Chapter 154 - Omniscient Tower (1/2)

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“I’ll write to Gerian right away!” Macklin stood at the door of the smithy and looked at the Frostfire Sword with a glazed expression on his face. After staring at it for more than half an hour, he finally said, “I must have a good talk with that fatty Gerian…”

“There’s no need to write…” Aldwin’s face was also glazed, but as President of the Alanna Guild of Magic, his vision reached farther than Macklin’s. “Gerian will not let him go. I just learned two days ago that the Emerald Tower has unified the whole city of Jarrosus, and all this happened in two months. Just think, didn’t Felic complete his level certification in Jarrosus Guild of Magic two months ago? Gerian must be clearer about Felic than us. With his character, how could he easily let him go…”

“Gerian, this darned fatty…” Macklin thought for a moment, and knew that the President was telling the truth. It had not been a year or two since he knew Gerian. How could he not know that this arrogant-looking, seemingly unscheming fat man was actually more cunning than a fox?

Macklin could even be sure that the reason why Felic partic.i.p.ated in this trial as a level-seven mage was mostly Gerian’s idea.

Why a level-seven mage? Wasn’t it because the fat man was worried that Felic was so outstanding that the Alanna Guild of Magic, and even the Supreme Council, would covet him?

d.a.m.n it, letting a level-12 Magic Shooter disguise as a level-seven mage—this darned fatty was indeed despicable to think of such thing…

Macklin really wanted to ask Gerian: why didn’t you just let him come as a mage apprentice instead?

“Is there really nothing you can do about it?” Macklin kept thinking about it; he refused to give up. Felic was simply too outstanding—there might not be another such talent like him in hundreds of years. No matter how, Macklin was unwilling to see him slip away from his own hands.

“It’s very difficult…” Aldwin stared at the Frostfire Sword—which was emitting a faint magical wave—in the smithy; there was some helplessness in his expression. “To be honest, compared with the Emerald Tower, we have no advantage at all…”

“Why not? We are the top Guild of Magic in the Felan Kingdom. We can offer the best treatment to the members of the guild, including magical equipment, research materials, spells, and even the opportunity to receive guidance from the Supreme Council. Can the Emerald Tower afford these things?”

Aldwin shook his head. “The question is, do you think these advantages are of any significance?”

“…” Macklin opened his mouth and wanted to refute Aldwin, but after pondering it over, he suddenly realized that Aldwin was right. These things, which an ordinary mage longed for, seemed to be meaningless to that freak.

Magical equipment needn’t be mentioned—he was a pharmacist-c.u.m-blacksmith. He could just move his hands, and innumerable gold coins would be pouring down from the sky. He could just spend all the money he wanted for any magical equipment; was there still a need for the guild to provide it?

The same was true for research materials. As long as you had money, there would naturally be a lot of adventurers willing to contribute to you. What research materials were beyond your reach?

Of course, the top-level ones were certainly not possible. After all, those things had gone beyond the scope of money.

The problem was…

The Alanna Guild of Magic was similarly unable to provide the aforementioned top-level equipment and materials that had gone beyond the scope of money…

As for the various kinds of spells… Don’t even mention it. What was his relations.h.i.+p with Andoine? The old fellow was the authority on High Elves relics. He probably held more lost spells than the whole of Alanna Guild of Magic combined…

“d.a.m.n…” Macklin mulled it over for a long time, and had to admit gloomily that compared to the darned fatty’s Emerald Tower, the Alanna Guild of Magic really had no advantage at all.

“However…” Hearing Macklin’s curse, Aldwin’s face revealed a hint of smile. “Frankly speaking, it’s not true that there’s no way around this matter at all…”

“Oh?” Macklin started, and asked eagerly, “What ways are there?”

“Felic has been in Alanna for about ten days, right? You are his trial mentor. Think carefully about what he has done in these ten days…”

Macklin listened with a blank face. He couldn’t understand why Aldwin had suddenly asked such a question.

In his opinion, the question was too simple. What the kid had done in the past ten days could be summed up in two words—”terrifying” and “provocative”…

A trial mentor for this kid was like audience of horror stories—he was in a state of shock from the beginning to the end.

For the past ten days, the kid had been doing the same thing—constantly using various abnormal ways to frighten everyone who knew him.

… In particular his two poor teammates. Macklin really sympathized with the two little fellows. They had taken part in the trial together with such a monster. If their psychological qualities were slightly weaker, they would have been frightened out of their nerves long ago.

