1021 Emperor (1/2)

”Emperor?” It was Lin Huang's first time hearing that term. However, he could tell it was a high position.

”Emperor is the highest title we have in Dynasty. It's not just a title, but the Emperor is a leader who has the real power, possessing the highest authority to control the entire Dynasty. Including the First to Third Grand Dukes like us, all the Dukes, Princes, and Dynasty members, we must all listen to the Emperor,” Huang Tianpu explained in detail.

”I don't understand this. Why are you guys getting yourself a superior? Aren't you just giving yourself a hard time?” Lin Huang raised his doubt as soon as he was done listening. ”Without the Emperor, isn't it great for the First to the Third Grand Dukes in reign?”

Huang Tianpu shook his head and forced a smile when he heard that. ”This has something to do with the rules that were passed down from Royal during the establishment of Dynasty.

”My master, who is the founder of Dynasty, Mr. Huang Tianyu, was Dynasty's very first Emperor. He founded Dynasty back then in an attempt to build a tremendous empire like the Union Government. He came up with the title 'Emperor' because it's the equivalent of the ruler of a kingdom who possesses the highest authority.

”My master was Royalty. He needed a massive amount of resources to build Dynasty, so he signed an agreement with Royal to make Dynasty the affiliate organization under the latter. Because of the identity as an affiliate organization, Dynasty developed quickly and very soon rose in this gravel world. It never stopped growing.

”However, there's a problem in the agreement. It clearly states that only Dynasty members have the right to inherit the Emperor title.”

”Since Master passed away, none of our Dynasty members are eligible to inherit the title. Royal contacted us and gave us two options.

”The first option is to detach from Royal to become an independent organization. If we choose that, we won't be getting any resource support from Royal from that day onwards while all the ruins won't be opened to us. Furthermore, Dynasty must pay the compensation for all the expenses Royal has spent on building and training us for the past 5 centuries. The annual compensation will be 50% of our annual income.

”The second option is to continue being Royal's affiliate organization. Since we don't have an Emperor, we're only assigned the lowest supply of resources from them. We'd also only be given the lowest authorization for all the ruins. There's also a request. We'll need to find a Royalty to be the new Emperor within 3 centuries. As soon as the Emperor goes on duty, all the resources will be recovered following the Emperor's privileges in Royal.

”However, if we can't find a new Emperor within 3 centuries, Royal will send their people to take over the affiliate organizations. By then, the entire organization will belong to Royal, including the members and items. Everything would become Royal's private property.

”We heard about that through some intel. As soon as we become their private property, it'd be equivalent to losing our human rights. We'd be no different from being a slave. Moreover, it would mean losing the potential to elevate on certain levels for demigods. There's a high possibility that they might be given the slave imprint and sold to powerhouses in the great world.”

Lin Huang understood why they looked for him right after hearing Huang Tianpu's detailed explanation.

”So, you guys went for the second option?”

Huang Tianpu nodded while forcing a smile. ”It would've been stupid to choose the first option back then. We had gotten used to having Royal supporting us, it was hard to imagine what would happen to us without their support. Furthermore, we were very confident that we could train a Royalty within these 3 centuries.”

”However, never had we thought that we wouldn't have even trained a single Royalty when the 3-century deadline is coming to an end. Even Huang Wuji, who we rooted for, was sent out on the second day of the trial.”

”How long more to the 3-century deadline?” Lin Huang could not help but ask.

”In 11 more years, but the Royal Trials will only happen in 100 years. We've lost our only hope.”

”Since there are still 11 years, why don't you just leave Dynasty? If you leave now, I don't think they'd come after all of you one after another in 11 years?” Lin Huang asked.

”We can't do that. As soon as we joined Dynasty, our names were on the register of the Royal affiliate organization. Since Master died, Royal automatically recorded all the new Dynasty members' details. As long as our names are on the list, the people from Royal will definitely find us. It's futile for us to hide anywhere in the world.

”There's only one way to leave Dynasty, which is to get the Emperor to remove the members from the list with his Royal Authorization.”

”What if you dissolve Dynasty directly?” Lin Huang suggested.

”There's no way to do that,” Huang Tianpu shook his head feeling helpless, ”Dynasty is Royal's affiliate organization, so Royal has the ownership. As long as Royal disagrees with that, we can't be dissolved. To dissolve an affiliate organization, the affiliate organization's Emperor must send an application into Royal's headquarters.”

”So, you guys have locked yourself in a dead-end.” Lin Huang was rather puzzled to hear that.

”We only have one solution now, which is to find a new Emperor.”

”I've got a question.” Lin Huang thought about it before speaking again, ”Are you guys sure that the first Emperor is dead?”

Huang Tianpu nodded almost without thinking. ”We've confirmed it. Master went to the great world a few years after breaking through to virtual god-level 3 centuries ago. Royal announced his death less than 10 years following his departure.”

”Didn't you guys see the body?”