"I should hand my disciples over to you?" The Enlightened Old Immortal parroted Councilwoman Henrietta's words. It was ass if he could not understand what he had just heard!In the next moment, the Enlightened Old Immortal went into a cursing fit as he started cursing out loud without any care for his previous attempt to put on a dignified image."Fuck!""Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!""What the hell are you saying, little Lassy? I thought you said you weren't after my disciples! You said that you wouldn't ask for them as compensation for your gems!""How heartless of you. Even after hearing of my troubles and what I went through to raise them into the warriors, they are today. You still want me to hand them over to you, just like that. You're truly ruthless!""Do you think that warriors of such caliber are grown on trees?""Can you understand the hardships that I had to go through when raising a bunch of snotty kids and turning them into true wa

"Y-you, y-you, you..." The Enlightened Old Immortal stammered to come out with a retort to counter Councilwoman Henrietta's fierce accusations. but try as he may, he could not come out with any rebuttals. Instead, it was Councilwoman Henrietta that quickly cut him off by saying, "What you, eh!" "What are you trying to say? Hurry up and spit it out. Or is it that you have nothing to say because I am right?" Once again, the enlightened old immortal started to stutter. "Y-you, you little lass... what the hell are you saying! I have no idea what you are talking about!" "Humph!" "Well, whatever..." Councilwoman Henrietta eventually said. "If you don't want to hand your disciples over to me because you feel like you are not getting enough benefits, then it's fine. I cannot force you to do what you do not want to do. Especially if it's against your own interest, so let's forget about it." Councilwoman Henrietta took a

Of the following matches that took place after Hilda's... the most notable ones that drew the attention of all the audience were naturally those involving, Arran, Renee, Daphne, and others like Theodore 'End' Snatch, his friend sable, and the rest who were on the seeded participant list.Whenever either of these people was called on stage to fight, the crowd would be whipped into a frenzy as they let off cheers and wild calls of support and excitement. Judging from all this, it was adequately clear just how popular these participants were.In the same vein, the opponents of these popular participants were faced with a lot of pressure. Having to face an opponent whose strength was known widely and acknowledged without any support from the audience. It was as if they had already suffered defeat before even stepping on the stage.In this match, although things were not as interesting or as intense as the first round of the tournament had been, the audience had stil

The match between Carrum and Joyner Wellington had been short but full of exciting moments. With overwhelming power, Carrum completely suppressed Joyner to the extent that he was not able to retaliate at all. Still, even though Joyner could not find the chance to attack Carrum, Carrum was still a long way from being a total threat to Joyner.With the powerful evasive capabilities granted by the Obscure Shadow ability, Joyner was still able to remain unscathed, even after facing Carrum's powerful destructive attacks for a few minutes.Right now, it was not clear who had the upper hand between Joyner and Carrum, as both of them were following their own pace. Everybody knew that the Obscure Shadow ability was very powerful and could let Joyner ignore any attacks aimed at him. But what nobody knew was what kind of costs were associated with this ability.It was not clear how long Joyner could keep on ignoring Carrum's attacks. For all the audience knew, Joyner may e

On the floating platform where the rulers, as well as the council members, were seated.Everybody present here looked at Carrum's retreating figure as he made his way back to the participants' viewing stage. As they all looked at him, there was an unexplainable look in each of their eyes, and everybody had their own thoughts about Carrum.There was silence on the platform for a brief moment, but eventually, the first person to speak was the Enlightened Old Immortal."Sigh!""It's a shame that such a promising young man had succumbed to the temptation of the shades. Right now, his future is lost and there is no hope of saving him anymore.""Indeed, it is such a pity..." Councilman Taylor agreed."This is as much a failure on our part for not protecting our people well as it is his for giving in to temptation," he said.Councilwoman Alyss, who had been quiet for the most part throughout the entire ceremony, suddenly scoffed as she said.