’Wait a minute...is this that [Chaos Aura] thật you gúy were talking about?,’ Zhen Liu asked Logos and Pathos as he tried to comprehend how warriors this old were just rolling with being treated like children. Then again, Tortallion was highly intimidating.
=Normally, the innate [Chaos] you and the kaijin produce make your opponents feel more aggravated, hence they act ruder, cruder and tend to be easier to deal with in straightforward brawls.=
’Huh...I guess in Tortallion’s case though, they amp up the sha and they get more...childish?’
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Much to the chagrin to the beleaguered attackers from the Undertow Council, Zhen Xun Tian and Tortallion continued to gossip with one another like doting grandparents right in front of them. That stated, not even the Zhen Clan delegation was safe from the friendly fire.
This went for a couple of monts before, rcifully, Tortallion and Zhen Xun Tian both agreed that their conversation would be better continued in the throne room proper.
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’Interesting...’
Off to the side, and hidden with a mix of innate bloodline skills and [Chaos], Terra had watched the failed ambush unfold.
Her original intention was to intervene if the Zhen Clan delegation proved themselves to be unable to defend themselves against the Undertow Council’s initiation. In that scenario, she would’ve earned the favor of the Zhen Clan delegation and be able to get to know them more in a more intimate manner.
However, that plan turned out to be for naught.
In the sa mont she was set to intervene, the Zhen Clan warriors had managed to exceed hers and the council’s expectations by actively leveraging [Chaos] and defending themselves with it.
That stated, amongst the Zhen Clan warriors that deserved the most praise for their actions, she couldn’t help but to keep her eyes on two.
The deceptively kind looking one who not only deflected the attack but was about to bring about retribution, and the large one who managed to cut through the attack in such a clean manner. As for the other two, she only found them mildly interesting due to their [Chaos] being very similar to the ones she’s seen at ho.
’Papa said one of the younger ones were the Kaijin Lord...so is it the kind one or the large one? Hmm...’
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’Huh...I guess they weren’t kidding about this place being the forr throne room.’
The first thing that imdiately caught Zhen Liu’s attention when they first arrived to the throne room was the large round table that was in the dead center of the room.
From what Zhen Liu could see, the table itself was made of rather normal wood. Surrounding the table were at least a dozen seats, so of which appeared to be well-worn, while the others were too pristine to be considered used. Zhen Liu could sense the faint traces of [Chaos] on them, with three of the seats radiating power he had once interacted with.
’And they all have sea creatures carved into the backs...I wonder why...’
Pass the table though was the aforntioned throne, which at first, appeared to be made from the remains of a giant shell. But upon closer inspection, and once they noticed the faint aura of dragon force coming off of it, one would notice that the throne was actually a solid piece of pearl white scale.
If one knew their history in regards to the Pearl Scale Empire, they wouldn’t need to guess where this scale ca from...but Zhen Liu figured he should ask anyways. After all, people loved to brag about their history and tended to be in a better mood when allowed to do so.
Council Leader Bing Feng confird with a nod and a smile.
With the mood a bit lighter, the counciln attackers returned their seats with significantly more neutral expressions on their faces than how they were monts before.
As for Tortallion, he opted to stay standing and began to lean against a pillar that was still close to the table, all by his loneso. However, when Zhen Liu turned his gaze in that direction, he swore he saw the faint shimr of another presence of only for a mont.
Once all of the other counciln were seated, the council leader gestures the Zhen Clan delegates to do the sa.
Whether it was due to instinct or design, Zhen Xun Tian ended up taking her seat at the one chair that had a giant squid design carved into the back. A design that looked very similar to the tattoo on her back.
As she sat, the giant squid’s image glowed for a brief mont before going dark.
For a brief mont, Zhen Liu could swear he saw the eyes of the Undertow Counciln widen for just a brief mont before returning to neutrality. A true politician keeps their hearts hidden, after all.
’If I have to hazard a guess, these seats were the personal chairs for the Storm Knights. I guess their ambient [Chaos] infused into the chairs to make them fit better...or sothing like that,’ Zhen Liu ntally noted as he took up a chair with a lobster design on the back.
No glowing or energy movent occurred as he did, much to his relief.
This pattern was consistent with Zhen Xun Po and Zhen Feng as they took up their seats in chairs with a sawtooth shark and hamrhead shark, respectively.
However, sothing weird happened when Zhen Hai took up his seat.
Perhaps it was fate, perhaps it was coincidence, but when Zhen Hai planted his butt in the seat with a great white shark carved in the back, the aforentioned carving began to suddenly glow in the sa manner as when Zhen Xun Tian took up her seat.
Once again, the counciln had shocked expressions on their faces when they saw the sight but managed to school their expressions otherwise. This ti though, Zhen Liu was right there alongside with them.
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’Logos...Pathos...I understand why my great grandaunt’s chair appears to be glowing...but why is Zhen Hai’s chair glowing too?’
’Huh...should I be worried about that or not?’
’Great...’
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Once the Zhen Clan delegates were fully seated, the Undertow Council decided to go straight into the diplomatic stuff. Well, Zhen Xun Tian decided to anyways.
Decorum and regulation kind of got tossed out the window after the failed attack, after all.
At this flippancy, Council Leader Bing Feng couldn’t help but to smile. It was...strangely nostalgic.
Bing Feng continued.
At that comnt, both Zhen Feng and Zhen Hai directed subtled gazes at Zhen Liu, who turned his head away.
At this question, Zhen Xun Tian had a big smile on her face.
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