Chapter 336: Heart of Fury, A Bestial Roar (2/2)
“The specific details will not be given before the competition,” Liszt looked at Ayrin and the others, “but they mentioned just now that it will be held in a ruin of the Clockwork Corps from the Era of the War with Dragons. The Clockwork Corps were part of Evil Dragon King Ned’s army.”
“A ruin of the Clockwork Corps?” Light flickered through Rinloran’s eyes as he asked, “Then there will probably be a lot of metal soul-linked war avatars present?”
“Considering how long has passed, there will likely not be too many metal soul-linked war avatars left. But regardless, as a corps during that era, they likely created many strange defense mechanisms and traps to prevent powerful arcane teams from sneaking in and raiding.” Liszt rubbed his chin as he added, “So I’m assuming that the Office of Special Affairs sent a team in to destroy several of the more difficult to cope with traps, and not set up ones of their own. Because if it is the ruin of a larger corp, there will likely be traps which could even kill a five gate arcane master.”
“Traps which could even kill off a five gate arcane master? Then doesn’t that mean even Teacher Liszt and the others…” Moss couldn’t help but gasp.
Liszt paid no heed to Moss’ gasp as he nodded and answered, “Correct. In that era with our strength, it would not be unlikely for us to die due to the defenses of some corp’s base. After all, the average level of arcane masters during the Era of the War with Dragons was much higher. But that is how the world of arcane masters is, and always will be. There will always be a long prosperous period with countless powerful arcane masters followed by a time of great change and decline. During this decline, the number of arcane masters greatly diminishes, until there are only a handful of powerful ones left who hold all the wealth. But then powerful arcane masters begin to appear again, driving the era towards another golden age. With the end of this war, perhaps we will be ushering in a new era sometime in the near future.”
“Does that mean we will all become legendary figures?” Stingham excitedly combed through his hair as he exclaimed, “Regardless of anything else, I will definitely be legendary for my handsomeness.”
“You mean legendary for your idiocy,” Rinloran rebutted, his face full of black lines.
“Teacher Liszt, we are still missing Belo. I wonder how he is doing right now,” Ayrin abruptly chirped at this moment.
“Belo should be fine. I had Donna follow after him. Let us keep moving. We’ll probably run into him soon.” Liszt looked into the distance as he added, “Although I do not know what secrets he is keeping on his body, he sure is an impetuous youth… so by this time, he should have already ridded his body of the Poisonflame Emperor Egg’s toxin.”
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Somewhere in the depths of the Southam Demon Forest, Berryn, the arcane master who had seemed even frostier than Rinloran, couldn’t help but comment to Donna beside him, “Why is this fellow like this? The toxin of the Poisonflame Emperor Egg should not be this fierce!”
Not too far ahead of them, a shadow continuously flickered between the trees. It was none other than Belo.
Currently, Belo’s appearance was rather terrible.
Unlike Ayrin, Rinloran, and Stingham, not only were his muscles twitching and his body covered in white grains of salt which had precipitated out from his sweat, his body’s pores were also continuously releasing drops of a stinky, green, pus-like substance.
This green substance caused the area around Belo to faintly grow green.
As Belo’s heavy breath landed on the leaves of several nearby trees, those leaves immediately turned yellow and withered.
At this moment, he was tightly clutching a massive, dark-red snake between his hands and vigorously sucking out its blood. It was a bloody spectacle to behold.
“There is only a single possibility.”
Donna’s expression was also grave as she took a deep breath and said, “This fellow’s high rank beastman bloodline must have an innate resistance to poison… so instead of ingesting a single Poisonflame Emperor Egg and experiencing little effect, he must have ingested all of them at the same time.”
“Even with the resistance of a beastman bloodline… his action is simply insanity. It’s like he doesn’t care for his life.” Berryn’s face paled slightly as he said, “These youths of Holy Dawn Academy… they are not just monsters, but madmen!”
“Regardless, his willpower is incredible. It is unimaginable how much pain he is enduring right now. And he can only keep consuming blood to stimulate his beastman bloodline’s innate vitality to stay alive.” Donna stared at Belo’s back as she solemnly said, “As long as he survives, not only be his body, but also his bloodline will experience massive growth.”
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“The taste of this blood is truly disgusting… but if I cannot even endure this much, how can I possibly keep up with Ayrin and the others… and how will I be able to personally kill you, my dear father?!”
“I do not know what your blood tastes like… it will definitely be even more disgusting than this snake’s… yet I am still willing to endure all of this so I can kill you and taste it. This pain is nothing!”
The twitching Belo abruptly threw away the now dry corpse as he roared towards the sky in a savage manner like a wild beast!