“Here’s hoping things will go like what you’ve said,” Meng Lei replied with a smile.
Then, with a wave of his arm, he let out the magic carpet and said with a smile, “Let’s head there together.”
“Seriously, old bro, riding an old and tattered flying carpet when you’re already a billionaire? Aren’t you concerned that it’ll cramp your style?” Fatty Hart remarked as he looked at the magic carpet in disdain.
Then, with a grand wave of his arm, he let out a shiny golden magic flying carriage. It bore a striking resemblance to a magnificent falcon, except with a dragon head and was covered all over in golden dragon scales.
There were only four words to describe it—crazy cool, mighty, and domineering!
Fatty Hart tossed his long hair and said awfully coyly, “Let’s go. We can take my vehicle instead!”
“What the heck? Isn’t this the latest version of the collector’s edition of Dragon-Falcon magic carriages? One costs over five million gold coins, you know! Where did you get that from, Fatty?”
Stunned by the golden vehicle’s sudden appearance, Daniel couldn’t stop gasping in shock.
“Haha! I had a small windfall recently thanks to old bro!” Fatty Hart looked awfully smug. “Hehe, you know what I mean.”
“You’ve used up all of the red packets I gave you to buy the carriage,” Meng Lei exclaimed as he looked at Fatty Hart.
He had given Fatty Hart a few red packets, and they had added up to two to three million gold coins.
He had already spent them all!?
“Haha, I, Fatty, have no worries about food or clothing, but what I do lack is a high-end vehicle that matches my status. Frankly speaking, I’ve been eying my old man’s carriage for a very long time now.”
A snickering Fatty Hart went on. “I’ve wanted to steal it and bring it out all this time. Alas, my old man keeps too tight of a watch over it, so I didn’t have a chance at all. Therefore, I secretly swore to myself that I must buy a vehicle that’s even cooler than his for sure someday. And now, my wish has finally come true. I’m so happy!”
“You wastrel!”
A corner of Meng Lei’s lips spasmed in response.
“Haha, let’s go!”
Fatty Hart pulled open the carriage door and said, “Today is the day that old bro’s gonna go on a rampage. You have to ride a presentable vehicle for sure! Only then will it match up to old bro’s status!
“Hop on, old bro!”
“...”
The five-million-gold-coin magic carriage was naturally incredibly flashy. They had only just risen into the air when it attracted several astonished, envious gazes.
Yet Fatty Hart the dummy, still chose to show off on purpose, insisting on circling leisurely around the campus. He even moved at an awfully slow pace, attracting countless envious and jealous exclamations.
Fatty Hart’s vanity was greatly satisfied upon hearing all the screams and exclamations. Only then did he leave the academy, fully content with his achievements.
And then... He started to show off again.
He drove slowly in crowded places and moved quickly in sparsely-populated areas.
That smug look of his gave Meng Lei a serious itch to beat someone up. “Fatty, at the speed you’re driving at, we won’t be able to reach Douglas Magic Academy even by next year!”
“Hehe!” Fatty Hart gave him an embarrassed smile and immediately pulled the control lever. The magic carriage instantly sped up, turning into a stream of light that flew outward. In less than ten minutes, they arrived at Douglas Magic Academy.
“You’ve actually somehow dragged on a few minutes’ journey into an hour...” Meng Lei griped after casting a glance at his pocket watch. “Seriously, Fatty!”
Douglas Magic Academy was already packed with a sea of people by now. Several long queues snaked in front of the academy entrance, causing Meng Lei to be rather troubled. “With that many people here, when are we going to have to queue till?”
However, Fatty Hart replied, “Old bro, look at the banner above. There’s an exclusive passageway for contestants like you guys.”
Meng Lei hurriedly looked over. True enough, he noticed a few banners hanging at the academy entrance, among which, one featured a few large, gold-gilded words—”Contestants, please enter via the exclusive passageway at the side door!”
The rest of the banner displayed other information, such as the number of gold coins external parties needed to pay in order to enter the academy to watch the battles, directions after entering the academy, the seating layout, and so on.
“What the heck? The fee to watch the matches actually goes as high as 2,000 gold coins!?”
Chapter 126: Gravitational Space, Free-For-All Arena Battle
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The quadrennial inter-academy exchange competition was a large event that shook the entire Dragon God Empire. Innumerable academies, geniuses, and experts took part in it, while innumerable nobles, vendors, and commoners were attracted to it.
The amount of attention it received far exceeded that of the World Cup on Earth. One could tell a thing or two about this from just the qualifying round today.
The place was swamped with a sea of people, the spectacle magnificent and unprecedented. Even a spectator fee as high as 2,000 gold coins couldn’t stop the passionate crowd.
“2,000 gold coins per person! Aren’t they going to earn quite a few hundred million after a day’s work?”
Meng Lei shook his head repeatedly. He had only managed to earn a few billion gold coins after fighting so desperately, yet Douglas Magic Academy had it so easy, earning a few hundred million gold coins just by doing nothing?
“Comparing myself to others only creates unwanted frustrations, indeed.”
Then, after bidding farewell to Fatty Hart and Daniel, Meng Lei headed toward the passageway exclusive to the contestants’ use.
Compared to the massive horde of spectators, there were a much smaller
