Chapter 389: Bandits of the Miracle World (Seeking Monthly Pass)
"Boss, I feel like I've been sitting here for half a day."
Lyon felt quite helpless, he was a Bailuo adherent, whatever big brother said, he would always support, "Won't Count Thorn trouble me?"
"We settled it privately."
"I see."
Lyon originally wanted to add some drama for himself, like having a fight with Count Thorn right here.
Whether he could win was one thing, but to fight or not, that was a matter of attitude.
However, since Bailuo had already dealt with it in private, Lyon had some regrets, but the boss's word was law, after all.
"If you're bored, you can join me as a referee in that world."
Bailuo said this mainly because he wanted to be lazy, after all, if one had witnessed examples of the Miracle Power battles, what followed was the troublesome task of supervision, and Bailuo just didn't have the patience for it.
"I think Miya might be more suitable."
Lyon immediately declared that he was busy with constructing the Ancient City and couldn't extricate himself.
"You little rascal."
Bailuo chuckled and shook his head, continuing to pay attention to the meeting.
"The next item is from King Dong Aolai of the Kingdom of Mountains, requesting..."
The Emperor Candidate was reading off the scroll when his voice suddenly paused, and he said, "Sorry, I read that wrong, let's skip this item for now."
"What's going on, Emperor Candidate?"
Dong Aolai stood up discontentedly, his two hands firmly pressing down on the heads of the Divine Beasts lying on the table, the two little guys trembling, which made both the Corpse Bride and Fengdu feel heartbreakingly sorry for them.
"I wrote it quite clearly, can't you just read it properly?"
"It's not that I can't," the Emperor Candidate was somewhat troubled, "it's just that your request is somewhat outlandish."
"King Aolai requests."
The Emperor Candidate opened the parchment scroll, looking up briefly in the direction of the Far North Empire, "a one-on-one duel with the Empress of the Far North."
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"Pff~ Cough cough cough!"
The white-haired King of the Mountains sprayed out a mouthful of tea, simultaneously clutching his heart, almost scared out of his wits.
"Bro, bro, calm down a bit, eh! Don't get angry, take deep breaths, we need to breathe deeply!"
The Sky King quickly eased the King of the Mountains, while pulling aside King Aolai, "Aolai, stop making trouble, look how you frightened our elder brother."
"I just want to duel with the Empress of the Far North."
King Aolai, fearless, openly challenged the Empress of the Far North, "I've tolerated you for a long time, Silly Laya!"
"It's Celaya!"
The Empress of the Far North didn't even want to acknowledge King Aolai, a defeated underling, why do you act so arrogant, "Idiot!"
"Aolai, can we stop making a scene?"
Chubby Simpleton also said, "Can you even beat her?!"
"Hahaha."
The crowd of Miracle Kings, especially the more senior ones, were already accustomed to Dong Aolai's constant provocations of Ygsella.
Yet, no matter how many times, they all found it amusing.
Dong Aolai was strong, a top warrior of the Four Awakenings realm, but the Empress of the Far North had long transcended the Fifth Awakening, reaching the Six Senses.
With such power, forget facing a single Dong Aolai, she could take on three of him, and it would still be a squash match.
"Let's move past this topic," the Emperor Candidate continued, "Next, we have a proposal from Shi Xiyu, the newly ascended Miracle King from Star Moon."
The debacle caused by the King of Aolai had settled down; however, the matter concerning Shi Xiyu sparked Bailuo's curiosity.
Given her status as an extremely young Master of Miracles, her treatment within Star Moon should be superior; no matter what she faced, she would always have the support of the other seven of the Starry Night Eight Kings.
Could Shi Xiyu, with such backing, also have troubles?
"Regarding the issue of dimensional creatures,"
the Emperor Candidate carefully read the content on the parchment: "The matter is rather complicated, and I do believe it can serve as an agenda item for discussion amongst ourselves."
"Esteemed seniors,"
Shi Xiyu stood up and said, "Dimensional creatures are spread throughout every corner of the Miracle World, vast in number, and seemingly infinite."
"Forgive my bluntness, but some dimensional creatures are truly too arrogant."
Shi Xiyu shared with everyone the incidents she had encountered, which took place on a material plane she was developing, where the people lived very happily.
However, the dimensional creatures unexpectedly ambushed the plane, causing massive impact.
"I sent people to negotiate with them, in hopes they would withdraw from my world."
"But facing my friendly stance, the dimensional creatures not only refused to accept it, but they also attacked my citizens—and they did so increasingly viciously, more and more excessive!"
"The military force under my command is not substantial, nowhere near their match, so I had to go there personally."
Shi Xiyu's strength aside, her absolute suppression over dimensional creatures meant that even the most formidable Dimensional Sovereign would meet a brutal end at her hands.
But the problem was they wouldn't even engage her in battle.
Having fought with the Miracle Citizens for so many years, dimensional creatures were extremely sensitive to Miracle Power, and upon detecting Shi Xiyu, who possessed infinite Miracle Power, why would they choose to battle her? They fled at the first opportunity.
The Miracle World is so vast, and Shi Xiyu is just one person with not enough citizens. How could she possibly capture and find them?
"It's utterly infuriating!"
Shi Xiyu sought help from the allied Kings of Starry Night, who were also willing to assist her: "Although it's somewhat impolite for a newcomer like me to bring up this issue, I still feel that you seniors have been too lenient with them."
In today's Miracle World, the Miracle Kings' direct territories accounted for less than 1% of the land.
By contrast, dimensional creatures occupied sovereignty over more than 70% of the world, an overwhelming dominance.
Is it because the Masters of Miracles are not powerful enough?
Of course not.
It is simply due to the vast number of dimensional creatures, their skill at hiding, which leaves the Masters of Miracles with few good options to completely eradicate them in one fell swoop.
"This issue comes up almost every time we have a meeting; it's not the first,"
said the Emperor Candidate, a seasoned figure who knew well that dimensional creatures were like a swarm of bacteria parasitizing on the corpses of Miracle Citizens: "But this time, indeed, they have gone too far."
No matter how new Shi Xiyu was, she was still a Master of Miracles, seen by them as a peer and a fellow sovereign.
The defiance of the dimensional creatures towards her wasn't just a problem for Shi Xiyu alone.
If they allowed such behavior, wouldn't that mean in the future, some dimensional creatures could also challenge and destroy their material planes?
"Dimensional creatures..."
As Bailuo listened to the Kings' discussions, it seemed like everyone had rather unfavorable opinions towards dimensional creatures.
As one's circumstances influence one's thinking, Bailuo, now a Master of Miracles himself, certainly approached the issue from the perspective of Shi Xiyu and others.
Just imagine, if Bailuo discovered a modern city someday, planted his flag to declare that it fell under Yatun's jurisdiction,
and all the Kings acknowledged it, internationally recognized.
Yet, against all sense, some dimensional creatures launched a surprise attack on Bailuo's territory, abducting a great number of mortal souls.
Such incidents should never happen in the first place; Bailuo immediately made his stance clear, "I believe we should carry out an operation to suppress bandits, to curb the arrogance of the dimensional creatures."