Chapter 104 - A Cheap Trick (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I’ll tell you, Brother Felic, it’ll most likely be an Archmage from Sienna who’ll be a.s.signed to our team.” The look on Mason’s face was unusually mysterious when he said this.
“How do you know?”
“Heh heh…” Mason took a glance at the surroundings, then revealed the lewd smile on his face again. “My uncle arranged for it. He’s old friends with the Sienna Archmage. When the time comes… Heh heh…”
“…” Lin Li was startled to hear that all the Guilds of Magic would actually risk doing anything for the trial. It was kind of Gerian to send a level-twelve Magic Shooter to cheat; look at Mason’s uncle—he had simply manipulated the rules of the game by bringing in an acquaintance into the team. What was the point of all this in the end? The Archmage could just interfere when the time came and everything would be settled then. Anyway, it would only be the few of them who’d know; if no one said a thing, who else would know what had happened in between…
“So… Brother Felic, just rest a.s.sured and follow my lead. I guarantee you won’t lose out.”
Mason smiled proudly, but the closed door suddenly opened again and Orrin walked out with a gloomy expression on his face. He looked at Mason as if he was looking at some rare animal. After sizing him up for a while, he said coldly, “An idiot who only knows how to daydream.”
“F*ck…” Mason was smiling in self-satisfaction when he heard what was said, and he immediately sprung up from his seat.
“Why, you want to fight?” Orrin stood there without budging, and a sarcastic sneer came across his face. “You think that only you have an uncle and everyone else is an idiot?”
Although Mason talked without much consideration, he was not a real idiot, after all. He held back his anger and asked, “Why do you say that?”
“I’m not afraid to tell you the truth. We in the Rotterdam Guild have received news long ago. The Archmages who will be following the teams will all be sent directly from the Supreme Council. The reason why the Supreme Council made such a decision is to target people like you.”
“What!?” Mason was taken aback. This was not a joke. In order to get Sienna’s Archmage into his team, whether it be Uncle Morris or the Chevan City’s Guild of Magic, much consideration and effort had been made for the past few months. His Uncle Morris had sent several pieces of priceless magic equipment, including a magical staff worth at least a million gold coins, just to convince the Sienna Archmage.
If the truth was really as what Orrin said—that the Archmages who would be following the teams would be sent directly by the Supreme Council—then things would be bad. By that time, the gold coins and what they bought that would fall through wouldn’t matter much; messing up the trial would be the real problem instead…
Mason suddenly felt his head pounding.
His two teammates… one was totally incompatible with himself, and would absolutely end up in a fight with him in three sentences; the other one, though easy to talk to and with personality much to his liking, well, in terms of strength… His uncle was right—Jarrosus Guild of Magic had been in a terrible state of decline these two years. They had actually sent out a level-seven mage for this trial… And he didn’t even look like he had any impressive magical equipment with him…
This, this… How were they going to go about doing this?
Orrin glanced coldly at the pale Mason, then turned around and left the living room. Before he left, he gave a piece of advice to Lin Li. “You’re Felic, right? I would advise you not to hang around with people like Mason. The trial depends on strength, not schemes and intrigues. Otherwise, even if you complete the trial missions, you will lose in the final guild qualifiers.”
“Ah?” Lin Li was baffled by what Orrin said, but when he wanted to clarify, Orrin had already disappeared, so Lin Li had no choice but to turn to Mason…
“He’s right.” If it had been a while ago, Mason would have been talking big again. However, the bad news that Orrin had delivered had dampened his mood for bragging. At present, there was only one thing on Mason’s mind—how to convey the bad news to his Uncle Morris. As for Lin Li’s question, he briefly explained it. “After the trial mission is completed, a guild qualifying compet.i.tion will be arranged to determine the final ranking according to the outcome of the compet.i.tion. Alright, Felic, I have to go out now. I’ll elaborate on the details when I come back.”
“See you later.” Lin Li nodded and watched as Mason left.
In the twinkling of an eye, only Lin Li was left alone in a room where three people stayed.
“There are three people sharing a room, and it turns out all three are cheaters. I wonder what the other teams are like…” Lin Li chuckled and began to tidy up his bedroom.
He had to admit that the Alanna Guild of Magic did a good job with the accommodations. The bedroom had been tidied up for Lin Li even before he arrived. The room was cleaned spotless; there was a rattan chair in the corner beside a small wardrobe, and the bed was covered with white sheets and a soft blanket. Although the bedroom was not s.p.a.cious, it gave him a comfortable feeling.
Lin Li opened up the Ring of Endless Storm and took out a set of clothes to change into.
While he was taking his clothes out, he suddenly felt something familiar—the two crumpled rags.