A Sorcerer's Journey, 2

by Flying White Egrets

  "Eh?"

  Glenn finally recognized Mina. "Why was she being happy seeing me here. I took the prize reserved for her in the Test ."

  Mina greeting Glenn surprised the rest of the crowd who all then turned their focus to him.

  After the greeting, Mina was then about to walk to Glenn when she was halted by Milly, who asked: "What’s this about?"

  "He’s my boy. He’s the only one that could catch my eyes among the six schools. The guy I talked about all the time," said the tyrannical Mina as if Glenn was her property.

  Milly responded coldly. "To be in a relationship with him? That’s not good...If either one of a spouse couldn’t make it to become a sorcerer, then the other one would be alone forever. I won’t allow..."

  "Sister, this is my personal affair. Please stay out of this," said Mina. "Even if he couldn’t be a sorcerer, I’ll keep him for the moment and won’t give anyone else any chance, because he’s mine. Mine."

  Afterwards Mina strode to Glenn, ignoring the existence of the crowd as if they were just there presenting a more attractive Glenn.

  Lafite, Chris, Anna, Robin and Robinson all grimaced and Lafite turned back to Glenn, eyes staring at him.

  She didn’t say anything but her eyes were asking: "What’s going on? Why would she say that?"

  Glenn of course couldn’t have known how Mina had feelings about him back in the interrogation room. He was awkward in romance—He didn’t know how Lafite fell in love with him in the first place, not to mention this Mina who didn’t play by the playbook. But in Glenn’s defense, insensitivity in romance was an issue many sorcerers faced.

  However, to have Glenn was not a romance but a mere possession of a sort of collection.

  Mina continued pacing towards Glenn and as she was just several steps away, Lafite and the others had gotten ready to launch a strike.

  At the time, an arcane reaction rocked both Mina and Glenn.

  Mina halted. She and Glenn showed an intoxicated expression almost immediately. Then the two of them went sober again and exchanged an incredible look.

  This attraction force...

  It was the attraction force produced between two Body of Flame—A wondrous attraction.

  "Body of Flame would be drawn to each other?"

  If Mina were Lafite, then this attraction would be fantastic. But...

  Having realized this, Glenn clenched his fist and turned serious. "My will is not gonna bend to instinctive reactions because of a gift."

  "Impossible! Is it the Body of Flame?" Mina grimaced, glaring at Glenn like a devil. "Impossible. Why are you giving out the aura of Body of Flame? I’m the only one that has it. You are such an imposter. I’ll not allow you to live in this world. I’m gonna kill you."

  Merely seconds had passed, and Mina eyes towards Glenn had shifted from joy to panic and hatred. This change seemed unreasonable to the rest of the crowd.

  "Bionna was right about her. She is indeed a mad woman."

  Glenn grimaced. "This is not a good timing to be in a fight. I’m in the weakest state after getting myself poisoned. My battle strength is half as strong compared to my normal state. Maybe just barely at Lafite’s level."

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  Chapter79 True Pride

  A thousand ideas flashed through Glenn’s mind and he chose the safest and most conservative one—to use the Glenn Dissimilation Sorcery.

  Glenn immediately altered part of his Life Code using the Dissimilation Sorcery and the Body of Flame properties were then covered up in his body. This way, he and Mina would not be emotionally attracted anymore.

  Like a smaller-sized sun had been set off, Mina was charging towards Glenn in a cloud of fire which emitted blazing lights and scorching heat. Her eyes had turned red and her surrounding air was puffed up with strong magical waves—even though the attraction had disappeared, she was still bent on burning Glenn to ashes.

  Confronting such strong magical waves, Chris, Robin and Robinson made an immediate response. Chris turned into a wolf, eyes turning green, teeth bared, and axe held before his chest. Robin summoned the boar and fished out a fist-sized fiery red bead, the one she got in the trial test. Robinson gulped down a vial of medicine and the next second he was gone, leaving a ball of dark drifting air.

  Glenn stared at this mad woman Mina who had the Body of Flame. She was once the strongest in the trial test and she almost got him killed.

  Glenn’s long, golden hair as well as his cloak were rustling in the heat waves and his eyes glimmered with a dazzling light. And due to the heat, his Ashen Mask began to consume his magical force.

  With a thumping sound, Glenn’s magical stick fell to the ground. He then said lightly: "Mina, this is not what you were faced with in the trial. I’m not an escaper any longer. And you..."

  "Haha! Are you? Glenn, you’ve finally got the confidence to go against me?"

  Mina cut in and laughed with great hubris. "If so..."

  "Stop! Mina, you make a step further, I promise you this will be your burying place." Lafite jerked Glenn behind her like before in the ship.

  All of the attention was focused on the golden key Lafite was holding high. It was emitting strong space waves, and the lights and heat were even beginning to eclipse Mina’s.

  "The Stigmata Friendship Key." Yates exclaimed shrilled in his husky voice as she stared at Lafite.

  Ardas had no idea what ability this key could perform but he was still amazed at the magical waves.

  Mina had no knowledge of this friendship key. Even though it was giving out shocking waves she and her elder sister behind her were too confident to care for such a tool. She was being a little bit unreasonable, or silly to be precise.

