Chapter 294 – 25 For One, 40 For Two (1/2)

Who was this Yao Zi brat?

She looks like a timid idiot, but why is she so scary when she’s serious? She can casually cast an extra-strong ice comet that was at least twice as strong as Lin Tian’s, even without needing a magic circle. That kind of exquisite magic control should be difficult even for a sixth-level magician.

Then Hebrew suddenly remembered that there was a rumor that Yao Zi had the Wizard’s bloodline, he thought it was a boast, but it looked like it was true!

However… hehe, no matter how strong she is, she can only obediently pay up.

“Why, why doesn’t it work…”

The stone doll shook and made a thumping sound and then sat stably on the ground. It still sat stably even though its surroundings was covered in a layer of ice.

Yao Zi was completely dumbfounded, the white disappeared from her eyes as she stepped back in hopelessness and almost fell over.

She originally wanted to give it a shot to help her brother pass, and that awoke her slumbering bloodline’s power. She successfully cast the magic, yet still completely failed… what should she do?

“Brother, I…”

Yao Zi looked at Lin Tian with teary eyes like she wanted to beg for forgiveness. Just as expected, Lin Tian ran over angrily and grabbed her hand!

“I’m so useless, sorry, um…”

“Sis, what did you just do? Are you hurt? Strange, how did you suddenly cast such powerful magic? How did you do that? Is it a magical tool?”

He wasn’t blaming her like she expected and he held her hand with concern and was worried about whether she was injured and also curious on how she did it.

“Um, I…”

Yao Zi stopped and looked at Lin Tian and laughed. She could only explain that she was in a trance and instinctively cast it, probably signs of her wizard’s bloodline awakening. After hearing that, Lin Tian frowned and couldn’t stop muttering how he couldn’t believe how an idiot like her could have the wizard’s bloodline, then jealousy and sulking.

“Cough… okay, then it looks like you both failed.” Hebrew coughed gently to interrupt the siblings and got down to business, “Given that you guys failed, I can’t certify you. If you want to challenge it again, please come back in half a month.”

“What, half a month? But after half a month, we can’t accept the recently issued S-rank mission!”

“That can’t be helped, you didn’t pass.” Hebrew regrettably shook his head and glanced at the anxious Lin Tian, then said, “But, it’s not like there’s no way to get certified today.”

“How?”

“A donation!” Hebrew chuckled, “Recently we need to fund raise for renovations, so if you guys could lend a helping hand, then naturally I can make an exception and hep you get certified.”

“Renovations again? He’s used that shitty excuse for two years already, right?”

Lin Tian didn’t hear the quiet discussion the audience members were having, he nervously gulped and calculated his response.

“How much… do you need?”

“Not much, just twenty-five gold coins per person! If it’s the two of you… hm, how about just forty for you both.” Hebrew chuckled and raised four fingers.

“Ah? That much? W-we didn’t bring that much money…” Lin Tian lowered his head and his tone was unnatural.

It’s not that he didn’t bring it, he didn’t even have that much money!

Forty gold coins was a huge expense for them, although they won some in the tournament before, but they spent most of it on repaying debts and medical expense.

“No money? No problem, I do!” Hebrew already anticipated it and patted Lin Tian’s back, “Did you forget, you get your first pay when you get certified, so I can just deduct it from there!”

“That’s a good way, but… how much is it?”

“Forty gold coins each! So in total you guys can get eighty gold coins!”

“Wow, that much?” Lin Tian gasped in surprise and was overjoyed, but frowned when he thought about it.

Eighty gold coins and they had to give half to Hebrew for ‘renovations’, Lin Tian felt like it wasn’t worth it and was reluctant.

“How about it? Kid, just think about it, even if you give me forty coins, you still have forty coins left. Since it’s free money anyways, does it matter if it’s a bit more or less?” Hebrew put on the air of an experienced person and placed his elbow on Lin Tian’s shoulder, and earnestly advised him, “Young people shouldn’t be too greedy, it’s a give and take. Otherwise, even if you come back in half a month, you still might fail, and wouldn’t that just be a waste of time?”

“That, seems about right…”

Lin Tian was being completely duped as he nodded his head. He turned to look at that detestable blackish stone doll and couldn’t help but silently curse it.

It would have been great if he could have successfully passed the challenge, but he didn’t have enough strength, so it wasn’t too bad just to pay some money.

However, Lin Tian secretly resolved himself, he’ll definitely work hard to complete missions after getting certified to get stronger and not let something similar happen for the second time!