"There’s no way he’ll be the next Overlord! The Machina are now an endangered species because of him! They’re sending him straight to jail."
"Man, his aura is terrifying! Did you feel his magic just now!"
Jason could hear the lizards whispering amongst themselves as they continued on their way behind him, but Jason just ignored them. The lizards had come here because they were also a part of the Sixth Domain that was once ruled by Rubik, and according to the Primordial Treaty, they had a right to sit in on the trial to see what the future of their domain would be! Farlow already told Jason that there would be a lot of spectators for this trial, just like Jason’s previous one, and there was nothing the council could do about that since the Stone Catacombs was neutral ground open to all high-ranking races. As Jason walked, he passed a few other groups of otherworlders that were also moving through the hallways, and they all seemed to have the same reaction the moment they saw Jason! They would recoil from shock first, and then they would stare at him with a mix of awe, fear, and reverence, almost like he was some sort of mythical creature that they only heard about in stories and were seeing for the first time! Jason did his best to ignore the stares, but he could feel Gina glaring at some of the otherworlders that stared for far too long and forcing them to look away!
After a while, Jason caught sight of two women coming in his direction, and he raised a brow when he saw the reaction that they had when their eyes met his own. The women were extremely tall, and they stood a full head over Jason. They had long legs and powerful, muscular bodies that showed that they were familiar with battle! They wore a strip of metal-plated cloth around their chest like a bra, and another strip of the same metal-plated cloth around their waist, leaving the rest of their body bare. The women looked very tribal! Their faces were extremely beautiful, and they wore feather bracelets on both their wrists and their ankles! They carried long swords at their waist, and there were red lines painted across their cheeks and neck like runes, but Jason didn’t recognize the symbols, so he knew that it wasn’t the Aruna language.
As the women approached, Jason noticed how their faces soured once they caught sight of him, and Jason calmly paused when the two women stood in his path. Jason looked up at the women with a raised brow, and he spoke calmly.
"Can I help you?"
The first woman on the left frowned in annoyance once she heard that! This woman had short black hair and red eyes, and when she spoke, there was a condescending tone in her voice that told Jason that she was looking down on him.
"So you’re the one that they’ve been talking about. I hear they call you the Immortal King, but from what I’m seeing, you’re just a puny man. All you have is mana that is slightly stronger than a commoner’s."
Jason raised a brow at that, and he felt Gina tighten her hand around his own in anger! But Jason held her back as the other woman on the right spoke up. This woman had longer hair that she tied behind her in a ponytail and green eyes. There was a scar across her abs from a blade, and her grin was even more condescending than that of the first woman!
"You think we are going to allow a criminal like you to take control of our domain when our older sister is far more qualified? If you know what’s best for you, you’ll stay in your place. You pathetic men have failed this domain enough times already."
’So they are part of my domain as well. And from what they said, it’s likely that their older sister is one of the candidates to become the next Overlord of our domain. Is she going to speak up against me during the trial?’
Jason hummed internally as he gathered all the information he could get from the two women. Jason could easily tell that the women were not only looking down on him, but on all men, and although it was irritating, Jason couldn’t help but find it amusing. From their appearance and stance, it was likely that they came from a world where women were the dominant gender, so it must have given them a twisted image of men! Jason spread out his senses to feel for how much power the women had, and Jason hummed when he saw that they were both TITAN Rank I. If they were this strong, then Jason was sure that the woman they called older sister would be at least a TITAN Rank II or even a TITAN Rank III.
Jason just let out a calm breath to release all his irritation before he looked up at the women and spoke one word.
"Move."
The two women blinked in surprise at the lack of a reaction from Jason, and Jason noticed the woman on the left tightening her hand around her sword hilt. It was obvious that they wanted a reaction from Jason, but Jason wasn’t interested in speaking to those beneath him. Jason’s gaze narrowed nonchalantly, and even though Jason was looking up at them, the two women couldn’t help but feel like Jason was somehow looking down on them in that moment! One of the women took an angry step forward!
"Who do you think you’re talking to like—?"
Doom!
A fraction of Jason’s power suddenly washed down the hallways in a single wave, and both women felt a shiver of dread pass through their bodies! What in the world is this!? The women quickly took several steps back from the deadly aura, and they watched as Jason pulled back his power before he simply walked past them calmly! Gina turned around as she followed beside Jason, and she glared at the two women with a vindictive fire in her eyes! It was obvious that Gina wasn’t going to let this go as easily as Jason did!
"Sister, that power..."
The green-eyed woman spoke up with wide eyes as she stared at Jason’s retreating back, and the red-eyed woman just clicked her tongue as she answered.
"I know. I hate to say it, but he’s on the same level as big sister’s power. Maybe... even higher. No, I know big sister can still win this. I’m sure of it."
"But—"
"No buts! We will report this to big sister, and we will give her our unwavering support! Do you understand!?"
The red-eyed woman glared at the green-eyed woman until the green-eyed woman nodded, and then the red-eyed woman turned away in annoyance! They were not going to leave the fate of their domain in the hands of these pathetic men again! Men had already failed them enough times, and it was time for a woman to take charge and bring this domain out of the pit that the men had thrown them into!
Meanwhile, Jason was trying to gain as much information as possible about the women he just ran into. Jason turned to the system, and he asked it if it had anything it could tell him about the strange women, and the system immediately brought up a tab.
[The women who confronted the user are part of a warrior race belonging to a Rank III world known as Bengari. The people of Bengari evolved in a manner that is very similar to humans on Earth, but rather than the men being the more physically gifted gender, it was the women who were the stronger, faster, and more aggressive gender. The women of Bengari are known to be the warriors, hunters, and rulers, while the men are responsible for taking care of more minor duties due to their lacking strength.]