Abe the Wizard Chapter 16

A large shadow came in as the front door was kicked open. "What happened to Abel?" it asked with a loud roar.

It was the Knight of Marshall. After running for a few minutes, his long golden hair was half-drenched in his own sweat. After seeing how well Abel was, he gave a loud, angry yell towards everyone in his sight.

"Gedon! How dare that lad trick me! Come out now, I'll teach you a lesson right here!"

Master Bentham ground his teeth at the lucky bastard who took Abel in, "Who's trying to mess with my disciple?"

"Um, Uncle Marshall," Abel said timidly, "I just had another rank up."

"What rank up? Just you wait for me, boy. Let me have a word with Bentham first…. Wait, you had another rank up?"

The Knight of Marshall was about to have a chat with Master Bentham, but what Abel was saying had him frozen on the spot. He scanned his eyes across Abel from top to bottom. Then, as he pushed Abel with one of his hands, Abel responded by releasing his newly-found power.

"What! What?" the Knight of Marshall cried out loud, "That doesn't even make sense! You can't just rank up like that! What were you doing back there?"

Abel replied after thinking to himself for a while, "Nothing much. I was busy treating my base in the workshop."

"You ate anything today?"

Abel replied compliantly since he was just as puzzled, "I ate my breakfast with you, Uncle Marshall. I skipped lunch because I was busy forging my base."

"How's that even possible? You ranked up by hitting some metal with a hammer? What, how about I come here to hit some metal tomorrow?"

The Knight of Marshall pointed a finger at Master Bentham, "That's ridiculous! If forging is all you need to rank up, this fellow would've been a master warrior years ago."

Master Bentham said sarcastically, "Yeah sure, just come here and do some forging for me tomorrow. Of course, you can rank up by hitting some metal. You just need to be in the right condition when you're doing it."

"Oh really?" the Knight of Marshall widened his eyes, "Hey Abel, why don't you forge another base right now? Go be in that "condition" or whatever you call it, and you'll be the youngest knight in the Duchy."

Both Master Bentham and Abel had to cover their faces after hearing that remark.