William even raised his hand and gave Ro a thumb up. And the latter couldn't help but feel more awkward from his reaction.
If not for knowing him, falling for his traps one time after another, she'd believe he was telling the truth and she got something interesting in her.
"Stop fooling around, I already know the other element is just trash."
"You are trash if you think like this! And anyone saying this about such a legendary spirit element is also trash!" William retorted back. And from his intense reaction, the two girls knew that he wasn't joking or something.
"Do you really know what her second element is?" Remy also got curious, even moved closer to get a better look.
"It's the legendary illusion element," William raised the crystal for the two to see it perfectly clear, "do you see the little silver red dots? That kept flashing brightly in one second, then changed in the next? It's a waste that she never trained her element right, or else this element won't be represented by just these little dots here."
"This…" the two girls noticed these dots, before turning to look at each other. By now, everything William said made perfect sense, despite it being the first time for them to hear such a thing, "does that mean… Do I have something good?"
"It's great, not good," William stored the crystal away, turned to Remy before adding, "you saw me do this trick. Repeat the same and make it a standard test for anyone joining us."
"But…"
"Don't worry, if you found something familiar then don't bother to notify me," William calmly smiled, "Fire is red, Water is blue, Earth is brown, Wind is green and etc. things are quite basic and known to all, so it won't be hard to spot familiar things in these crystals."
"And those who have weird things?"
"Inform me of them of course," William rolled his eyes as if this was something easy to guess, "I love digging for gems from the deepest muddy holes, got it?"
"You didn't get me from a hole!" Remy shouted, turned around and walked in angry steps. While Ro laughed, and William didn't get why she got fired up like this.
What he missed here was that she got envious of Ro. William didn't perform such a test as well on her. And that made her a little resentful towards him.
"So… What's this element anyway? And… Can you help me?" Ro stood in her place and didn't leave. And from the look on her face, it seemed she was struggling to ask for his help.
"I already told you," He evilly grinned before adding, "you want me to help you? Be your mentor and master? In exchange for what? Huh?" William winked, and she knew why she was feeling such unease.
"What? Do you want a massage or a warm bath perhaps?" she retorted back in her usual way. And William just smiled back.
"You are the one who wants my help," he shrugged, "if you don't show sincerity, then why should I help you?"
"..." she stood in her place motionless, not knowing what to do. William now understood everything about this fiery girl. Thanks to her spirit, she got such seducing power and habit to her side. And as she neglected the more important illusion element, her spirit could be considered unstable.
She and Remy didn't notice this, but the shape of the succubus the dots in the crystal took kept shaking violently as if an earthquake was happening there. And that was a clear sign of her spirit instability.
William knew this was expected. She was just suffering something close to what Berry once suffered from. And if he didn't help her, then she'd stagnate for the rest of her life in the gold grade. And if she tried to forcibly force her way up to the dark gold grade, she'd end up suffering a great setback, ending up getting crippled!
"What do you want?" She knew he wasn't after her body. He wasn't that type of lustful guy, who'd chase her all over the place.
"Join my team," William finally said his demand, "join it formally, and you alone. Then I promise to help you."
"This…" she was the one who established her team, gathered the girls in it, and made great friendships with all of them. William could already guess all of this, and so he raised his hand, spreading all of his fingers apart.
"You got five days," he paused before seriously adding, "by then if you don't sort out your things and show up here, then forget anything about what I just said."
"Tsk! Why is it always hard and troublesome when dealing with you? Huh?" she stomped her feet on the ground, before leaving in a hurry.
"Don't stir up trouble anymore, or else…" he shouted back when he recalled the reason behind summoning her here in the first place. And in response to his shout, she raised a middle finger in the air while walking away.
"This world… It's really filled with gems," William didn't take any of that to his mind or heart, and only focused on what he accidentally discovered here.
He just ran a random test and found another gem. He couldn't believe how common gems and talents were in this tiny world.
In the outer world, the chances of meeting someone with such abilities was close to nil. And yet he met lots of interesting gems without even looking. It made him feel like he wasn't in a tiny world, but in a treasure trove of talents and gems!
"I got good vibes about this guild," he turned his eyes around, watching the few teams who joined his guild. "That reminds me… Those bastards on my team need a lesson. I'm going to enjoy the next adventure for sure, hahahaha!"
He missed what his team did as a grave mistake before when they met Ben. they spilled out everything they knew about him, ending up with him suffering a little on that evil old man.
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