Chapter 498 - Old Scores to Settle
GDK 498: Old Scores to Settle
“Corey, long time no see indeed. But this time, we didn’t come to Kasi Empire to bother the Shrine of Ice, nor were we planning to publicize the doctrines of our Druidic Order in your Kasi Empire. It’s not necessary to muster such large forces just to welcome me, don’t you think?” This elderly known as Kelly looked at Ice Celestial Corey with a spurious smile, seemingly unafraid of this character who presided over the Shrine of Ice.
Han Shuo knew that Ice Celestial Corey’s influences were not limited to just within the Shrine of Ice. If Corey let out a word, even His Majesty the King of Kasi Empire himself was obliged to listen carefully.
That was because Ice Celestial Corey was precisely the oldest progenitor of the Pillon Royal Family!
For so many years, the House of Pillon retained their firm grasp of authority over Kasi Empire. Any rebellion within Kasi Empire could be instantly quelled whenever there was one. The reason for this was directly connected with Ice Celestial Corey. Even the incumbent His Majesty the King of Kasi Empire was well aware of the significance of Ice Celestial Corey to their House of Pillon as well as their Kasi Empire.
“Oh well, you can’t blame me for that. You wouldn’t easily leave the Druidic Order headquarters, but all of a sudden you’ve stepped into the soil of our Kasi Empire. It is unavoidable that I would assume you intend to take revenge on us!” Corey displayed the proper respect towards Kelly in their discourse. Although Corey had an ostensible motive to kill, he nevertheless remained courteous on the surface.
The Shrine of Ice possessed absolute autonomy within Kasi Empire. Ever since the establishment of Kasi Empire, the Shrine of Ice took the position of the state religion of the Empire. For many years, the Shrine of Ice had taken advantage of their unsurpassed influence in Kasi Empire and destroyed all other religious organizations with conflicting interest to its own.
The Druidic Order, as a religious organization whose influences could be found throughout the Profound Continent, was among those who suffered a catastrophic blow within Kasi Empire. Even until this day, there was not a single shrine of the Druidic Order within the land of Kasi Empire. All the more, followers of the Druidic Order rarely ever appeared in Kasi Empire.
These extremist practices of the Shrine of Ice had once greatly enraged mighty experts of the Druidic Order who had always been aloof from worldly affairs. Infuriated, they seemed to have fought against the Shrine of Ice in the dark. Han Shuo wasn’t clear about the particulars of the struggle, although he did learn from a certain record in the Dark Mantle that the Druidic Order had the upper hand for a short period of time.
However, as the elder of the Pillon Royal Family, Ice Celestial Corey had the backing of the entire Kasi Empire. The Druidic Order was without a doubt no match for the Shrine of Ice in the long run when the fight took place within Kasi Empire. Although the Druidic Order was once briefly on the winning side of the fight, in the end, their influences were driven out from Kasi Empire completely.
Sophie, having received Sulo’s meaningful glances, understood that her father was truly enraged this time. She was well versed with her father’s temperament and knew that if she were to not obey Sulo’s instructions in such circumstances, she would face grave consequences.
Therefore, when the crowd started rushing outside, Sophie covertly signaled Han Shuo with her eyes. Afterwards, regardless of whether Han Shuo did receive her message or not, she sighed before squeezing through the crowd and headed out.
Needless to say, Han Shuo saw Sophie’s meaningful glances. Yet, his head was lowered with not a word or movement. For fear that Ice Celestial Corey would discover him, an enemy of even greater enmity than the Druidic Order, Han Shuo had, beforehand, concealed the enormous energy of his consciousness and very carefully hidden away the energy emanating from his being.
Having made up his mind, Han Shuo no longer remained on the same ground. While no one was paying attention to him, he put on a rather panicky expression and slowly paced outside like any other person.
That incomparably ferocious demeanor and that unreasonable, tyrannical appearance of his, all of a sudden vanished. It was as though he turned into the most ordinary fatty amongst the crowd, not the slightest bit of exceptionalism in sight.
When Han Shuo blended himself in among the crowd, walking outside in a seemingly cowardly fashion, Lilian the female druid revealed a trace of disdain as she gazed at Han Shuo’s figure from the back. She thought to herself, how could such a bossy and domineering character turn out to be such a coward when faced with the Shrine of Ice?
Kelly, however, who had been paying attention to Han Shuo all along, at first revealed a flabbergasted expression when he saw Han Shuo become so timid. But as Han Shuo inches towards the door step by step, the expression on Kelly’s face turned into something of a smile, but not quite, and looked at Han Shuo somewhat amusedly.