Beginning Of Multiverse Saga-Chapter 386: Meeting Again With Luke Vale

Forget about the Lion race’s princes, even those from the other races just thought Sharky was shooting his mouth off.

Sharky didn’t explain himself either. He returned to the carriage and began to discuss things with the three women.

Charlotte was the first to say, "These fiend races really have no sense of established rules. They act out as soon as they do not agree with someone. You have offended so many people, so things might be troublesome in the future."

Alina instead smiled and said, "In my opinion, that might not be the case. This situation is much better than what we predicted."

Charlotte was stunned, asking, "What do you mean?"

Alina explained, "At first, we were worried that once Sharky entered the King Court, the Fiend Emperor and the Golden Crow Crown Prince would get revenge on him.

From what I saw just now, though, the Golden Crow Crown Prince isn’t the one who controls the entire clan. The second prince clearly doesn’t get along with him either.

Even though the second empress didn’t express anything, we can infer a few things from her decision to help us out of that situation. She’s definitely not of one mind with the Golden Crow Crown Prince."

"Stone cold woman, the world you’ve lived in so far is just too posh and pretty. Of course you haven’t seen these rougher parts of society." Diana harrumphed.

"Actually, it makes sense if you just think about it a bit. The Golden Crow Crown Prince was born from the first empress, while this second empress is his stepmother.

Judging from her looks, she might not even be older than the Golden Crow Crown Prince. If the Golden Crow Crown Prince really became the Fiend Emperor, what would happen to such a young empress like her?

Furthermore, she still has a son herself, a son who is second in line. Even though he’s still young, any mother would make considerations for their own son."

Charlotte didn’t retort this time. She knew that her knowledge in that regard was inferior. After all, she cultivated the Unshakable Daoist Manual, which stressed untainted thoughts.

She obviously didn’t want to dive deeper into such interpersonal relationships and taint the purity of her own thoughts.

Alina said with a sigh of praise, "Big sis Diana’s analysis is correct. Currently, there are at least two powers who are keeping the Golden Crow Crown Prince in check. That’s why the risk we faced was quite a bit smaller than we expected.

Of course, we can’t be blindly optimistic either. The successor’s ceremony is going to happen soon, which will settle everything.

So, if these forces are going to fight over something, it’ll definitely happen soon. We absolutely can’t allow ourselves to be unknowingly swept up in it." She looked at Sharky after speaking, as if she knew he was going to start something.

Sharky laughed and said, "I fear that might not be up to us. I have a premonition that from the moment we arrived in the Fiend King Court, we were already destined to be involved even if we didn’t want to be. Moreover, if this happens, I will be mostly happy. And start my plan."

"What plan?" Diana asked, looking at him, she didn’t understand what he wanted to say.

Sharky didn’t reply to her. He was just staring towards the Fiend King Court.

The girls became quiet looking at his strange expression, they didn’t understand what he wanted to do.

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Sharky’s group drew close to the Fiend King Court’s city gates. Because the general assembly was of utmost importance, the guards registered the identities of every single person. There is no need to hide his name, so Sharky openly reveals himself.

Next, however, those soldiers asked for Charlotte and Diana’s names.

As human race grandmasters, their names were familiar to the fiend races’ upper echelon, so they obviously couldn’t leave behind their real names. As such, Diana said, "My name is Allie."

Charlotte’s eyes twitched, but she was struck by inspiration too. She said, "I am Tallie."

The soldier who registered their names was stunned. What kind of weird names were those? As such, he asked the two women to remove their masks. What kind of individuals were Diana and Charlotte, though? They were obviously unwilling.

As the situation grew even more tense, however, a loud and straightforward laugh resounded. A voice called out, "These are my friends. I can testify for them."

Sharky turned around and saw Luke Vale. At his side was a woman dressed strangely in bridal clothes; it was Paper Bride.

"So it was Sir Luke," the soldiers said. Luke’s status clearly wasn’t low. When they saw him, they didn’t trouble the two women anymore and let them straight through.

When they entered, Alina said gently, "Thank you, Sir Luke."

"Madam Alina is being too polite," Luke said with a smile. "I came specially to welcome you all."

"Good good, it seems, here your reputation is well known," Sharky said to him.

Alina also nodded with him, "Yes, I have also heard of the Peacock King’s reputation. This is a good chance to properly greet him."

Luke said with a forced smile, "I fear that wouldn’t be too convenient."

"Why is that?" Sharky asked in confusion. If they hadn’t intended to meet, why had Luke been sent over to welcome them?

Luke said with a sigh, "Right now, forget about our Peacock King, it’d be hard for you to meet even the Golden-Winged Peng King or the Elf King." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Alina suddenly realized something. "Don’t tell me... Something happened to them?"

Those kings had special status among the fiend races. Like the Golden Crow race, they were considered part of the winged races. That was why they were a bit closer to the Golden Crow royal family than the other clans.

After some hesitation, Luke still said in the end, "Something has indeed happened to them. I’ll talk about our own wise king first. The Fiend Emperor knows that his heaven and man deterioration draws near. However, the Peacock, Golden Peng, and Elf races have tremendous authority and strength. Fearing that the Golden Crow Crown Prince would be too weak and unable to completely subdue these three clans, he decided to use marriage to bring him powerful allies."

"Our clan’s Princess Talia, regardless of status, age, or appearance, is one of the most suitable candidates. Our wise king had the intention of marrying into the royal family, but no one expected Princess Talia herself to be so opposed to that. She felt that she didn’t like the Golden Crow Crown Prince and was unwilling to marry him.

