Chapter 172: New surge of hope

This plan would have been perfect if only Kevin hadn't already warned Solomon that something like this might happen.

All of the rebels had already moved on to other hideouts and Solomon had even ordered his men to ambush the demons who would come to kill them.

The roles were reversed and now it was the rebels who had a head start.

This night had been long and many battles broke out, this supposedly surprise attack turned out to be a death trap for the King's soldiers.

Solomon, Derek and Kerry succeeded in uniting their strength to kill the general who had been ordered to exterminate them and without their leader the soldiers had chosen to retreat.

It was a crushing defeat for the demons King and a great victory for the rebels, this night marked the beginning of a new surge of hope.

The traitor had been unmasked, their rightful King had finally appeared and an alliance had been created between the rebels and the black market, things seemed to be finally turning in their favor after all this time.

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Back at the Sun Sect a new day was beginning, Liam had taken a day off so he could stay with Ian until he woke up and felt better, and Kevin had promised to bring him the remedy against the mental fatigue made by Ashton right after their spells class.

The tattoos on Ian's body hadn't disappeared, instead they had spread everywhere.

They had spread to his arms and legs stopping at his wrists and ankles, and they had stopped at the base of his neck as well.

Liam could also see that his body, which until now hadn't been muscular at all, was changing at a rapid rate.

His shoulders were wider, his biceps were growing alarmingly, as well as his abs, which were now shaped like a chocolate bar with six packs and a V-shaped line underneath that pointed to another part of his body that he still didn't know if it had changed as well.

When everyone had left last night, he had kept Kevin and Axel a little longer, he wanted to know more about the after-effects that Ian might have because of what had happened to him.

And only Kevin could tell him more about it, he had reassured him by telling him that if Ian had been smart enough to create a new circuit so that he could live normally even with a disrupted body, then the only consequence he would have, is that he would be able to use all his abilities to the maximum.

There would be no negative effects but he had also warned him that Ian might have to go test his new strength in the Wildlands and even in dungeons to make sure he had it under control, the only risk now was that he might hurt someone unintentionally.

Liam who was enjoying caressing the tattoos on Ian's chest with his fingers, leaned over to kiss him tenderly on his lips and he said to him in a whisper : "Wake up soon my love, I need to be sure that you are okay."

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In another pavilion Kevin had woken up at the same time as usual.

With everything that had happened yesterday he hadn't even had time to finish his 3 hours of fighting but he had consoled himself by thinking that he had acquired a divine artifact that would be of great help to him.

Last night he had finally confessed to Axel what he had discovered about his father, he didn't know if the phoenix came from him, but he was sure that it was him who was in their house the other day and who had opened a vortex so that their baby phoenix could draw on the particles of fire and light.

He had told him his theory that his father was probably waiting for the right time to come and introduce himself and that he must have had his reasons for not coming to see them sooner.

Thanks to the letters, Axel had to admit that his father was indeed keeping an eye on them and even if his feelings were still a bit mixed as to whether or not he would be happy to meet his father soon, the fact that he had decided to help Kevin was playing in his favor.

After that, they had gone to take a bath and Kevin must have fallen asleep by then because when he had woken up this morning at the usual time, he was naked in Axel's arms in their bed.

Before starting to craft potions, he decided to check his Stats to see where he was.

[ STATS ]

Name : KEVIN

Race : Human

Level 39

Class : Mage

Exp : 3 205 / 12 400

Strength : 69

Agility : 69

Stamina : 70

Soul force : 308 / 308

Perception : 105

HP : 1 250 / 1 250

Points available to distribute : 0

[ EQUIPPED ITEMS ]

Chains of Restraint : divin grade

Necklace : high grade

Kevin couldn't help but smirk, he was progressing fast enough to be satisfied, it was time he started crafting potions before Axel woke up.

He gave a quick kiss on Axel's lips then got up and put on a black jogging pants before sitting down in a corner of their room.

He equipped himself with all of his items that could provide him with Soul force points and when he was finally ready, he started to craft potions.

This time he only crafted Healing potions low grade and he had time to craft 15 of them before Axel interrupted him.

When Axel had felt Kevin fall asleep on top of him in the bath last night, he had decided to let him rest.

Having used a divine artifact had surely exhausted him and he just hoped that a good night's sleep would be enough to make him feel better.

When he had woken up at 6.30am and hadn't felt him in their bed, he had immediately expanded his senses and he had relaxed only when he had felt that he was still in their room.

He had decided to lazily stay in bed and instead he had used their telepathic link to ask him, 'Babe, what are you doing ?'

Kevin immediately replied to him, 'Let me finish this potion and I'll be right there, honey.'

Axel smiled and asked him while pushing back the blanket to welcome him into their bed, 'How are you feeling Babe ? Last night you looked really exhausted ...'

Kevin who was just finishing pouring his potion said to him, 'Sorry honey, I didn't think I would fall asleep like that ... I feel perfectly fine this morning, don't worry.'

He stood up and smiled when he was greeted by the vision of Axel's naked body in theirs bed who was beckoning him to join him, no invitation had ever been more tempting.