Chapter 65 Choose Me
The four of them turned around and looked at him.
The principal looked surprised and said, "No, what did you just say?"
"I say," Ares repeated, "Why am I not included in the list of options? Can they be his teachers, but not me?"
Callisto and Reed are both absolutely strong men of the human race, but Ares is even stronger than both of them. Why must Lu Yi choose one of these two instead of him?
"In terms of strength, I should be no worse than anyone else."
Ares said slowly, his expression calm, but his confidence was hidden in his calm words.
"Yes, your strength is indeed better than anyone else..." The principal first followed his words. "But..."
"You are not an option because you never told me about it before?" The principal looked helpless.
"We only knew about your visit at the last minute..."
The principal knew in advance that Kalisto and Reed would come to the freshman competition award ceremony.
Only this human-shaped historical Ares appeared suddenly without any warning.
Even the usually calm Callisto was surprised when he saw this man appear.
Having said that, the principal turned to look at Callisto and Reed.
"Both of them informed me in advance and expressed their intention to become Lu Yi's godfather and teacher. But Ares, you suddenly came without even saying hello. Who could have guessed your thoughts?"
Callisto nodded.
Reed also smiled and said, "Yeah, first come, first served~ But I didn't expect you to come here. After all, the last time I saw you was decades ago. I didn't expect that you would come to snatch my students away after seeing me again..."
"He's not your student yet," Ares corrected.
"Yes, yes." The principal seemed to be afraid that Lu Yi would feel pressured and said repeatedly, "We are not forcing Lu Yi to make a choice, but just giving him the possibility of choice..."
As the principal spoke, he glanced at Lu Yi again.
Having said that, the principal thought that Lu Yi would not really choose no one, right?
After all, these are all truly extremely powerful people, the only three ninth-level magicians in the human race.
If even they couldn't become Lu Yi's godfather and teacher, then he couldn't think of anyone else who could teach Lu Yi.
"Then I can also be a possibility." Ares said.
He was clearly speaking to the principal, but his eyes were fixed on Lu Yi.
When Lu Yi saw his meaningful gaze, his thoughts began to wander again.
What kind of look is this?
Did Ares know that the god who represented war and murder was also named Ares?
Lu Yi couldn't see through his gaze, so he turned from passive to active, met his gaze directly, and smiled with the corners of his mouth raised.
Ares instead moved the light away and looked back at the principal.
[“Xiao Ba, he’s panicking, he’s panicking! He must know that I know!”] Lu Yi said affirmatively.
Although it was just an action of looking away without any other meaning, Lu Yi inexplicably felt that this was Ares' hint.
--I'm watching you.
——Looking at you when you are not looking at me.
His sudden idea was completely unfounded, yet it was credible despite its absurdity.
Lu Yi believed that his three high buffs would bring him some extra intuitive sharpness from time to time.
Just like Ares looking away at this moment.
Lu Yi was suspicious, but he followed Ares's gaze and looked at the principal.
The principal didn't notice the little exchange of glances between the two.
He just saw that Ares really wanted to accept Lu Yi, and he felt half helpless and half happy for Lu Yi.
After all, Ares is very powerful, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is the strongest person in the human race.
If he were Lu Yi's guide, Lu Yi would definitely be able to avoid many detours in the future.
The gifts that the long years bring to Ares are intangible and omnipresent.
If Lu Yi can learn even a little from Ares, it will be of great benefit! The principal thought.
"Well, it seems that having students who are too outstanding is also a burden..." The principal said with a forced smile but actually proudly.
"But whether it will succeed or not depends on Lu Yi's own choice."
The principal patted Lu Yi on the shoulder and stood beside him facing the three people.
"Lu Yi, do you have anything you want to ask?" The principal turned to look at the three people, "Or is there anything you want to fight for?"
Lu Yi shook his head and said sincerely: "All the seniors are extremely outstanding magicians. I am honored that you are willing to accept me as a student. I don't have anything to ask."
Before Ares joined, Lu Yi did have some questions he wanted to ask Callisto and Reed.
He actually didn't have any obvious preference between the two, and could only judge who he was more suitable for by asking some questions.
As for the third option that no one chooses?
Impossible.
It is impossible not to choose!
Lu Yi is not a fool. The two strongest thighs of the human race in this world are stretched out in front of him for him to hug.
He was a fool to choose to fight alone instead of choosing anyone else.
Lu Yi was just struggling over who to choose.
