Chapter 831
A few doctors were about to give Mont a check-up. “Alright, that’s enough. Stop crying and stand up, the doctors are going check on him,” A middle-aged man who was Mont’s dad, Tyler, said.
Beside him was Greenwood University’s chancellor.
After such a huge incident in school, the chancellor had to take responsibility for Mont’s injury, especially when both parties involved came from powerful backgrounds. The middle-aged woman slowly stopped crying and stood up after she heard Tyler. for their expressions to turn solemn once they were done.
Mont’s injuries were worse than they had anticipated. They had never seen such a patient in decades of their professional experience.
Mont was gravely injured yet still alive, which was a miracle. “How is my son, doctors?” Tyler asked.
“Mr. Xander, your son’s injuries are very severe. I’m afraid he will remain bedridden for the rest of his life and it is unlikely that he will be able to produce heirs,” A doctor with a head full of white hair replied.
When the woman heard the reply, she immediately pounced on Mont and started to cry.
“Monty! Why is your life filled with misfortune?”
Tyler’s expression darkened and he turned to the Greenwood University’s chancellor.
“You heard the doctors, Mr. Castro. The Xander family will not forgive whoever did this.” “Please calm down, Mr. Xander. The perpetrator isn’t any ordinary person either and your son did instigate this. I would suggest reconciliation,” Mr. Castro persuaded.
“Oh? Are you telling me that my son deserves to be crippled?”
“You misunderstand, Mr. Xander, that’s not what I mean. I’m sure you know well what kind of person your son is, perhaps you’d like to investigate what happened first before deciding?” “What’s there to investigate? Murderers must be punished, and debtors must repay their debts, this is how the world works. My son is crippled now. I don’t care who did it, but I will cripple them too!” Tyler said loudly.
“Who are you trying to cripple?” A strong voice rang out, and a middle-aged man entered the hospital room.
Tyler was about to respond until he saw the middle-aged man, and his pupils constricted.
Tyler immediately greeted the man courteously, “Cabinet Minister Stefani.”
Other people in the room also greeted him respectfully,“ Cabinet Minister Stefani.” The middle-aged woman stopped crying. She could tell that someone powerful had entered the room.
This middle-aged man who walked in was Capital City’s cabinet minister , Welson Stefani , Julia Stefani’s father and Somerland’s stabilizing force, Mason Stefani’s grandson.
He was an extremely powerful person, and it was almost impossible to get a meeting with him. “Tyler Xander, do you even know who your son tried to lay his hands on? Let’s not discuss the matter of crippling the culprit yet. The Xander family is in great danger right now, so perhaps you’d like to think about how you can placate the other party’s ire first?
I’ll have my secretary give you their address later, and you can go and apologize in person. Ask them what requests they have and try to gain their forgiveness, or no one will be able to save the Xanders.”
Then, Welson turned and left, leaving everyone else in the room to share confused gazes.
Tyler now knew that his son had gotten himself into a lot of trouble.
There were only a few select forces who could urge Welson to come in person, and any of those forces could easily destroy the Xander family.
Tyler looked at Mont who laid on the bed and felt the desire to kill his troublesome son with a smack.
“You’re the one who spoiled him so rotten, you wretched woman! All you to do is cause me trouble. Get lost!” Tyler shouted at the middle-aged woman. She did not dare to argue or even cry.
As usual, David fetched the two ladies home in the afternoon.
Selena did not say anything about Mont and David did not ask either.
After all, the King family was the most powerful hidden aristocratic family for a reason. They should be able to deal with a small matter like this.
Chapter 832
The next day, David received a call from Julia after he sent the two ladies to school.
She had already drafted a notice informing ordinary people about the existence of martial artists.
While the chaos in Somerland has settled, the rumors spread by the Dominic family and the Star Alliance in various regions made ordinary people more and more curious about the existence of martial artists.
In this situation, the further hiding of the martial artists would only result in more trouble than not.
David had discussed formally disclosing the existence of martial artists through Somerland’s government with Mason before, as well as implementing martial arts into education so as to satisfy the curiosity of ordinary people and source talents at the same time.
