Chapter 45: The King (1/2)

The moment they entered the hall, they were greeted with a large spectacle.

The hall was filled with multiple nobles wearing various luxurious dresses. At the front of the hall was a large stage with various nobles loitering on it.

Amidst the nobles was one particular man. The burly man had a crown on his head, and wore a golden robe, with a large wolf imprinted all over it.

It was the King!

The moment people spotted the appearance of the King, they quietened as they didn't want to embarrass themselves in front of the King.

Behind the King were his family members, the royal family. His brother and his wife stood beside him, while both their children were behind them.

Examining the royal family, Jake noticed that they were missing one crucial member. There was no royal queen, the wife of the King.

In fact, the royal family was quite small. They consisted of only eight individuals; the King, the Royal duke(King's brother), Royal duchess, two princes, and three princesses.

Baffled, as it was a norm for there to be a Queen, he was about to ask Gavin, who was nearby, but he was beaten to it by Nico.

”Gavin, where is the Queen?” quietly asked Nico.

”She died in a battle fighting the Netherans,” whispered Gavin.

Noticing something, Jake scrutinized, 'Netherans, huh.'

While he was not familiar with the word, he had heard it before. They were often mentioned when people talked about Zombies.

Jake moved closer to Gavin as he asked him, ”What are Netherans? What are their relations with Zombies?”

As he looked at the King, Gavin replied, ”Don't worry. Listen to the King.”

He indicated that Jake would receive his answer through the King's speech.

After ten minutes of crowd noise, the other royal nobles had left the stage, only the King was left on the stage.

He smiled as he viewed his subjects.

Opening his mouth, he gave a terrifyingly loud shout, ”Attention!”

Jake could have sworn that he saw the King's mouth glow green before he shouted.

The shout managed to reach the ears of everyone in the hall. They looked back at the King as they expected the King to begin his speech.

The King, in his deep voice, began, ”Two hundred years ago, a group of people, living on this previously barren land, came together to pool their minds and resources. On that specific day, the Aztec Kingdom was born....”

The King's hand glowed with an extremely bright green energy. The green [spirit essence] turned into smoke. Figures appeared in the smoke, the about-twenty figures came together.

They built a small building. After that, they built two small buildings.

After that, they built five small buildings. They kept building and building until they got themselves a city. Then from a city to multiple cities, from multiple cities to a small region, and finally, from small regions to a Kingdom!

The green smoke illustrated everything the King said. It displayed it for the crowd to see, giving it a sense of authenticity.

In the minds of the crowds, they wondered how far the King's cultivation was for him to produce such a feat.

The king educated, ”.....Throughout history, our Kingdom has been intricately tied to a group of beings, the Netherans. They are the vermins of the world, invaders whose true aim is to infect!

Once in a while, they reappear, causing the factions of the world to unite. Most races would put aside their ideologies and differences to stand a united front.

It is funny because it was recorded that before the first emergence of the Netherans, the world was in a chaotic state, and full of injustice. Ironically, their emergence brought every part of the world together.

Now, there is an assembly, consisting of the most powerful factions of the world, and their main goal is to permanently thwart any emergence of the Netherans.”