The Sovereign Dragon Ring

Episode 100's

Without making a sound, Director Maia carefully inspected every inch of this statue, Awakening From the Dream, as if she had been possessed.

"Boy Yale, it's been two hours. "Reynolds looked at Yale with a displeased expression.

Yale shook his head and said gently, “Don't be impatient. Let Uncle Maia do a close inspection. As the managing director of the entire Proulx Gallery, he should be one of the descendants of Master Proulx himself. I believe that his ability in judging statues should be very high. I wonder what level this Third Bro statue reached. ”

Reynolds nodded a little too.

After more than three hours had passed, Director Maia straightened her waist, sighing deeply.

"I heard the name of this statue is, Awakening From the Dream?" Ask Director Maia.

Yale nodded. "Yes . The Third Bro gave him this name himself. ”

Director Maia let out a soft sigh. After paying attention to the statue again, he praised, “I must say, this brother of yours, Linley, is without a doubt a genius sculptor. A genius comparable to Master Proulx himself. ”

"Although on a technical level, his sculpture was only slightly weaker than Master Proulx, in terms of the soul or aura of this statue, Linley must have reached the same level. Director Maia sighed with praise.

"Technical level?" Yale asked.

Director Maia nodded. "really. But even though this statue did have minor technical flaws, at the same time, it possessed tremendous power. ”

“The drawbacks are, some indentations and some soft lines are not handled with perfect testimony. But this Linley sculpture was extremely smooth and flowing as a whole, and the feeling he was facing was definitely on par with some of the best from Master Proulx. And most importantly, this statue is huge. ”

Director Maia sighed in praise. “In order for a statue to be taken down over the centuries, in every aspect, it requires tremendous effort. One mistake can ruin the entire statue. To be able to sculpt one human-shaped statue was quite an achievement. But Linley was able to sculpt five! The most amazing thing was that the five people in this statue had their own aura, yet they were all still related in a story. If I guess correctly, your sister must have suffered a romantic heartbreak. ”

Based on Director Maia's ingenuity, she could clearly tell a glimpse of the story behind these five figures.

“Rise From Dreams. It was amazing that Linley was able to carve a statue like this. "Director Maia couldn't stop praising him.

"Director Maia, tell me, on what floor is this statue of my brother, exactly? Is that equivalent to the statues of Master Proulx? "Ask Reynolds.

Director Maia frowned. “To be honest, I'm not sure either. Let me tell you like this. On the technical side, this statue can only be considered an expert-level sculpture, despite being on the same level as Master Proulx in terms of invoking emotions and telling a story. But there's a unique point about that … "

“The engraving strokes of this statue are very clean, very nimble. From beginning to end, it can be said that these five figures are inseparable parts of a perfect whole. This unconventional feeling was something I had never even heard of before, let alone seen. "Director Maia praised.

Yale said urgently, "Uncle Maia, so at what level is this statue?"

Director Maia was helpless. "I can't say for sure. From a traditional evaluation point of view, this statue should be considered to be at the master level. After all, the uniqueness of the aura was unquestionable, and the quality of his work was evident from the elegance emanating from the statue. ”

"From the traditional evaluation point of view?" Yale and Reynolds both stared doubtfully at Director Maia.

Director Maia nodded. “Traditional evaluation methods have been universally agreed upon as fair and impartial evaluation mechanisms for countless years. But I felt that ... when actually looking at this statue of Linley, it seemed the whole very perfect, without any obvious flaws. ”

“The essence of having a statue is to see it. The actual look determines everything. Let me put it this way. Linley might not be able to be called a Grandmaster sculptor, but the value of this statue would most likely be very high, at the same level as the Ten Works. "Director Maia laughed.

A statue that was not produced by any of the Ten Grandmasters with an appraisal at the same level as the Ten Works. This is something that never happened at all.

But Director Maia inevitably admitted that this was very likely to happen.

"Oh. "Yale and Reynolds nodded.