However, there were quite a few issues with this idea.
As time passed, there would slowly be more and more martial artists in Somerland, considering its vast population of a few billion people.
So many children were born each year, and even if only a select few had the talent of martial arts, there would still be many martial artists in the country years into the future.
This would be a huge test for Somerland’s management, as a small misstep could result in civil wars within Somerland.
There were both pros and cons to this concept, as Somerland could either grow into a very powerful country or fall into ruin.
This was the reason why Mason chose to keep silent about martial artists back then. He was still alive now and thus could still control the situation, but once he died, he knew that Somerland would fall into chaos.
This was evident from the hidden aristocratic families that were resurfacing as well as the different sects.
Once Mason died, Somerland no longer had a person capable of controlling the sitaution.
By then, there would be no need for foreign attacks before powerful and greedy people in Somerland rioted and sought to gain control for themselves.
Somerland would be thrust into complete chaos, which was the last outcome anyone wanted.
However, things had progressed to the point that there was no need to hide the existence of martial artists any longer.
This was because they could not hide it even if they wanted to. and also because David would not allow Somerland to fall into chaos.
As such, Mason agreed to David’s suggestion that a public notice would be released in the name of Somerland’s government.
Everyone would soon start to learn martial arts in Somerland. This was unavoidable as everyone wanted their son to become an invincible martial artist capable of everything. Parents would also start wishing for different career paths for their children. David drove to meet Julia and soon arrived.
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Julia handed David a piece of paper and said, “This is the notice I drafted.
Take a look and tell me if there’s anything I need to change.” David took the paper and glanced through it.
Overall, the notice was alright, but there were something parts that could be rephrased to better express their intentions.
David told Julia his ideas and soon, an official notice about martial artists was sent across the country.
The notices first arrived at the provincial cabinet ministers and were then passed down their ranks until they reached county-level cities and villages.
At the same time, Somerland’s official news channel also planned to explain certain things about martial artists tonight.
During dinner, David was chatting idly with Celia and Selena in the living room when he glanced at the time.
Seeing that the news was about to start, David turned on the television.
Every television channel in Somerland was set to live broadcast Somerland Evening News.
David chose a random channel and the host’s voice sounded from the speakers. “Good evening, welcome to Somerland Evening News.
“Tonight’s news topic will be martial artists. What is a martial artist? What is the difference between martial artists and ordinary people? How can we become martial artists?
“I’m sure everyone is just as curious as I am, so allow me to delve deeper and answer these three questions.”
Celia and Selena’s attentions were immediately stolen by the news broadcast. They did not expect the official news to start reporting on martial artists. ‘Is the government finally publicizing the existence of martial artists?’
The two looked at David with confusion but the man gestured for them to continue watching.
The host first showed a clip of real – life combat between martial artists.
There was the smashing of rocks with bare hands, someone defying gravity and walking on walls, as well as all sorts of moves involving different staffs.
Each move was powerful and awe-inspiring, and it made people feel excited just watching the footwork and movements of the martial artist’s hands.
After the clip, the host continued, “The clip everyone has just watched hasn’t undergone any special effects editing. These people exist and they are what we call martial artists. “Martial artists are a mysterious group of people who have existed among us for a long time and can be traced centuries into our history. They’ve just hidden so as not to disturb the lives of ordinary people, and opted not to show their superhuman abilities.
“However, while they have kept themselves hidden , we cannot dispute the contributions they have made one Somerland.”
The host showed another clip, this one of countless Somerland elites fighting tirelessly at the borders to protect their family and home. It showed martial artists fighting back against enemy forces who wanted to invade Somerland, and some of them dying during the fights.
It was a passionate and moving clip, and countless Somer descents wept in passion before their television screens. The clip ended and the host continued with a choked tone, “With great power comes great responsibility. Everyone can live peacefully thanks to countless Somer martial artists risking their bodies and lives.
“We will forever remember and respect these heroes of the dark who have sacrificed so much to protect us.
“Once a person becomes a martial artist, they will slowly detach from the lives of ordinary people. Their identity changes as well, from that of the protected to the protector, against any danger that may come.”
