Chapter 210 - Discussion
Macklin was stunned. “Deceive whom?”
“This is a secret…” Lin Li smiled, but did not continue. Grinning, he merely said, “Anyway, don’t worry. I didn’t go easy on you on purpose.”
“Really?” Macklin glanced at him skeptically, but chose to believe him at last. After all, he really couldn’t think of any reason for the other party to go easy on him. To save me from embarrassment? Are you kidding? Macklin knew this kid well enough to know that he wouldn’t do something so kind with this character of his.
“Of course!” Lin Li replied in all seriousness.
“Forget it. It’s no use asking you.” Macklinlin stared at him for a long time. Finally, he shook his head and gave up. Not a word coming from this kid’s mouth was true. Even if he said that the sun rise from the east, he was most likely trying to figure out how to get the sun to the west.
F*ck, none of the mages from Jarrosus are good stuff! Macklin cursed in his heart. He shifted his eyes to Mason and Orrin, looking like a big wolf eyeing two white bunnies.
“What… What do you want!?” Mason was slightly intimidated by Macklin’s gaze.
Both of them were talking in all seriousness. Even Mason, who was currently blind, couldn’t listen any longer. “Hey, you two, wait for me!”
“Get out of here…” Macklin was in a better mood after abusing Mason. He released a dispelling magic to relieve Mason’s blindness, and said to Lin Li, “But don’t forget, you have to go to the Pharmacists Guild the day after tomorrow.”
“Got it…” Lin Li nodded. He’d remember even if Macklin had not reminded him. He had heard of its name for a long time, and finally got a chance to visit. He wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to go to the Pharmacists Guild.
The three of them walked out of the arena, only to find that it was brimming with people.
“What is this…” Lin Li gave a start. He clearly remembered there had only been a few dozen people outside when he’d entered the arena. Where had these hundreds of people come from?
“I reckon they must be here to see who had thrashed the old fellow…” Mason whispered at a side.
“Mhm.” Orrin nodded in rare agreement with Mason.
“Surely not…” Lin Li swallowed his saliva, feeling somewhat intimidated.
Then, he realized that Mason wasn’t wrong.
As soon as Lin Li stepped out, all eyes were on him. They were full of admiration, doubt, and speculation. There was also much whispering and finger-pointing. Lin Li felt like a tiger in the zoo being discussed about and judged by a group of tourists.
To be honest, this was not a pleasant feeling…
However, there was nothing Lin Li could do.
They had merely wanted to have a look; surely he couldn’t cover himself up so as not to let them see?
“Please give way…” Lin Li could only bury his head and squeeze his way out of the crowd.
Fortunately, the crowd was cooperative.
The crowd conscientiously parted when Lin Li walked past, clearing a path for him to walk through.
But the discussion never stopped as they cleared the way for Lin Li. Although the voices were very soft, hundreds of people whispering at the same time turned the quiet hall into a bustling market at once.
After escaping from the commotion, Lin Li found that he still received no less attention. As he walked to the guild hall, almost every mage Lin Li met seemed to cast strange looks on him.
“See, that’s Felic, from Jarrosus.”
“So he’s Felic. I hear that he won against Mr Macklin. Is that true?”
“Of course it’s true. He may look normal now, but I heard that when he was battling with Mr Macklin, he grew three heads and they all recited the spells at the same time. He had eight arms too, each holding a staff. Why else do you think he was able to defeat Mr Macklin at such a young age?”
“Ah, three heads and eight arms? Isn’t that like Naga?”
“Mhm. This is the guild’s secret. You’d better keep it to yourself…”
“I see…”
Lin Li didn’t know whether he should be amused or annoyed as the discussions reached his ears.
“Looks like we can’t go to the Omniscient Tower anymore…” The three of them walked all the way to the guild hall. Lin Li had no intention to go to the Omniscient Tower any longer. He could even think with his knees how the people in the Omniscient Tower were discussing about him having three heads and eight arms. He’d be seeking discomfort if he were to go there now.
“You should leave and hide outside until the limelight passes. Anyway, you know what these fellows are like too. They’ve been cooped up in the guild, and have become perverse after holding back for so long. Any small movement would go out of hand through them, like that fool, Matthias, the last time…”
Mason words hung in mid-sentence, for he suddenly saw the “fool” that he was talking about heading towards the guild hall.
Matthias had spotted them long ago. He had not stepped out of the Guild of Magic for the whole day, so how could he be unaware of the battle between Macklin and Lin Li?
However, he was more in shock than the other mages.
The fellow who was battling with Macklin shouldn’t have been here.
Matthias was dumbfounded when the scene was transmitted into the crystal ball.
He couldn’t figure out why this darned Jarrosus country boy could appear in the guild. He had sent Argus to the Fire Plume Ridge. Argus was a true Archmage, who could easily handle 10 trial apprentices all at once.
Could it be that even Argus had failed to kill him? Matthias was flustered at the thought…