Kristina makes everyone sit down while the servants enter and begin to clean up the mess. When everything is clean, Kristina nods and speaks again: "I apologize for everything earlier, but the family has to be cleansed. Betrayal will never be tolerated. The Skylion family and its goals are more important than individuals."
Then Kristina also sits down. The head butler comes and hands her a notebook. Kristina looks at the notebook and nods: "Well, with the eliminated ones, some towns and villages are left without leadership. Some will be relocated, and all will be given to those who signed first, just like the private wealth of those who died will now belong to you. But that's not all, besides this and the things I said before, you will also be gifted with some of the new techniques we obtained. I want you to cultivate the new troops or reform the existing ones. This does not only apply to the new rulers, but to everyone."
Kristina waves her hands, making the servants enter again bringing several things, and while doing so, she continues speaking: "For the others, I will also give you new techniques, which will also decrease in quality depending on how long you delayed signing. But the most important thing, as I said before, is that I will free you from the curse that afflicts you."
The servants begin to distribute white bottles at each seat of those who have not been cleansed of the curse. Kristina looks at Cecilia, indicating that this part is hers. Cecilia speaks and says: "These pills you have at your side have been refined by Feicui Long, Isabella's fiancé. I know I hadn't informed you before, but Isabella is engaged again. He is a talented alchemist, and as I said, he was the one who originally helped us free ourselves from the curse, so I asked for his help to refine more. You can take them without worries."
The people at the tables look doubtful, but some, more desperate due to being stuck in their cultivation, take the whole bottle of pills without any hesitation. When they do, they can almost feel a huge weight lifting off of them.
After them, the rest follow their example without any hesitation. Everyone shows a look of liberation, except for some who are more affected by the curse. In this case, Cecilia says to them: "Alright, those who still have not been completely freed can come to my son-in-law's table. He also said he would help you if you needed a hand."
Those who still have not been completely freed from all the curses approach Feicui Long one by one in a line, and he begins to free them with the power of his divine authorities. When this process ends, everyone returns to their seats.
Kristina nods and says: "Well, here comes the final part. As you know, I am your ancestress, specifically Kristina Skylion, the lioness empress of the north, daughter of Gustav Adolf Skylion, the great lion of the north. I am the one who pacifies the lands of the frozen legion and subdues the barbarians of the sacred ice bear lands. I speak to you now because something very important happened where the family rules are not followed..."
Kristina looks at everyone. Some are worried, but she just laughs a little to calm them down, which actually makes them even more nervous. So she quickly speaks: "It has nothing to do with what you are imagining. In this case, the rule that was broken will not cost anyone's life since it is understandable given the circumstances. The Skylion family does not follow inheritance by gender, but by order of birth, as you all know. However, this is inviolable and unquestionable, so neither the heir himself nor the current leader Cecilia can resign, accept a resignation, or even replace the heir."
Kristina raises a hand. A seal that is beside Cecilia flies towards her, and she says: "The rules established by the founder are clear. The only way to do it is through the council of ancestors. No one else can do it. Since I am currently the only Supreme Ancestress and also one of the highest-ranking members within it, I declare that the replacement of the original heir Isabella Skylion, even though she resigns by herself, is totally invalid!"
When she pronounces these words, the seal falls, releasing a mark that quickly changes from the current heir of the family, Isabella's younger brother, back to Isabella in front of everyone's eyes. Everyone present falls silent. Cecilia already knows this is going to happen but still feels a little uncomfortable. After all, she loves all her children and does not want any of them to get hurt...
That is until a young man with burning blood stands up, kicking the table and saying: "This is not fair, why does a useless and failed woman like Isabella receive this treatment!"
Kristina looks in that direction and says: "Young Robert Skylion, what this lioness decides is not taken back, no matter what you say, so sit down and calm yourself."
Robert shakes his head and says: "No, I refuse, she is not worthy of being the heir. That is why I challenge her, I challenge you Isabella, I challenge you, a useless woman, to a duel for the leadership of the family!"
Kristina speaks again with a slightly annoyed tone and says: "Our family is not a family of barbarians. Things are not de..."
Feicui Long looks at her and says: "Don't worry, Miss Kristina, it will just be this one duel. If I lose, he can keep the heir's position, otherwise, I want him to apologize to my wife."
Kristina still does not understand this individual's intentions. She has not yet discovered his true identity, and even more so, she does not know what he is capable of. So an idea occurs to her: this way she can see what he is capable of. After all, this boy Robert is at the peak of the elemental realm, and Feicui Long is at the seventh grade of the elemental realm, two grades below. So she says: "Alright, just this exception. The next one who tries a duel, don't blame me for making them end up like the traitors."
Soon everyone moves to an area inside the temple for practice. In the area, everyone sits in the stands to watch the duel. Isabella grabs Feicui Long, worried about her younger brother, and says: "Please don't be too harsh on him, he's just young and immature, he's only 18 years old, I beg you, darling."
Feicui Long can only smile bitterly, of course he knows where Isabella's fear comes from, after seeing her memory with Lucretia and the hatred he has for arrogant people, it is normal for her to be afraid. Although what is even more impressive is that despite how he humiliated her in front of everyone, she still loves her younger brother. Feicui Long caresses her cheek and says: "Don't worry, I won't go overboard, I'll just give him a small injury, you know I also learn from my mistakes."
