Everyone was seeing toward Ray, few in fear, few in anger, few in suspicion, as they heard words of Karna, one of the Royal guard of King of Osis.
Ash, breaking the silence, says,
"Karna, I know he has multiple cores and that he also possess one of Curseuman, but it didn't prove anything that he is danger to Kingdom."
Ash turned to Pitamah, and says,
"Bheesm Pitamah, you are one of oldest here and is living from centuries. You know what is right and wrong. Ray is not like us, but he has heart like us. He can be very useful to us, he haven't done anything wrong until now, and I guarantees , he will also not do."
Suddenly Draven broke conversation, and says,
"How can you guarantee that he will not do anything in future. He has one of core of curseuman. This monstrous being should not allowed to live."
Then Bheesm says,
"Draven, we should give a chance to this boy, if Ash is right, he can be useful to us in our military strength."
Then Bheesm says in high authority voice,
"Soldiers!"
As Bheesm's word reaches the ears of feared soldiers, their numbed body reacts instantly and they retreat from there, going back to their places.
Draven says,
"But pitamah, what if he ate Spiritumen in future."
Bheesm says to Ash, turning his face,
"Ash and you, Ray, I am shifting this question of King to both of you."
Ash speaks,
"I guarantees that something like this will not happen. Ray is awared of his position and the gravity of situation he's in. Am I right Ray?"
Ray instantly speaks, "Yes, yes! I will not ate any Spiritumen."
Within this, in his mind, Ray thinks, "But I want to kill powerful spiritumen or curseuman to absorb their strengths."
As this matter was ongoing in Royal court, a figure enters the Royal court from main entrance, with some armoured soldiers within him.
He was Adam, came to Royal court to take permission from King to take actions on Ray Ross.
Adam came nearer, jumping down stairs to red carpeted floor of court. He sees Bheesm, karna, Ray, and Ash from backside, means seeing just their back,he thinks, "What's happening here?".
He walks nearer to king, passing through Karna, he thinks, "Royal guard", then Bheesm, he thinks, "Pitamah", and then he came behind of Ray and Ash.
Ray without turning his face to behind, thinks,
"Adam! What he is doing here in court. I can sense the feeling of hate coming from his Aura. There is something messed up. Why is here?"
Without focusing much on the two figures in front of him, Adam speaks to king, with bowing his head, and then standing to his knees
"My lord, Aetheris Clan demands you a favour."
Draven says with suspicious eyes,
"Favour, what's that?"
Adam —
"Not much my lord. After death of Ryu Aetheris, the Former head of Aetheris Clan and their beloved daughter Yuki Aetheris in the war, the current head, Son of Ryu Aetheris, Erik Aetheris wants you to give permission to take personal action on victim of their sister Yuki's death."
Ray panics instantly, his face changed. He thinks, "Action on Victim of Yuki's death, is he talking about me."
Draven says,
"Oh, I got message of their death but Was it wrong that they killed because of a Curseuman in war."
Adam —
"No, my lord. They were killed by Curseuman. But because of a boy, Yuki Aetheris was late to reach battlefield, and Prince Erik suspects that the boy was one of the reason of their death. So the Price Erik wants permission to execute him personally without interference of Military Sector."
Ray, as he heard this was silent, his eyes were downed seeing the floor. He thinks, "Fir god's sake, please please, don't ask my name. King is already suspicioused of me. I didn't kill Yuki, infact I…"
Suddenly, Draven says, "What's his name? Is he One of the soldier of military sector or a personal soldier of a Royal clan. Or a normal spiritumen or human? "
Draven says — "My lord it's Ray Ross."
As the word 'Ray' echoed through Court, everyone got surprised and sees towards Ray standing in front of Adam.
Draven — " You, boy. Turn your face. Adam see, is he same?"
Adam instantly moves nearer in front and turns to see Ray.
He finally sees Ray.
Draven says in loud voice, "soldiers."
The few soldiers who came with Adam pull their swords from their armour and and came running to Ray.
Adam says, "Yes, he is him!"
Soldiers were running towards Ray, but Ash stops them and says,
"Don't move more towards Ray, or it will cost your life."
As Adam hears these words, he put his foot back and stands behind. He thinks, "Ash Lionheart, what he is doing here? Why is he protecting this bastard?"
Draven then shouts and says —
"Ash, you can no longer protect him. If you tried, you are breaking the laws of Elder Paths, and you know what will be it's consequences."
Ash says in cold voice —
"Rules? Which rule, I have breaked. Tell me."
In anger voice, Draven shouted —
"Don't act like you don't know. Elder Paths says, if someone have committed a crime or is even suspected of it, the kingdom or King has full authority to enquiry the matter."
Ash says,
"Commited?, suspected?. There is no question to raise these terms as the matter is clear, Ray haven't killed her. He wasn't even in the war. This yellow haired boy already said this, that she was just delayed because of Ray. This is not a crime."
Ash —
"Pitamah, tell our foolish king, that what is written in Elder Paths."
Bheesm says — "Draven, Ash is right. This boy haven't committed any crime."
Draven stands from this throne, as he stands, the glowing crystal's light faded.
His black hairs turned blue and an immense blue aura started came out of his body in a rushing, outraged manner. Sparks of blue lightning swirling around his blue aura, he said,
"As a king, I have full authority to test this boy's behaviour and abilities in different situation to be sure about future. I will test him."
Draven came nearer to Ray, as he putted his foot on floor, the crack on the floor remained behind. His Aura was so immense that the tremors were occuring in the floor. He jumped stairs down and reaches to Ray.
Karna says, "Draven! This court will turn into debris like this. You can't fight here."
Draven says, "I know."
Draven came near to Ray , standing in front of Ray, the sweat on the Ray's forehead was vibrating with the waves from Draven's Aura.
Then the Draven raise his hand and snaps his finger. As the sound echoed through Court, the surrounding changed from Court to a open grass field bordered with high walls. It's like they were teleported.
All the people in the court were now standing on the grass field while in mid was Ray and Draven. His Aura still raged as before.
Ray thinks, "what he did? The place suddenly changed."
He turns his face and see around all people along Ash, Bheesm, karna, Adam were watching him, from a distance of over 200 metres.
Suddenly Draven's Aura started to came out with more double speed, the air around him started to swirl in twister manner. The earth below Draven's foot cracked and the crack reaches even Ray's foot. The envelop of Draven's Aura was around 10 metres wide.
Ray says to himself, "what should I do in this condition. Should I fight him with my full strength or should I lose? It's confusing."
Draven says —
" Boy, from now, fight with your full strength, because even a single second can cost you, your life."
Draven slightly raise his hand move his finger slightly,
Instantly the earth from the ground breaked and at high speed came towards Ray. It was all game of fraction of second, and the earth or big rocks came very close to Ray, but it was so fast that his mind wasn't even aware of it, but before touching Ray, all the rocks turned into powder of soil and sand, being crushed in air and fall down.
Everyone seeing it surprised. Draven also surprised and says in low voice, "How did he crushed the rocks? Does he have same telekinesis power like me?"
Ray thinks, "I didn't command my body or mind to use Ebon's power, then how it executed automatically. Same happened when Ash touched me and his hand crushed."
Draven says in loud voice, "Don't think high of yourself boy, that was a normal attack."