Chapter 131 Feiya's brother, the 2nd prince (Chapter 6: Rage)
Chapter 131 Feiya's brother, the 2nd prince (Chapter 6: Rage)
"I also doubt the town master. Your Majesty's health is getting worse day by day. If you don't bring back the artifact that can bring back the dead, Your Majesty might..."
"Judging from the calm reaction of the town lord just now, it is indeed possible that he did it. This guy really did everything. He is suspected to be related to the destruction of the Nameless Village, suspected to be related to the Goblin King, and now suspected to be related to the poisoning of the king. But they are all just suspicions. There is no more meaningful physical evidence to confront. Sigh..."
In the dean's office, Alice and Leo sat quietly on the sofa. Alice looked at Lingyi with some worry, while Leo had already clenched his fists and clenched his teeth.
The dean sat at his desk and said calmly, "This is the only way we can do now. You should go and prepare. It's still a long way to the capital. Judging from the situation in the Secret Realm of the Exotic Beasts, they might contact the members of other organizations such as the God Worshipping Cult again and then ambush us there. We have to obey His Majesty's decree. Now Nord Academy only has you to rely on, Zero One."
The moment the dean said this, Leo and Alice's eyes widened. It turned out that the dean knew Zero One's identity.
But looking back at Lingyi's expression, he was calm as water, without any big waves. Maybe Lingyi already had some clue that the dean knew his identity.
While Lingyi was thinking, the office door suddenly opened and a female teacher came in. She bowed respectfully to the dean and said, "Dean, I'm here."
"Really? Let him in." The dean seemed to have an idea. Without asking who the visitor was, he asked the female teacher to bring him in.
Inside the room, Lingyi pondered for a moment and didn't pay attention to this situation. He answered the dean: "If there really is an external force inside, then I will definitely be surrounded by them. I am too weak to know the situation of the town master and his son. Only Leo and Alice are left, right?"
"Not only that." The dean shook his head and said, "Secondly, there are indeed very few students in the academy who are as talented as Alice and Leo. They can reach the third level in just a few days after the level was opened. I also want to take this opportunity to let Alice and Leo practice more and gain some practical experience."
However, Lingyi laughed contemptuously. He still had no good impression of this dean. After all, the reason why Leo and Alice ended up living on the streets was due to the teachers of this academy. The dean's personality made Lingyi feel uncomfortable.
"Don't worry about that. Leo and Alice can train me in the future." Lingyi refused without hesitation, but after pondering the dean's words, he said in a deep voice: "Only the second one? Do you have other purposes?"
The dean also smiled and nodded: "Although you are very wary of me, I am full of integrity."
"Stop being polite and just get to work." Lingyi interrupted the dean without any politeness.
The dean also shook his head helplessly and said: "The holy land of Andressa does not only have that one artifact. There are countless rare treasures in it. Just bringing back one or two of them can be priceless and will also be of great benefit to your cultivation." As the dean said this, he looked at Alice and Leo with a slightly apologetic look.
"Rare treasures?" Zero One suddenly showed some interest at this moment. He was interested in casting, and at present Zero One's secret weapon was only a semi-finished product. The main reason was the shortage of materials and no better replacement materials.
The dean looked at Leo and Alice and said apologetically, "I know what the teachers in the academy did to you. You have proved everything with your talent and hard work. So if you return safely from this trip to the holy land, the academy will not take back any items you obtained in the holy land. Just consider it as compensation from the academy this time."
"Ah?" Leo and Alice exclaimed and stared at the dean in a daze.
But only Lingyi was wary of the dean. He frowned and questioned the dean: "Does the academy admire the strong? Leo and Alice were nothing before they were unlocked, but now they are trying to curry favor with them?"
The dean listened to Ling Yi's question, but smiled and said calmly: "The academy is indeed admiring the strong, or rather, the whole continent is like this. You can avoid being bullied only if you have hard power. If you don't even have the power, and you still want others to treat you well? Don't be ridiculous, hahaha."
The dean mercilessly mocked Lingyi, but Lingyi's eyes were sharp and he resolutely resisted: "But this is wrong. The way people get along has nothing to do with hard power. A civilization that bullies the weak and preys on the weak is no different from a primitive and barbaric beast tribe."
At that moment, the dean seemed to be in a trance, as if Lingyi had merged with that woman again. He blinked and turned back into Lingyi again. He couldn't help laughing out loud: "Hahahaha, you and Lingyue are really cut from the same cloth. Even these fantastic ideas are exactly the same. This is the real world, not your own utopia."
"This is not my own ideal, but the ideal of all mankind." Lingyi said indignantly, "No matter when, people all yearn for harmony and equality, without oppression and envy of the strong, and social interaction depends entirely on personal character. Only then can people live and work in peace and harmony, and civilization can flourish."
"Well said!" Suddenly, the door of the dean's office was pushed open, and a tall and burly man wearing red-gold armor stood outside the door. His face shape was almost exactly the same as Fia's. If it weren't for his nearly two-meter tall and upright body, one would really think that Fia had changed her look.
