The Medallion

Soon enough, the news that Rocky had easily passed the test of the Heavenly Demon Tower was immediately reported to the king by a warrior that was guarding the tower.

Therefore, when Rocky and Layla arrived at the palace, they were welcomed with stares of awe coming from the elders and ministers of the royal family. Even the king could not hide his shock upon seeing that Rocky was already before him.

"Your Majesty, I have successfully gone through all the floors of the Heavenly Demon Tower. Now, as we have discussed, please entrust me with the task of protecting the Purgatorial Tripod," Rocky said directly right after saluting to the king.

"I actually did not expect you to pass through the Heavenly Demon Tower at all, but it seemed that I underestimated your real strength," the king remarked. He was well aware that anyone who could complete the test of the Heavenly Demon Tower should at least have a strength equivalent to the premium stage of the Shura Realm. When he talked with Zain previously, his son mentioned that Rocky had been hiding his real strength all along, and he even possessed a divine treasure. In fact, the king did not really believe it until now.

The main reason why he asked Rocky to do this task was to test if he really possessed that kind of strength. Now that he had witnessed this with his own eyes, the king even assumed that Rocky was the strongest among the Godly Geniuses. But it seemed that Rocky was deliberately hiding his real strength so that the other fiefs would not find out about it.

"Your Majesty, he has done what you have asked him. Please honor the agreement," Layla immediately expressed her support to Rocky, fearing that the king would come up with another idea to make things more difficult for them.

"Of course, I will. You have successfully come out of the Heavenly Demon Tower, so I can be reassured that you can guard the Purgatorial Tripod. However, this is only temporary. The moment that we settle the matter regarding Enoch, I expect that you will return the tripod so that it can be sealed again," the king demanded firmly.

"I understand," Rocky immediately agreed. In fact, it should not be a big deal right now since he knew that Phillip's soul wasn't really sealed in the Purgatorial Tripod. But of course, he could not let anyone know about this secret. Otherwise, it would just create much bigger chaos and panic.

"All right. You are free to leave now," the king declared, waving his hand to dismiss them.

Afterward, Rocky and Layla left the palace.

"So, what are you doing now? Are you going back to Leader Gilbert's mansion?" Layla asked with hints of reluctance in her voice. Rocky had only stayed in her palace for a few days, but she had enjoyed their time together. Although they did not really spend much time talking to each other, Layla still got to know Rocky in a better sense.

"Hmm. I have to visit the Genie Fief first before I go back to the Ghost Fief." "The Genie Fief?

What are you going to do there?" Layla asked with furrowed brows.

I'll just tell you when I successfully finished my business there," Rocky replied

summoned Rubygon and left the Royal Land

Rocky said, he went straight to the Genie Fief

their plan, even before the mission at the Ghostly Demon Land, Adrian pretended to swear his loyalty to Zain. With this, Rocky could have a chance to

paying a public visit,

reach Adrian's study without anyone noticing him. There, he saw the leader reading some

coming was pretty important, Adrian immediately ordered his men to shut the mansion so that he and Rocky could talk in

the candidates to enter the Ghostly Demon Land." Based on what Adrian just said, Rocky assumed that the news about

whether this is a

kind of lost me. What do you mean?" Adrian

holy treasure that sealed Phillip's soul. Am I right?" Rocky openly asked, knowing that this piece of information must have been spread

do it because of Prince Enoch's collusion with the demonic race. Don't worry.

hand the holy treasure

the king's mind. The holy treasure has been guarded by the royal family for several thousand years. You can't expect him to entrust this very important matter to someone outside the royal

Land? He said that it was to select the throne's successor, but isn't this method already outdated and even banned years ago?" Rocky

knew that Rocky was trying to say something, but he did not want to tell it directly.

was suddenly destroyed. It turned out that a member of the demonic race was responsible for this. Then, inside that barren place, almost all of us died. If you think about it, all of those unfortunate events would have never happened if the king did not suddenly change his mind and turn the selection into that quest," Rocky stated, but his point was still a bit vague.

he chose to do it that

came back first and presented Phillip's soul power to him as he requested, the king is still reluctant to declare who the successor will be. If you ask me, it totally

I have to say that it is indeed weird. It is kind of unfair to the candidates, especially to Princess Layla," Adrian admitted. In fact, when Adrian got the news that Layla's team was the one that completed the quest first, he thought that the princess was undoubtedly going to be selected as the next ruler.

this crucial moment, I think it's time for the nine fiefs

am a man of my word! Of course, I won't turn my back on you. However, I also have to make sure that you can keep your

reason why I am here. Just as I said, the time is now ripe for us to make