Lord of the Karmic Fate

With a wide from plastered over his face, Raven stared at the screen, his eyes flickering with excitement and greed.

Over two billion Novas... That was an amount that even the Black Moon Guild could not amass in a single month much less in a single day!

'I'm rich.'

Raven grinned from ear to ear and if it hadn't been because people were sitting beside him he would have definitely laughed out loud!

"Sigh... The Realm Families are truly on another level. Spending this much only for a single item..." sighing with a hint of helplessness, Luna shook her head softly and glanced at his father.

"Who do you think will win the auction, dad?"

Old Dan, upon hearing the question leaned back into his hair and hummed silently.

"If you ask me, I would place my bet on the Scarlet Family. Between the five of them, they have the biggest wealth, especially because of their new product, the Recovery Potion."

"The Scarlet Family, huh? What about the Barlow Family? Thanks to their Relic trading business they have quite a massive income also." Luna asked curiously.

"That is true. However, the amount of Novas they earn on a daily basis comes nowhere near the amount the Scarlet Family earn from their Recovery Potions."

"And the Frye Family?" Luna inquired next.

"Although they possess two unique Realm Domains from where they can mine Astral Cores in large quantity and sell them for good prices, they fall short also. As for the Cale or Halper Family, well... they have no chance."

<Crimson Blood raised the bid by 10 million Novas! Current bid: 2,765,700,000 Novas!>

"See? I told you. Th Scarlet Family will win this bet, no question about it." Old Dan showed a smile before he turned to face Raven, "It seems for once luck smiled on you, kid. Haha!"

Raven just smiled and shook his head.

"Not really. Once this auction is over I still have to deliver the Relic which will definitely raise several headaches."

Old Dan's face turned serious when he realized the problem and nodded.

"You are right. Do you want me to give you the Lost Talisman?"

Raven shook his head, "No need. It would only make things worse and even bring unnecessary nuisances to our guild."

"And what if they will bother you? Also, how will you come back? Knowing the Realm Families and the Realm Association, they will definitely keep an eye on you."

Hearing his little sister's worry Raven smiled and laughed softly.

"About that, you don't have to worry. Astra will help me in that."

"If you say so..." Luna hummed and silently glanced at the black fox lying on the sofa in the living room, her fluffy tail covering her face.

After that, Raven kept talking with his family about various things while keeping an eye on the auction and enjoying the way the numbers kept increasing.

And after an hour later...

<Crimson Blood raised the bid by 100 million Novas! Current bid: 2,985,900,000 Novas!>

<Congratulations! Crimson Blood won the auction!>

<Item: Ghost Trident had been sold!>

<Auction closed!>

"Finally!"

Straightening his back in a flash, Raven leaned forward and quickly logged in with his anonymous profile, immediately seeing several notifications popping up on his screen one by one!

<Congratulations! Your auctioned Item: Ghost Trident had been sold for a total of 2,985,900,000 Novas!>

<Because of the large amount of Novas the item had been sold for, transaction will be only done if the item had been successfully handed to [Crimson Blood]!>

<Time and place for the trade will be...>

<Please be at the stated time and place!>

"Sigh... Thought so." Raven sighed softly as he saw that the Star Treasury decided to do the trade at the headquarters of the Scarlet Family.

With another sigh, Raven logged out and looked at Thomas.

"Were you able to buy the things I have asked for?"

"Naturally. Please give me a second." Thomas nodded and walked out of the room, only to come back with a small box in hand.

"Thank you." Raven accepted the box with a faint smile and opened it, looking inside it for a few seconds before nodding in satisfaction.

"Perfect."

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The whole world was in turmoil at the moment and almost everyone stared at their devices' screens either in their homes or on the streets with mixed emotions of excitement and doubt. Of course, people feeling the latter were more than those feeling the former, after all, the legend that saved the lives of billions during The Great Change was thought to be dead.

Yet, for some miraculous reason, it was rumored that he was alive and was ready to meet with one of the Realm Families, the Scarlet Family!

It was just simply too hard to believe!

"Hey, guys! Do you think this Luck is really the one? ,-,"

"What? Are you kidding? Of course not, you fool! Luck sacrificed himself for us during the first round, this one is just an impostor!"

"I have to agree. Why would he appear all of a sudden now, after three whole years? It just makes no sense at all!!"

"Sacrificed, lol? Dude, are you blind or what? Lord Luck vanished during his fight against Paloma, he didn't sacrifice himself nor did he die! Although I don't know why now, I know it's him! I can feel it in my balls!"

"In my opinion, I think he is just another brat who thinks can fool around and gain some fame without any consequences. What a fucking loser..."

"True, at least now he will be taught a lesson, keke."

"...Ayo, dude... What do you mean you can feel it in your balls? O-o"

"Sus."

"Yeah, as hell."

"Teach me the way, sensei!!"

"Bruh..."

...

While people were talking on various platforms, trying to guess whether Luck came back from the dead or not, Luck himself, was standing at the edge of a small cliff, from where he could easily see the vibrant, half-transparent barrier of a Realm Domain despite it being several kilometers away in the distance!

It was just that massive.

"Although dad explained this to me before, I can still hardly believe it."

Wearing an elegant and luxurious snow-white suit with a golden mask on his face, one that had the exact same appearance as the one he wore in the past, Raven stared at the Realm Domain and let out a soft gasp.

Just as his father told him before, the five Realm Families were called that way for a reason.

"To think they are living inside Realm Domains and one that in the past was a Crimson Gate... They are truly something else."

With a helpless sigh, Raven shifted his gaze to the right and narrowed his eyes.

Right at the perimeter of the Realm Domain, he could see the figure of numerous individuals, each wearing luxurious clothes from who he could spot a few familiar faces.

Alexios, Goran, President Bai, and Manster Ansell.

'...Well, it was kinda expected.'

After taking a deep breath, Raven took a step forward and... jumped down the cliff.

The air whistled in his ear and watched as the ground below him became closer and closer to him until was only a few meters away from him!

"Astra..." Raven spoke calmly and right as he did, the shadow below him trembled and expanded.

A smile formed on Raven's face seeing this and without saying a single word he allowed himself to be consumed by the darkness.

And a second later...

"Your ability is truly a miraculous one."

Climbing out of the shadow, Raven patted his clothes and looked at his shadow, from where Astra stared at him silently with her somewhat menacing crimson eyes.

"What? Are you still angry at me?" Raven tilted his head to the side scarcely however, even after waiting for several seconds he got no answer.

"I see..." Raven just shook his head helplessly and directed his gaze where the Scarlet Family was waiting for him.

"Okay, how about this? After we are done here I will let you drink some of my blood."

Astra didn't answer for a long time, then with a calm voice that could hardly hide her excitement she replied;

"...Do as you wish."

'So cold...'

Raven smiled bitterly and without saying anything else began to walk toward the Realm Domain.

Meanwhile, at the perimeter of the Realm Domain that belonged to the Scarlet Family, people were talking with each other when suddenly all of them fell silent and almost simultaneously shifted their heads in the same direction.

"Who..." the guards on the sides immidieatly tensed up when seeing a figure walking out of the bushes, however, just as they could have acted President Bai stopped them.

"You are Luck, right?"

Raven, seeing that everyone was staring at him with wary eyes stopped walking, and with a soft chuckle, he spoke calmly, "Although I know it's already late to say this but thank you for the meal from before. It was great."