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Title: Rejecting the Reward
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These top ten participants, seven could get a reward while three could ask for a favor from the devil emperor.
Clearly, the top three rankings can only be considered to be the ultimate winners.
Yet, this Old man Kan actually said that Shhn was the one most deserving to be rewarded. The meaning behind it was clear, he shouldn't be ranked within the top three, resulting in him not being able to ask the devil emperor for a favor.
Many devil kings smiled but they didn't say anything. No matter how outstanding Shun was, it had nothing to do with them. They wouldn't offend Old Kan just for the sake of Shun.
On the battle platform, Shun frowned.
He didn't know why the Otsustsukis came to the Myraid islands but he did have a viable reason. He had to find Hinami and Kaguya before any harm befalls them.
Fenrir should be able to take care of himself Kaguya too but Hinami probably couldn't.
He and Monoshiki participated in this, only for the sake of their goal.
This Old man was simply despicable.
"Monoshiki and Shun fought to a draw, even if he used a secret art, that can be considered part of his strength as well. In addition, Shun's level is lower than Monoshiki. Being able to fight to this extent, who could say for sure who was the victor among them? I fell that both of them should be part of the top three." The Blackstone Devil King calmly spoke. His voice was faint, but there was no doubt that he was refuting the words of Old Kan.
No matter how one put it, the Old man was clearly biased towards Monoshiki.
This point, every devil king here was able to tell it.
What sort of character was the emperor? How could he not know that the Old man was biased?
One was an old friend who barged into life and death situations with him while the other was a youngster with extremely outstanding talent.
How should he choose? Was there even any need to consider?
However, if he leaned towards Old Kan, it would not only be unfair to Shun, it would also damage the reputation and prestige of himself.
The Old man should understand this point, but he still chose to say such a thing. There might be a deeper layer of meaning behind it.
The location where the devil emperor was at, nobody dared to speak. It now depended on devil emperor.
The devil emperor turned his gaze onto his old friend, he had a smile on his face, "Old Kan, who do you think then, should be part of the top three?"
"Monoshiki, Old Charl and Knal. I think the three of them aren't bad, as for the rest, they are all qualified to be rewarded." Old Kan turned his gaze to the devil emperor, his eyes gleaming with a deep intent.
He knew that it was difficult for his old friend to give him a free pass on this matter.
But they had endured countless life and death situations before, he believed that his old friend would be able to understand him with regards to this matter.
When Shun heard that, his gaze turned exceptionally chilly. He glanced at Monoshiki beside him and snorted.
He didn't really know what was going on but now that they've decided to antagonize him, he'd play with them till the very end.
All he ever wanted was for the emperor to give a search order.
Once the emperor gave the order, all the rulers of the islands in this region would do their best to search.
But now...
Everyone then turned their gazes to the devil emperor and the Old man. Seems like the Old man was really adamant on the emperor giving him a free pass.
"Knal?" The Blackstone Devil King felt a little annoyed. "Shun fought fairly with Monoshiki. Old Charl and Ria were in a deadlock, of which we all know Ria could've won if she wasn't holding back. Now, Monoshiki and Old Charl are in the top three, yet neither Shun nor Ria are in? Instead, you recommend Knal? Old man Kan, your words don't seem to have any logic to them?"
"Impudent. What qualifications do you have to speak here?" The Old man turned his cold gaze onto the Blackstone Devil King, his eyes gleaming with sharpness.
In here, no one had the qualifications to rebut him. He was an old friend of the emperor, once braving many life-and-death situations together.
The Blackstone Devil King's expression turned unsightly but he couldn't say anything in response, In such a situation, his words had no weight at all.
"Your words make sense. Shun depended on a secret art, Ria uses chakra and since this place is a celebration for the emperor, devil-energy users are naturally prioritized. Old Charl and Knal are devil-energy users from our Fallen God Region and their strength is also at the peak of devil sea. They naturally should be among the top three." At this moment, an expert interjected, his words causing the expression of the Blackstone Devil King to turn even more unsightly.
This person who spoke was an expert who sat beside the Black dragon Devil King.
"Enough, there's no need to argue further. This event originally was orchestrated just to spice up the atmosphere. All the young geniuses are extremely outstanding, there's no difference as to who can ask for a request and who would be rewarded. All of you ten will be valued just the same." The emperor spoke, causing everyone to shut up.
