Chapter 97 - 97 : Grand Banque (1/2)
With their new Spirit Boat, it didn't take them long to arrive at where the Grand Banquet will be held. Not only is the Spirit Boat was extremely fast, it was very comfortable too. In the Underworld and all the higher-realms, Spirit Boats are very commonly used, be it by wealthy people or rogue travelers.
The Grand Banquet will be held in the mysterious factions in the center of the Underworld. This faction was actually an Alliance of three Human clans.
Arthur didn't know what their names or any information about this faction, but at the very least, there is a strong chance that the woman who abducted Saly is from that clan, and her position must be very high as her strength is much greater than Anastassia, it could be said that she toyed with Astrith and her, apparently, she didn't fight too seriously even when Anastassia used her forbidden techniques, which meant she's at the very least a peak Grade Immortal Realm.
The Grand Banquet will not only have the important figures of the Silent Graveyard, Abyss Valley or the Void Abyss and the Monster Archipelago, ancient clans, and sects would also come over. Arthur didn't know the real reason behind the Grand Banquet, but he never thought It is just for entertainment, after all, leaders of various forces would gather there, and it surely wouldn't be just to have fun, right?
The Lich King Aborak and the leader of the Monster Race would be present too, as for the Behemoth, which is the leader of the Void Abyss, it is unknown if it would come or not.
Nobody has ever seen it for thousands of years, so it highly unlikely that it would show up, but that doesn't mean that its surbordinates will not come.
It is widely known that the Behemoth is the strongest of the three leaders of the factions, it is leagues stronger than them but it is very quiet and doesn't show up very often. Its territory is the largest and it has many strong subordinates, some are even at the God Realm.
There was a rumor saying that Aborak, the Lich King, has just broken through to the God Realm but Arthur Lucy doubted that rumor, if the Lich King is just at the God Realm first Grade, then he doesn't have the right to be a leader of a strong faction like the Undead, his true Strength must be hidden.
Moreover, a lich is deadly for its summons and not its true strength, the creatures and things it summons can be way stronger than it is, even an Immortal Realm lich can put up a fight against a Divine Realm person if it can summon some unique and powerful species.
The Summoner class and the summoning of the lich are two different things. Alich summons dead creatures with no soul, so there is never a problem in controlling them as they would over it mindlessly, as for the creatures summoned by an expert Summoner, if they are much stronger than the Summoner, they could break from their shackles and defy their master.
Arthur could also summon undead with him Necromancy skill, but they are way weaker than what the lich could summon for that the summoning needs a lot of Mental Power, as for a lich, it uses special skills and techniques coupled with Death Laws.
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Despite the Mysterious faction in the center of the Underworld having the smallest territory out of all of them, it was surprisingly flourishing, with many bustling cities and various places to cultivate or have some fun.
The cities appeared more grandiose than the Undead City Arthur and Lucy visited back then, it was surprising as despite the cities being smaller, probably the size of a normal city in Astria, they had something unique about them. Maybe because it was made by humans and not a different race?
Each race has its advantages and disadvantages, perhaps humans are a bit better in constructing cities or it's just that Arthur prefers these ones over the others. His taste may have been affected by his previous life.
When the two of them departed from the Decayed Mountain Range, Lucy broke through the Immortal Realm 3rd Grade and Arthur became a 2nd Grade Immortal. It may be surprising to others but if you practice technique that suited your body and have very high stats like them, your Realm will increase very fast to match the stats.
The Grand Banquet will be exactly held in one of the three main cities of the Human Alliance of the three ancient clans. The city is called 'The Royal Stronghold'.
The Royal Stronghold was an extremely big city, probably the only city that rivaled the Undead city, even the two other cities that belonged to the two other ancient clans weren't this big.
The reason is that the Royal Cobra Clan is the strongest out of the three, although it is said to be an alliance between the three, this clan is the one that almost always makes the decisions. The two other clans are called 'The Doom Bringer Clan' and 'The Lightning Fox Clan'.
Despite The Royal Cobra Clan holding the power over the other two, it doesn't mean they are weak, in fact, they are only slightly weaker than the Royal Cobra Clan and if they join hands, they can easily demolish it, it's just that they would never do that. The alliance was made to join their powers and stand equally with the other strong factions in the Underworld. Considering they are unwelcomed powers that came from other Realms, they weren't very welcomed when they first came here two thousand years ago.