Chapter 147: Transcendent Powerhouse

  "Were you always a lone wolf? Have you never joined a mercenary group before?" Mo Xinko asked with a hint of a smile.

  "What's wrong?" Lei Zhe was taken aback.

  "Applying to form a mercenary squad requires passing the assessment of the Mercenary Guild, it's not like you just say you want to form a mercenary squad and the guild will immediately approve it. Moreover, there are many documents on file for both the Mercenary Corps and the mercenary squads, such as the names of members, establishment time, etc. Employers can pay some money to view our information." Mo Xinkedo said.

  "What should we do then?"

  "Just go and talk about it, if we can't come to an agreement, it's not like we have to make their money." Mo Xinkeda said casually, but in fact, he didn't hope to succeed in this deal, going to a deserted nine-headed snake lair, isn't that obviously a scam?

  Lei Zhe thought for a moment, slowly stood up, and walked towards the group of young people. Several of them noticed Lei Zhe was approaching them and curiously looked him up and down.

  "Hello, may I ask boldly, are you going to the Nine-Headed Snake's Nest? Do you need a guide?" Lei Zhe smiled.

  "Yes, you are..." The young man who was first stood up.

  "My name is Leizhe, a seventh-level thief." Leizhe said politely: "Half a year ago, I inadvertently found a nine-headed snake's nest. Because the situation was very dangerous at that time, I remember it very clearly. If you're interested, I can take you there." He deliberately mentioned half a year ago, so he would have an excuse to explain himself later on.

  "That's great!" The young man at the forefront exclaimed excitedly, then stretched out his hand to Lei Zhe: "My name is Asa, a 6th rank mage, nice to meet you."

  "Hello." Lei Zhe also stretched out his hand, he paused for a moment: "My task is just to be a guide, right?"

  Sass sneered, he and his opponent were both sixth-level mages, but he was a wild mage who had learned magic on his own, while his opponent had received systematic training. He didn't know when it started, but the two types of mages always looked down on each other.

  "Of course." The man named Asa nodded and said: "I know that the Tala Xia mountain range is fraught with danger, don't worry, leave it to us."

  "That's saying we can sign a contract now?" Le Zhe smiled and said.

  That made Azha pause for a moment, then leave his seat and walk towards the woman with her back to the hall. His expression also became more awkward, and he said in a low voice: "Director, you see..."

  The conversation in the hall vanished instantly, almost everyone's eyes focused on the woman's back. Some words can't be used recklessly. If it was just mutual flattery, a single "sir" would have been enough.

  The mercenaries' eyes were all venomous, and they could see that these young people were just out of the magic academy to practice, and there were only a few magic academies on the entire continent. The highest leadership of the magic academy was usually composed of one principal and two vice principals, and those who could become principals were usually high-ranking, extremely powerful magicians, which means that woman was at least a top-tier strongman, an eleventh-level mage! Or even possibly a super-tier strongman, a great magician capable of fighting against legendary giant dragons, angels, demons, and other super-tier creatures!

  If Zagunede or Disemark were to appear in Lone Cliff City, it would definitely cause a sensation throughout the city. This woman's strength is by no means inferior to that of Zagunede and Disemark. Moreover, the power of the magician profession far surpasses that of druids and knights!

  The mercenaries finally understood why this group of rookies dared to find the nine-headed snake. With the principal of the Magic Academy presiding, the nine-headed snake was not something to be feared at all!

  Those who had been watching the woman with a playful gaze hastily turned their heads away, feeling uneasy in their hearts. The contempt that had appeared between their eyebrows and eyes also disappeared without a trace. Lei Zhe was also stunned for half a day. He had originally thought of making some extra money on the side, but now he found himself in a difficult situation. When they discovered it was just an abandoned nest, they were furious. Who could withstand the anger of a demon master?

  "This is your own business, you make your own decisions, don't ask me." The woman said in a cold voice.

  "Yes, Dean." Azah replied, taking a step back.

  Lei Zhe now desperately hopes that the other party can change their mind and not go to that damn nine-headed snake nest, but unfortunately, Asa said in a friendly tone: "We can go to the Mercenary Guild to sign a contract. Are those people your partners?" Asa said while glancing at Han Jin.

  "They... are." Lei Zhe replied, he couldn't deny it, after all, he had just come from that direction.

  "Let your partner wait for a moment, we'll be back soon."

  "Alright." Lei Zhe said stiffly, turning around to glance at Han Jin, hoping to get some hint from him.

  "What should we do?" Han Jin asked in a low voice, he had already understood the meaning of 'Dean' from Sasou's whisper just now, and his heart was also somewhat nervous.

