Chapter 53 53. Arrogance
Chapter 53 53. Arrogance
Now he suddenly started to understand Raelia's thinking. When she had first met him and ran away, she must have thought he was an idiot. He hadn't believed the words Raelia had said before, but now he was starting to think that such a level of lunacy might really be contagious!
Unfortunately for Aiden, his relief could only last for a few seconds before a familiar red-eyed man showed himself in front of him once again.
Once the man opened his mouth, it only made Aiden want to facepalm.
"Hahaha! This time, I'm going to make an offer you can't refuse, so let's fight."
Aiden heard it and didn't want to listen for another second, so he quickly interrupted,
"Listen here, I'm not going to—"
But before he could get the next few words out of his mouth, Aiden froze.
The words he was about to speak were utterly silenced when he saw the golden glowing bottles in Kain's arms.
"Ambrosia…" Aiden finally faltered.
Was this guy being for real? Was he really willing to trade ambrosia for just a simple fight? For a second, Aiden really wanted to crack open this guy's head just to see which strange brain could even function like that. But besides that, Aiden was really starting to get tempted.
It couldn't be helped—ambrosia was really that important. It was quite literally the only known way to increase divinity and his rank. All his supposed talent and skill didn't mean anything; even creating a new divine technique was negligible when it came to increasing your strength. Fighting across ranks might look cool, but in reality, it was just stupid and life-risking.
The true kingly way was crushing your opponent with the difference in ranks.
But just as Aiden's eyes were beginning to glow, an arm stretched out and pulled him back as a cold growl sounded out.
"He said he's not interested, okay? leave him alone!"
The woman stood in front of him, her silver hair shining like stars and her canines fully bared. From a certain angle, it looked like a mother wolf protecting her cub.
Kain was stunned speechless for a second. Where on earth did this grumpy wolf girl even come from?
When Raelia saw Kain looking at her, she just glared back even more ferociously. She just didn't like this arrogant guy who came out of nowhere and started bothering Aiden.
"And who are you?" Kain asked.
Raelia heard this and cleared her throat. She puffed out her chest as a proud expression appeared on her face, and her tail started wagging.
"I am his first friend."
When Aiden heard Raelia's proud voice, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.
'Well, technically speaking… you were second, but…'
Aiden had these thoughts, but he didn't speak them out loud. She was so excited to brag and say these words that if Aiden said it out loud, he was afraid she'd pop and deflate like a balloon.
He could only let his good friend Oliver continue to suffer in silence.
As Kain heard Raelia's statement, he looked at Aiden suspiciously and asked
"Is this true?"
Aiden only nodded his head as he sighed
"Yeah, it's true."
WHEN kAIN HEARED THIS
Well, Kain was only bothered for a while before he moved his arm and tried to push past her.
"Friend or not, it doesn't matter. I'm not interested in you girl, you're simply too weak."
When Raelia heard this, she didn't even get angry. Instead, she looked cold.
"Weak?" She just looked at Kain with cold eyes and asked, "Oh, and what about Aiden?"
Hearing this, Kain smiled and turned towards Aiden. "He's still weak, but at least he's interesting."
As Kain spoke, even Aiden, who was at his side, had his face turn a little ugly. Kain seemed to sense the unhappy aura brewing in both Aiden and Raelia and spoke up.
"Oh, but don't be offended by these words. I'm not specifically targeting you two. Compared to me, everyone is weak. At least you still fare better than most."
Aiden and Raelia were both stunned. How arrogant! Nobody likes being called weak, especially to their face, but what made it worse was that although his words sounded arrogant, his demeanor was anything but that.
It was as if it was simply a matter of course, as if he was simply stating a well-known fact as common as the sky is blue.
Although Aiden was displeased, he didn't know what to say and only had one thought: 'Is a full power Kain really that powerful?'
Kain and Aiden were still the same rank, and Aiden didn't want to brag or anything, but when it came to people of his level, it wasn't an exaggeration to say he was at the peak. His understanding and techniques were top-notch; at least, they were able to compete with the performance Kain had shown in the arena. If there was one difference it could only be one thing
"A feat or renown.."
The words escaped from Aidens mouth themselves and for a second, there was a burning light in Aiden's eyes.
Such arrogance—he really wanted to see if it was really justified and if the difference between him and someone with a feat of renown was so great. Kain sensed Aiden's growing battle intent and smiled menacingly, but before he could act, a commanding voice sounded out.
"Trainee Raelia, please head to the training grounds."
At the same time, Kain and Aiden felt a large pressure bear down on their shoulders, and a cold snort sounded in their ears. No more needed to be said. It was obviously Instructor Kyros, who was now greatly displeased with their actions and was giving them a slight warning.
While the two young men were heeding their warning, Raelia listened to her call and leapt down onto the arena floor.
Seeing Raelia head out, Aiden also came back to his senses and secretly cursed under his breath.
That bastard Kain had almost got him!