Rise of The Anti God

Reva was trying her best to maintain a calm expression as she said, "It's nothing. We are just friends, so I already told Damien he can address me by my name."

Reva was not that thick-faced to reveal what happened between her and Damien to Shania or Blake yet. That would just be too embarrassing, and she had no idea how they would react.

Damien could see that Reva didn't want to let them know, so he played along as he chuckled, "Yes. If there is anything, it's just that we are friends, especially since she has helped me out with so many things. I am sure you guys know about that."

Blake and Shania glanced at each other and then looked at Damien as Shania said with a smile, "Oh, we didn't know you two were already good friends. It's really surprising since Reva hardly has a friend at all. We are like her only friends."

"That is why we are happy to see that she got a new friend as well," Blake added with a happy smile.

Reva subtly smiled, feeling warm, hearing their words.

Damien nodded and then talked a few casual things with them before asking, "So I tried to contact you guys before, but none of my message transmissions were getting to you seniors or even you, Reva. What was going on?"

Reva's expression changed as she briefly glanced at Shania and Blake before saying, "I was at an important stage of cultivation in a very special place where no sort of ethereal transmissions can enter. And Shania and Blake were watching over me to make sure that I was not disturbed."

Damien raised his brows, realizing why all his messages did not reach them, and learned that Reva was cultivating just as he speculated.

Reva then asked, "Damien, what we want to ask is, were you the one who was involved in the retake of the Shizar Kingdom by the Gale Empire?"

Damien felt that this was the moment to tell them what really happened and wondered if they would get angry at him for killing some of their members. But it was not like he had a choice since Drake was only obstructing his plan.

"Is this about Drake?" Damien asked calmly as the rumors of Drake going missing had already been going around, though the Haley Family didn't make any public announcements.

Reva squinted her eyes, but a glimmer of worry was apparent in her eyes as she asked, "Yes...we had sent him on a mission to the Shizar Kingdom, quite an important one, especially since it is near the border of this empire. But he failed and ended up losing his hold over the royal palace where he was supposed to fulfill his mission after getting attacked by the imperial army. Even the powerful barrier we helped to construct was broken without the help of a single Profound Ethereal Realm cultivator. We have made sure that not even a dozen Heaven Ethereal Realm cultivators would be able to break through that barrier. So when a small regiment of the imperial army broke through it with only two princes to lead them, it just seems...strange."

"And what's more strange is you...or Alchemist Azrael, whichever identity you used was in the Gale Empire at the same time as well. We know that you have been busy in the Gale Empire getting the Pandemonium Needles for us. But...did you have anything to do with what happened to Drake and his men in the Shizar Kingdom?" Blake asked with a narrowed gaze.

Shania chimed in, "Now that you said you tried to reach us multiple times, the time of the attack on the Shizar Palace coincidentally was around the same time. We just wanted to know if you were involved in any way in the whole Shizar Kingdom affair."

Damien was in a dilemma since he wasn't keen on telling them the truth as he knew the Haley Family was quite a big backer for the Forsaken. If he were to tell them that he took out an important person from the same family, wouldn't he be asking for a punishment?

However, seeing how Reva was looking at him, he could see that she thought he was innocent and was not involved in the whole thing, making him feel even more guilty.

So he decided to play it safe by replying casually, "Of course, not. I had no idea that you guys were planning something in the Shizar Kingdom. I had tried to reach you guys for something related to the Pandemonium Needles, though I was able to resolve the issue on my own. But about Drake, did he really go missing? What happened to him in the Shizar Kingdom?"

Shania and Blake exchanged glances, seeing that what Damien said made sense. Why would he involve himself with the Shizar Kingdom business when he was already busy getting the Pandemonium Needles?

Damien decided to not tell the truth now, but it was not because he didn't trust Reva, but he just didn't know if he could trust Shania and Blake since they cared very much about the Forsaken and had no idea how much they valued the Haley Family.

It was precisely because of this Valentina also couldn't tell anything to Yara about her brother, though she was relieved to know that Yara didn't care much about Drake in the first place.

It was not like they shared a true sibling bond at all.

So Damien decided to tell the truth to Reva alone later and let her decide what she should do with that piece of truth. But obviously, he can't let the Haley Family know that he was behind all this. Otherwise, he may not enjoy the same status in Forsaken anymore.

Blake sighed, "We don't know what exactly happened in the Shizar Kingdom as we were busy protecting Reva, as you know. But not only Drake went missing, all his men got killed as well. We are totally in the dark now, and the Haley Family is obviously getting more and more restless as the days pass. They are scouring every single city in the Gale Empire secretly for Drake. I can only hope Drake turns up somewhere. Maybe he is hiding because of being injured or something."

Shania also nodded, thinking that it was probably the case since Drake's body was never found.

Whereas, Damien inwardly thought, 'Unfortunately, he is in a place the Haley Family wouldn't dare to search.'