  Xian Ni'er secretly kicked Han Jin's foot and drew a line of characters on the table with her fingertips: Don't speak!

  Han Jin looked at Xian Ni'er with a puzzled expression, Xian Ni'er pointed to her ear with her hand, and Sasou suddenly realized that as a magic conductor, the woman had many ways to collect the sounds in the hall, as long as she was willing.

  Unable to get a hint from Han Jin, Lei Zhe reluctantly followed beside Ya Sa and walked out slowly.

  The hall was still quiet, with no one talking, and even the sound of eating was very light. Even the young people were affected by this atmosphere and no longer spoke loudly and recklessly like before.

  Not long after, Lei Zhe and the man named Asa walked in together, then separated and went to their respective partners. Just as Lei Zhe was about to say something in a low voice, Xian Ni'er gave him another signal. On the other side, Asa asked again: "Director, we have decided to rest for one night and set off early tomorrow morning."

  "Rest? You've been resting for over twenty years already, isn't that enough?" The woman said coldly.

  Azusa smiled wryly: "So your meaning is......"

  The mercenaries around them began to sympathize with those young people, who were trained under the supervision of the principal, although they had a guarantee, but the process was necessarily extremely hard, and those who could surpass the vast majority of people in a certain field and reach the top were mostly somewhat eccentric, or even inhuman.

  "Let's go now and finish your task as soon as possible so I can get back early too."

  Asa looked at Leiz with inquiring eyes, while Leiz, Mo Xinko and others were looking at Han Jin. Han Jin thought for a moment, then slowly stood up: "Then let's go, anyway we don't have much to prepare." Unlike Leiz and the others, he didn't have any fear of the legendary strongman, because he had confidence that he would eventually surpass everything here! To be precise, he was just being cautious and curious. Cautious meant not provoking unnecessarily, while curious meant he wanted to understand how vast the energy of a transcendent strongman was, and set a goal for himself.

  "Alright." The young man named Asa liked Han's decisiveness, nodded and said: "Elvin, go settle our bill and theirs, then we'll set off immediately!"

  The woman with her back to the hall stood up first, and as she turned around, the air in the hall seemed to solidify, with everyone's eyes wide open, including Leizhi and Xian'ni'er. In their impression, a president of a magic academy should be at least sixty or seventy years old, without the accumulation and precipitation of time, no matter how smart a person is, they cannot reach the pinnacle.

  But the woman in front of them overturned their common sense, those mercenaries thought she was just a well-maintained old lady, who would have thought that she was actually so young! However, compared to her appearance, her age can be completely ignored, at least people have already forgotten to notice.

  She has a face of absolute beauty, pure and unadorned, with a pair of willow-leaf eyebrows that reveal a hint of weakness. However, her slightly thin lips are tightly pursed like a sword, also carrying a hint of coolness. These contradictory qualities blend together on her face to form a harmonious whole. The most captivating feature is her eyes - large and curved, with ripples like the gentle lapping of lake water on a spring day, clear and sparkling. And those extremely long eyelashes add a touch of melancholy charm.

  However, her overall demeanor has nothing to do with 'moving people', but rather 'freezing people'. She is like a warrior about to engage in a decisive battle, every move, every glance can make people feel cold, disdainful and arrogant. It's simply incomprehensible that such weak eyebrows, such pure cheeks, and such moving eyes, when combined together, become a block of eternal ice.

  She held in her hand a staff of magic that was truly astonishing, the staff was golden, with a golden sphere at the top, more than twice as large as Mo Xun's fist. On the surface of the sphere were embedded several attribute crystals of different properties, without looking closely, just by glancing out of the corner of one's eye, it could be seen that they were all extremely high-grade and excellent magic crystals.

  The current situation on the mainland is very chaotic, whether it's her appearance or the magic wand in her hand, they will become the target of envy for countless people. The problem is that she has no cover-up and doesn't want to cover up, which is enough to prove what kind of confidence she has.

  As a woman, Xanthe was also stunned. She suddenly had an impulse to take off her mask and compare with that woman, who is more beautiful?! Just like a swordsman discovering his opponent.

  After being stunned for a while, Xian Ni Er finally came back to her senses. She first looked at Han Jin and found that he was acting as if nothing had happened, calmly tidying up his long gown, forming a stark contrast with Mo Xin Ke, Sa Si Ou, and Lei Zhe who were still staring in shock. Xian Ni Er couldn't help but secretly smile, feeling a warmth in her heart.

  "Come on, what are you doing?" Han Jin said somewhat impatiently. Due to the difference in information transmission methods, his resistance to beauty was unparalleled in this world. No matter how beautiful a face was, it was just a poster.