Xue Yunfeng had not actually planned to meet Mr. Lucimar so soon. After all, the person the Undead intended to deal with was his own mother.
Once open hostilities began, it was hard to say how much Gaia would be affected, but that woman would certainly suffer.
Ismail would no longer acknowledge that woman's identity, either... and whether the Grand Sage would still acknowledge a child born to a woman whose soul had clearly been devoured by an evil god was far from certain.
Especially when he had absolutely no shortage of sons.
That was why Xue Yunfeng had been hesitating. He had only intended to get some information out of Lucimar, without expecting the mage to side with the Undead.
What he had not expected, however, was that Lucimar really was the cleverest person he had encountered in all his time in Oaisis.
And yes, that included the gods.
Neither Oaisis nor Triton, nor even Aoskar, who had stirred up the most trouble, had given him such a pleasant surprise.
The man had grasped the key points in just a few sentences, then brought the knife down without hesitation.
Someone like that could not possibly have failed to realize that, once his mother's identity was exposed, he might have no one but himself to rely on... yet he had still made his choice decisively.
Xue Yunfeng was more than happy to speak face-to-face with someone like that... Damn it, dealing with Oaisis lately had practically made him think he was back in the white dragon classroom.
Yes, the introductory classes held for the young dragons on Aglaia's White Dragon Mountain who were approaching adulthood... mainly to explain the benefits of signing an agreement with the Undead, and the rules they had to follow if they chose independence.
Break those