Right after these alchemists bragged about themselves, Fane's prowess humiliated them entirely.
Even worse was that Fane had been right. Out of 20 among them who took the test, only two passed. The others might have been just a little bit off or a lot, but not one of them had a perfect score.
Mark's prideful expression was wiped away in an instant.
Rudy's words blatantly put them in an awkward spot, just as he planned on harassing Fane with his fellow disciples to expose Fane to the white-robed man.
Not wanting Rudy to be satisfied with himself, Samuel snorted as he raised his voice, saying, "Fane merely made a blind guess, is all. The others don't know, but you do. The twenty alchemists who took part in the test were all stellar alchemists from the Unbreaking Pavilion, and they wouldn't lose to anyone.
"I saw that a few of them were just a sliver away from passing the test perfectly. Heh! Fane was just lucky to be right."
Samuel raised his chin, sounding sure of himself when he spoke.
Initially, the white-robed man felt rather wary after hearing what Rudy said and started to doubt the alchemists from the Unbreaking Pavilion. However,
his suspicions were cast aside after hearing what Samuel said. Alchemists that were raised by the Unbreaking Pavilion could not be underestimated, that was for certain. Even if Fane had been right, he probably got lucky at the time.
Samuel had seen that quite a few of the Unbreaking Pavilion's disciples were short by one or two pill runes to perfectly pass the test.
Mark turned to look at Samuel with a look of gratitude.
The two of them seemed to share a laugh at that moment. He never expected that Samuel would step up and speak on their behalf. Samuel took the words right out of his mouth!
Of course, Samuel jumped into the verbal exchange for the sake of humiliating Fane, but since he, in a way, did him a favor, he acted as though he intended to side with Mark as though he was generous. When he saw Mark's thankful look, Samuel nodded benevolently.
Anyone who did not understand the relationship between the Compass Pavilion and the Unbreaking Pavilion would have thought that the two of them were sworn brothers. Looking at their faces, Rudy's cold smile deepened.
He snorted as he said, "It's just as I thought. The two of you just have one thought in mind at the moment. You think that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, but you both are just animals to me-two dogs that can only bite people."
Those words were incredibly harsh. Gent immediately rushed forward furiously, but the student behind him pulled him back, stopping him from starting a fight.
If he was the one who started the fight, he would be punished by Prosper City's laws, and by then, they could only watch as lightning struck him, leaving nothing but ashes behind!
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