Chapter 296: Giving the Dragonman Youngster Presents
It was logical for the dragonman youngster to surmise it was Bu Quan.
He knew Bu Quan was an alchemy great master and had many alchemy workshops in Snow Bird Harbor. Someone with her status and strength would find it far easier to give gold level medicine than an ordinary person.
He also knew that Bu Quan had sent him an invitation letter, saying they had a mercenary mission she wanted to discuss, giving her a motive.
Both of them combined led the dragonman youngster to this conjecture.
But Zi Di shook her head and told him and Zong Ge, “The gold level medicine isn’t from Bu Quan, but Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord.”
This morning, after Zi Di and the dragonman youngster had their discussion, she had told the outside world that the dragonman youngster needed to rest.
Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord had learned that the dragonman youngster had been wounded by penetration power and decided to gift this batch of medicine.
Zong Ge responded, “Penetration power is very rare, but Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord was able to immediately provide medicine focused on it. Doing this is not so easy.”
Zi Di analyzed, “According to our intelligence reports, Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord was born into one of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s great noble clans.”
“His contacts and channels obviously surpass the Bayonet Gang’s.”
The dragonman youngster nodded, showing his agreement.
The top powers in Snow Bird Harbor were the four gold levels. It could be said that the first amongst them was considered to be Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord.
Zi Di continued on, “The City Lord’s people didn’t just send this gold level medicine, he also invited the Lord Commander to dinner again. The messenger specifically mentioned that it will be worthwhile for you to attend.”
“Anyways, I already tactfully refused on your behalf.”
The dragonman youngster replied, “The right decision, since we declared we needed a period of self-cultivation, that will be carried out. If we opened up for the city Lord here, it would be hard to explain to others.”
Both the dragonman youngster and Zong Ge were treating this as a brief interlude.
After lunch, they continued practicing.
The dragonman youngster was visibly improving!
Because this time, he not only had the Grand Arena Medal helping him, but Zong Ge too.
Zong Ge was absolutely a qualified teacher.
To be more precise, he was an excellent military instructor!
Zong Ge was very savvy at training troops, and when it came to training the dragonman youngster, he was just as effective.
“In just an afternoon, your short spear mastery has gone from nothing to an experienced user. Under normal circumstances, a soldier needs at least 5 years to get to your level of mastery.”
The dragonman youngster’s progress was fairly immense, and Zong Ge was deeply moved by this.
“Another thing.” When Zong Ge said that he looked at the dragonman youngster with somewhat complicated feelings.
“You are a natural fighter!”
“You are very good at learning, and your comprehension is quite high. You have the highest comprehension out of anyone I’ve met.”
The dragonman youngster was somewhat hesitant, “Really? The more I use the Grand Arena Medal, the more I can feel its value. During training, there are many things that are hard to convey with or cannot be articulated with words. However, when I use the pertinent experience from the Grand Arena Medal, and pour that profound meaning into myself, I am given a shortcut that can bypass the language barrier.”
But Zong Ge shook his head, “I didn’t mean that. Don’t forget, I also used the Grand Arena Medal and know how the battle experience it gives helps me.”
“Your learning talent is quite astounding, perhaps you haven’t realized it yet.”
“Before you started absorbing battle experience from the Grand Arena Medal, it had happened many times already. So long as you put in the hours, you can learn the essentials and deduce many things from a single instance during training.”
“The more significant phenomenon I noticed is after you learned many moves, you were able to fine tune them.”
“Is that so?” The dragonman youngster’s eyes widened slightly, feeling puzzled.
Zong Ge affirmed it, “You don’t feel it yourself, but it is what makes you so valuable.”
“Because your body self corrects and adjusts.”
“The movements I taught you came from me, and my body is different from yours.”
“These movements suit me and were the produce of hard work and numerous revisions, while you, who just started to learn and practice them, have grasped them.”
“But so long as you know them a little, your body can adjust itself, the adjustments are very small, but very fine. After these adjustments, these things will become things that fit you.”
“Don’t look down on this.”
“Many people don’t have such improvements and will use another’s things for their entire lives.”
“Through long periods of diligent training, battle, and the polish of fierce fights, experts are able to adjust themselves.”
“A fighter’s talent is not just about their mind, but also about their bodies too.”
“This is different from those scholars.”
“I can say for sure that your fighting talent is quite good, quite astounding.”
The dragonman youngster couldn’t help but lament in his thoughts, “The Flame Dragon King bloodline is worthy of being legend level!”
