Abandoned

The combined force of the martial alliance could use their collective resources, manpower and their best minds to find any abnormality within the world.

Unfortunately the two main clues that connected the incidents together was a dead Estrella family member that was behind the coverup of the person behind everything that had happened and the missing divine ice sect members that they were unable to locate.

If they could not locate those clues then they only had a vague idea of what to investigate.

According to the information given anything involving the massive gain of many forces and also caused many peoples sides to suffer losses would be a joint tomb raid between the major forces in the central lands.

No other ideas stood out because some big events in the world that cause great change often involves a war or a historic moment that is a crucial turning point like a discover of something new or rare but both did not fit in with the exact details given.

A war would cause great losses on all sides and there would be one to lose out on land, resources or riches to negotiate a halt in the war but it seemed that while many sides would suffer some losses they would gain so much more in return and split it between them.

A historical moment or catastrophic event may cover some parts but it would not just involve those connected to the martial world but also everyone in the world or those in a specific region.

Later in the same night outside the capital.

The gate on the outer wall of the capital was opened and then a blindfolded man that had his hands bound was escorted out in a inconspicuous carriage and a couple of guards.

One of the men in charge of escorting the man then looked at him with eyes filled with pity.

Behind him another guard sighed. "The Estrella family got rid of another disposable illegitimate child again."

As the highest noble bloodline in the capital only their direct line have the right to inherit their legacy while any ambitious illegitimate children would be seen as rebels.

Many with a lesser bloodline than the main family were unable to climb beyond their status and were bound to the family, their laws and their orders.

Even until their death they must not covet the place as the family head and must carry out the families wishes even if it meant to sacrifice oneself.

While illegitimate children or children of concubines may have ways to inherit the position as a noble families head it was only possible within the lesser noble families and the royal family where they have less strict rules on who can inherit the title.

The man in charge looked at the other guard and nudged his arm as if reminding him. "Quiet or do you want to lose your head? Our masters may not be here but they have those who work as their ears."

The other guard looked a little pale and frightened after he was reminded. "Okay. Let's just get this job over with. How far do we have to take him?"

The man in charge replied in a calm voice. "Far away from the capital as possible within the next couple of days and then abandon him there so he cannot return."

The other guard asked. "What about food, water and other supplies?"

The man in charge lowered their head in shame. "It seems like they are being more strict with the way they are dealing with their disposable pawns from now on but I do not know the reason why they would be doing this. I mean the abandoned ones are destined to die soon according to what we know so why would we need to withhold their basic needs which could be the final thing they receive from the family. Without it they will starve and only suffer more before their time comes.."

The other guards lowered their heads in shame also but continued to prepare for their journey out of the capital with the blindfolded man.

Back at the Estrella families observatory, the family head stood calmly observing the sky with eyes filled with doubt, confusion and a hint of rage.

He took a deep breath to calm himself and turned to his aide. "How is the escorting of the abandoned pawn going?"

The aide hurriedly answered. "My lord, he is being escorted out of the capital right now and will reach his destination within a couple of days. If my calculations are correct then his time left will not be long considering the amount of heavenly secrets he had revealed. My lord, may I ask… why did you not give him the basic tools to survive?"

The family heads eyes glinted coldly as he spoke. "No more mistake can be made. We cannot have another abandoned family member come back looking to spite the family or take revenge. This is a warning to our family that we need to be more careful and keep track of who we have abandoned. If they are not with the family anymore then we no longer need to provide anything for them. I have also ordered our men to keep a distance from him and report back once they have died and what the cause of death is. By the way is there any news of my daughter?"

The aide looked a little like he was used to the family heads cruelty but then replied. "The young miss is fine, she just fainted because of experiencing too much anger at that time. I understand my lord."

Having no food, water, money or basic survival gear was essentially a death sentence for most people but many of the Estrella family were brought up learning many things along with martial arts and astrology so the abandoned pawns always had a very slim chance of acquiring a way to survive but in the end the food or water obtained may end up becoming the trigger that fate had prepared for their upcoming death that was coming for them because of their bad karma.

He may get some food from a stranger and a place to stay but unknown to them this place would soon become a site for bandits to pillage or loan sharks to seek out repayments from the home owner.

Once they arrived he would be caught up with the trouble so he would either have to face it or run away but in the end his bad luck would continue to follow him until he either overcomes it or dies.

Though very few had actually been known to have survived in history besides Bernard.

It was unknown how he would die but the family head wanted to make absolutely sure that another Bernard Estrella does not appear in history once more to spite the family.