<h4>Chapter 152 - Puzzled</h4>


    Seeing that everyone was in attendance, Kaiser stood up. He slowly walked towards the middle of the room and onto the stage. He stood at the stage, looked at everyone, and with a sinking voice, said, “n Lord, fellow elders. Our Purcell n has been struck by a string of troubles recently. Those shameless merchants, looking for a chance to pressure our n due to the Ica in incidence, have taken this opportunity to increase the price of food. Fortunately, under everyone’s efforts, our n hadn’t taken significant losses. But now, someone dares to challenge the dignity of the Purcell n. This absolutely cannot be permitted.”


    He paused for a while, looked at some of the people in the room. He felt like he were the master of the world. This feeling fascinated him. As some said, power was the best elixir of life. These words were truly urate. Kaiser felt as if his body was full of vitality as he stood upon the stage. He felt that he could live for a hundred years. Since he felt so young, then he could still do better.


    The people in the room soon began to whisper to each other. They didn’t know what had happened that would make Kaiser be this serious. Kaiser looked at the crowd and continued, “Just a moment ago, the Buda n member Green came to the Grand Duke’s Mansion to break off the engagement. Some time ago, the ck Wastes had experienced a magic beast attack. For fear that a disaster would befall the Buda n, our Purcell n sent members to go observe and search for them, but they are now already dead. They were killed by Green. This time, they came with a desire to break off the engagement. It simply seems like they are looking at my Purcell n as if it was nothing. Such as thing as this, he cannot be left alive.”


    Everyone in the conference room was surprised for a moment and looked puzzledly towards Kaiser. Kaiser saying this had confused them, but the elders understood how and what had happened. They wanted to look for the Buda n so they had sent people to observe and even lend a hand. But the Buda n member had killed them, which wasn’t good. Now that person had evene to the Grand Duke’s Mansion?


    Only the Second Elder and the Third Elder, these old men, had understood why Kaiser had sent the men to the Buda n. What they didn’t understand was why Kaiser was speaking so highly of the Buda n. Thus, the two didn’t say anything and just watched Kaiser, puzzled.


    Kaiser knew that what he said wasn’t enough to impress these people. Although he was powerful within the Purcell n, it was impossible to cover the skies with his hand. Furthermore, the Second and Third Elders also kept him in check.


    Kaiser continued, “Green is now a Peak Rank Eight expert. Everyone knows that we initiated the engagement with the Buda n, but now with the Buda n’s status, they are simply not a match for our Purcell n. Although this time they offered to break off the engagement, haven’t you all thought about the effects this would have towards us? Seemingly, this Green bears a grudge against us. Once he reaches Rank Nine, what will happen then?”


    After saying this long speech, everyone understood the point within the sentences Kaiser had spoken and they were of the same mind with Kaiser.


    They all knew that the Buda n was suffering and had even added insult to the injury, thus making the Buda n have a great hatred towards them. If Green really does be a Rank Nine one day, it definitely wouldn’t be a good thing for the Purcell n.


    “No wonder the First Elder wants to deal with the Buda n.” After Kaiser said his reasons for wanting to deal with the Buda n, everyone agreed to the idea. Evan could only sit at his station. He said no words as he knew they would be useless.


    Second Elder said, “The First Elder’s words are justifiable. However, now that the Buda n has a Peak Rank Eight master, wanting to deal him won’t be easy. Even if we can kill him, our losses wouldn’t be small. I wonder what are the First Elder’s thoughts about this?”


    Kaiser knew that the Second Elder wouldn’t be so easily swayed by his words, but he was well prepared. He nodded and said, “Naturally, I had thought of something beforehand. The carriage is now prepared and ready to go and ask a Rank Nine deity to extend his hands. First is to kill Green, avoiding any future troubles. Then, to deter those profiteers, letting them know that our Purcell n is capable of extinguishing them.”


    The quiet conference room suddenly broke out in a huge burst of apuse. As Laura had said, these aristocrats hadrge aristocratic pride; they wouldn’t allow anybody to encroach on their dignity.


    Kaiser’s words naturally aroused the sympathy of the people in the room. Even the Second Elder, the Third Elder, and Evan didn’t say anything about it.


    The Second and Third Elders had been struggling for power against the First Elder. Looking at the now popr First Elder, they were naturally not in a good mood. Even now, Evan’s heart wasplex.


    He was nominally the Lord of the Purcell n, and the Grand Duke of the Purcell Duchy. But here in the Elders Assembly, he didn’t have any right to speak. In fact, him sitting there was just him being a decoration. This was something all the elders knew. On the surface however, they were still respectful towards him. This matter was what Evan was most angry of.


