A thousand years?
Kengo froze for a moment. He knew that Lord Ailin was unlikely to avoid the battle, but a thousand years was something he had never expected.
Avoiding the battle need not be discussed.
Even when accepting a challenge, it was not unheard of for one to be postponed for a thousand years. However, in most such cases, the City Lord was unable to appear for a short time yet did not wish to avoid the battle, leaving no choice but to delay it.
If the City Lord was in the city, postponing a challenge by a few years was already considered "a long time."
Thus, the current situation—Ailin being in the city, voluntarily accepting the challenge, yet delaying it for a thousand years—was indeed unprecedented.
This made it seem somewhat like he was "completely falling out" with the other side. But thinking about it carefully, Lord Ailin had previously killed Bensgodo, so he had seemingly never had much friendship with the Four Divine Beast Family to begin with.
Seen this way, Lord Ailin's thousand-year delay was not entirely incomprehensible.
Outside the City Lord's Mansion lay a broad open area.
At this moment, quite a few God-level spectators had gathered nearby. Everyone's attention was fixed on Hamusi and the other four standing before the gates of the City Lord's Mansion.
Just moments ago, these five had publicly declared their intention to challenge the City Lord!
Not long ago, the City Lord had just been replaced by Lord Ailin, the man who had killed Bensgodo. But how many days had it been? Someone had already come to challenge Lord Ailin, the newly appointed City Lord?
They had all lived in Blood Nether City for quite some time. When had they ever seen City Lord challenges occur so "frequently"?
Naturally,