Though they had already been affected, Bob was still quite broad-minded and did not vent his frustration on Ezra. Instead, the former tried to console him. "Junior brother, since it's your first time in a quarter match, we'll go first later and let you observe a little. No need to be nervous."

The prince nodded with a smile, showing his gratitude. If Bob and Blaze were able to win, there would be no need for Ezra Zephyr to stand out too much. As for the opinions of the onlookers, he couldn't care less.

Be that as it may, all of a sudden a loud holler resounded. "Attention!"

The bylookers flinched, and even the elders were caught off-guard, the voice belonged to a man who continued. "Play the trumpet."

~PAAA PAA~

The trumpet call echoed in the vicinity of the outer mountains, everyone looked with baffled expressions. Soon, the bellowing trumpets stopped.

And the same man yelled again. "Bloodfang Army, salute!" 

~THUUDD~

With a loud stomp, a throng consisting of more than 600 disciples, saluted as they said in unison. "Hail The Prince, Long Live Ezra Zephyr."

These were the martial masters of the Bloodfang Kingdom and Naran continent. Some other non-Naran disciples who were against Shiyan disciples joined as well. In front of the small army, stood 6 figures. The one who called was Theor Galerarms, beside him were Zulfi Dimitry, Xyr, Shifa Pista, Argus Woska and Mahi Ingale.

The small army of Ezra Zephyr put the reins on Sith Wiggins's fanatical supporters. They blinked in disbelief, Elder Song stood from his seat at the scene. While Elder Lo was burst into a cackle. "Hahaha, well done Ezra! Well done."

Bob and Blaze astonishingly looked at Ezra Zephyr. "Junior brother, what is this?" Asked Bob.

The prince grinned and said in a rather loud voice. "Elder Rilda spoke highly of me, dreamt of me surpassing Sith Wiggins." He wheeled his head towards Bob and continued. "She must have seen something that the rest haven't yet, as for them." He looked at the Bloodfang Army and said. "They're my subordinates."

His words were loud and clear, every eye watched the gigantic crowd of hundreds. A faction which has disciples of all peaks, how powerful is that? Every disciple present knew someone from the Bloodfang Army. The image of Ezra Zephyr started to change in the eyes of the masses, unlike Sith, who has fanatic girls as supporters. Ezra was a genuine prince, each and every martial master present looked at him with unexplainable loyalty.

A few short-tempered girls started to misbehave but as soon as they crossed the moral line, someone from Bloodfang started to beat them. Soon, a giant chaos occurred in the vicinage of bystanders. Subordinates of Ezra Zephyr started to beat the Fanatics of Sith Wiggins.

Elder Song had his eyes widened while Elder Lo's laughter turned into a chortle, the old stern man choked amidst the laugh.

Nevertheless, the turmoil lasted for a few minutes before a powerful voice shouted. "Stop!" With that shout, the Bloodfang Army quickly dispersed and stood silently at where they were before.

The voice was familiar to Ezra, it belonged to Elder Rilda. "I am Elder Rilda of Colleen Evil Peak, I was appointed to witness the quarter match."

Elder Song was astounded, how could Elder Rilda be appointed as a witness, he made sure to appoint an elder from Blood Slaughterer Peak.

From another pavilion, Elder Lo spoke with a chuckle. "Song, my friend, what happened? y

Are you alright?"

Elder Song could only glare at the former. Seeing all that Bob smiled. "I'm very impressed, junior brother Ezra. I would like to properly apologise later for underestimating you all this time."

With that, the trio moved under the countless gazes, landing on the three stone stages where 3 cauldrons were placed, opposite the trio of imprint faction..

Kimba's gaze nonchalantly swept across the three figures, as a slight smile appeared from the corners of his mouth. The look in his eyes was one of amusement and ridicule.

"Can't believe that you three still have the courage to participate. You think this yelling and trumpets will assure you victory, this truly is somewhat surprising to me." Kimba smiled faintly.

Bob's expression darkened. "Kimba, don't brag too much. We'll only know who wins when we fight."

However, Kimba merely laughed in response, before his gaze shifted towards the prince on the far right as he sarcastically said, "Senior sister Denise instructed me previously to take good care of you, so don't go blaming me too much later."

Ezra Zephyr yawned and stretched his arms as if he did not hear the former.

While both sides were having a duel of tongues, Elder Rilda opened her mouth and said, "Begin."

Her words instantly caused the atmosphere to turn tense, as every gaze in the place turned towards the six figures.

***

The battle of the quarter match was a simple combat duel, the winning faction would get the quarter as a reward. But this only applied for the other 6 peaks, as for Alchemic Rune Peak.

Both factions were different, both were not experts in combat but could be said masters of their own fields. Alchemists and Rune Masters are entities more valued than martial masters.

While Rune Masters could use runes in fights, Alchemists were at a disadvantage in combat fights.

So their quarter match was different than the rest, both factions would show the best skills and the faction with more triumph results would emerge as the victor.

It was the battle of Rune Formation against Pill Concoction, 3 Alchemists vs 3 Rune Masters.

A strange battle attracted by the eyes of many talented men and women. In the crowd, a lady looked at Ezra Zephyr with her furious eyes. "Ezra… show them who you are, shut their mouths." The lady was Ravina Ingale.

Another figure looked at the prince with caring eyes, her entire body was hidden by a robe. "Ezra…" Ella Abella mumbled.

There were other rankers as well, such as Wilson Sallow and more of the top 100 rankings. However, everyone was eying Ezra in disguise.

Only a single ranker came openly and allowed his presence to be seen by others and surprisingly, almost everyone believed that if a ranker would come then it should be him. It was none other than the former disciple of Alchemic Rune Peak and current holder of the 10th rank of outer mountain disciples, Govrin.

As a former disciple of the imprint faction and one with excellent mastery of runes, Govrin was expected to come. Being an elf, he was very handsome and had a good amount of popularity as well. The moment he arrived, disciples of the imprint faction surrounded him as if they were waiting for their idol to show. But the eyes of Govrin were glued on Ezra Zephyr.