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
Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.
To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.
"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."
She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.
Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.
"Sky Manor is where the opportunity is. No wonder we never found out about it," the lord of the Imperial Palace of Wildness and the chief of the Casting Guild said in surprise when they heard what Connor had said earlier.
Their surprise quickly gave way to excitement as they looked forward to their prize.
They all marched towards the Sky Manor as Luke followed.
Ricky felt, with the power of his four zones, that Luke was even more powerful than the Shadow King.
'It seems that there will be an intense battle. Tyler, the other deputy leader of the Celestial Army, won't be weak as well and he's probably in the Sky Manor, ' Ricky thought to himself. His shoulders were tense but he forced himself to relax so he would have enough strength for later.
In the meantime, he contacted the others in the Chaotic Fire Zone using his internal power. He asked them to be ready for the intense battle that awaited them.
Soon, they were able to see the looming figure of the palace of the Sky Manor.
The moment they stepped in, they could feel that the Sky Manor was surrounded by the Celestial Army. Ricky and the other three were not surprised at all. Of course, the land of opportunity should be heavily guarded.
'Everything looks the same, only the men have changed!" Rocky remarked in his heart. It had been a long time ago that he was last here. As he laid eyes on all the familiar sights, a sentimental feeling came over him.