My Soul card is a Reaper

The citizens sitting in the stands have no idea how to react to such an order. More than half of the clan members weren't warriors. Just like normal people outside, they just farm all day, eat, sleep, and go on…

Hence, having this free will never bother them in the first place. But, in the other half, more than ninety percent were loyal to the clan. The concept of Free will never existed to them.

Following the rules of the clan has been ingrained in their body from the moment they were born. They were naturally displeased but couldn't dare to show it on their faces.

The remaining 10%, the odd one out of their respective families, welcomed the decision. They couldn't hide the smile on their faces, as if they had found a ticket to escape the imprisonment.

The Night Clan and the Blood Clan had some of the strictest rules within the clan. The Silver Clan is known for discipline. As for the Ash Clan, the unique body constitution of the women born in this clan ruled by a Matriarch allows the women to give birth to a pair of fraternal twins for their first delivery, whereas sisters are bound to marry their own male counterpart twins to give birth to another pair of twins. Gredor Crescent is going to inherit the clan leader position from Kylan within a few days, and he doesn't like Azzy much.

It goes without saying that most of the clan leaders are against this law.

Azzy was aware of this truth, too, but still pushed it forth because he knew that they wouldn't question his decision. Moreover, he isn't a benevolent leader like his dad, nor is he a dictator like Qridus. Azzy was the type to listen to only those he acknowledged by his personal experience.

Now, what can they do?

Azzy smirked inwardly as he took his seat, gesturing the audience to do the same.

As they sat down without any complaint, the Parade of six clans started.

Led by their flagbearers on the front, each group paraded in the arena, shouting their clan slogans first before they reached the center of the field, putting up a performance of their clan's unique techniques.

The Crescent Clan warriors were too flashy with their sword dances; the Silver Clan warriors were all about spear techniques in a simplistic manner; the Smoke Clan warriors used their alchemy techniques to create beautiful explosions in the sky; and as for the Ash clan, their wind and dust manipulation is something else to experience it.

More than their performances, Azzy felt impressed with the fact that these clans were all putting in such an effort for him. Not to mention the sudden announcement of his ascension and the lack of preparations for the event.

The Night Clan's turn came, and quite surprisingly, Avia was leading the group in an orderly fashion as a flagbearer. Forty-eight clan warriors of the Night Clan, all covered in shadowy forms, reach the center of the field after their round of parade. All of them are in the 7-star realm except for Avia, who is in the 8-star realm, showcasing the clan's strength not just to Azzy but also to the others.

They soon changed their positions. With Avia standing as a center, a series of concentric circular formations formed around her. The warriors in one circular formation were moving in a clockwise direction while their adjacent formations had a counterclockwise motion. It gave an illusion of a spiral movement.

As Azzy was wondering about their following act, Avia raised the flag higher and shouted, "Invincible Spiral of Eternity, activate."

Cylindrical beams of dark energy shot up toward the sky, forming a five-layered barrier around all of them.

"Oh!!!"

A collective acclaim of surprise was let out by the audience, making Azzy lean to the front of the seat and observe it closely, "Hmm… interesting technique but weak." He thought.

Qridus commented with a nod, "The Night Clan surely lives up to its expectations."

Just as Azzy was about to respond, Avia's voice amplified a hundred times to reach everyone's ears loud and clear, "Your Majesty, there are many clansmen here who are still not convinced by your ascension."

"Hmm?" Azzy frowned, not expecting it would be Avia who was challenging his authority. Didn't she already accept the position of her clan's leadership? So, is the Night clan behind this? But how could Night Clan do this? The clan is the most loyal clan to the throne. He couldn't help but glance at Yashna from the corner of his eyes. The Night Clan's leader looked calm, and she was staring at the formation.

Meanwhile, Avia continued, "This is the invincible spiral of eternity formation of our Night Clan, which needed atleast 30. Regardless of one's strength, attribute, Arcana spirits, or possession of heavenly artifacts, there is simply no way that one's strength below that of the Supreme realm would be able to break this formation. A Supreme realm Arcana Master can, at most, crack it. Only one with the strength of a Supreme Being (peak-rank-9) or higher has the ability to destroy this formation. I request the Clan leaders to test this formation's strength by themselves first."