Callisto and Reed almost represent two of the three major forces of the human race at present.
The Holy See, the Magic Association, and the royal aristocracy are the three major forces in this tripod.
Lu Yi himself is a recognized nobleman. No matter who he chooses as his godfather or teacher, it will involve the fusion of forces.
Should he choose Pope Callisto who represents the Holy See, or Reed who has the Magic Association standing behind him?
Lu Yi originally wanted to determine his answer through a few questions.
But Ares's sudden intervention made him change his mind.
Others don’t know that Ares is the name of a god, but Lu Yi knows it!
This person is not just the strongest person among human beings, but also an existence that has a close connection with the gods.
If Lu Yi follows Callisto and Reed to learn, perhaps he can be more successful on the road to becoming a ninth-level great magician, but if he follows Ares, he may be able to touch the realm of God.
Can humans become gods?
Lu Yi didn’t know.
But if this path works—
Lu Yi was so overwhelmed by his own bold ideas that even his breathing became heavy.
God.
An unimaginable road suddenly appeared before him.
[“857, I think I may be a little too proud. I dare to think of anything…”]
Lu Yi took a few deep breaths silently and suppressed the complicated thoughts in his mind.
No.
He cannot set too high expectations, he has to take one step at a time, one cannot become fat in one breath.
No matter what Ares's identity is, Lu Yi is just a small apprentice magician now.
Lu Yi's momentary distraction did not have any impact.
After adjusting his breathing very quickly, he looked seriously at Callisto who seemed to be about to say something.
Callisto smiled and simply said, "Lu Yi, I've said this to you before, but I want to say it to you again."
"The Church will be your home." Callisto paused and continued softly, "I will be your family too."
Godfathers are family too.
[Tsk, playing the emotional card? What a scheming person!] 857 said with a tsk tsk.
【But it's no use! 】
Its host is an emotionless shark!
Although he doesn’t say that he fully understands Lu Yi, 857 dares to claim that he understands him a little.
At the very least, it could see that Lu Yi had no special inclination towards the Pope other than his desire for the power of a strong man.
Perhaps the only special sign also originated from West Asia.
"Oh, oh, oh, Braceside is your home too..." Reed laughed strangely.
He glanced at Callisto. As a fellow ninth-rank great magician, although Reed respected Callisto's status as Pope, if he was to say he was afraid of him, then of course he was not afraid at all.
After all, you are strong and I am strong too, and they don't need either side to give in to each other in order to get along with each other.
But get along naturally.
After Reed finished laughing at Callisto, he turned around and looked at Lu Yi seriously.
"Lu Yi, you are an extremely rare awakener who has a high affinity for all magic elements, and the subject I have been studying for nearly fifty years is the fusion and separation between various magic elements."
Reed stretched out his hand, and small flames and small streams swirled and intertwined, forming a cluster of gorgeous red and blue light flowers on his palm.
Water and fire are mutually repelling elements. Even a magician who possesses both water and fire elements cannot use two mutually repelling elements at the same time.
Lu Yi still remembered the class taught by the dual-element magician that he had specially attended before. At that time, the old professor who was extremely good at dual-element water and fire magic asserted that it was reasonable to control water in one hand and fire in the other, but controlling water and fire with one hand at the same time was against the laws of magic and could not be done.
After that class, Lu Yi tried to run the conflicting elements on one hand at the same time, but he didn't succeed every time.
With the old professor's words, he thought that this was the fixed law of elements.
But it was not until today that Lu Yi saw the intertwined flowers of water and fire in Reed's palm.
[“It’s over, 857 I’m so excited, this is my chosen teacher!”]
Crazy heartbeat, this is the best description of Lu Yi's mood at the moment.
Becoming a god or not is just a vague and faint possibility.
But Reed's magic research is a real benefit.
Nothing is more exciting to Lu Yi, a full-element magician, than the fusion and separation of magic elements.
【Go to him! 】
857 was enjoying the fun and even wanted to start a fire and make the three big guys fight for Lu Yi.
A big fight would be interesting to watch!
【Fight, fight, fight! 】
He didn't know if it was because 857 kept making strange noises in his ears that when Lu Yi looked at the three people, he really felt a mysterious smell of gunpowder.
But the next second, Lu Yi realized that this was not his illusion.
Because Ares had quietly extended his hand at some point.
On his palm, six-colored elemental flames intertwined to form an extremely brilliant and dazzling ball of light.
