Chapter 281: I’d Rather Be An Idiot
At the hot spring in Golden Quill Pavilion.
A few men moaned comfortably in the hot spring that was filled with water vapor.
“Golden Quill Pavilion is truly a paradise. Our adventurer team was only bronze-tier. They would only put us at the furthest point whenever we come here, let alone the hot spring. And they would serve us simple food too. Now that we’ve achieved the gold tier adventurer status, they let these special ladies serve us.” Arthur sat in the hot spring, his body wrapped in a modest towel. Behind him, a lovely maid was scrubbing his back diligently.
Clyde and Leon were also in the hot spring near him. They nodded in accord as they heard his words.
“It’s all thanks to Young Master Watson. Our treatment in the Golden Quill Pavilion and the City of Steel has changed. With Young Master Watson on our team, we will improve even more in the future! We should drink to our hearts’ content and celebrate properly.”
A few maids surrounded Clyde; they knelt on their knees and gently massaged his tall and sturdy body with their tiny hands.
“Honorable Mr. Clyde, the wine you requested has arrived. This is the top-quality red wine that the Golden Quill Pavilion has prepared for the few gold-tier adventurers.”
A maid entered from outside the hot spring shortly after Clyde’s voice faded. She held a tray in her hand that had a bottle of red wine; it looked exquisitely packed.
That scene led the three men to sigh once again at the service provided by the Golden Quill Pavilion.
“Let’s drink to a beautiful tomorrow together. Speaking of the team’s future, do you still remember what Young Master Watson said about clearing the maze’s 100th floor?” Arthur raised his glass and spoke as the maid distributed glasses of wine to everyone there.
Clyde and Leon nodded. They also raised their glasses and took a sip. Leon said, “Arthur, what do you want to say?”
“Even though our team has become better because of Young Master Watson, he will occasionally say some unrealistic promises. How is it possible to go so deep into the maze’s 100th floor underground? He also said that he wants to improve our strength and let us help him! Only that foolish woman, Annie, would believe such words. Since she hasn’t come out after such a long time, Young Master Watson must have entangled himself with her. She’s here at the Golden Feather Pavilion, but she can’t enjoy it. What a pity!”
“Yes, what a pity!”
Clyde and Leon glanced at the beautiful maid, whose clothes were exposed; they could not help but swallow their saliva. Perhaps it was the alcohol, but they felt as though their bodies’ blood circulation had increased significantly.
They might each take a handmaiden and get a room with them after their soak in the hot spring. As adventurers, particularly low-tier adventurers like them, they were frequently under pressure to take risks. Seeking out ladies to accompany them was a very natural way for them to relieve stress. Since they had a female member in the team, they typically conducted such activities in secret.
However, they could do so freely in the Golden Quill Pavilion. The service and ladies there were superior to those they had encountered previously. The most important thing was that the pavilion had preferential treatment for gold-tier adventurers; they did not even need to spend any money.
Arthur, Leon, and Clyde smiled lewdly when they realized they could embrace those plump bodies dripped with fragrance and freely frolic with them later. They felt as if they were in heaven, but they pitied Annie, who could not come out to enjoy herself.
A slightly disgusted female voice suddenly echoed from outside the hot spring just as they thought about that.
“I heard some disgusting sounds from a distance from the hot spring. It was you guys, indeed! I won’t say anything about you, Arthur; this is your usual dirty self. But Captain, Leon! Why are you behaving like this? Especially you, Leon. Aren’t you a devout priest? Can your God forgive you for such an act?”
Annie materialized at the hot spring’s edge. Her silhouette was obscured by the white mist from the hot spring; they could not see her clearly.
“Annie, what are you talking about? Who’s dirty? Speak clearly, you—”
Arthur was the first to react when he heard Annie’s words. He held a wine glass in one hand and gripped a towel around his waist in the other as he left the hot spring in Annie’s direction with a displeased expression. He finally saw Annie clearly after halfway toward her. His jaw dropped as he stood frozen on the spot.
He was so shocked that the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground.
“Arthur, what’s wrong with you? You looked scared. Is Annie not wearing any clothes? Annie, since you’re here, you should enjoy yourself. There are beautiful maids and handsome male servants here.” Clyde stood up and walked out of the hot spring. When he reached the same spot as Arthur, he stopped as his face exhibited an incredulous expression.
Finally, Leon said, “Annie, Captain is right. The God of light that I believe in also said that long-term abstinence is not a good thing. It’s better to enjoy yourself here than to be forced to chat in the room.” He walked toward Annie. Then, he had the same expression as Arthur and Clyde.