  Mina stretched out her hand slowly and was ready to have a big fight with Lafite’s team.

  "Mina, enough. Stop it." In a flash, Milly had moved in front of Mina and seized her hand.

  Mina became shocked, and then she grimaced. "What’re you doing? I’m killing him."

  Milly narrowed her eyes and spoke, emphasizing every word. "I’m not allowing you to misbehave."

  "Leave yourself out of this. I’m killing this guy today." Mina yelled.

  "You haven’t got the rare sign from your tutor, the Indistinguishable Flame, and you’re just halfway through with the study of your father’s element Ougi. Even your mental strength is not at 40! You want me to teach you the rule of the sorcerer world?" Milly voice turned grim.

  For a long time, stifling silence ensued.

  "Fine. I’ll go." Mina shouted as she threw off her sister’s hand and left, showing no further interest in this ore range despite the fact that she still had a mission. She was headstrong like a spoiled child.

  Milly’s face looked similar to Mina’s. Her distinguishing trait was her long silver hair, and she wore the standard 12th section students cloak. Interestingly enough, in the center of her forehead, there was a lozenge-shaped body of energy which seemed to contain a huge formidable force hidden within.

  "Put it away The space waves will be used up in at best two more times. You wanna waste it on this?" Mimmy gazed at Lafite seriously but she appeared unthreatened as if she still had a trump card to play.

  Lafite sneered. "In the trial test, people were saying Mina was a mad woman. Now it seems she lives up to it." Lafite teased Milly as she put the key away.

  "It’s none of your business." Milly flashed a glare at Lafite grimly.

  The two women were not happy with each other yet they restrained themselves to not to start a conflict.

  Milly then whipped back her hair as she turned to face Glenn and then said to him with suppressed interest. "My sister’s feeling was right, it is the aura of Body of Flame. No wonder she got crabby. You’re somebody worth her attention! But would you mind telling me what was the "sorcery" you just pulled out?

  Milly was not sure whether the secret behind his Body of Flame was due to Glenn’s sorcery o
r his pure gift.

  Glenn eyed this white-haired woman calmly. She was someone that many thousands of students in the six schools of the 12th section worshipped. This woman’s firm expression said that she would not give up until he gave her the answer.

  Thus, Glenn finally opened his mouth. "The Glenn Secret Tri-Sorcery."

  "You..." Milly paused. "You named a sorcery after your own name?"

  Actually, Lafite and other team members were also kept in the dark about this. Exchange of knowledge would be conducted at the cost of magical stones, not to mention sorceries, which would only be passed on to their own students by the tutors.

  Therefore Glenn’s team were all surprised learning the news.

  A student created a new sorcery?

  This was an unbelievable thing that had never occurred in the 12th section at least. They would usually learn the established sorceries created by the ancient, wise sorcerers. No one would exert efforts to delve into the making of a new sorcery.

  Yates and Ardas stared at Glenn, the guy who had remained in obscurity ever since he stepped into this place.

  "What level he would be at given his capability?"

  In retrospect, no one had ever seen Glenn fighting. He had always kept a low profile and saved every minute to conduct his research. He was a supporting role along the way, a wanderer, an autism sufferer. And even Ardas was putting much thought into why a mundane Glenn would be on the hunting list.

  But now...

  No matter how hard one might want to conceal his radiance, he would shine; like a gem in the mud that would surely be unearthed one day.

  Yet it still baffled Yates and Ardas as to why Glenn was not willing to present himself to gain according fame and respect given his strong capabilities and would rather stay quiet. Creating a new sorcery signified wisdom and knowledge, by which power would be obtained.

  Glenn was standing there, still being quiet. He still had no intention to show off or anything. Apparently, he didn’t give a damn as to what people called "status".

  Yes, Glenn needed not to be understood, or cared to be understood.

  His heart was there for the pursuit of his dream. He lived each day to the fullest with his aspiration. Solitude was a price. Reputation negligible. Hardships to be expected. Fatigue a must—Adversities were the fuel to one’s spirits and fatigue made one feel the existence of one’s body.

  These were the fundamentals for a student to explore the future and make history, to become the most glorious, most powerful sorcerer. This was Glenn’s pride.

  Sorcerers with a strong heart needed not to be understood, or cared to be understood.

  All along Glenn's aspiring goal was the Holy Tower tryouts. Win, and he would attain the highest glory and accordingly the highest prize. This glory would be conferred on an equal footing—not considering the level of a student would be at. It would be an occasion where true quality would be realized.

  And this was the biggest secret Norris had divulged to Glenn, a secret that would be kept from most of the students.

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  Chapter80 The Greedy Flame Giant

  "When you’re in the Holy Tower tryouts, don’t let me down." Milly didn’t take on Glenn by force and only said this. She had treated Glenn as one of the top ten students of the whole six schools.

  Glenn went into shock. "You’re expecting my performance? Are you numbed by your ice to say something so haughty?"

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  Three months later.

