Guild Wars

Draco's expression was full of unwillingness and reluctance, looking like a person whose past had caught up with him and had to pay the price. He could only sullen slump his shoulders in defeat as Eva and Shuangtian looked dead serious.

After all, the issue they were dealing with now was far more important than a mere Maria and was the biggest knot in Draco's heart. Until they solved it, he would never truly be at peace with himself.

"Fine. When do we go?" Draco muttered with a slightly anxious look.

Eva and Shuangtian shared a look and nodded to each other. "Now is as good a time as any."

"First, call all the members of Umbra linked to the Lucifer Lineage and let them go with us." Eva suggested while folding her arms.

Draco's face changed slightly and cramped up. "Is it really necessary? Can't we just go alone?"

"No, they deserve to see their home as well. The only reason most of them haven't gone back is in consideration of you. You owe them this." Shuangtian shook her head and stated the hard truth.

Draco sighed and lowered his head. For a minute or two, he remained pensive until he raised his head up,. Immediately, his entire aura changed as his eyes became sharp and his demeanor became domineering.

"So be it. I may have pout this off but I will now deal with it. Lets see what my so called family has to say for themselves." He said with a sneer.

Eva and Shuangtian shuddered slightly. This aura was… it was him. The version of Draco that Eva grew to fear over 8 in game years of torment and the version that Shuangtian had never had to deal with, but also feared because she knew how Eva suffered under his hands.

The two of them couldn't help but share a look and hesitate. They were worried for the Lucifer Lineage because the difficulty of their work had gone up exponentially. If convincing shameless Draco was easy mode, the pragmatic Draco was hard mode, then this edgelord Draco was impossible mode!

However, it was too late. They had clearly pushed Draco too far and he had receded into his shell and thrown out his strongest defense. That was, it would be easier for him to protect his own feelings should things go wrong.

"All members of the Lucifer Lineage, abandon your current tasks and log out. Meet the three of us in the lobby or the Purgatory Group.-Draco"

After sending out this broadcast into the guild channel, the Evil Trio themselves logged out of the game. In the meantime, their Clones of Law would work on clearing the grey rot bit by bit so that no time was wasted.

Draco, Eva and Shuangtian came out of their pods at the same time and stretched their bodies. Due to the effect of the pods, they did not atrophy or have any residual grogginess, but that was ineffective on the current them anyway.

They checked on Lucitian and Lucitera who were still in their pods. They were currently with Eva's Clone of Law and bonding with the rest of the family, so there was no need to take them out yet.

The Evil Trio came to the lobby and found Essence Stalker, Ghostprotokill, Shadowheart, Elle Leone, Hades, The Showman, Nightwalker, Kronalord, Warm Spring, Hunter101Bomber, Loving Aunt and Pedro standing around while chatting.

When they saw the Evil Trio walk over, Loving Aunt's eyes lit up and she stepped forward to rub Draco's head. As for the others, they stayed back because they could feel something was wrong with Draco's aura.

Not to mention how even Eva and Shuangtian seemed to be slightly muted in his presence, like cats walking by a snake that were scared to provoke it.

As for Loving Aunt, she didn't notice the difference. Much like how Misery couldn't see the evil nature of Sublime and always thought she was still that silly little idiot niece of his, so to did loving aunt fell that this her nephew was the same as always.

"Draco, why did you call us out here?" Loving Aunt asked as she looked back at the group.

Draco smiled and nodded to everyone. "We're going home."

Loving Aunt froze and so too did the others. They did not need to have quick maths level IQ to calculate the meaning of Draco's words. They had long known of the conflict between Draco and their 'family', so in order to show their loyalty, they had decisively cut ties with the family.

Now he wanted to go back?

In fact, Loving Aunt and Nightwalker were mostly fine. The two of them had grown up in lineage grounds and were closely linked to it. They had only broken off contact when the shenanigans around Draco's birth happened.

However, they would be lying if they said they did not miss home as that was where they were born and bred. They had lived off the clan teachings for almost all their lives and still desired to see the family and friends they left behind as well as how they were doing now.

In truth, the problem did not come from them, but rather from the others here. Whether it was Essence, Ghost, Shadow, Elle, Hades, Showman, Kronalord, Warm Spring, Hunter or Pedro, they all did not have much connection to the main family.

In fact like Draco, they even resented it strongly. After all, their tragic upbringings were related to the lineage and the disastrous actions it took back when Draco was born.

For Essence Stalker, Aaron Black, his family had been living in peace within this very state for most of his youth and his upbringing was relatively normal. His parents were naturally from the Lucifer Lineage and had broken off after the clan near collapsed due to internal strife.

