Chapter 7: Genocide

It didn't take long for the news that all of the buries were razed to the ground, the only buries that remained were the ones that is providing labor for the kingdom, but even they fear that they might be next.

"I got some people to check it out, the church is now just...rubble and nothing remained" John said to Perseus

"I see, all the buries have no survivors?" Perseus asked

"Apart from the ones that got adopted like you, none" John shook his head "The ones captured will also not live for long, sooner or later, they will be sacrificed and be used to awaken the people who can't use arcana even after the ceremony"

"I'll just go read some books to take my mind off of this" Perseus replied quietly before heading to the library with Ace and Siege "It's too much for one day"

Nova and Dabria was about to follow him but was stopped by their parents.

"Just leave him alone for now, you can go comfort him in an hour" Axel said "He isn't in the right state of mind right now"

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"Tch, stupid council, people died and yet no one was punished for it" Perseus cursed as he was reading a book "I bet the purebloods are so happy to find out that there are no survivors"

"Like we said before, we need to get stronger" Ace said "Stronger to the point where no one will bully us again"

"I know, we'll show them" Perseus nodded "And we'll help the others from the buries, but before that, we need to take down the current council of 7, the system works since people are not complaining about it, but we need to get rid of the ones currently in charge and replace it with people like in this family who at least show respect to people like us"

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A few people were gathering at the table and their faces were hidden in the darkness.

"We did a good job I would say" a guy chuckled

"Of course, I heard some families in other kingdoms and empires also are preparing to do the same" a female voice replied

"What do we do about the adopted ones?" another guy asked "We can't really get rid of them like the others, since they are adopted by us purebloods, if we were found to be behind their, let's say, sudden disappearance, whether we like it or not, an investigation will be carried out"

"No worries" the first guy reassured "I got an idea, since we can't actually kill them, what if we make them, you know, do it themselves? We can arrange a gathering in one year time, and some of them will definitely come, when they do, we'll show those filth that they are not equal."

"Hahaha, ingenious" A third guy laughed "Pressuring them and bullying them till they off themselves, all in favor?"

Then all of the people at the table raised their hands, the first guy then nodded and smile in satisfaction.

"I will host the gathering then and I'll be sure to gather a lot of talented families, please bring your most talented children and we will show them why we are more superior than descendants of traitors" The first guy then laughed in amusement before being joined by the others

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Perseus and Emma were practicing their dance as Williams was watching them

"You are terrible at dancing" Emma complained after they got their rest

"I'm trying my best, unlike you this is my first time. Besides it's in a year, we got plenty of time," Perseus argued "Why do we have to go to this gathering anyway?"

"From what we can observe, the Noblesse family plans on showing off the talented children of our families to intimidate the children that were adopted from the buries." Williams answered "You don't have to worry that they found out about you, we pulled a lot of strings to make sure that you are safe"

"So Williams, who was father Jake anyway? Was he that big of a deal? I know I was taken in by him, but he didn't really say much about his former life here" Perseus asked

"That's a story for another time." Williams responded "Just know that he was a great knight"

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"Arcana is a very powerful energy, it is used to power all sort of house appliances and tools," Nova lectured "Not just that, you can also use it to defend yourself, like creating barriers or offensive spells just like so"

A rune circle appeared in his palms, then a small fireball got shot out of it.

"You can generate many elements using arcana, but be careful to not use it too much, you have a limited capacity, and it will expand as you grow stronger" he warned "And if you haven't noticed, some of our arcana have different colors, mine and yours are blue while Dabria's is purple, we do not know why this is the case but everyone's arcana have different colors"

"So what will we being doing today?" Perseus asked since Ace and Siege are also joining in

"We'll start off with just generating a fireball for now" Dabria answered "We know you can do much more, but we have to work our way up from the basics and lay a good foundation, you and your beast will shoot out fireballs similar to the ones my brother just use till you tire out and run out of arcana"

"Don't worry, this training room is protected by a thin but strong barrier, so our fireballs will not damage our surroundings" Nova reassured "Fire away!"

Perseus and the spiritual beast then started to shoot their fire at the wall and repeated it till they could barely feel their own limbs.

"You did good, your arcana capacity is impressive" Nova applauded as Perseus lay down on the floor "At this rate, you might surpass us someday"

"We would help rejuvenate you if we know how," Dabria said as she leaned over Perseus "But we only know how to heal and you currently have no injuries"

"Have anyone ever tell you that you're really pretty?" Perseus said sarcastically as Dabria blushed

"What a cheeky little brother" she grumbled as her face got even redder

"It should be nearly time for dinner, come on, I'll help you up" Nova smiled as he walked over and helped pick him up