Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 132: "is this what the prophecy meant?"

The transgressors were attacked by random groups twice within a single week and without leaving a single outsider they killed them all and captured a few to investigate but, later they found them dead by suicide. Well, that was that. The clan house was built faster than he had expected and the same goes for the reserves he had. The money his clan possessed was dissolved within a week. It was sure worth the money though.

They shifted their clan house as soon as they finished building. It was currently the largest building in town. Huge pillars in the front attached to the arch with the clan written on it below their clan symbol, the transgressors. It was in the center surrounded by vacant ground. Probably for gardening. Ignoring the arch he entered in deep as the path stretched a few meters in.

Well, what was in front of their view was the 6 storey building. The building did not seem overly grandeur. It was rather built in a simple manner. That was what Nix demanded too. Certainly, the budget was tight.

Not that he calculated the expense though. He just gave money to Remo after enquiring him and torturing him with his twisted question. Well, he did have to be cautious and know how stuff works around Empyrean.

In any case, they took a tour around for a while. There were two basements and one of them was there as a storage room. The second basement possessed a locker seemingly like a small dimensional locker just like how his inventory works. There was no key insertion point to open. The locker seemed just like a wall with his clan symbol, the skull with horns possessing white wings.

He just walked towards it and inserted his mana into the wall. The core members of the clan already inserted their mana into the mall, more like registering their signature mana to use the storage. They did prior to the completion of the building for the first usage since there were more modifications to be done by the mage builders, they had to test it after finishing the construction.

Nix was mainly interested in knowing its feature, so he first entered the storage basement.

[Transgressors- A Storage unit has been acquired.]

In the recent few days, the notifications regarding his clan came up from time to time and he was yet to check the information so he just decided to open it. As his clan members were touring around.

| [CLAN NAME: Transgressors] |

| [Years: 0] [Tier: Mid-high] |

| [Branches: 0] |

| [Lord of the clan: Nix] |

| [Commander of the clan: Cinzia Machien]|

| [Businesses owned- 2] |

| [Cities owned- Null |

| [Total number of members -152] |

| [Storages- 1] |

'Ahh, so storage has been added and it shows that my clan contains 152 members in it yet, considered as a mid-high tier clan? guess the level plays a huge role in it. 2 business? One is the merchant contracts? then the other one is the reopened red star inn?'

He muttered and closed the status window and walked towards

"Well, what did stroll around the first basement?"

"Nah,"

Cinzia replied.

He nodded his head and ascended to the basement one which was actually the gym. There was some equipment and essential things. He just found that place likable. He did have to look around more. So he just went back to the ground floor.

Now, this floor was basically a reception and inquiry office. There was nothing much to look around. He went straight to the first floor. This floor is more like a vacant cafeteria, a place to eat. 

The next floor possessed a large conference hall. The third floor contained the clan lord's office, the commander's office, and the manager's office room. It was more like a place for official business.

The fourth contained around twelve rooms and The fifth floor contained the alchemy laboratory with fresh equipment. Finally, the sixth contained a large swimming pool and three more rooms for the members to stay. Regardless of all this, every floor other floor contained three rooms. There was also enough space for more people to stay than the last clan house they used. There is also the inn they could use so this was pretty much enough for them.

"Oooh! this is cool... Let's have some fun here tonight?"

Camila asked, jumping into the swimming pool happily after removing her clothes.

She swam towards Nix and pulled him in.

"Hey! Come on? I was wearing my armor."

He said with a smile and jumped out of the pool and removed his armor to let it dry and turned towards her.

"Well, sure we can have fun but, I have things to do right now."

Commenting that he left back to his office room.

As soon as he entered there was this generic office look he felt a strange feeling of belonging there. The room was quite huge with his seat in the center of the mediumly large wooden carved table and behind it was the empty bookshelf.

"Hmm,"

Nix scratched his chin scanning the room and placed the book he got from Waltner, the ways of empyrean and arts.

"I need to certainly make a collection. This room seems rather empty."

He uttered and took his seat and placed his leg on the table placing the dual-bladed dagger next to him.

A strange sense of superiority welled him up. This thing often happened to him. He was yet to explore what it was.

{Haha, Feeling like you are on top?}

Astaroth asked.

"Nah, more like I am proud of myself. If I was in the world would it be like this? Luxury? Women? money? More like a strange uplifting feeling... I wonder what I might be doing. Probably a 9 to 5 job? I'll be coming home tired, watching TV and complaining about my life and being stuck in a rat race. Well, this is all probability but, as an average guy. I think that's what my life would've been like."

{Haha, it seems someone is getting accustomed to this cursed world.  This luxury wouldn't last. If you are not strong.}

"I know..."

Nix replied in a low voice.

{Planning to settle down here?}

"I don't know. I need to first enact vengeance."

He uttered, grinding his teeth.

{I see. The scars that were inflicted on you have yet to be healed by the elixir called vengeance.}

"It was good conversing with you..."

He mumbled and placed the dagger in his boots and began to arrange the room. With the things he needed and left his office.

Just as he walked by the alley path he bumped into Cinzia who seems to have left her room after arranging her office.

"I am leaving for a stroll around the town."

He said and left her.

He wore his sword attached to the leather belt to his back. Then went straight to the lab on the fifth floor.

There stood excitedly a timid-looking person. Well, obviously it was Vikil who was working up with the Obscure sublimity. 

"hi..."

Nix uttered hesitatingly, looking at the glowing orb.

"Ohh! Mr.Nix... I've managed to shift its orientation. Here..."

He said and stretched his hand that held the emerald orb to him.

"I did manage to stabilize it. It is still a bit volatile. I presume this is something that only the evil mouth can handle but, I did the best I can."

Nix just nodded his head and immediately clutched the obscure sublimity.

Zoooom!

Followed by the flash and the sound his senses blinded and once again he found himself in the white space.

[Private ability~Doom prediction vision activated.]

"No, Nova manifestation this time?"

He uttered and rose from his place.

Nova manifestation and Doom prediction were interconnected to each other and the truth eye was just the same. The truth eye mostly acts as a trigger that works passively. Doom prediction vision is literally something that can see the future and a future is only a probability that can be manipulated by the one who lives in the present and Nova manifestation is an ability that possesses sublime and subconscious memories and feelings of his past lives. This means the ability also holds past experiences and probabilities.

This is also one of the reasons which made it possible for it to send visions to doom prediction vision that's why it is considered as connected to each other. All these three abilities are connected to his core, the soul.

[You will witness the future. Manipulating it is in your hands.]

'Future and manipulating it? is this connected to the prophecy?'

Swiftly a vision opened up. This time he was merely a spectator rather than experiencing it first hand.

The first scene made him stare at the scene in a daze. The whole town was on fire and many of the outsiders were lying dead scattered around the town. This was just the aerial view. Soon they drifted towards his clan house which was burning and demolished and it seemed like a one-sided massacre. One lone man's stood clutching the sky piercer continuously spun his spear standing amidst the outsiders that surrounded him. Standing in the center of the pile of corpses. His face wasn't visible to him as he stood facing backward.

Nix's pupils dilated who it was. And his body shivered at the sheer sight because the corpses under the man's feet were his own clan members. Gunther was bloodied and butchered. Reegan was lying there without both his arms. Remo's body lay there headlessly. 

A dark creature with horns circled in the air looking down on the man that clutched the spear. The dual-bladed dagger was in the ground shattered into pieces with just the hilt left out. 

The man raised his head and gazed at the bearded man who was standing on top of the clan house with the head of a woman in his hand clutched by her hair. 

'Is this what the prophecy meant?'

Nix uttered as sweat dripped down his temple.