No, this does not make sense at all.

Even if Hunter knows how to fight, he would be useless against those assassins! After all, those people were not only trained to use elements, they also trained their bodies. Unlike most elementals, those people could fight a swordsman like Hunter! No, Hunter won\'t be enough to defeat them. Well… considering that Hunter had been using a sword since they were younger, it would be very hard to defeat him.

However, there is no way that he would get out of the fight alive.

"Cadell, calm down…" The King walked out of his tent. "How could you cause such chaos in the middle of the night? I believe you should prioritize your granddaughter\'s state, right now."

Just as expected, a fire appeared in Cadell\'s hands. "Your highness… these are people that were sent to kill the heirs of the other families." He raised his arms before he clapped his palms together. "Spacio!" Almost immediately, a vortex made of fire appeared in front of everyone. The scent of blood permeated the air.

Murmurs and surprised gasp immediately followed.

"What… what is that?"

"Is that the legendary space vortex?"

"I heard that Lady Cassandra arrived just now. She was injured. Seeing his granddaughter bloodied, the old man finally lost his mind."

"I heard Prince Hunter was injured too!"

"A space vortex? Isn\'t that too powerful!? What is he doing?"

Space vortex is one of the highest spells that only a few people could do. It is something that would give the wielder the ability to access space and use it on their own. This was one of the highest and ancient spells, not just because it was very difficult to do. It was also because, Elementalist, shouldn\'t have the capability to do this.

This ability originally belonged to people that could cast spells. However, someone actually managed to use this spell and control it using their elemental ability.

From the history books, there were one or two people in this kingdom capable of using their elements to create their own space. Supposedly, those people are powerful enough to rule nations in the outside world. They could fight armies on their own and could even destroy countries!

This was the absolute show of power.

So… why did Cadell do this? This kind of power should be something that he needed to hide. After all, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility that comes along with it.

For a few seconds, silence filled the area. Even the other people from different clans couldn\'t help but be astonished. How could the La Roche Family create their own vortex?

How is this even possible?

Almost immediately, the other three clans made up their minds.

"Cadell… are you trying to kill everyone here?"

Despite his age, Cadell is undoubtedly one of the strongest in this empire. He could easily kill the king if he really wanted to. Moreover, the heat coming from that vortex is not something that a normal human could withstand. "Stand down Cadell. The other people are fainting." Seeing that the old man wasn\'t intending to withdraw the vortex, the king frowned. "Cadell, are you threatening me?"

"No, your highness, I just wanted to show you that we are very capable of investigating this matter. We are nothing but an old family. However, I believe this power is enough to convince you of our capability."

\'This old man,\' Hiram gritted his teeth. What capable? What old? What powerful? Clearly, the show of power was done to warn them not to interfere. Was it possible that the old man already knew that he was the one who sent the assassin?

Cold sweat trickled down his spine. He never thought that the Old Man was actually this powerful. The reports said that he was sickly and weak. They said the La Roche Family is nothing but a weak family because Cadell\'s only alive son couldn\'t use the elements. (He was talking about Cassandra\'s uncle.)

They said that the only strong one inside the La Roche Family is Carmichael La Roche. Isn\'t that why he told his father to use the La Roche Family to instigate chaos between the four great clans?

"Cadell… are you going to rebel just because your granddaughter was injured?" The King looked angry. However, this was enough to scare the old man of the La Roche Family. "Do not take matters into your own hands. We have laws to investigate this matter!"

"Your highness… if the four great families are trying to rebel… you would be dead before you could even blink your eyes."

"Preposterous!" The King yelled. "If you will not stop this… I will…"

"Your highness… is this how you are going to handle the assassination attempt? People are trying to kill the heirs of the four great clans who are protecting the people from the demons at the gates! Our clans had been serving this empire, fighting to maintain peace, protecting everyone. And yet… when assassins attack our heirs, you wouldn\'t even give us the chance to investigate this matter?" Old Man Ymir walked towards the other Clan Heads, by now, all four Clan heads are already here. Anyone smart enough would understand that they are trying to pressure the crown.

It looked like the four great clans were trying to fight back from the oppression of the crown. But the question is why? Why now?

The crown had been doing everything to slowly make the four great clans powerless. From changing the rules of the academy to assigning all the clan\'s elite to the most dangerous parts of the gates. The crown did a lot of things to stop these families from gaining more power.

Yet, this was the first time that the heads said something about it.

Did something change?

"Since it is already like this… we shall discuss this matter tomorrow. For now…"

"Please, your highness… give us the rights to check the surroundings, check if there were still assassins around." Clan Lord Ymir said.

Almost immediately, the King furrowed his brows. They wanted to check the surroundings? Clearly, they just wanted to stop anyone from leaving this camp tonight!

\'This… how did it become like this?\' Hiram took a step back. All this time, he thought that he was steps ahead of these people!

He was wrong.

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