Chapter 69: The Astonished Ol’ Amos, An Eliminated Clan
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The luminous moon hung in the sky while the stars twinkled brightly.
The canyon bathed in moonlight in the night looked as if a black veil was draped over it. The cries of Magical Beasts occasionally rang out, making the canyon seem even quieter and tranquil.
Water vapor rose into the air, and campfires blazed!
Beside the pool, golden, glistening Magical Beast at gave off an aroma that assailed the senses. Big, fat drops of grease dripped into the campfire and produced loud sizzling sounds, whetting ng Lei’s appetite and making him swallow his saliva.
“Setting up a fire by the lake and eating in the wilderness!” Ol’ Amos floated in mid-air and gazed at the scene before him. He couldn’t help but sigh emotionally. “Campfire, roasted at, and ale... Tsk, tsk. What a nostalgic scene!”
“Haha!”
ng Lei let out a laugh. He could understand how Ol’ Amos felt. After being trapped in the sa place for over 20,000 years, anyone would find every little thing in the outside world novel upon their release.
“Hehe, the at’s done!” ng Lei’s knife rose and fell. He cut off a piece of shank at and passed it to Ol’ Amos before saying, “Ol’ President, you haven’t had at for a very long ti, right? Here, try my cooking!”
“Brat, are you out to aggravate ?” Ol’ Amos glared at him. “Can’t you see that this old man is in soul-state now?”
“Uh...”
A sweat droplet ford on ng Lei’s forehead as he replied in embarrassnt, “Sorry, I forgot about that! Hehe, I won’t hold back anymore, then!”
After he spoke, he picked up the fragrant roasted at and tucked in happily. The saying that anything would taste wonderful when one was hungry made a lot of sense. At the very least, ng Lei was certainly eating very happily!
In addition, the Seventh-Grade Crocodile-Backed Ox Python at itself contained an abundant amount of magic elents. And since it lived in a hot spring like this, the at texture naturally tasted even more delicious.
“This feels great! Absolutely great!”
ng Lei gorged himself on the food, salivating as he did.
“Hmph!”
As Ol’ Amos stared at ng Lei, whose mouth was covered in grease, he couldn’t help but lick his own lips. How he wished he could throw himself forward and take a few big bites himself!
Unfortunately, he was in soul-state, so there was no way he could keep the food in him at all.
Sob, what a hard life I lead...
Oh well, I can only distract myself now!
“Brat, you have both earth-elental and fire-elental magic talent?”
“Three elents!”
“Three elents?”
“Yes, I have magic talent for three elents—earth, fire, and thunder!”
“You also have thunder-elental magic talent? Not bad! That’s pretty adequate!”
“Adequate? I guess so!”
“What about your elental affinities? Any that are high-grade? A high-grade elental affinity is the minimum requirent for breaking through to Saint Domain. If you don’t have even that, your future achievents will be limited.”
“It’s so-so! Only my thunder and fire elental affinities are of superior-grade, while my earth-elental affinity is only high-grade. I can’t compare to you at all, Ol’ President!”
(⊙_⊙) “What?” (⊙_⊙)
Ol’ Amos gasped in surprise. Although he suspected that ng Lei was posturing, he was still astonished by his exaggerated posturing, nonetheless. “Superior-grade for both thunder and fire elental affinities? High-grade earth-elental affinity? Kid, are you pulling my ear?”
“Why would I pull your ear?”
ng Lei’s mouth was covered in grease from eating. “I have the best magic talent among all the freshn that enrolled in Fire Dragon Magic Academy this year, you know! And I even get a scholarship grant of 5,000 gold coins per year!”
“...”
Ol’ Amos didn’t know what he should say anymore. It was only after a long while that he said sulkily, “Superior-grade elental affinity in itself is already extrely rare, not to ntion having superior-grade elental affinities for two elents. It’s practically sheer dumb luck that a kid like you can actually have magic talent like that!”
Sheer dumb luck?
What’s with that choice of words?
I’d picked those up with my own strength!
If you’re that capable, then go pick up one yourself and show !
ng Lei curled his lip indignantly. He didn’t want to pay any more attention to that old man who didn’t know how to properly choose his words.
“By the way, I’ve noticed that your spiritual power is pretty strong, kid. Your speed of cultivation must be very fast, right? Which stage of cultivation have you reached?” asked Ol’ Amos.