Annie was not naked. Instead, it was her clothing that astounded them.
Annie stood in front of them, hands on her hips. She was dressed in a fiery red feather coat that fell to her feet. The feathers around her neck were particularly thick, and a scarf shaped like two wings fluttered on both sides of Annie’s body, giving her the appearance of a fire goddess.
Apart from the clothing on her body, Annie had changed as well.
Annie had been the weakest member of the Blood Rose adventurer team. She was an ordinary bronze-tier mage, compared to them, who were already at the peak of bronze-tier. However, Annie had changed. She radiated an incomprehensible and overwhelming aura, rendering the three men incapable of guessing her exact strength. However, it was evident that she had beyond bronze-tier.
“Annie, what happened? Where did you get that armor? And how did you get stronger so suddenly? Are you a silver-tier mage now?”
Clyde was the first to react, and he could not help but ask in surprise.
A mage’s training entailed an understanding of the world’s magical elements and strengthening the connection between the soul and magic. Some mages could immediately grasp certain world views. It was not uncommon for their strength to increase exponentially, and he believed it was very likely the case with Annie.
To his surprise, Annie shook her head. “Captain Clyde, you’ve misunderstood. I did not advance to silver-tier; I am now gold-tier. I am now a gold-tier mage. My armor, including the increase in my strength, was made possible because of Young Master Watson!”
Annie’s face was flushed with pride as she spoke. She cast a glance at her three companions, who were becoming increasingly shocked, and she smiled.
Watson had fulfilled his promise to help her to advance to gold-tier. She had managed to propel from bronze to gold-tier in a single step. Even though she had no idea how Watson did it, the surge of energy coursing through her body assured her that all she had experienced was real. Thus, after expressing gratitude to Watson, she proceeded to the hot spring. She was ready to inform Clyde and the other two men about the situation so that they could seek Watson’s help in increasing their strength.
However, before she reached the hot spring, she heard the three men criticizing her with her sharp hearing. They said that she did not know how to enjoy herself and was an idiot. They even laughed at her for listening to Watson’s nonsense. She was unhappy when she heard those words.
However, the idiot they mentioned had transformed into a powerful gold-tier mage. She even had gold-tier equipment on her. Well, she would prefer to be an incurable idiot if that was what it took to reach her progress.
Chapter 282: Too Late For Regrets
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“Annie, did Young Master Watson help you achieve that? Quickly, tell me how he did it?” Clyde asked anxiously.
He already regretted his decision. If he had known that staying by Watson’s side would really increase his strength, he would not have gone to the hot spring.
He was particularly taken aback when he noticed the flames on Annie’s body and the magnificent feathers radiating high temperatures. He felt much more miserable when he considered how he might have obtained one too.
“I’m not sure how Young Master Watson did it. I just saw him use the leather armor that I took off and cast a spell to duplicate it into thousands of pieces. Then, they were fused and turned into the armor that I’m wearing now! As for the method to increase my strength, it’s even simpler. Young Master Watson picked an iron-tier medicinal herb by the roadside and used the same method to fuse it into a gold-tier herb for me. After I ate it, I immediately became a gold-tier mage,” Annie said softly as she placed her finger on her lips and recalled the scene just now.
‘Is she for real?’?
The three of them looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief. Annie said that the armor was replicated and then fused into a stronger one. Then, she said that Watson had picked a random her and turned it into gold-tier medicine for her to consume, after which she had advanced to the gold tier. If it had been that easy, the gold-tier adventurers in the City of Steel would not be famed as the top adventurers.
“Do you not believe me? It doesn’t matter; I can prove it to you.”
It was as if she could read their minds; Annie chuckled and took a step forward.
Boom!
There was no sound but a colossal aura spread from Annie’s body. Then, she stretched her right index finger and said, “Bronze-tier fire-elemental spell, Exploding Fireball!”
The symbol of a gold-tier mage was concurrent spells. The spell, which initially required a lengthy incantation, appeared in Annie’s hand instantly. Furthermore, compared to the spell that she had cast before, at that moment, the explosive fireball was much larger and more powerful. The massive fireball, which was half the size of a house, floated above Annie’s head. The hot temperature instantly reduced the amount of water in the hot spring by one-tenth, and even the hard rocky ground began to turn red and hot; it made Clyde and the others grimace in pain.
“That’s enough, Annie. We believe that you’ve become a gold-tier mage. Put away that spell.”
