Chapter 262: Scoundrels Encountering Scoundrels (1/2)
Chapter 262: Scoundrels Encountering Scoundrels
The majority of necromancers in the history of Doraster were evil existences, and thus they were scorned by all.
This was mainly due to how most necromantic skills relied on using the corpses of giant beasts and arcane masters. The extraction and transformation of something else’s energy and putting it to one’s own use was like stealing money from another’s purse instead of making money by oneself. And like money, one’s greed would grow as they gained, resulting in necromancers who only killed others to gain power instead of training.
Killing others and obtaining their strengths for oneself was like taking drugs. Once tasted, many necromancers were simply unable to prevent themselves from continuing to fall down the evil abyss.
But in Rinloran’s eyes, the talented Ayrin, who enjoyed bitter training so much, wouldn’t fall like so many others even if he was given a scepter which allowed him to control an army of skeletons.
……
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Ayrin, Rinloran, and Stingham swiftly flew through the darkness of the Forest of Evil.
“There are not many people who can compare to him in terms of innate talent… if he wasn’t so lazy, perhaps he would be even stronger than Morgan and Rinsyi,” Rinloran couldn’t help but silently wonder as he heard the air whistling behind him.
When their group first left the valley outpost, Stingham had found it impossible to keep up with him and Ayrin. Only if the two of them deliberately managed their speed could Stingham barely keep up.
But after these last few days of traveling, Stingham was completely able to keep up with the two of them.
And it wasn’t in some ordinary forest of giant trees either. It was in a completely unexplored and sinister forest full of hanging vines, prickly thorns, and dangerous plants.
Explosiveness, agility, and endurance… just several days of continuous exercise, and Stingham had already made shocking improvements.
His rare high level Green Dragon Bloodline was indeed a peak bloodline amongst the dragon bloodlines.
But as Rinloran watched Stingham continuously waste his talent by being increasingly lazy and idiotic, he couldn’t help but become exasperated.
“Stingham, has the metal zombie within your body grown a little larger?” Rinloran asked as he deliberately attempted to goad Stingham.
“It seems like it has grown a little larger,” Stingham replied. But what shocked Rinloran speechless was that afterwards, Stingham graciously added, “Thank you for your concern.”
“Haha, remain strong, brave warrior Stingham!
Ayrin comforted Stingham, “As long as you charge forward like a brave warrior and get hit a few times, it will surely disappear forever!”
“Of course!”
Stingham felt a little better as he added, “Even the hardest gems can be polished.”
“Just make sure you aren’t killed,” Rinloran said with a cold smile.
“Thank you. My most handsome and talented self will definitely be careful,” Stingham warmly chuckled as he increasingly felt like Rinloran was a good person.
“Just what is with this fellow’s brain? Can he not detect sarcasm…” Rinloran silently thought as black lines filled his face.
“Far Sight!”
Due to his worry for the endangered squad, Ayrin was currently leading them at a breakneck pace. Ayrin himself could feel his chest burning. The very moment he felt like he was within range of the pillar of light, he immediately stopped, and motioned for Rinloran and Stingham to as well, as he used the Far Sight skill which had been so instrumental in their earlier victory.
If the enemy ahead of them was on the same level as Tiger Chen and Otto, then it would be difficult for them to play a role considering their current states. This was especially true if they were forced into a head on clash.
“I see them!”
A cheery, but quiet, exclamation came from Ayrin.
“What’s the situation?” Rinloran asked as he became vigilant and alert.
“It’s not Chris, Audrey and Morgan, or Charlotte and Ferguillo’s teams.”
“It’s not a team that we know?”
“They’re?”
Ayrin’s furrowed his brows in disbelief.
Through Far Sight, he was currently able to see the scene occurring atop a giant mushroom forest beyond the dark forest before them.
The giant mushrooms themselves were different from normal mushrooms. Outside of being two to three meters tall, their dark brown caps and stems were extremely hard and stiff like hardwood.
There were currently six arcane masters standing atop below these giant mushrooms.
Three of them wore moon white robes while the other three wore hooded dark purple robes and masks which completely concealed their identities.
“It’s students of Abel Academy?”
Ayrin felt like the three arcane masters wearing moon white arcane robes seemed quite familiar. After thinking for a moment, he immediately recognized their robes as those worn by the students of Abel Academy during the national tournament.
“The ones asking for help are Abel Academy’s team members?” Rinloran and Stingham perplexedly asked as they observed the complex and strange look which emerged atop Ayrin’s face.
“The three opposite them are Evil Dragon Followers?”
Ayrin couldn’t understand what he was seeing.