135 Mining Rights (1/2)

The trial was ending and the fate of forty noble families was soon to be sealed; to be stripped of their status and crippled cultivations.

Due to the crowdedness of the area, Leon had watched the trial with Lynne in his arms while they were floating in the air.

Seeing the nobles about to be crippled of their cultivation, Leon thought it would be a waste and said, ”Let's go and meet my mother.”

”W-W-What? Wait!” Lynne suddenly exclaimed. It had just came to her realization that they weren't meeting his adopted mother but his birth mother!

”What's wrong?” Leon asked with surprise.

”I-I'm not ready...” Lynne said anxiously. Her heart was not ready meet the Queen. Leon just smirked and continued forward.

”Nooo~! Stop!” Lynne started flailing in his arms and biting onto his shoulder like a cat that just got its tail stepped on, before pleading, ”Please~!”

”If you keep moving so much, my hands might actually slip and drop you. Besides, my mother has already seen us.” Leon said mischievously with a teasing tone.

”AH? Don't~!” When she heard that, she clung back onto him tightly like a frightened rabbit and asked unconfidently, ”But what should I do? What if your mother doesn't like me?”

”Don't worry, my mother is actually really nice and gentle. She will like you for sure.” Leon assured her.

'My mother dote on me so much. She would be overjoyed with anyone I bring home.' He inwardly thought.

Nice and gentle!? Who will believe that! Lynne was losing mind, but it was clear that this meeting was inevitable, so she didn't voice her complaint and be heard by the Queen. She didn't want to be disliked upon their first meeting.

She resigned to her fate and pouted meekly, ”I hope so...”

Leon soon glided over and landed on the platform with Lynne in his arms, before he said, ”Mother, please don't cripple their cultivation. Let me deal with them.”

”Alright, son. Do as you wish.” Elizabeth smiled then turned Lynne and said warmly, ”You must be Lynne.”

”Y-Yes, your majesty.” Lynne answered courtly with distress.

Elizabeth continued to smile and said, ”You can just call me aunty or mother like my son.”

”Then… I will call you Aunty.” Lynne said with a blush.

She couldn't bring herself to say mother on their first meeting and while still unmarried, but it won Elizabeth's approval.

She was so afraid of how the Queen would treat her, but it turned out her fears were unfounded. They faded like the receding shadows upon meeting the light of dawn.

Her man truly wasn't lying to her. The Queen really could be nice and warm, but it also depended on who she interacted with. She can be a saint to some and a devil to others.

Lynne was dazed by the Queen's elegance and grace.

However, when they looked up, their hopes were crushed much more cruelly than the first time after seeing who it is. Their hopes were first lifted up then smashed back down to rock bottom. It was like kicking someone when they're down and rubbing salt over their wounds.

They all remembered how the prince devoured Frederick Solaris's source of cultivation after killing him. Was the same going to happen to them? They shivered at the thought. The Queen and prince were a pair of devils.

Leon walked over to the 40 heads and said, ”Your cultivation will all be crippled, but I will be the one to do it. Nothing else has changed.”

Despair gripped their hearts. Leon picked up his first victim and prepare to extract his source of cultivation, a water seed.

”M-Mercy, your highness.” The victim pleaded timidly, but only received a cold merciless reply, ”You won't die if you don't resist.”

After undergoing the process a few times, Leon had gained some proficiency in extracting elemental seeds from the host without damaging their souls.

Among the 40 heads, there were 2 fire-users, 5 water-users, and 33 earth-users. He devoured all the Fireseeds and Waterseeds first after extracting them and successively broke through to 8th step fire abilities and 5th step ice abilities.

While looking at the remaining earth-users, he became a bit hesitant. He hadn't formed his Earthseed yet. Would he be able to absorb its energy?

When Leon grabbed the next victim to test the waters, it failed. The Earthseed didn't form, and the earth energy ran rampant in his body. He was forced to expel it.

Unwilling to waste so much cultivation resources, Leon extracted the rest of the 32 Earthseeds and dumped them all in his Worldspace.

Although, they energy would still scatter, it would be confined within the small independent space. At least, that was what he thought.

The Earthseeds didn't fully scatter throughout the Worldspace but conjoined together and transformed into a big singular blob of earth energy floating about. Leon felt glad that he made the right choice. He would be able to easily absorb the earth energy from the blob once he form his Earthseed.

”Son, you can take Lynne and show her around the palace. Mother needs to settle some business first.” Said Elizabeth.

Leon nodded and took Lynne to the palace after the so-called trial ended.