Rhea felt so happy at Michael's actions, she knew how strong willed he was.
He would resist doing something he didn't want to.
And although her actions had influenced his thoughts and invoked his feelings for her, making him come into terms with his feelings in his heart for her.
And he willingly embracing her was a result of his contemplation and conviction!
At this moment it was worth it to her, she was glad, fulfilled, and no matter what came their way this man she had chosen, she was determined to stay with till the end.
In the grand Palace above, the expressions of the older officials and powerhouses was a bit mixed, some didn't quite care as it wasn't their descendants frolicking with a waste, some had an expression of schadenfreude.
But some especially Rhea's father the first Prince and the third Prince were quite pissed.
Who among this high officials didn't know that just recently the third Prince had gone to propose a marriage to Rhea's family on behalf of his son.
And he the first Prince had agreed!
As Rhea and Chan, the third Prince's son were both the most illustrious talents amongst their generation in the Fire giant clan, it was normal he consented.
This frolicking was clearly a smack on their faces.
The first prince looked at Michael's father with an angry look, " what a nice son you have "
AZ smiled wryly, he had no idea that the usual cool minded well behaved Michael would do such rebellious act boldly.
He didn't even know that Michael and Rhea were involved.
In the giant race, a race very ingrained in the pedigree, the spouse of one had to be one of matching or equal talents.
For Rhea, as the most celebrated talent of their clan, only the Chan could measure up as her spouse, in fact the proposal was just formality.
Rhea was the most assumed to be the grand heir of the fire giant clan, hence the next generation fire giant Queen.
Union with Michael that hadn't even awakened, didn't even have a true name, talk less of his talents was unacceptable.
Would the next generation of imperial scions then be lacking of talents and prowess?
One had to look at them titled Princes to consider this, each was a direct descendant of the Fire giant king with extremely noble bloodline and strength.
They were the Imperial descendants, any other descendants with ties to the Fire giant king could only be called Royal descendants.
Even the Princes with more than one spouse had a main consort of matching pedigree.
Royal as he was, Michael was not worthy.
This action of theirs was clearly an act of taking a stands and showing those around their intention to be together, it was a rebellion.
It wasn't that there weren't other great geniuses in other elemental giant clans to be considered for marriage , but there would be conflict of their bloodlines, giants blood across separate race clans didn't mix well.
So Chan was the most appropriate, if it wasn't even him, it would the next talented royal scion behind him, at least it wouldn't be Michael turn, he wasn't close.
Whereas on the throne above , the fire giant King usually stern just chuckled and smiled without giving an reaction.
One of the main functions and headlines of the Royal battle ranking and feast of this year was to choose a grand heir for the fire Giants clan.
But this wasn't just a simple heir selection.
And the other giant clans were also doing the same.
it was a new era for the entire giant race.
Times were changing, numerous talents appearing, new kings rising and emperors being birthed.
Listed among the imperial clans with great might and power, it would not be easy for the giants to keep their place.
To safeguard their legacy and ensure the prosperity of future generations, the five giant clan Kings had established a resolution.
And this was to choose a grand heir among the most talented descendants of the five giant clans and from this grand heirs choose a supreme giant heir of the entire giant clan.
Using the innate inherent common ability of giants, the" providence of power " of the entire giant race to create a central imperial throne for the giants and birth an emperor.
this supreme grand heir was to nurtured by the entire giant race and occupy the central imperial throne.
By coming together, it was very certain for the giant race to produce an extremely powerful Emperor, one unprecedented in their history.
There wasn't an Emperor level powerhouse in the present collective giant race but it was certain to do so.
Providence of power was a most powerful ability of any giant to draw strength beyond themselves increasing their physique strength.
Unique to every giant no matter the race clan or bloodline level, it was a mystical ability descended from ancient Titans.
Fire elemental affinity of the fire Giants clan, certain other races or powerhouses had them, wind elemental affinity of the wind giant clan and the elemental affinity of the other clans might not be unique to them , but providence of power was.
All giants had them, just in varying degrees.
And the law of this ability was that stronger giants or giants of more prestigious lineage had more access of the providence of power.
nobles had more providence than commoners, royals or officials had more providence than nobles, and title Princes and Kings had the highest amount of providence of power.
Providence of power was the ability of giants to draw upon the mandate of power, " rulership " of power to influence and increase combat power.
By creating a unified throne, the providence of power by virtue of that throne would certainly be extremely high.
As for why the giant Kings had chosen this path, taking the hard decision, unifying their thrones, they had no choice.
in the last hundreds of millennias, there hadn't been a birth of an Emperor level giant powerhouse.
Giant cultivation was not so smooth sailing, born with monstrous strength , beginning directly from the first realm of cultivation or evolution, one could say Giants were born favored by the rules of heaven.
their starting line, inherent capabilities and strength was simply beyond numerous races.
But as their realm increased, cultivation become increasingly difficult.
One could see that even with their renowned talents, across the five giant clans there was no emperor level powerhouse.
If not for the fierce some capability of giant warriors to battle beyond their peers of the same realm, possessing strong allies and inherited sacred artifacts.
The giant clan would have been suppressed or subjected to other imperial races since long ago.
Although the present status quo wasn't so bad with the Giants still ranked ninth in the entire cosmos.
Those with clear perceptions could see that the situation was fragile.
The giant race wasn't even seeing an influx of king level powerhouses.
It wasn't easy anymore for the giant clan to maintain their presence and prestige with only five King level cultivators.
The giant clan couldn't afford to stay down, being passive anymore.
they had to bet on an emperor to stabilize the faith and power of the entire giant race.
Rhea was the fire giant hope for the next kingship and unified imperial throne.
Of course for giants, battle was their mandate, she wouldn't be given the grand heir title solely on her talents, she had to fight for it.
but this most promising candidate was already displaying this kind of behavior.
Although the reactions of those in the grand palace above were more composed yet more calculative, it was not the same for the hot blooded youths in the pavilion below.
With some admirers even decided on showing Michael.
To most , they couldn't match Rhea's illustrious talent, nor were they strong enough to be her match.
But if they couldn't, who was this trash to.
Yet none made any move as royals prided themselves on their elegance, and with the awareness that they were being watched by the older officials and the Fire giant king above, none of them acted out of hand.
And also there was no need to be so desperate now and end up looking bad for their elders.
The battle rankings was an appropriate and good opportunity to show this waste his place.
Although his siblings and those familiar with him knew that Michael was not to be underestimated but with the fact that he was usually withdrawn and having acted only a few times, of his capabilities not much were aware.
And even with that some aware still looked down on him, the few times Michael had acted it was just some average royal or noble, all trashy bullies, for the true talents this wasn't impressive worth mentioning.
Some of them were already even in the second realm, awakening their giant spirit, and already practicing combat techniques.
Could he compare!