Chapter 26: Joker

There were four people in the group. On the far left were two girls, and on the right were two boys.

The pleasant voice just now was from Alice.

“I thought it was you when I saw your back.”

Seeing Hughes, the two girls seemed to be relieved and walked forward.

Originally, the two girls had been fighting demon beasts at the foot of the mountain near the basement for the whole day to train their combat ability.

However, when it was past five o’clock in the afternoon, they were about to head back when they met the two boys next to them. They said that they wanted to go down the mountain together.

Since the other party also comprised of mages, she did not reject them.

However, she did not expect that the two of them would be showing off their abilities along the way, making the two of them extremely annoyed.

Now that they saw Hughes, it was naturally as if they had seen their savior.

“Hello, Hughes. My name is Elise. What a coincidence. I didn’t expect to meet you here for the first time.”

The girl beside Alice also greeted him with a smile.

However, when the two boys saw the two girls’ attitude towards Hughes, a hint of displeasure flashed across their faces. However, they quickly recovered their smiling expressions and said, “I’m Derrick.”

“You’re called Hughes, right? I’m Barzel, and this is my companion, Derrick. Nice to meet you.”

When Barzel and Derrick were about to leave after hunting the demon beasts, they bumped into Alice and Elise on the way. Naturally, they were extremely excited.

This was especially so for Alice. Her demon-like figure and angelic appearance made their hearts stir.

Therefore, they found a random reason to follow her down, ready to show off their charm on the way back.

However, on the way back, no matter what he said, the two women’s reactions were neither salty nor indifferent.

Among them, the beauty they coveted the most showed a faint expression of annoyance.

Now, seeing these two beauties smiling at a boy at the same time, they were naturally somewhat displeased.

“Mm.”

His gaze swept over the two of them, and Hughes nodded his head faintly.

Although the expressions of these two boys changed very quickly, he was still keenly aware of their displeasure.

Therefore, he naturally would not be too enthusiastic towards the two of them.

Seeing that Hughes’ reaction was so calm, Brazel’s heart suddenly ignited with an unknown fury, and he immediately wanted to flare up.

But thinking of the two great beauties beside him, he could not help but forcefully suppress the displeasure in his heart and said with a fake smile,

“Hehe, this junior is also a special student like the two beauties, right?”

“Yes.”

Hughes did not want to hang out with him at all, but since they were talking, he still replied indifferently.

“The younger generation is really awesome. You just entered school recently and already started venturing into the catacombs. Amazing!”

“After staying in the catacombs for a day, your harvest should be pretty good, right?”

Barzel chuckled, and a hint of malice flashed in his eyes.

“Pfft!”

Hearing Barzel’s words, the surrounding students could not help but laugh out loud.

Barzel looked at the people around him, puzzled, and then said,

“What? Did I say something wrong?”

“No, no.”

The surrounding students quickly explained when they saw Barzel turning his head to look at them. However, the smile on their faces and eyes made their words not convincing.

Barzel looked at the students around him suspiciously and thought to himself ‘So what if Hughes was a genius? He was not the best.’

No matter how much of a genius he was, he would at most be able to master a Tier 1 spell.

Entering the catacombs would definitely result in nothing!

He steeled his thoughts. He wanted Hughes to make a fool of himself in front of everyone.

Thinking of this, his expression returned to normal.

“It’s alright. It’s just so-so.”

Hughes replied calmly.

Although the mana points that Hughes had obtained from hunting demonic beasts today were not enough to raise his level, it was still a lot of money.

It could be considered a pretty good harvest.

“It’s alright?”

Listening to the indifferent tone of Hughes, Barzel subconsciously took his words as a cover for his lack of harvest.

After all, he had just entered the school and did not have any companions. It would be impossible for him to enter the catacombs alone to kill the demon beasts.

“That’s good.”

Barzel chuckled, then said in an experienced tone, “It’s not bad.”

“For freshmen like you who have just entered the school, it’s definitely not good to enter the catacombs in the beginning. However, it’ll be better if you come a few more times in the future.”

At this moment, Derrick also chimed in:

“Yes, students like you should come here more often to train.”

“Of course, it would be even better if there were mages with more combat experience to guide you.”

“Take Barzel for example. He killed two wind wolves today and obtained two magic cores!”

“These two magic cores can be sold for at least 80,000 dollars outside!”

“Today’s harvest is considered the worst in Barzel’s eyes!”

“So, if you come here again next time, you can ask Barzel to bring you here.”

“No, no, I just happened to meet two gale wolves today.”

Although Barzel’s tone was very humble, he had a proud look on his face.

After saying that, he looked at the two girls and then said,

“Why don’t we exchange contact information? Then we can make an appointment to come to the catacombs together.”

“I’m sorry, I don’t have contact information.”

Alice said with a professional smile.

She didn’t have a good impression of Barzel, so how could she give him her contact information.

“No?”

Barzel’s face instantly turned livid.

Mobile phones were one of the most commonly used tools in modern times.

How could a university student not have a contact number?

There was only one reason for this, and that was that she did not want to give it to him.

Looking at Alice, who was soon chatting with Hughes, a shadow flashed through Barzel’s heart.

Could it be that these two beautiful women were going to leave him just like that?

At this moment, he suddenly saw the inspection door in front of the team. He seemed to have thought of a method, and then he revealed a malicious smile.

When he passed through the inspection door, Hughes’ backpack would definitely be opened for inspection, and the fact that he did not get anything would definitely be discovered!

At that time, the two beautiful women would definitely lie and despise him because of that!

Thinking of this, the smile on Barzel’s face became even brighter. He completely did not care that Alice and Hughes were talking and laughing.

The line shortened quickly, and soon it was Hughes’ turn.