273 You Owe Me (1/2)

The voice of the golden robed man sounded inside Knight's mind as he felt a tremendous amount of force pushing his Battle Energy away from the Life shard. His focus on the Life shard broken by Loretta's sudden question

”Who are you?”

Perhaps this was the first time she had pushed to the point of tasting defeat. However, she still had some tricks up her sleeve and wanted to know who this young man was in front of her. As long as she was unable to affect his mind using the Black rose, she would lose a major spell in her arsenal.

”You will hear my name soon, now I have to take this”

Knight said with an indifferent tone and glanced at the Life shard near him.

Lia was thoroughly shocked beyond words; Loretta had just admitted defeat! Earlier she even saw Sterling respected her and by the attitude he had shown in front of her, Lia could see that Loretta was more powerful than Sterling and he knew this. And Sterling could be said as the number one genius of the younger generation in the southern part of the Elvelon. So by defeating Loretta, Knight proved that now he could easily defeat Sterling and take the number one position for himself. A genius like him would be showered with wealth and prizes and offered a prominent position in the Royal court of the Empress herself. Lia's mind couldn't process that she was standing beside this genius because only powerful cultivators and rich nobles like Loretta deserved the chance to meet or talk with the genius like him, yet, she was there, right beside him.

Loretta was startled for a moment as well. She never expected this guy to be that strong and now he was about to take the Guardian Stone.

”Although you defeated my Black Rose, You are not worthy enough to defeat me. Let's attack each other one last time”

Loretta coldly said again. Her pride in being the number one genius of the Northern part of Elvelon was rooted way too deep in her heart and a single defeat of her spell couldn't shake her pride or ego. If she were to be defeated by this guy, she would be second, and being number second was not an option for her, not for the next Holy Maiden.

”Fine. However, if I win, I'll take this and you'll owe me a favor. What do you say?”

He agreed after burying his annoyance towards this girl under a small smile, but he had a condition. Even though he didn't like her attitude, it didn't me that he can't use her to his advantage, especially after looking at her spells and her cultivation level. People like her would be extremely resourceful or have a powerful backing behind her, so if he could make her owe him, he could cash in the favor when they expand their kingdom to the Elvelon continent.

”No way, the Guardian stone belongs to Black Roses!”

Loretta's voice suddenly became aggressive as he calmly smiled

”We can fight all day but how long do you think before the other cultivators break the formation and come here? Do you think they would let you take away a treasure such as this because you're from a powerful sect? Greed would make people do unpredictable things”

She knew his words made sense and if she could defeat him with one last move rather than fighting him for long, she could take the Guardian stone before anyone enters this hall. However, since it came to a challenge like that, she decided to propose her side of the condition and if she won which she did not doubt defeating him in her mind, she would not only bring back her sect, the Guardian stone but also a genius.

”If I win, I will take the Guardian stone, plus, you have to join the Black Roses”

”Agreed”

He calmly said because there was no way he would be defeated by her, not after reaching the Sun Realm. So he didn't have to think about her condition as she was already good as defeated.

She nodded after hearing him agree and flicked her wrist as a petal from the red lotus under her feet flew right into her hands.

”You should be proud of yourself to make me use this”

As she said, once again, she threw the petal unleashing a frightening wave of Life Energy toward Knight.

”What a cliche line”

A faint smile emerged on Knight's face. With a sway, the black Sword appeared in his hand.