Baron Cullen

Sinda was knocked so hard she staggered, and half of her face instantly swelled up.

He covered his face, staring at Karen in disbelief, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Karen Waller! You...you dare hit me?!"

"If someone has a foul mouth, they deserve to be hit."

Karen’s tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable sense of pressure.

Vivian and the other noblemen, who were standing nearby, were both shocked and furious at the sight, and they all started shouting:

"Karen! You've gone too far!"

"This is the Mage's Guild, not your Waller family's residence!"

"Guards! Where are the guards from the Mage Association? Arrest these two lawless scoundrels immediately!"

Their noise attracted the attention of some nearby monks and apprentices, and also alerted the association guards responsible for maintaining order.

A captain of the guards, wearing the badge of the Mage Association, walked quickly over with two guards.

"What's going on? Who's causing a ruckus within the association?" the guard captain asked with a grim face.

At this moment, Sinda, as if she had found a powerful backer, immediately pointed at Karen and shrieked, "It's him! He attacked people for no reason! Arrest him!"

"That's right! It's him! He doesn't respect the Mage Association at all!" Vivian quickly chimed in, "Get them both out of here!"

The captain of the guard looked at Karen, his brows furrowing slightly.

He had heard the recent rumors about this young baron and naturally knew his identity, so he said in a deep voice, "Baron Karen, private duels are forbidden within the association. Please explain."

Karen protected his sister, glanced at Sinda and the others, and said coldly, "These people insulted my sister and the Waller family."

As the elder brother and now Baron Waller, what's wrong with me protecting my sister and the family's reputation?

Or does the Dharma Association allow its prospective apprentices to slander others at will?

Upon hearing this, the captain of the guard looked at Xinda and the other noblemen, and seeing that their eyes were flickering, he understood seven or eight parts of the situation.

He had seen plenty of the dirty dealings among these noble children, but the association did indeed have rules against using force without permission.

For a moment, he was also thinking about how to handle this matter.

Seeing this, Karen spoke again, her voice not loud, but it carried throughout the surroundings: "Since you think my Waller family is weak and easy to bully, then let's see who's the real deal."

"All of you can come at me together, or have your guards come out. I need to accompany my sister to report for duty; we don't have much time."

These words caused an uproar in the audience!

The noblemen were both shocked and furious.

Although they themselves were weak, the guards around them were all trained by their families and were at least first-level superhumans.

Sinda gritted her teeth and said viciously, "What an arrogant bastard! Captain, you heard it too, he provoked us first!"

After saying that, he immediately signaled the guards behind him to take action.

A burly guard with a sword at his waist stepped forward from behind him, staring at Karen with hostile eyes.

Vivian and another nobleman also signaled their guards to come forward.

There were three of them in total, forming a clear encirclement.

The captain of the guard wanted to stop him, but seeing Karen wave her hand, he couldn't force her to stop him. He could only say in a deep voice, "Although it is voluntary on both sides, the association still has its rules."

Stop when you've made your point; never let anyone take your life!

Karen looked at the three guards who surrounded her, her eyes showing no emotion, and slowly drew the short sword from her waist.

At this moment, the three guards exchanged glances, drew their weapons, and attacked Karen from three directions!

The sword wind howled, and the halo brought by the extraordinary elements appeared faintly, clearly indicating that they had all used their respective first-tier combat skills!

The crowd gasped in surprise, and Cecilia, standing nearby, nervously covered her mouth.

However, Karen remained unfazed, her expression as calm as still water.

His movements were concise and swift!

He sidestepped the guard's frontal slash, and his sword shot out like lightning, striking the guard's wrist precisely.

The man screamed in agony, and the longsword slipped from his hand.

He then slightly spun his body, his sword drawing an arc in the air to deflect the sword thrusting from the side.

Then he flicked his wrist, and the blade pressed down, striking the second guard heavily behind the knee.

The man groaned and knelt down on the ground.

Faced with the last guard's sudden thrust, he advanced instead of retreating.

