Inside the void shuttle of the Darkwood family, everyone''s faces were serious at the moment.


    The round table on this shuttle was bigger than any of the smaller voids Orion had been into and at that some high-level elders and even direct descendants were sitting with Orion''s family.


    Though there was indeed one face that seemed to be missing here, and that was of Aron. His father decided to keep him in the family in case Carl''s family surprise attacked them in the middle of the tournament.


    They had been discussing what had happened at the dungeon and Orion only hid about his killings of Carl''s group and exined everything else.


    Although Barion had known about this already, he sighed hearing the whole story from his son''s point of view.


    "You did good, Orion, eavesdropping on their conversation," Barionplemented him. "Without you, we might not even know about the visit of the Carl''s family or Archons and that would have been a disastrous problem for us."


    He added a very strange expression clouding his face, "Also, the one who killed them really made things easy for us. At least the deaths of four of them give us some leeway. They wouldn''t immediatelye to our aid and would likely search for the killer before focusing on us.


    Emily nodded. "Whoever he was, he had the strength of the diamond rank and from the words he spoke at that time, it seemed he was from the Archons, just like Carl and the others."


    Since she had promised Orion she wouldn''t reveal it was him who killed them, she would do just that.


    Orion added from the side, "So, if they reallye to our family, we would be fine, right father?"


    Barion shook his head. "This matter with Carl''s family wouldn''t be this easy to solve. As you said, they would in one year if they don''t get their hands on our sacred wood, then I believe they would do anything in their power to get what they want; after all, it was the life of their entire family that is on the line, and I think this is enough reason for them to go all out."


    Orion nodded solemnly, understanding what his father wanted to say and couldn''t help but ask, "If what you say were to really happen like a full-blown war between the two families, then would the royal family support us? Or the Magi families?"


    "That''s very difficult to say," Barion shook his head. "The strength of the Archons is well known and not many people would want to fight against a heavy power like them. So, it''s very difficult to say what the other six or five now Magi families would do at that time."


    He added, "As for the royal families, it really depended on the mood of the Sword Sage; if he wanted to intervene, then the royal family would help us but that would escte the situation to an evenhigher level. At that time, the Archons might even send someone in the celestial rankings after us and if that happens, things might escte to a whole new level for us."


    "Father, aren''t you also in the celestial ranking?" Orion asked as he heard him.


    Barion shook his head wryly. "I''m barely maintaining my ranking in the 90s. If they send someone higher, which they obviously will since the celestial ranking is well known, it will be very difficult to fend them off."


    "Father, what about the escape route?" Emily asked at that time.


    Barion nodded and looked at his daughter very appreciatively. "Since the day you gave me that thing seven years ago, I have been doing what you have told me to do and I can say confidently that it is ready."


    Emily nodded, sighing relief.


    Orion didn''t ask what they talked-about for he understood it must be some way to escape if an all-out war were to happen between families and if they were on the losing side.


    They discussed some more ns and talked in detail about what would happen and what wouldn''t if the Archons woulde after them.


    They understood that there could be a chance they might get attacked in the tournament so they had to prepare for everything in advance.


    And hence the meeting continued for an hour or so until they finally reached the Emperor Heaven Pce.


    ***


    Roselia—the biggest 3-star in the entirety of the Magus Kingdom. Inparison to Morse, the home of the Darkwood Family, Roselia was about ten times the size of the former, if not more.


    And the most attractive part of the was not the itself but the Emperor Heaven Pce on it.


    All around Roselia, one could see red trees and rednds surrounding the but at the centre of the was a very gigantic dome-like structure ced on it.


    This dome-like structure was the infamous Emperor Heaven Pce.


    Since this was the biggest in existence in the Magus Kingdom, the area inside the dome would also be asrge as a normal 3-star out there in the world.


    And at the current moment, one oculd hordes of void shuttles were waiting all around the dome to enter when it opened for them.


    There were also many people who came by foot and were waiting for the dome to open from the ground.


    If one were to know about the existence of the Emperor Heaven Pce, one might think this ce was under attack by so many people.


    At that moment, the Darkwood family''s void shuttle also flew in,ing in closer to the outershell of the dome.


    But unlike the other void shuttle, it didn''t seem to slow down even a little and continued to move forward towards the outershell of the dome.


    And just when it seemed the shuttle would collide with the outer shell, a portion of shell around the dome disappeared and the void shuttle flew in.


    The Darkwood family and all other Magi families had privileges that other families and organisations didn''t have inside the Emperor Heaven Pce. Therefore, they were given entry very easily, unlike all those people who were waiting outside the dome.