251 Sudden turn of events. (1/2)

A couple of Rank-9 Mages clicked their tongue and commented how the leader of the Three-Eyed Strangers was so arrogant.

Although Ozul flew away, he could hear what they were talking about because of his improvement after obtaining his arm back.

He didn't care what they thought about him, but one thing that interested him was how the topic took a sudden turn and shifted to Mikol's condition.

”The Church surprisingly is cruel with its members. Even that kid earlier must have been given some really harmful medicine...”

”...Lammert sure is ruthless”

...

Although none of these Rank-9 Mages were allies, they didn't hesitate to express their opinions.

'Heh. Even the Rank-9 Mages are humans in the end,' Ozul thought as he noticed how they gossiped just like any ordinary man would do among others like him.

But hearing what they were talking about, Ozul smiled in his mind as he knew that this would trouble Lammert now.

If even the Rank-9 Mages gossiped about it, he could already predict how all those other Mages and Fighters that had been spectating would spread the rumors. He suddenly had an impulse to fan the flames as he made his way back to his seat where Irvin, Haley, Raven, and Old Gu were standing.

He noticed how the Old Gu was staring blankly at the ground in his own thoughts.

All the spectators had yet to leave the area when Old Gu coughed and a pressing aura spread everywhere, weighing down on even the Rank-9 Mages!

The area that was previously filled with murmurs and chatter of hundreds of people suddenly became quiet with the oppressive aura making most of them even fall to the ground.

”Ugh!”

”W-what is this!?”

...

Those who were weaker could only groan in pain, while the relatively stronger ones were only able to utter a few words of their astonishment before even that became a torturous task for them.

While it wasn't hard for the Rank-9 Mages, they didn't say anything and only braced themselves for whatever was about to come.

If an aura that could suppress even the Rank-9 Mages had spread everywhere, only someone above Rank-9 would have been able to do that, and if that was the case, they didn't have any chances of surviving even if everyone fought together.

Ozul was better off than everyone else, but he still felt the oppression from Old Gu's aura. He squinted his eyes at him, warning the old man to stop whatever he was playing at, but Old Gu ignored his stare and instead rose to the air.

All the Rank-9 Mages and those who could still move despite the pressure moved their gazes to his figure.

Irvin and Raven struggled to ask Ozul what was happening, but he shook his head before they could say anything, saving them the effort.

He also waited for whatever Old Gu had to say as he held everyone hostage here.

”That was a rather crude method to hold a tournament, don't you people think so too?” Old Gu started with a question. His voice somehow was amplified to a degree that everyone in the Neutral City was able to hear him!

Since most of them weren't in a state to answer him and the Rank-9 Mages were on-guard, no one answered him. Ozul wasn't in the mood to play with whatever he was doing either.

Old Gu waited for a moment before shaking his head in disappointment, ”Oh well, it doesn't matter what everyone thinks either.”

As he muttered to himself, the representative of the Mercenary Guild built up his courage and asked with a nervous face, ”May... I ask who are you, senior?”

”Hm?” Old Gu focused his eyes on the representative of the Mercenary Guild and with a wide grin on his face, he replied, ”You wouldn't know who I am, brat. Gahaha!”

Hearing his reply, although the representative of the Mercenary Guild wasn't happy, he didn't dare to say anything to the old man's face either.

Although all of the Rank-9 Mages usually looked to be around middle-aged people, all of them were way over a hundred years! So being called a brat even when he was so old made him feel a little embarrassed as well.

Old Gu didn't mind his question, so he continued, ”Hoho~ now that I think about it, those brats must have grown up as well, huh? They might have forgotten about me as well. Gahaha! Let's see!”