Obtaining Legendray Dragon Template At The Start As A Side-Character!-Chapter 41: The Patriarch
Suddenly, a cold and dominating aura, something that felt like even space itself was kneeling before it, covered the entire area. All the spectators and even all the Celestials quickly stood up from their seats.
The eyes of all the youths fixed even more firmly on the Patriarch’s platform. Their hearts started beating faster, and a feeling of excitement, anticipation, and eagerness could be felt in their eyes.
It did not take long before, from the entrance of the spectator section, a man slowly came out and walked toward the Patriarch’s seat. An old man wearing servant clothes walked respectfully behind him.
The Celestials and the Flag Holders immediately bowed when they saw that middle-aged man and did not dare to show the smallest disrespect.
The other spectators and even the Trial participants were not an exception to this rule, and all of them bowed. Reinh also had to do this to act like the others.
"Enough." A calm but powerful and majestic voice echoed through the whole area. Everyone slowly raised their heads, and their eyes fell on that supreme presence.
He was a very tall middle-aged man. He looked at least one head taller than all the people near him, at least close to 2 meters and 20 centimeters (7 feet and 3 inches) tall. His body was trained like a warrior, ready for battle.
He had long black hair that seemed to reach his waist. His eyes were blue, eyes that had no sign of humanity in them, eyes empty of any emotions as they looked at them. He had light facial hair that gave a special masculinity to his face.
He wore a black robe with golden dragon embroidery on it.
His gaze slowly moved over all the people present, and it seemed like he was looking for something. Then for a moment, it stopped on Reinh.
It was only for a moment, but Reinh felt like his mind and soul were about to collapse. As soon as the gaze moved away, that feeling disappeared.
The Patriarch slowly sat on his seat.
"My Lord, if we knew you would come here, we would have welcomed you earlier!" Elric and the other Celestials said respectfully.
However, the Patriarch only waved his hand, signaling that they could continue the Trial. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Elric let out a sigh of relief and nodded. The other Celestials also returned to their seats and sat down.
All the others present felt a mix of excitement, eagerness, and fear. The most powerful man of the continent and one of the most powerful men in the world.
The guardian of the continent, the only Eternal Knight, and the being closest to a god.
They were in the presence of such an indescribable being. Excitement and eagerness were natural.
"The general explanation about the first phase of the Trial has been given. The groups will be chosen randomly by the Patriarch to compete against each other," Elric took a deep breath and explained.
"If you have no problem, my Lord," he then turned to the Patriarch and added respectfully.
The Patriarch did not speak and only nodded.
Soon, a large bowl that had ten pieces of paper inside was brought there by one of the Knights. Elric took it and walked toward his Lord.
"Please pick two pieces of paper."
The Patriarch, without looking inside the bowl, moved his hand forward and took out two pieces of paper at the same time. He gave them a short look and then handed them to Elric.
"Thank you, my Lord." Elric bowed respectfully and then returned to his place to announce the first two groups that would compete.
"That boy, just as you said, has no trace of mana in his body," the Patriarch said quietly at the same time.
"I told you, my Lord, he does not use mana," August smiled and answered. Yes, the old man who came with the Patriarch was him.
"However, my Lord, then what is the reason for that boy’s great power? This old man cannot understand it," he added.
The Patriarch did not answer immediately. His cold and god-like gaze was on all the people present, but deep down, he was only looking at one person.
"I don’t know," he then answered, a reply that greatly surprised and shocked August.
In his whole life, he had never heard the Clan leader say "I don’t know," and now he heard it for the first time. At the same time, his eyes filled with admiration toward his young master.
On the other side, the Celestials listened to the conversation of those two with some surprise and could not understand who they were talking about.
"Group One and Group Four will compete against each other. The groups are numbered from the right side. The first group from the right is Group One, and the last group is Group Ten," Elric announced the first participants of the first round at the same time.
Then he raised his hand, and mana energy burst out. In the competition field, earthen walls suddenly appeared and separated the groups from each other.
In a way, it could be said that a base was created for each group and they were placed there, while the center of the ground was left empty as the Trial area.
"In five minutes, the first round of the first group phase of the Trial will begin." After the announcement, he returned to his seat and sat down. He took a quick look at his Lord and, seeing that his face was still indifferent, he sighed in relief.
At the same time, the groups and their leaders started talking about the tactics and strategies they could use for this competition.
All the groups except one group, Reinh’s group. The members of Reinh’s group gathered around him and stared at him with shock and surprise. There was still something they did not understand.
"How did you know what the first phase of the Trial would be?" Selen asked with her eyebrows raised, a question that was on all of their minds.
