Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 109
Chapter 109: A disciple’s problems
Incredulous, Henriksson stared Hans in the eyes.
“Don’t fuck with me! how could my master ever…
‘Bang’
A good and old punch managed to shut his mouth before he could go any further in his useless talk.
‘Ahh!!’ cried to himself the young man touching his head where he had just received a hit.
‘Look at him, just a few minutes and he’s already back to his old self, maybe I should’ve left him in that basement for another couple of days.
Mhh, actually, he probably would’ve died, when I got there I almost mistook him for a skeleton.
Anyway, how do I prove that his master is dead?’
“Do you really think your master is still alive?”
Asked Hans to the man.
“I do, don’t try to convince me of anything else.
These kinds of mind tricks won’t work on me.”
“Sigh… well then, I’ll tell you the truth, I don’t care if you won’t believe me, you’ll manage to realize I was right sooner or later”
‘For now, I’m trapped in here, but as soon as master comes he’ll get me out.
I just have to hold on until he saves me, and listening to this guy isn’t a bad way to buy time.
Hans began to speak, and his first words already caught the other man’s attention
“You must’ve heard the whistle a few days ago right?
It was your master…
He had come here in person, we initially thought he would’ve negotiated for your life, but as soon as we stepped outside the academy’s barrier he attacked us.
It wasn’t only him, a group of seven awakened followed him, four males, two females, and an old man.”
Hans had described precisely the genders and the ages of the people to make his story more truthful, and let the man in front of him understand that the things he was talking about had occurred.
And as hoped, Hans seemed to have caught the other party’s attention.
‘That… does sound exactly like the special forces squad that master moves around, how does he know?
Did they really come here?
Was that it when I heard the whistle?
If so, why didn’t they come to pick me up?
Did they perhaps… give up on m-
“Well, that’s it for today, I’ll tell you the rest tomorrow”
Said Hans, getting up from the chair and walking away
‘What…’
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“Wait!”
Shouted the man, causing Hans to turn around and look at him with a smug smile on his face.
“What is it?”
“This… please tell me, I want to know”
“Not so uninterested anymore, are you?”
“Sigh”
“Alright then, if you really cared so much about it you would know what these are…
A small item was thrown in the hair, landing precisely into the man’s hands.
It was a little dagger, but similarly to a kunai, it had no handle for a hand-to-hand fight or knife throwing, instead, it was pierced in the back, making it easy to control by operating wires and ropes.
Even though it was a rare weapon, the reaction displayed by Henriksson was simply too much.
“This… how?! How do you have this?!”
On the bottom of the dagger’s blade, was written a little inscription, that said:
“Mr.Llucetti”
‘This is a dagger made out of extremely precious iron, infused with mana, and worked for countless hours.
It is also famous, and the reason for that is my master: he had bid almost ten million dollars to buy it, and even more shockingly, he had gifted it to one of his subordinates.
That is right, a gift, a person who had always been greedy, who didn’t even give out money to his disciple, or his friends, had made such an expensive gift.
The person it was gifted to was one of his subordinates… the special squad team leader, when it was time for him to step down from his position.
And that person…
“…He died by my hands.
That fool was with your master, so he got caught up in the battle”
Honestly speaking, Hans almost forgot about him, he was the old man who had his neck sliced by Hans’s wind spell.
The only useful things about that man were the strings he had with him, which had been used by Hans afterward to carry the old man’s fainted teammates.
“I… I don’t believe this… I can’t believe this”
Shocked, Henriksson didn’t speak, leaving enough silence for Hans to finish the explanation of his story
When the young man came to realize that his master had died, however, he didn’t seem that saddened.
“Aren’t you upset?”
“Upset? Of course, I’m upset, but…
I’m worried”
“Worried?”
“Yes, I’m worried.
Now that master is dead, people who hold grudges against him will try to find me.
And if you’ve really met him, then you know that there must be a lot of people who hate him based on his behavior.”
‘This guy… he’s right.
sucks to be him’
“In that case… since no one knows what happened here, why don’t you go back to the Immortal Construction and make it seem like he has never left?”
“Would you let me go?”
“If you sign a contract stating that you’ll forever send over thirty percent of the company income and guarantee immediate support at every call… I may think about it.”
‘It is going to be a legal bomb when it is discovered that we killed Lans.
He owes many favors and has many friends, so everyone who has something to do with him will come to us either for compensation or with an accusation.
If we could just get this guy to cover up everything then it would be the best solution we could hope for.’
Unfortunately, his offer was refused.
“I can’t go back there”
“Then… how about you stay in that basement for another month or so? Do you think you’ll change ideas?”
“Th-that’s not what I meant, I literally can’t.
Master has always been greedy, not only with his money but also with the power over the company.
Not only did he oppress all the other representatives of the investors, but he also never shared a single shred of authority with me.
This means that If I tried to take control of that company right now faking master’s commands, I would be discovered and brought down in a bat of an eye.
Also, they don’t like me, since I always hid behind Master, they would gladly tear me to pieces.
If a random person tried to take control of Immortal Construction right now, they would have a higher chance of succeeding than me.”
“You have no use for them… Should I just let the dean handle you?”
“I-i can do my best, please, don’t…”
‘Oh gosh… she must be hella scary when there’s no one around for him to react like this.
Since he can’t take over immortal construction, he’s pretty much useless other than as a fake testimony.
Oh… actually, if I do ‘that’ he might still be of some help.’
“Now that I think about it, you don’t have any circles anymore right?”
“Yes” replied Henriksson with his head lowered.
“That woman destroyed them as soon as she captured me, and most of my mana is now dispersed.
I don’t know how much it would take, but I don’t think I will ever be able to return to the fourth circle ever again”
Hans caught a glimpse of the man’s status window before smiling like a devil.
Seeing his lips turn up, Henriksson thought Hans was making fun of him, but he had completely misunderstood the situation.
“Do you want another chance?”
“At what? Rebuilding my circles? That’s basically impossible”
“No, not that, another chance at life”
“Are you planning on killing me?!”
Exclaimed the man.
“No, I just wanted you to reflect on something with me for a second.
How much have you been with your master?”
“About four years”
“And did you know the rainbow barrier skill before meeting him?”
“No, of course not, where are you getting at?”
“Calm down…
aren’t you advancing quite slowly compared to him?”
“Are you really here to make fun of me?!”
“Reply!”
“I, I am”
“Then, have you ever thought about why it is like this?”
A shook of the man’s head was all it took for Hans to make sense of the word he had just said:
“Do you think it’s because he’s smarter? Or because he puts in more effort? Or maybe because you have much more to do?
It’s none… how come your master gets stronger even while raiding gates only a couple of times a month? Do you know that?”
“I don’t”
“It’s really simple, and I’ll tell you his secret right now…
The reason why he can improve so fast is because of his class, to be more precise, his
Unique class…
And you… have a chance of reawakening.
[name: Henriksson
…
{has a chance of awakening the hidden class: Barrier Grandmaster.
Awakening method: create a barrier of your own.
Condition: has to be stronger than any barrier you take inspiration from}
]
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