He had known it would be intense. He had even taken some measures to handle it, preparing himself psychologically.
Yet nothing could have prepared him for the waves of people that bombarded him with all kinds of absurdly long greetings.
"The Royal Ambassador of the Jaerun Kingdom greets the Virodha Champion..."
"I bid you congratulations on behalf of the Dreemont Consortium..."
"On behalf of the East-Panamic Alliance, we celebrate your victory..."
Rui briskly and swiftly dealt with each statement as well as he could. Many offers came his way, and many were declined. He couldn't afford to give due consideration to all of them.
However, he did give consideration to some of the more powerful guests. The reason for that was not because he was actually interested in joining or partnering with them.
He just wanted everybody watching to think he was.
All so that when he did accept a private talk from a certain individual, it would not look suspicious.
"Champion Falken," A familiar voice greeted him with an unerringly polite tone and a perfect smile. "I am a Martial Commissioner of the Kandrian Martial Union, Commissioner Reze. I would like to discuss certain offers with you privately away from the banquet hall for just some brief time."
Rui stared into the man's eyes for a moment, as if considering the Martial Union's offer. "...Alright, I look forward to hearing the offers of the vaunted Kandrian Martial Union."
He glanced at Master Deivon, who gave him a knowing nod, before walking away from the banquet hall and towards an absurdly large and ostentatious carriage that pulled up right before the entrance.
It had the familiar and nostalgic emblem of the Martial Union.
shock, even Riemannian Echo was completely sealed. The only time this had happened was when he was on Ajanta Island due to its naturally bizarre gravitational
THUD
and a strange hum ensued. He instinctively felt an enormous amount of energy surging through the
in its stiffness. "It was extremely difficult to arrange this on short notice when our intelligence department detected your
stared at
without fear, Squire Quarrier." The
sigh that
silently accumulating for
Commissioner Reze," Rui replied, gathering
"...Indeed."
a moment,
my family?"
first question that he had decided to ask the Martial Commissioner if they
The commissioner promised with a firm tone. "They are unaware of the truth to this
heaved another quivering
this time, he didn't know the status of his family. He hoped they were well, and had taken some powerful measures to ensure that they were well,
had happened in the past three years, he
many attempts at kidnapping them in the past three
paused for a moment. "...
eyes,
times, he had tried to
threatened to break out of his control, requiring
high. He hasn't given
is naive to expect
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