The voice was rough, vigorous and powerful. On the left chest, approximately where the heart was, there was a carving of a lion. The first thing the man saw when he entered the room was Zero One, and he walked quickly towards Zero One.
"I didn't expect that there would be a guy like you in such a border area. It is such a blessing for Andressa!" The man laughed while hugging Lingyi's shoulders.
Lingyi was startled by the man's sudden action, mainly because the man put his arm around his shoulders and held him in his arms. His body was in close contact with the man's armor, which hurt Lingyi a little.
"No, wait, wait, who are you and what are you doing?" Lingyi hurriedly pushed the man away, but the man seemed a little fragile. The force that Lingyi used to push the man away was very light. Even Lingyi did not expect that his weak hands could actually push the man away.
The man did not panic. Instead, he sat on the sofa very relaxedly and looked at the furnishings in the dean's office curiously: "It's a bit old. You have suffered a lot during this period." The man did not pay attention to Lingyi's questioning. Instead, he sat on the sofa and looked at the dean gently.
The dean naturally felt the gaze and turned his head away unnaturally: "Second Prince, please respect yourself. I love my current job very much. There are students I miss, and I haven't thought about returning to the imperial city for the time being."
"The second prince? Could he be Fia's brother?" Lingyi muttered to himself in shock, and turned to look at Alice and Leo. They also stared at the man in disbelief, as if they were also unaware of the situation.
Lingyi turned around and continued to look up and down at the "Second Prince". He had short black hair, eyes and cheeks exactly the same as Fia's, but there was a scar on his forehead. His red-gold armor was completely different from that of ordinary guards. He was gorgeous and heroic, looking like a general in a TV drama.
"Okay, okay, my Lord Dean, as long as you like it." The Second Prince said, turning back to look at Lingyi and said, "Are you the new hero of Nord Town? The guy who defeated the Goblin King?"
"I don't deserve to be called a hero. I survived by chance. It's all thanks to my friends, not just my own strength. It's because of them that I was able to narrowly defeat the Goblin King." Zero One did not immediately admit the word "hero" because in Zero One's heart it really didn't matter. In the end, the Goblin King was not defeated by himself. The victory was only thanks to the attack of the Snow Girl.
"Hahahaha, it's not easy to defeat the Goblin King. You deserve the title of 'hero' not entirely because of your strength, but because of your thoughts and perseverance." The Second Prince looked at Lingyi with admiration, "When you have firm enough beliefs and will, there will naturally be people who will follow you and serve you. That's why you deserve the title of 'hero'."
Lingyi was somewhat shocked. Perhaps it was because the contrast between him and the dean after discussing "admiration for the strong" was too obvious. Suddenly, a person like the Second Prince who admired his inner qualities and character appeared. Lingyi felt much more relaxed. Somehow, Fangfu recognized the guy in front of him and could not help but respond, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness the Second Prince."
"You all work for the kingdom. I also want to thank you for successfully preventing a terrible disaster." The second prince said, and turned his gaze to Leo and Alice who were sitting behind Lingyi, "So, these two are the guys who have awakened in Nord Town for more than a week and have been able to cultivate to the third level?"
"Yes. Among them, Leo is a third-level adventurer with thunder attribute. He is extremely fast. Alice possesses four elemental powers and is also a third-level adventurer." The dean introduced them to the second prince with a hint of pride in his words.
"Oh? Really..." The second prince said, looking at Leo and Alice with interest, and finally fixed his sight on Alice and said, "Are you the one with four superpowers in the rumor? But you seem to be quite weak, and your eyes are not sharp enough. You don't...have much use of lethal skills, do you?"
The Second Prince's words hit the mark. Alice was so frightened that she stood there in a daze, staring at the Second Prince blankly. Although almost everyone in the academy called her a waste because she could not learn attacking skills, at least they laughed at her based on the knowledge that Alice could not use attacking skills.
And what about the second prince? Alice knew that with her status, no matter how hard she tried, she could not get close to the sky. That was the royal family of a kingdom, and the second prince didn't know her at all. But now the second prince accurately pointed out Alice's shortcomings and asked tentatively with just a glance.
"Hey! You..." When Leo heard the second prince's words, he thought that the second prince would laugh at Alice's ability like everyone else, so he couldn't help but stand up and scold him.
However, the moment Leo stood up, the Second Prince's whole body radiated golden light, and a huge amount of magic power leaked out. Leo had just stood up when he was knocked back to the sofa by the powerful magic fluctuation. Then the Second Prince's eyes rolled slightly in Leo's direction and he said angrily: "This prince, I didn't ask you to answer."
Zero One and the Dean were not affected by this magic power, they just noticed it. The Dean was not in a hurry, and calmly watched how Zero One dealt with it. Zero One slowly stepped in front of Leo. A blue light flashed in the pupil of his left eye. He quietly stretched out his left hand and lightly snapped his fingers.