The six strands of elemental flames danced on his palms, and the flowing light was lively and energetic.
Lu Yi looked stunned and asked in shock: "Are you also an awakener with affinity for all elements?"
[“…Wait, indeed, they are all gods. Does this count as a dimensionality reduction attack? If you want to find a few elemental affinities for yourself, then find a few elemental affinities for yourself?”]
[“I bet his affinity for dark elements is full!”]
Ares smiled.
But that smile seemed like a silent provocation.
The fusion and separation of magical elements?
Not only can he do it, but he can do it better than Reed.
He couldn't find any reason why Lu Yi wouldn't choose him.
But Ares seemed to still be bothered by Lu Yi's excited expression. After extinguishing the elemental flame in his hand, he said lightly: "I happened to be studying fusion and separation in the past hundred years."
Really? I don't believe it. Lu Yixin said while glancing at him.
Ares failed to see Lu Yi's excitement, and his smile faded a little. He continued as if no one was around, "In the past hundred years, my strength has also improved a lot."
As soon as he said this, everyone else in the room looked at him.
"Congratulations!" The principal was the first to break the silence among the crowd, "Now the group of people from the Magic Association will have to revise the textbooks in a big way!"
The principal pretended to be humorous and said, "I just wonder if their theory will be broken as well..."
After all, according to the current mainstream view, due to the lack of certain elements on the Isaiah continent, the human race is simply unable to cross the shackles of the ninth-level magician and become a holy-level magician. No matter how long you have been a ninth-level magician and how much your magic power has skyrocketed, you cannot continue to break through and make further progress.
The principal still remembered that the last time he saw Ares, he had already reached the peak of the ninth-level magician.
But now he says that his strength has improved.
Could it be that - he has already crossed that threshold?
But the promotion of a ninth-rank magician to a holy magician did not cause any anomalies? Did it happen quietly like this?
The principal couldn't imagine that, because Ares deliberately suppressed his magic power, he couldn't even sense the slightest magic fluctuation from him, and had no way of judging his current strength.
He could only stare at Ares with a fiery gaze.
Ares did not react at all despite the burning gazes from several people, and only looked at Lu Yi intently.
It was not until Lu Yi also showed some curiosity that he slowly spoke.
“Then they can indeed revise the textbooks.”
Ares did not directly answer the principal's implicit question, but a clear answer was given behind his words.
The principal held his breath and his eyelashes trembled slightly.
His voice trembled uncontrollably as he asked softly, "So you are now... a Saint-level magician?"
Ares looked at Lu Yi and nodded slightly.
The principal took a deep breath and murmured, "Those stubborn theorists are really going crazy now..."
A theory that has been firmly believed for hundreds of years suddenly became a piece of empty talk, and hundreds of derivative theories based on this theory have also become castles in the air... Who can bear this?
Reed nodded in approval and said with emotion: "I thought I would be a ninth-level magician for the rest of my life..."
He looked at Ares, who had no expression on his face, with extremely complicated feelings.
Sometimes he felt envious, wishing he was the one who made the breakthrough; sometimes he wanted to catch him and ask him about the opportunity and process of his breakthrough.
But no matter how complicated the emotions are, they will eventually turn into fighting spirit.
The reason why Reed has been so obsessed with studying the fusion and separation of magic elements over the years is to explore the possibility of a breakthrough.
He studied it for decades but didn't see any hope of success.
In recent years, Reed even began to waver, wondering whether the theories of some magic scholars that he scoffed at were the truth.
It is impossible for the human race to break through to the level of a Saint-level magician.
Otherwise, why have he and Callistoka been at the peak of the ninth level for so many years without finding any possibility of advancement?
The only possibility is that this path is simply not feasible.
But Ares' promotion gave Reed hope again.
Even the fire of hope grew stronger and stronger in just a few breaths, burning his internal organs.
He looked at Ares with burning eyes, but Ares looked at Lu Yi with burning eyes.
Lu Yi was also a little dazed at this moment.
He also knew the theory and understood what Ares' promotion meant.
"Too strong..." Lu Yi murmured softly.
Although his voice was very low, the people in the room were all people with sharp senses, and they had different reactions when they heard his muttering.
Reed and the principal both nodded slightly in agreement, while Callisto looked at Lu Yi with an inexplicable expression, as if he was a little jealous.
Ares took in everyone's reactions, especially Callisto's expression which made his fingertips twitch slightly.
