giant toenail.


    ¡°Talking toenail how entertaining.¡±


    ¡°Impertinent, would you like to be reborn as a worm? I can certainly grant you that wish. Huh, a multicolored pupil¡­ Are you also an Earthling Faust?¡±


    ¡°Pardon me mister checker sir and yes I am Jan Faust.¡±


    He answered nervously. Though he was bewildered at the bull¡¯s questions ¡®what multicolored pupil is he talking about¡¯ The Faust¡¯s scarlet red eyes are their distinct features and Jan is sure that his are not multicolored when he was still living that is.


    He easily discarded that thought though because this seems to be the part where he is going to be evaluated and the biggest deciding factor of where and what he is going to be reincarnated.


    ¡°Gulp¡±


    It suddenly dawned in him that he was the cause of the scorching of the Earth. He started sweating profusely and his breathing getting heavier by each moment passing.


    ¡°Strange, there seemed to be part at the bottom that was erased. Oh, well. It cannot be help if it is gone. Hmm, you contributed a lot on earth, these merits are enough to allow you to reincarnate randomly between the nine remaining lowest realms, those realms possessed no magical ability not like you¡¯re not used to it right, haha.¡±


    Jan Faust sighed audibly in relief after hearing the part ¡®merits are enough¡¯ and didn¡¯t gave a thought to what was said after that.


    ¡°Will I be reborn as human?¡± He nervously asked.


    ¡°Yeah, these merit points entitled you to retain your race if you wish. Truth be told, as for the world that you will be reborn into will really be up to your soul force. With a higher soul force you will be pulled  into a more formidable world but Earthlings belonging to the lowest realm world has low to almost non-existence soul force at all that is why we don¡¯t usually bother to explain this part so don¡¯t get your hopes up, okay?¡±


    Moments later a bowl of soup appeared right in front of him.


    ¡°Drink, that soup is a soul cleanser it will erase all of your previous memories so you can be reborn with a clean slate.¡± The checker bull ordered. He cannot really tell who is in front of him. Being up close no matter how much he tilts his head up he just cannot see its head.


    Bringing the bowl up his mouth tasting the sweet and refreshing soup in his tongue and as it passed through his throat a comfortable feeling spread along his body.


    ¡°Go, enter the gate.¡±


    ¡°Thank you, mister checker.¡± Jan Faust nods his head bidding goodbye to the bull. He took the time to check around the purgatory while heading to the gate with large words written ¡®Spirit World Gate¡¯.


    At the entrance another bull, a much smaller bull, welcomed him. This one¡¯s height is just a tenth of the previous two checkers he met upon arriving in the purgatory.


    ¡°Why is it another bull, they''re practically like a lingering spirit that won''t leave. Wait, am the one who¡¯s a spirit here, hahaha¡± Jan Faust heartily laugh at his own inside joke as he neared the gate.


    ¡°You¡¯re the last one of the batch. Follow me; I¡¯ll lead you the way to the road of life.¡± This bull is also gentler than the other two and for some reason he looks at Jan Faust with pity like staring at a man on his last straw. He occasionally point and nicely introduce places to him like giving hope to a dying person not like Jan Faust can be deader than dead, as they head there way.


    ¡°We''re finally here, go on that¡¯s the road of life.¡± The smaller bull waved at him. Jan Faust smiled and bid him goodbye before entering the road of life.


    ¡°Another Faust quite a handful of them came this time it is a bit weird that they came from a lowly realm mostly they¡¯re from mid-high tier realms and this one is quite special a multicolored pupil going by his age his genes should be mostly diluted and if I am not mistaken earthling can¡¯t cultivate I wonder how he managed to do it. Sigh, poor souls I wonder if the Great Spirit King ever thought of them.¡±


    Jan Faust faintly heard the bull sighed before he is suck into the vortex.