  "It’s done." Murmured Glenn in his tent after having completed his meditation. He then held out a finger and a small water ball formed on it. Elements of water and fire were easily controlled and had great affinity. And when the two elements could be utilized using ten times of the lever power, then the Destructive Force of Fire Blast Sorcery could be started on.

  But this shouldn’t be on top priority. To research into the destructive force of the water and fire elements, one should start with the boosting function of two affinity elements.

  And thus, Glenn chose to aim for water and radium. (the combination are supposed to be wind & fire, water radium, earth water, earth & life)

  Glenn’s affinity with radium was not strong, but he had two months of research on it and he was confident that he could accomplish the inscription of radium matrix in two months. By then, he could study the element boosting sorcery which was a rather difficult one and might cost years to be completed.

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  "Glenn, are you gonna take part in the meeting?" asked Lafite from the other side of the tent who just was done with her knowledge learning.

  For the last six months, the students from the six schools had all arrived at this range, and had executed numerous attacks at the 19th section. As a result, over 160 resource points had been occupied, and the remaining more than 30 were waiting to be exploited.

  And when all of the points were occupied, then our enemies would have no battle base to gather the forces. When the time came, we would chase and kill them until they reached a number that the sorcerers of the 19th section wanted.

  Glenn shook his head, and said lightly: "You know it. I’m not accustomed to being in such things. I’m fully reassured with you being our representative."

  "En." Lafite nodded and then left the tent.

  Over 100 students had arrived at this range, and four out of the top ten students of the sox schools had also turned up—Milly, Yates, Ardas, and someone from the Bone Bell Tower School. The students also brought with them some interjections and had laid them in a dozen or so sites to make traps like the exploding mushroom. They also did the work of digging bomb shelters and a lookout.

  Defenses-wise, this place was invulnerable.

  A long while later, Lafite turned back to the tent and said lightly: "Milly and Ardas had led several teams of students out of this place. This range is no longer the frontline but an outpost."

  "Sure, it’s been quieter for the past month." Glenn fingered through his sorcery book notes as he responded casually.

  For the past few months in this range, Lafite’s wound had gotten much better. The withered skin on her face was recovering.

  "Glenn, would the 19th section students build an organization like what we did with the Death Sail League? You know, when there were not many of them left."

  "Certainly. Although we don’t know what kind of punishment would be incurred if they lost this battle, the sorcerers on their side would urge them to spare no efforts. And they’ve got two advantages we don’t have. One is unity and the other is that they could send out protectors for more times than we could."

  Glenn had become a little drowsy with his sorceries. But he suddenly turned sober upon hearing this causal analysis, a thought coming to mind.

  "Is there news of our side sending the protectors?" Glenn asked.

  "No, we haven’t. But our enemy has deployed them for six times. And the protectors killed four of our men, and another two managed to escape from them," answered Lafite indifferently.

  Glenn’s eyes brightened, and said: "Our enemy is using up their chances of dispatching the protectors. This might make them extremely vulnerable."

  "Why is that?"

  "You forgot? We set up the league in the ship under the leadership of the five lords. Without you and the four others, the students wouldn’t be gathered. The key to it was a strong leadership." Glenn responded, emphasizing "five lords".

  "Why are you being nostalgic? 'The five lords' was coined by some student who didn’t even know a thing about sorcery. It was not us that created it!" Lafite added, "But if it were me, I wouldn’t go with this Lord of Vine if I had a say in it. I’d call myself..."

  "Stop there, my queen. Let’s get back on the topic. Since there would be leaders in their organization, then we could send our protectors altogether to kill them all or at least most of them, then what would befall the st
udents? It would be like the students in the ship without your five leaders..."

  Lafite smiled and said: "Your analysis is very constructive! And unlike them, we 12th secon has no leaders at all. We encounter fights, small and big, all the time, so there is this established creed—everyone is the leader of himself or herself."

  "If I could think of this, then there is no reason Norris couldn’t."

  Lafite became relieved hearing this, and then she smiled. "It was seemingly bad luck when we were sent to this frontline in the beginning, and now the momentum has been turned. We could stay here and be at ease with the defense. And you personally could focus on experiments. You’re living by the minute because of those sorceries. Wait a minute, let me think...you’re supposed to be studying the two twigs?"

  Glenn smiled and pulled out the two twigs.

  Two months later, Glenn succeeded in inscribing the radium magical matrix and started tap into how water and radium could play a role of boosting.

  One year passed by, the 12th section had taken hold of over 180 resource points and the target of each student occupying 30 points was reached. However, they were deterred by the protectors on the other side to launch further strikes. Besides, large scale offense were nearly impossible to carry out as they were restricted by the special relationships between the students—there was no strong leadership and no large scale offensives unless they were motivated by interests.

  Skirmishes between the two sections surfaced from time to time but the 12th held absolute advantage. As time passed by, the 19th were being enlightened and formed a league called "20 Drops of Blood", which had become a topic among the 12th students, and under its organization and coordination, they were crawling back into the game.

  Five years later, Glenn body constitution had reached 108 points. But his body had gotten used to the deadly Evil Eye Kasmira, and without a laboratory to develop new poisons, he ceased this cultivation. But he would spend some time each day to do some physical activities to improve his physique, strength, and activity.