The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 174

However, Felix frowned when he glanced around the room. "Why are there so many people here?" he asked.

Kane was stunned. He hurriedly looked up and said, "My lord, is there... Is there something wrong?"

Felix walked over and took a seat. "Everyone, you may raise your head."

He then looked at Kane and said, "I told you to just bring three chiefs. Why did you bring them all?"

Only three? Kane was startled. He hurried over to retrieve his phone, sweating profusely all over his face. "My lord, you told me to bring them all."

After listening to the voice message, Felix sighed in exasperation. Kane probably didn't pay particularly close attention to the message, and part of it had indeed been drowned out by the harsh speaker sound. So, Kane couldn't be blamed for the mishap. "Whatever. Now listen up, all nine of you. In a while, the goddess of war, Xena Summers, will be coming. I need you to vouch that I'm a member of Dragon Alliance. Understand?"

The chiefs exchanged looks of confusion. Was this all the Dragon Lord wanted them to do? They had thought that they had been gathered for something important. They certainly weren't expecting something menial like this.

In fact, a few of them found it ridiculous. Why did the Dragon Lord still need other people to vouch for him to be a member of Dragon Alliance?

"What's the matter? Is this too much to ask of you?"

the chiefs hurriedly responded in

them personally once I'm done

had to give the chiefs some sort of reassurance before they thought that the Dragon Lord had abandoned

worry about

up and told the chiefs to act casually. He didn't want Xena to learn about

keeping things as they were

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Chapter 174

reactions would then reflect her true emotions as they

all, they were going to spend the rest of their lives together, and Felix didn't want to

while later, a woman walked past him, and he suddenly

scent was

only detectable by a martial artist's keen sense of smell. Just as Felix was about to go after the woman,

even properly greet Xena, which

"You!"