Chapter 310 Don“t you worry, for I am here!

Queen Mother was also worried for Alex, although she knew inside her that he will survive through this.

"There is no way that he will die here." Queen Mother thought to herself as she stared at Alina, who looked stressed right now.

Queen Mother could not help but feel some slight pity for Alina, for Alina just witnessed her partner go through the brink of death twice at the same day.

Anyone who sees their partner go through something like this is ent.i.tled to be this worried.

It's not easy to just be in this kind of situation.

"Hmph Alex, I hope you can appease Alina once you wake up from here." Queen Mother thought to herself as she let out a sigh. "I'm sure that Alina will have a lot of bone to pick up with you later…"

After having this thought in her mind, Queen Mother shook her head as she decided to focus on the next issue.

"So what should we do now? Should we wait for those people to arrive here?" Queen Mother said as she looked at the direction where their 10 guests were coming from. "It's good that they are here, but with the way that Alex is in…"

"Just meet those 10 halfway from here." Alina replied quickly, much to Queen Mother's relief. "We cannot allow them to see Alex's condition, so as much as possible, you should meet them far from here."

"I see. In that case, I will meet them, along with Professor Frances." Queen Mother said as she nodded her head. "As for you Alina, just stay here and guard Alex. Who knows, someone might come in and attack this place while we are there."

"Hmph, they better try doing it." Alina replied harshly as she unsheathed her katana. "I am so p.i.s.sed right now, that I need an outlet for it. Maybe I can let it out on any idiots who will attack this place!"

"Well, good luck with that." Queen Mother replied as she inwardly wished for Alex's well-being once he woke up. She then grabbed Professor Frances with her arm as she jumped out of the house.

"Boom!" With Queen Mother's strength, jumping through the forest was easy. Add the fact that the trees around her were also a.s.sisting her movements, and she was able to travel much more quickly compared to before.

"You seem to be interested on meeting these guests by yourself." Professor Frances, who was surprisingly quiet while watching Alex's ordeal, suddenly spoke up as she stared at Queen Mother. "Do you have any reason for that?"

"Oh nothing. I just want to do this by myself." Queen Mother replied as she jumped again. "Most of the time, it was Alex who was doing things like this. As for me, I was always relegated to either fighting or creating some kind of stuff…"

"So this time around, you want to experience how to deal with people too." Professor Frances replied as she nodded her head. "Hmm, I see why you want to do this. You want to be more experienced in things like this…"

"Exactly."

"…."

Both Queen Mother and Professor Frances then went quiet, as they seemed to have run out of things to talk about.

Queen Mother felt slightly awkward from the silence, but she was not sure on how to continue the conversation.

The only thing that she could do now was to look at Professor Frances, who was looking in front of her with an excited expression on her face.

As she stared at her face, Queen Mother could not help but notice that the professor actually looked somewhat cute, although her usual smile has always ruined it.

At that moment, Queen Mother started to feel conscious of the professor's body in her arms, which felt snug and tight under her grasp.

"Hey! Don't make your mind wander again!" Queen Mother chided to herself as she shook her head inwardly. "I need to talk with those newcomers first. Get rid of any bad thoughts!"

Fortunately for Queen Mother, she was able to get rid of her 'bad thoughts', as she found herself arriving at the location where the guests were currently in.

At the moment that she saw them, Queen Mother landed on the ground as she also let go of Professor Frances.

As Professor Frances started rubbing her arms, Queen Mother stared at their guests, which she had intercepted.

Just like the cultivators that they captured earlier, the 10 people in front of Queen Mother also wore the same kind of clothes as them, along with numerous treasures around their bodies.

The only difference was that these 10 looked to be a little older, with most of them looking to be around 30 years old.

Not only that, but the power being emanated out by these people were also stronger, making Queen Mother immediately wary of them.

"8 Fifth Stage Cultivators, and 2 Sixth Stage Cultivators." Professor Frances whispered behind Queen Mother as the former stood closer to her. "That's the power level that I can sense here."

"Is that so?" Queen Mother replied, as she did her best to ignore the sweet aroma of the professor's breath. "Do you think they are here to fight us?"

"How the h.e.l.l would I know that?" The professor replied, with her sweet breath covering Queen Mother's nose again. "I am not like Alex, you know."

"Well, it doesn't matter even if they want to fight us or not." Queen Mother said as she took a deep breath. "If they went here like this, then they must have an agenda too…"

Right after Queen Mother said these words, one of their guests suddenly spoke up.

"Greetings to the two of you. Are you related to the man who calls himself the Emperor?" The guest, who was a cultivator who seemed to be leading the group, said as he stared at Queen Mother and professor loftily. "If you are, then bring us directly to him already!"

Queen Mother could not help but frown as she observed this cultivator's behavior.

"So you come here to talk to the Emperor, and yet you dare act rude to us? You seem to be full of yourself." Queen Mother replied as she sent a challenging smile to the cultivator. "Are you sure that you should be acting this way?"

