Sacrifice: Time of Mine
Chapter 228: Captivated Under the Crome Kingdom

"Delicious! Ten points!" Hanmer, the First General had his mouth full of food when he spoke.

Jamina cheerfully clapped before looking at the man with fish ears and scales.

Hearoid smiled in satisfaction and whispered, "Ten points as well."

After that, everyone looked at Darea at the front of the table. They were nervous as they stuff the food into their mouth.

Gulp* the Conqueress gulped after chewing,

"Ten points."

The two Generals then looked at Jamina's happy face. Although she was scared and timid at first, the Hanmer and Hearoid gave her the warmest welcome that she felt it wasn't so bad to stay there. On top of it, she was being spoiled as she now wore protective elesp tools such as the pendant handing on her neck and the white clothes she was wearing.

"Hooray! Hooray!" they then celebratory threw her up.

"Now that Jamina is one of us, call the others. I am in need of them to do something." Darea calmly.

"Great Ruler, I believe that they are in the middle of a conquest. Retreating now will stop their advance and is detrimental to the conquest." Hanmer said with a bowed head.

"Don't care, let them come back. I want them here tomorrow."

"Tomorrow..." Hanmer muttered before acknowledging, "Yes, Great Ruler!"

"Great Ruler, if I may ask." Hearoid then raised a hand, "What do you need them to do so that we can start preparing?"

"Not just them, you two too." Darea then continued with a calm voice, "I have to borrow your energy veins. I will try and ascend Rank Eses."

"Borrow energy veins... ascend Rank Eses..." Hanmer muttered with a gawking face.

But for Rank Es Elementalists, energy veins are no longer that important. It is the blood, after all. And for Rank Eses, they have already waiting for their Great Ruler to shock them again and ascend this Rank.

That is why, after gaining his senses, without hesitation, Hanmer responded, "Yes, Great Ruler!"

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Together with the other Supreme Royal Families, Crome Family proudly took the legendary Penta Elementalist captive along with Dragonian Sheran and the others.

"Nothing to say, huh, Penta Elementalist Gamon?" Galion provoked while being behind the current Matriarch, hiding.

Underneath the gigantic Crome Kingdom was an elaborate labyrinth. There, Gamon was locked together with Dragonian Sheran.

If compared to this kingdom, the Trading-Hills Capital is not even a fraction. As the former overlord over the continent, the Kingdom of Crome was very powerful. This is what a country should be!

"Galion" Gamon then glared, "I won't forget this."

Crome Famiy had four Rank Es Elementalist and that is why, even when Arcansas "disappeared" more than a hundred years ago, they were still able to retain their position as a Supreme Royal Family.

They were very calm and passive but the other Supreme Royal Families thought that they have already accepted their fate and no longer fought for supremacy. Right now, all of the four Supreme Royal Families in the Reruon Mountain Land; Crome, Freyor, Sharya, and Wrenwor have equal standings.

They want to keep as that as they plan and prepare under the façade of peaceful relations.

Making Dragonina Sheran's party as the common enemy, the other three Clans helped the Crome Family to not break the status quo, prove the "peaceful relations", and also to prevent from the Dragonian Sheran's party from rising as they were told to be threatening by the Matriarch.

"Keep the Penta Elementalist there." the Matriarch was a middle-aged lady by the name of Quaire, Quaire Crome. She is a Rank Es Fire Elementalist that took the position of Arcansas when she disappeared.

""Yes, Matriarch!"" two Rank Es Elementalists were only kept as guards. However, they had no qualms about it as they were guarding the legendary Penta Elementalist.

On their way out, Matriarch Quaire frowned, "I feel like there's something wrong. This... is all too easy."

"Matriarch, with four Supreme Royal Families together, I don't think any individual can do whatever they want." Galion was an elderly on top of being the leading researcher regarding Arcansas.

He is only below the Rank Es Elementalists at the Crome Family. That is why he was able to talk to the Matriarch without any problems.

"I know, however, how is the man called the Mad Elemental Scholar not expect for this kind of ambush. Are you sure that you only used Power Circle to contact us?"

"Yes, Matriarch. Like you said, the Power Circle cannot be interrupted even if they are a Rank Es Elementalist. That is why I risked it and succeeded. It seemed like the Penta Elementalist is not that amazing."

The Matriarch then nodded, "I guess legends are still legends. Oh,"

"But I can't really blame him, I'm surprised that the other Supreme Royal Families helped us."

"It's not surprising. You have been burying yourself to research that you don't know the outside. But don't worry about them, we got the situation handled. You go and continue with your great progress."

"Yes, Matriarch."

"Hmm... but where is Dragonian Sheran?"

"Huh?" Galion raised an eyebrow.

"What Huh? You really are going senile, Galion. I'm asking for the leader of all this. The Dragon that is trying to accumulate strength against Darea. Recalling about it, I'm feeling a little guilty that I said that they using that as a pretense to rule our continent."

"Matriarch... Dragonian Sheran is the woman with purple-red hair earlier." Galion pointed back.

"What?" the Matriarch frowned, "That woman? Don't joke with me. I know that woman is also a dragon but Dragonian Sheran is supposed to be a Rank Es Elemental Beast."

"What..?" Galion was perplexed, "But I have witnessed too many times that she was called Lady Sheran by the Penta Elementalist and the Might of Torge themselves."

"Well, that's strange... that woman is certainly just Rank Ey. You may not be able to sense it but as a Rank Es such as I, it is easy to sense."

Galion didn't know what to say as he firmly believed that woman was Dragonian Sheran.