Zong Ge continued, “Now think back to when you learned penetration power.”
“Your fighting talent should have played an important role in that.”
Zong Ge had trained many soldiers and had been born into a great noble family. He had a wide horizon and from childhood had experienced all kinds of elite figures.
His assessment of the dragonman youngster’s talent was apropos.
When the sunset glow filled the sky, Zong Ge stopped training.
“Based on today’s rate of progress, in three days you will have a deep mastery of all of the techniques I have taught you.”
“They will be combat ready.”
“I have never seen such unprecedented improvement. Don’t divulge this wantonly, especially to our mercenaries.”
“It will negatively affect and heavily impact their daily training.”
Zong Ge intentionally reminded him before leaving.
If others knew about this, that someone did in three days what took them five years, it was sure to severely disturb their state of mind.
The dragonman youngster was relying on the Grand Arena Medal, Zong Ge, as well as his outstanding fighting gifts to make mind startling training results.
The dragonman youngster and Zong Ge entered the dining room together.
At this time, Zi Di came over to them.
Zi Di brought over a blanket and put it on the table.
This attracted the dragonman youngster’s and Zong Ge’s gaze, while simultaneously making them feel a bit puzzled.
The blanket was a reddish brown, it was made of soft fur, tight knitting, portrayed an exquisite design, and emitted a silver level aura.
Zi Di presented it, “This is the warm current sleeping blanket. It itself has no healing capabilities, but it can increase the medicinal effect of other things. It can spread the effects of magic medicine evenly across a person to ever corner of their body or concentrate it on an injury.”
“By a conservative estimate, the warm current sleeping blanket can improve the healing effect of something by 30%.”
“Its practical qualities are not in doubt. It can help any medicine heal you.”
After the dragonman youngster heard this, he suddenly understood what was going on.
“This kind of practical equipment should be seldom seen on the market.”
“Let me guess, we didn’t buy this today.”
“Did it come from the City Lord again?”
“You guessed correctly.” Zi Di forced a smile, still looking worried, “Tonight, Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord sent people over with this present, saying he was giving it to you, Lord Commander, so you could heal.”
For a moment, the dragonman youngster and Zong Ge pursed their brows.
At noon, Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord had sent gold level medicine. Then in the evening, he had sent another very practical silver level treasure as a gift.
Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord’s attitude was excessively cordial.
As the saying goes: respect for the wise will have people looking for it.
“What is this City Lord after?” Zong Ge questioned.
“That’s what I’m worried about. Said Zi Di, “When the envoy delivered this present, they also passed on a message. Snow Bird Habor’s city Lord will be coming to the port tonight to check on how the Lord Commander is doing.”
The dragonman youngster stopped chewing his food, and his brows deeply wrinkled.
He sensed power in Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord’s cordial attitude.
The dragonman youngster had refused Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord’s invitation to dinner and didn’t expect them to come pay a visit.
They were a gold level fighter and also the most powerful local presence in Snow Bird Harbor, yet they treated an outsider like the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps so warmly.
This kind of attitude and action was abnormal.
What did Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord actually want?
In this world, there was never love without reason and never hatred without cause.
What did he want from the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps?
After pondering it for a moment, he couldn’t sit still.
After all, his penetration power injuries were bogus.
Based on the cadence and way Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord was acting, he feared that the next step the former would take would be to bring over a doctor to heal the dragonman youngster.
Of course, that was not the main point.
The main point was what was Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord’s intention?
The dragonman youngster had to take it seriously.
Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord was not just a strong individual, but he also controlled genuine authority.
His attitude and conduct would greatly affect the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
After a moment of contemplation, the dragonman youngster said, “No need for Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord to come over, I will go attend his dinner.”
Allowing Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord to pay a visit would have a greater impact.
Excessive attention from an authoritative figure would often provoke unforeseen consequences.
Rather than doing that, it was better for the dragonman youngster to sally out first.
Furthermore, after today, he would accept the invitations of other large powers and converse with them.
When this was done, others would realize the dragonman youngster’s wounds weren’t so serious.
This would reduce the amount of time the dragonman youngster had to prepare for battle.
But at the same time, it would minimize the negative effects as much as possible.
This was the more dependable move.
Zong Ge’s gaze deepened, “In his invitation letter, Snow Bird Harbor’s City Lord stated that he had a very important matter to discuss with the commander.”
“Regardless of what this matter is, I can smell trouble brewing.”
It was clear this trouble could not be avoided.