Chapter 413 The Strength of the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance
Everyone present changed their expressions.
What?
Could this girl be...
In an instant, everyone's eyes turned fearful as they looked at Isabella.
Theron's eyes widened in shock, and his face turned pale.
He looked at Isabella in disbelief.
This was... Gwyneth's daughter.
In that moment, recalling the scene of Garth leaving earlier with a terrible expression, he finally realized what was happening. It was like a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, and his blood ran cold.
Theron dropped to his knees right in front of Gwyneth.
His face was deathly pale with shock. "Ms. Gwyneth Powell, I'm so sorry! I was blind and didn't recognize Ms. Isabella Powell. Quincy even offended Ms. Isabella Powell. Please spare me, spare the Howard family!"
"Theron, take your people and leave," Gwyneth said with displeasure.
Theron nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, I'll leave right away!"
The Howard family fled from the banquet hall.
Before leaving, Arabella took a long look at Isabella, pressing her lips together, her fingers clenched tight.
——
Now, even before the formal part of the banquet, everyone already knew that Isabella was Gwyneth's daughter.
The person who found this hardest to accept was Jasmine.
Watching everyone change their attitude and try to get on Isabella's good side, her expression darkened.
Her original purpose in attending this banquet was to get to know Gwyneth's daughter.
But now?
Should she go suck up to Isabella?
She just couldn't do it.
As soon as the formal part of the banquet ended, all the major news headlines were dominated by topics like #Isabella Powell# and #Gwyneth's daughter#.
Before leaving the banquet hall, Jasmine walked over to Isabella, couldn't help showing a mocking expression, and snorted coldly. "So you're Ms. Gwyneth Powell's daughter? I really didn't expect it. You don't look like her daughter at all."
Thinking about how the person she once looked down on had suddenly become Gwyneth's daughter with such a high status, she really couldn't swallow this.
Isabella glanced at Jasmine but said nothing.
"Don't think I'll be afraid of you just because you're Ms. Gwyneth Powell's daughter!" Jasmine said angrily. "What's so great about that?"
"I never said I was anything great," Isabella said calmly.
Jasmine: "..."
Jasmine felt strangely frustrated. She wanted to say more, but Selene and Hestia held her back.
"Jasmine, let's go. Say less."
They couldn't afford to offend Isabella now.
They had all seen what happened to Quincy earlier. Provoking Isabella was definitely not a good idea.
Selene and Hestia were afraid Jasmine might say something outrageous to Isabella that the Powell family might hear, so they quickly pulled Jasmine away from the banquet.
After leaving the banquet, Jasmine spoke without any restraint.
"Who does she think she is? I really didn't expect that someone like her would be Ms. Gwyneth Powell's daughter."
She felt Isabella didn't deserve such a status at all.
"Exactly. She looks so ordinary. Why should she be Ms. Gwyneth Powell's daughter?" Selene chimed in.
——
Isabella paid no attention to Jasmine. Toward the end of the banquet, Gwyneth took her to meet some important figures from the seven great families.
Among the seven great families, the one closest to the Powell family was the Jordan family.
The Jordan family head, Manuel, was a gentle-looking middle-aged man who appeared to be only about twenty-seven, but his actual age was over thirty. Like Gwyneth, he just took good care of himself.
It seemed that ancient martial arts professionals with high talent could all maintain their figures and skin very well.
"After our Powell family was raided by The Whispering Sect, Manuel spared no effort to help with our restoration work. The Powell family was able to recover in such a short time largely thanks to Manuel's help," Gwyneth explained.
Not only that, but the Jordan family and the Powell family had always worked closely together.
"Manuel, hello. Nice to meet you. Please take care of me in the future," Isabella said politely.
"This isn't our first meeting," Manuel smiled.
When Isabella was unconscious after being hit by the Archer assassin's poisoned arrow, Manuel had already seen her, though Isabella herself didn't know it.
After Gwyneth explained, Isabella learned that Manuel had given her medicine to slow the poison's effects, allowing them to wait for Thaddeus to come and cure her.
Manuel's gaze swept over Isabella's face, showing a hint of satisfaction.
She really was Gwyneth's daughter—she looked so much like her.
Actually, the first time he saw Isabella, he had vaguely guessed.
Just then, Knox came over with some people, bowed to Gwyneth, and said, "Ms. Gwyneth Powell, people from the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance are here. They say they want to see you."
Hearing that people from the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance had come, Gwyneth's expression changed slightly. "The Ancient Martial Arts Alliance?"
The Ancient Martial Arts Alliance had existed for a long time, established probably a thousand years ago.
But the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance never got involved in any matters between royalty and nobility.
Novaria had a city-state called "Elyndra," where the architecture still maintained the style from thousands of years ago. It was managed exclusively by the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance. Everything there had nothing to do with nobility or royalty. The people of the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance were self-reliant, didn't adopt new technology, and were completely closed off to the outside world.
This had been the case for thousands of years. Nobility and royalty never went to Elyndra to disturb the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance, and the people of the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance basically never left Elyndra. This harmonious state had lasted a long time.
However, the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance did publicly recruit new members because they needed to bring in talent to maintain their development.
But the requirements to join the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance were extremely strict. Only very young and talented ancient martial arts professionals could join. Even descendants of the seven great families found it nearly impossible to get in.
Being able to join the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance was probably the dream of ninety percent of ancient martial arts professionals.
Because supposedly, everyone in the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance was a top-level expert. It was a pure land of ancient martial arts. The ancient martial arts practiced by the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance were the true ancient martial arts.
However, since the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance never got involved in anything, no one had actually fought against them, so no one knew what level their strength was actually at. But according to those who joined the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance, with their strength, they could easily destroy the seven great families!
This was too exaggerated.
Some believed it, but others were certain it must be a rumor!
Now, the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance, which usually didn't deal with nobility, had actually come from Elyndra and actively asked for a meeting. Everyone present was surprised to hear this.
"Let them in," Gwyneth said.
Even Gwyneth couldn't help but be wary of the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance.