208 Pointless Cracks Part 1 (2/2)

”Then, did you die?” Saleen joined in the fun and posed that question to Sika, causing Daniel’s face to turn scarlet. Now, Daniel finally knew that Sika could not be trifled with, as Saleen was obviously biased towards that female warrior.

”Ha… I don’t know. Why don’t we ask Daniel how he managed to survive?” Sika provoked Daniel as she wrinkled her nose at him. She had discovered recently that Daniel had realized that Lex was the one who commanded the team, so he had begun sucking up to her. That was not a good sign at all, because Saleen was not Lex’s sidekick.

”Daniel, just share it with us. Anyways, we have nothing else to do.” Lex’s words caused Daniel to feel relieved, as he really did not want to offend Saleen. Saleen was always spending time with Lex, so Daniel was not sure what sort of relationship they had. Even if Daniel wanted to suck up to Lex, he needed to understand the current situation first.

”Those blueflag flying fish were only a few miles away from my boat, so I would not have been able to turn away in time. At that point in time, I was preparing to jump into the sea. But all of a sudden, a gargantuan magic beast emerged from the ocean and opened its mouth, sucking all those fish in. That beast did not even spit out any bones.”

”I understand now. You were eaten by that magic beast later on,” Sika said as she clapped her hands.

”How would that have been possible? The magic beast had already filled its stomach. It would not try to go after my boat. Otherwise, there are many magic beasts in the ocean which can easily destroy this ship of ours.”

”It makes sense.” Sika nodded and continued, ”That was what happened when I met those ferocious volcanic boars too. They found me too tiny, so they simply went away after devouring a forest.”

”Sika, you should show some respect to Mage Daniel,” Andrew interrupted, unable to tolerate Sika any longer.

Sika simply shrugged her shoulders. Aside from Saleen, she did not want to respect anyone else. Only an outstanding mage like Saleen was worthy of her respect. Faerun had been respectable as well. Unfortunately, he had already died.

Saleen narrowed his eyes and said to Daniel, ”Daniel, do you think Sika is being disrespectful to you? If you do, I will ask her to apologize to you.”

Daniel hesitated for a moment. However, when he saw that there was something in Saleen’s eyes which caused his heart to palpitate wildly, he quickly shook his head and said, ”Not at all. Sika is your friend, so there’s no reason for her to make my life difficult.”

Daniel’s stance quickly softened, causing Andrew to feel shocked. Andrew then frowned and said, ”A Caucasus person should not join in a conversation between mages.”

All traces of a smile disappeared from Saleen’s face. ”If you don’t like her, we will not sit here anymore. Bring me to the mages’ cabin in the front,” Saleen said coldly to Andrew.

For the first time ever, Saleen realized that the superiority complexes that mages had were incredibly abhorrent. Saleen despised many people, but he would never say so directly. Andrew’s behavior had infuriated Saleen. Sika might not have been a powerful warrior, but she was still his friend, so what right did Andrew have to admonish the friend of another mage?

However, Saleen had misunderstood Andrew. In Andrew’s heart, two mages would always share the same thoughts, and other professions simply consisted of people who had no relation to mages. What right did a Caucasus person have to be a mage’s friend? That was Andrew’s naïve idea.

”Saleen, that was not what Andrew meant,” Lex finally spoke.

”That was exactly what he meant.” Saleen stood up. He did not even bother to look at Andrew’s awkward expression, and was already preparing to leave the cabin. The sailors serving him were at a loss for what to do. They were not sure whether to ask Juno what to do or to lead Saleen to the other cabin.

Lex sighed in her heart. In doing this, Saleen was making Andrew look very bad. After all, Andrew was a grade-4 mage and Saleen was younger than him as well.

”Daniel, do you want to continue your conversation here, or do you want to admire the scenery up front?” Saleen turned his head sideways and looked at Daniel.

Daniel was caught in a dilemma. That was the first time Saleen had been so domineering over him, and he was not used to it at all. Lex was powerful enough, so Daniel could definitely lean towards Lex. However, Saleen was just a grade-4 mage while he was a grade-3 death mage, and under most circumstances, their offensive abilities were nearly the same.

Daniel thought of an idea swiftly. As Daniel peeked at Lex, his butt shifted forward in the chair, making it look like he was going to stand up.

Lex knew that if Daniel really stood up, it would be equivalent to giving Andrew a slap on the face. Such offensive things were not necessary, so when Lex thought of this, she said, ”Saleen, the mages’ cabin is too stuffy and the ventilation is poor. I am afraid I might get seasick if I were to go there.”

When Daniel heard Lex’s words, his butt immediately stuck to the chair, unwilling to move even a single inch anymore. Lex was trying to make Saleen stay. Her words possessed a certain meaning – if Saleen were to leave, she would follow suit. No matter how prone a mage was to seasickness, a bottle of restorative water would do the trick.

”But Sika will be bored here, and I don’t like that.” Saleen might have stopped walking, but his attitude remained unchanged.