There were too many things to be done, and too little time to do it, but never the less, Alex was focused on the task ahead, at this point he didn"t have much of a choice but to do so as there were lots of people counting on him, failure was not an option. He was leaving the Wudang sect a lot stronger than he came in, sometimes it was not how hard you hit that determined just how powerful you were, but by the caliber of people you had supporting you.They had to make one final stop at the forbidden city, Alex had to receive the imperial edict given to him by the emperor that certified that he had been given the rights of conquest for a recently discovered dimension, he still had a thousand soldiers garrisoned there, they would now be a part of his own personal army, and it was up to him to lead them and take full control of the dimension, and this was something that needed to happen.
n.o.body really knew how it worked, but invitation to the ark war was only sent out to people considered leaders or to put it simply, it is sent to established powers belonging to a particular planet or dimension. Normally any other planet other than earth only received a single invitation, but for some reason, earth always received multiple invitations, it was an obvious bias for the planet of its origin, and it became obvious that the ark wars was a way for the humans on earth to gain the power to take revenge on the powers than invaded and ended their golden age.
Which was why the other powers that do get their single invitations always try their hardest to make sure they brought the fighters from the earth down, and more often than not, earth becomes incapable of putting up a fight. And the reason for that is quite simple, these other powers have a longer and deeper history in the usage of Qi and Mana, so much so that even children could match up to full grown men. But there was hope for the warriors of this generation, it was said there has never been more talent on earth than ever before, and Alex and Victoria were leading the charge.
Unlike when they were heading to the Wudang sect, the Morgana was filled to the brim, or rather it wasn"t filled to the brim, but just had enough people to make for a lively atmosphere. Yun Fao seemed really in love with the airship and Anya seemed to have made it a point to tell everyone that this marvel of Qi and Mana belonged to her husband. It was all an attempt on their path to try and not dwell too much on the funeral, though Victoria had received her fair share of ugly looks from the triplets, it was n nothing she took into account.
The journey to the imperial capital didn"t take too long, however once they got there, Victoria had insisted just she and Alex go get the right of conquest, of course Anya didn"t like the sound of that and was more than ready to raise h.e.l.l in that regard, but Alex was able to talk her down from an overreaction, because knowing Anya that wouldn"t be good, not one bit.
In all honest Alex wanted to avoid having to meet the emperor, but this wasn"t something he could avoid, because coming into his house and not even coming to say h.e.l.lo, for a son in law of the emperor that would be beyond rude, but thankfully the emperor wasn"t even around to begin with, so Victoria was happy to just lead Alex to the administrative pavilion to claim his prize. It was on their way there that she finally decided to speak.
"I"ve located Ming and Walter, they"re being protected by their families and honestly you would not even be able to get close to them, it cost me a lot just to discover their locations. They honestly didn"t expect such a violent reaction from you, and while those two are part of a royal family and an imperial clan, the Zhang clan and Wudang sect was not something they had expected their children to mess with.
Normally it shouldn"t matter as the academy was practically no man"s land for all of the world"s power, but the subsequent display, and your extremely violent outburst and even more violent takeover of all their a.s.sets has left their families feeling worried. If we don"t take the Wudang sect into question, the Zhang clan has a very close relationship with both the imperial Lu clan and the royal Albion family.
And this was before we got engaged, at the moment I hear that both families are entreating both my father and grandmother, the high queen of Albion to mediate. It"s been kept really quiet, but they were hoping to arrange a sit down with you or rather not with you but with your grandfather as they feel and know you would be too hot-blooded to coerce or strong arm into a settlement."
"are they that afraid of me?" Alex chuckled as he asked with a very bright smile that gave Victoria pause for a moment.
"They"re not really afraid of you, but rather of your potential and your connections. Plus, it seems you have no idea how famous you are right now, you"ve been going around causing problems as it is, from your crashing of a secret auction, stealing away an angel held in captivity, to the time you fought demons in Macau, your battle during my father"s banquet, and the very annoying fact you"re the only person in the entire world who can forge both mana and qi attributed weapons. With the amount of popularity, you have, you can start a sect of your own or...." Alex raised an eyebrow as she stopped speaking and paused.
"Or what?" he asked her with a curious look.
"Or start a rebellion." She whispered to him as she moved forward, covering dozens of meters in a few seconds.
Alex didn"t know how to react to that, was it that easy to become famous, all these things that she had mentioned he didn"t think they were that important to have built him such a respectable reputation or fame as she says. And for all intents and purposes he was right in that thought, there were too many factors coming into play, chief amongst them being his pedigree. No one was talking about his father, and if they did it even made him seem more divine.
To those who didn"t know, he was just the son of a painter and the daughter of the most powerful man on earth, to those who did know, he was the son of the divine painter. A man who"s painting could stir the pleasures and wrath of the heavens, reveal secrets and teach ancient and unique martial arts, his painting could open gateways and create dimensions from nothing or at least open gateways to ones not yet discovered.
And then add in being the son in law of the emperor, and that the person he was getting married to was equally as famous as he was. At this moment he had they eyes of many on him, and he didn"t know it. Many loved him, and equally many hated him, and many more wanted to be just like him, and this was just the beginning of his story, Alex still had many more years of glory to bask in.
He shook his head and hurriedly caught up with Victoria as they finally arrived at their destination, being the princess afforded her a lot of respect, and the empire"s minister of internal affairs was quickly called over to grovel and gush at the feet of the ninth princess. Alex found it amusing, and while Victoria kept a stoic face and seemed unfazed, for some reason Alex could tell that she felt…embarra.s.sed by the entire display; and no matter what, she kept making sure to avoid his eyes.
It honestly left Alex feeling very confused, but that was quickly dealt with as the minister handed a golden scroll to Alex. This was the right of conquest, and then he was given another scroll, however this one was blood red and written with golden letters, this was the right of command.
"Prince Zhang Feng, the golden scroll is the right of conquest for the recently discovered dimension 2341555, it has not been conquered yet, so no official name has been given, but I hear that the soldiers call it the blood lands. And then the red scroll gives you command over the 777th regiment of one thousand soldiers at the peak of the mortal gate, one hundred commanders within the earth gate and ten generals at the peak of the earth gate, all together that makes for one thousand, one hundred and ten men and women. I wish you the best of luck on your conquest young prince. Also! Your highness, your mother requests both your presence at her quarters, I shall now take my leave your most respected princess."
Alex blinked and then turned to Victoria with a mischievous smile on his face, then he said.
"Well Your most respected Princess, should we go meet my mother in-law?" what he got for his troubles was hard smack at the back of his head as a red faced Victoria walked out, it wasn"t wise to provoke her, but it was so worth it; and the minister with no idea how to flatter just made it easy for him. Well Alex hoped once they get married everyday would be like this, it wouldn"t be too bad having a wife that gets embarra.s.sed when people suck up to her, life was definitely going to be more interesting in the future.