 Chapter 2: The Expecting Parents (1)

    ¡°Lena, are you sure you¡¯re in any condition to travel, we can always send our felicitations next time after you give birth, you know?¡±


    ¡°Joban Faust, stop nagging I¡¯ll be okay, and so is our child in my belly.¡±


    Lena Yeng giggles as she reassure his husband for the nth time who turned into a worrywart right after finding out she¡¯s carrying their child.


    ¡°And it¡¯s not good for you being the fourth son of the Faust Clan Patriarch to be absent in such a gathering. Plus it¡¯s not just an ordinary gathering it¡¯s the birthed of a Prince.¡± She added.


    ¡°What''s the deal; it¡¯s just another prince the kingdom doesn¡¯t lack of them.¡± He shrugged.


    ¡°Joban!¡±


    Lena Yeng hastily stop her husband as she looked around it will be bad if someone heard their conversation he might be accuse of treason for saying the things he just said.


    ¡°Haha, our son will outshine any Prince out there, am I right my beautiful wife?¡±


    Joban Faust laugh kissing her stomach and his hand caressing his wife¡¯s face.


    Lena Ying flushed red as she shook her head at her husband¡¯s silliness.


    ¡°How can you be so sure that it will be a boy what if it¡¯s a girl?¡±


    ¡°Either way it doesn''t matter it will still be our beloved child. However, you also knew of our condition out of all my brothers only one managed to get two children. Also I just had a dream last night I heard a voice calling to me ¡®Father¡¯ my heart knew right then that you Lena Ying and I John Faust is having a son, the heaven is blessing us, haha!¡±


    Two years ago, right after Joban¡¯s coming of age ceremony he was send immediately by his father to Adventurer Hall to register and take the adventurer exam, twenty-one years of age is the limit for taking the exam, which requires a completion of an F-class mission.


    Not all can apply to be an adventurer one has to reach the cultivation stage of at least bronze rank tenth stage. The mission needs to be done alone and upon success, the kingdom will then grant a piece of land and a choice of being an imperial knight. The nobility rank of an individual can also be raise by doing missions.


    Failure in completing the adventurer exam passed the age of twenty-one means you are only fated to till lands and work as farmers that is if you got lucky and has not gotten yourself caught by the slave workers. Being an adventurer is the only way for common people to change their fate and have the chance to become nobility.


    Actually, Joban could have already registered as an Adventurer at the age of seventeen when he promotes his cultivation level at bronze tenth stage. Reaching that stage at his age means Joban has a talent in cultivation but he chose not to and devoted his time helping his father handle the missions that were assigned to their clan.


    The Faust is a seventh rate clan. Even though the Patriarch¡¯s strength can be rank as tenth in the whole kingdom. It is still not enough to up the status of their clan.


    The kingdom assigns each clan under his banner a set of missions annually. Failure in doing so will end in banishment. The clan with their numbers can barely managed so how can they get the time to take more missions to upgrade their clan status. This is the Faust clan¡¯s dilemma for the last decades.


    Without slackening his trot, he entered the Adventurer Hall.


    Joban Faust is a big robust young man nobody thinks he¡¯s an amateur for he was carrying the air of a veteran not to mention that his body is also radiating the aura of a silver ranked added with his build fitting a true blue adventurer description when it truth it is his first time in entering Adventurer Hall.


    Joban had always accompanied his father and brothers on missions not that he had a choice the Faust are really lacking in manpower but F-class and above mission can only be taken in Adventurer Hall.


    It took him a whole day flipping and reading through all the posted F-class mission scrolls before one caught his eyes just as he was raising his hand it was suddenly grab right after his fingertips have brushed the edges of the scroll.


    Joban almost lose his temper then but as he faced the culprit who stole his scroll, he saw a woman, not just any woman but the most beautiful woman he had ever saw.


    He cannot help but stare at her delicate face her hair a shining blonde halo. She seemed to shine in the gloom like a candle. Her robe and cape were of cloth of pinkish rose.


