"Okay, uncle." Amara nodded. She then walked out of the hall and headed toward the kitchen.
She stored some food and drinks in her spatial ring and went over to Max's room.
Ashroth saw this and frowned. He felt she was treating him too nicely, but upon further thought, it wasn't too strange since he had saved her life. Even so, he felt something was amiss, but didn't know what it was.
"What are you thinking?" The watcher asked.
"It's nothing." Ashroth shook his head and asked, "So, what did you want to talk about, uncle?"
"First of all, congratulations! You've exceeded my and your father's expectation by becoming mid-stage four-star demon in just two short years." The watcher smiled.
"It's all thanks to father's and uncle's support." Ashroth modestly said.
"Secondly, do you want to keep it a secret?" The watcher asked.
Hearing this, Ashroth smiled wryly, "So, you had noticed."
"Of course. Moreover, it's not only I, Amara, and probably that human kid had also noticed it." The watcher said.
"Oh?" Ashroth exclaimed in surprise and asked, "I can understand uncle noticed it and Amara also noticed since she is familiar with the bloodline energy but how can that human notice it too? He is just a two-star being."
"Haha, kid. Did you forget he was with her when Amara's bloodline awakened?" The watcher laughed and then shifted the topic. "Alright. Let's not talk about that. I have very important information for you."
"Mm?" After seeing his expression, Ashroth became curious and asked, "What's that?"
"You know the time to attack the other half of our continent is near, right?"
"Yes. Is father planning to send me with the first army?" Ashroth asked calmly.
The watcher wasn't surprised to see him guess it because he knew how intelligent this nephew of his was. He nodded, "Yes. But that's not the important thing. The important thing is, you only have a little less than a month to prepare."
"Why? Isn't the designated time still a more than half a year away?" Ashroth asked in surprise.
Seeing his surprised expression, the watcher nodded in satisfaction before saying, "The higher ups have decided to attack in advance to take them by surprise and secure a base first."
After a pause, he added with a solemn expression, "This time won't be like previous times when the higher ups only treated it as training for younger generation. They are serious about reclaiming the land this time. So, the war is going to be fierce. You'll have to face many dangers, both external and internal. So, prepare accordingly."
A small smile appeared on Ashroth's when he heard that he would have to internal dangers too. He then asked, "So, Osmont will be going with me, is that right?"
"Yes. There would be people from his mother's side, too. So, you have to be extra careful." The watcher nodded.
He then took out a box and gave it to him. "There are some grade-five blood gems in it. Use them and try to break through to the five-star realm. You'll be safer if you are a five-star demon with an awakened bloodline."
"Yes, uncle. I will do that." Ashroth seriously nodded. If it was only Osmont, he could've easily handled him but if the people from her mother's side were added to the equation, things wouldn't be easy because he knew there will be many peak four-star and or five-star demons there.
"Okay. I should go now." The watcher stood up and then suddenly added, "You should visit your father and tell him about your bloodline awakening yourself."
"Yeah. I'll visit him in the morning. I want to rest tonight." Ashroth nodded, standing up. "Let me accompany you on your way out."
…
Meanwhile, Amara was already standing in front of Max's room.
She had knocked a few times, but he didn't respond.
'Is he asleep?' She thought before trying again.
Knock! Knock!
There was no response. Just when she was about to give up,
Creak~
The door opened and Max appeared in front of her. He was yawning and rubbing his eyes.
"What is it?" He asked coldly. He was annoyed because she disturbed his sleep.
Amara looked around before apologising, "Sorry for disturbing your sleep, master. I thought you would be hungry, so I brought some food for you."
When Max heard this, his annoyance lessened a little, and he said, "Thank you for that. But I've already eaten. I just want to sleep now. You can go and come wake me up in the morning."
"Ah? Okay." Amara nodded, feeling a little disappointed for some reason.
Just as he was about to close the door, he remembered something and added, "Also, try to recover your pure yin as soon as possible. I'm urgently need it to become strong."
"Yes, master. I'll do that." Amara nodded.
"Alright. You can go now."
Finished speaking, he closed the door and went to the bed again.
Amara stood there in a daze.
Just then, she heard Ashroth's voice. "What are you doing here?"
Amara was brought out of her thoughts. She glanced at him and said, "N-Nothing. I just brought some food for him since he was hungry."
"Okay. Let's go and sleep." Ashroth said before walking back into the villa.
Amara promptly followed him and asked, "Uncle went away?"
"Yeah. I just walked him out." Ashroth nodded.
"Hey, big brother, tell me, when did you awaken your bloodline?" Amara asked. She was dying to ask this ever since she noticed the bloodline energy on him. But at that time, he was angry and after that they weren't alone, so she couldn't ask him.
"Half a year after going into the prison. My bloodline is what helped me improve rapidly in such a short time." Ashroth smiled.
"That's great. But how did you do that without any resources?" Amara asked. She was confused about it.
"Who said I didn't have any recourses?" Ashroth chuckled.
"Huh? You had? But how?" Amara became confused because she knew no one was allowed any special treatment in the prison.
"You know why I was imprisoned, right?" Ashroth asked.
Amara nodded. "Yes. It was because Osmont blamed fifth elder brother's death on you and fabricated the evidence."
Two years ago, Orlan's the fifth oldest son was killed and Osmont had blamed it on Ashroth because of their personal enmity. Although Orlan knew Ashroth wasn't the real culprit, he had no choice but to imprison him for his lifetime because Osmont had presented 'real evidence' in front of everyone.
"You know, father knew who the real culprit was and didn't want to imprison me. It was only because Osmont's mother's family pressured him. So, he had no choice. But even so, he had ordered the elder in-charge of the prison to secretly give me resources to train."
"To ensure no one finds out about this, no one was allowed to meet me, not even you. Father had planned to free me when he broke through to the emperor realm and could handle that family."
He the looked at her and pinched her nose, "But who knew you will awaken your bloodline and use your awakening wish to ask father to free me before the planned time?"
The blood demon tribe had the rule that whenever a person awakened their bloodline, they could ask for any wish as long as it didn't harm the tribe or was too excessive.
So, no one would question the branch leader's decision to free his son if it was Amara who had awakened her bloodline asked him to as her wish.
After hearing his explanation, Amara's felt guilty in her heart because for two years, she had been hating her father because he ordered her big brother's imprisonment.
'But if father had told me all this, I wouldn't have misunderstood him and hate him for it,' She grumbled inwardly.
"Alright. Now you rest. I'm going back to my place now." Ashroth said.
"Mm? Big brother. If you don't need the blood gem Osmont gave you, can you… give it to me?" She embarrassedly asked.
Thud!
Ashroth lightly hit her head when he heard this and scolded, "You silly girl. You don't need to be so hesitant and embarrassed to ask anything from me, alright?"
Saying this, he took out the wooden box he got from Osmont and gave it to her.
"Hehe, my big brother, is the best." Amara took it and stored in her spatial ring and smiled fawningly.
Seeing her smile, Ashroth smiled. "I also have some more, but you won't be able to use them or I would have given them to you, too."