Clyde shouted as he hugged his feet. Whether it was the spell’s strength or the aura emitted from Annie’s body, she was undoubtedly a gold-tier mage. At that moment, if the spell in Annie’s hand had landed on the Golden Quill Pavilion, it would be enough to blow it up.
After he finished speaking, Annie extinguished the exploding fireball.
“Annie, you’ve really advanced to gold-tier. That is too surreal.”
Arthur sat on the ground of the gradually cooling hot spring, rubbing the blisters that had burned the soles of his feet.
“In the beginning, when Young Master Watson said he would help me to become a gold-tier mage, I did not dare to believe it either. However, that is the truth. On the other hand, none of you believed Young Master Watson’s words. You guys are having a lot of fun here! Initially, I wanted to tell you to ask Young Master Watson to increase your strength. But perhaps you should stay here and let these maids serve you. I’ll look for Young Master Watson myself and see if I can increase my strength further.”
Annie snorted coldly and turned around to leave, but Clyde and the others refused to let her go after hearing her statements.
“Annie, please do not leave yet! We’ve worked hard all day and have come here to unwind. Who said we don’t believe in Young Master Watson’s words?” Clyde smiled with an awkward expression.
“Really? When I arrived here, I overheard someone say that Young Master Watson’s words are implausible and that such words would sway only a foolish woman like myself. Who made that assertion?
Arthur’s attitude shifted as Annie’s voice grew faded. He was the one who had said those things. Clyde also frowned as he looked at Arthur. “Arthur, how can you do that? We owe a debt to Young Master Watson. If you don’t believe me, then forget it. Why did you say it out loud? You fabricated lies about Young Master Watson on purpose. Why aren’t you apologizing?”
Clyde hurriedly turned his head to look at Annie and said, “Annie, those were Arthur’s words. It has nothing to do with me. Take me to Young Master Watson, please. I wish to increase my strength and get a complete set of gold-tier equipment.”
Arthur was so angry that his lips trembled. He stretched his hand outward and pointed at Clyde, not knowing what to say.
Clyde was far too despicable. He had thrown Arthur under the bus because he wanted Watson’s help. However, he could understand Clyde. If there were a chance he could become a gold-tier elite, he would also disregard everything else.
“Captain, don’t say things like that. You were the one who told me to stay here and enjoy myself. You also said to find me a male servant.”
Annie pointed the spear at Clyde, who stuttered, “I—”
After a while, Annie looked at Leon. “And you, Leon. You agreed with the captain’s words just now. You even said that enjoying yourself here is better than talking to Young Master Watson. You even said that it was the doctrine left behind by the God you believe in, right?”
Leon’s face flushed red as he lowered his head.
“It’s not that I don’t want you to look for Young Master Watson. But, just look at all of you. What right do you have to ask Young Master Watson to help you improve your strength? If it were me, I would definitely feel embarrassed.” The men could not raise their heads; they were ashamed. Then, Annie sighed. “But Young Master Watson is a generous person. If you go over there now and apologize properly, perhaps he would be willing to help you.”
“Really?”
When they heard those words, all three of their eyes lit up simultaneously, and they raced out without saying a word.
A maid, who was responsible for serving them at the hot spring, asked, “Dear adventurers, are you sure you don’t want to stay here and continue to enjoy our service?”
Beautiful women were insignificant when compared to the prospect for them to advance to gold-tier.
“Captain, don’t get changed so quickly. Wait for me.”
“Arthur, you still have the nerve to talk about others. Aren’t you changing your clothes quickly too?”
“Captain Clyde and Arthur, I don’t care if you wear your clothes fast or slow. But can I trouble you not to wear my clothes?”
Clyde and Arthur fought to change their clothes in the locker room, regardless of whose clothes were in their hands. Leon complained in dissatisfaction as he squeezed his way into the room. The three men were in a mess; Annie, outside the locker room, was speechless.
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At the same time, in the top level of the Holy Sword adventurer team’s office.
“Lady Swordmistress, you asked me to investigate the whereabouts of the boy named Watson. I have some news for you.”
Blake knelt on one knee and spoke respectfully to the beautiful girl whose back was toward him.
The girl stood in front of a huge French window, enjoying the scenery of the entire City of Steel. Then, she turned around nervously. “Is that so? Tell me where he is.”
“Even though everyone is saying that the Blood Rose members left by carriage, and that carriage was seen on many streets, I think they are trying to trick us.”
“Get to the point.”
“Watson’s is at the Golden Quill Pavilion. Our spy there reported that they saw them enter the building.”
