Lord of the Karmic Fate

After asking someone to bring the vase back into the warehouse where the other items and materials collected from Realm Domains were kept, Thomas quickly got in touch with Old Dan.

Speaking on the phone for several minutes straight, Thomas's face first looked indifferent with only a hint of nervousness visible in his eyes, but that soon turned into disbelief before becoming as grave as a stone statue.

"What happened?" Raven asked as he stood beside Thomas, feeling that whatever his father's butler got to learn was anything but good news.

Thomas lowering his arm and putting his phone away glanced at Raven in silence and after pondering for a second or two, he said, "It seems a new type of Realm Gate appeared."

Raven raised a brow without saying anything and let Thomas continue.

"This new type of Realm game appeared inside Nova City about a few hours ago. According to the report that Master Dan got and shared with me, the gate is twice as big as normal Realm Gates while its color is weirdly blue."

"A Blue Realm Game?" Raven was confused.

Currently, all around the world, Realm Gates only with the color white appeared from which just a few had either one or two black circles carved into their surface. They also had the exact same size, hence hearing that in Nova City appeared a new one made him think about only one thing;

'Another difficulty...'

So far white Realm Gates were the easiest ones to complete according to his and everyone's little book. This meant there were other Realm Gates with increased difficulty and it seemed blue Realm Gates were the next level!

"However, this is not everything." Thomas soon continued, making Raven start to feel a little headache come over his head.

"The Realm Association gathered people for various rewards to explore the Realm Gate and find out what kind of Realm Game one needed to accomplish if entered. However..."

Reaching that point, Thomas let out a small sigh with a soft shake of his head and stated, "Not even 5 minutes after the volunteers entered the Realm Gate they were all quickly thrown out, all of them ending up with injuries, each varying in severity. One even ended up being paralyzed on his right hand."

"Also, not long after that, they discovered that all of them lost their Artifacts while a portion of their accumulated Avatar Traits, as a result of failing to complete the task within, had decreased!"

Raven's eyes snapped wide open in a flash, his lips parted and closed from time to time as he tried to speak but no words came out of his mouth.

In the end, he could only frown gravely with a troubled expression on his face.

"Is he already on his way to Nova City?" Raven asked immidieatly, referring to Old Dan with his question.

"He is. He also took others with him as it seems the Realm Association wants our guild to explore the inside of the gate. No, it would be better to say we had been ordered to do so."

"Bruh..." Raven blurted out, surprising Thomas.

Noticing his mistake, Raven quickly cleared his throat and asked, "Did he take Luna with him?"

Of course, Raven could have asked why they, the Black Moon Guild were the ones who had to explore the dangers within that new Realm Gate, but the answer was pretty much obvious; it was because out of all the guilds, they possessed the most recruits, the biggest wealth, and possibly the most overall strength.

Furthermore, while Raven didn't doubt that the other guilds were unable to gather geniuses with powerful Artifacts, he knew way too well so far the Black Moon Guild possessed enough wealth to nurture them to a limited degree!

Of course, this didn't mean everyone within the Black Moon Guild had heaven-defying power or insanely high Avatar Traits. It simply indicated that while in other guilds only a few individuals enjoyed the luxury of possessed accessories or had above-average Avatar Traits, within the Black Moon Guild that was the norm for almost 70% of the members!

Hence, it was only normal for the Realm Association to ask for their help instead of others.

"Master Dan also said the Realm Association will also gather other volunteers, but considering what happened with the previous bunch, it will be hard."

"We should go to Nova City." Raven quickly suggested, even ready to walk to the vehicle in the distance, only to be stopped by Thomas with a head shake.

"We will stay. We, or to be more precise you have other tasks to attend to."

"Huh? Me?" Raven furrowed his brows, feeling rather puzzled.

What was more important than helping his father who at this moment was doing something extremely dangerous? They should set off right this instant and go to Nova City, after all, he was the strongest individual currently within the Black Moon Guild so he should be there!

Thomas clearly understood Raven's thoughts as he knew him like an open book, and comforted him, "You don't have to fear, Master Dan won't enter the Realm Gate. He is just there to supervise everything and discuss matters with the people from the Realm Association and the United World League."

"And that is why, while he is in Nova City, in safety, taking care of different matters, you will be staying here, taking lessons."

Raven was ready to refute and still insist on helping his father, but when he heard the last words Thomas said the words stuck in his throat while his eyes widened with disbelief.

"...Say what again?"

Thomas smiled, even chuckled softly. Raven's face at that moment looked truly amusing.

"As I have said, while Master will take care of what he has to in Nova City, you, under my and Mr.Kayn's care will take lessons. You will be taught the basics of fighting."

"Mr.Kayn? Who the hell is that?"

"Khm... I believe that would be me."

Suddenly, a deep voice came from behind Raven, forcing him to furrow his brows and turn around, only to see an individual he only read about and saw in fantasy novels or movies walk toward him!