The family meeting chaired by Duke Henry did not go pleasantly.
Because Duke Henry realized that he would probably never become the Star Lord.
"Even though I don't believe the Eighth Domain's existence poses any threat to the First Domain, this current resistance won't change the order established over nearly a century. They will eventually realize the gap between us. The next Star Lord should still come from the First Domain..."
Duke Henry sighed. "But I won't live to see it."
Duke Henry's sorrow infected the others seated there.
However, they were not grieving over Duke Henry's failure.
They were grieving because they would not get to share in Duke Henry's success.
Duke Henry said, "Does anyone have anything else?"
"I have something," Baron Henry spoke up.
"Uncle, I've lost contact with Grant, and the three people traveling with him, including Swati, have also gone silent. So they're very likely dead."
Count Henry was shocked. "Our cousin Grant is dead? How could... did they encounter a new Large God?"
Baron Henry shook his head. "They passed numerous [Succession Trials]. They knew what to do when encountering a Large God. Large Gods only initiate trials one at a time, too. Even if they encountered a Large God with extremely violent area attacks during its trial, all four of them couldn't have died at once."
Then he looked at Duke Henry again. "Uncle, Grant was the heir I groomed. His death is a loss I cannot bear. I want to avenge him. Please give me your permission."
"Avenge him?" Duke Henry raised his eyes to his nephew. "Do you already know who killed Grant?"
"The Eighth Domain has been sealed off by our domain sequence troops. On all of Earth, there are only two forces capable of killing one domain sequence level