Chapter 146 Fang's Story

"Senior, we have to pick up Berry as well…"

"She is waiting for us at the gates," the third elder seemed to grow a habit of interrupting others while they were in the middle of their words.

'You really do hate those who slow you down indeed,' and William took such note in his heart, while waiting for a chance to know better about this mysterious elder's background and history.

The elder named Fang didn't give William any chance to speak at all until they arrived at the gates of the clan. During their walk, or better described as run, the elder kept himself at the forefront, using the advantage of his higher spirit power to keep the distance between himself and William fixed no matter what.

Seeing this made William know this elder got everything about what he did before in the battle and the academy. And it seemed this elder decided to exert more caution while dealing with him, unlike all the other elders William met so far from the clan.

William didn't mind such an attitude. He knew during the return journey; he'd find many chances to ask about the things he wanted.

When they arrived at the clan's walls and main gate, it was clear the battle didn't end before leaving a deep mark over there.

The walls had many parts of them cracked and falling apart. Even some of the closest buildings to the walls got part of this devastation as well.

William could tell the reason behind that without the need to ask anything. The big mistake many spirit masters made back at the battle, leading a large number of scarlet bears towards the walls, ended up with such a result.

And yet that wasn't something that would really matter. Such scars and partially damaged walls could be described as the best outcome the clan didn't even imagine ending up with after that battle.

William saw a large number of spirit masters and even normal people trying to repair the damage and relieve all the signs of this battle. Their number was huge, which made William suspect aid came from other clans and even the academy.

In the middle of all this, it was easy for him to spot Berry. She was standing with a group of strong looking spirit masters as if they were guarding her or something.

The moment she spotted him, she discarded anyone around and ran towards him.

"I thought you are going to take more time to get ready," she said, and he inwardly sighed.

It seemed Berry's father and grandfather made her wait for him here using such a lame excuse.

"I got nothing to pack anyway," he shrugged, moved his eyes over her shoulders and saw the guards who were protecting her, "are they coming with us?"

"No, they are just here to observe the repair process of the clan's damage," she paused before noticing the third elder, "third elder, you are here as well."

"Yes, let's depart," Fang seemed more eager to leave here than anyone else. And that reminded William of what this dude said before.

He was already away from the clan when the attack happened. Did that mean he hated being in the clan or something?

As the little group started to march towards the academy, William got to chat a lot with Berry and learnt a lot of things.

According to Berry, Fang was someone trustworthy and quite strong and capable. He wasn't part of the clan as he guessed, but he married a lady from the clan and became part of it by marriage bonds.

As for his real origins, William was surprised to know that he didn't come from any strong family or clan. He was just like him, coming from a weak family with no background.

And yet he experienced a spirit mutation, adding the rare Lightning element into his spirit that originally had the common Earth element in it.

Earth element was famous for changing battlefield terrains and used mainly for defence. But when adding lightning with it, the spirit master would turn from a supportive and defensive role to a frighteningly strong offensive one.

William also got the reason behind such a rash attitude of Fang. Per Berry's words, his beloved wife got ill and needed rare herbs to be gathered from far away mountains and deep parts of the forest.

So, he spent most of his time travelling, trying to get his hands over these precious herbs. As for trying to buy them, he must be someone filthy rich to be able to afford such a thing.

And as a member of a no named family, he got nothing like that. As a result, he had to depend on his strength and effort, gathering herbs while accepting all the risks coming his way.

William just knew this far. In the middle of Berry's words, Fang turned and glared back at the kids walking behind him. And such a gaze was enough to silence Berry and force her to change the subject.

She then spoke about how the repair project of the battle aftermath was going.

When the small group left the gates and went to the open space outside the clan, they saw the aftermath of the battle getting cleared.

According to Berry, the supporting clans to hers sent many to help in dealing with such damage. And that wasn't out of their good will or something.

They took part of the loot in return for such help in terms of manpower and resources. William guessed that the same negotiations that happened between him and the old man happened as well with many others from other clans.

He even suspected the two old spirit masters he met before experienced the same tough and long talk with the old man about the size of the loot gained.

'Tsk! Even if I knew that, I won't feel any bad for you, old man,' William thought to himself, while listening to more of Berry's words.