The sword in his hand seemed to possess a mind of its own, sliding along the opponent's blade before the tip suddenly pointed forward, striking the opponent squarely in the chest.

Bang bang bang!

The three muffled thuds occurred almost simultaneously.

Within just a few breaths, the three guards were rendered unable to fight.

Karen stood with the knife held in reverse, her breathing steady.

It was as if he had just done something trivial.

For a moment, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stared in disbelief at the young figure holding the knife in the center of the room.

Three times!

He defeated three guards who were first-tier superhumans in just three moves!

To those freshmen who haven't yet stepped into the realm of the extraordinary, what formidable strength this is!

At this moment, Sinda, Vivian, and several other noblemen were deathly pale, as if they had seen a ghost, and could no longer utter a word.

The captain of the guard also gasped, and his gaze toward Karen completely changed.

He was a second-tier mage himself, so it was clear that although Karen was an extraordinary being, he had only just awakened to the first tier of strength.

However, the other party's performance far exceeded his expectations.

This is absolutely not something a newly awakened Tier 1 warrior could do!

Karen sheathed his sword back into its scabbard at his waist.

He pulled Cecilia, who was still in a daze, to her feet and calmly asked the captain of the guard, "Can we proceed with the enrollment procedures now?"

"Of course!" The captain of the guard came to his senses and nodded blankly.

He then quickly directed the guards behind him to take Xinda and the others away.

Although they, as the association's guards, do not have the power to arrest, they can still expel them from the association.

At the same time, news of Karen's three-strike victory over three Tier 1 Transcendent beings spread like wildfire throughout the entire Mage Association.

As he took Cecilia to complete the formal enrollment procedures, the mage apprentices they encountered along the way cast surprised and curious glances, some even mixed with a hint of awe.

The previously malicious whispers and disdain have all vanished without a trace.

Karen understood that in this world, strength reigns supreme.

As long as you are strong enough, you will receive the highest respect anywhere.

Cecilia followed closely behind her brother, her initial anxiety replaced by a strong sense of security, and her little face regained its radiance.

The procedures went very smoothly, and the monk in charge of registration was very polite.

Subsequently, Cecilia and the other new students were taken away by a female mage to participate in a mage awakening ceremony and talent test prepared for the new students.

Karen, as a family member, was allowed to observe from the observation area.

The awakening ceremony was held in a spacious circular hall, with a three-person-high stone statue of the monk standing in the center.

Unlike the Warrior's Stone, the Mage's Stone radiates a dazzling arcane glow at all times, making it appear quite sacred.

Dozens of freshmen, like Cecilia, stood around the standing stone, both nervous and expectant.

The ceremony was presided over by an elderly monk with gray hair and a solemn expression.

He chanted incantations, guiding the energy of the standing stone to form a gentle energy field that enveloped the newborns around it.

Subsequently, Cecilia and the other new students drank the mage potion provided by the association, then sat cross-legged, closed their eyes, and tried to guide the energy emitted by the potion and the extraordinary elements that kept flowing into their bodies to construct their own extraordinary circuits.

Karen stood at the edge of the observation area, her gaze fixed on Cecilia.

He saw his sister sit cross-legged and begin to guide him, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly, clearly enduring the power of the secret medicine and the impact of extraordinary elements on his body.

But soon, he noticed that his sister's expression relaxed, and her body began to emit faint light representing different elements.

"Interesting, a rare four-element physique!" At this moment, a gentle voice sounded beside Karen, "Indeed, as outstanding as her brother, her talent is equally astonishing."

Karen turned his head and saw a middle-aged man wearing a dark blue mage robe and a fourth-tier mage badge on his chest standing next to him.

The man had a refined appearance and wise eyes, and he was smiling as he looked at Cecilia in the arena.

"So it's Vice President Brandon. It's an honor that you're so interested in my sister."

Karen recognized the other person based on the original owner's memories and bowed slightly in greeting.