The Witch Hunter System
chapter-738

After the Great Ratholos Army learned the Black Rose Army, Holy Knight Army, and the Red Dragon Clan came to aid them in their war against Abaddon's vampires, they immediately felt surprised and elated.

But at the same time, they were also absolutely shocked in their heart. This was especially so for Emperor Varan.

With such a powerful lineup like the Black Rose Kingdom, Holy Knight Empire, and Red Dragon Clan, they were practically unstoppable on Pangea. No country would be able to survive their unified attack.

After all, if such a powerful force could drop into the middle of any capital city, the targeted country would fall before it could even muster its strength to resist.

Emperor Varan could foresee the future of Vaan uniting Pangea. It was inevitable, given such an unstoppable method of deployment. Only the Freedom Federation stood a slight chance of resisting the three forces.

After all, besides the Freedom Federation, there weren't any other groups wealthy and magically advanced enough to build a country-wide space-interference array to disable spatial magic.

Constructing such a large magic array would cost an astronomical amount of wealth. Then, there was also the cost of maintaining it.

Unless a country had access to unlimited energy, no country on Pangea could currently support it.

As such, if the other rulers of Pangea were wise, they would voluntarily submit. That way, they could at least guarantee some benefits in the unified world. After all, the status of submitted and subjugated nations was vastly different.

'A continental war might happen in the near future, but the unification of Pangea is inevitable if the Dragon God doesn't fall here,' Emperor Varan thought.

Suddenly, he felt relieved that he wouldn't have to make any difficult choices in that potential future. After all, he had promised to be under the Dragon God's rule; he was already standing on the strongest side.

"Make way for the Black Rose Army and Holy Knight Army!"

After Emperor Varan gave the order, the imperial soldiers quickly shuffled aside. They created a clear, wide path for the Black Rose Army and Holy Knight Army to pass through in seconds.

"Greetings, Emperor Varan. I hope you don't mind my army trespassing in your country," Henrietta politely said, seemingly mindful of the matter but didn't actually care.

"This appearance and aura…" Emperor Varan studied Henrietta for a moment before waving his hand in humble disagreement, "No, no, it's not trespassing at all. You are too polite, Black Rose."

"I am grateful you can be here in our time of need," Emperor Varan sincerely added, subtly noting Henrietta's slightly trembling body.

He figured that even the Black Rose Transcendent Witch could be afraid. Even so, she still came to fight. How admirable of her.

Emperor Varan couldn't help but feel some respect for Henrietta.

However, only Henrietta knew the exact reason why she was trembling. After she acknowledged Emperor Varan, she quickly led her troops away in a hurry. She was trying to avoid someone to maintain her dignity and image.

Vaan could not help but feel amused. In his eyes, she was fleeing like a frightened kitten.

Meanwhile, Victoria did not follow Henrietta to the front lines. She remained behind, staring at Vaan's figure as she engraved his image in her mind.

After comparing him to her memory of her fourth daughter, Vivienne Caelestis, she found a strong resemblance. In fact, she didn't need to compare them. She felt fond of the person the moment she saw him.

As such, she was certain that Vaan was Vivienne's son and her grandson.

Victoria couldn't help but tear up as she recalled the difficulty of searching for him for eighteen years, only to see his fire of life extinguished. Fortunately, her grandson was still alive.

Although she didn't understand why her grandson's fire of life died out, she could only attribute it to an expiry date. After all, it was Vivienne's Soul Lamp, not her grandson's.

Vivienne was Victoria's favorite child and pride. Thus, by extension, Vaan also received some of Victoria's love.

As such, when Vaan felt the unconditional love in Victoria's emotional gaze, a strange sense of foreign yet familiarity welled up inside him. He was sure he had never seen this person before, yet he received such a feeling from her.

Moreover, she looked at him with unconditional love, which implied she knew him. He was even someone dear to her, as it appeared.

After contemplating for a bit, he quickly arrived at an answer – She was someone from the Great House of Caelestis. Furthermore, she was even the second head, Victoria Caelestis, his maternal grandmother.

He had known about this for some time with the help of the Red Dragon Clan and their magic. However, he had never actively sought them out.

Perhaps he was afraid of some things. Thus, he avoided meeting his family.

Nevertheless, Vaan never expected his maternal grandmother to find him first. And upon their first meeting, long-forgotten feelings of familial love and sadness resurfaced in his heart.

Vaan didn't expect Victoria's gentle and warm gaze to reveal such hidden feelings inside him.

It made him realize he was still human. Even if his mind became incomparably powerful, someone who was originally sentimental like him would never be able to discard some feelings.

In all his simulations, he least expected himself to react this way.

In this dog-eat-dog world, every move he made for survival had to be calculated, and every love he earned to increase its chances was conditional. Only his birth parent's love would have been unconditional if they were alive.

However, the reality was that he had been an orphan from the day he awakened in this world. He had no memories of his parents from his last life either. Furthermore, the memories of his parents from the endless reincarnations only made his heart colder.

He originally believed there wasn't a single person who could give him unconditional love.

And yet, there turned out to be someone who did – his maternal grandmother.

He had never done anything for her or her family, and they were meeting for the first time. They may be bound by blood, but they were also no different from strangers.

For her to look at him with such unconditional love was not logical.

However, Vaan also had to admit that there were some things that couldn't be reasoned with logic.

Vaan and Victoria just stared at each other in silence.

Victoria obviously recognized Vaan but did not approach him to confirm their familial ties. She did not dare to. Despite the unconditional love in her gaze, there was also the fear of rejection.

Vaan realized Victoria was afraid that he was unwilling to recognize her as his maternal grandmother. After all, she was not there for him at his lowest. And yet, she appeared when he reached his peak.

Suddenly, he felt a tear drop run down his cheek. He felt it with a touch and was startled.

When was the last time he had shed a tear?