Apology

"I understand."

"Big brother!"

"Second brother, bowing one's head to a Paragon is no disgrace."

Seeing that Delan Lierse still seemed quite unwilling, Gaisresen shook his head.

"Go and bring Weiss here."

"Yes, big brother."

Hearing this, Delan Lierse had no choice but to comply.

"Lord Aier, please wait a moment."

Having learned that Aier was a Paragon, even Gaisresen dared not sit on the main seat of the Azure Dragon Hall at this moment.

Are you kidding?

Even Overgods communicate with Paragons as equals.

In front of others, even Overgod Envoys or the children of Overgods could look down on them.

But in front of a Paragon, only an Overgod has the qualification to look down on them.

And even then, that is only in terms of raw power.

In terms of the cultivation of Laws and Profound Mysteries, a Paragon is qualified to look down on most Overgods.

"Very good."

Seeing Gaisresen's choice, Aier felt a slight sense of relief in his heart.

Compared to other Paragons, Aier's growth time was simply too short.

Moreover, because he knew so much, Aier lacked the "invincible" mindset—or the disdain for Overgods—that other Paragons possessed.

The behavior of Gaisresen and the others also gave Aier a new understanding of the status of a "Paragon."

"Big brother, did you call for me?"

Without making Aier and the others wait long, in just over ten minutes, Delan Lierse brought a handsome young man into the Azure Dragon Hall.

"Weiss, more than five hundred years ago, did you plunder the Boy Family, who were under the command of the Prefect of Liang'an Prefecture?"

"What?"

Hearing Gaisresen's question, Weiss was shocked.

As the husband of the eldest daughter of the Azure Dragon Clan, Weiss's status within the Azure Dragon Clan was not low.

However, Weiss's strength was only at the level of a Six-Star Fiend, and he had received many cold looks within the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

He was not qualified to intervene in the industries of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

Basically, all his expenses were provided by Gaia.

However, as a man, Weiss naturally wanted to achieve something to prove that he did not rely solely on a woman.

Therefore, Weiss and some clansmen who were not highly valued in the family used the prestige of the Four Divine Beasts Clan to coerce families in small and medium-sized cities, plundering their wealth.

With the strength of Weiss and his group, generally speaking, there would be no trouble in small and medium-sized cities.

Who could have imagined that the Boy Family, who were preparing to sell off their family assets, would have a powerhouse like Aier standing behind them?

Not to mention, because of the Overgod Artifact on Aier, Weiss had even thought about whether he should target Aier.

That time, Weiss did not take action personally.

But it could not be denied that at least seventy percent of the Boy Family's assets had been sent to Weiss, and he could not deny it.

Upon learning that the other party was a force protected by Aier, Weiss knew he could not handle the situation, so he confessed directly to his wife, Gaia.

Although Gaia could not understand why her husband would do such a thing, she could not let her husband suffer, so she had communicated with Gaisresen.

This was also the reason why Gaisresen and the others had such a tough initial attitude when they learned that Aier was coming to the Heavenly Sacrifice Mountain Range.

However, after Aier displayed the Willpower that only Overgods and Paragons possessed, Gaisresen and the others knew that they could not protect Weiss!

Of course, this was also because Weiss was only Gaia's husband and not a blood descendant of an Overgod, so Gaisresen believed that offending a Paragon for Weiss was not worth it.

If the mastermind behind this matter had been his own younger sister, then even if Aier were a Paragon, Gaisresen would never have handed her over.

"Big brother, that matter, wasn't it already..."

Just as he said this, Weiss suddenly noticed that the expression on Gaisresen's face began to change, and he was startled, quickly stopping himself.

Only then did Weiss see the expressions on the faces of the several clan leaders.

Could it be that even his older brothers could not protect him?

Turning his head to look at the only person sitting in the Azure Dragon Hall, Weiss recognized at a glance that Aier was the powerhouse he had only seen in battle projections.

"My apologies, Lord Aier."

"This is all my fault."

Realizing that even his older brothers might not be able to protect him, Weiss understood that Aier's attitude would determine his fate.

Of course, having been favored by Gaia, Weiss was not a man without a sense of responsibility.

At the same time, he knew that if he could not shoulder the burden of this matter and ended up dragging Gaia into it, there was no telling how things might develop.

"These are my apologies for my rudeness toward you."

Directly severing the bond with his Space Ring, Weiss respectfully handed it over to Aier.

With a wave of Aier's hand, the Space Ring floated over and hovered in front of Hector Boy.

"Hector, take a look and see if the contents of this Space Ring belong to the Boy Family."

"Yes, Lord Aier."

Hector Boy took the Space Ring, bonded with it, and probed it with his divine sense.

"Lord Aier, there is indeed property belonging to the Boy clan inside..."

"Furthermore, the value of the items within is estimated to be three times that of the Boy Family's total assets."

"Three times?"

Aier raised an eyebrow and looked at Gaisresen.

"Patriarch Gaisresen, what do you have to say?"

Seeing Aier's expression, Gaisresen knew that Aier was not satisfied with his brother-in-law's apology.

It made sense; the Boy Family was merely an ordinary family in a mid-sized city, so how much could their assets really amount to?

Perhaps these riches represented Weiss's entire net worth.

But who was Aier?

He was the Prefect of Liang'an Prefecture and, aside from Dunnington, currently the second Paragon in Hell.

To pay such a price for the intervention of a Paragon was, if anything, an insult.

"Lord Aier, please calm your anger."

Gaisresen flipped his right hand, and instantly, a drop of cyan Overgod Power appeared in his palm.

A powerful pressure radiated from this drop of Overgod Power, forcing the people nearby to involuntarily take a few steps back.

"This drop of Overgod Power is the Four Divine Beasts Clan's apology for the Boy patriarch."

Overgod Power was an incredibly precious treasure to others.

But for the Four Divine Beasts Clan, they had four Overgod ancestors, and every time the ancestors appeared, they would bestow a large amount of Overgod Power.

It could be said that, basically, any member of the Four Divine Beasts Clan with the bloodline could receive at least one drop of Overgod Power for protection after their Ancestral Baptism.

This was the primary factor behind the Four Divine Beasts Clan's rampant behavior in the outside world.

Because the strength of the Four Divine Beasts Clan members could not be judged by conventional logic.

Once they used Overgod Power, they could increase their strength by at least several hundred times for the duration of the power's dissipation.