Titan's Throne

Chapter 72- Ambition

TT CHAPTER 72

Ambition

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When Bastian heard Tino's voice through Kenshin's link, he felt like he had been struck by lightning. Kenshin could feel a slight disturbance from Bastian's side, but now was not the time to split focus on such a thing, for the spell he was using used up much of his mind

It's her! What the heck is she doing here? And judging from the conversation she is familiar with Shasha and Kai.

Bastian listened to the conversation attentively while coming up with a plan.

Hhmm, I see. She was sent by Shasha's brother, and judging from what we have seen and heard from today, Shasha is the prince of a country that is powerful. Interesting, he did well to hide this.

Then another phrase surprised Bastian. "Is there anywhere in this world that can hide us from him? Kai you and I both know that this world will soon fall into our father's hands. There will be nowhere for us to hide. We have no choice but to do this. You know far more than me the consequences of not following my brother's orders."

His...his father will conquer world?

Suddenly, the world became white, and Bastian found himself in the last place he wanted to be in, on the entire planet, assuming that this world was round. Mr Li stood in front of the stable smiling. "Hello Sebastian."

"For f*ck's sake Li! Of all the times you could have chosen to show up you choose now?!" Bastian was irritated beyond compare. Right now a very important conversation had just happened and he was coming up with a plan of action. Li's presence however changed everything.

"It is precisely because it is an important time that I have chosen to speak to you now." said Li with smile. "My purpose is to advise you young one."

"Purpose? Purpose for what? You haven't given me jack sh*it! You haven't even explained what this whole Mark thing is about, so why the f*ck should I listen to you now?" Bastian was spewing out curses like an Irish sailor, something which he rarely ever did, which just went to show how much he disliked being in front of Li.

"Ah yes, that reminds me, I really haven't explained anything. Okay let me rectify that. An incredibly powerful emperor from an empire far, far away is in need of an heir, thus he came up with this method. The winner becomes his heir. Certain officials from his court are allowed to choose a candidate to back. Such officials are called investors, and the candidate chosen by an investor becomes a successor. Investors are there to guide their successors through these trials and ultimately lead them to success. That's pretty much it."

Bastian opened his mouth, but he didn't quite know what to say. Due to the urgency of the situation in the real world and this sudden data dump; Bastian was at a loss for words. After sorting out the information in his mind, Bastian shook his head and lightly slapped his face with both hands, to get himself focused.

"Okay Li, I have a few questions for you."

"I will gladly answer them, so long as they are within reason."

Bastian frowned but still continued anyway.

"Am I a successor and are you my investor?"

"Yes and yes."

"Why? I am pretty confident I didn't meet the criteria that one has to reach before becoming a successor?" Bastian had not done anything regarding slaying or subduing Mark Bearers, thus he was confident he should not be a successor.

Li had been waiting for this question and said confidently, "An investor can choose a candidate to back even before the criteria is met, but there are many disadvantages to doing so, so it is usually best for an investor to wait until the criteria are met.