220 Grown up? (1/2)
”Whatever,” he muttered and suddenly the Ball of Purity transformed into a flat surface, floating in the air. Under everyone's scrutinizing eyes, he casually sat on it.
The Elders narrowed their eyes at his behavior and one of them moved to attack him, but the Elder who had spoken previously stopped him. It wasn't just him, some others had also realized that the man before them wasn't so simple.
He didn't want to take any risk since according to the bald Elder, they couldn't even see what happened before his colleague was brought down.
He was still contemplating on what to do when from behind them, two other Rank-8 Mages approached.
The Elders were surprised a little since these two were none other than Raven and Blaze themselves!
Because of the crowd, the duo didn't notice Ozul and Raven directly asked one of the Elders, ”What is going on here?”
The duo didn't see anything in the surrounding that they could assume to be the reason for the commotion and neither were there any signs of a fight. The Elder swiftly replied, ”There is some guy looking for you. He has knocked Elder Chan unconscious!”
Raven squinted her eyes. She didn't even have the time to think who it could be when Blaze bolted through the Elders and arrived in the open.
”Disciple Blaze! Don't approach!” The Elders tried to stop him from going near the man, but he only had to glare at them before all of them promptly made way.
Getting past the last Elder, Blaze saw the figure of the man sitting mid-air with a conical hat on top.
”Master!” Only a single word escaped his mouth which confused everyone but Raven who widened her eyes before rushing towards the center as well.
The two didn't show any courtesy this time and threw themselves at Ozul who casually moved to the side, making both of them fall face down on the ground.
*Thud*
Blaze fell first and following him, Raven head-butted his back.
”Ach! That hurts!” Everyone heard Blaze shout in pain.
”It seems that both of you have yet to grow up...” following their dramatic enthusiasm, Ozul took off his hat and muttered quietly. Though it was heard by everyone because of the still surrounding.
. . .
Unknown to him, the Elders and other disciples watching from afar all had their mouths hung open. They doubted their eyes and ears.
They couldn't believe that the sight in front of them was of the same Raven and Blaze who were already strong enough to fight against the Elders!
”Hey. Did you hear, disciple Blaze called him Master!”
”But he never called anyone Master before...”
”Even disciple Raven! She appeared just as enthusiastic as disciple Blaze.”
...
It was famous in the Nine Petals Sect that disciple Raven and Blaze, although geniuses, never accepted any other Elder as their teacher. It had come to the point when even the Sect Leader had offered them to become their direct disciples, but they both refused the offer.
And if what their eyes showed them was true, it could only mean that the newly arrived person was the reason for that. The problem was; they had probably offended this person who could be a peak Rank-8 or even Rank-9 Mage!
The Elder who had previously asked Ozul questions motioned his colleague and whispered something in his ears. That man nodded his head before slipping from the crowd.
Meanwhile, Raven and Blaze both had a bright smile on their face as they greeted Ozul.
'They didn't start fighting after Raven dropped on Blaze... Well, they might have grown up a little bit after all,' Ozul thought as he watched the two blabber about things that he didn't care enough to listen to.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from behind the stunned crowd, ”Big sister Raven! Haa! I finally caught up... Hm?”
Alda looked at the man standing before her big sister. It wouldn't have been weird if it was the man trying to talk to her big sister, but before her eyes, it was the exact opposite.
She approached the three and went to Raven's side before pulling her sleeve. ”Big sister, who is he?” Alda whispered.
Ozul naturally heard her words and moved his eyes between Raven and Alda, 'Big sister huh...'