Volume 1 Chapter 18 Part1 (1/2)
Last chapter recap: Aofeng and the Freedom Alliance steal from the Lan Family.
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V01-S18-C01
Section Eighteen – Entering Celestial Rank
Chapter One – Wait For Us
Pa.s.sing through the thin mist of the valley, Aofeng's group successfully withdrew back to the mouth of the valley to met up with Qin Aohai and the others. Each member had a smile on their face. They hadn't yet recovered from their excitement.
“Aofeng, you returned! Who was it? Did you succeed?” Qin Aohai waved towards Aofeng from atop the polar bear.
“Hahaha!”
Everyone laughed in unison. As silver energy flashed, a row of Komodo Dragons were released. The enormous figures of the giant dragons appearing caused Qin Aohai and the others to jump in fright.
“d.a.m.n! Don't scare people!”
The swordsmen laughed and cursed with both admiration and jealousy. They were depressed at the fact that they could not become magisters. The ones that had benefited the most from this mission were the magisters. They correspondingly got the greater share of spoils. While the swordsmen had also gained great profits, the spoils were not as pleasing as increases in their own strength.
Because the Komodo Dragons were injured and had to heal from their wounds, the magisters immediately put them back in their magus beat s.p.a.ces and used their magic power to help them recover.
“We can create another Dragonrider army!” Qin Aohai's eyes were wide and glittering as he said admiringly, “I saw the Dragonriders at the capital. Their giant dragons are not as strong as these Komodo Dragons. The earth dragons and lizard dragons with the weakest of the dragon blood are one or two-star sacred beasts. That army could sweep effortlessly through the countries on the continent. If it is a dragonrider army composed of several dozen Komodo Dragons, they will be even more powerful.”
Li Jie shook his head helplessly. “The Kaya Empire is the strongest country on the continent. While the strength of our alliance has risen, but a country has an innumerable number of experts. The members of the Dragonriders are mostly celestial magisters. We cannot rival them yet.”
“Those with ambitions will succeed. Celestial magisters, to us, is just a matter of time.” Aofeng glanced around the crowd, her jewel-like black eyes flas.h.i.+ng. She said in a clear voice, “Everyone here is able to survive the Forest of Neversetting Sun, the most dangerous place on the continent. Who here isn't an outstanding talent? In terms of talent, who will lose to those experts?”
Everyone became motivated, their expressions turning stern as they nodded.
Yes, they were not lacking compared to the others. These adventurers were mostly young, the average age of the group around twenty-six. They were the strongest of those best that had survived Neversetting Sun's natural law. In about a decade, most of them would reach celestial magister rank, and seven-star spirit magisters such as Li Jie and the others might reach that level in one or two years.
“Yes, we do not lose to them at all!”
“Grand Commander, your words seem to carry a kind of magic. Anything that seems impossible becomes possible when you say it.” Lian Cheng and his sister exchanged a look and said together.
Aofeng smiled coolly but her eyes remained determined. She said slowly, “This is an incorrect feeling. Everyone places the experts too high, and thinks them untouchable, not knowing the path is under their feet. If everyone walks step by step, each person is able to reach that rank. Celestial magisters are not G.o.ds, not even magus scholars. They are still humans. When we reach that height, and look back, you will find that those experiences were just so, nothing important. So we have to believe that we are strong and will grow stronger!”
The slow sedate speech caused the people present to wake up as though they suddenly understood something. Their emotions surged with excitement.
Yes, we are very strong! At present, we are truly strong!
These seven days had been like a dream. Even sacred beasts that they used to treasure so much had grown in number. Because it was just the sacred beasts that increased in number, they didn't feel anything stronger. But who on the continent would dare to say this wasn't a terrifying army?
Master beast tamers were people that only the most famous factions could recruit. Among the four families, only the Lan Family had managed to raise one. The number of beasts he could tame each year was limited. If master beast tamers were overburdened, their minds would crumble. Did they have many adult sacred beasts? If their group walked out of Neversetting Sun, as long as they did not offend ancient factions with thousands of years of history like Radiance Continent and the four families, they could do as they wished on the continent.
Li Jie raised his head high and said seriously, “Grand Commander, you are right, we should not say dispirited things! I've decided that I will do my best to maintain this alliance after this mission. I will develop the Freedom Alliance, and establish ourselves in the forest. One day in the future, we will be as famous as the Dragonriders of the Kaya Empire!”
“Yes, rival the Dragonriders of the Kaya Empire!”
“It will be better if we surpa.s.s the Dragonriders!”
Everyone shouted excitedly. The seed for a young faction silently sprouted like this. When the wild wind of freedom swept the continent, the higher ups still remembered, a long time ago in Death Ridge, Aofeng had made such a speech. This speech created the Freedom Empire that dominated the continent in the future.
Lei Yufeng worried frowned and said with a sigh, “We'll think about future matters later. Let's first think of a way to get the giant dragon and the dragon egg. We are about to reach the giant dragon nest. According to Lei Yufeng, the celestial magisters of the other three families will act. If they use their celestial magic techniques, we will not end up well.”
Celestial magic techniques were specialized techniques to celestial magisters and extremely powerful.
The differences between celestial rank and non-celestial rank was not just the ability to fly and the strength of attacks. The power of the celestial magic techniques were something greater than normal magus beasts clawing and biting their way. The celestial magic techniques of low level celestial magisters were able to even harm divine beasts. For example, the Komodo Dragon King who had a great deal of defensive ability had been wounded by several celestial magisters using their celestial magic techniques together.
“Yes, Grand Commander, the celestial magic techniques are too strong. We have many sacred beasts, but other than a few high star-level sacred beasts, we cannot withstand celestial magic techniques. We ourselves are too weak. Today, Lan Xun feared us because they did not want the members of the other families that came to gain experience to suffer injuries, and the other three celestial magisters were unwilling to help.” Li Jie's expression was serious as he said solemnly, “If five celestial magisters release their celestial magic techniques at once, even if we manage to win, we will suffer heavy losses.”
Aofeng's emotions did not change greatly as she said confidently, “Do not worry, I have plans.”
Aohai took the mask off her face and put the white priest robes away. She put on the black cloak again and then smiled at Qin Aohai. “We should return. The people here do not welcome us.”
Do not welcome them? The crowd still hearing this and were confused.
Lei Yufeng's mind spun the fastest. His eyes twirled and he shouted, “Haha, I know you like to be devious. You stole their magic beasts and now want to hit them from behind with sticks. Could you be more shameless?”
“Yes!” Qin Aohai clapped and said in realization. “The members of our family think that Aofeng is a 'good-for-nothing.' I know. Haha, hitting them from behind, really shameless.”