Chapter 269 All That One Could Wish For (2/2)

The warrior knew very little about the current emperor of the Northern Empire, Israel Diamond. In the previous life, when the warrior was finally able to come in contact with a person of royal background and also a Legendary tier, Emperor Israel, which people would have been referring him by that name, had already passed away for years. Having closer thought about it, that should only happen in about five to six years later from today. Even though the warrior did not have even the slightest clue in why Israel would pass away, he knew that the new emperor in the Northern Empire was the second prince by the name Dimore Diamond. He had also beaten all of his rivals into succumbing to him with his oppressive strength of Legendary Tier just like how his father did. Well, It seemed like he had inherited exactly the same 'gift' as his father. Like father like son they said. By doing so, he had taken over the power position as the ruler of the Empire Kingdom.

Truth to be told, Joshua knew the second prince much better. He was a hard and fierce man. Back in the year when Emperor Israel had fallen, the Empire Kingdom had descended into chaos. Many princes were attempting to claim the throne to themselves. In the meantime, Dimore decided to take action of his own with his own bare hands. He traveled through thousands of miles, hunting down his own brothers and sisters one after another. At the same time, while humanity was on the brink of being overwhelmed by the dark forces from the Dark Abyss, he also came up with a series of tactical counterattacks that worked wondrously, causing the human forces to be able to drive the dark forces back into the Dark Abyss. Brandon had also advanced into Legendary tier at that time. For that, he had attained the title called 'The Empire Kingdom's Sword'.

The reason why Joshua frowned for sensing the presence right before him was that he noticed that this emperor was on the verge to break through his shell again. He was on the verge of advancing into the domain of Upper Legendary. However, if Emperor Israel could really advance into the domain of Upper Legendary or even its pinnacle, how could he be dead six years later? There must be some hidden story behind all that.

Regardless of anything, everyone had arrived at the door of the royal library of the palace. Thinking too much would not benefit him at all. So it would be better to just meet the Emperor and observe the situation himself. However, before they could knock on the door to ask for permission to enter the room, the door had opened itself.

”Come on in.”

The old mage's voice was heard coming out from the room. ”We've been expecting you.”

Joshua took the lead and walked into the room.

At that moment, he did not see a luxuriously decorated study room. Instead, he only saw that there were countless bookshelves by the side of the room with many precious collections of old books right on top of each shelf. Meanwhile, there was a middle-aged man sitting on the other side of the desk at the other far side of the room, looking at Joshua as if he was reviewing Joshua from head to toe.

That man was tall. His eyes were filled with bottomless intimidation, the aura of an emperor—of course, there was also a psychological pressure that came charging through from the front, causing one to feel a bottomless fear gushing toward him. His face was calm. However, he looked a little curious at the same time. When he was looking Joshua in his eyes, the warrior felt a strong powerful brewing all around him as if the man behind the desk could see right through him.

However, that pressuring force had become nullified before Joshua's power. The emperor was astonished. ”Huh?”. After all, he had never encountered a person who could actually resist against his aura. ”I've never expected that this young man is actually so powerful.”

He got up on his feet slowly. The emperor who had a dark-blond hair that went all the way down to his shoulders looked so tall that he looked like a giant in the study room. He was not large enough to be called a giant though. Even though he was in the study room at the moment, Israel was still wearing his leather armor on. Instead of looking like an emperor, he looked more like a warrior who had fought countless battles. His aura did not strike others as a man who possessed the king's temperament who had control over everything. He seemed more like an overlord that could command armies to rule. ”This man is worthy to be the new Chaos Guardian. Not only he has crippled the Black Rising, sealing the dimensional door, traveling back and forth from an outer world, he even annihilated an entire lair of dragons. He is undoubtedly a truly powerful warrior.”

Israel nodded as he praised the warrior. He seemed to be pleased with that.

”Joshua van Radcliffe.”

With a wave of his hand, he stopped the warrior form saluting him. Israel shook his head as he said, ”This is not a formal meeting. There are no outsiders here. So you don't have to be so courteous about this. Nostradamus is my teacher. And young Brandon here is my junior. If you want to look at him from another way around, he could be considered as my nephew. Well, we can blame the old man for accepting apprentices anyway he wants without having thought about the consequences. Our relationship is a mess right now because of him. Haha.”

Israel seemed very happy at the moment. He did not even have the slightest notion to purposely show himself off as an emperor. However, his presence was still pressuring and intimidating even though he had tried his best to suppress his aura. After all, he was a man who had broken through the Legendary domain.

”That's my effort to help you nurture a new generation of powerful people for your Empire Kingdom, you know.” Right by Israel's side, the old mage shook his head and said, ”If I really wanted to retire, you would have been the first to disagree with me.”

”Hahaha.”

Agreeing to Nostradamus's words by merely laughter without saying any word about it, the Emperor then turned his eyes towards Joshua. The two of them looked each other in the eyes for a brief moment. After that, Israel slowly said, ”I've met your father, Beirut de Radcliffe. He's a dutiful count, a qualified Chaos Guardian… and you, have done more than he could.”

Slowly stepping away from behind his desk, Israel walked up to Joshua. The tall figure of the emperor took a closer look at the warrior as he frowned a little. He seemed to be surprised actually. ”You've actually reached the barrier to cross into Supreme… To use the word 'prodigy' to describe your achievement would be an insult to you. So is this the power of legacy? That's truly worthy of its name.”

After a moment of silence, the emperor suddenly said, ”Would you like to spar with me?”

Joshua remained in silence for a brief moment before he started smiling, revealing the excitement on his face.

Right there, he spoke his first word ever since he stepped foot into the study room. ”Your Majesty, that would be all that I could ask for.”