"Let me borrow this for a moment."
As soon as he spoke, Lin Mo raised his shield and attacked the stall owner in front of him.
[Shield Bash]
"Clang—!"
Because Lin Mo had deliberately slowed down and given the other man plenty of time to react, the stall owner raised his arm clad in heavy armor and blocked the blow.
The moment he saw the man raise his arm, Lin Mo confirmed that he was no weakling and abandoned the thought of pulling back the attack, though he still held back considerably.
Yet even though Lin Mo had gone so easy on him, the tremendous force still made the stall owner's expression change. He had to brace himself against the ground with all his strength just to maintain his balance, his iron boots leaving deep marks in the floor.
"You're pretty strong..."
Lin Mo looked at the stall owner before him with some surprise.
He had used less than half his strength, yet the man had managed to steady himself and had only been pushed back that far... Judging from the intensity of Blood Qi he had displayed just now, he was probably not much weaker than Deke.
At that age, with that level of strength, his talent already surpassed that of many Royal National Academy students.
Or rather... was he actually an academy student?
But judging by his age, he should have already exceeded the enrollment limit.
"I should be the one saying that."
The stall owner's eyes were filled with shock as he stared at Lin Mo in utter disbelief.
He clearly looked dressed as a Mage, yet he possessed such powerful Blood Qi and had even used a Knight Profession skill...
That was far beyond anything he had imagined.
But if that was the case, then he