After which, the emperor lifted his cup and smiled, "Here's a toast to all the geniuses of the younger generations."
The Kings here all lifted their cups and drank the wine. The emperor was right, this battle was merely an event to celebrate his birthday.
He can naturally choose as he likes. Other than this being a platform for the other major powers to recruit new members, everything else was merely here for his enjoyment.
The emperor could do whatever he wanted to.
No matter how outstanding Shun's talent was, he is merely a youngster at the chakra sea realm.
Placing down his wine cup, the emperor smiled, "Let's follow Old Kan suggestion. Monoshiki, Old Charl and Knal, the three of you can make a request of me. As for the other seven, you guys will be rewarded."
The countenances of everyone froze. Ultimately, the emperor still chose to give free reign to the Old man.
After all, their relationship was extremely tight. Old friends of over hundreds of years, and since the Old man rarely insisted on such a matters, the Fallen God Emperor eventually decided to give that bit of free pass to his old friend.
"The Emperor is wise." The devil kings all spoke.
"The Emperor is wise." Countless experts echoed. Regardless of the decision the emperor, it would naturally be wise. Because, he was the emperor.
"The emperor is wise?" Shun closed his eyes before opening them. His aura fluctuated somewhat, the people beside him all had cold gleams of reluctance in their eyes.
What did the emperor base his decision on?
Simply because, he was the emperor and this place was his territory. He naturally had the qualifications to decide anything here, as well as who to reward and who could ask him for a request.
A smile appeared in the eyes of Old man Kan. He glanced at Shun. In truth, he had no real hatred towards Shun. He was only so determined purely because of benefits.
"This is so unfair." The third princess Yuruo mumbled. However, the people in the surroundings merely glanced at her.
Who would care about her? Even if her father was the Blackstone Devil King, he didn't have any authority to change the mind of the emperor. Who could challenge the emperor's decision?
"The three of you, what requests do you have? Tell me." The emperor spoke.
"Emperor, this old man only wishes to step into the devil king realm. I have no other request." Old Charl spoke.
He should thank the Old man, boosting him to the top three. Old Charl understood that his current placing should have belonged to Shun.
"I wish that your Majesty can personally help me out with regards to increase in my level." Knal spoke, his words causing the eyes of everyone to flash.
This Knal was intelligent, by making this request, he was asking for the emperor to accept him as a member or his faction.
Even if the devil emperor had no intentions of accepting, he wouldn't reject this request. In this way, Knal could already be considered half-a-member of the devil emperor's army.
As for Old Charl's request, everyone had long guessed it. The people on the Fallen God Island all knew how determined Old Charl was to level up.
"Wanting to enter the devil king stage ultimately still has to be dependent on oneself, external sources of help are useless. Charl, you have already reached the absolute limits of the devil sea realm. What you need next, is an opportunity. You can stay in my palace to try your luck. But if you still fail, you cannot blame me." The devil emperor calmly spoke.
"Many thanks to your Majesty for granting my request." Old Charl bowed.
"Knal, there's no problem with your request as well." The emperor nodded his head lightly.
"Thank you your Majesty." Knal bowed.
"What about you?" The emperor glanced towards Monoshiki.
"I wish that the emperor will be able to give a command and confer me a suitable island in the Fallen God Region." Monoshiki spoke.
"Sure." The emperor nodded, it was just giving a command. Monoshiki's request was easy to fulfil.
"As for the remaining seven, all of you will be granted rewards." The emperor smiled. After which, seven beautiful ladies had treasures in their hands as they walked towards the floating battle platform.
Shun, Da, and Ria merely smiled at the three ladies bearing the rewards. However, Shun didn't stretch his hand out to accept. The others didn't as well.
Clearly, the three of them weren't going to accept the rewards, filled with unwillingness in their hearts.
This scene caused countless people to freeze. What did the five of them mean by this?
"I came here because I wish to offer my congratulations to the emperor. I don't dare to hope for any rewards, since I have no contributions whatsoever to your Majesty, I wouldn't dare to accept anything." Shun spoke, shocking everyone here.
Shun actually rejected the bestowment of rewards from the Fallen God Emperor!