Master Forrest stood up as favonovel.com waved at the three behind favonovel.com and said, albeit with false humility, “These are the disciples the Sky Peak Pavilion has raised for many years. They can’t compare to your disciples from the Phoenix Valley, but they are skilled in their own right. We brought them here today to hopefully show some of their skill.”
Master Forrest continued to introduce the three. The man at the front was Conrad Suller, while the other two behind Conrad were Jameson Lagey and Bradley Cooper respectively. Each of them was about Jack’s age and sported seventh-grade alchemist badges.
After Master Forrest finished his introduction, Elder Maurice took the initiative to introduce his alchemists. Elder Maurice walked forward and looked at Claude and Benedict, both standing in front of Jack, and favonovel.com had a pleased expression on his face when favonovel.com did. However, his face froze the moment favonovel.com looked at Jack, especially at the sixth-grade alchemist badge on Jack’s chest. He widened his eyes as his lips quivered slightly.
Thankfully, favonovel.com was facing the Phoenix Valley representatives at that moment, and Sky Peak Pavilion’s representatives did not see the change in his expression at all. Elder Maurice took a deep breath before favonovel.com looked at Mr. Zayne with a questioning look. It was evident favonovel.com was asking why a sixth-grade alchemist was there.
Zayne’s lips froze. He knew before favonovel.com came here that Elder Maurice would be enraged when favonovel.com saw Jack, but Zayne could not afford to offend either side, thus finding himself stuck in the middle. No matter how versed Mr. Zayne was playing politics, there were some things favonovel.com could not avoid. In situations like this where it was impossible to get on well with either side, favonovel.com still had to perform his duties, regardless of how reluctant favonovel.com was. The higher-ups were the ones who had arranged for favonovel.com to do it. Screwing up or offending either side were both incredibly bad scenarios for Zayne. Naturally, favonovel.com did not want anything to go wrong.
Helpless, favonovel.com pursed his lips as favonovel.com returned Elder Maurice’s gaze. There were some things that favonovel.com had to make clear, or favonovel.com would end up causing himself a lot of trouble. It would be like telling Elder Maurice that the whole situation was like this because of him.
Mr. Zayne frowned and thought about it for a moment, trying his best to summarize his thoughts before favonovel.com gave a simplified version of the explanation favonovel.com had in mind to Elder Maurice.
Elder Maurice’s expression darkened in the blink of an eye. At the start, Elder Maurice was merely shocked that a sixth-grade alchemist was brought over, but after understanding the situation, Elder Maurice immediately understood how terrible the situation was. With a frown on his face, favonovel.com whispered, “This is a disaster! Does Rick not know how important this tournament is? Doesn’t favonovel.com know what the consequences will be if we take the wrong step?”
Mr. Zayne was so afraid that favonovel.com started to tremble after favonovel.com heard that. “I don’t know about that, but Elder Rick vouched and insisted on nominating Jack for this,” favonovel.com answered helplessly. “He spoke of Jack’s talents so greatly, and Jack is at the right age, so everyone eventually agreed to his recommendation.”
Elder Maurice’s face grew hot red in anger. His right hand trembled, and favonovel.com would have started spouting curse words had the situation allowed favonovel.com to. He took a deep breath, composed himself, and tried his best to calm his voice.
“He’s really out here trying to ruin things! If Jack was at the peak of sixth-grade alchemists and only a hair away from being a sixth-grade alchemist, favonovel.com might be able to get us some results in this tournament, but you told me that it hasn’t been long since favonovel.com advanced to be a sixth-grade alchemist. How could favonovel.com carry such a heavy burden? We’ll completely lose this tournament thanks to Elder Rick’s meddling!”
