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Days passed since the end of the tournament. During this time, the majority of the prodigies had been restless.
They all knew what the tournament entails and the opportunities it brings. It's for this reason that they did their best to showcase their skills so that they would get noticed by the people in the audience. The more impactful their performances were, the higher their chance at catching the attention of some powerful organizations, and that might very well be their ticket to join the alliance and begin their road to true prosperity.
Most of them already received offers; some even made their decision already, with a handful directly withdrawing from the tower to move on with their future. Others were still waiting for more since none of the offers they received were desirable to them; they were hoping that there would be more offers that could pique their interest.
Of course, there were also people who lost hope of getting offers entirely. These people belong to the lobby teams that got eliminated before they could even showcase their skills, and they mostly blamed the Thunder Prince for this; after all, he's the only one who didn't give them a chance. Even the winning team took their time eliminating others, allowing them to display their skills. Whether that's intentional or not doesn't really matter at this point.
Speaking of the winning team, these past few days have been hectic for most of them.
As the team that won the entire tournament and displayed their skills to the maximum, of course the majority of the attention was on them. It's not surprising that there would be piles of offers and temptations from many organizations being sent their way. There were no lack of generous offers in their e-mails, making it difficult for them to choose.
You could say that they're suffering from success.
Morning Wood and Moss Lady had been in close contact. Since they came from the same universe and are working together to bring prosperity to their kind, they would benefit from discussing their options together.
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But in the end, it wasn't much of a discussion simply because they both receive an offer that's simply too good to pass on. It came from one of 'The Six', precisely the Mystic Fae Race.
There was only one offer from them, but it might as well be 'the one' because, duh, it came from the Mystic Fae Race. In terms of magical knowledge and ancient wisdom, only the Celestials and the Dragons can compete with them. Their history is rich and long; they're also one of the leading races of the alliance, so there's not much to discuss here.
Were they generous? Hell yeah, there were!
Not only were they willing to move their home universe closer to the physical location of the alliance, they will also send envoys to enrich their home through various means. Meaning that their entire race will benefit from this too. They were also promised tutelage under a respectable elder that almost guarantees that they will reach the Cosmic Realm of Life Evolution within 10,000 years. And that's on top of the many resources and knowledge they'd get access to.
Amongst their team, Backpack Fatty might be the luckiest...
He didn't dare to raise his expectations despite having the right to do so. In his opinion, his performance was too underwhelming and disappointing, so it wouldn't surprise him if he didn't receive many offers.
This was partially right. He didn't receive that many offers, but the ones he got were really good ones, though. He even thought that he's dreaming or hallucinating since each one sounded too good to be true.
But the one that really freaked him out was the offer he got from the Ancient Titan Clan because, unlike others, their offer was done face-to-face.
Big Han appeared before him in all of his humongous glory. It made the mountain giant feel like a mere stone in terms of size comparison.
The offer of the titans was simply too good to refuse. While Backpack Fatty was skeptical at first, that disappeared when Big Han swore an oath of truth in front of him, indicating that all he said was true.
He couldn't believe that they were willing to offer this much to him simply because he was able to mimic a vision that haunted his dreams in the past and turn it into his domain. It's clear that there's more about that vision that he didn't understand. But since it brought him to this point, he's willing to explore all possibilities it holds.
It's no surprise that he joined them. But like others, he plans on staying at the tower first to see how far he can climb. Just like them, he didn't want to leave this place with regrets.
And finally, there's Cedric...
Technically, he didn't think too much about any of this. Like Eunuch Wei, he's one of the very few people who wasn't particularly interested in the sects—for now, at least. He's more concerned about his trials rather than combing through the thousands of emails he received.
However, it seems that fate had other plans for him...
Because all of a sudden, he found himself transported into a completely different place. And as he explored, he eventually discovered two people there waiting for him, sitting in front of the tea table.
Both of them looked at him and smiled. The one that had sharp and pointy ears beckoned at him and said:
"Come, child. Join us, and have some tea."