But the sound of a snap of fingers instantly dispersed all the magical pressure released by the Second Prince, which startled the Second Prince slightly. However, he did not panic, but looked at Lingyi calmly. Lingyi smiled and said, "Your Highness, Alice has four superpowers, but for some reason, she cannot learn any kind of offensive magic."
"You don't know any kind of offensive magic?" The second prince laughed. "Then you'll be nothing more than a burden on the battlefield, like a living target that can't fight back. Even if you become an adventurer..."
"Hey... shut up." Lingyi interrupted the second prince without any politeness.
"Huh? Why are you telling me..." The Second Prince wanted to confirm his position with Lingyi again, but when he saw Lingyi's eyes, he was stunned.
As a prince, he yearned for martial arts and joined the imperial guards to train since he was a child. He had seen all kinds of bloody scenes. However, at this moment, the child in front of him, who was only fifteen years old, had eyes filled with a murderous aura that he could not resist. It was like a blood-red mist, just staring at him and then rushing towards him.
The beautiful yet cold face served as a backdrop for his murderous eyes. Even the battle-hardened Second Prince had to swallow his saliva to calm his panicked mind.
"Prince? So what?" Lingyi said, walking up to the Second Prince without hesitation and glaring at him, "Alice is more hardworking than you think. Because she can't learn the attack skills to counterattack, she has now learned countless auxiliary skills to protect herself, ensuring that she will not be killed in the first place."
"Countless? It's just the level of the third level. How many skills can you learn? The improvement of level and class brings a qualitative leap that nothing can resist. Don't you understand this truth?"
Lingyi shook his head and said sarcastically: "That also depends on how much difference there is in cultivation. With your current fifth-level peak cultivation, Alice and Leo are more than enough."
"Huh? What did you say!" The Second Prince said in shock. He did not reveal his cultivation level, so how did Lingyi know it?
Just when he was about to argue with Lingyi, powerful magic power burst out from the Second Prince's body again. Lingyi snapped his fingers again, and the fragile sound offset all the magic power released by the Second Prince. The Second Prince just stood up but fell back on the sofa like Leo.
"Want to use status? Power? To suppress me? Then you may have picked the wrong person. I, Xueyan, am never afraid of these things." Lingyi stared at the second prince seriously, murderous intent constantly spreading from Lingyi's eyes, like a ball of flexible water, tightly wrapping the second prince's body.
"Pfft..." The dean suddenly laughed out loud, "Stop it, Second Prince. Didn't you hear what he said when you came in? Are you still trying to use your power to get close to him?"
Lingyi was stunned by the dean's words. It sounded as if he had wrongly accused the Second Prince. At this time, the Second Prince also laughed and clapped his hands, "Hahaha, I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect that you are so funny. Hahaha."
"Huh?" Lingyi looked at the Second Prince, who was laughing so hard, with confusion in his eyes. Alice and Leo, who were sitting on the sofa behind Lingyi, were also confused.
"It was just a small test to see how aware you are. It seems I don't need to worry about your awareness. But you are still too reckless and it is easy for you to be tricked in the capital." The second prince said earnestly.
"Is that so..." Lingyi had no idea what the second prince was up to, so he responded out of habit.
"The academy does admire the strong, but the style of His Royal Highness the Second Prince is the same as yours. He is relatively tolerant when facing people like Alice." The dean smiled somewhat unnaturally, looking at the Second Prince with a dagger hidden in his smile.
The second prince also laughed and said, "No, no, no, don't look at me like that. I'm getting nervous when you look at me like that."
"You are already His Royal Highness the Second Prince. Are you still afraid?" The dean emphasized the word "His Royal Highness" and continued to look at the Second Prince with a dagger hidden in his smile.
The Second Prince seemed unable to avoid the Dean's sight, so he simply stopped looking at her. He cleared his throat and looked at Lingyi and said, "Ahem. Xueyan, right? Your awareness is indeed unique, and you have an unwavering will. You are not afraid of pressure from the royal family, but you must remember that your behavior will only expose your ignorance and stupidity."
"Xueyan is not stupid!" Alice suddenly couldn't help but contradict the second prince.
The Second Prince also changed his attitude towards Leo at this time, looked at Alice calmly and said: "Do you know why I left the court and went to the military camp to practice? It is one thing for me to advocate martial arts training, and another thing is to be up and down in the court. If you are too flustered, any matter will be easily calculated by others."
The Second Prince gave earnest advice, then looked at Lingyi. Lingyi's attitude softened at this time, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the Second Prince also changed slightly.
"I admire your outstanding abilities, tenacious mind, and firm beliefs, but in this world, especially in the capital of Andressa where people's hearts are unpredictable, your blood is likely to become a sharp blade against your neck, and it is a sharp blade that may be unsheathed at any time."
"okay, I get it."
"Okay, we've said hello and are almost leaving... By the way, I just saw my uncle coming out. What did you talk about?"
"Nothing, just a perverted old man, I just want to get rid of him quickly."
"Um, okay..."
"Ah? Uncle? Who?"
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