The world doesn't need succubi to save it.

He didn't notice that far back in the crowd, a hooded figure quietly pulled out a tablet...

Skillfully adjusting the camera angle, it finally locked onto Ning Feng's face.

"Hehehe."

……

……

"Finally, it's about to begin."

Standing at the very front of the crowd, Anthony yawned exaggeratedly, then looked back into the distance, muttering to himself:

"Three hundred, six hundred, nine hundred...it must be more than a thousand people."

A magnificent suit of armor with a silver-white base, inlaid with gold patterns, and engraved with the lion crest.

Without a helmet, Anthony exposed his striking good looks to everyone, drawing all eyes to him.

"Stop asking questions you already know the answer to. I already told you the quantity. If you've forgotten that, I'll worry about my future children's intelligence."

"Uh, you're already thinking about kids?"

Beside Anthony, Sophie extended her right hand towards him with a half-smile, a playful expression on her face:

“If you’re not willing, I have many ways to prevent your genes from becoming a concern for me.”

Seeing her fiancé's somewhat stiff expression, she laughed and emphasized:

"For example, not having children with you."

Tsk.

For a moment, Anthony's expression faltered, and he gave Sophie a resentful look, this time genuinely, not feigning it.

He bent his right arm, letting Sophie's hand rest on it, his lips twitched slightly, and he lowered his voice to say:

"Hey! How could you say that?"

"Ha, what did I say? I just said I wouldn't have children with you."

Anthony clenched his teeth slightly, feeling insulted.

Although the two were outwardly friendly but inwardly estranged, and they usually had a lot of fun together, he still couldn't quite accept the issue of noble offspring.

"Hey, you really...?"

Holding up her skirt, Sophie gazed ahead, a faint smile playing on her lips:

"I already said I won't have any more children. At worst, we won't have any offspring, and the collateral branches can inherit. Anyway, I don't care about the position of family head."

At this point, Sophie suddenly turned her head and said:

"Or do you think I'm the kind of woman who would have a child with someone else?"

You fucking bastard, aren't you?

"What a coincidence, it really is me."

Turning her head to look at her fiancé, Sophie said earnestly:

"But that was only before marriage. I will not betray my husband after marriage."

"That's how the women in the Jasmine family have always been."

Staring blankly at Sophie, Anthony suddenly realized that he hadn't fully seen through her true nature before.

"you……"

Turning back, Sophie spoke calmly:

"Stop talking to yourself, it's about to start."

"You chose to come here yourself, so let's keep going."

……

……

"Keynes, speaking of which, who did you hire as the honorary referee for this match?"

Keynes, due to his status as the organizer and former Silver Speaker, sat in the head seat, among a group of legends.

He was old and frail, but his imposing presence was not much diminished.

"【The Swordholder】".

Facing the curious gazes of the assembled legends, the aged nobleman proclaimed:

"I invited him to be an honorary judge for this competition."

Keynes picked up the glass that the waiter had filled and took a small sip.

"I believe he will not refuse this invitation."

---Aside---

I'm updating 10000 words a day, progress (10100/10,000).

The day after tomorrow, it was accomplished.

Do you even understand the significance of 23:58? (Leans back)

I'm really dying...

Chapter 182 Honorary Referee (First update, please subscribe!)

With less than half an hour left before the scheduled time, "Star Chaser" is about to begin.

Logically, all the participants have arrived, and the competition can officially begin with just one command from the honorary referee.

But at this moment, the thousands of participants of varying abilities are still waiting silently.

They had no power to resist and could only stand still and wait for their turn.

The legends who were present to witness the ceremony were also waiting, but their treatment was vastly different from that of the others.

Although it's said to be a live event, they won't actually set up a ring of stands around the island and give each legend a bottle of soda and a bucket of popcorn.

That's way too unreliable.

As the Jasmine family is known for its wealth, they naturally wouldn't allow outsiders to find fault with them in such details.

cruise ship.

"The Honor of Nobles" - a colossal magical cruise ship.

This super cruise ship, powered by magical energy, was anchored like a behemoth on the sea off the island of Star Chaser.

However, unlike other cruise ships that sink below the surface, this huge cruise ship barely touches the water's surface and floats in the air.

The base and keel are lavishly inlaid with numerous floating stones and anti-gravity arrays, providing buoyancy by burning large amounts of magical ore.

Unfortunately, the Celine family's resources are not enough to support them in obtaining a better power source; otherwise, this cruise ship's configuration would truly allow it to fly into the sky, instead of barely floating on the water like it is now.

Further energy sources would require not only raw materials, but also more advanced magical energy engines.

This requires not only money, but also even more astonishing strength to protect it.

This strength is enough for the Silver Council to unite, but it's not enough for Jaslin's family alone.

There are two reasons why the legends haven't urged it to start yet.

On the one hand, everyone was looking forward to Augustus's arrival; on the other hand, there was that question someone had just tried to ask in a joking tone:

Where is the referee?

Where were the honorary referees who should have been present much earlier?

Honorary referees are a tradition in Star Chaser, where one of the Legends invited to the event is symbolically invited to serve as the referee.

Under normal circumstances, honorary referees do not actually participate in the refereeing work of the match; at most, they may say a few words at the end of the opening ceremony.

As for this person, they should either be the strongest, the oldest, or have some special status.

However, because this situation is different, the selection of honorary referees has become more delicate.

Who exactly is qualified to be this unique "honorary referee"?

Due to the special nature of this event, there were far more legends present than in previous years, with a total of fifteen legends attending.

Don't think that this number may not seem like enough.

It's worth noting that before this, the Star Chaser series had a maximum of seven Legends attending at the same time, which is less than half of this year's number.

One of the seven was even invited from another family in the Silver Council to lend their influence.

Putting everything else aside, just calculating the legendary power currently present here is enough to make several trips to some remaining divine realm.

Moreover, because of Augustus, half of the legends here are about spellcasters!

Even if they are not spellcasters, they at least have some spell-like abilities.

If they were to engage in a legendary-level high-end battle, they could blast the enemy so badly that even their own mothers wouldn't recognize them just by using forbidden spells for ranged attacks.

At that moment, the legendary figures, chatting and laughing, on the very top of the noble ship of honor looked toward Keynes.

He looked at the former Silver Council Chairman, who made no attempt to hide his mere second-tier strength and frail, aged appearance.

After announcing the candidate, the old man offered no further explanation and gently put down his wine glass.

The scene fell silent for a moment, with only the orchestral music echoing on the deck.

The silence didn't last long; soon, the legends snapped out of their daze and muttered something along the lines of:

"...[The Swordholder]?"

Not all legends had heard of this name. One red-haired legend paused for a moment before instinctively saying:

"Uh, who is it? Is it an ancient figure? I've never heard of this name before?"

He didn't speak loudly, and his blue-eyed friend explained:

"No, he's a newcomer, a new adjudicator in the court, and I heard he's from the Watchers."

"As for the title of 'Sword Bearer,' it's because he drew the legendary longsword from the hall of the Inquisition and is now the wielder of 'Words of Judgment.'"