Chapter 400 - Surprised Oliver
Grey didn't find Klaus' father's decision to leave the empire surprising, after all, they couldn't go against the empire.
"Wait, you found drops of liquid of the Great Earth Essence Liquid?" Oliver seemed to recall something and asked.
This was something that could alter the constitution of an Elementalist, changing their elemental grades. It was so rare that not many people believed it existed.
"Yes, back at the trial land," Grey replied.
'No wonder they've been advancing so quickly. With that thing, their elemental grades must've seen a boost. Could it be that they've attained the violet grade?' Oliver thought to himself, surprised.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via N0v3l.B11n.
He never thought that they would acquire something so precious in the trail land. Now he understood why the Emperor was searching for them so fervently, given the miraculousness of the Great Earth Essence Liquid, these youngsters go easily grow to overpower the people at the top..
Take Grey, for example, he was already more powerful than most of the Instructors in the Lunar Academy, even Klaus was more powerful than them. Then there's Alice and Reynolds as well.
Oliver couldn't wrap his head around what these four friends would be able to accomplish if given the time to grow. He knew about the story of the last person known to have the violet grade in his element. According to the story, he was jointly assassinated by three different empires.
They couldn't stand to see one empire producing such a prodigy. It was just like the cases over the years with the empires as well, trying to kill off any person they find as a potential threat.
Although they rarely succeed, there have been times when a once in a hundred years prodigy had been killed by an opposing empire. These things usually happen between the Qilin and Azure empires. Both take themselves as the true leaders of the continent.
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"Oh right, dad, we wanted to give you one," Klaus suddenly spoke up.
He was very confident in his current strength. If it were the time when they just left the trial land, then he wouldn't say this, but now, he felt if he really fought against Grey seriously, he wouldn't lose too badly.
"Hehe... I don't think that would end well for you," Grey chuckled, obviously making fun of Klaus.
"Don't tell me he's also gotten to the Eighth stage?" Klaus asked with a sour look, just when he thought he would be able to flaunt in front of Reynolds again, Grey was laughing at him mockingly. This only meant Reynolds was stronger than he was.
"No, actually, he's only in the Fifth stage," Grey replied sincerely.
"Hmm, if he's in the Fifth stage, then his Elemental Warrior should be in the Sixth or Seventh stage. I'm sure I can beat it," Klaus muttered.
"The thing is, his Elemental Warrior is in the Eighth stage," Grey broke the news to Klaus.
"I thought the Elemental Warrior was only a stage or two above him, how did it turn to three stages?" Klaus asked in surprise.
"You're not the only one who's lucky," Grey replied with a snicker.
Of the four friends, Klaus could be said to be the one with the best luck. This could be seen from the competition, as well as from the recent event.
Other than the time Grey accidentally teleported into the wall where he acquired his fire element, Void has been the one leading him to where he could find treasures.
"Wait, that kid's a summoner?" Oliver asked.
He was just getting more and more surprised from what he was hearing, he almost couldn't believe what happened to Grey and his friends in the trial land that they were able to acquire so much.
"Not just any summoner, but a high-grade summoner," Klaus replied proudly, it was almost like he was the one who was the summoner.
One could see the genuine joy and pride on his face when speaking about his friends' success.
He wasn't really too bothered if they were stronger than him, after all, he wanted all of them to be successful, it didn't mean he had to be successful first.