Chapter 68

Listen up, everyone, pay attention. Those who are going to play roles, take note. Like the characters Wu Shuang wrote, there are flaws. First, the dragon bloodline is stronger than the human bloodline, so the manifestation would be a dragon-human hybrid. Moreover, with the overwhelming dragon bloodline, the physical strength is too powerful to possibly become a mage. Even with an elf bloodline, the dragon bloodline would suppress it, so the talent displayed would definitely be that of a warrior, not a mage. And how can a lecherous old man be handsome? I really can't imagine it!

"Rude!" The old man didn't even move, but Lori's staff missed its target. The old man glared at Lori, and with just that glare, Lori felt she was indeed in the wrong.

"Yes! Mentor!" Lori said with a lowered head, which made Cook feel this wasn't the Lori he knew.

"Hmm! You said it was that little thing causing trouble. That's that kid's problem, what does it have to do with you?" The old man plopped down on the sofa and said irritably.

"That's my familiar!" Lori felt she couldn't control herself, and in front of this old man, she ended up saying everything. After saying it, Lori looked as if she had seen a ghost.

"Your... damn! Someone actually wants to take my disciple's things, what the hell! Who is that shameless guy, hmm!" The old man was initially taken aback, but after reacting, he jumped up from the sofa, loudly cursing and then loudly asking Meng Qi.

Meng Qi didn't know what was happening. Facing this old man was like facing a mountain. When the old man asked, Meng Qi involuntarily answered, "It's one of my disciples, along with four Holy Knights, a White-robed Priest, and a Hermit."

"Damn, those damn birds actually dared to bully me. But by the way, what's the relationship between these two beauties and you?" The old man raised his middle finger and pointed at Aries and Miki, asking Lori.

"This is my mother, Aries, and this is my first student, Miki, a naturally awakened Fire Mage." Lori was extremely depressed because whenever the old man asked, she would say everything, and she wasn't even angry.

"Sorry, sorry, Lord Wu Shuang!" At this moment, Nali rushed in, flustered, and another middle-aged man came in with him. This middle-aged man immediately bowed to the old man upon entering.

"It's fine, you did well this time. This is my disciple, what's your name?" The old man barely glanced at the middle-aged man and turned to ask Lori.

"Lori Hasek!" Miki rolled her eyes and answered.

"Hmm, Lori is my disciple." The old man nodded and said.

The middle-aged man's eyes widened, and after a moment, he clapped, "Congratulations, Lord, congratulations." This middle-aged man was deeply shocked because there was a significant difference between a disciple and a student. A disciple inherits everything from the mentor, while a student does not.

"Hmm, this is my disciple's student, Miki, a Fire Mage, naturally awakened." The old man introduced Miki again.

"Ah! Miss Miki is naturally awakened?" The middle-aged man glanced at Miki and then looked at Nali with wide eyes.

"Mentor, Mentor, Miss Miki has nine times the normal mental affinity and elemental affinity." Nali quickly bowed to explain.

"Hmph!" The middle-aged man grunted unhappily.

"Are you Sir Meng Qi Claris? I am Doctor, Nali's mentor, a councilor of the Mage Guild, and also one of the elders of the Mage Guild. This is the headmaster of Wu Shuang Academy, Lord Wu Shuang, and also the honorary president of the Mage Guild. It's an honor to meet you here." Doctor performed a mage's salute to Meng Qi and introduced himself.

Meng Qi almost fell over from the shock of the old man's identity, looking at him with awe, "You are Lord Wu Shuang!"

Wu Shuang, the legend of the magical world, reached the legendary realm at the age of 170 and was a remarkable figure in the Mage Academy over the past two hundred years. The Mage Academy has a tradition where the best student can use the academy's name, Wu Shuang, until someone breaks their record. As for the old man's real name, no one remembers it. Moreover, he is the honorary president of the Mage Guild, essentially a guardian deity. The guardian deities of the Mage Guild are appointed one after another. If you can cultivate one in ten years, you can step down. If it takes you five hundred years, you stay for five hundred years. That's the rule.

"You old guy, looking so smug. I'm telling you, we each have our own roles. You may be Lori's grandfather, but I'm her mentor, and I'm not a generation below you." Wu Shuang ignored Meng Qi's good intentions and said seriously.

"Lord Wu Shuang is right, right!" Meng Qi was now extremely excited. Lori's mentor was simply too formidable. He just wanted to find a backer, but he ended up finding a god.

