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rank in the outer regions as well?」 The younger named Tony said curiously.Right now, Doehring C
o the Ernst Institute.
After having travelled into the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts and after having witnessed the cruelty of mankind, Linley cherished the genuine friendships he had formed at the Institute even more than before. Upon entering his dorm, he heard these words….
「Boss Yale, Linley still isn’t back yet. Could he have run into a dangerous situation in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts?」
「Shut your stinking mouth, fourth bro. Third bro will definitely come back to us safely. Come on, let’s go eat…」 As he raised his head, Yale saw that familiar shadow standing in the doorway. He paused, stunned. George and Reynolds were stunned as well. But then, immediately afterwards, the three of them charged forward towards Linley.
「Haha, third bro, you finally came back!」 Yale was the first to reach Linley, wrapping his arms around Linley in a bear hug.
Reynolds also shouted out happily, 「Wow, Linley, do you know that Boss Yale and George have been muttering about you every day? They were all worried about you. I was the only one who was totally sure you』d make it back safe.」
「Fourth bro.」 George stared at him. 「Just now, you were talking about being worried that Linley had encountered something dangerous.」
「Me?」 A look of 『confusion』 was on Reynolds』 face. 「Did I say such a thing?」
Seeing his three bros together, Linley’s heart instantly felt warm. Yale immediately waved his arm ostentatiously and said, 「Alright, enough chitchat. Third bro’s safe return from the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts is a major event! Let’s go have a good celebration!」
「Second bro, fourth bro.」 Linley laughed as well. 「Let’s go. We have to all go and have some drinks. My treat!」
「Whoah.」 Reynolds stared at him. 「Your treat?」
Yale laughed loudly. 「Right, third bro has to treat us. Don’t forget that a while back, those representatives from the Proulx Gallery contacted us and send us that letter of invitation. Those three sculptures of third bro managed to sell for over 4000 gold coins. We have to have a good celebration.」
「A letter of invitation from the Proulx Gallery?」 Linley was startled.
Yale hurriedly explained, 「Third bro, your sculptures sold for high prices. The Proulx Gallery has already totally recognized your abilities as an expert sculptor, which is why they are now inviting you to start up a private booth at their 『Hall of the Experts』. Right, let me give the letter to you.」 Yale immediately ran towards the interior of the dormitory.
Reynolds said in a very secretive way towards Linley, 「Linley, you wanna know something? Ever since that guy from the Proulx Gallery came to our school, the news that you』ve been invited to have a private booth at the gallery has spread across the entire institute. You fame has tremendously increased.」
「It’s been spread across the entire institute?」 Linley was somewhat numb with surprise. He himself had just found out, after all.
「Right. In the entire institute, you might be the last one to know about this, actually.」 George chortled as well.
「Linley, this is the letter of invitation the Proulx Gallery sent us.」 Yale came running out of the dormitory with a white enveloped that had a golden seal affixed to it.
Book 3, Mountain Range of Magical Beasts – Chapter 26, Violet in the Night Wind (part 2)
Night time. The four bros of dorm 1987 were walking along a dark, silent street of the Ernst Institute, casually talking about what had happened over these past two months.
「As vicious as that?」 Reynolds, amazed, tugged aside Linley’s shirt. Seeing all the crisscrossing scars across Linley’s chest, he couldn’t help but hold his breath. The nearby George also went silent. Only Yale was able to laugh, 「Haha, you guys have no experience. When I was a kid, I saw way worse than this.」
「Boss Yale, are you serious?」 Reynolds said in astonishment.
Yale smiled cockily. 「Of course I’m serious. And I』ve seen more than a few as well. For example, killing prisoners by torture. Or real people fighting against magical beasts with their bare hands. When they fough
Linley calmly explained, 「In these mountains, especially in the outer areas, the most danger comes not from magical beasts, but from other humans. The four of you are both weak and inexperienced. I trust that certain greedy people will not let you slip away. I expect that the only reason why you haven’t been discovered yet is because today is your first day in these mountains. Otherwise, the four of you would be killed by now.」
「The most danger comes from other humans?」 Kalan frowned, but shortly afterwards, his face changed.
Kalan respectfully said to Linley, 「Milord magus, we just entered these mountains and only know a little bit about this area. We made a private decision to come here. I hope you can assist us, milord magus, and escort us out of these mountains.」
Linley couldn’t help but frown.
He hated trouble. But if these people were to encounter bandits on their way home, they really would be in for it.
「Milord magus, we beseech your aid.」 Alice also begged.
Linley glanced at Alice. Seeing the look of appeal in her eyes, and imagining her being killed by bandits, Linley’s heart softened. Nodding, he said, 「Fine. I’m headed back anyways. I』ll take you along with me. But if we really do encounter bandits on the way back, I can only promise to try my best. If you end up getting killed, there’s nothing I can do.」
Kalan immediately joyfully nodded. 「For you to be willing to aid us, milord magus, we are extremely grateful already.」
Linley nodded, then immediately headed forwards. His back towards the four of them, he said, 「Follow me.」 Kalan and the other four began following Linley. Under Linley’s protection, they departed the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts and headed in the direction of the city.
