....


    Azmond perused the system interfaces of Ember and Medusa while standing outside the castle doors to the castle that Cockoff was staying in.


    And the only thing that he had to say after analyzing their backgrounds was, ''I have been harsh on them, haven''t I?''


    His expression became a little remorseful as he remembered all the times that he had passed off their advances as nothing more than jokes.


    After recalling all the moments that he left them hanging with dejected looks on their faces, he felt like such an asshole


    ''I have been holding back with all the Monster Queen''s because I don''t want to make it seem like my feelings for Crystalline, Boundless, Azure, and Sapphire don''t matter. But maybe I''ve been going about it the wrong way'' He thought.


    A few nanoseconds passed by as he pondered how he should rectify this matter.


    He could simply ignore the passionate advances made by the Monster Queen''s and continue going about his day, or he could ept a little of them here and there.


    After all, it was mostly his fault that they had all clung to something that felt far better than the life they were living before.


    But then again, what would Boundless and Crystalline have to say about his eptance of the Monster Queen''s?


    There was also Azure and Sapphire, but Azmond was still undecided on what their opinions were on anything involving him.


    ''That''s right I still have to know what Azure and Sapphire want, and now I have even more women I need to unravel''


    He was beginning to think that someone was ying one big, fat game called his life.


    Did no one even consider that Boundless and Crystalline were borderline yandere''s!? And that wasn''t even to mention that he was pretty sure Calista would w out the eyes of any woman who looked a little too much at him!


    Furthermore, that wasn''t even to weigh in wdia, who was going through quite the flurry ofplicated emotions as well!


    Azmond was no idiot; he could see the look in her eyes when she stared at him. And although it was a faint and barely visible emotion, it was still there, and it was bubbling up inside her.


    He just wasn''t sure at what point wdia would simply erupt and go full yandere as she killed all those around him before tying him up in a dungeon!


    *Shiver!*


    He shuddered at just the mere notion of something like that happening.


    And it wasn''t like he could resist if it did wind uping to pass


    What was he supposed to do against an insane woman in the Middle Mahayana Realm!? He might as well just roll over and ask to be vited.


    In addition to all these troublesome situations, there was also the literal Queen of a Tier 8 Kingdom that he had essentially kidnapped!


    Just imagining how many insanely powerful cultivators were after his head after such a stunt was quite daunting.


    There was also the fact that Marina would be waking up in less than an hour, and Azmond still wasn''t able toe up with a viable excuse that could get her to understand that he had no clue what the fuck was going on with Aqua!


    He had met the girl over a decade ago! And it was a brief encounter to boot! And ten+ yearster, her mother sends out two sexy assassins who gave him a power boosta boost that he appreciated and allbut that''s besides the point!


    Aqua''s mom hade after him for the sole reason of him being a ''deplorable yboy'' or something like that. But if he were being honest, he had not a damn clue how his image could be so tarnished without him even being in a rtionship with Aqua!


    Well, to be fair, he did screw the brains out of Marina''s maids, but that''s besides the point!


    "..." ''Wait a minute... Is this all my fault?''


    Azmond took a second as he looked back on all the things he had done.


    The way he talked to Aqua, how he acted like something akin to a lifesaver for the Monster Queen''s, even his moments with Crystalline, Boundless, Calista, and wdia.


    And after brooding over the matter for a second, it hit him in the face like a fucking cannon ball!


    "Holy Shit! This is all my fault!" He blurted out with an utterly astounded look on his face.


    THUD!


    Following such a promation, he fell to his knees and looked up at the city-sized castle doors with a shell-shocked gleam in his eyes.


    "..." "..." "..."


    Everyone was looking at him with unusual stares, as they had not an inkling of an idea why Azmond suddenly had a freak-out session.


    But they were in for even more of a surprise, as his revtion didn''t end with just that.


    ....


    WAAAA!


    An absurd level of crimson-colored energy exploded from Azmond''s dpidated figure as he stared the castle doors down like they were his worst enemy.


    "This is all your fault, Cockoff!!" Azmond shouted.


    Following such a baseless usation, the energy being emitted from him grew to even greater heights!


    RUMBLE!


    The entire Twenty First Floor seemed to crumble and quake with the extreme crescendo of energy that was leaking out of Azmond!


    "!?" "!? "!?"


    All the members of his group became even more confused over the abrupt release of an aura at the very peak of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm!


    ''Did he finally lose thest of his marbles?'' wdia asked herself with a perplexed expression.


    Furthermore, she wasn''t the only one with thoughts like that, as just about everyone assumed that Azmond had finally gone insane after all the leveling he had done over thest few months.


    However, regardless of their opinions on the matter, Azmond cared not for anything around him, as the only thing he was focused on was the seemingly endless castle gates that stood before him!


    "You think you can get away with doing this to me, Cockoff!? I left you forst due to your ridiculous name, but in the end, I should''ve eradicated you off the face of the earth at the very beginning!" He roared out with an infuriated voice.