Boom!
A muffled sound was heard immediately after Blake finished speaking. Christina’s French window shattered, and many sword energies spilled outward. Christina had transformed into a giant bird and leaped from the window, vanishing into the skies. Only Blake remained in the room. He rushed to the window, gazed down at the panicked street mob, and sighed with his hand on his brow.
“I know that the swordmistress thinks highly of Watson, but I haven’t told her where he is in the Golden Feather Pavilion. Why is she in such a hurry?”
Chapter 283: A Romantic Encounter In The Hot Spring
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At the Golden Quill Pavilion.
“Young Master Watson, we did not believe you when you said that you would help us increase our strength. It’s our ignorance. Please forge a set of gold equipment for each of us and increase our strength to gold.”
The three of them knelt in front of Watson in the room.
Watson was holding a teacup in his hand. He looked at the three people in front of him who were half-dressed. Their sleeves were hanging off their body, and their pants were on inside out. He did not know whether to laugh or to cry.
Annie stood behind the three of them. She hugged her shoulders and said coldly, “Are the three of you asking for Young Master Watson’s help?”
“I’m sorry, Young Master Watson. We know we’re in the wrong! We won’t talk about you behind your back anymore. We won’t sneak out to enjoy ourselves anymore. If you help us improve our strength, we’ll follow you down to the 100th, or 200th, floor of the maze. It doesn’t even matter if we die there.”
Then, the three of them kowtowed with a face full of regret.
“There’s no need for that. I have no intention of restricting you from having fun. After all, you are here to enjoy yourself! As for helping you to increase your strength, I will definitely do what I said.”
As he put down the empty teacup, he gestured for Denise to add some tea leaves for him. Then, Watson waved his hand at the three people in front of him.
“Really?”
“Young Master Watson, you are a good person.”
As he felt their gazes, Watson said, “Don’t be too happy yet. Even though I said I would help you increase your strength, I’ve already used up my wishes today. Therefore, I’m afraid that you won’t be able to increase your strength.”
How could that be?
The light in the mens’ eyes instantly dimmed. They subconsciously looked at Annie; their eyes pleaded with her. If they could restrain their inner desires or be like Annie and trusted in Watson’s words, they would have become a gold-tier elite, not Annie. They were driven mad with envy when they saw Annie, who had been the weakest member of the team.
Annie ignored them; she turned around and said, “Serves you right.”
“Of course, it’s not like there’s no way out.” At that moment, Watson interjected; his words lifted their mood. They cursed in their hearts. If Watson had a way out, he could have said it earlier. They had worried for nothing, thinking that they had missed a great opportunity.
“I can help you improve your abilities, but you must give me enough equipment and medicinal herbs. The amount of improvement depends on the number of materials you can give me.”
“Don’t worry, Young Master Watson. We’ll go to our homes here in the City of Steel to get the weapons and medicinal herbs for you. We’ll bring everything we have with us.”
The three of them ran outside hurriedly. They had been adventurers in the City of Steel for many years. They were not rich, but they had a certain amount of savings, including a home in the City of Steel. They decided to offer the weapons and medicinal herbs they have and all the valuable things in their home.
They did not even plan to keep their house if they could advance to gold-tier. If that were not enough, they would borrow money from other people.
After they thought about that, the three men rushed out of the room in a few seconds. Many passers-by looked at them strangely because of their odd appearance.
“I haven’t finished speaking; why did they leave so fast?” Watson looked at Annie. “Miss Annie, please catch up to those three and tell them. Regardless of whether they can gather the necessary materials or not, I plan to increase their strength either way. Don’t tell other people, or I won’t help any of you.”
“Understood, Young Master Watson. I’ll go and inform them right away.” Annie nodded as she chased after them.
“Young Master Watson, is that a good idea? Even if they are very tight-lipped, if someone wanted to investigate this, they would still discover the secret to their increase in strength,” Denise asked worriedly after Clyde and the rest had left.
“It doesn’t matter. In any case, I won’t be staying in this city for too long. As long as I can hold on for some time, it will be enough! Furthermore, compared to raiding the underground city by myself, their help will minimize the risk. If someone still wants to target me, I’ll accept it.”
Watson shrugged. Then, Denise nodded; she thought his words made sense; she said, “Let’s not talk about that for now. Miss Nightingale sent a message saying that she and Master Antonio had completed their mission and had gotten rid of all the stalkers. They’re on their way here. They’ll probably arrive in a few minutes.”
