Red moved his finger to slow down time around them temporarily and opened Lucas's status panel...
【 System Status 】
Name: Lucas Huston
Age: 25
Appearance: 6.7/10
Height: 175 (5'9")
Cultivation: Martial General - 1st Stage.
Race: Human
Physique: Human
Bloodline: Human
Favorability: -60
Loyalty: -60
Destiny value: 15,000
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Description:
The former bodyguard of Molly Rogers. At the age of 5, he was adopted from the orphanage by a Martial King and trained on a remote mountain. At the age of 25, he descended the mountain, planning to make a name for himself.
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'I was right! He trained on some remote mountain and now came to make wealth and a harem... But why is his destiny value so low?'
[Host, as I said, this man was destined to never leave this mortal world. The destiny value in thousands indicates that the person is destined to remain in the Mortal Realm. People with destiny values of hundreds of thousands are destined for the Celestial Realm, with millions they can reach the God Realm and tens of millions can reach the worlds above the God Realm.]
'And why don't all others in the Mortal Realm have their own destiny values?'
[This is quite simple. People with destiny values will have the protection of the Heavenly Dao until they reach their destined strength. The others may have the same potential as them but won't have the protection.]
'This protection means that they can't be killed?'
[No, they can still be killed, but the Destiny will work in their favor. They will find random opportunities easily and the Destiny will avert the attention of stronger beings from the Children of Destiny to some extent.]
'Okay, I understand now...'
Red snapped back from his thoughts and restored time to its normal flow.
Other guests sucked in a cold breath when they heard the shout earlier and were now looking at the arrogant man who just arrived with some pity. That man was about to die! Shouting like that at the Martial Emperor, who did he think he was?
Molly was startled. Why did this man come here? Earlier, she was trying to get Red to accept a date with her and now this man came here to make more trouble! She was just about to shout at Lucas, but Red reacted faster...
*BOOM*
Red released his aura and locked Lucas in place, then slowly walked towards him. He earlier promised that next time someone interrupts him, he would break his legs... Now it seemed that breaking the legs wouldn't be enough...
Lucas immediately dropped down to his knees with a heavy thump. He felt his knees break slowly on the marble floor and he felt his blood turning cold. He was naturally terrified.
He didn't even have time to think what was happening when he heard a very cold, archaic voice. The voice was terrifying like a demon from hell.
"Pitiful worm... I didn't go to look for trouble with you but, instead, you came running to your death... Do you not value your pitiful life anymore?"
Everyone in the hall was terrified by that deep voice. The voice was loud and clear, like someone was talking directly into their ears.
Lucas couldn't even speak. He was so terrified that, even though Red made sure to not seal his mouth, he still couldn't form words. Was this that waste he knew from before? What was this terrifying aura and presence!?
He barely managed to raise his head to look at Red and was instantly terrified even more. He saw that the man's eyes were now different. Black holes appeared in his pupils with red colored energy glowing around them in the shape of an 8-point star.
'W-w-what is this!? What is this demon?' He shouted inwardly but was still too terrified to speak.
"Hmm... it seems that you are unworthy of my time... Then... become dog food..."
Red extended one of his hands and, to the horror of the people around him, his hand started changing shape. It extended and enlarged with black and red chaotic energy until it resembled an enormous monster's head.
The monster's head had many eyes and a wide-opened mouth showing countless sharp teeth. It extended and swallowed Lucas whole before retracting and changing back to an appearance of a normal arm.
Red's body, as the Progenitor of Chaos, was fully made of pure chaos energy and he could control it easily to change the shape and size of any part of his body. When the chaos energy enveloped Lucas it immediately obliterated both his body and soul into nothingness.
Red retracted his aura and his Eyes of Chaos. Feeling disappointed. Was this one of the protagonists? Pathetic...
The people around didn't even dare to breathe loudly. The scene just now was the most terrifying thing they have ever seen!
"H-H-H-HER M-MAJESTY, THE EMPRESS, HAS ARRIVED!"
The guard shouted loudly while stammering. Earlier he was just about to shout in the hall to announce the arrival of the Empress but the shout from Lucas startled him. What happened next terrified him to the depths of his soul! He couldn't speak for a long time before he remembered his purpose!
Red turned around towards the guard who was standing at the entrance of the hall and he saw the Empress Aeriel standing there as well. She naturally witnessed everything that happened and was also deeply shocked.
The rest of the guests snapped back from their shock and hurriedly bowed in greeting...
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Well, everyone bowed except for Red and Eve.
"Hello, Aeriel." Red calmly said.
"We meet again, Patriarch Vaelanor."
"Just call me Red... This title is starting to annoy me."
"Okay... Red..."
Aeriel was feeling a bit awkward now. She came to attend the banquet and to congratulate Red on his achievements but she certainly didn't expect to witness such a shocking scene as soon as she entered.
