Chapter 57: A Gathering of Old Friends

Among them, the Heavy Armor Sword Saint Kiel was also the commander of the Heavy Armor Infantry Legion of the Griffin Kingdom. The Gale Sword Saint Skatz was actually more skilled in archery; he was the commander of the Archer Legion. As for the Perfect Sword Saint, Kalia, he was a Knight and the commander of the Cavalry Legion.

In times of war, they all had to lead troops into battle, including the Magic Saints. But in times of peace, they would hand over military matters to their deputies and come here to teach, in order to discover elite subordinates suitable for their respective Legions.

The Griffin Kingdom was, generally speaking, a country constantly at war. The last large-scale war happened only a few years ago. In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Griffin Kingdom, large and small battles had almost never stopped. And these eight people present were undoubtedly the main fighting force of the Kingdom. In their decades of fighting careers, they had built very deep friendships with each other, so deep that it was as if they had worn open-crotch pants together.

A meeting like today’s actually had no serious business at all. It was just that old friends hadn’t seen each other for a long time, so they found an opportunity to banter and have fun.

At such a meeting, naturally, there were no worries or etiquettes. Everyone was very uninhibited, and they even dared to make jokes about the Old Mage. Sure enough, as soon as he entered the door, the Earth Magic Saint Slater immediately and without hesitation told everyone about Kiel’s recent embarrassing incident.

“Everyone, everyone!” Slater said excitedly: “Do you know? When coming here, that guy Kiel bragged to me, saying that his damn students could beat my students, entirely because he, as a teacher, was more powerful than me!”

“Ah!” Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately booed continuously. The Old Mage twitched his mouth and mocked directly: “Kiel, you are too shameless. How do you have the nerve to compare primary Warriors with our Magic Apprentices?”

“Exactly!” The Fire Magic Saint Luna was the most violent and said directly: “Comparing students to teachers is too shameless. If you have the guts, let’s spar? See if my God-Slaying Slash is just for show?”

Kiel was so scared upon hearing this that he almost drilled under the table. You should know, the Fire Magic Saint Luna was actually eighty or ninety years old this year, but due to her super strength, her appearance retained its youth, looking just like a young woman around thirty. She looked sweet and harmless, but only those familiar with her knew how terrifying this beautiful young woman really was.

In fact, almost everyone who knew Luna knew that she was not a normal person at all. This guy was completely a perverted-level violence maniac who almost never practiced protective spells, only worshipping offense. Especially her self-created super spell, the God-Slaying Slash, truly had the potential to slaughter gods. Anyway, if this slash went over, it was guaranteed to take half of Kiel’s life. Even the Old Mage, the strongest here, was usually unwilling to provoke her.

“Everyone, everyone!” Slater hurriedly reached out his hand to stop everyone and said: “The key point is not this, but something that happened afterward. Do you know? That kid Kiel just finished bragging when we saw a dozen senior students from the Warrior Academy beaten up by a Magic Apprentice. Beaten so miserably, they were pissing themselves and crying for their parents. It stunned that kid Kiel. If calculated according to his theory, his dozen students couldn’t beat one of our apprentices, wouldn’t Kiel himself become a super idiot? Haha!”

“Hmm?” Everyone laughed loudly upon hearing this, especially those Mages, who laughed so exaggeratedly that they almost climbed onto the table.

However, those Sword Saints could still hold it together, only Kiel was rather pitiful, so embarrassed that he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Seeing the situation was bad, the Gale Sword Saint Skatz on the side, in order to maintain the dignity of Warriors, hurriedly interrupted everyone: “No way? Slater, you must be bragging. I don’t think a dozen people from the Warrior Academy can’t beat a Magic Apprentice!”

“You still have the face to say?” Before Slater could retort, Kiel couldn’t help but snap at the Gale Sword Saint Skatz first.

The Gale Sword Saint Skatz was stunned by Kiel, and immediately shouted angrily: “Kiel, are you stupid? I’m speaking up for you!”

“I don’t need you to speak up for me!” Kiel immediately said angrily: “As long as you manage your own son well, that is the greatest help to me!”

“What does this have to do with my son?” The Gale Sword Saint Skatz immediately asked in confusion.

“Nonsense, among the people who got beaten, one is your little son Connie!” Kiel said furiously: “I have never seen such a useless fellow, a dozen Warriors? Beaten all over with blood by a Magic Apprentice using a magic staff, and kicked one by one into the mud ditch. Your son was the leader, his whole body looked like a mud monkey. If he hadn’t called out to me, I wouldn’t have recognized him! It’s simply too embarrassing. How does he look like the son of a Sword Saint? He is simply an idiot, a waste, a good-for-nothing!”

“Oh~” The Gale Sword Saint Skatz was scolded by Kiel and immediately went silent. He didn’t expect that among the people who made Kiel lose face, his son was also included. No wonder Kiel was so angry. However, he also knew his son well; no matter how he thought about it, he felt his son shouldn’t have lost so miserably. So he scratched his scalp and smiled bitterly: “Are you sure they lost to a Magic Apprentice? And not a Senior Mage?”

“Definitely a Magic Apprentice!” Slater finally interjected: “That person’s figure is particularly tall and big. In the Academy, no, it should be said that among all the Mages on the entire Continent, there is only one Magic Apprentice who can grow so burly!”

“Ah!” Upon hearing this, the Gale Sword Saint Skatz immediately exclaimed: “Are you talking about Little Steven?”

“Hmm!” Kiel and Slater said in unison: “Judging by his build, it is him.”

“Ah!” Everyone was immediately surprised. The Fire Magic Saint Luna couldn’t help asking the Old Mage: “Teacher, when did Little Steven become so powerful?”

The Old Mage was the oldest among these people, almost a generation older than the other seven. Usually, the seven would respectfully call him Teacher. In fact, the Old Mage had indeed given selfless help during their growth, so being called Teacher was only right.

Hearing Luna’s question, the Old Mage smiled slightly, and then said indifferently: “After Little Steven was rescued by me, he lost some memories, and his temper became, oh, how should I say, leaning towards the Barbarian bloodline. As for strength, after going Berserk, for some reason, his power had a qualitative leap, and his Magic Power also increased. Generally speaking, one-on-one, no one of his age is his opponent, whether Warrior or Mage!”

The Old Mage had actually tried to speak as vaguely as possible, but it still caused exclamations from everyone present. You know, many Warriors who go Berserk become disabled or lose their lives. Only a very few can actually increase their strength. Little Steven, however, turned misfortune into a blessing and became one of these very few lucky ones. This was truly something to be celebrated, so they congratulated the Old Mage one after another.

Although the Old Mage looked very relieved on his face, his heart was full of bitterness. After all, the current Little Steven was no longer the previous Little Steven.

Just at this moment, suddenly someone was heard knocking on the door. The Old Mage, who was actually in a bad mood, immediately frowned and said impatiently: “Come in!”