CHAPTER 87: CHAPTER 75: HER WORDS ARE TOUGH, BUT HER LIPS ARE SOFT

"Sequence Six? Are you crazy?"

The chubby guy was dumbfounded.

He knew Ke was a freak.

But he didn’t expect Ke to be such an extreme freak.

"Sequence Six? Hahaha, impossible, absolutely impossible. I’ll jump on the table and hit myself with a loaf of bread."

Matthew was about to cry.

Even the prodigies of the Ethereal Emblem, some of them haven’t advanced to Sequence Eight by sophomore year.

Sequence Seven?

That’s the domain for the top prodigies in junior or senior year, a domain one could only dream of entering after enduring a trial by blood.

"If I remember correctly, even Master Nini is stuck at Sequence Six."

Viss laughed and cried simultaneously.

How could someone so extraordinarily freakish manage to advance to Ace Tutor Class in their sophomore year?

That’s Sequence Six!

Before the Dawn Era, the world was still limited, and the Extraordinary ones were judged by the LV level system to determine their strength.

At that time, LV1-LV10 was called Extraordinary Class, equivalent to today’s Sequence Nine to Eight.

LV11-20 was called Exemplar Class, the exemplar for thousands of extraordinary beings, equivalent to today’s Sequences Seven to Six.

Back then, an Exemplar Peak, which is today’s Sequence Six Peak, held the title of "World’s Strongest Creature."

It’s not like there weren’t beings above LV20.

But in the eyes of ordinary humans, LV20 was the limit of strength they recognized.

This belief, even today, is still widely accepted by many.

Because anything beyond started mixing in elements of myth and legend.

A Sequence Five Legend.

A Sequence Four Demigod.

A Sequence Three Saint.

...

Just look at those titles, and you know these Extraordinary ones are more like myths than creatures.

Among the healing department mentors, the Treasure Elf Nini is already a leader in group healing magic, yet she’s only Sequence Six.

As for Heisha...

She is indeed Sequence Five, but to be precise, Master Heisha, although working in the healing department, her main role is as the vice-dean of the Support Academy.

Chloe could understand why they were so shocked.

Even in the previous life, a university professor might be the highest social status an ordinary student could interact with closely.

Just think about it—

"Just Started Uni, Mentor Invited Me to Be an Academic Leader"

If the outside world knew, people’s first reaction might not even be "hacked," but "fake."

Alas, the level of Flesh and Blood Magic doesn’t lie.

Matthew and Viss, who experienced it firsthand, knew this well.

Their mentor often demonstrated this level of Flesh and Blood Magic.

But they felt... Ke’s magic seemed even better than their mentor’s.

"I’m out of the market alive, jumping!"

...

After all the noise, Chloe finally calmed the roommates down.

Forget the chubby guy, daring to lead the Lion Heart Society speaks volumes.

Viss may be fawning, but he’s so far ahead in academics and skills. Green tea seeking him out had to bait him, which says a lot.

Matthew is rather the hard worker, and his path, rather than healing, is more about researching genetic modifications.

He is Master Heisha’s most proud student.

The dorm with such a bug.

Either it beats you into lying flat, or everyone turns into hard workers.

The four in Chloe’s dorm were the top four in sophomore year healing profession.

Preliminary works for the association, the chubby guy claimed he’d handle.

About swallowing the Lion Heart Society, he consulted his family.

The other side offered a quite astounding price.

10,700 Gold Pounds.

That’s about the purchasing power equivalent to 107 million in its previous life.

Sound like a lot?

But after Chloe’s understanding, he felt they were quite sincere.

Actually, just the materials the Mad Lion Association left for the Lion Heart Society’s members’ training exceeded 1,000 Gold Pounds.

But the main bulk of the 10,000 Gold Pounds wasn’t for buying the Lion Heart Society itself.

Chloe wanted to buy a building called Amber Hall left in the Ethereal Emblem by the Lion Heart Society.

For such a big transaction, he consulted Lilith’s opinion.

For Extraordinary Artifacts and equipment, he could somewhat judge using his gaming knowledge.

But real estate was beyond his scope of understanding.

After understanding the situation, Lilith gave the evaluation that it was "quite sincere."

So Chloe agreed to the transaction.

The Amber Hall has a great location, whether for controlling assets or for future association headquarters, it’s very suitable.

It’s very close to Duel Plaza and near the extraordinary equipment market in the outer city.

So he resolved without much hesitation.

Gold Pounds reserved -10,700

Balance: 3,480,300

Can’t spend it all, can’t spend it at all.

The specific transaction will take two or three days before the Mad Lion Association sends people to process it.

Upon knowing this matter, Lilith firmly said she would send someone to supervise.

Having tasted a bit of her flavor, though she had a sharp tongue, her lips were soft.

Chloe pondered for a moment and agreed.

However, that night he still couldn’t sleep in the dorm.

Suddenly, the sound of wings fluttering came from outside the door.

It was Master Nini. Not finding him in his dorm, she came here looking for him.

...

"Boohoo, Xiaoke, are you okay?"

Nini rushed over with tears in her eyes, hugging his neck.

