Green Willow City.
Even when the former ruler of Windstop Kingdom often held all sorts of banquets for Pearlglow Beauty, with guests thronging through the doors, Green Willow City had never been this lively, nor had so many Heaven Rank powerhouses ever arrived. More than ten thousand Heaven Rank warriors—city lords, territorial lords, kingdom rulers, governors occupying various regions, presidents of powerful financial clans, heads of prestigious families... Besides these people in power who controlled wealth, armies, and authority, there were also many mercenaries who had truly come to watch the excitement.
These mercenaries usually possessed a certain degree of strength and yearned to carve out great achievements.
Yet because of their strength and other factors, their current status and standing still fell short of the goals they had set their hearts on. They had yet to earn the recognition of those above them.
They hoped that, through this opportunity of Queen Breeze's coronation, they might find a master truly worthy of their loyalty and end the blood-soaked, toil-worn life of a mercenary.
Whatever their reasons for coming to Green Willow City,
Queen Breeze's decision to establish her authority through her coronation had greatly stirred countless Heaven Rank warriors. An opportunity was an opportunity, no matter who it was for.
If all ten thousand Heaven Rank warriors entered the city, Green Willow City simply could not hold them. Not one of these people had a good temper. Quite a few had rushed over directly from battlefields, and many were enemies with old grudges between them. They probably would not last ten minutes before clashing and fighting to the death, ultimately turning Green Willow City into ruins.
Fortunately, Dragon Emperor and the others had foreseen this long ago and arranged for all the guests to stay outside the eastern gate.
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