211 Instigation (1/2)

Fran had thought that even if Nolan didn't come, the one he would send would be Karon.

Fran would be at ease if one of those two came. Nolan was always gentle with his disciples, and even if they made a mistake, he would only say a few words and let it go. Karon wouldn't even say anything. As the most successful disciple, Karon would take good care of all of them. When Nolan couldn't make a personal appearance, he would usually send Karon.

Fran was certain that recounting the bitter experience he had experienced on the road would be enough to convince Nolan or Karon to stick up for him.

But Suyass had appeared...

Among Nolan's numerous disciples, Suyass was the latest disciple, but he was shockingly talented. Not only was he one of the peak Master Alchemists of Okland, he had also become an Archmage a few years ago. The name Magic Flame Suyass had been spreading through Okland for the past few years. He was considered by many as the 3rd most prominent person of the Mercury Tower.

In contrast, Fran's achievements were too embarrassing to display...

Fran had become a disciple of Nolan at least ten years before Suyass, but after many years, the ones he had once looked down upon had surpassed him. Fran made no progress all that during that time. Whether it was in alchemy or magic, there was no clear improvement.

Moreover, the relationship between both of them kept worsening.

In the past two years, Suyass would usually not speak to Fran unless it was to shout at and scold him. Fran couldn't raise his head in front of Suyass and could only turn and walk away when seeing him, avoiding him completely. Fran feared this young disciple.

Of the many members of the Mercury Tower, Fran wasn't afraid of Nolan or Karon…. But he was afraid of Suyass.

Seeing Suyass appearing at such a time, Fran couldn't help complaining inwardly.

”Follow me.” Suyass glanced at Fran and entered the tent after saying those two words with an icy tone.

Fran couldn't help feeling nervous when he saw Suyass' expression. He glanced around reflexively but remembered that this wasn't the Mercury Tower, so there was no one that could help him here. Thus, Fran had no choice to but brace himself and walk inside the tent, with an expression similar to that of a prisoner on death row facing the scaffold.

”Teacher already saw your letter,” Suyass said with a very peaceful voice as he casually sat down in the tent.

But for some reason, Fran was afraid, afraid to the point that his voice shook when he asked, ”What… What did Teacher say?”

”Teacher was afraid that you can't handle it by yourself, so he sent me to help you. If you really found that set of Spiritual Magic Tools, then I'll have to discuss with the other forces. The Mercury Tower is willing to use other assets to trade for it.” After saying this, Suyass looked at Fran with dissatisfaction. ”But I think that the set of Spiritual Magic Tools you mentioned doesn't exist…”

Fran was startled... What he feared had happened.

”Fran, do you think Teacher didn't notice your trick? Unless you ran into some huge trouble, would you be willing to write to Teacher? Do you think that mentioning Vaughn's alchemy laboratory and that set of Spiritual Magic Tools would make Teacher personally visit the Four Seasons Canyon? Are you asking Teacher to settle your problems?”

Suyass looked at Fran with a sneer as he scolded, ”I already told you quite a few times to spend more time studying alchemy. If you spent half as much time on alchemy as you do on scheming against the Merlin Family, you would have already reached the peak of the Master Alchemist realm. Would you still need Teacher to help with these minor problems then?”

”I didn't want for it to come to this…” Fran was unable to raise his head.

”Forget it, Fran, it's the path you chose. I can help you this time, but I hope that you won't write a letter to Teacher next time. Teacher is already a few hundred years old, do you think he has the time to worry about you all day long? Do you feel no shame?”

”I… I didn't think it would be like that…”

”Okay, tell me, what kind of trouble did you meet? My time is very valuable, after solving your problems, I have to go to the Golden Forest plane to take over Karon's task.”

”It's like this…” Hearing that Suyass was willing to help, the scared and anxious Fran suddenly regained his drive. After straightening out his thoughts, he said, ”After arriving at Thousand Sails City, I spent my time researching Vaughn's treasury. After flipping through many books and materials, I found out that the arrays of the Vaughn Treasury exceeded my abilities. I originally wanted to give up, but Lys kept asking, so… so…”

”So you made up a story and wrote a letter to Teacher to ask for help.” Suyass sneered before bluntly nodding. ”This is fine, I've been studying the Hexagram Star of Vaughn, so I have some understanding of that last Artisan of the 3rd Dynasty. When you guys send an exploration team, save me a spot.”