Ruler 5 Elemental 2: To The Throne Of God
Facing the king, or sanctions will apply

Hearing that, Zeno stared intently at Noi after he said so. It made him wonder, how did he know his name? You mean his family name? Could it be Edren who told him? However, he had already confirmed to Edren that not to mention his surname in front of Fang's royal envoy.

When viewed from the words of Noi just now, ‘you have to acknowledge your name’ it indicates that Noi already knows Zeno's name. But where did Noi know? That's Zeno immediately asked about the truth, “How did you find out, brother Noi? Am I also inscribed on Fang's royal lineage? But it seems that is definitely impossible.”

“This is my brother's god realm, not the human realm that you live in.” Noi stared sinisterly at Zeno anyway before he continued his words, “Although you were not born in Fang's kingdom though, but the tree of life in Fang's kingdom would still write down all the names of Fang's descendants on each of its leaves, and the leaves would fall when someone inscribed on it had died. Fang Zhuo, Fang Yoshi, well I remember watching those two leaves fall a few years ago. Fang Zhee, didn't it become a newly grown young leaf?”

Zeno continued to listen to what Noi said to him, clearly he knew who Fang Zhuo was, Fang Yoshi who had died a long time ago, as well as Fang Zhee who was only a few years old. It seemed, the Fang family that lived in the human world was clearly monitored by the Fang family in the god world.

“Which becomes a question, how can you know that I am Fang Zeno?” Zeno said seriously.

“Good question, but let the king of Fang's kingdom answer him. That means you have to come with us to the kingdom. If you don't want to, the sanctions for paying tribute many times must be met. But you take it easy, you will be sure to return in this village safely, even if you are not tempted to stay in ist...” Noi could not continue with his words, as he felt that there was no need to say it to Zeno. Maybe, a surprise? No, because he was not sure that Zeno was accepted into the palace, because Noi saw that Zeno had no rank.

“So actually the king and the others already know that I am also a descendant of Fang without us ever meeting?” Zeno was still confused by all this, he became a headache and kept wondering, how could the king know of his presence, and also guess that he was Fang's descendant?  Zeno and the king never met. And the king called out to him after the village's assailant had reported to the kingdom, which meant that the king had already known in advance, and took the opportunity to summon Zeno when the report from the village's assailants appeared.

“Alright Fang Noi, I will fulfill the king's invitation to come to the kingdom. Thank you for your kindness for considering the sanctions.” Zeno said while nodding his head, maybe he will leave for Fang's kingdom tomorrow morning, or it could be later in the afternoon.

“But don't be happy first brother Zeno.” Noi stared at Zeno sharply before he continued his remark, “Although the sanctions were withdrawn, but this village is also obliged to pay tribute to the main kingdom or Fang kingdom as a sign of loyalty. That is 10% of the income of the village every month, if you do not want to, just turn off this village as before, or the government that will displace it itself.”

“I know I know.” Zeno answered him spontaneously, because he knew exactly and did not need to be reminded again. Regarding a tribute, small villages must indeed be obliged to hand over tribute to the main kingdom, and it is a sign of the loyalty of the village to the main kingdom. Come to think of it, the Fang kingdom also did not charge such a large tribute, because the problem was, the, there is also a kingdom or empire that requires the leadership areas under it to pay such a large tribute.

Noi then moved from his seat, looking like he was about to leave because he had finished delivering the royal message to the village chief Zeno. After all he also did not want to linger in this village. With a farewell remark, he said, “I retreat first the village chief, we will welcome you well there. However, you are given one day to come, if not, then the sanctions apply.” Threatening Noi to Zeno with his evil smile, the article itself just headed here takes one day and one night, so it feels impossible if Zeno headed there only takes one day.

Zeno who seemed to know Noi's game, he also raised the tip of his lips while shaking his head, “I've previously asked for a letter from this king.” Zeno forcibly snatched the letter that Noi had brought, thus leaving Noi only irritated. However, he did not want to deal with someone who did not have any rank anymore, which made him immediately leave to return to Fang's kingdom.

“Master of the village, is there a problem?” Asked Edren who was waiting outside in great panic, the reason was, he saw the envoy from the kingdom coming out of Zeno's house with a very serious look. This made Edren suspicious and went straight into Zeno's house.

“Edren, call all village devices! We will have a meeting right now!” Zeno.

Zeno's serious gaze, made Edren immediately panic and rush to call the other village devices, such as Hans, Onard and Yord who had become the tax department in this village.

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A few minutes later, there were a few people who had gathered at Zeno's house with their gazes so curious. What was it that the village chief had a meeting like this? Given that the emissary from the kingdom had just returned home, which signified that Zeno had been sanctioned which made Zeno make a meeting like this.

“From the kingdom did not get any sanctions after we killed the migrants who attacked. But I'm assigned to face the king right now. So Onard, I'm handing over leadership to you for a while longer.” Zeno started the conversation.

“Very strange sir, didn't you yourself come from...”.

Zeno gestured for Yord to be quiet, but the problem was that Zeno did not want everyone to know that his surname was Fang, who had Fang's royal blood. The problem is, the only ones who know his full name are Yord and Edren, so Zeno can't be straightforward right now.

“Master, you better not go there alone, I'll accompany you as a right-hand man.” Edren Sahut.

“I have no time, the messenger just gave me one day to come. So I'm gonna hurry up, no problem, I'm gonna be with Azure. My goal is to gather you just because I want to let you know, that the village tribute for the kingdom will begin this month.”  Zeno said as he stood up, then he seemed to disappear into a flake of light that made the others just close their eyes.

Everyone was speechless as Zeno left immediately. Though they wanted to express an opinion so that Zeno was not too rash to go to Fang's kingdom.