When favonovel.com heard favonovel.com master ask about favonovel.com power, Olivia thought for a moment and replied, “I just feel like I’m stronger than before…”
“Can you be more specific?” Milo raised an eyebrow. “What kind of metric did you use to figure that? Why don’t we head out to the wilderness and test out how strong your physical fitness is?”
Under normal circumstances, other than the particular case of Milo, the physical fitness of a supernatural being would increase accordingly with their power.
When they arrived in the wilderness, Milo had Olivia run at full speed and punch a big tree.
To Milo’s surprise, the speed and strength Olivia displayed were comparable to that of his shadow clone!
And the shadow clone’s strength and speed were twice that of Milo’s!
In the past, Milo had deliberately observed that Olivia’s prior speed and strength were already at half the level of his. In other words, in terms of physical fitness alone, Olivia was already four times stronger than before. She was now twice as strong as Milo.
Milo felt a little jealous.
What kind of dogsh*t luck did this woman have?
Other supernatural beings, including Steven Northill and Bill Rourkey, who were the earliest to awaken their powers, only had a physical fitness level that was about the same as Milo’s. In fact, they were not even as strong as Milo.
Yet Olivia, who was brought into the stronghold by Milo and led by hand for a stroll, had achieved what most others could only dream of.
“Then what about your power? Are there any new developments?” Milo asked, “There should be a lot of changes in that area, right?”
Olivia replied, “I only feel that I can make the plants more powerful after taking control of them. I also obtained a new seed ability that I can use to plant a creeper vine.”
When Milo heard Olivia say favonovel.com could plant a creeper vine, favonovel.com nearly choked.
Was it a creeper vine as huge as the one that grew in Stronghold 61?
“Don’t use that power carelessly…” Milo said, “If others see that the creeper vine that you plant looks exactly like the one from Stronghold 61, they might think that you were responsible for that creeper vine from before.”
However, Milo suddenly realized another important point. After the creeper vine had mutated and was absorbed by Olivia, favonovel.com gained the ability to plant a new type of seed.
So, would that mean that if Olivia were to encounter other mutated flora in the future, favonovel.com could also fold them into favonovel.com power?
If that were the case, the variations of Olivia’s power would only grow more abundant. So, it turned out that the variations of favonovel.com power still had the potential to grow.
Milo immediately planted a Potato Shooter in the ground. He looked at Olivia. “This time, do you want to try absorbing the energy of this plant like you did for the creeper vine?”
Olivia did as Milo said, but the Potato Shooter instantly withered!
Milo looked at Olivia. “What happened?”
A green ball of energy within Olivia’s hand materialized into a seed. She said happily, “Master, I can now plant potatoes too!”
“It seems that if we hear about any more mutated plants, I’ll have to take you there to collect them.” Milo frowned and said, “I think I came across an article regarding some exotic plants that were reported about in Hope Media’s newspaper recently. I’ll look for it later when we get back. In the future, we’ll have to start paying more attention to such articles.”
In the current day, not many plants had mutated yet. But even for those that did, they were generally not that aggressive. Otherwise, those people would not have been so slow to react to the creeper vines.
It was definitely a good thing that Olivia had become stronger. The creeper vine seeds might just end up being very useful during critical times.
After returning to town, Milo saw the door of Adrian’s residence wide open. There were two people packing things inside the house.
He asked them, “Where’s the owner of this house?”
When Adrian heard that, favonovel.com came out of the house and said to Milo, “I’ve just received news that I am to return to Bidara City immediately. I enjoyed my time with Brother Milo, but I have to leave now.”
Milo wondered, “Don’t you Riders have a rule that says that you have to stay in a town for a full year? Why are you leaving just like that?”
Milo had realized the rules the Riders lived by were extremely strict. Otherwise, Adrian would surely have stepped into Stronghold 61 to save others during that incident.
So, what could be so important that Adrian had to hurry back to Bidara City no matter what?
Could something have happened to the Vasophati Group in Bidara City?
He remembered Old Mauriat had mentioned that all was not well within the Vasophati Group.
Adrian looked at Milo and said, “It’s definitely urgent if they want me back immediately. I’m really sorry that I can’t tell you the truth.”
“Where’s the threat coming from?” Milo wondered, “The twelve of you Riders are all supernatural beings, so what could possibly threaten y’all?”
Adrian said with a wry smile, “I’m afraid that a large number of superhumans have gathered in Bidara City. There were already people from the Stelaria, Stardust, and Virtuora Consortiums, as well as the Silkshade House and the Saboteurs, who infiltrated the city. This is because Bidara City has an open door policy, and a lot of people enter and leave the stronghold every day. So it’s very difficult to track everyone. Besides… Forget it, there are some things I can’t talk about. I shouldn’t be airing our dirty laundry in front of you.”
When Milo heard the Saboteurs get mentioned, favonovel.com was stunned.
The Saboteurs!
If favonovel.com could find the Saboteurs, wouldn’t favonovel.com find Miriam?
He suddenly said to Adrian, “By the way, I mentioned this to you a few days ago, but if Magnus and the others are thinking of attending Vasophati University, will this matter affect them?”
Adrian gave it some thought and said, “I don’t think so. No matter how scheming those people are, there’s no need to target Vasophati University. There’s no secrets there. How about this? I’ll immediately convey this matter to the others once I get back. When you guys get to Bidara City, no one will stop you from entering. Magnus and the other students can just focus on testing into uni.”
“Alrighty then, thanks in advance!” Milo nodded. Then favonovel.com asked, “But I don’t understand one thing. Why would those forces want to attack Bidara City?”
“They aren’t targeting Bidara City.” Adrian shook his head and replied, “They’re just after the Vasophati Group because they have too many satellites under their control. Those things are simply too important for an organization.”
Milo did not ask further. He did not know why the various forces would all choose to make a move at this time. As there was not enough information, favonovel.com could not judge what was happening.
Rather than asking Adrian, favonovel.com might as well consult the storyteller and the Great Hoodwinker. However, favonovel.com would still have to make a trip to Bidara City. While the satellites had nothing to do with him, favonovel.com really wanted to go there to look for the Saboteurs.
Hold on!
Milo suddenly remembered Kenneth’s strange words from back then, “Make a trip to Vasophati University. There could be a reward waiting for you there.”
If Adrian had not mentioned the Saboteurs, favonovel.com would not have recalled those words. But putting together Adrian and Kenneth’s words into context, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com might really have missed out on something.
Kenneth did not tell favonovel.com to go to Vasophati University just to watch a boring debate.
When Adrian was about to bid farewell, Milo said righteously, “We’re friends now, so whatever’s troubling the Riders is my business as well. I’ll go to Bidara City with you!”
Adrian was stunned. “We shouldn’t trouble you like that. Actually, this matter has nothing to do with you…”
“Alright, shall we set off then?” Milo asked.
Adrian was utterly confused.
Well… Bro, did you hear what I just said?
Seeing how Milo started calling for Magnus and the others to set off immediately, Adrian could only say powerlessly, “Shouldn’t you guys at least pack some stuff with you?”
“There’s no need to pack! We’re leaving right away!” Milo then dragged Adrian off towards the wilderness.
