Chapter 354: Three and Three (2/2)
Stingham continued to rant.
“Why is it like this…”
Many of the referees and medical masters felt at a loss for words.
“This child…”
Strange looks appeared on Clancy and Leonardo’s faces.
Although it seemed as if Stingham was simply ranting and not considering how to deal with the crystal demon his wrestling skills had already greatly improved in this short period of time.
At the start, Stingham and Black Stingham were equals, but now, Stingham had gradually begun to take the upper hand. He was frequently able to press Black Stingham beneath him as they continued to grapple.
“This can be considered a close combat skill. He has managed to improve so much in such a short period of time… and he has just been randomly wrestling without any guidance. I’ve heard that he is extremely lazy and dislikes training, but just how little does he normally train?”
Clancy and Leonardo’s faces became darker and darker.
Stingham was quickly reaching a state where he would be able to prevent Black Stingham from moving.
It was clear that his body’s reflexes, agility, and other characteristics were all about to breakthrough to another level.
This child, had he truly been relying on his natural talents to progress this entire time? Did he truly never train like they had heard?!
No wonder he had mastered so few skills even with his high rank Green Dragon Bloodline!
But in retrospect, hadn’t this also made it extremely easy for him to pass this trial?
……
“This?”
Just as Clancy and Leonardo finished making their conclusions about Stingham and how little he normally trained, Ayrin arrived at massive hall.
The hall was filled with various types of steel, spare parts, worktables, and countless tools and instruments including several smelting furnaces.
In particular, there were countless metal windup springs of varying sizes which all seemed to be incomplete.
On iron hooks next to many of these incomplete springs were almost finished metal clockwork puppets.
“This must be where the Corps used to construct metal clockwork puppets!”
Ayrin slowly recovered from his initial shock.
After all, this made sense. The speed of the invaders in the past must have been too fast. They must have broken through everything and reached this place too quickly. As a result, all the arcane masters working on these puppets left to go meet the invaders, leaving these barely incomplete puppets behind.
At this moment, a sound entered Ayrin’s ear, causing him to fiercely turn around.
A familiar figure appeared within his sight.
“Rinloran!” Ayrin shouted excitedly, “You’ve also passed?”
“You are first again? You really are something…” Rinloran replied as he took a deep breath and bounded over to Ayrin’s side.
“We should be able to exit if we pass through that huge gate,” Rinloran said as he pointed towards a glowing gate in the distance. But at the same time, he was also greatly shocked by the magnitude of this workshop.
“Ayrin! Rinloran!” Chris’ voice abruptly rang out from behind them.
“Chris, your arm?!”
“You used Dark Dragon Destruction?”
Ayrin and Rinloran both shouted upon seeing Chris’ blood covered left arm as she ran over.
“It’s fine. The battle allowed me to learn quite a bit, and I’ve improved greatly because of it.” Chris’ face was somewhat pale, but as she looked at Ayrin and Rinloran, a bright smile bloomed. “The others haven’t come out yet? Well, there’s already three of us.”
“Let’s go! Let’s talk after we exit. We cannot let another team take first!”
The three enthusiastic youths shot towards the great gate, leaving behind a trail of blood on the dusty floor of the workshop.
Ayrin, Rinloran and Chris felt sunlight descend upon them once more as the figures of Clancy, Leonardo and the other referees and medical masters appeared in their view.
“Mister Leonardo is also here?” Ayrin exclaimed upon clearly seeing Leonardo.
At the same time, he also saw the strange looks on the faces of the referees and medical masters.
“Mister Leonardo, what place are we? Morgan and the others haven’t come out, yet right?” Ayrin asked nervously.
“You guys are the first,” Leonardo responded. Upon seeing Ayrin face to face, he had fallen back into a stupor.
“We’re first! We won! Hahahaha!” Ayrin shouted as he jumped excitedly into the air.
“But then, why do you all look so grim Mister Leonardo? It got me thinking that we were too slow, and that the other two teams had emerged already. Then everything we did would have been in vain,” Ayrin immediately continued.
Leonardo felt completely speechless as he took a deep breath and replied, “It’s not because you guys were too slow, but because you guys were too fast. You children are simply too monstrous.”
“Eh? Mister Clancy, what happened to your arm?”
As his group of three arrived beside everyone else, Ayrin abruptly realized that Clancy was missing an arm.
“I lost it during battle in Fallen Shadow Valley,” Clancy replied with a slight smile.
“You are a true brave warrior,” Ayrin replied in awe.
“The three of us have come out, so our victory has already been decided. In this case, Moss and the others no longer need to continue their fights right?” Ayrin asked several of the nearby referees.
“Technically you are correct,” a referee responded. “But are you sure that you want to interrupt their fights and have them come out?”
“Well if we switched spots… I guess not…” Ayrin chuckled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head.
Right at this moment, one of the medical masters shouted, “Hurry and watch Belo!”