124: Chapter 124 Reunion

Elena was the first to look up at Byron and Mentor Isolde. "Is this the God of War who might hold the world coordinates?!"

Mentor Isolde nodded slightly, confirming Elena's inquiry.

Seeing this, Elena immediately let out a sharp squeal, looking at Byron with an excited expression.

"Byron, your luck is just too good! Not only were you not teleported into that testing ground, but you were also able to encounter this God of War."

"You have no idea. Although most of the items fell into the testing ground, there were also so many people inside."

"No matter how many items there were, it couldn't withstand the competition from so many people. Take us, for example; we only managed to snatch a few things, and we nearly beat each other's brains out doing it."

Hearing this, Colin, who had been sitting on the side nodding in agreement, nearly choked on his breath and began coughing incessantly.

Elena, seemingly oblivious to Colin's coughing, continued to complain.

"And most of the things that fell into the testing ground—let alone comparing them to yours—they don't even come close. They're basically trash."

Colin could finally hold it in no longer and spoke up to persuade her. "Senior, isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? Although they aren't as precious as Byron's item, they aren't exactly trash, right?"

Seeing Colin contradict her, Elena immediately glared at him.

"Don't you have any idea whether they're trash or not? If not for the fact that they still had some research value, I would have tossed them away long ago. Keeping them in my spatial bag is just a waste of space."

Seeing this, Colin dared not say anything else, only grumbling to himself in his heart.

'If they're trash, then why were you so enthusiastic about smashing down walls back then? You were the craziest of them all.'

Byron also humbly spoke up. "Senior, stop praising me. If Mentor hadn't intervened, forget about obtaining this item; I'd be lucky if I hadn't been killed by him."

Although that God of War couldn't even withstand a single move from Mentor Isolde, the fact that he could make Mentor worry that his desperate resistance might damage the spoils was enough to prove his power.

It was just bad luck that he ran into such an overpowered wizard as Isolde.

After all, when facing Mentor Isolde, Byron didn't even have the strength to break free, let alone put up a fight.

As for the discussion among the three of them, Isolde remained silent, simply continuing to sip the red wine in her hand.

Seeing that Mentor Isolde had nothing else to say, Byron bid her farewell.

Hearing this, Isolde parted her red lips slightly. "After some time, you will be able to receive your share of the spoils. I will notify you when that time comes."

Byron nodded with a smile, not showing the slightest bit of distrust toward Isolde.

After all, regarding this matter, his feelings were just as he had said earlier: if it weren't for Isolde, let alone the spoils, he might have even lost his life there.

Therefore, he trusted that Mentor Isolde would not tamper with the spoils.

...

At the Grey Dome Restaurant, Byron headed straight to the old private room on the second floor.

Pushing open the door and seeing Grey and Eliza sitting inside, a smile appeared on Byron's face as he walked toward them.

The moment Grey and Eliza saw Byron, they also stood up with smiles and walked toward him.

It was a mutual rush to meet.

After the three of them shared a hug, they each took their seats.

Eliza looked at Byron and teased with a smile, "I thought you had been dazzled by the flashy world outside and were reluctant to come back."

Byron smiled at Eliza. "How could the flowers outside be as beautiful as the ones in the academy?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Grey immediately started howling in coordination, while Eliza rolled her eyes at Byron in annoyance.

"It seems you've really learned bad habits outside, becoming such a smooth talker."

Byron blinked his innocent eyes. "Didn't you start it, Eliza? Why are you blaming me?"

After some playful banter, the invisible barrier that had formed due to their long time apart dissipated, and the three of them returned to the harmonious state they had before they parted.

Grey looked at Byron and asked curiously, "Byron, hurry up and tell me and Eliza what actually happened during this time, and why were you in such a rush to see your mentor after you returned?"

After finishing the last sentence, Grey seemed to realize he had said something wrong. Just as he wanted to make amends, Byron smiled and spoke.

"Alright, since you two are so curious, I'll tell you about my adventure these past few days."

Saying this, Byron paused and looked at Grey. "Of course, I'll also talk about that matter you're curious about, Grey."

Grey was puzzled. "Byron, you don't have to keep that secret anymore? If it's difficult, you don't have to say it. Actually, I wasn't that curious about it anyway."

Byron smiled and waved his hand. "It's fine. I've already handed that item over to my mentor, and my mission is finished. It doesn't matter whether I talk about it or not."

"Besides, that item is inextricably linked to the adventure I'm about to tell you. Are you sure you don't want to hear about it, Grey?"

At this point, Byron gave a mischievous smile.

Hearing this, Grey immediately lost all his reservations and nodded vigorously.

"I want to hear it! Since it doesn't affect you, Byron, of course I'm curious."

Eliza also smiled and urged him, "Alright, Byron, stop keeping us in suspense and just tell us!"

"Besides, you should also want to know what exactly happened in that testing ground, right?"

Byron smiled and raised his hands in surrender. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you now."

Seeing this, Grey and Eliza both smiled and straightened up, focusing their full attention, ready to listen to Byron recount his adventure.

Byron did not delay. After briefly organizing his thoughts, he began to recount the events he had encountered along the way.

Of course, it was impossible for Byron to tell them everything in full detail.

Because there wasn't enough time for that, he only selected some key points to share.

Of course, there was another important reason for not telling everything.

That was that Byron didn't want to talk about his dark history, which included the seed-borrowing incident.

Just thinking about how these dark moments might be mentioned in someone's memoirs in the future, or when future generations talked about him, made him shudder.

Listening to Byron's story, Grey and Eliza seemed to be drawn into the narrative, experiencing those events alongside Byron.

Hearing about Byron being harassed by the nobility, and even having them try to abduct him, both of their faces showed expressions of anger.

When they heard the story of the deity, a look of worry for Byron appeared on their faces as well.

I don't know how much time passed, but Byron finally finished recounting the key events of what had happened to him these past few days to Grey and Eliza.

The reason for doing so was also to help Grey and Eliza heighten their vigilance.

After all, they would have to go out on missions in the future. Being too naive and not knowing the dangers of the world could very likely lead to them coming to grief.

As for whether it would be useful, that was no longer Byron's concern, because this was all he could do.