Chapter 124 - Arrest
Lin Li remembered who the middle-aged man was at once.
The man before them was the one in charge of matching students to their respective mentors in the guild hall the day before. Since then, he already seemed familiar to Lin Li, although Lin Li still could not make out where exactly he first met him.
He walked out from the thick growth, eyes fixed in a deadly glance as he looked at Lin Li.
“You are Felic?” he asked.
A sense of superiority could be sensed from that hoarse voice as though it was an interrogation.
Despite feeling indignant, Lin Li repressed his anger. Then, he replied politely, “Yes, mister.” The man was still a mentor after all!
He nodded his head, and did not continue further. Yet, his harsh gaze intensified.
Right after he finished his speech, the three men were surrounded by a strong gush of pressure. It was emitted by Aeron, who now appeared to be more powerful than before.
Even Lin Li, who had just progressed to level-13, felt suffocated by that pressure. It was a spell to suppress the strength of enemies. Aeron did not recite or summon anything. His pure exertion of his mana was enough to restrain the three young but strong mages.
“That’s… at least level-17…” Lin Li cried painfully. He realized that Aeron had lived up to his status as the son of Aldwin—he was incomparable even with Old Merlin.
“You…” Lin Li opened his mouth. He wanted to warn Mason and Orrin of the danger they were putting themselves into.
It was a level-17 Archmage they were trying to defy!
Yet his half-started speech transformed into a bitter smile.
‘Let’s just leave it to fate…’
What the level-17 Archmage possessed was beyond human capacity. His sheer exertion of mana alone could provoke a huge mana storm in the jungle. Fallen leaves rose into the air, while sand and soil hit them like knife blades. Standing in the center of this havoc, Aeron fell into delirium. He could finally avenge his poor son!
Aeron grabbed onto his magic staff, and a long and complicated recitation reverberated in the forest…
The terrible feeling of the frantic force of mana caused Lin Li’s heart to sink down. With his level-13 skills, he did not have any ability to stand up against or even stop that spell of at least level-15…
Suddenly, Lin Li heard the voice of an old man.
“You are going overboard, Aeron.”