Chapter 154 – Lion of Revenge

Just like Woos said, as long as they could win, the people from Cato Academy didn’t care whether they won in an honorable way or not. They would do anything as long as they could win! So Cato Academy was a terrifying hidden enemy and Loran Academy had to stay alert. This was also why Caesar didn’t approve of Rosie participating.

Rosie was the weakest one among them, she was also a frail magician, she also couldn’t use chantless instant cast to protect herself like Lin Xiao could, so it would problematic if suddenly attacked.

If they were ambushed by Cato Academy, then Rosie would definitely become their primary target! If she came into danger, then her entire team will fall with her.

“Being ambushed…”

Hearing Woos explain that, Lin Xiao wasn’t worried about Rosie, but he looked next to him at his maid.

Noticing his gaze, Elena paused, then disdainfully curled her lips. Then continued to adopt her graceful and cold posture, looking out the window.

Lin Xiao didn’t need to worry about Elena, she had the magic radar, so no one could ambush her easily.

“As for the last one you have to watch out for, and also the strongest one, the previous champion team, Heino Kingdom, Heino Academy.”

“Eh? They’re both called Heino… then, is Heino Academy related to royalty?” Shen DaiYing asked curiously.

“Of course… hm?” Hearing her question, Woos was just about to respond, but suddenly stopped and went quiet.

He took a long look at Shen DaiYing, seeing her innocent and naive eyes, he couldn’t help but have a sliver of doubt.

Shen DaiYing was the princess of Great Qin Empire, she traveled far to a foreign land. Did she not do any homework and not know even this common knowledge? Furthermore, there should be people she knows with the Heino Kingdom royalty, so she should be very clear about it…

If it was that brat Lin Xiao asking these kinds of stupid questions, then he could understand, but Shen DaiYing was also acting stupid and it was like she was pretending she didn’t know anything.

But he didn’t delve into it and continued to explain.

“That’s right. Heino Academy was started by Heino Kingdom.”

Even though most magic academies cooperate with the army and local government, they’re still privately-run.

Take Loran Academy for example, although they’ve received subsidy from Lombard Kingdom, they’re still a privately-run academy. Unlike Heino Academy, where they’re run and funded by the royals, a true state-run academy.

State-run had its own benefits.

Although Heino Kingdom had a long history and was well known, they inevitably have a lot of policy obstructions as they develop. Whereas Heino Academy was completely different, they were funded directly from the state treasury so they could hire the best teachers, build the best schools, and teach the best students!

“Caesar, don’t believe yourself to be invincible just because you’re a magic swordsman. There are indeed almost no opponents this time that can defeat you, your strength undoubtedly is telling of that… but, you definitely can’t get careless with Heino Academy!” Woos repeatedly warned.

Even Woos couldn’t investigate all the details regarding the four Heino Academy participants. He knew of two of the four…

“There’s someone called Devoru that you guys have to be especially careful of, his nickname is Golden Lion.”

“Golden Lion?” An image of a strongly built man covered in long blond hair appeared in Lin Xiao’s mind.

But he was wrong.

According to Woos, he wasn’t nicknamed so because he was blond, he also wasn’t strongly built, contrary, he was around 20 and was a handsome youth.

The reason for his nickname was because of his skill, Holy Golden Spear.

“Holy Spear? Is he related to the church?”

This time he was right.

The reason that technique had Holy in it was because he was related to the church, or rather, because he was once part of the church.

“Devoru joined the church when he was young and quickly obtained the opportunity for the Saint Selection. He received the Pope’s baptism and became a Saint candidate, originally, as long as he stayed in the church, he would have successfully became a Saint within a couple of years, just like Snow Saintess in Winterless City. However, he left the church last year.” Woos explained.

Lin Xiao and them might not have known, but Woos knew it well, when he decided to leave the church, it caused a huge disturbance in Heino Kingdom.

The Holy Light church originally lacked influence in Heino Kingdom, they met a lot of obstacles, so Great Sage Bellco made efforts to keep Devoru and planned to use his strength and influence to expand into Heino Kingdom.

But he left. Okay, then leave, who cares?

What made Bellco more depressed afterwards was him transferring into Heino Academy not even one month after leaving and becoming a royal attendant, aka ‘dog’, aka ‘slave servant’, everyone was taken aback.

You didn’t want to be a high and mighty Saint, and went to work for someone else, aren’t you just degrading yourself?

“Some suspected that there was a conflict between Heino Kingdom and the church, so the royalty dug him out from the church. Others suspected that he was humiliated and now hates the church and plans to borrow the kingdom’s power to exact revenge!”