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"Your majesty, Crown Prince Zor from Dragon race is here, seeking your audience"- Imperial soldier

"Let him in "- Ichika

Not only me, all the officials in the court were also surprised by the visit of Crown Prince Zor. This is probably the first time since the first Humanoid races vs monster war, that someone from monster races side arrived in our lands, without resorting to violence. Just what is their motive in coming this far?

Just as we were all lost in our discussions and thoughts, Crown Prince Zor accompanied by Jean Silverstone stepped into the court. Despite someone from monster race, he has the aura and elegance of a ruler. He is close to 8 ft tall and has shoulder length loose red hair, giving him a wild aura of a beast. While 2 sharp horns can be seen on top of his head. Eh, is he wearing designer clothes of Astarte's brand? Another one is captured in her weird fashion sense. Did I just sense loathing in his eyes?

He slowly walked into the court, before stopping few feet in front of me and did a courtesy bow as if to greet me. There wasn't a shred of sincerity in that bow.

"Your majesty, I arrived here to invite you to the monster lands. There is someone who wants to meet you in person"- Zor

Someone? Then the invitation is definitely not from Dragon King. Then who is influential enough to send someone of Crown Prince caliber to run a personal errand for them? Could it be?

"Except for the princes and Crown Prince Zor, all of you vacate the hall, I need to have a private chat with him"- Ichika

Even though reluctant to leave, most of the officials still left the court in an orderly manner. As soon as everyone left the court, I placed a isolation barrier.

"Crown Prince Zor, is it about Rasia core?"- Ichika

After the war at Greenwood city, kin got jade slip containing information about Rasia core from Sam Boda. It is the meteorite that hit this world 8 trillion years ago, which was also the reason behind the wars between Humanoid races and monsters.

As for Zor, he was shocked when I mentioned Raisa core, but immediately regained his solemn face.

"How do you know about Rasia sama?"- Zor

Rasia sama? So it is indeed the spirit of Rasia core.

"It's from the invaders of this world. We were able to get some information from one of them. A small team of them also visited your monster lands, where your father drove them away, after beating them to a pulp. So what does Rasia core want with me"- Ichika

"Your majesty, before going to that topic, can you tell me why did you rob our resources from zone 2 to zone 5?"- Ichika

"Oh. Then tell me Crown Prince, are monsters the true rulers of this world?"- Ichika

As an Empress, Ichika can't admit defeat to a junior, so she decided to act a bit shameless.

"Huh, what does this got to do with your majesty actions?"- Zor

"Everything is connected. At the beginning all the humanoid races and monsters races lived in harmony and shared the resources of this world accordingly. But 8 trillion years ago, your ancestor disturbed this peace and drove away all the humanoid races from their rightful homelands.

Because of the superiority and quality of monsters on your side, you became undisputed rulers of the majority of this world. Tell me Crown Prince, Isn't it you who first robbed us of our homelands?

You family has been hoarding all the valuable resources of this world for ages, on which we also have rightful claim. Compared to your family, all I did was to only take back a part of the resources. I had numerous chances to kill as many monsters as I can for revenge, but I didn't hurt a single one of them. But your ancestor killed billions of us, just to satisfy his greed. Even then, I didn't use the resources for my personal gain, I invested most of them in reconstruction of my Empire from scratch.

So tell me Crown prince, who is the biggest robber between both of us?"- Ichika

First rule of diplomacy to gain upper hand, always bring out the dark and shameful past of your opponents and make it your plus point.

After reading so many books on the library floor, Ichika was no longer a novice when it comes to politics. She shamefully covered her actions with righteous words. If the other humanoid races were to listen to her words, they would definitely hail her as their champion.

As for Zetsu, Shisui, Itachi and Kin, who know the original story, almost slid down from their seats with shock. For a second, even they were convinced by her righteous words.

As for Zor, his mouth was wide open with shock after Ichika's questioning. He had no way to refute her reasoning, as she was right. It was his ancestor who drove away all the humanoid races from their homelands, to protect Rasia sama. In doing so he became the biggest culprit in their history.

"Your majesty, our ancestor had his reasons for his actions. But I am not permitted to speak of those. Since you already know it is an invitation from Rasia sama, are you willing to follow us? I swear on my family honour, we mean you no harm and we will protect you throughout your journey."- Zor

Ichika also took a step back, after seeing Zor's actions. But she doesn't have time to waste taking a long time to reach there.

