Chapter 61
After finding out that the crowd had become quiet, Ryan nodded in satisfaction.
Right at this moment, a servant who had followed him here suddenly pulled on his sleeve from behind, pouting his lips at Greem’s stall.
“Master Ryan, why do I have a feeling that those other items aren’t ordinary things too?”
Ryan leaned his face forward and gave those items a careful look. Indeed, it was as the servant had said. He discovered some rather uncommon characteristics among them.
“Croaking Frog, Elven Boot, Treant Branch…”
For every name he called out, the crowd would gasp in amazement. And when the name of Treant Branch was called out, a few apprentices who were experts in plant element magic spells couldn’t help but place their palms against their chests, as if they couldn’t withstand the intense shock with their heart breaking into pieces.
At the same time, fatty Sam was wearing an unsightly expression. He was portraying a look as if his heart had died, much like the look one would have if their father had just passed away.
As for the other few team leaders, they had totally given up their intention of owning these treasures. They called their men back and walked away from the stall, becoming one of the bystanders instead. They had a clear judgement. If a beginner apprentice was struck by luck, it was possible that he could find himself a tier-3 magical item. But if this beginner apprentice was able to take out a couple of tier-3 magical items together, then it wasn’t luck anymore.
After both men finally disappeared from the sight of the crowd, an uproar once again broke out from the public hall. The few team leaders even dragged fatty Sam to a corner to thoroughly question him about the background of that mysterious young man.
But those questions had lost all meaning to Greem. He was totally struck dumb by what he saw now.
Kevin had brought him to a small training camp outside of the Adept Tower. In order to reach the camp, they had to fly. Therefore Kevin led him to a flying demon beast. For the first time in his life, Greem had the chance to ride on a flying demon beast. The demon beast Kevin had led him to was referred to as a ‘Socrates Condor’.
Socrates Condor was an advanced apprentice level Wind Element demon beast. It stood three meters tall and had a full wing span of five meters. It had a big, strong body and possessed the ability to cast Wind Blade, Wind Vortex and a few other basic Wind Element magic spells. It was a rare flying creature that dominated the forest region.
Because of its great physical strength and incredible flying speed, they were often captured by Adepts and tamed into excellent flying vehicles.
It was the first time he had the opportunity to fly on a demon beast, so he was rather nervous about the experience.
When the majestic looking condor soared up into the sky, its golden feathers sparkling in the sun, Greem couldn’t help but grip the soft feathers behind the condor’s neck. He felt like his heart was beating so fast it would jump out of his chest.
Whilst riding on the other condor, and leading the way, Kevin looked over his shoulder. He saw Greem’s nervousness and simply let out a loud laugh. Clearly, this wasn’t the first time he saw someone behaving like this.
Greem had his eyes closed tightly. It was only when the condor stopped its acceleration, and started to cruise steadily in the bright blue sky, did he finally let loose of his sweaty palms and tried his best to open his eyes.
For the first time, Greem felt like he was so close to the sky. Those pure white, fluffy clouds were hovering over his head like cotton candy. Below him were steep and tall mountains, valleys and woods that rolled through the land, and a dense forest littered with wild animals. From time to time, he could even see some birds chirping on treetops…
All of these had brought light to Greem’s mind, who had been spending too long in a dark and treacherous world. To be honest, after staying for a while in that gloomy and bizarre Swamp Tower, Greem had felt his body and mental state become rotten. He could no longer retain the relaxed and easy-going attitude he had when he just arrived in this world.
Following the relaxation of his mind, the feeling of nervous he felt from his first time flying gradually subsided. Greem folded his legs and sat on the back of the condor. He started to enjoy the magnificent scenery he saw underneath the condor.
It was lucky he wasn’t afraid of heights! Or else, if a future great Adept was afraid of heights, it would become lasting stain on his mighty reputation.
The training camp wasn’t far and was located approximately thirty miles from the Adept Tower. It was situated right in the middle of a serene valley.
The two Socrates Condors flapped their wings and slowly descended from the sky. Although Greem still had a pale face, his performance descending was much better compared to when he was ascending.
After getting off the condor, Kevin casually tossed out a magic crystal. His condor immediately grabbed it with its mouth and swallowed it. At the same time, the condor ridden by Greem was staring at him with a cold gaze.
This was probably the fee for riding this flying creature!
Greem copied Kevin and tossed out a magic crystal, which made the condor previous anger turn to joy. After swallowing the magic crystal, it slowly walked to an empty field beside them.
“Let’s go. I’ll bring you to a real circle of friends. We and those people in the public hall are from two different worlds! You’ll get nothing good by hanging around with them. Besides, what you really want can never be found in that place!” Kevin spread out his arms and said, “Only here can you find the true value of yourself. And this place is the future that belongs to all combat Adepts!”
Ugh… what a dramatic opening speech! But too bad there wasn’t a round of applause. Instead, there was a rather awkward silence.
But before Greem could think of a way of handling such a situation, a haughty laugh was heard coming from a far distance.
“Cheesy Kevin, you’re giving the same speech again. Who are you trying to fool into your team? Quickly bring him to me, the bald Hulk, and let me have a good look!”
The fervent and excited Kevin’s enthusiastic expression was completely crushed. While cursing under his breath, he and Greem walked towards the man who just undermined him.