Chapter 70: Khrom Story (1/2)

Kadyn walked out of the auction hall with his party. He exchanged glances with Elora and Khrom and said. ”Let's go.”

No one had any intention to linger around. So everyone nodded. However, at that moment, Kadyn felt a vicious glare on his back. He turned around and saw a middle-aged man, with black hair and a small beard, standing not far away from him, staring at him viciously. Kadyn curled his lips when he spotted him. He looked at Khrom and said. ”He is Mayor Palius?”

Khrom's body trembled, but controlled his urge to pounce at the Mayor and nodded. Then continued to glare at Mayor Palius. Anyone could see a deep hatred in his eyes for this man.

”Don't feel too conceited, boy.” At this moment, Mayor Palius opened his mouth and glared at Kadyn. ”You won't even realise when the earth has slipped from under your feet. So be careful from now on.”

Kadyn smiled at his threat. He didn't think too highly of him, even though he was a Rank 1 Magus. If Kadyn didn't have so many elements to take care of, he would have already reached that level.

Gul Palius turned even more ashen when he saw Kadyn's nonchalant expression. He clenched his fist and glared at him viciously. ”Hmph, I'll see how long you can act conceited.” He huffed and dashed away with some of his subordinates. No one dared to speak at this moment as they knew that the Mayor wasn't in a good mood. They just gave an unfriendly look to Kadyn and followed behind the Mayor.

”Hohoho, I didn't think the little brother was such a daring man,” at this moment a burst of laughter sounded from another side. Kadyn peered at the source of the laugh and saw a man around the age of twenty-five standing not far away. He had red hair, strong built, and wore casual clothes without showing any extravagance.

The man nodded when he saw Kadyn's gaze shifting towards him. Though Kadyn had never met this man, he could tell who it was. Kadyn narrowed when he spotted him and smiled. ”So this is brother Ironclad.”

Ironclad was taken aback when he heard Kadyn's casual voice. Neither servile nor arrogant. No matter where he went, all the people would try to suck up to him, trying to please him; even people with similar status as him weren't an exception. However, a boy who wasn't even Rank 1 Magus talked to him without showing any intimation or respect. He didn't seem to care much about his status as an Artisan or Magus.

Nonetheless, the expression of surprise didn't last much longer, as a wide smile appeared on his face. ”I didn't think I would be able to meet someone as outstanding as brother Kadyn.”

Kadyn looked at him and realised that he must have heard his name from the crowd. Then he shook his head and said, ”I don't deserve brother Ironclad's praises.”

The two of them talked for a few minutes. Kadyn realised that, although Ironclad was young and talented, he wasn't conceited like other people. He left a pretty good impression on him.

”Alright, I need to go now.” Ironclad said and passed a badge towards him. ”This is my token. If you ever come to Zhodon, you can show this token to the Ironclad Manner's guards. They will take you directly to me.”

Kadyn hesitated for some time before taking the token. He was still weak, it won't do him any good to offend everyone around him. Furthermore Ironclad himself didn't seem bad, not a narrow-minded person like Gul Palius or Hot Rod from Glont City.

Ironclad walked away after a brief talk with Kadyn. Then something came to Kadyn's mind and he looked around before spotting a few figures. He curled his lips and looked at them with interest.

Association Leader Barret, Potioneer Yel, and the precious daughter of the Leader Barrett, Zelie walked together. Kadyn grinned and whispered something in Khrom's ears. Khrom nodded and walked towards the Association leader. At first, Barret frowned, however, after a brief talk his expression changed and glanced at Kadyn from time to time. He nodded towards Khrom before the latter retreated.

”How was it?” Kadyn asked with a smile.

Khrom couldn't help but take a deep look at Kadyn and said. ”He agreed.”

”Let's go then,” he said and walked away at a slow pace. Some people would point at him, from time to time, as he carried a dwarven girl over his shoulders.

Kadyn didn't realise that there was a pair of eyes peering at his back. ”Dare to take a thing that I desire, huh?” the owner of the eyes snorted. ”You must have a death wish.”