Emperor's Reckoning

The dance Riku was doing definitely caught not just the elder attention, but everyone too. An expert was trying to see an opening in her dance but failed everytime he thought he had it.

Every rhythm and every strike she did could be considered flawless. Not to mention her natural beauty, the scene was like a maiden dancing on a grassy field under the moonlight.

As Riku finished her moves, it took a whole minute for the others to realize that it was over. Even the elder couldn't believe what he just saw.

*clap

One of the elders in the panel stood up and began clapping his hands furiously. He was the original master of Riku. His clapping incited a butterfly-like effect and soon the whole arena was clapping her performance.

Receiving such standing applauses was a new experience for Riku. Her face was flushed red while she bowed repeatedly.

"Disciple Riku, definite PASS!" shouted the elder.

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All the clattering outside could even be heard inside the interrogation room. The room was a simple square room that could only fit about five people in it.

The head of the clan was sitting opposite the miserable elder. She was tapping her finger on the desk as if she was waiting for something.

"You can laugh at me if you want," said the miserable elder.

"Maybe, but what does it do to me?" asked the head of the clan calmly.

Her response took the elder by surprise, "You are definitely amazing, being so calm even when your enemy is right in front of you."

The head of the clan stared at the elder intensely, she had a deduction before but never wanted to believe that it was true. "So it is true, isn't it? You are part of that 'legion'."

The elder chuckled at the agitated woman in front of him, "Yes I am, they promised me power beyond I have right now, so why wouldn't I be a part of that 'legion'."

Taking a deep breath the elder continued, "Are you interested in joining the 'legion' too? Head."

*boom

The head slammed the table and it was obliterated in an instant.

The elder already more or less guessed the head's reaction and he only chuckled at the sight of it.

"Where is the 'legion' base at?" asked the head with a murderous tone.

"You think too highly of me, I am at the lowest of the lowest rank in the 'legion' I didn't have the knowledge of where the base is at. Who knows, maybe there was more than one base."

His answer caught the head of the clan off guard. He was at the Half-Divine realm and still considered the lowest of the lowest in the 'legion'. What kind of person standing on the top then?

The elder knew what the head was worried about, "All I can say is that the person who recruited me was stronger than you, the person beat me with only one move."

"What is the 'legion' goals? What did they want to make?" These questions were looming in her head for quite some time. It was already hard enough to seek their information and once she got the lead, the person was none other than an elder of her own.

"Who cares what their goals are?! All I want is power! I'm sick and tired of being an underling to you!! So what if they wanted to rule Deo entirely?! As long as I have enough power I could rule other worlds too!" said the infuriated elder.

The head of the clan only looked at him without saying anything. (Am I really a bad leader?) was what running through her mind.

After a brief of silence and recollecting his thought the elder asked, "Tell me, is the young man part of your plan?". Of course, the young man the elder refer to was obviously Lyon.

"No, he is not," the head shook her head before continuing, "But he is my wild card."

The elder chuckled, "That boy is amazing, I must say he had talent in battle. But the only reason he could beat me is that weird sword,"

The head nodded in her response, "He is chosen by the sentiment in the weapon after all,"

"He might be the key to all your troubles with the 'legion'. Although the reason he fights me was unreasonable as it is," the moment he said that, his eyes widened a little as he realized something.

"So that's it ... HAHAHAHAHA!" the elder suddenly laughed crazily.

The head of the clan squinted her eyes at the elder's reaction.

"No wonder the excuse was unbelievably shameless," said the elder.

"What is it?" asked the head.

"The reason he fought against me, was because he knew I am from the 'legion'!" said the elder dropping the bomb news.

"What?! That's not possible?!" said the head.

"Hmph! Even the sentiment accept him when he was only a Soul Realm cultivator, what impossible thing he couldn't achieve?!"

When he put it out like that, the head couldn't retort back. (Did he knew about the 'legion'?).

The miserable elder chuckled once more, "Looks like the legion had a fearsome enemy to get rid of, you better nurture him, head. A lot of geniuses die prematurely."

"Why are you saying all of this?" asked the head. She thought that he was a loyal dog of the 'legion' but half of the conversation indicated otherwise.

"I will never see the sunlight tomorrow anyway, why would I hold back my thoughts? I only joined the 'legion' only for the power they promised me, I never said I'll be their dog." said the elder.

The elder looked at the woman in front of him full of respect, "You know I've always been the greedy type of person since I was a kid."

The elder continued, "As a gift for taking care of me all this while, I will tell you something about my recruiter." Taking a deep breath he continued, "The person is in the arena."

Hearing the info, the head of the clan slammed her eyebrows.

The elder knew that the next thing was his execution, "May I call you 'that' one last time?"

The head of the clan nodded.

"Goodbye Master Reka!"

*slash

The elder's head rolled on the ground as his soul was extinguished.