Nikolas died early for a God Rank, and he only had one son who was Mathias' father. His son was six years old when he died. He did not get to see his son grow up, let alone educate his own son. He was struck with guilt when he heard his son slaughtered his family, The Lysvand Family. The blame was on him, he died early and could not prevent the tragedy.
However, he believed that his son would grow into a good man just like him with his wife. His son would not suffer with the rich of Lysvand. It was still hard to understand why his son did such a thing, but he did not urge his grandson, waiting for Mathias to recount what happened slowly. If he were in the same position as his grandson, he might also go crazy, filled with vengeance, or even worse.
The surprise was that Mathias told how great his son was and how his son managed to be the strongest commander in the Hurakan Kingdom, with only the kings and the few old commanders who were stronger than him. It was before his son was stationed in this place under his son's request to continue his legacy. It was weird to hear how great his son grew up to be after hearing that his son also slaughtered his family.
Even though the family spoiled his son because of his early death, he grew up to be a great man. His son was upright and did not stay still in front of injustice. His son was known for his great leadership, in the legion and his family. Despite his status, his son remained humble instead of growing arrogant. His grandson was basically praising his son right now. His son grew increasingly stronger and rivaled the king.
"Father changed after he met The God, an actual God who designed the System for us to use. The King invited Father to meet God, and he changed since then. He became quiet after the meeting with God and… How do I say it… It was as if he lost the will to live after meeting God."
"For the first time, he left his post for a year. He stopped pursuing The Void Cult even though The Void Cult was left with just The dying Genesis Emperor. For one year, he stayed in the estate, and it was then people started to notice that he looked at the others as if they were not people? I got the same weird feeling too when he looked at me."
"He lost his smile, he lost warmth, he became totally a different person. In one, he did not speak with anyone, not even to my mom. He ignored everyone, and we thought he just needed time because of the meeting with God. We were under the assumption that there was something wrong in the meeting, and we never knew what happened."
"Exactly one year after the meeting, he went on a rampage and tried to kill everyone in the estate. I managed to escape because Mom and Grandma were buying time for me to escape. I managed to escape to the capital and The King took me in, protecting me from him!"
Mathias told his grandfather how his wife and daughter-in-law died at the hands of his own son. The King responded by mobilizing the Imperial Army to subdue Nikolas' son, but that was where the twist came from. The King and his faithful generals managed to corner Mathias' father, but to everyone's surprise, The Genesis Emperor came and helped Mathias' father out.
"The Genesis Emperor came to rescue him, and he became the second emperor of the Void Cult ever since. I have dedicated my life to killing him, but he ended up killing me because an Executive Administrator betrayed me. They used him as bait to set up a trap for me, and I fell for it. That was how I died."
Hearing everything, it was similar to what happened to Virion, who died in his father's hand. However, there was a big difference between the two cases. In Virion's case, he was the culprit as to why Revalor did such a crazy thing, killing his own son for his vengeance. The cause and motive were clear in Revalor's case, but not with what happened with Nikolas' son.
Mathias' father was The Hurakan Legion Commander V, whose name was still unknown because Mathias refused to mention the name. It was as if he was disgusted by his father's name, and it was understandable.
Mathias' father never mentioned what happened in the meeting with God which Tang Shaoyang was interested in. An actual God, not a God Rank, two different things. The people behind the System and the Game. For an unknown reason, he eradicated his own family, killing his wife and mother.
Yeah, Mathias' father's case was even crazier than Revalor's case. The motive was unknown, once Great Man became a madman in a year. Of course, Mathias was aware that the meeting might be the reason why his father went crazy. But the fact that Mathias still did not know what happened in the meeting, meant no one could say a word about what happened in the meeting, including The Hurakan Kingdom King.
[You are curious about God, huh!? I advise you not to meet him even if you have the chance unless you want to go crazy like him!] Whatever happened there, it was the cause for Nikolas' son to go mad. Mathias advised his new master not to meet God even if he had the chance, out of goodwill.
Mathias saw Tang Shaoyang in a different light after meeting with his grandfather, and the lively Nikolas went quiet.
"Yeah, I want to meet this God once. I am curious what God looks like, do they look similar to us or not? Aren't you curious?" Tang Shaoyang did not take the advice. He did not think that he would go crazy like Mathias' father even if he met God, he was confident. The only way for him to go crazy was to watch his family killed before himself.
"Maybe I can use my Credit to meet God." He thought of using his Credits to meet God. It was worth trying whether he could actually meet this God or not, just to satisfy his curiosity.
Tang Shaoyang let the grandfather and the grandson catch up even though he wanted to ask about The Genesis Emperor and the second emperor who was Nikolas' son. He could ask about it later, and his return was welcomed by Commander Edson in person.