Legend of the Arch Magus: Valor by M Sisa
Author:M Sisa [Sisa, M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-06T08:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twelve
By noon, all twenty-eight candidates for the throne were already gathered inside the throne room. The knights in charge of observing them were also there, their faces covered by silver masks. Judging by the reactions of the candidates, only a couple of them realized the identity of these masked knights.
Lark took a peek at one of the knights standing like a statue near the throne. The suppressed mana leaking out of his body was definitely from that person. He was the knight tasked to observe Lark Marcus.
The King arrived. Following behind him were the three Royal Advisors, General Carlos, and a priestess from the Temple of the Water God.
“I gathered all of you here to discuss strategies concerning the Empire.” The King went straight to the point. “Priestess Thea.”
The female priestess stepped forward. After bowing to the King, she turned to the candidates. “The things we are going to discuss here are of utmost confidentiality. All of those who wish to participate are required to make the vow of silence – a vow to Nereus, the God of Water.”
“This vow can mean your life and death,” added the King. “Those who do not wish to participate can leave this room now.”
Several candidates flinched at this statement. Most of them knew what would happen if they broke the vow. Kalavinka, in particular, had the urge to leave the room and go back to their estate. He could not see why he should concern himself with matters concerning the Empire. At the end, however, he decided to stay in fear of facing the wrath of his father. After all, those who leave this place would be dubbed as cowards by their peers. A disgrace to the family.
“Those who break the vow of silence will suffer a pain so excruciating that you’ll wish to be dead instead,” the priestess said with a straight face. “No one is leaving, so I take it that all of you wish to proceed? Perfect.”
She took out a bronze basin and filled it with flask water. She then made a small cut on her index finger using a dagger and let the blood drip into the basin.
“Please put a drop of your blood into the basin.”
The first to step forward was Lui Marcus. He took the dagger from the priestess and cut his finger. Large drops of blood fell into the basin. Judging by his movements and reaction, this was not the first time he has participated in such things.
“It’s nice seeing you again, Lui.” The priestess smiled amicably. “How’s the Vice Commander?”
Lui smiled back, “Alive and kicking. The wounds from before has fully healed.”
The priestess chuckled, “And here I was, hoping he died.”
Lui smiled wryly, “They’ll need more than stabbing his heart to do that.”
Lark had not expected such words to come out of the priestess’ mouth. She looked so innocent and pure, as though she had never even hurt a fly before, more so kill someone.
After Lui, several other candidates followed suit.
Kalavinka took quite some time before he finally managed to cut his finger.
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