Chapter 62: Demonstration (1)
But as we were heading out, I saw that the people that had been with the red haired beauty were currently surrounding her, complaining to her.
"Guild master, you can't do something like this. It's too dangerous."
"That's right, guild master, who knows what kind of abilities he has? What if he suddenly attacks you with them?"
"Guild master, please just hand him over to the authorities and let them handle him."
When I heard this, I couldn't help feeling a bit worried.
But then, the red haired beauty said with a snort, "Hmph, do you really think that I can't protect myself against a new Awakener?"
When she said this, all of them suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.
They all revealed difficult looks as if they were put in between a rock and a hard place, but in the end, one of them said, "Guild master, we didn't mean that…It's just that this is a very tense situation and we should act carefully."
The red haired beauty gave a nod as if she was agreeing with them which made them feel a bit better, but then she said, "So you're saying that we should ignore our jobs and hand him over to the authorities without properly checking him? What if he does something to them and we're blamed for it?"
I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile when I heard them talking about me like this…but I tried to act like it didn't bother me at all.
To the side, the Ice Princess revealed an apologetic look when she heard all of this.
In the end, the red haired beauty was able to talk down all of the people who had been trying to convince her of going through with this.
As we were following her, the Ice Princess said, "I'm sorry about all of this…I couldn't keep it a secret when my big sister asked me."
"Big sister?" I asked back.
The Ice Princess nodded and pointed at the red haired beauty as she said, "That's my big sister and the guild master of our guild, Elementia, Bing Lan."
I turned to look back at the red haired beauty with a surprised look.
It wasn't because she was the guild master, but rather that she was the Ice Princess' big sister.
As we followed them, the Ice Princess told me more and more about Bing Lan, including her powers and her nickname.
I was even more surprised to find that Bing Lan was actually a…S Ranker who was known as the Flame Empress because of her fire controlling abilities.
One sister controlled ice and the other controlled fire…they really were opposites. Even down the personality with one being as cold as ice and the other being as fiery as flames.
For some reason, when the Ice Princess saw Lin Fan looking at Bing Lan the way he did, she couldn't help feeling a bit uncomfortable. She didn't know exactly what this feeling was, but she knew that she didn't like it.
Instead of another tent, there was a building that was placed here instead.
Based on the outside of the building, it seemed like it was quite the sturdy building.
This place was either hiding a secret, or it was built sturdy for a reason.
When we came in, I realized what this place was for.
It was a training building.
This was a place that was built sturdy so that Awakeners could use their powers at will, not having to worry about destroying the area around them. After all, some Awakeners had abilities that could destroy cities if they wanted to.
So a place like this was absolutely necessary when they wanted to train or test things with their abilities.
After entering this training building, Bing Lan turned around to me and said, "Go ahead, go in and let's see what kind of abilities you have."
I gave a nod and started heading into the training area, but then I realized that I didn't have a weapon. So I suddenly stopped and turned around to say something.
But before I could say anything, Bing Lan already said, "You'll get a weapon when you go in. It's loaded with every kind of weapon that you could want, so you're free to choose whatever you want to use."
I was caught off guard by how it seemed like she had read my mind, but I gave a nod and walked into the bubbled training arena.
Even though the building was already very sturdy, there was another protective glass bubble around the arena itself. From what I could see, this should be a layer of bulletproof glass, so the defenses were quite strong.
After walking in, there were two panels that opened up in the ground before two weapon shelves suddenly came out of those panels.
It was just like Bing Lan had said, this training arena was equipped with all kinds of weapons.
There were many different kinds of weapons here, from traditional weapons like swords and blades to more unconventional weapons like chakrams and karambits. It was almost like a display that gathered the weapons of the world.
But for me, the thing that I was most comfortable with was the sword.
It was what I had trained with before I became an Awakener, so it was the thing that I was the most comfortable with.
Seeing that I had chosen a weapon, Bing Lan's voice rang out again, "I'll set up the practice target now."
With the press of a button, there was another panel on the floor that opened before a wooden doll came up. This was a basic wooden doll that one would see in any movie training scene.
When I saw this, I couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed.
After all, compared to the rest of this facility, this seemed a bit too basic…
Still, I didn't let myself be affected by this that long.
I took a deep breath and raised my sword.
This was my chance to demonstrate my power, so I would take it.