Chapter 343 - Came From Oliver’s Doubts
Chapter 343: Came From Oliver’s Doubts
“My Lord, you’ve come not too far. It’s been hard on you. This humble servant has sent you a cultivation source flower as a token of my appreciation. Please accept it.” Berkeley smiled and clapped his hands. The servant behind him walked forward with a brocade box in both hands.
The servant opened the brocade box. A golden medicinal herb was placed inside, and there were some golden lights flowing on it.
“Hahaha, Lord Berkeley, you’re too kind. I’m just following the rules. There’s no need to talk about hard work. I, Beck, feel uncomfortable with this big gift.” Although Beck said this, the greed in his eyes revealed his true thoughts.
“Lord Beck is here for the matter of the Iron Cloud Village. If I let you fail this time, it will make me feel uneasy. Please take this gift.”
Berkeley was also very tactful. He once again returned the gift to Baker.
“Sigh, since the Berkeley family is so hospitable and generous, then I will be bold enough to take this gift.” Baker smiled and let the casual guard accept the gift. Seeing that the other party was so tactful, his impression of him became even better.
With Berkeley’s example, the people who had a fortuitous encounter also began to follow suit. Even the existence gave some valuable items.
For a moment, the host and guests exchanged cups and toasted each other. The host and guests were all happy.
Beck was put down and said, “Beck would like to thank everyone for their hospitality. Alright, it’s time to get down to business. Village Chief, please come forward to preside over this ceremony. Please bring out today’s main character.”
“I accept your order.” Village Chief Eddie bowed and went up to the stage to preside over the ceremony. This caused the crowd below the stage to become noisy.
At this moment, a panicking guard ran to Berkeley’s side and whispered to him for a moment.
Berkeley’s face instantly darkened.
John and Jax were killed, and someone in the village saw Lugh returning to the village.
These two bad news caused Berkeley’s shrewdness that had existed for many years to disappear.
A dark cloud instantly covered his face.
At this moment, Oliver, who did not know anything, was fantasizing about the scenery after he went on stage. He seemed eager to give it a try.
But what happened next was like a bolt from the blue to him.
Eddie’s passionate speech made the hearts of the villagers below surge.
After a simple opening speech, existence began to officially announce his name.
“Everyone, after the selection of the village examination, we have finally decided on the winner of our Iron Cloud Village. Next, let’s welcome the champion of our village, Lugh, to the stage to accept the award ceremony!”
“What?” Oliver was shocked. He suspected that his ears had misheard.
‘That guy, Lugh, has clearly been seriously injured by me and has already escaped into the Forest of Despair. Even if it’s the outer area, it’s not so easy to walk out of it.’
Oliver’s mind became unfocused and his heart was filled with doubt and confusion.
It was only when a skinny figure dressed in grey cloth slowly walked out from the crowd at the outer area that he completely attracted Oliver’s gaze. After confirming the identity of the person who had come, Oliver’s pupils rapidly widened, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
Lugh saw Oliver standing up at the banquet table with a glance. His gaze swept over him coldly before he retracted his gaze and walked up the stage.
Instantly, thunderous applause came from below the stage. The villagers’ enthusiasm had led to the ceremony’s title. However, to Oliver, these applause full of blessings were undoubtedly a harsh slap on his face.
Walking up to the stage, Lugh received the greetings and welcome from the village name. These good intentions were the human relations that Lugh had accumulated over the days.
Although there was no relationship of interest, both the villagers and the village chief liked this young fellow very much.
And this goodwill made Lugh, who was already filled with hatred, calm down a lot. His face was no longer as cold as before.
“Lugh, the time next belongs to you. Congratulations.” Village Chief Eddie looked at Lugh and revealed a warm smile.
“Thank you, Village Chief,” Lugh said with acting skills. Eddie had been taking care of him since a long time ago.
Regardless of whether it was for profit or not, Lugh respected the village chief in front of him.
