Chapter 2739: More than Power (Part 1)

"Verhen had to lock his family behind the Council's and the Kingdom's protection while we had to back off. We never managed to follow his movements and the few times we did, he was in highly secure locations where our options were limited.

"Then, the bastard became a Divine Beast. If not for Night and Thrud ordering us to leave him alone, we would have dealt with him back then, while our blood cores still gave us an advantage over a runt with a deep violet core.

"To make matters worse, we kept underestimating him. Who would have thought that a baby, a hatchling, would have reached the violet core in the same time as Awakened with a powerful bloodline legacy at their disposal?

"It's like the bastard Awakened in the crib and spent his whole life on a mana geyser!" Shelk said.