He rubbed his fingertips silently and said calmly: "If you become my disciple, you can also be so strong."
Ares' expression was indifferent, but his eyes looking at Lu Yi were burning.
The only thing he didn't say was "choose me".
[“It’s over, 857, I’m really excited about this!”]
【Go to him! 】
"Teacher!" Lu Yi changed his words decisively.
The three people in front of him turned their heads and looked at him at the same time.
Even Callisto, who usually remained calm even when faced with a catastrophe, seemed a little stunned.
Everyone seemed surprised at his decisive choice.
Under everyone's gaze, Lu Yi realized it belatedly and felt a little embarrassed.
He smiled shyly and said, "When becoming a disciple, the main thing is to be brave."
"I said I feel I have a connection with Lord Ares. Do you believe me?" Lu Yi looked straight at Ares. "I also have a good friend with black hair and black eyes..."
The principal smiled and said, "Really? Then it is indeed fate. Features like black hair and black eyes are rare."
"Yes, especially since they both have long black hair, if you look closely they seem to be somewhat similar."
The principal became interested when he heard it, "Similar? If I didn't know that Ares was single, I would have thought you met his child, hahaha!"
"Wait--" The principal's laughter disappeared, and his smile became a little stiff. "It's been decades since we last met. Ares, you didn't get married and have children in these decades, did you?"
"Of course not."
Ares, who had previously answered all his questions very slowly, suddenly changed his tone and seemed to be particularly concerned about the principal's question, so he denied it decisively.
“I always keep to myself.”
He said this while looking at Lu Yi.
Lu Yi was a little confused by his gaze, thinking, what does it have to do with him if you are alone? It's not like he stopped him from finding a partner.
Of course, although he thought so in his heart, Lu Yi would never say so out loud.
He just said to Ares: "Teacher, can I stay with you?"
The blond boy's eyes were clear, just as pure and flawless as the ones Ares accidentally saw through the statue of light in the temple.
Ares nodded slightly, and his voice became slightly gentler.
"Of course you can. You will be my student from now on, so naturally you have to stay by my side."
Ares looked at Lu Yi seriously and said, "If you are my student, you will be my one and only student."
"I will have no other students or disciples."
Pope Callisto, who has many disciples, and Reed, the honorary professor of Braceside, were both silent and glanced at Ares.
The principal standing by understood the undercurrent between the few people and was quite amused.
These three people, the three strongest people in the human race, are no different from those children in the orphanage fighting for the most beloved and beautiful dolls.
In his hundred years of life, he had never seen such a scene!
Three top masters were fighting for an apprentice magician to be their exclusive student, and they were secretly jealous because they didn't win.
I'm afraid no one would believe such a scene even if it was written in unofficial history?
After all, these three people——
The principal looked at the three of them.
His Holiness Pope Callisto, the only merciful saint to be crowned with divinity, is now eating in silence.
Reed, the president of the Magic Association, is a calm and free-spirited socialite who can get along well with everyone. But now he looks at his old friend in an unfriendly manner.
And the strongest human being, who was always elusive and indifferent as if he would not care if he died the next second, was now like a victorious rooster, staring at the losers in front of him with bared teeth and claws, and he was as proud as he could be.
Even though the principal had always been particularly fond of Lu Yi, a student with extraordinary talent, he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Lu Yi.
How could I have deserved such favor from these three powerful men?
But at that time his gaze turned back to Lu Yi again.
The boy is bright and unrestrained, and his eyes are full of publicity that makes people want to protect him well. His appearance is extremely outstanding, but his personality is unexpectedly good.
The principal suddenly felt that everything happening before his eyes was understandable.
Be it favoritism or indulgence.
In this world, there is always such a person. Even if he does nothing and just stands there quietly, there will always be people who prefer him and love him truly.
And Lu Yi is that kind of person.
Didn't he himself want to take Lu Yi as his last student when he first saw him?
It's just that he knows that he can't compete with others who covet the treasure.
The author has something to say:
I was so exhausted from choosing on the writing platform that the teachers I liked either didn't have time or the writing fee was too expensive to hire. In the end, I even found a template group, but Western fantasy is too niche and there are no suitable templates at all (in the end, I found a template that I liked based on the preview, so happy)
It really takes up too much time. I might as well use this time to write more words to update for my wives!
So in the end I changed the cover back, the original cover is pretty good too (lie down peacefully)
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