[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/4y69RxS.png?1[/img][/center][right][hr][color=gray][b]Guixiang, City of Living Rubies[/b]
Present Day[/color][hr][/right]
[indent][i][color=C4484C]That’s not answering my question, you stupid ‘goddess’.[/color][/i]

Shuozhen lightly sighed, not too keen on the woman’s response. The red-haired woman had asked [i]why[/i] she had been chosen and all she received in turn was political posturing and subtle attempts to divert the concerns of the group with the revelation that there was exalted beings among them; and within the group she had summoned. Shuozhen was not keen to be ousted so she gave the woman and slight nod of the head, a defiant albeit understanding recognition that she held the cards here. The female dynast dared not risk the fate of those around her. Even if Shuozhen held little respect or love for her sister, at the end of the day she was still her flesh and blood; and that was not even accounting for the others in the room she either knew little of or nothing about. There were too many factors.

Besides, what little would it prove to duel in a place where she held such a major disadvantage? Shuozhen was no fool.

[color=C4484C]“I see little choice but to accept.”[/color] Shuozhen admited, holding back the urge to refuse and prepare herself for battle.[/indent]