From the Abyss of Stars Part 1

Vol-2: 025. In the K region, my fiancée is there!

025. In the K region, my fiancée is there!

The secretary, as if granted amnesty, scrambled out of the office. Shortly after, Marlis Gamoth Gulan, dressed in a sharp suit, entered through the door.

"What do you want from me, sir?"

Although they were father and son, Marlis had no affection for his father, who had ruled the country for two and a half centuries. Among the many wives and children in the public eye, no one could surpass his throne. After outlasting one heir after another, no one had any human concern left for this immortal king.

The Grand Duke slowly straightened up; his nearly three-meter-tall frame could only slouch in the enormous chair. His enormous eyes gazed at his 34-year-old son as he spoke in a deep voice:

"When will you advance to Gamma level?"

"Still a long way off." Marlis had his hands in his pockets, but before the words were out, an invisible force yanked him off the ground, and a layer of frost quickly covered his skin.

His father, sitting on the throne, didn't even reflect his presence in those ghostly blue eyes.

"You'd better hurry up." The Grand Duke's voice echoed like in a canyon, layered with the voices of men, women, old and young. He sat motionless, yet Marlis, a Beta level, felt his brain almost freeze.

This was a nearly 300-year-old Gamma level powerhouse, long afflicted with hypoxia and osteoporosis, unable even to stand, yet with just one look, he could kill him.

Marlis struggled to open his mouth but couldn't speak. By the time he reacted, his body was already in the Surut Palace Square, 400 meters away.

It was a ghost... The Grand Duke had crudely summoned a ghost to possess him and bring him out.

Marlis felt a chilling fear. As he bent slightly, the thought of vomiting crossed his mind, and he immediately saw a deep crack open on his stomach. A mist, dragging shadowy trails, formed before him, and his father's voice echoed directly in his mind:

'The ghost will supervise your training. No matter what, you must reach Gamma level by the end of the year.'

As soon as the words were spoken, the mist immediately drilled back into his body.

"Are you kidding... making me advance to Gamma level?"

Marlis staggered back a few steps, his face quickly turning pale.

He had no desire for power; instead, having witnessed the Grand Duke's sickly existence since childhood, he was filled with fear of the Gamma level.

The Frost-Plated Republic allowed the Grand Duke to control the duchy for so long precisely because he was in constant pain and torment. Only the special drugs and a unique life support system provided by the Frost-Plated Republic could sustain a Gamma-level powerhouse.

The Frost-Plated Republic needed a proxy, someone who would faithfully obey their commands and use the blood and sweat of the Gulanth people to provide them with milk and honey.

The Grand Duke was more than willing to sell out the entire country in exchange for this survival medium. Marlis had no desire to follow in the Grand Duke's footsteps, becoming a twisted monster. More importantly, being spoiled and pampered, he was even less able to endure pain than the Grand Duke.

The Grand Duke didn't want him to rule the country; he wanted to drag him into this mire and escape to the Frost-Plated Republic to avoid the pain.

"There's no choice now... Damn it, how can I reach Gamma level by the end of the year? If I can't do it, he'll definitely kill me."