In Stroman Family Province.
There was a meeting attended by the powerful second-rank noble families.
Kin Light and his father were there.
"Lord Light, don't be sad. This marriage isn't fated. But don't worry, you still have a seat with us."
Rev Stroman, the head of the Stroman Family, talked to Ficon Light, the head of the Light Family.
Ficon didn't care and said,
"You know how everything happened. You just wanted an opportunity to make yourself important."
"Father?"
Kin wasn't satisfied with the Stroman Family, but his father was too weak to face them. Even Rev felt confused. Rev remained cold.
"You're talking like we owe you something."
Ficon didn't give him a glance and said,
"I forced my son to put up with your daughter's stupidity. And then she abandoned him, making a fool of us."
Another noble entered.
"Don't go mad. It's Kin's fault for being in third place, and Nell was talking badly about Shion."
Kin couldn't stand it and said,
"Shion is my friend. He got first place because he is worthy, but now, because of his success, Nell looks down on me!"
Rev said,
"Your friend? Don't forget that boy refused to join us. Now, he is your enemy."
Ficon said,
"The Light Family carried the disdain and shame after Nell's announcement that she would abandon Kin, and you didn't explain yourself, hiding all this time. And now you brought me here to discuss Shion?!"
Rev said,
"Because we could all go higher with his help. If I can't get him as a son-in-law, then I will marry his mother. That's it."
Kin asked,
"Shion is a third-rank noble. How can he help us?"
"He is a noble under royal protection. With that, we can use Shion to interfere with and change the decisions of the kingdom. When the Six Great Families reach a dead end in making a decision, we will choose the side that benefits us."
"Dirty plan!"
Ficon said that and continued,
"I'm Ficon Light. I never felt ashamed in my life until I joined the lowly Noble Alliance. Now, I will withdraw."
Ficon had come that day to announce his withdrawal, but he found laughter everywhere.
"Do whatever you want, Lord Light. We don't lack people like you. But don't beg us later when we gain more authority."
EXPLOSION!!!
Everyone in the meeting heard a loud explosion coming from the gates.
"What is happening?!"
"Are we being attacked?!"
"Who's that brave?!"
They saw a group of three people through the windows: the little prodigy, Enfel Kito; the Spiritual Queen, Solan Neumann; and the head of the Lan Family, Shion Lan.
They were casually walking over the remains of the gate and wall.
"Rev Stroman!!! Come here and kneel down!!!"
Shion shouted throughout Stroman Province.
Rev left the meeting room and jumped onto the ground before Shion, his eyes filled with rage.
"You dare come here and cause trouble?! Who do you think you are?!"
Shion didn't show him any respect and said,
"I didn't come here to hear your meaningless words. I'm here to see whether I will forgive your arrogance or not."
The other nobles came out of the mansion and said,
"You little boy! Don't you know where you are standing?!"
Shion looked at them and smiled.
"The Noble Alliance, isn't it?"
There were ten seventh-level men standing before him, which made Shion laugh.
"Hahahaha! Well, I will destroy this organization!"
"Big-mouth boy."
Rev activated his simple domain and pressed down on Shion, Solan, and Enfel.
"Shion Lan, you have some talent, but you don't know how to use it. So I, your future stepfather, will teach you how to do it."
Shion asked coldly,
"Why do you think you have the ability to force me to do anything?!"
Nell Stroman came at that moment and said,
"Shion, you are pitiful. Don't you know that we can spread rumors about you? We can destroy your reputation and make you lose your position as a noble. In the Noble Alliance, we can't face the Six Great Families, but we can play with the lives of people like you."
She smiled and said,
"I can be your wife if you don't want your mother to be taken away—"
"Damn you! You ###########!!!"
Solan lost control of herself, but then she found Shion looking at her in disbelief.
"Solan! How can you say something like that? You're a Pure Spirit. Don't belittle yourself because of these scumbags!"
"Sorry."
Solan apologized, and then Shion said,
"Sorry, but my standards are higher than your ability."
Nell became angry, but Shion continued,
"Now, let's end this little game."
Shion unsheathed the Sword of the Sins, activating its simple domain and destroying Stroman's.
Rev looked at it with widened eyes and said,
"This cursed sword..."
Shion smiled.
"Yes, I tamed the sword. Now..."
Shion used his art.
"(Stellar Summit Art: Star Severance)!"
Nine stars appeared in Shion's eyes in a single line. The Sword Aura slashed through these stars, unleashing enormous energy toward Rev, who used his simple domain around his sword to block the attack.
SLASH!!!
Without any resistance, Rev fell to the ground with his head lowered.
"What is happening?!"
No one could process the scene before them. Shion had defeated Rev in a single attack, effortlessly.
Shion smiled and said,
"The cursed sword was sealed for a long time, with enormous energy within it, and now it's under my control. I'm not at the seventh level, but I can still defeat them."
Rev tried to stand again, but he couldn't, and Shion continued,
"As you know, the Sword of the Sins is a cursed magical artifact that has a spirit within it. The spirit can reach the deepest sins within you and use them to control or conquer you."
Shion smirked.
"Rev, you thought you had pride and arrogance, but these traits will pull you down."
Nell couldn't stand that scene and ordered,
"Capture Shion Lan!! Now!!"