Chloe was a bit stunned.

Only then did he realize Nini was talking about him fighting a demigod.

He glanced at his roommates who were wide-eyed and after thinking for a moment said:

"Master Nini, let’s talk outside."

...

In the corridor.

Chloe was already huffing.

No way.

Whose big mouth spread the word to Nini in just one day?

"Don’t think badly of others."

Nini gently pinched his ear, but not hard.

"I have Strong Fortune, anything I’m concerned with will naturally have news reach me, even if I don’t know it."

She tried to make her expression fiercer.

But the result wasn’t intimidating at all.

She attempted to put on a stern face:

"Why did you go fighting in secret without telling me?"

Chloe said obediently:

"I was wrong."

"Where were you wrong?"

"I didn’t tell you."

"No, your mistake was risking yourself—you should have let me figure something out."

Little Nini huffed.

She was really upset.

Of course, she understood what Xiaoke was thinking.

He didn’t want her to take risks.

But she was even more unwilling to let Xiaoke fall into danger.

She had known Xiaoke’s weak constitution for centuries.

So all along, she had been protecting him carefully, not wanting him to get hurt.

But last time, it was clear someone had specifically targeted him, and Strong Fortune failed to catch up.

She just managed to call for help, yet couldn’t stop him from losing his power.

She even fell seriously ill due to the excessive use of Strong Fortune.

When she was in a hazy state, feeling a surge of invisible malice creeping in, even having nightmares, she realized something might have happened to Xiaoke.

But without recovering from the illness, she was kept by Heisha for recuperation.

After she finally got a little better, she hurriedly rushed to Duel Plaza to find Xiaoke.

Strangely, when she saw Xiaoke again, she noticed that the malice had completely vanished.

But this time, Xiaoke had taken action on his own again.

She was really scared.

Scared that one day she would wake up to find Xiaoke already gone, to a place where she could never find him.

Then, she would surely be very sad.

Just like this time...

"Did you manipulate your memory to trick my Strong Fortune?"

Chloe instinctively averted his gaze.

"Seems like it."

Master Nini sighed.

Strong Fortune isn’t all-powerful.

When Xiaoke actively chooses to step into danger, or consciously blocks his awareness of the danger, even Strong Fortune can’t warn her.

The purpose of him doing this was not just to deceive the opponent, but also to keep it from her.

"Are you afraid I would stop you?"

Chloe sighed and said:

"No, I’m afraid that after seeing you, I would soften and be persuaded to give up."

He thought going directly to the Flesh and Blood Hermitage for a 1V1 would yield the best outcome.

But sometimes, people’s thoughts change due to the external environment.

Nini was the one who could most easily influence his judgment.

Firstly, he worried that Nini would ask him, "Aren’t you afraid of the Demigod?"

And he could only answer, "Afraid."

How could he not be afraid? But there are things he has to do.

But then Nini wouldn’t allow him to take the risk.

Secondly, if Nini held him and said, "We’ll face the problems together."

He might very well be swayed.

Even though he knew his current plan was simpler and more decisive...

Still, he found it hard to refuse Nini.

"If something goes wrong next time, you must tell me."

Nini pouted and cupped his cheeks.

Chloe nodded.

But Nini’s expression fell again.

"You’re lying to me again!"

"I’m not lying to you!"

Chloe truly planned to share things with Nini in the future.

—It’s just that if some matters might affect Nini, he might repeat this time’s actions.

No changes!

Master Nini was exasperated.

"You’re being disobedient."

"You weren’t like this before."

"I’m upset! I want a kiss to cheer up!"

She started to act spoiled.

And then, an unusually displeased Nini took Chloe to her dormitory.

She planned to lecture him all night!

Just as she did when he was a child.

...

Then it wasn’t long before the Treasure Elf got drowsy and fell asleep hanging onto Chloe.

Chloe took a look at Nini’s treehouse.

Over the years, he hadn’t visited Nini’s house often, and things inside seemed unchanged.

Why did he stay in the dorm back then?

Oh, now he remembered.

He felt grown up, and sharing a room with Nini felt embarrassing.

Because of this, Nini nagged him quite a bit.

He picked up Nini and placed her on the wicker bed.

Nini instinctively nuzzled his left hand.

A green light appeared on Chloe’s left arm.

It was a high-grade variant Blood-sucking Vine Chloe had bought.

The notorious Killing Demon Vine in the outside world was now as docile as a spoiled baby because of the Treasure Elf.

The drowsy Master Nini couldn’t open her eyes, but she held his hand and murmured to the Killing Demon Vine:

"Please protect him for me, okay?"

In the next moment.

The killing intent within the vine disappeared completely and obediently hid in Chloe’s sleeve.

But Chloe could feel that now the Blood-sucking Vine had become incredibly adept under his control.

Such is the nature of elves.

Since the mythological era, they have always been the darlings of the forests and plants.

Even the most dangerous Demon Plant would bow shyly before them.

And now, the Treasure Elf had made a wish to the vine...

Chloe felt his nose tingle.

But he quickly suppressed his emotions.

"That’s why I say, I’m not changing."