Chapter 327: An Unstable Belo (1/2)

“He’s returned?”

“Must be. There’s no way he would die so easily.”

Ayrin’s loud shouts also attracted the attention of Morgan, Audrey, and everyone else as they quickly made their way over from the other side of Witch Hat Town.

“This guy?”

However, upon seeing Ayrin clearly for the first time, Morgan, Audrey, and the others stopped in their tracks.

How could this be?!

Ayrin was running normally atop the plain without any arcane skill, yet every single one of his steps seemingly contained an explosive strength!

They had all perceived the seemingly limitless strength contained within Ayrin’s movements before in the past, but never had it caused them to feel such pressure.

Just how did he manage to increase his strength so much in such a short period of time? Just what breakthroughs did he make in his trainings?

“Even Stingham and Rinloran…”

The look of shock on Morgan’s face became even greater as he watched Stingham and Rinloran easily following behind Ayrin.

“He’s managed to open his third arcane gate?”

“How can his physical strength have increased even further?!”

Ayrin’s appearance also incited cries of shock from Ivan’s group.

“He’s become even stronger than before?”

Charlotte’s eyes widened as she observed at the approaching Ayrin. As she did so, she could feel the fear within her heart slowly fade and become replaced with a strong sense of security.

Without her realizing, this ever-growing youth had already become a pillar for her, someone she could rely on to protect her.

The powerful and skilled Goddess of Divine Shield Academy, she was still a girl. She dreamed about being protected, about having someone who would devote themselves to keeping her safe.

As Charlotte gazed at Ayrin’s glowing face, a shy smile emerged on her own.

Boom!

A powerful blast of air containing limitless momentum swept across them as Ayrin stopped right before Charlotte, Moss, and the others who had come to welcome him.

“You’ve really managed to open your third gate?” Wilde asked as he playfully punched Ayrin’s shoulder. From the arcane energy fluctuations radiating from Ayrin’s body, it was clear that he had indeed opened the third gate.

“Yep! I’ve opened my third arcane gate!” Ayrin replied as he put his hand behind his head and laughed happily.

“Just what did you guys go and do?”

“How did you all suddenly experience such a growth in strength?”

Morgan and Audrey’s voices rang out in quick succession as they bombarded Ayrin with questions.

Ayrin, Stingham, and Rinloran’s progress had caused them to lose their calm as they ignored and interrupted Ayrin and Charlotte’s reunion.

“Well first, we ran into the Abyss of Evil and encountered a powerful team of Evil Dragon Followers consisting of two brothers.” Ayrin chuckled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head and continued, “Afterwards, Teacher Liszt arranged a training for us which required us to absorb Poisonflame Emperor Eggs.”

“Abyss of Evil… Poisonflame Emperor Egg?”

“Didn’t the Undead Bishop release Apocalypse within the Abyss of Evil? Over fifty percent of the arcane teams there died… yet you guys actually survived?!”

“Poisonflame Emperor Egg? It’s said that even fourth gate arcane masters cannot withstand its toxins to fully absorb it!”

Ayrin’s proud expression turned shy as his words elicited a strong response from everyone around him.

“You three joined the battles within the Abyss of Evil?” Charlotte asked as the sense of security she felt right now became even greater.

In the Corps, those who returned from battle in extremely dangerous places were often light heartedly referred to as those whom even Death did not want to visit.

“Yep!” Ayrin nodded towards Charlotte. Afterwards, he turned towards Chris and the others and excitedly said, “Also, Dias, who was responsible for killing Ashur, was killed by Teacher Ciaran’s own hands! We successfully took revenge for Teacher Ashur!”

“Dias has finally been killed?!” Chris repeated, her voice full of joy. She continued, “So how are Teacher Carter, Ciaran, and the others doing?”

“They are all doing just fine. None of them suffered any injuries,” Ayrin replied with a smile. “Before we went our separate ways, we destroyed the altar which was creating the massive dark purple column of smoke together.”

“It is true. The most dangerous places… will result in the greatest improvement. Detestable! To think that I got assigned here to execute some stupid encirclement mission!” Belo’s voice abruptly rang out at this moment, breaking the harmonious atmosphere.

“Belo?”

Everyone stiffened as they turned their heads and saw Belo habitually pushing up his glasses, a look of impulse on his face. His veins bulged out atop his forehead, making him look frightening.

“Ayrin, let us have a match!” Belo abruptly shouted, instantly clearing up everyone’s confusion.

“Right now?” Ayrin stuttered.

He felt as if Belo was being even more impulsive than normal.

“Are you sure Belo? We only just reunited? Are you sure you want to fight Ayrin right now?” As Stingham observed the red faced Belo, he couldn’t help but add, “You won’t be able to defeat Ayrin right now either. Right now, you are likely as strong as Abel Academy’s Presley. However, Ayrin completely dominated Abel Academy’s Presley, as well as Lotner. They weren’t even able to fight back in their defeats.”

“Belo, we have only just gotten back together. Even if you wish to train through sparring, you should let them rest for a bit first,” Moss added as he endured the urge to say, “If anything else, you should let Ayrin and Charlotte have a nice long conversation to catch up with each other.”

“Ayrin, are you not a brave warrior?! If you don’t dare to fight me, then come and lick this grandfather’s feet!” Belo shouted as he completely ignored Stingham and Moss and he pushed his glasses up once more.

“Lick this grandfather’s feet… it’s happening all over again.”

Stingham and Rinloran silently exchanged looks.

This phrase was just so arrogant and characteristic of Belo. It was something the two of them had missed after having not been around him for so long.

“Brave warrior Belo, it seems like you are full of fighting intent. So alright then, let us fight!”

Ayrin apologetically looked at Charlotte and then turned and waved his fist at Belo as he said, “But you must be careful. I won’t be going easy!”

“We fought for so many days, can’t we just take a nice long break? How do we just keep running into new fights?” Stingham muttered to himself.

Rip!

The sound of cloth tearing apart abruptly rang out as Belo’s body quickly grew larger and the hairs atop his body stiffened. In less than a second, Belo completely finished his Berserk Blood Transformation as he transformed into a monstrous werewolf.

However, the glasses were still present atop his nose, resulting in a somewhat comical sight. Stingham tried desperately to hold in his laughter.

“Roar!”

A fierce wind began to gust.

Belo completely ignored everyone else around him as he charged straight towards Ayrin.

Bang!

The ground trembled.

Everyone subconsciously blinked at this moment.

“This fellow has indeed gotten a lot stronger!” Morgan quietly whispered to himself under his breath.

For a split second, Belo and Ayrin’s bodies seemed to be frozen in place.

Ayrin’s hands were tightly clasped around Belo’s several inches in front of his shoulders, preventing Belo from piercing his shoulders with his sharp, gleaming nails.

Ayrin stared straight into Belo’s blood-red eyes as flames began to burn within his own eyes.

In the corner of his eye, he saw one of Belo’s feet viciously striking towards his abdomen.