Many members rushed out of the mansion, but they were among the strongest at the sixth level.
Shion ordered,
"Enfel, play with the little men. Solan, summon Polter, Bloom, and the other spirits."
Enfel activated his simple domain and faced the sixth-level warriors and those beneath them alone, but he could defend himself because he had a strong body thanks to the last accident.
Solan summoned Polter and Bloom with their Spirit Sword and Spirit Lantern, activating their simple domains. Solan also activated the scroll forming the Spirit World, summoning the other spirits to join the fight.
The seventh-level nobles didn't hold back either. Two of them charged toward Shion, who activated the sword's simple domain to help Rev. Two others confronted Polter and Bloom, while another one went after Enfel.
When the rest wanted to face Solan, both the father and son of the Light Family stopped them.
"Ficon?! What are you doing?!"
"I'm not one of you anymore. I will face you all with all my might."
Kin wanted to join the fight too. He turned to Solan.
"Lady Neumann! Can you help me summon my guardian spirit?!"
Solan, who was under pressure, didn't hesitate and used her power.
A female spirit appeared behind Kin and took complete form away from him.
The Moon Sorceress Lily appeared in the area, but she was at the seventh level instead of the eighth level.
"I don't have a lot of energy. If I weren't the Pure Spirit, I wouldn't be able to summon any of them."
Lily said,
"No problem. I can handle two of them."
Lily looked at Kin and said,
"You are good at swordsmanship but too weak at magic. This is your opportunity to learn."
Lily and Ficon faced the last three nobles.
While this battle was taking place in Stroman Family Province, Pearl Jewel was leaving the Jewel Family Palace.
There was no one there, as her father was out for work, and his wife must have been visiting the noblewomen. Pearl's little brother was asleep, so she could escape at that moment.
She looked different as her red-flame hair was covered by a layer of black dye. She had also changed her features by putting freckles on her face.
She also changed the way she walked and talked, as well as her usual mannerisms, burning everything connected to her in the palace.
"Father, you won't find me anymore."
Pearl was about to leave, but she found her little scumbag brother, her stepmother's son.
He didn't recognize her.
"Who are you?!"
Pearl smiled and decided to leave a present for her stepmother.
Using (Speech Magic), she spoke.
"Convulsions."
Her magic wouldn't work on anyone powerful, anyone with a strong mind, or anyone who didn't understand her words. But a spoiled boy like him wasn't any of those things.
When her brother understood the words, his body began to move violently, and his muscles tensed, making him scream in pain.
"KGHAAAAAA!!!!"
Pearl remembered all the times that bastard had bullied her, and she couldn't do anything because of his mother, who controlled Pearl's father.
"I'm done."
Pearl left the place to begin the chase.
Shion was facing two nobles with the Sword of the Sins.
Shion asked,
"Are you not afraid of facing me?"
"Without your cursed sword, what are you?"
Shion said,
"Someone you could bully—but I'm not that person anymore."
Shion appeared confident, but internally, he was worried.
'I didn't expect a meeting on the day I decided to attack, but it's an opportunity to prove their guilt.'
Rev was about to stand again, and Shion would be in danger, as he would have to fight three seventh-level nobles.
The spirit of the Sword of the Sins said,
"I can help you, Lord Lan."
Shion listened carefully.
"What are you saying? Don't try to make a suspicious move against me."
But he really needed help. Shi Yun Lan would be the best choice, but Shion didn't want his connection with Shi Yun Lan to be broken again.
The spirit said,
"Don't worry. I'm not foolish enough to go against you, especially when the great master Shi is here with you."
"(Vertical Slash)!"
A noble moved so fast that Shion could barely see him. A pillar of light arose in the sky and then fell toward him.
"(Penetrating the Mountain)!"
The other combined his index and middle fingers, using his aura to push this attack forward.
Shion was frozen against these attacks as Rev regained his power and restored his simple domain around Shion.
Shion was unable to move, but the spirit told him,
"They are not furious or arrogant. They are greedy and gluttonous. They want to get you, no matter what it takes."
Shion understood, so he activated a magic circle on the sword that made the three nobles fall to the ground, and their domains were broken again.
They felt too hopeless to get anything from Shion, with bitterness in their chests and unable to breathe properly.
Rev shouted,
"We have to finish this as fast as we can!! If the king finds out about what happened here, we won't be able to explain it. Stand again!!"
The two other nobles were trembling, but they did their best to stand. However, Shion used his art.
"(Star Tide)!"
A wave of stars with countless stabs within it advanced toward the three nobles, but they combined their domains to stand against the attack.
CRUSH!!!
The attack crashed against the enhanced domain.
Shion thought,
'I don't know how to use the domains on my own, or I could fuse my art with the domain.'
"Sword of the Sins!! Why did you let that boy control you?!"
Shion was surprised, as he hadn't expected that. But one of the nobles said,
"I'm not like the Neumann Family. But I can handle spirits well. We can be useful to each other!!"
Shion was shocked.
"Are you trying to seduce my sword?! Really?!"
Even Rev and the other noble were shocked.
"Are you trying to get the sword for yourself?!"
"Isn't it better than being under his pressure?!"
The spirit came out of its artifact and said,
"None of you bastards deserve my service, but my Lord Lan does."