GUARDIAN OF THE END

On the Northern continent…

""F*ck!""

Astryn and Fel suddenly sat up straight on their bed as they felt their heart rate shoot up. Their eyes suddenly started glowing, a trait belonging to noble demons when they experienced an abnormality or were using their true powers.

Both of them looked at each other before climbing down the bed. They had just sensed an abnormality and there was only one person who could've caused it.

"I knew that their genes were going to be trouble for us," Fel cursed as he hurriedly wore his clothes. "Now that Jason awakened his elements while managing to cause a ruckus, the others are definitely going to send someone to the Southern continent to investigate."

Both Astryn and Fel knew that all the other high-class nobles had sensed the same thing they had.

Their special ability allowed them to see changes in power caused by demons.

Whenever a demon would make a huge breakthrough or achieve something important, all the nobles would be notified of it.

"It's technically our fault that they were notified of him," Astryn pointed out as she finished wearing her knee-length dress. "The same thing happened with Astryn."

"Don't remind me of that," Fel grumbled as he bit his thumb and dropped his blood down on the ground.

A red circle appeared inside the room as Fel vanished with a bright flash of light. Astryn did the same thing as her husband and vanished from her room.

Her grandchild was in trouble.

***

[HOST, WAKE UP! ] The system shouted as Jason's eyes immediately flew open. He heard Issac's snoring enter his ears as he sat straight.

That was when he was met face to face with a pair of glowing black eyes. Jason instinctively yelped which made Issac open his eyes with a lazy expression.

However, the gray-haired man suddenly sat up when he realized who the eyes belonged.

"Astryn, it's not a good idea to prank someone at 3 in the morning..." Issac grumbled as a woman stepped forward.

Jason's jaw dropped when he saw how beautiful the woman was.

She looked as though she was in her early twenties and was wearing a blue dress that brushed her lower thighs. It was slit at the knee and perfectly highlighted her womanly curves.

[ She is your maternal grandmother, host… ] The system was trying hard to not laugh at Jason's reaction when he learned that the young woman was actually old enough to be his grandmother.

"Good to know that you are so active and ready to fight an ambush, Issac," Astryn said sarcastically. "Now stand up and get Risa here."

"You better explain what you are doing here at this time or I will throw thunder at you." Issac then vanished from his spot with a crackling sound.

Astryn and Jason were left in the room alone as he stared above at his grandmother's face.

Astryn's expressions softened down when she saw the little child look at her with curiosity.

She felt bad about how she had scared the child but in her defense, Astryn had never expected Jason to wake up.

'Good to know that he would have woken Issac up in case something bad happened.'

"Hello, Jason. My name is Astryn and I am the mother of your mother, making me your grandmother." Astryn smiled before bending down and extending her hand forward.

Jason stared at the hand for a few seconds before shaking it. A small shock passed through their hands, making Astryn's smile widen.

However, it didn't last for long as Issac returned with Risa, Ray, and Zara.

Astryn was stunned for a few seconds as she saw the couple together. She gave Risa a long look as the red-head woman just shrugged and mouthed "I will tell you later".

"Jason went through something known as a noble evaluation test where the young demons appear in a garden and they fight a small wolf cub.

Most of them can't kill it but the few who do are considered extremely talented or have abnormalities.

Noble demons can sense when that happens and the signal varies from time to time. Jason managed to send a signal strong enough to mark him as one of the most talented among young demons."

Astryn finished as all eyes turned to Jason.

The child looked at them with a confused tone, acting naive. Jason knew that if he told them that he understood what they meant, they would give him even weirder looks.

[ I wonder how they will react if they heard you fought five wolves and defeated them all. ]

'I hope grandpa keeps his mouth shut about that.'

Jason regretted telling his grandpa the truth about the fight but Issac knew how to keep his mouth shut. The old man just gave Jason an encouraging look before looking back at Astryn.

"That means that they must have sent some of their minions to come here and check who caused that fluctuation in energy. Fel must've gone to talk to the other family heads."

"Yes, and that's why we have to prepare for demons reaching this place."

"How much time do we have?" Risa asked while looking down at Jason. His expression had turned serious on the mention of demons coming to Duphia to check over him.

This meant that there was a good chance that some of them might try to take him away by force since everyone wanted to have geniuses under their leash.

"We have a few hours at least, a day at most. I will help strengthen your defenses but I can't openly fight due to my position," Astryn paused as she glared at the four adults. "Make sure that none of them escape and live to tell the tale."

Astryn had decided to use some of her own powerful defense spells to make sure that none of the Syrward family members suffered anything fatal.

Even though she wouldn't be openly fighting, she would be on the lookout for possible runners.

In every group formed by demons, there would be a single person who would run away with all the gathered information in case anything went wrong.

They were the fastest in the group and extremely dangerous if not caught. That would be Astryn's job when someone arrived.

'What a young troublemaker you are,' Astryn thought while looking at Jason. 'Evelyn had mine and Fel's last name protecting her but you will have to rely on your family's powers. But then, they can do it if they want. This will prepare them for the future.'

Astryn knew that Zara and Ray had a child too whose birthday was about to happen soon. She was one of the few who knew that Zara was a demi-human and who she truly was.

Her child would have a hard life just like Jason's. She couldn't help but wonder why the Syrward family was full of such people.

Jason, the cause of the entire incident, silently sat down on the bed.

[ Host, what are you thinking? ] The system asked in a gentle tone.

'I am thinking about how I can help them. I killed a few soldiers during the war and that was enough for me to retch everything I had eaten. However, that gave me the experience and the guts to kill.'

Jason then paused before taking a deep breath.

'I-'

[ Don't, ] The system interrupted before he could continue.

[ You are no longer on Earth without anyone to rely on. Here, people love you and that's why they are trying to protect you. So for once, accept someone's help without thinking of paying them back. ]

Jason was left stunned when he heard the system's words. Every single one of them was true which made him sigh.

'You are right there. I will leave it to them.'