Ulterior Motives

What the Sovereign of Light said was the truth.

During Kyran's first year of training, a number of Sovereigns had already been aware of him. What happened between him and Ruin had been big news not only to all the factions in the Lower Realm but also in the Higher Realm.

For one thing, Ruin was known as a powerful rouge mage who successfully acquired several planes all by himself. With only an essence guarding each of those planes, he also succeeded in warding off other Sovereigns' attempts to conquer them.

That was until Kyran arrived in the Lignum plane and freed it. What baffled them further was Ruin did not try to retake the plane even after it was restored.

While Sovereigns planned to conquer the Lignum plane after it lost its owner, they discovered something amazing— The Coven of The Twelve actually took it upon themselves to protect the Lignum plane. Such a thing had not happened before.