Shenra was shocked that Ren left without talking.
"Do you think what i did was wrong?"
"Yes my lady, i don't think that young man took it lightly."
Shenra was about to move towards Ren, but he already vanished.
"I am sorry Ren."
Lamy walked towards her.
"That's strange my lady."
"What is?
"Despite how that your servant look, he still has a lot of untapped potential, and i could feel it,he was happy."
"Really, but he does not look happy."
"Yeah, he is not happy with you tricking him."
"Then i better apologize to him."
"Hurry up."
"Thank you Lamy."
Lamy smiled as she waved towards the empress, Shenra approached the carriage, she sees Ren helping the guards,he was arranging the carriage,and he sat down at the last one.
I am sorry Ren, but if i leave it like these, we will drift further apart.
She enters the last carriage alongside Ren, the guards were surprised.
"What are you doing here?"
"Ren you are angry."
"I have no right to be angry against my mistress."
"Really, is that the only reason you are not angry at me?"
"No."
His voice and face looks calm, i can't read his mind, but his energy wavelength although stable, seems cold.
"Ren i would rather you get angry and smash something, than give me these treatment."
"No need."
"Ren i am really...."
"Lady Shenra."
"Lady shenra!"
"Please go to your carriage."
"Ren are you for real?"
He signaled her to leave.
"Ren please listen to me."
"Are you commanding me as your slave or what?"
"Ren please just listen to me."
"Please you are wasting time, the time we waste on the road will be questioned."
"Then follow me to my carriage one more time, and we will move right away."
"Sure."
Ren follows her into the carriage these time, he sat down at the edge,even when Shenra tried getting close he raised a barrier around him.
"You can say anything you want from over there, i will listen to you."
"Ren please let me explain."
"Sure, go ahead."
"These whole test was organised by the higher ups, they want to know how much you are willing to protect me, i explained to them that there was no need but they went ahead with it, i was to choose the type of trial you would face, if i choose the easiest they won't allow you to stay with me 24/7."
Ren smiled.
"Are you done?, i never asked for any of these question, but i appreciate all you have said, but as your slave you have the right to choose what ever test you want me to take, my role is to simply obey you, so be at ease."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"You are not mad at me again?"
"I was never mad at you."
"Really."
"Yes."
"Can i come seat closer to you?"
"No, respect yourself, you are the empress of a nation, the empress of destruction."
"But when i am with you, none of that matters."
Ren sighed.
"Suite yourself."
Shenra moves closer to Ren as she place her head on his shoulder,and almost immediately she slept off, Ren looked at her sleepy face and smiled.
"You got me these time,thank you."
Their journey continued with no hindrance or disturbance.
They arrived at the council of elders.
"Now listen Ren, these gathering is for the strongest and the most ancient people of the kingdom,any of them could easily destroy the entire kingdom,please be careful."
"Yes ma'am."
"So you will be following me as my direct subordinate, do not react or talk,just stay as silent as possible, you will meet other direct subordinate like you."
"Yes ma'am."
Shenra enters the hall,Ren follows behind her.
Shenra walks towards the large round table,she sits down on one of the thrones and Ren stands behind her.
Ren was looking at the large room, and table.
There are still six empty throne seats left ,what type of people are these so called elders, and why are they not here yet.
"Ren is something on your mind?"
"What!, no not at all."
"Are you worried about the thrones?"
"Not really."
"Ask don't be shy, i know you want to, stop acting all cool."
"No i don't really care."
"Are you sure, i might tell you what you want to know."
Ren's ear tingle for a bit, but he didn't ask.
"Why are you these stubborn....."
"Hope we didn't keep you waiting far too long Kamala."
A voice said as a portal opened in the hall.
kamala!
Ren looked at Shenra.
"It's been far too long Lord Hari."
A white hair old man descends from a crack in space.
"Woah!, who is these?"
"Lord Hari, these is my most powerful and trusted subordinate,Ren, go on, introduce yourself to the most powerful Elder."
Ren looked at Shenra, then at the elder and he bowed.
"Greetings your majesty."
"Such a noble spirit."
"Yes, i trained him myself."
"I see you have done a fine job training him."
"Thank you."
"Now then, i guess it's almost time for the other to reveal themselves."
With a swing of his hand,he opened more space crack, and instantly an overwhelming presence filled the entire room.
What's with these pressure?
Shenra looked at Ren.
He can stand the pressure from elders, what a terrifying being, these should be interesting.
Lord Hari said while touching his long, overgrown beards.
"Ho!, someone who isn't an elder can stand our spiritual pressure interesting."
