Fish Spring Town
"It's good to see you again, master."
Bao Xiu'er said as she sat in front of her master, Zhung Li
"It has only been 8 days, you know."
Zhang Li said with a smile on her face.
"That's the longest time I've ever been away from you in the last 11 years."
"You have no idea how much I've missed you."
Bao Xiu'er said.
"That's growth, Xiu'er."
"How are you doing? I heard you're under the service of a promising and powerful lord."
Zhang Li inquired.
"I'm doing amazing, master."
"And you heard right. The lord and his army are very powerful."
"I doubt anything can stop the growth and prosperity of the city,"
"I would love to show it to you, master!"
Bao Xiu'er said enthusiastically.
"Your words are really tempting, Xiu'er.'
"I would come visit soon, though."
Zhung Li said as she laughed at her disciple.
"That's great!"
Bao Xiu'er exclaimed excitedly.
After a few seconds, she asked.
"How's grandmaster?"
"Sigh."
"Grandmaster's health is deteriorating."
"The doctors have tried everything possible, but there just isn't a remedy."
Zhung Li's expression was dispirited as she responded to Bao Xiu'er.
"That's... I hope a solution doesn't come too late."
Bao Xiu'er sighed as she said.
"I hope so too."
Zhung Li said before cheering up herself and Bao Xiu'er with a smile.
"How's your progress going?"
She asked.
"Quite fast actually."
"I'm already a Green bronze-tier intermediate grade tailor."
Bao Xiu'er replied.
"Whoa!"
"I've heard a lot about the benefits of becoming a subject of a lord competing in the Lord of All Races, but I never knew it was this good."
Zhung Li was astounded.
"It's this good because of my lord."
"I'm sure not every lord competing in the Lord of All Races can achieve what he's achieved."
Bao Xiu'er said with unshakable conviction.
"If you say so."
"As long as you're happy, then it's all good."
Zhang Li said.
...
Sunshine City
"When I heard you agreed to become to a subject of a new lord, I thought I would never see you again."
"But look at you, looking all manly and impressive."
A young man said to Zhu Yinglun.
"Don't tell me the famous gifted hand is jealous?"
Zhu Yinglun said with a smile as he walked beside his previous colleague.
"Of course not! I'm just amazed at how fast you changed."
"It hasn't even been half a month since you left."
Nan Shan said as he stared at Zhu Yinglun.
"That's because I had to step up and take the role of the lead carpenter."
"Although, I'm no longer the best in my city, I still play the role of the leader of the Woodworking Association."
Zhu Yinglun said.
A hint of pride could be heard from his tone.
"Damn! You've changed Zhu Yinglun."
"Everything about you have just changed in the twinkle of an eye."
"I can barely recognize the troublemaker I once had to protect."
Nan Shan sighed as he gazed at Zhu Yinglun.
"I guess that's what responsibility does."
Zhu Yinglun said before acting on his purpose for coming.
"How would you like to do business with my city?"
"We could use some of your rare materials to make quality items."
He said to Nan Shan.
"You do know how expensive those materials are, right?"
"Can your lord possibly afford it?"
Nan Shan cautioned his friend.
"As shocking as it seem, he possibly can."
"He's a rarity compared to the stories of we've heard about the progress of the competing lords."
Zhu Yinglun said.
"That's amazing."
"I would definitely do business with someone of such talent."
Nan Shan said as he immediately jumped on the opportunity to connect with someone not among the norms.
"You will definitely not regret it."
Zhu Yinglun said as they began discussing their business plan.
...
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"I'm glad they didn't try to escape."
"It would've been super boring."
Qin We said as he deactivated his giant form after dealing with the people of the Baphomet race.
"Well, aside from their strength and tough hides, they had nothing of considerable importance."
"If they had an escaping method, they would have reciprocated the vampires' actions."
Huang Sai said as he took out his arrows from the corpses of the Baphomets.
"It's done. We can now head back to the city."
