Chapter 498: Old Scores to Settle (1/2)

GDK 498: Old Scores to Settle

“Corey, long time no see indeed. But this time, we didn’t come to Kasi Empire to bother the Shrine of Ice, nor were we planning to publicize the doctrines of our Druidic Order in your Kasi Empire. It’s not necessary to muster such large forces just to welcome me, don’t you think?” This elderly known as Kelly looked at Ice Celestial Corey with a spurious smile, seemingly unafraid of this character who presided over the Shrine of Ice.

Han Shuo knew that Ice Celestial Corey’s influences were not limited to just within the Shrine of Ice. If Corey let out a word, even His Majesty the King of Kasi Empire himself was obliged to listen carefully.

That was because Ice Celestial Corey was precisely the oldest progenitor of the Pillon Royal Family!

For so many years, the House of Pillon retained their firm grasp of authority over Kasi Empire. Any rebellion within Kasi Empire could be instantly quelled whenever there was one. The reason for this was directly connected with Ice Celestial Corey. Even the incumbent His Majesty the King of Kasi Empire was well aware of the significance of Ice Celestial Corey to their House of Pillon as well as their Kasi Empire.

“Oh well, you can’t blame me for that. You wouldn’t easily leave the Druidic Order headquarters, but all of a sudden you’ve stepped into the soil of our Kasi Empire. It is unavoidable that I would assume you intend to take revenge on us!” Corey displayed the proper respect towards Kelly in their discourse. Although Corey had an ostensible motive to kill, he nevertheless remained courteous on the surface.

The Shrine of Ice possessed absolute autonomy within Kasi Empire. Ever since the establishment of Kasi Empire, the Shrine of Ice took the position of the state religion of the Empire. For many years, the Shrine of Ice had taken advantage of their unsurpassed influence in Kasi Empire and destroyed all other religious organizations with conflicting interest to its own.

The Druidic Order, as a religious organization whose influences could be found throughout the Profound Continent, was among those who suffered a catastrophic blow within Kasi Empire. Even until this day, there was not a single shrine of the Druidic Order within the land of Kasi Empire. All the more, followers of the Druidic Order rarely ever appeared in Kasi Empire.

These extremist practices of the Shrine of Ice had once greatly enraged mighty experts of the Druidic Order who had always been aloof from worldly affairs. Infuriated, they seemed to have fought against the Shrine of Ice in the dark. Han Shuo wasn’t clear about the particulars of the struggle, although he did learn from a certain record in the Dark Mantle that the Druidic Order had the upper hand for a short period of time.

However, as the elder of the Pillon Royal Family, Ice Celestial Corey had the backing of the entire Kasi Empire. The Druidic Order was without a doubt no match for the Shrine of Ice in the long run when the fight took place within Kasi Empire. Although the Druidic Order was once briefly on the winning side of the fight, in the end, their influences were driven out from Kasi Empire completely.

Just from the fact that one could, at that point, find not a single church of the Druidic Order within Kasi Empire, one could clearly tell that the two religious organizations were having clashings and as incompatible as fire and water.

Ice Celestial Corey obviously had to rush over when he caught wind of the arrival of Kelly, a character from the Druidic Order who possessed at least demigod strength.

All of a sudden, Snow Celestial Tiana, who had remained stationary on the rooftop of the auction house, announced with her tender voice, “Citizens of Kasi Empire, please evacuate from the auction house immediately. Auction items and programs remaining for today may carry on on another day!”

The clamor inside the auction house suddenly hushed following the appearance of those from the Shrine of Ice. When they subsequently heard Corey’s words, they managed to put the clues together and gradually realized what was going on. At the sound of Tiana’s alert, each and every one these people wore terrified looks on their faces, immediately leaving the auction house without saying a word.

Certain truly influential officials and big shots in Kasi Empire were very much aware of who was actually behind these fanatical devotees of the Shrine of Ice. They obviously wouldn’t dare offend this most enormous institution in Kasi Empire. Those lesser nobilities, although they were not aware of Ice Celestial Corey’s identity, they nevertheless dared not to offend the Shrine of Ice in the slightest, and hence obediently followed the instructions and left.

Besides, the circumstances in the auction house had completely changed in those few short moments prior. The battle had earlier been between just Han Shuo and sacred knight Sulo, and Han Shuo had yet to really make a lethal strike. Wanting to see more, spectators merely remained in their seats.

The moment these feverish disciples of the Shrine of Ice showed up, they realized that things were not as simple as they had guessed. Any citizen of Kasi Empire was vaguely familiar with the grudges between the Shrine of Ice and the Druidic Order. Many years back, the two religious organizations set off rains of blood and carnage in Kasi Empire. This information had been widely spread among many nobilities with the propaganda of a certain party.

Thus, for all these reasons, right when the crowd discovered that the matter had something to do with the many years of grievances between the two religious organizations, they instantly understood that there would be a bloody battle in this auction house. These people, being as high status as they were, we’re not about to risk sticking around in this place to suffer unknown dangers that could strike at any moment. It was the wisest choice for them to distance themselves from the auction house as much as they could.

The Druidic Order was a religion that professed faith in nature, and treasured all living beings. They would never, ever advocate to willfully slaughter the innocent. Hence, although Kelly and Lilian knew that Snow Celestial Tiana evacuated everyone in order to deal with the two without any hindrance, they nonetheless did not capture anyone from the general public as hostages to threaten the Shrine of Ice.