The traveling party of a thousand people took almost 2 weeks to return to the Ranustin Kingdom. It was indeed a perilous task to travel in such large groups. Luckily, the addition of single person had no effect on the amount of provisions they had reserved for travel. As a matter of fact, the soldiers felt even safer when Feihren was with them. The nights seemed a little less scary when a gigantic red golem was guarding the camp as a patrol in the surroundings. As for the morning travel, they do not need to worry as Feihren was at the rear of their troop formation. Having their strong General Rey in front and the rumored Titan at their backs, they need not worry about anything at all.
While they were traveling, Feihren had infused the other [Demonic Essence] he obtained into the Demonic Carbine. On some nights during their travels, Feihren would casually sneak out and go further into the forest and tested out the gun while collecting general exp from the surrounding beasts. This has been the reason why their travel was smooth for so long. Feihren was already clearing the path ahead!
Feihren had tested the newly "upgraded" Demonic Carbine. The already powerful shot of the weapon seemingly grew even more powerful! The downside was the excessive consumption of life force a.k.a. general exp. One shot was equivalent to 500 general exp! It was too much for him to spend for the time being. Even though it is really powerful, Feihren had already decided that this isn't the casual weapon to pull out when they meet trouble. He was definitely going to save this as one of his 'trump cards' as the Ancient Demon Lord had mentioned before.
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"My king, the troops we sent to look for the descendant of the Titans have returned!" Magi Zeph, who received the news from the gates, hurriedly reported to the king.
"Did they bring the descendant of Titans with them? If so, tell the others to prepare. We will receive this man with our greatest hospitality!"
A proud and happy looking King Samson replied as he proceeded to command the maids to prepare everything and the chefs to cook and serve only the best of the best. The elders and other officials gathered upon the news of the arrival of the rumored Titan. It caused a huge commotion back then when the news was finally confirmed by the arrival of Matthew and Claire from their scouting mission. A huge force was deployed specifically to "deal" with the matter of seeking this person out.
As for why they were seeking for him, it was as clear as the waters of the Jujelei River. They wanted a decisive win against the Wolfenstein kingdom. The united kingdoms of the Shodan Continent have already sent their most formidable soldiers and thus increased the chances of them winning. It was basically an entire continent versus a single kingdom!
But the Wolfenstein continent wouldn't be that easy to deal with. It was collectively believed that as a border kingdom of the Blaz continent, they would have to have strong military forces and some kind of trump card. Otherwise they wouldn't have survived for so long without the other continents contending against them for the natural resources that surround them.
Their second reason is that if the battle becomes dragged out, as wars often are, it would definitely cripple the resources of the Ranustin Kingdom. Heck, it would even greatly affect the rest of the continent if they were forced to send out all of their forces. Even if they were to succeeded with the plan and conquer Wolfenstein, they would certainly lag out in occupying it because of the lack of resources and manpower caused by a drawn out war. This would lead to them losing in the long run, and possibly being rebutted by other kingdoms or continents that could swarm the area while they were weak. So they needed to finish the war as quickly and as one-sidedly as possible.
With this in mind, a banquet for Feihren was prepared as quickly as possible.
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Feihren, on the other hand, had no idea that there was a feast that was waiting for him. All he wanted to do in this place was to find where the Ancient Demon Lord's fragment was hiding at. But according to him, the fragment's approximate location should be in the King's castle itself. So without hesitation, Feihren accepted the invitation to the banquet.
It was early evening when Feihren had arrived, but to his surprise, there were already a lot of people in the hall where the banquet was to be held! Many heads turned at the arrival of the stranger with a unique style of suit.
At this time, Feihren arrived at this banquet wearing a set of his classic event gear that contains no special effects, the [Memories of Bond 007] bow and tie. It was indeed a classic look, but it seems that it was a pretty bad choice for this kind of place.
Feihren had forgotten that this place was set at medieval times! Suits like this don't exist here! Feihren sighed helplessly as he walked past the inspecting eyes of the people. Not long after, the King had arrived and the banquet proceeded with the introduction of a very distinguished guest, Mr. Gama Feihren. As for the people here, most of them already knew who he was. He was someone peculiar, yet rumored to be strong. He was supposedly as strong as a single army or a kingdom in itself!
The general and the king were still not particularly convinced with this as 'seeing is believing' was one of their mottos in life. The elders within the council were pretty much fanatics for them to believe such stories of Titans and whatnot immediately without proof. As for who truly believes or not, nobody cared. The purpose of this banquet was exactly that, to find out the truth!
An elongated table was placed in the middle of the hall as the important people started gathering. This was akin to some kind of informal meeting between visiting dignitaries. As such, Feihren was seated on the side opposite the King. Beside the king was none other than Queen Angelique. Beside her were the highest ranking officials followed by the elders. The high ranking military officials were sitting at the sides closest to Feihren.
"We want to seek your aid in our conquest of the Wolfenstein Kingdom, Sir Feihren."
The King went straight to the point right at the beginning of the meeting! This was way too concise, and fast! Even the other people here were caught off guard. They were expecting that he would still try to get on the good side of this man before talking about things such as conquering a kingdom.
"What is in it for me?"
For Feihren to do something troublesome like helping invade and conquer a kingdom, one must offer great compensation for such a deed. Even though he was already planning to go and search for the [Demonic Essence] in that area, conquering the entire kingdom was another thing.
'The necklace on that queen! It has my other fragment!'
A sudden voice jolted within the consciousness of Feihren, it was from the Ancient Demon Lord. As for how they can telepathically communicate now, even Feihren did not know. They had both guessed that it could be the second fragment of his consciousness that made this possible, but this is definitely good news either way.
"Hmm" Feihren unconsciously stared at the chest area of the queen as he inspected the [Demonic Emerald Necklace].
The people around them were shocked as they began to notice where Feihren's eyes had rested! Is he daring to inspect the Queen? In front of the king himself! This man!
Feihren then immediately spoke, "Hmm, I agree on helping you attack Wolfenstein kingdom, but I still need some compensation." Pointing at the necklace that was resting in the center of the queen's voluptuous chest, he said "I'd want to have that."
Shocking! Everyone was stunned as Feihren, who believed that he was pointing at the necklace, seemed to be pointing at the King's wife! He was pointing at the queen! And he was asking for "that"?! What is going on?
"You… want my wife?!" The king was still calm-looking, but seething rage was evident in his eyes as he was trying to hold back.
"Your wife? Huh…? Ohhh." Feihren suddenly realized
'Sh*t this is such a bad misunderstanding…'