parentshiftbook Chapter 1024: Unexpected Visit [Part 1]
Chapter 1024: Unexpected Visit [Part 1]
chapter 1024: unexpected visit [part 1]
"well, well, well... look who's here."
a handsome man, munching on some beef jerky, looked at ethan with a smile on his face.
in response, the young man blinked once, then twice, before finally understanding what just happened to him.
he momentarily shifted his attention away from the handsome man to get a better view of his surroundings.
countless corpses of monsters, both familiar and alien to him, lay on the ground. blood of different colors dyed the land, making the scene look like a view from a horror story.
the handsome man didn't say anything and simply observed ethan, still munching on his beef jerky.
despite his carefree tone, he was actually feeling exhausted from days of non-stop fighting. he was merely taking a breather, taking in the view in the distance, where loud explosions were happening.
while the battle was still not over, it was clearly nearing its end.
ethan, too, looked at the battle in the distance, using his x-vision that could zoom in over great distances.
there, he saw a man, whose long black hair fluttered in the breeze, cutting one hellish monster after another.
right beside him was a beautiful lady with long blue hair and icy cold eyes.
she would wave her wand every now and then, sending lightning bolts slamming at their enemies, incinerating the weaker ones and blasting holes through the stronger ones.
perhaps, sensing his gaze, the beautiful lady glanced at ethan's direction, and a look of shock and pleasant surprise appeared on her beautiful face.
she then mentioned something to the black-haired man beside her, making the latter also look in ethan's direction.
however, the man said something, which made the beautiful lady reluctantly nod her head. the two of them then charged forward to finish what they started, making sure that their foes would understand that messing with them was a very bad choice.
a sigh escaped ethan's lips before he retracted his vision.
his soul power wasn't that strong, so extended uses of his abilities in his soul form drained him very much.
after regaining his composure, he once again glanced at the handsome man, who was seated on top of a pile of corpses and had already opened another batch of beef jerky.
"uncle, why are you slacking off?" ethan asked.
vincent valentin almost choked on the jerky he had just stuffed inside his mouth after hearing his nephew's words.
"you damned brat!" vincent glared. "who's slacking off? do you have any idea how long i've been fighting?! this is the fourth day! fourth day, i tell you!"
the young man felt his heart soften due to the affectionate gaze that his mother was giving
him.
clearly, she missed him dearly, so she started to ask him many questions.
ethan answered them all and even told her a few things, some of which shocked her and his uncle, vincent.
"you found atlantis?!" lady catherine's eyes went wide as saucers. "i've been trying to find it for a long time but found nothing. how did you find it?"
"actually, i just accidentally stumbled upon it when i was on my way to meet with illumina," ethan replied.
vincent, who was listening to the side, muttered something along the lines of "as expected of my nephew" due to how amazing ethan's story was.
when he shared the part where he killed king oceanus and married illumina, lady catherine's
jaw dropped.
"you got married?" lady catherine asked with a pout. "why didn't you send a message? i could have attended your wedding. illumina, right? is she that mermaid princess that you've told me about in the past? the one that you and joanne met in the lands of alastor?"
ethan nodded. "yes, mother. that is indeed illumina."
he then told them about the ocean races' great plan to conquer the kingdoms on land, making vincent snort in contempt.
but it was when ethan talked about the battle against the fomorians that the handsome man's eyes glittered with a profound light.
clearly, although wars were very common in the lands of saraqael, he knew that the fomorians weren't a simple race.
"you've met king arawn?" lady catherine smiled faintly after hearing the king of annwn had left his kingdom. "that old fox usually likes to play mediator. but it's also a good opportunity
that you met with him. he has many connections, so he's worth befriending."
"i have something more to tell, mother," ethan said feeling a little anxious. "just tell me anything," lady catherine, who could see the hesitation in his son's expression, smiled. "i have seen many things in life, and nothing much can surprise me easily." 'but you were surprised earlier when i told you that i killed king oceanus,' ethan thought. however, he didn't say it out loud, and decided to just spill the beans.
after all, his mother should know about this news that was very important for the valentin
family.
"my wife, lily, is pregnant," ethan said.
lady catherine's mouth hung open, while a coughing sound was heard in the background.
this time, vincent was really choking due to the beef jerky that was stuck in his throat because ethan's revelation truly took both of them by surprise.