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Chapter 923 Happiness and Sadness
Chapter 923 Happiness and Sadness
Chapter 923 Happiness and Sadness
After talking to Nina and the others about his current situation, Vicente wouldn't be staying in Grandis much longer. In a hurry to see his wives and daughter again, he left the capital less than an hour after arriving in the area.
Vicente planned to build the 6th stage armor in Metal City, near his wives and daughter. Since he needed some high-quality materials to make such armor, which didn't exist in this part of the continent, he could develop the robotic armor anywhere, as his major materials were already in his spatial ring.
Because of the rarity of the materials needed to build such high-quality artifacts, Vicente could only build a few units. Beyond that, the most he could do was reinforce his existing 5th stage armor and perhaps create a few new ones.
Although these 5th stage robotic armors wouldn't tip the balance of the disaster, they were useful for guarding territories.
Vicente set off for Metal City, which he could reach in less than an hour from Grandis using his new ability.
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Vicente made his way to Metal City, the current capital of the safe territory of Snow and Scott Provinces.
On the border of these two provinces, in the kingdom's southeast, one of the most southeastern areas of the continent, Metal City was now even larger than when Vicente left it some two years ago.
As he flew over the area, Vicente estimated that over 700,000 people now lived in his city, an incredible number for a city in Polaris Realm.
Though humans had ruled most of the continent for a hundred thousand years, human cities had rarely approached a million people mark, even in the continent's best and worst times.
Unlike Vicente's land, Polaris Realm couldn't comfortably accommodate that many people in one area simultaneously.
Metal City was an atypical case, especially considering that, unlike at the beginning of the crisis, there were now several safe cities in the area, so there was no need for people to live there.
Still, the city stretched majestically up the side mountains of the area where Vicente had originally placed his fences, but now those same structures were nowhere to be seen.
Vicente took in the beautiful view of the city for a few moments before he crossed the sky and headed toward his property.
Metal City's defenses weren't fazed in the least by Vicente's movement, as he passed through its invisible barrier and nothing happened.
The air around the garden of the Fuller estate stirred, and then the men standing guard where Annie was playing with some of the family's animals and toys saw a black-haired man appear behind the little girl.
Annie felt the wind blow through her hair and looked back to where Vicente had just landed.
"Daddy!" Her small eyes widened considerably before she raised her arms and ran to Vicente.
Vicente took her in his arms and held her close to his face, then kissed the sweet face of his daughter, who was now quite chubby, with big cheeks and wrinkles on her arms.
At almost five years old, Annie was no longer as small as she had been when he left on his empowering journey years ago. But she still kept her loving gaze, which made Vicente feel both sad and happy.
His happiness was that his daughter was growing up well and that it wouldn't be long before she understood the magical path. His sadness was that in a short time he might not see her, and maybe never again.
Who could guarantee he would survive Demien? And even if he survived, who could guarantee he would survive the Supreme Continent? And even if he did, what guarantee did he have he could change anything on the Supreme Continent, or that Annie could find him in the future?
The odds were against him. There were too many 'ifs' in his path ahead, so he could only feel his heart in his hands, possibly close to never seeing his daughter and his wives again.
While Vicente was hugging and talking to Annie with many thoughts on his mind, Nova appeared in the garden and ran up to them with a beautiful smile on her face.
"Vicente!" She shouted before hugging her husband and daughter, finally seeing him again after over two years since he left.
Vicente squeezed his wife's waist and kissed her after placing Annie on his shoulder, the little girl laughing and having fun.
Nova kissed Vicente as her heart leaped, having already noticed his current strength, but also the look in his eyes filled with worry.
Some thorny problem was in Vicente's mind. She could feel it!
"How are you? Did you miss me?" He asked, looking back and forth between Nova and Annie.
"Yes! Daddy, are you finally at Annie's side?" The little girl asked, clasping her small hands around Vicente's forehead.
"For a while, yes," he said just that, looking at Nova.
Nova realized he had serious things to say and grabbed Annie from Vicente's shoulders. "Annie, I want you to go back and play with your friends and toys. Mommy and Daddy need to talk."
The little girl didn't make things difficult, eager to play with her father and hear his story, but obedient enough to stay in the garden and wait her turn.
Nova took Vicente's hand and led him into the house.
"Where are Layla and Lina?" Vicente asked, hoping to discuss the family's current problems with everyone at once.
"Layla is at the altar of the city order. She should be back soon. As for Lina, she went to Metal City 7 two days ago to take care of some business." Nova replied as she sat down next to Vicente in one of the living rooms of the residence.
Lina and Layla, as well as Nova, were already Low-level Paragons. Vicente knew that, so he didn't need to hear from Nova why Lina had gone to Metal City.
With powers that helped her see into the future, Lina could be precious in solving problems for her area.
"We need to send a letter for Lina to return as soon as possible. I want her to be by my side to see my future. The strongest vampires on the continent are moving here right now. I need her to tell me the right time to act." He said as the two waited for Layla to return.