No 1 Supreme Warrior

“The matter is already set in stone, and it cannot be overturned,” spoke Mr. Zayne, the helplessness evident in his voice. He stared at Jack seemingly sympathetically as he added, “In a while, the other two will come over. I’ll introduce everyone.”

Jack said nothing as he stood quietly, but Rudy struggled to remain calm. He pulled at Jack’s arm and whispered, “If that’s the case, then you can’t go. We both know this is a trap. We should avoid Elder Rick. He’s so despicable, and we can’t let him get what he wants!”

Jack raised an eyebrow before nodding as he whispered to Rudy, “You’re right, but he probably anticipated me rejecting to participate in this tournament, however. You’d be doing exactly what he wants.”

at this, his eyes widening at Jack’s words. “What do you mean? If we reject

in exasperation as he nodded slightly before saying, “If I reject them now, I’d be rejecting the higher-ups. Those people won’t have a good impression of me regardless. After all, I’m of the appropriate age and talent. No matter how you look at it, I have

heard that. He looked around anxiously as he scratched his head, trying to figure out a way to reject but to no avail. It seemed like Elder Rick truly had trapped them with no room for escape,

try. Have a bit more faith in me. There

that, Jack

been observing their conversation silently, not doing anything other than looking at Jack meaningfully. After Jack and Rudy’s conversation ended, Mr. Zayne cleared his throat before he piped in, “It hasn’t even been that long and you’ve already offended Elder Rick. I always knew you weren’t someone who is all that cautious. It seems like I wasn’t wrong

I’ve laid out for myself. I won’t trouble anyone who doesn’t trouble me. If Elder Rick hadn’t tried to do something to me, I wouldn’t have any problems

Zayne let out a cold smile. “You’re too overconfident. Don’t think I don’t know what’s happened. Everything about you has started to spread, and everyone knows you’re talented in every way. However, an elder is still an elder. He can’t do anything to you publicly, but it won’t trouble him whatsoever to bait

logic behind everything that had happened. He let