Brewing Storm - Chapter 187

“Is this why Elder Saros approached me?” Standing behind the King’s Pack, Kulimo stared amusedly at the outrageous Werewolf King.

For a serpentine, a beast that was nothing more than a mate, the Wolf King went against his kin.

Heh…truly amusing.

His sight shifted to the Serpentine Queen that silently sat on her throne without a care in the realms. From her relaxed and unconcerned expression, one would even doubt whether the disagreement taking place had a connection to her.

“Heh…what a pair. Most certainly soulmates.” While one aggressively shut down the leaders of the Underworld Palace, the other leisurely laid back and enjoyed the show.

“Why is the Werewolf King behaving so unreasonably? If he keeps pushing the Ruling Wolf Pack, they’ll turn their backs on him. Doesn’t he understand such simple logic?”

“It’s not that he doesn’t understand, Luciana. It’s that before the Serpentine Queen, the Werewolf King throws all logic to the flames.”

“Sigh. What do we do? He won’t budge even before the fierce onslaught of the Ruling Wolf Pack. If another pack joins in the mix, I’m afraid things will get messy. And with the other alpha’s presence, the Werewolf Clan getting messy is the last thing we want right now.”

Luciana, you wait here. I’ll go speak with Ramose.” Master Ouyang patted the obedient female’s shoulder and pushed through the crowd.

Luciana’s gaze returned to the serpentine sitting carefreely in the flame throne. Her fists tightly clenched, the scene before her overlapping with that of the welcome banquet.

At that time, King Ramose had similarly committed the outrageous act of freeing slave-bond beasts just for making his mate smile. Now, he went against the entire Ruling Wolf Pack just to set a throne in the Crystalline Hall for the serpentine beside him.

She couldn’t understand. What was so great about this serpentine for him to go against the other wolves of the clan? Even if she was beautiful and his mate, at the end of the day, she still came from outside!

For an outsider, was it worth it for him to argue with his kin?

At this moment, after making his way through the crowd of grey wolves, Master Ouyang finally managed to reach King Ramose’s side.

“Ramose, don’t be foolish. Listen to the elders and take this serpentine away from here. This hall is only for direct members of the Werewolf Clan.”

“Master Ouyang, it’s best you stay away from this matter. Besides, as far as being a member of the Werewolf Clan is concerned, I consider my mate as an important part of the Werewolf Clan. As my mate and Queen of the Underworld Palace, she is more than worthy of sitting in this hall.”

Master Ouyang’s face turned ugly on hearing the first half of Ramose’s speech. But when he heard the second half, his anger was instantly replaced with disdain.

“The Queens of the past were also Queens of the Underworld Palace. But that didn’t earn them the right to sit in this hall.”

“Of course not. Because they were nothing like my serpentine and their mates were nothing like me. Now, please go and stay away from this matter. Even if the elders are members of the Ruling Wolf Pack, their allegiance belongs to the Werewolf King. And the Werewolf King is the law of the Underworld Palace.”

“You! Don’t you see things are no longer the same? There’s another alpha in the Underworld Palace now. If he replaced you in occupying the throne of the Werewolf Clan, you’ll no longer be the law of the Underworld Palace.”

“We’ll see when that happens. At the moment, however, I’m still the King. And as King, this is the new law of the Underworld.”

Master Ouyang looked at the wolf he’d once raised. What had he done wrong for the little wolf to turn out like this? For a serpentine, he was even willing to compromise his throne?

His eye’s darkened and he glared at the venomous serpentine. At first, he was only planning to bluff cooperating with the mysterious female beast to get to the bottom of her identity. But now he was seriously considering cooperating with the masked female to open Ramose’s eyes.

If his little meddling could wake up the black wolf, it wouldn’t be disloyalty to the king if he prevented the serpentine from successfully completing her test during the Wolf King’s Trial.

Filled with determination and resolve, the brown wolf stepped and slinked back into the crowd.

Versailles had felt the Master Wolf’s invasive glare, but she ignored it. Her mate had lovely asked her if she would allow him to indulge her. Since she’d agreed, she planned to stay on the sidelines and let him handle everything. To view everything with indifference was a kind of enjoyment on its on.

