Reincarnation of the Strongest Healer

Chapter 980: Junior

With Carmen admitting that she wouldn't be able to kill Skylar in an instant, Xu Feng was glad about her judgment.

What he asked was a certain test to see if Carmen was still complacent in her ability. But it was evident that Carmen had learned to be humble and understood there was a limitation in her skills.

"Now you know why we should always remain steady?" Xu Feng smiled.

"You've said that so many times. If I didn't know any better, then I would have thought you became some word fillers." Carmen rolled her eyes.

"Look, there's someone who passed already." She continued.

Without much surprise, the person who passed was Skylar.

Nobody anticipated an Arcane Mage to be focused on defense. This was why the aptitude test designed for Skylar had ended in such an abrupt and embarrassing manner.

Nicholas also appeared in the area once again. His expression was somewhat sour and complicated. This unexpected accident could be considered a stain on his years of clean record as a trial overseer.

"What kind of foolish person would focus on defense as an offensive mage?" Nicholas grumbled slightly.

"Apparently, me?" Skylar remained unaware and thought it was another aptitude test. So she answered it right away. Her answer nearly made Nicholas vomit a mouthful of blood.

"Please calm your emotions, Elder Nicholas." Xu Feng hurriedly stood up and suggested. "Players like Skylar are quite common, and they rarely have any proper guidance. It's normal to see most of them being led astray by either their lack of knowledge or stubborn personality."

Finding his words reasonable, Nicholas nodded with a satisfied smile. "It seems like I need to modify the upcoming aptitude tests to cater to these eccentric people. Thank you for your advice, Junior. I'll make sure to put in a few good words for you later on for the administrators."

"Junior is only speaking lightly. Elder Nicholas overpraised me." Xu Feng remained humble and refused to take much credit. Nevertheless, he was smiling from the inside.

It was the first time Nicholas addressed him as Junior, which could be considered an increase in rapport status. Too bad that they were still within the trial, so the rapport status was still disabled. Otherwise, Xu Feng reckoned he might have soared straight to level 2.

Meanwhile, Skylar frowned a bit. Her gaze was quite unfriendly as she darted toward Xu Feng.

Without a doubt, she had to pay attention to the upcoming aptitude test.

'This Guild Leader Lin Feng really knows how to flatter and sabotage.' She cursed silently. Even a fool could tell Xu Feng was flattering under the disguise of trying to sabotage the trial contenders.

However, as much as she despised his action, she had to admit it was a really great move. She would have done the same to eliminate the competition.

Moreover, Xu Feng was technically alone as the sole external force player's representative.

'Oh, wait, Floral Witch from the Cyclone Guild must be guarded as well. She's the one who invited him, so there must have been some transaction exchange between them.' Skylar made a mental note to herself.

Nevertheless, she had no intention of revealing this information to the others.

Similar to how Xu Feng wished to eliminate the competition, Skylar also wanted the same. And now that there was someone else making a move, it was just right for her to be a bystander.

She could simply use Xu Feng as a knife to butcher others. If things went south, she could just push the blame to Xu Feng.

With that in mind, Skylar walked toward a discreet area and closed her eyes.

Back at the front, Carmen was dumbfounded by Skylar's lack of reaction.

"Woah, she really didn't get mad at you?" She said. "You clearly made things difficult for her and the others. How could she still remain calm and collected?"

"Simple. Greed and selfishness." Xu Feng chuckled softly. He dared to say such words aloud because he was certain that these people from Super Guilds were shrewder than the others. There was no way honest people could ever remain in the Super Guild, especially at high-ranking positions.

Of course, there were exceptions, and that was if they had connections to those at the top. But even then, such people tend to become stepping stones for similar status people who are more ruthless and decisive than they are.

"Ugh, too complicated and too much politics." Carmen frowned and rubbed her temples. The Super Guilds being described by Xu Feng were no different than real-life politics. It was just a bunch of hypocrites gathered together at the top and making many decisions that affect the lower people.

"Alright, I've said enough." Realizing that Carmen's emotion was about to explode from complicated schemes, Xu Feng no longer discussed such topics.

Instead, he opened some mini-games that were available on their system features.

"Shall we play some chess while we wait?" He asked.

"We can play chess?" She raised an eyebrow.

"It was added a while ago and has always been there. Just that nobody had time to play some mini-games."

"Huh, then why bother adding them?"

"For circumstances such as this." Xu Feng explained. "Do you think the player's mentality can remain sane if they were constantly forced to wait for hours on nothing without anything to break their boredom?"

Upon hearing that, Carmen found the explanation reasonable.

"Alright, but I'm a pro. If you play with me, then you better not cry like a baby." Carmen suddenly warned solemnly. Her eyes narrowed as she seemed ready to decimate him in chess.

"Hah, chess is a complex game that requires critical thinking." Xu Feng smirked and stretched his hands. "Maybe you would be the one crying, and I'll be forced to console you."

"Shall we bet then?" She suggested and stretched her neck.

"Sure, how much?"

"1 gold coin."

"Fine by me!"

"Actually, no, let's bet 3 gold coins. I wasted a lot, so I need some replenishment."

"..."

'Oh, you're so dead!' Xu Feng sneered inwardly and no longer held any intention of throwing the game.