Chapter 262: Scoundrels Encountering Scoundrels (2/2)

Traces of battle littered the portion of the giant mushroom forest around the group of six, yet the three arcane masters from Abel Academy seemed to be extremely calm. The three arcane masters facing them, who seemed to be Evil Dragon Followers, were very calm and relaxed as well. There was no tension or fighting intent present. On the contrary, it seemed like the two groups were discussing something while waiting.

“Have they already sided with the Evil Dragon Followers? That can’t be. If so, then why would they release the flare pillar?”

No matter how Ayrin looked at it, he felt like something was not right. But because Far Sight didn’t allow him to hear anything, he couldn’t further determine anything.

“What is it?” Rinloran and Stingham asked as they saw Ayrin lost deep in thought.

“Ahead of us, three arcane masters of Abel Academy and three arcane masters who seem to be Evil Dragon Followers seem to be discussing something. They aren’t fighting at all,” Ayrin quietly explained.

“There’s no fighting?” Rinloran and Stingham exchanged looks.

“They seem to be on very friendly terms with each other,” Ayrin replied as he nodded.

“There is definitely some kind of plot being schemed!” Stingham sternly shouted full of confidence.

“Idiot! Who can’t tell that there is definitely some kind of plot going on?!”

In a normal situation, Ayrin and Rinloran would have long since replied in this scathing manner.

But at this current moment, the mention of a plot by Stingham struck Ayrin and Rinloran’s minds like a bolt of lightning.

“Could it be…” the two of them simultaneously started to speak.

“What?” Stingham immediately moved closer.

“They are probably waiting to ambush the squads like us which come to the rescue,” Rinloran replied as he backed away from Stingham with a disgusted expression on his face.

“How could that be possible?” Stingham’s eyes widened, “We came to accomplish missions together. Why would the attack us?”

“Have you already forgotten what Nolan and Sarina said along with Winterfell Academy’s giant beardy? That Abel Academy has a bad reputation and is always trying to use underhanded means?” Ayrin whispered, “If they manage to attack us, then we will not be able to occupy our Path of Evil in time. We will fail our mission. If their opponents fail… then they will naturally advance.”

“No way? Perhaps they are trying to ambush the Evil Dragon Followers by dressing as them,” Stingham rebutted as he shook his head in disbelief.

“You idiot. If they wished to ambush Evil Dragon Followers, then they would just need a team to hide somewhere. Why would they dress as Evil Dragon Followers?” Rinloran sneered as he contemptuously looked at Stingham.

“That makes sense! These fellows are too outrageous!” Stingham immediately became furious as he shouted, “Come on! Let’s set a trap for them!”

“Let us wait for now. Just in case we have misunderstood,” Ayrin said as he grabbed Stingham.

“Is that what you are worried about? Don’t worry, everything will soon become clear! As they aren’t too far away, they’ll definitely be able to hear me!”

“Stingham, just what are you about to do?”

“Team requesting rescue, where are you guys?! We are Holy Dawn Academy’s team! I am the most handsome Stingham, we are currently moving towards you as fast as possible!” Stingham loudly shouted just as a bad feeling emerged in Rinloran’s heart and he questioned Stingham.

“How was it? What do you see?” Stingham immediately asked Ayrin in a quiet voice afterwards.

“Those fellows…”

Ayrin was completely dumbfounded.

As Stingham’s cries rang through the giant mushroom forest, looks of excitement emerged on the faces of the three Abel Academy arcane masters as they took out a bunch of prosthetics and applied them to themselves.

Just several seconds later, the three Abel Academy arcane masters seemed to be grievously injured and covered in fresh blood. As for the three Evil Dragon Follower looking arcane masters, they quickly scattered and hid themselves.

“Just what skill is that?”

Ayrin’s mouth opened in shock as he watched one of the skinnier Evil Dragon Follower appearance arcane masters abruptly merge into a giant mushroom.

No signs of any disturbance could be seen atop the giant mushroom.

If he hadn’t seen it himself, he would have never known that there was an arcane master hiding within that giant mushroom.

“Three of them are pretending to be severely injured… while the other three scattered and hid,” Ayrin was a little speechless as he quietly replied to Stingham.

“We are over here!”

“Careful, the enemy is nearby!”

Cries abruptly rang over from the distance.

“These fellows really know how to act,” Ayrin dispiritedly said to Rinloran and Stingham.

“Let’s expose and humiliate them!” Stingham vigorously said.

“You idiot, they are quite possibly looking to kill everyone who goes. There are six of them, and only three of us. If we just go over, aren’t we going to our own deaths?” Rinloran bluntly commented.

“Ah, that’s right. Then what should be do?” Stingham asked as he rubbed his chin in contemplation.

“Our teacher Rui is the Master Scoundrel! We shall go and use their tricks against them! We shall humiliate these scoundrels!” Ayrin’s eyes lit up as the image of a wily old fox seemed to suddenly impose itself over his face. 1

1. Me and CV both misunderstood Rui’s title, 专打黑棍阿. Depending on how it is divided, it can be “专 specifically 打 attacking/hitting 黑棍 villian” or “专打 specialized in 黑棍 black sticks”. But upon reading this chapter and gaining some context, it seems like this title should be divided “专 specialized 打黑棍 in playing scoundrel”. The 阿 is simply a particle of speech in this phrase.