He had never used this secret technique in front of outsiders. Even at the previous social gathering, when facing the veteran champion from the Central Star Region Academy, he had not used it.
Demon Star was a name he had chosen for himself. His home planet had once been a world plagued by constant warfare. Before Lord Lich took control, it was said that more than a million people died there every day because of the wars...
His family had served as hereditary nobles of a small kingdom. His ancestors had all been skilled in astrology and had served as shamans for generations. On the day he was born, his grandfather had said, "A demon star has appeared to bring chaos to the world!"
Still in swaddling clothes, he had nearly been drowned because of a single sentence from his grandfather! Not one elder in the family had spoken up for a newborn like him—not even his parents!
His parents were born to a collateral branch as illegitimate children, so they naturally dared not defy his grandfather, who was the shaman. As for his uncles from the main branch, they were even less likely to help. In their eyes, children from a collateral branch were no different from slightly higher-ranking servants...
If not for his older brother, the day after his birth would probably have been the end of his life...
His nine-year-old brother had secretly taken him away. With a group of pursuers on their trail, his brother had boldly led him into a forbidden land. In a Black Forest that even hunters dared not approach, the two brothers had survived for ten years!
Then Lord Lich had descended and ruled the continent, bringing ten thousand nations to heel. As the shaman of a small kingdom, their grandfather had