Chapter 54: Unexpected Development (1)
Chapter 54: Unexpected Development (1)
The meeting finished as Aleron made a plan on what to do.
He exited with the three new subordinates, startling Rias and Roxen.
Of course, Aleron had told them to hide their aura because having two Exceed-rank powerhouses and two Primeval-rank powerhouses with him was basically carrying a powerful force enough to threaten any big entity on this Lightdusk continent.
"Report me of the finds via Soul Link, Mei."
Aleron nodded at Mei before she vanished.
Mei vanished silently.
However, Rias had a special skill to measure someone and even she was unable to measure that girl who had just disappeared.
She managed to measure that the two men were Exceed-rank, but not Mei.
"Are they your subordinates as well?" Roxen gulped.
"We are our lord's apostles," Fang Tinguag waved his hand fan as he poetically spoke while smiling. "His supporters, his devotees, and the preachers of his teachings."
"Master must teach a lesson to some wicked force in this city," Hua said with a grin. "And we shall deliver that lesson."
"What are you planning?" Rias asked, her expression concerned.
"I am planning something, but I hope it won't come to that," Aleron said before he nodded to Hua and Fang, "Go."
Both of them disappeared.
"Rias Longinus, quite busy with new people, eh?"
A trail of voices entered their pavilion from the left as Rias, Roxen, Aleron, and Yueha turned their heads at a group of four.
Luthen Aurspec walked towards their pavilion with the pink-haired twin-tail girl, a blue- haired young man in his early twenties whose eyes had undisguised pride, and a big built six- foot tall black-haired man with military-cut.
All of them were Legendary-rank except for the Luthen, who was an Exceed-rank, but early.
When Rias looked at him with her skill, she was visibly surprised to see his foundational stats at 20k.
'He already broke through to Exceed-rank? How did he acquire the Legendary-rank resources this fast?'
Luthen was a senior since he was 21 years old while Rias was 19 years old.
Last she saw him in the academy six months ago, he had just entered Legendary rank like her. But now, he was already Exceed-rank, though it appeared he only broke through recently. "I am surprised, you already broke through to Exceed-rank," Rias said with a smile and also scanned Vizen, the blue-haired man. 'He also reached the peak of Legendary-rank...this...'
"I have more surprises, but I'll save them for later," Luthen chuckled as his gaze went towards Aleron and Yueha.
"Is he your partner, Rias?" Dolly glanced at Aleron before turning to Rias, "Or Is your father's little competition announcement still valid?"
"Both," Rias plainly smiled, her answer easily understandable as she meant that Aleron was her chosen partner and also capable of winning the tournament competition.
"So you are that confident in him, eh?" Vizen said with a narrowed-eyed grin as he looked at Aleron and Yueha.
"That I am," Rias plainly smiled.
While Rias talked with them, Roxen was filling Aleron and Yueha with information about those four.
'Vizen Harter is the son of a powerful late-stage Exceed-rank powerhouse with a powerful all-rounder domain. His father is also the right-hand man of the Aurspec clan head, Luthen's father. In terms of talent, Vizen is considered to be no less than Luthen.'
'Dolly Rucidar is from the Rucidar Kingdom-a powerful independent kingdom in the central independent territory of the continent that has ties with the Aurspec clan. They are allies by trade and mutual interest.'
'The big muscular guy is called Thorkil, I think. He is from an unknown village of Rucidar Kingdom who had acquired a Divine Blessing and is a talent nurtured in the Lightdusk Academy.'
'They are Princess Rias's rivals or to say, enemies, in the upcoming trial of the ruins of Azure Shard Moon.'
'If they are enemy, then won't they make a move on Rias?' Aleron frowned and also activated his Eyes of Absolute judgment to check them.
'Making a move on Princess Rias while she is in Aurspec clan's city is basically turning the Empire into their open enemy. Neither of us can afford this enmity, so nothing can happen to Rias in this city unless a powerful third party risks coming here to fan the flames.'
'Even then, it wouldn't be easy to hurt Princess Rias with the protective artifacts she has on top of some other trump card.'
'Not to mention, we have you, Mr. Ale. Haha,' Roxen wryly chuckled.
Aleron nodded and looked at the marks that started manifesting over their heads.
'This...' Aleron's eyes shook and his heart trembled. 'A black mark and a red mark? What the fuck?! What did they do?!'
At the same time, Vizen had also plastered his eyes on Yueha and used a skill after determining that these two with Princess Rias were not any big shots based on his inspection of them.
The skill he used was related to his Divine Blessing, A.K.A his class tree.
It allowed him to designate layers and break past them. At the moment, he used the skill with the intention of seeing Yueha's naked figure by removing her clothes in his vision-sort of like an X-ray vision, but much more detailed and controlled.
Meanwhile, Yueha's eyes glinted as she sensed something and her eyes flashed. 'Garbage.'
"What is your name, friend?" Luthen asked Aleron with a smile, "If Rias chose you, then you must be impressive, haha. We should spar someday."
Just as Luthen had asked this, Vizen was in the process of removing layers and suddenly received a backlash.
"Arghhhh!" Vizen screamed, his eyes blanked out while he felt stabbing and biting pain as if countless tiny freezing needles were pricking his eyeballs.
Everyone was startled at this sudden development, including the security of the flood, but Luthen waved his hand at them and sent them away.
This tree basically belonged to him since its owner was one of his family members and staff
here knew Luthen.
"B-Bitch! Arghh!" Vizen cursed as he finally started using a healing skill after the initial shock
of pain.
Luthen frowned and waved his hand as he also aided in healing the eyes.
'Master, that piece of trash was trying to see my naked body that solely belongs to you, humph. What is your judgment of him? I'm sure he is nothing good. Let's kill him.'
Yueha frostily looked at Vizen with murderous sparks in her eyes.
"What is the meaning of this?" Luthen frowned as he looked at Yueha.
"This..." Roxen and Rias were taken aback and didn't know what to say as they didn't know
what happened and why that happened.
Meanwhile, Aleron's heart started beating faster, his hands shook as if eager to do something and his eyes trembled with veins in them popping, turning his eyes gradually bloodshot. 'What should I do? Talk or Trap? He is the heir of the clan that basically rules this city, still...' But he only struggled to think for one second before making his decision.
'Yue...Domain.'
In the next instant, on this big branch of this tree belonging to Golden Nectar House, a beautiful giant icey sphere appeared, with powdery shining icy blue sparks slowly whirling
around it.
This sudden phenomenon not only alerted the security on surrounding floors but also one of the ten Watch Towers placed at various places around the city.
This tower was just 4 kilometers away from the Golden Nectar House and it covered 10 kilometers of area to detect any powerful energy concentration wavelength based on what atmospheric part of the city was affected.
A Primeval-rank powerhouse like Yueha used her Spirit Domain, and even though it was in a small area, it was still a real deal with its intense energy concentration.
The big shots of the city, including the Aurspec clan head, were instantly alerted by this phenomenon with the Watch Tower detecting this anomaly.
While the public was swiftly evacuating from the tree, Police Officers of Legendary rank and
above were arriving to see the situation.
Meanwhile, the scene inside the domain was no less hectic for the natives.
Inside the domain, the scenery was seemingly vast with an unending frozen sea littered with
sakura trees.
Everyone was in the same position, but Luthen and Vizen were frozen from neck to toe with
only their head having freedom.
Dolly and Thorkil were fine, and they were free with nothing binding them. Scared at first, they soon became confused with this situation.
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