Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 227

Chapter 227: Keen Observation
No one dared to even breathe, as the scene unfolded before their eyes.

‘What am I seeing?… Freya, probably the strongest mage in the world, known because of her spells, which come close to perfection, is getting… beaten around by a young man still in his teens.

If I had known things would’ve ended up like this… I wouldn’t have invited her here.’

The New York branch leader had just begun realizing his mistakes, and the woman’s face was still in the young man’s grasp.

Using her mana to resist Hans’s telekinesis, she finally managed to open her mouth and blabber what she had been meaning to say for a while.

“You little fucker! Let go of me right this moment!”

‘Oh? She also mastered telekinesis… she is using it in opposition to mine in order to negate its effects, but it doesn’t seem like she can keep up with my spell.’

What Hans found interesting, for others was a nightmare…

‘I am using my tier-7 telekinesis, one of the spells I’ve trained the most and that I am most familiar with, it has always been a trump card up my sleeve, and even if it still hasn’t been upgraded to the eighth tier, my spell is still well above any average seventh tier ones…

So how come… how come all I can do is barely allow my mouth to move?! My spell is being… triumphed upon by this brat’s…

Her eyes began filling with fear, as some unpleasant memories emerged once again in her mind…

‘It-it’s just like that time… he’s just like that woman… he-he’s a monster…’

The blurred figure of a woman appeared in Freya’s mind… that pointy hat, and that smug laugh on her face…

It made her blood boil…

‘Just like her… another anomaly… Hans Richter..’

“Die!”

In an instant, a ball of mana formed just beside the two of them, and it was then launched towards the young man.

The smoke caused by the explosion of the mana bullet filled the entire room, and some of the old men, who couldn’t stand Hans’s attitude, smiled at the sight.

However, Freya’s face was still filled with fear and anger…

‘That mana bullet had a force equivalent to that of a fifth-tier spell…

Why is it?… that this force holding me in place still hasn’t been released’

She understood that her spells did not have any effect, and she began despairing.

The others also understood the situation, and those who were previously happy about Hans’s loss were now taken aback.

“I am done playing with you”

Hans said.

“How?!”

The woman asked confused…

“What? Your spell? That Wasn’t even worth parrying, something of that level wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

‘This is…

“You must think this is impossible… after all, you’ve become accustomed to thinking you’re untouchable haven’t you, but see…”

Hans said as he patted her shoulder…

“… I can touch you, and not only that…

If I wanted to, I could also kill you.

It’s better if you don’t hold it against me, after all, how many people have you already forced into your guild? How many people’s lives have you ruined just to make them join your stupid group of perfectionists? all because of your stupid greed”

“Greed… sure, it might be greed…”

Her eyes regained a hint of life as she remembered her purpose…

“But is it greedy to research perfection? Is it greedy for me to help everyone with my abilities?”

That annoying smug face of hers had returned, since she felt good while slapping Hans on the face with what she thought to be the truth.

But Hans just watched her as she spoke, showing her nothing but disgust…

“Your abilities were given to you for you to slay monsters… but who am I to talk? I’m not an embodiment of justice myself… treating everyone as if they were inferior to you isn’t the reason you’re being held like this…

The only reason is… you’ve done it to the wrong person.

Next time you want to threaten someone, at least make sure you’re capable of backing up your threats…”

The situation was out of hand…

The young mage seemed to have gone mad, and Freya was in danger, some people called for assistance, while some leaders who had previously bad-mouthed Hans took the chance to slip away, and someone even thought of intervening to stop them…

‘I am an SS-rank warrior, but I won’t be able to stand a chance against an eighth-tiered mage… there must be a way…’

“Sir, what do we want to do?”

The third leader of the New York defense department asked, disturbing the dwarf from his thoughts.

‘That’s right!’

The New York branch leader suddenly remembered…

‘I would never be able to take care of a calamity like that brat alone, but… I am not alone am I?’

“T-the special guest is under attack!!”

He screamed.

“Lend me your help in subduing that crazed mage and I will personally grant you a magnanimous reward”

‘It’s not only me and the third team leader… Freya is also here and with the help of all the other branch leaders…’

But his perfect plan crumbled in an instant as three people surrounded Hans, ready to fight to protect him from any outside attacks.

And they weren’t just any nobodies… two SS ranks and one person on the peak of S-rank…

Ava, Garrison, and Caleb had taken Hans’s side without a single doubt.

“What?!”

“They’re protecting the boy?!”

“Have they gone insane?”

“But… who will attack him with those three by his side?”

“What’s the problem? We are more than sixty, they’re just four!”

“That’s right! Don’t fear those fools! If they don’t follow the association’s rules, then they must be punished, no matter their rank…

Wasn’t that the purpose of the association in the first place?… Managing awakened should be our specialty!”

The New York branch leader tried to raise the others’ morale, but he himself wasn’t sure about what was going on…

‘Ava?! That bitch keeps getting in the way… if it wasn’t because of her position I would’ve dealt with her ages ago…’

“I’m sorry but count me out of this”

Philadelphia’s branch leader, a distinguished old man known for his righteousness and polite manners even toward normal people, stepped out of the fight.

“I advise you to do the same thing…”

He said, talking to all the others beside him.

“What?! Mr. Edward, is this because we are taking the wrong side? Do you think that arrogant boy is worth our trust?”

One of his assistants couldn’t help but ask.

Everyone who was unsure of what to do listened to the old man’s reply.

“Apart from this battle’s morals which are quite questionable, I think taking action against that brat will bring all of you more trouble than else… Do you see those three people? You might be familiar with Ava who has recently just broken through the SS rank, but you might also want to know that the San Diego branch leader Caleb has been registered as an S-rank just three years after his awakening, and that was more than one year ago.

Other than those two, the third person, the current branch leader of the Chicago branch has disappeared for more than a year after publicly declaring he would temporarily retire to improve his abilities, and has just recently returned.

He was an A-rank known as a divine shield, and he already had a defense similar to that of an S-rank.

Now, I know for a fact that he is at least an S-rank, meaning his defense should be comparable to a top S-rank at least… not to talk about the boy himself, he is playing around with that eighth circle lady as if she was a normal person… he must have reached the peak of the eighth tier, being just nineteen, in the future, when he’ll become even stronger, what will happen to those who side against him now.

Sacrificing their lives just to take him down… how great of a treasure must it be for you to compensate them, and how many must you have to give one to every person here… if they’re still alive to receive it after this meeting of course…”

He added the last part of his speech as he talked to the New York dwarf.

Other than all the branch leaders who decided to fall back after the keen observation, Hans also listened to everything the man said…

‘Even though he got Garrison’s strength wrong… that old man made a pretty correct assumption… I didn’t know there was someone this smart here apart from Ava and Garrison.., I thought they were all blackheads whose power got to their egos.

Dragging the New York branch leader out of this mess was the third defense team team leader.

“I don’t care about anything else… Hans, surrender this instant, I am talking as the third team leader, if you won’t comply, I may have to call the first team leader”

‘The first team leader?

This brat is he… threatening me of bringing here Elijah?!