I'm not just human!

But everything was quiet until that extraordinary monarch fired the Soul-Destroying Bullet.

It is estimated that He merely sensed it casually and then ignored it. There were hundreds of small compartments below deck, and there were quite a few other pirates and crew members at the time.

When he activated his starlight to escape, the starlight completely concealed his figure and face, and his body instantly disintegrated into starlight, making him even less likely to be discovered.

Thinking of this, Xia Fa nodded slightly, feeling more at ease.

Everything will be decided when the banquet ends and Pompeii comes to clean up the mess. Then I will strike and kill him with one blow!

As for what to do next, Xia Fa had already thought it all out.

Anyway, he had officially joined the Augustus family, and the head of the Augustus family, Marshal Gaius, was at least a ruler.

When his identity as the signatory to the Silver Throne is exposed, would Marshal Gaius not protect him?

If all else fails, there's always Dick Tudor.

Xia Fa felt more and more at ease and started chatting casually with Glenn.

Glenn sat to his left, while to his right was a young man with a pockmarked face. Although he was also blond and blue-eyed, he looked rather unremarkable among the handsome men and beautiful women of the Augustus family.

At this moment, the young man seemed to finally be able to hold back. He had been sizing up Xia Fa, and now he spoke with considerable surprise:

"Shafa, your suit is something special. Isn't this the latest haute couture suit that Master Sutoop just launched this year?"

Xia Fa was slightly taken aback. He didn't know that. He had just randomly picked a suit shop in the upper part of Augustus a little over an hour ago.

This suit cost more than 26,000 gold pounds. He didn't know what the price of a high-end suit was, but since he wasn't short of money, he bought it anyway.

The main thing is that I can wear it to various occasions in the future, so it's an investment.

This was certainly not an ordinary suit, but a secret treasure. It had more than a dozen functions. Xia Fa didn't listen to the old man's introduction much. After putting it on, he hurriedly went to scout out the vicinity of the Augustus family's palace.

When he first entered the suit shop, the old-looking shop owner had a cold and arrogant demeanor that kept people at arm's length. But later, it seemed that he recognized him, and his attitude immediately changed. He happily picked out a suit for him that fit him perfectly.

Xia Fa guessed that the old man must have been a spectator at the Fog Carnival, which was why he recognized him.

Glenn then looked at the young man and chuckled:

"Arnosper, you still love studying luxury goods so much. What, have you run out of your annuity again?"

The young man named Anospas shook his head, but his face flushed with excitement, making even his pockmarks appear darker.

“It’s not a matter of whether I’ll spend it all or not. How could I bear to buy it? My annual pension is only 50,000 gold pounds. Do you know how much this haute couture suit of Xia Fa’s costs?”

The young members of the Augustus family were all drawn to him, instinctively craning their necks and pricking up their ears:

"How many?"

Even Frederick looked over with curiosity.

Anospas said firmly:

"Thirty thousand gold pounds! And that's Master Sutop's annual member discount price! If it were your first time visiting his shop, you wouldn't even be able to buy it for fifty thousand gold pounds!"

hiss--!

A soft gasp arose around the oval marble table, and many people widened their eyes and even their bodies.

Master Suteop is a renowned craftsman of secret treasures in the Kingdom of Augu, and also serves as the president of the Augu Kingdom Suit Design Association.

His specialty is designing and crafting expensive haute couture suits. These suits are not only extremely sophisticated, elegant, and luxurious, but also possess abilities comparable to treasures of the same price.

Therefore, for nobles, a haute couture suit by Master Suteaup was extremely difficult to obtain.

"Annual membership costs 30,000 pounds? And the first purchase in the store costs 50,000 gold pounds?"

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised. It seemed that the old man named Suteaup was actually quite nice to him, even though he wasn't even an annual member of that store.

A strikingly beautiful young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes couldn't help but cover her cherry-like mouth with her hand and exclaim in amazement:

"My God, 50,000 gold pounds a piece! My annuity is only 60,000 gold pounds! Xia Fa, how do you have so much money?"

Anospas also shook his head and sighed:

“My annuity is only 35,000 gold pounds. After all, my father is just a baron. I really can’t afford it even if I wanted to.”

Glenn seemed quite surprised upon hearing this, but considering the rumors that Xia Fa had been granted the title of viscount by the royal family, he accepted it without further ado.

After all, the royal family has already bestowed a title upon Xia Fa; would they not give him any rewards or anything? That's simply impossible.

Frederick also smiled and said:

"There's a saying that goes, 'A suit is a man's best weapon.' If I had the time, I'd like to have a suit made that's similar to yours, Shafa. If you ever have the chance, could you introduce me to Master Sutoop?"

Xia Fa smiled slightly:

"of course can."

He was too lazy to explain that his suit only cost 26,000 gold pounds, and he figured no one would believe him anyway.

Anospa's gaze shifted, and he suddenly noticed a fruit basket placed on the wall cabinet.

That cabinet was specifically for storing gifts. Although they were all members of the Augustus family, many had long since separated from the family and moved out, some even to other countries or other planets. So, when they returned to the main house for the banquet, they naturally had to bring gifts.

Most people brought expensive wines, some even exceptional ones, while the fruit basket stood out conspicuously among the pile of fine wines.

But Anospas, with his sharp eyes, glanced at the fruit basket and said with a mixture of surprise and astonishment:

"Who sent this fruit basket? It's full of extraordinary fruits! This is incredibly generous!"

