613 Battle for the Treasure 1 (1/2)
Chapter 613: Battle for the Treasure 1
”Great point.” Dahm smiled, ”What a poor child… Let's create an opportunity for her then. If we could lure out Hochman that would be even better.”
”As expected of Marshall Dahm! Your plans never fail to amaze this humble servant!” The bespectacled man praised.
”Recently the Primary Colours sent a representative on wanting to merge with our family. Since there's nothing much happening these days, why don't you follow me for the meeting?” Dahm nodded.
”Thank you, Marshall!” The bespectacled man burst out in joy, not trying to hide his happiness at all.
A row of people, similarly, walked towards a white motorcade, almost indistinguishable from the from the snow-covered ground. The motorcade slowly drove off into the distance.
At the entrance to the gymnasium, Garen stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the leaving motorcade, his face unconsciously letting out a satisfied smile.
”Master…” Raelan said with a concerned look on his face.
After all this time training under his wing, they noticed that despite his appearance, his mental age has far exceeded them. With all his teachings to them, the five had unconsciously started calling him ”master” as a sign of respect.
”Don't worry.” Garen raised his hand, motioning for her to stop.
”This is their fate. I cannot stop them, and they know they can't as well.”
”Fate? We're only average students, how can this kind of thing exist?” Raelan looked at Garen's back, she had never truly understood this man he called her master.
”Average?” Garen smiled, ”Do you really think that those two are ‘average'?”
Raelan opened her mouth to argue, but she reluctantly lowered her head.
Up till now, she was still stuck in the 2nd level - White, and no matter what she did, she could not progress towards the 3rd level - Spin, whereas the two have already achieved the final form of the Two-Faced Waterbird Fist, with the 4th level - Illusion.
This kind of difference was comparable to Heaven and Earth, and with just a flick of a finger, they could easily kill the three of them.
Quentin and Jamie were in the same boat as well, not able to exceed Level 2. Although their bodies had attained a certain degree of strengthening after training in the Secret Techniques, it was underwhelmingly little as compared to Hochman and Dahm.
”Master…” Quentin walked up to him, looking at Garen, ”What is your goal for all of this?”
They all had a copy of Garen's information and notes which he'd prepared, which were intricately detailed yet extremely simple. However, when comparing what's written in the notes and what she saw, the difference was unreal.
Was there truly geniuses who were just born talented in this world?
”Goal?” Garen turned around, looking at the three. ”All of you are my pupils, but all of you are from different types of soil, you would bloom into different types of flowers and bear different tasting fruits. This is not my goal, I am but a teacher, an observer. Everything is left up to fate.”
”Fate?”
”Hehehe…” Garen didn't say another word. He slowly walked out of the training facility, disappearing into the snow.
Quentin and the others looked on as he left, no longer saying anything.
They had a gut feeling, that the clashes between Hochman and Dahm would become more and more intense.
The two's strengths have already far exceeded their imagination, it was unlike Garen's inscrutable and unapproachable strength.
Hochman had a type of sheer ferocity and force! Anyone who stood in his way needed to be annihilated! He started to treat even Garen with less respect.
On the other hand, Dahm looked gentle and polite on the surface, yet his body was emitting a chilling vibe whenever they look at him.
After a long while…
”I asked Hochman the other day,” Jamie said as he leaned on the wall. ”I asked him, what happened between you and Dahm?”
”What did he say?” Raelan looked over to Jamie. Quentin also walked up beside him.
”He told me to ask Master.”
”So it was Master's doing after all!!” Raelan tightened his fists.
”Though Hochman said that he does not regret a thing. Master allowed them to become stronger and stronger, even achieving greater heights of the future.” Jamie sighed, his breath visible in the frosty climate.
”Yeah… They have become stronger and stronger.” Quentin nodded, you could see a hint of jealousy in her eyes. They were all training under Garen's guidance, what made them so much stronger than the others, whilst she was still stuck at her level?
”When I was talking to Hochman, he told me a statement that I couldn't wrap my head around.” Jamie continued.
”What statement?”
”He said, ‘This world is far more complicated than you imagine.'”
”What does he know, and what has he experienced?”
”Who knows?” Jamie's said expressionlessly, ”He's become like a stranger to me.”
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”The seeds have already sprouted…” Garen was watering the potted plants in his room.
Drops of water were flowing out of the white watering can, splashing onto the leaves and dripping into the soil.
Hochman and Dahm's bad attitude towards him was no longer important. What's important was that their clashes have reached the point where they could no longer hold back.
To Hochman, those who submit to his will would prosper and those who resist would fall. In the areas under his rule, even the government servants had no choice but to submit to him. His family has widespread influence, and along with his monstrous physical strength, they'd become an influential superpower in the area.
On the other hand, Dahm used Nottingham as a base of operations, controlling the other areas through his family's influence and connections. Almost like a giant snake hiding in the depths of the sea, ready to kill at any moment.
”They've probably already noticed that I was the one who planted the primer in the first place…” Garen laughed. ”But so what? The power created from the primers merging is not fake, it is an actual strength that one can feel. The two of them should understand that the most.”
He felt that he could probably leave this circle at this point as Hochman and Dahm no longer needed to be under his manipulation.
Beep beep… Beep beep…