The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 1052

Cordelia asked, "You must have known my identity for a while. Now that we've met, is there anything you need me to do for you?"

Felix smiled softly. "No need. I'll seek justice with my own hands. If you could have helped earlier, you would have, right?"

Felix was truly brilliant, and Cordelia was delighted at such a realization. He was indeed her and Victor's son.

"The attack on you was ordered by the King, carried out by the fourth and sixth princes. Felix, your presence threatens the balance the royal family has maintained for years."

Felix's brow furrowed as realization dawned. "Are you talking about alchemy?"

"Exactly. Specifically, the Ascension Pill that creates masters of the Transcendent Realm. The royal alchemists' success rate may not be the highest, but it far exceeds both Bern and Madam Goddard. That's why there are so many masters in the royal family.

"Your emergence means more powerful warriors outside royal control. What if they rebel one day? The royal family won't allow even the slightest chance of that happening."

understood why they deployed such a grand force. They had sent six masters of Transcendence Realm to

after this

showing no hint of worry. "I'm not helpless prey to be hunted at will. I'll grow stronger until they

they hadn't been forced apart years ago, would he have grown to be who

who took you away back then, still

this question. "Yes, he

to meet and thank him. Without his mercy back then, I wouldn't be alive

he mentioned Layne, Cordelia continued and told Felix her doubts back then. "In the royal

generations product

with extraordinary martial talent. They progress

Grandmaster Realm, they surpass all other masters. I am one such person once thought I could break free from family tradition and

to contain herself any longer, Cordelia embraced Felix. "I can't stay away from Imperial City for long. Felix, I look forward

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