Chapter 30: A Shocking Start (2/2)

Sitting on the platform were only a few people: the emperor and empress, the pope, Duke Gordan, and sir Cliff.

After they sat down, the deep sounding trombones stopped.

Suddenly, before everybody came back to their senses, there was the sound of multiple wings flapping in the sky. Then the sky darkened, and an unusual wind blew.

A group of orderly shadows suddenly appeared in the sky. Those black outfits, shiny boots, the golden tassels on their golden epaulets dancing in the wind, their overbearing aura, and the firm expression between their brows – all looked very striking. The mounts underneath them all had the body and claw of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle.

The Griffins!!!

It’s the Griffin Squad of Amparkland! Subjected directly under the emperor, it was a strong and legendary power that only obeyed the command of the emperor. It was the biggest asset of the royal family, the last stable defense, and now they had shockingly appeared in front of everybody.

The people below started shouting. The ambassador’s expression changed instantly, and he stole a glance at the pope beside him. After seeing the pope expressionless, he let out a breath. After recovering, he looked towards the students of his country who sat on the bleachers beneath. Most of the students’ expressions had changed and they lost their calm attitude from before. His heart, that had just calmed down, rose again. How could he not understand that the appearance of the Griffin Squad was the emperor’s display of power? This time, the results would be hard to predict.

Claire watched the disciplined Griffin Squad that was in mid-air with great interest. The leader in the front looked somewhat similar to Claire. He was the second eldest brother of Claire, Eric Hill. The powerful Eric, like others, also favored and spoiled the talented and clever Lashia and hated the man-chaser Claire.

The Griffin Squad disappeared amidst the shouts of the people. There was no reason to keep showing off this mysterious and strong power when the emperor already obtained the effect he wanted.

“Claire~~~” Suddenly, a quiet, tiny voice pulled Claire back into reality.

Claire turned her head and saw Princess Maurice, who had a big smile on her face.

“Your Highness.” Claire smiled and lightly nodded.

“I haven’t had time to talk to you, but I really like your gift, I love it. Thank you.” Princess Maurice was obviously very happy and thanked Claire multiple times in a low voice.

Claire smiled. “As long as your Highness likes it.”

Just when the two were quietly exchanging greetings, the emperor announced the prizes for the winner of this competition. The whole field boiled again.

A grade nine beast core, a magic wand, and a sword. There was no need to explain the first prize. The magic wand was the precious heritage of a wizard sage, able to do three high level spells instantly and of different elements! The sword was called the Unrivaled Sword. Of course its quality was amazing, cutting through hair and fur alike, slicing through iron as if it was mud. But most importantly, this was a magic sword! With the added ability of Delay! If a person was wounded by this sword, it would make his actions slower. These prizes were really generous!

But Claire sensed something unusual.

“Claire, that magic wand isn’t bad, haha, and that grade nine beast core is nice too.” Walter chuckled obscenely in Claire’s head.

The competition had officially started, needing two out of three rounds to win.

Lashia was still the last contestant, going against the magician of the other side. The ironic thing was, the opponent of Lashia was the same youth that had lost to Lashia last time. The youth was lying lazily, without giving so much as a glance at Lashia. He had a head of dazzling red hair, impatience written all over his handsome features. He was rolling his eyes while listening to his mentor talking. Claire focused on the lips of the mentor and immediately felt awkward.

“Yixuan Feng, are you listening?! We lost last time because you ate too much junk food and got diarrhea! You didn’t eat strange things this time, right? Right? Right? Right?” The mentor was looking at his unconcerned disciple, almost worried to death. He desperately wanted a confirmation from the youth.

Yixuan Feng?! Claire frowned, this was another last name that didn’t seem to come from this continent. Why?

“Walter!” Claire called silently.

“What?” Walter answered immediately.

“Do you remember the last name of the Holy Divine Prince? Lingyun Leng and now one of the students from the other side, Yixuan Feng, why are their last names so strange?” Claire asked.