“Unlike what you see in television dramas, these martial artists are not allowed to venture alone into the world and fight against all injustices. Rather, they are also bound by the laws in Somerland while any violation will result in greater punishment than ordinary people.
“It isn’t easy being a martial artist either, as you will need both talent and diligence. The years before turning sixteen is the best time to learn martial arts, as any hard work after will just be for naught. Martial artists must undergo systematic training at a young age as well. I repeat, systematic training, not locking oneself in their room, and self-learning. Should you train without guidance and hurt yourself, not only will there be no hope of becoming a martial artist, but you might even put yourself at risk. This is very dangerous, so please proceed with utmost caution. “Now, let me talk about the different levels of martial artists. “After countless years of development, there are now different levels of martial artists. On the bottom are third class martial artists, followed by second-class martial artists, then first-class martial artists. Last but not least, we have the Tiger Rankers and the
Dragon Rankers…”
Tonight’s Somerland Evening News was a special report, so it lasted for almost two hours.
The report was all about understanding martial artists, and it was the first time the
existence of martial artists was being discussed before the public eye. This was under Somerland’s government, too, so it indeed caused an uproar.
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The following day, everyone in Somerland was talking about martial artists. At this moment, a notice had also been released by the Somerland Government and had reached every county – level city and village.
Both the official news broadcast and notice had solidified billions of Somer descent’s belief about the existence of martial artists.
Countless youths also started to feel excited and wanted to learn martial arts and become martial artists.
A majority of older adults, such as parents, also wanted their children to try being martial artists.
They wanted to see if their child had any martial talents and if they could become successful this way.
After all, many parents wanted their children to be successful.
However, there were still a minority of parents who did not want their children to become martial artists.
The news broadcast had already said that with great power comes great responsibility and martial artists had the responsibility to protect the whole of Somerland. Thus, putting themselves at great risk. The parents had seen it on the news, how countless martial artists bathed in blood to protect Somerland from enemy forces, with some even losing their lives in the process.
As parents, most of them just wanted their children to live safe and peaceful lives. Preparations were being made to include martial arts classes in education, but a new problem had risen.
The issue of where to find martial arts teachers.
These teachers did not need to be very powerful, but they had to be a martial artist at the least or the students would not trust the teacher’s teachings.
At this rate, Somerland was going to need a lot of low level martial artists, and they needed the help of various martial arts aristocratic families.
Those newly resurfaced forces who wanted to further develop themselves naturally would be in search of children with high martial arts talents to be their disciples as well. Therefore, Mason had Julia send a notice to all the martial arts aristocratic families in Somerland and told them to send the head of their families to Capital City the next day for a meeting.
Not only were the newly resurfaced hidden aristocratic families and sects involved, all of
Somerland’s martial arts aristocratic families had to attend the meeting as well. The meeting would not only discuss the issue of income and division of resources by various forces, but also the issue of having these families send low-level disciples to be martial arts teachers.
With Mason, Somerland’s Chief of Staff, and a supreme powerhouse at peak God Rank gathering the families, no one dared to be late.
All forces agreed to attend the meeting on time.
It was time to distribute benefits.
Mason had wanted David to attend the meeting as well but the young man rejected , claiming that he wanted to rest a few more days.
Mason did not force him.
David found it too troublesome, so he declined to join the hype to discuss such trivial matters.
All he did was tell Mason that when it came to distributing benefits, he could show more favor to the King family as they had contributed the most to Somerland. Mason also gathered all martial arts aristocratic families in Somerland for a meeting to discuss something important.
There were five major forces in the world now, and excluding Somerland , the other four had already joined the Chris family and combined one major force.
It was only a matter of time before the Chris family launched an attack on Somerland, and Mason needed all forces and their leaders to discuss and come up with a plan together.
The next day, David sent Celia and Selena to school again.
There were even more people waiting at Greenwood University’s entrance for Selena today, both male and female students alike.
Once Selena got out of the car, the crowd swarmed her, which shocked Celia a little. Celia grabbed Selena’s arm and the other patted her hand to reassure her.
