As this was a noble area to which few people had access, the intercom was answered just a few seconds later. A strange voice, which was not odd to Kayden, came from inside.
"Hello? Who would it be?" Heimer asked, and soon after the line went silent as he recognized the person with his spiritual sense. Kayden had no fluctuation in his emotions.
A few minutes later, the gate opened revealing some people who hadn’t seen Kayden in ages. The first was Sarah and she still had a perfect body and a stunning face, she had acquired some more adult features, but overall she maintained the appearance of a teenager. There was also a butler in the fourth kingdom with severe signs of age and a characteristic suit.
Meanwhile, Heimer, who had a strange and gloomy face, completely matured into a man, his curly hair was kept close to his face and his body gained enough mass for him to be called muscular.
Duke Britten showed signs of age, but his blond hair wasn’t so obvious, the main sign was the appearance of wrinkles on his face, something he could fix on his own.
Sarah’s brother was not present, as he had died a few decades ago along with Isaac in a surprise attack by a terrorist group from humanity itself. Linus was the last family member present.
His brown hair clashed with his family’s blonde, he maintained the skeletal, muscleless build he had when he was a teenager, other than that he practically didn’t change anything, this was a benefit of high ranks.
The taller you were, the less your physical characteristics would mean anything about your age, in the fourth realm you could practically change your appearance as you pleased, an example was Milena who even under Sarah’s presence remained the most attractive in the world. environment.
The atmosphere became strange, no one knew how to start this conversation, especially Heimer who was facing the most stressful situation of his life in recent centuries, Sarah and the Duke also didn’t know how to start talking.
In a way, they dealt a blow to Kayden by using his name to promote his family, including many benefits given by Azir to them during these years, apart from the wealth that Kayden had previously, the secret of the mana heart technique fell upon your hands and strengthened your family on a new level.
Another problem... Sarah had married Heimer a few decades after Kayden fell into the abyss, in a way that made the situation even worse, it was a reunion that neither side had ever expected in their lives.
"Kayden... I..." Heimer tried to speak, but Kayden directly interrupted him.
"Quiet, you are only alive at this moment because your father asked you to, we have no relationship", Kayden’s voice came out... indifferent, it didn’t seem like he was cold or sending a threat, he just seemed to be stating facts.
"Hey! Measure your words..." The insolent word would have been said by the butler if Kayden hadn’t snapped his fingers and suppressed the old man with his aura, it was so heavy that he couldn’t even continue standing, his strength was weak and he only reached this kingdom for family resources, a loyal worker who was rewarded for it.
"I’m not here to make friends, you no longer exist in my life, I came to take what belongs to me and with interest", this time Kayden’s tone was harsher, and along with the release of his strength his position became clear.
"The time when you had any authority has passed, boy. Azir is no longer here to take care of you. Leave now and I will leave this matter aside", the Duke took control of the conversation and dissipated the butler’s pressure.
"Then we’ll have to do it the hard way," Kayden just activated his domain and started pulling all the mana from nearly 100 kilometers towards him, the commotion caught the attention of hundreds of people, and Kayden’s area of effect was very large.
The duke was the first to react and stepped on the ground, from his foot a mountain of ice rose that quickly advanced towards Kayden, unfortunately, it was a quick spell and was destroyed by Kayden’s dominance.
Then, a pentagram appeared before Kayden, followed by an aura slash that caused an explosion of wind to all sides. Heimer tried to step forward and create a rune tree, but...
"Skirt!" The Duke shouted and raised a monstrous ice wall, expending large chunks of his mana.
The sound of it shattering into thousands of pieces reverberated for miles. Kayden’s attack went through her like a slice of soft bread before a sharp machete; the duke’s strength was not light.
The problem was that Kayden had strength at almost the same level. Neither Sarah nor Heimer would be able to face him directly, and Linus would also be completely massacred. They would need to call the family elders.
"Call the elders," the Duke said directly to Sarah. The situation became even worse when Kayden opened dozens of pentagrams around him. Before the situation could escalate further, Sarah intervened.
"Dad! Kayden! Wait a second before you kill yourself", his voice in the middle of the confusion spread extremely well and made everyone stop. Kayden didn’t want to have to face dozens of people in the fourth realm.
"Father! Let’s try to negotiate, I sense a few dozen wizards hiding in the mansion," Astolfo also intervened. He trusted his father, but with the number of mana signatures, he was feeling, his confidence wavered.
"I want a breakdown of all your treasures and riches, I’ll take a considerable margin. I won’t accept anything less than that. In any case, I have no problem killing everyone here," this time Kayden’s tone was cold and showed superiority, irritating the other side.
Heimer was a mess, he couldn’t handle the situation and just sat quietly in his corner without being able to react. Linus also couldn’t associate this Kayden with the old one; they looked like two different people.
"We can agree, I hope you understand that we can’t give too much of a cut...", Sarah was interrupted.
"Either you give or this family disappears. I won’t say it again," Kayden was getting tired. It had been many years since he had dealt with people who were not directly beneath him.
"You’re too insolent, boy. We won’t have a deal. I don’t care about that anymore. We won’t even give you a coin," the duke shouted with hatred in his voice, calling out to the other elders.
"Astolfo and Milena, eliminate the weakest ones. I will support you," Kayden said coldly. Again, he gathered his mana and pentagrams began to appear around him. This would not be an easy fight.
An icy fog began to spread in all directions. This was Sarah’s ice domain, the duke also had the same, and when the two activated it, they were able to reach a much larger area.
Unfortunately, Kayden’s mana domain was superior and could nullify most of the ice domain. Several other domains began to appear and overwhelm Kayden’s, fortunately, his did not work based on quantity but rather on quality.
Most were destroyed by his toxic mana, while a few managed to resist. Kayden began to launch dozens of aura slashes with his pentagrams without stopping, each attack had ridiculous strength.
The duke reacted quickly and launched several compact ice disks that managed to hold back each of the attacks. This made him able to withstand damage against his allies.
Astolfo entered into a combat of offensive and defensive spells against Sarah. They were the two strongest after Kayden and the Duke. Meanwhile, Milena began attacking those from the fourth realm who ascended sacrificially.
The fight hadn’t even started properly when everyone’s vision went black and their senses completely disappeared. Linus and Heimer didn’t even have time to join the battle before this happened.
Felix appeared just above the masses of wizards in the fourth realm and began decapitating heads as if they were just toys. In just a few seconds, he killed a dozen and would have continued killing if a heavy aura hadn’t fallen on everyone.
"It’s been a while, Azir," Kayden greeted the old man before the pressure dropped and removed all spells and domains from the area. As soon as he finished his sentence, an old man the same as he did centuries ago appeared in the air.
"It does Kayden, I see that you have grown far beyond my expectations" The old man could not understand the degree of strength that Kayden was displaying, he only had the seven-ray hypothesis. "I know you ’re angry, but could you please not kill my subjects?"
His tone was quite calm, unlike the Britten family who were in chaos after seeing a third of their best forces dead, all because of a cat lying on Kayden’s shoulder, who didn’t even seem to have made any effort.