This was one of the weaknesses of the Straight Sculpture School, to be honest. When using only one tool, straight chisels, in terms of precision when engraving a particular curve, cannot match some of the more specialized tools. The technical appearance created by Linley's use of straight chisels was probably comparable to that of a normal expert sculptor.

When judging that against the standards of a master sculptor, his weaknesses became apparent.

But the Straight Sculpture School also had its own strength. For example, the continuity of the carving, and .... others, when the carving, have to constantly switch tools, but the School of Straight Chisels only needs earth-style magus to become one with the earth as it carves, but the School of Straight Chisels only needs earth-style magus to become one with the earth as it carves, that was actually increasing the speed at which he awakened his spiritual energy.

"Where's Linley?" Director Maia asked.

Yale shook his head. “Again, the third Bro is a magus disciple. Most of his time was spent in training. Right now, he is on a practical trip in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, and we are not sure when he will return. ”

"Then, Yale, can you act on Linley's behalf in allowing our Proulx Gallery to auction this statue?" Director Maia's Advice.

"Can't be done. "Yale is very blunt. “Without written permission from Third Bro, it was inconvenient for me to make that decision. ”

Director Maia frowned, and continued. “Then what about showing it off? There shouldn't be too much trouble in allowing our Proulx Gallery to show it off, right? After all, Linley's earlier sculptures were all exhibited in our Proulx Gallery before being auctioned off. ”

But Yale knew very well how important the symbolism Linley placed on this statue.

This represented an extremely painful period of heartbreak in Linley's life. It was hard to tell whether Linley would agree to show it if he was here. He did not want to make Linley uncomfortable.

"Can't be done. I'm only responsible for keeping this up. As far as flaunting or selling it, we should wait for Third Bro to return. "Yale's voice is firm.

… .

The Mountain Range of Magical Beasts.

Actually two months have passed. All this time, Linley had been immersed in studying the Bloodviolet sword. The Bloodviolet Sword was the best sword Linley had ever seen. Just based on his sharpness alone, most magical beasts of the sixth rank could not handle it. But that sharpness was only a small specialty of the Bloodviolet sword.

Bloodviolet's sword force was – Uncertainty, speed, and also an extremely bad aura.

Correct . The aura is bad.

This monstrous aura was very similar to the frightening presence of a dragon. Of course, it was not terrifying, but in battle, this terrifying aura could be put to very good use.

Nightly. In the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, surrounded by a group of hundreds of Windwolves. The leader of the Windwolf pack looked at Linley with his greenish-yellow eyes. Letting out wild howls, one Windwolf after another pounced on Linley. But moving as the wind was agile, Linley slipped through the attack of the pack, the sword in his hand shining with a blue light.

After being activated by the wind force mageforce, the Bloodviolet Godsword's speed further increased. The Lordsword flickered about, not being hampered by the slightest air resistance.

"Swaying sounds!"

In the darkness, a streak of violet mixed with blue flickered at high speed. It floated around in a strange pattern, and each time it blinked, Windwolf was divided into two halves. Windwolves, however, were only magical beasts of the fourth rank. In this package of Windwolves, some of the stronger ones were beasts of the fifth rank, and only the two leaders became beasts of the sixth rank.

Currently, Linley remained in human form, where he had the strength of a sixth rank.

Frankly, even a warrior of the seventh rank might not dare to directly fight with a group of Windwolves, let alone a warrior of the sixth rank. After all, a hero could still be taken down with numbers, and Windwolves had extremely sharp claws. Even Linley's body, when scratched by Windwolf, would most likely bleed. Unless, of course, he entered Dragonform.

"Howl!" Windwolf jumped towards him at high speed, his bloody jaw wide open.

"Desire!"

The Bloodviolet Godsword flashed. Windwolf was split from head to tail.

“Maybe this Bloodviolet Godsword of mine will have some problems piercing the Velocidragon armor. But y'all? ”Bloodviolet Godsword in Linley's hand started moving faster and was even more agile.

