Chapter 71: Surprise (1/2)

Chapter 71: Surprise

Ayrin was a critical figure in this match. If anything happened to him and prevented him from going on stage, then all his plans would be thrown out of the windows, and they would definitely lose.

“Should I alter the order I decided on?”

He hesitated in his mind.

“Teacher, are you really going to let Ayrin fight?” Gerryn and two other old members of the team saw the referee urging them for the line-up already coming their way, and they could also see Carter’s worry and hesitation.

Ender anxiously watched the tunnel’s exit behind them, saying to Gerryn and the others at the same time, “Gerryn, don’t disturb the teacher’s train of thought. Ayrin will definitely give you guys a pleasant surprise!”

“What’s gotten into Ender… What happened yesterday that made his attitude toward Ayrin make such a sharp turnabout?” This thought flashed in Gerryn’s and the other two’s minds at the same time. They couldn’t help but glance at each other.

“What, they’re confused about their line-up and can’t even hand out the list?”

“Haha, it seems like one of their team members vanished before the match even started. Did he take fright and run straight away to hide and cry?”

“It’s really a trash team, a team member ran off in fear before the match even began.”

The stands not far behind team Holy Dawn were crowded by spectators from other academies. Some people closest to the field noticed some activity, and some of them who already didn’t think much of team Holy Dawn immediately burst out in loud sarcasm and mockery.

“What they hell are you talking about! Why do your mouths stink worse than sewers?”

Gerryn and the others were old team members who already met with a lot of cutting sarcasm before, but it was a first for Moss. Hearing these people using ugly poisonous words to attack Ayrin, he suddenly felt an inexplicable anger, and he started to fling wild curses back at these people.

“Heh… Such a bad track-record, but quite the temper.”

“Exactly, if you’re so amazing then go insult team Divine Shield instead.”

“He has the gall to jump out with such a crappy strength. At least Chris would have had a leg to stand on.”

“What, come up to the stands if you dare, I’ll wipe the floor with you just by myself and leave you looking for your teeth all over the ground.”

“That’s right, why are you cursing us from below, come, come here in the stands!”

…

“You guys!” When did Moss ever suffer such insults? He felt as if his chest was about to explode from anger, like an evil demon about to drill out from his body.

“Don’t mind them…” Chris stretched her hand out, about give Moss a pat and tell him to disregard the voices in the stands. After all, people became more unbridled the more they cursed, and if he wanted to brawl because of a few words, well one man simply couldn’t win against a crowd. She looked at the stands at the same time, ready to say something and make that group of people shut up.

“Roar..”

A furious snarl came at this moment however. Moss’ clothes sounded as if they were about to crack open. His body enlarged rapidly; even his head became several times bigger than before.

“Giants’ Multi-Sizing technique? No wonder Carter agreed to let him tag along with the school team.” Chris froze an instant all of a sudden, witnessing Moss’ innate giant transformation for the first time.

“Crash.”

The spectators sitting closest to the field jumped in fright and retreated despite themselves, panicking a little. But curses flew from the stands only a second or two later, even louder than before.

“Oh I was wondering, it’s only a little giant blood.”

“What, you want to frighten us merely with a Multi-Sizing like that? What’s the use of going merely big, you blockhead. If you’re so amazing just try to jump up here in the stands?”

“You can’t scare the Divine Shield team, so you want to scare us instead? You think we’re afraid of big things?”

“Haha, he looks really dumb and ugly after transforming.”

Moss trembled in anger from head to toe under these curses.

Just at that moment, the referee pressing them for the line-up halted all of a sudden, taken aback by a tremendous explosive sound. When this referee turned around, he saw that team Divine Shield, who already delivered their team composition, had walked out of the tunnel just a moment ago.

Under the sounds of every Divine Shield student hammering their own chest, and their crazy cheers, the teacher leading team Divine Shield kept going forward.

Everyone saw that the teacher leading team Divine Shield this time was an one-eyed man wearing an eye-patch, with an especially ferocious-looking face, making people think first thing of a cruel, wounded beast in the jungles at the borders.

“Payton!”

Up in the stands, some arcane masters who obviously weren’t students softly exclaimed their surprise.

“It’s actually you?” Carter also froze faintly when he saw this one-eyed arcane master walk to not far in front of him.

“I lost to you once before, this time you’re the one leading team Holy Dawn, it’s a good opportunity to earn my loss back.” The one-eyed man smiled grimly. “What, you haven’t settled your team composition yet?”

…

“The red-haired giant turns out to be from clan Quinn.”

“Clan Quinn still has a little fame in a place like St. Lauren, but aren’t they just a second-rate clan compared to the entire kingdom of Eiche?”

“Exactly, compared to a clan like clan Lannister, they’re only fit to kneel down and lick their feet.”

“I heard this Payton is one of the strongest elite arcane masters in Divine Shield Academy, and also an authentic person from clan Lannister! With the bloodline of clan Lannister!”

“There’s someone so young in clan Quinn? So that means it’s the son of that wild woman of unknown origin?”