“Tell Nightingale to go to the hot spring to find me. Clyde and the others are not here, so I’m going to take a good bath. Denise, are you going?”
“I want to discuss the next arrangements after Master Antonio comes back, so I’ll pass.”
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Ten minutes later, in the hot spring.
Watson sat alone in the hot spring; he was surrounded by mist. He stretched his arms and leaned his head against the rock beside the hot spring. “Comfortable.”
There were no other maids in the hot spring; he did not like to be stared at by strangers while he took a bath, so he dismissed them. Although the maids looked very pitiful before they left, he did not show them any mercy.
“Nightingale will come in a few minutes. I’ll give her a good scare.”
He had not planned to bring any maids with him, but Sylvan insisted he brought Nightingale along. The young woman had worked tirelessly as a coachman and helped him complete his mission, which made him feel a little guilty. He had mixed feelings about Nightingale. She was the assassin who had once tried to kill him, the Blackmoon Knights’ first teacher, and his friend.
In addition, he had some special feelings for her. Without a doubt, Nightingale was an important person to Watson. He did not like to be served by the people from the Golden Quill Pavilion, but he would not dislike it if Nightingale served him. It was better to say that he hoped that Nightingale would return soon.
“Nightingale is so slow.”
Watson rolled his eyes and thought of a good idea. He removed his clothes from the hot spring, pinched his nose, and sank into the pool in the hot spring. He was a platinum-tier elite and had mastered the water-elemental combat aura; he could hold his breath in the water for a few days and still be okay.
“Sure enough, it’s best to soak in the hot spring alone,” Christina muttered to herself as she took off her clothes and looked at her plump body in front of a mirror in the changing room. Her figure was well-proportioned, and every muscle in her arms and thighs was full of strength because of her years of training. “It feels like my breasts have grown bigger again.”
Reaching out her hand to support the two round spheres in front of her chest, Christina showed a somewhat distressed expression. As a female swordsman, having too big a chest would affect her speed and balance. If she continued to develop, she would have to use a corset.
Christina looked somewhat distressed as she extended her hand to support her breasts. Huge bosoms might impair her speed and balance as a swordswoman. If they continued to grow, she would need to wear a corset.
With that thought in mind, she observed herself in the mirror a few more times before she wrapped herself in a towel and walked toward the hot spring. Before she went there, she had confirmed that none of the maids were there. The hot spring was reserved for the gold-tier elites, so very few people could use it, except for Christina. She was confident it would be empty.
She was a woman, so she loved to pamper herself. Christina looked around the area when she walked into the hot spring and saw no clothes or aura. She sighed in relief as she removed the towel from her body.
As a new platinum-tier elite, her five senses were so sharp that she could detect any movement within a few hundred meters. She had searched about a hundred meters of the surrounding area, but there was no one around. She loved the quiet atmosphere very much.
Naked, Christina slid into the hot spring. Her hands and swan-like neck were stretched and leaned against the edge of the bath. At that moment, her toes seemed to have touched something; an electric current passed through her body.
“Who’s there!?”
Chapter 284: A Fierce Battle
Watson pinched his nose and dived into the hot spring. He reached out and touched the pearly white feet, which immediately shrank back as if they were electrocuted. He found it funny, thinking that Nightingale was too sensitive.
“Who’s there?!”
At that moment, a woman’s voice echoed from above Watson’s head. It reached the water through the surface; his face changed because the voice did not sound like Nightingale’s. At the same time, he found another strange thing; Nightingale did not seem to be wearing any clothes. Her smooth feet were connected to her round and smooth calves. On top of that, her plump thighs were crossed, and one could vaguely see her perky buttocks.
It was not just the towel. The woman did not even wear any underwear, which made Watson feel a little incredulous. If that were Nightingale, she would be embarrassed to see him without any clothes on.
If it were not Nightingale, who was that person? Was it the maid who he had dismissed?
Watson was puzzled and was about to rush out of the hot spring when a terrible force suddenly fell from above his head. It was a sharp sword aura that wanted to cut the entire hot spring and him.
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Christina’s face was red when she raised her right hand and hacked furiously at the hot spring, aiming at a faint shadow beneath it.
When she entered the hot spring, she looked around and discovered that it was deserted. However, she felt someone touch her feet after entering the bat. She initially thought it was an illusion, but a peculiar sensation on her feet made her realize something was amiss. She concentrated her efforts on probing the surface of the water and discovered a person lurking in the hot spring.
However, she could not see who it was; she trembled in anger.
