That was his own view, especially when he cared more about his great value, not like others.
"This city is really filled with many people coming from different places," as they walked around, they kept hearing lots of comments from the passersby.
They didn't just see different emblems and attires, they also noticed differences in the tone and way of speaking in many groups walking around them.
As many spoke in high voices, they could hear lots of what they were saying. To William's surprise, most of the talks were about the upcoming spirit master contest.
"Did you hear? That fox is going to take part in that competition!"
"No way! I heard he hates going out or showing his face around."
"I bet he just wanted to add more fame and glory to himself."
"He is such an arrogant youth then."
"I have a team from my academy taking part in that contest. But when the news spread over, many teams also wanted to take part."
"For real? If it was me, then I'd select to go away from this competition."
"Afraid of him? Hahahaha!"
"Don't say such words! It's not bad to feel fear and live longer. He is indeed someone scary! Did you forget? He was able to kill dark gold masters five years ago. Just imagine what he can do right now."
"That's just what rumours say, not the necessarily the truth anyway."
"I heard he struggled to kill the early-stage dark gold masters back then. If that's true, then there is no fear on facing him as long as the team has capable dark gold masters."
"Did you forget? There is an age limit in this contest! Only those at twenty-five or younger can take part."
"What about this? I was in dark gold grade already when I was twenty-three."
"Hahahaha! And you dare to consider yourself a prodigy? I was dark gold master at twenty-two."
"Shut up you two! I reached that stage when I reached twenty!"
"That's fantastic then. I heard many auction houses are placing bids already over this contest."
"That's old news! The Novistic kingdom already issued an order to stop all this."
"No way! I was going to place my bids in one of these auction houses in one month!"
"No need to panic! The kingdom issued this order to regulate things, or to get the best out of this rich cake."
"What do you mean? Can we bet or not?"
"We can, but only at the official auction house of the kingdom."
"Phew! I'm relieved then… I'll bet on the fox to win."
"Me too."
"Come on! If all betted on him, we won't get anything in return. I'll bet against him; may heavens screw this fox for wealth."
William heard all this alongside Ibra, Lina, and Smith.
"You indeed are a pro in making trouble anywhere you go, tsk!" Ibra shook his head, and William just gave him a warning gaze to silene him up.
That group of spirit masters kept walking by their side for few minutes before they finally vanished in a side street. And then William started to speak to Ibra, in a low tone.
"You do know this isn't true."
"What if that became true?" Ibra paused, "what if you took part in that contest?"
"No way! It's a waste of time," William shook his head, "we are just going to pay that weird academy a visit, see who is that daring youth to impersonate me."
"It won't be this bad to fight in that contest," Lina also shared the same opinion as Ibra, as everyone else in the Black Tails actually except for William. Yet William didn't embrace the idea at all. He was the one knowing how hard it was to rise up and train, how every second really counted.
Even this adventure, if not for his stuck in that last stage of the silver grade, he'd not take the risk and go out like this.
"We are here," as the four of them kept walking in the streets of this place, they finally arrived at a building that no one would take seriously.
First it was small in size, not exceeding the size of two normal buildings combined. And then it came down to its shape, which looked quite old. Its colour was grey, with a faint and pale layer covering its four storey high building. This layer even got many spots where it cracked and fell, exposing the red coloured ores behind, giving the entire building a weird look.
It didn't have a name on it!
On top of that, this place looked like it got abandoned or something. There was a small group of spirit masters coming out from it, without any crowd around, without anyone coming to it except for William and the other three.
When William looked at the faces of these masters coming out from this building, he noticed the look of dissatisfaction over. And what one of them said to William and his little group confirmed this feeling.
"Don't go in there and waste your time… Those folks… They are thieves disguised in the form of an impact. Screw them!"
William frowned when he heard these words, turned to Smith who simply sighed.
"I told you already, this place has high prices."
"Let's go then," William didn't mind paying lots of spirit crystals in exchange for reliable news. What he wanted to know was related to many things, starting with that fake fox.
But that wasn't all. He also wanted to know any news about Transformers and the Nightmare monster. But he doubted such a place would truly hold secrets like these, things that no one knew as they claimed.
Yet as they were here, it was better to go in and take a look first before jumping to conclusions. As they passed through the old iron fence and rusty gate, they found a cracked set of stairs waiting for them. Inside, they found a single desk, with an old looking spirit master sitting there.
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