LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 154 Lance the Trickster, Who Would Have Thought Venus Was a Grim Reaper Apprentice?!_2
"Protect Lance? You're underestimating him far too much. Do you know why I call him 'Swindler Lance'?"
"You thought he was dead, but he wasn't. You feel he deceived you, so you call him 'Swindler'?"
"That's part of it." Amelia's figure vanished from in front of the projection screen, allowing Lance to reappear on it: "Take a good look, Venus, take a good look... Do you think this guy is still the same one from a thousand years ago?"
"A thousand years of time... a little change... is normal."
A thousand years of time, for a person, there will invariably be some changes. Lance's change... she noticed it, compared to a thousand years ago... the current Lance had a better temperament, his eyes, every move he made... casual and natural.
This wasn't something to be overly shocked by; if there wasn't any change after a thousand years, now that would be strange.
Amelia fell silent; the projection screen wasn't enough. Only if Venus could see Lance in person would she be able to directly sense just how much Lance had changed.
That wasn't a bit of change, it was like he was a completely different person!
Fine, fine, fine.
Do you think Lance lacks the ability to protect himself?
Good, it's time to give Venus a little shock of Lance.
"Venus, you are underestimating the Swindler Lance of a thousand years later. Your impressions of him are still from a thousand years ago, saying he doesn't have much self-protection ability... A thousand years ago... his ability to protect himself was already above us."
"Beastmaster, you've heard of it, right?"
Venus in the projection screen nodded. Of course, she'd heard of Beastmasters and had even encountered them. Powerful Beastmasters were difficult to deal with, and some evil ones could even control small-scale beast tides to profit for themselves.
For example, by using beast tides to blackmail a city lord, making them pay a huge bounty.
"He, Swindler Lance... not only is he a Potion Master, but he's also a Beastmaster! Moreover, according to the information I've gathered, his pet... seems to be somewhat strong..."
"Potion Master plus Beastmaster... Can't he help you?"
Beastmaster?
The current Lance... is still a Beastmaster?
Under normal circumstances, it's difficult for a Potion Master to become a Beastmaster, though an excellent Potion Master could become friends with a Beastmaster.
If a pet beast had any issues, a Potion Master could help a Beastmaster.
Wait a second...
Amelia called Lance 'Swindler'...
And said Lance had self-protection abilities a thousand years ago... Could it be... A thousand years ago, Lance wasn't just a Potion Master but also a Beastmaster?
If that was the case... then indeed, Lance was a swindler, and a deeply hidden one at that.
In front of them, he had never shown any beast-taming talent, not even his pet beast had ever been seen.
"Lance, are you a Beastmaster?"
"No."
"Ha, the evidence is irrefutable; you still want to deceive us? All of Saint Blue, your subjects... they all know you can tame beasts."
"You could tame beasts a thousand years ago?"
"Could tame turtles."
"???"
A pet turtle?
What kind of attack power could a turtle have?
A turtle's specialty is defense.
Choosing a turtle as his pet beast did fit Lance's personality.
"Swindler Lance."
Venus adopted Amelia's way of addressing Lance.
If the pet beast was a turtle, indeed, it would be embarrassing to show it to teammates, probably inciting laughter.
Better than the Potion Master identity.
"Lance, do you have any free time recently? If you do... let's form a team temporarily; you and Amelia come to assist me with a task. This task is... somewhat difficult for me personally; I need to find people to help."
"Last night Amelia said she could bring a mysterious and powerful fighter to help me, but I refused because I didn't know it was you."
"Now that I know, if you are available, come and help me out. Once we complete this task, I'll give you something nice. Even if we can't complete it, no worries, I'll still give you something quite interesting. "
Spirit-Communicating Gold Coins.
For Lance, that should be attractive enough.
Spirit-Communicating Gold Coins are beyond the reach of ordinary people; even nobles sometimes can't get them.
The collection value of Spirit-Communicating Gold Coins is quite high, but selling them... doesn't make much sense, nor are they particularly valuable.
If you have use for Spirit-Communicating Gold Coins, they are invaluable.
If you have no use for them, they are just coins imbued with an air of mystery.
When she gives the Spirit-Communicating Gold Coins to Lance, she plans to suggest that he keep them as a collectible.
The request for assistance she had sent out to nearby Apprentice Grim Reapers had so far only been responded to by one.
The response was: [Read, busy with the kids, no time for now.]
The other Apprentice Grim Reapers hadn't replied yet.
No more waiting.
If Lance were free, she would have Amelia bring him along to assist her in completing the task.
To relive the feeling of forming a team like in the old days.
Amelia looked at Lance with a teasing smile. For the Undead that even the Apprentice Grim Reaper Venus found troublesome...
If Lance went, she didn't believe he could keep his identity as the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor a secret.
She had not revealed to Venus the identity of Swindler Lance as the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor, wanting Venus to witness the prowess of the [Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor] for herself.
"Swindler Lance, the team invite is here, are you free?"
Quite the mischief...
Lance knew what Amelia wanted to do, revealing only his identity as a Beastmaster to Venus, not his identity as the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor.
It looked like... Venus's task had a high level of difficulty.
Amelia thought that if he went... his identity as the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor would certainly be exposed, hence her confidence.
"I'm free. Send the coordinates to Amelia; we'll come over to help you complete the task at hand."
Still alive, then go and meet Venus, this youngster.