Chapter 703 - Song Jiaoren and Eric Hinga
"!!!"
Alex immediately locked his eyes on Astennu. "She is coming for me?"
There wasn"t a single person coming to his mind.
Seeing there was a sense of familiarity in her, she should be someone he knew, but he knew everyone had a good life, except…
"!!!" Alex opened his mouth slightly as he never expected to have such an answer. He knew the conditions of all his acquaintances, but there was a single female that he didn"t know. It was Song Yu.
Now that he thought about it, he could see that the energy inside her body was similar to that of Song Yu"s. A blue sword was inside her body when he first saw with Spirit Eyes, which threw his mind. If he erased that sword and thought for a moment, he was certain that she was Song Yu.
He didn"t know how she ended up with Astennu, but at the very least, he knew she was alright after seeing her current strength and Spiritual Energy.
"To think I meet with Senior Sister this way…" Alex chuckled inwardly before replying to Astennu. "Sure. I will be visiting you tonight."
"Sir?" Song Jiaoren noticed Alex"s change of expression and furrowed his eyebrows.
"Nothing." Alex shook his head.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very thankful for your visit to this Seven Influences Banquet." Suddenly, a woman"s soft voice echoed in the room as people started looking at the stage.
A silver-haired girl slowly walked toward the stage. She wore a white ceremonial uniform coupled with a long white robe. Even so, it didn"t manage to decrease her gracefulness. Instead, it boosted her charm even further.
Alex activated his Spirit Eyes and realized she was a 1-Star Martial Saint as well.
Song Jiaoren didn"t know whether Alex knew this person or not, so he introduced her. "She is the crown princess of this Divine Kingdom, Elizabeth. It could be said she is the most talented person among the princes and princesses.
"From what I know, she single-handedly made the other princes and princesses submit under her. That"s why the king decided to have her become the Crown Princess… And probably, she will be the absolute queen of the Divine Kingdom. Many people are trying to be her suitors, but none of them can get her heart.
"At that time, she simply said none of you are qualified to be with me. After that, there are not many that dare to try impressing her. However, there is still one opposition coming from Prince Julius. He is also a wise man and able to stand toe to toe against her because the King"s faction supports him. Unfortunately, in individual charm and characteristic alone, she is still far ahead from Julius." Song Jiaoren explained.
"Mhm. I am not really interested in the Throne feud. I know they are fighting, considering the old-fas.h.i.+oned king wants his son to succeed the throne and doesn"t want to see a woman sitting on the throne. Meanwhile, her faction wants her because they are completely subdued by force. From talent and character alone, I can say that she will become a better Monarch than that Julius… As for whether who would win or lose, I don"t really care." Alex nodded without any change of expression. He just showed that he had no interest in her.
He already had prior information about this from his spies and paid no attention since they would be busy with other things.
With Alex"s status alone as the Supreme VIP Card holder, he could destroy the Blackwade Clan and the Divine Kingdom easily, let alone the fact that his wife was the one who gave him the card. There was only one possibility. Alex"s wife was a G.o.d Rank Expert. Elizabeth couldn"t be compared to that person. Song Jiaoren thought they could have Julius as the king while marrying Elizabeth since she will be a powerful expert in the future… Albeit, she couldn"t be compared to G.o.d Rank Expert. Hence, he didn"t mention it again.
Unlike him, Alex was more interested in another thing. "Elizabeth? Don"t tell me that this Divine Kingdom is actually alternate England?"
"For the first part of this banquet, let us have the performances from our Divine Kingdom first." Elizabeth, who didn"t know their conversations, smiled and continued the event before a few dancers came to the stage. Elizabeth then walked out of the stage while taking a glance at Alex.
Alex furrowed his eyebrows, wondered why she glanced at him and thought, "It seems that I need to watch the Divine Kingdom closely after this. Well, Nicole is in the Blackwade Clan, Ngina is with Rose, Nano is in Ancient Blue Family, and Neon is with me currently. As for the SR spirits, Noel and Nicky are in Snow White Mountain, Noah is in this kingdom, while Njomo and Natalie are in the Fire G.o.d Clan.
"Should I ask Neon to stay in this kingdom?" Alex thought for a moment and decided to observe the situation first. He had a whole day to observe her intention after all.
After finis.h.i.+ng his thought, he watched the performances quietly until Elizabeth appeared again.
"The purpose of this banquet is to have the younger generations show their talents. That"s why if anyone wants to show their talents in front of everyone, please come to the stage." Elizabeth smiled before glancing at Alex again as if she was inviting him to go to the stage.
Alex paid no attention as a man raised his hand.
"Alright. Let"s have this gentleman here to perform something for us." Elizabeth still maintained her smile before giving the time and place for the man.
However, something unexpected happened. As soon as he entered the stage, the next thing he said was a complete bullsh*t. "I would like to ask a question first. All of us here are well known in the world, but one person is different from all of us. He suddenly appeared out of nowhere and made a mess. I am wondering why he would even appear in this banquet?"
Without him saying the name of that man, everyone could already guess who it was as they stared at Alexander Sirius. They knew this action was completely challenging Alex"s authority.
"You—!" Elizabeth wanted to stop him, but another unexpected thing happened.
Song Jiaoren stood up and shouted. "So, you have chosen death? Daring to question Alexander Sirius from Spirit Nest, it seems you are also trying to provoke us, Blackwade Clan?"
"What?!" Everyone, including Elizabeth, dropped their jaws, never expecting Song Jiaoren to stand up like this.
He simply snorted. "You are just a clown that doesn"t know anything. I think this bullsh*t talent show is not worthy of everyone"s time. How about we skip this and begin the fighting compet.i.tion right now? That is the main event, right?"
