Charm Points Maxed: My Enemies Became My Underlings

Chapter 7: A Duel With Lotti

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Everyone was silent.

Who would have thought that Lei Yuan could actually defeat a once-in-a-hundred-years mage talent like Lotti?

Some of them immediately praised him, as if they had completely forgotten what they had said before the fight.

“Warrior Lei Yuan, you’re too powerful. We were blind. Please don’t take offense!”

“That’s right, you’re a knight of our country, how can you be a disciple of a mage from another country? This is too absurd. With you around, the safety of our country is in good hands!”

‘Heh!’ Lei Yuan ignored them. He knew very well what these people were thinking.

Earlier, these people had said that his actions were ridiculous, but they had changed their tune since then. They were used to changing with the wind.

“No! That was a fluke! Let’s duel again!” Lotti was so angry that she stomped her feet. She was unwilling to accept the defeat.

How could she have known that Lei Yuan was actually quite strong?! If she had known earlier, she would not have let her guard down! If they dueled again, she definitely would not lose!

Lei Yuan only gave a faint smile in response. “Mage Lotti, you are indeed very powerful. You’re actually much stronger than the other mages I’ve seen.”

There was nothing obviously wrong with that statement, but someone realized that there was one flaw.

‘Didn’t Lei Yuan just come to our country not that long ago? How many mages had he seen before? How would he know of their strength?’

“It’s good that you know!” Lotti did not know what Lei Yuan was planning, but no one would turn down praise, and this move worked on everyone.

“If you know that I’m powerful, then hurry up and acknowledge me as your master! I’ll teach you more!”

“Haha!” Lei Yuan revealed a triumphant smile. “Since you’re so powerful, Lotti, you can’t be a sore loser, right?”

Lotti was speechless at this. She clenched her fists, and her face flushed red. She did not expect to fall into such a trap!

“Who said I can’t handle losing?! My performance was just off this time! That wasn’t my true strength! If you have the guts, challenge me again!”

She would never admit that she was inferior to Lei Yuan! She was currently the most talented mage in the world.

“Then, if I lose next time, can I also say that I just didn’t perform well?” Lei Yuan retorted mercilessly, a hint of mockery in his smirk.

This sentence made Lotti speechless. She decided not to say anything, so she simply snorted coldly, turned around, and retreated to her own camp.

If she could not take him down this time, Lotti believed that there would be other opportunities next time.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Lei Yuan decided to put away his god-tier weapon. But unexpectedly, the weapon did not want to listen to his orders!

The weapon shook, unwilling to let Lei Yuan pick it up, and this caused everyone to laugh again.

“How strange. He can use a divine weapon, but he can’t subdue it. What does this mean?”

There were fewer people, this time, who opposed Lei Yuan.

“Do you still need to guess? This meant that he’s not strong enough! If he isn’t strong enough, the divine weapon won’t obey him!”

Lotti seized this opportunity to make trouble. “Although the divine weapon has acknowledged you as its master, you’re still too weak. You can’t completely tame it yet. It’s a waste to let you keep it!”

These words made people very uncomfortable. Lei Yuan frowned at this, but he did not take the matter to heart.

“That’s easy. If I’m too weak now and can’t subdue it, then it should be fine as long as I get stronger. Right?”

With his current abilities and the overpowering system, he did not have to worry about not being able to become stronger. However, in Lotti’s eyes, Lei Yuan was just a weakling. She doubted he would be able to get stronger easily.

Even for an incredibly talented mage like her, it still took Lotti several years to cultivate to her current level. Thus, no matter how talented Lei Yuan was, she believed that it was impossible for him to make any progress quickly.

“That being said, you need time to become stronger. If you can’t subdue the divine weapon in a short period of time, it might not recognize you as its master one day. Aren’t you worried?”

One had to know that this kind of divine weapon was something that everyone wished to have, but it was something that could only be encountered by chance.

Even if they were lucky enough to have such a weapon, they would not be able to fully control it because most people simply did not have the strength for it. In such cases, the divine weapon would not be willing to recognize such a person as its master.

Lotti did not believe that Lei Yuan was not secretly panicking inside. As long as she used this as a premise, she might be able to get what she wanted from him.

Lei Yuan remained silent and did not respond to her question. This made Lotti believe that her words had worked, so she continued, “I can teach you a shortcut that guarantees you’d be able to quickly subdue a god-tier weapon.”

The shortcut was right in front of him, so why not take it? Lei Yuan had never thought himself above using cheats. He would not insist on a hard fight if he could take a shortcut.

‘But if the condition is to agree to be this loli’s disciple, then forget it.’

This was probably what Lotti was planning.

“You can teach me the shortcut,” Lei Yuan said calmly, “I’ll gladly accept it. But if the exchange is for me to become your disciple, then forget it.”

Lotti had expected this. No matter what, Lei Yuan had won today’s match. It was unrealistic to make him her disciple, at least for now.

However, this did not mean that there would be no chance to try again in the future. There would be plenty of time later on for him to realize how powerful she was!

“Don’t worry, I’m not in a hurry to acknowledge you as my disciple. I have plenty of time for you to beg me to be your master.”

It was not surprising that Lotti would say such words. She was always very arrogant, and she was definitely confident enough to back it up.

“In that case, I’ll just have to wait and see!”

Then, the two of them left the hall and went to the courtyard to discuss the “shortcut” Lotti mentioned.

Although Lotti was arrogant, she was indeed a good master.

“Subduing a divine weapon essentially means to make the divine weapon revere you. It’s just like subduing a naughty younger sibling.”

She spoke as though god-tier weapons had a soul. In Lei Yuan’s previous world, weapons were inanimate objects without a soul to speak of. But in this world, the rules seemed to be a little different. Perhaps divine weapons really did have things that ordinary items did not. The most typical example was spirituality.

“If you want it to obey you, you must first have the ability to convince it. But obviously, you don’t have that right now,” Lotti explained snidely.

Lei Yuan snorted and coldly said, “In other words, I need to be stronger than a divine weapon before it will allow me to use it, right?”

This logic was simple and easy to understand for Lei Yuan.

“You could interpret it that way.” However, that was not the complete understanding.

Lei Yuan continued, “You said that my power is weak, and I might not become stronger than a divine weapon in a short period of time. Then what is the ‘shortcut’ you mentioned?” He really wanted to know.

In his opinion, having the system supporting him was already a shortcut. ‘Could this loli really have a more convenient method than the system?’

Lotti snorted coldly, as if she was mocking Lei Yuan for his lack of knowledge. “Why are you so anxious? A shortcut isn’t something that can allow you to subdue a divine weapon overnight. You still have to rely on yourself to comprehend it. I’m only giving you a few simple methods.”

Lei Yuan felt like he had been cheated.

What kind of teaching method was this?