On a huge ice floe, the Crown Prince Beksas, who had stayed behind, suddenly stood up. He seemed utterly shocked, and he had used so much force getting to his feet that the entire ice floe rocked, startling everyone!
Most members of the Divine Arcana Clan had fierce tempers, but they were remarkably calm when handling matters. Otherwise, they could never have become promising candidates for the fine craftsmanship required of divine smiths. Beksas in particular was proud and composed, and rarely showed any emotion over anything, much less lost his composure like this.
"Captain?" the people in the group looked at him cautiously.
The Shen'ao Clan had difficulty reproducing, and the royal family had far fewer descendants than other royal families. There were only seven people in the entire imperial household. With the two youngest unsuitable for this fellowship, the entire team had only five royal family members. The rest were ordinary support members and scouts.
Of the four other royal family members sent out to survey the map earlier, Beksas was the only one who had stayed behind. Everyone remaining with him was an ordinary non-royal member. Faced with such unusual behavior from the noble Crown Prince, they naturally acted with extreme caution.
"Matherly has been eliminated!" Beksas remained silent for nearly half a quarter of an hour before finally recovering from his shock. His face still held a trace of disbelief as he answered his subordinate in a low voice.
"What?" The other people staying behind were all stunned, their shock instantly surpassing Beksas's!
Their first reaction was almost universally, How could that be possible?
According to their intelligence, the royal family members should have had no rivals in this stage, in this area!
There wasn't a single academy with royal family members of its own—not even