Chapter 447 - 141: Who Is Lynch’s Favorite Female Junior!?

Chapter 447: Chapter 141: Who Is Lynch’s Favorite Female Junior!?

"And... and we still owe him five hundred thousand Gold Coins..."

When the full story came out, every last one of the masters present couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

"Single-handedly defeating an ambush by more than twenty elites ranging from Tier One to Three... That Lynch might look like a mere Tier Three Necromancer, but his actual combat prowess is likely beyond the reach of a Tier Four... no, maybe even a Tier Five Necromancer," a master from Silver Moon Academy exclaimed in shock.

Master Gwen couldn’t help but roar with laughter, her eyes brimming with pride. "That kid really took this whole group of pampered boys and girls for a ride!"

What was even more outrageous was that, according to the students, Lynch had recorded the entire process and brazenly robbed them of everything.

"That equipment... it was all Magic Equipment, plus the cash... together, it was probably worth over five hundred thousand Gold Coins..." an Imperial Capital student wailed. "And he demanded an IOU for another five hundred thousand... In total... that’s over a million Gold Coins..."

"H-How much!?"

"A million Gold Coins!?"

The moment he said that, every master present, regardless of their academy, sucked in a sharp breath. Their eyes glazed over in sheer disbelief.

That much money... Forget a student; even the masters present had never seen such a large sum all at once.

A whole million Gold Coins...

That much money was enough to purchase a small city outright or to lavishly equip an elite legion of five thousand.

"That kid has some nerve!" Carl’s Holy Knight master finally snapped out of his shock and roared with uncontrollable fury. "He dared to commit robbery! Especially that Hammer of Holy Light Judgment! That’s one of the cornerstone treasures of our Imperial Capital Academy’s Holy Knight discipline! He dared to take that, too... This is a blatant provocation against the Imperial Capital Academy! It’s a crime!"

The other masters from the Imperial Capital Academy also put on a show of "righteous indignation," all clamoring for Lynch to be severely punished.

Now, the masters from Hurst Academy weren’t having any of it.

"Bullshit!" Master Lianna was the first to jump in, hands on her hips, her sharp-tongued nature on full display. "Don’t you forget, Lynch recorded everything! It was your academy’s students who attacked first, and they were trying to kill him! He was just defending himself!"

"Exactly!" Master Harvey chimed in with a cold smirk. "More than twenty of them ganged up on one person, only to get slaughtered and stripped bare in return, and you still have the nerve to complain? I’ve lived for many years, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen such shamelessness!"

"Hah! You really think Hurst Academy is a pushover? No matter how far you take this dispute, Hurst Academy will see it through to the very end!" Master Lianna grew more and more agitated as she spoke, a flush rising in her cheeks. "Not only that, but we will also report this to our dean and have him request an audience with His Majesty to seek true justice! Your Imperial Capital Academy students attempted to murder a Baron and Battle Group Commander of our nation. That’s a score we’ll have to settle very carefully!"

At this moment, was there any trace of her former disgust for Lynch in Master Lianna’s expression?

Right now, she was like Lynch’s most loyal supporter, fiercely protective to an extreme degree. It was as if the person who had vehemently opposed Lynch three years ago was someone else entirely.

Grand Mage Buddy listened to her words, then looked at the group of dejected students before him, dressed only in their underpants. He felt his vision start to go black, and his chest tightened so much he could hardly breathe.

’A million Gold Coins... a cornerstone treasure... and this utter humiliation...’

"Oh, my~ Grand Mage Buddy, you mustn’t let your anger get the best of your health." Master Lianna noticed his expression and let out a saccharine, mocking laugh. "After all... you still have to figure out how to scrape together the money to ransom that hammer, you know."

PFFT—!

Grand Mage Buddy was so furious he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, the masters from the Imperial Capital Academy didn’t dare confront Master Lianna any further. In a situation like this, the more they said, the more they would embarrass themselves.

They immediately shifted their attention to the students, scrambling to help the poor souls who had been scared witless. Those who needed medicine were given it, and those who needed to be soothed with Divine Arts received them. They all made a great show of being incredibly busy.

And the twenty thousand points Lynch had thrown down seemed to have sounded the horn for a counter-offensive.

After that, the scores of Hurst Academy’s graduating students began to skyrocket as if they were on stimulants, while in contrast, Lynch’s score stopped rising.

In the main camp’s central tent, the smiles on the faces of the Hurst Royal Academy masters grew ever wider, while the expressions of the Imperial Capital Academy masters became increasingly grim.

Meanwhile, the initial smiles on the faces of the Silver Moon Academy masters had long since faded, replaced by worried frowns.

As it turned out, smiles also obeyed a law of conservation; they would only ever move from one group’s faces to another’s.

Ailendra Moon Language’s rank had dropped from first place at the start to second. Then, Avril, Ophelia, and Lilith also surpassed her, pushing her all the way down to fifth place.

Of the five top-ten spots that Silver Moon Academy originally held, only Airendra remained.

It was clear that as time went on, more and more Hurst students would force their way into the top ten, pushing Airendra further and further down.

This slow bleed was agony for the Silver Moon Academy masters, who looked as though they were sitting on pins and needles.

As for the Imperial Capital Academy’s Eleanor and Adora, they weren’t faring much better and had also been pushed down the rankings.