Ibeiya's expression changed. She whispered into Xiao Lin's ear, "This method of deciding a leader through a tournament was set forth by the Rosa Kingdom's founding king, and was decided in exchange for protecting us."
"What is he planning on doing?" Xiao Lin looked at the outwardly calm Valen, who could not hide the fervor in his eyes. The young man wants to go against tradition. Even if it was just a small insignificant matter, it was still enough to display his wild ambition.
"Valen! Are you afraid of competition?" someone mocked. The Argos clan might be the most powerful, but not every clan was afraid of them.
"It's fine if you're scared, you just need to give us your right to rule. We won't have any objections. Oh, I almost forgot, the one with the right to rule is the last clan leader of Argos, not you," someone followed, their tone full of mockery.
