Chapter 244: Showdown (2/2)

One post in ”Rise of the King” even boldly predicted that Lie Kent would not be challenging Einherjar Wannabe, as he would never want his a*s to be kicked by a nobody!

Apparently, Einherjar Wannabe had begun his conquest as the people’s new God!

As soon as that rumor was posted in the forum, even more people were turned into Einherjar Wannabe’s supporters. It seemed like Einherjar Wannabe’s splendid performance had penetrated deep into their hearts.

As a matter of fact, mankind would always need the presence of an idol, regardless of the era!

Even the Five Great Houses had always been trying to become the spiritual sustenance of mankind. However, they were yet to achieve that. As for Martians, they found their sustenance in the Church of the Deity. However, Court of the Templar seemed not to be interested in gaining popularity amongst citizens of Earth and Moon. Instead, they chose to hide behind curtains while silently training generations of elites.

Moreover, even if Court of the Templar did wish to expand their forces, the Confederation would never let that happen.

Nevertheless, Einherjar Wannabe’s influence had begun to spread like wildfire.

As for Lie Kent, people were somehow curious about how he would respond to Einherjar Wannabe.

Moments later, Lie Kent responded through the live telecast on Mars, agreeing to fight Einherjar Wannabe, but only if Einherjar Wannabe agreed to one condition, which was to fight in a real duel. As the descendant of House of Lie, Lie Kent would never bother to waste his time in those childish ”games”.

To Lie Kent, real men were not supposed to fight in the virtual world like sissies!

Lie Kent even left Einherjar Wannabe to decide on the venue, date and time, as long as he agreed to show up in person!

What a tricky response indeed!

Nevertheless, Lie Kent really meant what he said. After all, he had placed the pride of his family at stake the moment he challenged Einherjar Wannabe. However, he wasn’t scared at all. Instead, he saw it as a good opportunity to boost up his popularity.

Still, being one of the descendants of the Five Great Houses, Lie Kent had to maintain his ”supremacy”. Furthermore, his tricky request had also once again caused a lot of people to question Einherjar Wannabe’s real identity.

Most importantly, would Einherjar Wannabe take the bait?

If he really wanted to become the next God, Einherjar Wannabe would need to show that he really had what it took. Just like the mysterious and secretive Blade Warrior, he was crowned as people’s God in the end because he suddenly disappeared and left no traces behind.

However, that was centuries ago, when the detection methods were not as advanced. In fact, Einherjar Wannabe’s secret identity would immediately get revealed as soon as he showed up.

Given the fact that Lie Kent was not an ordinary person, a duel in the virtual world would do him no good, as people were eager to see him betting the pride of his family into a life and death battle in reality. Compared to Einherjar Wannabe, who had nothing to lose, Lie Kent seemed to have more burden on his shoulders.

Lie Kent did wish that Einherjar Wannabe would take the bait!

At the end of the broadcast, Lie Kent turned towards the camera and arrogantly taunted, ”So, are you chickening out, Mr. Einherjar Wannabe?”

Gauntlets were thrown for sure!

Yet, there was no immediate response from Einherjar Wannabe. In fact, most Martians were born to be straightforward and outgoing, and they hated people like Einherjar Wannabe who were always secretive.

People were expecting to see the clash of titans!

Generally speaking, the difference in terms of terrain and culture had caused Earthlings, Ivantians, and Martians to develop different ideologies. Based on personalities, Earthlings appeared to be moderate, while Ivantians were proud of themselves, and Martians were very outgoing.

Nonetheless, Earthlings were okay with Einherjar Wannabe’s secretive characteristic. To them, this should be how an unrivaled fighter looked like.

As for Ivantians, aside from strength and secretive characteristics, arrogance was also another key personality of a strong fighter!

The Ivantians did believe that they were the most perfect race compared to Earthlings and Martians. Ivantians represented the future, while Earthlings represented the old times; they seemed not to give a damn about Martians though.

This was why Ivantians were mostly born with a great sense of pride. Same went for the House of Dower, who seemed to be keeping a low profile, but in fact, chose to keep their distance because they didn’t like to be compared with the other houses.

However, even the Ivantians did recognize Einherjar Wannabe’s strength and mysteriousness.