“Alright, enough! The matter of the Serpentine Queen is settled. Now, let’s focus on the matter at hand.” Ramose raised his voice and instantly shut off the dissatisfied complaints of the wolves.

Seeing no point in continuing to argue, the Ruling Wolf Pack shook their heads and stepped back with dark expressions.

“Do you see it now? Such a king, is he worthy of this throne?” Elder Saros whispered to Elder Truim, the stubborn elder that still refused to turn his back on the Werewolf King.

“Today, he only placed a throne for the Serpentine Queen in this hall. Tomorrow, he might place her on the very throne itself. Elder Truim, it’s still not too late for you to change your mind. Think carefully and decide. This is a question of the Werewolf Clan’s future.”

“Yes, Elder Truim. What is the point of following a King who doesn’t even value our opinions? More than us, he listens to this serpentine’s whispers. She has him wrapped so tight around her golden tail that he neither sees us nor hears our words. If we support another alpha and get him off the throne, there’s a possibility of the serpentine showing her true colors. Then, wouldn’t our King’s eyes open?”

Elder Helios normally stayed out of matters that didn’t concern his responsibilities and questioned his loyalty to the Werewolf Clan. But the more he saw King Ramose indulge his mate, the more he saw the Werewolf Clan’s future sink in darkness.

As an elder of the Werewolf Clan and member of the Ruling Wolf Pack, he felt he needed to step up and do something to safeguard the future of the pack.

Elder Truim looked at the two elders’ resolute eyes and turned back to King Ramose. But before he could say anything, an uproar spread from the other side and he saw the new alpha step out from behind the King’s Pack.

“That’s the alpha?” Although he carried the aura and presence of an alpha, Elder Truim felt strange when he looked at the black wolf walking to the center of the hall.

Was it just him or…?

On the other side, Queen Nakee was kept in a guest hall of the Crimson Palace. As a female and an outsider, the wolves couldn’t take her to the Crystalline Hall.

“Where is Kulimo? I want to see my mate?” Although the guest room had food and snacks, everything she’d need for a comfortable stay, Queen Nakee couldn’t shake off the strange feeling of being a prisoner.

What the Nar! She’d entered the Underworld Palace together with Kulimo. So why had the wolves only taken the black wolf and kept her here?

“Snake Queen, please wait patiently. Alpha Kulimo is currently meeting the Werewolf King in the Crystalline Hall. That place is reserved for only the wolves and other beasts cannot enter.” As the servant said this, her eyes flickered with complicated emotion.

The matter of the Serpentine Queen getting a throne in the Crystalline Hall had already reached the ears of the Crimson Palace servants. In the Underworld Palace of the Werewolf Clan, they were nothing but insignificant beasts.

But because of this, they relied on each other to spread any news among themselves at the fastest speed and safeguard their lives. They didn’t have power, but they had the power of network to protect themselves as slaves and servants littered the entire Crimson Palace.

So the news that a place only reserved for the wolves of the Underworld Palace now included a serpentine reached their ears from those serving outside the hall.

“Kulimo is meeting the Werewolf King?” Queen Nakee’s expression turned strange as she recalled the black wolf.

The last time she saw him, he was racing towards the Flaming Valley with Versailles writhing on his back.

“The Serpentine Queen, how is she doing?” The words sounded off, even to her own ears.

After the conclusion of the Battle of Wars, Queen Nakee felt strange everything she saw the gold serpentine standing next to the Werewolf King. The nagging feeling was so disturbing that she didn’t even feel anything when her own best friend writhed in agony before her very eyes.

“Snake Queen, you don’t need to worry about the Serpentine Queen. In the entire Underworld Palace, there’s no beast that’d dare to go against her or make the mistake of clashing with her.” The female beast replied enviously.

“Yes, our gold serpentine isn’t easy prey. Any beast foolish enough to clash with her would realize their folly in record time.” Queen Nakee crossed her arms and proudly lifted her head.

“Well, there’s that as well. The Serpentine Queen is no easy prey. However, the main reason why no one dares to clash with her is because of the Werewolf King.”

At these, the Snake Queen’s ears pricked up.

“Oh? What about the Werewolf King?”