…..
On the road back, Kalan and the others learned Linley’s name. That Alice, also an earth-style magus, was filled with admiration for Linley. She, too, was only fifteen years old, and she was considered the number one genius at the Wellen [Wei』lin] Institute.
But despite this, Alice was only a magus of the fourth rank. This sort of accomplishment, at the Ernst Institute, would only be considered average.
A break in the journey. Linley, Kalan, Alice, and the others were all eating. Linley and Alice were seated together.
「Big brother Linley, you really are too amazing. You became a magus of the fifth rank when you were fourteen. I probably will be twenty when I reach the fifth rank.」 Alice stared worshipfully at Linley.
「I’m nothing. The number one genius at our institute, Dixie, became a magus of the fourth rank when he was nine, and a magus of the fifth rank when he turned twelve.」 Linley said casually. He didn’t disclose…that when he was thirteen, he had also been a magus of the fourth rank. But by age fourteen, he had become a magus of the fifth rank.」
In just one short year, he had advanced as much as Dixie had in three.
「A magus of the fourth rank at age nine? I’m fifteen, but I just became a magus of the fourth rank. And I’m considered the top genius at my school. Our Wellen Institute really can’t compare at all to your Ernst Institute.」 Alice sighed.
「Big brother Linley, it felt like to me that your Earthen Spear Array was very powerful and formidable, even more so than the other magi of the fifth rank at my school. Why is that?」 Alice was also an earth-style magus. Naturally, she noticed the differences in Linley’s spell.
Linley smiled faintly. It wasn’t just power. The speed at which it erupted was also very fast.
「Earth-style magic’s origin lies in the essence of the world…」 Linley began explaining to Alice. To be honest, in terms of understanding earth magic, Linley had a much deeper grasp and understanding than even the earth-style instructors of the Ernst Institute. After all, he had a Saint-level Grand Magus as his personal tutor.
Alice stared at Linley, totally focusing and concentrating on him.
One listened while the other spoke. As they talked, the two of them drew closer and closer to each other. Totally absorbed in magical theory, Linley only noticed after taking a break that their faces were now so close that only a fist’s worth of distance separated them.
Linley was startled. This was his first time being so close to a girl. Being so close, he could clearly see Alice’s two hazy, soft eyes, her pert nose…Linley even thought that he could feel her breath on him and smell the fragrance of her body.
「Big brother Linley, why』d you stop talking?」 Alice asked curiously. But moments later, Alice realized what happened. She immediately pulled back, and her face immediately flushed as red as an apple.
Linley forced himself to calm down, and then stood up to face the others. Pretending that nothing was amiss, he said, 「Alright, everybody eat up. We’re going to continue to travel soon. Let’s do our best to arrive at the city early.」
Book 3, Mountain Range of Magical Beasts – Chapter 25, Violet in the Night Wind (part 1)
On the Greenleaf Road of Fenlai City, the capital of
t since the majority of students were single element, they only had to take two hours of classes a day. L
Linley couldn’t help but reveal a hint of a smile on his face as well.
Linley’s wind-style magus instructor, the sixth-ranked magus Trey, frowned. 「Hm
inley was dual-element, which meant each day he had just four hours of classes. But because these classes were on a voluntary basis, if you didn’t want to go, no one would force you.
「SMASH!」
, but its trunk did not shatter. In the end, the five stones still came tumbling down to the ground.
「Yeah, not bad.」 Doehring Cowart’s eyes lit up. 「To be able to control five stones at once with such impressive speed shows that you do, in fact, have the power of a magus of the second rank.」 Doehring Cowart was very much satisfied with Linley’s performance.
Linley couldn’t help but reveal a hint of a smile on his face as well.
He had just taken another step towards his goals.
Linley would never be able to forget the words his father had said to him when he left. 「If you cannot bring it back, even when I die, I won’t forgive you!」 These words had pierced Linley’s heart like a sharp knife, and he was constantly reminded of them.
Right now, Doehring Cowart was chortling happily. 「But Linley, you must understand that a magus of the second rank counts for little. Based on our ranking systems, magi of the first and second rank are all considered 『entry-level magi』. Magi of the third and fourth ranks are considered 『mid-level magi』, and fifth and sixth ranks are 『high-level magi』. A magus of the seventh rank is called a 『senior ma
A handsome, black-haired man was seated atop the Windwolf. The young man was staring delightedly around him, seeming to be very proud of having such a fine magical beast.
「This should be a magical beast of the fifth or sixth rank,」 Linley decided.
At the Ernst Institute, there were indeed quite a few people who had magical beasts. Aside from the magi who had been invited to come to the Institute, some fifth and sixth grade students were able to buy soulbinding formation scrolls and had managed to tame some magical beasts to serve as their mounts.
Linley collected himself, suppressing his excitement at becoming a magus of the second rank. He once more tranquilled sat and entered the meditative trance. The strong became strong one step at a time and through achieving many accomplishments.