22 Preparing

The same time when Ulquiorra was creating his members, the whole world could feel the world tremble. Every kingdom, sects, church and empire was on chaos when they feel the unknown type of power that cause the world tremble. There is only one thing they are certain, and that is that unknown power came from the Black Desert. Some says that a powerful being has been awoken inside the desert, some even says that an immortal treasure has appeared inside the Black Forest. All forces whether it is human, demons or magical beasts, all of them were alerted. They increase their security and send some forces to the border to investigate the cause of the phenomenon.

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Inside the Divine Dragon Empire the Emperor, Long Liu call all the nobles in the capital to the throne room. The nobles look at each other they don't know why the emperor suddenly called a gathering. The head of the families began to discuss with each other, some young masters form a group and talk to some young ladies.

"His Majesty the Emperor and the crown prince and eldest princess are coming!" a royal guard shouted loudly making everyone in the room stop what they are doing and look at the incoming figures.

"We greet His Majesty the Emperor"

"We greet the Crown Prince"

"We greet the Eldest Princess" every noble said in unison loudly while they continue to bow their heads.

The emperor raise his hand to stop them from their bowing. He look at the nobles and said to them, "Does anyone here have any idea to why I called you all here"

"His Majesty must have gather us here to discuss about the unknown power that cause the world to tremble" said a man with a muscular build who was wearing a red armor with a dragon symbol on his chest. He was one of the 'Three Great Generals' of the empire, The Crimson General 'Xie Yiban'. He was called The Crimson General because whenever he fights a war, he always dye the ground with the blood of his enemies, he never accepts enemy surrender, he always says that 'surrendering in a fight for your empire is a disgrace as soldier'. He was also the head of the Xie family in the imperial capital of the Divine Dragon Empire.

The emperor look at his general and said, "It is one of the reason I called you all here, the other was to discuss about the upcoming war against the demons in three years when the miasma in the Black Desert was gone.?

"As you all felt the unknown power that cause the world to tremble, does any of you have an idea to what kind of power was it?"

"Your Majesty your subject think that it is a immortal treasure that appear inside the Black Desert. As we all know when an immortal treasure was born, it will cause a strange incident. Every immortal treasure cause different types of event depending on their grade. That is why this subject thinks that a High grade immortal rank treasure has been born in the Black Desert." said a man wearing a blue robe.

Hearing what he said several noble exclaim in surprise clearly they thought that what he said was true, some even show greed in their eyes when the man said it is a high grade immortal treasure. The emperor began to ponder on what the man said and look at the other nobles finding if there are others who want to tell something.

"Your Majesty this humble subject has something to say" everyone turn their eyes to the one that had just spoke. It is a middle aged man wearing a black long robe with a golden dragon embroidered on it. If Ulquiorra and Qian Ru see this they would recognize that these middle aged man was the manager of the auction house, Long Shen.

The emperor look at Long Shen with questioning gaze and asked, "Say it"

Getting the Emperor's approval he continue, "Your Majesty your subject here believe that the cause of the event was because a powerful being has been born in the Black Desert. I think that it is highly possible because when an immortal treasure has been born it would still release some qi, but when the event happened there is no qi that has been released." Long Shen said. Again many noble began to think of what he said maybe true, while other believe that it is a treasure that has been born.

The emperor look at Long Shen, he clearly knew that there are some words Long Shen can't said in front of others. He began to contemplate about what Long Shen said here today and about what he reported in the past days. He knew that Long Shen believe that there are other beings living inside the Black Desert. Now that such event has happened and it is also an unknown type of power like Long Shen said the young man has, the emperor smile greedily as he began to scheme on his mind on what to do when he get his hands on the young man that destroyed the White Tiger City.

*Ehem*

"Now that I have hear what you think it is, we will now talk about the upcoming wars in three years. As you all know every hundred years the miasma on the Black Desert will disappear for ten years because of unknown reasons. Every human empire, kingdom, sects and the church are already preparing for the upcoming war. Some even came out of their closed door training to get ready for the war. Some of you, even I your emperor has participated at the last war against demons. I even saw my own father and brother get killed in front of me. We all know how powerful demons are, and how ruthless they are. That is why I will order all of you to get ready and be prepared for the upcoming war. I already order the other two generals to strengthen the army. The sects in our empire also started to prepare, they will even hold a grand competition in two months to see who was the strongest among all the young geniuses on the empire. My two sons the crown prince and the second prince will participate in the upcoming tournament, while my daughter would be send to the border to monitor the miasma. Now I have said what I wanted to say, all of you dismissed" said the emperor as he leaves the throne room with the crown prince and the eldest daughter silently following behind. In the whole gathering they did not even utter a single sound. They just watch and listen to what their father had said.

As the emperor leaves, the noble also began to depart the throne room. It's just that they did not know was what was happening here was also happening inside the throne room on the Demon Empire.