The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

"Is that Lord Lionel? Who's the woman next to him? She's so beautiful and elegant," Melissa exclaimed in awe. Her attention was finally captured after Billy pointed out the figure in the audience.

"She's the legendary Chief Commander who retired from headquarters years ago. Of course, she's qualified to sit as an equal with Lord Lionel."

"Really? She's so young, that's just unbelievable!" Melissa thought to herself.

"Mira, you really kept me in the dark," Lionel said, his tone full of mock resentment as he looked at the woman beside him.

"What, did you expect me to write on my forehead who my fellow apprentice is? Would that make you happy?"

Despite sitting next to Lionel, she remained completely at ease, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"I didn't mean it like that. No wonder Felix is so exceptional. It turns out he's your apprentice, someone

who was trained in the same school. It makes sense now. Only someone like Dr. Hoffman could produce a genius who excels in both medicine and martial arts."

stole a

After all these years, you haven't aged a bit. Meanwhile, just look at me,"

to no good? You're not exactly young and handsome anymore. Maybe it's time to focus on your

few old friends knew about the embarrassing events from years ago, and he had fought tooth and

if others found out, they probably wouldn't believe that he once relentlessly pursued Mira. "You didn't come here just

to quickly change the topic, Mira

come check it out personally. Even though there's a Protector in the shadows, who

instructed you?" Lionel stroked his chin, then immediately stood up and left. Since even Gerald

stepped onto Arena One, prompting Melissa to cheer loudly, "Go,

gaze made the other person back down?" Nala chuckled,

poisoning at the banquet. He's just at the Oceanus Realm, so there's no

was. Fate really was a strange thing. Just then, Billy suddenly

Two. That one should be

see one of the participants was Ocean. However, the other one was quite strange. It was scorching hot out, and even