Chapter 29 - First Appearance of a Hidden Class

“Alright, since the young master has spoken, let it be,” the old man said, smelling the aroma from the pot and feeling it was quite a pity.

He had specially prepared boiling demon water, specifically for cooking the tough-fleshed demon beasts.

Not only that, the spices for the dog meat pot were also carefully prepared, and they had all been put into the pot already.

“I should have just killed you on the spot,” the old man lamented, glancing at the dog and ultimately begrudgingly lifting the dog out of the pot.

“I also think it’s a pity,” Nono said, probably also enticed by the smell of the meat, sharing the same sentiment as the old man.

Actually eat this dog?

Impossible!

Lu Hong looked at the two of them with a bizarre expression, thinking these two really had no brains.

Didn’t they see how strong the dog was in the arena?

“Woof woof woof!

(I agree!)” The dog breathed a sigh of relief once out of the pot.

It hadn’t thought too much due to the danger to its life, but now things were different.

Sniffing the still-lingering savory smell on itself, our dog suddenly also entertained the thought of eating dog meat.

Shit!

Do I want to eat myself?

The dog got a fright, quickly suppressing its own thought.

Lu Hong, because of the soul contract, naturally read the dog’s thoughts.

This contract seemed equal, but in fact, it still favored humans more.

Lu Hong could read all of the dog’s thoughts, whenever he wished.

But it was different for the dog, who could only read the messages that Lu Hong passed on to it.

Humans are always given more protection by the Heavenly God.

“You could just go catch a regular stray dog,” Lu Hong kindly suggested.

“Bro, you’re so smart, I’ll go now.

Just make sure that old geezer doesn’t clear the pot away.

I’ll be back in no more than an hour!” The dog suddenly felt its master was so brilliant, effortlessly resolving its own contradictory crisis of eating itself.

I really did follow the right person!

After that, the dog dashed out, determined to catch a stray dog, to eat dog meat!

“Remember!

Find one with a sturdy body, and the meat of a level two demon beast tastes the best!” Lu Hong yelled after the departing dog.

“Woof woof woof (Got it, bro)!”

The old man and Nono looked at Lu Hong confusedly, as the conversation between Lu Hong and the dog had been through soul communication, which they couldn’t hear, but the last sentence was indeed shouted out loud.

“Kuru, can you really communicate with the dog without any barriers?” Nono recalled the exchange Lu Hong had with the dog in the arena and couldn’t help but ask curiously.

The old man, on the other hand, pandered directly: “I didn’t expect the young master to be so learned, even mastering dog language.”

“Buzz off!

Who knows dog language, I can just communicate with it through a soul contract,” Lu Hong responded, not amused, glancing at the old man.

The three chatted idly for less than an hour, and the dog had already brought back a level two demon beast, an Autumn Mountain Dog.

“You’re pretty fast, dog.

You were able to make a round trip to the Engels Mountain Range in less than an hour,” Lu Hong thought immediately of the demon beast farm at the Engels Mountain Range.

“Ah?

Engels Mountain Range?

Where’s that?

I just snagged one from the city,” the dog asked with a puzzled face.

“Never mind, forget it.” Lu Hong was slightly disappointed and then got to work with the old man handling the Autumn Mountain Dog the dog had killed.

Why do I feel like it’s familiar?

Nono looked at the prepared dog, always having a sense of familiarity but couldn’t remember where he had seen it.

After all, being a level two demon beast, it took only a few minutes to cook thoroughly in the boiling demon water.

Smelling the wafting aroma from the pot, Nono didn’t bother thinking any further.

Adding a few pairs of chopsticks, the three humans and the dog began happily devouring the dog meat pot.

As for eating its own kind, the dog seemed to have no aversion at all; in fact, it seemed to rather enjoy this flavor.

“It smells so good!

The dog meat pot is really tasty!”

“Not bad, not bad.

Old man, your spice preparation was just right.

Well done!”

“Woof woof woof!”

Such a harmonious atmosphere didn’t last long before Nono suddenly remembered something, stiffened, and dropped his soup spoon and chopsticks.

“What’s wrong, Nono?” Lu Hong asked curiously.

“Tell me!

Where did you get this Autumn Mountain Dog from?” All of a sudden, Nono stared at the dog, furious.

“Woof woof woof, woof woof woof.” Are you an idiot?

The dog looked at Nono with contempt.

Hearing the dog’s bark, Nono immediately turned to Lu Hong and demanded, “Translate!”

Alright,” although not understanding why, Lu Hong still translated the dog’s words: “Are you stupid?

Don’t interrupt me while I’m eating.”

“…,” Nono’s face grew even darker.

“Don’t, don’t get angry.

Let me ask the dog, I’ll ask,” seeing that Nono was on the verge of exploding, Lu Hong quickly interrogated the dog.

After some conversation, Lu Hong revealed the origin of this Autumn Mountain Dog.

It was lured and killed from a mansion in the far west of the Imperial Capital.

