Just yesterday, several of the elves—eager to learn about Max—had bribed a few humans from the Valora Continent, hoping to dig up some useful intel. And with the right price, they got everything.
Everything about Max—his rise as the strongest genius of Valora, his undefeated record in countless battles, his unheard-of victory during the Ascension Ceremony, and more shockingly, how he had once defeated an Ascendant… even a Null in direct combat.
Elliot hadn't wanted to believe it. He thought the stories were exaggerated, the records overblown. But after seeing Max's duel with Levi, there was no denying the truth anymore. 'His talent… it might actually be at our level,' Elliot admitted grudgingly, 'at the level of the peak geniuses of the Lost Continent.'
Just then, a mocking voice drifted toward him. "What happened, Elliot? Out of options already?"
