As Dante was thinking all this, his carriage slowly made its way through the overwhelming crowd.


    Slowly, they approached the centre of the city. As they got closer to the centre Dante spotted some giant elevated tforms in the centre surrounded by numerous spectator stands.


    By one of the stands, he saw arge group of people in red clothing, flying banners decorated in the Signature symbol of the Kinsman n- the Poison me Serpent.


    Soon the carriage arrived in front of the people of the Kinsman n and stopped. Then Patriarch Gavin and Winton got out of the carriage and was greeted by the members of the Kinsman n


    "Brother Gavin, Brother Winton! I''m d to see you, if you hade anyter I would have to doubt if you wereing."


    Looking towards the direction of sound you could see the voice came from arge, bearded, muscr man with fiery red hair.


    Of course, this man was Elder Han.


    "It''s good to see you as always brother Han!" Replied Patriarch Gavin


    but as Patriarch Gavin and Elder Han were speaking they were interrupted by an irritatingugh


    "Hahahaha! I''m surprised that you could still stay so happy brother Gavin. I mean I wouldn''t be able tough if I knew we were going to lose the inter-npetition so badly!"


    Hearing this voice The smile on patriarch Gavin''s face quickly turned into an ugly grimace as he easily recognised the owner of this voice.


    "Nn ter!" scowled Patriarch Gavin.


    looking towards the direction of the sound, Gavin saw a crowd of people wearing blue robes and flying banners lined in river patterns.


    It was the people of the ter n!


    Nn ter.


    It was clear Patriarch Gavin didn''t have a good rtionship and it was to be expected as he was the current Patriarch of the current ter n.


    The ter n and the Kinsman n have always had a bloody history between them, it''s just funny to think that both of their children used to be engaged but now it''s clear that they would love to have each other killed at second thought.


    "I just find it funny that you''re still in the mood tough" responded Patriarch Gavin


    "I''ve heard that some of your Spirit Steel mines are drying up. don''t you have more important things to be worrying about?" continued Gavin


    hearing this, the smile on Nn''s face quickly disappeared.


    "Gavin you sneaky little bastard! I knew you rats from the kinsman n had sabotaged our mines!"


    As Nn spoke, his aura went berserk and a blue hue of spirit energy covered his entire body as he gradually approached Patriarch Gavin.


    Seeing Nn approaching, Patriarch Gavin''s Temper erupted as well


    "I had nothing to do with your current problems. Maybe if you were a better patriarch and managed your n properly you wouldn''t even be in this situation!"


    Gavin wouldn''t let Nn provoke him and not react. a fiery aura exploded from him as he also approached Nn but just as it looked like a fight was about to break out between the two Patriarchs there was a loud voice that interrupted


    "Brother Nn, Brother Gavin. you guys need to calm down. today is supposed to be a day of friendlypetition you guys shouldn''t ruin this due to your bad rtionship!"


    Both Gavin and Nn turned their heads to see who dared to speak to them in such a tone


    It was a handsome middle-aged man in a Lime green coloured robe who had a warm smile on his face


    "Randell Pierce!"


    Randell Pierce was the patriarch of the Pierce family the third andst major n still inside of Brightsteel city and had the ''Shadow Steel Spear'' as their bloodline Martial Spirit. The Pierce n had always been in a weird position in the ce of Brightsteel city, the Power of the Pierce n has never been able to match that of neither the ter n nor the Kinsman n but due to extreme hate between the two of them, the Pierce n managed to find a way to safely establish themselves inside Brightsteel City.


    you see although the strength of the fierce n couldn''t match that of the ter n and the Kinsman n, the Pierce n wasn''t so weak that they could have easily been dealt with by either n. To prevent either n from bing too strong, whenever the ter n or the Pierce n showed any sign of dominating their rival n, the Pierce n would temporarily join the side of the weaker opposition. And by doing this, tilting power back to normal and creating a rtive level of stability throughout Brightsteel city.


    Due to the sly actions, although they have annoyed both the ter and Kinsman n many times in the past, they have also helped them out just as many times.


    A perfect example of this would be during the ambush of the Kinsman n in the Howling beast forest.


    It was the Pierce n that tipped off the Kinsman n about something like this happening or else they wouldn''t have been able to respond fast enough. but on the flip side, although they could have informed the Kinsman n of such a trap sooner they chose not to and only informed them when they knew it would lead to a great conflict between the ter n and the Kinsman n weakening both ns in the process.


    "Huff!"


    seeing that Randall hade in to intrude on the fun, Nn let out a cold sneer and headed back to the designated area of the kinsman n but not before shooting a bone-chilling stare in Dante''s direction.


    sensing such a cruel gaze from the patriarch of the ter n Dante broke out in a cold sweat


    ''is it possible that he found out I''m the one that destroyed their Spirit Steel mines?'' thought Dante


    ''impossible! I made sure that I wasn''t discovered and left no traces. there''s no way the ter n could trace it back to me''


    but just as Dantes thoughts were running wild they were interrupted by someone


    "So you''re the legendary Kid in the kinsman n who managed to awaken two Martial Spirits huh"