"Crown Prince Zor, stay in the guest quarters for now and enjoy our hospitality. We will move to monster lands in the evening"- Ichika

Zor was escorted to the guest quarters by one of Zetsu's clone. He was surprised when he saw the clone of Zetsu.

Soon all of the officials returned to the court and they discussed about various problems and developments in the Empire. Only at the end of the evening, the court was finished.

In the evening, Zetsu lead 40 reporters from various media sects into the throne hall. Clark Moor was also present among them. Most of the reporters already started a live broadcast of Ichika press meet.

"As we all know, the event is going to start in 3 more weeks. So as the host, I decided to reveal the nature of competitions, rewards and few participants"- ichika

At Ichika's words, all of the reporters had questioning looks, as the nature of the competition was always the same. By they were interested in this time event rewards. The whole world knew, that Empress Ichika is famous for her rich rewards.

"During the past events, the competition was only held in the favor of battle cultivators. But this time, we decided to create a separate competition for auxiliary cultivators too. As an experiment, we are going to allow Formation specialists, Alchemy masters and blacksmiths in this time competition. Depending on the success, we will invite other auxiliary cultivators in the future events.

As the event was only 3 weeks away, the auxiliary section of competition will be held after 500 years. So it will give enough time for all auxiliary cultivators enough time and preparation, to reach Eden and take part in the event."- Ichika

As soon as Ichika words reached the ears of all the cultivators, most of the auxiliary cultivators started to celebrate in joy. Now instead of fighting, they can show their full worth in their own fields. This competition will also give rise to the increase in number of auxiliary cultivators in the future.

"Now for the rewards.

10th place - low tier grade 10 treasure and 10 Divine grade spirit stones

9th place- mid tier grade 10 treasure and 50 Divine grade spirit stones

8th place -Peak tier grade 10 treasure and 100 Divine grade spirit stones

7th place - low tier grade 11 treasure and 150 Divine grade spirit stones

6th place - mid tier grade 11 treasure and 200 Divine grade spirit stones

5th place - peak tier grade 11 treasure and 250 Divine grade spirit stones

4th place - low tier grade 12 treasure and 300 Divine grade spirit stones

3rd place - mid tier grade 12 treasure and 350 Divine grade spirit stones

2nd place - peak tier grade 12 treasure and 400 Divine grade spirit stones

1st place- Peak tier grade 13 treasure and 500 Divine grade spirit stones

All these treasures will be personally designed as per the instructions of the winners.

The top 3 winners will also be given an opportunity to enter the library of the Royal family. They can choose one cultivation and battle technique of their choice."- Ichika

Silence. Only silence reigned the entire world, after listening to Ichika's list of rewards. The last time, the highest prize was a grade 12 treasure. But this time, it increased by an entire grade to 13. Also the number of divine grade spirit stones offered to each winner, were also doubled compared to the last time. Moreover, now they have chance to visit the royal library and chose cultivation and battle technique of their choice.

The entire world is aware of the knowledge accumulated by the Uchiha clan. In just 130 million years, the quality of human soldiers increased so much, that, they are now considered one of the strongest soldiers on this world. So it is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all the cultivators to visit the royal library.

These high rewards also raised the brutality of this time event by a large margin.

While the reporters and the viewers were still lost in their thoughts, Ichika dropped another bomb on them.

"This time, apart from Zetsu, all the junior members of the royal family will also participate in the event. There is a special reward of 2000 divine grade spirit stones awarded to the cultivator, who defeats every member of the royal family."- Ichika

Now this is news. An additional 2000 divine grade spirit stones awarded for each royal family member defeated. It is 4 times the amount offered to the first place. All the reporters started to focus their recording crystals on Shisui, Itachi and Kin, who appeared to be calm on the surface.

But inwardly, they were cursing their bad luck. Ichika already told them, she will offer a special prize, for those that defeat them. But they never expected it to be such a huge sum. Now each and every opponent they will face, will come at them with their full strength. If they are defeated, not only will they get high rewards, but they will also become famous throughout the world.

"Your majesty, just now you mentioned all the junior members of the royal family? It can't be just these 3 princes right? There must be other junior members in the royal family"- Clark

"Yes. During this event, 2 more junior members of the royal family will also participate. They will arrive here after 200 years, together with my clan ancestors and my parents."-Ichika

Another shocking news. The parents and ancestors of Empress Ichika are also going to appear in the capital city Eden.

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Author's Note: This is the bonus chapter for the promised additional 10 reviews. There will also be another regular chapter, one hour after the server reset.