Glenn immediately laughed:

"Of course it was a gift from the Xia brothers. What do you think? Isn't it a thoughtful gift?"

This fruit basket was specially bought by Xia Fa, and it didn't cost much, only three thousand gold pounds, which is nothing to him now.

Of course, it wasn't until now that he realized that Westerners seem to bring a bottle of wine as a gift, while giving a fruit basket is a custom from his hometown...

Fortunately, this time I managed to outshine everyone else's gifts with my hometown's traditions.

The way the young members of the Augustus family looked at Xia Fa changed completely. Some were envious, some were admiring, and some even wanted to befriend him.

Putting aside everything else, it's clear to everyone that Xia Fa's financial resources are quite substantial.

For nobles, the first consideration is status and position, but what supports status and position? Money, of course.

Xia Fa has now obtained the title of Viscount, is so rich, and is said to be an extraordinary descendant of the Baal Beast. Although he is only an Insect-level extraordinary being, his first two secret contracts were high-level secret contracts... He is already considered a very outstanding young man!

However, they still don't reach the elite level. Elites are defined by their rank; one must at least become an Elephant-level transcendent to be considered an elite.

But thinking about it carefully, aside from being too weak and having a low rank, Xia Fa doesn't seem to have any real weaknesses...

"The patriarch has arrived!"

Someone shouted something, and everyone at the oval table, whether elders, uncles, or young people, sat up straight.

The smiles on everyone's faces vanished instantly, replaced by a deep respect mixed with a profound fear.

Even the usually cheerful Axel sat up straight, his hands folded on his lap, looking as obedient as a student.

Xia Fa looked on with considerable surprise, but also felt a faint curiosity within him.

Finally... I'm about to meet this legendary figure from the Kingdom of Augu!

It's important to know that six hundred years ago, the people of the Augu Kingdom didn't call Gaius "Marshal Gaius."

Instead... it's His Majesty Gaius!

That change of the throne took place between Gaius and Octavian.

For generations, people of the Kingdom of Augus, whether commoners or nobles, grew up hearing various legends and stories about Gaius. Even as they grew old and turned into dust, Gaius still stood at the top of the kingdom.

despair!despair!despair!

As footsteps sounded, for some reason, the atmosphere in the once warm and lively banquet hall suddenly turned somber, as if it had dropped to freezing point.

All members of the Augustus family, whether old or young, trembled with fear, too terrified to move or even blink.

It wasn't because they were punished or scolded by Marshal Gaius when they were young that they developed psychological trauma, although such things did happen.

But more than anything, it was a deep respect and awe for Marshal Gaius.

And... the fear of being human, of being a superhuman, of being dominated by that instinctive spiritual intuition!

Among the crowd, only Xia Fa dared to turn his head and look towards the corridor.

That was the corridor through which he entered the banquet hall, not the same passageway where Pompeii had wiped the picture frames.

The corridor was carpeted in bright red with gold thread, and two rows of high-ranking servants of similar height and build stood there, all dressed in black suits, white gloves, and impeccably polished shoes.

At this moment, they all bent over at a ninety-degree angle, their hands pressed tightly against the outside of their thighs, their expressions filled with extreme fear.

At the end of the corridor, a middle-aged man wearing a military overcoat and cap, with an extremely cold and stern face, walked over step by step.

His first impression was that of a soldier: clean, efficient, decisive, ruthless, and resolute.

He wore a pair of brownish-red deerskin gloves and heavy military boots. He had long legs and an extremely upright figure, with the physique of a leopard but the majesty of a lion.

Because it was a family banquet of the Augustus family, the marshal's aura and imposing presence, which should have belonged to a ruler, were completely concealed.

Even so, it gave Xia Fa an extremely powerful feeling.

The ruler is a being close to a god, not only completely transcending the realm of humanity, but also only one step away from the immortality of gods!

Moreover, Marshal Gaius's power is no less than that of the extraordinary monarch wearing a mask with a demonic face and fangs!

“Marshal Gaius… shouldn’t be a transcendental monarch, he hasn’t signed any hegemonic-level secret pacts, Dick Tudor’s intelligence shouldn’t be wrong, but, why…”

Xia Fa was astonished, and for some reason thought of the divine land in the desert, where he saw more than nine kinds of secret contracts engraved on the body of the leader of the Mist Clan, the Mist King who had lived for countless years.

He had long suspected this. Of all the rulers he had encountered so far, or even just among the extraordinary monarchs, Patriarch Osius of the Silver Church, who was second only to God, gave him the strongest impression.

As for Dictator, he was only slightly weaker than Patriarch Osius.

However, the extraordinary monarch wearing the mask with fangs and a demonic face seemed much weaker than Patriarch Osius and Dictator.

Both being rulers and transcendent monarchs, the difference in their strength is so vast. Xia Fa doesn't believe there's no secret behind this.

Now, having met Marshal Gaius, whose strength was comparable to that of a transcendent monarch despite not being one, he felt as if he had stumbled upon a crucial clue...

Marshal Gaius glanced at Shafa indifferently, seemingly quite surprised that this little fellow dared to turn around and look directly at him from his seat, especially after looking at Shafa's black hair and black pupils.

Marshal Gaius himself had short, golden hair under his military cap, and his pupils were the color of tourmaline, exuding a tourmaline-like solemnity and nobility.

Clearly, the blond hair and blue eyes of the Augustus family originated from Him, or His ancestors.

Marshal Gaius seemed to pay little attention and walked straight to the south side of the oval table. Immediately, a frail old man stood up and pulled out a chair for him.