Chapter 1105 Watch Us
Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim became astounded and shocked as he witnessed the turn of events! Somehow, Claire Alstreim, the woman who should’ve lost her life in the Forsaken Phoenix Realm, turned up alive right in front of their eyes!
He had a hard time believing the fact that he blinked at least once and confirmed it through a casual sweep of his soul sense!
It was the same for people behind him.
Grand Elder Elise Alstreim, Patriarch Eldric Alstreim and Grand Elder Krax Alstreim were stricken with disbelief!
It was almost common knowledge that one of the distinguished potential candidates for the status of Young Mistress had died in the Forsaken Phoenix Realm.
Even if she was somehow alive, it was impossible for her to return because the youths who had been trapped in the Forsaken Phoenix Realm had never come out alive! Not even once! They had all died with their life tablets shattering sooner or later! It was a confirmed fact that a cultivator got trapped in the secret entrance, then they would die, perhaps meeting some kind of danger.
That’s why the appearance of Claire Alstreim left them feeling surreal!
A possibility emerged in their minds: That is, Claire Alstreim could’ve only found the way out of the Forsaken Phoenix Realm!
However, there was another person who didn’t care about such things.
He looked at Claire Alstreim, his body severely trembling as if he were a frail old man. His eyes were becoming moist, and a smile that occasionally frowned appeared on his face, afraid that the Claire Alstreim right in front of his eyes might suddenly disappear.
"Claire..." His voice echoed in a shaky manner.
Claire’s heart shook that the sword she firmly held towards Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim couldn’t help but tremble. Tears fell out of her eyes that quickly became moist before she cast a look at her father.
"Father, I have safely returned."
The tears that were stuck in Edgar Alstreim’s eyes finally fell, drenching his cheeks as it trickled down from his chin.
"Ah~..." A groan of relief, as well as immense elation, filled his heart.
Claire’s lips quivered. She cast a look back at Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim but dropped the sword and flew towards her father in an instant!
*Whoosh!~*
"Father!~"
Claire embraced her father and hid her face on his chest, crying as her eyes became red.
Edgar Alstreim stood tall as he patted her head, trying to hold back his tears, but he couldn’t. It trickled down as he consoled her.
"It’s fine. It’s all fine! Father’s here..."
Whenever Claire cried, thinking about her mother, this was all he could utter in his helplessness. However, these same words provided immense comfort and courage to Claire that she now stopped crying but just sobbed, trying to calm down her emotions.
Davis smiled at their reunion. He cast a glance at his father, who seemed to have taken his mask off, and saw that he was also smiling widely, but his expression became a bit strange as he saw him recording it with an Imagery Stone on his palm.
"Alchemist Davis!!! You dare!?" Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim reacted as if his reverse scale had been stepped on, but his expression continually changed, almost becoming aghast.
"Hehe..." Davis let out a chuckle, "I wonder if she is happily training or suffering somewhere? Why don’t you try reaching her through whatever messaging talisman you have? Mhm?"
Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim gritted his teeth, but he quickly reacted as he took a messaging talisman from his spatial ring. He sent a wisp of essence energy into it and shouted at it, beckoning Nora Alstreim to say something, but no matter how long he tried, there was no answer.
"Ah!" Davis suddenly shouted as if he recalled something before an object appeared on his palm, "I forgot that Nora Alstreim’s messaging talisman is with me..."
"Nora!-"
Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim’s expression froze as he raised his head to look at Davis hold the other end to his messaging talisman.
His eyes went bloodshot!
"You bastard!!!"
Eighth stage essence energy flooded the entire sealed region, almost threatening to destroy the seal created by the seventh stage soul force!
*Ssss!~*
However, a hint scorching breeze flowed and eliminated Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim’s surge of essence energy.
"Stop provoking Valdrey like you provoke me, Davis. Not all are patient like me..." Ancestor Dian Alstreim descended to their level and looked at Davis with a frown, "Although, I don’t know if I would be able to keep calm if someone dear to me is kidnapped and used to threaten."
"What’s wrong with Nora Alstreim? I recall telling you two not to harm her?" He additionally cast a glance at Claire.
"Haha..." Davis carefreely chuckled, "I don’t remember harming her, but if they don’t surrender, then perhaps I might recall her being harmed..."
"Davis!!!" Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim spoke in an icy tone as his eyes emitted killing intent, "Leave her out of this, and we’ll talk..."
"What if I don’t? You want to kill me?" Davis provoked, "I’m right here, but unfortunately, I don’t think your Ancestor would allow you to do that."
"Aren’t I right, Ancestor... Dian... Alstreim...?" Davis enunciated his words as he grinned.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim frowned but looking at Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim take a step forward again; he blocked his path with an indifferent expression on his face.
Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim’s expression dimmed. There was no way he could overcome the Ancestor!
Ancestor Dian Alstreim explained, "Just like I promised you all that I won’t pursue you all for your wrongs; I gave my word to Davis that no harm would befall him and his family as long as he didn’t do something extreme in the Alstreim Family like killing Nora Alstreim."
"I won’t force you but surrender if you know what’s good for yourself and your family, Valdrey..." Ancestor Dian Alstreim visibly sighed, "You are still my third brother’s grandchild, and I don’t want to see you die a meaningless death. Now that it’s clear that you’re a victim of manipulation, you can still barely redeem yourself."
Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim’s expression trembled while Davis stopped smiling.
In truth, Davis didn’t like using this method, using Nora Alstreim to threaten Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim as it was trashy and despicable in his mind. However, the alternate method was to instakill them with Fallen Heaven.
Clearly, since his mother said that she wanted to punish them, he respected her wishes and stained his hands with something he didn’t like.
Otherwise, he would’ve outright killed them and be done with it.
He inwardly sighed, ’To kill them is easy but to make them surrender is troublesome!’