Nils Nepton is 170 years old, and according to the average life expectancy of 200 years for the Naga family, he has entered the last stage of his life.

The Bronze Rank 3 caster class did not bring him an additional lifespan bonus, the reality is that the overdraft of his perennial mental power and the day-and-night meditation make his lifespan shorter than that of ordinary Naga, and it is unknown whether he can live to the average level.

A caster who harnesses elemental energy with his spirit, a bloodline who taps into the power of his bloodline, or a priest who uses the power of the gods, before reaching the Bronze Fourth Order master level, consumes his own potential and life force, and his lifespan will not increase, but will be reduced by the various wounds and dark injuries suffered in battle.

Only those Bronze Fourth-Order Professionals with outstanding talent, tenacity, and extraordinary luck can truly live to the life of a race in its most perfect state.

As for increasing lifespan, it is a matter of the Bronze Fifth Order, the peak powerhouses of the main material plane, legendary mages, epic knights and cardinals, and has nothing to do with ordinary professionals.

- In the entire Naga Kingdom, there are currently only three Bronze Fifth Order professionals.

Fortunately, the Naga are half a long-lived race, and like nature's darling elves, they have a very short period of childhood and adolescence, a long period of youth and middle age, and almost no old age.

Only in the year when death is approaching, Naga's body will age rapidly, his strength will drop significantly, and then according to the strength of his faith, he will decide whether his soul will go directly to the sea goddess's divine kingdom Coral Sea or the god of death's underworld after death.

Another advantage of being older is that you can slowly accumulate strength over time, and with enough seniority, Nils, who used to be able to sit only in family meetings, finally has a seat of his own and gets the right to vote.

When a full moon and a new moon had just risen in the sky, Nils arrived in the conference room of the Nerton family's Walter Magic Manor as early as ever.

Once one of the two centers of power of the Nepton, this ancient magical manor symbolizes the history, glory and splendor of this magical family.

However, as Sandra seized the power belonging to the "patriarch" and "lord" in her hands for the first time, the center of power gradually shifted to the Evelyn Palace.

Nils didn't like the coldness of the Evelyn Palace, the atmosphere of political confrontation, and the increasingly cold status quo of the Magic Manor.

But it is undeniable that under Sandra's leadership, the Nepton family is stronger than ever, and the entire Black Sea has become the private domain of the Neptune family, a real territory.

From politics to the military, from economy to culture, all under the leadership of the Black Sea Lords, Sandra wields extraordinary influence even in the realm of faith attributed to the gods—a point that the High Priest of the Black Sea Diocese of Finrod is well aware of.

This is precisely where Nils is in a conflicted mood right now.

The cause of the incident was a name that has been frequently mentioned in the family recently, Talos Nepton, a genius mage who was destined to make a difference in the mage realm but unfortunately died.

In the beginning, the most discussed topics in the family were "noble privileges", "exemption from military service" and the like, today they lost a Talos, what about the future?

The battlefield is not a place for training, at least not for young people who have not fully grown up but have very good talents.

Soon, rumors spread among the family's multi-armed naga that they would strip Talos of his status as second in line to the throne.

"Meaningless, what gave them the courage to strip her son of his inheritance in front of Sandra?" was the attitude of a four-armed Naga and Nils as they talked about it.

Unlike ordinary families, magic families and bloodline families can set a list of heirs according to the "Inheritance Law" promulgated by the kingdom, and extraordinary powers such as spells and specialties make inheritance full of variables.

The most famous example of this is Sandra herself.

According to the "Inheritance Law", after the unexpected death of the previous generation of Black Sea Lords, Sandra, who had long been designated as the first in line to the throne, will inherit the position of Black Sea Lord.

However, Sandra was only 14 years old at the time, a minor and weak, and the position of Black Sea Lord fell into the hands of her aunt, the patriarch of the Nepton family, Michael.

In order to dispel the royal family's scruples, appease the family members, and stabilize the situation in the Black Sea, Michael supported his niece Florence, who was only 11 years old at the time, to ascend to the position of lord of the Black Sea.

On the surface, the Nepton family is still dual-powered, with the patriarch Michael and the lord Florens, but in fact the young Florence is just a puppet.

Michael had ambitions to annex power, but unfortunately the timing and fate were not good, and he was eventually killed by Sandra seventeen years later, and his tail was cut off after his death.

- Cutting off a Naga's tail is as insulting and blasphemous as gouging out a mermaid's eyes.

In order to avoid a similar situation from happening again, Sandra set two heirs ten years ago, the first heir Emma (eldest daughter) and the second heir Talos (youngest son), and used the divine power contract that was passed down from the Temple of Order and Knights, and the seven elders of the real power family also signed it!

Later, at the suggestion of the family elders, Sandra added two more heirs, Florence (sister) in the third line and Moritz (nephew) in the fourth line.

"We just want to remind Sandra that family is always family, and it's not something she decides alone. If this continues, I'm afraid that by the time the next generation continues, they will only have lords in their eyes, and there will be no families. ”

Nils was silent.

In fact, there is a tendency for the young people of the clan to worship the Black Sea Lords in a frenzy, eager to enter and succeed in the system established by Sandra, but indifferent to family affairs.

In their eyes, the aura of the Black Sea Lord of Sandra overshadowed the glory of the patriarch.

This attitude gave the other four-armed Naga hope that he could convince him: "According to Sandra's list of heirs, even if Talos no longer has the right to inherit, there is an Emma in front of him who is about to become a multi-armed Naga, which will not affect the final result." ”

Nils rubbed his head, which was a little dull from thinking, and confirmed in a low voice, "So, you just want to speak out by stripping Talos of his inheritance?"

"Exactly. ”

"I need to think about it for a while. ”

In the end, however, Nils did not agree, and the long years made him extremely cautious, especially when it came to Sandra.

He vividly remembered the decade-long infighting of the Nepton family after Sandra regained her lordship from Michael, and one clan after another disappeared from the world.

And the scene of Sandra purging the members of Michael's family after ascending to the patriarch's throne is even more vivid in his memory, including Sandra's two cousins and even a cousin who was born less than half a year ago.

All traces that belonged to Michael were wiped clean by Sandra.

Nils didn't want to be one of them, so he decided to act on momentum.

PS: Welcome to the side appearance of the first dragon set Finrod, actor Ferragond.