"Calm down Shyam, we do not know what type of trick these inferior creature is using."
"Raghu, Shyam, you guys are not supposed to use any high level destruction skill before we reach loka."
Ren looked at the lady.
That voice, the presence, is that the snake lady i fought,Lamy!"
"Good to see you again Ananta."
"I heard you and Kamala already met earlier."
"And where did you get that information from?"
"You have been seeing my wife behind my back."
"Can you prove your claim Raghu?"
"Ohh yes, i can."
"Go ahead."
"Ananta,Raghu, that's enough,respect our great master."
The two stopped arguing instantly.
"Please forgive us lord Hari."
"Forgive us Lord Hari."
"My,My i know it's been far too long you have all seen each other, can you wait after the end of the meeting before you guys continue playing among yourselves ."
Ren looked at Lord Hari in confusion.
Does these look like playing to these old man?"
"Ananta, Raghu I have an idea on how to solve your issues."
"How?"
"Send in your subordinates to fight for you against each other, and with that the loser must obey the winner."
Wait a moment my lord."
They all looked at Kamala
"What?, can't bear to see you friend lose?"
"Yes and No, Ananta got into these mess because of me, so I think I am the right person for these battle."
"You make a nice point, but I will advise you not to."
"You want me to just stay and watch while someone else fights for me."
Raghu paused for a moment watching Kamala in shock
"Kamala you have changed."
"What!"
"You know before you always push people around,you have never once step up for yourself."
"Is there any reason why I can't…."
Raghu instantly appears right in front of Kamala,holding her chin up slightly.
"Is it because of your new boy toy you feel like you can go up against me?"
"What!,what boy toy?"
Raghu flash steps behind Ren touching is back.
"There are over seven million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine ways I could have killed you just now and yet you are prepared for everything, interesting."
"REN!"
"Calm down I am not going to kill just yet."
"Raghu I challenge you!"
"Fine by me,I would like to test my wife's strength."
"Raghu do I take that to mean you want to accept Kamala's Challenge instead of Ananta?"
"Yes my lord, sign me up."
"As you all know the rule behind event like these,all battle must take place in the white room."
"White room!,what white room?"
"Ren I will explain to you,the white room is not anything you are thinking about."
"What do you think I am thinking about?"
"The white room is a separate dimension that exist outside the rule of time and space, life, death, reincarnation and resurrection, death has no meaning there."
"Sounds like a good place to me, imagine living in a dimension where you can't age or die."
"Ren!, it's not as easy as you are thinking."
"I mean what could go wrong."
"Everything, except from we the elders any other being that enters get lost in the vastness of history, you are permanently disconnected from reality."
"Now that sounds a little scary."
"It's more than a little, if you stray too far from me, you are gone."
"Anyway we will figure something out."
"Raghu, Kamala present your combatants."
"Ren."
"Estressia will you handle him?"
"Yes master."
"So these is the two who will be fighting now then."
Lord Hari snapped his finger transporting them to the white room
Raghu walked towards Ananta and Kamala.
"My first order to you after I win is to come to my dimension and exist with me there, when was the last time you have been to my dimension fifty nine million years ago."
"How sure are you that you will win, Ren is far stronger than you think."
"I know, I am not underestimating his strength but he will barely last a second against Estressia."
"Kamala ignore him, he is trying to get under your skin."
The two ladies walked past him, while he begins to laugh.
"Shyam I want you to handle the officiating of these great battle."
"As you wish Lord Hari."
Shyam summons his subordinate to officiate the fight.
"These is my subordinate Mira, she will be the one officiating."
"Thank you Lord Shyam, now then fighters there are no rules in these fight, you are allowed to go as wild as you want, the winner will be decided when the other party gives up."
"That works for me."
"I am fine with the rule as well."
"Now then you may begin!"
Ren looked at the lady in his front.
So these is a fighter from another dimension, I can't read her at all ...
"Exchange: Ren's broken limbs."
Instantly all of Ren's limbs got broken.
"Uhn."
Everyone was surprised,whispering among themselves.
"What did she do?"
"I didn't see her moving."
"Off course she didn't move that was just Estressia ability :Exchange."
Ren was shocked, he couldn't regenerate.
What's going on here?, I can't regenerate my broken limbs.
"Are you trying to regenerate, sorry but that won't work."
"What?"
"I have the skill called Exchange, it give me two abilities , the ability to determine the value of what I have and what I want, and the second ability to change the value of other things to my satisfaction."
"What?, that's too overpwered."
"I decided your limbs has more worth when it's broken, and with that every reality accept the fact that your limbs are better broken, because of that you can't regenerate it back."