“Miss Selena , you must be a martial artist, right? I saw you beat Mont without breaking a sweat yesterday.” “Yeah, yeah! When did you start training , Miss Selena? Which realm are you in now? Can you fly?”
“Miss Selena, the news broadcast said anyone under sixteen is the best fit for learning martial arts, is that true? Do we not have any chance left? Can you let us try? I want to be a martial artist too.”
The students started asking all sorts of questions at the same time.
Selena frowned. She was not used to being surrounded by so many people and she released her powerful aura.
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She growled lowly, “Move!”
The people around Selena shuddered and immediately stopped talking. Then, they instinctively made way for Selena.
Selena left with Celia in tow without answering a single question. Everyone else only snapped back to reality after the two left.
“Did you guys feel that just now?”
“My body felt cold, and I couldn’t really breathe for a moment. My arms were frozen too, and I felt like a small raft at sea that could be overturned at any moment.”
“Me too!”
“Me too…”
“Me too…”
“Miss Selena must be a high-level martial artist. Just her aura alone made us feel so tiny. She’s so strong.”
“I think that Miss Selena must at least be a second-class martial artist.”
“Second-class only? I’m willing to bet that Miss Selena’s at least first-class.”
“What second and first class. Miss Selena might just be a Tiger Ranker!”
“No way! She’s so young, how could she be a Tiger Ranker? The news said that Tiger Rankers were already Somerland’s elites.”
“What’s so impossible about that? What if Miss Selena’s just that talented?”
“I think it’s impossible.”
“I think so too!”
“Wanna bet?”
“Sure!”
“What are the risks?”
“Anyone who loses shouts, ‘I’m a useless piece of trash,’ three times into the school broadcast.” “Alright! Let’s go and ask Miss Selena right now.” “Let’s!” The crowd slowly dissipated.
David watched Greenwood University’s students walk off. It seemed like the publication of martial artists did affect ordinary people, though not by much. Humans were adaptive creatures, after all. It would only be a matter of time before they got used to it. When David sent Celia and Selena to school, Mason happened to receive a sudden message from foreign Somer spies as well.
The Chris family was going to attack Somerland with the remaining three forces today. This stunned Mason, but he was an experienced man, so he managed to calm down quickly and immediately started to plan.
The closest point between Falconia and Somerland was Dark Cape, and he was certain that the Chris family would attack from there.
Mason had Julia inform all of Somerland’s forces, changing the location of the meeting from Capital City to Dark Cape.
Then, he had all the forces send their strongest soldiers to the meeting.
Since this was a meeting regarding the distribution of resources, more powerful forces would receive more resources than those who were unable to display their full strength. Such was the truth, whether it was fair to everyone or not.
Julia knew how important this matter was, and so informed all the families as quickly as possible.
The leaders were all confused about the sudden change in location and the necessity to send their strongest troops, but they did not think much of it. Somerland may have two peak God Rankers, but the families knew that the two peak God Rankers would not use this opportunity to kill them all since it would be disadvantageous to Somerland. There was no benefit in doing so and so no good reason to do such a thing As such, they followed Mason’s instruction and called upon their elders and grandmasters who were previously in seclusion. Then, they sent their most powerful troops to the meeting, in hopes of gaining the most resources to further develop their families.
The other benefit of displaying their most powerful members was that they would get better selections of disciples when the time came, as every child would want to join the ranks of a more powerful force.
After preparing everything, Mason’s expression remained grim. Unlike last time, they were in for a difficult battle.
There were four known peak God Rankers among the four forces and Mason knew that the Chris family had a trump card as well.
Mason fell into deep thought over how he should deal with this situation.
After informing the other forces, Julia approached Mason and asked, “Should I inform
David, Great-grandpa?”
Mason sighed and replied, “Not yet.”
“But Great-grandpa…”
“Julia, if I do not return this time, get David and hide. Don’t let him come out until he’s broken past peak God Rank. He’s Somerland’s only hope, so nothing can happen to him,” Mason said.
“No! Great-grandpa , you’ll come back safe!” Julia said with tears.
“Julie ! Do not forget what I said. Make sure David does not act rashly. He is our only hope. Do not forget this.”
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