Elizabeth had no words to answer. She would never expect Song Jiaoren to become this aggressive. On the other hand, Alex was watching the show in complete silence before Evelyn also rose from her seat.
"Indeed. I think this banquet is boring. Rather than watching someone perform his talent as a clown, I think it"s better to have a fighting compet.i.tion right now. Seeing he is 5-Star Martial Monarch, how about fighting against me, lest you say Young Master Song Jiaoren bullying the weak?" Evelyn looked at the stage coldly as she released her killing intent.
Phantasm Sect didn"t do anything. However, Astennu was laughing inwardly as he was watching something amusing. He glanced at the woman and sent a thought transmission. "To think the situation becomes interesting like this…"
"It is his charm." The woman answered while smiling behind her veil.
Elizabeth tried to calm down the situation. "I think everyone should calm down."
"We are completely calm, Princess Elizabeth. Just take a look at my friend, Alexander, he is completely cool with all of this. However, I can"t take this insult. I am by no means disrespecting you, but I certainly can"t sit idle when someone dares to do this in front of me." Song Jiaoren then glanced at Eric Hinga. "No. I think I should say thank you for inviting such a clown. What do you think, Eric Hinga? Are you up for a round?"
Eric Hinga narrowed his eyes.
Without anyone talking about it, they already knew that the only reason why a "clown" could act that blatantly must be because he had a backing. And the only one that qualified and had a grudge with Alex would only be the successor of Fire G.o.d Clan, Eric Hinga.
Of course, there was no way he would admit it. He simply smiled and looked at Elizabeth. "This is the banquet hosted by the Divine Kingdom. It"s not nice to suddenly move the schedule forward. I will let the Princess handle this matter."
Elizabeth released his Spiritual Energy as she was annoyed to the core. Looking at the man on the stage with killing intent, she asked, "So, what do you want to perform? If you don"t have anything, you can go out and never come back."
Song Jiaoren laughed and praised Elizabeth. "Princess Elizabeth is indeed a woman of a character. Now, this event is asking for someone to perform their talents. The problem is, I wonder if there is anyone who wants to perform their talents?"
He also leaked his Spiritual Energy and killing intent in the room, making no one dared to perform.
Elizabeth looked at Song Jiaoren. "How about we end it right now, Young Master Song Jiaoren? Can you please give me some face?"
Alex released his Spiritual Energy a little bit and glared at Song Jiaoren. To everyone"s surprise, he suddenly fell into silence and cupped his hands to Elizabeth. "Since Princess Elizabeth has said so, how can I not give you?"
*Hiss~!*
All of them knew that Song Jiaoren decided to retreat because of Alex, not Elizabeth. However, Elizabeth used this chance to calm the situation down. "Since the situation has been settled… How about we continue the event? Don"t worry. If this situation happens again, I won"t have them leave anymore because they won"t be able to leave."
The people gulped down. Elizabeth was really p.i.s.sed this time to the point she didn"t mind killing people that dared to make a ruckus. Her aura was ready to fight even with the other big influences, but she was still smiling and continued. "Whoever wants to show us their talents, please come to the front."
After this incident, there were three people coming to the stage. Unfortunately, they couldn"t perform their best because they were performing under the intense glare from Song Jiaoren, Elizabeth, Alexander, Eric Hinga, Evelyn, and Astennu.
Elizabeth was forced to move the schedule forward and hosted the fighting compet.i.tion right away.
"It seems that everyone is eager to see the fighting compet.i.tion. Let"s start the last event for today"s banquet then." She smiled as she snapped her finger before a barrier enveloped the arena. "This is a rank 8 Barrier Array that we prepare for today"s fighting compet.i.tion. That"s why you can use all your power without worry. So, who wants to fight?"
The hall became silent before Song Jiaoren stood up once again.
Alex was confused as to why he would stand up like this. "What are you doing?"
"I am going to fight Eric Hinga."
"Are you planning to kill him?"
"I want to kill him if possible. However, I am only a 1-Star Martial Saint while he is a peak 10-Star Martial Monarch, close to Martial Saint. That"s why I am afraid it"s impossible to kill him, but I have another plan."
"A plan?"
"Yes. I might not be able to kill him in a single strike, but I can heavily injure him or do some irreplaceable damage. My elders would protect me anyway if his elders interfere."
"But how about your face or your clan"s face?"
"It"s completely insignificant. If my clan knows about this, they will shut up as soon as they know about the Supreme VIP Card. Besides, our face can be reclaimed by destroying the Fire G.o.d Clan. This might be some foolish action in your eyes, but this is also the time for me to prove that the Blackwade Clan is supporting you. Besides, won"t it become easier for you to convince the Ancient Blue Family this way?"
Alex narrowed his eyes. As Song Jiaoren said, if the Ancient Blue Family knew that they would fight against Spirit Nest and Blackwade Clan, they would need to think twice before joining forces with Fire G.o.d Clan.
With the addition of Drunken Pavilion, they would think the Fire G.o.d Clan had been surrounded by three big influences and would certainly finish the discussion.
Song Jiaoren looked rash, but he had done his homework and thought before he made his decision. This was certainly astonis.h.i.+ng.
Alex thought for a moment and sighed. "Do what you want."
"Thank you." Song Jiaoren nodded and leaped to the stage.
"Oh, Young Master Song seems to want a fight. I wonder who you want to challenge? I need to remind you first that anything can happen in the battle." Elizabeth narrowed her eyes.
"Thank you for your warning, Princess. I also apologize for my rudeness before."
"Please don"t mind."
Song Jiaoren nodded and glanced at Eric Hinga. "Young Master Eric. How about we have a round on the stage? I always want to see the Fire G.o.d Clan genius that has been shadowed by their first young master. Or everything is simply a lie?"