Chapter 6429

When Gaspar heard what Madden was saying, his lips formed a faint, icy smile no one could notice. Gaspar would do everything he could to stop Harvey from gaining any recognition, especially when the tournament's main goal was to strip him of his title as representative. If Harvey was the one who saved them from this predicament, the tournament would instead become a tool to help Harvey gain recognition. After that, his status in the Alliance would become extremely firm and no one could touch him again. That was something Gaspar and the others could never accept. As someone from the training grounds, they wouldn't allow what was theirs to become someone else's instead. Not to mention, Harvey was so young. If he became the representative permanently, he would stay in that position for decades. And once all those decades had passed, would the training grounds still have a voice within the Alliance? However, just as Gaspar was about to conclude this with one last speech to reject Harvey from interfering, someone opened the door into the meeting room. An old man with white hair and beard ran in, agitated. "Elder Lee! Mr. Chairman! Everyone, we have a huge problem! A really huge one! Harvey had just sent a message to the Shinto Way, saying that he would fight the Shinto Way at the Apex of the Forbidden City seven days later!" Everyone was stunned when they heard what the old man had said. Gaspar even instinctively mumbled, "What does he mean?" Madden then said, "It means Harvey has already announced he will fight all 12 of the challengers at the Apex of the Forbidden City, the highest point in the Forbidden City… He wants the entire world to know about this! That bastard!" Gaspar slammed the table; his cup immediately fell and shattered. "Ridiculous! This is utterly ridiculous! Harvey… What does he think this is? Some roleplaying game? How dare he say something like that? Can he bear all the responsibilities? How is he supposed to answer the Alliance and all the training grounds? This is utterly ridiculous!" Madden's face also became pale. "What right does Harvey have to announce something like that? Can he represent the entire Alliance?" All the elders nodded and started to curse Harvey, as if him facing the challenge was an act of great betrayal and disrespect. As the elders cursed, Prince took a sip from his coffee, then slammed the cup on the table. The sound immediately caught everyone's attention, silencing them at the same time. Everyone wanted to turn their anger at Prince, but he simply ignored their vicious eyes and smirked. "Elders, Elder Lee. Have you forgotten one thing? Harvey is indeed the representative of our country's Martial Arts Alliance. In other words, he's the leader of the Alliance. "No matter how much you don't like him and want to remove him from power, as long as he's the representative of the alliance, he has the right and authority to accept this challenge. His status is also high enough to represent us to compete against the Island Nations. "I know you don't like him and many of you want to pull him down, but none of you have the right or authority to stop him from fighting the Islanders this time. None of you cowards can stop him!"