Chapter 130: Liz’s Determination
Tears involuntarily began to flow from Liz’s two beautiful eyes. Every memory that Liz had shared with Elize began to appear in her mind. Both Elize and Liz had the same fate and were both born without love from their parents.
Elize’s past was much darker than Athena and the others could imagine. Until now, Elize had never been able to forget her past as a dragon who was considered a strange monster in the eyes of every member of the Darmica family.
The Darmica family was one of the main families in the Flame Empire. Even the Dragon Emperor had to be polite when meeting the leader of the Darmica family. Therefore, the relationship between Elize and the members of the Darmica family was no different from fire and water, which could never be reconciled.
Rossweisse and Liz were the only ones Elize considered her family to this day. Even though Elize now had a lover who would always accompany her forever, she still hoped that she would not disturb the life of her lover, who had an unlimited future.
"Um... I beg you to help me just this once, Grandmaster. I promise that I will not disappoint my young lady."
"Are you truly confident in becoming stronger under my guidance? Liz, tell me, do you want to become stronger for your master or for yourself?"
There was no doubt in Liz’s bright purple eyes. Even the expression she was showing at this moment endlessly reflected her unwavering determination. For the first time, Liz began to take her training seriously in order to increase her strength under Rossweisse.
Even if Liz had never trained under Rossweisse, she never thought about whether she could go further and free herself from her dark past or not. In the end, the trauma from her hometown would forever haunt her until the very end.
Even though she was afraid and worried about the trauma she had experienced in the past, Liz decided to continue moving forward so that she could help her master have a much better future than she had now. It didn’t matter whether her master already had a man who could protect her in the future or not; Liz would continue to grow stronger so that she could remain by Elize’s side.
"I, Liz, swear to the world that I will forever follow my young lady, Elize, until the end of my days." As if the world had listened to Liz’s oath, various light blue spiritual energies began to flow into the depths of Liz’s body and into the roots of her soul. It was Liz’s oath to remain loyal to Elize until the end of her life.
Nods of satisfaction were endlessly visible from Rossweisse after witnessing the change in attitude shown by the cowardly little eagle she had met in the past. The little eagle, who had once been a coward, had begun to change her attitude and strive to become stronger than anyone else. Several factors caused Liz to want to train and become stronger. The first was to protect Elize, and the second was to compete with Lucien for the position that had once belonged only to Liz whenever she was by Elize’s side.
There was no reason for Liz to give up her position as Elize’s guardian to Lucien. Moreover, Lucien was a man who had succeeded in winning Elize’s heart. That alone was enough for Liz to consider Lucien her rival, who would always compete with her for the position of protector whenever they were by Elize’s side.
"Before morning arrives, I want to give you a special gift."
A confused expression began to appear on Liz’s face. Although she was confused by the meaning of Rossweisse’s words about giving her a special gift, Liz asked, "A special gift? What is that?"
Rossweisse continued her explanation while holding a necklace usually worn by girls, with a lightning symbol engraved on it. It was an artifact specifically meant for those who cultivated the Lightning Element. Therefore, Rossweisse decided to give the necklace to Liz so that she could increase the efficiency of her Lightning Element training.
"This is the Storm Spirit Pendant, one of the artifacts that only your Grandmaster possesses. When your Grandmaster was travelling around the world in her youth, she found this pendant in the western mountains." Pondering for a while, Rossweisse couldn’t hold back her sigh. She continued, "But no human dared to take the pendant that was hidden within those mountains. However, your Grandmaster managed to retrieve the artifact from within the mountain and has kept it until this day."
Once again, Liz carefully looked at every detail of the Storm Spirit Pendant. It had to be admitted that the design of the Storm Spirit Pendant was not bad at all. As a girl, Liz was very happy to receive a special artifact from her Grandmaster.
"It can increase the efficiency of your Lightning Element training by 5%. Therefore, I hope you will continue to train both your strength and your cultivation. Don’t let me see you slacking off. Do you understand?"
In the end, Liz’s happiness didn’t last long. After all, Rossweisse was a woman who was very strict with her disciples. If there was a lazy disciple, Rossweisse would not hesitate to punish that disciple until they could never stand up again.
"Liz understands."
After a brief conversation between Rossweisse and Liz, Rossweisse decided to let Liz walk a few steps away from her. Rossweisse’s gaze endlessly examined the inside of Liz’s body with her spiritual vision.
"Okay. You may go now. By the way, don’t forget to wear the heavy clothes that your master once wore all over your body. Because after all, you are now my disciple."
Unfortunately, no answer came out of Liz’s mouth in response to every order Rossweisse had given her. A large part of Liz felt an enormous sense of terror towards the training methods Rossweisse used on her disciples. Even now, Liz had been ordered to follow every training method that Rossweisse had once given to Elize and the others.
"Ah... I have to go now! See you later, Grandmaster!"
Liz’s sudden disappearance from Rossweisse’s presence did not make Rossweisse show an expression of anger or disappointment. Instead, Rossweisse decided to look back at the full moon, which continued to shine endlessly over the green grass surrounding her.
"I will only help you this once, my foolish disciple. I truly hope that the little girl can help you increase the efficiency of your training. However, relying on Lucien alone to increase the intensity of your training will not bring you any significant improvement," Rossweisse muttered slowly. There was only a lazy expression on Rossweisse’s face tonight. Even so, Rossweisse couldn’t suppress the memory of trying to visit Lucien’s private room earlier.
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