    ¡°Oh, I¡¯m sorry are you taking this F class mission?¡± She asked in a soft voice. Her face breaking into a bewitching smile making Joban¡¯s heart shift from calm to storm.


    Joban is a hot blooded young man just moments ago he was about to reprimand the guy who had the guts to take the mission he was eyeing for but also like any young man will always have an emotional attraction to aesthetically appealing woman and his anger was instantly vanished.


    Stolen novel; please report.He stared at her for a long time before opening and closing his mouth a few times not knowing what to say. He had face goblins and gargoyles before but none of them made him nervous as now.


    The woman''s eye turned crescent moon looking at his reaction. ¡°I¡¯ll be taking this then I¡¯m sure we¡¯ll be seeing each other again. I¡¯ll make sure of it.¡±  She said waving the scroll in her hand.


    Joban gradually sobered up as she vanished from his sight. His mind went blank from the moment he saw her and finally remembered what he was here for he turned his gaze back to the mission board just as an attendant posted up new missions.


    Quickly glancing at each of them, he found an F class mission at the same place as the previous one that the bewitching woman took away from him. Thinking about it, the woman seemed to say something but he was turn silly and cannot remember any.


    Looking at the scroll in his hand it was almost identical they were to kill beast and take their cores. It was stone golem then now its forest hound at Ibis Forest.


    With hastened steps, he reached Ibis Forest. He had been here before with his father but this is his first time to venture deep into the forest alone. Not to forget that this time he reached Ibis Forest with his record-breaking speed yet and it was obvious what motivated him, picturing the woman''s face made his heartbeat rapid.


    The Faust Clan is experts on swords, a long, long time ago they were unrivaled in the whole kingdom even in the bordering other kingdoms their clan is second to none even the imperial palace cannot govern over them but that tale is now ancient history.


    Now they are almost in extinction up to the point of losing parts of their clan secret skills that was passed down from generation to generation, though it did not make their strength any lesser but their decline on number made them lose their fighting spirit and overly cautious became their middle name and low-key their second name.


    ¡°A humanoid hound about two meters in height and uses a scimitar¡­¡±


    He read aloud the written description of forest hound in the mission scroll and it states that they possessed an invisibility skill that will activate for a short duration making them trickier.


    After a careful search around the area, he finally found them. Choosing a lone forest hound, he readied himself a ferocious light flashing through his eyes and a blood-colored aura surged throughout his body.


    Inches away from the beast, he took his blade in his hand and threw a straight killing stab at the beast¡¯s neck the vulnerable and exposed part but it was easily parried by the forest hound with its scimitar lessening the damage by half.


    ¡°They¡¯re harder to deal with compared to goblins. Heh, who am I kidding they won¡¯t be commissioned as F class if they¡¯re so easy to kill.¡±


    Upon contemplating and deciding he closes his eyes and called forth a large amount of aura activating ¡®Strike of Destruction¡¯ a clan skill dealing damage to the target and have a chance to have their movement speed decrease.


    A red glow emitted from the sword covering a small area around him.


    Planting his feet on the ground his blade ready and shaking in his hand he focus his gaze at the beast¡¯s neck as he threw his body straight to the beast delivering a killing a strike with a few more hits with his blade he finally managed to brought down one.


    Panting he immediately dig the core out of the forest hound¡¯s head.


    ¡°This skill is truly taxing to the body.¡±


    He complained but did not tarry he directly lunge to the next forest hound nearby. He can activate the skill one more time before getting his aura empty and the mission requires him to hand-over ten forest hound cores for completion.


    Not all forest hounds killing can be as easy as the last one, he got lucky and the beast did not manage to use its vanishing skill when it does, it will spell trouble for him.


    The sun is almost setting by the time Joban gathered eight cores only missing two. The time limit for the exam was three days and for him to gather this much at such a short time is a proof of his strength.


