Chapter 60 Sade’s Shocking Talent And Potential!
Everyone noticed the sudden scream and immediately took out the similar equipment from their robes. It was the same equipment that was known as a "talent detector" in the sinister man's hands with some trivial differences. At a glance, the gem color on the talent detector of the sinister man was scarlet red. The rest of the group was also equipped with talent detectors that were inlaid with blue, cyan, yellow, and colorless gems. At this moment, even the colorless gems had a purple glow that was shining brightly.
Everyone was stunned when they saw their equipment. Fire crimson ores were fire-based, high-quality magical ores. When being placed on the talent detector, they could be used to increase one's aesthesia. Crimson fire ores were fire-type talent detectors, blue gemstones were water-type, cyan gemstones were wind-type, and yellow gemstones were earth-type. As for colorless special talent detectors, they were used to detect special attributes.
As long as Mages with strong attributes performed their magic near this talent detector, the detector would automatically identify it and detect the opponent's talent potential! As to how it worked, the sinister man did not know. He only knew that this mission was an extremely important mission given to them by the Third Prince!
And now, on this fire attribute gem's talent detector, the white bar used to test the potential of the talent turned red entirely! Not only that, the water attribute, wind attribute, earth attribute, and the four great elemental attributes were all glowing with a bright light. Even the colorless talent detector gem was now shining with purple light. The power that could have made the talent detector act like this was so immense it was almost inconceivable.
"What's going on, why are all these gems glowing at such a degree, perhaps it is broken?"
"Impossible!" The sinister man was perplexed but he denied it right away.
"The Third Prince has spent a lot of money hiring mercenaries across the Storm Sea and obtained it with great difficulty. It can't be broken!" The sinister man further denied it.
"Then according to what you just said, is it possible that the full value of all the attributes shown by this talent detector is true? Is there someone out there who has all four basic elemental talents and this level of potential?"
"Impossible! How can such a person exist in this world!"
"Do not forget that even my talent detector showed full potential for the lightning element magic"
"It's impossible!"
Their doubts persisted and everyone was at a loss for words. None of them believed that a person with that kind of talent and abilities would exist. The sinister man also found it hard to believe the possibility of that happening. Suddenly, the words that they were saying echoed in his mind.
"Lightning magic..." Speaking of the lightning element, the first thing that came to his mind was the still unconscious Vern. After all, if Vern had been present and there were no other mages around with the knowledge or the talent of the lightning magic.
Was it possible that the talent detector was detecting lighting potential from the Elf Village? That would be quite impossible. Although the sinister man looked down on Vern, the rich kid, he still recognized the fact that his lightning element talent could only be found one in ten thousand. However, Vern's potential of lightning magic had already been tested in the Mage Association when he had just entered Mage Academy. While he was not inferior, his talent was not considered a full potential, it was just kind of average.
Therefore, he could immediately rule out Vern's possibility of igniting that talent detector. The sinister man felt relieved that it wasn't Vern but then since it was not Vern, who else could it be? The sinister man suddenly remembered the mage who was known as the "distinguished guest" by the elf tribe. The small mage wore the purple mage robe that was made out of Magical Beast's hide and fur. Perhaps, he was the one that made the talent detector behave like that. The sinister man's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Yes! It must be him!" He muttered. The sinister man vaguely remembered that before Vern was struck by the lightning, that kid had made some inexplicable gestures to Vern. After confirming that it was Sade, the sinister man's heart immediately filled with excitement. The four basic elemental attributes were off the chart and his potential was also perfect. Even his special ability had the perfect rating as well.
It was hard for the sinister man to imagine giving up this level of power and ability to the Third Prince. If such a thing were to happen, the Third Prince's power would increase greatly and the possibility for the prince to compete for the throne would get much higher. When that time came, not only would the sinister man be able to complete his assigned mission but the prince would reward him greatly, and the sinister man would gain the prince's trust as well. After the Third Prince succeeded, they would be the greatest partners. Thinking of this, the sinister man could no longer hold his thought and hurriedly stood up.
"Let's go, let's head back" The sinister man adamantly spoke up.
