Chapter 791 Trials Of Adonis [Pt 2]

Chapter 791 Trials Of Adonis [Pt 2]

It was a completely random encounter.

"Why do you look so troubled, young one?" The voice came from an elderly man who sat on a bench by the roadside. He had red hair, ebony skin, and crimson eyes. He wore a dark robe, holding his walking stick very tightly as he looked at Adonis on that fateful day.

The old man had two horns, which should have made him a lower-middle-class member of society, yet he seemed a little too posh for that. Still, his appearance was the least suspicious thing about him.

It was the way he smiled.

Perhaps it was because Adonis was growing frustrated with planning, or because he was growing increasingly worried about his friends back in the Capital, but he couldn't help but feel uneasy when he looked into the man's eyes.

Still, he knew better than to act on how he felt.

Doing so would only make him appear suspicious, and that would taint his cover.

"It's nothing." Adonis replied with a shrug and began walking away. In his mind, he already crossed the encounter off as completely unimportant, and he had more important things to deal with.

Besides, merely talking to Dragons disgusted him beyond words.

If only he knew how much he would owe to the old man once the next words came out of his mouth... he wouldn't have been so hasty to walk away.

"You remind me of my kid. He's doing his best in the Academy right now... working hard for the sake of the Emperor."

'We look nothing alike! Stop talking nonsense!' Adonis thought to himself, wondering how he could possibly remind him of his son.

The man appeared old, which meant he must have lived for several centuries at least. Visjt novelbin(.)com for new updates

How could his kid look like him?

There were so many holes in the old man's words that made Adonis grow increasingly more upset, but he controlled his temper and kept walking away.

He had nothing to say to a senile old Dragon.

"My boy... if he proves himself in that Academy... he could finally be taken to the Capital—to serve the Emperor."

As soon as Adonis heard this, he froze in his tracks.

'Academy... Capital... Emperor...?!'

Indeed, the Capital was the dwelling place of the Emperor. It was also where the power of the Empire was centralized.

It was no surprise that the Chamber Of Ancients existed there too.

Everything was scheduled—down to the littlest of details—all to ensure he stuck to his plan and completed everything on schedule.

Training. Study. Classes.

Everything was accounted for, and Adonis could feel himself making progress every single day.

After spending about a month in Class B—which he got into after his Entrance Exams, he was able to make it to Class A by simply besting everyone else in his Class.

With his position in Class A solidified, his next goal was to get into the Second Stage of the Academy after a few more Academy Events—perhaps in a couple of months.

The only part of his integration that lacked proper strength was his interaction with peers, but Adonis couldn't help it.

He didn't have time to forge meaningless connections, and he despised Dragons.

There was no need to make friends.

Everything was going perfect in his timeline, and he predicted that within a year or so, he could even achieve his mission without any trouble whatsoever.

However, Rey just had to come and ruin everything!

The presence of R'ai and Luc'ia in Class 1A set the bar of excellence high in their Grade, but none of that bothered Adonis too much.

He was currently stronger than a Dragon General, so he wasn't particularly worried about competition among Dragon Newts. He could even beat the Lecturers, so there was no real need to be concerned.

Besides, he was already determined to leave 1-A in a few months, so he didn't think he'd interact with them much.

How wrong could he have been?

Not only did one of them force him to lead him to his room, but that person turned out to be Rey.

Everything spiraled out of control from there, leading Adonis to his current predicament.

But—

"So what?"

As he whispered to himself, he raised his head and clenched his fist with pure resolve.

"I've come this far already." Adonis quickened his pace at this point.

He abandoned everyone and came here for one mission, and he planned to complete it in his own way.

"Whatever it takes... I'll save all of us!"