Apart from this, what the fellow loved to do was to stir up trouble.

This bizarre hobby of his troubled Macklin.

He was only in Alanna for ten days, but had crippled two men—it was more atrocious than Gerian back then…

Needless to say, Darian’s nephew was inexplicably beaten into a cripple, such that Darian had come to him every day, wailing and demanding him to give an explanation, especially while they were in the Shadowglen the past few days—this fellow was only short of moving his sleeping bag into Macklin’s tent.

Oh, right. Then, there was Matthias…

Compared with Darian’s useless nephew, breaking Matthias’ limbs was a greater headache to Macklin.

This matter could be said to be quite troublesome. Matthias himself was not very outstanding, but his family held considerable power in the Felan Kingdom. At first, the Guild of Magic went through a lot of trouble to calm this matter down. Eventually, even Aldwin himself had spoken up, so the matter was finally suppressed for the time being. But, it was only temporary; Matthias knew that this matter was far from over…

“This kid is really…” Macklin thought over it for a long time, and even startled himself. Why hadn’t he noticed before that this kid was such a troublemaker?

“Whether it’s Madrick or Matthias, the reason why Felic clashed with them is the same…”

Macklin’s eyes brightened suddenly at these words.

Yes, both conflicts were in full view of the public. As his trial mentor, he had also inquired witnesses about it. Madrick had attacked Felic’s attendant, while Matthias had attacked Felic’s teammate. From these two events, it could be concluded that this kid was someone who would s.h.i.+eld the shortcomings of his acquaintances—he would dare to kill anyone who dared to lay a hand on his friends.

Macklin picked at a few strands of his goat-like beard. After pondering for a long time, he asked doubtfully, “Do you mean we should start with Felic’s friends?”

“No, no, no… That’s too obvious.” Aldwin shook his head, and a hint of smile loomed on his face. “This young man is smarter than you think. This apparent rope-in is meaningless to him. We need to be more implicit…”

“What kind of implicit?”

“Emerald Tower.”

“…” Macklin almost spat out a mouthful of blood. After half a day’s work, it was still Jarrosus—what was the difference between that and not saying?

“In fact, it is very simple. What we have to do is to strive for the interests of the Emerald Tower as much as possible and win the favor of this young man in this way.”

“Aren’t we benefitting that darned fatty too much?”

“There’s nothing benefitting or not. Do you think people like Felic will stay in the Felan Kingdom all the time? The Felan Kingdom won’t be able to keep him. Young people like Felic will come into contact with the larger world sooner or later. By that time, there will be no difference whether he belongs to the Emerald Tower or the Alanna Guild of Magic. All we have to do is to win his friends.h.i.+p before that. That’s enough…”

“But, with this kid around, will other benefits interest the Emerald Tower?”

“No one would dislike having too much benefits. When Isaac came back the other day, he mentioned to me that the Emerald Tower was entangled with a force called the Shadow’s Nest. Maybe we can think of something about it.”

“Alright, I will handle this matter.”

The two most important figures of the Alanna Guild of Magic stood outside the smithy and talked for almost two to three hours before deciding on the whole matter. When Macklin left, there was a glimmer of a smile on his grim face.

…

Lin Li held the crossbow bolts made with two Vampire fangs and walked slowly all the way back to his dormitory. Just as he opened the door, he saw three guys gorging on their food.

“What are you doing…” Lin Li was appalled. Forget about Sean—he was a bear, anyway. But when did Mason and Orrin, these two genteel and refined mages, learn to eat so crudely?

“Felic…” Mason shoved two pieces of bread into his mouth. Then, he raised his head in a hurry and gave an ambiguous greeting, “Come quick, I’ve left you something to eat…”

“Why are you all so hungry?” Lin Li remembered that everyone had eaten something before returning from the Shadowglen. How had they all turned into hungry ghosts in just a few hours?

“We must hurry.” Orrin tore up a small piece of bread and put it into his mouth. It seemed very gentle, but the frequency with which he delivered food to his mouth was a little frightening. In the duration of this sentence, he had eaten more than Mason. “The Omniscient Tower is closing.”

“…” Lin Li then remembered that the Omniscient Tower was only opened from 9 am to 9 pm; and looking out at the sky, it seemed that there was not much time left until 9 pm. No wonder the two guys were eating so ferociously… But why was Sean following them?