Chapter 464
Chapter 464 Report
The meeting in the teleportation room was somewhat awkward.
Eva seemed to be slightly oversensitive. She displayed quite a lot of hostility towards Billis, who cloaked himself under his robes.
If it weren’t for Greem and Gargamel being present, she would likely have failed at suppressing her instincts and struck at Billis. Even with Greem here, Eva was still openly hostile towards Billis, as if she didn’t want to get close to him.
When he saw Eva’s response, Billis let out a sinister laugh while hidden under the thick black robe. The pale green compound eyes under his hood were a chilling sight to behold.
In comparison, Meryl and Gargamel could also sense Billis’ potential danger, but they weren’t feeling the same intensity as Eva was. After all, Billis’ intermediate apprentice-level of power was too deceptive!
In less than half a month, Billis had managed to rise from beginner apprentice to intermediate apprentice. It was only because his regular presence was too weak that Gargamel and Meryl had rarely taken notice of him before this. That was why neither of them had realized the change in his power.
Billis’ actions had become increasingly inconspicuous ever since he assimilated the Queen Bug. He had become more mysterious and never showed his face in public locations. Even today, he was wearing a black robe and hiding in the corner furthest from the rest of the party. Meanwhile, he was silently looking at everyone from under the shadows of his hood.
“Alright, alright. You’ve asked your questions; it’s time for mine,” Eva was already impatient from waiting at the side: “Gre…master, what was with that black-robed person earlier? Why…”
Eva’s questions immediately dragged Gargamel and Meryl out of their thoughts. They once again cast their eyes upon Greem.
“His name is Billis. He used to be a beginner apprentice. Gargamel, you personally accepted him into the tower.” Greem slowly started speaking.
“Billis…” Gargamel stroked his wispy goatee as he muttered to himself.
This name sounded familiar to him, but He couldn’t reconcile the person he saw today with the person from his memories.
“Was he the first apprentice to want to join the tower? But his aura…” Gargamel had already recalled the person in question, but he couldn’t be sure yet.
Things like retentive memory and recollecting past things were child’s play with an adept’s Spirit. However, an adept typically relied more on the aura of a soul to recognize an individual apart from just the physical characteristics.
Everyone’s life force and soul mixed to form their own unique aura. This aura could be stronger or weaker, and it could even change with advances to the soul origin. Still, for a person’s soul aura to completely change within such a short time was virtually impossible.
At least, an apprentice adept shouldn’t possess such a strange ability to do so!
“Just a while ago, Mary came back from the other plane. She killed Evil Bugs Acteon and gave the Queen Bug he assimilated with to me after wiping away his soul brand. Thus, I had Billis assimilate with it!”
They were just a few short sentences, yet they hid a shocking story behind them. The twists in the plot were many and unexpected. It would be hard to describe them all even if they were written in a book.
Meryl had some idea of the tensions between Greem, Mary, and Acteon. She could only whisper to Gargamel and Eva what she knew when she saw their confused expressions.
“Then, is Lady Mary our mistress?” Gargamel voiced what he thought since it was the first time he had heard of this.
Greem’s face froze.
Meryl was giggling from aside, “This isn’t certain, you know? Teacher still has Sister Alice. She isn’t an easy one either. Lady Mary’s paying a visit to her. Who knows whether the two of them will still have a vicious fight between them!”
“Why’s there still an Alice? ” Gargamel was clearly a person who loved gossiping. He immediately asked with gleaming eyes, “Who is this Alice? Why haven’t I heard Master mention her before? Quick, tell me, tell me…”
Greem hastily interrupted his subordinates’ gossiping and asked with an expression that was neither crying nor smiling, “Gargamel, you haven’t given me a report about the situation near Fire Throne! Are the magical creature leaders still quiet? Did they bring any trouble to the tower?”
Gargamel finally remembered something when Greem asked him.
“This isn’t good, Master. I almost forgot to tell you,” Gargamel’s expression turned solemn and grave, “Something huge has happened in the Black Forest.”