Solitary Sword Sovereign

Chapter 103: Arthur Pendragon

"Cywir!"

With one last salute, everyone activated their immense energy and blasted out of the cathedral, all headed in one direction. Only Dragonheart and a few of his trusted aides remained. The enitire cathedral had been blasted to smithereens, leaving only debris and dust in its wake.

"Your speeches are as impressive as always your majesty! I am not part of the house but my blood was blowing." said a dark-skinned middle-aged man as the chaotic dust cleared away.

Dragonheart smiled wryly and said, "Surely you jest Andreas. If you were in my position you would have done a better job. I'm not suited to this sort of thing."

Andreas shook his head and pointed at those behind him, "Is there anyone who believes they can raise morale better than his Majesty?"

The reply was widespread laughter, with many shaking their heads. Arthur coughed and tried to change the subject, "How are the kids doing? I don't know why you won't let them become Supreme candidates, especially Jane. She is a beast. Her Martial talents alone are as good as mine. Not to even mention the twins."

Andreas frowned, "Those kids are nothing but trouble, they are unworthy of being Supremes. Its a shame Michael doesn't have a combat type class, just like me. He is level headed and humble. He would have made a perfect Supreme."

Arthur raised a brow and said, "Utter nonsense! It's only thanks to you and Michael's administrative abilities that the empire runs so smoothly. Speaking of running smoothly, how is the search for Peerless going?"

"Yes, I've managed to narrow the list down, but I'm not sure how to narrow it down further. All we know about Peerless is what he said last time. I have intel that suggests that the Samsara Sect knows since they have frequent contact with multiple worlds. Their understanding of the system and immortals is above ours. All we know is that the immortals in charge of the System on earth are communicating with them somehow."

Arthur grew a somber expression and said, "This is bad. If Genesis reveals that he is in contact with the Immortals of the system..."

"Then our claim to orthodoxy will be challenged." Andreas finished off what Arthur was thinking.

"Hence I had an idea, your Majesty.'

Arthur sulked and said, "Don't tell me its the rights information nonsense??"

Andreas clasped his hands behind his back and said, "If we make public how one uses rights, we can also push Peerless to make a move with them. Making it easier for us to track him.

I understand that we went to great lengths to learn the information and that this would also make things easier for Peerless, but we are on the brink of war! And Peerless is still seen as...well... peerless! We need all the hope we can get. By publicizing this information, we will give earth one more weapon, besides, considering his abilities, he will probably learn in time, since he has contact with Immortals. Rumor has it that the immortal in charge of the earth is in contact with Peerless himself."

Arthur thought for a moment, "If Peerless really has such backing then he should know already, if he doesn't then even better, he will fall into my trap."

Andreas frowned even more. He knew about this trap, as it was originally his idea. But this was before the looming invasion of Eridium.

The plan was simple. They would smoothly circulate info among high-level guides and brokers about 'a certain broker who knows about the system of rights!' The person in the rumor is actually a powerful expert of the empire, waiting to lure Peerless himself. Although it was a longshot, Arthur still prepared such a card and many others to trap Peerless.

Truth be told, Arthur didn't have much confidence in this as he really thought Peerless had this information, little did he know that the trap he had lain would be sprung, yet it would not benefit him at all!

"Sigh, if your Majesty insists then we will keep the information secret for now."

Andreas understood the ramifications of letting the information go public. For now, to the majority of the world, being a King, Emperor or Sovereign had no benefits except glory. Once the rights were understood, people would cultivate with more vigor and the Kings and Emperor's lists would change more frequently.

If a nut case became a King, or even worse, an Emperor, who knows what chaos they would cause? So far no one had used their rights outside Genesis, as he had publicized the information, but no one knew which mandate he had used and when.

Andreas coughed and said, "Your Majesty I have some more important information to share."

Arthur had drawn his sword and was now admiring it, planning many things in his head, with his back to Andreas he spoke, "Hhm go on."

"Yes, your Majesty. One of the 50 candidates has revealed his class to be Water Meister!"