    Unfortunately, he didn’t have any other way to change this situation. In fact, this matter was a Purcell n secret. He had no way of telling other people. While outside and in front of other people, the elders were still very respectful towards him. This made outsiders think that the Purcell Grand Duke was still respected.


    Before, there had been no reason for the Purcell n to deal with the Buda n. Furthermore, Evan was a friend of Adam’s father, which naturally made him wish for the Buda n to not disappear.


    Unfortunately, he had helped the Buda n in the past which greatly diminished his power. Now, he had no ability to help the Buda n. Even if he wanted the support of the First Elder, it would be impossible.


    Evan was a warrior and one could say he was not made for political ys. It was precisely because of this that he could be the patriarch of the Purcell n; since he didn’t understand politics, he was easily controlled.


    Even though these three didn’t take their stand, it wouldn’t matter much as the other elders had already approved of the words of the First Elder which had made their blood boil.


    Kaiser satisfyingly watched the result and said, “Please raise your hand if you share my opinion.”


    More than half of the people in the conference room raised their hands, which ultimately decided the oue. Those whom hadn’t raised their hands were the diehard supporters of both the Second and Third elders.


    Kaiser nodded his head and said, “More than fifty percent of the votes approve.” He then turned his head and bowed to Evan, saying ”n Lord, Sir, may I ask the exalted deity now?”


    Evan looked at Kaiser with a calm face and nodded without saying anything. As Kaiser saw Evan nod, he also didn’t say anything. He bowed once more to Evan and turned around, proiming, “This meeting is adjourned.” He headed outside after saying that.


    The elders in the conference room had also left one after the other. The Second and the Third Elders sighed, then exited the room.


    Although they had grabbed several elders under Kaiser’s these past few days, obtaining a better position to speak up, whenpared to Kaiser’s power they were just almost there. But this time, this matter had made Kaiser more attractive. His poprity would surely reach a new height. When that happened, they wouldn’t be able to put up a fight against Kaiser anymore.


    To be honest, their moods were quiteplex right now. They wanted Kaiser to be victorious in order to make the Purcell n maintain their dignity, frightening this generation of hoodlums.


    However, in their hearts, they hoped Kaiser’s n would go wrong. They hoped that the Buda n could resist, thus making Kaiser’s move void. When that happens, they could attack Kaiser, bringing down his prestige. They could then take the opportunity to deal with Kaiser.


    Sadly, they knew this was impossible. This time, in order to seed, Kaiser was willing to go please and request the Guardian Deity. The Guardian Deity was a Rank Nine expert, synonymous to invincible. It was easy for them to get rid of others, yet hard to be defeated.


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    What they didn’t know was that when the Purcell n rang the bell, Zhao Hai had also received the message. Zhao Hai had previously instructed the Night Shades to observe the Purcell n. These Night Shades were high ranked undead. In addition to being undead, they could also restrain their auras. The Purcell n didn’t have any high ranking light magicians, thus making the Night Shades even harder to detect.


    The average person might not know what the sound of this bell meant, but these Night Shades knew. Don’t forget, these Night Shades were high ranked undead made by Zhao Hai that also had their memories retained. Their prior organization had a certain understanding of therge ns within the continent. Since the Purcell n had its own Duchy, then of course they were also investigated. This naturally made them understand what the bell represented for the Purcell n.


    When the Purcell n sounded the bell, the Night Shades immediately informed Zhao Hai about the situation and what this matter meant.


    Around this time, Zhao Hai was lying in his bedroom, afraid of going out. He feared Meirin would insist on continuing the discussion of the issue of marriage to him. Upon receiving the message however, Zhao Hai immediately stood up and went out.


    Green was sitting in the living room and staring at the screen. He had to pay attention to his room in the hotel while in the living room. If he let others enter his room and they found out that he disappeared, then there would be trouble.


    Zhao Hai also saw Green in the living room and immediately said, “Grandpa Green, there’s been changes in the Purcell n. They had just rung the emergency bell.”


    Green also knew a little about the emergency bell. After hearing Zhao Hai, his face couldn’t help but change as he said, “Really? Did the Night Shades send the message?”


    Zhao Hai nodded. “Yes, the Night Shades had sent the message. Since the Night Shades weren’t detected by the Purcell n, after the emergency bell rang they immediately notified me.”


    Green stood up, raised his brow, and said, “Why do they have to pull the emergency bell? We only went to break the engagement, which was what they also wanted to do. So, they shouldn’t be nning anything against us, right?”