His parents suddenly died one day on a business trip in an unsolved case when he was 7 years old, leaving Aaron to fend for himself in the streets as a tramp for 3 years until he was picked up by Fitter Cleric's family and raised with them.

At the time, he didn't know the cause of his parent's death and had never bothered to investigate since they had never told him about his bloodline or the lineage. He thought it was a real accident until Fitter joined Umbra and learned about the lineages from Draco, which he then clued to his brothers situation.

Aaron had suffered growing up, nit just from poverty, but ignorance. The lack of knowledge of his bloodline made it such that he didn't know to control it and minimize its effects. It was fine for his Serpent God Inheritances since the Aurora Dragon was hard to awaken, but his Incubus sub-inheritance within the Dark Angel had caused him endless calamities.

God knew what kind of horrors he would have experience if not for Fitter's family taking him on. Likely some wretched cougar would have captured him and pressed him underneath her for all his life.

Thinking like that, how could he have any goodwill to the Lineage?

As for Ghostpro, Cyrus Trueblood, his was more direct. His family were a bourgeois family full of wealth, being one of the business clans of the Lucifer Lineage. After all, even if they secluded themselves, they needed money to eat and drink right?

Cyrus had some idea of the lineages and his birth from a young age but just didn't care. He was mostly calm and playful in his youth, having many friends and often playing games while his family allowed him to be free.

After all, the debacle with Draco had made many lose heart in the clan's power and even Cyrus' father decided to take a step back. However, who knew Orochi would do something so cruel and destroy his whole family?

If it wasn't for Cyrus' severe apathy as a result for him snapping when he witness the murder of his family and the ensuing social backlash and vilification, he would really be a monster right now and Orochi's life would be frightening.

If it wasn't for the fact that he knew that Eva and Xela could revive his family with ease, he would not even be so lax now and willing to pursue love with Amelia Rothschild. He had put it off because he didn't know how to settle his family with the lineage since Draco was in a bad spot with them.

But now, there seemed to be a chance? He didn't care much about the lineage but he understood that his parents did having grown up there.

Oh well.

As for Shadow, Connor Baines, his history was well known, especially after his conflict with Draco. His feelings for the lineage were also low, but he looked forward to Draco repairing it so that he could revive his own parents as well.

Lily was not really moved. Her parents had disowned her when she was 16 years old due to her needlessly cruel behavior and unforgivable actions due to Tiamat's influence. She didn't hate them or anything as she now understood their point of view, but she couldn't bring herself to care about them.

She had learned about the lineage from Tiamat when she first awakened and decided to use her special nature to make a living in boundless until she attempted to enter Umbra and was 'captured'. Then she met Shadowheart and everything was perfect.

As she was now, she didn't need anyone or anything expect to expand newfound family. However, they did raise her tolerantly and with love for 16 years, so she did have some great memories with her parents.

Not to mention that she and Shadow planned to 'expand' in the further, so it would be nice if their next generation could have grandparents on both sides so that they would feel complete.

Maybe she could use this chance to patch up that relationship if the need arose, but Lily wasn't particularly hyped up about it. Whatever came, she would deal with it accordingly.

Hades, Garrett Marshal, was even worse off. He did not meet his parents and grew won directly on the streets from a young age, joining the army when he was young. It wasn't until he met what he thought to be the love of his life that things changed for him.

Unfortunately, her father was the head of one of Superhuman's branches and would not allow his noble baby girl to mingle with some street tramp, which led to him attempting to kill Garrett, forming a death grudge.

Even after coming to Umbra and meeting the knowledgeable and well connect Loving Aunt, Garrett still could not solve the mystery of his birth, especially since he possessed abilities out side of what Lucifer coded into the 3 inheritances.

His bewitchment and shadow transformation lay in Draco's Darkness branch, which was not part of what the other lineage members got. Garrett could either be an anomaly or special existence, but tracing the cause and effect was difficult.

The man himself was not much interested before today. However, now that this had come up, he didn't see why he couldn't use this chance to solve this mystery once and for all!

The Showman, John Smith, was mostly a regular lad who did not have a complicated background. He had two parents who were alive and healthy, and definitely raised him with love and care.

However, they never actually told him anything about the lineage, and he had to discover it himself when he awoke his bloodline abilities suddenly, especially his connection with Eden.

Still, he enjoyed his abilities throughly because they perfectly suited his tastes and allowed him to pursue his interests wantonly.

Hmm, recently he hadn't had the time to go and visit his folks. Maybe this was a good chance to do so and also get some classification on his connection to the Lineage?

Not a bad idea.