Chapter 207: Return to Ilyon Town
Hearing his mother’s question, Aldrian pondered for a moment before answering.
"I don’t have a plan to meet Father yet. I haven’t found the right time to meet him directly. Even now, if there hadn’t been a war, I might not have been able to see you like this, Mother. Maybe, when the opportunity arises, I’ll meet Father."
Irene nodded, understanding that Aldrian needed to plan thoroughly to avoid any setbacks. After they finished inspecting the entire fortress, Irene decided it was time for them to return. In truth, she simply wanted to spend more time with her son and had created an excuse to walk around the fortress. She genuinely wished to stay longer with Aldrian, but she knew she couldn’t leave her family unaware of her situation. She didn’t want to risk causing unforeseen trouble because of her absence.
After returning to the Rivas Grand Duchy, they wouldn’t be able to openly display their bond as mother and son. Irene could only hope that a time would come soon when they could interact freely, like a normal mother and son.
"Let’s go back. I need to inform my father about the situation. I can already guess he’s been stressed, unable to determine my status or whereabouts," Irene said.
"Yes, Mother. I’ll send you to Ilyon, where there are many people. There are even members of the Rivas family there," Aldrian said. However, Irene responded with a puzzled expression.
"Send me? What do you—" Before she could finish her question, Irene suddenly vanished, leaving Aldrian alone. He simply smiled and moments later, he summoned someone else—a figure in a pathetic condition, naked, with his manhood shattered. Who else could it be but the successor of the Lust Devil?
It seemed the man had already died while Aldrian had left him for some time. The combination of his severed manhood and relentless torture had caused his soul to collapse not long after. Despite Aldrian having administered ’first aid,’ the man couldn’t endure the overwhelming pain.
He had wanted to humiliate him before his death, but it seemed the man had already died. Aldrian merely shrugged. Even in death, his message would still be conveyed to the devils, their fate would be the same if they crossed paths with him. He then crucified the body and placed it atop the fortress wall facing the deeper part of the devil territory. The devils would constantly see this grim reminder—a high-ranking devil under the banner of the Seven Deadly Sins was not safe from him. If even they could fall, no devil was truly safe from him.
If he could, he would have done the same with the bodies of the other members of the Seven Deadly Sins he had killed, but their bodies were always destroyed.
After he finished, he disappeared, leaving the deserted Sazim Fortress behind. Even without his presence, he doubted the devils could breach the formation he had set up around the fortress. The formation was so powerful that even peak Emperor stage cultivators would have to avoid it. Unless they could break or decipher the formation, they could forget about reclaiming the fortress.