Now, looking at the handsome man in front of her, there was no hint of a terrifying being who stood there just a moment ago. He was now exuding remarkable calmness with an air of tranquility, as if nothing had happened earlier.
"I... I came here to congratulate you on your achievements. And, also to invite you to visit my palace when you have some free time. I have some things to discuss with you."
"Thank you very much. I will be sure to visit when I have some time, but not today."
"Understood. Now, please excuse me, I won't bother you anymore."
As she said that she turned around and teleported back to her palace.
Red scratched his cheek. Was this woman acting shy earlier?
"Darling~. When are we going back home?"
Eve approached him and held his hand lovingly. She was getting annoyed with all of these people around! She couldn't enjoy her time with her darling at all!
"... Sigh... I'm sorry, my dear, let's just go straight back home and rest..."
He lovingly patted Eve's head and was just about to teleport with her back home when...
""Wait!""
'... Sigh... ' Turning around he saw Scarlett and Molly approaching him.
"Is there anything else?"
Molly was the first to speak...
"A-about what I said earlier... I..."
"I will contact you another time... I can't think about this today..."
"This... Okay..."
Red then turned towards Scarlett...
"Yes, Lady Scarlett?"
"I... I need to talk to you in private..."
'Well... Why not? It won't hurt to have a short conversation with such a beautiful woman.'
"If you want to talk, then come with me."
"Okay..." Scarlett approached him.
Red extended his hand.
Scarlett just looked at it blankly, not understanding what he wanted.
"... Just hold my hand..."
"Oh... O-okay..."
Scarlett never had any physical contact with any man in her life. Most of them wouldn't even dare to even speak to her, let alone touch her. This was the first. She felt slightly shy for some reason, but she still took his hand.
Red held her hand lightly and turned towards Patriarch Quinn...
"We will be leaving now, take care..." Saying that he instantly teleported the three of them directly to his castle.
... Patriarch Quinn couldn't even say anything.
......
In the living room of the castle of the Vaelanor Estate...
Red was now sitting on the big sofa next to a fireplace holding Eve on his lap. Eve was now hugging him tightly and burying her head in his chest.
Scarlett sat on the sofa across from them, looking at this scene curiously.
"Please, make yourself comfortable." Red said.
"... Sure."
Scarlett took that literally. She lay on her side on a spacious sofa. She slipped off her heels and swung her long legs onto the sofa. Her white, porcelain-like feet with hints of pink on the tip of her toes were now at full display. Her feet were delicate and her toenails were painted in crimson.
'Such pretty feet... damn!'
[Host, are you a feet guy!?]
'Pfft... What kind of question is that? Of course, I am... Most guys out there like to see pretty feet of a beautiful woman! Except, I don't just want to see them... I'd like to bite them too!'
[Host... You are a pervert...]
'Thanks for the compliment...'
Red's little brother was already waking up from Eve's soft ass pressing on his crotch, now with this display he found it even harder to control himself.
"Do you like my feet?"
Scarlett noticed that he was staring at her legs and feet unblinkingly and felt a bit smug in her heart. She would normally feel disgusted if another man was staring at her like that but she didn't feel that bad from Red's gaze. She decided to tease him about it!
"Yes. Of course, I like them."
She was stunned. Wasn't this man too honest? Shameless! He didn't even flinch before answering! She was speechless.
"But, aside from that. What did you want to talk about?"
Red inquired, trying hard not to look at her legs. Thankfully, she had a stunning face and a delicate neck so he didn't find it too hard to avert his gaze from her legs.
"This... It's about the information you know. You know I'm from the dragon clan?"
"Yes. I know that you're from the True Dragon Clan. What about it?"
Scarlett was even more surprised now. There were numerous dragon clans in the Celestial Realm and the God Realm, but there was only one True Dragon Clan and it was beyond the God Realm! And this man knew about it!
"This... Can you please tell me how you know about all this?"
"As I said, it's a secret. I can't tell you now, but maybe in the future..."
"You will be able to tell me in the future? When?"
"When you become my woman."
"W-what!? What does that have to do with anything?"
Scarlett was exasperated. She was also surprised by the man's honesty yet again.
"Naturally, it has to do with everything. Only my family can know my secrets."
"You... aren't you afraid of the True Dragon Clan? I'm an important member of the clan. Wanting me as your woman could bring a lot of trouble to your door."
"Heh... I know that you were a princess of the True Dragon Clan in your previous life and that now you have reincarnated in this Mortal World... But please, spare me the jokes."
"Y-you even know that!? And what jokes? I wasn't joking at all!"
"Sigh... Then let me explain to you the same things I explained to Aeriel..."
Red decided to tell her the same thing he said to Aeriel, so he started to explain...
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[A/N: I hope you liked this chapter! If you have any suggestions, please comment.]