Chapter 9: The outpost
The outpost was built around the blood heart tree, not as if there were fences around, camping a portion of the wilderness, but formations were set in different parts, creating a tightly sealed shield that wrapped around the place and completely cut it off from the wilderness.
The outpost itself was built as an arena, and already different people from Kragthar were arriving, nobles under House Vorrakyn with their children. Although they could not participate, they were still there for the show.
The bastards were marched into the arena, over two hundred children between the ages of seven and six, all of them wearing white robes with their red eyes glittering.
Vacuse followed beside Drenvar as he walked to the special throne built at the top of the arena, on a raised platform specifically made for him.
Drenvar sat down, and his family members arranged themselves at the platform below his feet. Including Vacuse, he sat beside Lyra.
The family Head began to speak, his voice echoing across the entire arena. "Welcome to the new batch of the Vorrakyn blood heart rites and the final bath for my generation!"
The fact that Drenvar and the Vorrakyn family were looking for a prodigy was not a hidden fact. In fact, people joked about it behind their backs and called them the family of bastards and that their family Heads were always stallions.
"You all know what this is about, so I will not go into details. Make your way to the blood fruits and get your hands on at least one of them. It will be the thing that will determine your future."
There are few things in the world that could expand the soul space of a Soulbearer, but the blood fruits are one of them. Although Vacuse’s soul space was already advanced due to his past life and death, he still wanted to get his hands on all the opportunities he could reach because, this time, he was aiming for the top. His goal was to at least be able to bond with an A-ranked beast, and with the help of the forbidden technique that he knew in his past life, it was something achievable.