The rest of the story wasn't that complicated.
It was the same for the rest of the Astral Empire that were being invaded, the Beast Race troops that were invading them had gained this strange power and had slowly pushed them back.
So right now, the Lin Astral Empire was still considered in a good position because of Angela.
With her intelligence, she had helped the Lin Astral Empire avoid major losses even if they did lose battles, so they weren't in a poor position like some of the other Astral Empires.
In fact, some of the Astral Empires that did poorly had already lost more than half of their territory.
The Lin Astral Empire that had only lost around 20% of their territory was considered quite good.
But if the trend continued and they didn't find a way to stop the Beast Race, then it would only be a matter of time before the Lin Astral Empire was pushed back as well.
Going a step further, with the trend of the Beast Race's push, it was only a matter of time before the human race was pushed to the edge.
Now that Lin Fan knew the situation, he knew that he had to help.
But before that…he still had to check on his family.
So he asked about them.
This time, it was Zi Ling that said, "Father and mother have been staying in the palace, so nothing has happened to them. Xiao Xue has been cultivating in closed doors to get stronger, so she's safe as well."
Hearing this, Lin Fan let out a sigh of relief.
It was just too bad that it wasn't over yet.
Angela suddenly said, "The Beast Race has been encroaching on the territory of the Mu Empire and the Galactic Humanity Alliance."
When Lin Fan heard this, he immediately knitted his brows.
After all, there were still friends and family of his that were in those places.
Seeing the look on his face, Angela added, "We've already sent reinforcements, but it's only a matter of time before they are pushed back as well."
At the end of this, she gave a sigh since she knew how bad the situation was.
She had tried to make it sound positive, but as one of the top generals, she knew everything that was happening in the war.
Lin Fan also knew this, but he chose to accept the little white lie that Angela told him.
After taking some time to gather his thoughts, Lin Fan made his decision.
He stood up and said, "I'm going to see great grandfather."
Angela stood up as well since she had already expected this, so she started moving towards the door with Yuki behind her.
Yuki had served as Angela's vice general during this time, so she was allowed to move freely in the palace as well.
The only one who didn't have as much freedom was Momonga who had been treated as a tactician. All he did was provide the strategies for a few of Angela's battle and had never stepped on the battlefield himself, so the power granted to him was limited.
However, those that knew his intelligence didn't dare look down on him and he had friends in certain places.
Even the Lin Astral Emperor admired his intelligence after a few talks with him.
When Lin Fan arrived in the usual hall, he found that the Lin Astral Emperor and many of the ministers and generals were already gathered for a meeting.
The ministers and generals were surprised to see Lin Fan, with many of them not recognizing who he was.
But that wasn't strange since he had been gone for five years now and many of these ministers and generals had only been promoted in the past five years. They were young people with talent, so that was why they had received these promotions in the first place.
However, the fact that they were young meant that a few of them…weren't as calm as the older ministers and generals.
When they saw this person who they didn't recognize come into the meeting, they immediately knitted their brows.
Even though it was Angela who led them in, they still couldn't help feeling angry that someone unknown had entered the room. Especially since this was an important meeting for the top strata of the Lin Astral Empire.
So one of the younger generals stood up and pointed at Angela to say, "General Angela, what is the meaning of this? This isn't a place that you can bring anyone to! This is an important meeting, you can't treat this as…"
Before they could finish, they felt a chill fall onto them.
This time, it wasn't Angela who had put pressure on this general, but rather Lin Fan.
The moment that he heard the way that this young general spoke to Angela, his eyes immediately started to glare at him.
This general felt it hard to breathe when the pressure fell onto him. He even found it hard to stay in his chair and fell out of it in the end.
As for everyone else in the room, they couldn't help looking at Lin Fan with shocked and terrified looks.
After all, they were all experts of the Lin Astral Empire and they knew what this pressure meant…
A Ruler Realm Expert.
This person was this young and he was a Ruler Realm Expert…
Just where did this monster come from?
Even the Lin Astral Emperor revealed a bit of a surprised look when he felt this, but at the same time, there was a look of admiration in his eyes.
He hadn't been wrong about Lin Fan when he met him and now he had proven it to him.
A Ruler Realm Expert in his twenties?
His potential was limitless.
In the end, it was the Lin Astral Emperor who ended this by saying, "Alright, that's enough."
When he spoke, Lin Fan stopped exerting pressure on the general and that general was finally able to relax. His face was covered in sweat and he had a very ugly expression when he looked up at Lin Fan.
The way that this general looked at Lin Fan, it was as if he wasn't scared of him even though Lin Fan was a Ruler Realm Expert.
That was because this was the Lin Astral Empire's top meeting room.
Even if Lin Fan was a Ruler Realm Expert, he was one of the top generals of the Lin Astral Empire. He believed that the Lin Astral Emperor would back him rather than this unknown person.
The Lin Astral Emperor was a top Ruler Realm Expert, so he didn't believe that a young Ruler Realm Expert like this would be able to match him.
But right when the general opened his mouth and before he could say anything, the Lin Astral Emperor spoke.
"Fan'er, you're finally out of your closed doors cultivation and it seems like you've gained quite a bit."
As he said this, the Lin Astral Emperor revealed a wide smile.
When the people in this room heard this, all of them couldn't help looking at the Lin Astral Emperor in shock.
After all, not a single person had expected the Lin Astral Emperor to talk in such a tone.
It was almost as if he knew who this person was and he was very close to this person.
At this, many of the generals and ministers thought about what the Lin Astral Emperor had just said.
'Fan'er', that was what the Lin Astral Emperor had called this young man.
But as far as they remembered, there wasn't anyone close to the Lin Astral Emperor with that name…
However, then one of the older ministers remembered something.
He looked carefully at Lin Fan's face before suddenly revealing a look of realization.
This young man…was the successor that the Lin Astral Emperor had suddenly brought back five years ago.
This young man was the crown prince of their Lin Astral Empire and the future ruler.
At this, the minister immediately said with a bow, "Your highness, welcome back."
The other ministers and generals were confused when they heard this, but then some of them started to put the pieces together.
Slowly but surely, the rest of them also understood what was happening and then they did the same thing as this minister.
Eventually, even those that didn't understand what was happening did the same when they saw everyone acting this way. After all, if they were the only ones that didn't do anything, then it would be their futures that would be bleak.
The one general that Lin Fan had placed his pressure on was shocked as he looked around at everyone else in the room showing Lin Fan respect.
He couldn't understand at all what was happening right now.
Lin Fan ignored all of them and said, "Thank you, great grandfather. It really took a long time to come back."
With this, everyone understood, including the general on the ground.
This young man…was from the Lin Astral Family and he was a Ruler Realm Expert.
With how young he was and with his cultivation, it was clear that his status wasn't low.
He was more than qualified to be in this room.
The general tried to sit back up in his chair, but he could feel the pressure from Lin Fan again.
Since he had no choice, he excused himself with a random excuse and left the room…but he knew that his future was bleak because of this.
After this general left, all of the ministers and generals scooted down one seat so that the seat beside the Lin Astral Emperor was left open for Lin Fan.
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