“We’re screwed!” Nono suddenly went pale; the far western corner of Jinrui City only had one estate, and that was his father’s estate!

No wonder she felt familiar; this Akita wasn’t it the pet dog her father adopted a year ago?

She only blamed herself for not returning home often enough, and didn’t think of it at first.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Hong asked with concern, “Does this dog have some sort of problem?

Does it have a contagious disease?” If this were a sick dog, they might need to seek medical attention promptly.

A contagious disease?

Your whole family has a contagious disease!

At this moment, Nono’s heart was filled with immense frustration.

“It’s my father’s dog…” Nono said, staring resentfully at the dog that was still eagerly eating.

“Uh…” Lu Hong and the old man paused their chopsticks, not quite knowing what to say.

“Forget it, what’s eaten is eaten,” Nono finally sighed deeply, silently picking up another set of bowl and chopsticks, and continued eating.

But it seemed like the food was now even more enjoyable and delectable?

Although Lu Hong and the old man were speechless, they quickly rejoined the frantic eating, and just like that, the Akita of no small size was completely devoured by them.

While several people ate with pleasure, an astonishing scene appeared on the competition field.

“Raging Flame Slash!” Above the arena, flames surged from a long sword, striking out like a spewing tongue of fire towards the Knight student wielding a shield for defense.

Simply defending wouldn’t do, I have to attack actively!

This Knight student clearly refused to be so passively beaten, mobilizing the power of Holy Light all over his body to converge on his shield, Bastion Strike!

“Good!

Well done!” The student wielding the long sword saw the Knight daring to attack and revealed a wild smile.

After the clash of Skills, a thunderous explosion erupted, engulfing the entire arena in a blaze of fire.

Just as the crowd had yet to fully grasp what happened, another round of intense combat sounds emanated from the arena.

“Lightning Serpent Dance!” A bolt of lightning flashed up from the dust-filled arena.

“Cross Strike!” The Knight also shouted, white Holy Light forming into a massive cross that cut through layers of mist and hammered towards the opponent.

But the lightning serpent was unstoppable!

At the moment the skills made contact, the lightning serpent shattered the Holy Light cross and charged straight toward the Knight’s chest.

How can it penetrate so powerfully?

The Knight startled, hurriedly raised his shield in defense.

Then the lightning serpent struck in front of the Knight, and although it didn’t break the Knight’s shield defense, it kept pushing the Knight back until he was pinned against the energy barrier at the edge of the arena.

“Extreme Cold Ice Freeze!” The opponent’s sword once again radiated a brilliant blue light and stabbed fiercely into the ground.

Rapidly, ice vines surged towards the Knight, who was desperate but completely unable to push off the oppressive force of the Lightning Serpent.

Thus, the Knight student could only watch helplessly as the ice crept over his feet.

“You can’t break my Glorious Battle Armor!” The Knight gritted his teeth and spat out the tough line almost every Knight would drop when outmatched.

“I don’t intend to break it.” The other person smiled and, driven by magic power, the ice quickly climbed up the Knight’s body, slowly freezing him from the feet up until he was entirely encased in ice!

“Referee, I think you can announce the result now?” the person looked towards the outside referee and asked.

“The opponent has not completely lost combat capability, so it’s not a loss,” the referee coldly replied.

When to give a judgment was his business; how could he allow a student to tell him what to do.

Was the student teaching him how to do his job?

Even if the Knight had lost combat capability, the referee was inclined to delay, simply displeased.

“Fine, then I’ll just wait a bit longer.” The person shrugged his shoulders, continuing to maintain the output of his magic power.

After the Knight struggled fiercely for a while, there seemed to be a trend of breaking the ice.

“Thinking of breaking the ice?

No way!” The person thought, and instantaneously the Lightning Serpent switched from a concentrated form to a dispersed state, continuously merging through the Knight’s ice-caked body, paralyzing his movements.

The Glorious Battle Armor was strong, but it was only highly defensive, not truly invincible; especially since this Skill still required a constant supply of Holy Light.

The Knight already had an insufficient supply of Holy Light.

Coupled with the opponent’s secondary electric attack, the Knight couldn’t keep up with the repairs to his Glorious Battle Armor and ultimately fell in defeat.

“This match, Lock Fan wins,” the referee declared as the Knight had been completely frozen, with no choice but to announce the result.

“Lock Fan is so impressive, he managed to go through three rounds!” The crowd below couldn’t help but exclaim.

The bigwigs in the VIP stand also developed a strong interest in this youth named Lock Fan.

“Who would have thought, among the Magic Fighters, there would be such an outstanding student.”

“Yes, Magic Fighter skills are complex, involving many elements; it’s hard to achieve anything.

You just saw, didn’t you?

This youngster has mastered the lightning, fire, and ice elemental skills to a very high level, remarkable indeed.”

“Indeed, we originally thought that this year only the warrior would be impressive, but now there’s another Magic Fighter.”

“I wonder who would win if the warrior and Magic Fighter were to clash.”

As these words were spoken, the bigwigs all perked up with interest, “Come on, let’s bet!”