Chapter 149: 13th Imperial knight! (1/2)

The royal courtyard was filled with all nobles of all ranks and titles. This is a rare occasion because the war was just at the corner and all nobles of the empire are mandated to gather for this day. On the mighty throne at the very edge of the room was Emperor Fei with the Wuxing clan patriarch standing behind his throne. It is said this man can be considered his most loyal partner and friend. The two watched as the small nobles discussed amongst themselves while the mighty nobles gathered and openly discriminated against their peers who were of a lower title.

In this kingdom, there are only two champion realm masters[Emperor Fei and the Wuxing clan patriarch] and slightly over thirty spirit realm masters. Everyone at the mortal realm and below is almost considered insignificant and that's why the spirit realm masters spared no effort when discriminating against the weaker ones.

Bam!

The golden doors yanked open as a youth walked into the room. Unexpectedly, he was topless, revealing his bandaged abs and he wore white trousers. On his body were numerous tattoos of various magic beasts and his long silver hair easily reached his waist, giving him a gentle look.

”Lucien Rakuzen!”

”So the rumors are true, he fought Klaus!”

Many began murmuring as they turned their attention to the pale-looking large man in golden armor gazing at Lucien coldly.  When Lucien entered the room, he directly began walking towards the man with a cold look on his face. Judging based on the looks on their faces, many assumed these two were about to erupt and tear each other apart but to their greatest surprise when Lucien got close, Klaus stood up and they shook hands.

”Kid, you are still alive?” Klaus asked.

”Hehehehe! Don't expect me to die from a little scratch!” Lucien replied.

”HAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR!” Klaus laughed heartily with Lucien and after they were done exchanging pleasantries, Lucien began walking towards the throne.

On a higher floor in the massive hall, Lucien could see the twelve golden knights staring at him. It looked like they were watching his every move, making it look like they are expecting him to do something crazy.

”Emperor!” Lucien said and fell on one knee while bowing well.

His actions left everyone stunned since Lucien has never proactively shown the emperor respect and many wondered why the emperor was yet to put him to death but seeing him act this way, even emperor Fei was shocked but slightly delighted. Unknown to them, Lucien was just in a good mood.

Making the Lightborn family his allies while having Alice help him sort out many of his clan related issues while having her draft out a list of potential recruits, he finally felt like he is moving forward and for some reason, he felt extremely happy.

”You have come!” Emperor Fei said with a slight smile on his face but even then Lucien didn't lift his head.

”I came as you ordered…. I apologize for having you wait but Klaus here did a number on me… I needed to tend to my wounds first!” Lucien answered calmly and respectfully.

”I can see that…” Emperor Fei said as he gazed at the bandages on Lucien's body and couldn't help but smile.

Lucien may be the one covered in bandages but he could see Klaus was even more hurt. For a warrior realm youth to be able to accomplish this is already extremely extraordinary and even he couldn't help but gaze at Lucien with a hint of admiration.

But with the crowd somewhere, everyone could feel someone's killing intentions surging dangerously and when they all glanced to the side it was a silver-haired aged man who was slightly identical to Lucien in some way. A man many had forgotten for a long time, Lukas Raizen!

Ever since he banished Lucien from the Raizen clan, he had only been greeted with news of Lucien's exploits. He was extremely delighted when Lucien was imprisoned for consuming a sealed artifact and he was amongst the nobles that pushed for his execution but even then, Lucien managed to escape death somehow, and even now, he keeps performing outstanding deeds that put him to shame. Over time his approval rating as a leader and a clan head kept dropping and other heads of the three great beast-men clans in the empire, gaze at him and call him stupid.