When they heard what Connor said, the chief of the Casting Guild and the lord of the Imperial Palace of Wildness all became curious. Their ears perked up as they listened more attentively.
'He probably wants to talk about the death of the Shadow King. Maybe he will expose the truth that I killed the Shadow King, ' Ricky thought to himself.
"What is it?" asked the lord of the Imperial Palace of Wildness.
"Are you worried that I'm the one who killed the Shadow King?" Connor said. His boisterous laughter filled the room. "I do have the power to kill the Shadow King, but I didn't do it.
Yori, am I right?" Connor turned to Ricky.
"Alright everyone, you don't have to guess anymore. I am the one who killed the Shadow King. We had an unsettled feud with each other, so we decided to have a duel to the death. He lost and I killed him," Ricky admitted after he heard what Connor said.
A profound silence enveloped the palace. The sound of breathing and rustling of cloth could be heard, as everyone looked at each other but had no idea what to say next.
Disbelief and confusion crept into the eyes of the lord of the Imperial Palace of Wildness and the chief of the Casting Guild.
None of them believed that Ricky had the capability to kill the Shadow King. However, they now kind of understood why Connor made Ricky a deputy leader of the Celestial Army in the first place.
Some of them were confused because they thought Connor and Ricky could be working together to deceive them.
However, Scott was shocked as he knew who Ricky truly was.
'This is impossible. How could he have acquired the power of a second-class upper spiritual king in such a short time?' Scott thought to himself in disbelief.
Suddenly, he understood why Scar would follow Ricky's order, but he could never imagine the main reason behind this was the bonding contract.
"Ricky, was it really you that killed the Shadow King?"
Scott asked through telepathy. Ricky didn't know that the subordinate of Scar had started to admire him because of his performance.
"Yori, did you really kill the Shadow King?" the lord of the Imperial Palace of Wildness asked after a while of silence.
"I am a man of my word. If I swear on the Martial Arts Oath, will you believe me then?" Ricky smiled warmly.
He did not wait for them to ask him to and immediately swore on the Martial Arts Oath.
Of course, there was a reason why Ricky did this. It was simple frankly; he did it so that they would trust him. He wanted the two of them to do as Connor said so that they would leave the base.
He would not do this, of course, if he had any other choice. After all, the two had no quarrel with him. If the two of them encountered any danger, he would expose the spiritual space tool without hesitation.
When the lord of the Imperial Palace of Wildness and the chief of the Casting Guild heard him as he swore by the Martial Arts Oath, they also started to believe in him. This was because they believed that no creature, even the most vicious one, would make a Martial Arts Oath easily.
However, although they believed him, they grew more afraid of Ricky. After all, he was able to kill the Shadow King. The chief of the Casting Guild could not even kill him, and the lord of the Imperial Palace of Wildness wasn't sure he could kill the Shadow King.
'I should warn the elders, tell them how strong Yori is. They should not take revenge on him, or it would bring disaster to the Casting Guild, ' the chief of the Casting Guild thought to himself.
Although there were other Casting Guilds in other realms, he knew they would either refuse to help or be unable to help anyway.
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