Chapter 447 - Klyse Evans - Slug Extraordinaire

Instantly, the slug was pelted with small pebbles, causing the Grand Meister to hurt so much that he flinched – he had not expected to be attacked from the moment that he entered a new body. "Ouch, ouch! Who is the one who is bullying this father! Just wait-!"

Even if there were people besides the body that he had entered, he had full confidence in taking care of them without any problem, so he had not expected this pain.

Theoretically speaking, the array should have transferred everything he had achieved previously over, while leaving behind any flaws. Only then could the new body be considered perfect.

However, he was met with a round of jeering snickers from the people who were gathered behind him at the side of the array circle.

Finally, he realized that something wasn't quite right.

The joy of coming back to life again had faded, and he rapidly realized that he was looking at his corpse in the distance – a corpse that appeared very large. Unlike what it should look like… if he was in a human body…

For a brief moment, he thought that he was a child, only to realize… he wasn't a human at all.

There was a sound of horror that came from the ex-Grand Meister now slug, and familiar of Le Xuan.

"Ah!" the Grand Meister made a sound of disbelief.

Alec's little group was watching the slug with both schadenfreude and lingering amus.e.m.e.nt. After all, this fate could have befallen any of them had they been the slightest bit careless. Now, the Grand Meister had his divine retribution in the form of Alec's brand of humour.

"Who are you?" the slug demanded, its tentacles waving wildly as its eyes rove around.

It wanted to quickly turn around, but its body felt so heavy and slow… It tried to use magic, but nothing was happening.

The Grand Meister could only slowly turn around bit by bit, but it was already feeling exasperated. Just what had happened to him!?

In the end, he couldn't take it anymore and just moved his eyes around. He knew that he no longer had any hands, but he could still see. Finally, he realized that he… was a slug.

"Ah!" he screamed again.

There were a few laughs from the peanut gallery, and the Grand Meister burst into anger. "Don't laugh! You're not allowed to laugh at your father!"

But not only did the snickering increase, it also became more mocking, which just made the Grand Meister angrier. How infuriating!

But being able to make it all the way to Grand Meister, his IQ wasn't always offline, and he knew that he was in a disadvantageous situation at this point. He knew when he should bow his head under the eaves. 

He couldn't anger any of them right now. He still wanted to live, and he knew that if he died from anything other than a natural death, he wouldn't even have a chance at that.

It had been channelling its magic this whole time, but only he knew that it seemed to have been blocked by something.

He thought that it had something to do with this new body, but that didn't appear to be the case.

"Who are you, and what do you all want?" the slug said as it continued to turn around. He was truly cursing this body now. So damn slow! As someone who previously specialized in speed, this was almost torture to him.

Finally, he managed to see the face of the people who had landed him in this situation.

There were two males and three females.

Each of them appeared extraordinary, carrying a different sort of charm to themselves.

The Grand Meister was a bit surprised, but not overly so. What kind of people had he not seen over the years? There were too many. Humans liked to think that they were special, but in actual fact, many of them were very similar. It all came down to the baser instincts in life when they were threatened by life or death.

"What do you want? I admit it. I have fallen for your ploy, just as you would have fallen for mine should you have been less knowledgeable. This master does not hold any grudges against you. State your demands," he said very magnanimously.

Klyse Evans, Grand Meister, who had always acted unbridled and had been unmatched, knew that he was currently not their match. However, one he got his hands on… his methods…

Klyse's thoughts stuttered when he took a closer look at the girl on the right.

The more he looked, the more he felt a sense of undying loyalty and reverence for his master.

Wait.

His master?

No!

Impossible!

Klyse Evans had no master in his life!

"What did you do to me?" Klyse said seriously. His eyes were grave.

The lot of them really couldn't bear to look. A slug was acting all serious, but they couldn't take him seriously at all.

Chantelle smiled with glee, and she happily enlightened him. "Apparently, this girl here has been looking for a familiar all this while, and you're it."

Klyse felt like he'd been struck by lightning. Master? Familiar?

What!

The Grand Meister tried to calm himself down. He spoke in a very deceptively calm tone. "Do you mean to tell me that this girl is my master?"

"You don't believe it? Le Xuan, order him to do something."

"Oh. Roll on the ground."

"Do you really think that this father would do something so undignified-!"

Even as Klyse spoke those words, his body was already rolling several times on the ground, causing him to lose all face.

"Damn it, damn it!" He flew into a rage out of humiliation. "Don't think that this father will take this lying down!"

"Jump in the air."

Klyse jumped up.

"You-!"

"Play dead."

Klyse slumped on the ground, unmoving.

The Grand Meister felt like crying, but he was also antagonistic towards the people who were watching him make a fool of himself. He felt extremely stifled.

Even though it had already reached this point, he couldn't hold any negative feelings against his master. The slug felt humiliation at the thought that he had degraded from a lofty Grand Meister into becoming someone else's familiar. He felt like he was going crazy.

Le Xuan actually started to have some fun when she saw that her new familiar obeyed all her orders unquestionably. Perhaps him being under her control like this was a little dubious, but this person had been someone who had no scruples about taking over someone else's body.

As such, she lost whatever reservations she had.

After all, he was a slug now, not a human.

Le Xuan smiled, a little more pleased. "What's your name?" she asked.

"Klyse Evans," Klyse replied almost immediately, then felt like bashing his head onto a rock. His dignity… his image… all gone.

Meanwhile, the natives of this realm felt like they'd been greatly shocked.

Klyse Evans, the legendary Grand Meister who was said to have become a Transcendent before disappearing! How come he was now here, in a cave, not yet a Transcendent?

Everyone said that he was a Transcendent and had grown tired of world affairs, but in actual fact, he was still a Grand Meister?

Didn't the Evans Sect claim superiority due to the presence of this Grand Meister?

"Are you not a Transcendent?" Le Xuan asked, frowning.

"No, I've been stuck at Grand Meister for a very long time. I failed to breakthrough, which ended with my lifespan depleting."

At this point, Klyse had already given up. He may as well accept his fate now. After all, a lifespan of a slug wasn't that long. He could still endure it.

The few of them exchanged glances with each other. 

Le Xuan reluctantly reached out and picked up Klyse, shivering at this feeling. The body of the slug was cool… unlike human skin…

Klyse felt like coughing up blood. How dare his master disdain him when she was the one who had forced him into a contract?! He felt like he was going insane.

"If you set me free, I will tell you how to get out of here. Otherwise, just obediently wait for your deaths." He made a last-ditch attempt. It was feeble. After all, Le Xuan could just order him. 

Katherine, who had not said anything all this time, sneered at him. "Take a good look," she said, pointing at the hole in the ground.

Klyse fell into despair.