Book 9, Chapter 76

Nearing The End

“Answer me!” Richard frowned, halving the aura around the young lady in front of him with his voice alone. He had meant it as a warning, but the girl suddenly pouted with tears starting to flood her eyes.

Greyhawk and Asa found themselves staring at Richard, the former with burning curiosity and the latter with caution. The most powerful barbarian in existence suddenly realised that Richard’s grasp of Faelorian laws had reached a pinnacle that she couldn’t contend with; if the two came to blows, she wouldn’t even be able to escape. For someone at the epic realm, that was an extremely disconcerting fact.

Strangely, the girl didn’t seem the slightest bit bothered by this display of power as she whined, “Daddy, don’t you even recognise me anymore?”

Hearing the girl calling Richard her father,...