The Story of the Prince, Leiva
Chapter 31
What Empress Ruby wanted was very simple, fair and equal treatment. To the other concubines, the female servant, and the eunuch stood by the side who had watched Leiva transform from a weak boy into a warrior.
Only one thought came to their minds, "From now on, we should flatter Empress Ruby for our own good!”
"Certainly!”
Prince Zayn suddenly stood up, looked at Leiva excitedly, and said, “My ninth son! I'm so happy to know you've finally made it, even if it's too late in your life. No matter what the results of the Year-End Assessment are, the Royal Family will hold a banquet for three days to celebrate your cultivation! Leiva, come closer to me. Let me see my great son!”
"Leiva, Go! Quickly go to greet your father!” empress Ruby said with tears.
Empress Ruby wiped the tears from her face, held Leiva's hand, and walked towards Prince Zayn.
"Good day, Your Majesty!" Empress Ruby and Leiva saluted Prince Zayn at the same time.
Prince Zayn looked at Leiva deeply and asked, “I think, your cultivation has reached the Lv Intermediate Stage 2 Earth Level?”
During the first round of assessment, Leiva fully displayed his strength. Surely he could not hide his cultivation level from Prince Zayn.
Leiva responded, "Right, Your Majesty!”
“Cultivating from zero to Endless magic of Power 2 in just three months is not something an ordinary soldier can do. Leiva, what have you been doing lately? Have you been having anything special lately?" Prince Zayn asked.
Leiva said kindly, "Your Majesty, I did experience something special, but it's my secret. I have the right to keep it, rather than share it with others.”
The queen was furious at Leiva's response. He shouted, “How dare you! Your Majesty is your biological father, what secrets should you hide from your father?”
Prince Zayn moderately raised his hand and stopped the queen from continuing to speak. However, he looked at Leiva with appreciation and said, “Every soldier has their cultivation secrets. If you don't want to talk about it, I won't force you. Work hard on the rest of the Year End Assessment. I'm looking forward to it!”
Furthermore, the Ninth Command Princess. Ninth Command Princess Diane, she was a tall, beautiful woman, with an elegant noble aura.
She's one day older than Leiva. Her Martial Arts Talent and beauty was comparable to Ambrella Cronous. Diane is also one of the four beautiful women at the Stardom Altar. She and Ambrella Cronous are called Two Beautiful Women at the Stardom Altar.
The Ninth Command Princess was about to lift the 10th stone. He threw it 13 meters away. It seemed that her strength was slightly weaker than Ambrella Cronous, which made her two meters further away from Diane.
Diane frowned and walked out of the Valor Arena. He stood next to Leiva with an attractive smile, “My ninth brother, beware of me when we go hunting on Mount Dom, I am one of your competitors!”
Since Leiva and Diane are of the same age, they have been playing together all the time when they were kids. After Diane obtained the Mythical Mark, she had to spend most of the time practicing Martial Arts and thus their relationship was not as close as it used to be.
Leiva feels further away from Diane now, as this is Leiva from his previous life. He has no memories of playing with him. He did not say much in front of her and simply nodded in response to what she said.
The next person to step into the Martial Arts arena was the Eighth Prince, Daichi.
Ever since Prince Galael had cultivated to the Level 2 Intermediate Stage, he had hoped to easily defeat Leiva and be praised by Prince Zayn at the Year-End Assessment. However, Leiva's performance was so outstanding that it really kicked off Daichi's confidence.
Prince Daichi had just reached the Level 2 Intermediate Stage and did not expect to lift the 10th stone. However, he could not lose this round to Leiva. Defeating Leiva became his motivation and he was eager to lift 1,000 kg of stones.
"Come on!” Prince Galael pressed his hand against the boulder. Every vein in his body was sticking out and the stone rose quite.
However, when he lifted the stone up to half a meter, his fingers slipped and the stone fell on Daichi's feet.
“Arrrggggh!”
“Kaku... Please! Please help me!" Prince Galael shouted as if he was a pig killing.
The falling stone caused a fracture to Daichi's leg. He fainted after a second due to too much pain. He fell in the middle of the Valor Arena. Obviously, it didn't go as he planned.
Two royal security guards ran to the Valor Arena, removed the boulder, and brought it down for treatment.
Then, there was another young warrior who walked into the Valor Arena. The following soldiers were all over 16 years old. These were geniuses chosen from different families. Most of them can easily lift 1,000 kg of stone.
Among the fighters, there were three outstanding ones. They had all been cultivating to the Earth Level Late Stage and throwing a boulder 20 meters away.
The Fifth Prince, Sugawa, a 19-year-old with a Late Stage cultivation of the Earth Level, had thrown 1,000 kg of stones 20 meters away.
Then the 17-year-old, who was the youngest warrior, also with the Late Level cultivation of the Earth Level, performed three meters better than the Fifth Prince.
And one more 18-year-old teenager, he was even able to throw more than both.
Besides Leiva, Ambrella Cronous, and the Ninth Commanding Princess, Diane. The appearance of these three warriors was brilliant amongst everyone in the first round of power assessment.
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Second-round assessment, Hunting on Mount Dom.
Only warriors who had raised the 10th stone were qualified to follow the second round of assessment. There were 40 young warriors who had raised the 10th stone in the first round.
The royal guards led 40 horse carriages to the Valor Arena. Each of the horse carriages was wearing metal armor with sharp unicorn-like horns. On the back of each antelope, there was a one and a half meter long wire bow and five Arrows.
The minister stood on the stone table and loudly said, “You all have fully demonstrated your ability by lifting 1,000 kg of stone. Now, you guys are qualified to fight against a first-rate ferocious beast. However, the strength of a first-rate ferocious beast is much stronger than you can imagine. In fact, their speed was also lightning fast!"
“With your ability, it may not be able to kill a savage beast with your cultivation skills. However, by using this arrow, you will be able to pierce and drop the beast."
“Masing each of you will be given five arrows. The more ferocious beasts killed and the more power the slain savage beasts have, the better results you will obtain. Only warriors who killed ferocious beasts were qualified to advance to the third round of the Martial Arts competition's assessment." The Minister explained.
