The moment his soul was stirred, it stroked back, like a sleepy beast being harassed, it replied violently on this aura, stimulating his power, and so his scales showed up, damaging his clothes.
He noticed that, and he smiled. The two were sitting naked in front of each other, however he wasn't in a hurry to dress on, as he asked:
"Where did you get this sinister energy from?"
She wasn't young, but being so close to him like that, in that position, after what he just did, made her unable to look him in the eye. So, she looked to the side, trying to distract her own mind while replying:
"I told you, it's from that lycon."
Arthur had guessed that, and her words confirmed it. "Never thought he could use soul control techniques like that," he softly muttered, thinking of this area where he was so weak at.
His previous world had little or scarce info related to soul control, and so he wasn't feeling secure now, realizing how common, and dangerous, these attacks were.
He needed to strengthen his knowledge of this matter later on inside the academy. Iman noticed his long silence, so she stole a glance of him. she noticed how deeply immersed in thinking he was, and this sight of him was new to her, and also quite fascinating.
"Alright," he suddenly said, turning to glance at her, catching her off guard, like he intentionally did so. She hurriedly looked to the ground, with faint redness over her cheeks, making her face prettier and hotter.
He then stood up, took the last pair of clothes from his ring, and dressed it in seconds. He had to make Ron grab more clothes for him, as these tiny scales started to annoy him. "I need you to get dressed, and supervise the selection process of the mages coming with me to the academy," he said, as he moved outside the tent, without looking back.
She finally raised her head, looking at his departing back, while the last scenes played again inside her head.
She playfully chuckled, as the whole thing was funny, and kinda hot.
She then had some clothes stored inside a small bag of hers, before she went out to supervise the selection process.
Choosing her to do the task meant he wanted mages who could survive the harsh environment of the academy. She had vast experience in that, as she was a master herself in her past great academy. She knew how tough and hard the competitive nature of the big academies was, and thus she could select mages to join him, better than anyone else.
As she did her part, Arthur was meeting with Noura and her grandpa, Od, inside the big tent, with Amelia and Lendy there as well. Lendy was, as usual, leaning over his body, trying to seduce him.
"There are three mountains near here with excellent ores," grandpa Od said, as he looked at the map on the table as he pointed to the three of these mountains.
"This one had some fiery natured ores, while this one had icy natured ores, and the last one had an earth natured ores," Noura pointed to the three, explaining the nature of each one of them.
"Which one of them is the purest and highest in grade?" he asked Noura, while ignoring Lendy's touches for now.
"It would be the ice mountain, then the fire mountain, and finally the earth mountain," she said.
"Hmm," he thought, as he now could turn into a dragon using ice, but that wasn't as grandiose and majestic like using fire. He also had explosive oil in his ring, so it would be more suitable for him to have fire ores.
"Good, we will go to the fire mountain first," he decided, as he wanted to stock fire based ores inside his ring, the more the merrier, "make sure to send those finished the test towards that. I would stay there for two days, then move to the icy mountain, staying there for another two days, before heading to the academy," he added, explaining his timeline of his schedule to them.
"Will you take those who you already selected?" Amelia asked, as she, Clovert, Gregory, Omar, Randy, and the small gang led by Madly were part of his academy team already.
"Sure," he nodded, "make them all ready in minutes, we will leave once they all gathered," he said, as he added, "as for those who finished the test, make them come using flying pets, in batches," he added, putting the last touch over this arrangement.
They all nodded, while they all left, all except for Lendy, who threw her whole body on his embrace, while saying:
"I will miss you, one whole year without seeing or meeting is so hard on me."
He silently glanced at her, as he was thinking of the loss of not treating her the way she deserved. If he had some time, he would take her to a secluded place, and make her his woman.
However, he knew he would have time like this later, so he just caressed her soft skin, while softly muttering:
"Just be a good girl and wait for me to return."
He then kissed her, softly on the lips, then a fiery kiss was born, long enough for minutes to pass. When he moved away from her, she had his strange feeling inside her body, making it softer, hotter, and more attractive to his eyes.
However he just caressed her before simply kissing her again, then he moved from the chair, heading to outside, while she had some fire igniting inside her body.
Without knowing that, these simple two kisses had moved part of his energy inside her, which would be a good fortune for her future.
Arthur went outside, to see the whole gang was there, with Amelia and her two friends as well, in addition to Omar, Randy, and two mages standing beside each one of them.
He knew these mages' faces from the previous fighting he had with the monsters together, and so he didn't ask about them. He knew Omar and Randy had already chosen the best of their mages, giving them a rare chance to join the academy.
As for the rest, they were left here to supervise things, trying to make a foothold for their masters in this growing empire of his.
??Let's go," he said, while looking towards Lily, who summoned her Birdy at once. they all boarded Birdy, and before it took off, Noura came, as she planned to join them.
"Just jump and let's go," Arthur said, not waiting for her excuse for joining them. He didn't mind her presence, after all he planned to hunt her even inside the academy.
He gave her his word, but he left a backdoor for him, as his promise was only limited to when he would be ranked lower than her, and he was sure he would score higher, shocking her and others as well.
"Hang tight, let's go Birdy," Lily suddenly said, making her pet fly, start to go away from here, towards that mountain.. On the ground, the sight of many mages grouping together was catchy, as they looked like little ants from their high altitude.
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