I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 150 - 101: Magic Pet, Wizard, and Unique Skills

Chapter 150: Chapter 101: Magic Pet, Wizard, and Unique Skills

"A bit familiar, isn’t it?" Gu Shanhai gazed at the nearby village, his expression growing stern.

He had been traveling for about ten days when he arrived at the location indicated by the Prophetic Divination. There was a village that looked exactly like the one he had seen being incinerated by Dragon Breath Fire in his prophecy.

Through the Prophetic Divination, Gu Shanhai’s journey this time was marked as "Little Ji." If he had previously traveled to the Royal Capital, it would have been considered extremely auspicious. However, taking a detour now might change the divination result.

Prophetic Divination itself is a deduction of the consequences of choices and actions, not a fixation of everything, much like Merlin. If he hadn’t been dazed by love, he wouldn’t have died.

"Hiss, wait, if Merlin had gone with Atilis to retrieve the Lake Sword – Seversteel, wouldn’t he be ensnared?"

Gu Shanhai suddenly realized something: Merlin’s love-infected brain was triggered by Vivian, the Fairy of the Lake who bestowed the Lake Sword – Seversteel upon Atilis.

"So, I don’t actually need to physically retaliate against Merlin. I just need to let him accompany Atilis to retrieve the sword."

For the time being, Merlin was loyally serving under Atilis, seemingly as a part of a counterbalance, and thus had not been purged.

These matters, however, were unrelated to the present, as he saw flames rising from the village. The heat that hit his face made his horse appear somewhat anxious and restless.

"Has the opposition made their move?"

Gu Shanhai saw a massive fire elemental emerge within the flames, its structure resembling dragon scales, forming a terrifying appearance.

"A dragon fire elemental? What is this thing!" Gu Shanhai was shocked; he hadn’t anticipated that someone could create such a bizarre creature.

"Another use of Magic Pet arts? It seems this person is quite capable."

This world did not have dragon fire elements, so this entirely new elemental lifeform was naturally created through Magic Pet arts.

"This size already qualifies as a giant fire elemental. Lucky its strength is suppressed, otherwise, I might not have been able to handle it."

Level 15, probably with an elite template added, so its actual power is likely around level 20.

Among the enemies he faced, it was just average.

"The village is abandoned, so the wizard’s experiment must have taken place here."

"A show of power, huh."

Gu Shanhai’s expression remained unchanged, and he casually formed a large number of fire rings, hurling them towards the giant dragon fire elemental.

"I’ve always been curious—most flames require oxygen to burn, but do fire elements... abide by this rule?"

He tried to deplete the oxygen to see if this giant dragon fire elemental would annihilate itself.

It turns out, dragon fire elements don’t follow this majority.

The dragon fire elemental, wrapped in Dragon Breath Fire, rushed towards Gu Shanhai, the temperature becoming even more terrifying.

"What if I were to fuel the flames? Would it explode?"

In the next instant, the dragon fire elemental swelled instantaneously, growing formidable in might, but its original speed was decreasing, and it seemed increasingly weak.

Before it could even reach Gu Shanhai, it had already burned up completely.

"It couldn’t explode," Gu Shanhai said regretfully before adding, "So it turned into mere ashes in the end."

"Speaking of which, what does it burn to sustain itself? An elemental core perhaps?"

Fueling the fire this way directly consumed the fire elemental to death. If one were to analyze the cause of death, it would be due to malnutrition.

"You’ve surprised me by so easily killing the dragon breath element I created," an old man emerged slowly from the village after absorbing its flames, his tone calm.

Whether it’s a dragon fire element or a dragon breath element, it means the same.

"I suppose you are the person who spied on me through prophecy earlier. If you have a purpose, feel free to state it directly."

The old man didn’t beat around the bush with Gu Shanhai but straightforwardly indicated that they could negotiate whatever he wanted.

"Guess what I want," Gu Shanhai wickedly retorted.

The other party fell silent, then said, "My Magic Pet arts, right? You’ve been to my temporary residence near the southern forest."

"That’s right, but don’t worry. I’ll exchange my Magic Pet arts with yours; consider it mutual progress."

"The core part of the Magic Pet arts you left there—is that missing, I suppose?"

The first statement showed that he wasn’t just taking without giving, while the latter revealed Gu Shanhai’s professionalism, indicating he wasn’t an ignorant layman and wasn’t to be fooled.

The other party chuckled, then said, "I never thought a Druid like you would emerge, someone who chooses not to study Divine Arts but instead wants to research Magic Pets with me. That’s quite unusual."

"Why is that unusual? I’m a young man, not one of those aged Druids." Gu Shanhai shrugged, indicating that the other’s view was prejudicial.

"Alright, you may call me the Magic Pet Wizard. Please, this way," the old man did not reveal his real name, instead opting for a nickname.

This was naturally a precaution to keep Gu Shanhai from investigating him with his real name or using it in some curses.

Wizards rarely, like Merlin, expose their real names. It is a necessary safety measure.

Gu Shanhai also didn’t tell his real name, simply allowing the other to refer to him as Druid. They weren’t familiar, after all; it was just a business relationship.