Sun Can said after sacking the city of its treasury.
"Let's go."
Pulling the last Baphomet corpse into his spatial ring, Bai Yung said to the soldiers.
Leaping unto Nezario's back, the soldiers sat down behind Aegon as the knighted dragon soared into the sky.
...
Mystic Heaven City
"The sect has built 3 Imperial ancestral temples and none of them was worth it!"
"How unlucky can they be?!"
Mystic Heaven shouted in fury.
"Child, do you think the Gods are easy to please?"
"You were only chosen by Mother Nuwa because the sect is a remnant of her past."
Elder Chan said before standing up with the aid of his cane.
"Tell the other lords to state their terms."
"We can't fail to take hold of this opportunity."
He said to Mystic Heaven.
"Yes, master."
Mystic Heaven bowed as he responded.
After Elder Chan left the living room of the Green bronze-tier intermediate courtyard, the chosen of Nuwa immediately smashed his table.
"Knight Lord, Stealth Alpha, and White Night are so useless!"
"Master might not be angry at me, but that won't be the case of the other higher-ups of the sect!"
"Those 3 idiots just made me make a fool of myself!"
"I hope the Overlord, Dragon Lady, Undead Lord and Dark Martial give a reasonable condition for their allegiance."
He said as he logged into the world channel.
...
"No!!"
Knight Lord screamed as he slashed apart his couch with his sword.
"Fucking nobodies!"
"How dare they reject me?! How dare they?!!"
"Yes... That's right. The stories also say that."
"Mystic Heaven was just chosen, so he doesn't know everything."
"The way the Gods chooses their successors might be different."
"No. It is different. It's definitely different."
"Parrish! Parrish, get in here!!"
Having his hairs over his bloodshot eyes, he shouted.
"My lord."
3 seconds later, a young man of 24 stepped into the living room before bowing towards Knight Lord.
"Capture 12 people and bring them to the new building."
Knight Lord said to his commanding knight.
"My lord?"
Parrish looked surprised at the assignment.
"Don't ask anything! Just obey the order!!"
Knight Lord shouted.
"Yes, my lord."
Parrish dropped his head in disappointment as he accepted the order.
His oath to his lord couldn't be broken no matter how inhuman his lord's commands were.
10 minutes, Knight Lord stood inside the ancestral temple with 12 of his subjects and his knights behind him.
"Accept these sacrifices, oh Gods, and accept me as a successor!"
"Choose me, and I shall revive your honor and glory!"
After speaking to the 3 shrines in front of him, he gave his order.
"Kill them."
Choosing to willingly accept their deaths than implicate their loved ones, the 12 subjects were slain by the knights behind them without struggling.
"Gods?"
Squeezing his sweaty palms, Knight Lord waited for the acceptant notification.
"Are the 12 not enough?!"
He shouted after not receiving any response in over a minute.
Unsheathing his sword, he turned around before driving it into the chest of one of his knights.
"How about now?! 13 of them should be enough, right?"
Looking towards the shrines, Zhong Zhi had tears in eyes as the silence of the temple slowly devoured his sanity.
Turning around once again, his sword slashed towards one of his knight.
Clang!!
Parrying his lord's sword away from one his men, Parrish immediately went down on his knees.
"Put yourself together, my lord!"
He shouted as he stared straight at Knight Lord.
Staring at his commanding knight, Knight Lord immediately screamed.
"Motherfucking Gods!!"
"I hate every damn Gods!!"
"I curse them all to suffer in eternal loneliness!!"
"I will kill everyone who became their successors!"
"Starting from Mystic Heaven! They will all die by hands!!!"
He fell to his knees as tear flowed freely from his eyes.
At that moment, the sound of a notification sounded in his ears.
[Cronus: Creation of Zeus, I can sense thou hatred for the Gods. Would thou give up everything to make them suffer?]
Looking at the notification, Knight Lord gave his answer with a smile on his tears littered face.
"Gladly."
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