At the moment An'xhur mentioned how his half-sibling had returned at the later stages of his life to make amends with the former, Valyr proceeded to look at the half-orc that was on the opposite side of the sphere, looking at the man for a bit with an inquisitive gaze.
'I think I have an idea on how it's gonna go down.' Listening to An'xhur narrate his life up to this point, as well as introduce him to many of the things he had contributed to the prosperity of the orc race, Valyr felt hat he now had a good idea of the man's general personality, thinking that the man was inherently selfless, even though the goal that started it all was somewhat selfish in the first place.
As the gears continued to turn in Valyr's mind, hypothesizing how the inclusion of An'xhur's half-sibling in the later stages of the half-orc's life would lead to the man's eventual demise, An'xhur took in a few deep breaths to calm himself down, feeling slightly agitated as he recalled everything that happened.
His agitation over the matter had reached the point where even the faint rage hidden beneath his area had become palpable to Valyr, making the young man feel as if the other side was out to kill him a hundred times over.
Fortunately, An'xhur's murderous intent only lasted for a few seconds, allowing Valyr to let out a sigh of relief after, thinking to himself that he might have fainted from the intent if it had lasted for a couple more seconds.
Realizing his slight blunder, An'xhur apologized to Valyr for letting his emotions get the better to him, to which the latter replied that it was fine, considering how the former was digging up memories that were incredibly painful for him.
Hearing how the young man was so understanding of his current situation, a faint smile appeared on An'xhur's face as he composed himself for a bit longer, eventually continuing his narration from where he left off.
"Though I was slightly perturbed by the fact that my half-sibling had decided to make amends with me even though a long time has already passed, you could say that I was already expecting something like that to happen at some point." As these words left An'xhur's mouth, the images on the sphere showed An'xhur's current appearance alongside an orc that was a head shorter than the half-orc, the latter's expression giving Valyr the feeling that multiple things were going on in the orc's mind.
Although he was curious as to why this was the picture An'xhur had decided to show him, getting the feeling that he had chosen it due to the words he had spoken, it paled in comparison to the curiosity he felt after hearing the half-orc mention that he had already expected his half-sibling to make amends with him.
Taking note of the fact that Valyr's interest was piqued, An'xhur flashed a brief smirk as he spoke once more. "For a great portion of my life, I have focused my time on forming a unique magic system the orcs could greatly utilize, as well as creating a physical fighting style that brought out the best within an orc's body."
"With that in mind, you'd be inclined to think that I isolated myself from the masses to focus most, if not all of my attention on what I was working, right?" Hearing the question that left An'xhur's mouth, Valyr responded with a faint nod, feeling that it was the natural move one would make if one needed to put a great amount of their focus on something.
Seeing the young man's response to his question, An'xhur nodded back. "Well, it is natural for one to remove all external distractions from their immediate surroundings if one needed to put in all of their focus on something. In fact, even I couldn't avoid doing that during my work on those two achievements of mine."
"However, ever since that half-sibling of mine decided to distance himself out of nowhere, I had a hunch that I needed to be aware of my surroundings at all times, with it only expanding to cover the entire empire at some point in the future."
"With that, I employed an information network to keep me updated of what was going on at all times, allowing me to focus on my work regarding the magic system and the fighting style, while at the same time still being aware of the happenings surrounding the empire."
"At some point, I started receiving news related to my half-sibling." Saying these words, the image on the sphere shifted to a set of papers scattered all around a floor, prompting Valyr to move closer to get a better look at the text written on it.
At first, he could not understand the words on the pieces of paper at all, which made sense to the young man due to the difference in the language they knew. Fortunately, noticing Valyr's confusion whilst looking at the sphere, An'xhur infused a bit of his mana into the sphere, translating the words on the pieces of paper to where Valyr could read it.
"While I was focused on creating a magic system for the betterment of the orc race, he was focused on improving his relations with the higher-ups of the orc race, trying to gather the noble clans and families of the orc race to be on his side," said An'xhur soon after. "By the time I had shifted my focus to a general fighting style, he was already try to curry up favor with the ones that made most of the decisions in the empire."
"Though all of them eventually agreed to be on his side, my half-sibling seemed to have noticed that they weren't fully committed, prompting him to think about the possible reasons for it." At this point, An'xhur changed the images on the sphere to show Valyr some of the prominent figures of the Khagarax Empire while An'xhur was still alive.
"Eventually, he found out that the reason for them still wavering in fully committing to my half-sibling's side…"
"…was me."
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