Jared looked remorseful and declared, “We are in this together. I realized my mistake, and I had made a pledge yesterday to donate all my wealth in order to make up for my wrongdoings.”
“Let’s give this man a big hand!”
With that, the crowd gave Jared a big round of applause. The team was impressed by his decision to donate his entire wealth, which was an astronomical amount, and they had more faith and greater respect for him.
Levi and Wynona found it disturbing and abnormal though, as they felt it was an extreme move to give up the entirety of one’s wealth. However, it was not uncommon for geniuses to go to extremes to achieve their goals.
Jared looked toward Levi and said, “I know you had always been suspicious of me. If you are not convinced, you can kill me. With your skills, that would be as easy as pie.”
“We dare him to do that! If he wants to kill you, he has to kill all of us first!”
“Yeah! We will protect you!”
The technical staff went crazy and protested loudly.
See if you can kill me now!Jared looked at Levi triumphantly.
It is only a matter of time that I will do so!
Levi understood his unspoken words and gave him a smirk in return.
“Get out of our training base. You are not welcome here!”
“We have no wish to see you again!”
The crowd starting jeering and shooed Levi away.
“I will be monitoring you, rascal, and rest assured I will come after you should you make a wrong move!” Levi warned, then turned to leave with Wynona.
“Don’t worry. I will keep an eye on him.” Wynona comforted Levi as she walked him out.
“Finally, a brainy one here!” Levi smiled.
“What?” Wynona could not believe her ears!
The training base had the crème de la crème of the best possible talents one could find in the whole of Erudia. Almost all the famous scientists were gathered there and one could safely say that all the highly intelligent people were there in the base.
As such, Levi’s comment sounded more like a sarcastic remark instead.
However, Wynona could not help but smile as she watched Levi leave.
As a scientist, she had always felt that technology and scientific advancements were what they needed to build up a nation.
She used to think fighters and warriors were crude, violent, and unsophisticated people.
However, these martial artists, whom she had previously looked down on, were the ones who saved Erudia from the crisis.
She had a newfound respect for them, although her pride deterred her from admitting that.
From afar, Jared was also watching Levi as he left.
You are right, Levi. This bunch of gullible people had a high IQ but extremely low EQ. Just wait and see. I have a good show coming up!
Although it had been many days since the battle at Zarain, it was still a trending topic around the world.
Zarain was utterly humiliated by the loss, and that battle added on to the already deep grudges they had with Erudia.
However, Zarain was surprisingly quiet and had mysteriously lay low, much to the puzzlement of everyone.
Meanwhile, there was an uproar in Erudia when the public came to know of the existence of Eragon.
Eragon was not a single tribe nor an organization but was made up of nine ancient guardian tribes.
These ancient tribes dated back hundreds of years ago, with a few whose existence dated so far back that some of their information was not captured in the historical records.
The nine ancient guardian tribes were independent entities but together, they were in control of all the top secrets of Erudia and guarded all the things that were of utmost importance to Erudia.
Above them was another organization that coordinated the activities and functions of these nine guardian tribes. This oldest establishment was the most powerful organization in Erudia, and it was named “The Cardinal Hall.” It was the foundation of Erudia.
The Cardinal Hall was also made up of many smaller organizations or ministries, one of which was The Manifest Court.
The Manifest Court was in charge of intelligence and surveillance, and on that particular day, it made a radical announcement.