Eddie nodded and then announced loudly to the crowd, “Next, Lord Beck from the Beast God Sect will hold a ceremony for Lugh.”
An executive officer was a system that belonged to the Beast God Cult. It was a kind of floating official position. It was slightly different from a fixed position like a village chief. They accepted this different mission and traveled across the country.
Beck smiled. He walked up to the main stage with his hands behind his back. The guards on both sides of him lowered their heads and held the reward given to the champion this time, following respectfully behind Baker.
“Lord Beck.” Lugh cupped his fists and bowed respectfully to Beck. The etiquette was done very appropriately. It was obvious that Eddie had carefully taught him the basic etiquette of meeting him.
“There’s no need to be so polite. This qualification was obtained by your own strength. I hope that you will not forget your original intention and focus on your cultivation in the future, so that you can become a pillar of the Beast God Sect as soon as possible.”
Beck nodded, indicating to Lugh that there was no need to be so reserved. After a few polite words, he beckoned for the guard to bring forward the reward given to Lugh.
“Here are five hundred gold coins. This is the main reward for a pet egg. It was specially given to you as a reward. Take it.”
“Thank you, Sir.” Lugh did not delay any further and thanked him respectfully.
At the same time, Eddie from the Iron Cloud Village behind him gestured for the servants to come forward and temporarily keep the reward for Lugh.
“Alright, next is the seal of qualification. Lugh, extend your right hand.”
“Yes, Sir.” Lugh obediently extended his right hand.
Beck took out a talisman containing source energy from somewhere and prepared to use source energy to turn these talisman papers into seals and carve them into Lugh’s right hand.
“Lord Beck, wait.”
Just as the most important ceremony was about to begin, a voice came from below the stage.
Everyone’s gaze turned to look at the source of the voice.
When they realized that it was Oliver who had interrupted the ceremony, Berkeley, who was sitting at the main table, looked even worse. A drop of cold sweat could not help but form on his forehead.
“Who is it?”
After being interrupted by the ceremony, Beck looked a little unhappy and asked in a deep voice.
Beck had originally planned to quickly carry out the awarding ceremony and then set off to find the next village to quickly complete the mission on his body and then switch to training to raise his realm.
However, he was interrupted just as the ceremony was about to be completed. This made his first impression of Oliver a little worse.
“I… I’m Oliver. I have an objection to Lugh’s qualification.” In fact, when Oliver opened his mouth, he already felt a little regretful. However, he still had to bite the bullet and continue speaking.
“Oliver, do you have any objections?”
After Oliver reported his name, Beck’s eyes glanced at Berkeley, who had a very bad expression.
Oliver said, “Lord Beck, I believe that our Beast God Sect not only needs to have sufficient knowledge when selecting talents, but also needs to have the strength to match them. More importantly, we need a reliable background. This person is an outsider, so he can’t meet the requirements at all.”
“The Beast God Sect takes the background test, but you said that Lugh didn’t sign a contract with a source beast?”
As a Platinum Mid-tier Beast Master, Beck could clearly feel the source energy undulations on his body. Moreover, this undulation was clearly caused by a rather strong source beast. He looked at Oliver, who was speaking righteously, with a strange expression on his face.
The villagers below immediately started discussing animatedly, curious about what would happen next.
Lugh looked at Oliver, who was like a clown, with a cold expression. Then, he activated the source energy in his body, displaying his Beast Master ability.
A scarlet light lit up behind Lugh, the rich source energy shining with a demonic red light.
Beside him, Beck saw the rich scarlet source energy flowing out of Lugh’s body, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.
The source energy in a human’s body was differentiated by its color. Most people were ordinary white in color, and only a genius with special talent would have a special design that ordinary people didn’t have.
There might only be one person like Lugh in the entire Iron Cloud Village. However, in the world outside the village, especially in the Beast God Sect, Beck had seen many such people. For example, the color of Beck’s source energy was light green.