261 Unconsiousness (1/2)
The King's arrival was announced upon arriving at the Great Hall along with Grandmaster Don tagging along. The general marquis was the first to kneel and paid his respects to the king.
”Greetings, your Majesty.”
”Arise,” Heinrich said and glanced at the elven envoys. He had affirmed that the beauty of elves depicted in stories was not an exaggeration at all. His eyes lingered on the Princess for a few instances longer before retracting his gaze. He was simply admiring their beauty and had no further thoughts.
”Your Majesty.”
”Your Majesty.”
The two envoys, the Supreme Elder and Princess Faelyn greeted.
”Thank you for coming out to meet us. I pray that you are not offended by our sudden visit to your domain.”
”You are too humble. I welcome you both to my kingdom.” The king said coolly.
At the side, Grandmaster Don was especially surprised. He had quickly guessed that the Supreme Elder was most likely stronger than him from the fact that he could not see through the other party's cultivation.
For a Transcendent more powerful than him to be this respect to a human king who had yet to reach the Transcendent Realm, he found this unbelievable.
”Thank you, Your Majesty. And this is…?” The Supreme Elder naturally noticed Grandmaster Don's studying gaze and asked.
”Oh, pardon my late introduction, esteemed envoys. I am Don, a Grandmaster Alchemist of this kingdom.” Grandmaster Don introduced himself respectfully, before continuing, ”With all due respect for someone stronger than myself, I believe there is no need for the esteemed envoy to be overly humble, right?”
”Not too humble… not too humble at all.” The Supreme Elder waved it off nonchalantly as he recalls the expert last night. He really wanted to ask about the experts in their kingdom, but it was insensitive and inappropriate to pry.
Seeing the grandmaster being so respectful, Heinrich also looked at him questioningly. It took a moment to understand before he looked back at the Supreme Elder with shock.
This person was also a Transcendent? And he is more powerful than his Uncle Don? An elf really cannot be judged by their appearance!
The Supreme Elder looked like he was in his 30s and the King totally treated him like a junior! Heinrich gulped with a dribble of sweat. Was there anyone more powerful than this person in their kingdom?
This was not someone they could offend and should be treated with all due respect. Heinrich was totally caught off-guard by the Supreme Elder's humble attitude.
'So, it was true that all elves were good-natured and humble?!' Heinrich mistakenly thought.
”Ahem.” Heinrich cleared his throat and asked, ”Is it true that your Elven Tribe is seeking an alliance with our kingdom?”
”Ah, yes. That is correct…”
…
'Don't tell me the meeting with the envoys had already started? So early. There are a lot of people that still sleep at this time.' Leon thought wryly as he scratched his head.
The sun rises early during the cold seasons just as night also arrives early. Most people would not get up this early in the morning unless they had something to do like early morning exercise before breakfast.
After asking around, Leon found out that was truly the case. The king had taken the grandmaster with him to meet the envoys in the Great Hall.
Knowing this, Leon prepared to make his way over. He was interested in what the elves were seeking from forming an alliance with them, although he already had a few guesses in mind.
It was at this moment that something happened.
Click.
Akin to something clicking into place in his mind, the elemental seeds had completely merged with his soul core, slightly ahead of time.
Leon was pleasantly surprised, but before he could celebrate, something else also happened subsequently.
”What the… what is happen—”
He could not finish speaking when his world started spinning and blacked out. His consciousness slipped into the darkness of his own sea of consciousness as his body slumped onto the ground with a thud.
The nearby palace guard sentries were shocked and rushed over immediately.
”Your Highness! Are you okay?!”
”His Highness isn't responding! Was it an enemy attack?”
”There's no wound and his Highness's breathing is steady.”
”Was it a soul attack? The same one that put his Majesty in a deep coma?! Alarm the others and search the perimeters!”
”Guard his Highness properly!”
The Royal Palace was quickly stirred, and the palace guards and maid all began freaking out.
Something happened to the prince and no one knew why or how. What they do know is that if the Queen returns and find out something happened to her darling son in the safety of their own palace, a violent storm will soon shake the entire place.
…
In the Great Hall, Heinrich met with the envoys of Elvengarde and was already in the final stages of their discussion.
Contrary to what the envoys originally intended; some details they had once discussed with general marquis were changed after the events the Supreme Elder sensed last night.
Rather than an alliance, they were willing to recognize the Crawford Kingdom as their sovereign so long as the Crawford Kingdom could provide a patch of land for the refuge of their people.