Chapter 578: Touring the Smiling Lion Village part 1 (1/2)
Author: M_W Cancer
Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce
BOOOOOM!
The Savage Fox dropped dead on the ground as its brain was penetrated by the hilt of the sword and the broken sharp blade of it.
General Luke slowly stepped out of the small cage with a wide grin on his face to celebrate his great triumph. He turned to look at Leo and the others outside before showing them an okay sign with his hands.
”What a great performance, General Luke,” Darvis said as soon as General Luke left the training room.
”It wasn't really that hard,” General Luke shrugged his shoulder, he turned to look at Iasiah with a proud look on his face as he said, ”So, do you take your words back now?”
Hearing General Luke's question, Iasiah simply rolled his eyes and replied, ”What are you so proud of? That you killed a 1-Star Savage Fox using the physical strength of a 6-Star Mage? If that is indeed what you are proud of, then it seems like I have overestimated you, General Luke,”
”What do you mean?!” General Luke was immediately annoyed at Iasiah's mocking remarks.
Iasiah didn't bother defending himself against General Luke as he instantly walked away with Nightingale. They still need to finish the investigation of the cause of the sudden savage behavior of those five 8-Star Storm Sparrows with Eilajah, so he can't waste any more of his precious time having a senseless argument here.
Seeing Iasiah leave, General Luke sneered as he said, ”What a cowardly person. He doesn't even dare to admit that he was mistaken even after seeing the proof in front of him,”
”Actually,” Elmont can't help but interrupt, he continued, ”I also quite agree with what Iasiah had said just now, General Luke. You see, you are a 6-Star Mage, and although you can't use Magic spells anymore, your body is still unarguably more powerful compared to a mere 1-Star Savage Fox,”
”Indeed,” Leo nodded his head in agreement to Elmont as he then explained further, ”General Luke, I take it that you should have already noticed that the purpose of this Death's Cage from the very beginning was to supposedly make you fight against a Magical Beast one or two levels higher than you while being confined in a small cage that greatly restricted your maneuverability. But the situation you have experienced just now was far different from that, of course aside from the fact that you were still inside a small cage,”
”You might be akin to an ordinary person in terms of not being able to use magic spells. But, similar to what Brother Elmont had said just now, your body is still of those of a 6-Star Mage, giving you a huge advantage in your fight against a 1-Star Savage Fox,”
”If you were only fighting against a 5-Star Savage Fox inside the Death's Cage instead, then the Death's Cage could have still served its purpose. But unfortunately, you weren't, so what you have just done is akin to putting up a show for entertaining some audience, which in this case, were us,” Leo paused as his lips slowly formed into a mischievous smile. He continued, ”By the way, as much as I hate breaking this to you, but when I completed the Death's Cage in the past, I was merely a No-Star Mage with less than 10 years of age. Just with my age alone, a Magical Beast is already considered as something that almost all of my peers don't even dare to get close to. Not to mention, my physical strength is only slightly better to those of an infant when being compared to a Magical Beast,”
Honestly, he wasn't really planning to say that line to General Luke. But since the latter dared to insult Iasiah just now, who is one of his trusted men and an Executive of the Mischievous Lion Guild as well, he thought, ”Consider this as an eye for an eye,”
Hearing Leo's last line, Elmont and Darvis were unable to hold back their laughter.
General Luke could only choose to smile wryly after finally understanding how ridiculous his words were. Indeed, even though he wasn't able to use any of his Magic spells, his physical strength when compared to a mere 1-Star Savage Fox was nothing to be proud of.
Elmont patted General Luke's shoulder and said, ”You can still try next time, so no need to take it to heart,”
”That's why I said, 'what a great performance',” Darvis continued laughing without caring about how General Luke felt deep inside. Anyways, the latter really can't blame him for laughing at his misfortune. After all, he was the one who did it to himself. If only he didn't act so arrogant and prideful in front of Iasiah, then he could have at least kept on indulging in the feeling of successfully beating Death's Cage.
”Anyways, since we are already done with everything noteworthy to see here, then let's go back to the surface and begin touring the Smiling Lion Village,” Leo said as he then began leading everyone towards the exit of this underground facility.
Elmont, General Luke, and Darvis closely followed behind Leo.