24 hours later;
Vienna City, Genesis Federation;
In one of the rooms of the royal mansion, Xie Tianyu, with his limbs intact and looking as good as ever, was seen lying on the bed.
He slowly opened his eyes to see a white ceiling and felt a comfy bed below the bottom.
"Ugh..."
Letting out a groan, as he got up and turned his head to the side, his eyes fell upon Mark, who seemed to be asleep while sitting but just opened his eyes at the same time because of the groan.
Xie Tianyu felt that his powers were suppressed by some kind of seal, feeling as mortal as ever. He was resigned to fate, but just then, Mark rushed at him and grabbed his face, "Allen, you alright, bro?"
Xie Tianyuâs eyes widened, and confusion fell over all over his face. As Mark realized it and backed off a bit, the immortal realm warrior spoke, "I just remembered that before I fainted, you called my name. Do we know each other?"
Mark was calmer now than the day earlier. He answered, "Markeiren Spencer, son of Denver Spencer and Katerina Novak-Spencer. If you want me to prove myself that Iâm your elder brother, you may ask any question you want."
"Uhh... Did you say you are my elder brother?" Xie Tianyu asked in confusion. "Iâm sorry, but I donât remember anything about my life before I was rescued by the Xie Family two years ago. I only remember that my real name is Allen Spencer and nothing else." Perhaps it is because he doesnât have the powers to escape. Or perhaps he truly wants to find out his past. Or maybe, he wants to take advantage of Markâs weakness to take his sister and escape. Whatever reason it might be, Xie Tianyu decided to stick around.
Meanwhile, Mark didnât know what to do now.
He was prepared to leave but new problems arrived at once. His factoryâs defenses were decimated along with his prized robots and he couldnât take his revenge because the one who did it happened to be his brother from a past life who didnât have the memories.
Currently, the biggest issue Mark was having is whether this guy is truly Allen or something else. if he had memories, at the very least, Mark could remove that a bit of suspicion in his heart but this fellow is telling that he doesnât remember who he truly was.
As a cautious person, Mark wouldnât just outrightly take a leap of faith without any solid proof.NoÌv(el)B\\jnn
What he could only do is to help Xie Tianyu retrieve his memories as Allen.
With Shang Jiaoâs help, the Orb of Time reversed the condition of the factory back to its prime state, everything except for the guardian system, as not even the Orb of Time couldnât restore its core. The robots were also repaired to the state before their destruction, considering the fact that they donât have any souls. Song-II Missile prototype was also successfully completed, a missile that can hit targets from even ten thousand kilometers away. But, due to the high costs and time to make it at the moment, Mark didnât start their production and instead focused more on building the advanced centrifuges and nuclear reactors on the floating island, where time goes faster by two hundred times compared to the outside world.
To cover up the costs required for the materials, with Orb of timeâs help, the production rate of weapons multiplied by two hundred times than before, atleast in the eyes of the outside world.
The advanced weaponry, especially the ether assault rifles, were sold everywhere in the southern kingdoms and allies like hotcakes, increasing his profit, but it was used back into buying materials for weapon production or building the nuclear reactor.
Meanwhile, a few more demonic invasions happened at Leon Empireâs imperial city. After the death of Mephisto, the demon king Alloces personally took charge and caused even greater destruction in revenge.
This time, there was no Xie Tianyu to save them. Leon Empire lost more than half of its forces trying to defend its Emperor and the imperial palace, but eventually, a rebellion occurred from his general and some ministers under the lead of the Crown Prince. The sixth prince went into hiding along with some trusted nobles and officials, and the emperor, as well as several members of the royal family, were beheaded and offered to Alloces.
Under Markâs orders, Demon King Alloces never attacked again, and let the civil war commence in the Empire which was broken into eight factions. The imperial faction was still the biggest, controlling atleast forty percent of the Empire but the vassal states were forming their alliances and announcing independence one after another.
King Qi started his conquest against the Empire, marching to the north, defeating the lords one after another, and annexing their territories into his kingdom.
As a vassal state of the Genesis Federation, King Qi was naturally given protection and support from Mark, but only in the form of protection of his territory. Eolâs elite troops were deployed, but only to keep King Qi and his city safe from any unexpected attacks. They didnât participate in their conquest. After all, what he wants is not a closure but a long war.
Apart from that, he supplied ether assault rifles to King Qiâs army, which procured them to turn talentless civilians into soldiers too. As for the training, Meng Tao was appointed for it and he was sent to King Qiâs palace to train them.
In the meantime, another piece of good news emerged from the royal palace. The future Empress Regnant, Princess Shen Ling, became pregnant. According to Markâs announcement, her child will be the future heir to Genesis Federation, not Little Lu Shan, the eldest prince. This confused everyone, but none questioned, neither the citizens nor even the close friends, as it is something they have known for many months now.
While this is indeed happy news, it has once again postponed Markâs plans, this time for one whole year. Jingwei was assigned as her guard until then.
Back to the present;
At the floating island above Vienna City, where the four guardians are resting (not the Fujian island), Little Lu Shan was seen sitting cross-legged in the center with a glowing thing layer of ether energy over his skin. The four beasts were observing the six-month-old baby in amusement. Mark, meanwhile, was lying on a chaise lounge and enjoying the sunlight in relaxation with a glass of mojito in his hand.
Suddenly, a dark-colored energy erupted from the boy, earning his attention and making him sit up, "Hmm..."
After a while, Little Lu Shan opened his eyes and let out a giggle as he ran toward him, "Bah-bah... I did it."
"6 months old and already at 4-circle realm, huh..." Mark mumbled in a daze, although he couldnât stop his smile of excitement, "This brat of mine might surpass me before turning into an adult."