“Who dares to ambush me as I soak in the hot spring?” Whoever you are, d*mn pervert, go to hell!”
Christina’s physique radiated a brilliant light-elemental combat aura as she spoke. It wrapped around her and transformed into a warm, luminous robe that concealed her bare body.
The entire hot spring was ripped open by her sword aura, revealing Watson’s form below.
“You?!”
Christina’s face contorted as she looked at the youth who had appeared in front of her and realized it was the person she would look for later. Her gaze became sharper, and the corners of her mouth twisted into a smile.
She was there to find a way to put Watson’s strength to the test and spar with him. Even if the setting was a little awkward as they had met at the hot spring, it was still a fantastic chance. After all, she did not require an excuse to fight.
“What brings you here, Miss Christina?”
Watson realized who it was when he stood up. It was Christina. He also had a surprised expression on his face. At the time, Christina had used a light-elemental combat aura to cover her body. Even though it covered most of her flesh, one could still see her plump contour through the soft light.
Watson did not think much before he realized that Christina’s sword aura had already arrived in front of him. That sword aura was not as powerful as Christina’s attack on him in the Adventurer’s Association during the day, but he was not wearing platinum-tier armor at the moment.
As a result, Watson elected to employ the diamond-tier Absolute Defense spell in response to that attack.
A protective barrier in the shape of a semi-transparent polygon appeared on his body with a swoosh. A hexagonal seal was used to create each protective barrier. When the sword aura made contact with the shield, it made a faint sound and was instantly repelled.
“Watson, when I saw you at the Adventurer’s Association, I thought of you as a young and promising adventurer. I did not expect you to be a pervert. You deliberately waited here to ambush me and even peeked at my body. You’re quite bold!”
Christina thought she was right when she saw Watson parry the sword aura she had casually discharged. Watson was a platinum-tier elite, yet he pretended to snort coldly.
Indeed, Christina was unconcerned that someone had seen her naken, believing that a person’s body was merely a skin. It was irrelevant whether it was attractive or not. What mattered was whether that body could develop into a razor-sharp weapon as she became stronger.
“Miss Christina, you’ve misunderstood me. I did not mean to peek at you! I was lying in ambush, but I did not expect you to be here,” Watson explained helplessly.
He felt very aggrieved. He had planned to ambush Nightingale, but who could have guessed that the Holy Sword adventurer team’s captain had appeared instead. Furthermore, she was naked. He wondered why the maids did not inform him?
Watson had transmigrated to the world in the body of a 10-year-old boy, and he was 12 years old then. He had lost his indifference to matters between men and women. He recalled the scene where he saw Christina bathed naked in the hot spring. He noticed how his nostrils had burned, and a trace of bright red liquid began to flow. He was suffocating in the hot spring.
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“Misunderstanding? Why would your nose bleed if it were a misunderstanding? Additionally, you said that you intended to ambush someone here. Do you believe that attacking ladies is okay regardless of who you ambush?”
Then, Christina spread out her dazzling combat aura wings on her back and shouted softly, “Light-elemental Law of Domain, activate!”
A vast, bright domain materialized beneath her feet. One of the simple-looking thin swords landed in Christina’s hand. The domain’s thin sword was very similar to the sky-severing weapon she employed during the day.
“Watson, don’t think that I will let you off easily after doing such a thing! Copy the Sky Severing Blade and attack!”
If Christina did not mind it just now, she felt a little embarrassed when she saw Watson’s nose bled as if he was reminiscing about something. She controlled the law domain and attacked Watson.
The power of that sword attack was not inferior to the one she had used during the day. The sword aura pierced through the entire hot spring and flew straight into the sky. The hot spring’s rocky ground was cut open, and the clouds in the sky were also broken.
“Dark-elemental Law of Domain, activate!”
Watson could only stomp his feet as he realized Christina had no intention of stopping. A vast dark world appeared beneath his feet, the polar opposite of the brilliant domain beneath Christina’s.
Watson waved his hand to activate the pitch-black domain, and a ball of pitch-black fog wriggled out of the realm. It transformed into a black sword blade in his hand and swept out, easily dispelling Christina’s sword aura.
That attack was just an ordinary attack, but it was on par with Christina’s. Over the past two years, he had been receiving guidance from Elvira, Nightingale, and other warriors on Mount Creation. He had trained hard, and that effort was not in vain.
“I did not expect you to be not only a platinum-tier elite but also to have a dark combat aura. It seems like we are natural enemies! In that case, I don’t need to hold back.”
