Chapter 36: General Wang!!!
Back in the human world, Scientist Charles was fuming,
"Where are these bastards? Where is the so-called King of assassins? Why did I pay so much money for such useless goons?"
He stamped his feet in anger as the image of Baldwin Raymond appeared in his mind.
He couldn't help but frown with such intense hatred, his knuckles turned white from being tightly fisted.
He looked around unable to decide what the next course of action was.
The next meeting was to be scheduled the next day, he needed to prepare himself on how well to deal with Baldwin Raymond, after all, it would take him more time to find anything on elementals and if the funding to his life's work was to be abruptly cut, won't that just make him a laughing stock and more or less a jobless man with nothing to do except finding a new vocation.
He frowned at the thought. 'l hate that guy!'
He thought to himself as he stood silently fuming.
He picked up the phone and called the assassin for hire organization;
"l need my refund for every single penny spent on this your pathetic organization".
A response came from the other end of the line, "We deeply apologize dear esteemed customer, we have not received word from our agents either, we thought he was still with you. About
30 agents forming our best squad have been activated for use but none of them has returned and it has been a month already."
scientist Charles was fuming "So you mean my money and the agents are gone...?'
The person at the other end of the line paused as he rummaged through some files before speaking. .
"We will send another King Assassin to verify the situation and if he doesn't return our experts will be activated to go and investigate where the agents were or what happened to them that has prevented them from returning."
Scientist Charles became calm after hearing that. He then hung up the phone as he continued to work on the device to detect elementals.
He added a laser beam that would be triggered by the presence of the elemental.
In his ideology, he felt that if the laser beam were to be triggered by their presence, he won't take the blame if something were to happen to real elementals, as he would already be too late to stop the attack since it activates on its own.
Scientist Charles smiled at the thought of that and continued to work on it. The King of the Earth nation had a person announce his presence as he stepped into his Kingly Chambers,
"The King of the Earth nation, King Dabill Wang, the warrior, protector, and conqueror of the
Earth Kingdom, all hail the King"
"All hail the king, All hail the King.
The people shouted repeatedly while Lancelot and his men slightly bowed but said nothing.
Lancelot could read the power play going on, the King seems to be saying; 'No matter how powerful you are, this is my Kingdom and I rule supreme here',
Lancelot frowned and said nothing as he watched the King take his seat and stare deeply dissecting the crowd.
"Your highness" The King's spokesman started speaking as he stepped forward,
"These are the people from different nations of the world, they came all the way from Chimitra continent and some from the forest nation in the north, this is her highness Priestess Kendra."
Before the spokesman could continue, the King raised his hands and folded it, as a sign for the spokesman to be quiet.
"You claim to be the King of Elements," King Wang said, staring directly at Lancelot, unblinking and unwavering in his stare.
Lancelot stepped forward and nodded with a smile. "Call General Wang for me,' The King commanded.
The wang family had been at the pinnacle of the leadership of the Earth nation over many decades.
Being a wealthy lineage, they had banked on their cunning nature and ability to hold on to power to stand at the very pinnacle of leadership.
While Dabill Wang sat on the throne as King, his younger sister, Suzie Wang was the undisputed general that led the armies into battle.
In the fight against the Air nation, in a fierce battle, only general Wang returned after a tightly contested battle and on the other end, Paige Kalliester managed to survive with severe injuries at the time.
General Wang's abilities and ferocious nature were not to be looked down on despite her being a female, even sometimes there was a rumor that she might be a male if her private parts were examined, the thought of that made many perverts enjoy the images in their head for a moment.
General Suzie Wang stepped into the Palace after a while and gave a half-bow to the King.
Being siblings has never affected the need for her to pay her Kingly respect.
As a general, she knew too well the importance of hierarchy and the benefit of the subservient nature.
"General Wang, he claims to be the Chosen One the Element King, so I'm proposing a battle between our most powerful fighter, and him so we could rate his abilities and decide if he is the real thing or an imposter". The King said nonchalantly.
The crowd broke into a series of murmurs.
"Garfar, it seems the king wants the Element King to fight General Wang, General Wang will kill him, she is an absolute monster, nobody dares to stand against her and I learned she could use the landmass control technique." Garfar shook his head,
"Just watch, the Element King reigns supreme in any nation, he is the King of all nationalities, the Earth King would soon be put in his place", These murmurs continued around the palace as the King then gave an order,
"Prepare a room for our esteemed guests, tomorrow by noon, the showdown to prove the identity of the chosen one would happen at the sparring ground, to spice up the event, everyone would be served food and drinks paid for by the royal treasury."
"The winner would of course win the claim and have the right to give commands while the losers might be persecuted severely"
The King spoke with a smile as a servant moved towards the group to lead them away.
"I think the King is overly cocky, he will eat his words soon" Garfar said with a deep frown,
"Garfar, I know you've been drunk all day, but whose side are you on? It's like you're the emissary of the Element King or something, ain't you an Earth nation citizen", His friend muttered.
Garfar stepped closer and replied; "I am a traveler, I've witnessed a lot of things and I have heard of the showdown between the Element King and the god of the Air nation."
"Nobody believed he had any chance and yet he Killed the god of the air nation in such a domineering manner, I learned the god died with his eyes open as the wind blew away his corpse. To be cocky against someone capable of Killing a god is a death wish."
As Garfar and his friend discussed, so did other elemental commoners discuss amongst themselves as they exited the palace.
"General wang is my absolute favorite, in another life, we might even be married, she will surely crush these losers"
"I've heard a lot about the Element King, he is not as simple as he looks"
"Element King pfft, more like the dead elemental, hahaha"
The news spread through the Kingdom about the showdown about to take place.
Everyone got excited as they prepared themselves for what was going to be a masterpiece of a spar.
The Kingdom was buzzing as nothing this interesting had happened in a while.
The noises and arguments continued long into the night.