"You-"

"You must remember. Emperor is benevolent enough to offer his a.s.sistance on your small group." Queen Mother said as she applied the acting lessons that Alex had taught to her before. "Didn't you receive the message that he sent to your group earlier? Don't tell me that you have already forgotten it?"

"Be careful when you argue with this guy." Professor Frances hastily whispered behind Queen Mother. "He is a Sixth Stage Cultivator, so goading him into a fight might not be a good idea…"

"Don't worry. I got this." Queen Mother replied. "Just watch."

"We… we haven't forgotten that message" The cultivator replied, with his face looking like he had eaten something sour. "But do you think that we will just believe what this Emperor is saying?"

"Why, do you not believe it?"

"Your Emperor said that he is one of the few people who was not under the influence of the Great TimeMaster. And the reason for that was because that he has the power to defeat the Great TimeMaster." The cultivator said these words slowly, as if he was struggling to say them. "Do you think that we will just believe that kind of bulls***? Your Emperor was not under the influence of the Great TimeMaster? Hah! Every living thing in this world has their Time seized by the Great TimeMaster! Not even your Emperor can escape that!"

"Oh really? Then if you think that we are lying, then why are you all here?" Queen Mother said as she tilted her head. "Don't tell me that you are just here to spectate?"

"Hmph, even if you are lying, we still heard about the strength of your group." The cultivator replied as he let out a sneer. "So what if you are lying? As long as you all have strength, you will be welcomed into our group!"

"So you just came here to forcibly recruit us? How deplorable." Queen Mother said as she shook her head. "What our Emperor wants is an alliance. He doesn't want to work under your group. Do you understand that?"

"Hah! As if we will let that happen!" The cultivator shot back as he shook his head too. "Why would we let liars like you be our allies? That is just blasphem-"

The cultivator suddenly stopped speaking, as his eyes suddenly bulged.

His eyes, which was now wide in surprise, was staring directly Queen Mother.

No, his eyes were actually staring at Queen Mother's right wrist.

"How… how could this be…" The cultivator croaked out as his body trembled.

He slowly raised his hand, and he then pointed his s.h.i.+vering finger at Queen Mother's right arm.

"How could you not have any Time Record on your right wrist? This is just impossible!" The cultivator shouted out as his peer behind him recoiled visibly. "This should not be possible!"

As the cultivator said these words, he and his peers showed their right arms to Queen Mother.

In their right arms, numerous numbers could be seen, which changed every second.

Queen Mother only smile as she saw these numbers.

She looked down at her right arm, which did not show any of those numbers.

"Well, just like what I said to you earlier, our Emperor, including us, are not under the influence of the Great TimeMaster." Queen Mother said as she flashed her right arm again. "That is why you cannot see any Time Record on my arm…"

"This…"

"And om what I know, there is no kind of ability in this world that can hide these Time Records." Queen Mother said as she patted her arm. "Illusion Arts, secret magic, and even Daoist magic. None of these can hide these Time Records. Since you cannot see any Time Record in me, that just means that I do not have one…"

"…." The cultivator started trembling again as he tried to speak up, but he was unable to say anything, as he was rendered silent in front of Queen Mother's logic.

"…"

"…"

Queen Mother smile das she saw this, as she felt satisfied from making this cultivator shut up.

"…So your Emperor could be saying the truth." The cultivator managed to say after a few more seconds of silence. "But it could be only you and that woman beside you that are like this. We cannot say for sure that your Emperor is also free from that influence."

"So what do you want to say then?"

"We need to meet the Emperor right now." The cultivator said as his body started to visibly calm down. "As long as we see that he also does not have a Time Record with him, we will accept his offer and ally with him."

"!!!"

"c.r.a.p, this is bad!" Queen Mother thought to herself as she sweated inwardly. "Alex is still fighting for his life out there, so I cannot bring these 10 to him! S**t, I must delay them!"

"Ehem, so you want to meet our Emperor? I am sorry, but he is having his siesta right now." Queen Mother said as she pulled out this random lie. "If you want to talk to him, you can just wait for him to wake up later…"

"Oh? But in your Emperor's message, he explicitly said that he will be waiting for our arrival with open arms." The cultivator replied as a confused expression appeared on his face. "Since he said that in his message, he should have been awake right now…. Why is he asleep then? Is he really asleep?"

"Well…" Queen Mother's mind then started to scramble as she struggled to find a way to maintain her alibi.

At that point, Queen Mother was not sure on what to say next, as the cultivators seemed to be suddenly suspicious of her words.

"S**t, what should I say?" Queen Motehr thought to herself as she gritted her teeth. "Sigh, this is hopeless. I guess I just have to knock them out…"

At that point, Queen Mother decided to just drop the act and pummel these 10 first.

As for their meeting with Alex, she will just let them meet him later!

But before Queen Mother could start attacking, a voice suddenly infiltrated though the area.

"I appreciate your ardor to me me already. But you don't need to go to my place anymore, as I, the Emperor, is already here."

As she heard this voice, Queen Mother's eyes widened as she recognized who the speaker was.

"Alex, you're already awake?"

"Hmph, it just sounds too good to be true!" The cultivator