In a large field about four kilometers away from the front lines, on the opposite side of the grand oak tree, there was a huge tent that was set up. And inside was a huge buffet that was being set up, countless flavorful food and crispy roasted meat were being placed on silver plates that were set up in a long straight line on one side of the large tent. The floor was carpeted by a huge royal red cloth making the party seem more authentic, and outside the huge tent were countless people who were happily conversing while eagerly waiting for the host of the party to open the tent.
"Ladies and gentlemen! The tent is now open, feel free to have your fun and conversations inside now! We have countless food and drinks for you all to enjoy," a man dressed in a majestic white and yellow robe about twenty-two years of age walked out of the tent and loudly announced.
Immediately, the people came flooding in as they hungrily started picking out the food that they would be eating.
"Guys, look at how much food they have!" Garrick spoke as his eyes glistened in wonder as he looked at the food. The group was dressed in their simple clothing with the trademark stylish black robe on top. Due to their clothes, the two became the center of attention. Especially with Vanessa and Wenella's extraordinary beauty, the attention of most of the men were fixed on them.
"Indeed, they must have prepared for this feast since lunch," Vanessa commented as they walked inside.
"Let's go and get some food," Wenella suggested as she immediately walked over to the food stands.
"I'll come with you," Vanessa spoke shyly as she joined Wenella.
"Greetings 'Lord of Farming', 'Widow Witch', and 'Azure Priestess," a familiar voice called out.
As the group turned around, they saw that the voice came from the cultivator that had come to invite them to the party, he was wearing extremely noble expensive clothing and seemed to be putting on his best welcoming face.
"Please follow me, I shall lead you to the leader," the man spoke out as he gestured them towards a certain direction at the farthest end of the tent.
And he eventually led them to a small stage that had a large throne-like chair and on the chair was the medium built moderately handsome man who previously came out before who was dressed in the majestic white and yellow robe.
"Leader! I have brought the two that you wanted to meet," the man spoke as he bowed to the man and walked off.
"You guys must be the must be the infamous trio who have climbed the ranking in these short two weeks," the chieftain of darkness spoke out welcomingly.
"Yes, we are very honored to be invited to this event, thank you," Wenella respectfully replied as she gave him a bow, she could tell that Vanessa did not really want to talk and Garrick was too busy admiring the tables of food.
"Impressive, please enjoy the party, thanks to you guys deciding to join the battlefield, it has been easier to push the ruby army back," the chieftain of darkness complemented them.
"Thank you! I'm going to go get some food, you guys have fun!" Garrick spoke as he quickly walked over to the food stands with Vanessa quickly following behind him, "Hey! Wait for me," and they began to hungrily stack up all the foods onto their plates.
"Would you like to eat? Let me lead you to some of the best foods in my opinion," the chieftain of darkness suddenly spoke out with a friendly tone.
"Yes, I'd like that," Wenella replied as she followed the man as he led them to the food stands.
"Would I have the honor of knowing your name?" he asked as he handed Wenella a plate.
"I'm Wenella Ailey," Wenella warily replied as she introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you. My name is George, I'm from the Lapis kingdom's strongest sect, the Glory Peak sect. Let's be friends," the chieftain of darkness reached out his hand for a handshake.
"Okay," Wenella kindly replied with a smile as she accepted George's handshake.
"Oh say, do you have a man that you are particularly interested in right now?" George suddenly asked.
'So this is how you want to play' Wenella's impression of George turned negative, "No but I don't have any intention of being in one," she calmly replied, hiding her disgust as she now began wanting to avoid this man.
"Oh I see," George replied but the expression on his face did not change but there was a observable invisible glow that seemed to appear on his face after Wenella replied.
'Oh no... I might have made a mistake,' Wenella thought to herself as just turned to the food tables and just reached for the food, shocking George as she seemed completely uninterested in him.
"Please let me help you with your food!" George spoke out as he reached for some serving spoons.
Wenella did not try to stop him as it would seem rude and so George began pestering her with unlimited questions, "You are so talented to reach such rankings so quickly, why don't you join my Darkness Party?"
Immediately, Wenella's eyes grew extremely ugly as opinion of George completely changed. Her eyes turned cold as she stared at George mockingly, "I'm quite happy with my mercenary group thanks!"
"You are called widow witch, so you must have been married right?" George immediately brought up another question after realizing that he had asked something that he probably shouldn't have.
"Nope, that was just a name I came up with," she blandly replied as she walked further down the tables, "if you would please, I would like to eat this food in silence for a while, you can save the questions for another time."
George immediately stopped in his tracks in shock at what Wenella had just said. The expression on his face took a drastic turn as he stared at Wenella's back with an extremely angry expression.
'How dare you! I am the top ranker in this battlefield. You dare to humiliate me like this. I will make sure your time here is more difficult,' he thought as he called for the cultivator who initially invited the two.
"You called, leader?" the man asked.
"What is the name of the mercenary of the new talents?" George plottingly asked.
"It is called the Killing Cloud Mercenary sir! We do not have much information on it but the new talents all seem to be a part of it," the man replied immediately.
"Was there anyone else there when you went and invited them?" George asked curiously.
"Yes. There was a young man who was around the same age as the Azure Priestess. It was him who welcomed me when I arrived there," the man cautiously replied, not wanting to offend the 'chieftain of darkness' in any way.
"Tell me about this man, you must have information on him," George excitedly spoke.
"Well, he has a cultivation of peak emission realm and he is registered under the name of 'Smiling Blue Cloud.' He doesn't have any kills and has not made it to the rankings yet," the man respectfully replied.
"How presumptuous! She rejected my proposal of joining my group for a mercenary that is led by a mere emission realm, how disappointing! Find out everything about him!" George suddenly became angry. From the initial time when he saw Wenella, he immediately wanted her and even offered for her to join his group.
But not only did she reject him, she did it in a humiliating way when she said she preferred her current group over his. This was akin to a direct slap to the face in public.
A glamorous figure like himself, a stage two origin realm, the top disciple of the strongest sect in the kingdom couldn't possibly lose out to a person like that man. Surely not.
"Leader! There's a brawl about to take place! You must stop it!" a servant panickingly ran out to George and informed.
"Who are the people fighting?" George annoyedly asked as he often had to solve these as they would often erupt in the battlefield.
"It's the 'Lord of farming,' and the 'Azure Priestess' are about fight against the 'Envoy of heaven,'" the servant replied.
"Haha! I see," George laughed as an evil grin appeared on his face, "take me there, I want to watch this. It will be good entertainment for the people."