The next battles were as uneventful as the last one, Kal had won against Segen, the indifferent warrior, in a singular and strange battle. It seemed that any of them wanted to pass into the last round to fight those extremely powerful warriors or even worse, to battle the Duchess. They will be dragon's food if they dared to.
Or more like, the two of them were told beforehand to lose the battle. Kal because of his vow to the Duke, and Segen because of her new job position. She was recruited into the Duke's new squad and so it was not allowed to lay a hand on the Duchess, but protect her.
So the battle was on who will go out of the platform first. Kal was trying to give up but Segen didn't let him. So they were trying to make the other stay on the platform for the longest time.
It was becoming a foolish show as no one of them wanted to step down the platform, the show was so silly that Segen tried to tie Kal and shoved him in a swift straight line while she steppe
The next battle would be with the Duke and Allen and the crowd was shouting with impressive strength. The seats were now left empty as the two mighty warriors were called to the stage and give the final great performance of the night. The rest will be obvious. No one would dare win against whoever finishes this round.However, as unexpected as this tournament had been, they will see something different at the end. That is how it should be from the beginning. Many will think that it was a cheating move but the ones moving the strings behind the tournament had another message. To beware.Those who dared to touch the Duchess, to even covet a single strand of her beautiful silver hair, will certainly get to pass first a mighty Dragon first. And even, not only him but two, as Master Jin was also in the line.The rumors had already started moving around the towns and the other cities even countries. The ones on the top of the tournament, the best fighters, the best wa
The strange battle continued for a few minutes. The movements didn't decrease, and the strength only became more powerful with every hit. Madame Lu had to reinforce the barrier as the cracking was making the island shake every time.Now, not even the ones in the VIP room were enjoying their fun and conversations, all the eyes were focused on the battle below."Their strength is formidable," Madame Lu whispered in the ear of Master Jin. He was looking with intense attention at Liam's moves. "He will surpass you one day, old man.""Yes," Master Lu didn't even desire to negate it. He was sure that the brat was fated to do that from the moment he saw him.Madame Lu was a bit stunned by the response. The old man was always shameless to answer that it will take at least a hundred years for that brat to even grasp a bit of his level. However, this time…"Is this all you can do?"The Duke stopped taking the attacks, they were coming even stro
The final contestants to enter the stage battle will be the Duke, Emma, Elton, and the poor Kal. Even if the power between the rankings was awfully biased towards the Duke and the other powerful competitors, everyone knew that the most terrific opponent of them all was the Duchess.Not only she possessed impressive magic, but she was the wife of the most dangerous man on the continent, the Great Duke of Avalor, and the mightiest dragon of the younger generation. However, even if she was his wife, it didn't mean that he cared for her as much, but the displays of love the past few hours were enough to make everyone realize one thing, the Duke was head over heels for his wife.So who in his right mind would like to land a hand in that beautiful silver-haired woman. Not a reasonable one at least."The first finalist to enter the stage is Her Highness, Duchess Emma," Madame Lu said as they all knew who was the girl behind the golden mask. "And the… pitiful&hel
Before Emma could reach the mighty butt of the Duke, her husband, he turned around so fast that she could only widen her eyes and do nothing."Don't…" she said as the odious Duke was taking her leg and pulling her to him.He smirked when her body was already pasted on his chest. "Darling, are you done playing?"Emma could hardly contain her furious expression with the mask. She pushed again the Duke and decided that the combat face to face was impossible. She would never win him on that, so…"My dear, we can solve this combat if you promise me something…" the shameless Duke said without caring the audience hearing, "a baby as cute as you."Emma blushed and couldn't help but imagine their life together with a baby. 'No… I should focus.'"However, we have to start the making very hard for at least a month, what do you say, my dear?"Emma was about to lose it again. "You are a shameless dragon!"The cro
The festivities because of the end of the tournament lasted a week. It was a time for joining joys and laughs with the other nations and other races. So the friendly people of the Capital welcomed with open arms all the travelers and merchants of the continent.Even the Royal Palace participated in the happiness by sending treasures to the charity auctions. Every year on the day of the tournament, many auctions with rare treasures opened to the common people. It was impressive.However, the ones that should be the focus of the party were nowhere near the Capital. The famous Duchess of Kobach left without a trace the party and the poor hearts of the ones that had the fortune to steal a look at her in the tournament.But they also knew that the Duke was so infatuated with her that it would mean their death if they stared for a second in her direction. So they were not that surprised to hear that the couple was not going to participate in the festivities.Th
Emma's first appearance in the Dukedom was not as remarkable as the one in the Capital. The Duke had made her stay in the worst residence from the first day, and without letting her rest for more days, he had taken her to the Capital without letting her prepare for the travel.Many servants of the Dukedom that hadn't received the news from the Capital yet, thought that the new Duchess was unfavored with a status even less than the lowest servant in the Dukedom.So, even if Emma didn't care about their stupid rumors, she won't tolerate being bullied by a bunch of people that didn't have common sense."Why are they here? How did that happen?""They just appeared like magic.""That… it was the Duchess magic?""She is a luriem, she must know some dirty trick…""Don't say it out loud, she would hear you.""And what if she does?""Didn't you see her magic, idiot?""That…"The crowd was beginn
Silence invaded the hall and all the servants kneeled and bowed to the regal man appearing in the sky. As they all remembered, he was a noble and strong man with the charisma of a King, the leader they would all follow to the end of the world.They didn't expect him to appear right then, but they celebrated it, now a good show will start. Many hoped for him to divorce that woman, as such a lowly luriem should have never stepped inside of the noble land of the Duke of Kobach."Your Highness," Madame Su went to her started exclaiming while she lifted her head, after all, as an old woman that had lived so many years with the Duke, she knew that he will excuse her."What is going on here?" The man passed through the servants as they kept moving back to let him see the one making a ruckus.The old woman stepped forward as she thought the Duke was talking to her, "Your Highness, the Duchess…"She wanted to start rattling about the misconduct of th
Liam then turned around to see the shocked faces of the crowd. Some of them were trembling with paled faces, some others were already kneeling and praying mercy for their lives."Madame Su," Liam looked at the old woman, but this time his voice was nowhere near condescending. "I see that your long time here had made you quite forgetful of who is the Master.""You… Your Highness!" the old woman was tongue-tied, for the first time in many years she was feeling that she had made a terrible mistake."If you can't teach these servants anymore, then it's time for you to retire.""Master…" her voice was going weak into a whisper, she wanted to beg, but she knew that it was useless."Jano!"Liam shouted and a man in blue robes appeared quickly in the sky as if he was summoned."Your Highness, Madame," he bowed at the two beautiful figures."Take her and dismiss her…""Wait!"Emma's voice stopped him f