Villain: The Play of Destiny

Chapter 350

chapter 350

thursday, november 30th, 2045

griffin society, griffin city, netheria

on a cold and misty morning in griffin city, a young man stood on the lawn, vacantly staring at the winter roses that had bloomed beautifully.

he has just settled one of his debts, avenging someone who had been taken away from him, but he still felt a little lost.

"young master, the new master of the rovic family is selling their businesses and is planning on moving out of the country with the children and the women."

one of his shadow guards informed him and patiently waited for the young man to speak.

"where are they planning on settling?"

"britain."

"inform the people we have there to take care of them from the shadows, and not let anyone take advantage of their weakness." samrath closed his eyes and spoke. "as for the remaining men in their family, no need to deal with them. everyone responsible for samantha's death has already died."

"yes, young master." the old shadow guard smiled at the young man's decision and appreciatively nodded his head.

"any news on the wislaw?"

"wislaw have isolated themselves." the old man spoke. "there is no concrete news, but rumours say that they are not even welcoming their close friends into their territory. they abandoned the rovic, and they are not even pursuing the matter of their young masters' deaths."

"what do you think has happened?"

"i believe that they have lost most of their strength. the grand elders and elders are gone. and their head is gone as well."

"killed."

"yes. and undoubtedly by lord erebus."

"i see."

"aunt vidya, what do you think of him?" samrath narrowed his eyes and asked.

a person walked onto the lawn after hearing his question, wearing the same clothes as his other shadow guards.

"it's hard to get a read on him, young samrath." the aged woman lightly spoke. "he's the most powerful person in this world if we don't include lady nyx in the equation. and yet he does not carry himself with an arrogance that most with that much power would succumb under. he has a big family, and everyone around him seems to hold love and respect for him. it speaks a lot about a man."

samrath nodded to her words.

but then he calmed down when he realised that these ancient trials were only meant for the families in netheria, and he alone stood no chance of winning it as an outsider.

samrath thought things over for a while and then made up his mind.

"send ozell a letter and tell them that i will be fighting them for sunaina's hand in the ancient trials. we will settle our dispute in the old and sacred way."

"yes, young master." the shadow guard listened to his command and left to execute it.

"they are not obliged to agree." vidya lightly said.

"they will if they have any pride. and by the looks of the things, they have plenty." he smiled. "gather all the information you can on these ancient trials."

"yes."

the two shadow guards acknowledged his command and then got to work.

it did not take long for them to gather the necessary information, and at the dinner table, they informed him about everything they had managed to gather.

"the mourntale of magic city, the maiden family of lord erebus' first wife." samrath was surprised when he learned about the situation that the mourntale were in and a little more when he learned that the one behind the ancient trials was none other than lady hecate, lord erebus' second wife. "so the trials are being held on an agenda."

"yes." vidya nodded her head. "however, it does not concern us or the ancient families outside the magic city, therefore a lot of them are keen on participating in it for the prize or to settle their own disputes."

"i think we should talk to lord erebus first." an old man spoke. "if he allows you to participate in it, then it will also guarantee some security in the trial. the ozell would also feel pressured to accept your challenge on the day."

"you are right." samrath agreed to his words and nodded his head. "we will go see him in the morning." he decided, and then hopefully finished his meal and went to his room to finally take some good rest.

however, as soon as he fell asleep, the nightmares came haunting him again.

he could hear and feel the pain of his beloved sunaina, who was begging him to save her, and then there was his late beloved samantha, who kept shedding tears and looking at him with accusing eyes.

samrath woke up gasping for breath in the middle of the night. he did not know why, but all of a sudden, he had a hunch that he had failed to avenge his beloved. that her killer still lived, and that justice had not been served.

"old bali!"

"young master." a voice answered him after a few seconds as the door to his room opened.

"investigate everything that happened on the night samantha was killed. everything!"

the old man hesitated to answer since a lot of time had passed since the incident, and he did not know what exactly his young master wanted him to investigate. however, he still nodded his head.

"i will try my best, young master." he promised.