These Familiars Are Strange

Another two weeks passed after that before they gathered in the Explorer Association.

It was the day before the competition that they gathered.

For once, I finally stopped our grinding in the dungeons.

But it wasn't to give us a chance to rest, rather it was because I wanted to test something.

"Are you sure that you want to do this?" An Long asked the three standing in front of him.

"Yes, please don't hold back." I said in response.

To the side, both Iris and Wang Rong looked worried when they heard this, but they didn't run away.

Or rather, it seemed like they were resigned to their fates as if they understood that running away wouldn't help them.

After all, there was a reason why we were inside of this training room.

It was to test how much we had grown during this period of training. We had dived into the dungeon without stopping for a single month, fighting against all kinds of different monsters and getting all kinds of different loot.

At the same time…it wasn't just monsters that we fought against.

In the dungeons, the greed of humans was able to run amok, so there were those that would always let themselves be controlled by their greed. Once they were controlled by their greed, they wouldn't be able to help themselves and would try to take from those that seemed weaker than them.

As for us, we seemed quite weak since we were just teenagers exploring the dungeon.

Even if we equipped ourselves with gear, there were those that didn't think that we actually knew how to use them and would look down on us. They even thought that they would be able to easily take this gear from us.@@novelbin@@

So they would attack us.

We would never attack people, it was always others attacking us.

Sometimes having good stuff was a way to draw in trouble.

But if they wanted trouble with us, they got trouble.

None of them left the dungeon afterwards and we gained quite a few Skill Orbs because of it.

That was why I wanted to test our ability against a real World Summoner.

Seeing that I didn't back down, An Long gave a nod before summoning his familiar.

It was surprising to see his familiar since it was something that no one expected.

It was an actual dragon that was summoned out.

True to his name, An Long actually had a dragon.

This dragon didn't seem like any normal dragon, this was a dragon that seemed to be covered in a layer of darkness that one could almost touch. It was as if it could blend into the darkness with the way that it was surrounded like this.

This familiar really fit his name…

"Did you change your name to fit this familiar?" I couldn't help asking him after seeing this dragon.

A bitter smile appeared on An Long's face before he said, "I've never changed my name, it's just how things turned out."

I didn't say anything else about this before calling out the Astral White Tiger.

"Let's do this then."

An Long gave a nod without saying anything.

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"How are they? Are they ready for tomorrow?" An Xue Yun asked once Lin Fan's group went home.

An Long didn't answer right away as he looked in the direction that they left in.

It was hard to tell what he was thinking since there was an expressionless look on his face. With the way that he had this expressionless look, it was as if he was trying to hide his real thoughts.

When An Xue Yun saw this, she felt a bit annoyed since it almost felt like she was being ignored.

So she raised her foot and kicked her father before saying, "Say something already."

A bitter smile appeared on An Long's face when he fell over from her kick.

He definitely wouldn't have allowed anyone else to kick him like this, but since An Xue Yun was his precious daughter, it wasn't as if he could actually do anything to her.

At the same time, he didn't even move out of the way so she wouldn't hurt herself.

He just stood there and took the kick from her like that.

After revealing that bitter smile, he said with a thoughtful look, "They are certainly stronger, but it isn't as if he revealed everything."

"Really?" An Xue Yun asked with a surprised look.

An Long said with a nod, "The other two I could tell did what they could to try and land one hit on me, but it wasn't the same for him. It was clear that he was holding himself back and only using the amount of power that he wanted to show off. He clearly had more powers that he was hiding from me."

After a pause, he added, "No, it's even beyond that. The others were only trying to get a single hit in, but he was calm and relaxed the entire time. With the way that he fought, I could tell that he could land a hit if he really wanted. In fact, he would have even been able to fight evenly against me for a while." Discover stories with My Virtual Library Empire

"Really?" An Xue Yun asked in a surprised voice.

There was a complicated look that appeared on An Long's face as he gave a slow nod.

Then with a sigh, he said, "It seems that I really shouldn't have backed down that easily."

Turning to look at An Xue Yun, he asked, "What do you think about him?"

A blush appeared on An Xue Yun's face when she heard what her father said and it didn't take long before she raised her foot to kick him.

All An Long could do was take it with a bitter smile on his face.

When she was done kicking him, he said, "They'll be fine. Even I can't tell how strong he really is and if that's the case, there shouldn't be anyone that can mess with them."

Then he added in a softer voice, "I even feel sorry for those that have to go against him."