887 Depart 1 (1/2)

”Prodigy?” Garen frowned. ”You might have been mistaken, Teacher, my talents might not be that great...”

”As long as you're not utterly hopeless, you can be built up with resources. For our Black Flood Party, the hardest part is that resonance skill killing moves are too difficult. Many of those so-called talented prodigies can't manage a single one, anybody who can finish learning Black Wind within a year would already be considered highly worth cultivating. I know what your talent is like, it's not that great, but we can still build you up with resources,” said Van Doe nonchalantly, waving his large hand.

As expected of a rich school, they had the funds for anything.

Garen's heart calmed down slightly.

”I have a question, Teacher.”

”Speak.”

Garen sorted out his thoughts.

”It's about matching training method Willpower with Mechs. One type of Willpower can only be matched with one Mech, so does that mean the other sub-types of Willpower would be useless? They can't reach Inherited Level?”

”Exactly, you can only achieve resonance with one Mech. A Mech can also only match one type of Willpower, that's something that cannot be helped. If you want to change your Willpower training method, you must then also change the makeup of your Mech, so that you can adjust your resonance degrees,” said Van Doe, nodding. ”Our Black Flood Party's strongest Black Flood's Wind Training Method is just like that, it can only fit our school's Black Flood Style Mech.”

Only then did Kaneer recover, staring at Garen with a complicated gaze.

”Back then, Teacher invented the Crouched Eagle Talon just so he could find a training method that suited the Black Flood's Wind Killing Move better.”

”Teacher was the one who invented the Crouched Eagle Talon?!” This time, Garen was truly shocked. Just how old was this geezer... They say the Crouched Eagle Talon showed up more than two hundred years ago, and back then, the prodigy in the Crouched Eagle Talon's quantum computer, those simulated fighting techniques...

Perhaps he was the same age as Garen...

Garen glanced at the old man secretly, and did find some things strange, just like he thought. The old man's skin was slightly stiff. Somehow, he could not see a heartbeat in the old man's chest, and even his breathing seemed overly rhythmic.

”Alright, kiddo, first I'll tell you the general situation right now. Since you've joined our Black Flood Party, you can more or less ignore most of the powerhouses in the Blackboard and Polar Regions. Publicly, at least, you overpower them, but there are still some people who you can't cross for now.”

Van Doe's smile grew deeper.

With a whoosh and a tap of his finger, a large map appeared on the table between the three of them. The map was made out of countless blue lines, forming a large picture of the four regions, the Blackboard Region, Polar Region, Maria Region, and Royal Region.

The mountains and rivers on the map were very clearly pictured, they looked very realistic and detailed. If it were not for the fact that they were all blue, it would be no different from actually looking down at a three-dimensional sandbox from the sky.

Van Doe pointed at the center of the map.

”This is the Blackboard Region, where we are.”

With a buzz, one part of the map lit up in red. The word 'Blackboard' appeared on it.

”This one, slightly further away, is the Polar Region.”

He pointed again.

A part that was just slightly connected to the Blackboard Region stretched out, and lit up another oval-shaped area. All of it was red.

”The Blackboard Region had their Three Marshalls and One Star. That means the three Great Professors, those immortal geezers controlling the whole of Blackboard, and the Black Star. You can't cross these people. Pay attention now. Especially that punk, Black Star Diofie, he's pretty strong, and really cruel too. He jokes with you on the surface, but secretly he'll stab you faster than anyone else.”

Garen nodded, showing that he understood.

”In the Blackboard Region, these are the people you shouldn't cross, the others would give me face to some extent,” Van Doe said.

”And then, the Polar Region.” His finger slid across the map, moving to the Polar Region.

”This is where our Black Flood Party is based, you need to pay attention to two things. First, the Twelve Divine Wind Generals. Divine Wind General is the title given to the strongest fighters in the Black Flood Party, some of them are even stronger than the Party Leader. Don't cross them, there are factions inside the Black Flood Party as well. You gotta understand, as long as there are people, there will be cliques. That's especially true once there are more people, there will also be larger divisions among humans, perhaps in principles, perhaps in personalities, or maybe even in interests or hobbies. The social distances as a result of that will naturally differ.”

”And then, when there's the occasional conflict, they would naturally split into different factions,” Garen continued from where Van Doe left off, showing that he understood.

”As long as you understand.” Van Doe nodded in satisfaction. ”Of course, there are factions among the Twelve Divine Wind Generals who favor us as well, one of them being my teacher Osiris.”

”Understood.”