Fane's words struck a sensitive nerve in Samuel. It was true that he did not have the skills to stand up to Fane. He was an alchemist and had naturally spent most of his time in alchemy, thus he could not stand a chance against warriors.
Fane was someone who had defeated Walter, who was a chosen disciple of the Compass Pavilion. Even a chosen disciple of the Compass Pavilion had not been able to beat Fane, let alone an alchemist like him.
Even if all of the present disciples attacked Fane, they might still fail to defeat Fane.
Fane had said that he wanted to use numbers to his advantage, which was not wrong...but Samuel refused to just accept defeat. Fane had pissed him off to a point of no return.
"B*stard! You'll be hit by lightning one day! You'll bow to the Compass Pavilion eventually. Once you exit Prosper City, you'll die!"
Fane took a deep breath as he shot everyone a disdainful glare. He deliberately raised his voice as he replied, "I just said you're using numbers against me. Do you admit that much? If you have the skills, then come fight me now. Otherwise, shut up and leave immediately. Stop wasting my time!"
Samuel went red in anger as he stared at Fane and
shouted, "Just open your eyes and look around you! This is Prosper City, not any other seventh-level city. What's being tested here is alchemy! Do you really think you're even better than us at that?"
Samuel's words resonated with all of the other alchemists, and he was right; they were not in any other seventh-level city but the city specifically meant to test alchemists.
No matter how strong Fane was, Fane was just strong as a warrior. If he wanted to challenge them in alchemy, none of them would back down.
Mark sneered and continued, "Samuel is right. If you dare to, fight us in alchemy. Stop trying to use what you're good at against us all the time. If it's just skill, we're naturally not at your level, but in alchemy? Heh
"You have no right to be pompous toward us in this regard. Most of us here can complete sixty pill runes and perfectly pass the test, bringing three people into Prosper City. Can you do that?"
Mark then looked at Fane's chest in disdain. Fane had a sixth-grade alchemist badge on his chest while those gathered from the Compass Pavilion and the Unbreaking Pavilion were all mostly seventh-grade alchemists. Only a few of the lower-ranked ones were sixth-grade alchemists.
To Mark and Samuel, sixth-grade alchemists meant nothing. Even though Fane was an incredible warrior, he could not possibly contend against them in alchemy, and they strongly believed in this.
Fane let out a faint chuckle as he looked at them calmly. All of them had incredibly confident looks on their faces as though all too sure that they could beat him when it came to alchemy.
That confidence was a joke to Fane.
With everything being said, Fane felt like he just could not escape some things, even if he wanted to.
Initially, all he wanted was to scare away these pests with harsh words, but at this point, he knew that they would never relent. He would only be able to silence them with his skills.
Fane sighed as he monotonously replied, "Listen here: you guys are no match for me, whether it be alchemy or combat. The entry test is nothing to me."
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