Desecrated

With the absorption of the patriarch's will, Taf felt his consciousness had grown by leaps and bounds.

He then surmised, 'My first encounter with a Martial King, not bad all. Pity the old bastard didn't have a space ring or anything of worth I could use in the real world. Oh well, I'll chalk this off as experience gained. Plus, who knows what benefits the increase in will might bring."

He then remembered May on the outside and knowing her personality she must be worried sick. Thus, he hurriedly closed off his mental link with this foreign space, returning to the real world. Inside the shrine, he saw collapsed bodies and the screaming members of the Janx clan. It was then he instantly deciphered what had unfolded. It seemed he had driven the first to a state whereby he had overexerted on the blood of his descendants.