The two opposing domains clashed. Obviously, the domain under Christina’s feet had fallen into a disadvantage, constantly cracking and even collapsing. However, she did not care at all. Instead, her eyes were burning with a desire to fight. She extended her right hand and clenched it fiercely toward Watson.
“The next move is the strongest move I have mastered so far. The heart is the bone of the sword, and the sword forges the body. That body is perched atop Sword Hill! Platinum-tier combat technique, Infinite Sword Slash!”
The light domain beneath Christina’s feet gleamed brightly as she moved. Each light weapon assumed the form of a Sky Severing Blade. At the same time, hundreds of Sky Severing Blades ascended into the sky, transforming into shooting stars. Their might shook the entire world.
Chapter 285: Nightingale’s Misunderstanding
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The domain under Watson’s feet could have suppressed Cristina, but after she used a platinum-tier battle technique, the dark-elemental domain of darkness beneath his feet was instantly compressed and then collapsed with a heavy sound.
His expression revealed a trace of surprise. That was his first encounter with such a lethal sword style. Its power and range were not weaker than spells of the same level.
That was the swordsmanship of an expert swordswoman. It was so powerful. Watson wondered if he could learn a similar sword technique after reaching the kingdom and becoming a grand swordmaster’s disciple?
Watson sighed inwardly. At the same time, he raised his hands toward Christina. “Miss Christina, let’s talk; we don’t have to fight! I can explain what happened just now.”
“I won’t listen to any of your explanations unless you defeat me,” Christina replied coldly, commanding the meteors to fall as they sailed into the sky. Those meteors were made of invisible sword aura. In comparison to real meteors, the sword aura’s strength and speed were more horrifying, even more so when they were descending from the sky. The power contained in those Sky Severing Blade copies was much stronger.
If those blades were to fall on the ground, they would riddle the earth with holes.
Christina panted slightly after the attack. Sweat dripped from her forehead. It was apparent that that move had not been easy for her. Her gaze was locked onto Watson, wanting to see how he would resolve that move.
“You can only discover your own shortcomings in a battle with an elite. Come on, Watson, it’s rare for me to unleash my full strength. Don’t disappoint me.”
Watson sighed. “If it’s possible, I really don’t want to fight! Miss Christina, you just said that as long as I defeat you, you’ll listen to my explanation. Don’t go back on your word.”
Watson looked up at the sky. Hundreds of Sky Severing Blades had already surrounded him. The ground under his feet had sunk several inches; it had been cut out of shape. There were also marks on his body; it seemed like his flesh was cut too. He felt as if his entire body would be hacked in the next moment.
“Absolute seal.”
Then, Watson released the diamond-tier spell that he had learned. The rule for the spell was made when he fused the Law of Domain with magic. It could suck out all the magical elements within a hundred meters around him.
The moment he released the Absolute Seal spell, the Sky Severing Blade copies around his body disappeared one by one, turning into tiny specks of light that fused into the air.
It was one of the strongest platinum-tier sword attacks, but it was nothing to him.
“That’s the second time that my sword aura has been dissolved so easily, right?” Christina frowned.
She would not be shocked if Watson employed a defensive tactic or launched a forceful attack to thwart her attack, but Watson made no such move. The sword aura she slashed forth instantly vanished from Watson’s body. It was extremely similar to the predicament she encountered when she attacked Watson during the day. She wondered if Watson had some form of special magic that could disable his opponent’s attacks.
“Since combat aura attacks are not effective, what about close combat?”
Christina did not believe that Watson’s magic could eliminate her combat aura and physical attacks simultaneously.
Her entire body turned into a blazing light. She transformed into a continuous flash of light and bounced around Watson, filling the air with a burning smell. Often, she would step on the ground and the surrounding walls with her bare feet, and she would be able to bounce far away.
It was an element’s body!
It was an ability that only a peak gold-tier warrior would be able to comprehend when they reached the threshold of platinum-tier. It was also a rudimentary law of domain form. That move did not turn the surrounding space into a domain with specific attributes. Instead, it turned one’s body into an element. The disadvantage was that it reduced the power and range of the attack. The advantage was that it was more flexible and unexpected.
If he were an ordinary peak gold-tier warrior, at Christina’s pace, he would probably have already collapsed on the ground due to dizziness, foaming at the mouth.
“Watson, it appears it would be quite difficult for me to be your adversary if I were to face you directly. However, my most outstanding aspect is not my strength but my speed. You cannot attack me at this pace, but I can attack you indefinitely. How are you going to fight against me?”
“Miss Christina, please don’t jump around. My head is dizzy.”
