Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

"Of Course. It'll be bad if your clothes get dirty. Wait, let me clean the bed. Oh, right, I have a better option. Why don't we sit outside? There are chairs there which are pretty clean. That's right. We can talk in comfort there," Xu Ming let out as he excitedly stood up.

He placed his hand on Yanli's shoulders as he started walking towards the exit of the door.

Yanli also did the same as she walked with him. Her face was a little red as Xu Ming's hand was still resting on her shoulders though.

They got out of Xu Ming's room.

'That Idiot is still sleeping like a monster. Just how deep she sleeps?' Xu Ming thought as he left the room while wondering how it was possible for Valeria to sleep still even after he talked so much inside the room and even moved her body.

Xu Ming left the room with her and entered the hall.

He sat on one of the chairs and had her sit on another chair right in front of him.

"So, tell me. What do you know about the Trial for the Crown? After knowing that, I can think about what I need to tell you if you miss anything. You can start from the beginning," Xu Ming told Yanli as he nodded his head.

He was making it seem like he wanted to help her by sharing the secrets of the Trial of Crown that she didn't know, but in reality, he was after her knowledge.

Xu Ming didn't have much idea about how the Trial of Crown worked. He only knew that would face everyone else, but nothing other than that. He found it to be the perfect opportunity to get the answers.

"I think I know everything that's known to the public and to the heirs of other clans. I might not know the secrets that are exclusively known to the Princes," Yanli replied.

"I understand that, but still. I want to know what you know first to know I need to talk about. Just for a single moment, forget that I'm the Prince who knows everything about the Battle of Crown. Please think of me as a kid who is new to this world and don't know anything about this trial. Explain to me like that," Xu Ming told Yanli as he smiled.

'It's the truth, after all. Talk to me like I don't know anything,' Xu Ming thought as he glanced at Yanli.

"Ah, fine. The trial of the Crown means that it's the battle to become the Crown Prince. It is a battle that is fought between the Three oldest Princes in the line of direct succession. You're the Third Prince, so you're the third person that needs to take part in it and get it to progress."

" The First Trial is in the old Capital as you already know. The old Capital is an abandoned city where no one lives, but most of the structures there are still intact. It is going to become a war city during the trial of the battle." 

Yanli started explaining about the first trial for the crown and what it entailed.

"The Three Princes will each form a faction of their own which can only consist of the Young Heirs of Various influential clans of the city. All three of the factions will take over a different portion of the city and make it their headquarters," She explained.

" The three factions will each be given a Red Flag that they need to place over their residence where they stay in the City. When a faction manages to successfully steal the flags of the other two factions, they win and get an amazing advantage in that next trial, according to the stories. I don't know what that advantage will be," She let out as she finished explaining the process of victory.

"That's interesting to know. What else? Is that the only way to win? This doesn't sound that dangerous," Xu Ming inquired as he looked at her.

"Hahaha, you're really getting into that role of not knowing anything. Fine. That's not the only way to win," Yanli explained to Xu Ming 

"What's the other way then?" Xu Ming inquired. He had some ideas about the other ways, but he wanted to be sure.

"The other ways are to kill the leaders of the opposite factions. If no Prince dies, then all the princes go to the next round of the trial, and the Prince who gets the two flags gets the advantage. On the other hand, if one of the Prince dies, then this round is already considered over. The person who killed is thought to be the winner of this round. Also, if a prince surrenders without fighting, he'll be killed."

"The two living princes go to the next stage of the trials. The only difference here is that in this case, the Prince of the faction that kills the MC gets an advantage. Not only that, the second prince gets a disadvantage," Yanli told Xu Ming.

Xu Ming frowned as he heard her words. Her words basically meant that this was a hunt, and it was going to be a hunt where everyone else will be hunting for him.

'Definitely, the second way of victory is better. Not only can the person get an advantage, but the enemy gets a disadvantage as well. They need to kill a Prince to get that, and I would have to be an idiot not to know the Prince they'll target. That makes it much simpler, as well. As long as I kill a Prince, I won't have to fight against the army of other princes. It's bad and good at the same time,' Xu Ming thought as he looked at the face of Yanli.

"That's right. That's all you need to know. There's no need to know any more than this. As for the plan, it's simple. I'll kill a Prince. They say a good offense is the best defense. They wouldn't expect me to come after them. I'll use that to my advantage," Xu Ming said to Yanli.

"Are you sure? The other princes will have a big faction, and they are much stronger as well. We can pretend to fight and let them steal the flag? At Least you'll survive this round," Yanli told Xu Ming.