Silva Dynasty Part 3

The duo suddenly became alert as they heard footsteps coming toward their direction and turned to see who it was. Only to be surprised when they saw Dara and Hime with a group of people trailing behind them.

There seemed to be 20 people, 12 females and 8 males. Most of the men were either middle aged or old but there was one young boy, the females looked younger, they looked from their early 20s to mid thirties and seemed to take a middle age woman as leader. They were all dressed in rags that seemed to have better days and they were covered in dirt. One female in particular caught his attention as she was dressed slightly better than the others and seemed to have a fairer complexion and seemed to struggling with the journey through the forest.

As he was checking them out they were also checking him out and more doubt arose in their mind as they saw a boy that looked no older that 16 sitting in a tree with a girl that looked even younger than him was holding him in her embrace. Don't get them wrong, they don't judge people by age as when experts reached a certain cultivation they can retain their youth but it was the way he was dressed, it looked to ' not young masterish '. He was dressed is a white sleeveless hoddie showing out his well defined arms and was wearing a short blue jeans that stopped right above his knees and was barefoot. After Damian's soul became completed he started dressing like how he would when he was on earth, the others found it weird before he bought some cute clothes for them.

Not hiding the distrust and wariness on their faces as they stood in front of the tree and looked at Damian and Kie-er as they jumped down and joined Dara and Hime.

"welcome back to our humble abode" said Damian with a smile on his face causing the duo to give him blank looks while Kie-er tried to stifle a laugh."

"are they the only people who you could find?" asked Damian while pretending he didn't notice the weird looks he was receiving causing Hime to sigh before she spoke

"the others we found in the slums were either so broken that they just looked like lifeless dolls or they were wary of us and didn't believe anything we said. This group were the only ones who came in the end" said Hime indifferently only to blush when she felt a hand on her head

" wow I'm so proud our little princess actually went in the slums " said Damian while giving her a thumbs up

"hey hey I also helped" said Dara while swinging his arms with a look in her eyes that practically screamed 'PRAISE ME'

While this was happening Damian was internally having a conversation with Hope

'do i have to asked each and everyone of them individually to join me or is there a easier way to do it?' asked Damian

'they have to pledge their allegiance to you and once they fulfill the set conditions the system will award them' replied Hope

'can the system retake the bloodlines or does it have a way to guarantee loyalty?' Damian asked the question that was really bothering him

' you don't have to worry, once someone's loyalty passes 80 it can no longer fall by any means unless the person is stronger than the system itself ' said Hope smugly

' but don't just accept them, test them first and show them your majesty as their king ' said Hope after a moment

'really?'

'yes'

'sigh fine' resigned Damian before he communicated with the others

Their interactions made the group that stood watching them unknowingly drop some of their wariness and some started to relax only to once more stiffen up when the boy turned around and glanced over each of them with a cold expression on his face. His entire bearing suddenly became much more majestic compared to the warm atmosphere from before making them wonder if it was the same person. They were broken out of their thoughts by a cold voice

"since you're here that means you've decided to believe their words and try to change your lives for the better" said Damian as he looked into their eyes making them all not meet his gaze " but this isn't just a simple change like deciding to buy a new shirt this is a decision that will either make your descendants praise or curse your name and once you do make it you can never go back"

Everyone unconsciously held their breath as sweat covered their foreheads as they waited for him to continue

" so this is your last chance to leave and go back to your pathetic lives and continue to live as mediocre existences or stay here with us and carve out your name in history" Damian and the others released their auras making the crowd want to step back when they felt the overbearing pressure that was trying to make them kneel but determination filled their faces as they thought of their current lives and all decided to grab unto the small hope they found and one by one they all straightened their backs not knowing how the four before them would react to their 'defiance'.

When their legs started trembling and their knees threatened to give out as their backs were covered is sweat the pressure suddenly disappeared causing the group to become confused before they heard a voice

"welcome to the family" they looked up and saw the 4 staring at them with warm smiles