Political Show

Three men were slowly moving forward toward the group.

Felix and Arvin stood in front of Leus with their swords in their hands.

Leus was standing in the middle of the two but a bit behind them, making them look like his blue right and left hands.

Behind Leus stood Scar and Bones, and behind them there was a small army of armed men, awaiting orders.

Scar whispered to Leus

"Signal when you want us to attack and we'll rush forward, giving you the chance to cast your spells."

Leus calmly replied

"That'd defeat the point of everything I'm doing, just wait."

Scar nodded and stepped back

As the men got closer, Leus was able to clearly see their auras.

'One is on Kye's level, one is on Felix's level and the other is ????'

'That's a new level ... he's stronger than all of us.'

Leus felt slightly nervous but didn't let it show on his face

'If a fight breaks we'll be defeated, they're three, but Kye is on their side as well.'

'That makes it 4 vs 3'

Leus discreetly added Water Mana to his Emblem again

'Better safe than sorry, all I have to do is waste time until reinforcements come.'

The three men were about 15 meters away from Felix and Arvin, Felix loudly commanded

"HALT"

The man leading the other group shouted back

"That's not close enough to have a civil conversation, do you want us to keep shouting to hear each other?"

"Only one of you may proceed any further"

The man in the lead raised his hand to the two behind him and walked forward.

He walked until he was only two or three steps away from Leus and stopped, then inspected him with interest, and he was impressed.

'This is the strongest Knight I've seen in my life'

He spoke in an interested tone

"The Purple Saint?"

Leus replied in a condescending tone

"You're in my Domain."

The man narrowed his eyes

"Metaphorically or literally?"

"Both"

"Is that so? Interesting"

"What brings you to my area?"

The man pointed at Kye

"You've got one of my men"

Leus spoke in a bored tone

"He was spying on us, also, you claimed that you wanted to have a civil conversation, yet, you didn't introduce yourself until now."

The man looked visibly apologetic

"You're right, it's my fault, I'm Phoenix, the Leader of the Crimson Guards."

Leus nodded

"You know me as The Purple Saint, but my name is Leus"

"How did you acquire such an interesting alias?"

Leus crossed his arms

"I'm not interested in a chit-chat, what brings you here?"

Phoenix looked displeased by Leus' disrespect, still, he didn't say anything

"I've explained before, you've got one of my men"

Leus shook his head

"What was your man doing here in the first place?"

"Investigating"

"Investigating what?"

"If you're displeased by our policies, you may come to The Citadel and file a complaint."

Leus snickered

"File a complaint? Let me ask you something, if I kill someone here and his family goes to file a complaint, what will happen?"

"It'll be investigated, and proper action will be taken, based on the circumstances of course."

Leus replied in a mocking tone

"If I decide to kill your man right now, are you going to file a complaint about it?"

Phoenix didn't reply and Kye became visibly worried.

Seeing that Phoenix gave no reply, Leus spoke again

"Speaking to liars is only a waste of time, if you're done with your nonsense, you may leave my area.

Oh right, go file a complaint that I'm keeping your man a hostage phahaha"

After Leus said that, Felix couldn't stop himself from letting out a small laugh, and Phoenix became seriously annoyed

"Listen, Leus, give me my man and let's call it a day.

No blood needs to be spilled, we can have a proper conversation about the future later, in a more private place"

Leus narrowed his eyes

"Are you threatening me?"

"Naturally. If you don't let my man go, it won't end well."

Suddenly, Phoenix looked in a specific direction, and a bit later, The other 5 Elite Knights looked in the same direction one by one.

Two more knights in blue armor appeared in the distance, and Leus inwardly sighed in relief.

The two knights came and stood on either side of Felix and Arvin.

Now, Leus had 4 armored knights in front of him.

'Now that we are more than them, no need to continue talking'

"I'm not interested in talking with you anymore, if you don't leave my area, I'll initiate an attack."

"It can't end like that, let my man go"

Leus shook his head

"I'm keeping him"

"I'm not leaving without my man"

Before Leus could say anything, Felix looked back and whispered to him

"Young Master, are you not going to de-escalate?"

"No, these people were after me, and I don't trust them.

Until I know what they really wanted, I won't de-escalate."

Felix nodded

"Young Master, my duty is to follow your orders. Yet, considering that you not only stand for yourself but also represent the Library through its Emblem and guardians, I suggest we summon the Master."

Leus wasn't dead-bent on violence, so he asked

"What's your idea?"

"One of us should go and request him to come"

Leus was reluctant

'I feel embarrassed to call Master Arno himself here ...'

'However, it's probably better than committing a grave mistake just because I was embarrassed, right?'

So he agreed

"Alright"

Felix whispered something to the Elite Knight who just came beside him, and the Elite Knight nodded and dashed away.

Naturally, Phoenix wasn't stupid, he understood what they wanted to do.

He didn't like it, but it was expected, he already knew Leus' identity from the moment he saw his Emblem and the blue-armored knights around him.

"Are you not going to end this peacefully?" Phoenix asked

Leus ignored him.

Minutes passed like that, then Kasai approached Phoenix and asked what is going on, but Phoneix just looked at him and spoke in a flat tone

"Now more than ever, Do Not interfere"

Kasai stood beside him in silence, and since Phoenix was just waiting in silence, Felix didn't want to antagonize him by asking Kasai to leave his side, especially that now they were equal in number.

And so, they all waited in silence.