Watson shook his head. The moment he did that, Christina turned around speedily and rushed in his direction. Christina shifted her path more than ten times in mid-air, and a brilliant flash of lightning flashed past Watson’s side.
“Platinum-tier fighting technique, Chaotic Divine Joy Dance!”
Hundreds of fake Christina appeared simultaneously in mid-air. Each of them was executing the unique move as if they were each other’s original bodies. Layers upon layers of phantoms sped past Watson’s side, totally enveloping his body. The sonic boom shook the entire courtyard; it was quicker than the speed of sound.
Confronted with the layers of dizzying phantoms surrounding him, Watson casually extended his palm to one of them and flicked it lightly.
Pow!
The phantoms that had taken over the sky vanished. Christina took a couple of steps backward, holding her right chest. She collapsed on the ground, her face contorted with embarrassment and disbelief. Watson’s finger had flicked across the sensitive area of her right chest when a great force entered her body, numbing the entire left half of her body. She had no way of knowing if Watson had done it deliberately.
That was not the main point of her thoughts.
The main point was that because she had mastered the light-elemental combat aura, her speed was faster than other people of the same level. Even an average platinum-tier warrior would not be as fast as her. In addition, she had trained her physique all year round. Her fastest speed could reach several times the speed of sound, but Watson had easily found her real body. Did that not mean Watson was even quicker than her?
How could that be possible? Light-elemental combat aura was the fastest element, and the dark-elemental combat aura that Watson had mastered was only slightly more bizarre.
“Watson, how did you discover my main body? You kept up with my speed?” Christina asked the question in her heart.
“That’s right, Miss Christina. I don’t only have a dark-elemental combat aura; I can also use light elements to create combat auras.”
Then, a huge light-elemental domain appeared beneath his feet. The aura emitted by each weapon was stronger than that of the Sky Severing Blade.
After that, the light under Watson’s feet dissipated, and Christina was in a daze.
She had become a platinum-tier elite at such a young age. Furthermore, she had also mastered the two most challenging combat aura elements. The fact that she had learned the light and dark-elemental combat aura simultaneously was enough to be praised as a peerless genius. The only person in the kingdom who could do that was her father, the sword saint.
When he realized that Christina was intimidated, Watson walked up to her and extended his right hand. “Miss Christina, my strongest ability is not in combat because I am a platinum-tier mage! Do you still want to continue fighting?”
Those words were like a bomb, setting off huge waves in Christina’s heart.
“A mage used a warrior’s ability to defeat me?” The corners of Christina’s mouth twitched, and her expression seemed strange. She did not doubt Watson’s words at all. A youth with such strength had to hide it on purpose; there was no need to make that up to deceive her.
However, that fact was a little too depressing.
“Watson, you’ve won. It’s my loss. I won’t bother you about what happened just now.” Christina hesitated for a moment and sighed. She knew that if she continued to fight, she would only bring humiliation upon herself. It was better to go back and digest the insights gained from that battle before looking for another chance to fight Watson.
Her impression of Watson had changed. One could see a person’s character through a battle. Watson did not take the opportunity to touch her during the battle, except when he touched her chest.
That was an accident.
After defeating her, Watson extended his hand toward her in a gentlemanly manner. If an ordinary man saw that, he would definitely covet her body. She was still very confident in her charm.
‘Watson’s ambush in the hot spring must have been a joke,’ Christina thought to herself. If it were true, she envied the woman that Watson had targeted. She must not be an ordinary woman if she could make Watson pay so much attention to her.
After learning Watson’s true strength, she wished she could bring him back to the Holy Sword adventurer team and let him accompany her for training every day. She even wanted to let Watson join her in conquering the dungeon. With his help, she would have no problem conquering the maze’s 100th level.
With that thought, she reached out and grabbed Watson’s hand to pull herself up. However, the numbness in her body had not faded yet. She slid off her feet. With a cry of surprise, she subconsciously grabbed the thing closest to her.
Argh!
Christina fell to the ground, staring blankly at a white towel in her hand. A dangling thing appeared in front of her, turning her expression from white to green. Then, she let out a piercing scream. “No!”
Suddenly, a black shadow rushed into the hot spring. It was Nightingale, who looked furious. “Young Master Watson, what are you doing? Who is this woman? What is your relationship with her?”
Watson looked down at his naked crotch and then turned to look at Nightingale, who was sweating profusely and had obviously just returned. He looked like he had nothing to live for.
“Nightingale, this is not a good time for your return!”