Chapter 125: Underestimated teams (2/2)
“What possibility?” Everyone looked inquisitively at him, waiting to hear what brilliant opinion he had.
“The other possibility is that…” Stingham said with a proud look, “It’s that Ayrin’s feeling was wrong!”
“…” All those who were waiting to hear what discovery he made immediately rolled their eyes at him, totally speechless. If he weren’t the one inviting, they very well might have kicked him out.
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“Even a team like team Holy Dawn dares to say they want to be champions. It’s really so funny.”
“These southern blokes from St. Lauren, what are their brains made of?”
“The teams coming out of St. Lauren, did they all come here to clown around?”
“Nonsense. You guys think about it, how many years has it been since these southern blokes from St. Lauren made it into the top eight? Even if they come out, it’s just a formality. They can only attract attention by making people laugh, right?”
In Grassy Plains Restaurant, two school teams chatted in high spirits while they ate.
Grassy Plains Restaurant was also a very distinctive restaurant. It was entirely an outdoor courtyard, and it was even close to a crystal ferry square. One could clearly see the huge sky crystal ferries shuttling back and forth in the sky like giant monster birds.
These two teams both came from the north.
One of them, Cold Winter Academy, was also a frequent visitor in the nationals, traditionally a strong team. The other one, TrailBlazer Academy, also reached the top thirty-two last year.
“What do you mean, teams from St. Lauren all came to clown around?”
They suddenly heard a wild, arrogant voice.
When the members of these two teams turned their heads around, astonished, they saw, in a corner of this restaurant, a bunch of people standing up. They all wore very casual clothes, but they all looked like musclemen covered in muscles. All of them looked their way, their faces filled with violence. Among them, one had hair hanging down on one side like a sharp blade, covering half his face, looking especially fierce and sinister.
When they saw the ones who spoke, the two teams didn’t recognize them at first, and were wondering which mysterious people they were. But suddenly, behind the ones who spoke, they saw someone who looked the calmest and also the thinnest of the lot, with pink hair and a pink eye. These two teams realized then: “Ferguillo? Iron Forest Academy?”
“Holy Dawn Academy reached the nationals after beating us.” Ferguillo looked at these two teams, faint and indifferent. “Insulting them is the same as insulting us to begin with, to say nothing about you guys saying we people from St. Lauren come out to clown around.”
“And what of it?” The two northern teams clearly weren’t good to provoke either. More then half of them had already stood up in a jiffy, sneers across their faces. “We’re eating and chatting here, going on about our own business. If you don’t like hearing it, you can all leave.”
“They think they’re all that and can look down on the whole of St. Lauren, but it turns out to be two mere unfashionable northern schools.” Another cold voice rose at this moment outside the restaurant’s entrance.
Everyone looked that way. They saw a group of people coldly walk inside, straight as javelins. The boy in the front had extremely short hair, with a bright, red scar on the left side of his face.
The girl at his side was very pretty, tall and slender, and also brimming with a heroic air.
“Ivan, Charlotte, you guys also came?” Several people from Iron Forest Academy immediately shouted in surprise.
“I was wondering who it was. It turns to be people from Divine Shield Academy.” Team Trailblazers’ captain Jupiter also smiled coldly. “What, acting so aggressive, do you want to fight with us?
“Even if you wanted to fight with us, you guys aren’t qualified to do so, because you haven’t even made it to the nationals. There’s no way we’ll waste any strength on you guys. Of course, if you’re interested, we won’t mind comparing notes with you after the end of the tournament.”
“Is that so? We really aren’t qualified?”
Ivan smiled coldly.
“What!”
At this precise instant, Jupiter and two of his teammates suddenly felt enveloped in a wisp of shadow gushing from under their feet.
“What arcane skill is that, why is it so scary!”
“Such a terrible power, we simply can’t fight back against it.”
“Why didn’t he give off any sign or aura? He actually dares to act directly here?”
It was the space of an instant. When these overwhelming thoughts emerged in the minds of the members of these two northern teams, the gushing shadows had already vanished.
As if they’d never existed to begin with.
“Do you think you’d be my match?” Ivan immediately turned around and walked out of the restaurant.
“Ivan Fadh. Is he actually this powerful? This arcane skill of his, is that Clan Lannister’s Ghost World – Touch of Death? He can actually use even a taboo skill like this?”
Looking at Divine Shield and Iron Forest people walking away, the members of these two northern teams were all deathly pale, covered from head to toe in cold sweat.