Chapter 518: Rising Tensions
Everyone gazed at him, eyes wide in shock at the sudden attack and its effectiveness.
However, he just clicked his tongue and continued with the terrible acting, cursing Shepard’s bets and finding the situation less funny by the second.
Clasping his hands over his chest, he spoke with an exaggerated tone.
"Ah! I’m so lucky my mana finally responded. It almost took me a minute for this one spell, though. I’m really, really relieved it worked."
On the other hand, Alice rolled her eyes at him, stopping her trembling fingers from gripping her wand to confront his shameless act with a good ice spell in the face.
Her voice cracking in suppressed anger, she raised her harm in his direction.
"Adam wins. Leave the arena before I blast you."
With a dismissive shrug, he jumped by Lola and passed her with heavy steps, ignoring the despair twisting her lips and the tears pooling in her eyes.
’I’m more desperate than you. This entire farce is a waste of my time! They should just give me the tier-six bones and do something more productive.’
Despite his growing annoyance, he walked to the arcanists’ room to wait for the others to end their duels.
However, the moment he stepped inside, they surrounded him.