Chapter 453 - Emperor Vs King (2/2)

Alexander headed back to his seat.

”I like you Ray, you have balls. Especially for the king himself to compete in this tournament. That's something I could never do.” Alexander said as he sat down.

'The king, the red-haired dude is the king of the Redwings!' Savana thought.

Why would a king come into enemy territory? No wonder the emperor was all smiles. It would be the perfect excuse to get rid of the pain in their backside in this tournament. Still, Savana couldn't shake this strange feeling she had.

If that warrior Nes wasn't part of the Redwings. Who was he, and why did the bald-headed knight know who he was? She remembered seeing Kyle's skill for a brief second, and he wasn't even taking part in the tournament. Was the blonde boy really stronger than him?

Still, nobody in that room could imagine a king being a great fighter. They were a political figure. Even if he was strong, it was unlikely they would be the strongest fighter in their kingdom.

Alexander called over one of his men by his side, who held out a scroll, he opened it and started to read aloud. They were the rules of the all kingdom tournament. There would be one fight, from each kingdom each day. A contender once having fought would not have to fight again until the next day.

The drawings were completely random and would be decided on the day tomorrow. This way nobody could prepare beforehand for the opponent they would face. No magic was allowed, but if it was a weapons active skill, then that was allowed.

Hearing this, Ray was wondering if his gauntlets, magic shields powered by his elements would be considered magic or not. Just to be safe, he would not use them. The empire would probably use it as an excuse to say he was cheating.

There were three ways for one to lose a fight, be forfeit, by death, or knockout. It was a simple knockout style tournament. However, one would not be placed against one from the same kingdom or empire.

As the organiser, Alexander even prepared awards for the winners. The kingdoms that held the event before did the same. But this was the first time the empire was holding the all kingdom tournament.

Some of the other kingdoms were expecting some good rewards for winning. Everything else was over, and now they could enjoy a nice meal and spend the rest of the time at the palace. They would have servants at their call if there was anything they needed.

The food came out, and others started to dig in. The conversation was being made, but that was only between the six kingdoms. It seemed at the table the two powers that were being left out of everything, were the Redwings, and the empire.

The empire did things through force, and the good relationship with the kingdoms was just for show for the people, so they wouldn't worry, but many at the top knew this.

While eating away, Ray looked at Roki. He was a stronger man than he thought, being able to defeat the emperor tier beast. He had no magic, and although his Ki force was strong, it wasn't anywhere close to what Ray could produce at the moment. Meaning he had defeated the beat through sheer skill.

Seeing him fight, reminded Ray why he wanted to improve his swordsmanship. However, Ray didn't have his sword anymore. He had given his black raven to Harry. Since his blades had broken. Then using the advanced crystals from the arena event he had also made another sword for Harry, but it wasn't as good as the Black raven or the blades Harry had before, but it had to do.

So, for this event, it looked like Ray would be going back to his gauntlets. When looking at Roki, he turned his head to the other contestant. He looked similar to the emperor, enough to the point where they seemed to be related, but while the emperor had blonde hair, the man next to him had black.

Using his dragon eyes, Ray wanted to get an idea of his power. The second he did though, his dragon eyes were shut off. His vision had returned to normal.

The black-haired boy turned and looked at Ray back.

”What did you just try and do?” He said with a smile.

The feeling Ray was getting from this person was the same feeling that he got from Bliss and Van.

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