    ¡°Be out of here by nightfall.¡±


    Joban said his voice quiet and hard. To postpone it till the morrow seemed undesirable although he express a strong desire to meet again with the beautiful woman he, Joban, is a man who prioritize the clan and family affairs more than women. To achieve it before nightfall was only possible at the cost of immediate effort.


    After prolonged hunting and killing finally, Joban amass ten cores. At such moments something like a pride of sacrifice gathered in his soul with these he can help his clan expand their land.


    Joban was about to leave when suddenly a distant shout aroused him. That familiar voice drew his attention and he started toward it.


    The shout was closer than he expected, it was coming from a woman.

 Chapter 3: The Expecting Parents (2)

    The shout was closer than he expected, it was coming from a woman.


    Seeing her arms covered with blood it was apparent she was having a hard time dealing with the beast she was facing off.


    He wanted to lift off and help immediately but judging from her voice she seems young and might be also taking the adventurer exam and getting aid from others means disqualification so he had to ask first if she needed assistance no matter how awkward it might seem.


    ¡°Do you need help?¡± Joban softly shouted.


    However, contrary to his belief the woman laughed like a lunatic and answered, ¡°I¡¯m dying here, so do you think I need help?¡±


    Joban¡¯s eye twitches involuntarily he could not comprehend what she was saying, is she being sarcastic or does she want help.


    ¡°Slow-witted aren¡¯t you?¡± the woman said turning her head.


    Their eyes met and locked.


    Between them, a spark passed which was not to extinguish as they saw each other¡¯s hearts.


    ¡°It¡¯s you.¡±


    Joban can hardly believe his eyes. It was she, the beautiful woman.


    ¡°I knew with see each other again and do you mind giving me a hand?¡±


    The woman looks tired but she had a happy smile in her face.


    Joban recalled from the mission scroll that she stole from him was to kill and collect golems core turning his gaze to the beast it does looks like a golem.


    Seeing through his eyes the woman said, ¡°I¡¯ve already gathered ten cores but I made a mistake and venture deep to their territory and received the full wrath of a group of golems.¡± dispelling the uneasiness in Joban.


    That means by now she already passed the exam and helping her at this time will not get her in trouble.


    He nodded his head and readied his sword.


    He launch and strike towards the golem boss triggering his skill ¡®Strike of Destruction simultaneously, on normal occasion he wouldn¡¯t do such a thing.


    One of the basic rules of an adventurer is to save aura as much as they could and learn how to use it efficiently. Running out of aura in the middle of Ibis Forest where beasts are lurking everywhere and could attack anytime is not a wise thing to do.


    Unless, you never want to leave this place. But, as of now he could not attend to such a thing he needs to make a good impression in front of the beautiful woman. Like a brave knight saving a damsel in distress. However, things did not turn out as well as he thought.


    ¡°You¡­ you killed it easily, excessive and careless.¡±


    His reckless bravery had earned him rebuke.


    ¡°You could have done it needless of skill.¡±


    The beautiful woman lamented her lack of strength. She was, however, right, with Joban¡¯s level of strength he could easily kill a single golem with just normal attacks.


    Golems are slow and use guileless attacks but she could never understand the heart of a young man in love. Joban unable to refute her criticism himself could just laugh dryly, scratching the back of his head.


    ¡°Regardless, thank you for saving me.¡±


    She treaded to him, pulled his collar down and kissed him on the cheek.


    ¡°My name is Lena Ying. Let¡¯s just wish our future child won¡¯t take after you, hehe.¡± Warmth invaded her cheeks and she giggled nervously.


    Joban Faust and Lena Ying coming from two hostile clans fell in love with each other after going on an adventurer¡¯s exam together by chance. It was love at first sight for the both of them but their love story is not all sweet. They had to hide their relationship for four years up until both of their families got the tail of it.


    He the son of Faust Patriarch of a declining clan almost on the verge of extinction and her daughter of Ying Patriarch of a large wealthy clan in the eyes of both factions they were not matched for each other. In addition, Lena was already promise to marry the child of an allied force.


