'Blood oath!?'
Everyone in the arena was confused by Heero's words. Including Kang Seo-Yeon and Bai Xin Yue, as they knew nothing about this thing called Blood Oath.
Heero had never mentioned it to them. Even Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata were clueless as Heero never mentioned it when Heero took them in.
Curiosity and confusion filled the hall, even the guardian who accompanied the children became wary at the word Blood Oath. It sounded ominous to them and the children were confused.
The martial hall buzzed with many small voices.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a simple oath!" Hero reassured the crowd as he pulled out a beast's skin.
The brown-colored beast's skin had a few sentences written on it.
As he took out the beast's skin, Hong Yu came in pushing the cart. On the cart was a pile of the same beast skin.
"Don't worry, the guardian can read the oath and you decide after reading the oath!"
After saying that, Heero ordered Sun Zhou Yi, Musashi Hirata, and Butcher Wang to hand over the beast's skin.
There were a few sentences written on it, but to sum it up, the oath asked his disciples to do no evil and spread his teachings without his consent.
Soon, a middle-aged man in his mid-thirties raised his hand and asked, "What would happen if my son broke the oath?"
Heero wrote the oath, but he did not elaborate on the consequences of breaking the oath. He only wrote that if they broke the oath, they would receive divine punishment.
As for what the divine punishment was. Heero did not explain it on the way to that question.
"Mnnnn..." Heero held his chin but frowned in the end.
"I'm afraid you would not believe me if I told you the consequences from my mouth. We need a guinea pig for this..."
He scanned the children as he said this. His eyes asked if any children were willing to try the oath, with a smile of course.
"Would any of you like to try the oath? All you have to do is print your blood on the oath in the lower right corner and the oath will be effective!"
Heero's words made the guardians of the children look at each other. They were certainly curious about the oath, but none of them dared to volunteer their son or junior to take the oath.
Sun Zhou Yi and the others were also curious about the oath. They wanted to know how effective it would be.
Only Hong Yu had a broad smile on her face. Only she knew everything behind the oath and kept it to herself.
"So... there are no volunteers?" Heero scanned the children, a little disappointed that no brave child dared to volunteer.
He was disappointed even though he had expected it. He felt that trust was the basic relationship between a master and his student.
The children did not trust him, so none of them dared to come up. Just as he was about to call out to Xu Lingxun, a boy raised his hand.
Heero's face brightened and his eyes immediately shot to the boy. A golden-haired boy with crystal-blue eyes, a foreigner. Not only a foreigner, but the boy also had the high status of the 2nd Prince of the Regal Kingdom, Benjamin Rowland Kingsman.
"I will! I will try the oath!" The boy said in a strange Chinese accent.
"Prince, you should think thrice! What if he deceives you? You can't be careless and agree to an unclear oath!"
A white-haired old man in a butler's suit beside the boy tried to persuade him. He was a bit suspicious about the oath thing. The old man was afraid that the prince would be deceived.
"Oh, come on, Old Ben! He's not going to trick us all! Sometimes you should watch the news instead of thinking about your work! If it was another man, he might try to cheat me, but not this man!"
Benjamin patted the old man's hand gently as his mouth curved into a beautiful smile. Then the boy walked over to Heero with a beast skin in his hand.
Even though the man might be tricking him, the oath itself was nothing serious. It was something a knight should do, a knight's duty.
Of course, the reason he agreed to the oath was because he wanted to be taught by Heero. The man who had trained two Emperor Class Heroes. Not only that, this man was Xu Lingxun's master, he also wanted to be as strong as Xu Lingxun, the boy who had beaten him in the Fighter Anteriority.
As for the oath, he and the oath were on the same path.
"Hello, Master Xing~ My name is Benjamin Rowland Kingsman, I want to be your disciple, So... How do I sign the oath?"
Benjamin bowed his head slightly as he introduced himself.
"Hoho... So there's a brave one among my new disciples! Good! Show me your thumb!"
The boy handed over and showed his thumb. He trusted Heero completely, not suspicious in the least.
The smile on Heero's face grew wider as he took out the beast's hide. At the same time, he pricked the boy's thumb with his Ki.
Blood flowed and Heero immediately stamped the oath with the boy's thumb.
As soon as the oath was printed by the blood, the beast's skin glowed red. It glowed brightly in the morning sun and everyone in the arena watched the scene with wide-open eyes.
They could not believe what had happened. Benjamin was also startled when the beast's skin glowed red. He tried to pull his hand away from the oath but could not because Heero held his finger tightly.
The beast's skin glowed red for ten seconds. Then the glow faded.
"With this, the oath is effective. If you break the oath one day, you will receive divine punishment!" Heero announced that the vow was a success.
Badump! Badump! Badump!
For some unknown reason, Benjamin became nervous. Of course, he was also excited, but for the moment, nervousness ruled his heart.
Meanwhile, the old man ran frantically over to the boy, shouting, "Prince! Prince! Are you all right? Are you hurt anywhere?"