Still, she understood the wise king’s intentions, so she didn’t try to defend herself. Our people all thought she was willing to go through with it, so no one was sent to keep an eye on her. And yet, in the end, she found a chance to secretly leave home. Of course, her pretext was that she was going to create an information network in the human world."

"And since young master Sharky is a good friend of our princess, he should know about it." Luke said with a smile, looking at Sharky.

Princess Talia’s standards were so high that she wasn’t even willing to marry the Golden Crow Crown Prince, even turning down the offer to become the future Fiend Empress. And yet, she had given her precious first feather to Sharky! Forget about the wise king, not even Luke himself could resist such drama.

Previously, he had thought that the princess might have been duped by this human somehow. Even though Sharky’s performance in Cloudcenter Commandery was already quite outstanding, he was still quite lacking compared to the Golden Crow Crown Prince, who had already been famous for many years. And yet, who would have thought that not long afterward, there would be news of the Golden Crow Crown Prince’s defeat at Sharky’s hands!

At the time, Luke really felt endless admiration for the princess. She really had an eye for people!

"The princess’ good friend?" Three sharp pairs of eyes landed on Sharky at the same time. When did this guy become close to the Peacock race’s princess?

"It’s just a normal friendship," Sharky said, even though he didn’t remember when he had the friendship with Talia.

Just what kind of crazy luck with women does he have? How did he manage to even steal the heart of a fiend race princess tens of thousands of miles away?!

Alina suddenly felt a bit jealous. No wonder Sharky wanted to beat up the Golden Crow Crown Prince so badly... She had thought that he did it because of her, but as it turned out, it was actually for the sake of the Peacock race’s princess!

Charlotte and Diana’s expressions became dangerous.

Sharky really wanted to cry out injustice when he saw them angry. Because he didn’t know when he had the friendship with Talia...

Luke continued his story, "Because Princess Talia clearly fled to avoid this arranged marriage, the royal family has been extremely unhappy. Our wise king had no choice but to take responsibility and resign from his post to quell the Fiend Emperor’s anger. That’s why the wise king actually feels guilty right now. Between that and the Golden Peng King’s situation, the wise king is worried that there might be unnecessary... trouble. That’s why he’s basically refused to see any guests."

The party exchanged a look. Apart from the dispute between the princes and second empress, the Fiend King Court’s clans were also in conflict, both covertly and openly!

"Did something happen to the Golden Peng race?" Alina asked curiously.

Luke looked all around him. Then, he said in a hushed voice, "Not long ago, the Golden Peng King was invited into the palace for a feast, but after the banquet, the next day, the people of the manor found him dead."

Those present were all horrified. The Golden Peng King’s status was extraordinary! Furthermore, he was an incredibly well-known expert, and yet he had died just like that!

Diana didn’t hesitate and directly asked, "Then did the Fiend Emperor kill him?"

Luke jumped in fright, quickly stopping her and saying, "This lady, you must not speak carelessly! Slandering the Fiend Emperor even in private conversations is a huge offense, let alone such a sensitive matter as this."

After some hesitation, he added, "That suspicion has indeed spread through the streets, but the Golden Peng King didn’t show any signs of wounds or poisoning. Furthermore, the Fiend Emperor was in incredible grief, personally presiding over his burial. He also promoted their heir, the Little Golden Peng King, into the new Golden Peng King, wishing him great success. The Little Golden Peng King has expressed his loyalty several times as well, which is why the rumors had nothing to continue from."

Charlotte said indifferently, "To acquire something, you must give up something for a time."

Diana’s eyes lit up and she added, "Not bad, stone cold woman. I have a newfound respect for your intelligence."

Charlotte was speechless. Even though she didn’t like political schemes, she had always been a smart person. Figuring something like that out wasn’t too difficult. However, this woman made her sound like some idiot or something.

Luke chuckled in embarrassment and said, "That’s something everyone has their own opinions about. It’s enough as long as we have our own ideas. However, it really isn’t too appropriate to discuss further."

These two women really are fierce! Yet they clearly look like delicate and dainty beauties...

Alina said with a frown, "Talia has already left, but isn’t there still Janet? From what I’ve heard, she seems to be a strong candidate to become the crown princess."

Luke wanted to say something, but he stopped. In the end, he said, "Princess Janet is indeed outstanding as well, but due to various factors, her desire to become the crown princess is unfortunately just wishful thinking."

The others had strange expressions. They had never expected him to provide such an evaluation of the situation. If this reached Kong Nanjing’s ears, wouldn’t she go absolutely insane?

Luke continued, "There have only ever been two candidates for the position of crown princess. One is Princess Talia, while the other is the Elf race’s Princess Natasha."

That immediately caught Sharky’s attention. He feels that he heard or saw that Natasha girl!

"Princess Talia’s outstanding qualities need no further introduction. Meanwhile, this Princess Natasha has also truly shocked everyone," Luke said in admiration. "For the sake of saving her clansmen, she didn’t hesitate to enter the human world. For fear that she would be too beautiful, bringing unnecessary trouble, she had the Elf King seal her appearance.

But now that she’s returned, she no longer needs to have such misgivings, and can finally show her face to the world. That’s why, after the Golden Crow Crown Prince met Princess Natasha, he was actually more biased towards choosing Princess Natasha.

Now that Princess Talia has fled her home, the most likely crown princess candidate title has naturally fallen onto Princess Natasha."

Hearing about her, it feels that he had some connections with her, but what, he didn’t know?