Chapter 9
At dinner, all the Apprentice Adepts learned that they had gotten a new Apprentice Leader.
In regards to this change, most of the Apprentices showed no reactions, and not a single person even asked what had happened to Anksorus.
Greem, being quite the opposite of their new Apprentice Leader, Ellen, who was proudly proclaiming his new status in the cafeteria, could barely hold down his ire at his new Apprentice Leader.
Although the former Apprentice Leader hadn’t been very nice, at least he was a fairly strong guy who had mastered three to four magic spells. He wasn’t as strong as Hawkeye, Evil Bugs, or Madwoman, but he was much stronger than most of the elementary level Apprentices. Why else would they swallow their pride silently while being ruthlessly exploited by him?
On the other hand, everybody knew Ellen’s background. He was just a rookie, and had only mastered ‘Wind Blade’ and ‘Twister Shield’. He had spent most of the past year hiding in the Adept Tower, which made his combat skills awfully weak. If he had to fight them, perhaps more than half of the Apprentices Adepts could defeat him 1-on-1.
But looking at the four ‘friends’ who were surrounding him, clearly this guy had a good understanding of his weaknesses and had compensated for them by drawing in a few helpers.
Right when Ellen was proudly giving his ‘inauguration speech’, the wooden door of the cafeteria was roughly kicked opened by someone, forcefully slamming up against the stone wall.
After that, a young man, who had his left eye covered with an eye patch, walked into the cafeteria with a somber expression on his face.
In a matchup against Hawkeye, his strength was weaker, his speed was slower, and his body was not as tough. Even if both of them only mastered one spell, Hawkeye would still have thousands of method to kill Greem. Not to mention, this guy was far more powerful when using magic spells!
But Hawkeye’s Spirit attribute was the one gave that Greem the most surprise. Having a Spirit of 18 meant that he had incredibly strong spiritual senses. He would be able to sense the slightest heartbeat within a 50-meter radius! With such a strong sensing ability, the difficulty of launching a sneak attack on him would be immense.
However, the chip put a question mark in the race field… It looked like there were some inhuman elements to be found in the energy he put off. Maybe this had something to do with the implanted eye?
Compared to Hawkeye, it seemed Evil Bugs was better at concealing his energy, as even the chip couldn’t obtain his attributes at such a close range. But from his powerful Spirit of 19, which clearly couldn’t be hidden, it could be seen that, between the two, he was the one who was the closest to becoming an official Adept.
But looked like he had modified his body to a very high degree of modification, as it had reached a level where even the chip couldn’t determine his race.
In brief, although he probably didn’t have the highest of physical attributes, he was still one of the three strongest, and this was shown in the frightening spells he had mastered and the modifications he had made to his body.
Looking at Madwoman’s attributes, a sense of powerlessness came from the bottom of Greem’s heart. 15 Strength, 16 Physique… was she still a fucking human? Perhaps, with attributes like these, she was no different that some of the demon beasts in the swamp?
When comparing the strength of two fighters, if there was a difference in strength of 5, the weaker party would be easily knocked flying. If the difference was 10, the weaker party would experience broken bones and smashed flesh every time they got hit. The difference in Strength between Greem and Madwoman was a shocking 11 points.
This… This was ridiculous! Even if both of them fought bare-handed, Greem would be as fragile as glass in front of her? Not to mention that if she struck him in the face, he would likely have his skull crushed in.
Naturally, all kinds of fighting scenes appeared in Greem’s mind, but in every scene, he would end up severely beaten or dead.
As for that 16 in Physique, it simply placed a huge gap between them. Even if Madwoman just stood there without moving and let Greem attack her with Burning Hand for a couple of minutes, it still might not be enough to kill her.
Through the comparison of this basic data, once again Greem acknowledged his weakness. With just his own personal effort, and under the magnifying effect of his innate attributes, the gap between himself and these guys, who were extraordinarily talented, would just become bigger and bigger. He didn’t think that there was any way he could catch up to them on his own.
Therefore, if he really wanted to proceed in this bizarre world, the only thing he could depend on was the Biological Assistance Chip inside him.
Only after pondering these things did Greem look at the reward he had gotten from the ‘strongest three’.
With a flip of his hand, a thick book appeared in front of Greem.
With his great eloquence and accurate depiction of his experience from the day before, Greem truthfully described all the detail movements of the red dressed Mary. No doubt this gave the ‘strongest three’ a better impression of him. Only then was he given this odd looking book of magical knowledge.
According to the rules of the Adept Tower, any exchange of internal knowledge was strictly prohibited. Exchanging any magical knowledge copied by Apprentice Adepts was also strictly prohibited. Anyone who violated these prohibitions would be punished by the master of the Tower. Therefore, Madwoman must have obtained this book from another place, or else she wouldn’t have simply given it to Greem.
Greem held his breath impatiently, then he flipped to the first page of the book.
‘Golem Creation Manual’!