    Moreover, the bad blood between Faust and Ying run deep for many generation, it still does and would rather welcome a blood bath over wedding cakes.


    The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.Both Patriarchs were repugnant of their relationship and rigorously warned them that marriage is not an option. However, unlucky for them the rice has already been cook.


    Upon finding out, Lena was then expelled by the Ying Clan.


    On the contrary, due to the Faust Clan¡¯s history of struggling fertility each child of the main family considered a blessing and then given big importance by the clan.


    The Faust Patriarch himself has only managed to produce four children and he has the most children out of all his ancestors. In the end, the Patriarch did not have the heart to reject his unborn grandchild and the Faust Clan then sheltered Lena.


    ¡°Ahem, fourth master the Patriarch is calling for you.¡±


    The husband and wife lovely moments was, interrupted short by the call of the fourth master¡¯s personal steward.


    ¡°Go on, don¡¯t keep father-in-law waiting.¡± She sweetly smiled at him.


    ¡°Fourth brother we''ve been waiting for you¡±


    ¡°Haha, forgive me for being late second brother.¡±


    ¡°Hmph, it¡¯s that woman of yours making you irresponsible!¡±


    ¡°Now, now first brother this is not the time for a quarrel. Greetings, second brother, fourth brother. Father has given his order; we brothers are to bring our wife and children to give praise to the King and his newly born son.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry third brother, my wife and son is all set on their chariot.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m glad to see you all here.¡± said the Patriarch in a stern voice. Their bodies instantly stiffen.


    ¡°Father¡± The four choruses.


    A man of age ranging fifty to fifty-five nods his head in approval at the four young adults facing him. He is Gary Faust the Patriarch of the Faust Clan.


    ¡°Here we go again that damn King and his imperial order.¡±


    The Patriarch sighed.


    ¡°He order us his subjects like dogs, you go to war, and you come back join me on my banquet. The damn, does not even bother remembering the names of the generals who fights for his kingdom and here he keeps on giving nonsensical orders were in a middle of warring against the beast tide on the northern mountain and he wants us all to come back and get together for a meal. For crying out loud not for a strategical meeting but for a meal to gloat again about their damn fertility! The damn, why doesn¡¯t he feed the common people there''s a lot of them dying out of hunger!¡±


    He waved his arms dismissing his depression out. ¡°This time, it¡¯s for the birth of a prince. Remember to be on your best and try not to offend those high officials on their high horses.¡±


    ¡°Yes father.¡±


    The brothers lost count on how many times did the Patriarch used the word damn. They did not give a thought about their father swearing at the king. They got used to it.


    ¡°Was it a Prince again this time but what is the use of having a man as a son if he sheltered them like a turtle hiding in its shell, the first prince only recently reach the bronze stage of third level a thirty years old to boot can¡¯t even be considered a beginner in the cultivation realm. Sigh, go and prepare convey our greetings, eat some meat and bid our goodbye. I don¡¯t want to share the same air to those no brawns no brains aristocrats, well not all of them there are decent and respectable ones but you get my point.¡±


    This Patriarch surely is not a timid, stupidly loyal subject but a wise a man who knows better than to fight when the odds are against him. However, this does not stop him from deprecating them.


    He has been in a lot of stress lately warring against beasts and guarding against his daughter-in-law¡¯s clan. They have been tirelessly harassing them in every little way.


    ¡°Ready the horses.¡± He ordered at the man behind him.


    ¡°Yes Patriarch.¡±


    ¡°Fourth Master, Fourth Master!¡± The footsteps were far away but this wailing cry had a strong piercing quality to it.


    ¡°The madam¡­ madam Lena is about to give birth!¡± The rapid sound of footsteps accompanied this wailing howl. He is Joban¡¯s personal steward.


    Joban Faust felt like his brain turned mush. ¡°Did¡­ did something happened? How could she give birth? She¡¯s¡­ she¡¯s only five months in her pregnancy.¡±