By morning the manor was in chaos and filled with horror as the death of their patriarch was spread out, Ignas remained [unseen] in his mother's room as she was sobbing quietly on her bed.
"Did you do it?"
"yes but i did not to kill him…i thought he would put up a fight before i talked to him properly." He walked to the side of the bed then sat, looked at his mother and told her what happened with out leaving out a single detail and after she heard him out she can to understanding his reason to do what he did.
"So you are saying you where at death forest and you been there for 11 months…well that is not hard to believe due to the amount of mana you are releasing right now but about realms i know nothing since we rank everything by grades, what is a realm son?"
Before he could answer a knock was heard on the door as the individual entered the room without waiting for an answer. He was the first son of John V and the first wife of four as he was in armor that was coated in silver and a sword on his waist.
"Third mother, you must have heard by now what has happened to father so i have come to tell you about the WILL he left behind. To my wife Ray Lionhart i hereby allow you to keep the Lionhart name and the manor you currently live in so if you wish to do whatever you wish with it but you will have to consult the new patriarch Dunn Lionhart…that is me. Anything you want to say?"
"No."
"There title deed is on the…table i will be on my way."
He left with a curious look on his face so Ignas decided to connect a small conscious to Dunn's shadow then glanced at his mother." There are a few realms you should know which i will be explaining but no exactly well detailed so let me start with
Mana Refining: Absorb energy, open meridians, strengthen the body. Foundation Establishment: Solidify your energy into a stable core. Core Formation: Compress that core into a golden seed of power. Nascent Soul: Birth a spiritual embryo—your soul can now leave your body. Immortal Ascension: Transcend death, defy heaven, become something beyond human. True Immortal: Masters immortal energy, withstands heavenly tribulations, and gains immense longevity. Golden Immortal: Body and soul refined to near-perfection; can project avatars across realms. Taiyi Golden Immortal: Achieves unity with fundamental laws, vastly surpassing lower immortals.
Each realm demands not just strength, but enlightenment, rare resources, and survival of deadly trials. Even after ascension, you would face endless challenges making it a never-ending trial for ultimate power. I am currently on Nascent soul realm but since awakened ones are more likely to be on mana refining or foundation establishment…oh it seems i did go over board this time."
After the explanation of what realm was done they maintained perfect silence before Ignas deactivated [unseen] and at that moment, Michelle entered the room and saw a 239 cm beast standing on her Lady's bedside,
"….So i was not dreaming huh, who are you anyway?"
"He is my son without blonde hair and he also killed John."
"Oh that is great….W-WHAT?!"
Without any warnings she passed out again as they remained unshaken by her reaction.
2 years passed as Ignas was now a peak stage nascent soul and his mother was able to reach core formation realm with the help of her son, Dunn was seemingly doing well at his work as the patriarch even better than his own father.
"Son i told Dunn about you and asked for you to come back even though you were already here since that does not matter he did propose that the only way for you to come back is to marry one of this sisters since they are not all engaged, the fourth concubine has an eighteen year old and the other girl is….twenty four years so she is older than you which makes her a perfect match."
'I have to engage with some twenty four year old girl just to live peacefully with my own mother.'
"i will meet her only for you okay, keep training i will leave with Michelle so when i come back i will come with good news….i would not kill anyone." He left the room while four of the maids were passing by and got startled by him…it happens every time but they will always apologized, out of curiosity Michelle asked him the same question she been asking for two years and got no answer.
"Young master, why are you so tall? I mean your height is high that i yearned for it once but seeing how you keep scaring people where ever you go must be the reason why you are always invisible huh."
"….Do you think i like scaring people?"
"Yes…"
"Do you know why, i just love it anyway this is his office right?"
He entered the office without knocking since he killed someone the last time he knocked then in front of him there was Dunn, two years ago he planted his conscious in the his shadow to observe him and see if he had any connections with the old ones but the patriarch did not nevertheless this new family head was at peak of foundation establishment realm.
"You are very tall for a twenty but you do look like a Lionhart so i will accept you as one of us but do say…what do you think of my proposal do take a look at this beauties." The two woman were both in their armor and it radiant a shiny light, black hair, green eyes and a height of 205 cm for the oldest and 190 cm for the youngest.
"Hmm…I will take the older one she looks strong enough to protect herself from SS+ ranker, as for the little one i do not mind having her as my concubine. Although is this only what i need to do?"
'He is a curious man well i did have plans to use him but it seems he is not to be thrived with' Dunn takes out a sealed enveloped and opened it later on signed a few times, he was practically selling his own half siblings off…but Ignas did not care about all of that as he read and signed the paper without any questions asked.He looked down on his new wives and touched their heads as if he wished to squash then to death and so the young ladies closed their eyes shut before after they felt a warm radiance of mana enveloping them then disappeared unknowingly that Ignas placed barriers of different kinds of attacks on them.
"Let's go….also Dunn it is a pleasure to be a true Lionhart."
'The honor is mine, a beast will be a beast even without it's fangs.' They left quietly and never asked Ignas any questions until he spoke to them first causing a never ending silence, even Michelle was quiet until they arrived at the instate that belonged to his mother…his home thus he named it [Promised] and it resounded perfectly to his ears,
"Oh you are back…so the wives were none other than Lady Rosa and Lady…Jane, it seems the infamous mad dog got subdued with one contract hoho i would not mind having your children as my grand kids."'Damn it…should i kill her?' Ignas was glaring at Jane as she extorted killing intent but did nothing and as for Jane she did not was any second with her attempt of trying to kill Ray but her attack was blocked before she was even able to launch it yet, with one breath Ray was holding Jane's hand with a smile as she kept admiring her stance.
"Do not worry just do not try that again i mean look at your husband kyah he is so cute." As they both turned to look at Ignas they saw some thing they will never forget or wish to see again because the glare was one hell of a soul drainer, the very embodiment of DEATH was standing next to the with it's golden eyes and shadowed face led to Jane to ask for an apology even when she did not want to.
"Mom you should not be saying those things to other people so casually but honestly i do hate ill mannered brats so for now i will let you live only under my rules since you do not have an choice. Firstly i will let you speak if you wish for something or reporting, Secondly is that i will train you only because i hate weaklings also re move that armed it is too noisy." He leaves as he heads to the treasurer's office where he will be supervising the previous and current recorded budgets.
"Wow do not mind him…he is more like a busy head and probably never dated before so seems tonight he will be very lucky so do not be so mad."
"You gave birth to a giant Lady Ray i would not like but to think he is only two years older than me is hard to believe, you seemed like you were in a middle of your training so you would not mind if we join right…m-mother in law?"
"Oh wow someone is well mannered than this brat here so yeah do join me, let us experience this hardship together."
"Tsk…fine….i will join too mother in law"
In the treasury vault Ignas seemed to be endlessly using [Shadow warp] to finish faster as if he had to go some where,
'Damn it! There was a timer of how long i can enter the shadow world but wait why am i even doing this???'
[Do you wish to enter the shadow world?
Deadline: One hour and twenty nine minutes left]
"yes….(sighs in nervousness) here goes nothing…"
[YOU HAVE ENTERED THE SHADOW WORLD
Deadline: 2 years left
Note: Time moves differently in this world.
Good LUCK]