The reason why a pack of Windwolves was such a frightening thing was because of their speed and number. If more than ten Windwolves suddenly snapped at you, even a warrior of the seventh rank would be hard pressed to block them at once. The only option was to use his battle-qi to withstand the blow.

But Linley was different.

"Swish!" The Bloodviolet Godsword flashed again, and another Windwolf was cut in half.

The Bloodviolet Godsword was too fast, so fast that all the Windwolves could see was blurry. After Linley had slaughtered over a hundred Windwolves without suffering any injuries at all, the Windwolves pack finally began to be filled with fear.

They were not afraid to die, but they were also unwilling to die for no reason.

"Hooooowls!" The two large Windwolves hiding behind finally began to howl furiously. All the remaining Windwolves lowered their heads, then turned around and retreated at high speed. Their angry and sad roars sounded from afar. Clearly, it was due to the fact that they had lost so many of their comrades, but there was no result at all.

With a flick of Linley's wrist and a violet flash, the Bloodviolet Godsword wrapped around Linley's waist into a belt shape again.

“Against people like them, there is no need to use Bloodviolet's original strength. "There was a bit of blood on this Linley robe, but it all came from the Windwolves.

During the entire battle, from start to finish, the Bloodviolet Godsword was straight. Against people like the package Windwolf, just relying on the sharpness of the Godsword was enough. But once the Bloodviolet Godsword started to fluctuate between being straight and flexible, its offensive power would multiply.

“Bos, you're starting to get stronger. "Bebe was lying on Linley's shoulder.

Linley laughed. "You are not weak either. ”

After taking a deep breath then releasing it, Linley glanced at his surroundings, then looked at the three bags on his back. In the past two months, through analysis and training with this Bloodviolet Godsword, Linley had already filled three sacks with magicite cores.

“After spending two months in training, I have already reached a bottleneck in my ability to use Bloodviolet. If I want to get better, for now, I have to rely on increasing the strength of my own arm and the strength of my wrist. ”

During these two months, Linley had trained in sword drawing movements, attacking with a sword, cutting with it, stabbing it, hacking it, and all sorts of other skills. The goal of Linley's training was all to increase his speed, to the highest level possible. Moreover, with Linley's proficiency in wind magic, Linley could relatively easily discern the secrets of using a sword.

Just now, when faced with over a hundred Windwolves, Linley was not injured at all. This is the result of his achievements.

In the past, Linley would not dare to imagine what it would be like, at this level.

"Now that I am in a bottleneck, there is no point for me to be in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Time to go back. ”

… .

Early morning sunlight shines on the earth. With Bloodviolet wrapped around his waist, carrying three sacks of magicite cores, and wearing a blue robe that was slightly covered in blood, Linley arrived at the main entrance to the Ernst Institute, Bebe on his shoulder.

"Finally back. "Looking at the main gate to the Ernst Institute, Linley felt his heart at peace.

Ernst Institute and Mountain Range of Magical Beasts were two opposite extremes. Here, no one dared to kill recklessly, and everyone was friendly. But the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts was a world possessed by magical beasts. The strong are respected, while the weak are expelled. Murder can happen at any time.

"It's Linley. "The guards at the main gate of the Ernst Institute all recognized this famous figure, Linley. Naturally, they would not stop him.

Linley slightly nodded towards the guards, and then walked over to the Ernst Institute. On the streets inside the Institute, some students on their way to class started talking amongst themselves in whispering tones when they saw Linley.

"Look, this is Linley. He's covered in blood. He should have just returned from the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. I heard that last year, he went to the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts and missed the year-end assessment. It's been four months. He's amazing, being able to stay there for four whole months. ”

“Dixie rated as magus of sixth rank last year. But Linley did not go for an assessment at all. ”

… .

Hearing this whispered murmur, Linley only smiled as he headed to his own dorm. Right at this moment, Yale, George, and Reynolds prepared for breakfast together.

"Oh, Third Brother, you're back. “Reynolds was the first to excitedly call him.

Yale, George, and Reynolds excitedly rushed up to him. Linley, as usual, smiled looking at his three brooches.