Feicui Long enters the arena and sees his mother-in-law and says: "I'm sorry, mother-in-law, I hope you forgive me, but your son needs discipline."
Cecilia can only smile bitterly, she doesn't want her son to get hurt and although she barely knows her son-in-law, she wouldn't like to see him hurt so Isabella won't be pained.
Feicui Long stands in the center of the training area and looks at him saying: "I'll give you ten moves of advantage, that way they won't say I'm intimidating you."
Robert arrogantly says: "You'll regret saying that, you damn idiot."
Robert quickly takes his lion combat axe, which has a gigantic lion face on each side with a platinum-colored mane and a golden handle. He launches a Sky Lion Slash, then another. Feicui Long simply dodges just as he said. Robert gets angrier at seeing this, so then he lets out a Sky Lion Roar: "ROAARRRRRR."
Robert quickly uses Sky Lion Boost and at point-blank range tries to hit Feicui Long with a slash, but Feicui Long just evades by stepping back. Feicui Long then speaks saying: "That's five moves, if this is all you have, when my turn comes, one strike will be enough."
Robert uses Sky Lion Charge along with Sky Lion Boost, then shouts: "Sky Lion Fangs!"
He makes four gigantic slashes with his combat axe, each slash looks like a giant fang, even projecting the image of a lion opening its mouth wanting to devour Feicui Long. This shows that his mastery of the family techniques had long surpassed Isabella's. Feicui Long simply smiles and dodges to the side.
Robert gets even more furious, launching the Sky Lion Claws, but again he dodges easily by jumping forward and slipping into the gap between the claws. He tries to catch him off guard with a Wind Piercer but it doesn't work either...
Robert, very annoyed, stops and says: "You damn cowardly dodging ant, a weakling trying to look strong, but you're just trash, you're worthy of that useless bitch who can't even master the family's techniques, trash that stained the family's image not only in the barony but throughout the empire, a whore who has only served as disappointment after disappointment, the worst thing that ever happened to this family, you two are just a stain for this family, I'll show you the difference between the strong and the weak."
Everyone hears this and starts to frown, even non-direct members of the Skylion family like Isabella's maternal grandmother look annoyed. They had never seen such disrespect from the heir of the family. Isabella's mother also feels a bit upset, but her heart is too soft with her son... Johan, on the other hand, is very angry. If it weren't because Cecilia is too soft with him, this child wouldn't have turned out so arrogant.
Isabella truly feels hurt by this, but in reality, she is more worried about what is going to happen to Robert...
Roberto looks at him and starts gathering all his power into the axe: "Oh wind, oh wind, my loyal subordinate, come, come, your king calls you! Come to bring destruction and death to the endless enemies, devastating and ravaging my enemies in your path! Sky Lion Tornado!"
Soon a storm of wind elemental energy forms a tornado. All the present family members show concern for Feicui Long's safety. Even Cecilia thinks he could get hurt. Johan is even ready to intervene if necessary.
Feicui Long, who hears everything before, is angry, truly angry, not because of the insults towards him, but because of the insults to Isabella. So he starts speaking: "I tolerate you talking about me or saying whatever you want, after all, the voices of fools are only to be ignored, but Isabella is not only your older sister and the heiress, she is my woman, the woman of this sovereign, no one has the right to judge her, not even the conscience of this universe, only I do."
Feicui Long, instead of dodging, uses an Emerald Impact with his leg as a boost, with his halberd he imbues it with emerald energy and says: "Show them, go and show them, the glorious burst that topples civilizations and ravages everything in its path, the beautiful destruction concentrated in a single strike... Emerald Impact!"
An emerald energy covers Feicui Long, but very small, too small compared to the tornado of power in front of him. Almost everyone closes their eyes, but the sound they expect doesn't come for those who have their eyes open, nor do the worried cries of Isabella appear. On the contrary, sounds of astonishment come, and when they open their eyes they can see how Feicui Long pierces through the other side of the tornado as if there was nothing there.
Feicui Long then plants the halberd into the ground and, using it as a pivot point along with his momentum, he spins in the air to deliver a single kick, not before using an Emerald Impact on the back of his foot to increase the force of the kick. Isabella's brother tries to block by putting his weapon in front of him to shield himself, and although he manages to do so, the blow is so strong that it surpasses his strength and causes his combat axe to crash into his own face, hitting him hard and sending him flying.
Isabella's brother falls to the ground shortly after, knocked out with a single move. He has no chance to do anything else, he is simply knocked out just like that. Although he lacks real combat experience like Isabella, and that probably helps explain why he doesn't react well, with a two-grade power difference and his great talent in the family techniques, he shouldn't have lost so badly...
Everyone falls silent, except for a few. For example, Cecilia wants to rush to her son, but she is interrupted by Kristina who says: "The winner is Feicui Long, with this Isabella is now the heiress."
Cecilia tries again, but her mother, Sara Bauhaus, grabs her and shakes her head. Mother simply signals the servants to carry Robert away.
With this, all the impressive part ends for today, and the rest is just something simple. Kristina explains to them all the complete rules just as Feicui Long wrote them down in the notebook about the trial in the temple of the Supreme God of Beasts and other small things. With this, the Skylion family meeting ends...