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Chapter 2652
Witnessing Claude achieving better results heavily affected Benedict’s mental state. His
forehead was full of sweat as his hands constantly moved, a faint red glow danced between
his fingers.
Each time he was about to complete a rune, he would fail because for some reason or
another. Even if he managed to complete a rune, it would be destroyed by the condensing
card due to the lack of refinement.
The more it happened, the more frustrated Benedict became. His unstable mental state
caused his progress to come to a sudden halt. Seeing Benedict in such a horrible state made
Elder Maurice and Mr. Zayne even more nervous.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEven though they were already sure that they would lose the contest, if their results were
bad, their punishment would be even more severe. If that happened, it would be much
harder for them to shed any responsibility.
Elder Maurice took a deep breath as he frowned. He tried his best to maintain a gentle tone,
“Benedict, keep your composure. Don’t let your anxiety get to you. You know that being
anxious won’t help you, and will only worsen your condition. Once you get back to Phoenix
Valley, you will be punished even more for it!”
Those words caused a jolt in Benedict’s heart, but they also helped motivate him. He bit his lip as he used the pain
to sober himself up, tightening his mental state.
Master Forrest furrowed his eyebrows slightly as he grunted, “You’re already at eight hundred and eighty. With a bit
more work, you’ll be at nine hundred.”
Master Forrest’s words were clearly to disrupt the other contestants. Just as he wanted, those words managed to
trigger the four participants that were at the center. They all widened their eyes as they looked at Bradley in
disbelief.
The longer the tournament got, the harder it was. Completing each run just got harder and harder.
Naturally, they knew that Bradley would have been better than everyone present, but they never expected that
Bradley would already be more than two hundred runes away from any of them.
If he worked a bit harder, it was even possible for him to pull ahead by three hundred runes.
That distance had dealt a heavy blow to the contestants who had initially been very confident in themselves. All of
their faces turned red, and even their breathing got erratic.
Elder Maurice was so furious that he clenched his right hand and turned to look at Master Forrest. Elder Maurice did
not want to say anything to Master Forrest since he felt like Phoenix Valley was going to lose.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHowever, Elder Maurice could not stand Master Forrest constantly trying to disrupt the
mental state of the other contestants. After all, he did not want his own alchemists to end up
with bad results because of their mental state.
Elder Maurice frowned and said, “Master Forrest, you should really watch your words. If you
want to praise your own alchemists, you can do that after the results are out. Why do you
keep trying to affect everyone’s mental states?”
Master Forrest raised an eyebrow before he said in a nonchalant manner, “Didn’t we already
agree that we would also be testing everyone’s ability to keep calm? There’s nothing wrong
with what I said. Who’s to blame if they allow themselves to be distracted?”
Elder Maurice’s face darkened and he said angrily, “You…”
Right after he said that he was stopped by Mr. Zayne who was standing next to him. Mr.
Zayne grabbed Elder Maurice’s arm and whispered, “Elder, don’t get too angry. Forrest is an
old fox. If you keep trying to go against him, you’ll just make yourself angrier. The results are
already clear, so we should focus on the future.”
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