"Doctor, let's go. Someone wants to take my disciple's familiar, what do you think we should do?" Wu Shuang asked Doctor.

"President, no way, someone wants to take your disciple's familiar?" Doctor looked incredulous.

"Hehe, do you know about the recent Thunder Dragon incident? My disciple's familiar is at the center of that storm. But I didn't expect it to be a Thunder Dragon with awakened divine blood. I think in less than a hundred years, our Mage Guild will have two, no! Three, no, four Guardian Deities." Wu Shuang looked at Lori and the little dragon, then at Miki and Cook, and finally said confidently.

"Four... four... four Guardian Deities?" Doctor's eyes widened, and he stuttered.

"Hmm! Look at that little guy, the one with the awakened divine blood. I'm telling you, this matter must be kept confidential. If anyone leaks it, I'll break their neck. Also, Lori and Miki, and this kid, what's your name?" Wu Shuang asked Cook.

"This is Cook, Miss Lori's Guardian Knight, and also a registered mage of the Mage Guild, but his mental affinity is only four times that of a normal person, and his elemental affinity is A-level." Nali quickly introduced, trying hard to resist the urge to pinch his thigh. This is President Wu Shuang, the President Wu Shuang.

"Alright, raise this kid's confidentiality level to SSS, and also his badge to SSS." Wu Shuang pointed at Cook and ordered.

"President, President, three SSS levels are too many. SSS level has a lot of privileges." Doctor thought Cook didn't need an SSS badge and hesitated.

Wu Shuang tilted his head and thought, then said, "Hmm, then change Miki's to S-level."

"Uh?" Doctor was now confused. Logically, Cook should have been removed, but maybe this kid had something else Doctor didn't know.

"Hunter's badge?" Doctor saw something and understood.

"I'm a hunter." Cook said a bit embarrassedly, because his hands were constantly moving. The little dragon kept eating, and if it stopped, it would suck its fingers and look at Cook with big, purple, teary eyes. Cook felt embarrassed, and the little dragon was really cute. Even Xiao Huai gave the little dragon some dried fruit, which he would normally have to pay for.

"Hunter, you chose to be a hunter? I'll teach you a lesson today, you unambitious kid. What profession is better than a hunter?" As soon as Cook finished speaking, Wu Shuang appeared in front of him and grabbed his ear, scolding him loudly.

Cook couldn't defend against Wu Shuang's attack. But to be fair, he probably couldn't have defended against it. Cook was yelping, "Ouch, ouch, old man, let go! Let...!"

"Ouch, ouch! Let go, let go!" Cook saw the old man let go, but the old man had to let go because the little dragon in Cook's arms was holding Wu Shuang's little finger, and Wu Shuang's face was pale. Xiao Huai even jumped onto the old man's head and started scratching, forcing the old man to stand in a strange position. Being grabbed by a dragon, even a baby dragon, is not a pleasant experience.

"Haha, haha! Serves you right! Good job, little one, come, have a candy." Cook laughed and gave the little dragon a candy. The little dragon let go of its hand when it saw the candy, and the others felt like banging their heads against the wall. Was Lord Wu Shuang's finger less valuable than a candy?

"Ouch!" Wu Shuang looked at his twisted little finger, wincing in pain. A scroll appeared out of nowhere, and he tore it open, casting a soft light over his entire body.

"Divine Healing!" Meng Qi was almost dumbfounded. First, the famous Lord Wu Shuang bullied his Guardian Knight, then the little dragon grabbed Wu Shuang's little finger, which made Meng Qi nervous. Mages focus on the mental aspect, so their physical strength is not very strong. Meng Qi estimated that if his little finger was grabbed by the little dragon, it would be crushed. Finally, Wu Shuang pulled out a scroll, and Meng Qi admitted that there are magical items in this world. Then, Wu Shuang used the Divine Healing spell, which only a high-level priest of the Holy Light Church can cast. Meng Qi realized he had seen more in one minute than in his entire life.

"Good job, little one!" Cook kissed the little dragon, whose cheeks were puffed up, clearly a little foodie.

"You brat, I'll remember this. Doctor, even though this kid has an SSS badge, don't give him any discounts. Damn, being bullied by that old guy is one thing, but now being bullied by you, let's go find someone to deal with it!" Wu Shuang's finger recovered, and he pulled out a staff taller than a person. The staff had a green magic core the size of an adult's fist, and the entire staff looked like it was made of ancient vines. Wu Shuang stormed out, fuming.

