“Hmm?” Gater furrowed his brows and turned to look at Opal, “What do you want to do?”
“The referee your organizing committee hired was unfair to Glavale. Shouldn’t you, as the vice president, apologize to us Glavale?” Opal spoke again.
Upon hearing her words, Ernest Shepherd and the others exchanged glances, realizing that Opal was trying to make a big deal out of this.
Gater forcefully suppressed his anger, “You better not push your luck, or else…”
“Apologize!” At this moment, someone from Aquilandia below the arena shouted again.
“Apologize!”
“Apologize!”
“…”
Others also joined in the chorus.
“Shut up, all of you!” A middle-aged man behind Gater scanned the angry crowd below the arena and spoke. Then, he turned to Ernest Shepherd, “Elder Shepherd, did your Glavale go too far?”
“Did we?” Ernest coldly replied, “You invited someone who made a mistake. Shouldn’t your organizing committee bear some responsibility?”
“Just apologizing is already giving you face!”
Since Opal wanted to make a big fuss, he naturally had to cooperate.
The man’s brows furrowed as he slightly eased his tone and continued, “What if we don’t apologize?”
“It’s simple!” Opal spoke up again. “If you don’t apologize, from now on, Glavale declares that our players will no longer abide by any rules of the competition. We will challenge whoever we want, kill whoever we want. If the referees try to stop us, we will kill them too!”
Ernest and the others saw the shock in each other’s eyes. If that was the case, they would turn this competition into a slaughterhouse. Not only the three of them, but Harleen and the Aquilandia people below the stage were also shocked. As for people from other countries, they wore expressions of watching a show, but many of them also had a sense of relief. The phenomenon of biased referees was not only directed towards Glavale. In previous tournaments, many small and medium-sized countries had experienced biased referees to varying degrees, but they dared not speak out. Now that Glavale had stood up, they felt relieved.
“You really have a big mouth!” The man who spoke earlier shouted angrily. Then, he pointed at Opal, “Just try. I want to see how arrogant your Glavale people can be!”
Before he finished speaking, a blood-red blade aura shot out like lightning, leaving him no time to react. After the blade aura passed, a severed arm fell onto the arena, blood gushing out.
“Ah…” The man screamed in pain and crouched down, his face turning pale.
“Billy!” Harleen hurriedly walked up to him.
“Harleen, are you okay?”
The person who came was Billy. He had just watched Frostblade’s match on Arena No. 1 and rushed over after seeing the situation here.
“I’m okay!” Harleen shook her head.
“Good!” Billy nodded slightly and walked towards Opal and the others.
“Lord Dragon!” Ernest and the others simultaneously bowed.
“You don’t need to be so polite, gentlemen!” Billy nodded again and looked at Opal, “Opal, let me handle this!”
“Alright.” Opal didn’t insist.
“Commander Gardner, you’ve gone too far!” At this moment, Gater stopped the bleeding for the man and stood up, looking at Billy angrily.
“That was a warning. If your organizing committee doesn’t publicly apologize within a minute, there’s no need for this year’s organizing committee to exist!” Billy interrupted him. As he spoke, a terrifying killing intent emanated from him, suffocating everyone.
Sounds of astonishment rang out once again.
“Commander Gardner, this isn’t Glavale. I advise you not to go too far!” Gater furrowed his brows and spoke angrily. “This is Xidengia’s territory. If you Glavale really want to make a big deal out of this, do you think you, a bunch of people, can…”
“You’re an idiot. Who told you that we only have these people!” Casey’s voice came over.
“You should be from Xidengia, right? Do you believe that if you really provoke us, not only your organizing committee, but the entire Xidengia will be wiped out!”
Each one was more fierce than the last.
“You…” Gates’ face turned extremely ugly. In fact, he was well aware that Glavale didn’t just send these people to Xidengia. There were definitely more people operating in the shadows. He had no idea how many people were involved behind the scenes. But he didn’t dare to bet. The Glavale of today was no longer the war-torn Glavale of a hundred years ago, especially after the recent rise in national power. Glavale’s strength had increased significantly. If he offended Glavale, Xidengia would have no confidence to confront them.
“Thirty seconds left!” Billy interrupted him.
Gates let out a heavy breath. Then, he bowed towards Harleen.
“On behalf of the organizing committee, I apologize to this lady. I assure you that such incidents will not happen again!”
Seeing him finally give in, there was a commotion from the crowd below the arena. This should be the first time since the start of the Global Martial Arts Competition that the organizing committee publicly apologized to a participant. Today’s event would go down in history.
“If it happens again, all the referees will die!” Billy waved his hand after finishing his words. “The competition continues!”
Billy wouldn’t wipe out the organizing committee here. If there was a need for bloodshed, it would have to be done in a different location. So, since the other party had publicly apologized, they would leave it at that for now and deal with everything after the competition.
Ten minutes later, everything returned to normal, and the competition continued. With the earlier incident, all the referees on the platforms secretly wiped their sweat and kept their thoughts to themselves.
Times had changed. They couldn’t be as reckless as in the previous years. Otherwise, their lives would be at stake. Time passed quickly, and the first day of the competition officially ended at 6 p. m..
After dinner in the evening, Opal, Ernest and the others retired to their rooms to rest, while Billy and Casey stayed in a large meeting room in the hotel, chatting.
“Boss, Mr Mills is here!” Soon, Stout approached Billy and spoke up.
“Greetings, Young Master!” As soon as Stout finished speaking, Fabian Mills walked in briskly, followed by two young men in Daoist robes.
“Greetings, Young Master!” The two young men came forward and bowed deeply.
From their address to Billy, it was clear that they were both from Ether Mountain. This time, Glavale only openly sent Billy and a few hundred people to Xidengia, but no one knew how many more people came secretly.
“Uncle Fabian, thank you for your hard work!” Billy smiled at the three of them and pointed to the sofa nearby. “Please sit!”
“Thank you, Young Master!” Fabian Mills and the other two responded and took a seat on the sofa.
“So, did you find anything?” Billy asked after they sat down.