Chapter 391
391 – No turning back
Han Shuo surveyed the no longer young magus in front of him. Crowley was a dark grand magus. An average student in Babylon Academy of Magic and Force might not have any impression of him. However, Han Shuo who once did odd jobs within the necromancy major knew of this person’s existence.
At that time, Han Shuo and Jack were always in charge of cleaning the statues along the path first thing in the morning. All the outstanding graduates from past years of the academy each had a statue placed along the path. Crowley was impressively one of the numerous statues which Han Shuo had previously cleaned for a period of time.
The time when Crowley was in the dark major was formerly also the dark major’s period of glory. Ever since Crowley became a journeyman mage, four consecutive years of the academy’s competition between majors had been swept by the dark major’s team that was led by Crowley. After Crowley had graduated from the dark major, he very quickly also became a dark archmage. Crowley really had many major achievements before he traveled around the Profound Continent in the past few years.
Merely, too much time has passed. Due to Crowley’s fascination in further advancing, his reputation had slowly waned and was gradually forgotten by the people in Lancelot Empire. It even reached the point where some new teachers and students of the dark major had never heard any information about him.
Han Shuo looked at Crowley who had issued him a challenge, recalling the time when he was an errand slave looking up at Crowley’s statue. Han Shuo suddenly had an absurd feeling in his heart. Just a while ago, he had actually become such a person’s opponent and was even being challenged by him. Han Shuo could feel a sense of pride rising within himself.
It was precisely because of this that Han Shuo had an extremely splendid smile. However, when Crowley saw Han Shuo’s splendid smile, Crowley interpreted it as Han Shuo completely looking down on him. Crowley felt that he was being insulted, holding back the anger in his heart and said, “Count Bryan, what is the meaning of this. Could it be that you feel contempt about my challenge and intend to reject it?”
Smiling as he shook his head, Han Shuo couldn’t help but straightened his mind which was imagining wildly. He then sized up Crowley more seriously, hesitating a moment before knitting his brows and said, “You have misunderstood. I was only recalling past events. When I was still an errant servant in the necromancy department, I had previously cleaned your statue. Who would have guessed that today you would issue a challenge to me? Honestly speaking, I feel extremely honored!”
Crowley was astonished and couldn’t help but turn his head to look at his old friend in the dark major, Deo, seemingly wanting to seek confirmation from Deo about the matter.
“That’s right. A few years ago, as an errand servant, he had previously cleaned the hallway leading to the dark major’s building. Ah, when you became a dark grand magus had previously applied with the dean to place your statue there. What is said is correct, he had indeed cleaned your statue before.” Deo felt somewhat awkward as he explained but still narrated in full detail to clear Crowley’s doubts.
At this moment, a ray of white light radiated in the center and Babylon Academy’s Dean Emma appeared. She looked at both Han Shuo and Crowley before smiling and said, “Comparing notes in magic is a common way of improvement among magi. However, as you aren’t enemies, there’s no need for a life or death duel. Bryan, today’s our annual recruitment, you wouldn’t be thinking of not giving face to your alma mater right?”
“Of course not, I was just joking. Hehe. In any case, it’s just a spar. If Mister Crowley doesn’t mind, how about we change our location?” When Han Shuo saw Emma appear, he immediately had a friendly smile on his face and invited Crowley to another location.
Crowley was clearly relieved, forcefully laughing as he replied, “I’ve left for too long and aren’t familiar with this place. Where do you think would be a more suitable location?”
“There’s no need to choose, just use the dark major’s number one practice grounds. There’s a large-scale magic barrier there. It should be fine as long as the both of you pay a little attention, please do not harm the friendly relations.” when Emma saw that Han Shuo wasn’t serious, she felt relieved, smiling as she spoke.
Just like this, Han Shuo and Crowley both agreed. The recruitment was suddenly paused midway and when Han Shuo and Crowley entered the large practice grounds, teachers and students of the various majors had also rushed over.