"Go back? Don't tell me that you know who that person with the great power is?" When everyone heard this, they all looked at the sinister man in disbelief. The sinister man had a fierce expression on his face as he replied with determination.
"That's right, it's that brat who was surrounded by the elf tribe that we saw. As long as we capture him and offer him to the Third Prince, I believe that even if we don't go back to the Kingdom of Herlock, there won't be any problems. They might even offer their rewards.''
"Rewards? The Third Prince's reward! When everyone heard this, they were so excited that their breathing became heavy, and their eyes were filled with excitement!
"Let's go! Hurry up! We're leaving now!" The sinister man shouted out in excitement as he riled up his companions.
"When we left the Elf Village, it was already about three o'clock and we've been through a long way. It's almost dawn now. We have to hurry. I hope that kid will still be there." Someone pointed up
"Stop talking nonsense. We have to hurry up and go!" The sinister man yelled at one person who suggested otherwise. Everyone was packed-up and prepared to set off. At this time, they looked at Vern still lying on the ground and asked.
"Boss. If we're leaving, what about him?" One man looked at Vern.
"Vern..." The sinister man looked at Vern with his eyes full of conflict. In the end, he hesitated for a moment but still replied slowly.
"Bring him along but we have to hurry.
"It's best if we can arrive before daybreak and set up an ambush!"
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Sade woke up in the early morning, the sky hadn't shown its light of day yet. Perhaps it was because of what happened last night, Wenda, the village chief still felt guilty toward Sade. He even busied himself up in the village in the early morning. They said he wanted to host a feast. This made Sade feel a little embarrassed. It was okay for Sade to have a feast once but if he kept going to feast countless times, again and again, he wasn't sure that he would be completely comfortable with that. So he planned to leave early, so he went to Wenda to personally give him his farewell. When Wenda heard that Sade was leaving, his face suddenly became a little flustered. He thought that he had not treated Sade well.
Sade quickly told him that he was going to the human world for experiential learning and also wanted to visit his beloved friend that he hadn't seen for many years, which was why he had to leave early. This friend was, of course, Philomena! Sade wasn't lying at all. As Wenda saw that he was determined to leave, he didn't stop Sade from doing so. The chief had also invited Sade to come back when he had free time. Sade smiled and said that he would come again after he was done with his business.
Sade bid his farewell to Wenda and the rest of the villagers. He then left the village with a map given by the village chief with the directions to the Kingdom of Herlock. However, what Sade did not know was that approximately four or five hours after he left, the sinister man and his subordinates finally arrived back at the Elf Village with Vern. Vern had already woken up at this point. However, he was now riding on someone else's Magical Beast with a ferocious look on his face. Vern felt a deep sense of shame and humiliation from being knocked down by someone last night.
"D*mn it, we came here as soon as possible and I still couldn't catch the daybreak. I wonder if that kid is still here." With a risk-taker attitude, one of the sinister man's subordinates had climbed up the tree to see better. It was close to noon, and they waited for more than four hours but they still didn't see any sign of Sade.
"Oh no, I think that kid probably left early in the morning!" Hearing the return of his subordinate, the sinister man screamed out his dissatisfaction but it was already too late. Seven to eight hours had already passed. With the normal speed of mages, if the boy was intentionally in a hurry, they would never catch up with Sade.
"D*mn it! D*mn it!" The sinister man who had missed the opportunity glared at Vern as if he wanted to eat him up. At the same time, the others also gave Vern hostile looks. After all, it was Vern who was too arrogant and couldn't keep a low profile that had cost them their golden opportunity. Vern was finally made aware of his mistake during a conversation with others. However, Vern wasn't convinced. Vern couldn't believe that the little guy with lightning magic would be stronger than he was. He didn't believe that he had to defeat Sade to prove that he was better than him. All of this was that kid's fault!
In the end, they had missed the opportunity so the sinister man and his companions decided to follow their original plan and headed to the Kingdom of Herlock to find the Minister. After all, since they couldn't capture Sade, their goal had to turn to Philomena instead. Otherwise, they wouldn't have any answer for the Third Prince.