themonasnovels Chapter 33 Fire Element Staff!
Chapter 33 Fire Element Staff!
Hick bowed slightly and replied respectfully, "Master, Klar has been brought!"
His voice was exceptionally clear in the spacious top-floor hall filled with runes and magic circles, carrying a hint of barely perceptible caution.
His gaze was fixed warily on Klar, trying to glean even the slightest possibility from her feigned composure.
However, Clara's performance cast a shadow over Hick's mind.
The anticipated complete panic and desperate struggle did not materialize.
Klar's body stiffened noticeably for a moment, his face appearing unusually pale under the energy glow from the tower's summit, but his eyes...
The initial turmoil in those eyes, stirred by the name "Perot," seemed to subside the moment they stepped into this heart of the place, becoming calm once more, showing none of the composure expected of a second-level wizard.
That's not right!
Hick's heart skipped a beat.
It's too peaceful!
Unnaturally calm, so calm...
Heart-pounding!
How could a novice apprentice, being escorted by his clearly ill-intentioned "senior" to a second-level wizard who held the power of life and death, possibly suppress all his emotions so quickly?
Unless...he was prepared in advance?
Or perhaps he's not afraid at all?
"impossible!"
Hick forcibly suppressed the unease churning within him.
"A mere pretense! It's nothing but a last-ditch effort! Before absolute power, any pretense is futile!"
He tried to use this belief to strengthen his somewhat wavering confidence.
What other trump cards does he have up his sleeve?
Could that ring possibly be able to fight against a level two wizard?
absurd!
Hick's gaze unconsciously swept over Klar's fingers. The unremarkable ring showed no change under the light of the complex runes flowing at the top of the tower, and no abnormal energy fluctuations could be detected.
But the more this was the case, the tighter the string of "caution" tauted in Hick's heart.
They know the "protagonist's" sinister nature all too well; any unexpected calm could be the prelude to a deadly storm.
Just then, Instructor Pero, who was sitting at the core of the huge rune matrix in the center of the hall, slowly raised his head.
His face was calm and his expression serene, like that of a refined nobleman looking at a guest entering his territory.
That gaze seemed to hold scrutiny, and a hint of something... playful?
"Oh? You're that... new apprentice, Clara?"
Professor Perot's voice was deep and magnetic, like that of a knowledgeable elder.
But with each word spoken, all the apprentices involuntarily held their breath, and even Kurt and the others subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at him.
Clara took a deep breath, forcing herself to meet those two gazes that seemed to pierce through one's soul.
He tried to make his voice sound steady, with the reverence an apprentice should have: "Yes, Your Excellency Tower Master. I am Klar."
The Lord of Perota did not respond immediately; the only sound in the hall was the low hum of energy flowing through the runes.
This brief silence felt like an invisible boulder, pressing down on Hick and making him feel suffocated.
He stared intently at Krall's back, trying to catch the slightest tremor of a muscle or a disturbance in his breathing.
He looked forward to seeing Krall break down under this invisible pressure, kneel down, or beg for mercy incoherently.
However, Clara simply stood there, her back ramrod straight. Although her face was as pale as paper and her body as stiff as a stone sculpture, the confidence in her eyes remained unchanged.
even……
Even more eye-catching! Dazzling!
"Hick told me."
Perrotta finally spoke again, his voice calm and even, yet carrying an undeniable sense of control, "There's something interesting about you...."
His gaze seemed to sweep over Clara's fingers, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
coming!
Hick's spirits lifted, and he felt a weight lifted from his shoulders.
Although Klar's gaze made Hick uneasy, the strength of a second-level wizard was undeniable!
Everything will eventually settle down!
"Your Excellency, Tower Master."
Klar's voice trembled slightly, a subtle tremor born of reverence. "I...I don't quite understand what you mean. I'm just a novice apprentice, with only the basic meditation techniques issued by the tower and some worthless items..."
He tried to play dumb and see if there was any chance of a last-ditch effort.
Perrotta seemed not to hear his explanation, his gaze remaining fixed on Clara, the scrutiny intensifying.
He tilted his head slightly, as if he had discovered something extremely interesting. He slowly raised a hand, his slender fingertips wreathed in a visible, breathtaking magical glow, and pointed it at Klar.
"Interesting...this is getting more and more interesting..."
The playfulness in Pelosi's voice suddenly amplified, even carrying a... almost greedy desire for exploration?
"Little one, tell me, how did you obtain this ring that exudes an ancient aura?"
These words were like a thunderclap!
Hick's unease reached its peak in an instant; his mentor, Perot, standing directly in front of him, seemed to offer him no sense of security whatsoever.
Hick instinctively channeled his magic power, instantly forming a defensive spell.
The moment Professor Perot finished speaking, something unexpected happened!
Clara's left hand, which hung by her side and was clenched into a fist, had knuckles that had turned white from excessive force.
The moment Professor Perot asked that question, the ordinary-looking ring emitted an extremely faint yet exceptionally profound glow without warning!
The light flashed and disappeared in an instant, so fast that it was like an illusion. Apart from Hick, who was close at hand and completely focused, and Perot, who had keen senses, even Kurt and the others next to him might not have been able to notice it!
But Hick saw it!
He saw it clearly!
The eerie light didn't come from the ring itself; it was more like something had been taken out from inside the ring!
Immediately afterwards, Klar's body jolted, and a staff radiating intense fire element appeared in his hand.
The staff was only about the length of a forearm, and the runes on it were so incomprehensible to Hick that he couldn't understand their mysteries. However, he could still sense the destructive aura emanating from the fire element within it!
What made Hick's hair stand on end and felt like he had fallen into an ice cave was his mentor Perot's reaction!
The instant the cane appeared, Professor Perot's aristocratic demeanor shifted almost imperceptibly...
It trembled slightly!
Instructor Perot suddenly erupted with an incredulous and horrified light!
Within that light, there was even...
Mixed with a trace of "fear," an emotion that neither Hick's predecessor nor he himself had ever seen in his mentor, Perot!
Perrotta suddenly stood up from his seat!
The large wizard's robes fluttered without wind, and the runic array in the hall instantly activated, radiating countless rays of magical light.
He stared intently at Klar, or rather, at the cane in Klar's hand, his voice sharp and distorted with extreme shock and some indescribable emotion:
"It...it's him?! This aura...it can't be! How could it be...him?! Wasn't he already..."