Ataraxia Abyss
Chapter 33: The bloody Throne

Kurdan arrived at the southern tribal capital, all of the southern Orcs were now hiding inside their houses fearfully. As he passed through the palace courtyard, he was shocked to see the amount of blood that had already flowed and dried up on the steps of the courtyard. And when he entered through that bloody passageway, he was finally in the throne room of the southern tribe.

There Regal has sat with his feet raised one on the throne while playing the crown of the southern tribe that has been passed down through generations. Regal who saw the newly-entered Kurdan smiled and said. "Why so long?" Regal throws the crown and the crown is captured by Kurdan.

"The original plan is complete, now we're going to move on to the second plan." Regal walked beside Kurdan with a smile. For Kurdan, whether he wanted to be happy or frightened to see the southern Orc tribe that had always oppressed the northern tribe finally conquered...

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Regal then feeds Garmr with the meat he gets from the palace kitchen. He saw Garmr who was greedily eating meat, when yesterday Regal had just obtained Garmr.

He recalled when he checked the condition of his body on the healers in the northern tribe. The doctor who examined him said that there was a black substance on his spine. Regal then conducted several experiments until finally the substance was more and more and made Garmr out for the first time.

Regal was shocked at that moment, the black wolf with a creepy look was almost similar to the one that chased after him when he was a child. But after a few days they finally got along and the wolf was named Garmr. According to the healer, Garmr was the spirit who accompanied Grisha in every battle, Regal felt that he who inherited Grisha's Aura technique was accidentally chosen as the new master of the wolf spirit. Regal did not hate him at all...

Returning to the present, the surviving southern Orcs gathered in the town square while looking towards the palace. They all saw that Regal-controlled Kurdan was now making an announcement.

"With the fall of the fighting spirit and also the leader of the southern tribe, now the northern tribe announced that the southern tribe was no longer there..." All of the southern Orcs were worried about it, but they all calmed down as soon as Kurdan continued his words.

"But we will not behead every southern Orc!" That word got the attention of all the southern Orcs.

"A long time ago the southern and northern Orcs were part of a civilization created by Grisha. But because of his death, the Orcs split in two because the northern tribes wanted to honor the secret of the Grisha, while the southern tribes wanted to use it for personal gain.

But since the tomb has been destroyed, you no longer need to instill that ideology in your children! We Orcs no longer have any reason to hate or be hostile! No more elders will continue to put firewood on our hate furnaces!

And I hereby declare that there is no longer a south and north Orc! All we have now are Orcs from the same homeland and blood. The blood of Grisha flows on all of us, we all have to respect that and continue on with what he has fought for!

Then from that... Today the northern and southern tribes will be affiliated. It became a new civilization named after our old civilization before the split of the two tribes. The Blood Veil Tribe!"

Slowly the fear of people began to disappear, now there was only a sense of admiration for Kurdan. Everyone started cheering happily upon hearing the unification of the two tribes. And as everyone cheered, Kurdan smiled at Regal.

"You're right... Break their spirits, and give them new hope. It's more effective than I thought." Regal smiled at Kurtan's praise and replied.

"Do you know the difference between demons and angels? Angels can give you hope. But demons, not only can they give misery, they can also give hope at the right time..." Regal then stretched his body and said to Kurdan. "Teach them what I teach the northern tribes, if you want to unite the two tribes then you need to eliminate discrimination."

Kurtan nodded and replied. "I know that, it's been our dream to reconcile with the southern tribes, and I won't destroy it with trivial matters such as discrimination..." Regal smiled and finally went away from Kurtan.

"All right then..." Kurdan was clearly confused to see Regal. "Where are you going?" Regal continued to step up while answering. "Our contract is done! I'll take a sabbatical while taking care of my personal matters." And in the end Regal left the Jura forest with his contract completed.

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While Regal was busy cooking the rest of the meat, suddenly Garmr growled towards the bushes, Regal who saw it immediately took his sword located beside him and prepared, so he could not help it,but as he prepared for the worst to happen, Regal lowered his sword as soon as he saw who had come out of the bush.

"For a long time no see, son..." He didn't think the one who came out of the bush was Mavis. Regal immediately lowered his sword and greeted the old man.

"For a long time no see, Davis..." And with that, the two men sat in the same bonfire.

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"Hm... The maids taught you so well, it's like you're so good at cooking that you can summon a God just by the smell of your cooking." Mavis praised Regal, Regal smiled as he added wood to his campfire.

"You're overreacting old man... By the way how's Adrian doing?" Mavis then paused for a moment and put down the meat she had eaten and replied. "There's business in hell. Lilith started to rebel." Hearing that, Regal immediately put down his food as well to focus on Mavis' words.

"What do you mean?" Mavis then explained to Regal while playing the shape of a fire in the bonfire in front of them.

"Lilith was one of the Barbatos, the names of 6 very powerful Devils who submitted to Adrian. Demons can be made of what hell is or made by breeding...

Lilith is a Succubus who was born using the first method but with special conditions. Adrian kept it because of his strength and also because he was a good torturer, but the Devil never thought to swear allegiance to Adrian, and now the Devil will lead his legions to a coup."

Regal was obviously surprised to hear that, of course, there were those who wanted power and power. But to carry out a coup on a God dubbed as the God of the Underworld? "Why is Lilith so confident?"

Mavis grabbed a letter from her sleeve and gave it to Regal. "I think that's the reason..." Regal then read the letter. Garmr did not know what the letter contained, but Regal held it so tightly that it almost ripped.

"It's a good thing I killed the deliveryman for the message. Well even so I don't care which one you choose, after all you're a mercenary. But I just want to make sure, who you're on..."

Regal put on his expressionless face and burned the letter in the bonfire. Even until he had the letter burned to ashes he still put on that same expressionless face.

"Is there a way to defeat Lilith?" Mavis immediately smiled hearing that and pointed beside Regal and said. "It can be used..." Regal then looked to Gram, the weapon he had been wearing to fight with strong opponents.

"That's powerful, but Gram hasn't shown his full potential. It's not just a powerful sword, but it's a key to unlocking your true self..."

Regal then held Gram with both hands. The sword reflected Regal's face on his blade. And when he looked carefully at the sword he finally realized that it was still broken.

"Is it possible for me to unlock Gram's potential?" Regal asked Mavis. The old man smiled and replied. "Not with common human common sense..."

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