Chapter 37: Preparation for a showdown!!!
King Dabill Wang sat down on his throne with a smile on his face and his lips curved to the edge.
He felt extremely confident in himself as he sat with a mocking expression, targeted at
Lancelot.
Lancelot was not aware of this but he couldn't care less, because, for him, none of that mattered.
The afternoon was approaching fast and the stage for the fight had been set.
All over the earth nation, big investors and powerful earth elementals from all over came to witness such a grand display.
Bets have been placed and the commoners were really in high spirit as they anticipated the breathtaking showdown.
Lancelot was in a room with all his entourage, sitting around a round table.
The entire room was quiet as no one said a single word.
Dice then stood up and went to Lancelot's side and spoke into his ear.
"l apologize for the way things have developed between us, and I want to do all I can to mend the relationship between us."
"l also want to suggest that, why don't I teach you the blood elemental control, although you were not able to gain the ability from my ancestral land, you could be taught and with the presence of her highness, Priestess Kendra, you should be able to absorb the training" Lancelot nodded towards Dice and turned to Kendra who sat by his side, and asked her a question;
"What do you think?'
Kendra smiled and responded; "It's doable, let's try it. Obtaining elemental control from a wielder rather than from their ancestral land has not been written in the history of the Element King, however, you're already producing all kinds of unprecedented breakthroughs, so let's see how it goes."
"Also, don't forget to obtain that of the earth element first, it is unknown for just how long this blood wielding method might require, the afternoon is almost here, so time is of the essence"
Lancelot smiled a bit and caressed the cheeks of Kendra so tenderly, this took every onlooker by surprise, as females like Laura Chen from the forest nation were just lost in desire.
Some others were making different faces some in ridicule, some in envy some to make jest.
Xanthu was expressionless, he just couldn't bear to consider his emotions.
With that Lancelot stood up and walked side by
side with Dice as they went to look for a secluded area.
It was two hours before noon so they had some time to spare.
General Suzie Wang was being heavily praised by her army.
They had fought wars and at a time they halted the sneak attacks of the Air nation, they could boast of being one of the strongest armies in the entire elemental realm.
Not only were they fierce earth elementals able to conceal themselves beneath the earth, but they could also match strength for strength with any army.
Their earth element makes them excellent gravitationalist, able to suppress their opponent with the earth's gravity, this is just a little of their terrifying abilities, so naturally, they all felt Lancelot had no chance of winning against General Suzie Wang.
"General Suzie would totally roast that boy,"
"We can't entirely write him off though, he has control over the fire element, fire elementals are fierce warriors"
"Please he can't even measure up to General wang's left leg, General Wang single-handedly stopped the assault of the Air nation at a time, only Paige Kalliester escaped. Could he measure up to the extent of the abilities of Paige Kalliester, and at the time Paige Kalliester didn't even escape unscathed"
This chatter continued as everyone anticipated the showdown.
In another corner, Dice was trying to teach Lancelot to control blood flow, he placed his hands on Lancelot's hands to feel the blood flow.
Lancelot immersed himself in that feeling, it was very faint but he could feel his understanding of blood control start to gain momentum little by little.
Lancelot used his perception to feel every single drop of blood around his body, he could see the way the blood cells were packed to form tissues and organs.
His understanding deepened in such a little time, he couldn't exactly control them but he could feel them, like looking at the sun rising in the sky, he could see his understanding of the blood element rise from a zero level.
After about an hour, Dice saw the little improvement they had made,
"Would you now like to try the earth element? It should be easier for you since you are already on their ancestral land'
Dice asked.
Lancelot shook his head and smiled,
"Not yet, actual speed is gained during combat, the pressure would force me to gain deep insight in seconds, doing it now would only make it as slow as learning the blood wielding technique you've been trying to teach me for the past hour"
Dice nodded in agreement and wanted to turn to leave, but before he could move
Lancelot placed a hand on his shoulder,
'l don't hate you, I'm just slow to accept you as my brother in law, make sure you arrange a real marriage ceremony when we get back, and take care of my sister"
Dice nodded in excitement, as happiness spread on his face, he was really happy.
They both walked back to the chambers to meet the others as it was time to head to the fighting grounds.
The stage had been set, everyone was present, and the King had such a proud expression like he had won quite a lot of money.
He sat at an exalted position in front of the battleground, a similar position to front row seats of a cinema.
Among the crowd were Garfar and his friend, both having different opinions about the perceived outcome of this showdown.
There were high caliber tycoons present, all extremely wealthy elementals that have paid huge amounts of money.
Some had spent up to 50,000 elemental coins on a single bet and most were on General Wang to win.
Only Garfar placed a bet in support of the Elemental King to win.
Lancelot got up on stage and so did General Wang, they both stared at each other and smiled.
"You're a handsome young man, if you'll agree to spend a night with me, I'll go easy on you"
General Suzie Wang said nonchalantly.
This statement stunned the soldiers, they know how much pride General Wang had when it comes to her body and dignity.
She won't even allow anyone close to her, but now what she was saying to this stranger was a little strange, was she playing some kind of mind game?
Lancelot smiled and said:
"Sorry, I have a missus",
Then he stared at Kendra in the crowd with a smile,
Kendra blushed a bit and looked away.
Everyone was having different expressions on their faces,
"He is dating the water Priestess, is that for real?"
"Even if you're dating the priestess why would you give up an opportunity with general Wang, that's like banging power",
"He is crazy though",
"Why am I not this lucky?"
At this same time, a referee approached the stage and spoke,
"In this match, you can use all your abilities and it's a fight till the death, however, you might choose to show mercy if your opponent concedes defeat"
This shocked the entourage of Lancelot as they looked to King Dabill Wang's general area, they could see a smirk on his face, but no one talked.
"The King is just shooting himself in the leg, I hope he is ready to lose a sister",
Garfar murmured as he paid attention to the match that was about to start. The atmosphere was getting tense by the minute.