“It’s so-so, I guess. I’m only at the Seventh-Grade Great Magician realm.”
“You’re only at the Great Magician realm when you have such wonderful magic talent?” Ol’ Amos snorted and asked in dissatisfaction, “Brat, have you been slacking instead of properly cultivating?”
“O-only Seventh-Grade?”
ng Lei beca displeased at once. “Ol’ President, you’re right. I’m already 15 years old, after all, and it has already been more than half a year since I’ve been introduced to magic, yet I’m only a Seventh-Grade Magician. My progress is indeed too slow!”
“What? 15 years old? More than half a year since you’ve been introduced to magic!?”
Ol’ Amos was so shocked that his jaw nearly dropped onto the floor. He couldn’t help suspecting whether or not he’d misheard. “It’s only been half a year since you’ve been introduced to magic? Oh my Dragon God! How can that be? I had taken a whole four and a half years to reach the Seventh-Grade Magician stage back then!”
It’s impossible for others, but I’ve got a frickin’ cheating device, after all. Can others compare themselves with ?
ng Lei kept quiet and ate instead. He continued digging into the delicious Crocodile-Backed Ox Python at, the very picture of soone low-profile that kept his strength and achievents deeply hidden.
Ol’ Amos didn’t believe ng Lei’s claims, however. He stared at ng Lei and barked, “Brat, are you bluffing this old man here? If you’re 15 years old this year, how can you possibly have only been introduced to magic less than a year ago?”
“Uh...”
ng Lei was mildly taken aback.
“As a mber of the Kroc clan, one is initiated into magic at 5, officially studies magic at 10, enrolls in a magic academy at 14, and is required to graduate at 20!”
Ol’ Amos had a ferocious look in his eyes as he roared furiously, “Yet you’re telling that you’ve only been introduced to magic less than a year ago?! What’s that, if not a bluff? You unfilial descendant, how dare you deceive ? How infuriating!”
“Wait, wait! The Kroc clan?” ng Lei hastily interrupted Ol’ Amos’ shouts. “Ol’ President, you must be mistaken. I’m not a mber of the Kroc clan! Which clan is that, by the way? It doesn’t seem like there’s a clan like that in Fire Dragon Kingdom?!”
ng Lei wasn’t very sure because he wasn’t very familiar with the clans in Fire Dragon Kingdom.
“Still trying to bluff ?!” Ol’ Amos sneered. “The Krocs is a clan that I’ve single-handedly built. There are a great number of talents and countless geniuses in the clan, and it’s ranked top among the three great clans of Fire Dragon Kingdom... Yet you’re saying that this clan doesn’t exist? Are you asking for a beating?”
“Alright, I get it now!”
ng Lei figured out what was going on now. He didn’t bother speaking anymore—instead, he took out his magic communication device and dialed Fatty Hart’s magic code.
“What are you doing?” asked Ol’ Amos with a glare.
“Keep calm and wait for a while, Ol’ President!”
After a short while, Fatty Hart’s round face appeared in the magic communication device. He was repeatedly yawning and looked sleepy-eyed and groggy. Evidently, he’d been woken up from his beauty sleep.
“Old bro, what’s the big idea at a late hour like this?” A yawning Fatty Hart grumbled. “Don’t you know that disturbing soone’s rest is very impolite?”
“Sorry about that! I’ll treat you to a good al when we’re back in the academy!”
After ng Lei apologized, he went straight to the point and asked, “Fatty, let ask you sothing. Have you heard of a clan called Kroc?”
“The Kroc clan?” Fatty Hart shook his head. “Nope!”
ng Lei glanced at Ol’ Amos and tried to jog Hart’s mory. He said, “Think about it carefully again. I heard that this clan is ranked top among Fire Dragon Kingdom’s three great clans and is founded by Amos Kroc, the second president of Fire Dragon Magic Academy...”
“The clan founded by the second academy president?” Fatty Hart rubbed his eyes and said dryly, “Old bro, are you joking with ? That’s old history from tens of thousands of years ago. How can it possibly exist all the way till now? It’s long been eliminated!”
“Eliminated?”
“Eliminated for sure. In any case, that clan doesn’t exist in the Fire Dragon Kingdom, much less ranked top among the three great clans!”
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