"Oh, I get it now." Azzy realized that he misunderstood her. He became calmer and scanned his surroundings. The clan leaders looked hesitant to go forward.

He gave a swift order, supporting Avia's intentions, "Clan Leader Francis, excluding Clan Leader Yashna, you are the only clan leader in the 9-star realm. Go and check the authenticity of her claims."

Francis clenched his fist for a moment, giving a sharp glance to Yashna, feeling that she had targeted him on purpose in order to suppress the Blood Clan. However, as the one who was confident in his strength, he rose to his feet and accepted the challenge, "As you wish, Your Majesty."

He flew into the field and floated around a hundred meters away from the barrier.

Avia's voice once again came from the dark barrier, "Clan Leader Francis, it is our pleasure to receive you as the challenger. Please make your move."

"Night Clan is too overbearing. Fine, in that case, let me play along…"

Francis Blood stretched his arm forward, conjuring a blood orb in front of his hand.
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The blood orb was then shot into the sky, forming a giant eye above the stadium. As everyone couldn't help but shiver at the sight of the eye, Francis mumbled, "Attack."

A concentrated beam of scarlet energy shot out of the eye, striking the barrier.

Cracks appeared all over the barrier, but they healed themselves almost instantly. Francis couldn't help but frown, "Full power."

In an instant, all of his soul energy was consumed by the eye, unleashing another concentrated beam of blood energy, destroying the front part of the barrier in a matter of seconds.

"Ohhh!" "So powerful." "Wait a second. Look over there…"

As the eye disappeared, Francis saw that there was another barrier behind the outermost barrier.

Avia's voice then filled the surroundings, "Rise."

The outermost three of the ten warriors who no longer have the protection started doing some sort of signs, repairing the outer shell once again.

Francis, who used up all of his energy in an earlier attack, let out a deep breath and commented with a nod, "It is indeed a good formation."

He put his hand behind his back like an expert and returned to his seat.

"Your Majesty, this formation has five sets of barriers. Even Clan Leader Blood can only destroy one of the barriers. As long as you can destroy two of these barriers, the doubts in every clansman will be dispelled. I request you to display your full strength to open the eyes of ignorants."

At once, the clan leaders and their respective clan elders' gaze shifted to Azzy, who was calmly staring at the barrier in silence.

The entire stadium also fell into silence.

"Azrael…" Qridus patted his shoulder after waiting for about ten seconds of silence. "This barrier is nothing to you, I'm sure about it." He said.

Azzy replied, "Nothing, I was just wondering whether I should just control my strength to save her face or just go all out to instill fear in everyone."

"You should…"

Before Qridus could give his reply, Azzy waved his hand, "Never mind. I know what to do."

Sitting on his throne, he raised his hand slightly and pointed his index finger at the barrier. Sparks of Jupiter's lightning mixed with translucent natural energy emerged from the tips of his index finger before shooting out a bolt of lightning.

The Lightning bolt swooshed through the air and struck the barrier before anyone even blinked their eyes.

Once the barrier was struck, the lightning bolt expanded to release a torrent of lightning currents within the arena, temporarily blinding the eyes of the spectators.

A couple of seconds later, the entire barrier disappeared, leaving behind unconscious warriors of the Night Clan in their human forms. Avia, who is the only one with consciousness, was seen standing in her place; her entire body was shivering with sparks of lightning attacking her body, and her gaze of fear was placed on Azzy, "The innermost barrier around me was supposed to block even an attack from the demigod. Impossible. Did our books lie?"

*Thud*

She, too, fell to the ground eventually.

Azzy casually shifted his position to leaning to the side and keeping his elbow on the armrest and his chin on his fist, "Well, I guess that went well."

Qridus: "Seriously?"

Clan Leaders: "This power…"

Audience: "…"

Fujiwara Shuichi: "Hikari-chan, You know what. I changed my mind."

Neymeryn Searvale: "This is the power of a god. An apostle of Zeus?"