676 Chapter 676: Assassination!?
Eric and the Sultan couldn't have too good of a relationship, most probably both sides understood that. Especially after Eric had unwrapped Aisha without having the Sultan's go ahead.
While she might have been sent as a tribute, from what Aisha had told him so far, the Sultan had had an eye on her for a long time.
Eric had already screw*ed the bro code, and there couldn't be a bromance between them any longer, and if they couldn't be bros, they could only be enemies, as their interests clashed.
The Sultan seemed to understand this as well, since his attitude was completely fake, even a child could tell that.
Right now he was just bearing Eric with a smile on his face, but once he found Eric's weak spot, or was confident he could take him down, he wouldn't hesitate in the least.
The same could be said for Eric as well, once he managed to put his plans in action, he was going to get rid of this guy as soon as possible.
"Welcome to Our humble Palace friend from far away! It must have been the stars in the sky that guided you to our city, and fate that made it possible for us to become friends!
Yes, from here on this Sultan considers you as his friend! I hope you don't look down on me!"
"Why would I look down on someone that wants to be my friend, and gives me such great honour, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty has been showering me with gifts since the moment I arrived in his territory, so I would feel ashamed to not present you with something as well."
Aisha couldn't help but sniger at the two, she was the one with the fox bloodline, but these two bastards put her bloodline to shame with her words.
Her lashes couldn't help but tremble and frown as she saw Eric suddenly throw something towards the Sultan, without going through the proper etticet of handing something to the Sultan.
Just as expected, three shadows moved from behind to cover the Sultan and impede whatever Eric had thrown, while the faces of some guests became livid.
Especially the ones that held anger and killing intent towards Eric, they looked like they had found the moment to get rid of him.
"What the hell do you think you are doing, trying to assissanate our Sultan in our presence!
Who sent you here, you bastard!?"
As expected the one to first jump the gun was the cousin that had scuffled with Eric and his guards previously.
This fu*cker looked like he had been born prematurely, as he didn't even wait to confirm that it was truly an assassination attempt before starting to denouce and acuse Eric of it.
The Sultan's face was puzzled and unsure, as he didn't know whether he had to follow the cousin's lead and denounce Eric, or denounce his cousin for speaking out of turn.
At this moment, it was the shadow in fornt of the Sultan that revealed whatever he had caught previously to show a small brown pill on his hand.
The pill seemed to look just like a little lump of shit, but for some reason gave a profound and unreplicable feeling.
The audience didn't know what to feel or say at this moment, well almost all. There was an exception, someone that would never allow Eric to escape his 'sentence'.
"You insolent fool, how dare you 'poison' Our Majesty's sight and body with such a vicious poison!
You truly don't put him and our Sultanta in your eyes!"
While the rest of the guests didn't seem as confident as this premature guy, they all held similar thoughts, and wanted to know just what was that Eric threw towards their Sultan.
Aisha couldn't help but get a bit agitated as well, as she didn't know how to react at this point, her fate was tied up to Eric, the slave bond between him and her was irreversible.
Well almost irreversible, because she had a way out, but that would mean burning her special blood that had brought her all she had now.
That was out of question!
Still, Eric seemed to be too calm for someone who was trying to poison the Sultan, and he showed that his calmness wasn't fake the next moment,
"Wouldn't it be easy for everyone to tell if what I gave to his Majesty was poison or boon upon tasting it!?
You just need to use a servant, and everything will be clear wouldn't it!?"
The whole venue was silent upon hearing these words, as they started to wonder, perhaps what Eric had provided now wasn't poison but one of his miraculuous pills.
The question now was, who was the courageous soldier or luck fellow that would try that.
"Your Majesty allow this lowly one to taste it in your place, it doesn't matter if I lose my life for you, Your Majesty!"
Just as they were all wondering what was going to happen, it was one of the beauties on the Sultan's lap that took the courage to step forward.
The Sultan was caught between a rock and bad place, as he didn't know what to do. On one side he didn't want to doubt Eric publicly, but on the other he couldn't risk his life that easily.
With that said, now that his woman had stepped forward for him how could he not take advantage of the oppoprtunity, as he immediately claimed,
"You are Our very life beautiful concubine, it is most appropriate for you to do so!"
With his words he wanted to show that her taking the pill was the same as him taking it.
So basically he wasn't doubting Eric as he was having someone really important to him take the pill, and appeasing his officials at the same time.
The beauty clearly didn't held much appreciation towards Eric, and she even seemed to be on the same side as her cousin that had threatened and denounced Eric until now, everyone could see this.
Most probably she thought that the pill was poison too, but she had been ordered to take it. If she died, the Sultan would be indebted to her family, and if she survived he would be indebted to her.
Of course, just because she understood all this, didn't mean she was willing to die, so she was a bit hesitant to take the pill once the shadow handed it over to her, but on the eyes of everyone she took it.
This was just half of the job done, as she now had to act as if she had been poisoned to have the Sultan act against Eric.
She was really about to do that! She didn't care what kind of pill it was, she was going to fake being poisoned just so that the Sultan acted against Eric.
Fortunately or unfortunately for her things didn't go as preplaned, as the moment she put the pill in her mouth she felt an extremely warm and invigorous energy originate from the pill and spread through her body.
One had to understand, that while she wasn't as high as his Majesty in cultivation, with the help of her family and Palace resources she had managed to reach Realm 5.
Furthermore, as one of the ladies of the Harem she understood perfectly what personal strength and cultivation meant, so feeling that energy, she immediately closed her eyes and directed its flow.
'Clankkk…, cracckkk~!'
In but a moment, she heard the sound of a sword hitting a barrier and the next moment that barrier cracked down.
She had broken through to the 6th Realm!
She hadn't even swallowed the pill, she had just kept it on her mouth for a couple of seconds and she had already broken through.
At that moment she didn't care about her previous plan any longer, as she just wanted to swallow it down, but she immediately got a warning!
"Don't you dare swallow it down!"
Could she say no!?
Of course, but that would mean going against the Sultan and committing treason, her family and all their generations would be going down with her.
So, she could only obey, reluctantly approach the Sultan and then while kissing his lips transfer the pill to him.
Of course, she made sure to give it a few licks in the process, as she could feel that energy still entering her body crazily, and she reached the middle stage of Realm 6 in but a few moments.
The Sultan was a bit angry with her, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, as he immediately gobbled up the pill, and closed his eyes.
He didn't know whether his woman had the same feeling, or perhaps she felt it even more intense, but the energy originating from it, was just like a raging river breaking through a dam.
'Damned thing!'
Even though he was experiencing that sensation he couldn't be happy in the least, that was because he knew what he had just lost.
Or he could imagine it to be more specific.
He wanted to curse all 18 generations of the bitch, and that bastard cousin of his, but it was too late.
Trying to calm down himself, he tried to lead the energy towards the correct way, and feel his cultivation increase.
'Baaaannngggggggg~!'
It was awesome, totally unbelievable, but it was still happening, the energy didn't seem to end, and slowly he could feel the bottleneck that had bothered him for so long, break with a bang.
Not only that, but even after breaking the energy didn't stop, and he was finally able to reach the late stage of Realm 7, reaching heights he had never thought possible in such a short time.
Perhaps if he had taken the pill from the very beginning, he would have already reached Realm 8.
How frustrated, angry, and repentant he was right now, perhaps only himself could understand!!!
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