Chapter 270: Forming connections with Saints

[Ding! Mission complete! 10 exp points!]Alex received a notification from the system after watching the spider lord get electrocuted by the lightning chains for seven minutes, which was how long the spider lord had managed to stay alive before finally crossing over.

The thick smell of roasted flesh filled the lightning cage, and the charred corpse of the spider lord was constantly letting out smoke.

"Finally," Alex mumbled.

With a thought, the lightning chains released the corpse of the spider lord and allowed it to fall into the snow on the ground, slightly sinking into it.

At the same time, Alex deactivated the spell and the lightning cage gradually began to disappear. The fierce cold wind that had been blocked out by the ultimate lightning prison previously immediately entered the five-hundred-meter space along with snow from the sky.

The corpse of the spider lord was quickly buried under clean snow while the scent of burnt flesh was carried away by the wind.

Alex remained standing in place and didn’t approach the corpse immediately. He looked to the side, his eyes landing on the seven Saint mages who were currently standing in place and equally watching him.

He felt their presence long ago so he wasn’t surprised to see them.

"Mr Chen, are you all right?" Femi asked immediately after the lightning cage disappeared.

Alex nodded and asked if they had taken care of everything else.

"Yes, it was a hard fight, but you had it even harder," Femi said jokingly as he gazed at a slight bulge on the snow. It was the corpse of the spider lord that had been covered in snow.

"It wasn’t really a problem, it just took longer than I anticipated," Alex replied casually.

Femi was speechless at Mr Chen’s response. He stared at the other party for a brief moment before suddenly letting out a chuckle.

"You truly are impressive, Mr Chen. I find it difficult to believe that we are in the same Saint rank." Femi said after chuckling.

Alex didn’t respond to this statement.

Lucas and the other Saint rank mages approached at this point.

"You’re truly something, Mr Chen. To think that a powerful mage like yourself was in our sixth continent, you should join us for more operations in the future." Lucas said with a sigh after reaching Alex.

He honestly still found it difficult to believe everything that he had felt since Mr Chen arrived with Maria and the others from Mash country.

Instantly casting Saint rank spells, fighting for two days without resting to restore some mana, and facing so many Calamity rank beasts alone.

He wouldn’t believe it if someone else told him such a story.

Similarly, the other Saint mages started to praise Alex for his hard work. Their words weren’t just flattery but sincere admiration for everything that Mr Chen had done.

They couldn’t think of any way that this operation would have gone more smoothly without him.

"Ahem, Mr Chen." An awkward voice sounded at this moment.

Everyone fell silent and turned to look at the owner, it turned out that it was the Saint mage from the third continent who was arguing about Alex’s background earlier.

Alex’s also turned to face him. Seeing this, the Saint mage cleared his throat before saying.

"I sincerely apologise for my words earlier. It doesn’t really matter if you’re from the third continent or the sixth continent, what matters is that we’re all part of the Union and do what we do for the betterment of all humans.

Please, accept my apologies." The man said with a slight bow.

After everything that had happened, he would be an idiot to stay on the bad side of someone like Mr Chen. It was only right for him to amend things quickly and apologise, even though he was from the third continent, and Mr Chen claimed to be from the sixth continent.

Lucas watched with a smug look from the side and didn’t butt in, but he was glad to see that arrogant mage from the third continent bowing his head.

"But I’m not a member of the Union, I was just invited by a friend," Alex replied, his tone expressionless.

Everyone "..."

Umm, Mr Chen, the man is swallowing his pride as a Saint and apologising, you shouldn’t say words like that or you’ll embarrass him even more!

The expression of the mage from the third continent twisted upon hearing Mr Chen’s words, his cheeks suddenly felt hot as if someone had slapped him across the face.

But he quickly hid these expressions and wore an awkward smile.

"Haha, of course that doesn’t matter to me. All Saint rank mages should be friends and offer aid to each other. How about we become friends too?

My name is Shin Lu by the way, I’m from the Lu ancestral family in the third continent and also the president of the Union HQ there.

If Mr Chen ever comes to the third continent, please feel free to come look for me, I’ll personally be your tour guide." Shin said with a laugh.

"Sure, I’ll keep that in mind," Alex replied.

Seeing how Shin had just formed a connection with Mr Chen, the other Saint mages, except Lucas and Femi, quickly started to introduce themselves and offered to guide Mr Chen around if he ever came to their continent.

Even Saint-ranked mages could be shameless, too, when it comes to something that might benefit them.

After they were finally done with that, they proceeded to gather the corpses of the spider lord and the one hundred spider Generals before returning to the camp.

On their way there, Lucas couldn’t help but ask how Mr Chen was able to last so long without running out of mana and how he was able to kill so many Calamity rank beasts alone.

Alex obviously didn’t answer this. He was actually thinking of a more believable lie but the time he took to think made the others think that he didn’t want to answer.

"It’s not good to interrogate a Saint rank mage, especially someone like Mr Chen, everyone has secrets that they do not wish to share," Femi said from the side.

The others quickly understood what he meant. Mr Chen’s true identity was hidden behind a mask, but what made them think he would answer such questions?

It made sense for him to ignore them.

Lucas apologised for trying to pry into Mr Chen’s secrets, the other mages also apologised.

’Huh, just like that?’ Alex was stunned that they gave up so easily, he just came up with an answer!

"But I’m really curious about something though," Femi suddenly voiced out and stopped walking.

He turned and stared deeply at Alex’s mask.

’Oh, he has a question as well?’ Alex thought as he also came to a stop.

"Mr Chen, your element is the lightning element, right?" Femi asked, wanting to confirm something first.

"Yes," Alex replied.

"Then, how were you able to use spells of the space element?" Femi asked, his eyes narrowing.

Alex was stunned, the feeling around the dark skinned man suddenly changed into a dangerous one after asking that question.

But Alex didn’t panic and casually replied the next moment.

"They were spell books,"

Everyone "..."

Not just Femi, Lucas and the other Saint rank mages were left speechless by Mr Chen’s response. And since his response didn’t take long, it didn’t seem like he was lying.

Those space spells that they felt were from spell books?

"Oh, all right then," Femi replied after a moment and kept walking.

His response shocked the others again.

Does he accept everything that Mr Chen says so easily?!