Doctor wiped his forehead. From Wu Shuang's words, Doctor understood that someone often bullied Lord Wu Shuang, and this person had a special relationship with the kid, a relationship so special that even President Wu Shuang didn't dare to revoke Cook's SSS badge, only to not give him any discounts.

"Lord Wu Shuang, how should we proceed? What if the news about Lori's Thunder Dragon familiar leaks out?" Meng Qi, who was the most excited, followed Wu Shuang and asked timidly.

"Go straight and deal with them. How dare they target my disciple? Do you think I'm easy to talk to? I'll see who dares to say no when I destroy them. I'll go and smash the Holy Light Square." Wu Shuang said angrily.

Meng Qi and Doctor wiped their cold sweat. The Holy Light Square is the largest square in the Holy Light City, the capital of the Holy Empire, with the largest cathedral on the continent, the Pope, and at least seven of the thirteen cardinals often there, as well as three Holy Knight Orders, and more. In short, it's a forbidden area of the Holy Light Church. But Meng Qi and Doctor didn't doubt Wu Shuang's words.

"Hey, they're still here? Those bastards over there?" Wu Shuang just entered the mage tower and sensed them.

"Yes!" Meng Qi was sweating profusely. The mage tower, though not a forbidden area, had many defensive magic arrays. Even he couldn't sense those people, but Wu Shuang did.

"You piece of trash, this mage tower is a disgrace. Don't say you know me, Doctor. Go back and give Meng Qi some materials and send people to rebuild it. Look at this shoddy magic array." Wu Shuang pointed at a magic array irritably.

"Yes, President, should we wait outside?" Doctor stopped, knowing that if Lord Wu Shuang said this, the mage tower would not last. It seemed Lord Wu Shuang was very angry. Doctor looked at Cook and saw him still feeding the little dragon, making him even more curious.

"What are we waiting for? Dealing with these trash, I can handle it with one hand." Wu Shuang said irritably.

Meng Qi and the others just reached the basement entrance when Rody saw Meng Qi, and the others noticed as well. It wasn't their fault; the mage tower not only blocked all sounds but also all senses. Of course, this was only to a certain extent, and it didn't affect Wu Shuang. The Holy Knights here were Holy Light Knights, not Holy-level Knights. The White-robed Priest and the Hermit were focused on the entrance, and waiting for an ambush was the hardest time.

"Mentor? You... you... you?" Rody was speechless, stammering and pointing at Meng Qi.

"Rody, very good, very good. Do you remember who brought you back when you were three, who gave you knowledge and power to seek revenge?" Meng Qi asked, pointing at Rody with a trembling hand.

"I remember, but how did my family die? Wasn't it because your family hunted another family, causing them to flee to our village, leading to the entire village's destruction? As for power, my dear mentor, I've worked for you for nearly a hundred years. What have you given me? I'm not even as good as Melif, who has only been with you for forty years!" Rody shouted.

"Rody, why so many words? Kill the old one first, and the young one will reveal where the Thunder Dragon is." The White-robed Priest scolded Rody.

"Yes, Priest Dume, but I want you to leave that woman for me. I want to ask her why I'm not as good as that fool Melif!" Rody pointed at Aries, his eyes filled with a fanatical look, and slowly retreated. The four Holy Knights lined up in the narrow passage.

Aries was so angry that her nose was twisted, and she cursed, "Rody, I knew you were a despicable person, a hypocrite."

"Sweat!" Cook and Miki looked at each other, speechless at Aries' cursing. After all, the real experts in cursing are the women in the common folk.

"Divine Light Protection!" The four Holy Knights cast a protection spell on themselves, which could resist some negative magic, reduce damage, and pain, and heal wounds. Holy Knights are powerful in casting such divine spells.

"Hey, didn't you see me?" Wu Shuang felt ignored and waved his staff, asking unhappily.

"So what if we saw you? You're just a dead man. This mage tower will 'boom!' in a magic experiment!" Priest Dume ignored Wu Shuang and gestured from behind the four Holy Knights.

"Rody, did you... activate it?" Meng Qi asked, pointing with a trembling hand.

"Dear mentor, of course not, but I will. Then no one will know what happened because I'll be the only one left, and I can say whatever I want!" Rody smiled.

"Damn, ignoring me! Deprivation! Wind Blade!" Wu Shuang slammed his staff on the ground and waved it, drawing a complex magic symbol in the air. He shouted "deprivation," and the light on the four Holy Knights disappeared. Then he shouted two more words.

"Clang!"